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Pungent Stench - Been Caught Buttering, Austria 1991. I feel like this album gets unfairly passed over. Absolutely one of the best death metal records of 1991. And I say that knowing there were some real bangers released in 1991. Massacra - Enjoy the Violence, French death/thrash 1991 Parler Anglais ou mourir? I liked this album well enough in '85, but it hasn't aged like a fine Bordeaux. More like 40 year old camembert.

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)

S.O.D - Speak English or Die (1985)

Atheist - Piece of Time

Yo JT can you explain to me sir how these Whiskey Rebel dudes play "southern metal" if they're from fucking Sheboygan, Wisconsin? Can't get much less southern than that unless you go to Alaska. Or is 'southern' just a state of mind? Back in the day our "southern rock" bands were Skynyrd, Hatchet, ABB, MTB and the Outlaws. And even as a New Yorker I loved all that shit. But those bands were all from Florida, Jaw-ja and Carolina. No one would have accepted a "southern" rock band from up north in Yankeeland. Nowadays it seems they have "southern" bands from up north and I even saw one or two you posted that were actually European. What's up widdat? Also I'm mildly curious to try one of these modern post-Udo Accept albums you keep posting just to see what they sound like without Udo. (which one would you recommend I try?) But I never actually do it because I'm sure I'll be disappointed. I only ever liked two Accept albums to begin with even back in their hey-day, R&W and Metal Heart, so I'm not exactly a super-fan. Did see them once at L'amour in '85 though and I have to admit they put on a helluva show. I saw TT Quick a few times a few years before that back when they were a LI club band and I even had their first EP so I'm somewhat familiar with MT, and I don't think I could accept that guy as the front-man for Accept. It's Udo's band dammit. His thick German accent and being just barely over 5 feet tall was part of the appeal. I guess change can be hard for us old guys. Accept - Metal Heart 1985

They're definitely fruity. BTW, this is the only TS song I can say I really like, but I do remember Stay Hungry hitting pretty hard as a snot nosed pre-adolescent. The Beast I like lots of beer. I like beer with fruit in it. I don't really like Cucumber+Rasbperry+lemon+Mango IPAs or whatever ridiculous combination the kidz seem to come up with these days.

For real. I can't drink any significant amount of alcohol anymore, but when I could it was fairly apparent to me that the world of beer is a big one full of all different kinds of styles and flavors. I enjoyed stouts, saisons, the occasional fruit beer, and sometimes even a good sour. We all know that cheap mass produced swill is bad, but just condemning fruit(y) beer outright is kind of foolish. Hell, the producer of one of the most recognizable import stouts out there (Samuel Smith) makes an incredible peach beer that's absolutely delicious and worth trying for anybody who can find it. NP: Rogga Johansson - Otherworld ▶︎ Otherworld | Rogga Johansson | Iron Blood and Death Corporation (bandcamp.com) Nice. It's cool to see that after the metalcore headache that subsumed most of the Gothenburg/Slaughter of the Soul sounding melodeath tropes, the subgenre's most adamant practitioners tend to revert to Edge of Sanity leanings which, in my personal opinion, make for a much more robust songwriting palette and have a ton more room for experimentation. This stuff isn't exactly top-tier melodeath, but it gets the job done if that's what you're after.

I assume none of y'all enjoy stouts, porters, pale ales, dark ales, IPAs, DIPAs, ESBs, Kolschs, dubbels, trippels, quads, saisons, wheat beers, barley wines... For that matter, considering the majority of beers out there have some degree of citrus or dark fruit flavor to them, what the hell kind of beer do you "real beer doesn't have any fruit flavor in it" guys actually drink? Obscurial - Heretic Preview tracks for the new Obscurial album due out next week https://obscurialmusic.bandcamp.com/album/heretic?from=fandiscflw

Vestígio - Vestígios ...thanks to SurgicalBrute for the rec. Cool interplay between the guitars, melodic approach reminds me a bit of Selbst.

Nice. Hit the pre-order just now.

Floor - Oblation Beach Rats - Rat Beat Accept falls into the same category as The Scorpions, Priest, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Maiden, Twisted Sister, Sabbath, UFO, and a few others. Perfectly acceptable for the right situation (i.e. sitting around with the boys, drinking beer, and grilling some meat, pool party with the fam, cutting the grass/working around the house). Many of us of a certain vintage probably wouldn't be metalheads if it weren't for bands like these even if we have moved well past them today. I plug some of them on at times for that nostalgia kick or just some mindless enjoyment. Good void filler if you don't want to critically listen to new unfamiliar music. Doesn't require effort to enjoy. The musical equivalent to comfort food if you will.

Excellent choice! And I'm not just saying that because the band comes from my country. Although... 😇 Yes, "Parler Anglais ou mourir" 👌 Personally, I still think it's a great album, even if it's aging along with us. And old Camemberts can sometimes hold some very pleasant taste surprises 😁 Antichrist - Sinful Birth (2017) A very good old-school Thrash album from Sweden. For me, one of the bands of the new Thrash generation to put right at the top of the list. Listen to the break on The Black Pharaoh, where the band have fun with the riff, twisting it in all directions.

Vorga - Beyond the Palest Star (2024)

Sodom - Masquerade in Blood (1995)

First album was pretty good and I caught them live in Denver on that tour back in '17 opening for Denmark's Undergang which was a solid performance. But this new album's a snoozer, listened to half of it one time, wouldn't buy it. Just checked, it's the same 3 guys, wonder what happened? Turns out writing memorable death metal isn't as easy as it looks. Pungent Stench - For God Your Soul... For Me Your Flesh, Austria 1990 Benediction - The Grand Leveller, UK 1991

4ARM - 13 Scars

Satyricon - Nemesis Divina (1996)

Erytrosy - Incomplete Minds ▶︎ Incomplete Minds | Erytrosy | Necroeucharist Productions (bandcamp.com) Bit of a minor classic here from '96. I love that older sounding death metal guitar where you get that really nice chunk from the muted riff attacks bolstered by only slightly less muted single string discordant through lines.

Kreator - Enemy of God (2005)

Love me some Tyr! The epic feel to the music, the melodic compositions, and the stellar vocals all make this band a great listen at any time. Can't go wrong with Body Count either! The last couple of albums have been fantastic.

Body Count - Murder 4 Hire

Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride

Morgoth - Cursed (1991) Have we lost @Yannis?

Tyr - Battle Ballads

Cool writeup at NCS for another couple of promo tracks. "Instrumental" isn't entirely right, but the vocals on these are for texture and melody. This is from near the end of the album. https://www.nocleansinging.com/2024/04/12/an-ncs-premiere-construct-of-lethe-excerpts-from-a-kindness-dealt-in-venom/