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100+ Albums ....

023

SweetBeast - Illusions (2025) ... 76.760

-Psychedelic Fuzz Rock

Low tuned guitars with some fuzz. Liked all of it with 3 of the 6 tracks heading to my playlist.
 
024

Bulldozer - The Day of Wrath (1985) ... 71.557

-Thrash/Black Metal..... debut album... rough production.

025

Sacrifice - Volume Six (2025) ... 75.437

-Death/Thrash Metal... I thought I had heard this band before but guess not. I will listen to more though.

026

Stone Cream - Stonified Blues (2025) ... 75.055

-Heavy Blues/Stoner Rock ... Definitely reminded me of Robin Trower.
 
Checked out two new releases this morning. The two bands were very similar and the albums were both pretty short.

027

Hirax - Faster Than Death (2025) ... 74.379

-Thrash Metal. This was very close to crossover. 9 tracks at just 21 minutes long they got right to the point with each track. Unfortunately, there were internal issues and all but one member quit the band.

028

Spoiled - Collapse (2025) ... 73.654

-Crossover. 15 tracks at just over 26 minutes this was another one that got straight to the point. The opening track made my playlist and the 2nd half of the title track was great but did not care for the first minute of it. This album featured a pic of a zombie wearing a D.R.I. shirt! Anyhow, this band is fast, very fast for a crossover band.
 
029

Vreid - Lifehunger (2018) ... 72.355

-Melodic Black Metal. Not really sure why I listened to this one. Don't care too much for Black metal nor do I care for Melodic.... oh well, I have heard a few albums from them and I did like it but those were older ones so I guess I was curious what the newer albums would sound like. Well, I did like the slow parts in each track but did not care for the fast beats that kick in......

Other Vreid albums I have ranked:

Kraft ... 74.130
Pitch Black Brigade ... 72.030
 
030-033 (New Releases)

Naxatras - V (2025) ... 77.130

-Heavy Psych : 5 of the 8 tracks head to my playlist. Will check out more from this band.

Atomic Peat - Demons and Other Friends (2025) ... 74.312
-Stoner/Heavy Rock

Wood Witch - Synna Modor (2025) ... 75.020
-Doom Metal : Definite Sabbath influence

Phantom Druid - The Edge of Oblivion (2025) ... 74.655
-Doom Metal : More stripped down Doom that needed more powerful vocals. I still liked all the tracks but none made my playlist.
 
034

Mountain Tamer - Mountain Tamer (2016) ... 73.280

-Stoner Rock : Debut album that I was a bit disappointed in. I do own a Mountain Tamer CD which is great and I was hoping for at least a track or two that was great but nothing really close to that.

Other Mountain Tamer albums I have ranked:

Godfortune Dark Matters ... 78.110
Psychosis Ritual ... 82.527
 
035

Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975) ... 76.165

-Space/Psychedelic Rock : Lemmy's last album with them.

Other Hawkwind Albums I have ranked:

Hawkwind ... 71.213
In Search for Space ... 77.927
Doremi Fasol Latido ... 76.161
Hall of the Mountain Grill ... 77.646
 
new releases:

036

Nite - Cult of the Serpent Sun (2025) ... 75.280
Blackened Heavy: Never heard this genre before though it is similar to Black-n-Roll. Front half of this album was the better with the 3rd track being great and making my playlist. So, this was basically Heavy Metal with a Black Metal vocal style.

037

Cradle of Filth - The Screaming of the Valkries (2025) ... 74.623
Extreme Symphonic Metal: Not really my thing but I did really like this band back in the day when I liked heavier stuff and saw them in concert. This one was actually pretty good and I enjoyed much more than I thought.

Other Cradle of Filth albums I've ranked:

Dusk... and Her Embrace - 64.313
Nymphetamine - 75.583
Thornography - 76.287
Godspeed on the Devils Thunder - 74.987
The Manticore and Other Horrors - 73.183
Dusk and Her Embrace: The Original Sin - 69.983
Existence is Futile - 71.490
 
038

Amammoth - Distant Skies and the Ocean Flies (2025) ... 75.630
-Sludge Metal: Never heard of this band but I am willing to take a chance on any band that has "Mammoth" in their name. Tune down and sludgy Doom action that was raw and simple. I could probably learn the riffs in a few minutes but I liked that about this one. This one was pretty solid and I am curious if they have any other albums....

039

Pestilence - Doctrine (2011) ... 75.520
Technical Death: Pretty much what I was expecting. Usually don't get into the "Technical" of the Death genre but these guys don't get too crazy with it.

Other Pestilence Albums I have rated:

Malleus Maleficarum - 72.360
Consuming Impulse - 72.500
Testimony of the Ancients - 83.224
Spheres - 73.401
Ressurection Macabra - 72.183
Obsideo - 68.120
Hadeon - 82.737
Exitivm - 78.540
 
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Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power (2025) ... 68.946
-Post Black: I always thought this was a Shoegaze band and there is some Shoegaze in this music but unfortunately over 90% of this album is Black Metal. Too bad as I was digging the Shoegaze moments....
 
041

<new release>

Arch Enemy - Blood Dynasty (2025) ... 72.580
-Melodic Death Metal: Liked 5 of the 11 tracks one good enough to make my playlist. They still sound the same not much have changed...

Other Arch Enemy albums I have ranked:

Burning Bridges - 73.830
Wages of Sin - 75.565
Doomsday Machine - 76.092
Rise of the Tyrant - 73.019
Khaos Legions - 70.638
War Eternal - 66.528
Will to Power - 78.320
 
Listened to 7 albums since last time I posted

42-48

Stoned Jesus - Pilgrims (2018) ... 74.270
-Stoner/Doom Metal

DRI - Crossover (1987) ... 77.620
-Crossover: My buddy was really into DRI. This year he actually convinced one of his friends that owns a record store to hire DRI to play there on his birthday. LOL, they actually did it.... Anyhow this was an album that I have heard plenty of times during the day. I was surprised I had never rated it before.

Sacrifix - Let's Thrash (2025) ... 69.827
-Thrash Metal

Benediction - Ravage of Empires (2025) ... 72.510
-Death Metal: This band has been around for awhile but I never listened them. Got curious about the new one and actually liked it.

Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us-Death Unites Us (2009) ... 71.920
-Gothic Doom: Heard a lot of Paradise Lost and was disappointed by this one.

Cerberus - Summon (2025) ... 78.699
-Psychedelic Doom: Debut album that had some great tracks on it. Really liked the vocals on this one. This will be a band I will be keeping an eye on. Album heads to my playlist.

Bummified - Beware the Living (2021) ... 73.440
-Sludge Metal. Really liked their 2025 release so did some back tracking and found this one. This one was more "Drone" especially the last track that was basically one riff for 12 minutes. I actually did like that track the best. Not much vocals on this one.....
 
049

Mourning High - Luck of the Draw (2024) ... 71.745
-Thrash Metal: By request.... this was old school thrash that sounded like late 80's early 90's with a cross between Dave Mustain and Chuck Billy vocals. Some tracks I liked, others I did not. For the most part it was missing the vocal hook on chorus and really no riffing that stuck out.

050

Wrath - Fit of Anger (1986) ... 69.874
-Heavy Metal: Had some thrash moments. First half of this album much better than the 2nd. Didn't like side 2 at all.
 
051

In The Woods... - Otra (2025) ... 72.156
-Avante Garde/Progressive/Blackened Doom: New one from these guys. Liked some of it but not really my cup of tea....

Other In The Woods... albums I have rated:

Ominio - 75.470
Cease the Day - 73.780
Diversum - 71.730
 
052

Exiled on Earth - Vertenebra (2024) ... 72.605
-Death Metal:

053

Messa - The Spin (2025) ... 71.156
-Scarlet Doom:

Other Messa albums I have rated:

Belfy - 76.027
Close - 71.246
 
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