I'm so sad that we haven't had another album out of Slugdge. Esoteric Malacology was probably my second favourite album of 2018.

(My favourite was Where Owls Know My Name by Rivers of Nihil)

@pbarker Me too. For me Esoteric Malacology is probably the best (melodic) Death Metal album of that decade. I do like WOKMN too and I think Andy joining RoN “for real” was a move in the right direction.

I think the joining of members is part of why Slugdge haven’t finished anything new. They released an album/year when it was just Matt and Kev in their bedrooms, and then massive success and the (eventual) joining of bassist/drummer (and a famous one at that) I think upset the world order a bit too much. Pandemic and other health (mental) issues contributed too of course. Still, when they’ll release something it’ll probably be awesome.

Best melodic death metal album of the decade? That's a strong statement!

I think Tarot by Aether Realm would be my favourite of the decade in terms of melodic death.

@pbarker Only 2 songs in, but hehe, yeah, the Wintersun comment is carefully perfected in correctness. 😆 Sounds good though. Wintersun I respect but have never really gotten in to. As a fly-by comment this sounds like what I thought Ghost should sound like if only going by looks. Some good song-writing here (the area where I think Slugdge is masterfully good too).

I come from Meshuggah, Vildhjärta, Humanity’s Last Breath, Whitechapel and Black Dahlia angle so this is unusually symphonic and sing-along for me, but so far it works. Already been tapping along with my foot so my colleague asked me if I was holding a gig soon. 😄