cds

[thedarkproject]

Scoring of stuff I bought around last time:

5/5:
Doom:VS - Aeternum Vale
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4/5:
Morgion - Among Majestic Ruin
Sentenced - The Cold White Light

3/5
Crematory - Illusions, Awake, Transmigration, s/t - one of these is 3/5 and the others are 2/5, though I have no idea which is which
Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
Sentenced - Down
Sentenced - Frozen
Hypocrisy - The Fourth Dimension

2/5:
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion

1/5:
Lake Of Tears - BlackBrickRoad (not my sort of thing really)

...and stuff bought since then:
Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side - 5/5
Insomnium - Above The Weeping World - 4/5
Hans Zimmer - Gladiator sound track - 4/5
Draconian - The Burning Halo - 4/5
My Dying Bride - A Line of Deathless Kings - 3/5 or 4/5, not decided...
Turisas - Battle Metal - 3/5

My cd purchases are slowing down at the moment, with me no longer passing Reveal Records in Derby every day, and having cleared out Selectadisc in town of everything worth having. However, tomorrow ironlord should hopefully have 4 more cds from his bulk order for me:
SENTENCED - Crimson
SATURNUS - Veronika decides to die
LACUNA COIL - Comalies
AMORPHIS - Eclipse

Why do I type all this out? I don't know. I think it'll be interesting to look back and see if my tastes change over time.

Comments

[thedarkproject]

No, to be honest I never heard much Celtic Frost before but thought I'd give this a listen... too much 70s influence for my liking however. I prefer something a bit 'crisper', for lack of a suitable adjective.

[thedarkproject]

Can't say I'm much impressed with any Carcass that isn't off Heartwork or Swansong, so I guess that answers your question!

[yaarg.livejournal.com]

Ah but have you heard Necrotism...?-)

[thedarkproject]

I think I've heard all their albums at least once... but whether the music made an impact at all, that's a different question. :)

To be fair I might appreciate the earlier stuff more now.

[yaarg.livejournal.com]

Heh well I use to be quite a big fan (and of 1980's British grindcore in general!) but these days I find their earlier stuff a bit too simple. There's definitely some good tunes (I remember Embryonic Necropsy And Devourement being a particular favourite!) there if you can stand the bloody awful "recorded this in a garage" production. By earlier albums I mean albums before Necrotism which was really the turning point and their best work IMHO.