The Temple of Doom

LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER · 10-17-2021, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Bro you heard Dream Death?

No

The Batlord · 10-17-2021, 01:27 AM

The only straight up doom/thrash band I can remember hearing. Like, you got Slayer in my Celtic Frost! No you got Celtic Frost in my Slayer!

LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER · 10-17-2021, 02:14 AM

Cool sounds good. Do you like asphyx

The Batlord · 10-17-2021, 04:10 AM

Duh. I have ears.

LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER · 10-17-2021, 04:30 AM

FLESHCRAWL - DESCEND INTO THE ABSURD (1992)

The same year as Cenotaph, Fleshcrawl, from Germany, was a making a comparable brand of brutal, grindcore-inflected yet doomy death metal. Descend into the Absurd, the result of their efforts, is what you might call really ****ing heavy, and slower than Cenotaph.

The doomy grooves are pummelling, and faster sections do a good job at matching their intensity and dark atmosphere. The band is also quite tight, and intricate playing is constant. The drummer in particular handles steady doom marching and grind blasts equally well, using lots of intricate fills. Pretty damn throat-shredding vocals as well.

I just love the production. These guitars are so thick and punchy. At times I feel they'd fit in well on a sludge release. It's pretty clear, but pummeling and just murky enough to leave something to the imagination.

Like riffs? It's got em. And while there are many many sectional transitions, there's also plenty of moments where riffs are allowed to ride out. Many of them are a grade a punch to the mother****ing gut. Hell yea.

Check this out for some really disgusting OSDM that involves equal parts doom and deathgrind. It's quite long for death metal this violent, but preeeetty ****ing nasty.

LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER · 10-17-2021, 09:42 PM

TROUBLE - PSALM 9 (1984)

Of the ultra-formative 80s bands, I find it a little bit difficult to pick a favourite. Pentagram had the sharpest songwriting, Saint Vitus was the slowest and heaviest, and Candlemass served up the best riffs. It's a very balanced grouping of legendary artists. Trouble, who, with those groups completes doom metal's "big four", of course, are the tightest instrumentally.

Yes, this band ****ing rips, and, for doom metal, they're incredibly energetic and fast. Not that there aren't slow moments, like the gargantuan Victim of the Insane, but I think most people fresh off Electric Wizard or whatever may find themselves scratching their heads a little that this really is the same genre of music. Of course, "doom" isn't just something to do with tempo (though doom bands often use slow, for metal, tempos), and the atmosphere of Psalm 9 is undeniably miserable.

Everything on here is instrumental bliss. Trouble sounded great together, and there's loads of chewy riffing to demonstrate that. They're fluid, dynamic, and so kill every section of the material, which is some of their best stuff. It's never particularly wank, though, and all of the soloing is melodic and well composed. Probably the best group of musicians playing this kind of music since Black Sabbath.

Oh also, they really **** with god. Yes, this band is very explicitly Christian. No, I didn't feel a need to tell you that this doom metal band sings about how cool Jesus is till the end of my review, because they're that ****ing good. Anyway, I actually really like this album's lyrics. There's some really dark **** and real palpable anger, as well as multiple anti-war barn burners in the Sabbath tradition. It's cool to see this band hold onto doom's countercultural roots in such a ferocious way. In this vein, Assassin is probably my favourite Trouble track period, with its buzzsaw attack and righteous chorus. So I actually totally appreciate this band's ideology being so central. I'm irreligious, but they just make me want to lift weights and go kick Satan's ****ing ass.

What else is there to say? Trouble is great.

Btw I decided like I don't feel like posting YouTube **** I'm trying to haul ass.

The Batlord · 10-17-2021, 10:24 PM

Alright all those bands are cool but Candlemass are clearly the breakout cool guy band. St Vitus are the cool guy band smoking cigs behind the building.

The Batlord · 10-17-2021, 10:26 PM

Pentagram are trying to pickup teenage girls even though they already graduated and Trouble are snitching on all of them.

LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER · 10-17-2021, 10:36 PM

1) Saint Vitus
2) Pentagram
3) Trouble
4) Candlemass

LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER · 10-17-2021, 10:37 PM

I think trouble are kind of druggy aren't they

10-17-2021, 02:14 AM	#43 (permalink)
LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 94	Cool sounds good. Do you like asphyx

10-17-2021, 04:30 AM	#45 (permalink)
LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 94	FLESHCRAWL - DESCEND INTO THE ABSURD (1992) The same year as Cenotaph, Fleshcrawl, from Germany, was a making a comparable brand of brutal, grindcore-inflected yet doomy death metal. Descend into the Absurd, the result of their efforts, is what you might call really **ing heavy, and slower than Cenotaph. The doomy grooves are pummelling, and faster sections do a good job at matching their intensity and dark atmosphere. The band is also quite tight, and intricate playing is constant. The drummer in particular handles steady doom marching and grind blasts equally well, using lots of intricate fills. Pretty damn throat-shredding vocals as well. I just love the production. These guitars are so thick and punchy. At times I feel they'd fit in well on a sludge release. It's pretty clear, but pummeling and just murky enough to leave something to the imagination. Like riffs? It's got em. And while there are many many sectional transitions, there's also plenty of moments where riffs are allowed to ride out. Many of them are a grade a punch to the mothering gut. Hell yea. Check this out for some really disgusting OSDM that involves equal parts doom and deathgrind. It's quite long for death metal this violent, but preeeetty **ing nasty.

10-17-2021, 09:42 PM	#46 (permalink)
LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 94	TROUBLE - PSALM 9 (1984) Of the ultra-formative 80s bands, I find it a little bit difficult to pick a favourite. Pentagram had the sharpest songwriting, Saint Vitus was the slowest and heaviest, and Candlemass served up the best riffs. It's a very balanced grouping of legendary artists. Trouble, who, with those groups completes doom metal's "big four", of course, are the tightest instrumentally. Yes, this band **ing rips, and, for doom metal, they're incredibly energetic and fast. Not that there aren't slow moments, like the gargantuan Victim of the Insane, but I think most people fresh off Electric Wizard or whatever may find themselves scratching their heads a little that this really is the same genre of music. Of course, "doom" isn't just something to do with tempo (though doom bands often use slow, for metal, tempos), and the atmosphere of Psalm 9 is undeniably miserable. Everything on here is instrumental bliss. Trouble sounded great together, and there's loads of chewy riffing to demonstrate that. They're fluid, dynamic, and so kill every section of the material, which is some of their best stuff. It's never particularly wank, though, and all of the soloing is melodic and well composed. Probably the best group of musicians playing this kind of music since Black Sabbath. Oh also, they really with god. Yes, this band is very explicitly Christian. No, I didn't feel a need to tell you that this doom metal band sings about how cool Jesus is till the end of my review, because they're that ing good. Anyway, I actually really like this album's lyrics. There's some really dark and real palpable anger, as well as multiple anti-war barn burners in the Sabbath tradition. It's cool to see this band hold onto doom's countercultural roots in such a ferocious way. In this vein, Assassin is probably my favourite Trouble track period, with its buzzsaw attack and righteous chorus. So I actually totally appreciate this band's ideology being so central. I'm irreligious, but they just make me want to lift weights and go kick Satan's ing ass. What else is there to say? Trouble is great. Btw I decided like I don't feel like posting YouTube ** I'm trying to haul ass.

10-17-2021, 10:36 PM	#49 (permalink)
LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 94	1) Saint Vitus 2) Pentagram 3) Trouble 4) Candlemass

10-17-2021, 10:37 PM	#50 (permalink)
LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 94	I think trouble are kind of druggy aren't they