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We're very close to a result on this one guys so if you know the record & are eligible to vote but haven't done so as yet then I'd encourage you to do so.
We're very close to a result on this one guys so if you know the record & are eligible to vote but haven't done so as yet then I'd encourage you to do so.
We're very close to a result on this one guys so if you know the record & are eligible to vote but haven't done so as yet then I'd encourage you to do so.
We're very close to a result on this one guys so if you know the record & are eligible to vote but haven't done so as yet then I'd encourage you to do so.
The wife was out of the house this afternoon so I took the opportunity to smash the latest The Pit playlist out really loud while cleaning the house & playing with the kids. I really enjoyed it too just quietly. The classics at the start set the scene very nicely & as I progressed through the set I found myself jumpin' around to bands like Thrasherwolf, Vio-lence, Demoniac, Kreator, Eradicator, Cryptosis, Expander, Ektomorf & particularly the new one from Sadistic Ritual which I didn't know was out & was probably the find of the set for me personally.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination is now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement. I agree with Andi's approach of adding Alternative Metal first before making a play to remove it from The Infinite/Progressive Metal so I've opted to go with that.
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
Updated my list following Deathspell Omega's "Fas – Ite, maledicti, in ignem aeternum" successful Hall nomination finally giving it entry into the Avant-Garde Metal genre:
01. Oranssi Pazuzu – “Mestarin kynsi” (2020)
02. Deathspell Omega - "Paracletus" (2010)
03. Kayo Dot – “Choirs Of The Eye” (2003)
04. Ad Nauseam – “Imperative Imperceptible Impulse” (2021)
05. Blut aus Nord - "777 - Cosmosophy" (2012)
06. Kayo Dot – “Moss Grew On The Swords & Plowshares Alike” (2021)
07. maudlin of the Well – “Leaving Your Body Map” (2001)
08. Deathspell Omega - "Fas – Ite, maledicti, in ignem aeternum" (2007)
09. maudlin of the Well – “Bath” (2001)
10. Dog Fashion Disco - "Adultery" (2006)
https://metal.academy/lists/single/156
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This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
The nomination has now been posted on the Hall of Judgement.
The nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
This nomination has now been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
It's with great pleasure that I announce that this Hall entry has been successfully passed by the community with a comprehensive vote result of 8 YES & 1 NO. As a result, it has been added the The Infinite under the Avant-Garde Metal genre & subgenre.
So we've finally followed through on our long-term intent to remove Nintendocore from the site with all releases that were previously tagged with the subgenre having been changed to Non-Metal or being left in their other subgenre(s).
I'd suggest that your summary of "Slowly We Rot" fits very well alongside my own feelings Sonny. I've always liked it but I've failed to reach the levels of adoration that so many death metal fans seem to have. "Cause Of Death" is light-years ahead of it as far as I'm concerned & hired gun James Murphy played a big role in my position on that. In much the same way as Death/Massacre axeman Rick Rozz, West's lead guitar work was always a little bit of a struggle for me. Those two are simply one-trick ponies who rely entirely on whammy-bar histrionics rather than melodic or technical highlights. Tardy's vocals are undeniably as unique as they are vicious & he's arguably the best exponent in all of death metal in my opinion so he really shone on the debut but I do think that "Slowly We Rot" sounded more like a collection of songs rather than a flowing album too. It's good but I don't think it's great. I actually prefer the more polished "The End Complete" to it pretty comfortably.
French blackgaze for fans of Jesu, Lantlôs & Sun Devoured Earth.
High quality progressive metal from Atlanta, USA.
Mastodon - "Blood Mountain" (2006)
Don't ask me why but despite being a hhhuuugggeee fan of the records either side of it for many years now I'd never gotten around to checking out the highly celebrated 2006 third album "Blood Mountain" from Atlanta-based progressive sludge masters Mastodon until yesterday. Mastodon have always been a class act so I didn't expect anything other than a polished & accomplished piece of art & there's no question that that's exactly what they've delivered here too. This album appears to be the point in which the band took a turn away from their sludge metal roots & pointed their ship directly towards the progressive metal stratosphere as it's a lot more technical & complex than I remember their earlier material being & I don't think it technically qualifies for sludge status any more either as that's only a small portion of the holistic direction that "Blood Mountain" sees the band taking with stoner elements popping up almost as often. The album offers the usual highlights from drummer Brann Dailor who was a complete phenomenon at this point while it also falls victim to Mastodon's obvious Achilles heal in the vocal department which places a cap on the album's potential to reach the upper eschalons of my affection. In order to make a genuinely classic record you need to be able to write classic hooks &, for all it's splendour in the instrumental department, I'm just not sure "Blood Mountain" offers enough catchiness & memorability to be able to stand toe-to-toe with amazing records like "Leviathan" & "Crack The Skye" in that department. Brent & Troy do their best with the tools at their disposal however neither have the vocal chops to make this consistently solid outing into a truly special one. Still... there are few that can match Mastodon for ambition & execution in the instrumental department & the effortlessness with which they perform complex melodic acrobatics is beyond criticism. You can't really go wrong here if you're a fan of professionally produced & performed progressive metal music.
For fans of Baroness, Dvne & Intronaut.
4/5
There's more than meets the ears, and you would find a lot more if you're a professional listener of experimental jazz/death metal/mathcore....
Quoted Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
There are professional listeners of experimental jazz/death metal/mathcore??? Where do I apply for one of these jobs?
Hahahaha.... Damaged & I have a very long history Andi. I adored them back in the early-to-mid 1990's & thrashed that E.P. to death. I would have seen them play live probably a dozen times too. One of the biggest fans of my band Neuropath went on to become their vocalist shortly afterwards actually. They're one of the most infamous extreme metal bands in Australia's history but are rarely spoken of outside of our country. Their insane drummer Matt "Skitz" Sanders is an absolute legend of the local scene & has played for everyone that's anyone e.g. Abramelin, Hobbs Angel Of Death, Blood Duster, Destroyer 666, King Parrot, etc. Damaged don't fit comfortably into any single box as they really did have their own sound that cherry picked from numerous extreme genres. They're certainly nothing to do with the modern-day deathcore model but I can understand someone stretching that far to find a suitable box to chuck them in. I think deathgrind is a much better fit personally though.
I remember that Delirium record from my tape trading days. It wasn't too bad from memory but I can't say I've been drawn to return to it since. Off the top of my head I think I had it on a cassette with Paradise Lost's "Lost Paradise" actually.
Ben read somewhere that Sandoval was so obsessive about his skills & technique that the band played a joke on him by playing him a recording of a drum machine performing impossibly fast & precise blast beats, telling him it was a human doing it & ribbing him because he couldn't match it. Apparently he went away & practiced so hard that he came back & matched it which left them all completely gobsmacked.
"Altars Of Madness" was a life-changing moment for me. It quite literally changed my life & by the time "Blessed Are The Sick" hit the shelves Morbid Angel was my favourite band. It's without question the greatest death metal release of all in my opinion. 5/5
BTW who's your favourite OBG? Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson for me.
I wouldn't say I have one to be honest Sonny. Having been raised in the height of 80's shred, I have to admit that I've always struggled a bit with the restrictive & repetitive nature of blues. It generally gives me a feeling of "heard-it-all-before" & I find myself wishing that they'd just cut loose by throwing their blues & pentatonic scales out the window for a while & exploring some more adventurous territory. For that reason I've always favoured the blues of your more modern & highly skilled guitarists like Stevie Ray Vaughn or rock gods like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page & Jeff Beck. There's just something a lot more exciting about their take on it, at least there is for me personally.
As I said earlier, I've always enjoyed "The Spooky Gloom" although I don't think my attention was fully drawn across to the doom/death subgenre until I heard Winter's shortly afterwards. In saying that, it's been many years since Sempiternal Deathreign & I crossed paths so perhaps it's time to remedy that.
A short & blasting Californian grindcore anthem.
Nails - "Unsilent Death" (2010)
A 13 minute blitzkrieg that combines blasting Napalm Death style grindcore with Entombed's "Wolverine Blues" then throws in a bit of d-beat, crust punk & sludge metal for good measure. "Unsilent Death" didn't do all that much for me at the time of release but my drastically improved score is a sure sign of the development in my taste for grindcore & hardcore punk in general over the last decade.
For fans of Full Of Hell, Dead In The Dirt & Trap Them.
4/5
Have just updated my top ten after submitting a genre tag vote on Terrorizer's "World Downfall" & realising that Nails' "Unsilent Death" needs to be in there somewhere:
01. Discordance Axis – “The Inalienable Dreamless” (2000)
02. Pig Destroyer – “Prowler In The Yard” (2001)
03. Pig Destroyer – “Terrifyer” (2004)
04. Terrorizer - "World Downfall" (1989)
05. Repulsion – “Horrified” (1989)
06. Unseen Terror – “The Peel Sessions” (1989)
07. Nails - "Unsilent Death" (2010)
08. Cretin – “Stranger” (2014)
09. Napalm Death – “The Peel Sessions” (1987)
10. Napalm Death – “From Enslavement To Obliteration” (1988)
https://metal.academy/lists/single/149