Metal Reviews

BATTLE METAL IS NOT A GENRE

Neither war metal, viking metal, pirate metal... or sports metal.

Yeah, too many subgenres... I miss the good old days when it was basically Black, Death and Thrash.
Going even further back, it was all just basically Metal.

Anyone that hasn't given Bolt Thrower a listen, start with The IVth Crusade. 9/10.

I like War Metal, e.g. Black Witchery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zmou5DILqQ

I like it, because it brings the extreme metal back to it's roots. When the Kreators, Sodoms, Hellhammers, Deaths, Mayhems, Bathorys,Destructions or Slayers began, it was not about making good intelligent, progressive music, it was all about "We want to play harder and faster and we want to be more evil than Venom!"

It was not about to play as good as possible and to be a better artist and to make intelligent music. It was just about raw power and speed. And that's the spirit these bands are bringing back to life.

+1 Excellent album. I love their lyrics too.

From the Roman conquest of Britain in the year 43 AD to 61 AD,
to the Saxon Raids include 205 to 577 AD
Followed by Viking Raids, 793 to around 1016

The Norman Conquest of 1066, including the Battle of Hastings,
leading to the Crusades, which persisted throughout the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth centuries.

The Anglo-French Wars of the Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries
Culminating in the Massacre of Agincourt.

The First English Civil War of 1215 to 1217, the first of many.

The Hundred Years' War from 1337 to 1437,
and the War of the Roses of 1455 to 1485,
war of the Holy League, 1510 to 1514 - another war created in the name of God,
The Eighty Years' War of 1568 to 1648,
followed by the great English Civil War of 1642 to 1651

The American Revolution of 1792 lasting through to 1802
Followed by Napoleonic Wars of 1803 to 1815, ending with the Battle of Waterloo

The Wars on both the Zulus and the Boers through around 1879 till 1902

World War I - 1914 to 1918
The so-called 'War of all Wars', the Great War
Millions slaughtered in the mud of France

World War II, 1939 to 1945
The war that should never have happened
The prime example of man's inhumanity
Concluding in the bombing of Japan

Vietnam through 1956 - 1975
The war that America will never forget

More recently the Falklands War in 1982 and the Gulf War of 1991
Mankind's destructive nature - Throughout the ages

You cant go wrong with Realm of Chaos, that album is more brutal than a lot of BDM bands these days.
I fucking love "Lost souls Domain"

Yeah, I have that one. Early BT is fucking awesome.

All BT is awesome. Solid solid band. Everytime I hear one of their records, that's the best, Few bands with a long discography are so consistent. Perhaps Sodom is the other one that comes to mind.