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Nyaricus said:
Burzum - this is Varg Vikernes' band. He's the guy that killed Euronymous, guitar player for Mayhem, which is argueably BM's most infamous band. While the man himself is obviously not a nice guy, I've listened to a variety of his work, and it's amazing what he's done. May I suggest the album
Hvis Lyset Tar Oss, which opens with the epic 14 minute long tack 'Det Som En Gang Var', an amazing mix of synth, guitars and keyboards. Did I mention Varg plays all of his own instruments?
Impaled Nazarene - the one album I have by them, 'Suomi Finland Perkele', has a few solid tracks as well, though I'd recommend Nargorath or Gorgoroth over this one. Tracks of note: 'Let's
ing Die', 'The Oath of the Goat', and 'Blood is Thicker than Water'.
I went shopping in the past few weeks.
FINALLY got my posterior around to picking up some Burzum stuff.
Hvis Lyset Tar Oss and
Filosofem are both good (excluding a certain 20 min+ instrumental on Filosofem) but his last album,
Hiljdskaf, is his peak. I never thought pure keyboards could sound so bleak, empty and dark. The man is a psycho and a racist, but he's also a musical genius.
Impaled Nazarene -
Pro Patria Finlandia. Get this album. NOW. It freaking rocks. "One Dead Nation Under a Dead God" is on a recent ep of Blackmetalradio.com if you're curious.
I also bagged Arch Enemy and Nile's latest albums.
Rise of the Tyrant is a real return to form for the Swedish beasts, easily ranks up there with
Wages of Sin. The only issue is they don't really do anything new here. You know what you're in for on an Arch Enemy album, but hey, if it ain't broke...
Nile may be the only band I love as much as Emperor and Sunn 0))). These guys do crushing, brutal Death Metal with brains, while most DM acts lyrics are like 80s slasher films, these guys are doing "Lawrence of Arabia", to the point of having done at least one song ENTIRELY in Ancient Egyptian. They were always going to have a horribly hard time following up their last two masterpieces, In
Their Darkened Shrines and
Annihilation of the Wicked, and I really do think they stumbled somewhat on
Ithyphallic. The fast songs on their have prompted me to nickname it "Punishment of the Naughty", since they do feel like rejects from the crushing AotW (my fave album of theirs), other than The Essential Salts*. When it slows down though, like on "Eat of the Dead" and the title track...WOW. That's when it hits its best. The title track is DAMNED good stuff, but I already knew that from hearing it live when they toured Aus earlier this year. And "Eat of the Dead" is one of the best slow oozing Death tracks since Morbid Angel did "Where the Slime Live".
I've also placed orders for some work by Moss and Wolfmangler, some hardcore Drone/Doom work, and I'm eagerly awaiting my copy of the debut from Serpentcult, the band that rose from the sudden and disgusting downfall of Thee Plague of Gentlemen...look it up if you're curious, Mayhem haven't lost members in quite such an alarming manner IMO.
*
Seriously, how many arms does George Kollias have? He raised the bar to dizzying heights for himself on this one, not even "Chapter of absurdly long title" and "Burning Pits of the Duat" from AotW are this insane.
, the vocalists simply leave me cold.
that started up the moment Trivium left the stage made it clear who most people were there to see. Them appearing in full halloween costume, already slightly drunk in Rob Flynn's case, was good fun. Rob chatted with the audience heavily, joking around and generally being good entertainment. The music was still front and centre though, with Imperium, Davidian and Old sending the crowd into a complete frenzy that near broke the front barriers. Importantly, nothing from The Burning Red or The Album that Shall Not Be Named Lest I Summon It appeared. This was a show that said much the same as The Blackening did: Machine Head are back and badder then ever. Heck of a way to close the evening 8.5/10
