Misery Index - Heirs to Thievery Something's missing on this album. It has all of the ingredients that made Traitors such a monster but somehow it doesn't work here. The bands death/thrash/grind approach is good but not as spectacular as they used to be.

Limbonic Art - Phantasmagoria This is awesome. Melodic and epic sounding black metal with loads of catchy riffs and the whole wall of sound effect. Really tripping on this one.

Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves/ Alien Soundtracks Weird spaced out rock music that mixes the stooges with kraut rock and comes up with a sound all of its own and catchy but a little unsettling at the same time. One of those albums that I simply cannot listen to when sober but totally love when I'm high.

^^That Limbonic Art album sounds good!

Celeste - Morte(s) Nee(s) Interesting mix of hardcore and black metal. Not as caustic as Anaal Nathrakh but this is pretty intense in its own right with a greater affinity for hardcore. Do get this if you like the latter sound of Anaal Nathrakh.

Enslaved - Below The Lights Great album packed with interesting riffs but I prefer Isa to this purely because of the better sound on the latter.

Spk - Zamia Lehmanni: Songs Of Byzantine Flowers Absolutely stunning album. One of the best dark ambient albums out there. Released in '86 for God's sake!

Jarboe - Mahakali Man this is a great album. I'm enjoying this a lot more than when I heard it when it first came out. Tedious to get through but highly enjoyable. This album is the aural equivalent of a Zdzislaw Beksinski painting.

Brant Bjork - Gods & Godesses Business as usual for Mr. Bjork - laid back, smooth, "summer" stoner songs with absolutely thoughtless lyrics and the same old pentatonic variations. I like.

John Mayer - Coninuum Shoot me, but I thought a couple of songs were pretty alright actually. Hmmm...

My Brother the Wind - Twilight in the Crystal Cabinet
Eibon - Entering Darkness

Put both these albums in the best of the year so far. Absolutely monstrous and crushing in completely different ways.

OZZY OSBOURNE- BLIZZARD OF OZZ CD
TYPE O NEGATIVE- OCTOBER RUST CD

GODFLESH- SONGS OF LOVE & HATE CD
THE ENTITY- SALT CD

Kalmah - 12 Gauge This one's been getting a lot of good press lately with people talking about a melodic death metal album with balls. It's only a slightly heavier version of Children of Bodom with more thrash riffs and without the pop hooks. Gets boring very quickly.

The Howling Wind - Into the Cryosphere Finally heard this band and not sure if it's blackened sludge or sludgy black metal but either way, quite a kickass album and more listens need to happen.

Amebix - Redux Amebix reformed sometime last year I think with Roy Mayorga on drums and this ep is basically a reworking of 3 of their older songs. Tasty appetizer but not much else.

No Joy - No Joy Very laid back fuzz drenched stoner rock from this duo.

General Knowledge wrote:
[b] melodic death metal album with balls. .now thats an oxymoron isint it? :D

PARADISE LOST- SHADES OF GOD CD

CELTIC FROST- MONOTHEIST CD

Got back home from school, toked out and listened to these beauties back to back on my turntable

ELP-Brain Salad Surgery
King Crimson-Discipline
The Beatles-Sgt. Pepper
Robin Trower-Twice Removed from Yesterday

Integrity - Those Who Fear Tomorrow
Ringworm - A Grand Venomous Design
My Brother the Wind - Twilight in the Crystal Cabinet

FUNERAL- AS THE LIGHT DOES THE SHADOW CD
JUDAS PRIEST- SIN AFTER SIN CD

GxMx wrote:
INCANTATION- ONWARD TO GOLGOTHA CD

Fuck yeah! Was listening to Decimate Christendom a couple of days back. What a band! I don't think they've put out a bad album to date.

Dream Evil - In the Night
Liking this more and more with each listen. Very catchy, fist pumping, cheesy heavy metal. Woohoo!

Sanctus Infernum - S/T
Doom project of erstwhile Manilla Road guitarist Mark Anderson. Awesome doom with some BM/DM references.

BOLT THROWER- THE IVTH CRUSADE CD

sodom hussain wrote:
GxMx wrote:
INCANTATION- ONWARD TO GOLGOTHA CD

Fuck yeah! Was listening to Decimate Christendom a couple of days back. What a band! I don't think they've put out a bad album to date.

Sanctus Infernum - S/T
Doom project of erstwhile Manilla Road guitarist Mark Anderson. Awesome doom with some BM/DM references.

your right about Incantation,but i am not too keen on their last few albums, i liked their stuff best till The Infernal Storm album after that i felt they were pretty much repeating themselves.

also that Sanctus Infernum is one little gem of an album!fantastic stuff there as well the great sound they have!