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New Darkthrone day is always a good day. Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All

Rattlesnake Milk - Jam in the Van Rattlesnake Milk - s/t

Rush - All the World's a Stage

Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse Opeth - Orchid

Morningrise was where I discovered Opeth. Love it to pieces, but BWP is their pinnacle which extends through the twins of Deliverance and Damnation. @markm, id hesitate to reconsider your back catalog rule with any other band, but Opeth is different. Everything they did from the first album through Ghost Reveries is worth your time. My Arms and Orchid both have some real gems. The Baying of the Hounds, Face of Melinda, The Moor... just so many great tunes.

I'd say if you're looking at Unanimated don't skip out on Ancient God of Evil. Great album if not that similar to Dissection. Also, for a more modern equivalent, check out these guys: Ninkharsag https://vendetta-records.bandcamp.com/album/the-dread-march-of-solemn-gods

Still my favorite BM album ever. The riffs....RIFFS! NP: Circle of Ouroborus - Kotiinpaluu - out of their extensive discography, this has to be my #1. Totally laid back, chill, mostly acoustic. Just hits the spot every time.

The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge The Sound - Counting the Days

More goodness from my local wax retailer: Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley Bad Religion - Suffer Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth

Saw ASG last night. Probably one of my favorite live bands ever. Killer show. So this morning on the way to the grocery store: ASG - Feeling Good is Good Enough ASG - Win Us Over Now, eating chips and queso listening to my RSD haul: Motorhead - Remorse? No! The Dead Milkmen - Bucky Fellini Sisters of Mercy - first 2 EPs Sepultura - Morbid Visions Sepultura - Bestial Devastation

Kryptograf - The Eldorado Spell

Actually got to see them earlier this year. Was looking forward to seeing them again in May, but just counting myself lucky I got one. Same for Sodom who played their first US set in like 18 years. Neither disappointed. Still no real explanation for why MDB cancelled.

So wine. Man T-Guy, you sure hate a lot of stuff. Little kids and puppy dogs are probably on the list too right next to rainbows and sunny days.

They're definitely fruity. BTW, this is the only TS song I can say I really like, but I do remember Stay Hungry hitting pretty hard as a snot nosed pre-adolescent. The Beast I like lots of beer. I like beer with fruit in it. I don't really like Cucumber+Rasbperry+lemon+Mango IPAs or whatever ridiculous combination the kidz seem to come up with these days.

Nice. Hit the pre-order just now.

Floor - Oblation Beach Rats - Rat Beat Accept falls into the same category as The Scorpions, Priest, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Maiden, Twisted Sister, Sabbath, UFO, and a few others. Perfectly acceptable for the right situation (i.e. sitting around with the boys, drinking beer, and grilling some meat, pool party with the fam, cutting the grass/working around the house). Many of us of a certain vintage probably wouldn't be metalheads if it weren't for bands like these even if we have moved well past them today. I plug some of them on at times for that nostalgia kick or just some mindless enjoyment. Good void filler if you don't want to critically listen to new unfamiliar music. Doesn't require effort to enjoy. The musical equivalent to comfort food if you will.

Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize

Ebola - Distorted Romance Weald and Woe - For the Good of the Realm ASET - Astral Rape

Manager: Quality Control, make sure all that shit beer tastes exactly the same. Bland and unoffensive. QC: Got it sir. No problem.

Non-alcoholic beer is actually a big trend with the kids and breweries are ramping up production to match. Personally, I don't see the point, but whatever floats their boat. If I want something non-alcoholic, many better choices. But hey, for folks with legit medical reasons to avoid alcohol but still want to enjoy a beer, it's a boon.

Dharma - Bhaisajyaguru

Pretty good actually. Glad to not have enough hair for a manly man bun or grizzly adams beard too. Definitely a regional thing. I'm sure there are plenty of good variations in local areas. The mass produced stuff always disappoints no matter the style. Beer should be local, like food in my opinion.

Killing Joke - Killing Joke (2003) Coroner - Grin

I believe that is what really turned me off to IPAs. Like Surge, I won't turn down a perfectly good beer if someone is handing it to me, but they're never my first choice. Down here, breweries either try to see just how bitter they can make a beer as some kind of badge of honor or how many weird ass fruit combos can be added. It's akin to the hot wings trend, let's make these perfectly good chicken wings inedible as some test of manhood by adding 43 ghost peppers and top it with a scotch bonnet. People claim to enjoy them, but I can't see how. And it's all fine and good. Plenty of beer out there to like for everyone. Just annoying that every brewery has to have 60-75% of the menu dedicated to the same variation of style. In stores, seems that's all they carry anymore and most just suck (the ones you mentioned, Voodoo Ranger, Space Dust, 420, the list goes on). Many started out good, but over the years got bought out by conglomerates or over expanded and the quality dropped. Stone was sold several years ago and had never been the same. Everyone has their own preferences. I personally don't like German beer. Lukewarm on IPAs and Pilsners. Will never seek one out, but will never turn down a freebie.

If it weren't for beer nerds like us, we'd all be stuck with 1980's piss domestic swill for choice. Maybe just Bud Light for us yanks and Fosters for you folks on the wrong side of the planet. Be grateful for beer nerds.