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1 hour ago, Dead1 said:

The sounds of helicopters bringing in seriously injured children from a mass casualty accident up the coast.  😢  Hospital helipad is outside my office.

I just read about that. The reports I heard said calm winds but a strong gust out of nowhere lifted the jumping castle into the air ejecting kids at 30 meters off the ground. Happened at a school apparently, 2 dead and others injured. What a nightmare.

Edit: The height might be wrong, several reports now suggesting it wasn't that high.

Dropkick Murphys - Turn Up That Dial

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57 minutes ago, markm said:

NP: Succumb /XXI-Absolute beast of an album. Those vocals. This is some goat I can get behind in a BIG way.

 

Hang on now Marky Mark, I wouldn't characterize Succumb as goat metal at all. I mean there's really nothing evil sounding about this that I can find. Although I'll agree it is good and it does have some crossover appeal. I have their 2017 self titled debut album which I like a bit more than the new one.

 

Succumb - S/T 2017

 

 

NP: Carcinoma - Labascation, black/death from Plymouth UK, seems I missed this one back in February.

 

 

Sacrificium Carmen - Nekrognosis: Avain Varjoihin, newest ripper from these reliable Finns. Just another reason why I can't make my final list until the year has ended.

 

 

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4 hours ago, KillaKukumba said:

I just read about that. The reports I heard said calm winds but a strong gust out of nowhere lifted the jumping castle into the air ejecting kids at 30 meters off the ground. Happened at a school apparently, 2 dead and others injured. What a nightmare.

Edit: The height might be wrong, several reports now suggesting it wasn't that high.

Dropkick Murphys - Turn Up That Dial

 

It was 10m.  5 dead, 3 in critical condition.  Absolutely heart breaking.

 

Bathory - Blood Fire Death

Bathory - Hammerheart

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11 hours ago, navybsn said:

That Mork album is top 5 for me. Hits the sweet spot. It's really good. Now I have to go check some of your recs, especially that 70's Israeli prog album. Sounds like it could be up my alley.

And Jameson is doing lists for IO now? He usually does them for No Clean Singing.

Yeah Navy, your the one that brought Mork to my attention and I remember liking the album, but didn't pick it up back when. I'm thinking Jameson may be  on the IO staff now.

I agree with NCS that Stereogum has some of the more worthy major platform metal lists and their writers have interesting points of view. I almost always get some goods from then. NP: Sadness/April Sunset-this is certainly interesting. Juxtaposing atmoblack with ambient almost light and poppy synths -I guess post black or black gaze. Chocolate and peanut butter kind of thing. Maybe it's just me, but I'm coming across a lot of electronic/synthie experimentation with metal especially BM in the end-year lists.

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2 hours ago, markm said:

Yeah Navy, your the one that brought Mork to my attention and I remember liking the album, but didn't pick it up back when. I'm thinking Jameson may be  on the IO staff now.

I agree with NCS that Stereogum has some of the more worthy major platform metal lists and their writers have interesting points of view. I almost always get some goods from then. NP: Sadness/April Sunset-this is certainly interesting. Juxtaposing atmoblack with ambient almost light and poppy synths -I guess post black or black gaze. Chocolate and peanut butter kind of thing. Maybe it's just me, but I'm coming across a lot of electronic/synthie experimentation with metal especially BM in the end-year lists.

I checked out his list last night. Some overlap with my own, but a few to check out. I'll miss his stuff on NCS. It was usually 4 or 5 parts and always had a dozen things that I had never run across anywhere else.

I checked out that Subterranean Masquerade this morning. Not for me. A little too slick and the vocalist just doesn't do it for me. Reminded my of Orphaned Land.

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36 minutes ago, navybsn said:

I checked out his list last night. Some overlap with my own, but a few to check out. I'll miss his stuff on NCS. It was usually 4 or 5 parts and always had a dozen things that I had never run across anywhere else.

I checked out that Subterranean Masquerade this morning. Not for me. A little too slick and the vocalist just doesn't do it for me. Reminded my of Orphaned Land.

Yeah, think they may share some of the same musicians. I'll get into a prog album every few years like that.

13 hours ago, zackflag said:

Iron Maiden - Senjutsu 

First listen. I've been putting this off for some time, and I guess tonight's as good a night as any...

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

9 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

 

Hang on now Marky Mark, I wouldn't characterize Succumb as goat metal at all. I mean there's really nothing evil sounding about this that I can find. Although I'll agree it is good and it does have some crossover appeal. I have their 2017 self titled debut album which I like a bit more than the new one.

 

Fair enough. That was a first listen on my little Sonos speaker doing laundry. You know I only interlope into goat herds. I guess they are considered somewhat experimental or whatever, but for my tastes the album has a reasonably raw, aggressive flavor while still having a semblance of recording values.  

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2 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis

Every time I listen to this it reminds me of taking the ferry across Auckland harbour....because I listened to the album non-stop for about a week when it came out on my commute from Devonport to the city. That was four years ago give or take.

They are due for a new one soon.

It make me laugh that I left Auckland because the firm I worked for got bought out by a listed company that ruins the traditional partnership structure of a legal services firm. I now find myself in almost the same scenario in the UK where a private equity company has bought out my firm. The partners got rich, I got fucked, again.

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6 minutes ago, JonoBlade said:

Every time I listen to this it reminds me of taking the ferry across Auckland harbour....because I listened to the album non-stop for about a week when it came out on my commute from Devonport to the city. That was four years ago give or take.

They are due for a new one soon.

It make me laugh that I left Auckland because the firm I worked for got bought out by a listed company that ruins the traditional partnership structure of a legal services firm. I now find myself in almost the same scenario in the UK where a private equity company has bought out my firm. The partners got rich, I got fucked, again.

Nearly gave this a "horns up" and then got to the bit at the end and didn't want you to feel I was celebrating your misfortune. That fuckin sucks. Hope everything works out well for you. This album got its hooks into me pretty quickly after it came out, and I haven't stopped going back to it. Safe to say they're one of my favorite bands. I'd be pretty psyched for a new one.

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17 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Nearly gave this a "horns up" and then got to the bit at the end and didn't want you to feel I was celebrating your misfortune. That fuckin sucks. Hope everything works out well for you. This album got its hooks into me pretty quickly after it came out, and I haven't stopped going back to it. Safe to say they're one of my favorite bands. I'd be pretty psyched for a new one.

Definitely a grower. I wasn't crazy about it when it first came out, but I enjoy it more every time I listen to it. Hoping for a new one soon.

Sorry about getting screwed over Jono. Typical story these days unfortunately.

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