Albums currently kicking your ass

[Phylactery]

Morpheus Descends - Chronicles of the Shadowed Ones



Fleshcrawl - Descend into the Absurd

Taking a break from the 2018 re-listening by playing both these monstrously crushing masterpieces. Both exceptional examples of how to do doomy death metal, you know by actually having dynamics and subtlety.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

I'm really digging the laid back melodies these dudes put together. A nice change of pace.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

 

[Talos of Atmora]

 

[CiG]

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Tim Calvert was a genius.

 

[CiG]

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

If You Walk Before You Crawl, You Crawl Before You Die

 

[CiG]

 

[CiG]

Ancient death metal with pulsing riffs and a devastating production.

 

[CiG]

 

[Phylactery]

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Ancient death metal with pulsing riffs and a devastating production.

This looks promising! I’m gonna check it out. But I’m far too hungover at the minute for death metal. I didn’t even drink that much! Getting old sucks.

 

[CiG]

This looks promising! I’m gonna check it out. But I’m far too hungover at the minute for death metal. I didn’t even drink that much! Getting old sucks.

At least you had fun dude, considering you're always so busy. I think you'll enjoy Abythic, it's more mid-paced with some clear nods to Bolt Thrower.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Also listened to this earlier:

Ash of Cedars. Black metal from grimmest Arkansas. Features members of Rwake so there's some sludginess sprinkled in. Pretty cool I thought.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

 

[CiG]

 

[Phylactery]

Mystifier - Goetia

I love this album so much. Perhaps my favourite ever of the occult sounding black metal records. Pitch fucking black.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

 

[Phylactery]

Sorcier des Glaces - Sorcier des Glaces

Okay, so after a few listens this is good. Uneven, though. There's a few "atmospheric" parts which don't serve much purpose other than to pad the song out. But then there's plenty of gorgeously evocative melodic parts that are the trademark of this band. And there's even some vitriolic black/thrash assaults through the song.

I am not a fan of the one long song format so for that reason this is never going to be a favourite of theirs for me. It's definitely a step down from North in my eyes, but it's filled with plenty of really good moments that are better than most black metal coming out these days.

I'll add that I think Sebastien is currently one of the best vocalists in the genre and his voice is in fine form here. Doesn't use as many as the deeper growls from North, though.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Faustcoven. This will be sitting at the top tier of my rankings I reckon.