Death Metal

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Sadly they disbanded way before Epitome of Darkness was ever released. Luckily I managed to see their reunion gig (or rather Mary Goore + 3) 2010 before they disbanded again. Doubt we'll see anything from them ever again. Ghost takes way too much Tobias's time and I suppose money is quite a bit better than with Repugnant as well. I like Ghost a lot as well though so it's not a complete loss.

Was it the gig at Nosturi with Watain? I saw them there, at least. It's funny you should mention Repugnant, as I was just about to come to post about Swedish death metal :) Here's a new Vanhelgd track from their upcoming album: https://soundcloud.com/pulverised/vanhel...iniquitous Although there's lots of talks about doom in there, I think they definitely still maintain their death metal roots enough for this thread. Good shit, I'd say.

Speaking of Sweden, what do you guys think of the representatives of what I would call new school Swedish death metal, like Tribulation and Morbus Chron? Especially Tribulation has taken things quite far and I think they've really pushed the boundaries of what we call death metal by borrowing . And they've done it well. Shamelessly catchy, yet at the same time really complex. To lesser extent, same could be said about Morbus Chron. They may have a bit more traditional approach to progressive death metal (heh, "traditional progressive" sounds actually like an oxymoron, but I guess it really isn't), with a lot of Death influences, but I think they still have a sound of their own. It's a real shame they've also broken up, would've really loved to see them live. I was bitter as hell when At the Gates toured Europe with Morbus Chron and Triptykon, but in Finland they played with Rotten Sound (not a bad band, but I've seen them "a few" times).

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