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Plebian Grandstand/Rien ne suffit-I  pretty much think this album is the shit right now. Playing around with release dates always mystifies me. Like, why the release date on Bandcamp is November 21 but it's only available in CD on Amazon as a pre order as January 14, 22 release. 

Ethereal Shroud/Trisagion

Suffering Hour/The Cyclic Reckoning 

Spectral Wound/A Diabolical Thirst-whenever I get in BM discussions about what I like or don't like in the genre,  solid production/raw, I'll have to remember this as a recent album that solidifies many of the aspects of BM that hit a sweet spot...

Fluisteraars - Gegrepen Door de Geest der Zielsontluiking-going to spend some more time with this one on the way home...it's a fine listen, but still not getting a big buzz ...

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4 minutes ago, markm said:

More 21 perusing:

Plebian Grandstand/Rien ne suffit-I  pretty much think this album is the shit right now. Playing around with release dates always mystifies me. Like, why the release date on Bandcamp is November 21 but it's only available in CD on Amazon as a pre order as January 14, 22 release. 

 

Could be that they solidified digital release and promo schedules before the CDs were in production, or they hit a snag, or... Anything really, at this point. Vinyl lead times are something like a year out right now. Physical Copies Available Soon.

 

NP: Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's I   ...this album always felt like their answer to Slaughter Of The Soul. More direct and compact songwriting than The Gallery, always left me feeling a little let down by comparison, but still probably my second favorite from them.

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9 hours ago, markm said:

I've put listening as well. What did you think Zack? 

I have the same mixed feelings about it as I did the last few Maiden albums. There are some great moments on it, I really like "Writing on The Wall" and "Hell on Earth", but there are way too many meandering instrumental passages that drag on for too long. If they kept all the best parts and edited it down to around 42 minutes this could've been a great album.

It did get me in to mood to revisit some classic Maiden albums though, it's been a hot minute...

NP: Iron Maiden - Powerslave 

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56 minutes ago, Dead1 said:

Iron Maiden - Live After Death - best live album ever!

It is good but I always preferred Rock in Rio. Maiden were definitely starting to suffer from tour burnout by the time they recorded LAD and it really shows on a few songs, particularly in Bruce's vocals.

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1 hour ago, zackflag said:

It is good but I always preferred Rock in Rio. Maiden were definitely starting to suffer from tour burnout by the time they recorded LAD and it really shows on a few songs, particularly in Bruce's vocals.

Hmmm...never thought about it that way.  You might have a point.

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1 hour ago, KillaKukumba said:

KK's Priest - Sermons Of The Sinner

I'm really digging this album.  I fully expected it to sound similar to Judas Priest, and that's completely fine with me.  Good, solid traditional heavy metal with great vocals and great guitar work.  A recipe for an enjoyable listen.

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I don't hate it and I fully expected it to sound like Judas Priest, but I'm not on the in the same group. KK obviously knows how to play guitar and he does make decent trad metal, I even like the fact that he made an 8 minute song that didn't totally suck, but that's as far as it goes for me. Ripper is a fucking terrible singer and for me his voice ruins every song, which is strange to say because I didn't hate his previous work with JP. Whether he's trying too hard now or he just doesn't have the chops any more I don't know, but for me this album would be so much better with a singer going in a completely different direction.

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6 hours ago, JamesT said:

I'm really digging this album.  I fully expected it to sound similar to Judas Priest, and that's completely fine with me.  Good, solid traditional heavy metal with great vocals and great guitar work.  A recipe for an enjoyable listen.

I have already listened to it more than I listened to Firepower. It starts really strong, is terrible in the middle and then comes back a little by the end. If the highlights from this were with the highlights from Firepower, if it had Halford singing and if it was limited to 40 minutes - that would be a great album.

If, if, IF!

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Ok, so not really feeling that as much as I thought. Drab miserable weather out and the Dead are putting me to sleep. Switching to something more appropriate. Down the post-punk rabbit hole. Made a new mix that I'll try out instead. Deafear, Seraphim Gothique, Escape from Romeo, Asylum Party...some more obscure stuff that I don't get to often.

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