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Ex Deo - 'The Immortal Wars' 

Oh my god yes. Fist pumping epic Roman metal is back. This band is amazing. Great booklet/lyrics/artwork as usual too. What a pleasure this is. 

 

Aren't they just the symphonic Kataklysm? Kataklysm might just be the dullest band in all of death metal, so I've never bothered to listen to Ex Deo past more than a few samples.

 

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Celtic Frost - Vanity/Nemesis

Although I love earlier CF, I never checked this one out before, and so far it's damn good! Much better than Pandemonium!

 

...um, wut?

 

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2 hours ago, Requiem said:

I was having a shower with my itunes on shuffle and it went from Poison's 'Every Rose has its Thorn' to Emperor's 'Ancient Queen'. As I stood there amidst the steamy torrent, I thought 'What a contrast'. 

"...Thorn" vs. Emperor :grin:

 

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Demilich - The Echo

Hate Eternal - Phoenix Amongst the Ashes

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9 hours ago, morbidspectre said:

"...Thorn" vs. Emperor :grin:

 

Ha! Brilliant post. That's next level clever. I tip my hat to you, sir. 10/10.

8 hours ago, Kristiko said:

Sirenia - The Twilight In Your Eyes

Finally another Sirenia fan around here. This is from my least favourite album of theirs but I applaud you nonetheless!

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^^^ I've come to understand that Into The Pandemonium isn't for everybody, no matter how much I think it should be.

 

True, it is pretty out there and inaccessible, but it's also brilliant. Vanity/Nemesis was kind of a like an apology for Cold Lake, but it doesn't totally turn its back on it either. It's decent and I can listen to it here and there, but I don't understand saying that it even comes close to Pandemonium.

 

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3 hours ago, Requiem said:

Ha! Brilliant post. That's next level clever. I tip my hat to you, sir. 10/10.

Finally another Sirenia fan around here. This is from my least favourite album of theirs but I applaud you nonetheless!

Now Playing: Ex Deo - The Immortal Wars

I don't know why, these days I'm in gothic/symphonic mode, so I looked for different bands to find some interesting stuff. Just started with Sirenia, like this but I'll listen more. Thanks for support!

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Most recently:

 

Deceased - Surreal Overdose

Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing

NME - Unholy Death

Nocturnal Breed - Aggressor

Cruciamentum - Convocation of Crawling Chaos

Cruciamentum - Engulfed In Desolation

The Chasm - Procession To the Infraworld

Finntroll - Jaktens Tid

 

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1 hour ago, BlutAusNerd said:

Most recently:

 

Deceased - Surreal Overdose

Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing

NME - Unholy Death

Nocturnal Breed - Aggressor

Cruciamentum - Convocation of Crawling Chaos

Cruciamentum - Engulfed In Desolation

The Chasm - Procession To the Infraworld

Finntroll - Jaktens Tid

 

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Awesome stuff. I've been listening to Deceased's debut album a helluva lot lately.

On 6/23/2017 at 8:05 PM, FatherAlabaster said:

^^^ I've come to understand that Into The Pandemonium isn't for everybody, no matter how much I think it should be.

Yes, such a great, underappreciated album.

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Pestilence- "Malleus Malleficarum"

Asphyx- "The Rack"

Vomitory- "Raped In Their Own Blood"

Love Van Drunen's voice on the Asphyx and Pestilence albums. Not to mention the awesome respective instrumentation behind it on each.

 

 

I love everything that he was on in the late 80's/early 90's, that disgusted delivery of his is amazing.

 

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