Akercocke - Antichrist
Taake - Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik
De Magia Veterum - Migdal Bavel
Megadeth - Endgame
Abigail Williams - In the Shadow of a 1000 Suns
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires Circums
Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire - saw this lot live on sunday, much
better live than on CD
Sodom - first 5 albums
Slayer - World Painted Blood
Nuclear Assault - Game Over / The Plague
Overkill - Ironbound ( fucking rules!!! )
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Urgehal - Ikonoklast ( a tad dull )
Gama Bomb - Tales form the Grave in Space ( finally got round to this, good
stuff )
Hirax - El Rostro De La Muerte ( pretty solid, better than I expected )
Sinister Realm - Sinister Realm ( quality old school metal, bit Iced Earth,
mid paced Maideny with *a good vocalist* shock!! )
> Lots of Blut Aus Nord, Drudkh and Anaal Nathrakh, really enjoying these
> three bands at the moment.
>
> Akercocke - Antichrist
This album has aged very well IMO. Perhaps the only AOTY I voted in
the last few years that remains AOTY today.
> Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire - saw this lot live on sunday, much
> better live than on CD
They must be *godly* live, then. Because they absolutely destroy on
record.
> Sodom - first 5 albums
I've also been revisiting some classic thrash. Persecution Mania makes
me want to do head circles in my living room.
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Opeth - Blackwater Park, Still Life, Watershed
Twisted Sister - Still Hungry
gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder
Overkill - Ironbound, Feel The Fire, Taking Over
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Anthrax - Among the Living (Deluxe Edition)
Bigelf - Hex, Cheat The Gallows, Money Machine
Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World, This Godless Endeavour
Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory, Power of the Dragonflame, Rain of a
Thousand Flames
Chylde - Now It Can Be Told
Sleep - Holy Mountain
Astra - The Weirding
Whiplash - Unborn Again
ACDC - Backtracks
Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
> Lots of Blut Aus Nord, Drudkh and Anaal Nathrakh, really enjoying these
> three bands at the moment.
>
> Akercocke - Antichrist
>This album has aged very well IMO. Perhaps the only AOTY I voted in
>the last few years that remains AOTY today.
My albums of the year remain pretty consistent but I reckon if I went back
and did a top 10 for say, 2004 or something, it would look different today
than it did then.
> Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire - saw this lot live on sunday, much
> better live than on CD
>They must be *godly* live, then. Because they absolutely destroy on
>record.
Do you think so? I like them just fine but they`ve never set my world
alight. Live though, really impressive, a great on stage prescence and just
all round good fun.
> Sodom - first 5 albums
>I've also been revisiting some classic thrash. Persecution Mania makes
>me want to do head circles in my living room.
Yeah, definately their best album.
How does this sound? I`m still not prepared to fork out the �25 asking
price.
> Megadeth - Endgame
> Slayer - World Painted Blood
3 or 4 plays of the Megadeth the past week or so, and probably 5 or
6 for the Slayer.
> Overkill - Ironbound ( fucking rules!!! )
Sort of burned out on this band, the last few I bought got
progressively less listens. Maybe the break would be good, I think I
should give it a listen.
> Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
I remember disliking the vocals on this, otherwise enjoyable stuff.
Tom
Horna - Musta Kaippu
Cathedral - Ethereal Mirror
Nofx - Cokie the Clown (new ep, kinda throwaway.)
Rose Tattoo - Never Too Loud 2xCD (best of comp)
Antiheros - American Pie (Us Oi! legends 96 album)
Mark Lind & The Unloved - Homeward Bound (boston rock & roll, new
album)
Wilco - Being There 2xcd (alt country. like this a bit better than
the debut and much better than the newest album. my favorite I've
heard so far)
Poison Girls - Poisonous 2xCD (Crass affiliated anarcho punk. Best of
comp)
V/A - Revival Tour Fall 2009 Promo 2xcd (singer songwriter folk punk
compilation)
Nuclear Assault - Game Over/The Plague
DRI - Crossover
Terrorizer - World Downfall
Municipal Waste - Waste Em All
SSS - Short Sharp Shock
SOD - Speak English or Die
Panzerbastard - Demo II
Queers - Day Late and a Dollar Short (punk rock. Basically all the
stuff with the original vocalist Wimpy)
Queers - Love Songs for the Retarded (pop punk)
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Beatles - 1
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 2xCD
The Strokes - Is This Is (UK version)
Waylon Jennings - Are You Ready for the Country
Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind
Barrington Levy - Barrington
I'd say it's probably a little better, but to be honest it's not worth
the expense. The bonus tracks are ok, but they don't make it an
essential purchase.
> > > Porcupine Tree - The Incident
great album.
> > > Anthrax - Among the Living (Deluxe Edition)
>
> > How does this sound? I`m still not prepared to fork out the £25 asking
> > price.
> I'd say it's probably a little better, but to be honest it's not worth
> the expense. The bonus tracks are ok, but they don't make it an
> essential purchase.
Maybe if for some reason, you didn't have the album. Say a loss of
it during a move or some other reason. If you already have the album,
then I think the price would have to be a lot lower than that.
That said, I did buy the entire Judas Priest remasters set.
Tom
> Slayer - World Painted Blood
Even though I have enjoyed this, I have been seeing mixed reviews
comments here and elsewhere. Seems a lot are commenting on the hype it
had pre-release and that it's not living up to the hype. (what does?)
Any comments?
Tom
It has had mixed reviews...most people I know are quite impressed with it
and I like it a lot...which is all that really matters.
I`d pay a tenner or so for it but really....a 22 year old album, as much as
I like it, isn`t going to get more than a few plays a year from me. So they
can stick their �25 price tag up their arse.
> > Slayer - World Painted Blood
> > Even though I have enjoyed this, I have been seeing mixed reviews
> >comments here and elsewhere. Seems a lot are commenting on the hype it
> >had pre-release and that it's not living up to the hype. (what does?)
> > Any comments?
>
> It has had mixed reviews...most people I know are quite impressed with it
> and I like it a lot...which is all that really matters.
If most people are just the ones I talk to on the newsgroups, then
yes. I don't know too many people who are big Slayer fans in my day to
day life.
One guy I work with sort of commented about hearing it on satillite
radio a lot, and that he was so so on it. But that's about it. I don't
know if others who might like it even know that there is a new album.
Tom
> >I'd say it's probably a little better, but to be honest it's not worth
> >the expense. The bonus tracks are ok, but they don't make it an
> >essential purchase.
>
> I`d pay a tenner or so for it but really....a 22 year old album, as much as
> I like it, isn`t going to get more than a few plays a year from me. So they
> can stick their £25 price tag up their arse.
I feel the same way. Not sure what the US price is. If it's 25
British Pounds, then it's got to be more than that US.
Tom
who was on the bill with SW? i saw them last month and they killed, did
the singer encourage weed smoking(lots of it) and munchin some carpet?
:) the new SW will be in my top 10 for 09, the ? is where.
to Tom
i like the new Slayer alot, should be in my top 10 as well.
Yeah he did, he was a great frontman, lots of energy, funny and fun to
watch. It was a three way co-headline tour with Goatwhore and Toxic
Holocaust. All 3 were good but SW blew the other two away IMO.
That said, I can`t see the new album getting anywhere near my top 20!
> > Slayer - World Painted Blood
> > Even though I have enjoyed this, I have been seeing mixed reviews
> >comments here and elsewhere. Seems a lot are commenting on the hype it
> >had pre-release and that it's not living up to the hype. (what does?)
> > Any comments?
>
> It has had mixed reviews...most people I know are quite impressed with it
> and I like it a lot...which is all that really matters.
> If most people are just the ones I talk to on the newsgroups, then
>yes. I don't know too many people who are big Slayer fans in my day to
>>One guy I work with sort of commented about hearing it on satillite
>radio a lot, and that he was so so on it. But that's about it. I don't
>know if others who might like it even know that there is a new album.
Virtually everyone I know likes Slayer to some extent! The only person I
know who`s really slagged it off is someone who doesn`t think Slayer have
made a good album since Hell Awaits...yep, one of those sort of people...he
doesn`t think Maiden have ever made a good album either...his opinions are
worthless!
TH was also on the bill last month(did the main guy hang out in the
crowd?), TBDM was also on the bill. i just can't get into them, just
too much going on for me, i would have preferred GH(i like the 1st cd,
haven't heard the new one). i wish i would have snagged the SW on
vinyl, probably will just to collect it.
if i am being honest, there is probably
more then 10(at least) " better " cd's then SW, but i would rather
listen to BtF more then alot of those.
my 09 list will be fun work.
> > If most people are just the ones I talk to on the newsgroups, then
> >yes. I don't know too many people who are big Slayer fans in my day to
> >>One guy I work with sort of commented about hearing it on satillite
> >radio a lot, and that he was so so on it. But that's about it. I don't
> >know if others who might like it even know that there is a new album.
>
> Virtually everyone I know likes Slayer to some extent! The only person I
> know who`s really slagged it off is someone who doesn`t think Slayer have
> made a good album since Hell Awaits...yep, one of those sort of people...he
> doesn`t think Maiden have ever made a good album either...his opinions are
> worthless!
It's not TJ is it?
Tom
I can't say top 10 right now.
Tom
Would I be friends with Ian? Then again with the black metal and RAW
thrash in his playlist, maybe I've replaced him with one of my
friends ;)
There's only one guy, the rest are just session players :-)
Troo black metal fans don`t have friends...they have nothing but utter
contempt for all humanity preferring to wallow in their own pit of
nihilistic oblivion! Friendship is for fags!
Count me in as lukewarm to the new Slayer, although as stated before I
think that it's a victim of timing more than anything else at this
point.
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has been in a non-metal headspace lately
I figured, I was just being a smartass, hence the smiley.
> > >.yep, one of those sort of people...he
> > > doesn`t think Maiden have ever made a good album either...his opinions are
> > > worthless!
>
> > It's not TJ is it?
>
> > Tom
>
> Would I be friends with Ian? Then again with the black metal and RAW
> thrash in his playlist, maybe I've replaced him with one of my
> friends ;)
It was a joke.
Tom
Learn to laugh.
> > It's not TJ is it?
>
> > Tom
> >Would I be friends with Ian? Then again with the black metal and RAW
> >thrash in his playlist, maybe I've replaced him with one of my
> >friends ;)
>
> Troo black metal fans don`t have friends...they have nothing but utter
> contempt for all humanity preferring to wallow in their own pit of
> nihilistic oblivion! Friendship is for fags!
Funniest thing I've seen on here in a long time.
Tom
> Count me in as lukewarm to the new Slayer, although as stated before I
> think that it's a victim of timing more than anything else at this
> point.
>
> e.
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> has been in a non-metal headspace lately
If it's good thrash metal I usually have no problem with getting
into it. At the moment, I can rate it as better end to end than the
last few Slayer albums. I haven't taken to skipping several songs as I
often do on the last few Slayer albums.
Tom
I think the good stuff on it is better than their previous 3 attempts,
however there are still 3 or 4 tracks I think suck, and it's fallen
off the playlist very quickly after a lot of listens initially. I
think it's their best in some time, however there is still a lot of
ground to make up before we get something as good as SiTA or SoH never
mind RiB or HA.
Weighing in on this... I would say that it's more polarized than CI.
IOW,
I find 3 tracks on the album better than anything on CI, but find most
of
it tedious, underwhelming and below most of Christ Illusion's tracks.
> Nuclear Assault - Game Over / The Plague
> Overkill - Ironbound ( fucking rules!!! )
> Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
> Urgehal - Ikonoklast ( a tad dull )
> Gama Bomb - Tales form the Grave in Space ( finally got round to this, good
> stuff )
> Hirax - El Rostro De La Muerte ( pretty solid, better than I expected )
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> Sinister Realm - Sinister Realm ( quality old school metal, bit Iced Earth,
> mid paced Maideny with *a good vocalist* shock!! )
Played some of this.. I like it!
SG
> > If it's good thrash metal I usually have no problem with getting
> > into it. At the moment, I can rate it as better end to end than the
> > last few Slayer albums. I haven't taken to skipping several songs as I
> > often do on the last few Slayer albums.
>
> > Tom
>
> I think the good stuff on it is better than their previous 3 attempts,
> however there are still 3 or 4 tracks I think suck, and it's fallen
> off the playlist very quickly after a lot of listens initially. I
> think it's their best in some time, however there is still a lot of
> ground to make up before we get something as good as SiTA or SoH never
> mind RiB or HA.
I have no problems with it as of the 10 or so listens I have in now.
Tom
> > Sinister Realm - Sinister Realm ( quality old school metal, bit Iced Earth,
> > mid paced Maideny with *a good vocalist* shock!! )
>
> Played some of this.. I like it!
>
> SG
Currently listening to some of this. Brings back memories of the
80's.
Tom
so was my post about "ian" being one of my friends and not Ian
anymore. :)
Is this new? I really liked their album Goatcraft Torment from 06 or
so, although I remember a lot of snickering in these parts when it
made my year end list, so I guess it's not surprising you don't dig so
much.
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Napalm Death - Leaders Not Followers
Napalm Death - Leaders Not Followers II
Probot - S/t
Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain
Insult - Emobashing Fastcore Pimps (late 90s/early 2000s hardcore
thrash/grind. Mostly ripping off Infest)
Defiance - Complete Singles Collection (90s leather bristles studs and
anarchy a la GBH/Varukers/Discharge)
Funeral Dress - Totally Dressed (90s drunk street punk from belgium)
Dwarves - Blood Guts and Pussy
Lovely Lads - Demo (local (boston) oi! from 2004. Sounds like the
business mostly, with Rose Tattoo and Skrewdriver covers)
AC/DC - High Voltage
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Screeching Weasel - Anthem for a New Tomorrow (pop punk)
The Clash - Give Em Enough Rope
Bad Brains - Black Dots
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Redman - Whut? Thee Album (93 new jersey funkadelic sample heavy rap)
Cypress Hill - S/t (cholos from LA rhyming about smoking weed and
killing cops)
DJ Screw - Screwed Up Texas (slowed rap mixtape from 2000. One of the
last before screw died I believe.)
It`s an `09 release yeah, I found it boring tbh. Perfectly listenable but
completely forgettable.
> > Overkill - Ironbound ( fucking rules!!! )
>
> Sort of burned out on this band, the last few I bought got
> progressively less listens. Maybe the break would be good, I think I
> should give it a listen.
Went back and listened to Killbox 13 and Relixiv and enjoyed them a
lot. I guess the break was good.
Tom
Old - Down With the Nails (well executed but ultimately standard BM.
On Tyrant Syndicate, which ought to attest to the higher than average
quality)
Urgehal - Goatcraft Torment (norwegian bm)
Beastcraft - Into the Burning Pit of Hell (norwegian bm)
Hills of Sefiroth - Fly High the Hated Black Flag (1 man USBM. Does
an integrity cover betraying the subgenres ubiquitous hardcore roots)
Insanity - From the Grave (compilation from a few years back with demo/
lp/unreleased tracks. the lp stuff has re-recorded vocals, the
unreleased stuff has rhythm tracks from the 90s that were completed
more recently and most of it is remastered)
Kreator - Terrible Certainty (plus bonus tracks from out of the dark
ep)
Angkor Wat - When Obscenity Becomes the Norm/Corpus Christi CD
MOD - USA for MOD
Venomous Concept - Retroactive Abortion
Poison Idea - Blank Blackout Vacant (later, more rockish album. Ends
up sounding like gnr meets black flag kinda)
Talk Is Poison - S/t (mid to late 90s Tennessee fast hardcore)
Asshole Parade - Student Ghetto Violence (90s florida ultrafast
skatecore. discography)
Colera - Grito Suburbano (brazillian hardcore heroes best of)
Skeptix - Pure Punk Rock (one of UK82s finest)
Casualties - The Early Years (oi oi spiky drunk punx!)
Tom And Bootboys - Punk Parade (japanese oi punk)
Bludwulf - Cryptic Revelations (metal punk from upstate ny. wish they
were the english dogs circa 85. 2 dudes from this sessioned in Toxic
Holocaust for a while when joel was based in NY)
V/A - Sound Of Rebellion (90s punk rock compiled by Mark from the
Unseen. Casualties, Oxymoron, Defiance, Unseen, Antiflag etc)
V/a - Sound of Rebellion 2 (see above. Featuring Self Destruct,
Unseen, Funeral Dress, Distraught, Varukers, etc)
V/A - Punx Unite 2: International Chaos (2nd in series from Jake
Casualty trying to bring back the Punk and Disorderly style
compilations)
V/a - Punx Unite 3: Leaders of Tomorrow (3rd in the series, newer more
upcoming bands)