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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)

3 hours ago, navybsn said:

Had the same thought. Album lost steam about halfway through. Still a solid effort for a bunch of geezers.

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

20 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

New Ulcerate "Cutting The Throat Of God" coming out on June 14th. They've gotten better and better with time, I'm psyched.

https://ulcerate.bandcamp.com/album/cutting-the-throat-of-god

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.

Judas Priest - Invincible Shield (2024)

Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992)

Om - Pilgrimage (2007)

Hawkwind - Warrior at the Edge of Time (1975)

Exhorder - Defectum Omnium (2024)

Inconsistent but never terrible, more disappointing when some of the good ideas are never fully realised or get ruined by some of the sub-par moments.  Lead work is some of the worst I have heard in a while though.  Poorly developed and largely directionless in sound.  Saved by the weight of the riffs though and a solid shift done on the drum stool.   How many halfway decent groove metal albums do you get in a year nowadays?  How many did we ever get in fact?  Would listen to again but doubt I would buy.

Nightfell - A Sanity Deranged (2019)

KEN mode - VOID (2023)

Kowloon Walled City - Grievances (2015)

Stargazer - A Merging to the Boundless (2014)

Whores. - Ruiner. (2011)

Buzzov•en - ...At A Loss (1998)

Sadus - Swallowed in Black (1990)