Well, NoBlastBeats has reached 100 posts! I can see a lot of the visitors I have come from here so I'd like to thank you all very much and I hope you continue to find the site interesting and a little different than the usual metal sites.
I guess I'd have to say Vore and Disma. They straddle the sweet spot between Death and Doom that I particularly enjoy. More recently I discovered Konvent who also find that same sweet spot between Death and Doom. Anther recent favourite is Green Lung. I'm still unsure what category of metal they occupy. Not that it really matters I guess.
I guess all we can do is have faith that the song(s) in question mean something to the artist or they're trying to do something that they believe in. Its what the artist wants to achieve vs what the fan considers to be an honest attempt to create good music.