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Selbst - Despondency Chord Progressions

Hell yeah man, thank you for the support.

Vestígio - Vestígios   ...thanks to SurgicalBrute for the rec. Cool interplay between the guitars, melodic approach reminds me a bit of Selbst.

Nice. Hit the pre-order just now.

Cool writeup at NCS for another couple of promo tracks. "Instrumental" isn't entirely right, but the vocals on these are for texture and melody. This is from near the end of the album. 
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2024/04/12/an-ncs-premiere-construct-of-lethe-excerpts-from-a-kindness-dealt-in-venom/
 

Atheist - Piece of Time

Mark had asked about my never finished year end list for 2023, so I figured I'd share what I had before I gave up on it. I'd only just started making cuts, so this will be a lot longer than normal. Because of that I'm going to post it a little at a time and break it up by genre...and since the black metal list was the longest, I'll post it first.
Black Metal
 
Arnaut Pavle - Transylvanian Glare

 
Arbor - Behold... The Age of Pagan Blood

 
Atheosophia - Shadowgate of Winter's Spirit
 

 
 
As the Shadows Envelop Me – Fedrekult

 
Astral Tomb of Yearning - Summoning the Impenetrable Night

 
Aeon Furnace - Providence Descends

 
Abisma - Disciples of the Black Ram
 

 
 
 
Black Hurst – S/T
 

 
 
Blutschwur - Those of My Blood
 

 
 
Crucifixion Bell - Mirages in Izar
 

 
 
 
Ceremonial Crypt Desecration - Unholy Black Metal Against the Modern World
 

 
 
Dai-Ichi – S/T
 

 
 
Dominance - Slaughter of Human Offerings in the New Age of Pan
 

 
 
Demoncy - Black Star Gnosis
 

 
 
Ebony Pendant – S/T

 
Fellwinter - The Dawn of Winter

 
 
Final Eclipse - The Dark World

 
Flaming Ouroboros – Blood

 
Gauntlet Ring - Beyond the Veil of the Night
 

 
Graf - Rite of Nocturnal Passage
 

 
 
Gam - Alt hans væsen
 

 
 
Geistaz'ika - Midnatsbøn ved djævelens port

 
Helleruin - Devils, Death and Dark Arts
 

 
 
Hinsides - Hinsides hörs djävulsklockans urklang
 

 
Iron Firmament – Keepeater

 
 
Kringa - All Stillborn Fires, Lick My Heart!
 

 
 
Krigstjørn - Mod guders svig

 
Kurgan - Ascetic Dissociations

 
Lja – 1943
 

 
 
Mavorim - Ab Amitia Pulsae
 

 
 
Motstand – S/T

 
Mycorrhizae – The Great Filtration
 

 
 
Noitila – Langennut

 
Nöldr - Chaotic Mysticism from the Tormented Silence

 
Nahasheol - Serpens Abyssi
 

 
 
Nartvind – Breath of Night
 

 
 
Orkblut – Ghost Paths to Septentrion

 
Obsidian Grave – Blood of the Night
 

 
 
Oerheks - Grondslagen

 
Regnum Tenebrarum - Légendes noires

 
Ravensrealm - A Crash of Heathen Thunder
 

 
 
Sulphuric Night - Black Metal Tyranny

 
Tsjuder – Helvegr
 

 
 
Trest - Sorginak
 

 
 
Unholy Craft - Naar all tid er omme
 

 
 
Vestígio - Vestígios

(^Mark and FA will both want to check out the above album)
 
Versteck - Symbols of Seven Harmonies

Cool writeup at NCS for another couple of promo tracks. "Instrumental" isn't entirely right, but the vocals on these are for texture and melody. This is from near the end of the album. 
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2024/04/12/an-ncs-premiere-construct-of-lethe-excerpts-from-a-kindness-dealt-in-venom/
 

How does it feel to be part of the basic-bitch casual crowd that can't handle the throat-eradicating, tongue-petrifying bitterness real men crave?
I think part of the reason they're everywhere is that they're easy to do an ok job on quickly, and the hop flavor and bitterness can cover up a lot of little flaws and inconsistencies that would ruin a more nuanced beer. But that doesn't make for a great experience. They are not all like that. 
If you're ever up this way, like for Messe Des Morts, lemme know. Too much good beer up here for you not to try some.

Pretty good actually. Glad to not have enough hair for a manly man bun or grizzly adams beard too.
Definitely a regional thing. I'm sure there are plenty of good variations in local areas. The mass produced stuff always disappoints no matter the style. Beer should be local, like food in my opinion.

How does it feel to be part of the basic-bitch casual crowd that can't handle the throat-eradicating, tongue-petrifying bitterness real men crave?
I think part of the reason they're everywhere is that they're easy to do an ok job on quickly, and the hop flavor and bitterness can cover up a lot of little flaws and inconsistencies that would ruin a more nuanced beer. But that doesn't make for a great experience. They are not all like that. 
If you're ever up this way, like for Messe Des Morts, lemme know. Too much good beer up here for you not to try some.

Killing Joke - Killing Joke (2003)
 
Coroner - Grin
 

I believe that is what really turned me off to IPAs. Like Surge, I won't turn down a perfectly good beer if someone is handing it to me, but they're never my first choice. Down here, breweries either try to see just how bitter they can make a beer as some kind of badge of honor or how many weird ass fruit combos can be added. It's akin to the hot wings trend, let's make these perfectly good chicken wings inedible as some test of manhood by adding 43 ghost peppers and top it with a scotch bonnet. People claim to enjoy them, but I can't see how.
And it's all fine and good. Plenty of beer out there to like for everyone. Just annoying that every brewery has to have 60-75% of the menu dedicated to the same variation of style. In stores, seems that's all they carry anymore and most just suck (the ones you mentioned, Voodoo Ranger, Space Dust, 420, the list goes on). Many started out good, but over the years got bought out by conglomerates or over expanded and the quality dropped. Stone was sold several years ago and had never been the same.
Everyone has their own preferences. I personally don't like German beer. Lukewarm on IPAs and Pilsners. Will never seek one out, but will never turn down a freebie.

Both of these are swill in my book. They're better than Bud but that's not saying much. I can understand not liking IPAs, especially if you've never had a really good one as fresh as possible, or maybe if you're someone (like my wife) who finds hop bitterness disgusting. Even under good conditions the flavors can take a while to click. But unless you've tried the real deal, you don't know what you're missing.
I was burned out on the hazy ones until I lost my sense of smell to Covid the first time around. Hazy, hoppy IPAs were the only thing that cut through the noise and tasted "normal" to me. Lucky me, northern VT is the land of plenty.

So much beer, so little time. I do prefer a beer you can't see through too. As I write I'm thinking fondly of the time I spent in Belgium last year. Mrs Thatguy wanted to see Art Nouveau architecture and eat mussels and chocolate. I wanted beer. We were both happy.
If I were 30 years younger I would definitely cultivate a man bun and there's nothing wrong with that.

Both of these are swill in my book. They're better than Bud but that's not saying much. I can understand not liking IPAs, especially if you've never had a really good one as fresh as possible, or maybe if you're someone (like my wife) who finds hop bitterness disgusting. Even under good conditions the flavors can take a while to click. But unless you've tried the real deal, you don't know what you're missing.
I was burned out on the hazy ones until I lost my sense of smell to Covid the first time around. Hazy, hoppy IPAs were the only thing that cut through the noise and tasted "normal" to me. Lucky me, northern VT is the land of plenty.

If it weren't for beer nerds like us, we'd all be stuck with 1980's piss domestic swill for choice. Maybe just Bud Light for us yanks and Fosters for you folks on the wrong side of the planet. Be grateful for beer nerds.

I live in the home of hazy IPAs. There is an absolute glut of them represented at the supermarket, and slim pickings of everything else aside from multinational conglomerate pisswater (funny enough, the gas station has a better and more varied selection). Most of them are alright but tiresome, and the sheer quantity of them means that it's difficult to find them fresh, because the store is incentivized to keep its overstock on the shelves long after the beer is past its prime. Too many bandwagon-jumpers.
On the other hand, when they're done right they're amazing. Fiddlehead, The Alchemist, Hill Farmstead, and Schilling (Resilience) make great examples. I would hate to see those beers go away. Hill Farmstead and Schilling also make excellent lagers in an assortment of regional European styles. Both are real destination breweries. The only comparable place in MA was Tree House, another brewery somewhat unfairly defined by its flagship hazy IPA, that also makes an array of different styles and nails every one. 
We do get some good Canadian beers down here as well as stuff from Maine and NY state that fills in the gaps. The things I don't see around too much are English and Belgian styles, and big-alcohol barrel-aged beers. But it's basically Beervana. No complaints. Y'all should visit.

Ulver - Bergtatt
 

Obituary - The End Complete (1992)
 

Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
 

Terrorizer - World Downfall

Listened to this very recently 🤟
Paradise Lost - Gothic
 

Holy Moses - The New Machine of Liechtenstein (1989)
 

Abigor - Nachthymnen