MattCantina

Into the Abyss by Posion (GER) is one of my favorites from that time, although it leans more towards first wave black metal than death metal. Messiah released some great albums too as far as I can remember

Early Pestilence slays

Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

7.5/10, the solo at 3:00 is pretty catchy. Unfortunately It's the first time I stumble across this band, so I'm not familiar with their style at all. Might fix this later

Nothing appealing, at least to me. The band seems to be completely devoid of any musical depth, so you aren't missing out much

I usually browse Metal Archives only to gather infos about a band's lineup or discography, but reading their reviews for each SFU release is a true mood booster

The entirety of Six feet Under's discography, especially the supposed "covers" of metal and rock classics

Antaeus - Blood Libels

Just ordered both Paracletus and The Synarchy of Molten Bones from DsO's bandcamp. This might come off as weird, but I have yet to buy several of their stuff. The problem is here in Italy shipping costs are beyond atrocious, and that slows my process of buying albums significantly. However, finding my mailbox full of merch is totally worth the wait

Hobbs' Angel of Death - S/T

Funebrarum - The Sleep of Morbid Dreams

Yeah, The Shining is probably my favorite movie ever. What I can do is to only reiterate what everyone has already said. I like my horror to be heavily psychological, messed up and intriguing.

Possessed - Seven Churches Portal - Swarth

Age of Enlightenment

NP: Asphyx - Last one on earth

Looks tasty. Our local speciality is a piece of bran bread stuffed with cheese. Looks something a little bit primitive until you put honey on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seada

I don't have so much to do at the moment, and it's raining outside (which sets a really gloomy atmosphere) so I'll try to tackle this topic the best I can. I'm no expert on the field, but I recall a guy named Antoine Lavoisier set out a principle which goes more or less like this: "Nothing can be destroyed, nothing can be created, but everything can be transformed", which makes me pander about the fact human consciousness, after death, can not be eradicated. Therefore, exactly in what place does it go? Anyway, the italian version of the word "ghost" comes from ancient greek (φάντασμα), which is literally defined as an "apparition, or projection" without necessarily taking into account occultism or spiritualism. I know that because I studied both latin and greek literature. By the way, there is an interesting document of the era written by Pliny the Younger which describes an "haunted house", several centuries before this concept was popularized by other authors. If you are interested to read the document, here I tried to translate it: " There was a house in Athens, it was big and comprised of several rooms, yet also infamous and pernicious. During the silent nights, it was possible to hear a sound of grating chains, at first far away, but then much closer. Suddenly, a ghost appeared: the features were that of an elderly man, quite sloppy, with a big beard and wiry hair. His feets were blocked by strains, while he shaked the chains with his own hands. Therefore the residents of the house, easily scared, would spend sleepless nights. Due to this excessive fear, insanity and -afterwards- death, followed. In fact, even during daytime, even though the ghost faded away, there was still his terrible silhouette etched in the eyes of the residents. Due to this series of events, the house remained deserted and forgotten, left to the vagaries of that terrible monster. Yet, it was always for sale... "

Katharsis - VVorldVVithoutEnd Death in June - The Snow Bunker Tapes (not metal, hope everyone is fine with that)

Moon

Mystifier - Goetia

Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten Heavy Load - Stronger Than Evil Decided to take a break from all the black metal I've been listening to through the past week

Hellripper - Coagulating Darkness; one of my favorites of the past year

Teitanblood - Accursed Skin

Pseudogod - Deathwomb Catechesis

Vi - De Praestigiis Angelorum