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Nymphetamine

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Death Metal
by: Cradle Of Filth

September 27, 2004
It's a bit softer than their other albums, and the songs aren't as fun to listen to either. And the lyrics can be weak at points, but other songs (Guilded C*nt, Nymphetamine Fix, English Fire) make up for that. However, overall, it is not as good as their previous albums or their newest ones. If you're just getting into Cradle, though, this might be a good one to get if you're not accustomed to really thrashy stuff. Then, after this, you can get Thornography and work your way back from Damnation & A Day. So...yeah. This is a good introduction to metal and COF, but if you're already a fan of both, it's got it's strong points and it's (very) weak points...

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Black Metal (Remastered / Expanded)

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Death Metal
by: Venom

February 26, 2008
Venoms finest moment is here on this fine re-issue of a true classic black metal album. the singer is not good, the guitar is rubbish and the bass is awful but its venom, true metal. easily the best black metal album ever, no competition............CLASS

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Whoracle

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Death Metal
by: In Flames

January 01, 2001
The Jester race was the breakthrough for In Flames and made alot of people stand up and take notice with its majestic leads, chunky riffs and epic combination of melodic death and guitar hero power metal. An then along came Whoracle, which proved that they were a world class band and cememnted them in metals hall of fame

Whoracle takes the template laid down on earlier works to the next level. its slightly more focused song writing wise, and there's much less of an emphasis in trying to be overly technical. instead, we have a much more solid performance, with some really power chords and riffs as well as the traedmark dual guitar melodies. Fan favourite Jotun is a great example; infectious hooks (don't those leads remind you of Blind Guardian?), strong ... Read More:

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Nemesis Divina

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Death Metal
by: Satyricon

October 01, 1999
Great 1996 album, with a real medieval feel! Absoluteley, totally heavy with a real focus on battles and the Apocalypse.
Production is strong and it's a full on assault of riffs & drums that batter into submission. Satyr's vocals are brutal, and yet always easy to understand. The album has some of THE best use of keyboards within Black Metal, on classics such as Mother North. And there's plenty of clear, audible bass guitar as well, to back up the insaneley heavy guitar work.
Great drums, fast & heavy, sometimes really tribal from the legend that is Frost.
I defy anyone to put forward a heavier track than Forhekset!
There's lyrics written in both English & the band's native Norwegian. Always dark, violent & up for a fight!
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Sergeant Early's Dream/ Ghost Dances

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Death Metal
by: Incantation

October 31, 2000
After searching everywhere for this soundtrack I was so happy when it popped up on the search Screen in Amazon. My favourite pieces are the ones from Ghost Dances and the music is absolutely amazing, so simple yet so moving, I thought it was brilliant.

I love the American Influenced music and whenever I listen to this soundtrack I always get hte powerful Image of Bruce's choreography - it's amazing. If you are a lover of Bruce's work and the soundtracks to all of them, then this is IT, and even if you are not, GET IT ANYWAY, not to be regretted.

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The Principle of Evil Made Flesh

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Death Metal
by: Cradle Of Filth

May 22, 2006
The first Cradle of Filth album I bought was 'Midian', which I was very impressed by. After reading some reviews I decided to buy 'Cruelty And The Beast'. However, due to a mix up I received this album instead. So I thought "What the hell? I might aswell listen to it!". Little did I know that my taste in music would be changed so dramatically by this album.

The first thing I noticed was the contrast between the production on this album and on Midian. The "wall of sound" on Midian is replaced by a sparse sonic landscape. The guitars are fuzzy, the bass cold, the drums tight; all backed by keyboards, brimming with elegance. The vocals Dani produced on this album are raw, more true to the 'black metal' that was beginning to surface in Norway.

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Welcome To Hell (Remastered / Expanded)

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Death Metal
by: Venom

February 26, 2008
After sampling 'In Legue with Satan' off the great lightnin' to the nations compliaton CD I imediatly bout the first 3 Venom albums and I have to say their debut is the best of the 3 and an absolute classic slab of metal!

Now everyone says Venom are notorious for bad production and they are right, but I have a feeling it was semi-diliberate to try and achieve the heaviest sound they could muster and it pays off, this is a brutal album and must of sounded like pure noise back in 1981(!).

The album opens up on a surprisingly weak song 'Sons of Satan' but dont let that put you off, the title track is a stonecold classic, so much that Iron Maiden completly ripped off the main riff for one of their best songs '2 minutes to midnight', compare it, theres only one ... Read More:

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Reroute to Remain

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Death Metal
by: In Flames

September 09, 2002
Awesome album, has had me singing and listening non stop since i bought it!
Nice mix of hardcore screaming, synth and softer singing in most of the songs.
Favourite tracks:
System
Cloud connected
Black and white

Dawn of a new day and transparent are also great
Enjoy!

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Jester Race, the/Black Ash Inheritance

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Death Metal
by: In Flames

January 21, 2002
I'm always cautious when approaching hyped albums, albums which are labelled the best a band has ever put out and especially albums labelled as 'genre-classics'. Such albums tend fall flat on their faces in dissapointment or, as is more often the case, fall victim to their own hype in that, while not being bad, they cannot live up to their reputation. The Jester Race, however, lives up to it's reputation as In Flames best and a genre classic.

The beauty of the Jester Race comes from its simplicty;a heads down, riff heavy metal album of the finest calibar, which has, to my ears, an almost working-class work ethic in that it delivers solid, top notch metal tunes without being overly flashy or needlessly technical. Take, for example, the legendary opener 'Moonshield'. It begins with ... Read More:

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Formulas Fatal to the Flesh

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Death Metal
by: Morbid Angel

September 02, 1999
Morbid Angel, Formulas Fatal to the Flesh - Way back in the year of 1989 the Death Metal godfathers ‘Morbid Angel’ released their debut album ‘Altars Of Madness’. The album saw a new wave of extreme metal form through its creation, hailing the group as one of the most influential metal bands ever. From there on in, the band have released album after album of intense Death Metal with an ever evolving and adapting sound that proved ‘Morbid Angel’ to be unique and very talented metal gods.

A fair few albums later, the band released their sixth album ‘Formulas Fatal To The Flesh’ in the year of 1998. The album saw a major turning point for the band as Steve Tucker joined as bassist and vocalist in the previous year, bringing the album a new ... Read More: