Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Emperor – In The Nightside Eclipse (1994)

Black metal
1994 | Norway | ★★★
One of the greatest black metal albums of all time. Classic.

INTRO
INTO THE INFINITY OF THOUGHTS
THE BURNING SHADOWS OF SILENCE
COSMIC KEYS TO MY CREATIONS & TIMES
BEYOND THE GREAT VAST FOREST
TOWARDS THE PANTHEON
THE MAJESTY OF THE NIGHTSKY
I AM THE BLACK WIZARDS
INNO A SATANA


http://www.emperorhorde.com/


Anaal Nathrakh – Man at C&A (Video)



Amazing cover from rather weird source (The Specials), but man this works! Sick video too!

Burning Love - Songs For Burning Lovers (2010)

Hardcore punk / Stoner rock
2010 | Canada| ★★★★
  • Destroyer of Worlds
  • Don't Ever Change
  • Momento Mori
  • Gain
  • Curse Breaker
  • Miserable Sound
  • High Speed Wires
  • Alien vs. Creditor
  • Money Shots
  • Morning After Party
  • Piano
  • The Needle
  • Burning Love
Chris Colohan - Vocals
Dave O'Connor - Bass
Pat Marshall - Guitar
Andrus Meret - Guitar
Easton Lannaman - Drums


http://www.myspace.com/burninglovers

Thursday, January 19, 2012

★ Best of 2011★

#1 Moonsorrow - Varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa
Blackened folk/pagan metal from Finland.



"Nothing bad to say. Love every song and the cinematics are very nice too!"


#2 Blut aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification
Avant-garde/Post-black metal, from France.



"Haunting, atmospheric, dark, FRESH.... Just awesome album all around. (HAD to buy the Vinyl version!)"


#3 Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All
Progressive/technical death metal from New Zealand.



"Massive death metal release. Haunting and unique atmosphere through the album. Must listen, especially if you're death metal-head"


#4 Entrails - The Tomb Awaits
Old school death metal from Sweden.



"Best Old school death metal release of 2011. Nuff said."


#5 Julma-Henri - Radio Jihad... SRJTNT vol. 2
(Underground) hip-hop from Finland.



"Back to the roots! Very similar to the (In)famous "Al-Qaida Finland" & "SRJTNT Vol.1" period. Great lyrics and some very cool instrumentals by DJ Polarsoul."



#6 Decaying - Devastate
Death metal / Death-doom metal from Finland.



"Same thing as with Moonsorrow; Not one moment i don't enjoy and the longer the songs are (+4mins, up to +14mins) - The better! Death metal masterpiece and a devastating debut album!"


#7 Nailgun Massacre - Backyard Butchery
Old school death metal from Netherlands.



"Pure fucking old school sound with no bullshit, right here!! LOVE!"


#8 Altar of Plagues - Mammal
Atmospheric post-black metal from Ireland.



"One of the most impressive sounding post-black metal i've came across! Long tracks <3"


#9 Dead To A Dying World - Dead To A Dying World (ep)
Blackened crust punk / post-metal from United States of America.



"Whoa! Cello makes this so unique and beautiful. I really don't have other words for you than: Epic fucking crust! - Just check this out!"



#10 Benighted - Asylum Cave
Brutal death metal / grindcore from France.



"Amazing how brutal, fast and groovy one album can be. Love it!"




Just out of the Top 10 list (still five star albums)
(a-z)


Aaskereia - Dort, wo das alte Böse ruht
Pagan black metal from Germany.

Anaal Nathrakh - Passion
Black metal / death metal & grindcore from England.

An Autumn for Crippled Children - Everything
Depressive post-black metal from Netherlands.

Corpsessed - The Dagger & The Chalice
Brutal death metal from Finland.

Demonaz - March Of The Norse
Melodic black metal from Norway.


Demonical - Death Infernal
Old school death metal from Sweden.

Djevel - Dødssanger
Black metal from Norway.

Dodsferd - Spitting With Hatred, The Insignificance Of Life
Raw black metal from Greece.

Insomnium - One for Sorrow
Melodic death metal from Finland.

Keitzer - Descend Into Heresy
Grindcore from Germany.

Mamaleek - Kurdaitcha
Experimental black metal from United States.

Mitochondrion - Parasignosis
Blackened/technical death metal from Canada.

Moradin - Ancient Stone and Mystic Woods
Blackened folk metal / post-black metal from Canada.

Pyha - 맞불놀이
Atmospheric/raw black metal from South-Korea.

Vreid - V
(Melodic) black metal from Norway.

We Are The Damned - Holy Beast
Death n roll / crust from Portugal.

Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Atmospheric/ambient black metal from United States.

Torture Killer vs. Bronson ("I bathe in their blood") video.



Torture Killer vs. Bronson ("I bathe in their blood") on Vimeo.

Hail of Bullets - ...Of Frost And War (2008)

Old school death metal
2008 | Netherlands| ★★★★

1. Before the Storm (Barbarossa)
2. Ordered Eastward
3. The Lake Ladoga Massacre
4. General Winter
5. Advancing Once More
6. Red Wolves of Stalin
7. Nachthexen
8. The Crucial Offensive (19-11-1942, 7.30 AM)
9. Stalingrad
10. Insanity Commands
11. Inferno at the Carpathian Mountains
12. Berlin

MARTIN VAN DRUNEN-vocals,
PAUL BAAYENS-guitars,
STEPHAN GEBÉDI -guitars,
THEO VAN EEKELEN -bass,
ED WARBY-drums

http://www.hailofbullets.com/

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Sentenced - Shadows of the Past (1991)

Old school death metal
1991 | Finland | ★★★★
  1. When the Moment of Death Arrives – 06:04
  2. Rot to Dead – 03:45
  3. Disengagement – 05:17
  4. Rotting Ways to Misery – 05:50
  5. The Truth – 06:23
  6. Suffocated Beginning of Life – 06:06
  7. Beyond the Distant Valleys – 05:50
  8. Under the Suffer – 05:19
  9. Descending Curtain of Death – 05:50
  10. Wings – 05:08
  11. In Memoriam – 05:26
  12. Mythic Silence (As They Wander in the Mist) – 04:14




Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus (1992)

(Old school) death metal
1992 | Finland | ★★★★
  1. Karelia – 00:43
  2. The Gathering – 04:12
  3. Grail's Mysteries – 03:02
  4. Warriors Trial – 05:04
  5. Black Embrace – 03:38
  6. Exile of the Sons of Uisliu – 03:43
  7. The Lost Name of God – 05:32
  8. The Pilgrimage – 04:39
  9. Misery Path – 04:17
  10. Sign from the North Side – 04:54
  11. Vulgar Necrolatry – 04:21

Monday, January 16, 2012

Altar of Plagues - Mammal (2011)


Post-black metal

2011 | Ireland | ★★★

Just bought this LP. One of the top releases of 2011.
1.Neptune Is Dead (18:44)
2.Feather And Bone (11:42)
3.When The Sun Drowns In The Ocean (8:18)
4.All Life Converges To Some Centre (13:15)

"Feather and Bone" @ Youtube: