TAAKE [NOR] - 2002 - Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik

01.Part I

02. Part II
03. Part III
04. Part IV
05. Part V
06. Part VI
07. Part VII

Total playing time 42:09
BLACKMETAL
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My favorite tracks on this album are, 'Part V', 'Part VI', raw blackmetal, great riffs, nice drumming, epic feel

Awaiting the new Exodus album

I'm highly anticipating the next offering from veteran bay area thrashers 'Exodus'.
The upcoming album titled 'The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A"' is part-one of a planned 2 part concept album series.

Guitarist Gary Holt is very confident and sure that this album will have a tremendous impact amongst fans of thrash metal. "It's going over huge with everyone I've talked to who's heard the record."
This time around Tim Hunting will be returning back to the drum throne in place of Paul Bostaph.

Deströyer 666 - [AUS] - 2000 - Phoenix Rising

01. Rise of the Predator

02. The Last Revelation
03. Phoenix Rising
04. I am the Wargod (ode to the battle slain)
05. The Eternal Glory of War
06. Lone Wolf Winter
07. Ride the Solar Winds
08. The Birth of Tragedy

Total playing time 42:09
Blackened THRASH/DEATH METAL
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Hailing from Australia, this energetic bands plays a brutal form of thrash-driven blackened deathmetal.
This album features epic style aggressive metal fury,excellent playing, blazing guitar and pounding drums.

My favorite tracks on this album are, 'I am the Wargod', Brutal Epic guitar-assault!; 'Ride The Solar Winds', pounding epic metal ensemble!

Hexenhaus [SWE] - 1988 - A Tribute To Insanity

01. It

02. Eaten Alive
03. Delirious
04. As Darkness Falls
05. Incubus
06. Death Walks Among Us
07. Memento Mori - The Dead Are Restless
08. Requiem

Total playing time 42:09
Technical THRASH/SPEED METAL
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Unknown, often overlooked, old School intricate thrash metal band from Sweden. Great riffing, nice leads, rough vocals -not so much of the highpitch style vox found in some old thrash.
Basically this is an early band of Mike Wead's, known for his axe-skills in later mid period Candlemass, later era of Mercyful Fate, and currently playing in King Diamond.

I would recommend this to any fan of old thrash with a technical edge without sounding forced. Great riffs, impressive leads, aggressive speed axe attacks, and thrashing mid tempo metal grooves.

My favorite track on this album is 'Death Walks Among Us', total thrash assault, kicked off with blazing infernal leads from the black abyss!

* Produced by Leif Edling [Candlemass]
* The painting on the cover was later used on Morbid Angel's 'Blessed Are the Sick'

Cancer [UK] - 1988 - To The Gory End

01. Blood Bath

02. C.F.C.(Cancer Fucking Cancer)
03. Witchhunt
04. Into The Acid.
05. Imminent Catastrophe
06. To The Gory End
07. Body Count
08. Sentenced To Gallows
09. Die, Die

Total playing time 42:15
OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL
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Old School simplistic Death Metal band from the UK, an old favorite of mine. Also featuring simple nice thrashy elements throughout.
Backing Vocals on 'Die Die' by John Tardy from Obituary.

* James Murphy [ex-death,ex-obituary,ex-disincarnate,ex-testament] did not play until the next album

Diabolical Masquerade[SWE] - 1995 - Ravendusk In My Heart

01. The Castle Of Blackheim

02. Blackheim's Quest To Bring Back the Stolen Autumn
03. Beyond The Spiritual Moon
04. The Sphere In Blackheim's Shrine.
05. Under The Banner Of The Sentinal
06. Blackheim's Forest Kept The Season Forever
07. The Dark Blue Sea Journeys Of The Sentinal
08. Blackheim's Hunt For Nocturnal Grace
09. Ravendusk In My Heart

Total playing time 42:15
ATMOSPHERIC BLACK METAL

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Mainly a one-man project led by Anders Nyström [katatonia/bloodbath] with assistance from Dan Swanö

Katatonia Live Albuquerque, NM

Okay, I'll make this review very short...
I decided to make the 3 hour trek to the concert. Upon arriving to the show, we experienced car trouble and barely made it into the parking lot. Katatonia played many songs off their new album... And they closed their set with 'Murder', which is an old song of theirs that I do like. The fact that we experienced car trouble right before the show, left me feeling uneasy... Almost ruined the show for me.. But I did get to see them play Murder!

Judas Iscariot [USA] - 2002 - To Embrace The Corpses Bleeding

01. I Awoke To A Night Of Pain And Carnage
02. Bathed In Clouds Of Blood
03. Terror From The Eastern Sky
04. Where Eagles Cry And Vultures Laugh
05. In The Valley Of Death I Am Their King
06. With Lust And Murder For Our Drink
07. Behold The Lamb Of God Descending
08. Spectral Dance Of The Macabre
09. The Dead Burst Forth From Their Tombs

Total playing time 38:16

BLACK METAL

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My personal favorite tracks are 'I Awoke to a Night of Pain and Carnage', and 'In The Valley of Death I am their King'

Katatonia Live Saturday Sept. 22

Still deciding whether I should attend the Katatonia show in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I saw them play last year on their first U.S. Tour.
The drive is about 3 hours away... and I don't think they'll play any of the old songs I like. Luckily they played 'Murder' when I saw them.
Mainly I am a fan of their old to mid period albums. I consider them classics in the DoomDeath/Blackened DoomDeath style of metal. Still debating whether I should see them play new songs I'm not really into. I would always regret it if they happened to play some surprise 'old era' songs.

I decided to start a blogsite... basically like a personal webpage of my thoughts on metal music, and concerts. Also archiving what I consider to be great metal releases of different styles. Tracklistings, artwork, downloads, and so on. Also cool metal news that I feel ought to get spread around.