RexKeltoi

Saw Priest on Screaming for Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith tours at MLG both great shows  🤘

The 80's were the shit. Definitely my favorite decade so far. 
Today - all Priest all day. Going to see the current tour Sunday night (this weekend is a doozy - Gatecreeper/Creeping Death Saturday, Priest on Sunday, and MDF coming up on Wednesday). So I'm starting with Rocka Rolla and going chronologically through the catalog.

It really is an excellent album!  And, for me, it would rank right about #10 in the catalog, but that's just how great the whole catalog is.  And I absolutely love "King of the Grey Islands".  It's my favorite album with Lowe on vocals, and it's in my top 5 Candlemass albums.  It's an especially punishing atmosphere the entire way through.  "Destroyer" is one of my favorite Candlemass songs - never fails to deliver!
Candlemass - "King of the Grey Islands"
Candlemass - "Death Magic Doom"
Love these guys!

Altar of Beetlejuice - Echoes (2024) {Finland}
Doom/Death reminiscent of November’s Doom
Chainwind Ritual - Untitled I (2024) {Turkey}
Stoner/Sludge
Hamed - Eldhap (2024) {Sweden}
Sludge in a similar vein to Isis

High On fire - Surrounded By Thieves
 

No idea dude. That's quite a leap. He also name dropped Agoraphobic Nosebleed when we were talking. I was a bit shocked, like how the hell does he even know who these guys are? Not exactly household names and he doesn't have any metal friends/relatives other than me. And I don't exactly listen to either on a regular basis, maybe once or twice a year. Best guess is a youtube rabbit hole or the like.
Funny thing though, last show I took him too (ASG & Red Beard Wall) i was telling him he needed to up his black t-shirt game since he only ever wears a tour shirt from The Church. Next time I see him...
At least it's not some shitty death-core nonsense.

Mortician - Hacked Up For Barbecue, NY 1996. Gotta be honest, I like most of the bands they've influenced more than I like Mortician themselves. But still they can be fun now and then.
 
Regurgitation - Tales of Necrophilia, Ohio 1999
 

Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology (2018)
 

Temple Nightside - The Hecatomb 2016
 
Temple Nightside - Recondemnation, Australia 2018
 

Nervosa - Downfall Of Mankind

Show last night. Hardcore kids playing death metal. Little heavier on the DM side than the core side, so it was ok. Local, weekend, $12. Works for me. Tombstoner (NYC), Accursed Creator (FL), and Skulldozer (MS). Tinnitus is cranking this morning.
NP: Blind Guardian - Nightfall
Helloween - Walls of Jericho
Sepultura - BTR
As an aside, the daughter's boyfriend comes over yesterday. Cool kid, into all sorts of music, vintage audio and vinyl. Likes most everything but usually turns up his nose at metal despite my best efforts. We usually meet at post-punk and psych/garage rock. Shows up in a Mortician shirt. I was like damn, just jump in the deep end of the pool. Talked for a bit and he had just picked up Hacked up for Barbecue and Chainsaw Dismemberment. Also Deicide - Once Upon the Cross. Realizing my opportunity, we went to the music room and took junior to school. Turned him on to a bunch of stuff and even a bit of black metal. All the goods. He left with some Dissection, Inquisition, Obituary, Morbid Angel, Bolt Thrower, Opeth, and a few others. Next lesson will be some grind. Kid's alright.

Was with my youngest son trying out guitars, he bought his first and it was a Kramer Baretta. Was really surprised how good this thing played and sounded at that price, having owned a Stryker in the 90's I was not expecting much but was pleasantly surprised. Thin neck with the typical basswood body used in recent times and single humbucker in the bridge being the only pickup it leaves a lot of options for mods and upgrades, the tuners were better than expected and stays relatively in tune after dive bombing the trem. Even though it does not come with a gig bag which would have shite anyways I don't think you could get a better deal for less than $300. Wish I had this option when I was learning in the 60's 😅🤘  

Accept - "Humanoid"
Judas Priest - "Invincible Shield" 

Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
 

Opeth/My Arms, Your Hearse-Ok, after several spins of the rather gloomy and rainy Morningrise, this is starting to sound more like the Opeth I came to know with BWP and Ghost reveries. 

Morbid Angel - Covenant

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland

Black Flag - Slip It In

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS - Jessica
 

Been waiting for them to release something new