The Metal Ocean

Solution .45- For Aeons Past (2010)

2010-04-27T16:36:00.000-07:00

Solution .45
For Aeons Past (2010)
Origin: Sweden
Style: Melodic Death Metal
External Links: Preview

Track List:
"The Close Beyond"
"Gravitational Lensing"
"Through Night-Kingdomed Gates"
"For Aeons Past"
"Lethean Tears"
"Bladed Vaults"
"Wirethrone"
"On Embered Fields Adust"
"Into Shadow"
"Clandestinity Now"
"Spirit Side Dreaming (Japanese Bonus Track)"

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Lyrics from Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquility), vocals from Christian Älvestam (Scar Symmetry). What more could you want?

Elffor- Son of Shades (2002)

2010-04-03T22:04:00.000-07:00

Elffor
Son of Shades (2002)
Origin: Spain
Style: Black Metal
External Links: Myspace

Track List:
"Jaboren Basoa"
"Son of the Shades"
"Of Wolves and Blood"
"Infernal Woods"
"Ravensong"
"The Nocturnal Moon"
"Long Winter Days"
"Unholy Gleam"

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Fairly impressive ambient black metal, in the vein of Summoning.
6/10

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2010-04-01T13:48:00.001-07:00

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Alcest- Écailles de Lune (2010)

2010-03-31T14:52:00.001-07:00

Alcest
Écaillas de Lune (2010)
Origin: France
Style: Shoegaze/ Black Metal
External Links: Streaming Track

Track List:
"Écailles de Lune - Part 1"
"Écailles de Lune - Part 2"
"Percées de lumière"
"Abysses"
"Solar Song"
"Sur L'Océan Couleur De Fer"

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Absolutely amazing album! Highly recommended and all that jazz. 9/10

Isis- Wavering Radiant

2010-03-23T14:21:00.000-07:00

Isis
Wavering Radiant (2009)
Origin: USA
Style: Sludge/ Post-Metal (whatever that means)
External Links: 2010 Tour Dates

Track List:
"Hall of the Dead"
"Ghost Key"
"Hand of the Host"
"Wavering Radiant"
"Stone to Wake a Serpent"
"20 Minutes / 40 Years"
"Threshold of Transformation"

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Not really my cup of tea, but fans of the genre will enjoy.

Limbonic Art- Legacy of Evil (2007)

2010-03-18T14:00:00.000-07:00

Limbonic Art
Legacy of Evil (2007)
Origin:Norway
Style: Symphonic Black Metal
External Links: Myspace

Track List:
"A Cosmic Funeral of Memories"
"A Void of Lifeless Dreams"
"Grace by Torments"
"Infernal Phantom Kingdom"
"Legacy of Evil"
"Lycanthropic Tales"
"Nebulous Dawn"
"Seven Doors of Death"
"Twilight Omen"
"Unleashed From Hell"

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Great symphonic black metal! Highly recommended!
8.0/10

Heidevolk- Uit Oude Grond (2010)

2010-03-15T14:46:00.000-07:00

Heidevolk
Uit Oude Grond (2010)
Origin: Netherlands
Style: Folk Metal
External Links: Myspace

Track List:
"Nehalennia"
"Ostara"
"Vlammenzee"
"Een Geldersch Lied"
"Dondergod"
"Reuzenmacht"
"Alvermans Wraak"
"Karel van Egmond, Hertog van Gelre"
"Levenslot"
"Deemsternis"
"Beest bij Nacht"

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Not really my thing, but folk fans may enjoy.
4.5/10

Sacrumentum- Far Away From The Sun (1996)

2010-03-15T14:30:00.001-07:00

Sacrumentum
Far Away From The Sun (1996)
Origin: Sweden
Style: Black/Death Metal
External Links: Wiki

Track List:
"Fog's Kiss"
"Far Away from the Sun"
"Blood Shall Be Spilled"
"When Night Surrounds Me"
"Cries from a Restless Soul"
"Obsolete Tears"
"Beyond All Horizons"
"The Vision and the Voice"
"Darkness Falls for Me"

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Great and highly underrated stuff here. This is Sacrumentum's first full length album.
7.0/10

Immortal- At The Heart Of Winter (1999)

2010-03-12T13:05:00.000-08:00

Immortal
At The Heart Of Winter (1999)
Origin: Norway
Style: Black Metal
External Links: Streaming Track

Track List:
"Withstand The Fall of Time"
"Tragedies Blows at Horizon"
"Where Dark and Light Don't Differ"
"At the Heart of Winter"
"Years of Silent Sorrow"

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Great album from one of my favorite bands! More Immortal to come.
8.9/10

Burzum-Belus

2010-03-09T12:35:00.000-08:00

Burzum
Belus (2010)
Origin: Norway
Style: Black Metal
External Links: Metallum

Track List:
"Leukes Renkespill (Introduksjon)"
"Belus' Død"
"Glemselens Elv"
"Kaimadalthas' Nedstigning"
"Sverddans"
"Keliohesten"
"Morgenrøde"
"Belus' Tilbakekomst (Konklusjon)"

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Truth be told-- I only listened to one song on this album and it's really not my thing. I enjoy plenty of black metal, but not much of the 'traditional' black metal. I think if you know you like this, you will like it-- but it wont gain the genre any new fans.

Sacrilege- Lost In The Beauty You Slay

2010-03-08T12:49:00.000-08:00

Sacrilege
Lost In The Beauty You Slay (1996)
Origin: Sweden
Style: Melodic Death Metal
External Links:

Track List:
"Frozen Thoughts"
"Beyond the Gates of Pain"
"Without Delight"
"Crying Statues of Paleness and Ice"
"Fettered in Shackles of Light"
"Lost in the Beauty You Slay"
"Silence in a Beloved Scream"
"Torment of Life"
"Initio Silentium Noctis"

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Fantastic old school melo-death!
6.9/10

2010-03-05T11:37:00.000-08:00

Carach Angren
Death Came Through a Phantom Ship (2010)
Origin: Netherlands
Style: Symphonic Black Metal
External Links: Myspace

Track List:
"Electronic Voice Phenomena"
"The Sighting is a Portent of Doom"
"And the Consequence Macabre"
"Van der Decken's Triumph"
"Bloodstains on the Captain's Log"
"Al Betekent Het Mijn Dood"
"Departure Towards a Nautical Curse"
"The Course of a Spectral Ship"
"The Shining was a Portent of Gloom"

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Meh, this really isn't my cup of tits, but a few people have asked for it so I deliver.
4.2/10

Iron Maiden- Fear Of The Dark

2010-03-04T21:56:00.000-08:00

Iron Maiden
Fear Of The Dark (1992)
Origin: UK
Style: Heavy Metal
External Links: Myspace

Track List:
"Be Quick or Be Dead"
"From Here To Eternity"
"Afraid to Shoot Strangers"
"Fear Is the Key"
"Childhood's End"
"Wasting Love"
"The Fugitive"
"Chains of Misery"
"The Apparition"
"Judas Be My Guide"
"Weekend Warrior"
"Fear Of The Dark:"

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Part I
Part II

2010-03-04T10:20:00.000-08:00

Quo Vadis
Day into Night (2000)
Origin: Canada
Style: Technical Death Metal
External Links: Myspace, Review

Track List:
"Absolution (Element of the Ensemble III)"
"Dysgenics"
"Hunter/Killer"
"Hunter/Killer: Endgame"
"Let it Burn"
"Dream"
"On the Shores of Ithaka"
"Night of the Roses"
"I Believe"
"Point of No Return : Mute Requiem"
"Point of No Return : Cadences of Absonance"

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This is an essential tech-metal album. Quo Vadis was and still is on top of their game.
7.5/10

Sear Bliss- The Arcane Odyssey

2010-03-03T11:33:00.000-08:00

Sear Bliss
The Arcane Odyssey
Origin: Hungary
Style: Experimental Black Metal
External Links: Myspace

Track List:
"Blood On The Milky Way"
"A Deathly Illusion"
"Lost And Not Found"
"Thorns Of Deception"
"The Venomous Grace"
"Omen Of Doom"
"Somewhere"
"Path To The Motherland"

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*Request*-- Great if you want to try something a little different as this is not at all your typical black metal. If you like this try the band Forest Silence I posted yesterday.
7.2/10

While Heaven Wept- Vast Oceans Lachryomose

2010-03-03T08:40:00.000-08:00

While Heaven Wept
Vast Oceans Lachrymose
Origin: USA
Style: Epic Doom
External Links: Myspace, Review

Track List:
The Furthest Shore (15:50)
To Wander the Void (6:27)
Living Sepulcher (4:00)
Vessel (7:47)
Vast Oceans Lachrymose (5:01)
Epilogue (3:12)

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Holy shit this is a great album. I have been spinning this one more than I care to admit lately.
9.0/10

Forest Silence- The Philosophy Of Winter

2010-03-02T15:06:00.001-08:00

Forest Silence
The Philosophy Of Winter
Origin: Hungary
Style: Black Metal
External Links: Myspace, Metal Call-Out Wiki

Track List:
"Bringer Of Storm"
"Spirits Of The Winds"
"At The Dawning of Chaos"
"Path Of Destruction"
"Philosophy Of Winter"

Here is some very good ambient/atmospheric black metal from Sear Bliss' keyboardist, Winter.
7.0/10

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Kalmah- 12 Gauge (Japanese Edition)

2010-03-02T12:01:00.000-08:00

Kalmah

12 Gauge (Japanese Edition)

Origin: Finland

Style: Melodic-Death Metal

External Links: Myspace, Metal Call-Out Wiki

Track List:

Rust Never Sleeps
One of Fail
Bullets are Blind
Swampwar
Better Not to Tell
Hook the Monster
Godeye
12 Gauge
Sacramentum
Cold Sweat

** Bonus Thin Lizzy Cover**

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Megadeth- Endgame

2010-03-02T09:48:00.000-08:00

Megadeth

Endgame

Origin: USA

Style: Thrash

External Links: Myspace, Metal Call-Out Wiki

"Dialectic Chaos”
“This Day We Fight!”
“44 Minutes”
“1,320″
“Bite The Hand That Feeds”
“Bodies Left Behind”
“Endgame”
“The Hardest Part Of Letting Go… Sealed With A Kiss”
“Headcrusher”
“How the Story Ends”
“Nothing Left To Lose”

Fantastic new-ish Megadeth album. 7.9/10

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2010-03-01T19:14:00.000-08:00

Eluveitie

Everything Remains (As It Never Was)

Origin: Switzerland

Style: Folk Metal

External Links: Myspace, Metal Call-Out Wiki

Track List:

"Otherworld" - 1:57

"Everything Remains as It Never Was" - 4:25

"Thousandfold" - 3:20

"Nil" - 3:43

"The Essence of Ashes" - 3:59

"Isara" - 2:44

"Kingdom Come Undone" - 3:22

"Quoth the Raven" - 4:42

"(Do)minion" - 5:07

"Setlon" - 2:36

"Sempiternal Embers" - 4:52

"Lugdūnon" - 4:01

"The Liminal Passage" - 2:10

"Otherworld Set" (Bonus)

"The Liminal Passage Set" (Bonus)

This record is amazing!!! I highly recommend it!

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Dark Throne- Circle The Wagons

2010-03-01T18:27:00.000-08:00

Dark Throne

Circle The Wagons (2010)

Origin: Norway

Style: Black/Thrash

External Links: Myspace, Metal Call-Out Wiki

Track List

"Those Treasures Will Never Befall You" - 4:21

"Running for Borders" – 4:04

"I am the Graves of the 80s" – 3:07

"Stylized Corpse" – 7:33

"Circle the Wagons" – 2:46

"Black Mountain Totem" – 5:36

"I am the Working Class" – 5:08

"Eyes Burst at Dawn" – 3:49

"Bränn Inte Slottet" – 4:37

Why don't we get this blog party started with a bang!

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