Roughly a century after everyone else, I finally got around to playing Halo Combat Evolved, DL'ed the Mac version of it out of boredom awhile ago.

Good god I've been missing out, before playing it, I kinda thought it looked overhyped, looked like good fun, but I didn't see it as something I would fall in love with, I was wrong, this is one of the most fun shooters I've ever played :D Just wish there were more scorpion tank levels.

I really need to get a 360 one of these decades so I can get around to the other games in this series...:lol:

Anyway, if you noticed a lack of activity from me, that is why...probably going to continue for awhile too, as I attempt to beat it on legendary mode.:P

#7 is...

Hell Is Empty and All The Devils Are Here by Anaal Nathrakh

Genre: Black Metal/Grindcore

Released October 29th, 2007

Track listing:

1. Solifugae (Intro) 01:05
2. Der Hölle Rache Kocht in Meinem Herzen 03:39
3. Screaming of the Unborn 02:46
4. Virus Bomb 03:36
5. The Final Absolution 03:55
6. Shatter the Empyrean 03:05
7. Lama Sabachthani 03:48
8. Until the World Stops Turning 02:53
9. Genetic Noose 03:34
10. Sanction Extremis (Kill Them All) 03:33
11. Castigation and Betrayal 04:02
Total playing time 35:53

#9 is...

To The Nameless Dead by Primordial

Genre: Celtic/Folk/Black Metal

Released November 16th, 2007

Track listing:

1. Empire Falls 08:02
2. Gallows Hymn 05:55
3. As Rome Burns 09:15
4. Failures Burden 06:37
5. Heathen Tribes 08:18
6. The Rising Tide 01:33
7. Traitors Gate 06:49
8. No Nation On This Earth 08:13
Total playing time 54:42

8 is...

Erosion Of Sanity by Gorgus

Genre: Death Metal

Released January 19th, 1993

Track listing:

1. With Their Flesh, He'll Create 04:03
2. Condemned To Obscurity 04:51
3. The Erosion of Sanity 04:53
4. Orphans of Sickness 05:21
5. Hideous Infirmity 04:05
6. A Path Beyond Premonition 04:57
7. Odors of Existence 03:47
8. Dormant Misery 04:53
Total playing time 36:50

Was debating whether to put this one or Obscura...Obscura is technically better in every way, but I think this one is much more enjoyable, Obscura can sometimes be a bit too daunting to listen to in one sitting, where as this one is always enjoyable.

11 is...

Panzer Division Marduk by Marduk

Genre: Black Metal

Released: March 5th, 1999

Track listing:

1. Panzer Division Marduk 02:39
2. Baptism by Fire 03:51
3. Christraping Black Metal 03:46
4. Scorched Earth 03:37
5. Beast of Prey 04:07
6. Blooddawn 04:20
7. 502 03:14
8. Fist******* God's Planet 04:28
Total playing time 30:02

Catchiest black metal album ever? I think so. Definitely up there anyway, this album refuses to get out of my head. :3

Also, the lyrics are so ridiculously over the top as to be ******* hilarious.:lol:

#10 is...

Paradogma by Hour Of Penance.

Genre: Technical/Brutal Death Metal

Released March 31st, 2010

Track listing:

1. Paradogma 04:07
2. Thousands of Christs 03:14
3. The Woeful Eucharisty 04:18
4. Malevolence of the Righteous 04:13
5. Caged Into Falsehood 04:12
6. Incestuous Dynasty of Worms 02:59
7. Adversary of Bigotry 03:30
8. Incontrovertible Doctrines 03:01
9. Spiritual Ravishment 04:08
10. Apotheosis 03:52
Total playing time 37:36

Was debating putting this one up here, rather then their previous album (The Vile Conception) especially considering how new this album is, but after further listens...I find this one to be more enjoyable then TVC.

And #14 is...

Romantic Warrior by Return To Forever

Genre: Jazz Fusion

Released 1976

Track listing:

"Medieval Overture" – 5:14
"Sorceress" – 7:34
"The Romantic Warrior" – 10:52
"Majestic Dance" – 5:01
"The Magician" – 5:29
"Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" (Part I & Part II) – 11:26

Well..it is awesome and...uh...you know what, I'm just going to stop bothering to even attempt writing something here unless I really have something to say on it other then "it's awesome"...I really suck at this. :P

#13 is...

Pierced From Within by Suffocation

Genre: Death Metal

Released May 23rd, 1995

Track listing:

1. Pierced from Within 04:26
2. Thrones of Blood 05:15
3. Depths of Depravity 05:33
4. Suspended in Tribulation 06:31
5. Torn into Enthrallment 05:26
6. The Invoking 04:37
7. Synthetically Revived 03:53
8. Brood of Hatred 04:36
9. Breeding the Spawn 05:10
Total playing time 45:27

#12 is:

A Taste Of Extreme Divinity by Hypocrisy

Genre: Melodic Death Metal

Released October 23rd, 2009

Track listing:

1. Valley Of The Damned 04:17
2. Hang Him High 04:35
3. Solar Empire 05:16
4. Weed Out The Weak 03:50
5. No Tomorrow 04:16
6. Global Domination 05:15
7. Taste The Extreme Divinity 03:36
8. Alive 04:22
9. The Quest 05:31
10. Tamed (Filled With Fear) 04:39
11. Sky Is Falling Down 04:32
Total playing time 50:09

And #16 is...

The Dark Saga by Iced Earth

Genre: Power Metal

Released May 20th, 1996

Track listing:

1. Dark Saga 03:42
2. I Died for You 03:48
3. Violate 03:38
4. The Hunter 03:55
5. The Last Laugh 03:46
6. Depths of Hell 03:01
7. Vengeance Is Mine 04:22
8. Scarred 05:54
9. Slave to the Dark 04:03
10. A Question of Heaven 07:40
Total playing time 43:49

Probably the best Power Metal album ever made IMO, while it doesn't contain their best song (Dante's Inferno, AKA the most epicly awesome Power Metal track ever :P ), I think this is IEs most consistently awesome full length release.

15 is...

The Morning Never Came by Swallow The Sun

Genre: Melodic Death/Doom Metal

Released November 15th, 2003

Track listing:

1. Through Her Silvery Body 08:40
2. Deadly Nightshade 05:48
3. Out of this Gloomy Light 05:37
4. Swallow (Horror Pt. 1) 05:23
5. Silence of the Womb 06:50
6. Hold this Woe 08:04
7. Under the Waves 06:46
8. The Morning Never Came 09:19
Total playing time 56:27

*insert rather poorly written praise of this album here*

19 is...

Blessed Are The Sick by Morbid Angel

Genre: Death Metal

Released July 5th, 1991

Tracks:

1. Intro 01:27
2. Fall from Grace 05:14
3. Brainstorm 02:35
4. Rebel Lands 02:41
5. Doomsday Celebration 01:50
6. Day of Suffering 01:54
7. Blessed Are the Sick / Leading the Rats 04:47
8. Thy Kingdom Come 03:25
9. Unholy Blasphemies 02:10
10. Abominations 04:27
11. Desolate Ways 01:41
12. The Ancient Ones 05:54
13. In Remembrance 01:26
Total playing time 39:31

A death metal landmark... Morbid Angel truly outdid themselves with this masterpiece.

18 is...

Victims Of Deception by Heathen

Genre: Thrash Metal

Released April 12th, 1991

Track listing:

1. Hypnotized 08:35
2. Opiate of the Masses 07:50
3. Heathen's Song 09:27
4. Kill the King (Rainbow cover) 03:35
5. Fear of the Unknown 07:08
6. Prisoners of Fate 06:21
7. Morbid Curiosity 06:28
8. Guitarmony (instrumental) 03:31
9. Mercy Is No Virtue 06:29
Total playing time 59:24

One of the few Thrash Metal albums on this list...while I'm not a huge fan of Thrash overall (I like it, but it just doesn't interest me as much as most of the other metal sub-genres), this album just completely destroys most other thrash albums in terms of quality IMO, an absolute must listen for any thrash fan (Or metal fan, for that matter).

17 is...

Still Life by Opeth

Genre: Progressive Death Metal

Released October 18th, 1999

Track listing:

1. The Moor 11:26
2. Godhead's Lament 09:47
3. Benighted 05:01
4. Moonlapse Vertigo 09:00
5. Face of Melinda 07:59
6. Serenity Painted Death 09:14
7. White Cluster 10:02
Total playing time 01:02:29

Eargasmic masterpiece. Enough said. :P

And #20 is...

Symbolic by Death

Genre: Progressive Death Metal

Released March 21st, 1995

Track listing:

1. Symbolic 06:33
2. Zero Tolerance 04:49
3. Empty Words 06:22
4. Sacred Serenity 04:27
5. 1,000 Eyes 04:29
6. Without Judgment 05:28
7. Crystal Mountain 05:07
8. Misanthrope 05:04
9. Perennial Quest 08:19
Total playing time 50:38

What can I say about this album... While a lot of people seem to either prefer The Sound Of Perseverance, or one of the previous albums that death released, I personally find this album to be the pinnacle of their career, and as such, one of the best Death Metal albums ever released.

This blog series is lasting just a bit too long in my opinion, to make it go a little faster, I am going to start posting multiple albums every so often.

#23 is

Death Came Through A Phantom Ship by Carach Angen

Genre: Symphonic Black Metal

Released February 26th, 2010

Track listing:

1. Electronic Voice Phenomena 00:59
2. The Sighting Is a Portent of Doom 04:09
3. And the Consequence Macabre 06:45
4. Van der Decken's Triumph 05:17
5. Bloodstains on the Captain's Log 05:52
6. Al Betekent Het Mijn Dood 01:08
7. Departure Towards a Nautical Curse 05:39
8. The Course of a Spectral Ship 05:09
9. The Shining Was a Portent of Gloom 08:49
Total playing time 43:47

Another very new release, I was a bit hesitant to put this one on here, but after further listening, I really believe this album deserves this spot, easily one of the best black metal albums I have heard in awhile.

#22 is...

Iron by Ensiferum

Genre: Melodic Death Metal

Released April 15th, 2004

Track listing:

1. Ferrum Aeternum 03:28
2. Iron 03:53
3. Sword Chant 04:44
4. Mourning Heart - Interlude 01:23
5. Tale of Revenge 04:30
6. Lost in Despair 05:37
7. Slayer of Light 03:10
8. Into Battle 05:52
9. Lai Lai Hei 07:15
10. Tears 03:19

Pretty much the best Melodic Death Metal album ever...I can find no real flaws in this album aside from the boring as hell closing track. If it weren't for that one track, this probably would be top ten material.

#21 is...

Unquestionable Presence by Atheist

Genre: Death Metal with Jazz and Progressive influences.

Released August 30th, 1991

Track listing:

1. Mother Man 04:34
2. Unquestionable Presence 04:07
3. Your Life's Retribution 03:17
4. Enthralled in Essence 03:38
5. An Incarnation's Dream 04:53
6. The Formative Years 03:30
7. Brains 03:41
8. And the Psychic Saw 04:45
Total playing time 32:25

It is awesome...enough said. :P

And #24 is...

Écailles de lune by Alcest.

Genre: Black Metal/Shoegaze

Released March 29th, 2010

Track listing:

1. Écailles de Lune (Part I) 09:52
2. Écailles de Lune (Part II) 09:48
3. Percées de Lumière 06:38
4. Abysses 01:47
5. Solar Song 05:24
6. Sur L'Océan Couleur de Fer 08:18
Total playing time 41:47

This album is quite possibly the most...soothing metal albums I have ever heard, when listening to it, I just can't help but feel really calm and relaxed...just a wonderful album overall.

For those of you that aren't big on harsh vocals, I recomend at least checking out the songs Écailles de Lune (Part I) and Sur L'Océan Couleur de Fer, both have clean vocals throughout, and are probably the best songs on the album IMO.