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IRON MAIDEN Vocalist Bruce Dickinson Says His High Notes Are Better Than Ever Post-Cancer

 

Bruce sounded great when I saw them in September

 

Judas Priest > Iron Maiden

 

Killswitch Engage got another opening slot with them on their Aussie/Kiwi tour next year - huge for them

 

I dunno man, I can do without another album full of pinch harmonics

 

this is a really hard one because both are amazing and have done so much. Also both Halford and Dickonson can absolutely still kill it live.

This might require further research and a deep dive into the discography of both...

 

I honestly don’t care for Iron Maiden, just not my thing. Totally respect them for all they’ve done for the genre tho

 

Both Iron Maiden and Judas Priest rule. It requires way too much metal energy to compare the two up against the other in their primes.

That said, Priest's latest output has been better the Iron Maiden's IMO. Firepower was surprisingly good.

 

Oh, I’ve done it and Judas Priest has the far more consistent discography. Not perfect but far superior. I just feel as though Iron Maiden went down a path where they were writing the same album over and over. This doesn’t mean they aren’t good but if I had to choose the better option, Judas Priest by a mile.

 

Doom Metal from Chicago

 

Purulent Necrosis: Cadaverized Humanity

BRUTAL Death Metal from North Carolina. That artwork is pretty damn good as well.

 

Ex-Type O Negative

RIYL 90’s Grunge and Doom

 

Say this genre 5 times fast:
Epic Electro Progressive Power Pop Metal

 

Reminds me of night flight orchestra

 

Getting some Cave In vibes. Very good!

 

Damn, might have to drive to this:

 

Obsequiae confirmed for Northwest Terror Fest. Now I HAVE to go.

 

Decibel's top 40 list is up.

40 Devil Master, Satan Spits on Children of Light, Relapse
39 Smoulder, Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring, Cruz Del Sur
38 Nocturnus AD, Paradox, Profound Lore
37 Elizabeth Colour Wheel, Nocebo, Flenser
36 Misery Index, Rituals of Power, Season of Mist
35 Vastum, Orificial Purge, 20 Buck Spin
34 Candlemass, The Door To Doom, Napalm
33 Toxic Holocaust, Primal Future: 2019, eOne
32 Abbath, Outstrider, Season of Mist
31 Cerebral Rot, Odious Descent Into Decay, 20 Buck Spin
30 Baroness, Gold & Grey, Abraxan Hymns
29 Misþyrming, Algleymi, Norma Evangelium Diaboli
28 Magic Circle, Departed Souls, 20 Buck Spin
27 Schammasch, Hearts of No Light, Prosthetic
26 Opeth, In Cauda Venenum, Nuclear Blast
25 No One Knows What the Dead Think, No One Knows What the Dead Think, Willowtip
24 Inter Arma, Sulphur English, Relapse
23 Falls of Rauros, Patterns in Mythology, Gilead Media
22 Die Choking, IV, DCIVE
21 Idle Hands, Mana, Eisenwald
20 Cattle Decapitation, Death Atlas, Metal Blade
19 Funereal Presence, Achatius, The Anja Offensive
18 Darkthrone, Old Star, Peaceville
17 Haunt, If Icarus Could Fly, Shadow Kingdom
16 Obsequiae, The Palms of Sorrowed Kings, 20 Buck Spin
15 Venom Prison, Samsara, Prosthetic
14 Devin Townsend, Empath, InsideOut
13 Mizmor, Cairn, Gilead Media
12 Mayhem, Daemon, Century Media
11 Full of Hell, Weeping Choir, Relapse
10 False, Portent, Gilead Media
9 Sacred Reich, Awakening, Metal Blade
8 Spirit Adrift, Divided by Darkness, 20 Buck Spin
7 Blut aus Nord, Hallucinogen, Debemur Morti Productions
6 Possessed, Revelations of Oblivion, Nuclear Blast
5 Tomb Mold, Planetary Clairvoyance, 20 Buck Spin
4 Crypt Sermon, The Ruins of Fading Light, Dark Descent
3 Gatecreeper, Deserted, Relapse
2 Lingua Ignota, Caligula, Profound Lore
1 Blood Incantation, Hidden History of the Human Race, Dark Descent

Meh list. Gatecreeper being so high is insane. No The Great Old Ones, Witch Vomit, Traveler, Mgla, Yellow Eyes, Deathspell Omega...

Kinda just feels like they're trying to shove Lingua Ignota in our faces the same way Pitchfork shoved Deafheaven.

 

Yeah, Deathspell Omega and Yellow Eyes put out top tier outputs.

I do love Lingua Ignota though, long before Profound Lore signed her, so I think her hype is justified.

 

I still haven’t listened to the latest Spirit Adrift

 

Nate getting out of the ICU to go to a show? What is this? Retirement? :)

 

I wish!

 

Other than Gatecreeper being so high (which it feels hard to say since I dig them a lot) and Lingua Ignota being at #2 (I love, love her messaging and imagery, but I wasn't able to get into Caligula at all) this ain't a bad list. Still a lot of things on here I need to check out - Possessed, Crypt Sermon, Blut aus Nord, Sacred Reich, False, Mizmor...

I feel like my top list for this year is going to mostly be EPs at the rate I'm going.

 

I love Gatecreeper, but their new record really clicked for me after hearing most of it played live.