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[Pentagrimes]

Coprolith-Putrescence
Degraved- Spectral Realm of Ruin
Probably two of the best "I've heard this 1000 times before but these songs are actually really good" albums of the last year

[Thorn]

Viking - Do Or Die 8/10
1988 debut of brutal thrash and lightning fast riffs in the vein of Dark Angel, Hallows Eve, Slayer... Intense stuff from the L.A. Crew.

She Said Destroy -Armageddon Anyone? 8/10
This was an interesting little three track demo from the Norwegians in 2004 fusing various progressive styles. Somehow I've never even laid eyes on any of their subsequent full lengths apart from checking out their covers in the Archives.

Bewitched - Diabolical Death Mass 7.5/10
Back in the late 90's Pentagram Prayer was a big hit with me and the new one from these hell demons is very much in that Motorhead meets Merciful Fate mugs Venom style again after some dodgy efforts in the intervening years. But it ain't Pentagram Prayer.

Toledo Steel - Heading For The Fire 6/10
Revisiting this one from '21 and the Southampton based quartet  in turn do a decent job of revisiting pub metal Maiden circa 'No Prayer..', all quite clean, safe and inoffensively done but not without its charm.

Enslaved - Heimdal 6/10
Not a big fan of Enslaved's soothing clean vocals and the willy-nilly way they drop into them at times. One minute here we're raging across stormy seas and the next feels like lounging around in a spa in a terrycloth robe. I imagine.

Moonspell - Far From God 6/10
Dropping out of favour now with repeated listens, nothing inherently wrong with the songs but for a band of Moonspell's calibre this is a virtual sleepwalk. Easy peasy listening.

[Eoin McLove]

New Model Army- Winter.
The Cure- Faith.
My Dying Bride- Trinity.
Health- Conflict DLC. The vocals really kill my enjoyment of this. Music is cool.
The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud- The Smell Of Blood But Victory.

[Anvil]

Assassin - Outer Space Death
Leatherhead - Violent Horror Stories (probably the best speed metal album released in recent years)
Harrowed - The Eternal Hunger
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son
Alkaloid XL - Bach Out of Bounds

[Eoin McLove]

I listened to the new Iommi track with low expectations and was actually mightily impressed. The singer, something something, from Ark and a host of other bands I've never heard of or listened to, and whom I was expecting to be a ball-less wailer, is the star of the show. An old man singing powerfully within his old man range, and delivering a highly creative, balls to the wall (yep, he has them!) performance. Savage stuff. I've fired on Burn The Sun by Ark now, and I'm enjoying it, too.

[Eoin McLove]

Ah, enough of that for now...

Current 93- Nature Unveiled. A copy of this (a recent reissue) has come in to one of my regular haunts. I've already bought two CDs and two tickets for Beherit today. I wonder if I could get away with ordering this too... 

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Darwin Down the Moon


Nihilist - Nihilist (1987-1989)
Nocturnus - The Science of Horror
Vader - Necrolust

[nimhiúil]

Craw - Bodies for Strontium
Bergraven - Drommen om undergang
Gridlink - Longhenna
Pyrrhon - The mother of virtues

Cloud Rat - Thresehold