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1 hour ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Just listened to those Sanctums over the weekend. Underrated band, wish they would've stayed together and released more stuff. The guitar player went on to Femacoffin but they broke up too.

 

NP: TROB - The Thule Grimoires

 

.....FEMACOFFIN also had members of STORMCROW as well....who may have also played in STORMCROW too....kind of gets murky after a while....they should all get together with BOLT THROWER, WAR MASTER and MEMORIAM and form one Megatronic-Legion-Crushing-UberBand....

 

SEANCE - Fornever Laid To Rest

 

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Depopulation Department- Another War Victim, crust/D-beat de España

 

 

Windischer - Krvolȍk, Slovenian atmo-black

 

 

Wehmut - Catharsis, German atmo-black

 

 

Hiddent - Immersed into the Consciousness, Chilean atmo-black, promo track from the upcoming full-length 'Where Light Ceases to Exist'. To be released later this year.

 

 

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45 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Depopulation Department- Another War Victim, crust/D-beat de España

 

 

Windischer - Krvolȍk, Slovenian atmo-black

 

 

Wehmut - Catharsis, German atmo-black

 

 

Hiddent - Immersed into the Consciousness, Chilean atmo-black, promo track from the upcoming full-length 'Where Light Ceases to Exist'. To be released later this year.

 

 

.....that DEPOPULATION DEPARTMENT is pretty solid....heavily influenced by NAPALM DEATH for sure.....

 

PROSTERNATUR - Mortuus Et Sepultus

 

....didn't really listen to this very much when I got it....making up for it now....

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9 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Just listened to those Sanctums over the weekend. Underrated band, wish they would've stayed together and released more stuff. The guitar player went on to Femacoffin but they broke up too.

 

NP: TROB - The Thule Grimoires

 

Can't really get into that ROB album-interesting atmospheres but it gets lost in the weeds (for me). Not bad by any means. 

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5 minutes ago, markm said:

Can't really get into that ROB album-interesting atmospheres but it gets lost in the weeds (for me). Not bad by any means. 

First of all it's TROB not ROB.

But I will agree with you, I did not enjoy the album at all after the first few minutes, it got stale real fast. I would not characterize it as a "good" album so guess I'll have to say I think it's bad. I didn't like his last full length at all either even after loving the first 4 albums. Seems he's chosen a new path to go down and lost me in the process. No biggie, I've got plenty of other bands to listen to.

 

 

Modern Rites - Monuments, Switzerland, they're calling this progressive black metal but it's not all weird like most prog stuff that I hate.

 

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1 hour ago, TheUnholyOne said:

Vanhelgd - Deimos Sanktuarium

Obliteration - Nekropsalms

.... "Nekropsalms" .....nice one man....have you listened to "Cenotaph Obscure"?....it's every bit as good as "Nekropsalms" ...a little more blackened and doomy, however....all of OBLITERATION is high quality DM....

 

AGNOSY - When Daylight Reveals The Torture

 

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1 hour ago, MarkhantonioYeatts said:

.... "Nekropsalms" .....nice one man....have you listened to "Cenotaph Obscure"?....it's every bit as good as "Nekropsalms" ...a little more blackened and doomy, however....all of OBLITERATION is high quality DM....

 

Oh yeah, Cenotaph Obscure is the album that got me into Obliteration. It'd be my top album of 2018 and I still love it. Kristian Valbo is a really talented guy, been digging the second Void Eater album recently too.

NP: Faustcoven - In the Shadow of Doom

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