MacabreEternal

Had the misfortune of hearing "Watershed" by Opeth this week. Turned it off after 3 tracks, I believe my comments in the "What are you listening to?" thread more than sums up my thoughts. Somewhere between easy listening, mature pop rock and a Eurovision Song Contest entry is how I recall noting my thoughts on it. It's hard to believe the same band made "Ghost Reveries".

AC/DC "Back In Black"

Carcass "Symphonies of Sickness"

Tell you what RO - I am glad this guy didn't rock up and say he'd just discovered Uzbekistanian Folk Music or I'd have been screwed list wise! Darkthrone "A Blaze..." is an amazing intro to BM - good call tmik! Pantera's "Vulgar..." is one of the best records of the 90s, I'd dispute the tag of "groove metal" because for me Pantera were just a straight up fucking heavy metal band who did it with their own sound, when everyone else seemed to be toning down and going all melancholic they just raised a middle figure to the music world and went at it like a herd of bulls in a china shop! Great album to recommend though, I'd add "Far Beyond Driven" in there too as they somehow managed to take things on a step further with that record. Check out Bandcamp for new bands/music too guys. (Money goes direct to artist/label)

Wormed - "Planisphaerium"

Tell you what Veston? RO is giving you some great recs on this thread and you would do well to try an pick up most of the thrash albums he mentions at least. I'll throw in some Death Metal recs for my part: Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness or Blessed Are The Sick Massacre - From Beyond Obituary - Slowly We Rot Death - Scream Bloody Gore or Leprosy Entombed - Left Hand Path or Clandestine Dismember - Like An Everflowing Stream Wombbath - Internal Caustic Torments Master - self titled Vader - Back To The Blind Deicide - self titled Incantation - Onwards To Golgotha Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten or Pierced From Within

Was Inverloch "Dusk/Subside" EP, now Demolition Hammer "Epidemic Of Violence"

Godflesh "Hymns"

Godflesh "Decline & Fall"

Wow - somebody close to my age group at last! Stick around.

Streetcleaner in my pants!

Ministry and Godflesh - yes. NIN and KMFDM - nah. Fear Factory should definitely get a mention for their infusion of death metal and industrial styles as far back as 1992. A good 6 or 7 years before anybody else caught up with the idea. I suppose Rammestein could fall into the category also - they were brilliant live when i saw them in the early 00's.

Godflesh "Decline & Fall" EP Judas Priest "Defenders Of The Faith" Scorpions "Blackout"

Godflesh "Streetcleaner"

In The Woods "Heart Of The Ages"

Opeth "Watershed" - even worse than I remember. Sounds like a cross between a easy listening, mature pop-rock album and some quirky Eurovision Song Contest entry. Directionless and blatant spunking off from Akerfeldt and co.

Perturbator "Dangerous Days"

Protector 101 "Neoncholy" - shit name for an album but have been on a retro-electro kick this past week or so after downloading Aphasia Records "Futura Comp". Protector 101 was on that and I listened to some split stuff done with Perturbator who is one of my favourite artists in this synth/darkwave style. A couple of Protector 101 albums were on "Pay what you want" deals on Bandcamp so I ventured in. If I am impressed enough will go back and pay to re-download.

I am probably going to skip to Pale Communion - it can't be worse than Heritage!

Opeth "Damnation"

Opeth "Deliverance"

Opeth "Blackwater Park"

Opeth "Still Life"