Hellhammer sounds mean as shit. Get the demo compilation Demon Entrails. That fucking singer man. Some of the earliest stuff even reminds me of Chrome.

Another favorite from that period is the first Venom album, Welcome to Hell. Absolutely insane.

If you're into atmospheric black, you've got to hear Nasheim's Evighet & Undergång. Listening to this music is to me like floating disembodied over a vast, snow-covered canyon, its walls strewn with conifers, stretching on into the distance.

And if you haven't heard Slayer's Show No Mercy, go listen to it. It is so good.

I've been listening to the fourth Pestilence album, Spheres (1993), from when they supposedly went full-tech. They sort of did, but fortunately the result is more atypical than that, almost like a mutant variation on heavy rock instead of death metal by jazz fusion fans. I took very quickly to Cynic and mid-period Death at the time, but pretty much ignored this record:



Listening to this (pristine) live recording of them playing "Mind Reflections" back in the day, then hearing the applause at the end is a good reminder of how much this type of music has exponentially grown in popularity with the years, no one gave a shit then. They sound like a million bucks, and are playing to pretty much the audience I'd have at an improv set.

Finally on bandcamp.


https://todayistheday.bandcamp.com/

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:34 am Finally on bandcamp.


https://todayistheday.bandcamp.com/

I bought "How to win friends and influence people" and it was a mind blower. Loved it. Need to keep checking the rest of the catalog, and this will help.

Bernardo wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:12 pm I've been listening to the fourth Pestilence album, Spheres (1993)

Great great great record. Almost ended their career overnight. What a strange scene that was.

Can not, for the life of me, get into Focus. Have tried for nearly 10 years now - so much cheese...

M.H wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:06 am Can not, for the life of me, get into Focus. Have tried for nearly 10 years now - so much cheese...

I love it, but I don't think I'd have gotten into it later in life, it had to be at that age.

New Archspire single is out, if you're into way over the top tech death this is your jam. Album coming soon, really looking forward to it.

At work. Revisited this about an hour ago and thought about starting an Old Nick C/NC poll. Still might do it. This band tickles me.

Someone turned me on to this the other day. Some pretty sounding black metal. As always I prefer the screamy goblin voice to the guttural cookie monster voice, but I'm not a true metal fan.

Panopticon- Autumn Eternal

Just learned about the Quebecois band Kataklysm. Diggin em.