Shadowdoom9 (Andi)'s Forum Replies

NSW-based alt-rockers Sick Puppies have a new album coming out next year, Wave the Bull. I haven't really explored this band apart from their nu metal debut Welcome to the Real World, but when I stumbled upon their new comeback single, I gave it some listening and thought "Wow... That sounds as heavy and metallic as their debut!" If the rest of their upcoming album is like this, it might just be one f***ing h*ll of a strong comeback release.

I just found this kick-A cyber metal take on a Linkin Park hit by Illidiance. RIP Chester Bennington

An instrumental standout featuring some soloing by Jeff Loomis (ex-Nevermore), reminding me of his later supergroup Conquering Dystopia:

A majestic opening standout of progressive tech-/melodeath fury:

Correct indeed! Throes of Absolution is progressive tech-/melodeath fury as it should be and a must-hear for all metalheads out there. The Infinite clan still hasn't been added to its release page though. Could you please fix that, Daniel? Thanks.

An epic diverse start to this offering from this well-known Armenian-American experimental nu/alt-metal band:

This sh*tty downer doesn't really add anything, and it's best to just ignore it:

One of Killing Joke's earliest true displays of their metal direction, an ominous mid-tempo march with strong metallic riffing:

I just listened to it, and I agree and will vote YES for this entry. This short review of mine explains my thoughts, and if bands with only non-metal albums end up getting removed from the site, I'm sure Gloios will get the axe here once the entry succeeds. https://metal.academy/reviews/35730/33939

Ben, please add these new releases:

Wolves at the Gate - Lost in Translation

In Hearts Wake - Incarnation

Unearth - Bask in the Blood of Our Demons

Ben, please add the new Neaera album All Is Dust.

Ben, please add the new Sumac EP The Keeper's Tongue.

Ben, please add Ankor and the new Black Veil Brides EP Bleeders.

My metalcore band discovery journey continues with these two bands:

Greymachine isn't the only band to feature Isis frontman Aaron Turner. After both bands dissolved, he formed a new one of experimental post-sludge, Sumac:

I also enjoy this band that is another prime example of modern djent/metalcore:

A couple awesome melodic death metal bands whose music I've encountered in the past, but was never fully interested in them until recently:

Thanks, Daniel.

Thanks, Daniel. Could you please fix the issue for Neurotech's Symphonies II release page as well? https://metal.academy/forum/15/thread/419#topic_18197

I just think it's a little confusing to look like someone's currently listening to an album when really they disappeared months ago and never removed the album from the "currently listening to" setting, Vinny.

A Spotify playlist I've made based on my The Amenta favorite tracks list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ydu3jZFF1WMYduvlywQmR

A Spotify playlist I've made based on my Trail of Tears favorite tracks list, though Disclosure in Red is not on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PumWxcuPRl0sgAGqglkTt

I've noticed a lot of the more recent Metal Academy members abandoning the site and leaving on the albums that they've set to "currently listening to". I personally find that confusing because no one would ever just keep listening to a single album for a longer time than a week, like a month or even a year. I think there should be a hidden timer for the "currently listening to" feature, so after one week (7 days) for each album set to "currently listening to", it is automatically removed from that setting. Can we have that implemented please?

After my The Amenta album reviewing marathon, I thought I would share my top 20 favorite tracks from that band:

1. Rape - n0n (2008)

2. Teeth - Flesh is Heir (2013)

3. Parse Over - Revelator (2021)

4. Slave - n0n (2008)

5. Psoriastasis - Revelator (2021)

6. Nihil - Occasus (2004)

7. Sangre - Occasus (2004)

8. Parasight Lost - Revelator (2021)

9. Ennea - Occasus (2004)

10. Tabula Rasa - Flesh is Heir (2013)

11. Junky - n0n (2008)

12. Black God - Plague of Locus (2023)

13. Plague of Locus - Plague of Locus (2023)

14. Obliterate’s Prayer - Flesh is Heir (2013)

15. Vermin - n0n (2008)

16. Erebus - Occasus (2004)

17. Asteroid - Plague of Locus (2023)

18. Rise - Plague of Locus (2023)

19. Disintegrate - Flesh is Heir (2013)

20. An Epoch Ellipsis - Revelator (2021)

After my Trail of Tears album reviewing marathon, I thought I would share my top 20 favorite tracks from that band:

1. Bloodstained Endurance - Bloodstained Endurance (2009)

2. Waves of Existence - Oscillation (2013)

3. A Storm at Will - Bloodstained Endurance (2009)

4. Path of Destruction - Oscillation (2013)

5. Winds of Disdain - Winds of Disdain (2024)

6. Joyless Trance of Winter - Free Fall Into Fear (2004)

7. Deceptive Mirrors - Existentia (2007)

8. No Colours Left - Winds of Disdain (2024)

9. Disappointment's True Face - Profoundemonium (2000)

10. Ecstatic - A New Dimension of Might (2002)

11. In Frustration's Web - Profoundemonium (2000)

12. Illusion? - Disclosure in Red (1998)

13. Driven Through the Ruins - Profoundemonium (2000)

14. A Fate Sealed in Red - A New Dimension of Might (2002)

15. Dry Well of Life - Free Fall Into Fear (2004)

16. Shades of Yesterday - Existentia (2007)

17. When Silence Cries - Disclosure in Red (1998)

18. The Architect of My Downfall - Free Fall Into Fear (2004)

19. She Weaves Shadows - Existentia (2007)

20. Farewell to Sanity - Bloodstained Endurance (2009)

Another powerful highlight from Trail of Tears' comeback EP:

With this high amount of heaviness and epicness, Trail of Tears are back with a vengeance:

My genre tagging for Riot's Narita is similar to yours, Daniel, except the riffing in "Waiting for the Taking" sounds metal enough for me to boost the album's metal ratio up to the minimum 40%.

A pounding start to Trail of Tears' epic then-swansong album:

The last bit of the epic gothic melodeath for this Trail of Tears album, and the last bit of Kjetil Nordhus' vocals for his time in the band:

A dark highlight continuing what the band has in Free Fall Into Fear, before switching into their earlier gothic roots:

Cool music, Storm_Lord!

Did Jari Mäenpää take some inspiration from Trail of Tears when making his Wintersun Time albums? Listen to the background keyboard melody in the intro of this Trail of Tears track:

Made more epic in this post-chorus orchestral melody lasting the same amount of time in this Wintersun epic (first time at 3:35):

A highlight of melodeath rage from Trail of Tears' most aggressive album:

A fantastic prime example of symphonic gothic melodeath with groove-ish riffing and a beautiful clean chorus:

An epic banger of blackened symphonic gothic metal to begin the haunting adventure that is Trail of Tears' 3rd album:

The ultimate highlight of Trail of Tears' second album has riffing and vocals sounding industrial without altering much of the usual sound:

A gothic melodeath march with riffing taken nicely from Sabbath and, more directly, Amorphis:

And here's another coincidence. Listen to the intro riff melody that kicks off this Amorphis classic:

And then the piano melody in this Trail of Tears interlude at 0:40:

Although it can be considered a coincidence, I can totally understand if Amorphis left a profound influential mark in Trail of Tears' sound.

The melody is reprised at 3:37 of the song that Trail of Tears interlude segues to:

Without a doubt, one of the most beautiful tracks I've heard in gothic metal, a dark serenade of lost love and depression:

Gothic melodeath with touches of the Norwegian black metal scene and Dark Tranquillity's The Gallery:

1. Gateway playlist - 4.5/5 (number of songs commented: 14)

2. Infinite playlist - 4.5/5 (number of songs commented: 11)

3. Revolution playlist - 4/5 (number of songs commented: ALL 33)

4. Sphere playlist - 4.5/5 (number of songs commented: ALL 22)

For the clans I've made the monthly playlists for, I've listened to the entire playlists! I'm grateful to Saxy and Daniel for their playlist works. I really dig the tracks I've reviewed in the Gateway and Infinite playlists made by Saxy, and I'm glad the playlists I've made have paid off. I recommend them to any fan of the clans' respective genres and anyone who isn't into those genres but wants to get into a great start in enjoying them. Thanks, Daniel, for accepting these playlists, and good work all!

Pure drone-ish industrial metal darkness from this Uniformed Body:

Ben, please add the Lord of the Lost album Weapons of Mass Seduction.

Yesterday and today has been a breeze through a few different solid industrial metal albums for me. Here they are, along with a short description for each:

Two years after the release of Corrections House's debut Last City Zero, the group consisting of Scott Kelly (ex-Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Sanford Parker (ex-Minsk) and Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod) continue pushing their dystopian industrial noise-metal to different levels in Know How to Carry a Whip.

A dark mature release in which industrial and sludge collide alongside pieces of other genres to make something so diverse throughout two 15-minute tracks.

Although Hosannas hasn't reached as much success as the 2003 self-titled album, it shows Killing Joke having more creative freedom recorded in the darkest depth of Hell (the studio).

Gothic industrial metal has never sounded as pleasantly poppy as these tunes from these German representatives of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Also, Blood & Glitter has the industrial metal genre, but it's missing The Sphere clan on the release page. Could you please correct that in the database, Daniel? Thanks.

A perfect Roxette cover to close this offering:

This highlight is like a more electronic Moonspell:

Industrial rock/metal from the darkest depth of Hell (the band's studio):

Ben, please add the Illidiance album The Iconoclast.

With pop-ish cyber metal standouts like this, Illidiance can squeeze these perfect rhythms and epic melodies in a mere 4 minutes (the average song length for this album):

The more industrial second half of the powerful Pantocrator: