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Paradise Lost I can take or leave post Gothic. Gothic itself though is a must own doom album.

 

For me since I haven't done this for a while.

Every Megadeth album post Rust In Peace

Every Slayer album post Seasons

Every Metallica album post Justice

Redeemer Of Souls by Judas Priest

Every Iced Earth album except Burnt Offerings

Dead Heart In A Dead World by Nevermore

That'll do for now.

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23 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Paradise Lost I can take or leave post Gothic. Gothic itself though is a must own doom album.

 

For me since I haven't done this for a while.

Every Megadeth album post Rust In Peace

Every Slayer album post Seasons

Every Metallica album post Justice

Redeemer Of Souls by Judas Priest

Every Iced Earth album except Burnt Offerings

Dead Heart In A Dead World by Nevermore

That'll do for now.

 

What about 'Countdown to Extinction' and 'Youthanasia'?

What about 'God Hates Us All'?

Agree re Metallica

Agree re Priest

What about 'The Glorious Burden'? (This album is amazing and so different to the others. I think that's why it's good...) But I agree with all of their other albums. 

And actually I'd be ok with unhearing all of Nevermore .

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2 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

It's just my opinion, not a fan of CtE and could do without it for whatever else they've done since I genuinely dislike it.

Nothing at all wrong with Dreaming Neon Black or This Godless Endeavor mate.

Or Politics Of Ecstasy, or even the remastered version of Enemies Of Reality - I've grown to enjoy it a lot more than I used to. But yeah, Dead Heart kind of sucks.

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I have to agree with someone who earlier mentioned pointless pop songs. Especially annoying when you are force fed in a workplace (used to work at a place where majority wanted a shitty pop radiostation), and then something gets stuck in your head.. oh the horror! And of course the station mainly played the same songs every day, so it was a neverending loop of agony..

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4 minutes ago, ChainsawAkimbo said:

I have to agree with someone who earlier mentioned pointless pop songs. Especially annoying when you are force fed in a workplace (used to work at a place where majority wanted a shitty pop radiostation), and then something gets stuck in your head.. oh the horror! And of course the station mainly played the same songs every day, so it was a neverending loop of agony..

Same. When I did shop work, I almost always got my co-workers to leave the radio off. I'd much rather listen to nothing than to garbage.

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12 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Same. When I did shop work, I almost always got my co-workers to leave the radio off. I'd much rather listen to nothing than to garbage.

I tried to switch to a rock radio station few times but they of course noticed immediately. I thought when my contract ended that i should superglue the station selection to something annoying but figured better not, since it´s likely i´ll work there another time too. :D 

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23 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Same. When I did shop work, I almost always got my co-workers to leave the radio off. I'd much rather listen to nothing than to garbage.

I seem to control the music in our office (there's three of us). During working hours, I keep it quite inoffensive (light jazz, classical, and blues). However, during lunch time it's all guns blazing (currently listening to"The IVth Crusade")...

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On 02/11/2017 at 2:20 AM, RelentlessOblivion said:

Another round then

Nymphetamine by CoF

‘English Fire’ and ‘Absinthe with Faust’ are beautiful songs, while ‘Gilded Cunt’ is a great cheeky little opener. There’s way too much filler on this album though.

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6 hours ago, xUpTheIronsx said:

Hysteria - Def Leppard

 

What??? I'm going to tell my WOMAN that an ANIMAL on the forum needs a ROCKET because he's causing HYSTERIA by not liking this album. :)

I'm gonna go and pour some sugar on myself and cry bitterly. 

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2 hours ago, Requiem said:

What??? I'm going to tell my WOMAN that an ANIMAL on the forum needs a ROCKET because he's causing HYSTERIA by not liking this album. :)

I'm gonna go and pour some sugar on myself and cry bitterly. 

Awesome!! Probably the best use of those songs  I could think of! Too bad this ws the follow up to what I think is a monumental album...Pyromania. 

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10 hours ago, xUpTheIronsx said:

Awesome!! Probably the best use of those songs  I could think of! Too bad this ws the follow up to what I think is a monumental album...Pyromania. 

‘Pyromania’ is definitely a great album. I love them both. 

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Wish I could unhear The Power Cosmic by Bal-Sagoth. Their first album is o.k., but the next to (Starfire . . . and Battle magic) were excellent, and I was really looking forward to The Power Cosmic, and then I get it and all the heaviness is gone and they're just playing really weak power metal. I have not listened to anything they have put out since. I think they pretty much just went in that lame direction, let me know if they ever reverted to their original, excellent style.

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Wish I could unhear The Power Cosmic by Bal-Sagoth. Their first album is o.k., but the next to (Starfire . . . and Battle magic) were excellent, and I was really looking forward to The Power Cosmic, and then I get it and all the heaviness is gone and they're just playing really weak power metal. I have not listened to anything they have put out since. I think they pretty much just went in that lame direction, let me know if they ever reverted to their original, excellent style.
They were always kind of a symphonic power metal band using extreme metal techniques, their songwriting never had much to do with black/death metal aside from the debut. Their last album The Chthonic Chronicles did bring back some of the heaviness of their debut album mixed with more bombastic style from Battle Magic, I would suggest checking it out.

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3 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:

They were always kind of a symphonic power metal band using extreme metal techniques, their songwriting never had much to do with black/death metal aside from the debut. Their last album The Chthonic Chronicles did bring back some of the heaviness of their debut album mixed with more bombastic style from Battle Magic, I would suggest checking it out.

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Cool, thanks man, I'll check it out. :)

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