Forgot this thread existed, lol.
Back in January, I bought the new Electric Wizard album, BLACK MASSES. This beast is epically heavy. Oddly enough, it reeks of Euro-trash exploitation cinema more so than their past albums. Less overtly Lovecraftian this time, too. But still. "Turn Off Your Mind" is insane. The wait on this was killer, as it came out in the UK on November 1st, but Rise Above Records had a change in US Distribution apparently, as Metal Blade handled the American release for Jan. 18th. The price between the UK and the US edition was really the reason I chose to wait it out. Now to save up for the vinyl version!
and in October, I finally found the new Cathedral album, THE GUESSING GAME. If anyone remembers the title track from THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS, the whole album is like that, crossed with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown(whose song, "Fire", Cathedral covered on the Hopkins, The Witchfinder General EP). So it's crazy psychedelic. The lyrics aren't that doom-y. They're bleak, but much more political, kind of like Lee Dorian's Napalm Death lyrics. But there still remains a sense of humor. 2 CDs long, too. Killer album.
Anyone check out the new Sword album, WARP RIDERS? Very good stuff. The production made me happy as GODS OF THE EARTH sounded terrible. This one had a nice, full sound reminiscent of AGE OF WINTER.
We have any Witchcraft fans in here at all?