Personally, I recommend "In the Eyes of Ioldanach" and Tara. Hell, I have their whole back catalogue, and it's really more dependent on my mood whether or not I'll listen to the older or the newer.
Whilst recording, are drums and vocals on different tracks? Or does he go the distance and do an all-in-one kickass vocal/drum combo? Those monsterous blast beats cannot be done while screaming...
CT, sounds good. I went to Northern Lights last year. I went late 'cause I had to work... but yeah if you go tell me! E-mail me or something
Chrome: I e-mailed one of the guys from Absu and he said that they haven't done a show together in over a year. But he said check out Melechesh because the drummer is in that band... so yeah they're pretty much broken up for now unfortunately.