JamesT

Fantastic choice!  To be honest, I had a difficult time getting into Cirith Ungol due to Tim Baker's vocals.  But I've since grown to love this band.  His vocals are unique for sure, but they actually add to the music, which I've grown to see.

Cirith Ungol - Dark Parade (2023)
 

I appreciate it, my metal bro!  It was a fantastic day indeed!  I'm sorry to hear about your late wife.  That's such a true statement that resonates with me regarding the last age at which we knew someone who is no longer with us.  I had a close friend who was killed in a car accident during our freshman year of college - to me, she'll always be 18.  
Hope your daughter enjoys her 34th birthday as well!
My Dying Bride have been a constant for me over the past 17 years or so.  Their debut full-length release, "As the Flower Withers" is one where Aaron Stainthorpe only uses his death vocals, so that one might be a little closer to a sound you might enjoy more.  The music is unmistakably doom-leaning, though, so it may still be a bit too low-key - definitely worth checking out, though!
I finished listening all the way through their 2001 release, "The Dreadful Hours" today, and that one is probably one of their heaviest albums.  You might possibly find "The Light at the End of the World" (1999) somewhat enjoyable.  I understand they're not everyone's cup of tea, though.  I don't listen to a ton of doom outside of Candlemass, My Dying Bride, Solitude Aeturnus, Doom VS, and Funeral, but occasionally I'm in the mood for it, and it hits home big time!
Thank you, my friend!  It was a fantastic day!  My wife took the day off so we could spend it together, and I wouldn't change a single thing about it.  I'm a blessed man for sure.

Vista Chino - Peace
Happy Birthday James

HBD dude. This reminds me my daughter's 34th birthday will be coming up next month. Where does the time go? Also reminds me my late wife would have been 40 in another two days. Can't imagine her being 40, funny how people are frozen in time in your mind at whatever age you last knew them at.
Never got into MDB really. I've heard some of their stuff but it never really did much for me. It's been quite awhile though, might be time to revisit those sad acts one of these days. But they've got too many god damned albums, I wouldn't know where to start. Have they released anything that's a bit heavier and more aggressive than the rest?
 
Agreed about Satanic North. Totally forgettable.
This Grave Heresy's pretty damn good though 🤘
 

My Dying Bride - "Songs of Darkness, Words of Light"
My Dying Bride - "The Dreadful Hours"
It's been a fantastic 34th birthday jamming to these death/doom pioneers!  Loving every bit of it. 

My Dying Bride - "Songs of Darkness, Words of Light"
My Dying Bride - "The Dreadful Hours"
It's been a fantastic 34th birthday jamming to these death/doom pioneers!  Loving every bit of it. 

My Dying Bride - "Songs of Darkness, Words of Light"
My Dying Bride - "The Dreadful Hours"
It's been a fantastic 34th birthday jamming to these death/doom pioneers!  Loving every bit of it. 

My Dying Bride - "Songs of Darkness, Words of Light"
My Dying Bride - "The Dreadful Hours"
It's been a fantastic 34th birthday jamming to these death/doom pioneers!  Loving every bit of it. 

Fantastic choice!  Such an underrated band.  I really enjoy the albums Ripper is on, but Barlow is a great singer in his own right.  

Immortal - "Damned in Black"
Immortal - "War Against All"

Immortal - "Damned in Black"
Immortal - "War Against All"

Fantastic choice!  Such an underrated band.  I really enjoy the albums Ripper is on, but Barlow is a great singer in his own right.  

Accept - "Humanoid"
Judas Priest - "Invincible Shield" 

Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
 

Accept - "Humanoid"
Judas Priest - "Invincible Shield" 

Scorpions - Animal Magnetism (1980)
 

I hope Accept is that that you wish for.
 
NP: The Skull - For Those Which Are Asleep

Very underrated band for sure!  I often will listen through all 12 albums in chronological order and literally enjoy the entire thing.
 
And now, here we are!  On the precipice of the release of the brand new Accept album, Humanoid!  Talk about Christmas morning coming for the 4th time already, and it's not even May yet.  Saxon, Judas Priest, DragonForce, and now Accept - all before my birthday (May 1).  Getting up early to go for a 4-mile run, and I will be blasting the new slab of heavy metal greatness from Accept the whole way!
Heading to sleep early tonight so Christmas morning will come again sooner!

I don't listen to Crowbar enough. I find their earlier albums better than their later albums but they have some great stuff in their catalogue.
NP: Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics

Excellent choice!  Crowbar is one of my top 5 favorite metal bands - not a single weak album in the 12-album discography.  "Broken Glass" and "Odd Fellows Rest" are my two favorites, and I think "Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form" is the most underrated.  "Sever the Wicked Hand" could probably fall into that category as well.  Just a fantastic band.
Candlemass - "King of the Grey Islands"

Lich King - Toxic Zombie Onsalught

Crowbar - S/T