Requiem

On 1/1/2020 at 10:54 AM, basstorch said:

CANNIBAL CORPSE!!!

WHAT ABOUT THEM?? Which albums are your favourites, and why? 

On 1/15/2020 at 2:34 PM, Kalseroth said:

My favs are Gorguts, Behemoth, Disincarnate, Suffocation, Death, Deicide and Cannibal Corpse

Nice list.

What do you like about these bands in particular? Why are they your favourites? 

21 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

Lisboa Under the Spell is great. Those three albums are probably the three that I would most like to hear performed live. Memorial would've been nice as well. Those are my four favourites of theirs.

I've always thought it would be a great idea if bands would play their newest album live in its entirety during one touring cycle, then the next tour would be the usual selection of familiar favourites. 

 

That'd be great, providing the album was really good! Would you really want to sit through all of 'Feel the Misery' before they finally got to 'The Cry of Mankind'? 

As for the Moonspell, I actually really like some of the 'Extinct' tracks more here than on record, especially 'Breathe'. Yes, I'd prefer 'Memorial' or 'Night Eternal' over 'Extinct' as the third album included here, but 'Extinct' rocks well enough in this context. 

Just bought a brand new factory sealed copy of: 

Anorexia Nervosa - 'Redemption Process' with bonus tracks

Which I shall now destroy on all stereos exclusively. 

On 8/17/2017 at 10:35 AM, Vampyrique said:

I remember I listened to it years ago. You're right, it wasn't anything like their later stuff. It was strange, avant-garde, industrial. I'll have to listen to that one again as well as their later albums too. I believe Drudenhaus was my favourite of theirs. 

Anorexia Nervosa was always a strange band though made up of diverse influences. I actually liked their glam-goth-black-metal image. Their vocalist Hreidmarr never did conventional raspy black metal vocals either. They were somewhat twisted and tormented sounding screams. 

So enraptured am I with Anorexia Nervosa that I ran a search and found you, oh mighty Vampire, and I knew it was fate. 

I'm becoming obsessed with AN at the moment, especially 'Redemption Process' which is absolutely amazing. 

It's symphonic and atmospheric, yet also quite violent and fist pumping at the same time, yet without a sickly sweet production. Amazing vocals, epic riffs and an attitude that just says 'fuck you'. 

Absolutely amazing vampiric metal. I need to spend more time with their other albums, if I could only keep 'Redemption Process' off for long enough. 

20 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

I tend to separate My Dying Bride into three eras.

'Classic Bride' which consists of their first four albums; these, despite the evolution of their sound, feature everything that is iconic and instantly recognizable in My Dying Bride.

'Modern Bride' which consists of the next four; that's 34.7888% up to Songs of Darkness... Maybe it has something to do with the 'modern' production style that is less raw than the early albums, or perhaps it is the further change in direction.

'New Bride' which consists of the last four proper albums: A Line of Deathless Kings, For Lies I Sire, A Map of All Our Failures, and Feel the Misery. I've definitely spent less time listening to these.

It should be noted that I got into My Dying Bride after Songs of Darkness had been released so that A Line of Deathless Kings was the first new album that I had anticipated with high expectations. This dynamic of heightened expectation combined with the increased potential for disappointment has always had a peculiar psychological effect on me with regards to how I view new albums versus those already existing in a band's back catalogue. It's much harder for me to consider a new release to be a classic; however, an older album that is new to me isn't likely to suffer from that mental obstacle. But, then again, I tend to think music in the 90s is a lot better than the 00s, which is certainly a lot better than the last decade...

 

Nice compartmentalising of the albums. I generally agree with the three era categorisation as you've done it here. 

I got into the band during 'Like Gods of the Sun', so the 'new' album for me was '34.788%... Complete'. I was only 18 and it was the 90s, so my friends and I really took it in our stride. It wasn't as big a shock as 'One Second' by Paradise Lost, which came out the year before and ruffled our expectation feathers enough not to be too surprised. 'Heroin Chic' was, and remains, ridiculous, however. 

I've just read back over the two pages of this thread and I'm just too all over it. I feel bad, but dammit I just want to talk about My Dying Bride a lot hahaha. 

Anorexia Nervosa - 'Redemption Process'

Sublime and devastating in equal measure, the masterstroke of symphonic black metal. 

6 hours ago, Balor said:

He punished himself, in a way.  Now the whole world knows how much of a conspiracy-theorist joke he is.  The fact that he has become an internet meme means that he failed in his political battle.

That all being said, I am looking forward to the new Burzum album.

I wish that he felt this, but I doubt it. 

At any rate, I think the post-prison releases have all been fairly boring and indulgent, without the magic of the early work. 

I bought two or three of them as they came out, but I think I’m done with trying to like them now.

Not writing off the new album yet of course, but I’m expecting more of the same bings and clangs that are apparently pagan art according to madman Kristian V. 

Hail Euronymous the true and only king of black metal. 

16 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

What good is a thread without a needle to sharpen the mind or point us in the right direction? Does the Emperor have new clothes or no clothes? It seams we all reap what we sew.

 

This could be immaterial, but many have the wool pulled over their eyes and are unable to cotton on to your point. They feel hemmed in. 

Your philosophical yarns are as long as a piece of string that needs knitting; your language is clothed in a veil. 

I suggest you zip it lest your logic be unpicked and the strands of your argument are batted like a vampire cat and come undone. 

On 1/17/2020 at 10:18 PM, Natassja said:

Chocolate ones ?

Praise Santa for that! Sorry - praise Satan.

Darn autocorrect 

Arkona - ‘Goi Rod Goi’

The pagan history of the north is an eternal well of fascination and identity. 

Anorexia Nervosa - ‘The September Ep’

’Sister September’ is a masterpiece. 

Immortal - ‘Northern Chaos Gods’

Goddamn what a masterpiece. 

20 hours ago, True Belief said:

Stormwarrior are very good too.

What is it with power metal bands and their compound word names?

Stormwarrior, Dragonforce, Eagleheart, Hammerfall, Battlebeast, Powerwolf, Powerquest... 

Put any two fantasy words together (power, dragon, sword, quest) and bang, you’ve got your band name 

At the Gates - ‘To Drink From the Night Itself’

’Daggers’ and ‘Mirror’ are worth the purchase alone. What amazing songs. Those vocals. So desperate, so haunted. 

7 hours ago, Natassja said:

Christmas elves.

You monster! We need them to make toys! 

I’ve been rocking solo a bit lately while the family from hell is down the coast, so my diet has been less than healthy to say the least. 

Fried food, alcohol and black metal to be specific.

I’ve even started to deep fry my alcohol and black metal, which can also apparently be done in fish n chip shops in Scotland. 

7 hours ago, Natassja said:

I have been listening to a lot of Midian on cd in the car recently, it is such a great album. 

Correct. It’s just amazing and I love it more now than when it came out 20 years ago. 

17 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Here's what they posted on Facebook last month:

 

Looks like they've partnered with Ikea. Exciting!

Thanks for posting that. I don’t know who that guy is with Jonas, but I hope it’s a positive. 

Praying there’s not too much prog and Opeth circa 2006 worship. I want a great emotional rock album along the lines of ‘Serein’ and ‘Old Heart Falls’ from the last album. 

Mayhem - ‘Live In Jessheim’

Easily the worst sounding of the Dead era Mayhem live shows (this, Leipzig, Sarpsborg, Zeitz).

There is a terrible piercing sound throughout it, but I’m glad Peaceville officially releases it, because it’s worthy of ownership. 

Great booklet with interviews, pictures etc. 

But even I need to turn this off after a while, and I just listened to the full demo ‘Pure Fucking Armaggedon’ and enjoyed it, so that should tell you something about the sound quality of ‘Live in Jessheim’.

Great fun though, all of it. 

28 minutes ago, True Belief said:

 

Saturnus

 

Risky. 

I’m pumping the latest Twilight Force album, ‘Dawn of the Dragonstar’ since buying it a couple of days ago. 

This is quickly becoming one of my all time favourite power metal albums. Anthemic, fantastical, and just so beautifully done with genuinely moving songs. 

I’d never heard these guys before the purchase, but I’m glad I bought this. 

Since my last post we’ve had Burzum, Mayhem, Carcass, Judas Priest and King Diamond played in the pub. 

This is a public bar, front room, on a Thursday afternoon I’m talking about. What an amazing place.

I just want to hang out here to listen to music, let alone drink.

Some Requiem staples coming up like:

Moonspell

My Dying Bride

Cradle of Filth

Ozzy Osbourne (yeah I know, but I need to complete the collection by buying this... oh man...)

and I’ve heard from an unreliable source that  Katatonia are in the studio too. I hope it’s true. 

So already there are 5 albums that are immediate purchases for me. So good. Hail 2020. 

Various metal masterpieces at the metal pub including Rotting Christ, Vltimas, Celtic Frost and others. 

Perfect atmosphere for Thirsty Thursday here in a thankfully smoke-cleared Melbourne. 

9 hours ago, ChainsawAkimbo said:

I had no idea they are doing some good stuff again! The last album i bought was Midian, and listened to it extensively. I was bit sad what he did with Devilment, i like some of the music though. As far as i know he sort of overtook that band under his thumb. He heard the band, enjoyed it.. pushed himself to be their singer.. then took over the whole thing.. not cool. That said, in the end of the day.. the only thing that really matters to me is if i like the music or not. I can´t remember, or imagine ever boycotting a band because i don´t like a person or their actions. Time to go check out Cryptoriana while i have a moment for myself now.  

I never heard any Devilment demos from before Dani was involved, but I own both full lengths and really like them, especially the latest (and I guess last now that they’ve imploded) ‘Mephisto Waltzes’. 

But yeah, ‘Hammer of the Witches’ and ‘Cryptoriana’ are definitely worth checking out. 

Rotting Christ - ‘Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoi’

Easy to listen to/hard to type with infernal autocorrect trying to tell me what I mean. Shut up phone and stick to the script.