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[Cailleach]

Aridus - Serpent Moon

[Anvil]

Immolation - Descent
Burning Path - Burning Path
Death - Human
Venger - Times of Legend
Mayhem - Liturgy of Death (I actually quite like this).
Kreator - Coma of Souls

[Jward]

Brainbombs - Obey

Maybe this should be in Non-Metal Listening, but the guitars can be filth, as well as the lyrics & general vibe

Cannibal Corpse would probably call this a bit too far 

[Princess Of The Dawn]

Elegant Weapons - Evolution

Metal Church - Dead To Rights

Black Label Society - Engines Of Demolition

Death Dealer - Conquered Lands

[Eoin McLove]

Brainbombs - Obey

Maybe this should be in Non-Metal Listening, but the guitars can be filth, as well as the lyrics & general vibe

Cannibal Corpse would probably call this a bit too far 

Coincidentally, despite knowing the name for a long time I only actually checked them out last night on YouTube. Demented sounding stuff. Must give them another go.

[Thorn]

Trouble - The Skull 9/10
Double Trouble this week after following up their livestream from KiT with this monument of soulful, pragmatic Doom Metal.

Satyricon  - Dark Medieval Times 9/10
A precocious talent young Satyr, but he hadn't quite grasped the art of the Black Metal pose here, popping up like a raccoon in the snow or inadvertently appearing to be taking a leak against a tree in the woods.

Exumer - Rising From The Sea 7.5/10
The German's 1987 sophomore release, now forging their blue collar thrash in the wake of Reign In Blood the previous year, and it shows.

Powerrage - Beast 7.5/10
When John Ricci from Exciter said he was doing a total reset with this new band he wasn't kidding, this is a waaay more oppressive ,malevolent ..beast..that will largely depend on people's stomach for these vocals as to whether it flies or flops. Me, I'm digging it.

Gamma Ray - To The Metal 6/10
Not a highlight of the Hansen discography this one, for me, the Father of Power Metal and his merry men here delivering a mostly middle of the road set of tracks that are very much in the shadow of those from the likes of Majestic or No World Order.

Cyclone Temple - I Hate Therefore I Am 5/10
From the remnants of the pretty killer Znowhite came the pretty bland Cyclone Temple with their rather milquetoast take on thrash that has it's moments but is ultimately stunted by a propensity for plodding riffs and, at times, some pretty juvenile lyric writing.

[Eoin McLove]

Deathspell Omega- Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice.

I haven't listened to DsO much in many a year but the articles about Timo Ketola that are running in Bardo Methodology have sparked my interest again to some degree.

Veles- Black Hateful Metal.

Watain- Casus Luciferi.

Motörhead- Bombers.

[locustfurnace]

Phrenelith "Ashen Womb"
Phrenelith "Desolate Endscape"
Napalm Death "Scum"
Rectal Hygienics "Even the Flies Won't Touch You"
Whitehouse "Bird Seed"
Kickback "Les 150 Passions Meurtrières"
Kickback "No Surrender"
Foreign Body "FIXED"
Bogside Sniper Squadron "Bogside Sniper Squadron"
Godflesh "Streetcleaner"
Pitch Shifter "Peel Sessions 1991-93"

[leatherface]

Stormwitch : best of (CD)

Grave Digger : Excalibur (CD)

Grave Digger: Tunes of War (CD)

Motörhead: No Sleep Till Hammersmith (LP)

[Anvil]

Do love a bit of Stormwitch.

Leatherhead - Violent Horror Stories (this really is a wee gem of a release from No Remorse - I imagine it as if Agent Steel and Crimson Glory had a baby and brought it up the right way).

Transilvania - Magia Posthuma (picked this up in my last Invictus order, having never heard a note of them before.  It is a decent album)

Enslaved - Frost

Lordian Guard - Lordian Guard (the lyrical themes wouldn't be for everyone but always loved this release).

Death - Leprosy

[Thorn]

Lovin' that Leatherhead myself. Actually used to live near Leatherhead in England too!

[Trev]

Cirith Ungol - Frost & Fire

[Ducky]

Death - The Sound of Perseverance.

Up there with Nevermore for an award for the best albums with dogshit album art.

[Goosebumples]

Blut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons. Last few didnt click with me but this is hitting the spot! Another solid release.

Crouch - Breaking the Catatonic State
This is essential listening for any sludge fans. Unbelievably good from start to finish.

[Jward]

Goatsnake - Dog Days
Kyuss- Welcome To Sky Valley

On a doomy/stoner buzz