BIL wrote:

Really interested to hear what he thinks of their late 90s/on stuff. Ungodly hour here, will watch when I can crank the speakers up. He's got a good ear for catchy clips.

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Fantastic work as usual from the Mythos. Whatever you think of Razor, his passion and thoroughness is undeniable.
Was glad to see
Immortal Bind mentioned, my favourite of the few post-reunification tracks I've heard. Eizo's howling wail gives me chills
ERREH TIME. The CORE version (posted a few pages back by Elrinth) is my favourite.
To be honest, I'm still kinda blitzed by the band's sheer output in the 21st century, but as always this is a great roadmap. Similarly, ala his Motorhead/Ramones, it's good to see "revolving door" cliches put to rest. Two singers, two guitarists and three drummers in
30+ years is a nice even spread for a relentlessly hard-working outfit. Gained a great apprection of Eizo Sakamoto and Yukio Morikawa's criss-crossing eras. It's as if Maiden had gotten Di'anno back after Bruce left, before Bruce again returned.

This ep reminded me of how significant Akio Shimizu (latter-day guitarist) was to me BITD. Was disgusted by the inherently sloppy Alt Pop dominating mid-90s FM radio, where I was. The Dracula Battle albums' precision flare and
professionalism was an oasis in that time.
Cross A Fear's solo exemplifies the balance of languid agility and rapid-fire precision Razor mentioned.
Not knocking rougher-edged stuff - these days my favourite tone is Heartbreakers/Ramones/Motorhead "tidy chaos," riding the line between tight metal precision and rock n' roll chaos. But fuck me, there were a few too many dickless neckbeards plunking away on nylon strings back then. More like Hootie and the
blow my dick and choke down every drop you creepy faux-redneck fucks 
Xanadu,
WAMPYR KILLER and
DEVILMAN cameos.

Loved Graham Bonnet's coverage too!
"Herro, Glaham-san!"
Great to see
RAY DOWN getting a shout.

Killer slow/ heavy crusher.
Expected a shout to the late Mr. Tsangarides, wasn't disappointed. ;-;7 An unsung hero of high-octane melodic metal.
Well consider me intrigued by the Shizimu era now. guy looks like he fucking shreds HARD. I haven't listened much to the Seven Hills and up part of the discography but will give it more of a listen.
Looks like that last part of the catalog (aside from last two) is very inspired by euro power metal (a genre they inspired themselves tho). Well I'm ok with that. as I said last month, I'm more open to it now, been listening to old Helloween, Gamma Ray, old Stradivarius, Edguy and the likes of more oldschhool power metal. and good ol Yngwie of course.
Also wait : some guy from the band covered Castlevania Bloodlines? one of my fave OST of all time? that's fucking badass
I also didn't knew Animetal was a thing. pretty cool, lol
I learned a lot regarding the band members switchouts, I wasn't familiar at all. so that's cool now I know whom was on which album, and get a better feel for them. pretty interesting to compare the styles, especially the singers. they all have their strong points.