Interesting idea for a thread, and while I've definitely listened to quite a few bands that fit your description, aside from the ones you listed I'm seriously drawing blanks on good recommendations. I'd say Мастер (Master) from Russia's first album (haven't heard the rest yet) would fit the bill qui...

Seems like there's always an ancient thread around to necromance for the next review... https://thecorroseum.org/rev/hirescovers/fine-black-and-white-front.jpg Curious to see if I'm the only one fascinated with this album? Maybe something for Nenad? Check it out: https://www.mediafire.com/file/c2e6...

Sorry for replying months-and-months later (not like that's too uncommon on forums these days, unfortunately) but what do you find to be the top recent NWOTHM bands? I'd love to explore it more honestly, but yeah for the reasons I complained about here - I can't really commit the time I use to expl...

Out of curiosity; does anyone here own a genuine vinyl LP copy of Palass - Queen of the World? The rip that I've been listening to, which seems to be the only one in existence, is in 256kbps and has some serious artifacting going on. Would be pleased to know if a 320kbps mp3 (or better, like FLAC o...

I have no issues with NWOTHM. That said I can't argue with most of the complaints here, especially the ones about there being so many and not having enough time to explore them all. There are lots of boring derivative NWOTHM bands but there are great ones as well. For me, more important than talent...

Cool to see some buzz around Magnet/Credo around here, love USSR Metal but have only really scratched the surface of it.

Helvetets Port, Tungsten Axe, Black Trip (haven't heard the VOJD stuff yet), Tyrann, Lethal Steel, and Century are some Swedish bands I've really liked. For American stuff: GraveDanger while rather quirky is probably the best band doing sort of Agent Steel-meets-Cloven Hoof around. Demon Bitch is qu...

Has anyone else noticed one of the riffs in The Deluge by Manilla Road sound very similar to Golden Showers by the Mentors?

I do agree that by lyrically dealing in specifics you risk looking dated when the debate moves on, but the quality of the work can also help you transcend that potential pitfall. The War Pigs example is a good one in that respect as the lyrics are general enough that it's 'just' an anti-war song, b...

Counting 70s Sabbath only against Mark II Deep Purple or 70s Scorpions, the latter two are much better. Or at least more to my taste. After all, I prefer Silver Mountain to most of the "trve" Heavy Metal that gets praised more often. Though yes I understand it's been a part of it forever,...

Thrash sucks. Body Count is awful. Grind sucks. Black Sabbath is crap compared to Scorpions or Deep Purple. You seem to have missed my point. I was merely saying that for better or worse, social/political commentary has always been part of Metal's make up & likely always will be to a greater or...

Ah yes because left wing bullshit is so much better. I wish all political lyrics, tongue-in-cheek or not, would fuck off from Metal completely. Punk rockers can have that shit all they want, but Metal is terrible when it has "social issue" type of lyrics. But Metal has always touched on s...

same here. No Biafra no Dead Kennedys No Lemmy no Motorhead You're putting Billy Milano alongside iconic figures like Jello & Lemmy? Even Billy's own mum wouldn't put him in that bracket. :lol: It's a just a bootleg curio, a bit of fun recorded during lockdown. Nothing to get upset about. Billy...

For what it's worth, I view S.O.D., M.O.D., and pretty much all other punk-style Thrash as stuff I outgrew a while ago, I even sold my two M.O.D. albums (first presses of USA for M.O.D. and Gross Misconduct) recently considering that I never listen to them nowadays. So I don't necessarily put Billy ...

No Milano no S.O.D.