Amph Amphitheatres' Metaltropolis (Trial Version 1.0)

I'm not sure for the Dark Throne, but I thing that the Best Emperor album is Imperial Live Ceremony. It's an excellent live album and it has the bets Emperor stuff, IMO.

 

I've heard a track from the new CP. Not that good, imo. The best Darkthrone album is a draw between A Blaze In The Northern Sky and Transylvanian Hunger. Best Emperor... depends highly on what you want. Each album is completely different to the last.

Wrath of the Tyrant and Emperor = Pure BM, minimal keyboards, pretty evil stuff.
In The Nightside Eclipse = Defined BM as more than just DM in corpse paint, has some of the best BM riffs ever.
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk = Inspired wherever the hell CoF decided to go after Dusk... It is to BM what Epic Metal is to Power Metal. Sort of, uber-symphonic with good riffs too, pretty much Thrash Metal with keyboards.
IX Equilibrium = Back to basics album, with heavy metal and death metal shining through more than BM.
Emperial Live Ceremony = Live album.
Prometheus = Neoclassical BM masterpiece. Though it's virtually an Ihsahn solo album.
Scattered Ashes = Best of, with loads of rarities too.

Choose which you think suits you best.

 

thanks cobra, so you dont think the new cf is worth getting ?

 

I can't be sure. I've only heard one track, but I'll stand with my old point that CP's getting boring and that Nattefrost is focusing too much on his solo stuff, and that Tchort is focused too much on Green Carnation.

 

You can hear the new Slayer album "Christ Illusion" on myspace this weekend.

 

Yup.

The only worthwhile releases, imo.

 

I like their post-Nightside stuff, but to call it BM is a stretch.

 

I agree. They just don't do anything for me. The first two releases have an emotional honesty and conviction that sweeps them above the dreck. They still give me goosebumps.

 

Though it still amazes me that they claim that Samoth wrote the lyrics to "Into The Infinity of Thoughts", "Burning Shadows of Silence", "Beyond The Great Vast Forest" and "Towards The Pantheon", despite the fact that he didn't actually speak English when the album was written To be honest, they all look more like Mortiis lyrics than Samoth lyrics, and considering Samoth wrote only the lyrics to "In Longing Spirit" after Nightside, despite the songs that he "wrote" being the best, lyrically, on the album, I reckon that says something

But they did go downhill after Faust, Samoth and Tchort all went to jail. Ihsahn seemed to take over after that.

 

Double post, but meh, I'm pleased as hell

From Blabbermouth:

London. The day before my birthday.

Pwnage

 

A friend and his girlfriend came over last night to hang out...finally. First people I've met here in Asheville that like the same music as me and we have alot of the same records.

Anyways, they turned me on to this band DISGUST. Loved them, Gotta get that Hemdale/Disgust split 7". There's one currently on Ebay. Wish me luck. I wonder if their full length records are as good as that 7"

 

Congrats on the upcoming Emperor gig, Cobra! /,,/

 

What type of stuff are they Spooky?

Hah, now I need to try and bribe someone to go with me Dunno anyone who likes Emperor though, not near here anyway

 

they are kinda grindcore-ish cobra. semi-similar to dystopia in a way.

 

Cool. I'm getting more into Grindcore recently. There was this really good US Grind band I liked, called Incendiary. Their vocalist was insane, he could hit notes about an octave higher than Dani Filth, and an octave lower too. But now they've turned into a regular Death Metal band, so they're boring now.

 

Immortal's lyrics make no ******* sense at all but they're still amazing. I thought Mortiis made some pretty good contributions to the band, really. Even though he's a total joke now.

Indeed. However, I simply think that Ihsahn let his ego get in the way of the music. It happens with a lot of artists. All of a sudden, they're huge and they think they have some kind of responsibility to fulfill. (ie. "Golly! I have to get singing lessons now! We're a BIG DEAL!" etc. etc.)

 

Yeah. Peccatum was... wow. I can't even describe it. If ego could be infused into music, it'd be Peccatum

 

Some news to interest you, Spooky:

You always say you can't find vinyl, now you can't complain

 

saaaweeeet!!!!

 

I got some new albums today:

Burzum - Det Som Engang Var
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Chrome Division - Doomsday Rock 'N' Roll
Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
Darkthrone - Preparing For War
Enslaved - Ruun
Venom - Metal Black
Within Temptation - The Silent Force

Currently ripping them all The Cryptopsy's good.

 

The new Cryptopsy is great. I can't believe Lord Worm is still awesome after all this time. They're rockin' it like it was 1995!

Much better than the newest Suffocation.

Have you guys heard the new Nachtmystium? It's not bad at all. Necro-production black metal, but with some rock 'n' roll touches. Sounds weird, but it works. It's called Instinct: Decay.

 

Nope, not heard that one.


What the hell is it with so many metal figureheads dying? In the past two weeks we've had:

John Nodtveidt - Dissection
Otto - Setherial/In Battle
Kvarforth - Shining/Diabolicum

And now, just in:

Four. Two of them veritable legends, dead in two weeks. It's like a metal purge...

 

Metalers dont die, they dencend down to His Infernal Majesty be welcomed as Dark Angels.

 

Now this is cool:

Anchorhead

SW Music, Metal style

 

*peeks in*

Hm, so the Trop is still alive and kicking. Good.
Sorry I haven't been around to annoy you with my fangirly-ness but I've been kinda busy. Haven't had time to listen to anything that resembles metal (except Rammstein) and started TA-ing this semester, among other things. So, how's everyone?