Shadowdoom9 (Andi)'s Forum Replies

I've given this Adramelch album some listening and a review to test out my strength in the progressive power metal I once loved, and to be honest, I'm not sure if fully-fledged progressive metal would be what I would call this offering. There are a few full-on power metal tracks with speedy Iron Maiden-infused riffing and wide-ranged singing, and sure the rest of this album has the early progressive metal of Queensryche/Fates Warning, but even the more progressive tracks are as melodic as power metal in some sections. So I might have to vote NO for this Hall entry.

My world has been thrown into complete disarray this week after I was made redundant after 28 years of service at my company. It came completely out of the blue & seems to be complete madness from an operational point of view given that the work that I do is still very much required. The whole business is in uproar over it & I'll receive a very large pay-out which certainly softens the blow a touch but my ego has copped a significant amount of bruising & it hasn't come at a good time for my personal life so I'm doing it a bit tough at the moment.

Sorry to hear, Daniel. Life can be tough, but I'm sure you'll stand strong.

Hi all! I have one month left in my college course (last day on September 19) and my work internship (last day on September 21). However, on September 25, 26, and 27, I have an all-day each-day special event in a different company that is thinking about hiring me based on my performance in an assessment I took last week. Then after the event, I plan to have a few days to rest after wrapping up my busy 3 months. So I still can't work on The Revolution monthly playlists until the beginning of October, but at least I'll be on time to work on the November Revolution playlist onwards. I think my schedule has cleared slightly to the point where I might be able to continue feature release submissions starting with the ones for October. And of course, I still have the time to do The Sphere clan playlists. So my semi-hiatus in on slightly longer, but restrictions are more relaxed. Once again, I can still do The Sphere monthly playlists, and possibly feature release submissions from the October ones onwards, but not the Revolution playlists. The end of my semi-hiatus is near, but not near enough...

There are a couple albums in which I question their status as studio albums, the first two Daughters albums (and only ones metal enough to be in this site), Canada Songs and Hell Songs. Canada Songs follows the grindcore aspect of having 10 songs each with an average one minute in length. The 11-minute release is far too short to be a full-length album in my opinion. Hell Songs is only twice as long as Canada Songs, with a slightly more acceptable length to be a full-length album. Still I think of those two releases as one 34-minute studio album split into two sides, with each side recorded in a different time and style.

As for long "EPs", one example I can think of is Bring Me the Horizon's Music to Listen To... If it's over 75 minutes in length, why is it being marketed as an EP? Personally I think of it as more of a remix album sampling some songs from Amo. There are even a few long experimental tracks including "Underground Big {HEADFULOFHYENA}" which goes on for 24 minutes (only a minute longer than the entire Daughters album Hell Songs), with the last 3 quarters being a hypnotic loop caused by a computer crash and Sykes recording a monologue over it. Well, seeing how The Gathering's album Afterwords is considered a remix album and even an EP, I'll let it slide. Same with Post Human: Survival Horror for its short 32-minute length. But if Post Human: Nex Gen ends up in the same length as each of BTMH's first 6 albums or longer, I hope it will be considered a studio album way more than an EP...

Holy sh*t! New ERRA single?! You bet I'm up for some more awesome progressive metalcore action:

Here's my updated list:

Beginning oldies (1984-1989)/B.M. (Before Metalcore):

1984: Voivod - War and Pain

1985: Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly

1986: Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

1987: Voivod - Killing Technology

1988: Sadus - Illusions

1989: Godflesh - Streetcleaner

Old golden classics and millennium transition highlights (1990-2001)/Metalcore's humble beginnings and light of day-seeing classics:

1990: Rorschach - Remain Sedate

1991: Old - Lo Flux Tube

1992: Sadus - A Vision of Misery

1993: Old - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak

1994: Circle of Dust - Brainchild

1995: Waltari - Big Bang

1996: Red Harvest - HyBreed

1997: Waltari - Space Avenue

1998: Embodyment - Embrace the Eternal

1999: Botch - We Are The Romans

2000: Extol - Undeceived

2001: Candiria - 300 Percent Density

Modern favorites (2002-2013)/Rise of the full Revolution:

2002: Red Harvest - Sick Transit Gloria Mundi

2003: Animosity - Shut It Down

2004: ISIS – Panopticon

2005: Trivium - Ascendancy

2006: Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery

2007: Dethklok - The Dethalbum

2008: In This Moment - The Dream

2009: Vektor - Black Future

2010: Whitechapel - A New Era of Corruption

2011: Trivium - In Waves

2012: Bury Tomorrow - The Union of Crowns

2013: Dethklok - The Doomstar Requiem: A Klok Opera

The best of the most recent (2014-present)/A greater new uprising:

2014: The Acacia Strain - Coma Witch

2015: Sikth - Opacities

2016: Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2017: Brendon Small - II: Become the Storm

2018: Fit for a King - Dark Skies

2019: Northlane - Alien

2020: Code Orange - Underneath

2021: Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon

2022: Lorna Shore - Pain Remains

2023 so far: Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current

2023 albums I'm looking forward to getting:

Atreyu - The Moment You Find Your Flame

Dethklok - Dethalbum IV/Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar

Asking Alexandria - Where Do We Go from Here?

The Word Alive - Hard Rest

Polaris - Fatalism

Code Orange - The Above

Of Mice & Men - Tether

Beartooth - The Surface

In This Moment - Godmode

Paradise Lost - Icon 30 (revisiting this band for a 30th anniversary album recording)

Norwegian epic extreme gothic/symphonic death metal that should be no trouble for fans of Epica, Septicflesh, and Tristania:

Crushing melodic death-doom from two of the guys from Katatonia, one of whom would unfortunately lose the growling part of his voice afterwards:

The Crimson Chin! (not my guess, just recognized who that character is)

A dark slow 8-minute trip through industrial metal popularized by this band and album:

Impressive list, Daniel!

Another metalcore guitarist has fallen, Brad Thomson, formerly of mathcore band The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza. He was known "as one helluva guitar player", and fans of the band have been grateful to hear his mighty guitar skills in the first two TDTE albums. RIP

I don't know if this one works, but hopefully there's a way to enhance it:

With Rex pointing out the 35th anniversary of Marty Friedman's debut Dragon's Kiss, I thought it would be a good time to resurrect this thread again. So for Rex and any other neoclassical/speed metal fans here, wish this album a happy birthday:

Also on that day is the 10th anniversary of one of my favorite albums by spacey post-sludge metallers Rosetta:

Solid list, Rex! This might be great for a possible neoclassical metal Guardians clan challenge. What do you think, Ben?

Although my ultimate favorite album is Trivium's In Waves, I feel like there are some songs by Bullet for My Valentine that relate to me very well. When I have few dark struggles elsewhere, I feel the need to unleash my energy, and show that I don't wanna give up, yet I don't wanna hurt anyone, even when everything's too much to handle. This song provides a great example of that:

The Gathering's second album Almost a Dance.

Here are my sneak peek submissions for the September Sphere playlist:

Circle of Dust - "Exploration - Redux" (3:50) from Circle of Dust (1995, 2016 remaster)

Deathstars - "Tongues" (3:45) from Termination Bliss (2006)

Fear Factory - "New Messiah" (4:30) from Re-Industrialized (2023)

Godflesh - "Land Lord" (4:56) from Purge (2023)

Pain - "Season of the Reaper" (6:38) from You Only Live Twice (2011)

SKYND - "Katherine Knight" (5:08) from Chapter II (2019)

Total length: 28:47

Here are my submissions for the September Revolution playlist:

Any Given Day - "Endurance" (4:45) from Everlasting (2016)

As I Lay Dying - "Blinded" (3:22) from Shaped by Fire (2019)

Electric Callboy - "Best Day" (3:58) from Crystals (2015)

Emmure - "A Gift a Curse" (4:10) from Eternal Enemies (2014)

Northlane - "Corruption" (3:54) from Discoveries (2011)

The Word Alive - "Your Mirage" (3:59) from Real (2014)

Unbroken - "Zero Hour" (3:48) from Ritual (1993)

Total length: 27:56

Here are my submissions for the September Infinite playlist:

Dødheimsgard - "Det tomme kalde mørke" (7:35) from Black Medium Current (2023)

Evergrey - "Closure" (3:08) from Monday Morning Apocalypse (2006)

Pestilence - "Soul Search" (3:19) from Spheres (1993)

Sikth - "Cracks of Light" (4:13) from The Future in Whose Eyes (2017)

The Ocean - "Permian: The Great Dying" (9:22) from Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (2018)

Total length: 27:37

Here are my submissions for the September Gateway playlist:

Asking Alexandria - "Bad Blood" (3:31) from Bad Blood / Psycho (2023)

Beartooth - "Might Love Myself" (3:40) from Might Love Myself (2023)

Celldweller - "Own Little World" (3:33) from Celldweller (2003)

Disturbed - "The Best Ones Lie" (4:02) from Evolution (2018)

Five Finger Death Punch - "Coming Down" (4:01) from American Capitalist (2011)

In This Moment - "The Great Divide" (4:11) from The Dream (2008)

Lacuna Coil - "Aeon XX" (2:04) from Comalies XX (2022)

Northlane - "Freefall" (4:02) from Alien (2019)

Total length: 29:04

Another ambient alt-metalcore highlight, starting soft before the heavier side with screamed vocals and djenty riffing:

I've done my review, here's its summary:

Alien is one of the best albums I've heard to blend genres from 3 of my clans; The Gateway, The Revolution, and The Sphere. And seeing how well-deserving their earlier albums are of The Infinite, it solidifies Northlane's reign as one of the most suitable bands for me. The band had already reached a decade since formation at that point. Continuing their quest for worldwide fame, they were able to overcome lineup/touring changes. Alien is a true definition of the new modern direction they're going for. Electronic synths become more emphasized, while the riff heaviness and breakdowns are still around. Marcus Bridge continues his vocal diversity. Bassist Brendon Padjasek, who's only in the band for this album, also performs noticeable screamed vocals in a few songs, alongside Marcus Bridge's cleans, and even a screaming duel between the two vocalists. Northlane continues to rise as the album Alien expands their style into different realms. The elements can evolve while the source stays intact. This album is highly enjoyable and can be treated like a journey from the dark Hell to the bright Heaven. A true masterpiece from the masters of futuristic modern metal!

5/5

August 2023

1. DAGames - "Born Champion (Overwatch Song)" from Born Champion (Overwatch Song) (2016) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

2. King Satan - "The Faces of the Devil" from The Faces of the Devil (2022)

3. Gothminister - "Monsters" from Empire of Dark Salvation (2005) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

4. Deathstars - "Motherzone" from Termination Bliss (2006) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

5. Clawerfield - "Emotion Zero" from Engines of Creation (2014)

6. Black Comedy - "Sum of All Shit" from Instigator (2008)

7. Black Light Discipline - "Walls Inside Us" from Against Each Other (2012)

8. Fear Factory - "Genexus" from Genexus (2015) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

9. Treponem Pal - "Screamers" from Screamers (2023)

10. Lard - "70s Rock Must Die" from '70's Rock Must Die (2000)

11. Decree - "Fateless" from Fateless (2011)

12. Mortiis - "Doppelganger - Die Krupps Extended Version" from The Great Corrupter (2017)

13. Mick Gordon - "BFG Division" from DOOM (2016) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

14. Samael - "Ailleurs" from Eternal (1999) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

15. OOMPH! - "Sex" from Sperm (1994)

16. Ministry - "Thieves" from The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)

17. Pitchshifter - "Please Sir" from www.pitchshifter.com (1998)

18. Old - "Citient Null" from Lo Flux Tube (1991)

19. Waltari - "Prime Time" from Space Avenue (1997)

20. Rammstein - "Bück dich" from Sehnsucht (1997)

21. KMFDM - "A Drug Against War" from Angst (1993)

22. Godflesh - "Jesu" from Hymns (2001)

23. Final Light - "In the Void" from In the Void (2022)

I actually had a chance to buy a ticket to an Anthrax concert in my country, but it never happened. Here's the full story: https://metal.academy/forum/13/thread/826#topic_7164

If that doesn't work, can you try cutting the text and pasting it into Notepad and then copying and pasting it back into the review, then pressing Save? I know that's an unwieldy solution, but it will just help me understand what's happening.

I've done that before and it works. You think that will work for you, Rex?

Great updates, Ben! We appreciate it.

Djenty metalcore with haunting ambience and Marcus Bridge's unstoppable vocal force:

Ambient alt-metalcore with perhaps the most f***ing brutal breakdown by the band:

A modern heavy highlight that any Northlane newcomers should start with:

Epic list, Rex!

I'm telling you, catchiness and brutality make a strong duo when it comes to djenty metalcore:

Ben, please add the Parkway Drive / Think Straight / Shoot to Kill split album What We've Built.

A flawless headbanging djent-ish metalcore mix of ambient and brutal that fans of Architects, Within the Ruins, and Invent Animate should get into:

Here are my thoughts on all the selected tracks:

DAGames - "Born Champion (Overwatch Song)" from Born Champion (Overwatch Song) (2016)

4/5. Let's start this playlist with a solid catchy tune inspired by the video game series Overwatch. Such a great hard-hitter!

King Satan - "The Faces of the Devil" from The Faces of the Devil (2022)

4.5/5. H*ll yeah! Even the most satanic music doesn't have to be black metal. I mean I don't usually like the more satanic bands, but this is a f***ing house-shaker. It almost makes me want to say "Hail King Satan", though saying that wouldn't sound right for my standards. Can I get a "John 3:16" up in here?!

Gothminister - "Monsters" from Empire of Dark Salvation (2005)

5/5. The best track for me here, worth adding gothic-ish industrial metal to a club.

Deathstars - "Motherzone" from Termination Bliss (2006)

4.5/5. This one's amazing, but feels a little bothersome. I mean I love the warm chorus, but the change from techno groove to violent heaviness is abrupt.

Clawerfield - "Emotion Zero" from Engines of Creation (2014)

4/5. F***ing powerful cyber metal! What else can I say?!

Black Comedy - "Sum of All Shit" from Instigator (2008)

3.5/5. Ditto with this one, though some parts might be slightly sh*tty.

Black Light Discipline - "Walls Inside Us" from Against Each Other (2012)

4/5. F***ing beautiful electro-industrial/cyber metal from a practically unknown yet underrated band! As much of a banger this is, I have to say that I really like the lyrical phrase "Unstoppable oblivion".

Fear Factory - "Genexus" from Genexus (2015)

4.5/5. With more of that precise speed in this track, it fits well with Dino Cazares' crushing riffing.

Treponem Pal - "Screamers" from Screamers (2023)

4/5. Explore the wonders of industrial revolution with this sweet track! The beastly guitar talent is worth good respect. Think about this song as Ministry-style industrial metal with some riffing close to what Van Halen could do.

Lard - "70s Rock Must Die" from '70's Rock Must Die (2000)

3.5/5. This track is, in a word, HILARIOUS. Let me tell you, this is the band's attempt to parody the cheesy classic 70s rock of Aerosmith and AC/DC. The lyrics are quite ridiculous, especially the chorus that keeps declaring that this kind of sound must die. Biafra seems to do a good job impersonating Axl Rose of Guns n' Roses. You never usually hear something both headbanging and hilarious at the same time, and people say only Spinal Tap could do something like that. It's definitely a break from the punky attitude of bands like Dead Kennedys (Jello Biafra's former band). It's just so d*mn funny. I'm not sure what I was thinking adding that song to this playlist, but it's still good.

Decree - "Fateless" from Fateless (2011)

4/5. Apocalyptic industrial rock/metal to dive into a soundscape of dystopian Hell.

Mortiis - "Doppelganger - Die Krupps Extended Version" from The Great Corrupter (2017)

3.5/5. Somewhat of a thematic continuation from the previous track, though it could've honestly had some improvement.

Mick Gordon - "BFG Division" from DOOM (2016)

4/5. This man has never ceased to blessed fans of DOOM and/or its soundtrack with his music. A collaboration with Hans Zimmer would totally go beyond space and time!

Samael - "Ailleurs" from Eternal (1999)

3.5/5. This one will have you dancing along. It's almost close to the cyber metal sound The Kovenant would pioneer in Animatronic! Though some might also be reminded of Front Line Assembly.

OOMPH! - "Sex" from Sperm (1994)

3/5. One of only a few tracks in this album stand out for me. Enough said!

Ministry - "Thieves" from The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)

3.5/5. This one starts with a hyper guitar riff over a dance beat, then the verse has Al Jourgensen's distorted screams of "THIEVES AND LIARS!! MURDERERS!!! HYPOCRITES AND B****RDS!!!!" Then the chorus stops for a stretched guitar chord until one more scream of "THIEVES!!! LIARS!!!" Then the drums go full-on thrash, but they should've used real drums instead of programming. I'm guessing they couldn't find any drummers going that fast.

Pitchshifter - "Please Sir" from www.pitchshifter.com (1998)

4/5. This dark track has a black metal-sounding intro chord that makes that song the most enjoyable in its original album.

Old - "Citient Null" from Lo Flux Tube (1991)

4.5/5. An excellent track from an industrial/avant-garde metal classic album. To those looking for extra-terrestrial experimental metal, the search is over!

Waltari - "Prime Time" from Space Avenue (1997)

5/5. This favorite track of mine rocks out with heavy mid-paced groove before incredible hyper-thrash soloing. And it all starts from an 8-bit video game-sounding intro.

Rammstein - "Bück dich" from Sehnsucht (1997)

4.5/5. The masters of Neue Deutsche Härte have revolutionized modern metal in Germany, though they're currently in hot water due to some sexual allegations against vocalist Till Lindemann.

KMFDM - "A Drug Against War" from Angst (1993)

4/5. Also developing industrial rock/metal in Germany in the 90s is KMFDM. Although the band didn't make a full breakthrough until 1995's Nihil, this song from their 1993 album Angst is an early hint at their faster metal direction. Quite innovative!

Godflesh - "Jesu" from Hymns (2001)

4.5/5. Not many industrial metal songs can surpass this one, it's so beautifully haunting. The beauty is especially found in the clean hidden track, a good hint at the project Jesu, which Justin Broadrick would start in the aftermath of losing everything including his main band, money, house, and marriage, but with that project, he would slowly get his life and Godflesh back on track.

Final Light - "In the Void" from In the Void (2022)

4/5. One final track in this playlist is from a one-time collaboration project between Perturbator and Cult of Luna vocalist Johannes Persson. Although slightly too electronic and ending the playlist a little abruptly now that I look back at it, it will never disappoint fans of both artists. Long live the Cult!

Pretty good playlist I've made, huh? Despite some bumpiness in some places. Anyway, I recommend this to any industrial metal fan and anyone who isn't into industrial metal but is up to getting into a great start for the genre. Thanks Daniel for accepting this and your help with your submission, and I hope the rest of you enjoy it like I've had!

Here's my review summary:

Converge is known as one of the pioneers of the metal/hardcore mix that is metalcore, and a developer of its mathematical subgenre mathcore. They're highly popular in the metalcore community despite the lack of mainstream attention. Its extreme taste might take a while to get used to but it has gotten better as time went on and the band would reach bigger labels for a bigger audience... I'm definitely sure you won't get straight into Converge right away. Listening to a band that extreme takes time for its full pleasure. I thought When Forever Comes Crashing only deserved a lower rating at first, but now I realize how incredibly extraordinary it is! I think another math/metalcore band this good is The Dillinger Escape Plan. Many of the songs strike with dissonant guitars and pummeling drums, and no metalcore fan can ever complain about the strong outstanding vocals, though it's astonishing how Jacob Bannon's vocal chords can survive his screaming sounding so intensely harsh. The songs are all strong for the most part with almost nothing being bad or week. And I think both the original album artwork created by Bannon and the reissue artwork by Aaron Turner (Isis) are amazing. However, the album and the band might not appeal to everyone in the world. Nonetheless, When Forever Comes Crashing is another fine metalcore album worth your money!

5/5

Here's my submission for the August Guardians playlist:

Volbeat - "Heaven nor Hell" (from Beyond Hell/Above Heaven, 2010)

Thanks, Ben! Judgement submissions coming soon...

Interesting idea, Rex! It would be great to find some albums that have very few ratings and make them more popular. Let's see what anyone else here thinks first...

Slam death metal is never usually my thing, as I tend to avoid the more brutal death metal subgenres, but Fanguine takes on a strong diverse direction in both the music and lyrical themes, instead of just gore, gore, and more gore. The music sounds quite good despite still sounding brutal, with several other metal genres thrown into their main technical/slam death metal sound. A couple highlights for me are the final two tracks; "Let Me Explain" with its "broken transmission" deathcore, and "Genocidal Genesis", a decently long progressive epic that still stands by their usual sound. I can definitely imagine the latter track making history in the extreme metal scene, and that final verse with "Angel of Death"-esque Nazi lyrics would definitely be making headlines. Lots of great moments in the album! Still too brutal for me, but highly recommendable for the more extreme metalheads. I give that album a personal rating of 3/5, or a percentage rating of 64%.

Emotional Suffering - Nocturnal Solitude

Primary genres: deathcore, melodic death metal

Secondary genres: dark folk, symphonic black metal, gothic metal

In November 19, 2027, an album is released to continue the rising scene of epic deathcore popularized by bands like Shadow of Intent, Lorna Shore, and Mental Cruelty, while throwing back to its earlier wave of bands like The Breathing Process, Winds of Plague, and early Make Them Suffer. This is... Nocturnal Solitude by Emotional Suffering, a deathcore/melodic death metal side-project supergroup consisting of Lorna Shore vocalist Will Ramos, Carnifex lead guitarist Neal Tiemann, Shadow of Intent rhythm guitarist/vocalist Chris Wiseman, Assemble the Chariots bassist Mikael Reinikka, Lamb of God drummer Art Cruz, and Make Them Suffer keyboardist/vocalist Alex Reade. They expand on the dark lyrical themes mostly of death, depression, and loss, close to the lyrical themes that many doom metal bands have, but of course in a different sound. While sticking firmly in melodic deathcore, elements of genres like dark folk, symphonic black metal, and gothic metal are added into the mix. The ethereal yet spooky cover art is by a young artist inspired by the late Mariusz Lewandowski, a tree being blown heavily by a dark lightning storm, with a background mirage of a Grim Reaper. After the short symphonic blackened deathcore introductory title track that starts with a one-minute intro, you can expect a solid run of diverse melodic deathcore. "Beyond the Killing End" is the 3-part 16-minute final epic, in a similar vein to the title suites of Shadow of Intent's Elegy and Lorna Shore's Pain Remains, though indexed as a full track. The second part is a 4-minute dark folk/ambient interlude, sandwiched between the two other 6-minute parts that have the usual melodic deathcore sound with symphonic black metal elements. The third part has less emphasis on deathcore, but it unleashes one final deathcore breakdown that, despite not being a single, can surpass that of Lorna Shore's "To the Hellfire", and a one-minute dark folk outro to end the album. Or at least the standard edition of the album. The edition released in Japan has a bonus track, a cover of Lorna Shore's "Immortal" released on YouTube the prior year and instantly going viral. The album sells well in a steady pace, and the aforementioned final breakdown and folk outro is often played at the end of concerts.

Lyrical themes: sadness (1, 5, 6, 7), death (2, 3, 4, 8, 9), loss (2, 4, 5, 6, 7), sorrow (3, 4, 8, 9), depression (3, 5, 7, 8)

1. Nocturnal Solitude (2:53, dark folk, deathcore, symphonic black metal)

2. Cut Up Alone (4:42, deathcore, melodic death metal)

3. Darkness and Sorrow (3:25, deathcore, gothic metal, melodic death metal)

4. Dead Tomorrow After Living Today (6:15, deathcore, melodic death metal, technical death metal)

5. Coma Eclipse (4:43, deathcore, folk metal, dark folk)

6. The Blackened Path of Silence (4:13, deathcore, melodic death metal)

7. Distant Calling (5:27, deathcore, melodic death metal, gothic metal)

8. It's All We've Loved (5:27, deathcore, gothic metal)

9. Beyond the Killing End (16:07, deathcore, melodic death metal, symphonic black metal, dark folk, dark ambient)

I. The Dwelling of Death (deathcore, melodic death metal, symphonic black metal)

II. Sun Without a New Year (dark folk, dark ambient)

III. It Ends Forever (melodic death metal, symphonic black metal, deathcore, dark folk)

10. Immortal (Lorna Shore cover) (Japanese edition bonus track) (6:48, deathcore, symphonic black metal, technical death metal)

There are a couple Attila albums I enjoy: Closure, Villain and Rage.

Rage and Outlawed are, to me, a perfect transition between their earlier metal/deathcore sound and their later nu metalcore. Villain and Closure I also find enjoyable.

Many albums from Attila, Emmure, and the deathcore era of Bring Me the Horizon. I can understand the hate for those bands/albums but I find them underrated and enjoy them far more than nearly everyone in the world does.

As much as I enjoy most of the new Freedom Call live album, a few tracks were a bit too happy-joy-joy for me. While I have mixed feelings for a couple of those tracks, this one is a strange sh*tter, in both the title and the song itself:

The ultimate highlight of Freedom Call's latest live album is actually a newly recorded studio track in honor of the eponymous festival:

But if you're expecting me to add something the main live part of the release, this is my pick:

Ben, please add the new Voivod re-recording album Morgoth Tales.

Ben, please add these new releases:

Butcher Babies - Eye for an Eye…

Butcher Babies - …'Til the World’s Blind

Waltari - 3rd Decade: Anniversary Edition

I've listened to that Devin Townsend album before, and I believe it to be a blend of atmospheric progressive metal and alternative metal, with a bit of industrial.

A brand-new emotional single from Beartooth as we wait for their upcoming album The Surface to surface:

With some non-metal releases added to the site to be sent to the Hall of Judgement lately, I think it's a good time for me to suggest a couple more. Ben, please add the Psyclon Nine albums Crwn Thy Frnicatr and We the Fallen. I strongly believe there's a lot of industrial metal in the majority of those albums' tracks mixed with the band's earlier aggrotech.

All right! I look forward to seeing your list here, Rex.