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Last few: Lord Belial - Kiss the Goat Lord Belial - Enter the Moonlight Gate Lord Belial - Unholy Crusade Lord Belial - The Seal of Belial Enter the Moonlight Gate and Unholy Crusade are even better than I remember them being, with the former being an excellent melodic black metal album with awesome riffs, and the latter showing a similar transition to Sacramentum's when they added more aggressive melodic death metal elements into their sound. Kiss the Goat, on the other hand, sucked, a rough debut filled with lame and half-baked ideas and a lack of identity not dissimilar to Lunar Strain trying to be black metal. Their newer album was boring as shit mid-paced garbage that I mostly snoozed through. Both are headed for the recycle bin. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

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I know I recommended this before, but did you ever get around to checking out Atten Ash? I really think "The Hourglass" would appeal to you, it's coming from the same school as Rapture, October Tide, etc. 

NP: Decapitated - Nihility

To be honest I overlooked that recommendation. I will certainly check it out though in the next couple of days.
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They remind me a bit of Daylight Dies, which is not surprising considering the lineup. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

I'm not sure how much Barre had to do with the writing for the album. It started off as a solo project of the drummer, who also plays guitar and sings, very talented guy. 

Just listened to most of Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus, and I'll play the rest in a bit. Consistently one of my favorite albums over the past 21 years. 

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I'm not sure how much Barre had to do with the writing for the album. It started off as a solo project of the drummer, who also plays guitar and sings, vety talented guy. 

Just listened to most of Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus, and I'll play the rest in a bit. Consistently one of my favorite albums over the past 21 years. 

I can't tell you how happy I was when they launched into Vulgar Necrolatry live, one of the best moments of this year's MDF. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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Happy I busted out the Satyricon CDs, inspired by Macabre's recent exploration. The Shadowthrone is still my favorite, but I hadn't really listened to DMT or ND in at least a couple years. Their riffy approach and almost Viking-metal melodic sensibility still mark out their early albums as some of my favorite stuff from the sc

I'm celebrating my ten-thousandth post here by drinking a couple of beers and listening to My Dying Bride - As The Flower Withers. This place has been important to me over the past couple of years. It's been a pleasure getting to know you guys and gals, and I've not only discovered new music, but gotten back into some old favorites because of our conversations. Cheers to all my friends here. 

Jeez, a drunk and huggy FatherA.

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Queensryche "Queensryche"

Although it suffers from some frankly appalling production and one or two filler moments the potential in this release is still clear to see for me.  I think La Torre's vocals are great and more than a match for Bonkers Tate in his prime.  Been getting lots of ads lately prompting me to pre-order the new one which I am tempted by given that I bought the last one blind.  I like it when a band I like get a new lease of life (especially one that even shite production can't entirely kill off).

Kinda agree on most of this and FA's thoughts. Queensryche as an album is a good 'back to basics' effort, drawing a line in the sand from the Tate & Kelly Grey lead decade of crap. Production renders it almost unlistenable though. Of the 3 new songs, one is good and the other two pretty average. Am lead to believe however the best is on the album. Dunno. It's worth pointing out that De Garmo is not the panacea to everything - he was onboard for Hear in the Now Frontier which started the rot and came back in sorts on Tribe; plus he also had his own solo career which went nowhere. Having said that, would be great if he came back and contributed. They will never get back to the magic of the early days but I am happy just to have them back on board the metal train - even with slightly less than classic output.
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Kinda agree on most of this and FA's thoughts. Queensryche as an album is a good 'back to basics' effort, drawing a line in the sand from the Tate & Kelly Grey lead decade of crap. Production renders it almost unlistenable though. Of the 3 new songs, one is good and the other two pretty average. Am lead to believe however the best is on the album. Dunno. It's worth pointing out that De Garmo is not the panacea to everything - he was onboard for Hear in the Now Frontier which started the rot and came back in sorts on Tribe; plus he also had his own solo career which went nowhere. Having said that, would be great if he came back and contributed. They will never get back to the magic of the early days but I am happy just to have them back on board the metal train - even with slightly less than classic output.

I agree that Hear In The Now Frontier was the beginning of the end, but Q2K was the death knell. When DeGarmo left, every trace of progressive songwriting left with him. I recall reading something at the time that implied he was leaving because he had nothing left to say with Queensryche. I'm willing to listen to the new one, but my hopes are very low. 

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I agree that Hear In The Now Frontier was the beginning of the end, but Q2K was the death knell. When DeGarmo left, every trace of progressive songwriting left with him. I recall reading something at the time that implied he was leaving because he had nothing left to say with Queensryche. I'm willing to listen to the new one, but my hopes are very low. 

Worth noting the band actually split after the Empire tour because they collectively thought they had done everything they could with Queensryche. Promised Land was cobbled together as a contractual obligation. Then EMI went under and De Garmo was left to do all the contract negotiations by himself to keep the band afloat. When HITNF flopped (De Garmo wrote something like 13 of the 14 songs) the band blamed him and resenting that after all the work he did, he mentally checked out. Anyway, he still writes music today so never say never.
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