I love it. I'm glad they stuck with black metal on this one after Manifestaties and the less-metal route that Iskandr and Solar Temple have taken. Their shows look fantastic too, and very cool that Omar is doing live guitars.

Fuck yeah, easily one of my favourite finds of the past decade. Happy to spread the filth!

You've got an '07 account and still expect Last.fm to do the few things it's intended for properly? 😅

Hails! 🤘

It was a great show in the end. My first all ages show in a long time, and it was great to see the next generation still loving AB after all these years. The only played an hour with no encore, but it was still incredible to see them after waiting 25 years, and they sounded amazing. Rebel must've had something booked afterwards because they kicked us out immediately after the show ended.

Greetings and nice 2005 account you have there. Almost as impressive as the insane diversity of your library - much respect!

Greetings, and thanks for the follow here and add on Soulseek! Let me know if you're looking for any specific recommendations.

Thanks, man! Same to you. 🤘 I'm surprised our compatibility isn't higher though considering most of your top artists are some of favourites of all time.

Hell yeah, 3 of the best releases of 2024 right there! Anything else on your radar lately that you'd recommend (either a 2024 release that I overlooked or otherwise)?

Right on, my Dutch hookup comes through with another intriguing recommendation! I know their early work is thrash, but I have a thing about checking out a new band's discography from start to most recent, so I will definitely start to work my way through it. Definitely gotta start with their Emperor tribute though. I will report back once I get to their BM stuff. Thank you!🤘🏻

Thanks, man. I just finally got around to checking out Bohren recently. I find them good to decompress to before bed after a day of listening mostly to black metal. As for Thantifaxath, you're in for a treat. I've seen them live a few times because they're from where I'm from, and they are fantastic live.

Still very active and still my go to for downloading music, even harder to find/independent releases. You get the odd idiot gatekeeping pirated music who won't unlock the files to you just because you don't have anything on their trade list, even though my collection is over 25,000 files, but that's not super common thankfully.

Thanks and same to you - especially Cultes des Ghoules and Swans 🤘. I feel the same about post-Malina Leprous. I like "The Sky is Red" and "Foreigner" off Pitfalls, but the rest of that album and all of Aphelion fell pretty flat for me. I'm really hoping they turned it around and went back to their prog metal roots on the new album

Sadly the new album ended up being pretty disappointing. Way too mainstream/radio rock for me.

It ended up being Vulture Industries - Lost Among Liars without me even realizing I finally hit 150k

Those statements are both very true. DSO and PF are favourites of mine; Wayfarer I've been just checking out finally, and American Gothic is fantastic.

I have no clue what that means

Thanks! I've definitely seen you around on here, usually calling out idiots. 🤘🏻

I can't help it, y'all are just making way too goddam much good music!

That's a good question because there's been a lot of good albums this year. Absolutely DHG is up there for me. Other contenders would be Willoos, Epheles, and Maȟpíya Lúta, with honourable mentions to Solar Temple, Woe Bather, Sól án Varma, Iskandr, and the two Fluisteraars EPs. What's on your radar for AOTY?

One of these days... 😉

Hell yeah, definitely one of my favourite PF songs.

Oooh, that's a good one. Hard to pick just one, so my top albums would be Winterkalte, Das Tor, Paysage d'Hiver, and Im Wald.

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Hell yeah. RIP In Peace, Eddy. 🤘

Thanks! Same goes for you; I like to see diversity among people's musical tastes. The BM bands I've been listening a lot to the last couple of years and would recommend would be: Abkehr, Adzalaan, Aerdryk, Burier, Departure Chandelier, Fluisteraars, Grey Aura, Horrid Litany, Ifernach, Invunche, Kringa, Lamp of Murmuur, Ossaert, Panzerfaust, Solar Temple, Somme, Turia, Uškumgallu, and Weathered Crest. The Dutch scene is my favourite at the moment, and the Austrian and Danish ones are producing some great material too.

I had a huge CD collection growing up but stopped buying them (and vinyl) years ago once I started having limited physical space. Now I mainly listen to my mp3 collection or through Bandcamp, and support artists through there or by going to shows/buying merch. So I'm a little out of touch with where to get cheap CDs these days. For recommendations, see my reply to the shout below.

Depending what you're looking for/into, here's a few bands that have been getting a lot of play time from me over the last year or so: Abkehr, Absent in Body, Adzalaan, Aerdryk, Burier, Departure Chandelier, Frayle, Grey Aura, Hoaxed, Horrid Litany, Ifernach, Invunche, Lamp of Murmuur, Ossaert, Solar Temple, Somme, Uškumgallu, Weathered Crest, White Abbey, Wolvennest (to name a few).

What more than you need than ☕and 🌳?

Exactly 🤛

Hey! Thanks for the follow and the recommendation. I will definitely check that album/band out

I'm definitely digging the album so far. You might enjoy the Toronto iteration of the band Possum. Their instrumental parts remind me of the Yeti album. Their EPs Quick Damage and Electric Pickle are especially great if you can find them.

Hello! 🤘🏻

Haha, thank you?

I prefer the term "eclectic" (i.e. shit)

Nice! I will definitely check them out, as UA are one of my favourites too. I was lucky enough to catch them live twice pre-pandemic. Thanks for the recommendation.

And to you too, sir! Crazy how much this site (and my life) has changed since then

Always welcome, thank you. I was definitely expecting death metal with a name like that, but am pleasantly surprised. I will have to listen to the album you mentioned, as I can only find The Ascent of Deimos on Bandcamp, but they sound a marriage of the chaotic atmosphere of modern USBM (Ash Borer, Krallice, etc) with 2nd wave BM synths.

Hell yeah! Burn trees and churches 🤘

Thanks for the recommendation! I am definitely a big LA and Whyrhd fan, and had no idea he had created this side project, so I will definitely check them out.

Really digging the album. Thanks again!

Glad to hear that. You're most welcome.

Oh, Forteresse has released a couple of their rehearsals which are sometimes eve better than the original studio versions

And M. from Lamp of Murmuur released an improvised ambient BM side project demo last year too: https://lampofmurmuur.bandcamp.com/album/usurping-the-hall-of-might-and-splendour-demo

And another one recorded live: https://yelloweyes.bandcamp.com/album/sick-with-bloom

Thanks! I see the name is a reference to a star system and Darkspace are listed as a similar artist, so I am very much intrigued.

It truly is an incredible album even though his material before it didn't blow me away all that much. Glad you're still enjoying it. The two AB full lengths are two of my favourite albums of all time. I've lost count the number of times I've listened to them over the years. I haven't heard of Sielunvihollinen but I will definitely check them out!

His earlier work didn't phase me either, but that album really sounds just like the cover - pure bloodthirsty lunacy. I know, right?! I still remember the first time I heard Cassie Eats Cockroaches, instant chills, so wonderfully fucked up. Let me know if you do! I was ready to stop checking out new releases but Sielunvihollinen, Escumergament, and Havuukrunu forced me to reconsider, hah. Have you discovered anything good lately? It's getting harder and harder, it seems.

Another interesting one indeed. I haven't listened to too many Italian bands but am a long time fan of Aborym and Forgotten Tomb.

Hello fellow Murmuurer! How do you do?

Haha, that she is! Hmm, depends what you're looking for. My tastes are all over the place. Especially recently. For BM, I've been listening to a lot of Lamp of Murmuur, Ash Pool, Departure Chandelier, Akasha, Angst Skvadron, Forteresse, and Ifernach recently. For non-BM, I've been digging Kordhell (Mick of Anaal Nathraakh's witch house side project), Deaf Radio (Greek QOTSA worship), and Tribulation, as well as revisiting some classics (Acid Bath, Swans and Isis).

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You're welcome! Let me know if you need any recommendations. :)