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Show last night. Hardcore kids playing death metal. Little heavier on the DM side than the core side, so it was ok. Local, weekend, $12. Works for me. Tombstoner (NYC), Accursed Creator (FL), and Skulldozer (MS). Tinnitus is cranking this morning. NP: Blind Guardian - Nightfall Helloween - Walls of Jericho Sepultura - BTR As an aside, the daughter's boyfriend comes over yesterday. Cool kid, into all sorts of music, vintage audio and vinyl. Likes most everything but usually turns up his nose at metal despite my best efforts. We usually meet at post-punk and psych/garage rock. Shows up in a Mortician shirt. I was like damn, just jump in the deep end of the pool. Talked for a bit and he had just picked up Hacked up for Barbecue and Chainsaw Dismemberment. Also Deicide - Once Upon the Cross. Realizing my opportunity, we went to the music room and took junior to school. Turned him on to a bunch of stuff and even a bit of black metal. All the goods. He left with some Dissection, Inquisition, Obituary, Morbid Angel, Bolt Thrower, Opeth, and a few others. Next lesson will be some grind. Kid's alright.

Fucking great stuff. Caught them live a few years ago and that was pretty special. Coroner - No More Color Coroner - Mental Vortex Coroner - Death Cult

Aoratos - Gods Without Name, Colorado 2019 Akhlys - Melinoë, Colorado 2020, same 2 guys as Aoratos

My Dying Bride - "Songs of Darkness, Words of Light" My Dying Bride - "The Dreadful Hours" It's been a fantastic 34th birthday jamming to these death/doom pioneers! Loving every bit of it.

No idea dude. That's quite a leap. He also name dropped Agoraphobic Nosebleed when we were talking. I was a bit shocked, like how the hell does he even know who these guys are? Not exactly household names and he doesn't have any metal friends/relatives other than me. And I don't exactly listen to either on a regular basis, maybe once or twice a year. Best guess is a youtube rabbit hole or the like. Funny thing though, last show I took him too (ASG & Red Beard Wall) i was telling him he needed to up his black t-shirt game since he only ever wears a tour shirt from The Church. Next time I see him... At least it's not some shitty death-core nonsense.

I saw this forum and thought it looked interesting. I was born in 2008 and I'm a Mayhem fan, I'm checking out some other pioneer Black Metal bands like Bathory & Venom too though. I also like Burzum, I think their Det Som Engang Var album is pretty good. I hope I can increase my knowledge on the history of Metal & find some new bands to listen to while on this forum.

Suicidal Tendencies - S/T

Opeth/My Arms, Your Hearse-Ok, after several spins of the rather gloomy and rainy Morningrise, this is starting to sound more like the Opeth I came to know with BWP and Ghost reveries.

Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

SIMP - Sordid Imprecations Meant For Posterity

Bolt Thrower - War Master

The Sword - Age of Winter

Krallice - s/t

It's a line from a little movie from the early 90's called The Sandlot, which you wouldn't have seen because it's about a bunch of young teenage kids who love baseball, and I know your Ozzy mob doesn't care about baseball, you have that silly cricket game and 9 different versions of rugby. My Kiwi wife actually had a "You're killing me Smalls" t-shirt with that freckle-faced fat kid's picture on it which is where I heard the quote, because I'm not a real big movie guy. Apparently the main character's name was Scotty Smalls and the fat kid kept telling him "You're killing me Smalls."

CRAWL - Altar Of Disgust

REJECTER - A Method For Withdrawing

Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All (2024)

Atræ Bilis - Aumicide (2024)

Slough Feg - The Lord Weird Slough Feg

Judas Priest - Priest Live '87 Never met a Darkthrone album I didn't like. Never met a Deicide album I did.

Nunslaughter - Goat (2003)

Ondfødt - Norden (2021)

This morning's menu: Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All (2024) Deicide - Banished By Sin (2024) Pentagram (Chile) - Eternal Life of Madness (2024)

Was Playing (suggestions for albums similar to Dissection - The Somberlain) Dawn - Slaughtersun Unanimated - In Light of Darkness Necrophobic - Hrimthursim (I gave up on this after the 3+ minute intro... could never get into this band even in the past when I gave them a chance) Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun Sarcasm - Burial Dimensions Thulcandra - Under a Frozen Sun Vinterland - Welcome my Last Chapter Call me a picky bastard but none of these albums did much for me even though a few were pretty good and similar to The Somberlain. The most similar were Sacramentum & Vinterland, and both albums are solid, esp the 1st half of Sacramentum which does a lot of interesting patterns esp with the drums. Sarcasm were very cool with the raw production and interesting guitarwork. I just didn't hear hardly any evil melodies in any of those albums. Not so say Dissection's melodies are all evil, cuz Somberlain has some wussy melodies too. But nothing in any of those bands, except maybe Unanimated, ever gave me that menacing dark sound I'm after. Instead they were all the kind of melodies that evoke feelings of sadness, epicness, grandness, or deep thoughtfulness, and I'm not a fan of that style. What's the point of black metal if it's not evil sounding? Also I know it's hard going up against Dan Swano but the production on The Somberlain sounds way more dynamic and punchier to my ears than any of those albums. NP: Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao I checked this out after seeing @FatherAlabaster's post. Still enjoying it thoroughly after 3 or 4 listens. Very dark. Lots of evil-sounding riffs that come out of nowhere and you never hear them again. "Erratic quick lashing riffs" is a great description. Unusual song arrangements featuring strange instruments / sound effects. Lots of slow hypnotic sections. Just a nice overall dark vibe and very different from what I was expecting. It was exactly what I needed after not finding anything evil on those Somberlain suggestions. Will be spinning this one more! P.S. I also enjoyed Grand Declaration of War when it first came out. It was different and stood out compared to what was happening in the scene at the time. Hellhammer's drumming was insane on it. Might need to revisit it soon.

Morsch - S/T demo https://morschband.bandcamp.com/album/morsch

Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology (2018)

Temple Nightside - The Hecatomb 2016 Temple Nightside - Recondemnation, Australia 2018

MARTIKOR - Acedia DODHEIMSGARD - Black Medium Current

Immortal - "Damned in Black" Immortal - "War Against All"

DROPTHEHAMMER - Greed Misery

Fantastic choice! Such an underrated band. I really enjoy the albums Ripper is on, but Barlow is a great singer in his own right.

Accept - "Humanoid" Judas Priest - "Invincible Shield"

LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER - Kraken LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER - Split The Suffering, Split The Pain

EDENKAISER - Armageddon Overlord

Nah,they got better. Noisy dense dissonant. Everything you hate.

What do people think of the new one?

PHANTOM - Transylvanian Nightmare

I appreciate it, my metal bro! It was a fantastic day indeed! I'm sorry to hear about your late wife. That's such a true statement that resonates with me regarding the last age at which we knew someone who is no longer with us. I had a close friend who was killed in a car accident during our freshman year of college - to me, she'll always be 18. Hope your daughter enjoys her 34th birthday as well! My Dying Bride have been a constant for me over the past 17 years or so. Their debut full-length release, "As the Flower Withers" is one where Aaron Stainthorpe only uses his death vocals, so that one might be a little closer to a sound you might enjoy more. The music is unmistakably doom-leaning, though, so it may still be a bit too low-key - definitely worth checking out, though! I finished listening all the way through their 2001 release, "The Dreadful Hours" today, and that one is probably one of their heaviest albums. You might possibly find "The Light at the End of the World" (1999) somewhat enjoyable. I understand they're not everyone's cup of tea, though. I don't listen to a ton of doom outside of Candlemass, My Dying Bride, Solitude Aeturnus, Doom VS, and Funeral, but occasionally I'm in the mood for it, and it hits home big time! Thank you, my friend! It was a fantastic day! My wife took the day off so we could spend it together, and I wouldn't change a single thing about it. I'm a blessed man for sure.

Vista Chino - Peace Happy Birthday James

Well there's your mistake. You should put CD's into an audio device of some sort, they sound so much better.

King Gizzard - Polygondwanaland

Yeah In love me some early Skyclad

KARST - Eclipsed Beneath Umbral Divine BIG|BRAVE - Ardor

Taubra - Therizo https://taubra.bandcamp.com/album/therizo

I've got to ask...how did he go from, doesn't like metal to sporting a Mortician shirt?

Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht (Boulez)

Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao Naked City - Leng Tch'e

Congrats Isi, this is phenomenal. Hope you'll write a lot more.