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Drudkh- “They Often See Dreams....” really liked this from the start. First track in particular is great. Best album in a long time imo.

My copy of the new Drudkh album finally arrived!

"Behold.Total.Rejection." - Revenge All poor thoughts I have had about this band are gone.  I guess that I have another item to add to my list of things to buy...

"Behold.Total.Rejection." - Revenge All poor thoughts I have had about this band are gone.  I guess that I have another item to add to my list of things to buy...

Nice one.... hmm I think that would be 'La Sanie des siecles..'
np. Nocturnal Depression - Four Seasons..
 

Welcome. Personally i would consider nu-metal as a potential gateway drug to the good stuff.. But metal is metal, and that´s all that matters!  

System of a Down - Chop Suey! is an incredible song!

Welcome!

I have only listened to it once, but it no longer has the warm earthiness of their previous albums.  It is closest to "A Furrow Cut Short."
Horna/Peste Noire split

Druk?  Droodkh?  Drood?  It really irritates me that I do not know this for sure, as it is one of my favorite bands.  However, I have only seen it written.

Most of Burzum's material is pretty good (I am a huge fan).  I will have to check out the Wormlust album.

I went to a Tibetan bowl and gong concert yesterday.  It was some really interesting music.

I guess not, but It wouldn't hurt to be a little more creative with it. When a character goes to wash their face or something and the mirror is the focus of the shot, I immediately think "this again?".

Not all time top 5 but probably the bands that feature day to day most for me at the moment. 
1. Necrophagist
2. Bolt Thrower.
3. Lethian Dreams
4. Pallbearer
5. Coffinworm

Metallica one
pantera cemetery gates 

"Aryan Supremacy" - Peste Noire
"Long Lost Relics of Power" - Oldenhelm
"The Rise of the Specter" - Old Tower
"Enchantment of the Ring" - Secret Stairways
I have decided to make an effort to really get into Dungeon Synth.  Does anyone have any recommendations?

Mine too

"Litourgiya" - Batushka
"Eastern Frontier in Flames" - Drudkh

Megadeth dystopia 
cannibal corpse red before black 

I was baptized and even confirmed at the Episcopal Church I went to growing up. Then I read the Satanic Bible and never looked back.

How is "E" anyway? Haven't had a chance to check it out. 
NP: Graveland- "In the Glare of Burning Churches" (Demo)

"Exercises in Futility" - Mgla
"Wolf's Lair Abyss" - Mayhem

"Exercises in Futility" - Mgla
"Wolf's Lair Abyss" - Mayhem

"Exercises in Futility" - Mgla
"Wolf's Lair Abyss" - Mayhem

Here's the thing though, the riffs and melodies from the guitar and/or vocal lines are the hooks. Metal had never, and will never, need the kinds of saccharine hooks that pop music uses. It's basically the antithesis of metal. Combining metal with pop music isn't innovative, it has only served to dumb down the genre for mass consumption from the many failed attempt and identities it has taken on. This is not to say that metal can't be catchy, but the chorus even from a mainstream classic metal song is still a long way from the ones used in bubblegum J-pop. If you think metal doesn't have any new ideas, you're simply not paying attention. Just as always, the retro and safe sounding bands get the press and the attention, you usually have to dig for something that's daring. Is it daring to mix metal with pop/punk or J-pop? Not really. It's just a way to try to marginalize and reduce metal to a kind of guitar distortion, which is the only way that people who don't want to think about the music they're hearing seem to he able to view it. This kind of synthesis brings it down to their level, but it benefits no one.

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