The Metal Crypt

Happy to be a part of this! Will push for three more in 2026. Will never reach the productivity of the veterans I think

Sabaton are trying very hard to establish themselves as an arena band. They certainly have the material for it, but it's not on the latest album, which dominated the set. There was also a bunch of acting by old generals (Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar) before the show (20 minute of yapping ...

Double post but just got back from seeing Candlemass on their 40 years of doom tour. Second time seeing them this year, the other one was at a festival so felt abbreviated. They were great today. I almost have to laught at how heavy they sound live. Fuck, what a show.

It was weird. Their new material is so bad as well, so I did not the setlist like it much. Did not help that they had donated all their good songs to the orchestra. Stupid.

Sabaton with The Legendary Orchestra (playing Sabaton ).

Big, fat meh.

If mindblowing is the criterion, then I guess not many. But this post made me listen to Apocalypse Orchestra again, and I really like that one.

As for awful albums, I generally don’t bother with shit I don’t like. But I did check out a couple I wanted to like. Turns out I hate the new Behemoth and ...

OK, Coroner is probably my album of the year, and the top 3 are probably set. The rest are in no particulary order and are by appearance in my 2025 master list.

1. Coroner - Dissonance Theory
2. Apocalypse Orchestra - A Plague Upon Thee
3. Havukruunu - Tavastland
4. Saor - Amidst the Ruins
5. Urn ...

Helloween with Beast in Black the other day.

Good value for money, and I was lucky to get a seat. Helloween played a set full of hits for nearly 2.5 hours. A lot of fun, Kiske really impressed me. Happy that they played Ride the Sky and Heavy Metal (Is the Law) from my favorite record by them ...

What about filtered/advanced searches by genre, ratings etc? I guess that is part of the better search function?

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