MattCantina

Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops

Death SS - Black Mass

1 hour ago, MacabreEternal said:

Destruction “Eternal Devastation”

First 3 songs off Obscura “Diluvium”

Early Destruction have some really nasty riffs, particularly Bestial Invasion, that song is one of my all-time thrash favorites 

1 hour ago, Curse said:

Roman

Spear of Longinus

Insect Warfare - World Extermination

Welcome aboard dude, hope you'll stick around (we are basically the same age). I like most of the stuff you already listen to, doom metal being my favorite, I guess, among these. 

Deicide - Legion; it was a while I didn't listen to any of their material. Can't help but to notice the gap between this album and anything that came afterwards, in terms of sheer violence and power, there's simply no competition

Grim Reaper - See you in Hell

Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury

Clandestine Blaze - City of Slaughter

Abhor - Occulta Religio

Genocide Organ - Civilization

Hellripper - Complete and Total Fucking Mayhem

28 minutes ago, Balor said:

I think that you are largely correct on much of the metal image of "negativity" being a gimmick, and I agree that the music should be the main reason that one listens to a band.  However, it nevertheless slightly irritates me that some bands would employ such powerful motifs in an inauthentic manner.  Rather than have their art embody themselves (their actual values, beliefs, etc.), they employ them to project a fictitious image.  In a sense, this seems to demean their art form.

Art is a very powerful tool, but also very subjective; an artist ( in this case, a metal band ) should be free to express his own ideas. Their interpretations of such topics might be completely fallacious -as indeed some really are- but I can't argue against art being in the eye of the beholder. To a certain extent, even fake satanism ( jokingly depicted) can be considered a form of art.

18 minutes ago, Balor said:

I was thinking about this, and I realized that it is actually quite odd to link metal (in a generic sense) with negativity.  A significant portion of metal music (from any subgenre) is quite exciting and energetic.  The dynamism that often takes the center stage in metal almost seems to be the opposite of negativity (which I would associate with inaction).  The act of doing anything seems to affirm some sort of dedication to life and existence that a truly negative person would shun. 

Thus, I find it interesting that "misanthropic" black metal musicians would spend so much time and effort creating something for other people to hear.  If you truly hate society, people, and life then why would you even bother to create at all?

Most metal bands take certain topics like "misanthrophy" or "satanism" (though, a very incorrect variant of both terms) just to add artistic value, but rarely follow these sentiments in real life. Sort of a gimmick to be honest, I can get behind that if the music is good enough to speak for itself

Funeral Mist - Hekatomb

I'm going to spend some of my leftover money and complete the Deathspell Omega collection. 

Also bought Dreaming With the Dead by Ripping Corpse for €8, what a deal!

1 minute ago, Fraser said:

Thergothon - Stream From The Heavens 

Amazing funeral doom

Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells

Pan.Thy.Monium - Dawn of Dreams

Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales

36 minutes ago, salmonellapancake said:

I'm in some metal groups on Facebook because sometimes i get some nice tips on releases and stuff, but most of the people in these groups are fucking dumb as a rock. Just had to get that off my chest lol

Yeah, most FB metal groups aren't that useful when it comes to suggestions, they pretty much focus on anniversaries. This especially happens with old school-oriented groups. 

Craft - White Noise and Black Metal

56 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Amazing. It’s my opinion that Tormentor are one of the most underrated bands in metal history. 

It's one of the best black metal albums indeed. Tons of great riffs

Tormentor - Anno Domini

Wolfnacht - W.O.T.A.N. returns

S.V.E.S.T - Death to macrocosmos

S.V.E.S.T - Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum (split with Deathspell Omega)

51 minutes ago, Balor said:

"Exercises in Futility" is a great album.  What has kept you away from Mgła until now?

I'm very picky when it comes to atmospheric black metal and at first I found Mgla to be a little bland. Now though I'm starting to see why so many people praise them.