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Septic Flesh - Mystic Places of Dawn

The debut album. I'm an obsessive for modern day Septicflesh but I had never gone back and listened to their first couple of albums. This is actually a really great release from 1994. God I love this band. It's sort of annoying because now I feel compelled to purchase their entire catalogue. Gotta spend money to make money I guess. 

That's one of their best IMO, magnificent, moody death metal of the highest order.

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12 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said: No, their popularity makes sense. They use a lot more straightforward verse chorus verse structure than other viking metal bands, were pimped to hell by Metal Blade, and fans have grabbed onto their recognizable image as viking culture and history has grown to be a more popular topic. There are definitely better bands out there, as in the case of Iron Maiden, but accessibility and good promotion are the name of the game.

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I was referring more to the fanatical fans who get the logo tattooed on them etc. People seem to dedicate their lives to AA and I don't get it. 

People do the same thing with Slayer, Metallica, Iron Maiden, etc..., and I think that accessibility plays a huge factor. I think people who are familiar with a great deal more music would be less inclined to get band tattoos, so I think it comes down to more casual fans who find a few mainstream acts to latch onto.

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3 hours ago, Requiem said:

Septic Flesh - Mystic Places of Dawn

The debut album. I'm an obsessive for modern day Septicflesh but I had never gone back and listened to their first couple of albums. This is actually a really great release from 1994. God I love this band. It's sort of annoying because now I feel compelled to purchase their entire catalogue. Gotta spend money to make money I guess. 

There's something magic about "Mystic Places". "Esoptron" has a similar vibe, but more goth rock influence, also a fantastic album. My intro to them was "The Ophidian Wheel" and I have to say I think the songwriting there is comparatively weak. I'm glad I finally explored the rest of their discography.

2 hours ago, GrayscaleDawn said:

I was practicing "Battery" just for fun and ended up listening the whole album, it´s been a while!

I hardly ever put it on anymore, but the last few times I played it, I felt like the nostalgia factor had finally disappeared, and I was listening with new ears. Still as catchy and energetic as ever.

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6 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

There's something magic about "Mystic Places". "Esoptron" has a similar vibe, but more goth rock influence, also a fantastic album.

Now you're speaking my language. I'll have to check it out. I guess Paradise Lost got to them too... 

As for 'Battery', that's probably my favourite Metallica song and is really the only one I go back to every 12 months or so. I just love the one/two of 'Battery' and 'Master' from that album. Great songs. I can only imagine what it was like hearing it for the first time in 1986. It was about 1991 when I first heard it, but back then five years was forever.

Not like now where you blink and ten years go by and albums that I think are new (like Nile's 'Ithyphallic' as discussed yesterday in the Nile thread) turn out to be ten years old and scare the hell out of me! 

The ten years from age 12 to 22 (for me 1992 to 2002) were an age. From 2007 to 2017, kind of like a weekend. 

But I digress - yes 'Battery' is awesome, and old skool Septic Flesh is getting my metal juices running. 

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Listening to a song by a british rock band (which resides, or used to before they disbanded) that's completely fucking obscure, I'd be amazed if anybody knew of it. I don't even have all of their songs, just 4 songs that my parents got on disc from Phil, the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, way back in the day, like late 90's early 2000's. I don't even think the band is still going anymore, their website is still up XD but it's older than fuck, I don't think it's been updated since 98'. I don't know what the song is really called, but I decided to dub it "The One". Starts out with a relatively heavy chugging riff, then switches over to more rock n roll style chords, and it switches between the two for the verses and chorus. If you want I can probably figure out a way to post it here. I could probably put the other 3 songs on here too. Not sure what the 3rd track is, but I know the first two are covers, 1st is the Star Spangled Banner and the other is Summertime Blues.

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Today's debut full length Polish discoveries:

Nocturnal "Unholycraft - Blood For Glory Of Satan"

Outre "Ghost Chants" - really interesting, definitely needs sometime to pick up all the individual parts.

Pathfinder "Beyond The Space, Beyond The Time" - polished metal that is just too much to handle for my necro ears.

Quo Vadis - s/t

Rotengeist "Fear Is The Key" - whilst not terrible and most certainly credible on the instrumentation front this was still unremarkable to my ears.

Sceptic "Blind Existence" - very confused sounding band who are stifled by their general lack of consistent direction.

Thoth "From The Abyss Of Dungeons Of Darkness" 

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15 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

Sceptic "Blind Existence" - very confused sounding band who are stifled by their general lack of consistent direction.

 

I recall liking (but not loving) "The Unbeliever's Script", it would be a step up if they're a band you're interested in exploring further.

NP: Mgla - Groza   ...still the most enjoyable of their catalog for me.

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I recall liking (but not loving) "The Unbeliever's Script", it would be a step up if they're a band you're interested in exploring further.

NP: Mgla - Groza   ...still the most enjoyable of their catalog for me.

May explore both bands further.  Mgla didn't grab me in the way say that Furia did but i still found "Groza" enjoyable enough if not a tad of a let down based on a lot of the hype I had heard about them.  Check out Outre "Ghost Chants" if you get chance.

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May explore both bands further.  Mgla didn't grab me in the way say that Furia did but i still found "Groza" enjoyable enough if not a tad of a let down based on a lot of the hype I had heard about them.  Check out Outre "Ghost Chants" if you get chance.

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The hype is a problem with Mgla. "Groza" wasn't mind-blowing, but it was a solid album with a lot of promise, and every time I go through the rest of their catalog (as I'm doing right now) it sounds like they've been treading water since then, not doing anything to build on their initial formula. I don't get the superlatives they're showered with. Taking the hype out of the equation, they're a good but predictable melodic black metal band. I'll check out Outre in a bit, thanks!

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