Jeez you listen to some weird shit at this time of year Vim.

Hey, if it's got the word Christmas on it, I'll give it a go! I've got a Cajun Christmas album I haven't listened to yet.

Blood Incantation – Starspawn

Load of old rubbish really.

I'm the opposite! Thats why I havent listened to Julie Christmas! Only good thing about christmas is they suddenly start helping the homeless. Homeless not just for christmas!

Smart post.

Weak riffs, Lemmy's vocals sound like he's a dying car engine, not very memorable.

If anybody reacts...

Tedious. Now I remember why I gave up on them a long time ago, they're really not the band they used to be.

They haven't returned to form then Spiny?

It's terrible.
Depressingly terrible.

They should have just quit after they forced Martin out. Ridley is a shocking vocalist with absolutely none of the wordplay skills, and his wobbly half-arsed voice made me turn the album off halfway through. It's almost unlistenable in places.

Shame. I quite liked A Semblance Of Normality, but as you say without Walkyier the band kind of lost its key characteristic really.

Converge - Jane Live

I'm surprised to see you deleting that release rob as I've just been reading some very positive reviews. What's the verdict?

I'm not the person to ask really. I always thought Converge sucked. For some reason I thought I'd give this a whirl - I shouldn't have though, it's dreadful.

riff...riff...riff....weeeiiiih! riff.....riff....weeeiiiih! etc.

Axe To Fall is the only one I like, but it's a stormer. Jane Doe never did anything for me.

I really like it, but as I wrote (in the kindest way possible) in a review, the pinch harmonics soon become rather grating.

It's a real shame. And there's nothing wrong with the vocals - he does a fine crust punk roar, much like the guy in Morne or the original Doom vocalist. It clearly has some good songs. But listening to it, knowing that next pointless, tuneless guitar-whinny is coming any second, is just painful.

The Great Old Ones - EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy