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Currently Listening... (August 2022 Edition)


These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

By the way, this image is the view out of my bedroom window

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery that I find exceptionally special!
- A flame (🔥) denotes an album that I've heard before, enjoyed, and am revisiting this month!

Created by: F3ynman | 05.08.2022



1. Acherontas - Theosis
2010 black
2. Albino Slug - Albino Slug
1993 crazy awesome experimentation ⭐️
3. Anathema - Alternative 4
1998 atmo rock / doom
4. Ashbury - Endless Skies
1983 hard rock
5. Asphyx - Death... The Brutal Way
2009 death
6. Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin
1981 hard rock
7. Chthe'ilist - Le Dernier Crépuscule
2016 atmo death ⭐️
8. Crescent - Pyramid Slaves
2014 blackened death
9. Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus
2020 technical thrash / death
10. Dream Unending - Tide Turns Eternal
2021 dream doom
11. Early Moods - Early Moods
2022 doom / heavy ⭐️
12. Empyrium - A Wintersunset...
1996 doom
13. Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
1996 symphonic/gothic doom ⭐️
14. Fall Of The Idols - The Womb Of The Earth
2006 doom
15. Godkiller - The End Of The World
1998 industrial black
16. Grand Belial's Key - Mocking The Philanthropist
1997 black --- https://youtu.be/z6MBYdZ1pV0
17. Green Lung - Black Harvest
2021 stoner / doom
18. Grima - Frostbitten
2022 black
19. If These Trees Could Talk - The Bones Of A Dying World
2016 instrumental post rock --- https://youtu.be/IdqRK7D3Qvc
20. Kamelot - Epica
2003 symphonic power
21. Kamelot - The Black Halo
2005 symphonic power 🔥
22. Kypck - Черно
2008 doom ⭐️
23. Kyuss - Kyuss
1994 stoner
24. Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light
2009 instrumental post rock
25. Lucifer's Fall - Graveyard Rites
2022 doom (Split)
26. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
1985 thrash 🔥
27. Methadone Skies - Different Layers Of Fear
2019 stoner
28. Morgion - Solinari
1999 death doom
29. Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
2001 alt rock --- https://youtu.be/O5vlr441wR4 🔥
30. Muse - Absolution
2003 alt rock --- https://youtu.be/xC-tsLethqQ 🔥
31. Necromantia - Crossing The Fiery Path
1993 experimental black 🔥
32. Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
1996 post / atmo sludge
33. Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother
2013 post / sludge
34. Ordinul Negru - A Sojourner Wandering Through The Barren Openness
2021 atmospheric / avant-garde black (EP)
35. Poison (GER) - Into The Abyss
1993 thrash / death / black
36. Red Fang - Red Fang
2008 stoner rock
37. Russian Circles - Station
2008 instrumental post
38. Russian Circles - Gnosis
2022 instrumental post
39. Sear Bliss - The Haunting
1998 black
40. Serotonin - Fracture
2021 avant-garde black
41. Species - To Find Deliverance
2022 thrash ⭐️
42. Sulphur Aeon - Swallowed By The Ocean's Tide
2012 death
43. The Necromancers - Servants Of The Salem Girl
2017 doom
44. The Ocean - Pelagial
2013 post / atmo sludge
45. The Thirteenth Sun - Stardust
2017 progressive / psychedelic
46. Villagers Of Ioannina City - Age Of Aquarius
2019 psychedelic rock
47. Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic
2001 gothic ⭐️
48. Windir - 1184
2001 black



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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05.08.2022 - 20:37
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
The beginning of a new month - and my summer vacation! Time to start a new list
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06.08.2022 - 11:47
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by [user id=329624] on 06.08.2022 at 08:32

Heeey, grats at passing your exam man

Thanks, man. It was tough. The system at my university is that the only grade that counts for the class is the final exam. All the homework that one does throughout the semester doesn't count. This can be nice because you basically have to try your hardest only once - at the end for the exam. But on the other hand, it makes it also super stressful because your whole grade relies on the professor designing a reasonable exam.

This exam I find wasn't reasonable. The class was "Theoretical Physics 5: Advanced Quantum Mechanics". I enjoy physics for the actual physical phenomena, but theoretical physics classes have the tendency to have so much abstract math and don't focus on the connection to the actual physics. In the exam it was the extreme case that there was practically no physics involved - it was just a bunch of math problems. This pissed me off because I'd been preparing for completely other stuff, plus when I was working on the problems, I felt like I was always messing something up.

Well, I guess it turned out OK in the end. Thankfully that was my last theoretical class that I needed for my bachelor's degree. Now there's only lab work left - where I can do actual physics!
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06.08.2022 - 17:04
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by [user id=329624] on 06.08.2022 at 16:41

you should give their 8th album "Octavarium" a try. The band members were very into muse at the moment of writting the songs.

Really? I didn't know that. Thanks- I'll check it out!
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07.08.2022 - 19:19
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by [user id=329624] on 06.08.2022 at 16:41

If you like Muse and already got yourself into Dream Theater, then you should give their 8th album "Octavarium" a try. The band members were very into muse at the moment of writting the songs. Especially Panic Attack and Never Enough have strong resemblance to Muse's work.

Ok, I've listened to Octavarium. I didn't like it that much, despite some Muse elements on those songs you mentioned.

I did though find Adramelch - Irae Melanox and Poison - Into The Abyss from your list intriguing
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07.08.2022 - 21:03
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
Staff
Gonna dump some Romanian albums I think you might like:
Illuminati - The Core
White Walls - Grandeur
Descend Into Despair - Opium
The Thirteenth Sun - Stardust
Ordinul Negru - A Sojourner
Methadone Skies - Different Layers Of Fear
Katharos XIII - Chthonian Transmissions
Kultika - Capricorn Wolves
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Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking
One day there will be no heart at all?
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07.08.2022 - 21:45
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by RaduP on 07.08.2022 at 21:03

Gonna dump some Romanian albums I think you might like:
Illuminati - The Core
White Walls - Grandeur
Descend Into Despair - Opium
The Thirteenth Sun - Stardust
Ordinul Negru - A Sojourner
Methadone Skies - Different Layers Of Fear
Katharos XIII - Chthonian Transmissions
Kultika - Capricorn Wolves

Neat! Thanks, man!
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08.08.2022 - 21:00
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by RaduP on 07.08.2022 at 21:03

Gonna dump some Romanian albums I think you might like:
Illuminati - The Core
White Walls - Grandeur
Descend Into Despair - Opium
The Thirteenth Sun - Stardust
Ordinul Negru - A Sojourner
Methadone Skies - Different Layers Of Fear
Katharos XIII - Chthonian Transmissions
Kultika - Capricorn Wolves

Thanks a ton, Radu! I've listened to all of these now and it was a pretty cool binging trip!
It was really interesting exploring Romanian music. Thanks for providing such a large variety as well (death, prog, black, instrumental, post...)!

My favorites were:
- The Thirteenth Sun - Stardust
- Ordinul Negru - A Sojourner Wandering Through The Barren Openness
- Methadone Skies - Different Layers Of Fear

I really liked the spacey/stoner/prog atmosphere on these

Katharos XIII (with cool saxophone) and Kultika (with growls reminding me of Dan Swanö) were interesting too, and I was impressed to find that they along with Ordinul Negru are led by the same mastermind Fulmineos.
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09.08.2022 - 18:39
Qualeen
Keep them lists coming! Through Silver in Blood is pure brilliance.
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So imminently visible - this cloaked innocent guilt
Sentenced to a lifetime, a second of structured chaos
Trampled by the ferocious, raging crowds of solitude
I'm the soil beneath me soaking up the sustenance of my own death.
[Meshuggah]
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09.08.2022 - 19:00
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Very interesting list, your delving into all kinds of genre's, I've noticed alot of album's here I haven't yet listened to, keep it up
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09.08.2022 - 19:27
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by Qualeen on 09.08.2022 at 18:39

Keep them lists coming! Through Silver in Blood is pure brilliance.

Indeed it is! Neurosis have such a great unique style that took some getting used to. Glad that I've come to appreciate it now!

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 09.08.2022 at 19:00

Very interesting list, your delving into all kinds of genre's, I've noticed alot of album's here I haven't yet listened to, keep it up

Thanks! I'm really happy with the way I'm going through music right now - browsing through various genres, going down rabbit holes, exploring non-metal things and things not featured on MS...

And, since giving a quantitative rating for albums can be stressful (especially if I've only just discovered it and it might still grow on me), I'm not forcing myself to give the albums a rating. Instead, I'm just following a simple policy: if I find something that I like and want to return back to it often, I add it to the list.

I hope you and others will find great albums that you haven't listened to yet. The world of music is so wide and flourishing - and I hope I can contribute to spreading the word!
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15.08.2022 - 10:32
RazMan
That Early Moods album is some of the best traditional doom I've heard in a long time! Nice list.
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15.08.2022 - 15:51
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
That star on Albino Slug makes me very happy
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