SomeGD-- thanks for your thoughtful response. I really dig later Pathology, and the harmonic progressions evince their musical knowledge-- tracks 1 & 8 on Awakening are stellar. And Unleash the Carnivore is the one Devourment I like some of, so I agree there as well.
I'll concur with Effigy & SomeGD that Krow is the grumpiest guy on here, dismissive and angry with his repeated, 'It ain't like the old days' comments about the music and the thread and the posters.
It sounds like a lot of why he hates new slam is because it's no longer as "obscure" as it once was and that's just as bad as liking it because it's popular (...maybe even worse).
Who cares about "obscurity" or "the scene" or sales or quantity of bands?-- I think you should enjoy music because you like the music. Very simple.
Overall, when a band makes good music, I WANT them to do well and sell records. Why not reap the success of producing quality art? Priest, Sabbath and Carcass all sold tons and tons of records. Great records.
If Krow hates the new slam-focused direction of the genre--which is also implied in his rants--then I'll recommend the recent albums by Kraanium, Begging for Incest, Putrid Pile, Dysentery, No One Gets Out Alive, Abominable Putridity, Insidious Decrepancy, Afflictive Emasculation, Pathology and [my favorite] Urogenital Macrophage. Mixed tempi and a variety of riffing techniques in all of these bands. Urogenital really has such great material (despite some clunky drumming) and I can't recommend them enough.
Trying to talk rather than argue...
