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Apparently, this is a nod to Lord's older songs, but this sounds a lot like a nod to old school power metal in general, from like 25 years ago. Hail the Lord!

Thanks Daniel!

I already did my review on its album page, but I'll just write a small summary here.

The moment this album started playing, it's as if I am being welcomed back into my earlier power metal taste. Lord still has their original power metal sound, but each of these 10 songs really do feel like a welcome back to the power metal bands I used to enjoy. Many songs have tempo ranging from mid to fast, killer guitar shredding, and fantasy lyrics. There are even some symphonic background keyboards in a few songs. Some songs are chill, others are chaotic. Once again, this album shows how much Lord is influenced while staying original and is an awesome comeback tour through the sounds of many power metal bands I used to listen to during my epic metal taste a few years ago. Praise the Lord!

I already did my review on its album page, but I'll just write a small summary here.

This album can be considered the transition point between the death-doom style of Clouds and the progressive psychedelia of the band's next album A Deeper Kind of Slumber, while keeping their signature gothic metal. The lyrics deal with occult, nature, and acid. Some songs have strong guitar work that is sometimes, edgier growling together with clean singing, and outstanding drumming. A few highlights I enjoy include; "Whatever That Hurts" which starts strong but tones down to the calm without losing its punch, "Gaia" a mesmerizing song with powerful keyboards and phenomenal lyrics, and the 8-minute finale "A Pocket Size Sun" which is probably the most melodic and most progressive song of the album. The song segues are so perfect that it sounds like a story with a different topic each chapter. Wildhoney is strongly recommended for gothic/doom metal listeners and progressive fans, and shall remain a gothic metal classic for many ages to come!

Another brutal sick song from the masters of groove metal Lamb of God:

Merry Christmas, metalheads! Last year I put together two of August Burns Red's Christmas metalcore songs into a 5-minute medley. Check it out!

After watching Star Wars Episode IX, I decided to show you an actual medley of Star Wars soundtracks by Persefone. They know the way of the Metal Force!

A powerful track in the latest offering from one of the originators of melodeath, At the Gates! Of course, this album can never knock Slaughter of the Soul off its throne.

Request to add some albums for existing bands:

Brothers of Metal - Emblas Saga (2019)
Human Fortress - Reign of Gold (2019)
Epica - The Classical Conspiracy (2009)

And please also add:

Epica - Retrospect (2013)

Sure, Daniel! I have an Instagram account but it was set it up by my mom for other stuff. I can ask my mom if I can use my account to "do some social media posts", but really I'm following the Metal Academy Instagram page and sharing my Metal Academy YouTube video there. I won't her tell her those real reasons because she can't stand metal and I'm afraid she might be like, "EUYUGH!! METAL?!? That's not what this Instagram account is for, son, give it back!" Sorry, mother, but I have to channel my inner rebel and make this white lie to help this website grow. Hopefully my plan will work...

As for the Metal Archives, I actually used to have an account there before joining the Metal Academy. But then I realize how strict as hail Metal Archives can be about adding reviews and what's considered metal or not. For example, they don't accept djent even though it's a direct descendant of progressive metal, and they don't accept metalcore genres unless the band is "more metal than core". The latter example is understandable, but the selection isn't; Bullet for My Valentine really do sound "more metal than core" in The Poison and, especially, Scream Aim Fire; and Avenged Sevenfold and Between the Buried and Me both used to be metalcore before each going off in their own metal directions. That's a good reason why I prefer to stay in the Metal Academy, where I can find any band/release that is considered metal as a Rate Your Music primary genre. You can't just decline a metal album just because it's "not metal enough" even though it IS considered metal!

My top 5 best of 2019 (don't have enough for a top 10):

#5: In Flames - I, the Mask

#4: Oh Sleeper - Bloodied/Unbowed

#3: Betraying the Martyrs - Rapture

#2: Born of Osiris - The Simulation

#1: DragonForce - Extreme Power Metal (from my small epic metal comeback)

Some of you might already notice that I've contributed to the Modern Thrash Metal challenge by re-posting my This Godless Endeavor review. I might try another thrash album from that list soon. Here's a crazy good song from this album:

I'm not in the Guardians, but here's something from my earlier epic metal era, a nice classic from the masters of symphonic power metal:

Killer modern groove metal with elements of melodeath and thrash. Even though the band was banned from performing live in my home country, I still think they're not too bad in terms of controversy, so..."SEE WHO GIVES A F***!!"

Arch Enemy? I haven't heard that name in years... Maybe someday I'll try listening to some more of this band again. Female-fronted melodeath at its best!

I'm not in the North, but I miss my earlier epic folk metal taste, when I used to listen to the more epic stuff like this:

Cool lists, Daniel! Please do the same thing for 1987, 1988, and 1989, if you have a lot of thrash metal favorites from those years.

Didn't think I would forget about my favorite band Trivium, did you? Another one of my favorite Trivium songs other than "In Waves":

I'm not in the Pit, but Nevermore knew very well how to blend together power, groove, and thrash metal in their first album, before their subsequent progressive metal albums.

A song from one of the greatest and most influential progressive death metal albums ever! And it inspired the name of one of my favorite progressive deathcore bands.

Another example of early Tiamat when they were still death-doom, but here they're more death than doom with a black metal vibe.

Excellent, thanks Ben!

Day 2 (The Daily Sh*t)

Utter screaming ridiculousness. The band must've been drunk as hail when they made this:

Day 2 (The Daily Sh*t)

This is too much of a psychedelic metal ballad-like track that doesn't help the original controversial album production by Kelly Gray. The lyrics, melodies, and atmosphere are still good, but the style and production is what makes it a real flip-off.

Totally agreed.

Neoclassical goregrind!?! Didn't realize that's a thing...

I agree too, Ben. However, some other websites don't. For example, Wikipedia has enough sources that say genres like symphonic black metal and symphonic death metal are subgenres of symphonic metal as much as black metal or death metal, and they stay in the symphonic metal article, "so a user looking for variants of symphonic metal will find them within the article about symphonic metal." But I respect your thoughts and prefer NOT to start a great debate with other sites about what counts as symphonic metal. Also I cancelled this request for a new submission.

There are some bands in my playlist that each have at least one cover album but aren't in the site yet. I'll write a list of cover albums to add, but in a separate thread since they're not all in The Pit. List coming soon...

Ben, please add some albums from Lamb of God's former name Burn the Priest:

Burn the Priest - Pit/Horde

Legion: XX - Pit

By the way, have you ever considered adding cover albums? Sure, all those cover albums have are just...covers, and some people here (such as yourself) are not really fans of covers. But some cover albums are an essential part of their respective bands' discographies, and there a few covers from those albums that are as popular as their other singles. It's almost a shame that they aren't included in this site. So if you agree to start adding some cover albums, I'll give you a few to start with. Deal?

Pretty good and accurate! Can't wait to see the rest...

Who the hail are you and what have you done to one of my favorite Bleeding Through songs?!

I'm not in The Pit, but Lamb of God released a cover album with their original controversial name Burn the Priest. Boy am I glad this earlier name is just for this album. Lamb of God is their real identity!

For a song titled "Laser Speed", it's really just boring acoustic Latin jazz/bossa nova elevator music.

I'm not in the Fallen, but...behold, the worst song to ever exist in a metal album!

I don't feel Septic Flesh (they will always be Septic Flesh to me, regardless of their recent change to Septicflesh) should be in The Guardians. Similar to the way Fleshgod Apocalypse should not in any way sit alongside Iron Maiden and Helloween, Septic Flesh just don't fit there.

If we had a subgenre called Symphonic Death Metal, then I'm certain that Fleshgod Apocalypse and Septic Flesh would sit comfortably within it, and once again it would not be a subgenre of Symphonic Metal.

Would anyone not find it weird if Fleshgod Apocalypse's Agony album was in the top 10 Guardian releases (it never would be, but I'm sure you get my point)?

Mastodon makes some really mesmerizing progressive metal! Be careful not to get hypnotized by this visualizer:

Day 2

Another melodeath classic! Why isn't Edge of Sanity credited as one of the Swedish melodeath pioneers?