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[Cailleach]

Mossgiver - Led by the Glowing River

[Blizzard Beast]

Rotting Christ -Sanctus Diavolos
Samael -Blood Ritual.
Septic Flesh - Modern Primitive.
Sentenced -Amok.
Gorefest -Rise to Ruin.

[Thorn]

Nervosa - Victim of Yourself
Ereb Altor - Vargtimman
Sarcasm - Stellar Stream Obscured
Ripper - Raise The Corpse
Villainy - II:Dim
Solstice (U.S.) - s/t
Dark Funeral - We Are The Apocalypse
Eliminator - Ancient Light
Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
Kreator -  Outcast

[Caomhaoin]

Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

This album is absolutely outstanding. Gay Spotify blurb aside, the ability and songwriting nous this cunt has beggars belief. 20 minute choon goes by like a breath of wind. Phenomenal.

Special album, agreed. I haven't checked out yer man's earlier stuff, or indeed his other projects. Have you?

Dipped into a bit on Spotify, it's all good so far.

The track 'disincarnate' from the album in question is so epic and doesn't get boring for a second. Unreal hai.

[ochoill]

Regular rotation lately has been:

Cave In - "Heavy Pendulum"
Blut Aus Nord - "Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses"
Mizmor & Thou - "Myopia"
Depeche Mode - "Music For The Masses"
Helms Alee - "Keep This Be The Way"
Deathspell Omega - "The Long Defeat"
Full of Hell - "Trumpeting Ecstasy"
FACS - "Present Tense"

Had been hopping off the second half of that list for a while regularly but the top 4 wormed their way in for more than a quick spin over the last week or two - in particular that Blut Aus Nord album is excellent, absolutely leathering black metal but very spacious, waves of guitar.

[Thorn]

Did any of you bucks who have been listening to the new one from The Chasm pick up a physical copy and if so, where?

[open face surgery]

No physical release yet.

[Thorn]

Oh right, that explains my futile  search then.  Someone will have to get on it, it's  excellent.

[Trev]

Obscura - Diluvium/Akroasis

One of the few bands for me that have a faultless discography, so far at least

[Eoin McLove]

Requiem- Nunc et Sempere.

I can't recommend this enough. It sounds like an obscure NWOBHM record... from Italy. A bit of Pagan Altar, a bit of very early Maiden, some of that Paul Chain rawness/ darkness. It's so good.

Zemial- Sleeping Under Tartarus.
Penance- Parallel Corners.
Incitatus- Demo 1994.
Arcturus- Aspera Hiems Symphonia.

[Ducky]

Obscura - Diluvium/Akroasis

One of the few bands for me that have a faultless discography, so far at least

I feel Retribution is more formative than a classic, but they've never put a foot wrong for sure.

I didn't expect much from Akroasis due to 75% of the band changing, but how wrong I was. Sebastian Lanser's drumming in particular on those two albums is astonishing.

I don't enjoy David Diepold's drumming on A Valediction as much, but that's more a matter of taste than his skill. His footwork is possibly the tightest and fastest I've ever heard.

[Carnage]

Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live - watching the DVD TBH. One of the best live shows I've ever seen/heard.

[Thorn]

Evil Invaders - Shattering Reflection

These boyz have reinvented themselves a bit it seems, incorporating a
lot  more straight up Metal into their thrash attack and what a belter they've slung out here. Check this out if you're into the likes of Judas Priest, Savatage, Razor, King Diamond, Agent Steel...

[ldj]

Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain

[ldj]

This video popped up on my YT of a recent Metallica show, have to say Hetfield sounds in great form, haven't heard him sound this aggressive in a long time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrc7N4I4Oms