Wow, I've been SLACKING on this shit hard, I don't even know why. Guess I forgot about it, along with the fact that music has been boring the shit out of me lately, and I prefer playing it to listening.

BUT, there are still a few CDs i've been diggin' lately, first up is

DARKESTRAH- THE GREAT SILK ROAD

This shit is really great, in the vein of Drudkh, who happen to be one of my favorite if not favorite black metal bands, The Great Silk Road is epic, hypnotically sprawling; what with 10-15 minute long songs, but they never manage to become drawn out or redundant. The riffing in here is incredible, think "Blood In Our Wells" with maybe Ensiferium or Moonsorrow leanings, these dudes never let up on the quality riffs, whether they're sorrowfully despondent, or gloriously triaumphant, I haven't been bored once listening to this cd. As I write this, I was looking at the bands metal-archives page to discover that the vocalist is a fucking GIRL, which I'm absolutely blown away by because I think this cd has some of the best BM vocals that I've heard in quite awhile. get on this
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and seriously that's kind of it, aside from the shit I've already wrote about on here all I've been listening to is Beethoven, and I'm sure no one wants to hear me rave about the 9th haha.