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Well, in a word, Gorguts. That new album really fucking rules. Maybe Gorguts in general isn't your cup of tea, which I could understand, but in my opinion the new album is fantastic. I don't hear any longing for "glory days" on it either. It's just, you know, another album. And a really good one at that. First time I've been that impressed by a new death metal CD in a long time, though, I will say.

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They need slogans, like "Doody Baldrs" or "Ea, Lord Of The Naps".

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We've all heard albums so terrible we wanted to hurl midgets out the nearest window out of pure rage! These don't have to be albums you own either but they do have to be full albums, not just songs.

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Well, in a word, Gorguts. That new album really fucking rules. Maybe Gorguts in general isn't your cup of tea, which I could understand, but in my opinion the new album is fantastic. I don't hear any longing for "glory days" on it either. It's just, you know, another album. And a really good one at that. First time I've been that impressed by a new death metal CD in a long time, though, I will say.
I've been impressed by a number of newer death metal albums. Immolation has been on a hot streak (since their inception, really) and keep making stellar albums, though I'm told that the newest one might not be quite as good. Canada has also been cranking out some awesome shit from the likes of Mitochondrion, Weapon (except their last one), Antediluvian, etc... Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I've been impressed by a number of newer death metal albums. Immolation has been on a hot streak (since their inception, really) and keep making stellar albums, though I'm told that the newest one might not be quite as good. Canada has also been cranking out some awesome shit from the likes of Mitochondrion, Weapon (except their last one), Antediluvian, etc... Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks again for your recommendations, I'll look up that Canadian stuff. The last Immolation album I really dug was Closer To A World Below (with Here In After being my favorite) but I haven't heard the most recent albums they've done. Must give them a spin. I have to say they were fucking amazing live, blew Rotting Christ away when they were on tour together. An odd bill...
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Latest Morbid Angel album (and remixes of course) - what a piece of crap. Maybe I'm not open minded or shit like that, but this stuff is just terrible. Fen - "Dustwalker". Atmospheric black metal with post-rock elements can be really more than listenable. But this album is so boring and mediocre... I wasted circa a month to find something interesting in it. And I failed. Iron Maiden - "The Final Frontier". It's cool that a band doesn't want to just live on it's good reputation from the '80s and '90s but this album is so indifferent... They didn't record anything good since 2000, maybe it's time to think about it Dave and co.? And that's it for now on.

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A bill I'd have loved to see, sounds completely awesome. I've heard the new Immolation and it's a big drop in form for them. It would probably get shitloads of praise were it the debut by a new band but considering Immolation set such high standards this one feels like a failure
I actually just heard this album last night for the first time. Gotta say, I disagree. I liked it quite a bit. It reminded me of their old shit that I really liked. I'll definitely be listening to it some more.
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Hmm we disagree on Surgical Steel and the new Immolation. Don't know if I've mentioned this already but I want to unhear most of Megadeth's discography. Everything between Rust In Peace and United Abominations is awful as are the two albums after Endgame. When will bands learn that pandering to a mainstream audience ruins the quality of their music?

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I thought you didn't like Surgical Steel? It doesn't completely suck, but I don't care for it, I'm not really feeling drawn back to listening to it at all. My real favorite among new albums is the Gorguts CD. And honestly I fucking can't stand Megadeth, never liked Megadave's voice one bit, and the only reason I don't want to unhear their stuff is because I haven't heard it in long enough that it's not in my head pissing me off anymore... :D

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Hah' date=' I just wanted to write it when I've read that you also don't like Surgical Steel. I hate especially the production - it's not the filthy spirit of Carcass! But Necroticism - that was something! AAARGH!!![/quote'] Symphonies of Sickness will always be the best Carcass album, though Necroticism is right behind it for me. The new album sounded good though, not a classic by any means, but it was enjoyable. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Symphonies of Sickness will always be the best Carcass album, though Necroticism is right behind it for me. The new album sounded good though, not a classic by any means, but it was enjoyable. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
I have to admit I'm being close-minded about this album. The sound quality instantly turned me off, and then all the ads calling it the "album of the year" or the "comeback of the millennium" or whatever... I'm actually more excited to hear what they do now that Mike Amott isn't in the band anymore, those fucking leads never did it for me.
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I like Necroticism, but after a few listens it still hasn't stuck with me the same way Symphonies did. Reading some previous comments brings to mind my thoughts on Carcass' career as a whole. They've always had dark melodic tendencies, and production/aesthetics aside I think their whole discography is really focused and similar in many ways. Maybe it's because my whole listening experience with them is retrospective (I didn't hear each album as it came out), but it actually bothers me a little bit that people describe Heartwork as this HUGE change and a COLOSSAL letdown... it sounds like a pretty natural evolution to me, although I do understand peoples' tendencies toward hyperbole! Another case of "oh well..."

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Most of my friends love Heartwork. I dug it for about two weeks when it came out, but then the songs just started sounding stale to me. You're right that there is a lot that got carried over to Heartwork from Necroticism, but for me the big change wasn't in the components of their sound; it was the song structures. Heartwork was all pop structure. Everyone was doing it at the time, but I think Carcass was particularly bad at it - in my opinion their attempts to arrange in a more palatable or orderly way just sucked the life right out of those songs. Necroticism was already going that way. It's also a matter of what's relevant to me as a songwriter. I like music that surprises me and makes me think about things in a different way, and my favorite thing in the world (aside from my kid) is to write something that surprises me. Even if it's just a particular chord change in the right context, and even if it doesn't do much for anybody else - that's still what really matters. My lack of interest in Heartwork in particular stems from that mindset. It just doesn't have any of that going on. It doesn't even sound like they surprised or interested themselves. I think that's where the verse-prechorus-chorus formula can really be the death of a song. It can totally work, but if you plug the wrong parts in you'll wind up with paint-by-the-numbers garbage. It's been a few years since I listened to Heartwork, but I doubt I'll be revisiting it anytime soon. The new one, though, I need to be more fair about. It was better the second or third time through. I'll just have to keep listening to it for a bit.

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Not sure if this album has already been mentioned but Sonata Arcitca's newest album Stones Grow Her Name was the biggest peace of crap that I have ever heard. I listened to it once but never again. It is horrible. Worst song was definitely 'Shitload of money'. I was like "WTF is going on with this song". Just dont listen to it.

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Not sure if this album has already been mentioned but Sonata Arcitca's newest album Stones Grow Her Name was the biggest peace of crap that I have ever heard. I listened to it once but never again. It is horrible. Worst song was definitely 'Shitload of money'. I was like "WTF is going on with this song". Just dont listen to it.
Wow. If a band is putting out an album with a song titled 'Shitload Of Money' and they're anything less than a psychotic avant-garde group attempting musical absurdism, that should be a strong warning sign to any potential buyers that their little remaining credibility has left the building.
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Wow. If a band is putting out an album with a song titled 'Shitload Of Money' and they're anything less than a psychotic avant-garde group attempting musical absurdism' date=' that should be a strong warning sign to any potential buyers that their little remaining credibility has left the building.[/quote'] I absolutely agree with that last statement of yours. You could not have said it any better.
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