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19 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said: I've never been an Iced Earth fan. I like Demons And Wizards better than either of the parent bands... for whatever that's worth considering I'm not huge on power metal.

Your recommendation is always worth something FA, so I'll take it in good faith. 

Believe it or not, but the only Iced Earth album I like is the least Iced Earthy of their career in 'The Glorious Burden' (the European version as it spares us the Star Spangled Banner. Nothing against it, it's a great anthem, but I'm happy to have it left off my metal CDs). I love the songs about historical events, I love the production and I love Ripper Owens' contribution. I love the Gettysburg trilogy at the end of the album - just amazing.

All the other fantasy stuff by IE is just so thin and cheesy and I can't get my head around how it's the same band. I think most fans feel the exact opposite to me on this, however. I bought 'Dystopia' with Stu Block and it's boring, and an EP 'Overture of the Wicked' and I just don't get it. Back in the late 90s I didn't like them either. Iced Earth doesn't cut it for power metal, thrash or anything in my book and are lucky to have careers in the industry. 

Still, I do love 'The Glorious Burden'. Great album and an underrated gem. 

It was my first Iced Earth album, the one that sold me on the band. As soon as I acquired other albums from them, my appreciation for it fell. I'm not sure what it was, but I was more heavily favoring their early stuff for a long time, until my last listen through them all. Somehow I forgot just how impressive and aggressive the riffs and drums are on The Glorious Burden, and combined with Tim's fantastic vocals, it has reclaimed the top spot as my favorite album from them. The patriotic stuff is never something I've been into, but you can tell that they are, and it's heartfelt and delivered passionately. And let's face it, Matt Barlow sucks, Tim is really the only good vocalist the band has ever had.

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Crimson Glory - s/t   ...hooked.

Did you try Transcendence yet?

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1 minute ago, BlutAusNerd said: Did you try Transcendence yet?

Been playing both of them at least once a day. Midnight's voice impresses me more each time. Great stuff.

He really was incredible. Not many could hit the high notes like that, let alone with a fraction of that style and control. They don't make vocalists like that anymore.

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6 hours ago, MacabreEternal said:

Endalok "Englaryk"

This again, tis a strange and shifting beast.  Haunting in atmosphere to the point of being depressive BM in places yet chaotic and ritualistic in others.  Tis a demo though so the mix is a little off which in some places rewards you and others loses you.

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Crimson Glory - s/t

Cradle Of Filth - Midian  (which my phone autocorrected to "Nudism". Should have left it.)

Nudity was a hot topic on one of my other communities today. Well, maybe not with the whole community, really just me and one other user. I could scarcely contain my laughter at work.

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30 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said: Nudity was a hot topic on one of my other communities today. Well, maybe not with the whole community, really just me and one other user. I could scarcely contain my laughter at work.

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It's never far from my thoughts.

This conversation involved underage exposure (not in a perverse way), elephants, man thongs, cookies, wolves, crucifixion, penis monsters, academics, political apologies, and oil paintings. It was beyond entertaining.

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13 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

This conversation involved underage exposure (not in a perverse way), elephants, man thongs, cookies, wolves, crucifixion, penis monsters, academics, political apologies, and oil paintings. It was beyond entertaining.

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We don't have enough of that around here these days...

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A playlist of the 12 songs I can play start to finish (minus solos I suck at solos) - 'War Pigs', 'Paranoid', and 'Black Sabbath' by Black Sabbath, 'The Number Of The Beast', 'The Trooper', and 'Rime Of The Ancient Mariner' by Iron Maiden, 'Paint It Black' by The Rolling Stones, 'Pull The Plug' by Death, 'Sacrificial Suicide' by Deicide, 'Where Dead Angels Lie' by Dissection, 'Starbreaker' by Judas Priest, and 'Crown Of Sympathy' by My Dying Bride. Two other songs I've learned but they haven't stuck for some reason.

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29 minutes ago, Parker said:

Black Uniforms - Splatter Punx on Acid

 

Just found out about these guys, and I'll be damned if their not the perfect mix of punk and metal!

I came across that name a little while ago when I was looking into Swedish and Finnish hardcore. I'm usually not taken with the punkier side of things, but I'll have to check them out.

NP: Abhorer - Zygotical Sabbatory Anabapt

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