Today's \m/ metal \m/ playlist

[Chromatose]

ok, I'm sold!

 

[Hell Mike]

ok so I'm much too late and the fight of epic proportions are over but I want to add that I feel sorry for gugs' anus

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Some more thoughts:

Overkill - just completely forgettable, some good riffs, but nothing that really stood out. Apparently I'll just stick to my '80s/early '90s thrash classics from the these Jerzee boys.

Anthrax - better than I expected. I'm way more of a Belladonna guy than a Bush guy (insert stupid joke here), but this album still has lots of the trademark 'thrax riffs & breakdowns, plus melodic choruses that makes them so fun. A keeper.

Queensryche - Tribe: sigh. 'nuff said.

Arise - fuck me, I don't care how "played" the melodeath/thrash genre is, when it's done well, it's still neck-snappingly good. And this is fucking good. I loved this for its repeated headbanging moments.

On to Seven Witches now.

Next up:
Helheim - Jormundgand
Battlelore - Sword's Song
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Cage - Darker Than Black
Queensryche - The Warning
Battlesword - Failing In Triumph

 

[General Zod]

bathory rules.

Now you're pushing your luck.

Zod

 

[General Zod]

Next up:

Battlelore - Sword's Song - the new one isn't bad. Though not strong enough to inspire a purchase.

Cage - Darker Than Black - solid. If you can get passed the lyrics, the songs are fun.

Queensryche - The Warning - classic, under-rated, under-appreciated. What it lacks in polish, it makes up for with intensity. This is one of those discs, that when I throw it into my player, it doesn't leave for a week.

Zod

 

[Russell]

Aphotic/Dusk - To Find New Darkness/The Slumber

 

[Erik]

Aphotic/Dusk - To Find New Darkness/The Slumber

good onya

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Holy fuckin shit Erik, that Helheim album IS TEH SHIT!!!11!11!one!11

I mean, we're talking 5***** classic.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Battlelore - better than their 1st album, still kind of cheesy & gay, but I knew that going in. Good riffs, and good mix of clean female + gruff male vox

Mercyful Fate - great classic true metal album, man they ruled (not as good as Melissa, though)

Cage - meh, power-metal-by-numbers, to the trade/sell list it goes. Plus, the lead singer is a fucking tool

Queensryche "Warning" - fucking A, this album just rules it. If they didn't have Mindcrime in their catalog, this would be their best IMO. Just so good, not a bad song, and at least 5 of my favorite QR songs.

Battlesword - lollerz, I didn't even remember why or how I got this album, but fuck me if it wasn't good! The imagery is all medieval/vikingish, but the music is brutal death vocals with tons of Dissection-inspired guitarwork. Really good, definitely a keeper.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

You'll love the next batch coming up:

Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Possessed - Seven Churches
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday For the Deceiver

Someone get 911 on the speed dial. I'm gonna have whiplash.

 

[Crimson Velvet]

Holy fucking hell, that batch is so INCREDIBLY GOOD!!!

I've never heard Flotsam and Jetsam, but the rest of those albums are all 8/10 and up!

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Holy fucking hell, that batch is so INCREDIBLY GOOD!!!

I've never heard Flotsam and Jetsam, but the rest of those albums are all 8/10 and up!

Just finishing them up now, and yes, they're all incredibly good! Great, even!

Without going into too much detail...
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales - 9/10 (this is their best IMO)
Exodus - Bonded By Blood - 9/10 (absolutely furious thrashing at its best)
Possessed - Seven Churches - 9.5/10 (my fave of the bunch, this album fucking PWNS)
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark - 8/10 (not at all what I was expecting! I hated their s/t debut, but this was really good, pre-viking metal)
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends - 8/10 (thrash monster, 'nuff said)
Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday For the Deceiver - 8.5/10 (such an underrated album, several wicked necksnappers here)

 

[J.]

I love Bathory and I still don't have the first three. Lame is me.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

The next batch of metal mastery to grace my ears...

Nuclear Assault - Game Over / The Plague
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
Overkill - Taking Over
Voivod - Killing Technology
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Forbidden - Twisted Into Form

 

[J.]

I'm listening to the new Bolt THrower. I love Bolt Thrower. So goddamn metal they are, like me.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I love Bathory and I still don't have the first three. Lame is me.

I would highly recommend "Under the Mark...", but the s/t one is SO BAD. I'll mail you my CDR if you want it.

I don't have The Return... either.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I've been listening to a lot of Katatonia over the last few days. Brave Murder Day, The Black Sessions Comp. + DVD, Brave Yester Days... At this very moment I just put on Tonight's Decision and later it will probably be The Dance of December Souls.

That and I've been listening to Helheim on and off as well.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

KAYO DOT - Drowning Enemies with Copper Pennies

 

[Henrik Main]

Today's small playlist:

Lord Gore - Resickened
Odious Mortem - Devouring The Prophecy
Adramalech - Terror Of Thousand Faces

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Ok, some mini-reviews of the last batch:

Nuclear Assault - Game Over / The Plague: 8/10 - they'll never be my favorite, but I really dig the early thrash/moshfests that were early NA
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence: 9.5/10 - I've already been raving about this album this week; instantly made my top 10 thrash records.
Overkill - Taking Over: 9.5/10 - another absolute classic, probably my favorite Overkill album, so fucking shredding
Voivod - Killing Technology: 8.5/10 - shocked to death by this; pretty much my first listen ever to early Voivod, I had no idea they could be so thrashtastic
Entombed - Left Hand Path: 9.5/10 - woah, I'm rendered dopey by all the skullcrushing death metal on this album. Why did I wait so long to hear this again?
Forbidden - Twisted Into Form: in the middle of this right now (damned good so far!)