Obliteration - Nekropsalms [2009]

Been a long time since I posted something. I wasn't particularly busy, just... distracted, I guess. I have something different today then what I usually post. It's a death metal album by the Norwegian band Obliteration. It was released in 2009 and it fucking slays. Obliteration play old school styled death metal and they do it fucking well. They also experiment with doom and punk on this album which creates a hybrid of fast, slow and fucking heavy. Some stand out tracks on the album are "Catacombs of Horror" and "Nekropsalms Evoke the Frozen Age". Definitely for fans of OSDM in general, Autopsy, Obituary, Dismember, Asphyx and Abscess. Obliteration are from Kolbotn, Norway (also the hometown of Darkthrone) and formed in 2001.

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Cough - Ritual Abuse [2010]

I just bought this album today because it said "Recommended for fans of: Electric Wizard, Eyehategod, etc." and I'll be damned if it doesn't sound exactly like Eyehategod with Jus Oborn on vocals. Fucking great release and I'm hoping to look more into these guys. Slow, crushing riffs. Dissonant atmosphere and droning vocals. If you like Electric Wizard or Eyehategod, fucking check these dudes out! Cough were formed in 2005 in Richmond, Virginia. They have two full lengths, an EP and a split album. Their lyrics are usually about misanthropy and sin. This is a fucking solid release and if you get the chance, pick it up. Five tracks of heavy, evil sludge/doom.

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Bathtub Shitter - Dancehall Grind [2005]

Dancehall Grind is another one of my favourite grindcore albums. Bathtub Shitter are a fairly well known band amongst the grind scene and have put out great shit such as this album. I own this album and was asked by a friend to upload the better quality rip so I did and figured I'd share this with you guys as well. Bathtub Shitter are from Osaka, Japan and formed in 1996. They blend grindcore, death metal, thrash metal and punk into one shitstorm of intense grind. Their lyrical content has several references to shit, nature conservation and politics. They've released three full length, two comps, and three splits. This album will for sure fuck you up and knock you down.

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Cynic - Focus [1993]

If you haven't heard of Cynic or this album even, you deserve to be shot. I'm not a huge prog person. I dig the obscure and intense kind of prog stuff. This is just mellow metal to listen to when relaxed. But I love it. This album has some death metal influences too but not enough to be a straight up technical death metal album. Cynic are a progressive metal/jazz fusion band from Miami, Florida and have been around since 1987. They broke up in 1994 and recently reformed in 2006. They've got two albums, this one and "Traced In Air". Personally, I prefer this one but a lot of people I've talked to like Traced the most. They started out with two thrash metal demos but became this instead and as much as I love thrash metal, I'm glad they chose to do this.

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Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) [1993]

Redoing this because that was fucking pathetic. I discovered this group recently through the movie "Freedom Writers" which used the song "The Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" in the soundtrack and I dug it quite a bit so I checked it out on YouTube with some other songs like "Nickel Bags" and damn, it's fucking good. Check this out if you dig jazzy/alternative East Coast hip-hop like A Tribe Called Quest. Digable Planets are from Brooklyn, New York but each member is from a different location. Butterfly being from Seattle, Ladybug from Washington, D.C. and Doodlebug from Philadelphia. They began in 1992, have two albums, Reachin' and "Blowout Comb". They broke up in 1995 but reformed in 2005 and are still going strong.

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The Ghost of a Thousand - This is Where the Fight Begins [2007]

The Ghost of a Thousand are a five-piece hardcore/punk (not hardcore punk) band from Bristol, UK who have unfortunately been riding in the shadow of Gallows for quite some time. In my opinion, they sound similar to Gallows but ten thousand times better. This album was probably the one I listened to the most last year and I still give it the occasional spin every now and then. It's aggressive, pissed off and should be more known than fucking Gallows. It's definitely not like the other stuff I've posted here but I don't give a fuck, it's damn good.

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Skull Fist - Heavier Than Metal EP [2010]

Good old school styled heavy metal here! Skull Fist's new EP is an onslaught of catchy heavy metal. The band is fronted by Jackie Slaughter who used to live in my boring ass city with no music scene at all. Literally. We gave Shania Twain to the world, c'mon. They're from Toronto and have been around since 2006. They've released one demo and this EP. Haven't listened to the demo, but this is fucking gold. For sure check it out if you're down with the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal and that shit.

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