Metal Bands That Suck...8-]]

[Baroque]

Death Angel

seconded

 

[Satanstoenail]

It's the only song that sounds properly creative without being gimmicky, atmospheric d-beat or something, engages me the whole way through. There are other good moments like in Techno Allah but not very consistent, and I'm hesitant to ascribe quality to styles of music I'm unfamiliar with when I can recognize that the stuff I am familiar with (metal, punk, new wave, etc) is pastiche. Also, all the dicking-around improv shit at the end is terrible.

Agreed on the improv at the end, it's unnecessary. But the rest of the album is brilliant, there are so many amazing hooks and passages in there. The climax in Carry Stress in the Jaw, the thundering crescendo in Techno Allah, the upbeat ridiculousness of Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz, the epic mix of styles in Merry Go Bye Bye etc. It's unbridled creativity from start to finish and there will never be another album like it.

 

[CiG]

Guttural, howling vocals, specifically like Cronos and Clive Archer pioneered, tremolo picking, blast beats, evil, and, or Satanic aesthetic, a wall of sound nature to it, speed metal and punk influence, corpsepaint.

A lot of these aren't technical parameters.