What Are You Listening To?

[MacabreEternal]

Exodus "Bonded by Blood"

[MacabreEternal]

Exodus "Pleasures of the Flesh"

[Frostaudn]

Misere Nobis - Mors Omnia Solvit

[Iceni]

'A Legend Reborn' by HammerFall.

[Frostaudn]

Lethian Dreams - Red Silence Lodge Hautingly beautiful

[Midi]

Peste Noire - Dueil Angoisseus

[Frostaudn]

Stortregn - Uncreation Thanks to Midi for the receommendation Sounds pretty good so far.

[BlackFuckingMetal666]

Abysmal Dawn - In Service Of Time

[FatherAlabaster]

Drudkh - The Swan Road

I only have their first EP, I need to grab their albums. For Immolation worship though, I'm surprised that Drawn and Quartered doesn't get more attention, as they're also excellent. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

I liked the Drawn And Quartered stuff I listened to, but - to borrow a criticism you make sometimes - it wasn't as memorable to me. I see a bit of an Immolation comparison, but Dead Congregation makes far different choices a lot of the time, and they have much more doom in their sound - I couldn't call them Immolation worship at all. I know you've compared them to Incantation before, is that who you're thinking of?

[FatherAlabaster]

Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall

[Iceni]

'You, the Shallow' by Voyager. The band seems to have very wisely released two of the crap songs as singles, but this is great. I really hope the rest of the album is this caliber, it'd be their best yet.

[Iceni]

'Embrace the Limitless' by Voyager. Actually, this album was good. I will need to give it another listen through though. It sounded a bit too poppy, but I want to make sure I heard it all properly. Overall I'd say it's actually their best, which means they've essentially just been improving since I Am the ReVolution.

[FatherAlabaster]

Last few: Sage Francis - Copper Gone No Bird Sing - Theft Of The Commons King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black

[Iceni]

'Transfiguration' by Aghora. Mercifully this overpowers the Rihanna that was blasting from the lounge.

[Midi]

Demonical - From Northern Shores

[Iceni]

'Mind's Reality' by Aghora.

[Midi]

Insomnium - Only One Who Waits

[Frostaudn]

Eye of Solitude - The Haunting

[Frostaudn]

Ophis - The Halls of Sorrow

[GorboGorboze]

Draconian Arcane rain fell

[Frostaudn]

Insomnium - While We Sleep

[BlutAusNerd]

Drudkh - The Swan Road I liked the Drawn And Quartered stuff I listened to, but - to borrow a criticism you make sometimes - it wasn't as memorable to me. I see a bit of an Immolation comparison, but Dead Congregation makes far different choices a lot of the time, and they have much more doom in their sound - I couldn't call them Immolation worship at all. I know you've compared them to Incantation before, is that who you're thinking of?

Fair enough, I just don't see why one is so often fellated, but not the other when they have similar sounds. They both strike me as nearly equal in memorability, in that the individual lines of either don't course through my brain for long immediately after completion, but the experience and feelings of hearing them last. Maybe Dead Congregation uses more doom on their new album, but on the EP that I have, there are really only a couple of riffs that would fit. As far as the Incantation tag goes, I have heard many label Dead Congregation as Incantation worship, and while that's certainly in there, I hear more Immolation in their lines, and even some early Morbid Angel. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[Carmilla1]

Death - Nothing is everything. Love it Sent from my GT-I9195 using Tapatalk

[MissEighties]

MissEighties Metal collection clean-up part 2 Listened to these 3 on my way to work. Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin" (2002) = Keep Anthemon "Arcanes" (2003) = Garbage Akercocke "Goat of Mendes" (2001) = Keep Envoyé de mon SGH-T999V en utilisant Tapatalk

[FatherAlabaster]

Fair enough, I just don't see why one is so often fellated, but not the other when they have similar sounds. They both strike me as nearly equal in memorability, in that the individual lines of either don't course through my brain for long immediately after completion, but the experience and feelings of hearing them last. Maybe Dead Congregation uses more doom on their new album, but on the EP that I have, there are really only a couple of riffs that would fit. As far as the Incantation tag goes, I have heard many label Dead Congregation as Incantation worship, and while that's certainly in there, I hear more Immolation in their lines, and even some early Morbid Angel. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

I have no idea why Dead Congregation is getting so much more favorable press right now than other bands in the same vein. Good timing? Mystique? Hard work and good PR? Maybe it's also that the simplicity of their music makes it easy to listen to - none of their lines are very complex, and the song structures are easy to follow (if sometimes a bit long-winded). And, you know, they kick ass. Drawn And Quartered, by comparison, does sound a bit more derivative (mid-period Immolation), and they're also trying harder to do more, which makes them less memorable and a little harder to get into. I can't knock them for that, though. They've got some great riffs. You've inspired me to put them back on, since it's been a few months. The interesting question to me is, why is any of this stuff as popular as it is? As much as I like it, they aren't doing anything new. It's all just variations on a theme. (Or did I just answer my own question?) I wonder why some bands get accused of being rip-offs, while others are spared that criticism and make careers out of the practice. I guess it's no shock that a lot of people would rather hear competently performed versions of things that they're already familiar with - I know I'm that way a lot of the time as well - but it kind of sucks that mere competency is so highly lauded.