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NP: Shadowspawn - Blasphemica

▶︎ Blasphemica | Shadowspawn | Emanzipation Productions (bandcamp.com)

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Not sure what to really make of this one so far. It's certainly not the worst thing I've heard, but they are definitely very modern, and not necessarily in a good way. They fall squarely into death metal for sure, but it's a type of death metal that just doesn't really do it for me these days. It's not even close to being as overproduced as say newer Behemoth, and it lacks the neoclassical bent of something like Archspire, but much like Archspire who endure an unusual amount of criticism from the old hands at the metal game, there's something about the rhythm of the vocals that screams "bro" at you. It's not exactly slam either. I'd hate to throw out harsh criticism of the vocal style since they're harsh dm vocals which, admitedly reduce some of the range and inflection you can really detect. That's almost all death metal though, and really just the nature of extreme music in general. The vocals are percussive. Still, I can't shake the feeling that the vocal rhythms are almost too hook laden, like that slew of "extreme" metal bands that came off of Century Media during their rise. It's one of the worst elements in modern extreme metal. The closest comparison I could make would probably be God Forbid, or Darkane without the backdrop of Euro-centered melodicism. Other than that, it's all pretty good if fairly straightforward.

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1 hour ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

NP: Shadowspawn - Blasphemica

Too 'bro' indeed. Vocals didn't have the rhythmic drive of Archspire, of course - what does? I lost interest after a couple of tracks. Remember Archspire, GG? Remember fun?

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NP: Goatkraft - Prophet of Eternal Damnation

Has the required 'goat' in the bandname, but it's pretty one-dimensional.

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Too 'bro' indeed. Vocals didn't have the rhythmic drive of Archspire, of course - what does? I lost interest after a couple of tracks. Remember Archspire, GG? Remember fun?

The thing I've found with Archspire is that they live and die by their neoclassical elements. The rhythm guitar, drumming, and vocals all lean toward a little slam and in places like some of Cryptopsy in their lesser moments. It can be a breath of fresh air, or it can be slam without being slam, if that makes any sense. Listening to their stuff I feel like I do when I hear Yngwie. You know the classical elements are there to sort of temper everything, but it most cases I need to be in the exact right mood for it to work.

NP: Sepulcrum - Lamentation of Immolated Souls

▶︎ Lamentation of Immolated Souls | Sepulcrum | Burning Coffin Recs (bandcamp.com)

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Not earth shattering, but I really like it. You can almost hear how much fun this band is having. Rock solid album.

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JPL - Jean-Pierre Louveton 2004-2024 (2023)

Jean-Pierre Louveton, aka JPL, is a musician I've been following since 2009. As a teenager, he was immersed in metal, from Iron Maiden to Slayer and Metallica, but his particular hobby is progressive rock with a hard rock edge.

He made a name for himself in France with his band Nemo, who have released 10 albums and 2 EPs, before launching solo projects under the names Wolfspring and JPL.

With JPL, the musician released a trilogy entitled Sapiens between 2020 and 2022, and this year he's taking advantage of almost 20 years of career under his belt to release a triple CD containing 31 tracks. Some are previously unreleased, others are re-recorded and cover all the bands he has played with.

The triple CD will be released in December, but having pre-ordered it a long time ago, I had the pleasure this morning of receiving an invitation to download the FLAC version in High Quality on Bandcamp.

I'm listening to it on headphones now and it's a real treat.

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Accuser - "The Conviction"

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Accuser - "Reflections"

Cannot overstate how much I'm enjoying the catalog of these German thrash legends!  

Soreption - "Jord"

Fantastic technical death metal.  Really digging the vocals on this one.  They've also got a nice groove to the sound, which is always the highest compliment I can pay to a sound, since groove is my number-one sub-genre. 

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Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism "What Dead1's listening to 2nd wave Norwegian black metal now?1? "   Technically yes, but this album is still stuck in 1980s from its sounds to its leads to a lot of its thrashy riffs to its drums.  There's a lot more Bathory, Venom, Destruction and Sodom here than in say Transylvanian Hunger.  Oh and they don't just use blast beats.     It's the same reason I like Sweden's Nifelheim.

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