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Marduk - 'World Funeral'

This album is amazing and really underrated. Legion's vocal phrasing and timing is stunning. I've got a lot of time for Legion. Tracks like 'With Satan and Victorious Weapons' (come on, what a title), 'Bleached Bones' and 'Night of the Long Knives' are dripping with atmosphere and glory. 

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1 hour ago, True Belief said:

 

Even if you don't like the band you'll love Mizuho Lin ha ha

Sounds intriguing! 

Edit: Holy shit, this girl is the hottest girl I've ever seen. hahaha, what the hell. As for the song 'What Lies Ahead', I guess it's ok on first listen but feels a little 'modern metal' for me. The girl is amazing though. 

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1 hour ago, True Belief said:  

Even if you don't like the band you'll love Mizuho Lin ha ha

Sounds intriguing! 

Edit: Holy shit, this girl is the hottest girl I've ever seen. hahaha, what the hell. As for the song 'What Lies Ahead', I guess it's ok on first listen but feels a little 'modern metal' for me. The girl is amazing though. 

 

Yup she's hot.

 

How's the fat little George Colombaris lookalike carrying on next to her though... tragic

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19 minutes ago, True Belief said:

 

Yup she's hot.

 

How's the fat little George Colombaris lookalike carrying on next to her though... tragic

hahaha, yeah, Georgey-boy struggles a bit. I actually watched the video all the way to the end and he has all this lame looking make-up on as some sort of scary reveal. That whole band is pretty dorky, visually and physically as far as their gurning is concerned.

I watched the first couple of minutes of another video of theirs too, can't remember what it was, but it was even worse. The drummer, who this time had kind of shoulder length blonde hair, was wearing sunglasses and looked... what's the opposite of cool? Uncool. Very uncool. There's nothing wrong with looking uncool (hell, I hang out with you don't I True Belief), but when they're posing like that it just looks bad. Tone down the posing. 

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Speaking of cool:

What the hell, I've just discovered that Ex Deo have a new album out and I didn't even know. I hadn't even heard about it. 

Ex Deo is the side project of Maurizio Iacono from Kataklysm and play Ancient Rome themed metal and it's a lot of fun. I love their first two albums 'Romulus' and 'I, Caligula'. Great stuff. I'm a history nerd and a symphonic metal nerd, so it ticks the boxes, to quote Escape to the Country. 

NP: Ex Deo - 'The Rise of Hannibal'

Sign me up for another stint in the legions, Maurizio. Centurion Requiem is reporting for duty. Hail Caesar!!

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