Fuckin' Slayer! Finally an album by my favorite band. Decade of Aggression is probably my favorite live album. The first disc contains a basic Slayer setlist which would include some of their most famous songs such as "Angel of Death," "South of Heaven," and "Raining Blood." The second disc focuses more on album tracks but is the more intense of the two with songs like "Black Magic," "Spirit in Black," and "Postmortem." Although this album gives you a good idea of what a Slayer show would be like, you would actually have to go to one of their concerts to truly experience the chaos.
Disc 1: 1) Hell Awaits 2) The Anti-Christ 3) War Ensemble 4) South of Heaven 5) Raining Blood 6) Altar of Sacrifice 7) Jesus Saves 8) Dead Skin Mask 9) Seasons in the Abyss 10) Mandatory Suicide 11) Angel of Death
Disc 2: 1) Hallowed Point 2) Blood Red 3) Die By The Sword 4) Black Magic 5) Captor of Sin 6) Born of Fire 7) Postmortem 8) Spirit in Black 9) Expendable Youth 10) Chemical Warfare
You might have heard already, but death metal legends Carcass have reunited and are touring. In celebration of the reunion, I'm posting one of the greatest death metal albums of all time Necroticism: Descanting With The Insalubrious. With tracks like Corporal Jigsore Quandary, Pedigree Butchery, and Incarnated Solvent Abuse, this album will be sure to leave you with even the slightest bit of whiplash.
Be sure to catch one of Carcass' shows on the Exhumed To Consume Tour while they're still around!
I've had this album for a while now and I never though much of it. However, I gave Blood Fire Death a listen a few days ago and I wanted to slap myself in the face for not realizing that this is among the best black metal albums ever! For a black metal album, the guitar work is mind blowing. High-speed shredding is one of the last things I'd expect from the album that started the viking metal movement. Hell, Blood Fire Death has more in common with thrash than black metal! If you aren't a fan of black metal, but you do like excellent guitar work that can be found in thrash and death metal, then I would recommend that you check out this album.
1) Oden's Ride Over Nordland 2) A Fine Day To Die 3) The Golden Walls of Heaven 4) Pace 'Till Death 5) Holocaust 6) For All Those Who Died 7) Dies Irae 8) Blood Fire Death 9) Outro
Although they are a progressive metal band now, Amorphis was once a melodic death metal band (featuring keyboards of course). And like every good band, they fuse elements of other genres into their music. In this case it's folk and doom metal. The title Tales From The Thousand Lakes is very appropriate considering that the lyrics on this album are based off of the Kalevala, a collection of Finnish folklore compiled by Elias Lönnrot and one of the most important pieces of Finnish literature. Take all of that stuff, put it all together, and you have a truly amazing album.
Fun Fact: Amorphis was the first band added to the Metal Archives. ...What's so fun about a fun fact?
1) Thousand Lakes 2) Into Hiding 3) The Castaway 4) First Doom 5) Black Winter Day 6) Drowned Maid 7) In the Beginning 8) Forgotten Sunrise 9) To Father's Cabin 10) Magic and Mayhem
Yep, another album I normally wouldn't post here. However, Bleeding Through is one of the few metalcore bands I still enjoy. Maybe the reason I still like them is because I saw them opening for Slayer, and in my opinion they did a great job. Honestly, I'm actually excited to hear their new album Declaration which will be released on September 30th.
1) For Love and Failing 2) Confession 3) Love in Slow Motion 4) The Painkiller 5) Kill to Believe 6) Dearly Demented 7) Line in the Sand 8) She's Gone 9) Tragedy of Empty Streets 10) Return to Sender 11) Hollywood Prison 12) The Truth (Instrumental)
The only thing better than blackened death metal is blackened death metal with folk influences. Fortunately, Melechesh fits the description. Hailing from Israel, Melechesh includes elements of Middle Eastern folk music and lyrics about ancient Sumerian history and mythology. And even better: they're not cheesy like other bands that try to use the Middle Eastern gimmick (Nile anyone?).
1) Of Mercury and Mercury 2) Secrets of Sumerian Sphynxology 3) Annunaki's Golden Thrones 4) Apkallu Counsel 5) Tablets of Fate 6) Triangular Tattvic Fate 7) The Arrival Ritual 8) Incendium Between Mirage and Time 9) Purifier of the Stars 10) Caravans to Ur
This past week, I'd been listening to a lot of folk metal. I realized that this blog severely lacks any form of folk metal, so I decided to start posting some folk metal.
Falkenbach is a one-man band from Germany led by Markus Tuemmers aka Vratyas Vakyas. Vakyas' fourth full-length album is everything a blackish folk metal album should be. The songs are epic and harsh yet melodic.
1) Heathen Foray 2) Of Forest Unknown 3) Havamal 4) Roman Land 5) Heralder 6) Læknishendr 7) Walkiesjar 8) Skirnir
I've been busy with work so I haven't posted anything in a while. Anyway, I'll put an up album or two soon. In the meantime, enjoy this video. Any person who was a fan of Cryptopsy's albums before The Unspoken King will understand.
This is the third and final album of my American metal weekend...god, I just realized how cheesy this idea was. Whatever:
Nuclear Assault's Game Over is one of my favorite thrash albums. Danny Lilker, who plays bass on this album (as well as in many other bands), is also one of my favorite bassists. If you grew up anywhere in the Northeastern United States, mainly New York or New Jersey, then you should hear a familiar tune halfway through the album.
1) Live, Suffer, Die 2) Sin 3) Cold Steel 4) Betrayal 5) Radiation Sickness 6) Hang the Pope 7) After the Holocaust 8) Mr. Softee Theme 9) Stranded in Hell 10) Nuclear War 11) My America 12) Vengeance 13) Brain Death
This is the second album of my American metal weekend:
Vital Remains is a side-project of Deicide's Glen Benton. However, for a side-project this is actually better than Deicide! Dechristianize can be described with three words: epic, melodic, brutal. And that goes for every song on the album.
1) Let the Killing Begin 2) Dechristianize 3) Infidel 4) Devoured Elysium 5) Savior to None...Failure for All... 6) Unleased Hell 7) Rush of Deliverance 8) At War With God 9) Entwined By Vengeance
I recently started a blog with a few other guys as an extension of a Facebook group that I belong to. On this new site, we will be posting a list of albums that are released each week as well as a few of those albums with short reviews.
The new blog is called "I'm A Metalhead and Proud of It!!! Global Style" and can be found here. If you want to join the group on Facebook, it is located here.
Only about half the tracks on Triune Impurity Rites are actually songs. These songs have a heavy doom-ish blackened death sound to them. The rest of the tracks are short interludes that are used to create a dark atmosphere and add a melodic touch to the album. These interludes range from acoustic passages, spoken word, and ambient tracks.
1) Nekros Kristos (Temple IX.99) 2) Daemonomantic Fog Lay Upon The Tombs Of Succoth 3) Kischuf (Temple VIII) 4) Christ Was Not Of Goatborn Blood 5) Nam Ignis Est Umbra Locorum Infernorum (Temple VII) 6) Tormented Flesh On The Mount Of Crucifixion 7) Gate I: Das schwarze Wasser der Toten 8) Ora Pro Nobis (Temple VI) 9) Last Rite Of Christ 10) In Love With Ereskigal (Temple V) 11) Va Koram Do Rex Satan 12) Voragem Mortis (Temple IV) 13) Black Mass Desecration 14) Gate II: Offenbarungen der Mayrim 15) Damnation Worship (Temple III) 16) Impure Burials Prevail 17) Necromancing The Ghost (Temple II) 18) Deathless In Spiritual Evil 19) Conquering Tell Al-Mutesallim (Temple I) 20) Triune Impurity Rites - I. Skulldoom Of Sumer (Darkness) 21) Triune Impurity Rites - II. Nazarethical Ram Of Bethlehem 000(Damnation) 22) Triune Impurity Rites - III. Blasphemous Graves Open At The End 000Of Days (Death) 23) Gate III: Im Schatten des Zikkurath
