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  1. Funny thing is Undeath is pretty much nostalgia - it's borderline Cannibal Corpse worship (and to be honest I always found CC to be one of the weaker DM bands from the 1990s). But Undeath don't have even the immediacy or pulverising brutality of Cannibal Corpse in their heyday. As for Pig Destroyer, that was not a straight DM or grind album. It was essentially an amalgamation of different styles of metallic hardcore from the 1990s but with modern production. And it was still memorable and absolutely brutal at times. Obituary S/T - I don't mind it now but it hasn't aged as a classic. I think I was juts excited to hear Obituary play faster again. Gatecreeper - yep they're overhyped and generally meh. Much like Undeath they don't seem to know how to write memorable riffs or play like they mean it.
  2. I have read the same but I am not taking any chances.
  3. Sinister are one of those tolerable if completely mundane bands. Yet they do an all right job covering some classic - or the classics make up for Sinister's usually nondescript song writing. And then a question: WHY THE FUCK DO DEATH METAL BANDS STRUGGLE WRITING INTERESTING AND MEMORABLE MUSIC TODAY? There are exceptions - I still think Blood Incantation's Hidden History of the Human Race is phenomenal. Even stuff that's good like Witch Vomit and Tomb Mold is lacking in that memorable song writing department. I'm not talking melodic shit either - early Carcass, Death, Autopsy and Entombed were not melodic.
  4. Good work. Red Backs are fucking horrid things - vicious as hell. About the only "deadly" fauna Aussies are likely to encounter. I usually let spiders live but red backs and white tails get atomised with the Slipper of Murderous Rage or gassed like so many soldiers at Monte San Michele in 1916. Though if it's up to the wife, all spiders must die. Luckily all my father in law's guns are stored under lock and key or she'd be blasting away at them with an Accuracy International sniper rifle or 357 Magum revolver.
  5. Blows me out you like Undeath given you sledge similar sounding DM bands as mainstream garbage. And Undeath certainly aren't what you claim to like in DM - "evil, cavernous, crushing." They sound like a nostalgia tribute act on safe mode. Undeath are IMO mediocre. They're not terrible but they certainly don't bring anything particularly interesting. There was only a small handful of passages and riffs that I found interesting on it and even then they were only OK and not mindblowing. I'd still rather listen to some older stuff that absolutely slays. ----- Oh and new Immolation is yawn fest cookie cutter stuff. Immolation last kicked butt with Majesty and Decay. And then like every good Nuclear Blast production line band, they just churn out cheap versions of Majesty and Decay. It's a risk free steady cashflow model. All the bands on Nuclear Blast (and to some degree Century Media) do this - Arch Enemy, Kreator, Immolation, Kataklysm, Soilwork, Belphegor, Exodus, Accept, Aborted, Blind Guardian, Testament, Overkill, Krisiun, Dimmu Borgir, Witchery, Memoriam, Lamb of God etc etc etc etc etc . It results in mediocrity. Sometimes something is worth repeat listening but most of the time it's just interchangeable. What's funny is they're not really very good. Even Gatecreeper lacked in memorable riffs. I've noticed a trend out of America to focus on non-descript bands without much soul or memorability but they have some sort of hollowed out nostalgia vibe. And not just death metal but other genres as well eg Haunt and Sumerlands (though I like Eternal Champion).
  6. Welcome. That is an awesome collection!
  7. Yes it's always been quite a popular topic on the old Metal-fi forums where a lot of us come from. Totally agree. I think the last time someone published an end of year list where I liked a lot of the choices was Terrorizer some time in the early 2000s.
  8. Actually I don't mind Last Rites. It's one of the few music blogs I visit. Again writing style is bland*, but the content is a lot more interesting. *I still find writing styles in mags like Zero Tolerance and Decibel to be better than the internet blogs. Could be impact of actual editors or they simply try to recruit people with some journalistic skills.
  9. I don't generally like No Clean Singing - the writing style is bland, presentation is meh and it's too black/cavernous death for me. I also think Andy Synn's is too lenient and just praises everything. There is nothing to be gleaned from his writings. I just looked at their lists and to be honest I saw stuff that is either of no interest to me (pure black, sludge stuff, cavernous death metal) or stuff I just can't be fucked with save two songs to confirm the band is still stuck doing the same boring shit because they are artistically bankrupt (eg Lamb of God, Witchery, Immolation, Kreator, Darkane etc). I also think a lot of the metal community is stuck in a rut. I was speaking to mates at the King Parrot gig and nearly all of them are completely out of the loop when it comes to modern metal. Indeed the Pantera reunion was the main talking point with several people. The magazine FB pages ala Decibel or Zero Tolerance only get comments and lots of likes for old bands. Decibel churns out lots of new stuff on FB but most of it doesn't get any kind of response.
  10. A few points: 1. The underground scene in 1980s was tiny. Eg Norwegian black metal scene in 1990 was about 50 people. It was mainly an international scene based around letter writing and tape trading. Your average metalhead in that period listened to Motley Crue, Quiet Riot, Ratt etc. Then you had smaller concentric circles of more and more extreme stuff. 2. In Slayer magazine, quite a few bands name obscure stuff like Sarcofago, Repulsion and Razor as influences. Indeed Sarcofago's INRI was Dead's favourite album. 3. Non whites weren't prominent in metal in Europe because at the time Europe was still mainly white. Even US was 83% white in 1980 (12% black, 5% everyone else). Given metal only appeals to very small % of population, it is unlikely that many say in Sweden you'd find many metalheads amongst the tiny Somali population of a maybe a couple of hundred people in 1980. Now there's 70,000 Somali born in Sweden so more likely some of them would get into metal (again small as 70,000 is not a lot of people). 4. Cultural differences. Different cultures have adopted metal differently. Eg France never really developed a large metal scene but Germany did. Metal doesn't seem to appeal to different cultures to different degrees. 5. In USA 1970-1980s hard rock and metal were more for middle class types who tended to primarily white. African Americans developed their own musical subcultures ala hip hop/rap. 6. But as mentioned metal there was still quite a few non-white metal musicians in 1980s. And there's been more and more since. So some guy in 2022 claiming how he's a black guy in rock music and that that is something noteworthy is bullshit - he's just looking for an angle.
  11. I totally agree with this sentiment. I don't mind flipping sides, but some double albums have only 15 minutes per side and so you're not just flipping sides frequently but also having to change records (eg Mastodon's Emperor of Sand).
  12. Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom Never heard this before. Interesting this gets called black metal by some but it sounds far more death metal/grind. Would sit better next to really early Carcass and Bolt Thrower than Mayhem. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends - haven't heard this one in over a decade!
  13. I have to order CDs/vinyl from either the local independent record shop who can't get a lot f stuff in or online retailers. Postage to Oz is expensive so I go locals but even then it's expensive: CDs: USD $20.50 - $26.60 Vinyl: USD $30 - $50. Postage: free if from local shop, 4 items at Utopia or purchase over USD$68 at Resist Records. Postage from overseas is insane - I order a War Against Women CD from the US for the wife before COVID and the postage was more than the CD. Total spent on those 17 albums/EPs = AUD $560 or USD$383 (I've kept tabs on my spending this year). Average is AUD$33 or USD$22.53. Australians get butt raped repeatedly when it comes to prices of anything. Lucky country indeed. 🙄
  14. Man I wish had that kind of muoolah! So much back catalogue and it just keeps growing cause I don't have the funds to buy it!
  15. Death - Leprosy All the Chuck tributes have got me in the mood!
  16. I refer to the irritating stuff ala Parkway Drive or KSE as melodic metalcore to differentiate it from other (better) stuff. On its own metalcore or metallic hardcore has spawned some great bands ala Vision of Disorder or Earthcrisis. Shame the melodic metalcore took over. And most melodic metalcore is just watered down melodic death metal. You play stuff like Soilwork and Inflames circa Clayman and they're not that far removed from KSE, Trivium, Unearth etc. Early As I Lay Dying and Shadows Fall were totally melodic death metal. I still like Shadows Fall Of One Blood and Art of Balance. Of One Blood is melodic DM whereas Art of Balance is really a modern type of thrash ala similar era Death Angel. Totally agree the term's been too corrupted. That French band seems to run aground quickly into meandering post metal territory. IMO hardcore's got to be constantly punching you in the face. And the black stuff I like should also be slashing you with a switchblade!
  17. So a list of everything I purchased musically in 2022 - quiet year but my finances are still recovering: CD (12): Darkthrone - Eternal Hails Darkthrone - Astral Fortress Enforced - Kill Grid Exciter - Violence and Force GBH - City Baby's Revenge Megadeth - The Sick, The Dead And The Dying Midnight - Let There Be Witchery Motorhead - We Are Motorhead Nosce Teipsum - Nothing Remains Overkill - Under The Influence Sepultura - Schizophrenia (2nd time owning this one) Skyclad - Prince Of The Poverty Line (finally found a copy! One of my favourite albums of all time) I have new Sodom "40 Years At War - The Greatest Hell of Sodom" on order and it may arrive this year. Vinyl (5) Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses Cancer - To The Gory End Cave In - Heavy Pendulum Ironhawk - Ritual of the Warpath Power Trip - Manifest Decimation I did sell a handful of albums too (Destruction's Cracked Brain, Mindsnare's Unholy Rush, GBH live album and Nasty Savage's Penetration Point).
  18. I am the same - I lost interest in Blind Guardian around the same time. And I used to be a massive fan - Nightfall In Middle Earth and Imaginations From The Other Side are still two of my favourite albums. Their modern stuff exemplifies some of the worst tendencies of modern power metal. Power Trip - Manifest Decimation - I actually prefer this to Nightmare Logic (even though Executioner's Tax is their best song. The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It - Also one of my favourite albums. I prefer the The Haunted to At The Gates. So much more ferocious and riffy. First 4 The Haunted albums were all solid gold!
  19. I spend too much time reading military stuff because I misread it as as Iskander as in 9K720 Iskander ballistic missile. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Army2016demo-075.jpg/300px-Army2016demo-075.jpg For some reason FB feeds me crap from Revolver and Metal Hammer magazines. I am constantly correcting people on stuff - eg recently some guy called Power Trip a death metal band. Also the true mainstream metal fans are really clueless as how the music industry works or that there is actually a big massive world of metal outside of Metallica, Slipknot, Korn and Machine Head.
  20. What peeves me off is that very often "diversity" characters are still just Americans with American names (even surnames) and seldom have any of their own culture left. You don't really see diversity in terms of culture, just skin tone and facial features. As an immigrant from non-English speaking background, it irks me a lot. Actually Hollywood ignores even class and geographic cultural differences within the US itself (except Texans who get some lame stereotype assumed to them). Everyone is nondescript and fits what are 1970-80s tropes. I really enjoy shows like Kim's Convenience (about a Korean family who runs a convenience store in multicultural Toronto) which did actually show how different cultures affected people's lives and interactions. Are you referring to Triple J's The Racket? The current presenter is lame and I don't bother with it.
  21. Total fucking suck. How long have you had it? Hope you start recovering soon.
  22. In Flames - Colony Last album of theirs I liked. Still rocks to this day!
  23. One of my favourite LOG songs. You guys nailed it!
  24. In other news Anthrax keep talking about this album that was supposed to have been out 12-24 months ago. No doubt KK will laugh heartily! https://blabbermouth.net/news/joey-belladonna-says-theres-progress-being-made-on-next-anthrax-album
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