congrats on your new position at Metal Blade. I freaking love Marduk. Vocals are off the chart. I think Serpent's Sermon is a good album. But, I agree w/ some of the reviews that it lacks some of the experimentation and variety that I thought made Wormwood and even Rom 512 and Funeral Mist's stuff really creative and interesting in such a niche genre. I thought those release breathed some vigor into the genre. Still, for a slash and burn BM release-totally solid. I think they must have wanted to strip it down and do a bare knuckles release. Makes me think of Ravencult-Morbid Blood-fast, dirty and go for the jugular-but with better SQ/recording quality.
Woops! Let me rephrase: I was commissioned by Metal Blade for a doodooload of work for the next few months. I will never be on a record label's actual payrolled staff though. Everything I do is under my own name. I work for Season of Mist as well, among others. If I get on staff I can't work for other labels anymore. Conflict of interest and all that jazz.
What I meant to say was, keep an eye out for upcoming Metal Blade releases and you're gonna find my logo on them somewhere.
Anyway, about Marduk, and I quote:
"Hail Mary Full of grace The sacramental urine praise The Lord is with you Alleluja! Ravenous phalluses digging deep
Holy Mary Mother of God Pray for us sinners Semen and blood Behold the handmaid of the Lord In Piss-soaked Genuflexion"
Need I say more?
And I have just sold my DT880 250ohm and K701. Mr Speakers Mad Dog here I come!
Oh, no, Enslaved are like progressive Black Metal royalty. No one sounds like them. Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Immortal...who would have thought? In my book they are absolute gems in the world of extreme metal. I highly recommend checking out their back catalogue....amazing band that puts together so many different styles I love in metal....
Oh, no, Enslaved are like progressive Black Metal royalty. No one sounds like them. Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Immortal...who would have thought? In my book they are absolute gems in the world of extreme metal. I highly recommend checking out their back catalogue....amazing band that puts together so many different styles I love in metal....
You might want to consider The Paradox instead. It's another T50RP mod - better than Dan's albeit more expensive. I have not heard a headphone with a more balanced FR, and that includes the Stax SR-007.
Of the new stuff my favorites are Isa in first place, Ruun as second and Vertebrae as third.
Of the old stuff Frost is in first place with Eld in second place.
Monumension is in third being the most progressive album they ever made and super different than most.
Isa is truly haunting and even better on gray 12 records X2.
Even if BDM are a touch metal-core they now transcend any genre in my book. I like this record and can not stop listening to it! I'm not sure they are looked at as metal-core but just a death thrash modern metal band.
Yeah, I've only been listening to The Black Dahlia Murder since Nocturnal came out, but any small traces of "core" sound they might have still had for Nocturnal and Deflorate are now completely gone since the release of Ritual and now Everblack, i dont really understand why people keep saying that they are a metalcore band.
Also, now that I've read the new Angry Metal Guy review for Deciever of the Gods, I'm probably gonna have to actually check out that album now. Im of a similar opinion to his own, WOoOS is the only Amon Amarth album that i like, so i feel like alot of what he wrote would apply to me as well.
I ordered Isa due to the record store guy's recommendation. Is the gray pressing somehow different or is it just the colour or the first press? Discogs says it's also on Back on Black.
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I work for Season of Mist as well, among others. If I get on staff I can't work for other labels anymore. Conflict of interest and all that jazz. 
