For a short release, the Dekadens EP by Lifelover is an amazing mini album, with not only really good guitar riffs from Jonas (like the 'Sweet Illness of Mine' intro riff and the main riff in 'Myspys') that prove not everything has to be really technical to be good (not saying technical riffs are bad), but also has really good vocals from Kim that are a really good example of what DSBM should sound like, and also really catchy drum beats from Bengt.
The standouts for me on this album are 'Myspys', 'Lethargy', and 'Androider', which are the 3 tracks i gave a rating of 100 on.
I 100% recomend this release for anyone into DSBM, shoegaze, or just sad music in general.
(un)Happy listening!

This promo is an ambient release in my honest opinion.
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It is not really much but it is good for what it is. Definitely a different type of release than the way lifelover were heading in after this.
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I see this as more of an ambient recording, due to lack of structure and riffs and stuff. there wasn't really much of a stand out on this release for me but i do like the way Kim Carlsson and Jonas are using delay and reverb and stuff here.
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II is the better half of this release in my opinion.

A very good second demo from the Portland, Oregon based black metal band, Nightmare Effigy.
Very good example of what modern black metal should sound like, and is not as heavily overproduced as loads of new albums from older black metal bands (for example the new Darkthrone album and Daemon by Mayhem).
Dark Procession - Proving you don't need shit tones of distortion for a good intro, sets up the album very well. One of the best instrumental album intros in all of metal in my opinion. 95/100
Paranoia Under a Dying Sun - An amazing example of what modern black metal should sound like, not overproduced (like i mentioned before), has a good ass guitar solo and also has great vocals. This song is my favorite on this demo and 2nd favorite by Nightmare Effigy so far. 100/100
Waking Night Terror - Another great example of modern black metal and how good the modern underground scene is. 95/100
I would 100% recommend giving this demo a listen and at only about 11 minuets if you don't like it, it wont be too much of a time waster (even though i think it is worth listening to definitely.)
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A good-ass album from the pioneers of death metal themselves, Death.
This album helped to shape what death metal is now with iconic songs like 'Crystal Mountain' and the album-titled track 'symbolic' that definitely helped death earn their place in metal history, and with some more underrated tracks such as the songs '1,000 eyes' and 'Misanthrope'.
I would definitely recommend this album to anyone looking into getting into more extreme subgenres of metal or for people just looking into getting into heavier music in general, this album deserves the 100/100 rating i gave it.