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2 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

Not much.

I don't think our tastes overlap at all but I always enjoy reading your contributions.

And I don't like singles either.

I appreciate that, my metal brother!  I enjoy reading your contributions as well!

Glad to hear I’m not the only one who feels less than fond of singles. 

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1 hour ago, JamesT said:

I genuinely love the discussion, no matter who may disagree with my assessments or tastes!  This forum has been a fantastic discovery for me.  I can certainly understand why a lot of music fans consider some albums to be too long.  Personally, I would prefer as much music for my money as possible.  Give me 12-14 tracks with a run time between 50 minutes and an hour any day over an album that only has 9-10 tracks with a short run time of 38-42 minutes.  

I am definitely a quality over quantity kind of guy.  

I'd even prefer a 15 minute EP with 4 awesome songs over a 30 minute album with those same 4 awesome and 4 filler songs.

But I don't get as much music listening time as everyone else and even when I did have the time I still prefer all killer and no filler. 

 

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On 9/26/2023 at 4:19 AM, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Judas Priest don't have any albums other than possibly Screaming for Vengeance that contain more than maybe 15 - 20 minutes of solid material at most. That means at best 40% of their songs were good on any given album, some albums had less than that....

...No top tier legacy band that I can think of off the top of my head has ever had more filler and just outright dog shit tracks that made their way onto the albums because it was the best crap they could come up with that month, than Judas Fucking Priest....

Could probably make one pretty good double album out of all those classic era albums if you distilled them down to their best tracks

 

I 100% agree with this.  Judas Priest are one of the most inconsistent bands in rock history.  

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Crown of Thorns - The Burning (1995)

Bought in 1995 for the fabulous track Soulicide Demon-Might, heard on a CD sampler in the European magazine Metallian, I love the raw, slightly messy energy emanating from this album. I'm not a fan of the melodic bits slipped in here and there, but on the whole I like it.

G.B.H - City Baby attacked by Rats (1982)

The first few listens to this record gave me headaches: I wasn't used to it, having listened mainly to Twisted Sister, DIO, Maiden and Scorpions.

Now, this record plays perfectly.

Once again, the energy is raw and palpable.

Angelcorpse - Exterminate (1998)

The cover announces the colour: total and abominable war!

The music really drives the point home.

Last night, on the train, I was trying to keep up with the drummer's frantic rhythm with my hand on my thigh. People looked at me strangely: I didn't give a damn! 😁

Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (1994)

Every time I listen to this album, I'm plunged into a mystical, dark atmosphere.

I own the CD, of course, but I listen to it mainly in FLAC version, on headphones. And it's a delight. The ambiences come from all sides, I'm in heaven (if I can put it that way!).

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NP: Embrace Your Punishment - Made of Stone

https://laceratedenemyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/embrace-your-punishment-made-of-stone

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Yuck. Wanted to try out something new and I liked the idea of a humanitarian adaptation of the myth of Atlus got this detritus where 'ol reliable here is clearly bent on destroying ... something. You've got room to work with the concept is what I'm saying. The vocals are metalcore as the grunter hasn't got that notable balance drop you hear in older pro bands. Not really his fault I guess. I just really dislike when a harsh vocalist sounds about seventeen and it's obviously a young band with him. The songwriting is generic, and those stupid slams and breakdowns are, well, stupid. In a perfectly empirical world I'd give this 2/10. For my money though it's probably 1.5/10.

It occurs to me that Atlus has gotten the same treatment in other pieces of media. Namely Dark Souls 3 where the gimmick fight with Yhorm is similar, but then again it's difficult to make a patchwork guess at the influences Fromsoft likes to use for inspiration. They really do borrow from everywhere.

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NP: Culto Macabro - Sagrado Paganismo

https://studios13.bandcamp.com/album/sagrado-paganismo

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Portuguese black metal. Sounds fairly mature for a younger band. They keep it guitar focused, but everybody pulls their weight. That said, they clearly grew up listening to Emperor and maybe Sacramentum. There's not a trace of the idiosyncrasies that have made their presence known in Mayhem and other stalwart black metal bands of pedigree as they age. Wouldn't be at all surprised to see them become a go-to opening act at shows in their area, which is fine. Every good metal community should have a hometown hero like that. Keeps things robust. I'll have to check but the drums sound programmed. Not a deal breaker and if you've got the songs in you and need to get them out, it's probably a better option than no drums at all. Still kinda takes me out of it though. Otherwise decent stuff to be had.

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BLOODY SACRIFICE - Perpetua Apoteosis Mística Suprema Inmolación

https://forgottentreasures.bandcamp.com/album/perpetua-apoteosis-m-stica-suprema-inmolaci-n

...blackened death from Chile

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2 minutes ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

I'll have to check but the drums sound programmed. Not a deal breaker and if you've got the songs in you and need to get them out, it's probably a better option than no drums at all.

Probably are...it's a solo project where dude does all the instruments himself

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BLOODY SACRIFICE - Perpetua Apoteosis Mística Suprema Inmolación

https://forgottentreasures.bandcamp.com/album/perpetua-apoteosis-m-stica-suprema-inmolaci-n

...blackened death from Chile

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Probably are...it's a solo project where dude does all the instruments himself

I definitely remember going to see Necrophagist at a little defunct church in one of the small town clusters that surround the two major cities in my state. At the time I believe his touring drummer was basically splitting duties between them and Arsis, and I mentioned the drumming on Onset of Putrefaction. He talked about using programmed drums on that album. He seemed to think it was a huge mistake and that if he'd had more patience the album would have been much better. Of course this was not too long before Suicmez glitched through the edge of the map and into the shadow realm, but I can kind of understand where he's coming from. Necrophagist much less so than with other bands since precise and exacting guitar work coming from out of alien melodicism was part of their sound, but black metal is a whole different animal. The tightrope you have to walk between production that doesn't sound like it came from an IBS afflicted dogs fistula fart and "keeping the faith" with the audience that wants nothing even remotely resembling sleek and smoothed over Century Media style production, has got to be an incredibly difficult line to toe. Like I said it's not a cardinal sin, but it does occasionally draw my attention away from everything else going on. 

NP: Nahasheol - Serpens Abyssi

https://wolvesofhades.bandcamp.com/album/serpens-abyssi

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Alright. I'll hold off on giving an opinion here until this drops next month.

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NP: Gudsforladt - Friendship, Love, and War

https://wolvesofhades.bandcamp.com/album/friendship-love-and-war

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The hell? How did I miss these guys last year? I hadn't seen this bounce on any top ten lists. I'll say this right out of the gate; do not listen expecting a black metal album. You will do yourself a great disservice despite what the genre tags may say. Despite the title sounding like a muppet babies rendition of a Russian novel, this album is excellent and probably deserves more attention than it got. True blue concept album with a fleshed out story, guitars that deftly jump around progressive pitfalls and traps, and a knack for surprising the listener with both the structures of it's songs and the very clear passion with which it's played. It's not quite Windir, not quite Dissection, and not quite Summoning. Closest comparison I can make would be Inexorum. Well done.

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