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Apollo Ra - Ra Pariah   [mention=8729]True Belief[/mention], you know this album? Seems right up your alley.
Queensryche - The Warning
Lethal - Programmed


I don’t know much about them at all.

Given the pedigree of the two albums you’ve slotted them in alongside there, I will try and track them down. I see they only released a couple of demo’s......
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Apollo Ra - Ra Pariah   [mention=8729]True Belief[/mention], you know this album? Seems right up your alley.

Queensryche - The Warning

Lethal - Programmed

I can attest to Ra Pariah's quality. 

 

Found the 2014 re-release of Ra Pariah. Listened through. Fair set of pipes on this guy! Damn. Enjoying this a lot. Nice recommendation!

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20 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

That Weakling album is superb. Took a while to grow on me, though.

It is having an immediate impact on me to be fair.  The structures are different for the genre but they are woven together which such harrowing agony it seems any other length of song would not do the experience justice.

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Varathron "Untrodden Corridors of Hades" - needed to hear this again to help with my thoughts on the new one.  I loved this when it came out and it still remains strong.  The latest full length seems a little off in comparison for the main part.  More a case of an occasional but not frequent enough moment of good whereas "Untrodden..." is a lot more cohesive and consistent.  Early days yet for "Patriachs of Evil" so will see how it goes on repeated listen.

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Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us

Yeah, this one is heading for the recycle bin too. I'm not sure why they were trying to sound like The Pale Haunt Departure era Novembers Doom here, or why they decided to add the contrived aggression in many of the songs, but it doesn't work and it doesn't make the radio rock base sound any better.

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Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us

Yeah, this one is heading for the recycle bin too. I'm not sure why they were trying to sound like The Pale Haunt Departure era Novembers Doom here, or why they decided to add the contrived aggression in many of the songs, but it doesn't work and it doesn't make the radio rock base sound any better.

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You’re slowly working your way to Tragic Idol and The Plague Within. Both worth the effort.
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You’re slowly working your way to Tragic Idol and The Plague Within. Both worth the effort.
I've been told that, but I was told that about these albums too, so I haven't bought any of their efforts from this decade. I didn't buy Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us either, I'm pretty sure it was a gift from our friend NeverMike. At least I didn't pay for it.

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Paramæcium - Exhumed of the Earth

Ah, now this more like it. Nothing like some mournful and absurdly heavy doom/death to cleanse my ears. What Australia lacks in terms of quantity in terms of doom metal bands, it more than makes up for in terms of quality.

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I've been told that, but I was told that about these albums too, so I haven't bought any of their efforts from this decade. I didn't buy Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us either, I'm pretty sure it was a gift from our friend NeverMike. At least I didn't pay for it 

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New Pallbearer song - Dropout. Quite catchy..
I enjoyed their demo when it dropped, and they were great when we played with them, but I haven't been impressed with anything I've heard from them since. It seems that, from what I've heard, 40 Watt Sun does that sound a whole lot better.

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