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Ominous rumours have been filling the air for many seasons and at long last, like a "Disease From The East" THE WIZAR'D materializes under the foul full moon to teach us yet unknown "Pathways Into Darkness" and to bring upon us the certain doom of man. Try not to run from THE WIZAR'D for his spells are legion and vile. Neither Saint nor Vitus may stand before him so bow and grovel so you may live.

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Church of Misery
Cirith Ungol
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Fall of the Idols
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Jex Thoth
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Lord Of The Grave
Lord Vicar
Minotauri
Mirror Of Deception
Misericorde
Mourn
Ogre
Orodruin
Pagan Altar
Pale Divine
Paul Chain
Pentagram
Procession
The Puritan
Realmbuilder
Revelation
Reverend Bizarre
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Part 1 and an explanation for this madness

Sorry about the lack of descriptions on the doom metal albums. Just ask me whatever you want to know about them. I hope you've enjoyed reading these entries and that you will have discovered or even rediscovered music for your listening pleasure. Remember, kids, this is no list to live by. It only serves as my personal take on the 2000s. Here's hoping for another great 10 years of music. Au revoir!

Folk Metal

Ensiferum- s/t


Ensiferum's debut album is energetic, folky, and fun as hell. Contrasted with the more black metalish folk sounds of Finntroll, Ensiferum bring a sound more akin to power and melodeath, and does it ever work well. Without a doubt, Ensiferum made a huge mark on the folk metal scene with their debut album alone and continue to do so today. They've yet to best this work although they've come close.

Agalloch- The Mantle


There's a reason why this has made so many people's lists of "favorites of all-time" within just seven years of its release. Agalloch are one of those bands that put out memorable album after memorable album, and The Mantle is no exception. You could really make the same argument for Ashes Against the Grain, but The Mantle is the one that put them on the map and finally revealed their greatness (after their classic debut) to many who were gladly willing to follow them. They're another band that needs no classification because Agalloch sound like no one else.

Primordial- To The Nameless Dead


A band that exudes the quality of being "epic", To the Nameless Dead is one great song after another. Unlike most bands, Primordial do not easily fall into any sub-genre. Although their greatest inspiration is clearly folk metal, there is much more seriousness in their approach and one can garner a great appreciation by solely hearing the vocals, easily one of the most distinguishable voices in metal at this time. This album has everything one can want from a metal album in this modern day.

Ásmegin- Hin Vordende Sod & Sø


Heralding from Norway, Ásmegin are a band that took the metal underground by storm. Here we have a band that is not afraid to mix a plethora of metal styles in the melting pot, and glaze it with a folky and delightfully refreshing coating, all of which is able to stand its own ground, escaping the cliche trappings of many other folk metal bands. To top it off, not only is this a debut, it's also one of the best folk metal releases ever.

Moonsorrow- Verisäkeet


Epic metal at its finest, this Moonsorrow albums features some of the band's best songwriting, and mixes in their characteristic blackened folk metal sound to near perfection.

Finntroll- Nattfödd


Humppa! It's hard not to fall in love with Finntroll, who found a way to make the sounds of Finnish polka music and metal not only work but make it sound like they were both destined to be together. Nattfödd is arguably the best work of the band, taking the excellent format laid down on their previous album and adding some polish, tightening the songwriting, all while adapting a new singer into the fold. An impressive feat to be sure. It's also a standout album in the folk metal genre and not to be missed by those who aren't afraid of having a little fun while listening to their metal.

Death/Melodic Death Metal

Nile- In Their Darkened Shrines


While some may argue Annihilation of the Wicked as being their best, I find it difficult to not see In Their Darkened Shrines as the masterpiece that it is. Not only do I find it more brutal sound-wise, but the Egyptian atmosphere that Nile has always been inspired to create is found here in a way not heard on other albums. Whether it's the pefectly implemented synths or technical riffage or all out assault of the drums, Nile proved once and for all that they were a juggernaut in the modern death metal scene and haven't looked back since.

Akercocke- Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone


These fancy dressed Brits are a prime example for the type of elusive and avant-garde like direction metal ought to be taking in the 21st century. Walking the line between prog, black metal and death metal, this fourth album is the apex for all the work they've produced thus far. Menacing yet intellectual.

Amon Amarth- Versus the World


While many have called With Oden on Our Side their best, and with good reason, Versus the World has something special that I can't quite put my finger on. The sound has a little bit more grit and grime than their other works, but still the ferocity the band has always been known for. Also, each song is finely crafted into a complete package, showcasing the band's talent for forging a melodic death metal sound that is all their own.

Wintersun- s/t


Jari leaving Ensiferum was a huge departure for some to swallow, but no one knew the music he was about to unleash would arguably overshadow his former band's. While not primarily a folk metal band like Ensiferum, Wintersun borrows from various genres and the style of music presented here has been argued to this day. What we can say is that every song is epic in its songwriting approach. Each successive song has a greater length and the emotions run from ferocious and orchestral, to somber and cold. All the more impressive is that this is essentially a solo work, the drums being the only element not done by Jari. We can only sit ever patiently for the follow-up, Time, who's release date seems forever put off.

Behemoth- Evangelion


I think it's safe to say this is one of the best albums Behemoth have ever produced. Although I've yet to hear the much lauded Zos Kia Cultus, I've heard just about everything else and I've never heard Behemoth sound so imposing and threatening before. The excellent production certainly plays a part in this, but the songwriting this time around is extremely refined. Nergal is beastly, his riffs sound huge and heavy as...well, a behemoth. The drumming, needless to say, is flawless. There's also a very evil atmosphere in this album that is a welcome addition, especially felt on the closing song. Buy this album.

Bloodbath- Resurrection Through Carnage


A retro album of the highest quality, this album oozes the Swedish death metal sound of the early 90s, complete with authentic buzzsaw guitar tone. The songs are all catchy, memorable, and *gasp* fun! Rarely does one have "fun" listening to death metal, but count this among them.

Dark Tranquillity- Character


The longest standing melodic death metal band from Sweden's founding trio, this is arguably the band's finest hour. While I'm personally a bigger fan of Damage Done, this album can stand shoulder to shoulder with anything in the band's discography. It's amazing to hear this kind of aggression and creativity for a band that has been around as long as DT. Stanne's vocals are some of the best in extreme metal, and the songwriting is near perfection.

In Flames- Clayman


Able to divide metalheads in a single bound, In Flames released their last great album at the turn on the century. Clayman, a much more refined vision of previous outputs by the band, is a swansong of sorts for the much loved melodic death metal the band churned out in the 90s. They have changed their sound since, some embracing the change, others spitting on the ground in disgust. However, Clayman displayed a near perfect balance of their classic roots and also a sign of what was to come with the melodic choruses and upbeat tempo, but trademark In Flames guitars in tact. Clayman pleases almost everyone.

Probable addition upon listening:
Lykathea Aflame- Elvenefris

Doom Metal

Evoken- Quietus


Reverend Bizarre- III: So Long Suckers


Isole- Bliss of Solitude


Electric Wizard- Dopethrone


Draconian- Arcane Rain Fell


Colosseum- Chapter 1: Delirium

January
001. Husky Rescue - Other World: Remixes & Rarities (CD)
002. Mikko Torvisen Viihdeorkesteri - Mikko Torvisen Viihdeorkesteri (CD)
003. Atomic Rooster - Nice 'n' Greasy (CD)
004. Colosseum - Daughter of Time Expanded Edition (CD)
005. The Others aka 22pp - Monochrome Set (CD)
006. Senni Eskelinen Stringpurée Band - Senni Eskelinen Stringpurée Band (CD)
007. Marzuraan - Solid Wood (LP)
008. Black Boned Angel - Bliss and Void Inseparable (CD)
009. V/A - Qbico U-Nite - V, Turku, Finland (LP)
010. Circle - Tyrant (2LP)
011. Hope of the States - The Lost Riots (CD)
012. Opeth - Morningrise (CD)
013. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (CD)
014. Sydän, sydän - Usko itseesi (CD)
015. Keep of Kalessin - Armada (CD)
016. King Crimson - Level Five (CD)
017. OM - Pilgrimage (LP)
018. Overhead - Metaepitome (CD)
019. Overhead - And We're Not Here After All (CD)
020. Karmakanic - Who's the Boss in the Factory (CD)
021. Jorma Tapio & Terje Isungset - Aihki (CD)
022. Keiji Haino - Abandon All Words at a Stroke, So That Prayer Can Come Spilling Out (2CD)
023. Birchville Cat Motel - Beautiful Speck Triumph (2CD)
024. Circle - Triumph (2LP)

February
025. Absoluuttinen Nollapiste - Mahlanjuoksuttaja (CD)
026. Sigur Rós - Hvarf-Heim (2CD)
027. Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus (CD+DVD)
028. Don Cherry - Symphony for Improvisers RVG Edition (CD)
029. Christina Aguilera - Stripped / Stripped - Live In The U.K. (CD+DVD)
030. Devo - Duty Now for the Future / New Traditionalists (CD)
031. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo / DEV-O Live (CD)
032. Kauko Röyhkä- Mielummin vanha kuin aikuinen / Paha maa (CD)
033. Kalevala - People No Names / Boogie Jungle (CD)
034. Sansa - Vagabond Girl (CD)
035. Jarboe - Mahakali (CD)
036. Meshuggah - obZen (CD)
037. 1N - Tällä tavalla (CD)
038. Johanna Iivanainen & 1N - Outoja maita (CD)
039. Manowar - Magic Circle Festival Volume 1 (2DVD)
040. Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere... (2DVD)
041. AC/DC - Plug Me In (2DVD)
042. William Orbit - Pieces in a Modern Style (CD)
043. Institut - Unto The Last Man (2*7")
044. Warser Gate - Torched Scrawl / Karneek Temple (7")
045. ÖÄK - ÖÄK (7")
046. SINK - The Process (CD)
047. Frogskin / Taunt - Split (7")
048. Frogskin - Frogskin (LP)
049. Dark Buddha Rising - Ritual IX (2LP)

March
050. Viikate - Surut pois ja kukka rintaan (CD)
051. Tapani Rinne - Silent Night (CD)
052. Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up (CD)
053. Jarmo Saari Solu - Next Of Kin (CD)
054. Avril Lavigne - Let Go (CD)
055. Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (CD)
056. The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (CD)
057. Witchcraft - Firewood (CD)
058. ProjeKct Two - Space Groove (2CD)
059. Kytäjä - Kytäjä (CD)
060. Witchcraft - The Alchemist (LP)
061. Deep Purple - California Jamming - Live 1974 (CD)

April
062. Napalm Death - Smear Campaign (CD)
063. Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band (CD)
064. Stan Getz - The Song Is You (Quadromania Jazz Edition) (4CD)
065. Aivoaula - Brain Drop (CD)
066. Tuvalu - Viimeiset hetket ovat käsillä! (CD)
067. V/A - Psychedelic Phinland - Finnish Hippie & Underground Music 1967-1974 (2CD)
068. Strapping Young Lad - 1994-2006 Chaos Years (CD+DVD)
069. Deep Purple - Made in Europe (CD)
070. V/A - Fonzie Favorites (LP) *lahjaksi saatu
071. Charles Mingus Sextet With Eric Dolphy - Cornell 1964 (2CD)
072. The Sörsselssöns - The Ace of Spedes (7")
073. Ydinaseeton Pohjola / Keripukki - Split EP (7")
074. A Silver Mt. Zion - "Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward." (CD)
075. The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes (LP)
076. Folkstorm - Hurtmusic (CD)
077. Wolf Eyes / Black Dice - Black Dice & Wolf Eyes (CD)
078. Wolf Eyes / Prurient - The Warriors (CD)
079. Evan Parker / John Wiese - C-Section (CD)
080. John Wiese - Tumbler (LP)
081. Golden Serenades / Testicle Hazard - Morning Star / Evening Fix (LP)
082. Boris - Smile - Live at Wolf Creek (2CD)

May
083. V/A - Da da (Kuulat sekaisin) (CD)
084. V/A - Melkein vieraissa Tribuutti Leevi and the Leavingsille (CD)
085. Katri Ylander - Kaikki nämä sanat (CD)
086. Viikate - Marraskuun lauluja II (CD)
087. Jonna Tervomaa - Lemmikit (2CD)
088. Gene Krupa - Drummin' Man (Quadromania Jazz Edition) (4CD)
089. Judy Garland - Over the Rainbow (Quadromania Jazz Edition) (4CD)
090. Robert Johnson - Steady Rollin' Man (2CD)
091. John Coltrane - Sheets of Sound (2CD)
092. Katatonia - The Black Sessions (2CD+DVD)
093. My Dying Bride - Anti-Diluvian Chronicles (3CD)
094. Andrew Hill - Point of Departure RVG Edition (CD)
095. Wojciech - Monstrolento (CD)
096. Darkthrone - NWOBHM (CD-EP)
097. Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Tour - Live in Toronto (DVD)
098. Doktor Kettu - Soft Delirium (CD)
099. Christian Munthe - The Backside Suite (CD)
100. Anders Dahl & Christian Munthe - Several Kinds of Ground (CD)
101. Æthenor - Faking Gold and Murder (CD)
102. Oranssi Pazuzu - Muukalainen puhuu (CD)
103. Circle - Saturnus Reality (DVD)
104. The Wandering Midget- I Am the Gate (CD-EP)

June
105. John Wiese & C. Spencer Yeh - New York / Atlanta (CD)
106. Grunt - Terror and Degeneration (CD)
107. Grunt - Documentations (3CD)
108. Pekka Streng & Olympia-orkesteri - Unen maa (CD)
109. Man - And in the Beginning: The Complete Early Man 1968-69 (2CD)
110. The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (CD)
111. The Five Corners Quintet - Chasin' the Jazz Gone By (CD)
112. Bloodbath - The Wacken Carnage (CD+DVD)
113. Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) (CD)
114. Rainbow - Live in Munich 1977 (DVD)
115. Pan Sonic - Kuvaputki (DVD)
116. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (CD)
117. Iiro Rantala New Trio - Elmo (CD)
118. Tasavallan Presidentti - Still Struggling For Freedom (CD)
119. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (CD)

July
120. Megaptera - You Will Never Survive This Nightmare (2CD)
121. Maurizio Bianchi & Siegmar Fricke - Stroma~Konkret (CD)
122. Maurizio Bianchi & Maor Appelbaum - Environmental Meditations (CD)
123. Henri Chopin/Pan Sonic/Achim Wollscheid - Composition い (CD)
124. Bocksholm - The Haunting Curse of Skogs-Sara (CD)
125. Moljebka Pvlse / Seventeen Migs of Spring - Ravha / Electricity Gardens (CD)
126. The Rita + Wilt - Werewolf In The Black Space (CD)
127. Jazzkammer & Howard Stelzer - Tomorrow No One Will Be Safe (CD)
128. My Cat Is an Alien/Keiji Haino - Cosmic Debris Volume III (CD)
129. V/A - Untitled (2CD)
130. Koje - Cyanide High (MC)
131. Pop Culture Rape Victim - Me Tarzan, Eugene (MC)
132. Andrew Hill - Black Fire RVG Edition (CD)
133. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions (CD)
134. V/A - Metal - A Headbanger's Journey (DVD)
135. Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (4CD)
136. The Who - Live at Leeds 25th anniversary edition (CD)
137. Maria Lund - Ajan sävel (CD)
138. Darkthrone - F.O.A.D. (CD)
139. Darkthrone - Preparing for War Special Edition (2CD+DVD)
140. Chestburster - You'll Always Remember the First Time (7")
141. Keripukki / Pahaa verta - Split (7")
142. Hermann Schenker / Death Toll 80k- Split (7")
143. Kuolleet Intiaanit - Puuluuranko (CD)
144. Nadja - Desire in Uneasiness (CD)
145. Esoteric - Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (CD)
146. This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain (CD-EP)
147. Asva - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (CD)
148. The Animals - Live At Club A Go-Go (CD)
149. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (CD)
150. Suvi Teräsniska - Särkyneiden sydänten tie (CD)
151. Viikate - Kesävainaja (CD-EP)
152. Tori Amos - Live at Montreux 1991/1992 (DVD)
153. Mew - No More Stories EP (CD-EP)

August
154. Murmansk - Chinese Locks (CD)
155. Murmansk - Eleven Eyes to Shade (CD)
156. Garbage - 2 in 1: Garbage / Version 2.0 (2CD)
157. Kimmo Kuusniemi Band - Moottorilinnut (CD)
158. The Freza - Black and White (CD)
159. Behemoth - Thelema.6 (CD)
160. Behemoth - Satanica (CD)
161. Autopsy - Severed Survival (2CD)
162. Anathema - The Silent Enigma (CD+DVD)
163. Sólstafir - Köld (CD)
164. V/A - Moon Bowl (7")
165. Death Trip - Chainsaw Goddess / Deep Red (7")
166. Death Trip - Please! Skin Me Alive / Something (7")
167. Kakka-hätä 77 / Seksihullut - Split (7")
168. Skullflower - Ponyland / Fake Revolt (7")
169. Earth - Pentastar: In the Style of Demons (CD)
170. Terveet Kädet - Ihmisen poika, pedon poika (MCD)
171. Jonna Tervomaa - Läpikulkumatkalla (CDS)
172. Einojuhani Rautavaara - Pianoteoksia (CD)
173. Einojuhani Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus/Piano Concerto No.1/Symphony No.3 (CD)
174. John Adams - Shaker Loops (CD)
175. Euthanasia - Rymykorpi -The Complete Recordings 1986-1989 (2CD)
176. Earth - Extra-Capsular Extraction (CD-EP)
177. Schwerbelastungskörper - Schwerbelastungskörper (CD)
178. Seksihullut - Seksihullut (7")
179. jyrki nissinen & laskettuaika - Sitä se teettää(7")
180. Candy Cane - Leave Me Out (CD)
181. Candy Cane - Fay-ra-Doowra (CD)
182. Candy Cane - Jaula (CD)
183. Pestilence - Testimony of the Ancients (CD)


September
184. Wreck of the Hesperus - The Sunken Threshold (CD)
185. Old Man Gloom - Meditations in B (CD)
186. Old Man Gloom - Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitive Regressionism (CD)
187. Anna Puu - Anna Puu (CD)
188. The Who - Who's Next (CD)
189. Death With a Dagger - Dark Alleys (CD)
190. Kuolema - Viinaa aineita naisia 2001-2008 (CD)
191. Rakkaus- Jokainen Päivä On Taistelua (CD)
192. Johanna Iivanainen & Eero Koivistoisen Yhtye - Kaupungin valot (CD)
193. Metallica - Death Magnetic (CD)
194. Yes - Yes, Friends And Relatives (CD)
195. Mesmer - Subutex Willer (7")
196. Ratos de Porão - Descanse em Paz (LP)
197. Ratos de Porão - Onisciente Coletivo (LP)
198. Kansanturvamusiikkikomissio - 666 (LP)

October
199. Liekki - Hyönteinen (CD)
200. Kastor - Lost Station (CD)
201. Jazzkammer / opec - Split (LP)
202. Wolf Eyes - Always Wrong (CD)
203. Prurient - The Black Post Society (CD)
204. Grunt - Petturien rooli (CD)
205. Sick Seed - The Great Corrupter (LP)
206. Boris with Merzbow - Megatone (CD)
207. The New Blockaders - Das Zerstören, zum Gebären (CD)
208. Reverend Bizarre - Harbinger of Metal (2LP)
209. Mohel - Babylon Bypass (LP)
210. Frode Gjerstad & Paal Nilssen-Love - Day Before One (LP)

November
211. V/A - Heroes of the 50's (3CD)
212. Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side - Live in New York 1972 (CD)
213. Gamma Ray - Hell Yeah!!!-The Awesome Foursome: Live In Montreal (2CD)
214. Lasse Mårtenson - Kaikessa soi... (2CD)
215. Pahaa verta - Pahaa Verta (7")
216. Absu - Mythological Occult Metal: 1991-2001 (2CD)
217. Hebosagil / Viisikko - Split (CD)
218. Musiikkivyöry - Tulemme sokeiksi (CD)
219. Mercedes Hell - Kingdom Together (7")
220. Lusiferiinin Armosta - Nuolee (CD)
221. Circle - Taantumus (CD)
222. Circle - Triumph (2CD)
223. Isis - Live 5 (CD)
224. Lotus Eaters - Wurmwulv (CD)
225. John Coltrane - Blue Train (10CD)
226. Sun Ra - Bad and Beautiful (LP)
227. Khatarina - Roaaaaarrrrr! (CD)
228. Honey B. & The T-bones - Now & Eternity (CD)
229. Honey B. & the T-Bones - Alien Blues (CD)
230. Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera (CD)
231. Jefferson Airplane - The Essential Jefferson Airplane (2CD)
232. Opium Warlords - Live at Colonia Dignidad (2LP)
233. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind (2CD+DVD) Deluxe edition

December
234. Boris - Japanese Heavy Rock Hits v1 (7")
235. Evan Parker, Derek Bailey & Han Bennink - The Topography of the Lungs (CD)
236. Teatteri Moderni Kanuuna - Murheenkapselista galleriaan ja asemalle (CD)
237. Omfalos Renaissance - Miekka ja kirsikankukka (CD)
238. Kuusumun Profeetta - Myrskyn silmään (DVD)
239. Circle - Soundcheck (LP)
240. Kemialliset Ystävät - Lumottu karkkipurkki (vapaa systeemi) (CD)
241. Kemialliset Ystävät - Kellari juniversumi (CD)
242. Kemialliset Ystävät - Alkuhärkä (CD)
243. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade Is Dead! (CD+DVD)
244. Samae Koskinen - Elossa (CD)
245. Revolting Berbers - Ready To Die / Worthless (7")
246. Mastodon - Crack the Skye (CD)
247. V/A - Raw Blues (5CD)
248. Manowar - Hell on Earth Part 2: Fire and Blood (2DVD)
249. Manowar - Hell on Earth Part 4 (2DVD+CD)

THRASH METAL & HARDCORE
Abysmalia - Quid Humanum Est (progressive thrash metal) – 6.75/10
The Accüsed - The Curse Of Martha Splatterhead (crossover thrash) – 9/10
Aggression - Moshpirit (thrash metal) – 8/10
Alastor - Spaaazm (thrash metal) – 8/10
Ancient Dome - Human Key (thrash metal) – 7/10
Artillery - When Death Comes (thrash metal) – 8/10
At War - Infidel (thrash metal) – 7.5/10
Beyond - Thrash (thrash metal) – 5.5/10
Colp - Future: Against All (thrash metal/hardcore) – 6/10
Dismantle - Satanic Force (thrash metal) – 5/10
Down to Concrete - Down To Concrete [demo] (beatdown hardcore) – 7.5/10
Evile - Infected Nations (thrash metal) – 8.5/10
Faithreat - Back To The Pit (crossover thrash) – 9/10
Fatality - Beers From The Grave (thrash metal) – 7.75/10
Fekete Sereg - Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó (thrash metal/power metal) – 6/10
Gama Bomb - Tales From the Grave in Space (thrash metal) – 9.5/10
Hellmouth - Destroy Everything, Worship Nothing (hardcore) – 7.5/10
Invection - Demented Perception (thrash metal) – 8/10
Kids Like Us - The Game (hardcore) – 6/10
LaZarus A.D. - The Onslaught (thrash metal) – 8/10
Mantic Ritual - Executioner (thrash metal) – 8.25/10
Megadeth - Endgame (thrash metal) – 10/10
Monolit - Revolution [demo] (thrash metal) – 7/10
Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressive (crossover thrash) – 9.75/10
Nocturnal - Violent Revenge (blackened thrash metal) – 7.75/10
Premunition - Call Of Vengeance (thrash metal) – 7.75/10
Sepultura - A-Lex (thrash metal) – 7.75/10
Skeletonwitch - Breathing The Fire (blackened thrash metal) – 7.5/10
Slayer - World Painted Blood (thrash metal) – 9/10
Voivod - Infini (progressive thrash metal) – 7.75/10
Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares (thrash metal) – 9.5/10
Whiplash - Unborn Again (thrash metal) – 6/10

DEATH METAL & GRINDCORE
Aesth - Deep Within The Gore (progressive death metal) – 5/10
Antigama - Warning (grindcore) – 9/10
Augury - Fragmentary Evidence (progressive/technical death metal) – 7.5/10
Avatar - Avatar (melodic death metal) – 5.25/10
Be'lakor - Stone's Reach (melodic death metal) – 6/10
Behemoth - Evangelion (blackened death metal) – 6/10
The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate (melodic death metal) – 6/10
Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague (death metal) – 7/10
Criminal - White Hell (death thrash metal) – 8/10
Daath - The Concealers (death metal) – 8/10
Dawn of Tears - Dark Chamber Litanies (melodic death metal) – 6.75/10
Dead Mountain Mouth - Unveil (death metal) – 7.25/10
DevilDriver - Prey For Villains (death/thrash metal) – 7/10
Disarmonia Mundi - The Restless Memoirs (melodic death metal) – 5.75/10
Divinity - Singularity (melodic/technical death metal) – 7.5/10
Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity
(death metal) – 7/10
Excuse For Pain - Delivering Brutality (death metal) – 7/10
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles (technical/brutal death metal) – 6.5/10
Gorod - Process of a New Decline (technical death metal) – 8.75/10
Hackneyed - Burn After Reaping (death metal) – 6.75/10
Hail Of Bulltes - Warsaw Rising (death metal) – 8/10
Hatesphere - To The Nines (melodic death/thrash metal) – 5.5/10
Hypocrisy - A Taste Of Extreme Divinity (death metal) – 9/10
Insomnium - Across the Dark (melodic death metal) – 6.25/10
Job for a Cowboy - Ruination
(deathcore/death metal) – 5.5/10
Malefice - Dawn Of Reprisal (melodic death metal) – 6/10
Mortification - The Evil Addiction Destroying
Machine (death thrash metal) – 7.25/10
Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave (death metal) – 7.5/10
Neaera - Omnicide (melodic death metal) – 6/10
Neuropathia - Neuropathia (grindcore) – 8.25/10
Nightrage - Wearing A Martyr’s Crown (melodic death metal) – 5/10
Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest (death metal) – 9.75/10
Obituary - Darkest Day (death metal) – 7/10
Persefone - Shin-ken (progressive/melodic death metal) – 7/10
Scar Symmetry - Dark Matter Dimensions (melodic death metal) – 5.75/10
Skyfire - Fractal (melodic death metal) – 6/10
Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky - The Grand Partition And the Abrogation of Idolatry (grindcore/death metal) – 7/10
Suffocation - Blood Oath (death metal) – 9/10
Syrach - A Dark Burial (doomy death metal) – 7/10
This Ending - Dead Harvest (melodic death metal) – 7/10
Thy Disease - ANSHUR-ZA (industrial death metal) – 8.5/10
Vader - Necropolis (death metal) – 7.25/10
Vielikan - Emotional Void (progressive death metal) – 6.75/10
Vortex Of Clutter - Everlasting Journey (death thrash metal) – 6.5/10
Woe of Tyrants - Kingdom Of Might (melodic death metal) – 8/10

DOOM METAL
Blindead - Impulse (sludge/post-metal) – 9.5/10
Dawnrider (P) - Two (doom metal/hard rock) – 7.25/10
Disbelief - Protected Hell (death metal/sludge) – 7.75/10
Ea - Ea II (funeral doom) – 9/10
Isis - The Wavering Radiant (sludge) – 8.25/10
Jesu - Infinity (doom/post-metal) – 6/10
The Lamp of Thoth - Sing As You Slay (doom metal) – 8/10
Mournful Congregation - The June Frost (funeral doom) – 9/10
My Dying Bride - The Lies I Sire (doom metal) – 7.5/10
northless - No uarter For The Damaged (sludge) – 7.75/10
Novembers Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal (death doom metal) – 7/10
Ocean Chief - Den Förste (sludge) – 7/10
Revelation - Revelation (doom metal) – 7.75/10
Reverend Bizarre - Death Is Glory…Now! (doom metal) – 9.5/10
Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions (drone) – 8.5/10
Swallow the Sun - New Moon (death doom metal) – 7.5/10
Universe217 - II (EP) (experimental doom metal) – 8.75/10
Wino - Punctuated Equilibrium (stoner rock) – 8/10
YOB - The Great Cessation (doom metal/sludge) – 9/10

BLACK METAL
Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow (black metal/grindcore) – 7.75/10
Endstille - Verführer (black metal) – 8/10
Fall - Black Autumnal Void (black metal) – 4/10
Marduk - Wormwood (black metal) – 7/10
OLD MAN’S CHILD - Slaves of the World (black metal) – 7/10
Pensées Nocturnes - Vacuum (black metal) – 6/10
Peste Noire - Ballade cuntre lo Anemi Francor (black metal) – 5.75/10
Shining - VI / Klagopsalmer (black metal) – 7/10
Xasthur - All Reflections Drained (black metal) – 6/10

OTHER
Amenra - Afterlife (acoustic) – 8/10
Amoral - Show Your Colors[/album] (pop metal) – 2/10
Amorphis - Skyforger (melodic metal) – 7.5/10
Devin Townsend Project - Ki (progressive rock) – 8/10
Divine Heresy - Bringer Of Plagues (modern extreme bullshit) – 3/10
Egoist - Ultra Selfish Revolution (avant-garde metal) – 3/10
Ensiferum - From Afar (folk metal) – 4/10
Ephel Duath - Through My Dog's Eyes (progressive metal/jazz metal) – 4.5/10
Hunter - HellWood (heavy metal) – 3.5/10
Karl Sanders - Saurian Exorcisms (acoustic) – 8/10
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Here Be Dragons (ambient/dark jazz) – 7/10
Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind (post-rock) – 9/10
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition (progressive rock) – 8/10
Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11 (acoustic) – 9.25/10
Rootwater - Visionism (heavy metal) – 5.75/10
Stinking Lizaveta - Sacrifice And Bliss (instrumental stoner rock) – 8/10

Taken from a message board post by Felipe Plaza of Procession...

Hello

To everyone interested, this exclusive Re-release of our demo tape will ONLY be available at Emanes Metal Records (France). Here's what you get:



PROCESSION - "BURN" TAPE (LIMITED TO 50 COPIES!!)

Includes 3 songs Live at Keep It True XII Festival on Side B!!

Side A (Burn Demo ):

1.- Down The River Of Corpses
2.- The Road To The Gravegarden
3.- Incinerate

Side B (Live At Keep It True XII - 25-04-2009):

1.-Incinerate
2.-The Road To The Gravegarden
3.- Down The River Of Corpses

* Extra insert sheet with info and pics from the festival.
*Sticker
*Pin

Out now, so make sure you catch a copy by droping a line to Laurent at:

emanesmetalrecords@orange.fr

DOOM!

Apostle of Solitude
Argus
Blood Farmers
Candlemass
Cathedral
Church of Misery
Cirith Ungol
Cold Mourning
Confessor
Count Raven
Electric Wizard
Fall of the Idols
Funeral circle
The Gates of Slumber
Griftegård
Hour of 13
Iron Man
Jex Thoth
The Lamp of Thoth
Lord Of The Grave
Lord Vicar
Minotauri
Mirror Of Deception
Misericorde
Mourn
Ogre
Orodruin
Pagan Altar
Pale Divine
Paul Chain
Pentagram
Procession
The Puritan
Realmbuilder
Revelation
Reverend Bizarre
The River
Saint Vitus
Solitude Aeturnus
Solstice
Spiritus Mortis
Trouble
Unorthodox
The Wandering Midget
Warning
While Heaven Wept
Witchfinder General

best artisits(2009):

Агата Кристи - 2000
Otto Dix - 663
Roman Rain - 465
Bauhaus - 437
Systemshock - 427
Reverend Bizarre - 421
Gillia - 412
London After Midnight - 406
Diary of Dreams - 402
Dope Stars Inc. - 311
Acid Witch - 237
Розовые очки от ferre - 216
PURPLE FOG SIDE - 215
L'Âme Immortelle - 209
C_File - 207
Лихолесье - 189
Siouxsie and the Banshees - 187
Stillife - 182
П.Т.В.П. - 164
Dvar -155

best songs(2009):


Новый Год - 128
[Wiz]ard Module - From The Outside ([systemshock] digiboobies remix) - 117
В интересах революции - 107
Fucking Wizard - 107
У плохой веры - плохие верующие - 102
Make a Star - 99
VA - 98
Черная луна - 95
Сказочная тайга - 94
Хали Гали Кришна - 89
You're Fake, I'm Real - 78
Liquid Crystal - 70
Наслажденье болью - 68
Зазеркалье - 68
Doom Over the World - 67

So this is my attempt at making a list of my 100 favorite albums of the past decade. You know the drill. Hopefully the albums here can make up for the predictability of the list...

You can find the full list (with 50 more albums, an explanation of the list and will hopefully include mini-reviews soon): here


1. Agalloch- The Mantle
2. maudlin of the Well- Leaving Your Body Map
3. Steve Roach- Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces
4. Boards of Canada- Geogaddi
5. Drudkh- Autumn Aurora
6. Stars of the Lid- The Tired Sounds Of
7. Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
8. Wolves in the Throne Room- Two Hunters
9. Isis- Oceanic
10. Aphex Twin- Drukqs

11. Weakling- Dead as Dreams
12. dälek- Absence
13. Warning- Watching From a Distance
14. Cannibal Ox- The Cold Vein
15. Sigur Rós- ( )
16. Stendeck- Faces
17. Eluvium- Copia
18. Have a Nice Life- Deathconsciousness
19. Natural Snow Buildings- The Dance of the Moon and the Sun
20. Agalloch- Ashes Against the Grain
21. Steve Roach- New Life Dreaming
22. Jóhann Jóhannsson- Fordlândia
23. Enslaved- Below the Lights
24. Jesu- Silver
25. Isis- Panopticon

26. Lykathea Aflame- Elvenefris
27. Tool- Lateralus
28. Boards of Canada- In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
29. Björk- Vespertine
30. Opeth- Blackwater Park
31. Negură Bunget- Om
32. Radiohead- Kid A
33. Gas- Pop
34. Arcturus- The Sham Mirrors
35. My Dying Bride- The Dreadful Hours
36. Ulrich Schnauss- Far Away Trains Passing By
37. Boris- Flood
38. Autechre- Confield
39. Dolorian- Voidwards
40. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion
41. Sun Kil Moon- April
42. Aesop Rock- Labor Days
43. Lunar Aurora- Andacht
44. Esoteric- Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum
45. Drudkh- Blood in Our Wells
46. Bohren & der Club of Gore- Sunset Mission
47. Carbon Based Lifeforms- Hydroponic Garden
48. Darkspace- Dark Space II
49. Primordial- To the Nameless Dead
50. Blonde Redhead- 23

51. The Ruins of Beverast- Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite
52. Genelec & Memphis Reigns- Scorpion Circles
53. Gorguts- From Wisdom to Hate
54. Opeth- Deliverance
55. Boris- Pink
56. Ocean- Here Where Nothing Grows
57. CunninLynguists- A Piece of Strange
58. Skepticism- Farmakon
59. Pan Sonic- Kesto
60. J-Live- All of the Above
61. Deathspell Omega- Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
62. The December Sound- The December Sound
63. ColdWorld- Melancholie²
64. Gridlock- Formless
65. Belong- October Language
66. Reverend Bizarre- III: So Long Suckers
67. Emperor- Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise
68. Walknut- Graveforests and Their Shadows
69. Wintersun- Wintersun
70. Discordance Axis- The Inalienable Dreamless
71. Nadja- Radiance of Shadows
72. Sweet Trip- Velocity : Design : Comfort
73. Vindensång- Terminus: Rebirth in Eight Parts...
74. 柏 大輔- Program Music I
75. Blut aus Nord- MoRT
76. Nile- In Their Darkened Shrines
77. Devin Townsend- Terria
78. The Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
79. Lurker of Chalice- Lurker of Chalice
80. Squarepusher- Ultravisitor
81. !T.O.O.H.!- Řád a Trest
82. Enslaved- Isa
83. Absu- Tara
84. múm- Finally We Are No One
85. Tenhi- Maaäet
86. Velvet Cacoon- Genevieve
87. Gojira- From Mars to Sirius
88. Sigh- Imaginary Sonicscape
89. Tim Hecker- Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again
90. A Silver Mt. Zion- He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms...
91. Six Organs of Admittance- Dark Noontide
92. Immolation- Close to a World Below
93. Reflection Eternal- Train of Thought
94. Alcest- Souvenirs d'un autre monde
95. maudlin of the Well- Part the Second
96. Ulver- Perdition City
97. M83- Saturdays = Youth
98. Shining- III - Angst - Självdestruktivitetens Emissarie
99. Deerhunter- Microcastle / Weird Era Continued
100. The Knife- Silent Shout

Albums that I listened to after making this list that might have made the cut (since I'm too lazy to revise the list right now)... or I forgot about and probably should have included somewhere...:
Baroness- Red Album
Something by Converge
The Flaming Lips- Embryotic
The Flashbulb- Soundtrack to a Vacant Life
Kylesa- Static Tensions
Nasum- Shift

Ohhh... and if you got some recommendations up your sleeve, I'd appreciate it if you could dish them out. We all know they're more helpful than snide elitist remarks (although not quite as amusing)! But if you so insist, let me fuel the fire by stating that, at one point in my life, I did not know what the word "snide" meant. Take that as you will.

But seriously... some recommendations would be appreciated, and I'd be glad to return the favor!

Taken from a post by the band on the HELLRIDE forums...

"Since the tape was limited to only 100 copies, I'm feeling in the Yuletide spirit and it's another boring Saturday night at home, I'm posting a download link to the demo. The audio is from the original "master" (a Sony casette tape purchased at the grocery store...) though I tweaked the EQ and added a little bit of compression to get this to sound a bit better than those wretched tapes... Yeesh. It still sounds better than most Darkthrone albums though"

Funeral Circle - Demo 2008

Apostle of Solitude
Argus
Blood Farmers
Candlemass
Cathedral
Church of Misery
Cirith Ungol
Cold Mourning
Confessor
Count Raven
Electric Wizard
Fall of the Idols
Funeral circle
The Gates of Slumber
Griftegård
Hour of 13
Iron Man
Jex Thoth
The Lamp of Thoth
Lord Of The Grave
Lord Vicar
Minotauri
Mirror Of Deception
Misericorde
Mourn
Ogre
Orodruin
Pagan Altar
Pale Divine
Paul Chain
Pentagram
The Puritan
Realmbuilder
Revelation
Reverend Bizarre
The River
Saint Vitus
Solitude Aeturnus
Solstice
Spiritus Mortis
Trouble
Unorthodox
The Wandering Midget
Warning
While Heaven Wept
Witchfinder General