MacabreEternal

Mütiilation - Black Metal Cult (2024) This one snook past me.

This again. Blokes live in Spain but are from Cuba originally. Look at his tricep. Someone's been doing his behind-the-neck broadsword extensions - 3 sets x 10 reps.

Ondfødt - det österbottniska mörkret (2023)

Narbeleth - A Pale Crown (2024)

Winter Lantern - Festering Vampirism (2021)

Testament - The New Order (1988)

Serpentine Path - s/t (2012)

I am about ten or so listens in over a number of years and still sit on the fence. The industrial and "post" elements work the best for me but I am not massive fans of either as individual genres. The bm parts I can leave easily enough. Somehow there is some sense of coherence in what on paper at least should be a very chaotic sounding record.

Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury (2013)

Hi Yannis, welcome.

Samael - Blood Ritual (1992) - Often overlooked for being much cleaner in production but I think it works really well with this almost blackened doom style. Paired back from the debut to the point of being almost basic but still a thoroughly enjoyable black metal album. Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments (1991) - I battle with Malevolent Creation if I am honest, probably because I came to them late and therefore they have offered very little colour to my already well established death metal palette. Nothing wrong with this one though, plays as a thrashy Floridian dm record. Civerous - Maze Envy (2024) - Stupid album name aside, this is a bit of a patchy release overall. Album highlight Shrouded in Crystals is bookended by two instrumental tracks which smacks of filler straight away just 3 tracks in (on a 7 track release). There's promise here though, just not very well represented on this canvas however.

Samael - Blood Ritual (1992)

Apparition - Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State (2024)

Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments (1991)

Soreption - Monumnet of the End (2018)

Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments (1991)

Civerous - Maze Envy (2024)

Samael - Blood Ritual (1992)

Nocturnus - s/t (1993)

Sadistic Ritual/Wormwitch - Wormwitch & Sadistic Ritual (2024)

Misotheist - Vessels by Which The Devil is Made Flesh (2024) - Norwegian BM that reminds me of the Icelandic sound of a Svartidauði or Sinmara which is never a bad thing. Exhorder - Mourn the Southern Skies (2019) - Since I listened to their latest offering and quite enjoyed it, I back tracked to this one and find it much better in all honesty. Pat O'Brien is not a patch on Vinnie Labella or Marzi Montazeri as a lead guitarist and the rest of the band seem to pick up rhythm guitar unlike on MtSS making this 2019 offering superior in riffing as well as lead work. Orchid - The Mouths of Madness (2013) - I get it guys, you like Black Sabbath, almost to the point of plagarism. However, there's still entertainment here and that vocalist is a perfect fit so it's all good.

Misotheist - Vessels by Which The Devil is Made Flesh (2024)

Orchid - The Mouths of Madness (2013)

Kowloon Walled City - Grievances (2015)

Afterbirth - In But Not Of (2023) Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished (2024)