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[Eoin McLove]

Iommi- From The Dark.  Must pick this one up if I see it out in the wild. Sounds really good.

[StrangersWithGuns]

Meaning to check out new ministry, bits i heard weren't great,  prongs past album felt all filler to me, i do think of their recent run, all be it 14yrs ago now "carved into stone" is a great album

[Carnage]

Fen: Carrion Skies

I think the last Prong I've heard was Cleansing, which was about 50% filler but had some great songs on it. That must be 30+ years old at this stage.

[Pentagrimes]

Indesinence-Vessels of Light and Decay

Stuck this on as part of a pile of stuff i rarely listen to see what can either be sold off/traded in, but I'll be keeping this for sure,  forgot how great this is

[Anvil]

Everything that has gotten a spin the last few days

Doomsword - The Eternal Battle
Marduk - Wormwood
Rapid - Enter The Realm of Fire
Wytch Hazel - III. Pentecost
Angel Sword - World Fighter
Marduk - Infernal Eternal
Enslaved - MID
Ripper - Towards Rebirth
Def Leppard - High N Dry
Flykt - Sinister Strain
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare

[Sworntothecans]

Brutal Truth:Sounds Of The Animal Kingdom/Kill Trend Suicide
Converge:No Heroes

[Ducky]

Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville. The cover of Voivod's "Experiment" is unhinged and amazing.

[Dr Rockso]

Brutal Truth:Sounds Of The Animal Kingdom/Kill Trend Suicide
Converge:No Heroes

That Brutal Truth album is filthy.

[Pentagrimes]

Brutal Truth:Sounds Of The Animal Kingdom/Kill Trend Suicide
Converge:No Heroes

That Brutal Truth album is filthy.

Their best after "Need to Control" I reckon.

Runemagick- "Enter the Realm of Death"
Another band I rarely listen to, was about to get rid of this, and on listening to it was like "nope, this is great, keeping it". The most straightforward thing possible but so good.

Prong "Force Fed". Their peak for me. Some insane riffs, weird cold atmosphere, totally unlike any other thrash record, or anything they did after

[Thorn]

Runemagick rule! The new one has been on heavy rotation this year.

[Eoin McLove]

Callous Master.  The Stanford tune for me is The Crossing of Samsara. I love the experiment buzz- the a Beherit buzz.  Suits me down to the ground, sirs 

[Thorn]

Cryptic Shift - Overspace and Supertime 8/10
I don't know... I may have to knock this out of the running for the end of year list as my puny human brain is still not able to stay connected with the sheer immensity of it all for very long without wandering off. Or maybe they really did just shoot a fuckton of a load into too small of a space.
An yet....I keep coming back to it. Hmm.

Castle- In Chains 8/10
Very late to Castle's witchy doom rock party which is seven albums old now but I grabbed this new one and enjoying it, not quite at the level of peers and personal faves Sanhedrin but it's scratching an unexpected sudden itch for this sort of female fronted occult rock.

Twilight Of the Gods - Fire On The Mountain 7.5/10
Nemtheanga and assorted scene renegades go back to basics with some epic, widescreen Trad Metal which lights a torch if not a full on blaze, the Manowar chest thumping often at odds with more high brow lyrics about stuff like the Cold War . And pyres of course.

Quiet Riot - II 7/10
Predecessor to the much touted Metal Health, this was an altogether less Metal and more Pop-Rock affair that would prove to be the last time Randy Rhoads recorded with the band. And didn't he leave a lasting impression with that natty outfit in the photoshoot?!

Dodsfall - Sjalssluk 7/10
Released back in March, the seventh strike from this lone wolf Norwegian is an icy yet accessible BM affair that sounds more Swedish to these ears ala Dark Funeral. Competent, well played, generic.

Defender - Titans of Fire 6/10
New one from Germany's HM heroes, haven't heard their debut but I can't imagine it being much different from this, pretty inoffensive fare, like a slightly more tepid Hammerfall. If 5 is average and 7 is good then I'll give this 6 for a good ol fashioned Irish 'grand'.

[open face surgery]

Callous Master.  The Stanford tune for me is The Crossing of Samsara. I love the experiment buzz- the a Beherit buzz.  Suits me down to the ground, sirs 

Works well live as well.

[Eoin McLove]

It would be cool to hear that stuff incorporated into the songs, rather than a standalone. Although, I would also be happy with a full album made in that experimental style. But that might be the industrial buzz I'm on speaking.

[Sworntothecans]

Brutal Truth:Sounds Of The Animal Kingdom/Kill Trend Suicide
Converge:No Heroes

That Brutal Truth album is filthy.

Extreme Conditions...will always be my favorite of theirs, but Sounds... is excellent. Might have to put the repress on the Christmas list.