Metal Reviews

Since Kansas is currently under about six inches of snow, I thought this would be a great time to ask you all what bands and albums you like to listen to when things get grim and frostbitten outside.

My favorites:

Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vestusta
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Coldworld - Melancholie2
Darkthrone - First five albums (Including Soulside Journey)
Emperor - First two albums
Immortal - Every album
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Stratovarius - Destiny, Episode, Polaris, Visions
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Wintersun - s/t
Wolves In The Throne Room - Every album

Rather than embracing the cold weather through music, I've been doing my best to avoid it by listening to music that I would usually equate with summer and warmth.

For instance:

Electric Wizard - Electric Wizard
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Colour Haze - All

Warm and fuzzy guitar tones abound. I think that that's all for music which has been a (semi-)conscious reaction to the weather outside. The rest of my listening has been, as far as I know, unaffected by the weather.

I'm not the biggest fan of winter.

Wintersun, Windir, Immortal, Klabautamann, Xasthur, early Darkthrone... mostly black metal, but I like a lot of folky/Celtic like stuff too. Flogging Molly, Elvenking (early), Finntroll, Tyr...

Yeah, I was Stoner Rocking when the snow was at its worst here as well. Hate cold weather.