The band is Lethian Dreams. Bleak Silver Streams is an album of dark, heavy melancholic doom with a variety of vocal styles, ethereal female vocals, death vokills, and low spoken clear vocals, sometimes blending together in unique ways. This is an excellent album, recommended to those who like atmospheric doom.

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Sleastak

Rat King is a duo from India. However, their music is not ethnic, it is dark experimental. Highly original excellent dark experimental music with some industrial and metal influences. Great, great stuff that should get far more attention than it does.

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Sleastak

The band is Obsidia and the cd is Back to Darkness, actually an ep with 5 songs. Musically, they are similar to early Tristania and The Sins of Thy Beloved, perhaps. Very worthy music!!! Very nice cd booklet with lyrics and artwork. Great stuff………

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Sleastak

Sing me a song, you're a singer. Do me wrong, you're a bringer of evil. The devil is never a maker. And, the less that you give, you're a taker. It goes on and on and on… Heaven and Hell!

Whenever I think of the greatest frontman in metal, I think of Dickinson, Halford, and Dio…… Either of any of those three would be what I consider the greatest singer to front a metal band.

However, when I try to think of who truly is heavy metal's greatest icon, there is no question. RONNIE JAMES DIO. He popularized the devil…

Sat 27 Feb – Epica, Threat Signal, Blackguard

You've got to like a band whose setlist includes "The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)" from Star Wars. But beyond that, Epica was sooooooooo great! Nice set, I think at least an hour and 15 minutes. Nice selection of songs, but I kind of wish they had played The Phantom Agony. It doesn't really matter because they were beyond great…………

Blackguard played a short killer set. 2nd time I've seen them. I bought their cd. Musically, they remind me a little of Turisas, but thrashy and aggressive.

Nearing the…

Fri 19 Feb – Nile, Krisiun, Immolation, Rose Funeral, Dreaming Dead
Another huge crowd at Volume 11 for a killer metal show.

I missed Rose Funeral, and got there in time to see the end of Dreaming Dead's set, which I was impressed with but didn't really see enough to comment. I was really there to see the 3 veteran death metal bands.

Krisiun, being my 3rd time seeing them, KILLED. Straight ahead war metal. Immolation is a bit more refined but still very heavy. Great classic styled death metal band.

And Nile, incredibly fckng awesome raw as…

Sun 17 Jan – Korpiklaani, Týr, Swashbuckle, White wizzard

Splash-n-thrash pirate metal, an inflatable palm tree on stage, heathens from the Faroe Islands, Finnish folk drinking songs, folk dancing in the mosh pit, a guy in bear suit crowd surfing, a reindeer skull and antlers on the microphone stand, and general metal mayhem on a Sunday night in Raleighwood, North Carolina. :)

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Sleastak
Swashbuckle Týr Korpiklaani ᛏᛣᚱ

Last.FM Milestones

1st track: (27 Feb 2007)
Thorns - Existence
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1000th track: (01 May 2007)
Nile - Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten
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2000th track: (26 Jun 2007)
Deceased - Craving Illness
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3000th track: (27 Aug 2007)
Emperor - Towards the Pantheon
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4000th track: (26 Oct 2007)
Melechesh - The Arrival Ritual (Instrumental)
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5000th track: (24 Dec 2007)
Black Horizons - Falling
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6000th track: (31 Jan 2008)
Blut aus Nord - The Sounds of The Universe

7000th track: (21 Mar 2008)
Dark Fortress - Throne Of Sombre Thoughts

8000th track: (15 May 2008)
Ved Buens Ende -…

Sat 5 Dec – North Carolina Death Fest

Sitting here on a Sunday, watching NFL football, I can't help but notice the Budweiser commercials proclaiming their superior "drinkability." While I no longer partake of the alcoholic beverages, I do understand this concept.

Let's, for a moment, apply this concept to metal bands. Does a particular band have LISTENABILITY?

The North Carolina Death Fest pales in comparison in size and stature when compared to bigger fests like the Maryland Death Fest and New England Death Fest, and it's a showcase for demo level bands and lesser known established bands. 14 bands…

Elysian Blaze - Levitating The Carnal (2006)
This is great, great black ambient doom….. Many attempts at the black ambient genre come out lo-fi and monotonous. But, this RULES…..

Tristitia - The Last Grief (2000)
Damn, one of the best doom metal albums I've ever heard. Great mix of melancholy, aggression, and atmosphere, with some nice acoustics thrown in. Note that the other albums by Tristitia feature death metal vokills, but for this album, they use a straight ahead heavy metal vocalist. Excellent clear vocals on this one. File this album under progressive dOOm!

Seance - Awakening of the Gods…