Posts Tagged ‘Deathspell Omega’

Terrorizer: The Heaviest Albums Ever – The Albums Kerrang! Forgot

Posted on Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Our friends over at Kerrang! have done an actually rather splendid feature on the 50 heaviest records of all time. We put our heads together do our own top 20, and highlight a few they might have missed.

20. Acid Bath -  When The Kite String Pops

With the cover art a painting by serial killer John Wayne Gacy and songs about drugs, murder, blasphemy and getting wasted, Acid Bath’s raw, rumbling industrial sludge on 1994 album ‘When The Kite String Pops’ is ferocious and flanked by gruff yowls that make it an explosive listening experience.

19. King Crimson – Red

The album that shut the door on 70′s progressive rock and arguably gave birth to nasty, dissonant metal. And ‘Starless’ is an utterly seismic experience.

18. Deathspell Omega -  Si Monumentum Requires, Circumpice

Taking black metal to even more twisted levels of devastation and evil, the sheer chaotic insanity behind Deathspell’s finest hour is designed to fuck the mind and warp the soul.

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Ufomammut’s Eve: Album of 2010 According To Roadburn.com Readers

Posted on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

In the beginning of December 2010 we asked you, our beloved Roadburn readers, to list your Top 10 Roadburn-flavored albums of 2010. By Christmas Eve we had received 110 lists. Thanks to everyone who took the time to send us their list! This is how we compiled the rankings: the ...read more

We want your top 10 Albums of 2010

Posted on Monday, January 3rd, 2011

[Update, January 3rd]: And the winner is: Italy’s own Ufomammut with the album Eve! Felicitazioni! Congratulations, gentlemen! Roadburn’s Album of the Day has become a tradition and now that the year is drawing to a close we at Roadburn HQ thought it would be fun to let our loyal readers, ...read more

Austin Metal Music Examiner: The 10 Most Expensive Black Metal Albums

Posted on Friday, August 6th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Austin Metal Music Examiner: Hessians the world over pride themselves in buying stacks of CDs and LPs at a time. We think nothing of blowing hundreds of dollars in a single visit to our favorite record stores or online distros. It’s expensive enough to keep up with ...read more