I will be VERY impressed if something better than the new Fleshgod comes out this year, because this album is absolutely flawless. An hour of ball-crushing yet hauntingly beautiful death metal.
Was listening to some Arsis today. Never saw the video for "Carve My Cross" before posting this and noticed Brandon Ellis playing a sweet old school ESP Mirage. James Malone shredding on a Peavey Tracer is pretty funny though, that was my first guitar when I was 15. It was less than awesome!
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. Hadn't heard of them until like three months ago. Best doom I've heard in years. I'd post a video but some of the official ones have boobies flopping around and I don't want to get slapped with the banhammer.
I'm on a throughly massive blues kick at the moment, so I went back to one of my old favourite guitar heroes Warren Haynes who is a boss in the realms of guitar not-so-related to metal.
Live at Pompeii is one of my favorite live albums ever. Pompeii and this version of Shut The Door by Fugazi are the recordings that have inspired me the most when it comes to how music should be played in a live setting.