idk what ur talking about. it's at a 1 now

You've got a lot of the basics covered, actually. I'd say.. Eucharist's A Velvet Creation is close to early At the Gates more than Sacramentum, you know their second album but the debut is a bit better - lots of melodic fluidity with how their riffs & harmonies are arranged, flowing song structures etc. It's very good, though do be warned that the drum sound on it is pretty awful.

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hey bro apologies for the late reply, had a busy ass weekend. anyway, glad you liked those vampillia tracks! i'd recommend starting with The Divine Move, then trying out My Beautiful Twisted Nightmares in Aurora Rainbow Darkness, which I guess is kinda similar to TDM, though a lesser album for me (still great!). After that, you can just explore their discography at random. Alchemic Heart, for example, is like a doom metal-ish album (from memory) with only two long-ass tracks. enjoy!

It's not as if he's like, off on his timing as much as, say, an Abbath or such. But he's definitely a little.. off, particularly i'm thinking of a bit in "When Night Surrounds Me". Mind you, as I mentioned I still love his drumming because it provides so much of the heft & muscle that album needed.

Drudkh are just.. eh. If people enjoy 'em than I don't begrudge, I just would rather listen to Burzum instead.

The Dawn EP is great. I actually think the opener is one of the better 'intro' tracks for a black metal work i've heard - it does a really good job of setting the mood for the rest of the work to follow. Both of the original songs I think are closer to the first album than Slaughtersun - more mournful & definitely in overall composition & scope. And yeah, the Infernal Majesty cover is way out of place, but it's a great song even if it doesn't 'fit'.

I'm not much of a fan of it. Mind you, it's not a completely terrible album; I think they had some very intriguing riff ideas & some bizarro phrases that I appreciated. My problem is that the songs are insanely bloated; it feels every ounce of its ~76 min run time and the songs aren't compelling enough to keep me into it for that long.

Go for it, I don't mind at all.

It's been at least a couple of years since I really went back and revisited Final Holocaust, but I don't remember a lot of the songs outside of "Apocalyptic Warriors" and the title song sticking with me. There's some good material on it but it didn't gel for me.

EtV is a lot more varied and "balanced" of an album in that they're liable to throw in some vicious chugging bit as easily as they are a thrash riff or a slicing tremolo bit while - the important part - their compositions retain a sense of focus. I think in some respects it's as intense, the tension building into pure apocalyptic frenzy when it finally goes - "Revealing Cruelty" always stuck with me for that reason.

Like I said though, it's been a long time. Haven't been in much of a death metal mood but i'll give 'em a go again sometime.