Albums currently kicking your ass

[SilverCrank]

 

[SilverCrank]

 

[Balls McHoolihan]

Cerebral Effusion

 

[Livid Devil]

Pretty much, if you don't like Blasphemy you are gay and a poseur.

I didn't say that, I was mocking the fact that people call something gay and shit because they don't like it. It's sad because it reminds me of the pop culture.

 

[Krow]

Why havent I seen anyone mention these guys?
Ripping old school death that was released in vinyl only last year. Their label finally decided to press cds this year. Did I mention their name is a Bolt Thrower reference and its fairly obvious they fucking love bolt thrower?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS2XxW1WXR4&feature=related

If you like this theres no reason at all not to buy it, 10 bucks shipped for the cd or 10 + shipping for the vinyl.

This again

 

[-CC-]

^ War Master released an LP? Where the fuck is my wallet!!

 

[SomeGuyDude]

That is an OUTRAGEOUSLY dirty album. So terribly recorded, but after a few listens you can't stop listening to it.

 

[JontRevolting]

The Chasm-Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Azarath - Diabolic Impious Evil

This is one of the few albums (along with monsters like Darkspace III and the latest Belphegor) that actually had me taken aback at their heaviness and scope.

 

[Krow]

Mother of tits.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Is the whole album up to par with the previews?

Add this to the list of seriously devastating albums I've run into lately: Temple of Baal - Lightslaying Rituals

I rarely go at reviews, but this just quotes it so well from the MetalReview.com writeup.

Antaeus, Glorior Belli, and Deathspell Omega, each and all masterfully sinister, have little to match the face impaling ferocity of Temple of Baal’s third album.

notworthynotworthy

 

[Krow]

Torture is better than I hoped. It had me ferociously headbanging in my car on the way home from buying it.

I'm also a little amazed how good the new Napalm Death is, which I bought also because it was on sale for 9.99.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

I'll have to go and snag it then.

I knew from the first track that Utilitarian would be fantastic. I love it when bands know how to set the mood. That opener is just ferocious, for how slow and plodding it is.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

 

[Avigrus]

This is how you do death/thrash

Hanging for the re-release of their first 2 albums, which they announced a while back.

 

[Avigrus]

This again

This (War Master) is awesome.

 

[JontRevolting]

Both the Solstice and War Master sound fucking awesome.Tonight Running Wild-Death Or Glory is kicking my ass beyond comprehension...beer and Running Wild is a win/win situation.

 

[Blind Guardian]

I think the 00s was a better decade for Manilla Road than the 80s. Not many weak moments on this or any of the other three albums. You notice that they really had a clear and strong vision of what they wanted to accomplish before going into the studio, as if they finally realized who they are. Meanwhile, almost every 80s album is somewhat unfocused stylistically, sometimes leaping from epic heavy metal to rock'n'roll to thrash within a couple of minutes.

 

[Pyro Stick]

 

[skeptik]

I think the 00s was a better decade for Manilla Road than the 80s. Not many weak moments on this or any of the other three albums. You notice that they really had a clear and strong vision of what they wanted to accomplish before going into the studio, as if they finally realized who they are. Meanwhile, almost every 80s album is somewhat unfocused stylistically, sometimes leaping from epic heavy metal to rock'n'roll to thrash within a couple of minutes.

Okay, so...while I agree that post-reunion Manilla Road is excellent, to the point that I wrote an article about it...the suggestion that its' superior to their 80s works pretty much falls flat. The stylistic variation within albums is also no more prevalent than it is on the newer albums either.