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I'm starting to replace my studio stuff and I got a pair of Technics SB-A27 floor speakers and an old Yamaha receiver at the thrift store. I see people dunking on cheaper Technics stuff online, but I have to say this setup sounds great for what I need. Primarily using them as B speakers to fill in the blanks against my studio monitors. Stereo imaging is very clear.

WORLD EATER - An Insidious Remedy

Sadus - Swallowed in Black (1990)

Overkill - Taking Over (1987)

Some more: New Human (Reissue) by Death This has been in my wishlist for ages but not sure if I actually listened to this mix before. The bass is a lot more prominent and better than the original CD...which I assume I still have in the garage. Fun fact, Human was the first CD I ever bought, back in 1992 with some of the money I was supposed to spend on textbooks for Uni. New Dusk | Subside by Inverloch I've had Distance Collapsed for years and never realised there was an earlier release. Still not been able to stump up $18 for the old diSEMBOWELMENT album, so this is better value at $6.

The Yusef Days Experiment - Live in Malibu https://yussefdayes.bandcamp.com/album/live-from-malibu

The Jester Race- In Flames

That's an interesting take. I love that album and have from the first second I heard it. Maybe part of the reason it's seen so favorably these days is that nobody has any faith in Azagthoth to really bring the Altars of Madness type of material back. This is also one of those where I feel like sometimes internet underlings spend too much time dwelling on the concept and supposed plot that's said to exist in the lyrics. I've never really taken the time to look through the lyrics, and honestly I don't really care to do so. It has always been about what's on display musically for me, and in that respect it holds it's own even all these years later. NP: House of Atreus - Orations ▶︎ House of Atreus - Orations | Iron Bonehead Productions (bandcamp.com) I am unabashedly going to be 'that guy' and note that listing 'shakespearean' on your MA profile under the "themes" section makes you sound like a drooling cretin. They're from Minnesota as well so they have no excuse for that kind of gaffe. It just needed to be said. Getting back to the music though something about the way they come out of the gate fast and keep everything clear and crisp using folksy black metal tunefulness as a way of resolving their melodies really brings me back to the days when Scandinavian folk was the 'it' thing. Some of these licks would feel right at home on an Ensiferum album from that era. Then as they move along and the folk takes a back seat they change up to a more stark but still energetic mode. Then they keep it up adjusting to whatever style seems to fit the song showing adaptability and intelligence all the way to the Running Wild cover to close things out. Consider me intrigued. I think I'll find one of their full lengths to try and see where they're coming from.

Crypticus - Dedicated to the Impure, Denver CO 2005 Crypticus - The Barrens, 2013

Sacred Reich - Ignorance (1987)

I have all Mastodon's stuff, seen them a bunch of times. Awesome show every time. This is the album everyone always points too as their best, but I prefer Once More Around the Sun. As a bass player myself, I always have extra appreciation for bands with a solid bass player that also sings. Troy is pretty badass at both. Just picked up the gatefold reissue of this last weekend and it sounds amazingly good to my ears. Better than the CD version. This will not be the full list I'll pick up for BC Friday. I've missed the last few and have a bunch built up in my wishlist I've been waiting to pick up, and I need to check out some of these you posted. Black Pyramid | Emperor Guillotine (bandcamp.com) Covenant of the Blackened Woodlands | Ithilrå (bandcamp.com) Distorted Romance | EBOLA (bandcamp.com) Senprūsija | Skyforger (bandcamp.com) Memories Of A Time To Come | Blind Guardian (bandcamp.com)

Prong - Beg to Differ (1990)

One last one for Bandcamp Friday. New Tales Between Reality and Madness by Void Of Sleep I think I have some nice variety in the collection today, rounded out by this Italian purveyors of a cosmic amalgam of stoned out, progressive sludge rock.

Bandcamp Friday! Get some in ya. New In the Land of Ghosts by Olde Throne Found in my wishlist. It was in NZD so I presume a kiwi band, even though writing about Scottish ghosts or something. Sounds decent. New Inward to Gethsemane by Vastum Got a few albums by these guys. This must have been from an AOTY list. New Leviathan by Mastodon Why not? This is one of those bands I go through phases on. I don't have all of their albums and not that bothered by the supposed masterpiece Crack the Skye. I had a renaissance with The Hunter, and big fan of Hushed & Grim, but the older material never particularly resonated. A rare band that, for me, gets better the more they sell out. It doesn't make any goddamned sense. By the way....an observation for @JamesT, the only other person here that would care. Halford's vocals on that new Priest track sound incredible for a 74 year old or whatever he is. The modern Richie-generated generic Priest riff machine still does nothing for me, but vocally it is spot on.

Fantastic album from the power metal legends!