I was in the mood for good* black metal this week -

UNGOD - Cloaked in Eternal Darkness (black - BUY THIS ALBUM)

UNGOD - Night of the Forlorn Graves (why haven't you bought this yet?)

Ungod - Silence in the Golden Halls of Endless Hope

Baxaxaxa - The Day When God Falls (black)

Ungod - Phallus Cult (NSFW picture)

Baptism - Wisdom and Hate (black)

Baptism - Centuries in Everdark Ashes

Baptism - Melancholy of a Journeying Soul

Szron - Christianhater (black)

Taran - Praetorians of Black God (black)

*by 'good' I of course mean raw, dirty, grimy,ugly music :)

fark it, here's a ton more good shiat, some old, some new.

Ahab - The Giant (funeral doom - from their upcoming album, really outstanding!)

Hammercult - Let the Angels Burn (death/thrash)

Diocletian - Antichrist Hammerfist (war metal)

Blodhemn - Djevelen i Menneskeform (black metal)

Nachtvorst - Silence (black metal)

Kvlt of Hiob - Procession of Burning Eyes (black, heavy on atmosphere)

Occultation - Three and Seven (occult doom rock; has the guitarist from Negative Plane in it and is really farking good)

Mök - Mökamorphosis (crustpunk/doom - love the cover; listen to Voodoo Panties)

Venenum - Lunar Tombfields (killer death)

Runemagick - Eternal Dark (doom/death; BUY ME)

Morgirion - The Final Incantation (death/black; BUY ME)

one more...

Echoes of Eternity - Ten of Swords - like Huntress, but bigger (if you know what I mean, and I think you do)

/what? Huntress only had Eight of Swords
//can't wait to see Twelve of Swords

HighZoolander: I was in the mood for good* black metal this week -

list of BM albums

Did you buy all those this week? I ask because, if so, where the hell did you find Phallus Cult?

Also, I'm surprised Vader and Deicide didn't make your top 25 for 2011.

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At no point have you mentioned Pseudogod HighZoolander.

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SPna15: At no point have you mentioned Pseudogod HighZoolander.

True Russian Supremacy

Umm...

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/but yes, they are farking amazing!

Don't Troll Me Bro!: HighZoolander: I was in the mood for good* black metal this week -

list of BM albums

Did you buy all those this week? I ask because, if so, where the hell did you find Phallus Cult?

Also, I'm surprised Vader and Deicide didn't make your top 25 for 2011.

I wish I had bought them all! No, this week I just bought Cloaked in Eternal Darkness. I suspect Phallus Cult was a vinyl only release, so it may be pretty hard to find. I am almost ready to be serious about buying a turntable, so I think eventually it will be mine, no matter how it was released.

As for Vader and Deicide - they weren't bad albums, though I was a bit disappointed with Vader in particular, but I didn't like them more than anything on my list.

But also, Ulcerate, Mitochondrion, Sonne Adam, Maim, Entrails, Disma, Corpsessed, Cianide, Autopsy, Blaspherian, and Beyond Creation all had albums in 2011 that I would put ahead of either Vader or Deicide on the list for death metal.

Been listening to a lot of these guys lately:

Dismember - Time Heals Nothing
Dismember - Shadows of the Mutilated

The Crown - Deathexplosion
The Crown - (I am) Hell

Nile - Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld
Nile - Kem Khefa Kheshef

You can say I've finally gotten into Death Metal. I've been into Melodic Death Metal for many years but haven't gotten into the 'true' Death Metal genre until recently. It's a shame the two of the three bands I used as a litmus test for the genre (Bolt Thrower, Bloodbath, Nile) really convinced me to put Death Metal on the back burner for a while. I've always appreciated Nile on some level but Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath still bore me to tears. Dismember is the band I've wanted Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath to be.

Kliffoth: Been listening to a lot of these guys lately:

You can say I've finally gotten into Death Metal. I've been into Melodic Death Metal for many years but haven't gotten into the 'true' Death Metal genre until recently. It's a shame the two of the three bands I used as a litmus test for the genre (Bolt Thrower, Bloodbath, Nile) really convinced me to put Death Metal on the back burner for a while. I've always appreciated Nile on some level but Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath still bore me to tears. Dismember is the band I've wanted Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath to be.

You know, this is probably a good place to ask - what would you guys all say are the definitive death metal bands/albums? Not necessarily the ones you like best, but the ones that every death metal fan needs?

I'll start with some obvious ones like Nile (LOVE "Those Whom the Gods Detest," I can't wait for the new one) and Entombed's old early 90s albums, like "Clandestine" and "Left Hand Path".

Solve_Et_Coagula: Kliffoth: Been listening to a lot of these guys lately:

You can say I've finally gotten into Death Metal. I've been into Melodic Death Metal for many years but haven't gotten into the 'true' Death Metal genre until recently. It's a shame the two of the three bands I used as a litmus test for the genre (Bolt Thrower, Bloodbath, Nile) really convinced me to put Death Metal on the back burner for a while. I've always appreciated Nile on some level but Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath still bore me to tears. Dismember is the band I've wanted Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath to be.

You know, this is probably a good place to ask - what would you guys all say are the definitive death metal bands/albums? Not necessarily the ones you like best, but the ones that every death metal fan needs?

I'll start with some obvious ones like Nile (LOVE "Those Whom the Gods Detest," I can't wait for the new one) and Entombed's old early 90s albums, like "Clandestine" and "Left Hand Path".

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

SPna15: At no point have you mentioned Pseudogod HighZoolander.

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farking Kickass! Thanks to the both of you.

Solve_Et_Coagula: Kliffoth: Been listening to a lot of these guys lately:

You can say I've finally gotten into Death Metal. I've been into Melodic Death Metal for many years but haven't gotten into the 'true' Death Metal genre until recently. It's a shame the two of the three bands I used as a litmus test for the genre (Bolt Thrower, Bloodbath, Nile) really convinced me to put Death Metal on the back burner for a while. I've always appreciated Nile on some level but Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath still bore me to tears. Dismember is the band I've wanted Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath to be.

You know, this is probably a good place to ask - what would you guys all say are the definitive death metal bands/albums? Not necessarily the ones you like best, but the ones that every death metal fan needs?

I'll start with some obvious ones like Nile (LOVE "Those Whom the Gods Detest," I can't wait for the new one) and Entombed's old early 90s albums, like "Clandestine" and "Left Hand Path".

I'm feeling a bit lazy to type things out, but almost everything I can think of (and then a lot more) are on Leader O'Cola's profile (though some are sure to be hard to find).

A couple others of note -
anything by Death
Suffocation - Pierced from Within
Cryptopsy - Once Was Not

/there are lots more post-1992/3, but you can't go wrong by starting with the earlier stuff.

Leader O'Cola: Solve_Et_Coagula: Kliffoth: Been listening to a lot of these guys lately:

You can say I've finally gotten into Death Metal. I've been into Melodic Death Metal for many years but haven't gotten into the 'true' Death Metal genre until recently. It's a shame the two of the three bands I used as a litmus test for the genre (Bolt Thrower, Bloodbath, Nile) really convinced me to put Death Metal on the back burner for a while. I've always appreciated Nile on some level but Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath still bore me to tears. Dismember is the band I've wanted Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath to be.

You know, this is probably a good place to ask - what would you guys all say are the definitive death metal bands/albums? Not necessarily the ones you like best, but the ones that every death metal fan needs?

I'll start with some obvious ones like Nile (LOVE "Those Whom the Gods Detest," I can't wait for the new one) and Entombed's old early 90s albums, like "Clandestine" and "Left Hand Path".

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I know you have an encyclopedic knowledge of the genre, Leader, and you could certainly teach many advanced grad-level courses on it. I bow before you. Mainly though I was just curious about what the consensus was as far as the essentials.

Basically I was wondering if there were any vital albums that had flown below my radar.

Solve_Et_Coagula: Basically I was wondering if there were any vital albums that had flown below my radar.

I've been researching this subject lately and I have a list, but most of that list I haven't heard the whole albums of so I feel I don't yet have the authority to 'rec' them. Here are some CDs I DO own.


I highly recommend Death's 'Scream Bloody Gore', 'Leprosy', and 'Symbolic' if you don't have them.

Dismembered's first two albums I hear are incredible, while I don't own those I can certainly recommend their album 'The God That Never Was' from personal experience.

Therion's '...Of Darkness', 'Beyond Sanctorum', and 'Ho Drakon Ho Megas' are great.

Cryptopsy's 'None So Vile'. I don't care much for the vocals but the music is incredible.

The Crown's 'Deathrace King' is some great Death/Thrash.

Rudra's 'Brahmavidya: Primordial I' and 'Brahmavidya:Trancendendental I' are two farking incredible Blackened Death Metal albums that include a lot of Hindu folk elements. Also their less 'blackened' 'Kurukshetra'. If you like Nile you should love these guys.

That's what I have from my humble stash of Death Metal CDs. Hope there is something there for you.

Kliffoth: Dismembered's first two albums I hear are incredible, while I don't own those I can certainly recommend their album 'The God That Never Was' from personal experience.

Like an Everflowing Stream was one of the best albums of the 90s.

Bolt Thrower is Death Metal

Aeonite: Are people liking this stuff ironically because really, I have no idea why this stuff is at all popular.

Irony is for the burned and died.

SPna15: Like an Everflowing Stream was one of the best albums of the 90s.

I have the re-release pre-ordered.

Solve_Et_Coagula: Leader O'Cola: Solve_Et_Coagula: Kliffoth: Been listening to a lot of these guys lately:

You can say I've finally gotten into Death Metal. I've been into Melodic Death Metal for many years but haven't gotten into the 'true' Death Metal genre until recently. It's a shame the two of the three bands I used as a litmus test for the genre (Bolt Thrower, Bloodbath, Nile) really convinced me to put Death Metal on the back burner for a while. I've always appreciated Nile on some level but Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath still bore me to tears. Dismember is the band I've wanted Bolt Thrower and Bloodbath to be.

You know, this is probably a good place to ask - what would you guys all say are the definitive death metal bands/albums? Not necessarily the ones you like best, but the ones that every death metal fan needs?

I'll start with some obvious ones like Nile (LOVE "Those Whom the Gods Detest," I can't wait for the new one) and Entombed's old early 90s albums, like "Clandestine" and "Left Hand Path".

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I know you have an encyclopedic knowledge of the genre, Leader, and you could certainly teach many advanced grad-level courses on it. I bow before you. Mainly though I was just curious about what the consensus was as far as the essentials.

Basically I was wondering if there were any vital albums that had flown below my radar.

click my profile for some mandatory ...

Acquired Noregs Vaapen a few weeks ago, and have to say I dig it very much.

Solve_Et_Coagula: You know, this is probably a good place to ask - what would you guys all say are the definitive death metal bands/albums? Not necessarily the ones you like best, but the ones that every death metal fan needs?

Can't help much with straight-up death metal, but I loves me some progressive death. Every death metal fan needs a little prog.

Cynic, Atheist and Death are the forefathers.
Obscura - Cosmogenesis and Omnivium - This is what Death would sound like today if Chuck was still around.
Kalisia - Cybion - 14 years in the making, a masterpiece
Beyond Creation - The Aura - similar to Obscura - insane bass
Opeth - everyone reading this knows them, but if not, Still Life, Blackwater Park, Deliverance, Ghost Reveries
Be'lakor - The Frail Tide and Stone's Reach - more on the melodeath end, but the best the genre has to offer
Blotted Science - The Machinations of Dementia and The Animation of Entomology - instrumental madness
Dan Swano - Moontower and Crimson
The Chasm - Procession to the Infraworld
Pavor - Furioso

There are plenty of others, but that's a good start.

Other than that, the Dopesmoker reissue can't get into my hands quickly enough.

Adebisi: Other than that, the Dopesmoker reissue can't get into my hands quickly enough.

Yep.

Ignore the band Obscura, get the album instead.

Also, The Chasm's Deathcult For Eternity (The Triumph) is an amazing album light years ahead of it's time.

I used to enjoy going for a walk in the snowy woods in Norway, but I can't seem to do it anymore without tripping over some dipshiat in facepaint carrying a sword because he's so "metal".

Aeonite: Are people liking this stuff ironically because really, I have no idea why this stuff is at all popular.

Yeah, I like it, unironically and unapologetically. I'm a big black metal fan. Sure, the corpse paint and atmospheric stuff might take some getting used to, but I've liked this music for a long time. I'm in my 30s, have a white collar job, a wife and kids, and I don't live in my parents' basement.

For what it's worth.

Oh, and thanks, all, for the DM recommendations. I have several of the higher profile albums already (Death, Cynic, etc.) but there are lots of good recs for me to go check out. I'm kind of like you, Kliffoth, in that I've sort of been orbiting around death metal for a long time without digging too deeply into it. I'm more a black/thrash/prog/melodic death guy, but I've been digging into the histories of doom and death metal recently, and this can be a little overwhelming without some guidelines.

Solve_Et_Coagula: Oh, and thanks, all, for the DM recommendations. I have several of the higher profile albums already (Death, Cynic, etc.) but there are lots of good recs for me to go check out. I'm kind of like you, Kliffoth, in that I've sort of been orbiting around death metal for a long time without digging too deeply into it. I'm more a black/thrash/prog/melodic death guy, but I've been digging into the histories of doom and death metal recently, and this can be a little overwhelming without some guidelines.


Yeah I pretty much went Thrash>Prog>Melodic Death>Black>Folk>(Funeral)Doom>Death Metal. I don't see myself ever getting heavily into Sludge or Power Metal though.

Kliffoth: Solve_Et_Coagula: Oh, and thanks, all, for the DM recommendations. I have several of the higher profile albums already (Death, Cynic, etc.) but there are lots of good recs for me to go check out. I'm kind of like you, Kliffoth, in that I've sort of been orbiting around death metal for a long time without digging too deeply into it. I'm more a black/thrash/prog/melodic death guy, but I've been digging into the histories of doom and death metal recently, and this can be a little overwhelming without some guidelines.


Yeah I pretty much went Thrash>Prog>Melodic Death>Black>Folk>(Funeral)Doom>Death Metal. I don't see myself ever getting heavily into Sludge or Power Metal though.

If it hasn't already crossed your radar, definitely check out Incantation's Onwards to Golgotha (or anything else they've done - they're among the progenitors of death/doom - along with Autopsy).

Recent good bands along these lines include Father Befouled, Miasmal, Grave Miasma, and Swallowed.

Seeing Behemoth/Watain on Friday night. So it's going to be a good metal week for me.

HighZoolander: Kliffoth: Solve_Et_Coagula: Oh, and thanks, all, for the DM recommendations. I have several of the higher profile albums already (Death, Cynic, etc.) but there are lots of good recs for me to go check out. I'm kind of like you, Kliffoth, in that I've sort of been orbiting around death metal for a long time without digging too deeply into it. I'm more a black/thrash/prog/melodic death guy, but I've been digging into the histories of doom and death metal recently, and this can be a little overwhelming without some guidelines.


Yeah I pretty much went Thrash>Prog>Melodic Death>Black>Folk>(Funeral)Doom>Death Metal. I don't see myself ever getting heavily into Sludge or Power Metal though.

If it hasn't already crossed your radar, definitely check out Incantation's Onwards to Golgotha (or anything else they've done - they're among the progenitors of death/doom - along with Autopsy).

Recent good bands along these lines include Father Befouled, Miasmal, Grave Miasma, and Swallowed.

Encoffination and Profanatica.

ModernPrimitive01: Seeing Behemoth/Watain on Friday night. So it's going to be a good metal week for me.

farkingismybusiness: I'm seeing them Saturday.

You guys will have to post a review of how Nergal performs. Last picture/interview of his I saw he was still pretty thin and said he was still pretty weak, but getting stronger.

/farking love Behemoth
//one of my top ten bands, period.

Kliffoth: SPna15: At no point have you mentioned Pseudogod HighZoolander.

True Russian Supremacy


farking Kickass! Thanks to the both of you.

I just got my copy in the mail today - holy shiat the whole album is just jaw-dropping!

/plus the artwork is fantastic, both the cover and the interior art in the booklet. Easily worth the purchase.

Don't Troll Me Bro!: HighZoolander: I was in the mood for good* black metal this week -

list of BM albums

Did you buy all those this week? I ask because, if so, where the hell did you find Phallus Cult?


I don't know about the 7" yet, but the song will be on their upcoming compilation to be released this year.

I hope...