Any metal album that has both the LoathsomePete AND Jackhammer seal of approval has to be good. Going to give this a go.

It took the new Altar of Plagues album a while to grow on me but it's definitely a great album. It seems more focused than their first two albums and the vocals sound more pained and spine-chilling than previously.

I got that too which is what really made the album for me... outside of the overall excellence of it all. I wouldn't really rate my own expertise on metal that high anymore, I've slowed down in that, choosing more melodic (read pussy) stuff than straightout melt-your-face off metal.

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I absolutely love this record, too much flak it gets from critics I don't understand. I'm seeing these bitches in a month.

I though it was a good album too and it seemed to have been well-received by critics when it was released. It was wasn't as good as their debut album Carnavas or their Pikul EP but it's still enjoyable none the less. They're a great band live, saw them open for Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails a few years ago, you will enjoy them.

I really don't enjoy their last record, I can't even name a song off it. So I hope they play a lot from their first two records.

Chuck Berry's "The Great Twenty-Eight" Not a 'real' album per se, but still a nice little collection of Berry's greatest stuff.

Yeah their last album was very average. Come to think of it I can't recall any songs from it either, I think I only listened to it twice.

See, and I enjoy singing a long to a song I know. It's very hard to keep the energy going to a song I either don't like or don't know.

And also, Lady Gaga's Born this Way. Dunno if I like it as much as The Fame or The Fame Monster but still a really good album.

You have an interesting username.