MacabreEternal

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)

Misotheist - Vessels by Which the Devil is Made Flesh (2024) Orchid - The Mouths of Madness (2013)

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

Nightfell - A Sanity Deranged (2019)

Whores. - Ruiner. (2011)

Exhorder - Mourn the Southern Skies (2019)

Afterbirth - In But Not Of (2023)

Hugely top heavy album. Never gets to being terrible tracks but definitely a lot of not necessary tracks.

Pre-order done.

Exhorder - Defectum Omnium (2024) This and the new Priest have taken over my listening this week. Accepting that neither are flawless, they both do still possess a great amount of appeal and it is rare for me to engage so much with new music over such a consistent number of days. I only just clocked that Pat O'Brien of Cannibal Corpse fame is in Exhorder now. Dude owns a flamethrower which is remarkabl considering his alcohol and drink challenges.