Today's \m/ metal \m/ playlist

[Conspicuously Absent]

not exactly compact and portable for keeping in a backpack and busting out after/before a metal show.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

System of a down - Hypnotize

In your face you underground elitist

God I hate those fuckers.

 

[Sadguru]

i couldn't get into this album, it just seemed really by the numbers and bland for them. never really gave it a serious listen (just heard it while hanging out with people), but never really wanted to. what's your take on Toxicity and the self-titled?

You mean Hypnotize or Mezmerize? Hypnotize (companion album of Mezmerize) was released yesterday.

As for my view on the s/t and Toxicity, I think they're both pretty solid albums. IMO, Toxicity is a superior album to the s/t.

 

[NAD]

oh! i guess i only meant Mezmerize, didn't realize they had another one already.

agreed on Toxicity being the better album.

 

[General Zod]

I've heard 2 tracks off this now, and I can safely say they're just not for me.

You made it one more track into this release than I did.

Zod

 

[Sadguru]

You made it one more track into this release than I did.

Zod

Why do you write "Zod" at the end of each of your posts?

 

[NAD]

is this the planet houston?

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

I just through on Annihilation of the Wicked, this album still does shit for me. ANd i've been in hardcore death metal mood for weeks now. 5.5/10

 

[Six-winged Seraph]

AOTW is shit compared to INTDS.

 

[Hell Mike]

Possessed - Seven Churches
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Various Metallica demos from http://www.metallicademos.tk/

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I'm watching the In Flames DVD, it's pretty fucking good I must say.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

Woke up, saw the Cliff video, put me in a thrash mood.

Goat Horn - Threatening Force
Goat Horn - s/t
Goat Horn - Storming the Gates
Death Angel - Frolic in the Park
Death Angel - The Art of Dying
Death Angel - Thrashers
Toxic Holocaust - Evil Never Dies
Nokturnal Mortum - Goat Horns (Not thrash, but needed some variety)

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Welp, starting to get caught up again...

Asphyx - Crush the Cenotaph - pretty good, nowhere near as great as "The Rack", but a coupla' bonus points for the cool live tracks 7.5/10
Marduk - Dark Endless - what can I say? I love almost everything I've heard from Marduk, and hearing their beginnings is no different...don't know what the tr00 army thinks of this, but it fucking SMOKED. Several absolute gems 8/10
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter - I've changed my mind again. This album isn't very good, it's fucking great! My new favorite Immortal album. 10/10
Rage - Trapped! - Jason, was it you who told me to check this out because I'd like it? If so, you were right! All anthems, all the time. Add wicked guitar and downright catchiness. Loved it! 9/10

new batch of metal madness:
Eucharist - A Velvet Creation
Malevolent Creation - Stillborn
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Sacred Reich - Independent
The Tea Party - Splendor Solis
Edge of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
Gehenna - First Spell
Storm - Nordavind

Fucking cool diverse mixture if I don't say so myself!

 

[Crimson Velvet]

"Eucharist - A Velvet Creation
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Edge of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
Gehenna - First Spell
Storm - Nordavind"

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Eucharist - A Velvet Creation - fucking A if this isn't a top 3 all-time melodeath album. I can see myself coming back to this over & over again. It's just fucking awesome - 10/10

Malevolent Creation - Stillborn - why do so many people slag this one? It's chock full of killer riffs and is a perfect blend of melody & brutality IMO, great album minus shoddy production - 8/10

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas - wow, for a first time through, I was blown away. I see why it's so important, musically, it's an 11/10, too bad Attila's vocals absolutely SUCK. "Funeral Fog" might be my new favorite black metal song ever. Overall, 9/10

Sacred Reich - Independent - just bad, the less said, the better. People like this? - 4/10

The Tea Party - Splendor Solis - not for me. They're clearly talented, but if I want to hear a Cult/Led Zeppelin (off of III)/Doors hybrid, I'd listen to those bands and skip the trouble. 6/10

Edge of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow - woah, another gem I wasn't prepared for. Sick, sick, SICK riffing and classic Swedish death metal melodicism. The clean vocals rule, the death growls rule, Swano's a genius, 'nuff said - 9.5/10

Gehenna - First Spell - I LOVED THIS! Is all Gehenna like this? This was like Depeche Mode black metal, almost happy? It's instantly stuck in your head, yet eerie enough to still worship Satan too. I must get more of this band! - 9.5/10

Storm - Nordavind - meh, this was novel I suppose, but just way too folk-gone-metal for me. The buzzsaw-like guitars got on my nerves after a bit, and the Otyg-like singing is just too much for a whole album - 6.5/10

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

New batch:

Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part One
Allegiance - Hymn Till Hangagud
Graveland - Thousand Swords
In The Woods - Heart of the Ages
Nevermore - s/t
November's Doom - Amid It's Hallowed Mirth

 

[Demilich]

I love Edge of Sanity so much!

 

[Henrik Main]

Gehenna - First Spell - I LOVED THIS! Is all Gehenna like this? This was like Depeche Mode black metal, almost happy? It's instantly stuck in your head, yet eerie enough to still worship Satan too. I must get more of this band! - 9.5/10

Taken from this thread

Gehenna's "Seen Through The Veil Of Darkness: Second Spell" is the third best black metal album of all time, and you'd be MAD not to worship it. Imagine a medieval witch house, with weird cauldrons and boiling potions all over the place. It's like a romantic, melancholic, but SCARY AS FECK trip to an unknown place that you'd never want to leave.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Taken from this thread

Awesome, I must find that!

Is this it?

Now I just need to locate a distro who has it in stock for a reasonable amount of cash...it seems like it's kind of rare.

 

[Henrik Main]

Yeah, that's the one. I guess you're right, it's not very easy to find nowadays.