Metal Reviews

I liked Dystopia a lot. If it had like two more good songs I'd buy it, but its a big step up for them. Its easily their best since Days of Purgatory.

Recruiting Stu Block may be the single smartest thing that Schaffer has done for Iced Earth however, I tire of the conspiracy theory/new world order lyrics.

Cancelled the last two Lunar Aurora albums.

and a Quran to ward off the Jinn inevitably invoked by these albums.

I like that Goatlord art work.

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80s thrash and newer doom. Good times.

Hmmm... Someone was talking about having an addiction to buying albums all the time? Now who was that person.... .

Kidding aside, it's always superb to see people on this website purchasing or listening to the mighty Rotting Christ!!


Horns Up!

Last couple of days/weeks:

Pentagram - Last Rites
Living Death - Vengeance of Hell
Silver - World Against World
Dark Illusion - Where Eagles Fly
Dragonland - Astronomy
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner
Helheim - Aasgards Fall

Just in case, you've heard Halmstad right? Blows away earlier Shining albums, except maybe three but it still tops it at least.

Yeah, I have it. I'm just completing my Shining collection. My next purchase is Secrets of The Moon's Antithesis.

Forgotten Tomb - Songs To Leave
Forgotten Tomb - Springtime Depression


I remember quite a while ago when the Emperor was recommending them to me. I found them not very good and was turned off by their lyrical and thematic content. However, now, I definitely see the sheer power and beauty in their music despite the fact they're keeping the old flame of Katatonia, Burzum, and Paradise Lost alive with a definite twist of their own. In terms of the lyrical content, this morning, I read four or five interviews with Herr Morbid. Well, the guy has definitely moved on from his thoughts on the first few albums, but has spoken about how so many negative incidents has impacted his life. He has mentioned that he is not a week person and that is reflected in his music. Looking at Existential Philosophy and the likes of say early Philosophers that can now be seen as the shades of Existentialism like Schopenhauer and then we have Sartre and De Beauvoir and most importantly maybe the notion of absolute freedom proposed by Sartre. The consciousness of this type of lyricism is supported by the likes already mentioned (However, not to this extreme). Nonetheless, it is naturally difficult for the majority of the audience of Forgotten Tomb to truly comprehend this type of lyricism when they have different worldview altogether. It really all returns back to worldview and also seeing the reality in things, deep, deep, inside. Carl Jung has always said the most creative and artistic aspect of mankind comes from his dark side. This statement couldn't be more true! The great Nietzsche also once said, man is to overcome himself, I guess the Herr Morbid hasn't read any Nietzsche!


All said and done, the music is deliciously sinister, cold, and meticulous.

Glad you've come around on their material, DI. I've never cared one way or another for their lyrical content, but rather appreciate their guitarwork and sense of dynamics. Katatonia's brilliant Dance of December Souls is cited a huge influence on their music, as is Dolorian. I like their newer albums on some level, but I'd say the first three FT albums are the best. Great music.

Indeed. Their definitely Dynamic and melodious. The reason I mentioned the lyrical content was because I wanted to know where the guy was coming from. That's the reason I read some interviews (as to find a rational in their lyrical content). It's the energy in their music that is very mesmerizing and subtle. A love for Dolorian was also mentioned in one of the interviews.

Deathspell Omega - Mass Grave Aesthetics
Arkhon Infaustus - Orthodoxyn
Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

...And yes, I am Mad!

I'm not sure if any of you are fans of ambient/atmospheric/electronic/new age kind of stuff but I just bought these. I realize that these have nothing to do with metal but I thought I would share. If you're looking to escape into a different world with a good set of headphones then I highly recommend anything created by these gentlemen: Rudy Adrian, Steve Roach, Thom Brennan, and Erik Wollo.