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2024
My Dying Bride A Mortal Binding4.0
Heresiarch Edifice3.5
Necrot Lifeless Birth3.5
Svoid Neptunian3.5
Saturnalia Temple Paradigm Call4.5
Darkspace Dark Space -II4.0
Pestilength Solar Clorex3.5
Shades of Deep Water Cold Heart3.5
Unaussprechlichen Kulten Häxan Sabaoth4.0
Such a pleasent surprinse, very skillful and diverse
Orgy of Carrion Rusted Gateways3.5
Hermodr Skogsljud3.5
Rituals of the Dead Hand The Wretched and the Vile3.5

2023
Abysmal Grief Narcissistic Necrophiles4.0
Sol (DK) Promethean Sessions2.5
Convocation No Dawn for the Caliginous Night3.5
Midnight Odyssey Biolume Part 3 - A Fullmoon Madness3.5
Hermodr Guardian3.5
Warcrab The Howling Silence3.5
Cardinals Folly Live by the Sword3.5
Phantom Winter Her Cold Materials3.5
Body Void Atrocity Machine3.5
Sand Into Glass Slopes of Doubt4.0
Primordial How It Ends3.5
Iskandr Spiritus Sylvestris3.5
Rorcal Silence3.5
Tabernakel Pfade3.5
Hermodr Where All the Rivers Meet3.5
Cannibal Corpse Chaos Horrific3.5
Undergang De syv stadier af fordærv3.5
Blut Aus Nord Disharmonium – Nahab4.0
Urfaust Untergang4.0
Ruin Mechanisms of Bloodshed3.5
Hermodr To Be Alone3.5
Fen Monuments to Absence3.5
Divide And Dissolve Systemic3.5
Miserere Luminis Ordalie4.0
Drowning Horse Meghalayan3.5
Thantifaxath Hive Mind Narcosis4.0
Impetuous Ritual Iniquitous Barbarik Synthesis3.5
Hermodr Fördärv3.5
Usnea Bathed in Light4.0
Cardinals Folly This Is No Church!3.5
Ride for Revenge Born Alive Abortion3.5
Heretic Cult Redeemer Flagellum Universalis3.5
Bell Witch Future's Shadow I: The Clandestine Gate3.5
Anthropophagous Abuse of a Corpse3.5
Septicflesh Reconstruction3.5
Done with a full blown orchestra this is probably their most extreme take in this and the furthest away from metal.
Urarv Substratum4.0
A very unusual output. It is happy at times, melancolic at some points but without the usual cheesiness that usually accompanies these traits..
Blackbeard Wizard Blackbeard Wizard4.5
I have waited on this for soooo long. Absolutely amazing, delicious as Hooded menace, very catchy and the vocals are absolutely amazing and unique. Lots of fun as well btw
Mork Dypet3.5
This is more of the same for me but lacking the inspiration seen in some of the previous releases
Verminous Serpent The Malign Covenant4.0
Host IX3.0
This is not even close to Host the album in terms of quality. Enjoyable nonetheless
Venomous Concept The Good Ship Lollipop3.5
Got milder , the guys are getting old but they still know what they are doing. Very enjoyable
Hermodr Som eld3.5
Nicely and carefully crafted , a really enjoyable and sweet piece of music
Sanguisugabogg Homicidal Ecstasy4.0
Sounds amazing, riff after riff killing it, this is a true banger but they still did not get to the ep level
Shades of Deep Water Deluge towards Its Close3.5
Bongripper Fisting3.5
Starts with boring ambient - a genre Bongripper should really stay away from. Continues with a boring generic riff that overatays its welcome. And then it transforms into a masterpiece with amazing riffs, twists and atmosphere.
Ahab The Coral Tombs5.0
Did not see the black metal vocals coming. Very fresh and creative. Love this
Obituary Dying Of Everything4.0
This is an amazing return to form. Best one since World demise imho
Gra Lycaon4.0
This is top shelf stuff. Pure quality breathing through all the veins.

2022
Jacc Melancholic Bliss3.5
Very unexpected. Excellent flows, very diverse, Raw and atmospheric at the same time.
Abyssion Rautapää3.5
Easygoing and lots of fun but not in a cheerful way.
Thy Listless Heart Pilgrims on the Path of No Return4.0
This is so fresh, so emotional and beautiful , a huge surprise
Jacc Cathartic Sorrow3.5
Raw black metal with a melancholic vibe and lots of interesting twists
Darkthrone Astral Fortress4.5
Rating this at 4 is showing that I do
not learn from my mistakes. I had to
bump up the previous 2 albums multiple
times, will probably do the same here ..

Edit: of course I cannot listen to
anything else..switched up to 4.5
Atomic Trip Strike #34.0
Slow, pownding , trance inducing and bloody heavy. Excellent stuff
Gevurah Gehinnom3.5
One of the best production ever, the drums are simply perfect, l like this a lot
Sand Into Glass Waves of fire4.0
The cover is just too good for me not too get my expectations high. And .. hell yeah..fresh..interesting...keeps you hooked all the time... brilliant stuff
Coldworld Isolation3.5
If this had somewhat more hooks this would be my AOTY as the atmosphere is just amazing
Arkheth Clarity Came With A Cool Summer's Breeze3.5
Extremely jazzy, mellower than expected but creative and interesting all throughout
Strigoi Viscera3.5
I had no clue Greg had such a voice. Dark, heavy af stuff
Blut Aus Nord Lovecraftian Echoes3.5
Blut Aus Nord delibers another quality stab of hellish disonance
Hermodr The snow3.5
Very beautiful, melancholic, riffs that go well with the repetitive approach
Sermon of Rot Embodiment of Evil4.0
Very surprised by this, keeps you on your toes with menacing, interesting and diverse filth.
Conan Evidence of Immortality3.5
Great stuff although I was hoping for more stuff that would just stick in my mind and refuse to let go.
Reverend Bizarre Slice of Doom 20223.5
Body Void Burn the Homes of Those Who Seek to Control Our Bo3.5
This is incredibly dense, desperate and crushing. Don't listen to this whilst reading a suspense novel. Just sayin'
Hermodr To the Nightside4.0
One of his best. Much more varied then usual, really enjoyable
Fleshrot (USA-TX) Unburied Corpse4.0
This is so chunky and delicious. ISSN, cavernous, all the good stuff on display
Imperial Triumphant Spirit of Ecstasy4.0
So creative, so chaotic, love it. Technicality without show off
Midnight Odyssey Echoes Of A Celestial Ruin3.5
Synth all the way, enjoyable for what it is but probably the one I like least from MO
Midnight Odyssey Echoes of the Thalassic Deep4.0
Avsky Sjukdom Och Död3.0
I like the songwriting on display but the vocals are strangely broken on this release
Septicflesh Modern Primitive3.5
Good stuff, trademark sound for now although I feel their albums before this are better
Blut Aus Nord Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses3.5
A very good album but the hooks are not working as well for me as their previous works
Dunerider Ascend to the Void4.0
I cannot see how can one not like this as a fan of doom, sludge, stoner...And that tone..
Negative Plane The Pact3.5
I hope this will grow on me on time. As of now although very good it is less valuable then their previous work
Annihilation Rite World below4.0
An absolutely classy monster. The dude behind this is quite a genious
Mosaic (DE) Heimatspuk4.0
Organic, warm, innovative, such a pleasure to listen to this
Tome of the Unreplenished Earthbound3.5
Very nice flowing, very enjoyable both in the background or in an attentive listening
Deathspell Omega The Long Defeat3.5
I like it, bleak , quite unerving. Created by scumbags? I have no clue, I hope not
Hereje Burn!3.5
Great start, very entertaining and juicy warm fuzz.
Pestilength Basom Gryphos3.5
A very nice output, excellent production with magnificent layers and drumming.
Corpsegrinder Corpsegrinder4.0
A real banger, this fun and easygoing guy never disappoints.
Shape of Despair Return to the Void4.0
No point in discussing over this instrument by instrument. This is pure atmosphere that is tearing down all your shields and pulls you down into a melancholic state that can hardly be taken away.
Pike vs The Automaton Pike Vs. The Automaton4.0
Hell yeah! All hails to Pike, very interesting and entertaining, no surprise!
Napalm Death Resentment is Always Seismic...4.0
There is nothing stopping the ND machine. Very intense and one of their most diverse outputs. Barney continues to be absolutely stunning, the drumming is top notch and did you hear that bass tone?
The Funeral Orchestra Funeral Death - Apocalyptic Plague Ritual II3.5
Good stuff but it seems that nothing can match the debut in terms of songwriting quality
Fat Grass Shadows4.0
The riffs, the production, the unexpected turns...oh boy..what an unexpectedly gorgeous ride
Karpackonaut Light as a Particle3.5
Jacc Mors Omnibus3.5
Raw atmospheric goodness kept interesting all way through
Mizmor Wit's End2.5
The only positive surprise is the guitar tone. The rest is underwhelming for me
Dhyana Dhyana3.0
Stangarigel Na Severe Srdca3.0

2021
Hermodr Tidens Tand3.5
Pakkt To Brocken Heights Where Witches Dance3.0
Hollow Woods Cold Winds Cleave the Earth3.0
Ride for Revenge Feed The Infamy4.0
Warm bass, intricate fills, unique feeling. They deliver again. Extremely underated band imho
Ascia Vol. II3.0
Ustalost Before The Glinting Spell Unvests3.5
Atmosphere reeks of old and mystique. In the being of early Septicflesh
Funeral Praesentialis in Aeternum3.5
Majestic, theatrical, crushing and unexpectedly fresh sounding from the godfathers of the genre. Vocals need to be particularly called out, truly beautiful.
Malignant Altar Realms of Exquisite Morbidity3.5
The start I expected from this band. Now I expect the sophomore album to be one of the top ones in this style.
Phrenelith Chimaera3.0
Negura Bunget Zău3.5
Had no hopes to see the final one after what happened happened. So happy it did, their most atmospheric one imho with the crushingly delicious vocals.
Horizon Of The Mute Devious3.5
Their(his) least atmospheric/trance inducing, very enjoyable nonetheless
Dream Unending Tide Turns Eternal3.0
Teeth (USA-CA) Finite3.5
Pounding slowly in a drenched atmosphere. Great stuff
Der Weg Einer Freiheit Noktvrn3.5
I am pleasantly delighted if the hype on this one. Very good release
The Temple (NZ) The Temple4.0
I hate this kind of generic band names and self titled albums. So I have skipped this through every time I got it in the feed. Until the split with Acolytes of Moros popped up. What a gem of a band
Antediluvian Watchers' Reign II4.0
At first I did find this too happy and sloppy. Inwas dead wrong, this is pummeling, inspired and very enjoyable
Death Carrier Das Ewige Grab3.5
Oh man, I love it when I randomly stumble into such goodies. Very hypnotic, atmospheric and catchy stuff.
Sarke Allsighr3.5
Lost of atmosphere, easy to get drawn to but would have hoped for more catchy riffs
Abysmal Grief Funeral Cult of Personality3.5
I have no clue why this is not better known. A band that once again proved they are amongst the best doom bands out there.
Void of melancholy Void of melancholy3.5
First of all this is unique. Second of all this is timeless. Third of all just go ahead and listen, I cannot properly convey this into words.
Warloghe Three Angled Void3.0
Entertaining, some excellent riffs, interesting atmosphere and quite a lot of diversity.
Stabat Mater Treason By The Son Of Man3.5
Superb fuzz and reverb, really top notch doom and a great comeback!
Anatomia Dissecting Cadavers3.5
This is my kind of filthy dirge, absolutely sick stuff
Monolord Your Time to Shine4.0
This is unexpectedly beautiful. Very soothing moments, of course, the crushing are still there.
Count Raven The Sixth Storm4.0
Sweet and fresh doom ...I will probably listen to this over and over for days
Azzaya Thy Satanick Ascension3.0
Exsul Allegoresis3.5
Very interesting stuff, the guitar work and the guitars are really creative
In Crucem Agere Calling the Void3.0
Massacre Resurgence3.0
Electric Wizard L.S.D.3.5
Rothadas Kopár Hant... Az Alvilág Felé3.0
Gravenchalice Samael3.0
Megalith Levitation Void Psalms4.0
It is hard to describe what a finely crafted piece of art this is. The kind of crushing doom that feels like coming from the hand of a magnificent painter. The album has such a high level of majesty and theatrical grandeur that it drives you into a meditating headbang.
Caveman Cult Blood and Extinction3.0
Abstracter Abominion3.5
I must say the production here is just stunning. Vocals are extremely powerful, the drums are hitting well but the atmosphere in itself is not so amazing.
Azothyst Blood of Dead God3.5
Light of the Morning Star Charnel Noir3.5
Iskandr Vergezicht3.5
Nice, soothing atmospheric black metal but I like their previous works more.
Antediluvian The Divine Punishment3.5
Less terrifying than their previous releases but still dark and creative.
Fluisteraars Gegrepen Door de Geest der Zielsontluiking4.5
Listening to this only now is definitely a big mistake. Wonderful stuff
Ruin Spread Plague Death4.0
Absolutely magnificent caveman metal. Chunky chunchy slow riffs, vocals are really unique and fitting and yes, also very diverse in terms of songwriting.
Hooded Menace The Tritonus Bell4.0
This is so enjoyable, how can it being such a mystique with such simple riffs and hooks?
Ramihrdus The Sorrow of the Evergreens4.0
No surprise, very solid stuff. A superb mix of melancholy and crushing (relatively) atmosphere.
Wolves in the Throne Room Primordial Arcana3.5
Sounds fresh, sounds like a big band (and saying this as a compliment) I wish I could immerse myself better into it but I somewhat feel I am not getting the full concept and magic. Not yet.
Sarcoughagus Delusions of the Sick3.0
Cultus Capra Dominus Mundi3.5
Such a surprise. Instruments sound somewhat generic but the genius of this work is obvious upon focused listening. The vocals are truly disturbing and out of this world.
Lykhaeon Opprobrium3.0
Codex Nero The Great Harvest Of Death3.5
The name and album cover are misleading. This is but no means stock black metal, really creative and well executed stuff.r
Pestilence Exitivm3.5
Clearly much better than expected, sounds quite fresh and original, keeps me engaged all throughout.
Darkthrone Eternal Hails5.0
Slower than expected, an unreal mix of old and new, Darkthrone is the real deal even after so many years.
Cerebral Rot Excretion Of Mortality4.0
This is so heavy and old school it literally crushes you. Excellent stuff in every way.
Papangu Holoceno3.0
Daudi Hel's Gate3.0
I think they hurried a bit with this second one, a step down in quality versus the debut, especially on the vocal side.
Sand Into Glass Till the End4.0
Sometimes you can be in the position of anticipating exactly what will happen next whilst still being surprised because although it did happen it was done with some nuances that were so fulfilling. Absolutely gorgeous work
Gorgon (FRA1) Traditio Satanae3.5
Their best since the debut. Varied, classic BM with my favourite female vocals in the genre.
Burzum Unreleased Material 1988-19943.5
Lovely both historically speaking but as well the riffing and the atmosphere are pretty sweet (in an evil sense of course).
Hermodr Relighting3.5
One of Hermodr's more diverse and varied works. Really enjoyable.
Burzum Balders Død (Dauði Baldrs demo)4.5
I am of course biased and wierd to have Daudi Baldrs as one of my favorite albums ever. This sounds great and shockingly I even find the tehno pieces very original and enjoyable.
Portal Hagbulbia4.0
Is this really noise? I find it more like extremely dissonant death metal. Anyway, enjoyable, frightening stuff.
Portal Avow4.5
One would say that a guy that was listening to Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Napalm death and the likes since the early 90s would not get easily intimidated but I mean this is very frightening and disturbing - in a very enjoyable way, of course.r
Impaled Nazarene Eight Headed Serpent3.0
Gosudar Morbid Despotic Ritual3.0
Alder Glade Lunar majesty3.0
Nice flowing atmospheric black metal. Enjoyable but somewhat not shining in a sea of similar releases
Ossements Ossements III4.0
Fantastic atmosphere, very creative song writing and excellent musicianship.
Odraza Acedia2.0
Atmospheric, ambient, electronic, industrial...ok..but this is very uninspired, blatantly boring, a very week interpretation of Darkspace's style. This is not 'my Odraza'
Yautja The Lurch3.0
This is giving me Imperial triumphant and Trap them vibes whilst being less creative and inspired.
Anatomia Corporeal Torment3.5
Absolutely terrifying, slow, creepy walls of sound with extremely low gutturals.
Panopticon .​.​.​And Again into the Light3.0
Grave Miasma Abyss of Wrathful Deities3.0
DorDeDuh Har3.0
Enjoyable but not at the level of awesomeness I would have expected.
Ape Vermin Arctic Noise3.5
Really refreshing sludge, the bass tones are wild and funky, really enjoyable.
Hadit With Joy And Ardour Through...3.0
Heavy, pounding, great mix of vocals, very interesting.
RuYYn RüYYn4.0
Probably the random find of the year for me. Top notch songwriting, atmosphere and production.
Rituals of the Dead Hand With Hoof and Horn3.5
Almost trance inducing, very nice mixing of tempos, really enjoyable overall.
Nekromantheon Visions of Trismegistos4.5
Very refreshing thrash, a true bomb with excellent riffs ,such tasty leads and solos and jaw dropping vocals.
Fyrnask VII - Kenoma3.5
Tasty black metal with a lot of atmosphere and ambient, some very good set pieces and guitar leads get powered by powerful vocals.
Ifrinn Caledonian Black Magick3.5
Really like this: mystical, original, melodic and dark.
Cultes Des Ghoules Deeds Without a Name3.5
He he he...short but really sweet..good ol' CdG
Cultes Des Ghoules Eyes of Satan3.0
Paysage d'Hiver Geister4.0
Glorious, trance inducing, harsh, I absolutely appreciate this work. One of the best blends of old and new out there.
Body Void Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth3.5
Slow and punishing, a constant wall of sound with massive riffs wrapped around truly despaired vocals
Conclave Dawn of Days3.5
Very enjoyable, surprisingly atired towards trad doom.
Mortuary Spawn Spawned from the Mortuary3.0
Hermodr Frozen silence3.5
Nice and soothing atmosphere, very repetitive, atmospheric stuff.
Urfaust Compilation Of Intoxications4.5
As usual, magnificent vocals are empowered by
mesmerising atmospheres and psihedelic vibes.
Cannibal Corpse Violence Unimagined3.5
Good ol' Cannibal Corpse is back with new forces. Great stuff.
Vallendusk Heralds of Strife3.5
No shocker here, another great blast of atmosphere on display.
Dunerider Ruins4.5
I have hit play on this with close to no expectations. I found uniqueness, creativity, atmosphere and all the slow headbangable riffs that stoner usually brings to the table. The make it or break it elements are though the guitar tone and the vocals, which I both just love.
Dohlmen Dohlmen4.0
This shines due to its high level of originality in a genre spectre that is littered by samey outputs. Just scratching the surface: the tempo variety is huge, the vocals are so different between songs that I cannot even think of one other band that goes for this, not to mention the language used in Sardinian, didn't even know that's a thing.
Turin horse Apotheosis3.5
As intense as Trap Them and YAITW, solid, well constructed stuff.
Hinterkaifeck Iniquitous Foul4.0
Early Napalm Death vibes here, very dinamic, poignant and diverse. The wrapping contains many insane guitar riffs that also resonate with Black Metal.
We ride pale horses The idea of hope remains, but the hope itself is g3.0
Interesting, varied stuff. Starting off with a banger that sits between trad doom and hardcore but changing the scenery to softer stoner aways whilst the sludge parts cannot be tossed away either.
Sanguisugabogg Tortured Whole4.0
Hell yeah, jump on the bandwagon of knuckle drugging metal
Celestial Sanctuary Soul Diminished3.0
Grim tormentor Aggressor2.0
Such a disappointment, very muffled production, hardly any original songwriting.
Daudi Landvættir3.0
Despite the short length it has lots of variation: doom , ambient, black and some sort of a viking like take on Uriah Heep.
Fossilization He Whose Name Was Long Forgotten3.0
Widergang Paranoia3.0
Interesting mix of dissonance, melody and agrressivenes, this shows potential for a strong future.
Midnight Odyssey Biolume Part 2 - The Golden Orb4.0
Great atmosphere and vocals. A special album from a special artist.
Fuath II4.0
Very soothing, some very catchy and engaging atmospheric black metal going on here.
Mare Cognitum Solar Paroxysm3.0
In your face, reliable but somewhat predictable atmospheric black metal.
Feretri The priests of chaos4.0
Really great stuff I'm the vein of mid-era Darkthrone. Excellent hooks as well. The vocals take a bit of time to adjust to but work very well. Cannot stop headbanging to this. 7 years in and still no lp, not sure what he is waiting for.
Conan Live at Freak Valley3.5
The sound seemed somewhat muffled to me. But
it's Conan, still highly enjoyable
Mork Katedralen3.5
Great quality black metal with delicious riffing all across
Anthropophagous Death Fugue4.5
Absolutely crushing, old school riff frenzy. I can't stop headbanging to this filthy banger.
Sea Mosquito Fire, Magic & Venom3.5
Very hypnotic, dwelling around black metal atmosphere, a real journey that drops into mad dissonance at some point. Closes amazingly with some great sax work.
Moonspell Hermitage3.5
Always loved the subtlety of Moonspell's work which is very much present here. I am missing though their trademark theatrics.
Yith Passage3.5
All instruments are subdued into a state of unexpected calmness. A walk into the Black Metal lonely spaces.
Coffin Mulch Septic Funeral3.0
Doom death with good production and good arrangements and hooks. Vocals are some of the lowest guturrals in the game.
Jarhead Fertilizer Product of My Environment3.0
Nostalghia (MEX) Lifeless3.0
Soothing and beautiful. I get Evilfeast and Hermodr vibes from it.
Draug (USA-MS) The Suffering Plague4.0
Punishing death doom with low tuned guitars and insane gutturals. Nothing you have not heard before but definitely well produced and executed. A filthy banger!
Morbid Winds The Black Corridors...3.0
catchy stuff, warm tones, a bit underwhelmed by
the vocals that are not doing it for me
Ad Nauseam Imperative Imperceptible Impulse4.5
Versatile, catchy, dissonant, really hard to ask for more, absolutely magnificent!
Emptiness Vide3.0
Mind numbing and soothing stuff at the same time. Did not fully click with me but I must say this is again a very unexpected work from Emptiness.
Hermodr War Spirit3.0
Repetitive, harsh vocals, melancholic, good, enjoyable stuff.
Alkerdeel Slonk3.0
Good catchy stuff, quite unpredictable, not super fond of the overall atmosphere though, seems a bit disjointed.
White Nights Solanaceae3.5
Such an interesting , buzzing, mind numbing, subtle and refreshing piece of work. Quite hyped about what's next with this band.
The Ruins of Beverast The Thule Grimoires4.0
Too obsessed about the claustrophobic feel I get from most of its albums and about whatever one would use to describe what's breathing out of Exuvia to put this at the peak of glorious Ruins catacombs but nonetheless this is magnificent.r
Divide And Dissolve Gas Lit3.5
Very catchy drone if you accept there can be such a thing, interesting instrumentation, hyptnoptic parts. What else would one need? And also, 2 ladies form the band.
The Body I’ve Seen All I Need To See3.5
Not an easy listen. Very gritty, abrasive and distorted. Extremely distorted even. The vocals are the same as usual (great and unique that is) but are a bit lower in the mix and also seem a bit like a sample, always the same. Songwriting is very creative and inspired despite the massive repetition. Electronic elements are tastefully used and are generally bringing melody and undertones that make the songs feel complete.
Genune Inert & Unerring3.0
Nice atmospheric black metal, really enjoyable. I would have hoped for more hooks though.
Kortirion Beneath a Stelliferous Empyrean3.0
So refreshing, nothing forced - silently
powerful, soul enriching
Asphyx Necroceros3.5
Asphyx delivers the goods, as usual; to make this even better imho production should have been rawer and riffing catchier
Dread Sovereign Alchemical Warfare3.5
AA is amazing as usual and fits well in the medieval, heavy metal tinges doom metal. Mid paced, very well produced , good stuff.
Above Aurora Live in Barcelona3.5
Very intense, perfectly executed, would have wanted though some more atmospheric stuff in the setlist
Perihelion Gnosis Syzygial Summoning3.5
Shows massive potential, tackling speed changes and sound levels with amazing ability. Really top notch death doom with brilliant production. I am not so into the vocals though, a bit subdued and strange but still, they fit.
Orgy of Carrion Thine Origin... Incest and Death3.5

2020
Fiur Verse3.0
Quite interesting, easy one to take in, would probably rate it higher if it stired even more away from the norm
Daudi From the Void4.0
Not really impressed by any particular instrument taken separately but they make an excellent blend together. Some highlights include: incredible mix of the drumming with a sort of a thunder reverb (my interpretation of this) I don't think I heard before, the absolutely unique vocals and the production that is organic, foresty and grandiose at the same time.
Lautreamont The Cult of Grinning Martyrs4.0
Dissonant, creative and refreshing. I really liked the variety in the vocals and the pummeling drums.
Hermodr The Sea of Dragons3.5
Undergang Aldrig i livet4.5
Straightforward, crushing, beautifully filthyly. Starts of a bit predictable but spices up from middle onwards. I also love how the band conveys power and control over its craft. It literally owns the listener. Another banger from the Danish monsters.
Opium Warlords Nembutal3.0
Although mostly drone it has enough variation from all points of view to be appealing for trad doom aficionados (what a word, lol). Still, very much of an aquired taste.r
Orgy of Carrion Everlasting Blood of Night MMXVIII3.5
Paysage d'Hiver Schnee4.0
Wokeh Where Ancients Tread3.0
Very interesting mix of trad/stoner doom with a mix of vocals that I did not see coming: hardcore and death stylings.
Paysage d'Hiver Im Traum3.0
Nice ambient, with several layers flowing in paralel.
Windhand Levitation Sessions4.5
When a band sounds like this live you gotta give them tons of respect. Dorthia's vocals never sounded better, simply divine.
My Dying Bride Macabre Cabaret4.0
The sound is just perfect, mid-paced, hypnotic doom, very enjoyable.
Jacc Casus Fortuitus4.0
Better than the following 3 albums as the vocals are meatier and more brought to the front which works better imho
Young and in the Way Ride Off And Die3.5
Soulburn Noa’s D'ark4.0
Omegavortex Black Abomination Spawn4.0
Urfaust Teufelsgeist3.5
Kenaz Nord hostile3.5
Ustkara ghost Consuming the Abyss4.0
Exquisite death doom , with great atmosphere and very varied vocals.
Sanguine Relic Divine Stygianism: The Bliss in Torment3.5
Accursed Womb Crushing the Larvae of Christ3.5
So much filthy, banging stuff on this. Very diverse as well, getting caught off guard a lot on this one.
Midnight Odyssey Ashes From a Terrestrial Fall3.5
Ossements Ossements II3.5
Woow, this keeps you on your toes the whole time, very surprising, experimental. A real ride, very much enjoyed it
Erebos (POL) Upon the Northern Shores3.5
Kraken Duumvirate The Stars Below, the Seas Above3.0
Nice flowing, at times even soothing. Not rated higher as the vocals are not at all to my liking and the electronic effects were not fitting in well for me.
Dysylumn Cosmogonie3.5
Isengard Vårjevndøgn3.0
Sodality Gothic4.5
When I saw the album title I thought I will skip this in 30 seconds. Nothing against Gothic but this a very unoriginal name. Tossing that out, I was stunned of how well crafted and mind numbing this is. It is as unsettling as Sektarism, Emptiness or Hallowed butchery. Extremely diverse, very varied tempo wise, generally doomy and atmospheric but topped with some monstrous riffs that completely go out of the Black Metal spectre with almost a wall of sound effect often coming out of nowhere and leaving the listener in awe whilst vocals are truly amazing through their sheer quality but also through their unpredictability.
Skaphe Skáphe³3.5
Karpackonaut Transmissions2.5
As much as I love this band this one is not clicking at all..
Napalm Death Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism3.5
Dephosphorus Sublimation3.5
Dumal The Confessor3.5
Kortirion Éalú3.0
Mellow black metal, some catchy stuff and really relaxing
Venomous Concept Politics Versus The Erection3.5
Panzerfaust The Suns of Perdition - Chapter II2.5
Necrot Mortal4.0
Well well well, these guys know how to put together a non stop headbanging piece of osdm
Gorrch Introvertere4.0
Charnel ascension Spectral Dances Towards the Coffin3.5
Siege Column Darkside Legions4.0
Seep Souvenirs of a Necrosadist3.5
Selbst Relatos de Angustia3.5
Mesarthim The Degenerate Era3.0
Imperial Triumphant Alphaville4.0
Visceral Mass Visceral Mass3.5
Septicflesh Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX4.0
Mosaic (DE) Harvest3.5
Tiknazirin Ecclesia Sodomiticum3.5
Convocation Ashes Coalesce3.5
Ehnahre The Scrape Of A Keel (Drones And Improvisations)3.5
Sickening Horror Chaos Revamped2.5
Nothing exciting, decent stuff but I won't go back to it
Paysage d'Hiver Im Wald3.5
Ahab Live Prey4.5
I don't like what they did with The Hunt here. Other than that this is stunning
Sarcoughagus Invoking Paranoia3.5
Above Aurora The Shrine of Deterioration3.5
Horizon Of The Mute Voidscope3.5
The Funeral Orchestra Negative Evocation Rites3.5
Saturno Menhir4.0
Such a breeze of fresh air, very cool stuff incorporating a wide variety of means and methods.
Paradise Lost Obsidian5.0
Armagedda Svindeldjup Ättestup3.0
Odraza Rzeczom3.5
Forming the Void Reverie3.5
Interesting mix of styles, I really enjoy it although I feel this is the least stellar full length so far from these guys.
Imperceptum Entity of Undead Stars3.5
Fluids Ignorance Exalted3.0
Bongripper Glaciers2.5
Pure ambient. Feels like a Darkspace intro that drags on too long.
Head of the Demon Deadly Black Doom3.5
Ulcerate Stare Into Death and Be Still4.0
Paysage d'Hiver Das Gletschertor/Das schwarze Metall-Eisen4.0
Paysage d'Hiver Schwarzä Feus & Schwarzäs Isä3.0
Quite dinamic ambiental stuff, keeping me on my toes although I know by now what is coming.
Hallowed Butchery Deathsongs...3.5
Midnight Odyssey Ruins of a Celestial Fire4.5
Turin horse Antipas3.5
A vicious, very dinamic and interesting attack on the senses.
200 Stab Wounds Piles of Festering Decomposition3.5
Zolle Macello4.0
So fresh and creative, a very funny and innovative that mixes up sludge, stoner and even some heavy metal tinges.
Anthropophagous Post-Natal Abortion3.5
The Funeral Orchestra Apocalyptic Plague Ritual MMXX3.5
Crypt Dagger From Below3.0
This would probably work so well live. Really engaging riffs (hard to listen standing), varied in structure and neat sounding although at first glimpse this seems run to the mill speed black.
Fried Fruits Amazonanas3.0
Very nice , soothing and beautiful, truly enjoyed it.
Malokarpatan Krupinské Ohne3.5
Medico Peste ב :The Black Bile3.5
Sweven (SWE) The Eternal Resonance3.0
Burzum Thulêan Mysteries3.5
Haapoja Mullan Keskeltä3.5
My Dying Bride The Ghost of Orion4.5
Everybody says this needs multiple listens to
fully grasp. It is indeed so, it started from
lukewarm upon first listen and moved up the
ladder to downright amazing for me after
repeated listens. Lyrics are as well amongst
the best I have ever seen. Just beautiful
stuff.
Cardinals Folly Defying The Righteous Way4.5
Such a beauty, mistique to the latest glimpse of soul, needs to be approached with an openmind.
Ehnahre Quatrain3.5
Fluisteraars Bloem3.5
Regarde Les Hommes Tomber Ascension4.0
Aevangelist Nightmarecatcher3.0
Saturnalia Temple Gravity4.0
Dionysian rites Kriegsanleihe3.5
Ensnared Inimicus Generis Humani3.5
Posehn Grandpa Metal3.0
Grim tormentor Inferno3.5
Sepultura Quadra3.0
Ygg The Last Scald3.5
Karpackonaut Torn from Orbit3.5
I love this stuff. So immersive, so fresh, a really great spend time
Black Decades Never A Word4.0
Fleshrot (USA-TX) Demo 20204.5
Pestilength Eilatik4.0
Aevangelist Dream an Evil Dream II3.0
Ossements Ossements3.5
The album has 2 layers, one is s very catchy psychedelic black metal whilst the other is a fat, abrasive and somewhat washed out death metal. Works very well together
Vollmond Mystiker Kapitel VI3.5
Very good atmospheric black metal in the vein
of Urfaust and Dolorian.
Zimorog Tales from the Old Ones3.5
Avsky Embrace Armageddon / No Cure for Mankind4.0
This is pure and grim, this is catchy and bold. This sounds both cold and sweet, excelent stuff

2019
Death Carrier The Drone Sessions II3.0
Windhand Miscellaneous Demos & Alternate Mixes3.5
A mixed bag , some songs are so gritty and well sounding that you cannot stop relistening to them whilst other are subdued by a less articulate production. The only common denominator might be the top notch songwriting, well above demo level standards.
Mosaic (DE) Secret Ambrosian Fire3.5
Aergewinn Down3.5
Fen The Dead Light3.5
Death Carrier From Nowhere To Nowhere3.0
Teeth (USA-CA) The Curse of Entropy3.5
Blood Incantation Hidden History of the Human Race3.0
Strigoi Abandon All Faith3.5
Crushing, inspired, tough listen in a good way. Excellent production of a very promising debut.
The Deathtrip Demon Solar Totem3.5
Rorcal Muladona4.0
This is more intense than Dragged in the sunlight and Teitanblood, never thought I would get to say this. Probably got there as this is moving me in a very profound way.
Esoteric A Pyrrhic Existence3.0
Midnight Odyssey Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains4.0
Sarke Gastwerso3.5
Much more atmospheric than the norm, very different but very good as these guys keep delivering
Die Kunst Der Finsternis Revenant in a Phantom World...4.0
Sunn O))) Pyroclasts3.5
The Great Old Ones Cosmicism3.5
Teitanblood The Baneful Choir3.5
Unaussprechlichen Kulten Teufelsbücher3.0
Shrine Of Insanabilis Vast Vortex Litanies3.5
Atmospheric, dissonant, greatly composed and delivered. A very exciting listen.
Abruptum Apostoli Infernum3.0
Short and sweet but nothing to write home about. Doesn't hold up well in repeat listens.
Blut Aus Nord Hallucinogen4.5
A truly beautiful atmospheric black metal piece of art. Everything is set up in a way that is entrancing and soothing at the same time.
Karpackonaut Beyond4.0
Maaan!! I am so happy I stumbled into this band. Absolutely stunning vocals, guitar tones and oh boy, those cymbals!!
Megalith Levitation Acid Doom Rites4.0
76 minutes of droney stuff and quite a dismal album picture. I did not go in filled with enthusiasm. But oh boy this keeps me interested throughout its magnificent, greatly timed and innovative approach.
Pentacle Spectre of the Eight Ropes3.5
Monolord No Comfort3.5
Apparatus Yonder Yawns the Universe3.5
Horizon Of The Mute Sole Dogma3.0
Ramihrdus Midsummer's Twilight3.5
Mizmor Cairn4.0
their warmest so far, very crushing and good just not bone chilling
Warcrab Damned In Endless Night4.0
What a surprise, super creative, keeping you on your toes at all times with an excellent mix of aggression and atmosphere.
Cerebral Rot Odious Descent Into Decay4.5
Fabulous stuff, cannot praise this enough, not sure why it did not instantly click , this absolutely great death metal.
Salvaticus Ordo Naturalis3.5
Burzum Thulê3.0
Anthropophagous Spoiled Marrow Demo3.5
Sanguisugabogg Pornographic Seizures4.5
Shades of Deep Water Death's Threshold4.0
Grim tormentor Lizard3.5
Batushka Hospodi2.5
Fluids Exploitative Practices3.0
Socram lycan Asellus Australis3.5
Falls of Rauros Patterns in Mythology3.0
Yellow Eyes Rare Field Ceiling3.5
Donarhall Helvegr4.0
Abyssal (UK) A Beacon In The Husk3.5
Enthroned Cold Black Suns3.0
Darkthrone Old Star5.0
Krypts Cadaver Circulation3.5
Batushka Panihida3.5
Deathspell Omega The Furnaces of Palingenesia4.0
My Dying Bride A Harvest Of Dread4.5
This is more than 5 hours of MdB goodies, absolutely brilliant stuff. Demo versions, live, band members' favourites.
Zimorog The Theory of Theory3.5
Nyss Dépayser3.0
Lord Vicar The Black Powder3.5
Vibes come from all over the place, we need to start with Reverend bizarre, let's continue with the Ramesses crushiness , the eeriness Alice in Chains puts to the table and the vocals that have an Ozzy vibe. Despite all these this is very unique and really special. Heaviest trad doom I have heard. Yet, so full of emotions, I almost cried once I first listened the opening track, but of course I didn't because I am tough metalhead Coming back to the vocals, there are some amazing vocal parts in but also some that feel a bit cringy. Maybe it's as well due to the lyrics that are a bit hit and miss for me.
L'Acephale L’Acephale4.0
Turin horse Prohodna3.0
Enjoyable for sure but I wish it would have more tempo variation.r
Sunn O))) Life Metal3.5
Mizmor Yodh - Live at Roadburn 20184.5
it's basically Yodh live. I am amazed how this can sound even scarier than the studio album version. Excellent musicianship, love the full, clear but NOT polished. Instead, what we have here is a rather organic sound. A live album that feels so live.
Arckanum Första Trulen4.0
This is probably as analog as it gets. The whole feel of this takes you places.
Heresiarch Incursions3.5
Mork Det Svarte Juv4.0
Tiknazirin St. Lucifer3.5
Mesarthim Ghost Condensate3.0
Erebos (POL) A Flame That Pierces with a Deadly Cold3.5
Moros Weapon3.5
Body Void You Will Know The Fear You Forced Upon Us3.5
I have put this on like a go to sleep upon the first listen. Did not work. I started slowly headbanging in the middle of the might. Slow , well crafted doom with punchy and/or pinchy vocals that are just so good. Very well constructed lava flows topping one another under the foggy atmosphere. There are as well some fast paced for the stone showers fans.
Windhand Live Elsewhere3.5
excellent stuff, sounding very very well, gives a great feeling of listening to something quite awesome. Full, fat, lazy bass rules.
Malignant Altar Retribution of Jealous Gods3.5
Bergraven Det Framlidna Minnet3.5
Doombringer Walpurgis Fires3.0
Very catchy. Best sounding drumming.
Underwhelmed by the vocals though.
Heights of despair On the Heights of Despair4.5
The World in Which Nothing Is Solved is one of
my favourite songs ever. Super underatted band,
not sure how they remained so underground.
Der Weg Einer Freiheit Live in Berlin4.0
Ancient Flame Tyrant Blood3.5
Goat rider (De) Demo 02.20193.5
J'ai si Froid Loin des Hommes4.0
Uir Óenach Tailten3.5
Death Carrier The Drone Sessions3.0
Ossuarium Living Tomb3.5
Gorgon (FRA1) The Veil of Darkness3.5
Carrion Mother Nothing Remains3.5
Hermodr Forest Sky4.0
Atomic Trip Strike #23.5
Quercus Verferum3.5

2018
Undergang Levende forrådnelse .​.​. Live i USA3.5
Death Carrier Portal3.0
Death Fortress Reign of the Unending4.0
DVVAD Burning times3.5
Svartidaudi Revelations of the Red Sword3.0
Blood Incantation Live Vitrification3.0
Wulkanaz Wulkanaz3.0
Obliteration Cenotaph Obscure3.5
In the Woods... Cease the Day3.0
Aevangelist Matricide in the Temple of Omega3.0
Evoken Hypnagogia3.5
Ruin Human Annihilation4.0
Windhand Eternal Return4.0
Nice flowing doom, a relaxing listen, I would have preferred to have a more engaging vocal style though.
High on Fire Electric Messiah4.0
There is no doubt, no dude has put out 2 albums that I like more within the same year. He sure is the dude of all dudes. I hope there is no need to say who am I talking about.
Mizmor Mishlei3.5
cool compilation with stuff from one of the EPs and 3 splits. Works very well as a cohesive ansemble as the songs were written (or at least put out) in just 3 years.
Sanguine Relic The Essence of Eternity's Despair3.5
Solar Temple Fertile Descent4.0
Iskandr Euprosopon3.5
Gevurah Sulphur Soul3.5
Coldworld Toteninsel3.5
Very interesting and different from other releases. Hermodr comes to mind whilst listening to this.
Hypervenom Hypervenom3.5
Acolytes of Moros The Wellspring3.5
Cultes Des Ghoules Sinister4.0
Hertless Winterit3.5
Dysylumn Occultation3.5
Conan Existential Void Guardian3.5
Ride for Revenge Sinking The Song3.0
Sektarism Fils de Dieu3.5
Donarhall Arousal3.5
Krisiun Scourge of the Enthroned3.0
Forn Rites of Despair3.0
Good atmosphere, very good balancing of melody and aggression but this could have been so much more than that with a better songwriting.
Thou Magus4.0
Aevangelist Heralds of Nightmare Descending3.0
Moonspell Lisboa Under The Spell4.0
Forming the Void Rift4.0
Engaging doom with very powerful vocals. Some of this is on par with Sleep and I guess there is no need to say anything else.r
Siege Column Inferno Deathpassion4.0
Imperceptum Heart Of Darkness3.5
Faustcoven In the Shadow of Doom2.5
Superb production, bass sound is great. Songwritting is mediocre though and vocals are not working at all- would rate this higher as instrumental
Woebegone Obscured The Forestroamer3.5
Atavisma The Chthonic Rituals3.5
Coldworld Nostalgia3.5
One of the purest black metal releases of Coldworld, retaining the beautiful and sorrow atmosphere
Coldworld Interludium3.5
Hard to describe this one. So quiet and relaxing, very serie except for few minutes of relative heaviness.
Khorada Salt3.5
Towards the hell Eternal Darkness3.5
Aevangelist Veneration of Profane Antiquity3.0
Imperial Triumphant Vile Luxury4.0
Thallmoth FALAK3.5
Bongripper Terminal3.5
Immortal Northern Chaos Gods3.0
Cerebral Rot Cessation of Life3.5
Paradise Lost Believe In Nothing (Remixed/Remastered)3.5
Ageless Summoning Demo MMXVIII4.0
Ape Vermin Sonic Monolith3.5
Sludgey stuff with a very interesting take on the soundscapes conveyed.
YOB Our Raw Heart3.5
Abstracter Cinereous Incarnate3.5
Die Kunst Der Finsternis Queen of Owls3.5
Dispirit Enantiodromian Birth3.5
The Body I have fought against it, But I can’t any longer3.5
Body Void I Live Inside A Burning House4.0
Absolutely immense , excellent dinamics and atmosphere, very catchy and immersive.r
Lautreamont Silence of the Deceased4.0
Funestus Destrvcto Infinitvm4.0
This is excellent stuff, very hypnotising, some very creative drumming and a really unique atmosphere. Excellent guturral vocals as well on display.
Urfaust The Constellatory Practice3.5
Yith Immemorial3.5
Gra Väsen3.5
Bell Witch Live at Roadburn 20153.5
A true experience, monumental in all ways, giving you shivers down your spine.
Sleep The Sciences4.5
So beautiful, so eerie, so catchy, an amazing return, I am so happy they got back together.
Erebos (POL) Pesta kommer3.5
Panopticon The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness3.0
Above Aurora Path to Ruin3.5
This ended just when I was getting warmed up to it. Great listen nonetheless
Mesarthim The Density Parameter3.0
Primordial Exile Amongst the Ruins3.5
Convocation Scars Across4.0
Vallendusk Fortress of Primal Grace3.5
Tiknazirin Religio Adversus Deus3.5
Napalm Death Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs3.5
Ramihrdus Solitude3.5
Pestilence Hadeon3.5
Heretic Cult Redeemer Kelevsma3.5
Phantom Winter Into Dark Science3.5
Slugdge Esoteric Malacology3.0
Dephosphorus Impossible Orbits (remix/remaster)3.5
Witchcult 71 Blessings in black3.5
Arkheth 12 Winter Moons Comes The Witches Brew3.0
Divide And Dissolve Abomination3.5
I really did not expect this to be any good but it is super diverse and immersive, great album.
Corrupted Felicific Algorithim3.0
Antichrist (PER) Pax Moriendi3.5
Argonavis Passing the Igneous Maw3.5
Horizon Of The Mute Chiliad Rite3.0
Thallmoth ANVRF4.0
Hooded Menace Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed3.5
Portal ION3.5
Mammoth Grinder Cosmic Crypt3.0
Abysmal Grief Blasphema Secta3.5
Hermodr Midnight Eclipse3.5
Ruin Plague Transmissions (Vol.1)4.0
Turin horse Uncleared4.0
A hidden gem, mind-blowing in every sense of the word, some truly amazing atmospheres with jazzy vibes topped by many crushing moments.

2017
Evilfeast Elegies of the Stellar Wind4.0
Aosoth V: The Inside Scriptures3.0
Conan Man Is Myth (Early Demos)3.5
Electric Wizard Wizard Bloody Wizard4.0
Orgy of Carrion Blood Washed Away the Grave Purity3.5
Purple Hill Witch Celestial Cemetery4.0
Very unexpected, celestial indeed, the whole thing is so pure and otherworldly.
Cannibal Corpse Red Before Black3.5
Moonspell 17553.0
Anatomia Cranial Obsession3.5
Malokarpatan Nordkarpatenland3.5
Sanguine Relic Bitter Reflection in Luminous Shadows3.5
Blut Aus Nord Deus Salutis Meae4.5
What an epic journey. Very diverse. Catchy and super interesting.
Yellow Eyes Immersion Trench Reverie3.5
Throane Plus une Main à Mordre3.5
Bell Witch Mirror Reaper3.5
Extremely slow, building emotion like a spider net, a truly amazing journey within your inner depths.
Hertless Lifeless3.5
Spectral Voice Eroded Corridors of Unbeing3.0
Sarke Viige Urh3.5
Very diverse, mixing well slow and fast parts, enjoyable all across
Erebos (POL) Faded into the Shadows3.5
Monolord Rust3.5
Arckanum Den Förstfödde3.5
Mork Eremittens Dal3.5
Imperceptum Aeons of Saturnine Desolation3.5
Malphas (UK) Ignis3.5
Wolves in the Throne Room Thrice Woven3.5
Process of Guilt Black Earth3.5
Urarv Aurum4.0
No frills, no theatrics, pure black metal done with taste and inspiration.
Coldworld Wolves and Sheep3.5
Squalus The Great Fish4.0
Oh boy, such a goodie, so tasteful and creative use of the instruments and one of the most unexpected synergy with the cover.
Usnea Portals Into Futility3.5
Lurking sorrow Lurking sorrow4.0
Cardinals Folly Deranged Pagan Sons3.5
Slowed down heavy metal accompanies the classical, non-aggresive doom.
Abhorrent funeral Ugly Tales4.0
Such a beast of an album. Slow, punishing, reminds me of masters like Cerebral Rot and Undergang.
Paradise Lost Medusa5.0
Septicflesh Codex Omega3.5
Alder Glade Spine of the World3.5
Nyss Princesse Terre4.0
Der Weg Einer Freiheit Finisterre3.5
Sannhet So Numb3.5
Ehnahre The Marrow3.5
Donarhall Nihilist3.5
Athene Noctua I. Cugetarea mitica4.0
Ramihrdus Eternity4.0
Apparatus Cthulhu III4.0
These mood and rythm turns are pretty much as nightmarish as it gets
Fallow Trelu4.0
Apparatus Cthulhu II4.0
A painfull listen in the good. Slow, torturing riffs and vocals
Sun of the Sleepless To The Elements4.0
Rituals of the Dead Hand Blood Oath3.5
Atomic Trip Strike #13.5
Selbst Selbst3.5
Heresiarch Death Ordinance3.5
Shrine of Orpheus Λυκόφως3.5
Shroud Eater Strike the Sun3.5
Tchornobog Tchornobog4.0
Undergang Misantropologi4.5
Impetuous Ritual Blight Upon Martyred Sentience3.5
Dephosphorus Impossible Orbits3.5
Lluvia Enigma3.5
Death Fortress Triumph Of The Undying4.0
Necrot Blood Offerings4.0
There are tons of bands in this vein but this stands out with the catchiness, jazzy production and by not forcing it at any time..
Atavisma On the Ruins of a Fallen Empire3.5
Monstously heavy, like a heavy tank crushing souls. I wish though this was a bit rawer.
Unaussprechlichen Kulten Keziah Lilith Medea (Chapter X)3.5
Vallenfyre Fear Those Who Fear Him3.5
This is deliciously bleak, dark and slowly pounding. Great find
Erebos (POL) The Light in My Darkness4.0
Hermodr Hädanfärd3.5
Below the Sun Alien World4.0
Zolle Infesta4.0
I have not heard anything quite like this, the way this instrumental work its way with the riffs is..well.. instrumental
Blazar Phase omega3.5
Hertless 003.5
The Ruins of Beverast Exuvia4.5
Donarhall Asgardsvegr3.5
Mizmor This Unabating Wakefulness4.0
starts with a long beautiful intro. Of course this gets one very worried about what's next given what Mizmor usually turns into: that is a beast that destroy your brains (in a good way of course). The intro is 7 minutes long but remains interesting as it is spiced up with beautiful chants and a series of undertone melodies that flow beautifully and threatening at the same time. Post the intro we have extreme ferocity, great sounding at top speed initially, doomier and more toned down towards the end.
Grav Tomb of Agony4.0
Warcrab Scars of Aeons3.5
very engaging, vocals are top notch, riffs are excellent and the tempo changes are very well timed and work very well
Grav Projektioner Af Död3.5
Krolok Flying Above Ancient Ruins3.0
Ruin Drown in Blood4.0
Phrenelith Desolate Endscape3.0
Ensnared Dysangelium4.0
Falls of Rauros Vigilance Perennial3.0
Divide And Dissolve Basic3.5
Basic only on the surface, many subtle notes and progressions throughout. Works well as background but also as immersive dirge of proud misanthrophy.
Erebos (POL) Nan iChir Gelair Mordor4.5
Obituary Obituary3.0
Fen Winter3.5
Forming the Void Relic4.0
Seemingly generic but the sheer quantity and talent destroy that perception.
Pillorian Obsidian Arc3.5
Light of the Morning Star Nocta4.0
Goya Harvester of Bongloads3.5
Dread Sovereign For Doom The Bell Tolls3.5
Perverted Ceremony Sabbat of Behezaël4.0
This is an absolutely delicious gem. I still struggle to understand why I needed multiple listens to get it, a one of a kind cavemen black metal with simple delicious hooks, keeps you nodding your head all throughout with it's superb speed handling.
Wulkanaz Paralys3.0
Tomb Mold Primordial Malignity3.0
Imperceptum The Eternal Path to Nothingness3.5
The Great Old Ones EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy3.5
Donarhall Misanthrope4.0
Emptiness Not For Music3.5
Sepultura Machine Messiah3.0
Shaarimoth Temple of the Adversarial Fire3.5
Dumal The Lesser God3.5

2016
Hermodr The Howling Mountains4.0
The Ruins of Beverast Takitum Tootem!3.5
Arizmenda Despairs Depths Descended2.5
Shape of Despair Alone in the Mist (demo)3.0
Ash Borer The Irrepassable Gate3.0
Darkthrone The Wind Of 666 Black Hearts3.5
Soulburn Earthless Pagan Spirit3.5
Metallica Hardwired...To Self-Destruct2.5
Uir Tein​​-​​Éigin3.5
Abysmal Grief Reveal Nothing...4.0
Excellent compilation showing the keyboard and organ heavy mastery of these super underatted doomsters. The only complaint I have is that generally compilations are not working for metal, it is better to hear out the original albums in the first place although these are previously unreleased or taken from singles or EPs.
Deathspell Omega The Synarchy of Molten Bones4.0
Cultes Des Ghoules Coven4.0
Disharmonic Orchestra Fear of Angst3.5
Goya Doomed Planet3.5
Love this. Quality doom with a unique twist. The vocals are particularly impressive.
Krypts Remnants of Expansion3.5
Urfaust Empty Space Meditation3.5
Death Fetishist Clandestine Sacrament3.5
Ulcerate Shrines of Paralysis4.0
My Dying Bride Meisterwerk III4.0
Really appreciate the massiveness of this , filled with rawer than the norm material, sound just wonderful to my ears.
Horizon Of The Mute Trobar Clus3.5
Obituary Ten Thousand Ways to Die4.0
Mysticisme Rites4.0
Darkthrone Arctic Thunder4.0
Urzeit Anmoksha4.0
Dysylumn Chaos Primordial3.5
Negura Bunget ZI3.5
Asphyx Incoming Death3.5
No Funeral Misanthrope4.0
Yith Dread4.0
Trap Them Crown Feral3.5
Mare Cognitum Luminiferous Aether3.0
In the Woods... Pure3.0
Apparatus Cthulhu I4.0
There is reason in the madness: great production and really Cthulhian in all vibes
Shrine Of Insanabilis Tombs Opened by Fervent Tongues...3.5
Short and sweet, dissonant, atmospheric, very well produced.
Mesarthim .- -​.​.​. .​.​. . -. -​.​-​. .3.0
The Wounded Kings Visions in Bone3.5
Crushing trad doom with well crafted, surprising folky and even bluesy moments.
Ceremented Chaos Mongering Degradation3.0
Ultra beefy, a bass that is crushing any wall and absolutely demented vocals.
Blood Incantation Starspawn3.0
Hidden Dagger Zilver in de ogen3.5
Extremely raw, very hard to describe, extremely unsettling, the fuzziness is absolutely insane, quite a ride.
Mizmor Yodh4.5
struggled a lot to get passed the first scream. I am into extreme vocals but that was just to intense. But I insisted and now it works like a charm. Crushing, bone chilling, fat sound. Very unique.
Phantom Winter Sundown Pleasures4.0
Coldworld Autumn4.0
Arizmenda Beneath This Reality of Flesh2.5
VIII Decathexis4.0
Head of the Demon Sathanas Trismegistos3.5
Terra Tenebrosa The Reverses4.0
Body Void Ruins3.5
Reminds me a lot of The Body, mainly due to (quite unexpectedly) the vocals (they even look a bit alike, maybe with some Barney Greenway appearance mixed up in between). Very intense, crushing and diverse in terms of tempos and flow.
Orgy of Carrion Obscured Ceremonies Under Hell Moon3.5
Ghoulgotha To Starve the Cross3.5
Conclave Sins of the Elders3.5
Iskandr Heilig Land4.0
Gevurah Hallelujah!3.5
Cardinals Folly Holocaust of Ecstasy & Freedom3.0
Freestyle, light doom with quite an interesting take on the traditional ways.
Throane Derrière​-​Nous, La Lumière4.0
Above Aurora Onwards Desolation3.5
Lord Vicar Gates of Flesh4.0
Just beautiful, such a mix of emotions , from joy and hope to melancholy to despair.
Fyrnask Fórn4.0
Caveman Cult Savage War is Destiny3.0
Eternal Khan Lost In The Night Of Ages4.0
Gorguts Pleiades' Dust4.0
Draug (USA-MS) Ashen Heart2.5
Only thing that stands out here is the drumming, everything else is just too muffled despite the very good control of the time shifts. Big step down from the quality of the 2013 LP.
Quercus Heart With Bread3.0
Mortichnia Heir to Scoria and Ash4.0
Svoid Storming Voices of Inner Devotion3.0
Pretty nice but surely regret the change of direction versus the debut
Howls of Ebb Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows4.0
Ride for Revenge Thy Horrendous Yearning3.0
Zhrine Unortheta3.5
Ustalost The Spoor Of Vipers4.0
Black Decades Hideous Life4.0
Death Fortress Deathless March of the Unyielding4.0
Le Culte du Crane Le Culte du Crane3.5
Sapaudia Sainte Nuit3.5
Rorcal Creon4.5
This flows so well, almost giving me an atmospheric black metal feel, so beautiful.
The Body No One Deserves Happiness4.0
Sanguine Relic III - The Vampyre Weeps in Secrecy of the Night3.5
Horizon Of The Mute Horizon of the Mute3.5
Sarke Bogefod4.0
This has it all, memorable riffs , great atmospheric parts, angelic female vocals and Nocturno Culto
Divide And Dissolve TFW3.5
Hermodr The Darkness of December3.5
Irkallian Oracle Apollyon3.5
Skaphe Skáphe²3.5
Lvthn Eradication of Nescience3.5
Mork Den Vandrende Skygge4.0
Death Fetishist Lucifer Descending3.5
Fuath I4.0
Death Fetishist Whorifice3.5
Conan Revengeance3.5
Lycus Chasms3.5
Sol (DK) The Storm Bells Chime3.0
Venomous Concept Kick Me Silly - VC III3.5
Ehnahre Douve3.5

2015
Sanguine Relic Vampyric Will4.0
Gra Ending4.0
Yellow Eyes Sick With Bloom4.0
Batushka Litourgiya5.0
Sunn O))) Kannon3.5
Orgy of Carrion Everlasting Blood Of Night3.5
Spectral Lore Gnosis4.0
Abysmal Grief Strange Rites of Evil4.5
Hooded Menace Darkness Drips Forth3.5
Drowning Horse Sheltering Sky3.5
Panopticon Autumn Eternal3.0
Aevangelist Enthrall to the Void of Bliss3.0
Ride for Revenge Ageless Powers Arise3.0
VI De Praestigiis Angelorum4.0
Fluisteraars Luwte4.0
Slugdge Dim and Slimeridden Kingdoms3.0
Shrine Of Insanabilis Disciples Of The Void4.0
Absolute madness, a major grower of an album,
this is magnificent in terms of song
arrangements, the atmospheric bits coming just
in time to heal the wounds from the previous
ferocious attacks. It is all across very well
balanced but what I appreciate most is that it
is very well crafted and very varied and never
gets boring.
Regarde Les Hommes Tomber Exile4.0
My Dying Bride Feel the Misery4.0
The maturity of the band is fully visible on how much the band is in control of its craft here, a heavy, emotion filled, inspired craft that is.
Windhand Grief's Infernal Flower4.0
Same recipe, same unchallenged trademark quality.
Malokarpatan Stridžie dni4.0
Slayer Repentless3.0
Hermodr What Once Was Beautiful4.0
Blood Incantation Interdimensional Extinction3.0
Dysylumn Conceptarium3.5
Ahab The Boats of the Glen Carrig5.0
Zimorog Winter Horns3.5
Ebonylake With Infants Drowned and Pulled Cold from the Sea,3.5
Lluvia Eternidad Solemne4.0
Aevangelist Omniquity3.0
Krisiun Forged in Fury3.0
Goya Obelisk3.5
Forming the Void Skyward4.5
This would have been stellar as instrumental. rAdding some of the best vocals out there make me be all over this.r
Mesarthim Isolate3.0
Gloam Hex of Nine Heads4.0
Trapped Within Burning Machinery The Filth Element4.0
Wederganger Halfvergaan ontwaakt3.5
Mion's Hill Torture3.5
Undergang Døden læger alle sår4.0
Abyssion Luonnon Harmonia Ja Vihrea Liekki3.5
High on Fire Luminiferous3.5
Very enjoyable listen, flows very well, vocals sound as great as usual for hof.
Abyssal (UK) Antikatastaseis4.0
Shape of Despair Monotony Fields4.0
Folteraar Vertellingen Van Een Donkere Eeuw3.5
Midnight Odyssey Shards of Silver Fade3.5
Gorgoroth Instinctus Bestialis3.0
Vallendusk Homeward Path3.5
Dispirit Separation3.5
Paradise Lost The Plague Within5.0
Draath Black Slumber3.5
Nex Carnis Obscure Visions of Dark3.5
Arcturus Arcturian3.5
Mysticisme Répandre3.5
Cultes Des Ghoules The Rise of Lucifer3.5
Rorcal La Femme sans Tete3.0
Drone and noise stuff, the build-up did not do too much for me, second part is pretty nice (in a dirgey, sorrowful way, of course)
Monolord Vænir4.0
Bell Witch Four Phantoms3.5
I have gone through many reviews of this and I can conclude there are no perfect words to describe this. My go at it: this is an intense experience, keeping the listener very attentive whilst variating from flying amongst clouds to nailing down to the ground with immense force.
Phantom Winter CVLT3.5
Dunmharu Finding The Eternal4.0
Zolle Porkestra3.5
Instrumental work that works so well, very interesting and catchy stuff.
Apparatus Apparatus3.5
Ad Nauseam Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est4.0
Tome of the Unreplenished Innerstanding4.0
Sol (DK) Where Suns Come to Die3.0
Corrupted Loss3.5
Der Weg Einer Freiheit Stellar4.0
Moonspell Extinct4.0
Sannhet Revisionist4.0
The Funeral Orchestra Opium de occulta4.0
Dirgy, entertaining, creative. Excelent sound for the ages, must listen if you need a dose of all school death doom.
Negura Bunget Tău3.5
Imperial Triumphant Abyssal Gods4.0
Circle of Salt Suffer the Cold3.5
Below the Sun Envoy4.0
Saturnalia Temple To the Other4.0
Gorrch Nera Estasi4.0
Abstracter Wound Empire3.5
Marduk Frontschwein2.5
Urfaust Apparitions3.5
Hic Iacet The Cosmic Trance into the Void4.0
Napalm Death Apex Predator - Easy Meat4.5
Virgin's Vomit Ancient Witchcraft3.5
I thought this has Barney Greenway on vocals. Nuff said.
Spectral Voice Necrotic Doom3.0
Ghoulgotha The Deathmass Cloak3.5
Sanguine Relic Sanguine Relic3.5
Nocternity Harps Of The Ancient Temples4.0

2014
Woebegone Obscured Deathscape MMXIV3.0
Abyssion Psyykkinen taisto3.5
Feels strongly influenced by Burzum and Arckanum without being a wrip-off
Hermodr Krigstid4.0
Cretin Stranger4.0
Primordial Where Greater Men Have Fallen3.5
Fen Carrion Skies3.5
Teeth (USA-CA) Unremittance3.5
Eternal Khan A Poisoned Psalm3.5
Soulburn The Suffocating Darkness3.5
Death Fortress Among the Ranks of the Unconquerable5.0
The Deathtrip Deep Drone Master4.0
Usnea Random Cosmic Violence4.0
Mare Cognitum Phobos Monolith3.0
Kenaz Volonté de fer ancestrale3.5
Falls of Rauros Believe in No Coming Shore3.0
Obituary Inked in Blood4.0
Swallowed Lunarterial4.0
Dumal Piety and Iron3.5
Arizmenda Stillbirth in the Temple of Venus2.5
Blut Aus Nord Memoria Vetusta III - Saturnian Poetry3.0
This does not flow exceptionally well
for me. I have mixed feelings on the
drum sound and the harsh vocals do not
blend well enough whilst the cleans are
great.
Electric Wizard Time to Die4.0
Cannibal Corpse A Skeletal Domain3.0
Aevangelist Writhes in the Murk3.0
Darkspace Dark Space III I4.0
I am exhausted after all this space travelling, not to mention all the aliens I've met. This is such a beautiful ride!!r
YOB Clearing The Path To Ascend4.0
Zimorog The Art of Black3.0
Cardinals Folly Our Cult Continues!3.0
Good doom, nice atmosphere, worth several listens.
Panopticon Roads to the North3.0
Quercus Sfumato3.5
Forming the Void Forming the Void2.5
Underwhelming , kind of too 'modern' and
generic sounding.
Hadez Morituri Te Salutant3.5
Forn The Departure of Consciousness3.0
Good doom with some interesting dissonance interwined. Snail paced with a good raw punch and massive barrages of riffs. Still, I had trouble in fully embracing it and in maintaining the engagement throughout.
Unaussprechlichen Kulten Baphomet Pan Shub-Niggurath3.5
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestite3.5
Bongripper Miserable4.0
Zimorog Wolfpact3.0
Slugdge Gastronomicon3.0
Septicflesh Titan4.0
Rorcal Világvége - Live in Geneva3.5
Good stuff. One extra collaboration song but overall does not sound way too different from the studio version.
Blut Aus Nord Triunity4.5
A masterpiece, dissonant, having masterful production that sounds simply delicious and simply so original and creative that it leaves the listener speachless.
The Wounded Kings Curse of Chains3.5
Trance inducing one 15 minutes song. Love the vibe it gives and the warm whilst menacing tone.
VIII Drakon3.5
Purple Hill Witch Purple Hill Witch4.0
Such a super delicious pie with mushrooms and cheese , cooked properly slow and garnished with crunchy riffs.
Trap Them Blissfucker4.0
Skaphe Skáphe4.0
Arcturus Shipwrecked in Oslo4.0
Burzum The Ways of Yore3.5
Young and in the Way When Life Comes to Death4.0
Emptiness Nothing but the Whole4.0
My Dying Bride The Vaulted Shadows4.5
Contains some of the best MdB songs although coming from 2 EPs and they flow so well together.
Annog Vnrama Seven Names ov Chaos3.5
Salvaticus Hidden Manna3.5
Ghoulgotha Prophetic Oration of Self3.5
Crushing, beefy and sounding like proper 90s death doom.
Zimorog Hate Kills, Use It Well3.0
Agalloch The Serpent and the Sphere3.5
Vallenfyre Splinters3.5
This is surprisingly heavy and dark. Very high quality stuff
Darkthrone Black Death and Beyond4.0
Idre Idre4.0
Dead Congregation Promulgation of the Fall3.0
Dunmharu The Light4.0
Ride for Revenge Enter the Gauntlet3.5
Spectral Lore III4.0
Abysmal Grief We Lead the Procession3.5
Some amazingly delicious pieces of doom here, very organic, diverse and original. Some parts though seem to pointlessly meander.
The Great Old Ones Tekeli-Li4.0
Impetuous Ritual Unholy Congregation of Hypocritical Ambivalence3.5
Thantifaxath Sacred White Noise4.0
Odraza Esperalem Tkane3.5
Enthroned Sovereigns3.0
Triptykon Melana Chasmata3.0
Impaled Nazarene Vigorous And Liberating Death3.0
Monolord Empress Rising4.0
The Body I Shall Die Here3.5
Villagers of Ioannina City Riza3.0
Very interesting blend of stoner, folk and traditional Greek music interwined with a number of unexpected instruments that made room...well.. unexpectedly... Cannot focus on anything else whilst listening to this.
Pilgrim II: Void Worship3.5
Such an exciting approach to doom, very special atmosphere and set pieces.
Yith Yith4.0
Thou Heathen4.0
Dread Sovereign All Hell's Martyrs4.0
Teitanblood Death4.0
Conan Blood Eagle3.5
Morbus Chron Sweven4.0
Conan Live at Bannermans Bar - August 20124.0
Sounds bloody heavy even with low volume on the headphones. Hails Conan!
Dephosphorus Ravenous Solemnity4.0
Acoustic Wizard Acoustic Wizard III4.0
The Wounded Kings Consolamentum3.5
Dread and despair in a nicely wrapped box that get crashed once in a while at very well timed moments topped by some rare light of the tunnel glimpses.
Howls of Ebb Vigils of the 3rd Eye3.5
Yautja Songs of Descent3.5
Urfaust Trúbadóirí Ólta an Diabhail4.0
This is so good, those vocals are really like nothing else and it is live as well
Blut Aus Nord Debemur MoRTi3.5
Enjoyable ritualistic stuff, love the drums here, very innovative.
Fluisteraars Dromers4.0
Hermodr Vinter3.5
Hidden Dagger Demo II3.5
Lvthn Adversarialism3.0

2013
Narjahanam Wa Ma Khufiya Kana A'atham3.5
Arkheth Hymns Of A Howling Wind3.5
Goya 7774.0
Woebegone Obscured Marrow of Dreams3.0
Circle Incarnation3.5
Really creative, diverse stuff, lots of great atmosphere, original leads and unexpected turns.
Dunmharu Frozen Eden4.0
Aevangelist Omen Ex Simulacra3.0
Acoustic Wizard Please Don't Sue Me Volume 24.0
Lluvia Premonicion De Guerra4.0
Pestilence Obsideo3.5
Obliteration Black Death Horizon4.5
Death Fortress Mirror Into Eternity3.5
Hail of Bullets III: The Rommel Chronicles3.5
The Body Christs, Redeemers3.5
Sepultura The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart3.0
Paradise Lost Tragic Illusion 253.5
Blut Aus Nord What Once Was...Liber III2.5
Good sound but it meandours without a destination. I don't enjoy all that much the trip itself either.
Mork Isebakke4.0
Imperial Triumphant Goliath3.5
Acolytes of Moros Illusions of Progress3.5
Slow and enjoyable, misses the kick and innovation to be really top notch. Also, I don't get why an EP lasts 40 minutes
Fyrnask Eldir Nótt3.5
Acoustic Wizard Please Don't Sue Me4.0
Sarke Aruagint3.5
Pure quality, only missing out in the memorable peaks category
Die Kunst Der Finsternis Das Geheimnis des Vampirs3.0
Ulcerate Vermis4.0
Windhand Soma4.0
Gritty, very headbangable, guitars are twisting your brains with all the emotions the vocals did not bring out already.
Grave Miasma Odori Sepulcrorum3.0
Shades of Deep Water Waterways4.5
Mion's Hill Black Death3.5
Gorguts Colored Sands5.0
Heretic Cult Redeemer Heretic Cult Redeemer4.0
The Ruins of Beverast Blood Vaults - The Blazing Gospels of Heinrich...3.5
Dead in the Dirt The Blind Hole4.0
Mammoth Grinder Underworlds3.5
Yellow Eyes Hammer of Night4.0
Hadanfard Smutsiga sinnen4.0
Extremely underatted, very nice catchy Black Metal
Gris À L'Âme Enflammée, L'Âme Constellée...4.0
Sombres Forets La Mort du Soleil3.5
Lycus Tempest3.5
Sannhet Known Flood3.5
Mode of egress Mode of Egress3.5
Slugdge Born of Slime3.0
Cardinals Folly Strange Conflicts of the Past4.0
1+1=5..too much though. 4 more like it. 2 great EPs plus some unreleased tracks, sounds so good
Haapoja Haapoja4.0
Burzum Sol austan, Mani vestan3.5
Antediluvian Septentrional Theophany3.5
7 minutes of insanity, cavernous wondering death metal on display
Zolle Zolle4.5
Instrumental sludge packed full with engaging and greatly executed riffs.
My Dying Bride The Manuscript4.0
Love the guitar tone, vocals and songwriting. Minor complaints: drums are a bit thin and although I like the individual songs a lot they do not blend too well.
Arckanum Fenris Kindir4.0
Immolation Kingdom of Conspiracy2.5
My Dying Bride Peaceville Presents... My Dying Bride3.0
I don't think I ever got into a band through a compilation but this surely is a good one.
Darkthrone Introducing Darkthrone3.5
Dread Sovereign Pray to the Devil in Man4.0
AAs delicious vocals obviously suit anything so why would trad doom be the exception?
Vallendusk Black Clouds Gathering4.0
Aosoth IV: An Arrow in Heart3.0
Cannibal Corpse Torturing and Eviscerating4.0
This sounds absolutely magnificent, faboulous song selection
Wulkanaz Paúrpura Fræovíbôkôs4.0
Draug (USA-MS) Corruption Within the Catacombs4.0
This would have been hyped if released some 5-6 years later when everyone was ready to take on the cavemen.
Regarde Les Hommes Tomber Regarde les Hommes Tomber4.0
Hypocrisy End of Disclosure2.5
Purple Hill Witch Alchemy3.0
Straight up trad doom with good riffs and decent production.
The Deathtrip A Foot in Each Hell - The Complete Demos4.0
This is so good. Getting Darkthrone trilogy quality vibes
Fell Voices Regnum Saturni3.5
Rorcal Vilagvege3.5
Very intense and menacing, crushing and full of emotions.
Irkallian Oracle Grave Ekstasis4.0
Darkthrone The Underground Resistance4.5
Paysage d'Hiver Das Tor4.0
Terra Tenebrosa The Purging4.5
Krypts Unending Degradation4.0
Portal Vexovoid3.5
Abysmal Grief Feretri4.0
Svoid To never return4.0
Excellent vocals and great atmosphere. Very underated
Conan Mount Wrath: Live at Roadburn 20123.5
I would have hoped for a better sound and song selection but enjoyable nonetheless, of course, it's Conan.
Cultes Des Ghoules Henbane4.5
Usnea Usnea3.5
Fen Dustwalker4.0
Mizmor Untitled Winter3.5
this announces Yodh is onwards to drop upon this grim world. The form is closer to funeral doom but the feeling is the same
Grav Omhulda Ondskans Kretslopp3.5
Antediluvian λόγος3.5
Koldbrann Vertigo3.5
Dispirit 1111123.5
Septicflesh Mystic Places of Dawn (Reissue)4.0
Sol (DK) And the Mouth of Time Is Open3.0
Abyssion Karhun lähde / Siniaaltoja ja singulariteetteja3.5
Abstract Spirit Theomorphic Defectiveness3.5
Abyssal (UK) Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius4.0

2012
Bongripper Live at Roadburn3.5
Very nice stuff, great song selection, the only problem I have with this is that it hardly feels live.
Svartidaudi Flesh Cathedral3.0
Grav Mental Illvilja3.5
Funeral Oratorium3.5
Warcrab Warcrab4.0
crushing, the production is fantastic, riffing excellent, very good stuff. These guys have 3 guitarists, yet this is keeping it well focused, no wankery.
Bell Witch Longing3.5
Just imagine being in or around that building and hearing this play.r
Grand Supreme Blood Court Bow Down Before the Blood Court3.5
Wulkanaz HaglaNaudizEisaz3.0
Dragged Into Sunlight WidowMaker4.0
Atolah Post, Cross and Yoke3.5
Catchy, crushing, trance inducing, quality stuff. Looking forward to a full length.
Aevangelist De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis3.0
Abysmal Grief Celebrate What They Fear4.5
What more can one ask for? Amazing energy, absolutely faboulous organic production and such catchy rythms.
Medico Peste א: Tremendum et Fascinatio4.0
My Dying Bride A Map of All Our Failures4.0
Super blend of melody and heaviness, cleans and growls, almost ambient and all out ferocious attacks.
Solemn they await Sanctuary in the Depths3.5
DorDeDuh Dar De Duh3.5
Draug (USA-MS) Ephemeral Utopia3.0
A bit of a run to the mill cavernous death metal. Enjoyable but miles away from the quality of their LPs.
Abstracter Tomb of Feathers3.5
Ehnahre Old Earth3.5
Carrion Mother Koronis4.0
Hooded Menace Effigies of Evil4.0
Imperial Triumphant Abominamentvm3.5
Head of the Demon Head of the Demon3.5
Blut Aus Nord 777 - Cosmosophy4.5
This is so beautiful. It really cures all pain and sadness, in case you got any.
Anatomia Decaying in Obscurity3.5
Ash Borer Cold of Ages3.0
Trapped Within Burning Machinery The Putrid Stench of Decaying Self3.5
The Ash Eaters Ruining You3.5
Evoken Atra Mors4.0
Om Advaitic Songs4.0
Blut Aus Nord What Once Was... Liber II3.0
Some cosmic vibes circling around a not so creative output from the masters.
Der Weg Einer Freiheit Unstille3.5
Tempestuous fall The Stars Would Not Awake You3.5
Agalloch Faustian Echoes3.5
Mare Cognitum An Extraconscious Lucidity3.0
Deathspell Omega Drought3.5
Spectral Lore Sentinel3.5
Process of Guilt Faemin4.0
Elysian Blaze Blood Geometry3.5
Panopticon Kentucky3.0
Dunmharu Curses Come Home4.0
Ahab The Giant5.0
Despite the absolutely crushing moments this is a subtle intelligence and genious paradise.
Burzum Umskiptar5.0
Verdunkeln Weder Licht noch Schatten4.0
Moonspell Alpha Noir3.0
The Great Old Ones Al Azif4.0
Paradise Lost Tragic Idol3.0
Sektarism Le Son des Stigmates4.0
Woods of Ypres Woods 5: Grey Skies and Electric Light3.0
High on Fire De Vermis Mysteriis4.5
Best Pike vocals on display on this album. The production seems more claustrophobic than the previous albums which I can dig, especially that the bass is so round and fat.r
Conan Monnos4.0
Emptiness Error3.5
Mizmor מזמור3.0
oh boy, the production here is harsher than most raw black metal. A bit of a torture to get through the ear piercing soundscape and vocals and the quite acclaimed 'II' with its extensive slow, atmospheric intro. But as per the rating, I somehow still quite like it, probably because how extreme, original and well written it is.
Electric Wizard Legalise Drugs & Murder3.5
Windhand Windhand4.0
Crushing, captivating, a thrill of a ride. Some of the best drumming in doom paired with truly special vocals.
Enthroned Obsidium3.0
Cannibal Corpse Torture3.5
Asphyx Deathhammer3.5
Napalm Death Utilitarian5.0
Addaura Burning for the Ancient3.0
Undergang Til Doden Os Skiller3.5
Dunmharu October4.0
Impure Worship Impure Worship3.5
Nekromantheon Rise, Vulcan Spectre4.0
Abyssal (UK) Denouement4.0
Drowning Horse Drowning Horse3.5
Dephosphorus Night Sky Transform4.0
Urfaust Ritual Music for the True Clochard4.0
Pilgrim Misery Wizard3.5
Sweet sweet trad doom. Great riffage paired with beautiful chanting vocals.
Death Fortress Pulling Ancient Stone3.0
Der Weg Einer Freiheit Wacht / In die Weiten3.5

2011
Wrathprayer The Sun of Moloch: The Sublimation of Sulphur's...3.0
Ride for Revenge Under the Eye3.0
Blut Aus Nord 777 - The Desanctification4.0
Getting so many dreamy vibes from this one, could be even more mesmerizing without the industrial tones present at times.
Burzum From the Depths of Darkness3.5
Gra Gra3.5
Seagulls Insane and Swans Deceased Mining Out the Void Seagulls Insane and Swans Deceased...4.0
Abysmal Grief Foetor Funereus Mortuorum4.0
Darkthrone Sempiternal Past - The Darkthrone Demos3.5
Esoteric Paragon of Dissonance3.0
Antediluvian Through the Cervix of Hawaah4.0
Paradise Lost Draconian Times MMXI4.0
My Dying Bride The Barghest o’ Whitby4.5
Way too long build-up for a climax that is not as good as I would have expected. These were my thoughts after the first listen. What a fool I was. This is such a massive grower, extremely original, very entertaining and ending in a magnificent manner.
Panopticon Social Disservices3.0
Lord Vicar Signs of Osiris4.0
Such classy trad doom. An untrained ear could confuse this with Sabbath and I am saying this as a compliment. A trained ear would feel more of a Reverend Bizarre in the instrumental work - which might be a boring and predictable thing to say from my side.
Vallenfyre A Fragile King3.5
This is proper death doom that needs repeated listens to fully sink in
Ebonylake In Swathes of Brooding Light3.5
Evilfeast Wintermoon Enchantment3.5
Brutal Truth End Time4.0
Dead in the Dirt Fear3.5
The Ruins of Beverast Enchanted By Gravemould3.5
Fyrnask Bluostar4.0
Arckanum Helvitismyrkr3.5
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestial Lineage4.0
Cardinals Folly Such Power Is Dangerous!3.0
Good doom, hits all the right spots but fails to shine in any of them.
Omega Massif Karpatia4.0
Midnight Odyssey Funerals from the Astral Sphere4.0
The Wounded Kings In the Chapel of the Black Hand3.5
Female lead vocals and the much more crushing production were the novelties whilst the sheer quality of doom metal was the constant.
Morbus Chron Sleepers in the Rift3.5
Corrupted Garten Der Unbewusstheit3.0
Cultes Des Ghoules Spectres over Transylvania3.5
YOB Atma4.0
Flourishing The Sum of All Fossils4.0
Pestilence Doctrine3.5
Disma Towards the Megalith3.0
Falls of Rauros The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood3.0
Mare Cognitum The Sea Which Has Become Known3.0
Abruptum Potestates Apocalypsis3.5
Der Weg Einer Freiheit Agonie3.5
Sepultura Kairos3.0
Deathspell Omega Diabolus Absconditus/Mass Grave Aestheti3.5
Hypnotic, atmospheric and downright creepy. Guitar work is very special here, really slow and spooky.
Dephosphorus Axiom3.5
My Dying Bride Evinta3.0
I must admit I wouldn't have had the same level of patience with this if it was not MdB. Honestly not bad at all, classical music mixed with ambient, beautiful and relaxing most of the time.
Thantifaxath Thantifaxath3.5
Funeral To Mourn Is A Virtue3.0
Bongripper Sex Tape/ Snuff Film4.0
Some of the better Bongripper songs on this one although uncharacteristically features many tempo changes and twists.
Draug (USA-MS) Draug3.0
Raw, fuzzed out death metal with insane drumming. Many nice hooks and solid riffing beneath the madness.
The Crevices Below Below the Crevices3.5
Aosoth III - Violence & Variation3.0
Ramesses Possessed by the Rise of Magik3.5
Arizmenda Without Circumference Nor Center2.5
Deathspell Omega Diabolus Absconditus3.5
Saturnalia Temple Aion of Drakon4.0
Primordial Redemption at the Puritan's Hand5.0
Blut Aus Nord 777 - Sect(s)3.0
Probably the one album that is most alike DsO. BAU's better ones though are the ones that sound like themselves. r
Septicflesh The Great Mass5.0
Sarke Oldarhian4.0
Love this. So catchy and vibrant. 'give me a shotgun'!!
Fell Voices Untitled4.0
Young and in the Way I Am Not What I Am4.0
Ygg Ygg4.0
Ash Borer Ash Borer3.0
Agalloch Whitedivisiongrey3.5
I still cannot wrap my head around how cam they create such emotion with so little
Trap Them Darker Handcraft5.0
Cannibal Corpse Global Evisceration3.5
Burzum Fallen4.0
Terra Tenebrosa The Tunnels4.0
Sol (DK) Offer Thy Flesh To The Worms3.5
Decrepitaph Profane Doctrines Unburied3.5
Fen Epoch4.5
Ulcerate The Destroyers of All4.5
Kenaz Résurgence nordique3.5
Mitochondrion Parasignosis4.0
Antediluvian Revelations in Excrement3.5
Very unorthodox stuff, needs very attentive listening to really get to the cave
Negative Plane Stained Glass Revelations4.0
Pilgrim Forsaken Man (Demo)4.0
Crushing and gritty, just the way it should be brought up and delivered.
Krisiun The Great Execution4.0
Fuil Na Seanchoille Hunger3.5
Yellow Eyes Silence Threads the Evening's Cloth3.5
Shroud Eater ThunderNoise3.5
Rorcal Prelude to Heliogabalus2.0
Drone ambient that uses electronic samples and that overall just does not do anything for me.
Bell Witch Bell Witch Demo 20113.5
I rarely saw demos in the metal realm that are more accessible than the full lengths. This is really where to start in order to get into this band, a more accessible version of the goodies that came after it.
Abstract Spirit Horror Vacui3.5
Burzum Svarte Dauen4.0
This is perfection in terms of getting the rawness sweet spot. It sounds quite insane, I love it

2010
Agalloch Marrow of the Spirit4.5
Impaled Nazarene Road to the Octagon3.0
Urfaust Der freiwillige Bettler4.0
Dead in the Dirt Vold3.5
MasseMord (POL) The Madness Tongue Devouring Juices of Livid Hope4.0
Ehnahre Taming The Cannibals3.5
Deathspell Omega Paracletus4.5
Electric Wizard Black Masses4.5
Arckanum Sviga Læ3.0
Hail of Bullets On Divine Winds3.5
DorDeDuh Valea Omului3.0
Rorcal Heliogabalus3.0
Extremely intense and quite honestly one of the most tormenting soundscapes one can experience. The ritualistic parts are very creepy. As all in all not that much is happening, most of the feeling is coming from the atmosphere. Like the horror movies that are terrifying without being gruesome, just playing with your mind.
Asphyx Live Death Doom3.5
Very good extensive live show but I would have prefered a rawer production honestly
Bongripper Satan Worshipping Doom4.0
Decrepitaph Conjuring Chaos3.5
Blood Revolt Indoctrine4.0
Fyrnask Fjorvar ok Benjar3.5
Conan Horseback Battle Hammer4.0
Thou Summit3.5
Blut Aus Nord What Once Was... Liber I3.5
Heavy, punchy, very enjoyable blast of black metal.
Watain Lawless Darkness3.0
Nekromantheon Divinity of Death3.5
The Body All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To...4.0
Arkheth IX & I: The Quintessence Of Algaresh4.0
Darkthrone Circle the Wagons4.0
Negura Bunget Virstele Pamintului3.5
Satan's Almighty Penis Pulsing Feral Spire3.0
Hooded Menace Never Cross the Dead4.0
Triptykon Eparistera Daimones3.0
Lonndom Hågkomster från nordliga nejder & Norrskensritual3.5
Fat Grass Deep Trip4.0
Heavy, inspired, chuncky, original, this has all my praise.
Negura Bunget Maiestrit3.5
Immolation Majesty and Decay3.0
Burzum Belus3.5
Avsky Scorn3.5
Enthroned Pentagrammaton3.0
Ehnahre Alpha / Omega3.5
High on Fire Snakes for the Divine3.5
This might get 'the worst soundoff prize' despite the massive competition but: to me part of this sounds like Maiden meets Kreator which is not bad per se but is below what hof offers in general. Also gets slower than the hof norm at times, interesting, not necessarily working well though.
Lonndom Viddernas Tolv Kapitel3.5
Mammoth Grinder Mammoth Grinder/Hatred Surge Split LP3.5
Morbus Chron Splendour of Disease (Demo)3.5
Decrepitaph Beyond the Cursed Tombs3.5
The Wounded Kings The Shadow Over Atlantis3.5
This is pure atmosphere, very nicely crafted with warm tones and guitar flows.
Mordaehoth Eens weer prevaleert het heidens hart3.5
Undergang Indhentet af Døden4.0
Ramesses Take the Curse3.5
Miserere Luminis Miserere Luminis4.0
Dispirit Rehearsal At Oboroten3.5
Antediluvian Watchers' Reign4.0
Excelent cavernous stuff, very good riffing and the atmosphere is perfect for the music

2009
Impetuous Ritual Relentless Execution of Ceremonial Excrescence4.0
Mammoth Grinder Extinction of Humanity4.0
Napalm Death Time Waits for No Slave5.0
Brown Jenkins Death Obsession3.5
Obliteration Nekropsalms4.0
Woods of Ypres Woods 4: The Green Album3.0
Gorgoroth Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt3.0
Slayer World Painted Blood3.5
Abysmal Grief Misfortune4.0
Borgia Ecclesia4.0
My Dying Bride Bring Me Victory2.5
It has most standard MdB elements but underwhelming all across.
Aosoth Ashes of Angels3.0
Arizmenda Within the Vacuum of Infinity...2.5
Abstract Spirit Tragedy and Weeds4.0
Portal Swarth4.0
Bongripper Meat Ditch4.0
This sounds so different, tribal, pulsating, quite scary actually. Love it
Paradise Lost Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us3.5
Dragged Into Sunlight Hatred For Mankind4.0
Amort Winter Tales4.0
The Ruins of Beverast Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite4.0
Om God Is Good3.5
Fell Voices Fell Voices4.0
Abysmal Grief The Samhain Feast4.0
Let's get something straight: these guys can ?i no wrong. So creative, so refreshing, so enjoyable.
Count Raven Mammons War3.5
Great doom with quite a lot of emphasis on atmosphere.
Ahab The Divinity of Oceans4.5
YOB The Great Cessation3.5
Cardinals Folly Orthodox Faces4.0
Short and sweet. Tempo variety handled magnificently, sound production is perfect. It feels at times like doom metal vibed riffs under a thrash rythm.
Obituary Darkest Day3.0
Bergraven Till Makabert Vasen4.0
Asphyx Death... The Brutal Way3.5
Panopticon Collapse3.0
Urfaust Einsiedler2.5
Relaxing, soothing and nice but nothing very special.
L'Acephale Malefeasance3.5
Process of Guilt Erosion3.5
Arckanum ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ4.0
Reverend Bizarre Magick with Tears3.5
Very solid trad doom with an interesting buzzing production in both the guitars and bass. These guys clearly had a hard time in doing anything wrong. Released after the band disbanded it contains the demo versions of songs from the debut album.
Sunn O))) Monoliths and Dimensions4.5
Funebrarum The Sleep of Morbid Dreams3.0
Brutal Truth Evolution Through Revolution3.5
Avsky Malignant3.5
Ulcerate Everything Is Fire4.5
Sarke Vorunah4.0
Organic, flows magnificently well. These are some very top notch musicians. And yeah, Nocturno Culto on vocals!
Wolves in the Throne Room Black Cascade3.5
Dragged Into Sunlight Terminal Aggressor3.5
Teitanblood Seven Chalices3.5
My Dying Bride For Lies I Sire3.0
Failing to deliver the atmosphere it aims to, still enjoyable though.
Pestilence Resurrection Macabre4.0
Ride for Revenge Wisdom of the Few3.5
Blut Aus Nord Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With The Stars3.5
A meditative passage through all depth of the soul. Really powerful.
Reverend Bizarre Death Is Glory... Now4.5
You rarely get so much goodness in a single release, bsides, tracks from splits, a plethora of covers. This is top quality stuff, excelent andtrad doom , very well produced with trademark top notch beautifully insane vocals. The instrumental part is quite playful, but all the experimentation is done with lots of taste and inspiration. As well, most of the time there is a feel that this was was done effortlessly and I am saying that in the best possible way, it just flows so naturally and keeps you hooked and entertained at all times.
Sol (DK) Fall Rain Fall3.5
Cannibal Corpse Evisceration Plague3.5
Der Weg Einer Freiheit Der Weg Einer Freiheit4.0
Hadez Doomsday: The Death Rides3.5
Sepultura A-Lex3.0
Fen The Malediction Fields4.5
Agalloch The Silence of Forgotten Landscapes4.0
Nothing to dislike here, it's Agalloch live, feels organic, emotional and briliant
L'Acephale Stahlhartes Gehäuse4.0
Hallowed Butchery Funeral Rites for the Living4.0
Rorcal Monochrome2.5
Some good moments but the build-ups don't go anywhere and the vocals are quite empty.
Stabat Mater Stabat Mater4.0
Very catchy, raw, filthyly delicious funeral doom. Unique and organic, a true pleasure (in a murky way) to delight oneself upon.
Anatomia Human Lust3.5
This feels like Anatomia met Saturnalia Temple. Great stuff

2008
Decrepitaph Condemned Cathedral3.5
Electric Wizard The Processean (Procession)3.5
Hyatari They Will Surface3.5
Moonspell Lusitanian Metal4.0
Deathspell Omega Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum3.5
Such fitting artwork for such a demented song, a real journey into the depths of obscurity. Flows so well..
Deathspell Omega Mass Grave Aesthetics3.5
Very chaotic as usual, it is harsher than the DsO norm although has quite some jazzy parts as well. It also gives you (like the DsO norm) the feeling you falling into the abyss.
Lord Vicar Fear No Pain4.0
Crunchy, fat, warm production wrapping up doom mastery in the Sabbath, Reverend bizarre vein. Vocals are truly special and giving the uniqueness to the emotive, catch vibe. At a superficial listen this sounds run to the mill doom but the sheer quality, although subtle, is downright excellent.
Gone postal In the Depths of Despair3.5
Reverend Bizarre The Goddess of Doom3.5
Well well well... What a combination!!! The first song is a funny as hell "Christina Ricci"callouts but at the same time catchy, uplifting, doomy , what can I say more? Well, it also has the list of top tier doom bands, coming in out of nowhere but super interesting. Second is an excellent , original Dunkelheit cover, do I really need to say more?
Sarkom Bestial Supremacy4.0
Sol (DK) I Am Infinity3.5
Cultes Des Ghoules Häxan3.5
Trap Them Seizures In Barren Praise3.5
Unaussprechlichen Kulten People of the Monolith3.5
Foudre Noire The Dark Gods3.5
Brutal Truth Round Two4.0
Quite a lot of interesting and engaging moments for such a short release
Brown Jenkins Welcome the Bitterness3.0
Darkthrone Dark Thrones and Black Flags5.0
Hooded Menace Fulfill the Curse4.5
Funeral As The Light Does The Shadow3.0
Metallica Death Magnetic2.0
Rorcal Myrra, Mordvynn, Marayaa3.0
Strong, powerful, enjoyable but not super inspired and the vocals are not top level unlike most Rorcal outputs.
inExordium inExordium3.5
Ehnahre The Man Closing Up4.0
Krisiun Southern Storm4.0
Agalloch The Demonstration Archive: 1996-19983.5
This is very nice if you need a twist to the songs you have already listened over and over
The Wounded Kings Embrace Of The Narrow House4.5
This is mind-blowing, very hard to find better songwriting, genious, subtle, rythms crawling under your skin.
Falls of Rauros Hail Wind and Hewn Oak3.0
Antediluvian Under Wing of Asael3.0
Filthy banger for sure but I would have liked it to be somewhat more eventful
Cannibal Corpse Centuries of Torment: The First 20 years3.5
Thou Peasant3.5
Arckanum Antikosmos3.5
My Dying Bride An Ode to Woe4.0
Such a soul enriching experience, setlist is great, theatrics have a lot of refinement and depth.
Darkthrone Frostland Tapes3.5
Evilfeast Lost Horizons of Wisdom3.5
Darkspace Dark Space III3.0
Yeap, I feel this one is one is not as inspired as their others. Nonetheless, this is still a good spacial ride.
Aosoth Aosoth3.0
Esoteric The Maniacal Vale3.0
Moonspell Night Eternal5.0
Hail of Bullets ...Of Frost and War4.0
Venomous Concept Poisoned Apple3.5
Panopticon Panopticon3.0
Sombres Forets Royaume De Glace4.0
Bongripper Hate Ashbury3.5
Arckanum Antikosmos 3.5
This is very surprising for me: first song feels industrial whilst the second one reminds me of early Slayer. Enjoyable, of course.
Brown Jenkins Angel Eyes3.5
Mitochondrion Archaeaeon4.0
Septicflesh Communion4.0
Lord Vicar The Demon of Freedom3.5
Nice, slow and melodic. The lord was showing class from its first step.
Coldworld Melancholie²4.5
Deathspell Omega Manifestations 20023.5
Deathspell Omega Manifestations 2000-20013.5
Agalloch The White3.5
Cardinals Folly Heretic's Hangover3.5
Excellent career start. Very interesting vocals coupled with eerie production and strong riffage.
Dead Congregation Graves of the Archangels3.0
Woods of Ypres Woods III: Deepest Roots and Darkest Blu3.0
Mammoth Grinder Rage and Ruin3.5
Abstract Spirit Liquid Dimensions Change3.5
Burzum Anthology3.5
Amazing songs of course but I do not think it makes too much sense to have them together like this
Corrupted El futuro en la oscuridad3.5
Darkthrone Too Old, Too Cold / NWOBHM3.5

2007
Gris Il Était Une Forêt...4.0
Quercus Postvorta3.5
Cultes Des Ghoules Odd Spirituality3.5
Primordial To the Nameless Dead4.5
Evoken A Caress of the Void3.5
Brown Jenkins Dagonite3.5
Electric Wizard Witchcult Today5.0
Bongripper Heroin3.5
Moonspell Under Satanae4.5
Impaled Nazarene Manifest3.0
Ulcerate Of Fracture and Failure3.5
Emptiness Oblivion3.5
Narjahanam Undama Tath'hur Al Shams Mn Al Gharb3.5
Om Pilgrimage3.5
Darkthrone F.O.A.D.4.5
Wolves in the Throne Room Two Hunters4.0
High on Fire Death Is This Communion4.0
I am calling most metal albums generic, well, they are...I have a very hard time explaining why this is not at all generic given that on paper it does not have something special; on the contrary, this is brilliant, very engaging, I love it. It feels like the Champions League, some of goals seem so simply built that anyone could potentially do it but in fact you need huge player and team quality to pull it off. Same with this album, it all feels just naturally right. One thing I do see strange, I feel that vocals are not used as much as on other albums, even leaving out the interludes . Is it a calculated scheme to make us crave for more and more..Last thing, I would give this an even higher rating if it wasn't for 'Ethereal', only 7 minutes in the album slightly underwhelming.
Blut Aus Nord Odinist: The Destruction of Reason by Illumination3.0
Not sure what is with this one. I am not really feeling this, feels thin and uninspired.
Portal Outre4.0
Obituary Xecutioner's Return3.0
Reverend Bizarre III: So Long Suckers4.5
I rarely listen to trad doom, just not my thing. So ...we have here obnoxiously long songs clocking at over 2 hours in total under the monicker of a cringy album title.. which were the odds? I love this, the repetition gives a funeral doom (which I dig big time) aroma , there is a feel of natural, unforced organic in the superb flow, the riffs are not reinventing the wheel but are rolling like few other wheels can whilst the vocals are dinamic, superb, special, mind-blowing.
Darkthrone NWOBHM4.0
Deathspell Omega Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum4.0
Blut Aus Nord Dissociated Human Junction3.5
Omega Massif Geisterstadt4.0
Ramesses Misanthropic Alchemy3.5
Obliteration Perpetual Decay4.0
Bergraven Dödsvisioner4.0
Avsky Mass Destruction3.5
Paysage d'Hiver Einsamkeit3.5
Paradise Lost In Requiem3.5
Sol (DK) Let There Be A Massacre4.0
Verdunkeln Einblick In Den Qualenfall4.0
Woebegone Obscured Deathstination3.0
Die Kunst Der Finsternis Alter Schwarz Metall (demo)3.0
Trap Them Sleepwell Deconstructor3.5
Middian Age Eternal3.5
Ride for Revenge The King of Snakes3.5
Conan Battle in the Swamp3.0
Excelent stuff but the production is underwhelming.
Bongripper Hippie Killer3.5
Abysmal Grief Abysmal Grief4.0
Thou Tyrant3.5
Spectral Lore II3.5
Enthroned Tetra Karcist3.0
Antediluvian Primeval Cyclical Catastrophism3.5
Pummeling, primal, relentless, having a low production level.
Corrupted Vasana3.5
Corrupted An Island Insane3.5

2006
Gris Neurasthénie3.5
Funeral From These Wounds3.5
The Ruins of Beverast Rain Upon the Impure4.5
Process of Guilt Renounce3.5
My Dying Bride A Line of Deathless Kings4.0
Elegantly crushing, such a tasteful album, growing more and more with each listen.
Blut Aus Nord MoRT3.0
Really weird and interesting, but would not pick this up too often.
Negura Bunget OM3.5
Ahab The Call of the Wretched Sea4.5
Bongripper The Great Barrier Reefer3.5
Napalm Death Smear Campaign4.5
Slayer Christ Illusion3.5
Agalloch Ashes Against the Grain4.5
Gorgoroth Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam3.0
Elysian Blaze Levitating the Carnal3.5
Electric Wizard Pre-Electric Wizard 1989–19943.0
Abysmal Grief Mors Eleison4.0
Absolutely delicious, gorgeous riffs, unique atmosphere and an unreal vibe.
Celtic Frost Monotheist4.0
Negative Plane Et In Saecula Saeculorum4.0
Reverend Bizarre Thulsa Doom3.5
Short and sweet, warm, easy going trad doom - at least for ears used to extreme metal. Vocals and overall atmosphere are excellent, as usual for this great band.
Electric Wizard Radio 1 Session 1/053.0
Short and sweet. I am still amazed BBC was into such music back in the day!
Dolorian Voidwards3.5
Om Conference of the Birds4.0
Moonspell Memorial5.0
Cretin Freakery3.5
Impaled Nazarene Pro Patria Finlandia3.0
Cannibal Corpse Kill3.5
Lair of the Minotaur The Ultimate Destroyer3.0
Sepultura Dante XXI3.0
Darkthrone The Cult Is Alive4.0
Krisiun AssasiNation3.5
Wolves in the Throne Room Diadem of 12 Stars4.0
Darkthrone Too Old, Too Cold4.0
Sarkom Aggravation Of Mind3.5
Koldbrann Moribund 3.5
Gorguts Live in Rotterdam3.5
Sombres Forets Quintessence4.0
Spectral Lore I3.5
Paradise Lost B-Sides & Rarities3.5
Rorcal The Way We Are, The Way We Were, The Way...4.5
However I would describe this it will sound generic. But nothing could be further from the truth. This is having a fantastic atmosphere , superb songwriting, great guitar sound, amazing drumming and insane vocals. I am blown away.
Antediluvian Prehistorik Khaos3.5
This is mostly recorded in a rehersal environment so it's natural for it to sound the way it does but honestly I headbang to it all way through so I guess that's all that matters, right?
Coldworld The Stars Are Dead Now3.5
Coldworld Melancholie (Demo)3.5
Nice little demo, beautiful atmosphere and a foreplay of the greatest that was yet to come.
Cultes Des Ghoules Angel of Poison and Death3.5

2005
Shaarimoth Current 114.0
Grand Belial's Key Kosherat2.5
Run (slowly) to the mill black metal with very annoying vocals. Don't get the hype around this.
Darkspace Dark Space II3.0
Intense, repetitive, truly frightening, there are some truly bone chilling moments in here.
Bolt Thrower Those Once Loyal3.0
Sunn O))) Black One4.5
Burzum Draugen - Rarities3.5
A piece of history and of course amazing songs. The problem is that the first Burzum albums have bad production quality to the point that it sounds amazing and it is truly enjoyable. Worst quality passes the line and is no longer enjoyable.
Deathspell Omega Kenose4.0
How come this is not a full length? Very interesting, droney stuff with excellent atmosphere.
Anatomia Dissected Humanity4.0
Corrupted El Mundo Frio4.0
Arcturus Sideshow Symphonies4.0
My Dying Bride Sinamorata (DVD)4.5
So so lovely, absolutely superb atmosphere and bonus materials. Solemn, classy, just mesmerising.
YOB The Unreal Never Lived3.5
Darkthrone Under beskyttelse av mørke4.0
Obituary Frozen in Time3.0
Verdunkeln Verdunkeln4.0
Reverend Bizarre II: Crush The Insects4.0
'Doom over the world' was for quite some time one of my most disliked songs ever, mainly due to the chorus on the refrain. I have come to peace with it meanwhile after many many listens. 'Cromwell' is an excellent banger and contributed a lot in me clicking with the band. Overall the album is quite upbeat and sounding happier than the debut which is not necessarily a good thing in metal but this band has got quality to pull out many diverse things. It is definitely more diverse as well. Very strong overall.
Elysian Blaze Cold Walls And Apparitions3.5
My Dying Bride Anti-Diluvian Chronicles4.0
A monster compilation. It sounds so well and blends cohesively for an uter enjoyment (in a dark and dreary sense of course).
Negura Bunget Inarborat Kosmos3.5
Napalm Death The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code3.5
Ahab The Oath3.5
These are clasics. What's not to like. Amazing emotional, crushing tunes
Pentacle Under the Black Cross4.0
Om Variations on a Theme3.5
Paradise Lost Paradise Lost3.5
Urfaust Verräterischer, Nichtswürdiger Geist4.0
Evoken Antithesis of Light4.0
Blut Aus Nord Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity2.5
Ambiental and maintaining a rather flat rythm, nice listen but nothing more.
Primordial The Gathering Wilderness5.0
High on Fire Blessed Black Wings4.0
well...as ironic as it sounds this might turn me into Motorhead.. heavy, old school, excellent, I love the overall sound with the fat guitars, those cymbals are great and what can one ask for more in terms of vocals. It feels so organic that one could take it for a live album quite easily. Oh yes, as well, involuntary almost continuous headbanging is guaranteed.
Evilfeast Funeral Sorcery3.5
Unaussprechlichen Kulten Wake Up in the Night of Walpurgis3.0

2004
Bergraven Fördärv3.5
Reverend Bizarre Return to the Rectory4.0
Superb doom. diverse stuff. Contains Aleister, one of the best doom metal songs, period. Vocals are absolutely brilliant all across with high variety.
Enthroned XES Haereticum3.0
Arckanum Arckanum - The 11 Year Anniversary Album3.5
Enjoyable but not falling so well together , production is not so great either
YOB The Illusion Of Motion3.5
Krisiun Bloodshed3.5
Emptiness Guilty to Exist3.0
Darkthrone Fenriz Presents... The Best of Old-School Black Me2.5
Napalm Death Leaders Not Followers: Part 23.5
Lair of the Minotaur Carnage3.0
The Ruins of Beverast Unlock the Shrine4.5
Paramaecium Echoes from the Ground3.5
Venomous Concept Retroactive Abortion3.0
Electric Wizard We Live4.0
Esoteric Subconscious Dissolution Into the...3.0
Sunn O))) White24.0
Urfaust Geist Ist Teufel4.0
Hyatari The Light Carriers3.5
Agalloch The Grey3.0
The Odal remix made this their weekest release for me. Quite enjoyable nonetheless
Reverend Bizarre Slice of Doom3.5
Soothing and also catchy. Very airy stuff with some unique synths in the background. This is trad doom with funeral, stoner and drone flavours but still so cohesive and good. Vocals are top notch for sure.
The Body The Body3.5
Cannibal Corpse The Wretched Spawn3.5
My Dying Bride Songs of Darkness, Words of Light3.5
Interesting flows, very atmospheric and unitary. Manages to take me a bit out my comfort zone.
Deathspell Omega Si Monvmentvm Reqvires Circvmspice4.0
Armagedda Ond Spiritism: Djæfvulens Skalder3.0
Napalm Death Punishment in Capitals3.5
Woods of Ypres Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth3.0
Darkthrone Sardonic Wrath4.5
Shape of Despair Illusion's Play4.0
Corrupted Se Hace Por Los Suenos Asesinos4.0
Ulcerate The Coming of Genocide3.0
Evilfeast Mysteries of the Nocturnal Forest3.5
Satan's Almighty Penis Into the Cunt of Chaos3.0
Abruptum Casus Luciferi3.5
Urfaust Urvaterlicher Sagen3.0
Soothing and dark, meandering vocals in synergy with the atmospheric instrumentation that flows like a slow dirge.
Ahab The Stream3.5
The guitar tone is delicious , very
good stuff
Arckanum Kaos Svarta Mar3.5
Excelent songwriting in display but it feels a bit watered down and not as raw and vicious as what I would have expected it to be.
Blut Aus Nord Decorporation ...3.5
Cretin Cretanic Grind Ambush3.5

2003
YOB Catharsis3.5
Impaled Nazarene All That You Fear3.0
Darkspace Dark Space I4.0
A journey into space filled with amazing riffs and atmosphere.
Krisiun Works of Carnage3.5
Gorgoroth Twilight of the Idols3.0
Cannibal Corpse Worm Infested3.5
The Funeral Orchestra Feeding the Abyss4.0
Metallica St. Anger1.5
Sunn O))) White14.0
Blut Aus Nord The Work Which Transforms God3.5
Probably their most straightforward black metal album although it has some atmosphere and doom incorporated.
Darkthrone Hate Them3.5
Septicflesh Sumerian Daemons4.0
Sleep Dopesmoker4.0
One of a kind, mesmerising experience. I have 'worked' a lot (years of trying it once in a while) to get into it but it was definitely worth yet.
Mordaehoth Bloedwraak - Verdoem al 't christelijk leven3.5
Sepultura Roorback3.0
Moonspell The Antidote3.5
Portal Seepia4.0
Koldbrann Nekrotisk Inkvisition3.5
Nocternity Onyx3.5
Reverend Bizarre Harbinger of Metal3.5
great trad doom , a bit less inspired songwriting though than the usual reverend norm
Armagedda Only True Believers3.0
Agalloch Tomorrow Will Never Come3.5
One piece is usual Agalloch magnificence. The other one is actually pointlessly overriden by some spoken voice.
Cannibal Corpse 15 Year Killing Spree4.0
Elysian Blaze Prophecies of Misery3.5

2002
Reverend Bizarre In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend4.0
Nothing bizarre here, we are having a very talented group of individuals that have great synergy and implicitly they have managed to put out this excelent riff filled journey, having heartfelt and quite magical vocals toped by so many subtle nuances that put me down in awe. Or up. I don't know. A real gem here.r
Paradise Lost Symbol Of Life5.0
Enthroned Carnage In World's Beyond3.0
Napalm Death Order of the Leech4.0
Negura Bunget 'N Crugu Bradului5.0
Disharmonic Orchestra Ahead3.5
Cannibal Corpse Classic Cannibal Corpse (Boxset)4.0
Primordial Storm Before Calm3.5
Darkspace Minus One3.5
High on Fire Surrounded by Thieves4.0
Very heavy stoner, very far away from Sleep in terms of agressivenes and not only. Not worse, just different.
My Dying Bride The Voice of the Wretched3.5
I like a lot the musianship and the song selection whilst the mixing is not too good imho. Guitars and drums are too thin, vocals are too loud and the way the croud noises are captured do not blend well.
The Funeral Orchestra Slow Shalt be the Whole of the Law3.5
Electric Wizard Let Us Prey4.0
Arckanum Boka Vm Kaos3.5
Beautiful black metal, relentless, warm, mystical and very enjoyable.
Sunn O))) Flight of the Behemoth4.0
Arcturus The Sham Mirrors4.0
Cannibal Corpse Gore Obsessed3.5
Agalloch The Mantle4.5
Funeral In Fields of Pestilent Grief3.0
Immolation Unholy Cult2.5
Deathspell Omega Inquisitors of Satan3.5
Burzum Anthology 20023.5
Better selection of songs than in the other one but it still feels wrong to mash songs like this.

2001
My Dying Bride The Dreadful Hours4.0
Majestic, sublime, eerie, crushing, really impressive. The atmosphere is pulled out in a magnificent fashion.
Warhorse (USA) As Heaven Turns to Ash4.5
Impaled Nazarene Absence of War Does Not Mean Peace3.0
Slayer God Hates Us All3.0
Darkthrone Plaguewielder3.5
Enthroned Armoured Bestial Hell3.0
Krisiun Ageless Venomous4.0
My Dying Bride Meisterwerk II3.0
Only works well for fans, would recommend tons of other MdB releases to the casual listeners.
Agalloch Of Stone, Wind and Pillor3.5
Sepultura Nation3.0
Gorguts From Wisdom to Hate4.0
Evoken Quietus4.0
Dolorian Dolorian3.5
Paradise Lost Believe In Nothing3.5
Moonspell Darkness and Hope3.0
Shape of Despair Angels of Distress4.0
YOB Elaborations Of Carbon3.5
Funebrarum Beneath the Columns of Abandoned Gods3.0
Nocternity En Oria3.0
Bolt Thrower Honour - Valour - Pride2.5
Grand Belial's Key Judeobeast Assassination3.0
Enjoyable listen but nothing more, well executed but lacking that one amazing breakthrough to make it great.
Blut Aus Nord The Mystical Beast of Rebellion3.5
Melodic dissonance hovers over hateful vocals, wonderful stuff.
Armagedda The Final War Approaching3.0
Corrupted La Victima Es Tu Mismo3.5

2000
Primordial Spirit the Earth Aflame4.0
Darkthrone Preparing for War4.0
Electric Wizard Dopethrone4.5
Cannibal Corpse Live Cannibalism3.0
Sunn O))) ØØ Void4.0
Hadez Even If You Die a Thousand Times3.5
Immortal Damned In Black3.0
Abysmal Grief Exsequia Occulta4.0
Asphyx On The Wings of Inferno4.5
Krisiun Conquerors of Armageddon4.0
High on Fire Art of Self-Defense4.0
This is definitely more on fire than high. Very ferocious for a stoner flag holder, feels like a mean machine is after you and you have no way out. Huge props for achieving this with neat riffs and a warm, round atmosphere and sound. I like the variety on the vocal side as well.
Napalm Death Enemy of the Music Business3.5
My Dying Bride Meisterwerk I3.0
Mixed bag here, some demo, new mixes and other stuff. Some superb moments are going against some not so interesting demo versions.r
Gorgoroth Incipit Satan3.0
Negura Bunget Maiastru Sfetnic3.5
Shape of Despair Shades Of...4.0
Weakling Dead as Dreams3.0
Immolation Close to a World Below3.0
Deathspell Omega Infernal Battles3.5
Paysage d'Hiver Kristall und Isa3.5
Gorgon (FRA1) The Spectral Voices3.5
Cannibal Corpse Sacrifice / Confessions3.5
Impaled Nazarene Nihil3.0
Abruptum De Profundis Mors Vas Cousumet2.5
Atmosphere is suffocating but does not fully drag me in
Brutal Truth For Drug Crazed Grindfreaks Only!3.5
Sunn O))) The Grimmrobe Demos (Demo)3.0

1999
Burzum Hlidskjalf3.0
Dolorian When All The Laughter Has Gone4.0
Enthroned The Apocalypse Manifesto3.0
Napalm Death Leaders Not Followers3.5
My Dying Bride The Light at the End of the World3.5
Riffing and drumming are superb but I would have one a better working atmosphere.
Esoteric Metamorphogenesis3.0
Unholy (FIN) Gracefallen3.0
Misses the coldness and the incredible weirdness of their previous works, enjoyable nonetheless.
Paradise Lost Host3.5
Marduk Panzer Division Marduk2.5
Sleep Jerusalem4.0
Of course it is excellent but such a lame story behind this. I am happy that despite the lack of guts and inspiration from the former recording company the one song album was still releases one day and way later the band also reunited.
Paysage d'Hiver Paysage d'Hiver4.0
In the Woods... Strange in Stereo3.0
Cannibal Corpse Bloodthirst3.5
Darkthrone Ravishing Grimness3.5
Moonspell The Butterfly Effect3.0
Corrupted Llenandose De Gusanos4.0
Agalloch Pale Folklore4.5
Septicflesh Revolution DNA3.5
Ebonylake On the Eve of the Grimly Inventive4.0
Paramaecium A Time to Mourn4.0
Immolation Failures for Gods2.5
Paysage d'Hiver Kerker3.5
Arcturus Disguised Masters3.0
I love the parts where I recongnize 'my' Arcturus but the ones that go 'too' electronic don't work for me
Corrupted Dios Injusto3.5
Deathspell Omega Disciples of the Ultimate Void3.0

1998
Paysage d'Hiver Die Festung4.0
Krisiun Apocalyptic Revelation4.0
Napalm Death Words from the Exit Wound3.5
Sepultura Against3.0
My Dying Bride 34.788%... Complete3.0
Toned down, going through the same industrial feel era as Paradise Lost, Septicflesh and Moonspell but all those albums fail to impress both soundwise and songwriting wise. Don't get me wrong, this is still enjoyable but under MdB standards. One thing that many reviewers negatively mentioned is the disappearance of heavy riffs, not sure how come, they are definitely still there although indeed not as frequent as on other albums.
Iron Maiden A Real Live Dead One3.0
Benediction Grind Bastard2.5
Soulburn Feeding on Angels3.5
Slayer Diabolus in Musica3.0
Gorgoroth Destroyer3.0
Impaled Nazarene Rapture3.0
Paysage d'Hiver Schattengang4.0
Cannibal Corpse Gallery of Suicide3.5
Septicflesh A Fallen Temple4.0
Unholy (FIN) Rapture3.5
The beauty and charm of the 90s are flowing through every ebb and flow on this one.
Paysage d'Hiver Steineiche4.5
Moonspell Sin/Pecado3.0
Evoken Embrace the Emptiness3.5
Primordial A Journey's End3.5
Pentacle ...Rides the Moonstorm4.0
Gorguts Obscura5.0
Arckanum Kampen4.0
Gorgon (FRA1) The Jackal Pact3.0
Negura Bunget Sala Molksa3.5
Bolt Thrower Mercenary2.5
Electric Wizard Supercoven3.0
Septicflesh The Eldest Cosmonaut3.5

1997
Cannibal Corpse Monolith of Death Tour '96–'97 [DVD]4.0
The guitars sound a bit muffled. Other than that this is an absolute beast.
Metallica Reload2.5
Gorgoroth Under the Sign of Hell3.0
Dearly Beheaded Chamber of One3.0
Brutal Truth Sounds of the Animal Kingdom3.5
Electric Wizard Chrono.Naut3.5
Paradise Lost One Second3.5
Infernal Torment Birthrate Zero4.0
In the Woods... Omnio3.0
Mortuary Drape Secret Sudaria3.0
Good stuff,catchy and headbangable, a tad generic though for such a cvlt band and also a bit too polished in terms of production
Obituary Back from the Dead3.0
Arcturus La Masquerade Infernale4.5
Burzum Daudi Baldrs5.0
Corrupted Paso Inferior3.5
Septicflesh The Ophidian Wheel4.5
Electric Wizard Come My Fanatics...4.0
Arckanum Kostogher4.0
Hypocrisy The Final Chapter3.0
Esoteric The Pernicious Enigma3.0
Enthroned Towards the Skullthrone of Satan3.0
Napalm Death Inside the Torn Apart3.5

1996
Negura Bunget Zîrnindu-să3.5
Asphyx Embrace the Death5.0
Darkthrone Goatlord5.0
My Dying Bride Like Gods of the Sun4.0
Great riffs pulverising the exceptional atmosphere, this one is a very engaging whilst also sorrowful output. Top notch drum work as well.
Agalloch From Which of This Oak3.5
Brutal Truth Kill Trend Suicide4.0
I love this a lot. Amazing production, sounds really organic and vibe this gives is quite chiling
Dearly Beheaded Temptation4.0
Marduk Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered2.5
Paramaecium Within the Ancient Forest3.5
Metallica Load2.0
Gorgoroth Antichrist3.0
Slayer Undisputed Attitude3.0
Cannibal Corpse Vile3.5
Asphyx God Cries4.5
Sepultura Roots3.0
Napalm Death Diatribes3.5
Darkthrone Total Death3.5
Arcturus Aspera Hiems Symfonia4.0
Burzum Filosofem4.5
Moonspell Irreligious3.5
Sacramentum Far Away from the Sun3.0
Gorgon (FRA1) Reign of Obscenity3.5
Abruptum Vi Sonus Veris Nigrae Malitiaes3.5
Count Raven Messiah Of Confusion4.0
The sound works well with the dinamic ranges that are aimed for. Vocals are the icing on the cake.
Blut Aus Nord Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Ages4.0
Lovely melodies, a sound that cannot be replicated nowadays with its mystique and dread.
Cannibal Corpse The Best Of Cannibal Corpse: Deadly Tracks4.0
This rules hard. Best drum sound possible, excelent songs and Barnes being at his best.
Hypocrisy Abducted3.0

1995
Infernal Torment Man's True Nature3.5
Barathrum Eerie2.0
Some of the most annoying vocals. The rest is nothing special either, toned down, boring Black Metal
Alice in Chains Alice in Chains3.5
Gzr Plastic Planet3.0
Funeral Tragedies3.5
Immortal Battles in the North2.5
Krisiun Black Force Domain4.0
Moonspell Wolfheart5.0
Isengard Høstmørke3.5
Paradise Lost Draconian Times4.0
In the Woods... Heart of the Ages3.0
Enthroned Prophecies of Pagan Fire3.0
Corrupted Nadie3.5
Burzum Burzum/Aske4.0
Kreator Cause for Conflict3.0
Darkthrone Panzerfaust4.0
Obituary World Demise4.5
Primordial Imrama4.0
Septicflesh Esoptron3.5
Electric Wizard Electric Wizard3.5
Storm Nordavind4.0
Arckanum Fran Marder4.0
Suffocation Pierced from Within2.5
Dissection Storm of the Light's Bane3.0
Unanimated Ancient God of Evil3.0
Fear Factory Demanufacture3.0
Napalm Death Greed Killing3.5
Gorgon (FRA1) The Lady Rides a Black Horse4.0
Cannibal Corpse Created To Kill3.5
Impaled Nazarene Latex Cult3.0
My Dying Bride The Angel and the Dark River3.5
Very sorrowful and melancholic with deep but uneventful vocals that developed a lot in the future albums.
Necromantia Scarlet Evil, Witching Black3.0
Abundance of Blackened thrash riffs keeps you entertained but it gets old a bit faster than expected. Atmosphere and keys are also not as spectacular as expected from such a cvlt band.
Abruptum Evil Genius3.0
I am not really digging the 'songwritting' here but the atmosphere is indeed creepy and evil
Corrupted Anciano4.0
Love this. So chuncky. Did not think Spanish spoken by Japanese can sound so metal.r
Corrupted El Dios Queja3.5
Blut Aus Nord Ultima Thulee4.5
A timeless gem, so unique, so organic, so harsh and beautiful.

1994
Megadeth Youthanasia3.0
Blut Aus Nord Yggdrasil [Demo]2.5
I quite like the muffled production and the keyboard but I cannot add too many other things to my liking on this.
Brutal Truth Need to Control4.0
Impaled Nazarene Suomi Finland Perkele3.0
Gorgoroth Pentagram3.0
Slayer Divine Intervention5.0
Napalm Death Fear, Emptiness, Despair3.5
Unholy (FIN) The Second Ring of Power4.0
It hardly gets more otherworldly than this. Absolutely sweet stuff.
Arcturus Constellation3.5
Worth checking but definitely not at the LP quality
Asphyx Asphyx4.5
Darkthrone Transilvanian Hunger5.0
Moonspell Under the Moonspell4.5
Cannibal Corpse The Bleeding5.0
Pantera Far Beyond Driven2.5
Incantation Mortal Throne of Nazarene3.0
Alice in Chains Jar of Flies2.5
Burzum Hvis Lyset Tar Oss4.5
Septicflesh Mystic Places of Dawn4.5
Disharmonic Orchestra Pleasuredome3.5
Isengard Vinterskugge3.5
Mayhem De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas3.0
Abruptum In Umbra Malitae Ambulabo, In Aeternum In Triumpho3.5
Bolt Thrower ...For Victory2.5
Circle Meronia2.5
Nice flowing rock, some nice vibes there but nothing really great.
Esoteric Epistemological Despondency3.0
My Dying Bride I Am the Bloody Earth3.5
Some great mix of clashing doom, sweet guitar leads and soothing violins. It even has some good thrashy parts but the industrial and electronic bits don't work so well though.
Arckanum Trulen4.0
Very hard to get a demo better than this. It sounds great, the atmosphere is magical and the songwriting is top notch.
Hypocrisy The Fourth Dimension2.5

1993
Impaled Nazarene Ugra-Karma3.0
Guns N' Roses The Spaghetti Incident?2.5
Arckanum Demo 19933.5
Mixed feelings on this. The production is quite scrambled but at least the drums sound well and the atmosphere is quite warm. Vocals are excelent, the norm for Arckanum
Sleep Sleep's Holy Mountain4.5
It takes time investment to fully understand it, the whole stoner world and Sleep's one of a kind stage presence. Just magnificent stuff with a feel that is unique but hard to get within several casual listens.
Paramaecium Exhumed of the Earth4.5
Paradise Lost Icon3.5
Nirvana In Utero2.5
Burzum Det Som Engang Var4.5
Brutal Truth Perpetual Conversion3.0
The tehno and industrial experimentation don't work in this otherwise excelent slab of grindcore
My Dying Bride Turn Loose the Swans3.5
Very interesting and creative, a true behemoth that is standing tall under a gloomy and dark atmosphere.
Cannibal Corpse Hammer Smashed Face4.5
Absolutely great stuff. Magnificent songs, amazing production, love the guitars' chunkiness, the bass tone and of course the bloody vocals
Abruptum Obscuritatem Advoco Amplectere Me3.0
Burzum Aske4.0
Moonspell Anno Satanæ4.0
Darkthrone Under a Funeral Moon5.0
Hadez Aquelarre4.0
Sepultura Chaos A.D.5.0
Pestilence Spheres4.0
Gorguts The Erosion of Sanity4.0
Necromantia Crossing the Fiery Path2.5
Hypocrisy Osculum Obscenum2.5
Benediction Transcend the Rubicon2.5
Esoteric Esoteric Emotions - The Death of Ignorance3.0
Blut Aus Nord In The Mist [Demo]2.5
Humble beginnings, doesn't do much to me, run
to the mill black metal.
Unholy (FIN) From the Shadows4.0
The guitar tone and the drum sound are quite annoying. But the overall product and atmosphere are literally out of this world.
My Dying Bride The Thrash of Naked Limbs3.0
Despite the name this is not thrashy at all, it's even ambient for quite a while. Heavy doom with vocals a bit alike Barney Greenway.
Count Raven High On Infinity4.5
Although you can feel Ozzy sings on this at times it is done so well and so varied that it surely counts as a big plus. Drums sound as well so good and are following truly creative patterns. Guitars are a mix of crunchy and melodic. Really superb stuff.
Rippikoulu Musta Seremonia3.0

1992
Nirvana Incesticide3.0
Kreator Renewal3.0
Brutal Truth Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses4.5
Asphyx Last One on Earth4.5
Alice in Chains Dirt3.0
Cannibal Corpse Tomb of the Mutilated3.5
Bolt Thrower The IVth Crusade2.5
Burzum Et Hvitt Lys Over Skogen4.0
Unreleased track but it borrows a lot from released tracks. Very well done nonetheless, full of emotion and with great riffing.
Darkthrone A Blaze in the Northern Sky5.0
Megadeth Countdown to Extinction3.0
Immortal Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism2.5
Asphyx Crush The Cenotaph4.5
Disharmonic Orchestra Not to be Undimensional Conscious3.5
My Dying Bride As the Flower Withers4.0
So raw, so heavy, extremely organic, love the doomy and gloomy vibe. Excellent old school death metal.
Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark2.5
Paradise Lost Shades of God5.0
My Dying Bride Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium3.5
Amazing production for a 1991 demo. Very profound , heavy and mixing slow and relentless parts with grace. The violin gives a wonderful vibe full of emotion.
Burzum Burzum4.5
Impaled Nazarene Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz3.0
Burzum Burzum Demo4.5
Absolutely superb sound, atmosphere and songwriting. Almost too good for a promo
Sepultura Under Siege: Live in Barcelona4.5
Obituary The End Complete4.5
Incantation Onward to Golgotha3.0
Hypocrisy Penetralia2.5
Count Raven Destruction Of The Void4.0
Needs multiple listens to really feel the vibe. This is top quality. So so well done.
Abruptum Orchestra Of Dark3.0
This is so grim and seems so analog that it somehow feels from another era
Brutal Truth Ill Neglect3.5
Raw, violent, fast but missing the Brutal Truth swag we all love
Napalm Death Utopia Banished5.0

1991
Suffocation Effigy of the Forgotten3.0
Nirvana Nevermind2.5
Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II2.0
Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I2.0
Pestilence Testimony of the Ancients4.0
Burzum Demo II2.5
Some of the best songs ever with the worst production possible (and not in a good way)
Septicflesh Temple of the Lost Race3.5
Metallica Metallica3.0
Arcturus My Angel3.5
Cannibal Corpse Butchered at Birth4.0
My Dying Bride God is Alone3.0
Intense , fierce, chunky and choppy. Really fun and primal, the raw gem was popping up.
Sepultura Arise5.0
My Dying Bride Towards the Sinister3.5
Great thrashy banger. Hard to recognize MdB at this point but very enjoyable nonetheless.
Gorguts Considered Dead4.0
Paradise Lost Gothic5.0
Darkthrone Soulside Journey3.5
Asphyx The Rack4.5
Immolation Dawn of Possession3.5
Sleep Volume One3.5
Napalm Death Mass Appeal Madness EP3.5
Bolt Thrower War Master2.5
Abruptum The Evil E.P.3.0
Atonal to the extreme, hundreds of bands trying to do this nowadays but this remains a staple
Burzum Demo I3.5
There is no logical reason to listen to this instead of the full lengths. Good thing we are not always logical.

1990
Slayer Seasons in the Abyss3.5
Disharmonic Orchestra Expositionsprophylaxe3.5
Cannibal Corpse Eaten Back to Life3.5
Abruptum The Satanist Tunes2.0
I like the raw stuff but besides being somewhat frightening I don't get anything out of it
Celtic Frost Vanity/Nemesis2.5
Abruptum Hextum Galaem Zelog3.5
Enormously wierd , needs a lot of time to sink in, a very pleasantly inconfortabile listen
Paradise Lost Lost Paradise5.0
Obituary Cause of Death4.0
Napalm Death Harmony Corruption3.0
Count Raven Storm Warning3.5
Delicious vocals with really good trad doom wrapped around. Annoyed by a good portion of the lyrics though.

1989
Pestilence Consuming Impulse4.0
Asphyx Mutilating Process4.5
Darkthrone Cromlech3.5
Disharmonic Orchestra Successive Substitution3.0
Nirvana Bleach3.0
Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse3.5
Sepultura Beneath the Remains5.0
Vader Necrolust4.0
1989...wooow..great riffing, I love the sound, a truly excellent outing
Asphyx Crush The Cenotaph (demo)4.5
Obituary Slowly We Rot4.5
Napalm Death Mentally Murdered3.5
Napalm Death The Peel Sessions4.0
Bolt Thrower Realm of Chaos2.5
Count Raven Demo '893.0
Well, first demo is normally having quite some flaws. This one too, annoying production and lyrics mainly. Greatness was yet to come but showing signs already, creative stuff.
Darkthrone Thulcandra3.5

1988
Darkthrone A New Dimension3.5
Napalm Death From Enslavement to Obliteration4.5
Metallica ...And Justice for All2.5
Slayer South of Heaven5.0
Darkthrone Land of Frost3.0
Pestilence Malleus Maleficarum4.0
Celtic Frost Cold Lake2.0
Asphyx Carnage Remains3.5
This sounds to me more like Sepultura meets Burzum, enjoyable 5 minutes
Asphyx Enter The Domain3.5
Some exceptional songwriting on display but still awaiting for some finetuning in order to reign supreme
Disharmonic Orchestra Requiem for the Forest3.0

1987
Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction2.5
Manowar Fighting the World2.5
Sepultura Schizophrenia3.0
Napalm Death Scum3.5
Celtic Frost Into the Pandemonium3.5
1986
Slayer Reign in Blood5.0
Metallica Master of Puppets3.5
Sepultura Morbid Visions3.0

1985
Celtic Frost To Mega Therion4.0
Slayer Hell Awaits3.0
Sepultura Bestial Devastation3.0

1984
Slayer Live Undead4.0
Metallica Ride the Lightning2.5

1983
Slayer Show No Mercy3.5
Metallica Kill 'Em All3.5
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