RelentlessOblivion

Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (2005

G’Day, want tell us some of the bands you like? Or maybe how long you’ve been a metal fan? Anything at all?

Lair - The Hidden Shiv (2024) I’d say this is reminiscent of a sludgey Rippikoulu

Nah he’ll be all about Taylor swift…

Funny GG as I was about to make a similar point, I know my taste has only skewed further and further towards the extreme in the last decade or so. Worth noting that extreme can be interpreted many different ways, which is just part of the fun,Azaghul, Cemetary Urn, and Evoken are all extreme in very different ways, for example

Ultimately it’s done with, we’ve all voiced our thoughts on the Dead matter, truthfully, I don’t see much benefit in continuing that particular conversation, flogging a dead horse as it were. NP: 1349 - Hellfire (2005)

Maybe one day we’ll get to hear it, Until then Under a Stone… and Conductor’s Departure aren’t a bad way for Anata to sign off.

1349 - Liberation (2003) 1349 - Beyond the Apocalypse (2004)

Deconsecrated - Ascension in the Altar of Condemned )2024( [Chile] Death Metal which borrows from the 90’s. It’s solid enough thus far

Given my pension for consuming copious quantities of black and death metal, it is somewhat ironic that I really don’t enjoy much blackened DM, even I don’t understand my taste in music sometimes…

That Sinister album is great, killer DM. Re Possessed I think seven churches is a pretty great album, but I can’t say I enjoy any of their other work that much.

How about a nice Chianti, best with some favs beans and perhaps liver…

Apocalyptic Annihilation - Necrothrash (2023) yep blackened thrash, our little orca is growing up…🤣

I remember the days when I had similar feelings about my favourite bands, they could do no wrong, and everything they released was flawless. Time passes and tastes change, I’m sure 16 year old me would be horrified hearing that I would one day all but stop listening to Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, 25 year old would be just as stunned to learn. I would eventually do it same with Devin Townsend and Dark Tranquillity. I guess my point being that sometimes the bands we love the most, and also be the ones we are most critical of in years to come. the bands we love the most, and also be the ones we are most critical of in years to come. Actually come to think of it. I don’t think there is a single band I listen to, with caveats for those who only ever released, one or two albums, who is discography I could say is flawless. Death probably, closest, but I think the vocals on Symbolic week, and parts of both human and individual thought patterns tend to drag. Bathory have eight truly excellent albums in my opinion, but the other three, is it three, I forget sometimes, anyway, there, other albums are so bad they are virtually unlistenable, and while I adore Inquisition my personal view is the peak was Dismal Orations with each album, they released since being slightly weaker than the one which proceeded it

I’m entirely aware that I’ve missed a lot, but like I said, I only listened to 10 albums total from 2023, that’s where I’m relying on the lists here to steer me in the right direction. Sidenote, my New Year’s resolution is to check out as much 2024 metal as I can

That would be Afterbirth, Fossilization, and Verminous Serpent, in a rarity for me I didn’t even enjoy the new releases from Ahab or Mournful Congregation enough to purchase

Unfortunately Macabre is right on this one. In the decade or so we have both been here I would say 2/3 of political discussions, whether they are about inflammatory topics or the mundane, just end up in screaming matches with neither side willing to give any ground or end the discussion. while I do enjoy talking politics from time to time, I don’t think it is healthy for the forum, particularly with how charged the political landscape is these days. Our job as moderators isn’t to be the thought police, but we also don’t want MF to resemble Twitter.content… NP : Spite Extreme Wing - Non Decor, Deco (2003)

Considering I listened to about a dozen albums that were released in 2023 and only liked three of them enough to pick them up. Well, let’s just say by the time I’m ready to put in a list of my own it’s probably going to be 2026

Lunar Aurora - Of Stargates and Bloodstained Celestial Spheres (1999) Lunar Aurora - Zyklus (2003) I have no earthly idea how I ended up with either of these perhaps the most forgettable black metal I’ve ever heard

My friend that isn’t a healthy way to view the world. That really isn’t anything wet to say, but I haven’t already, or that wasn’t reiterated by our goathorned fiend though.

Sargeist - Satanic Black Devotion (2003) Sargeist - Disciples of the Heinous Path (2005

I know I’m going to regret this but… dude I think you need help. I understand that life can, at times, be a real drag. It can be monotonous and boring, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing more to life than that. It’s not healthy or accurate, to insist that becoming an adult requires the death of all excitement and joy. as far as not finding modern metal to be at all exciting? I’m not as dedicated to tracking new releases as GG, Surj, and co but even I can think of three bands off the top of my head that dropped killer stuff last year. Even if you’re not interested in tracking down modern metal, there’s troves of bands from the 80s and 90s, just waiting to be discovered in the cavernous depths of the Internet. Anyway, that’s really all I’ve got to say so I’ll close with this: in life and metal you only get out of it what you put in.

Leviathan - Howl Mockery at the Cross (2005) Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (2008)

Aborym - With No Human Intervention (2003) Leviathan - The Tenth Sub-Level of Suicide (2003)

There’s also McLaren Vale They aren’t as well-known outside of South Australia as the Barossa Valley wine growing region. they aren’t as well-known outside of South Australia as the Barossa Valley wine growing region, but still offer some excellent stuff. Oh and it isn’t just Shiraz that we produce here, though for me rosé is the most overrated of all wines, closely followed by Merlot. Re Primordial I find them very hit or miss,