Apocrypha - Penance (Keep the Faith)
Good stuff. I've been meaning to check this out for a while. 7/10
Cauldron Born - Crusader
Great pick here. This song made me an instant fan the first time I heard it. Masterful riffs, great transitions, powerful, evocative vocals. Perfect heavy metal. I'm rating the album version because fuck half of this playlist. 10/10
Sadus - Oracle of Obmission
Perfect, lethal thrash. Points removed for being off theme. 7/10
Messiah - The Choice
This got quite a bit better on the second and third listen. There's definitely a certain charm about the vocalist like he's actually trying to sound nice and Christian. I'm trying to ignore the stupid lyrics. 7/10
Forsaken - Via Crucis (The Way of the Cross)
Scattered decent riffs, otherwise nah. 3/10
Manilla Road - Divine Victim
No idea why but The Deluge is by far my least listened to Road album from the classic era. Which probably means I've only listened to it a couple dozen times. Great song. 8/10
Trouble - Run to the Light
I fucking love the middle section of this song so much, easily one of my favourite Trouble songs for it. 8/10
October 31 - The Verdict
Solid. 6/10
Saracen - Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Clearly, I've made the wrong decision in not checking out Saracen. Killer song. 9/10
Icecross - Jesus Freaks
Not metal. Vaguely interesting. Eh. 4/10
Tristitia - Christianic Indulgence
Not terrible, just boring. I literally felt myself nodding off while this was playing. 4/10
Tourniquet - Ruminating Virulence
While I appreciate that it's not another low tier doom band, it's still low tier thrash. I feel nothing. 5/10
W.A.S.P - Babylon's Burning
Mildly impressed that W.A.S.P put this out in 2009. 4/10
Immolation - Nailed to Gold
Ah, Immolation. Good move putting this at the end, arg. 10/10