Arioch

Nuclear Assault - Survive (1988)

Enslaved - Eld (1997)

Welcome 🤘

I don't hate Slipknot. In the same way as Korn, I'm not interested in them at all. In fact, I couldn't care less.

Savage Grace - Master of Disguise (1985)

Sadus - The Shadow Inside (2023)

Summoning - Minas Morgul (1995)

Summoning - Lugburz (1995)

Argile - Spleen Angel (2024)

Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare (1988)

Archgoat - The Aeon Of The Angelslaying Darkness (2010) I found this compilation of the band on 2 CDs. Vio-Lence - Live San Francisco 2001-12-14 (2005) The sound of this live album is really very good. The drums (the snare drum in particular) sound much better than on Eternal Nightmare.

Duly noted, thank you.

Thanks to you, I discovered the Archgoat band last night. I'll have to find out more about them, but what I really liked was Angelslayer's vocals. It's so good! @GoatmasterGeneral Which album should you listen to first? I've been in a satanic mood the last few weeks...

Bathory - Nordland I (2002)

Bathory - Octagon (1995) The snare drum sound quickly becomes unbearable.

Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987)

Bathory - Requiem (1994) Oh, that bass sound! 🤩 I don't like the Lars Ulrich sound of the drums 🤔

Sodom - Persecution Mania (1987)

This morning, I'm listening to Ange, my favorite band. It's not Metal, so I'll just list the albums I've listened to. (There's keyboard in it) 😁😉 Ange - Les Larmes du Dalaï Lama (1992) Ange - La Voiture à Eau (1999)

I completely understand your point of view. Synths have never bothered me, EXCEPT when they encroach a little too much on the rest of the instruments. So first of all, Hard FM is something I've never appreciated, and it makes me run the 110-meter hurdles in less than a tenth of a second. But when it serves the music, to add an atmosphere, a mood, but behind it, the music blows its energy through the guitars or the drums, I'm fine with that. I can't imagine Emperor's In the Nightside Eclipse without this gloomy, omnipresent atmosphere. Just the guitars and the drums, if I take up your comparison with coffee, it would be like being served a cup of coffee, but without anything in it. For me, of course. I love Bal-Sagoth, for example, but I have to admit that after listening to one album, or even 2, I just can't take it anymore. The keyboards are too prominent.

I lost interest in the band when the symphonic part took over from everything else. I often listen to Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, but much less to the other albums I own.

Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997)

Les Vieilles Salopes - Aime-moi tendre, aime-moi vrai (2003) French punk band Les Vieilles Salopes (the old sluts) have released two albums, including this one (love me tender, love me true).

Obituary - The End Complete (1992)

Nocturnus A.D - Paradox (2019) New album due May 17! Here's a first track.