Albums I look forward to in 2012.
A few new releases by Coldnight.
Lucifer's Lightbulb on the compilation disc "A Touch of EVIL in all of us"..will begin work on this this weekend.
and a few other projects i will be a part of.
also have a bunch of friends releasing stuff this year.

anything mainstream i will simply wait and see the results upon release.
preferring more underground sounds lately simply because i find them more artistic than what passes for art these days.

New Nekromantheon is out soon, so looking forward to that. Other than that, I don't know. I'm obviously curious about new Sabbath, but I don't have high hopes, really.

I would like us to individually do a list and a little review of the metal albums released in 2011 and that we own.

The Metal albums of 2011 that I own:

Benighted - Asylum Cave
Blood Red Throne - Brutalatarian Regime
Blotted Science - The Animation Of Entomology
Cynic - Carbon-Based Anatomy
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events
Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
Mastodon - The Hunter
Origin - Entity
Scale The Summit - The Collective
Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire
Symphony X - Iconoclast

I must say that this was a pretty good year for metal :) I was not really dissapointed with most of these releases. Agony by Fleshgod Apocalypse was a big dissapointment. I made a review for that record on Metal Archives if you want to know my in-depths point of view on this one. Otherwise... I can't say I'm really dissapointed by any other album. I didn't expect much from Dream Theater, and the album is at least decent and some tracks are good. Symphony X's new album is ok, I guess. But I wasn't hoping for another The Odyssey or another V: The New Mythology Suite. I know they won't go back to writting masterpieces like these, but they still release very enjoyable material. Iconoclast wasn't as good as Paradise Lost, imo... but still a decent album.

Scar Symmetry's album is kind of good, especially compared to what the band released since Christian Alvestam's departure. It's not that great, but still enjoyable. A cool little melodeath release for 2011.

Other than that, I think all the other albums were great or fantastic. Asylum Cave by Benighted is a great Death Metal album. Definitely a great add to their discography. I really like how Benighted keeps evolving through their career. They never release a generic album and they never release an album that tries to feed on a previous album's success. When they release something good, they still find a way to write a completely different album next. Asylum Cave is great... in part because of this.

Brutalitarian Regime is to me... the best release of the year. It is exactly what I was hoping for when I heard that BRT were releasing a new album. It kicks ass from the first second to the last. Definitely an album I will recommand to all fans of death metal.

Blotted Science and Cynic have both released albums this year two. Long awaited albums, especially for Blotted Science. Both are EPs though, and not full-lenght albums. Still worth it for both bands. Blotted Science released some heavier, more death metal driven prog metal than what they previously released and still manages to keep it fresh. Cynic is still evolving. They sound nothing like they did on Focus, and little like what they did on Traced In Air, but this album is still good. Too many fillers on there though... but the main tracks are sexy.

Origin's new album is great. It's definitely good and will most likely get better critics then their previous efforts. This album is more melodic and less saturated. There are times where you can breath on this album... so you get some crescendos on this album and not just a brutal monotone wall of noise. Definitely worth it. For fans of the band and even for those who didn't like them before.

Scale The Summit and Falloch were good finds for me. One is an instrumental progressive metal/rock band and the other is somewhat similar to Agalloch, but still manages to be different enough and avoid being a shitty copy-cat. The Agalloch influences are there, but it's unique enough for me to be able to enjoy their music. Scale The Summit is a great band. It's not just another "technical instrumental prog band". There is emotion in these riffs and the song-writting is out-standing. Their song-writter is one of the two guitarists and he his very talented. I wish the best for this band. They will go far :)

Mastodon's album was also pretty interessting. Less progressive then their previous effort, but it still retains enough of that "Mastodon personnality" to be enjoyable... at least to me. I know some really didn't like it. But I'm happy with the result. This is another band that manages to keep it fresh and not feed on a previous release's success. The Hunter... pretty good album :)

I hope you guys will also do a little list... If you don't want to review all your stuff it's fine. But it would be cool if you could at least rank your albums or say which ones you liked, which ones you didn't like... That would be cool.

And then, maybe make a list like Zodir did... of releases you are looking forward in 2012 :)

Fleshgod Apocalypse - Infection Of The White Throne

i dont own really any metal albums from 2011
all i own is Electric Wizard - Black Masses
and Red Fang - Murder The Mountains
i didnt really go out and buy anything last year...

and i DID buy Surtur Rising by Amon Amarth but thats not mine
i got that for my girlfriend cause she likes Amon Amarth, and im okay with them

At 1/6/12 05:44 PM, Viper50 wrote: i dont own really any metal albums from 2011
all i own is Electric Wizard - Black Masses
and Red Fang - Murder The Mountains
i didnt really go out and buy anything last year...

Well... not just albums you "own" physicaly... I'm talking about stuff that was released in 2011 and that you listen to. No need to own it.

At 1/6/12 05:45 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 1/6/12 05:44 PM, Viper50 wrote: i dont own really any metal albums from 2011
all i own is Electric Wizard - Black Masses
and Red Fang - Murder The Mountains
i didnt really go out and buy anything last year...

Well... not just albums you "own" physicaly... I'm talking about stuff that was released in 2011 and that you listen to. No need to own it.

OH
okay
well then including the ones i physically own i have...
Falkenbach - Tiurida
Hammers Of Misfortune - 17th Street
Korpiklaani - Ukon Wacka
Mastodon - The Hunter
and
Samael - Lux Mundi

and i suck at reviewing stuff so i guess i wont do that then

faves of 2011

Mastodon-The Hunter...fave album of the year
Opeth-Heritage...love it even if i always feel old after listening to it
Coldnight's releases
Moloch's releases
Electric Wizard-Black Masses..fun album
and a bunch of underground stuff

At 1/6/12 04:15 PM, Zodir wrote: Overkill- Untitled new album
Judas Priest- Untitled new album

fuck yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

Well, I have my top 10 of 2011! Thoughts and criticism welcome! WOOOO! CLICKY CLICKY! Took me longer than I thought it would, so I am glad this is done!

The albums that i own from 2011:
Children Of Bodom - Relentless Reckless Forever
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Elzevir - Rise From Knees
Korpiklaani - Ukon Wacka
Megadeth - 13
Tarot - The Spell Of Iron MMXI
Alestorm - Back Through Time

I know that are not the best albums of the year, but I'm not complaining.

At 1/6/12 09:47 PM, rockereaper wrote: The albums that i own from 2011:
Children Of Bodom - Relentless Reckless Forever
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Elzevir - Rise From Knees
Korpiklaani - Ukon Wacka
Megadeth - 13
Tarot - The Spell Of Iron MMXI
Alestorm - Back Through Time

I know that are not the best albums of the year, but I'm not complaining.

who the hell said they had to be the best?
if you enjoy them fukk what the damned critics say
like what you like..don't let some overpaid critic tell you what you should like

The only 2011 released albums I bought are:

Megadeth - Thirteen
Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination
Cynic - Carbon-based Anatomy EP
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

The only one I actually listened to was Surtur Rising (my friend bought it and shared it with me) because I'm making my way up each band's discography. With Megadeth, I'm at Peace Sells..., Skeletonwitch's first album, and I haven't even started Cynic. Other than that, I got plenty of albums this year

Hey guys,
Just popped in to give an update if anyone that used to be on here when I was on here is still on here haha.

My dreams of heading to iceland is becoming a reality. I will soon be boarding a flight for reykjavik and staying tveir weeks. I will make it my goal to go to eskifjordur and if not there akureyri and if not there.... I don't really know where else but I will find kiddi. There will be metal and or dubstep. Either way imma do it.

DECLARED!!

Welcome back, Bonemill. It's been quite a while. Try not to get caught in a storm and freeze to death on your way to the store!

Which musician did that happen to again?

so, I don't think I can really do a list of my top ten of 2011, but here are the albums from 2011 that I remember hearing, both metal and not metal. I may have either forgotten some or heard albums that I didn't realize came from that year.

Solefald - Norron Livskunst
Mastodon - the Hunter
Boris - Heavy Rocks 2
Symphony X - Iconoclast
Wiht - the Harrowing of the North
Thievery Corporation - Culture of Fear
Primus - Green Naugahyde
Amon Tobin - ISAM
Ulver - War of the Roses

Out of all of those, my favorites are Norron Livskunst, the Hunter, Iconoclast, and Heavy Rocks 2. I still haven't fully listened to War of the Roses, honestly, even though Ulver is a favorite of mine. I keep forgetting to listen to the newer stuff I have. I just have so much music.

Also, Black Masses came out in 2010, dudes. That one doesn't count.

If Zodir is correct about these existing, then I'm looking forward to a new Gojira and High on Fire, and I might check out the new Voivod. Here's what else I'm looking forward to for this year, as far as I know of so far...

new Sigh
new Kayo Dot
new Behold! the Monolith
new Orange Goblin
new Black Sabbath, though I'm prepared for disappointment

I'd say new Fates Warning, but there's a bunch of albums I still haven't heard by them.

There are all the albums I listened to from 2011. Keep in mind that I did not buy all of these and used several methods to hear most of them:

Alestorm - Back Through Time
Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Amaranthe - Amaranthe
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Anaal Nathrakh - Passion
Anthrax - Worship Music
Anvil - Juggernaut of Justice
Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions
Argus - Boldly Stride The Doomed
Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
Battlelore - Doombound
Belphegor - Blood Magick Necromance
Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s)
Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification
Cardinals Folly - Such Power Is Dangerous!
Cauldron - Burning Fortune
Children of Doom - Doom, Be Doomed, Ör Fuck Off
Condenados - A Painful Journey into Nihil
Crimfall - The Writ Of Sword
Cruachan - Blood On The Black Robe
Deicide - To Hell with God
Demonaz - March Of The Norse
Destruction - Day of Reckoning
Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
Devin Townsend - Ghost
Doomsword - The Eternal Battle
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I
Einherjer - Norrøn
Euphoreon - Euphoreon
Falconer - Armod
Falkenbach - Tiurida
HammerFall - Infected
Hammers of Misfortune - 17th Street
Havok - Time Is Up
Hell - Human Remains
High Spirits - Another Night
In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
Jag Panzer - The Scourge of the Light
Machine Head - Unto the Locust
Manilla Road - Playground of the Damned
Mastodon - The Hunter
Metallica and Lou Reed - Lulu
Moonsorrow - Varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa
Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus
Novembers Doom - Aphotic
Opeth - Heritage
Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy
Pentagram - Last Rites
Power Quest - Blood Alliance
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Queensrÿche - Dedicated to Chaos
Rhapsody of Fire - From Chaos to Eternity
Riot - Immortal Soul
Root - Heritage of Satan
Satan's Host - By the Hands of the Devil
Saxon - Call to Arms
Sepultura - Kairos
Sinister Realm - The Crystal Eye
Stratovarius - Elysium
Symfonia - In Paradisum
Symphony X - Iconoclast
Turisas - Stand Up and Fight
Týr - The Lay of Thrym
Van Canto - Break the Silence
Vektor - Outer Isolation (should have been on my best of 2011)
Vintersorg - Jordpuls
White Wizzard - Flying Tigers
Wolf - Legions Of Bastards

A fair amount of them received a 6 or 7 out of 10 from me so I wonder how 2012 will go for me. As for what to look forward to, I really don't want to look too far ahead since some releases end up being released years later or are in long term development. Right now, I'd like to hear the debut album from Pilgrim and will also be checking out Steelwing's new album. Their debut album was simply kickass traditional/power metal but the songs on the new album so far feel very lacking.

At 1/6/12 04:15 PM, Zodir wrote: Blind Guardian- Untitled new album

I can't help but think it'll be another year or two before we even see a new album from them. While they've been talking about this orchestral project for so long but with the release of the compilation album this month, it makes me wonder when they are ready to release it. I'll assume the next album will be 2014 considering they have a four year rota with albums since Nightfall.

Ghost- Untitled new album

Very eager to hear this.

Overkill- Untitled new album

Making a follow up to Ironbound will be one of their biggest challenges yet.

At 1/7/12 11:55 AM, Bonemill wrote: Hey guys,
Just popped in to give an update if anyone that used to be on here when I was on here is still on here haha.

Whoa, another old face shows up. Good to hear from you again and good to hear about recent fortunate events for you. :)

made a couple more vids if anyone cares to view

Destructive Criticism..one of my better screams in this

Crimson DREAMS..first official video for this song

more being worked on if anyone cares

@Bahamut
i didnt know that alice cooper album counted as being really metal...
granted alice is awesome
but i was somewhat disappointed with Welcome 2 My Nightmare...

Please all that say metalcore isn't metal just listen to Build to fall by Trivium from the last CD and I was thinking this:

''At first I thought he was talking how im build to fall you know when you have a hard time with your life but

It look like the guy talking about the people that say metalcore isn't metal like I dont know he gave his personnal thought like I want to go away (metal) but I will lose my heart ( you know what I mean if your metal...)

I dont know I liked it when I was thinking the guy was talking about metalcore isn't metal....

And first of all how can't you say like the last two album of Trivium isn't metal or whatevr because theyre Metalcore (and when I say metalcore its just 60 % of their work...)

Theyre's gay metalcore with shaved head

and theyre good metalcore like
Trivium, All that Remains , As I Lay Dying , In Flames
I don't know why you say it isn't metal ? If you say so just listen to first two by Trivium , Almost All by All that remains , the two last one by As I lay Dying and last two by In Flames (The old flames is like untrue black metal it suck...)

How can you say Isn't metal or IT SUCK ???
Yeah you have the right it suck but come on that's like what I love to hear the most about metal !!! (beise old thrash metal)

At 1/7/12 03:13 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Ulver - War of the Roses

I didn't count this one, as Ulver really isn't a metal band anymore. But I think it's a good album. I have given it only a few spins so I really can't say it's one of my favorites, but it might grow on me.

Out of all of those, my favorites are Norron Livskunst, the Hunter, Iconoclast, and Heavy Rocks 2. I still haven't fully listened to War of the Roses, honestly, even though Ulver is a favorite of mine. I keep forgetting to listen to the newer stuff I have. I just have so much music.

I really need to listen to Boris album. If you liked it... I guess it must be worth it :)

By the way... How do you guys know when there will be new releases ??? I know you can visit bands websites... but are there some good webzines or websites making a list of upcoming albums? Thanks in advance!

At 1/8/12 02:05 AM, Sepultura123 wrote: and theyre good metalcore like
Trivium, All that Remains , As I Lay Dying , In Flames
I don't know why you say it isn't metal ? If you say so just listen to first two by Trivium , Almost All by All that remains , the two last one by As I lay Dying and last two by In Flames (The old flames is like untrue black metal it suck...)

I like All That Remains and As I Lay Dying. Good bands, and they actually do include some metal elements in their music. And em... whatever you said about In Flames... I totally disagree. Their most recent stuff sucks dicks. It's generic metalcore mixed with generic nu-metal. Their earlier stuff is amazing. They were one of the biggest Melodic Death Metal acts and I can forgive them for their most recent stuff because of all they gave to Melodeath.

See... core is like rock in the way that it "can be" close to metal. But are they the same genre? Definitely not? Do they influence each other? Definitely. There is still a line to be drawn I think. But if you like As I Lay Dying or All That Remains, I'm totally fine with that. And yes, bands like ATR, especially on their earlier work do have some melodic death metal elements in their music.

How can you say Isn't metal or IT SUCK ???
Yeah you have the right it suck but come on that's like what I love to hear the most about metal !!! (beise old thrash metal)

Metalcore not being "really metal" doesn't restrain you from liking it. I like some metalcore two, but I understand the arguments claiming it isn't metal.

See... Metalcore is often closer to Post-Hardcore, Screamo and the likes then it is to Metal. Truth is that some bands like Between The Buried And Me are so heavily influenced by Metal, you cannot say they aren't Metal.

Anyway...

Sepultura, we've had this discussion with many people many times for years in this club. Just accept the general consensus. It doesn't mean you can't discuss...you know...actual metal. You can hold your opinion on the subject. It just doesn't matter. And I'm not very familiar with Trivium, but they've been discussed a lot here and almost everybody has expressed their distaste for them.

And don't get all fussy, now. I know every time you see a post of mine, you get mad. I ain't trying to piss you off, 'kay?

At 1/7/12 05:02 PM, Viper50 wrote: i didnt know that alice cooper album counted as being really metal...

He doesn't, really.

At 1/8/12 02:16 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I didn't count this one, as Ulver really isn't a metal band anymore.

As I said, I was listing metal and non-metal. I also listed Primus, Amon Tobin, and Thievery Corp. Amon Tobin used to be pretty much trip-hop, but he changed direction with Foley Room and ISAM, which I honestly only liked a bit. I love all of his other stuff, though. He's one of my favorite artists ever. Theivery Corporation, I guess could be called dub with a sort of lounge influence. I'm not really sure, but they make awesome, chill music, which is especially appropriate for laying back at night after smoking some bud. And Primus, I'm sure you already know. People call them funk rock, which sounds about right. I love all of their albums.

I really need to listen to Boris album. If you liked it... I guess it must be worth it :)

hell fuckin' yeah, man.

By the way... How do you guys know when there will be new releases ?

Check this out.

Also, does anybody disagree that death metal and black metal both pretty much evolved from thrash metal? Am I wrong about this? cuz I could have sworn...

Oh, and I may not like metalcore as much as Duff, but I do like some songs by nu-metal bands/metalcore bands/whatever non-metal bands that tend to be confused for metal. Here's some stuff I actually think is decent, though I hardly ever listen to it these days. It's pretty much all stuff I listened to in high school when I was really into that sort of thing. Fuck off, anybody who wants to mock me for it.

Flaw - Medicate

Flaw - You've Changed

Flaw - Final Cry

Flaw - Payback

Mudvayne - Not Falling

Mudvayne - World So Cold

Dillinger Escape Plan - Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants

Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity

Dillinger Escape Plan - Unretrofied

Dillinger Escape Plan - Hollywood Squares

Dillinger Escape Plan - Pig Latin

Dillinger Escape Plan - When Good Dogs do Bad Things

Dillinger Escape Plan - Proceed With Caution

Deftones - Change

System of a Down - Chop Suey

System of a Down - Holy Mountains

System of a Down - Forest

System of a Down - Science (also Equilibrium rules)

System of a Down - Vicinity of Obscenity (get mad, but it reminds me of a heavier Frank Zappa. yep get mad.)

And I must remind y'all of the part where I said "other bands that tend to be confused for metal".

And even if you despise SOAD, you should still check out this song, especially if you love Mike Patton, like I do.

I really think it would be cool if Serj would join a legit avant garde metal band (like UneXpect or something) with middle eastern influences.

So I pick up a random album from my indie record shop and drew interest in it because the album cover looked like power metal to me. I felt it was a safer choice than to choose anything at random since I could be hit by metalcore for doing that.The band in question is Drakkar from Italy and just from one listen, this album sounds really amateur. I'm giving everything else I got since Christmas several listens but this won't see much play.

At 1/7/12 05:02 PM, Viper50 wrote: @Bahamut
i didnt know that alice cooper album counted as being really metal...

Whoops, that one did slip but I suppose it could be a list of all releases from 2011. However, if that's the case I should have included Primus' latest album.

but i was somewhat disappointed with Welcome 2 My Nightmare...

Yeah, Welcome 2 My Nightmare was a poor record. Just hearing the first song gives you a bad taste. At least it's the worst so the rest aren't as bad. Alice Cooper does not need a fucking autotune.

Whoops, that one did slip but I suppose it could be a list of all releases from 2011. However, if that's the case I should have included Primus' latest album.

i didnt get around to listening to Primus' new album...
i dont know why
im generally okay with stuff by them

but i was somewhat disappointed with Welcome 2 My Nightmare...

Yeah, Welcome 2 My Nightmare was a poor record. Just hearing the first song gives you a bad taste. At least it's the worst so the rest aren't as bad. Alice Cooper does not need a fucking autotune.

seriously why would he need one?
Alice Cooper is an already awesome singer
whoever decided he should use one is a fucking idiot. and why did he do a song with kesha? she looks like a crack whore version of taylor swift or some other stupid singer that gets more praise then they should.
the only song i was somewhat okay with was I'll Bite Your Face Off. other than that i was sitting there like O_O cause i was shocked that people waited for awhile to hear this and they got...that
i ended up just downloading it so i could hear it so if i liked it i would go out and get a copy...

Does anyone listen to the band Beyond Creation? I feel like I don't post in here nearly enough to actually contribute, but I found these guys the other day and they blew me away. Fantastic bassist.

At 1/8/12 01:09 PM, ToastedCupcake wrote: Does anyone listen to the band Beyond Creation? I feel like I don't post in here nearly enough to actually contribute, but I found these guys the other day and they blew me away. Fantastic bassist.

Listening to them now, thanks for the contribution they sound awesome

At 1/8/12 03:09 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: As I said, I was listing metal and non-metal. I also listed Primus, Amon Tobin, and Thievery Corp. Amon Tobin used to be pretty much trip-hop, but he changed direction with Foley Room and ISAM, which I honestly only liked a bit. I love all of his other stuff, though. He's one of my favorite artists ever. Theivery Corporation, I guess could be called dub with a sort of lounge influence. I'm not really sure, but they make awesome, chill music, which is especially appropriate for laying back at night after smoking some bud. And Primus, I'm sure you already know. People call them funk rock, which sounds about right. I love all of their albums.

I didn't say you shouldn't list non-metal albums two. I only said that I didn't list the Ulver album because of the fact that they were not metal anymore. Also, I need to listen to the Primus album more in depth. I listenned to very little at the cd store... and I didn't like it. But I doubt I can really hate any Primus album ever. So I will give it more plays sometime.

So albums I still need to pick up

new Alcest
new Primus
and Arch Matheo's album.

Anything else I'm forgetting?

Check this out.

I will :)

Also, does anybody disagree that death metal and black metal both pretty much evolved from thrash metal? Am I wrong about this? cuz I could have sworn...

They did :)

just popping in to say hello brothers and sisters and leave a couple comments.

Welcome 2 my Nightmare...MAJOR LETDOWN..seems to me ole Vinny let some schmuck dictate the albums content and production. I had VERY high hopes for this release as well. Only Track i really enjoyed was the finale with the original band..that is the only track i can listen too repeatedly. I can see what he tried to do, was a decent concept but in my opinion the final result is sorely lacking. A low point for Vinny..:(

Alcest..a lot of my Black Metal friends as well as just lovers of fine music rave about the new release and justifiably so. AMAZING is a word which aptly describes this release. Powerful , thought provoking, sheer elegance and pure beauty embedded into a piece of plastic. I am actually planning on purchasing this release..and i no longer purchase cds like i used to. This one I will be proud to have in my minimal collection, right next to The Hunter.

The others you all mentioned i will be hearing as well..thanks guys for the recs.

Still making vids..added a couple more but i won't post them..gave you a lot so far and do not want to come off as an egotistical megalomaniac. Sorry if i overdid it..just have a lot of music i want others to be able to hear and share. Tomorrow night my bro Jason sends me the work he wants me to mix my way..yeahhhhhhhhhh..gonna be on comp cd with a bunch of other guys,,cool.

And in parting i leave this announcement.

Angela sent me a message this morning.
She loves me as much as I love her.
We are an item.
The wedding will be this Winter because that is what she wants...holy shit guys..a true life Heavy Metal love story.
Angela P. Coldnight shall be Angela Patton :)
Keep it in here for now please..just had to share it with my old friends since you were there in the beginning for it all.
Wow..bumped into her online as a big fan. Then quickly became real good friends..and now..just wow :)
I am truly the happiest I have been in years.

Hugggggggggggs to all my friends.
see you later

Feeling kind of ill. Slept 12 hours today and I'm still tired. I've been spending the day guzzling water and soup broth, trying to stay away from meds as much as possible. I really can't miss anymore time off school. I've fallen into a ditch I'm hoping I can get out off. I might be able to pass, but it's really gonna like bad on paper. Was listening to Tom Waits most of the day, from his ballads to his experimental stuff. Good shit, just saying. After a while, I got on my computer, and decided to listen to Celtic Frost. I finally got around to listening to Cold Lake. I don't see why people hate it. It's not even Glam. Sure the lyrics suck, and it's more commercial than the other albums, but it's not really that bad. The worst thing I can say about it is that it's kinda boring.

I also found the time to listen to Monotheist beyond that one single. It's fucking amazing. I mean really, it's up there with Mega Therion. Celtic Frost make really good doom riffs, and this is the only recoed where Fischer doesn't sound like a fucking goof (but hell I love him for it).

So guys, what are some old bands that broke up for a long time, came back, and released an excellent album, or better yet, an album that competes will with their older material. As I said earlier, Monotheist.

I said, umph, HEEEYYYY.

So guys, what are some old bands that broke up for a long time, came back, and released an excellent album, or better yet, an album that competes will with their older material. As I said earlier, Monotheist.

well i guess Alice In Chains...
Black Gives Way To Blue was a pretty good album
id even say its on par with their older albums
granted its hard to replace Layne Staley but William DuVall was a great choice for a replacement