At 2/5/11 01:33 PM, Zodir wrote: Also, what are your guys' favorite metal albums of all time? Not in any particular order, but just a couple that you consistently find to be amazing.

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
Down - Nola
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Kvelertak - Kvelertak
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Metallica - Ride The Lightning

At 2/5/11 01:43 PM, Bahamut wrote: Opeth - Blackwater Park

I saw this album in the record store yesterday. It was on sale. I haven't really listened to Opeth before, but I guess you would recommend me to buy it?

At 2/5/11 03:45 PM, K2LU wrote: Kvelertak - Kvelertak

Been out for just a few days, and already one of the best of all time :P I like it !

Metallica - Ride The Lightning

If I had to put any Metallica album as one of the best Metal albums of all time, I would definitely pick Kill 'Em All.

Sculptured - Fashioned by Blood & Tears

At 2/5/11 03:49 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 2/5/11 03:45 PM, K2LU wrote: Kvelertak - Kvelertak

Been out for just a few days, and already one of the best of all time :P I like it !

I'm Norwegian, I've had this for a while.

At 2/5/11 03:49 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 2/5/11 03:45 PM, K2LU wrote: Metallica - Ride The Lightning

If I had to put any Metallica album as one of the best Metal albums of all time, I would definitely pick Kill 'Em All.

Kill 'Em All is a close second for me.

At 2/5/11 01:33 PM, Zodir wrote:

Also, what are your guys' favorite metal albums of all time? Not in any particular order, but just a couple that you consistently find to be amazing.

Opeth - Still Life
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Death - Symbolic
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Cynic - Traced In Air
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Obscura - Cosmogenesis
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Between The Buried and Me - Colors
The Faceless - Planetary Duality
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia

I also listened to Boris - Heavy Rocks yesterday and it kicks ass.

At 2/5/11 03:18 PM, Zodir wrote: So my review of Slough Feg's Down Among the Deadmen is now up! Constructive criticism welcome! I'm thinking of reviewing an Annihilator album next.

Excellent review of the album! The only thing I wish was mentioned was the excellent trilogy in the album (Heavy Metal Monk / Fergus Mac Roich / Cauldron of Blood). Although you noted two of the songs, I feel those three songs together are one of the many highlights in the album.

At 2/5/11 03:45 PM, K2LU wrote:

At 2/5/11 01:43 PM, Bahamut wrote: Opeth - Blackwater Park

I saw this album in the record store yesterday. It was on sale. I haven't really listened to Opeth before, but I guess you would recommend me to buy it?

Yes x100. It may not be easy to get into but when you can appreciate their music fully, this album becomes a masterpiece. Just listen to The Funeral Portrait to get a good feeling of their music.

At 2/5/11 03:57 PM, JaY11 wrote: Cynic - Traced In Air
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia

I really need to ask why you would choose Traced In Air, over Focus... and why you would choose Mafia, over Oracles?

Sculptured - Our Illuminated Tomb

At 2/5/11 04:07 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 2/5/11 03:57 PM, JaY11 wrote: Cynic - Traced In Air
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia

I really need to ask why you would choose Traced In Air, over Focus... and why you would choose Mafia, over Oracles?

I love every song in Mafia and Traced, but not that many stick out as amazing in the other 2.

At 2/5/11 04:00 PM, Bahamut wrote: Yes x100. It may not be easy to get into but when you can appreciate their music fully, this album becomes a masterpiece. Just listen to The Funeral Portrait to get a good feeling of their music.

Loved it.

At 2/5/11 04:13 PM, JaY11 wrote:

At 2/5/11 04:07 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 2/5/11 03:57 PM, JaY11 wrote: Cynic - Traced In Air
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia

I really need to ask why you would choose Traced In Air, over Focus... and why you would choose Mafia, over Oracles?

I love every song in Mafia and Traced, but not that many stick out as amazing in the other 2.

Pretty much the other way around for me. I thought Traced In Air was some of the most generic Prog Metal I ever heard, while focus mixed elements from death metal, prog and jazz. And Mafia is kind of good yes. Pretty fucking good in fact, but it doesn't have the same mind-blowing power you can find on Oracles. Each and every song on Oracles stood out, and I feel that Mafia is a step toward a more accessible Death Metal sound. Which may not be a bad thing, but too much melodic stuff in their music would just bring the quality of their music down.

So I wrote this comment on my Facebook wall, saying how awesome Sculptured is, and then...

And then I forgot the picture...

At 2/5/11 04:52 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: And then I forgot the picture...

And that in English is...?

At 2/5/11 05:05 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 2/5/11 04:52 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: And then I forgot the picture...

And that in English is...?

Don Anderson has commented on my Wall post. I thought it was pretty amazing that one of my favorite musicians ever, went to my facebook page ang commented on my wall post.

I translated the whole thing.

At 2/5/11 11:25 AM, Zodir wrote: So, does anyone have any albums they may or may not want me to review? i'm not quite sure what I want to review next, so any ideas would be helpful.

I want to see you review Incantation's Onward to Golgotha.

At 2/5/11 05:13 PM, K2LU wrote: I translated the whole thing.

I'm rather impressed with myself! I managed to understand most of it and I haven't spoke any French in three years!

At 2/5/11 05:23 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote:

At 2/5/11 05:13 PM, K2LU wrote: I translated the whole thing.

I'm rather impressed with myself! I managed to understand most of it and I haven't spoke any French in three years!

I had three years of French in school and I learned nothing. I used Google Translate...

At 2/5/11 01:33 PM, Zodir wrote:
Also, what are your guys' favorite metal albums of all time? Not in any particular order, but just a couple that you consistently find to be amazing.

Antithesis - Origin
Cosmogenesis - Obscura
Demetia/Dyslexia - Fleshwrought
(Ob)Servant - Psycroptic
Blackwater Park - Opeth
Deliverance - Opeth
Altered Genesis - Blood Red Throne
California - Mr. Bungle

Pre-ordered Omnivium, bitches.

At 2/5/11 05:34 PM, hypersomniax wrote: Pre-ordered Omnivium, bitches.

I've pre-ordered a few albums this week. I'll be getting new albums by Destruction, Moonsorrow and Turisas later this month. I'm liking what I've heard from a few tracks by Destruction and Turisas and the preview samples for the new Moonsorrow album. Another release this month that I'm thinking of purchasing is the new Doomsowrd album. I've been wanting to listen to their stuff but with lack of previews, I can't be sure if I'll enjoy the new album or not.

At 2/5/11 05:34 PM, hypersomniax wrote:

Pre-ordered Omnivium, bitches.

I need to do this. I also might get the upcoming re-issue of Death - The Sound of Perseverance.

At 2/5/11 05:34 PM, hypersomniax wrote: Altered Genesis - Blood Red Throne

While I love most of the other albums you listed, I think this one stands out. Altered Genesis is objectively an album that redefines the Death Metal genre. There is not a single note on this album that feels out of place. The guitar work is absolutely amazing, and the bassist stands out as one of the most creative bass guitar players of our time.

This is one album, that should definitely be on any list of all time greatest Metal albums.

At 2/5/11 06:36 PM, JaY11 wrote: I need to do this. I also might get the upcoming re-issue of Death - The Sound of Perseverance.

Brilliant album.

At 2/5/11 03:30 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: August Burns Red
Rammstein
Parkway Drive
Winds Of Plague

Not gonna lie, I like this shizzle, especially PwD and WoP.

At 2/5/11 01:33 PM, Zodir wrote: Also, what are your guys' favorite metal albums of all time? Not in any particular order, but just a couple that you consistently find to be amazing.

Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
All That Remains - For We Are Many
Dying Fetus - War Of Attrition
Daath - The Concealers
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal
Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
Dragonforce - Valley Of The Damned
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Before The Bleeding Sun
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia
Hypocrisy - Into The Abyss
Lazarus A.D - The Onslaught
Legion Of The Damned - Cult Of The Dead
Mastodon - Leviathan
Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressive
Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
Protest The Hero - Fortress
Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age

Yea there's a few

Finally getting around to listening to Motorheads latest album. For being 65, Lemmy and his crew still know how to make some damn good music.

Long live Kilmister.

At 2/5/11 03:53 PM, K2LU wrote:

At 2/5/11 03:49 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 2/5/11 03:45 PM, K2LU wrote: Kvelertak - Kvelertak

Been out for just a few days, and already one of the best of all time :P I like it !

I'm Norwegian, I've had this for a while.

I'm so fucking attracted to you girl.

At 2/5/11 03:57 PM, JaY11 wrote: Opeth - Still Life
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Death - Symbolic
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Cynic - Traced In Air
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Obscura - Cosmogenesis
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Between The Buried and Me - Colors
The Faceless - Planetary Duality
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia

I also listened to Boris - Heavy Rocks yesterday and it kicks ass.

I like this post a lot. An ok list, but Heavy Rocks kicks total ass.

I looooooove weeeeeeeeed. I mean, Jonah broke his elbow once. We just got high. It still clicks a little, but he's ok.

At 2/6/11 06:24 AM, Dean wrote: Finally getting around to listening to Motorheads latest album. For being 65, Lemmy and his crew still know how to make some damn good music.

I feel it's a step down from Motörizer (which I enjoy more than Ace of Spades) but it's still a good album.

At 2/5/11 01:33 PM, Zodir wrote: Also, what are your guys' favorite metal albums of all time? Not in any particular order, but just a couple that you consistently find to be amazing.

Insomnium - Across the Dark
Insomnium - Above the Weeping World
Totalselfhatred - Totalselfhatred
Bongripper - Satan Worshipping Doom
Baroness - Blue Record
Beyond the Dream - While the World Sleeps
Black Sun Aeon - Darkness Walks Beside Me
Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns
Amorphis - Eclipse
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea
Alcest - Écailles de Lune
Behemoth - Envagelion
Catamenia - Cavalcade
Children of Bodom - Are you Dead Yet?
Children of Bodom - Something Wild
Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
Cradle of Filth - Midian
Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Endless Sorrow - Hopeless
Enochian Crescent - Nef.Vi.Lim
Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Before the Bleeding Sun
Evile - Enter the Grave
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia
Gorgoroth - Under the Sign Of Hell
In Mourning - Monolith
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase
Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
Lamb of God - Sacrament
Machine Head - The Blackening
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Mastodon - Leviathan
Meshuggah - Chaosphere
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Noktiis Eterna - Les Larmes Du Tyran
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - Still Life
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Rotting Christ - Aealo
Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem
Moonspell - Wolfheart
Moonspell - Memorial
Moonspell - Night Eternal
Moonspell - Under Satanae
Moonspell - Irreligious
My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River
Swallow the Sun - New Moon
Spacebong - The Death of Utopia

Maybe I'm just easily amazed.

At 2/5/11 01:33 PM, Zodir wrote: Also, what are your guys' favorite metal albums of all time? Not in any particular order, but just a couple that you consistently find to be amazing.

Axis of Advance - Obey
Black Witchery - Desecration of the Holy Kingdom
Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom
Conqueror - War Cult Supremacy
Nyogthaeblisz - Progenitors of Mankind's Annihilation
Revenge - Triumph.Genocide.Antichrist
Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon
Inquisition - Nefarious Dismal Orations
Candlemass - Ancient Dreams
Arghoslent - Incorrigible Bigotry
Exhumed - Anatomy Is Destiny
Portal - Outre'
Incantation - Decimate Christendom
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
Hellhammer - Demon Entrails
Arkhon Infaustus - Orthodoxyn
Vrolok - Resurgence III: Order of the Sphere
Manilla Road - Gates of Fire
Manilla Road - Spiral Castle

At 2/5/11 03:45 PM, K2LU wrote:

At 2/5/11 01:33 PM, Zodir wrote: Also, what are your guys' favorite metal albums of all time? Not in any particular order, but just a couple that you consistently find to be amazing.

Death - Leprosy
Gorguts - Obscura
High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
Mastodon - Leviathan
Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying
Necrophagist - Epitaph
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
The Sword - Age of Winters

At 2/5/11 01:43 PM, Bahamut wrote: Opeth - Blackwater Park

I saw this album in the record store yesterday. It was on sale. I haven't really listened to Opeth before, but I guess you would recommend me to buy it?

It's a good album, and a good start with the band Opeth. Starting with My Arms, Your Hearse wasn't the best way to approach the band.

So, my review for Annihilator's Waking the Fury is now up. As always, CC welcome!

Going to see At The Gates, Exodus, Meshuggah, Killing Joke, Enslaved, Moonsorrow, Witchery, Agnostic Front, Kvelertak, Church Of Misery and some other bands this year.