Time for 365 more days of metal!
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 1 January 2011 00:00 (fourteen years ago)
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― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Saturday, 1 January 2011 00:01 (fourteen years ago)
Happy Metal New Year everyone!
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 1 January 2011 00:02 (fourteen years ago)
I'm really excited for the new Amon Amarth. Always a dependable group. Also, you guys should keep an eye out for the new Crowbar -- crushingly good sludge.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 1 January 2011 00:08 (fourteen years ago)
https://pub.needlebase.com/actions/visualizer/V2Visualizer.do?domain=Metal-Index&query=Upcoming+%28Full+List%29
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 1 January 2011 00:13 (fourteen years ago)
A list of upcoming metal albums as provided by Glenn ^
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 1 January 2011 00:14 (fourteen years ago)
ooh - new Wolf record! Liked the last one quite a bit.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 1 January 2011 00:16 (fourteen years ago)
Amon Amarth is the big one of early 2011, that's for sure. Bodom too, but my expectations aren't as high.
One that's been a nice surprise is the new Korpiklaani, it's their strongest album in years.
And Ken Mode's new one slays...working with Kurt Ballou was a smart decision.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 1 January 2011 02:56 (fourteen years ago)
That might be a different Wolf than you're thinking about, EZ.
― That's life in the world of shadows, Garkun. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 1 January 2011 03:07 (fourteen years ago)
Not the Swedish Wolf? Bummer.
Glad to hear the Korpiklaani is good - I'm up for a refresh as I'm still spinning 2007's Terveskanto.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 1 January 2011 03:17 (fourteen years ago)
Band I'd like to hear return that haven't released anything recent but havent quit officially:- Summoning- Mayhem- Gorgoroth- Trelldom- Coldworld- Bloodbath- Kampfar- Mütiilation- Wigrid- Totalselfhatred
― Siegbran, Saturday, 1 January 2011 12:49 (fourteen years ago)
there's a new impiety album, siegbran. i haven't heard it yet.
― scott seward, Saturday, 1 January 2011 13:55 (fourteen years ago)
New Kampfar in March. Kvass still gets regular spins from me. I love the triumphant VIking metal!
― Brooker T Buckingham, Saturday, 1 January 2011 22:54 (fourteen years ago)
Kampfar is one of those bands I love to death, even more so because the last few albums have not been stone cold classics (like Mellom Skogkledde Aaser certainly is), but it is one of those bands that could just come up with an amazing record out of nowhere, like Arckanum or Svartsyn.
Impiety on the other hand I'm not as excited about - another band I enjoy a lot but they release so much material that I feel like I can predict *exactly* how it will sound and how good it will be.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 1 January 2011 23:32 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to http://www.roadburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Earth-Angels-of-Darkness.jpg
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:00 (fourteen years ago)
And?
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:03 (fourteen years ago)
I'm only on the 1st track Old Black but it's a very good track so far.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:04 (fourteen years ago)
No great stylistic change tho except for the violin which is a nice addition.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:05 (fourteen years ago)
or is it a cello.
great cover. but i don't really need to hear another earth album.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:10 (fourteen years ago)
i think i need to hear this.
― 69 65 51 46 (Ioannis), Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
Found it, will listen later or maybe tomorrow. Expect it to sound like Earth.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:10 (fourteen years ago)
Checking out the Earth disc now.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 2 January 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
It's pretty good even if it's not a drastic change of direction
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 2 January 2011 19:38 (fourteen years ago)
Wait is that new? Because unlike cad, I think I really do need to hear another Earth album.
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Sunday, 2 January 2011 19:56 (fourteen years ago)
also that's a great fucking cover!
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Sunday, 2 January 2011 19:57 (fourteen years ago)
It's okay, but as has been said already, it's not a drastic change of pace and it's almost impossible to tell one piece from another. I dunno. I might try and get someone to write about them for Burning Ambulance (speak up if you're interested), but it's not exactly giving me priapism.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:07 (fourteen years ago)
They dont make bad albums. It's a pretty solid good album that will be ignored with some because it's nothing new.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:20 (fourteen years ago)
earth were once the most fascinating "boring" band going, so it's a bummer that they've become the most boring "fascinating" band going
― contenderizer, Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:30 (fourteen years ago)
The new Austrasian Goat album is immense. Possibly his best yet.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:31 (fourteen years ago)
classic band name at the very least
― markers, Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:40 (fourteen years ago)
Are you going to actually listen to metal this year?
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:47 (fourteen years ago)
yes yes
― markers, Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:48 (fourteen years ago)
good good. Then you can listen to the entire top 100 from the ~~~~VOTE IN THE 2010 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR (METAL EDITION) POLL~~~ Voting Ends Sunday Jan 9th poll.
You all now have 1 week left to vote. 40 ballots in already, hopefully we can top the 50 of last year. So if you haven't voted, please do!
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)
yeah I just listened to that Austrasian Goat album... last.fm indicated that it was like funeral doom but it sounded like progressive black metal to me... Anyway it was pretty fucking great!
I might take you up on that offer ph1l, if I have enough to say about the album after I've heard it -- which might not be the case, heh.
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Sunday, 2 January 2011 21:46 (fourteen years ago)
its a mix of bm,doom and things. He likes to mix it up, but I'd say its closer to bm than anything.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 2 January 2011 21:53 (fourteen years ago)
so so RONG
― slouching, unshaven, thick-necked, unstylish, pig-eyed (ilxor), Sunday, 2 January 2011 22:49 (fourteen years ago)
i mean, that makes for a good soundbyte-- but it's not true
― slouching, unshaven, thick-necked, unstylish, pig-eyed (ilxor), Sunday, 2 January 2011 22:50 (fourteen years ago)
There are definite changes from the last album to this one (no trombone, no organ, no Bill Frisell, the addition of cello). I think it's more of-a-piece than the last one. But I'm not sure that's a good thing, as - again - it's difficult to tell individual tracks apart. It all becomes a single 60-minute blur, and it's extremely difficult to pick out memorable moments when it's over.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 2 January 2011 22:52 (fourteen years ago)
the most boring "fascinating" band going
If we're staying within the confines of metal its close cousins I would have to give that moniker to Boris. But I have always been bored to tears by them.
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Sunday, 2 January 2011 23:38 (fourteen years ago)
"Old Black" is the only song on the Earth album that grabs me, love that track. The rest leaves me on the bored side.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 3 January 2011 04:12 (fourteen years ago)
Old Black is definitely the best track on the album. The rest isn't boring so much as what Ph1l said -- more of the same... which is a good thing if you like Earth, IMO. I dunno, nothing seemed too rote or by the numbers. How exciting can you expect noodley psych-drone stuff to get? Its supposed to chill you out.
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Monday, 3 January 2011 06:07 (fourteen years ago)
The most satisfying thing about "Old Black" is that it sounds exactly how you'd expect a song called "Old Black" to sound. Shakey fans who've heard this know what I mean.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 3 January 2011 09:00 (fourteen years ago)
A new Earth record and we're bringing up ol' Neil as a comparison? Can't wait to hear that track!
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 January 2011 14:29 (fourteen years ago)
It all becomes a single 60-minute blur
isn't this the point of pretty much every worthwhile Earth album?
― slouching, unshaven, thick-necked, unstylish, pig-eyed (ilxor), Monday, 3 January 2011 14:33 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, i dig it plenty.
― 69 65 51 46 (Ioannis), Monday, 3 January 2011 17:12 (fourteen years ago)
(no trombone, no organ, no Bill Frisell, the addition of cello)
despite loving earth and just about everything they've done, reading that kinda bums me out.
also, I have apparently been mistakenly thinking that bill LASWELL produced the last earth LP until I just read that sentence!
― original bgm, Monday, 3 January 2011 21:03 (fourteen years ago)
which makes more sense because I kind of hate bill laswell.
― original bgm, Monday, 3 January 2011 21:04 (fourteen years ago)
Did someone mention the band Owen Hart near the end of the 2010 thread? I'm really enjoying their new album...I can see the Converge style vox rubbing some purists the wrong way, but I think it's fine, it at least matches the intensity of the circa-'84 Slayer riffage.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 3 January 2011 21:23 (fourteen years ago)
Hot damn, the new Turisas actually lives up to the album cover.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 03:22 (fourteen years ago)
So it's overall better than the free download track?
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 03:31 (fourteen years ago)
Pagan showtune metal! It's like it was made just for me. But yeah, I would've chosen "Take the Day!" as the first single. Much more rousing.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 03:33 (fourteen years ago)
This is going to piss a LOT of people off, though.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 03:44 (fourteen years ago)
Sounds like I'll like it too but I am a sucker for "fluff"
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 04:59 (fourteen years ago)
preview from solo bruce lamont recordhttp://alarmpress.com/25613/blog/music-news/mp3-premiere-bruce-lamonts-2-then-the-3/
¿que piensan, metal thread? i like how the song kind of doesn't go anywhere.
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 14:53 (fourteen years ago)
Are there any more metal lists of 2010 to come? Metal Hammer? (has anyone got that one?I look forward to seeing adriens & unpersons ballots in our own poll. It's shaping up quite nicely. Will look quite different to other polls I think as usual.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 17:30 (fourteen years ago)
ILX yet to come iirc
― slouching, unshaven, thick-necked, unstylish, pig-eyed (ilxor), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 17:33 (fourteen years ago)
yeah the well known music blog, ILM, hasn't posted its list yet!
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 18:21 (fourteen years ago)
metal hammer list posted on the voting thread and the magazines list thread
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 18:23 (fourteen years ago)
I like the Bruce Lamont record a lot, but I have to recuse myself from discussion 'cause I wrote the liner notes for it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 19:42 (fourteen years ago)
The new Destruction album is a Destruction album. Thrash so knuckle-dragging it makes Kreator sound like Cynic. Love it, love it, love it. The bass sound on "Armageddonizer" alone makes it a must-own.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:35 (fourteen years ago)
I hope it surfaces on ipool soon! The last Destruction album was such a disappointment.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 01:59 (fourteen years ago)
I got it from Nuclear Blast's site; it should be there for you.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 02:12 (fourteen years ago)
Not in mine yet. I'll bug 'em.
I like you're description of the new album, it was as if the last one tried too hard.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 02:18 (fourteen years ago)
Agh, your. Awful.
hmmmhttp://www.nme.com/metal
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 12:39 (fourteen years ago)
Apparently it will forever be 1998 for the NME.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 17:01 (fourteen years ago)
Old prejudices at the NME still going strong toohttp://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=149&title=homophobia_in_metal_shamefully_it_still_&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 18:28 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, it's awful how homophobic metal is. Wish there was more acceptance of openly gay performers - you know, like in hip-hop and reggae.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)
I see ilx's own doran has posted in the comments.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 18:46 (fourteen years ago)
that blog post isn't very well written or enlightening (first time I've ever seen the writer's name fwiw) but I don't think 'ppl in other genres are awful too' is much of a rejoinder
― Scilk Mahouthy (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 18:52 (fourteen years ago)
Look, there are always going to be dumbasses, but it's the constant singling out of metal as a racist/homophobic/misogynistic genre that's gotten old. The point is, you have that in pretty much every genre, and while it's not right, you could pretty much do a find replace on that article with hip-hop or reggae or country or garage rock or pop or whatever and it would say the exact same thing. And like people's views in general, things are slow to change, but they are changing.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:07 (fourteen years ago)
New Neuraxis album is nice 'n' crunchy like always.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:18 (fourteen years ago)
There's more discussion of this btw on the Has The NME Got Good? thread
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:21 (fourteen years ago)
Of course I know the metal community is a lot more open-minded than a lot of people tend to believe, but spend time on a metal message board or Blabbermouth and you'll find yourself wanting to agree with the NME.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:39 (fourteen years ago)
I agree, but that holds true for just about any messageboard about anything on the Internet.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:43 (fourteen years ago)
oh god blabbermouth I try to avoid. but its really no worse than most messageboards, metal,rap,reggae other music or just in general.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:43 (fourteen years ago)
In other words, it's wrong to single out metal when others are every bit as bad or worse.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:44 (fourteen years ago)
female-fronted heavy metal: 1976 - 1989
12 downloadable comps by someone on another board i do. i think it's the same person that did the female-fronted hardcore comps.
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:58 (fourteen years ago)
whoa!
― original bgm, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 20:16 (fourteen years ago)
wow that's pretty cool
I was scrolling down thinking "aw no Acid? Acid are great", then they were on I think the third comp, then there were like 10 more after that!
― Scilk Mahouthy (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)
Only losers listen to female fronted metal.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 20:30 (fourteen years ago)
forgot to prepend it with "for loser homos only", but otherwise carry on
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 20:35 (fourteen years ago)
In MANLY metal news, the new Sirenia has some catchy stuff on it, but I don't think it's as strong as their last few releases. The singer's voice feels a little thin for the material. Still, one of the better bands plying the symphonic girly metal trade (although not as good as Edenbridge).
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 20:39 (fourteen years ago)
The new Sirenia is pretty good, but it lacks a single. Still better than average prom dress metal, though.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 21:30 (fourteen years ago)
And those female metal comps are unreal! I was scrolling down thinking, 'ah, I don't see Jade, this comp needs Jade,' and whaddya know, there's Jade at the bottom.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 21:34 (fourteen years ago)
Wait, the dude doesn't have Widow. Great band from way back when.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 21:42 (fourteen years ago)
The new Turisas album is nothing but facepalm after facepalm. But it's catchy, I'll give it that.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:02 (fourteen years ago)
They're trying to out-Blind Guardian Blind Guardian. But I love it. I want to see them mount a stage production of this album.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:07 (fourteen years ago)
It's like Andrew Lloyd Weber had a hand in this. Garish to the nth degree. But yeah, there's a sense of fun to this stuff that most bands who try similar albums completely lose track of.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:10 (fourteen years ago)
They definitely skirt the edge of disaster for the entire record, but I don't know -- I think it was a really risky gamble, and I think it works.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:21 (fourteen years ago)
Sounds like a must-to-avoid for me; I didn't even like their early work. (The keyboards were way too prominent.)
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:26 (fourteen years ago)
Well, they've graduated from keyboards to an orchestra. That's an improvement, right?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:28 (fourteen years ago)
This album is nuts. At one point they play the main melody from Monty Python & the Holy Grail score.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:30 (fourteen years ago)
I'm honestly not sure how to review it. Like, I love it, but I'm not sure it's something I can necessarily recommend to the Decibel readership...
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:44 (fourteen years ago)
Does that matter? You give a good review if you like an album, not what your readership wants to hearthats up to your editor to decide if he runs with it i guess. You just do the review.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:49 (fourteen years ago)
There are other considerations when writing a review than "do I like it." That's one of them, certainly, but I like to keep a lot of factors in mind -- and honestly, the intended audience for the review is a concern. I'm not going to give something a bad review because it isn't decibel-approved, but it will affect how I present my review.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 23:10 (fourteen years ago)
Is there any new word on a Thorns record? I'm still playing that s/t from 2001 all the time. I think it might be Hellhammer's finest performance. That record is so slick!
― Brooker T Buckingham, Thursday, 6 January 2011 16:37 (fourteen years ago)
Random thought of the day: I don't understand why Deathspell Omega wouldn't make a hoodie, or even a t-shirt, with the Paracletus artwork on it.
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Thursday, 6 January 2011 18:43 (fourteen years ago)
Paracletus just gets better with each spin. And it's one of those albums that is so much easier to digest when you have the CD, not just the measly mp3s.
Meanwhile, the new Neuraxis album is superb, right back to the level of Trilateral Progression. Better than any death metal album I heard in 2010.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 6 January 2011 21:50 (fourteen years ago)
I've only listened to the Neuraxis album once so far, but yeah, it's very solid. I don't think I've been disappointed by anything they've done since TP. That live album fucking smokes.
Also got the new Deicide today. So far, it's pretty good. I like new, melodic Deicide a lot more than anything from their early years.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 6 January 2011 23:26 (fourteen years ago)
Glenn hasn't posted this year yet?Hey Glenn, glad you got into Solefald.Their first one -- The Linear Scaffold -- is one of my favorites.Definitely one of the most inventive bands to take on a black metal influence.
On a different note, does anyone know of any recent bandsworth checking out that have taken up the Blood Brothers' torchof spazzy nihilism in metal, post-hardcore, or otherwise?
I'm excited to hear more of the new Turisas and the new Cauldron!
― serenchwilen, Friday, 7 January 2011 00:02 (fourteen years ago)
Hi! I've been on a short partial metal exile. I had my 2010 metal list ready early, to use it for the P&J, so the last week I've been finishing up my non-metal list. BUMP OF CHICKEN!
So far no 2011 metal has survived deletion. But I have been working my way through the older Solefald albums, when I need a break from cheerful pop.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 7 January 2011 00:24 (fourteen years ago)
Love that new Solefald, thanks to Glenn's rec in the 2010 thread. I can't put my finger on it. It sounds like some Bizarro world black metal made for FM radio. I guess the last Nachtmystium did the same thing - grafting modern rock hooks on top of black metal. Either way, it's cool.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Friday, 7 January 2011 00:43 (fourteen years ago)
Unperson, you should vote in the ILM Metal poll. I can say, without revealing any results, that all your P&J metal picks have votes in the ILM poll, but some have a lot more than others...
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 8 January 2011 03:11 (fourteen years ago)
I'm digging a split Cough/Wounded Kings called An Introduction To The Black Arts... think it was recorded in '09 but not sure when it's out or even if it's out already.
― Cracker Flocka Flame (Doran), Saturday, 8 January 2011 14:59 (fourteen years ago)
I *think* it's getting reissued on CD? The 12" was out last year as I recall
― cup of tea & an orange.xls (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 8 January 2011 15:22 (fourteen years ago)
Good stuff that
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 8 January 2011 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
Speaking of splits, I'm enjoying the Evoken tracks on their split with Beneath the Frozen Soil. They're leftover tracks from A Caress of the Void, I think, and sound like it, but if you like Evoken, you probably have a good deal of patience, so that should be fine.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 8 January 2011 18:12 (fourteen years ago)
Now I'm checking out some kind of horror electronics Burial Hex... Skullflower... Gnaw Their Tongues kind of thing... which is a lot dreamier than all of that makes it sound. It's called Garden Of The Forking Ways by Cultus Sabbati. Really nice stuff. Don't know owt about 'em but here's a link to their website: Cultus Sabbati
― Cracker Flocka Flame (Doran), Saturday, 8 January 2011 19:41 (fourteen years ago)
Check out the Venowl/Marsh split on band camp if you're digging horror electronics, it's pretty awesome. http://venowl.bandcamp.com/album/venowl-m-rsh
That Symfonia record better be the power metal album of the millennium, I mean a Stratovarius/Angra/Helloween supergroup? Doesn't get much better than that.
― Ryan, Saturday, 8 January 2011 21:29 (fourteen years ago)
Supergroups are never as good as the talent involved -- I think it's a matter of (lack of) chemistry, or maybe trying to hard to live up to expectations and choking.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 8 January 2011 21:37 (fourteen years ago)
That said, I definitely want to hear it.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 8 January 2011 21:38 (fourteen years ago)
I reckon, I'd sooner go and see Shrinebuilder than Om or Wino certainly and maybe (currently) even Neurosis as well.
― Cracker Flocka Flame (Doran), Saturday, 8 January 2011 21:42 (fourteen years ago)
As someone who has seen them twice, I agree that they are undeniably awesome, but they're kind of the exception that proves the rule -- they have GREAT musical chemistry on stage.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 8 January 2011 21:45 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, I agree that it's something of a rarity.
― Cracker Flocka Flame (Doran), Saturday, 8 January 2011 22:17 (fourteen years ago)
Anyway, the Turisas record is the power metal album of the millennium. And possibly last millennium. And probably the next one.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 8 January 2011 22:27 (fourteen years ago)
First words at the top of the cover of the new Decibel: "THE TOP 25 MOST ANTICIPATED RECORDS OF 2010". To be fair, they get it right on the spine, in the TOC, and in the piece itself...
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 9 January 2011 01:39 (fourteen years ago)
Ouch, I missed that.
It's going to take me a while to figure out what I think of the Turisas...I'm glad I don't have the weekend to review it.
Which reminds me, the new Amon Amarth is as fun as you'd expect. Not better than Thunder God, bit pretty much on par.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 9 January 2011 02:05 (fourteen years ago)
Also: flexi-discs, cool, but I readily admit that I do not miss dealing with analog grooves as my primary means of interacting with music.
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 9 January 2011 02:15 (fourteen years ago)
Not better than Thunder God, bit pretty much on par.
I knew they'd have to fall off eventually, but I was hoping it would be two or three albums further down the road. Twilight of the Thunder God was just so fucking awesome, even equaling it was gonna be a massive challenge.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 9 January 2011 03:18 (fourteen years ago)
It's a very good album. Just as catchy as the last...of course it's not the revelation that the last album was, but they're still riding that momentum, no question about that.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 9 January 2011 03:39 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, what Phil said above, re: Amon Amarth: Thunder God was a beast. haven't heard the new one yet tho.
― a special freak who falls outside of all (Ioannis), Sunday, 9 January 2011 11:55 (fourteen years ago)
Can anyone do the honours and paste the Decibel list of albums to look forward to up here? Or post a link if there is one? Cheers.
― Cracker Flocka Flame (Doran), Sunday, 9 January 2011 17:47 (fourteen years ago)
got the new Decibel iirc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― markers, Sunday, 9 January 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.facebook.com/outburn?v=info#!/notes/outburn-magazine/top-10-albums-of-2010-by-outburn-staff-writers/10150122667467534
Top 10 lists from the writers of one of the magazines I contribute to. Interesting how little overlap there is.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Sunday, 9 January 2011 22:46 (fourteen years ago)
I wish another certain metal mag did that!
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 9 January 2011 23:29 (fourteen years ago)
another 27 mins for latecomers to vote. Then very shortly after that we will start the rollout with one or 2 albums.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 9 January 2011 23:34 (fourteen years ago)
Okay, I spun the new Amon Amarth and Twilight of the Thunder God back to back. Strong record, but it's no contest, Thunder God all the way. I don't think they'll ever top that.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 10 January 2011 10:01 (fourteen years ago)
I've heard a few tracks from the upcoming Korpiklaani and man are they awesome! Adrien wasn't kidding when he said it was their best in years - the two songs I've heard (the title track, Ukon Wacka" and the single, "Tequila") are right up there as the best things I've heard from them. Really excited now to hear the rest.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
I suppose it is still early, but at this point? Fuck Wrest.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/3229375-418/tattoo-whitehead-girlfriend-mcguire-allegedly.html
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)
eww
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:23 (fourteen years ago)
guess i never need to worry about buying that dudes music
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:24 (fourteen years ago)
I'm wishing I hadn't paid for last year's Twilight album that he played on, but too late to un-ring that bell. Won't be paying for any more of his work in the future.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:25 (fourteen years ago)
Fuck him. Leviathan dude, right?
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:25 (fourteen years ago)
Yep.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:27 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, that's one of those stories that made me wish I hadn't looked at my news feed this morning
i had to laugh at this comment on metalsucks: "I just feel like this is different than, say, Varg’s situation. Yeah, he killed somebody, but i think that is way less creepy and disturbing than whatever the hell it is that Wrest is accused of doing."
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:32 (fourteen years ago)
and heaven forbid your favorite creators of creepy and disturbing art actually turn out to be creepy and disturbing people, who do creepy and disturbing things.
but still, if this shit ends up being even partially true, I can't imagine I'll ever be interested in hearing anything else he puts out.
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:33 (fourteen years ago)
I -- I don't know, there aren't even words for this. Disgusting.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:40 (fourteen years ago)
jesus christ. ugh.
I'm a big fan of leviathan and lurker of chalice but that is some vile shit right there.
― original bgm, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)
I wonder how long it'll take the mainstream media to pick up on the fact that he was in a black metal band and make it a Thing. I really hope the rest of the notables in that scene distance themselves from this guy pretty quickly (if it's true, of course).
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:49 (fourteen years ago)
uhhhh what the FUCK
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:55 (fourteen years ago)
on the upside for wrest, this is probably the most press/exposure that leviathan will ever receive, right?
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:58 (fourteen years ago)
pretty much hope there is no upside for this dude if this is even remotely true
― original bgm, Monday, 10 January 2011 20:02 (fourteen years ago)
btw, 99% sure his hoodie didn't say "stop the madness" -- it said "NEVER stop the madness" w/ an accompanying syringe image
it's a piece of nachtmystium merch
http://www.shirtsanddestroy.com/img/products/big/4c11546f-bfb8-4b8c-9026-b02cc738d9f2.png
nice way to make a good first impression on a judge, huh?
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:09 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, seriously. I have a Nachtmystium shirt with that same logo on the back of it, but I always make sure I'm wearing something over it. For some reason that makes me a little uncomfortable.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:21 (fourteen years ago)
Haha wearing a fucking BM hoodie to a court appearance --- def. NAGL.
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:21 (fourteen years ago)
I expect he was wearing it when arrested and his cell didn't have a wardrobe with a clean suit for him to wear.
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:22 (fourteen years ago)
somehow i doubt this SOB has ever worn a suit (or anything clean tbqfh) in his life
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:35 (fourteen years ago)
fuuuuuuuck
― predeep natsvitika (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)
I don't know the guy, and I don't listen to his music. But perhaps we should wait until he's convicted before condemning him utterly?
Anyway, Happy New Year everybody!
― Nate Carson, Monday, 10 January 2011 21:45 (fourteen years ago)
i think the phrase "raped by a tattoo needle" tends to surmount reasonable response.
― predeep natsvitika (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 January 2011 22:01 (fourteen years ago)
But knee-jerk reactionism is so much easier!
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 10 January 2011 22:14 (fourteen years ago)
Well:- innocent until proven guilty, and- none of Wrest's music ever made me think I'd like the guy in person
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 10 January 2011 22:28 (fourteen years ago)
Wow, man, let's pile all his shit up and burn it. Uh before we do that I could use a copy of A Silhouette in Splinters tho, if anyone has that piece.
― Gay for Johnny Moped (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 05:50 (fourteen years ago)
I put on my new Agalloch hoodie for the first time this morning. My wife said "Wow, your act of wearing that brings out the nuances of paganism in your appreciation of dark metal in a way that speaks to me across our usual music-stylistic divide!" Of course, she said it a little garbled, so it sounded kind of more like "Are you TWELVE??", but I think that was just because she hadn't had very much coffee yet.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 14:16 (fourteen years ago)
irl lol
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 14:31 (fourteen years ago)
A+
i use the "no coffee" excuse for myself far too frequently
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 14:38 (fourteen years ago)
Note for the record that a) I am 43 and am currently wearing the Agalloch hoodie at my professional day job, and b) the ordering note is exactly right that a S in these hoodies is more like a M.
Also, I'm giving this Les Discrets album another chance after it came up in the poll roll-out and liking it a little better than when I deleted it last year. But for once I'm finding myself wishing they *had* gone with an extreme-metal vocal approach, as the limpy male vocals on this are my least favorite part of it.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 15:12 (fourteen years ago)
http://tshirtslayer.com/files-tshirt/imagecache/shirtview/user-1198/167304_182760241753948_100000599215296_557968_45778_n.jpg
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 15:24 (fourteen years ago)
note to self: purchase an Agalloch hoodie...
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 18:32 (fourteen years ago)
Finally getting to the Earth album. This is great, directly up my alley, but I sort of expected that to be the case.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 18:47 (fourteen years ago)
I've been slowly working through all the older Solefald albums, after liking the new one so much. I can hear plenty of common elements across their catalog, but I think the level of creative exuberance on the new one is dramatically higher. And when they button up and do Icelandic Odyssey, I think they get a whole lot less interesting or notable.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:49 (fourteen years ago)
Has anyone checked out that Death reissue thats up on the Relapse promo site? It is bleeped to hell or anything? I ask because I see that Earache is up to the same old with bleeped to shit promos in 2011.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 20:35 (fourteen years ago)
If it has beeping on the Relapse one, it'll say "(Promo)" after the album title, and when the record actually comes out they put up an uncensored version. Right now, the only one that has the beeps for me is Abysmal Dawn. earache will also usually tell you when they put the beeps on the records.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 20:40 (fourteen years ago)
It's not beeped, thank goodness. That's my favourite Death album.
Looking forward to hearing the new Bunnies Rabbits album as well...
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 20:47 (fourteen years ago)
Its one of the few Death albums I don't have! So I'm very much looking forward to hearing it tonight.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 20:52 (fourteen years ago)
Are you doing music writing again, Jon?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 23:00 (fourteen years ago)
Trying to, looking for places to pitch, but outlets are drying up left and right. Just looking for somewhere to contribute a couple reviews a month or something.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 23:03 (fourteen years ago)
Has anyone heard anything from the upcoming Subrosa album besides the one track streaming on the Profound Lore website? I really, really like that song, but know squat about the band or whether that song is representative of their sound or not.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 14:12 (fourteen years ago)
Liking this goth/doom/death album Forthcoming Displeasures, from last year, by Spanish band Helevorn, of whom I think I've not heard before. Mostly slow and atmospherically doomy, musically, but with a sonorous singer who almost sounds like Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode at times. And then some raspy death vox dropped in occasionally, I guess so you don't think they're too soft.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 13 January 2011 02:51 (fourteen years ago)
I have the SubRosa album. It is fucking excellent, though I don't care for the one acapella track so much. But that's what you get with girl-group doom. Highly recommend the album. Songwriting, production, vibe, etc.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 13 January 2011 04:11 (fourteen years ago)
Just finished a review of the new Grave Desecrator album Insult; it'll be up on BurningAmbulance.com tomorrow. It's great, if you like knuckle-dragging, primitivist Brazilian thrash-death (and really, who doesn't?).
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 13 January 2011 04:27 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks Nate! The one track out in the wild blew me away.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 13 January 2011 10:54 (fourteen years ago)
There's a lot more like it on the album. Really mature and well produced for a band that's never ventured off the west coast. It's got SONGS. :)
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 13 January 2011 22:48 (fourteen years ago)
hey nate the metal poll is counting down in the other thread, do pop in, even though you didn't vote.Top 20 countsdown friday.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 13 January 2011 22:49 (fourteen years ago)
No, We Aren't Making These Bands Up: ILM Metal Poll 2010 Results Thread - NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP THIRTY
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 13 January 2011 23:12 (fourteen years ago)
This is a girl you do not want to date:
http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/images/artists/anguished.jpg
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 14 January 2011 00:43 (fourteen years ago)
I didn't have time to vote because I was on tour much of December and pretty overwhelmed with work.
However I already ducked into that thread and learned about The Wounded Kings. So thanks!
― Nate Carson, Friday, 14 January 2011 00:57 (fourteen years ago)
Just got tix for Chicago Agalloch show! Excited!!
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Friday, 14 January 2011 03:09 (fourteen years ago)
Shit, I didn't even know they were coming. When? Where?
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 January 2011 03:15 (fourteen years ago)
News: heard from solid sources that Ocean (the doom band from Portland, ME, not The Ocean) have called it a day. Might get a few good bands out of it, and they're on good terms; they just decided it was time.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 14 January 2011 03:19 (fourteen years ago)
Jvc I xposted in chi thread 4 u
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Friday, 14 January 2011 03:20 (fourteen years ago)
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, January 13, 2011 10:19 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
awwwwwww i wanted to see these guys live again real bad
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 January 2011 03:52 (fourteen years ago)
Wow, the SubRosa album is wonderful. Very adventurous, artsy but not impenetrable, gloomy and seductive, and kind of bluesy.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 14 January 2011 04:37 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to the Rival Sons EP on Earache -- I don't understand why bands try to be Led Zeppelin. I love Zeppelin as much as the next guy, but they're an impossible act to emulate successfully, especially if you don't have good songs, which these guys don't.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 14 January 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)
Badlands remains one of the best Zeppelin imitations I have ever heard.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 14 January 2011 19:21 (fourteen years ago)
kingdom come the worst?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 14 January 2011 19:23 (fourteen years ago)
Never heard Badlands. Rival Sons would actually make a pretty decent LZ cover band; they have the sound and vibe down perfectly. Like I said, they just don't have songs.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 14 January 2011 19:27 (fourteen years ago)
Like I said, they just don't have songs.
^neither did Zeppelin
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Friday, 14 January 2011 19:29 (fourteen years ago)
Actually I'd say John Sykes' Blue Murder was the worst Zeppelin imitation.
Jake E Lee and Ray Gillen in Badlands...what a duo, especially on that first record.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 14 January 2011 19:31 (fourteen years ago)
good job str8 trollin' Bill
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 January 2011 19:32 (fourteen years ago)
Yep, trolling. Exactly
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Friday, 14 January 2011 19:34 (fourteen years ago)
I'm not sure what else you would call it, except maybe being needlessly negative. I mean, no one has to like Zep, but to deny that they even have songs? Come on, that was purely to get a reaction.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 January 2011 19:42 (fourteen years ago)
plagiarism dig or you just hate their songs period, bill?
― original bgm, Friday, 14 January 2011 19:44 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-Great-White-Great-Zeppelin-Tribute-To-Led-Zeppelin.jpg
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 14 January 2011 19:51 (fourteen years ago)
C'mon you guys know that anyone can buy a guitar 101 book and write Stairway to Heaven.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 14 January 2011 20:27 (fourteen years ago)
― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Friday, January 14, 2011 2:44 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Mostly a plagiarism dig, but not a fan of the band.
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Friday, 14 January 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)
^ now that song I truly hate.
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Friday, 14 January 2011 21:40 (fourteen years ago)
everyone plz vote in this important poll
Lindstrøm vs Burzum
― ilxor, Friday, 14 January 2011 21:54 (fourteen years ago)
for Lindstrom?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 14 January 2011 21:59 (fourteen years ago)
~~~for whoever you want to vote for~~~
― ilxor, Friday, 14 January 2011 22:01 (fourteen years ago)
the only valid reason to hate Led Zeppelin is Robert Plant
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 14 January 2011 22:11 (fourteen years ago)
saying they have "no songs" is trollin'
robert plant is in my good graces after saying he has no interest in further led zep reunions, and that he can't identify w/ the band at all anymore
― ilxor, Friday, 14 January 2011 22:13 (fourteen years ago)
i love howling wolf's version of "carousalambra" so much more than zep's
― mekka lekka hi mega-hiney hoes (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 January 2011 23:56 (fourteen years ago)
haha
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Saturday, 15 January 2011 02:22 (fourteen years ago)
the only valid reason to hate Led Zeppelin is Robert Plantstr8-up insanity
― a special freak who falls outside of all (Ioannis), Saturday, 15 January 2011 11:26 (fourteen years ago)
Wow just stumbled upon the 2xLP of Voivod's Negatron and Phobos. Had no idea these were on wax now.
Unfortunate that all the interludes were cut from Phobos (presumably to make it fit on a single disc), but still glad to have these on vinyl finally.
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 16 January 2011 03:36 (fourteen years ago)
It turns out I went to high school with one of the founders of the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise, and I was offered a free cabin. So after some mad scrambling, I'm going to Miami next week. What a weird day it's been. Voivod! On a boat!
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:07 (fourteen years ago)
Nice! We expect a full report when you get back, but have an awesome time!
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:08 (fourteen years ago)
Does the boat look like the cover of RRROOOAAARRR?
― Gay for Johnny Moped (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:54 (fourteen years ago)
J3ff T: Who is that woman? Does she like Coffinworm?
― Cracker Flocka Flame (Doran), Sunday, 16 January 2011 10:23 (fourteen years ago)
She is Possessed Demoness from Anguished, one-woman black metal band from Finland.
― Gay for Johnny Moped (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 16 January 2011 10:46 (fourteen years ago)
Good luck impressing that lady w/ any silly stuff like "being in a band," or "knowing the owners"... she probably only dates actual Necromancers.
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Sunday, 16 January 2011 18:36 (fourteen years ago)
I interviewed her (via email) for MSN a while back.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 16 January 2011 19:19 (fourteen years ago)
Heard about a CD from a band called The Memorials that is coming out in a few weeks. The band features someone from Mars Volta, apparently, and also has a black female singer. I mention the latter because I would love to see what xhuxk thinks about it, since he's been on the record lamenting the shortage of same.
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 04:42 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone here a fan of the Australian (at least that's where I think they're from) doom band Monarch? Just listening to a very impressive one track EP called 'Sabbat Noir' on Heathen Skulls. V. nice.
― Bonnie Tyler The Creator (Doran), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 11:56 (fourteen years ago)
They're French - I think they've had a couple of releases on Aussie labels though. I am a fairly big stan of theirs but, um, haven't heard Sabbat Noir, I think because I've not seen it for sale in the UK - anyhow they rule, you can jump in more or less anywhere with their back catalogue
― that ought to hold the little SSBs (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 12:11 (fourteen years ago)
Cool stuff.
― Bonnie Tyler The Creator (Doran), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 12:18 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, I love all their stuff. They don't have that much out - a s/t 2CD s/t, another 2CD set (Dead Men Tell No Tales), a split with Elysium where their contribution is a single hour-long track, Sabbat Noir and Mer Morte. All totally worth owning.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 14:10 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to the new Silent Stream of Godless Elegy and really liking it so far. They are, I believe, Czech, and play some sort of gypsy folk metal that is hitting all the right buttons for me. Mournful violins, melodic female vocals and growling dark male ones, some decent riffs and just the right amount of slickness. Promising. Hope it holds from start to finish.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 15:33 (fourteen years ago)
Monarch rule
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:30 (fourteen years ago)
Bah, I couldn't make it through Monarch, Silent Stream of Godless Elegy, the Memorials or Ephel Duath. Grumpy metal day here, apparently.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 17:12 (fourteen years ago)
Thought you might like the Silent Stream record. All the songs are too long though. Track 7 was the one that grabbed me - "Dva stíny mám".
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 17:20 (fourteen years ago)
A track from the upcoming Krallice is streaming at Stereogum if anyone's interested. Loved them live, but still find them hard to listen to on record.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 17:28 (fourteen years ago)
The new Krallice album is spectacular. A lot more variety than I'd expected, a little more adventurousness and less predictability from Barr, and a good warm tone that compels you to crank it. As good as the first two albums were, this one feels like Krallice has created their own unique identity on record.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:21 (fourteen years ago)
cant wait to hear it
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:22 (fourteen years ago)
The Krallice is probably one of my most anticipated metal albums of 2011. So excited to hear it.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:35 (fourteen years ago)
wasn't crazy about the last one but v. encouraged by adrien's comments.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:38 (fourteen years ago)
wow the track on stereogum now is badass
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 19:59 (fourteen years ago)
Monarch is French, but temporarily based in Montreal now. Their sometimes-drummer is Australian, though he didn't make it into the country on the last tour, so Rob from Dark Castle flew in and saved their asses. He did a great job too.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:32 (fourteen years ago)
I'm listening to the live tracks on the 3CD reissue of Pantera's Cowboys From Hell. They sound like Van Halen.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:59 (fourteen years ago)
oh man, agalloch's gonna be in town in march!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:09 (fourteen years ago)
Which town? See you there!
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:20 (fourteen years ago)
You going to be in Chicago for their show Nate?
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:25 (fourteen years ago)
Are all the dates announced? Where?
You coming to New England, Nate?
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:28 (fourteen years ago)
nate, you're coming to boston??
― markers, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:29 (fourteen years ago)
cambridge, ma! psyched you'll be along with them!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)
I never got around to mentioning here (though I did on twitter Friday), but I think the new Children of Bodom album is their best since Follow the Reaper. Very hooky stuff.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:46 (fourteen years ago)
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:59 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmar
Is this worth picking up?
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:47 (fourteen years ago)
I don't really think so, unless you don't currently own a copy of the album. The live stuff is okay but hardly revelatory, the demos are worthless except to total fanatics...generally skippable.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 22:15 (fourteen years ago)
The "remaster" on that Cowboys from Hell reissue is terrible -- makes the drums sound like chopsticks. The album was recorded during the CD age, it doesn't need a re-master.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 23:50 (fourteen years ago)
Yes please.
http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/surtur-rising.jpg
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:07 (fourteen years ago)
Part of me kinda thinks that album cover would be better without the little human-sized humans at the bottom...but another part of me thinks if they weren't there, it would be a Manowar album cover, so I'm okay with it as-is.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:08 (fourteen years ago)
just a giant destroying some reg. dudes
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:19 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, but he's destroying them with a GIANT FIRE SWORD. And a VOLCANO.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:32 (fourteen years ago)
well yah what would u use??
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:34 (fourteen years ago)
fluffy bunnies
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:35 (fourteen years ago)
There are actually some killjoys on the BW&BK message board actually complaining about the historical inaccuracies of the new AA cover. Unbelievable.
Awesome album, by the way, it's grown on me big time. If Thunder God was a 9 (should've been in Decibel, sorry), this is a very strong 8.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:45 (fourteen years ago)
omg link pls
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:48 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.bravewords.com/braveboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=118901
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:50 (fourteen years ago)
hahaha
for a bunch of " vikings" they just failed HARD with this album covervikings didnt have horns on their helmets. that;s total Victorian romanticism and bullshit.and so the suckage continues
vikings didnt have horns on their helmets. that;s total Victorian romanticism and bullshit.
and so the suckage continues
what is up with people?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:22 (fourteen years ago)
Some metal fans forget to have fun.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:30 (fourteen years ago)
It's almost like they forget that they listen to a genre that's patently (and proudly) ridiculous.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:31 (fourteen years ago)
Plus, Surtur is lord of the fire giants and may not subscribe to the fashion helmet accessories of mere mortal vikings.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:36 (fourteen years ago)
Read on twitter today, "if you don't like Amon Amarth you don't like fun."
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:37 (fourteen years ago)
Jeff you can do better than that
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:37 (fourteen years ago)
I would/will love them if I can ever get over my vocalist issues.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:38 (fourteen years ago)
What do you expect a Viking to sound like, dude?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:02 (fourteen years ago)
for a bunch of " vikings" they just failed HARD with this album cover
If you read this in the voice of Comic Book Guy, it's even funnier.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:12 (fourteen years ago)
It's not him, it's me! I just am taking the longest time warming to certain styles of singing/screaming. Not blaming them at all.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:14 (fourteen years ago)
Bad: have to be at a conference in NYC on 3/23 while Agalloch are in Cambridge.Hmm: Agalloch playing in NYC on 3/22.Hmm (part 2): Can I make it back in time to see them twice?
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:45 (fourteen years ago)
I'm seeing them on a boat twice next week. How apt.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 05:15 (fourteen years ago)
for a bunch of *Vikings* they just failed hard with their Stratocaster guitars. This is just some pure bullshit spread around by AJP Taylor and Simon Schama. True heads know that real Vikings use Les Pauls and Orange amps. And so the suckage continues.
― Bonnie Tyler The Creator (Doran), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 08:42 (fourteen years ago)
in some interview with Amon Amarth they said they took their name from Lord of the Rings, but never got around to reading the book. <3
― bendy, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 19:00 (fourteen years ago)
hahaha, that's great
― original bgm, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 20:08 (fourteen years ago)
AGALLOCH official 2011 tourdates. Worm Ouroboros supports on all shows.
03/17 – Austin, TX @ Barbarella Patio (as part of the Nanotear Showcase at SXSW)03/18 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks03/19 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl03/20 – Raleigh, NC @ King’s Barcade03/21 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar03/22 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge03/23 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East03/24 – Montreal, QC @ Cafe Campus03/25 – London, ON @ The Music Hall03/26 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom03/27 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 20 January 2011 01:27 (fourteen years ago)
Ooh Chicago's the last night! See you there!!
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Thursday, 20 January 2011 01:34 (fourteen years ago)
No mn no credibility ;_;
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 20 January 2011 02:03 (fourteen years ago)
Texas/Southern dates are set to coincide with a meteor hitting the earth.― Nate Carson, Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:03 PM (1 year ago)
― Nate Carson, Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:03 PM (1 year ago)
totally worth it
― Brad C., Thursday, 20 January 2011 02:26 (fourteen years ago)
03/17 – Austin, TX @ Barbarella Patio (as part of the Nanotear Showcase at SXSW)
soooo fuckin there
― ilxor, Thursday, 20 January 2011 03:03 (fourteen years ago)
I will attempt to make the Baltimore show... Not too huge a drive from Philly and I am off work on Mondays. Plus I can stay the weekend with my brothers in DC, who will then babysit my kid for the show... :)
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 04:10 (fourteen years ago)
I'm going to try to make the Boston show. Kind of a pain without staying over though.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 20 January 2011 04:16 (fourteen years ago)
Now that I think about it, I did get to see Agalloch live before, luckilly. They supported The Gathering several years back and I caught the show when it hit Cleveland. Really great show, even back then. I'll bet they're even better now.
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 04:19 (fourteen years ago)
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:16 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
dude if u need a couch.....
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 20 January 2011 04:19 (fourteen years ago)
Seriously? That would be awesome! I won't know for a bit if I'll need to take you up on the offer. One of my oldest friends is going to see if he can make it; with two people, the round trip from Maine isn't a big deal. If I come alone I'd rather take the train or bus in rather than deal with the drive, but I'm not making it home the same night if I do that.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 20 January 2011 04:29 (fourteen years ago)
yeah it's no prob at all--i'll prob be out at 7:45 or so for work in the morning but you are more than welcome to crash overnight.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 20 January 2011 04:32 (fourteen years ago)
Too kind man. I'd need to bug out early too - I think the train North is around 7:45 as well. I'll let you know if I'm taking advantage of your generosity as soon as I can.
Thanks for giving me options. Sincerely appreciated.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 20 January 2011 04:36 (fourteen years ago)
anytime!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 20 January 2011 14:06 (fourteen years ago)
Really digging the Ides Of Gemini demo that Cosmo posted on Invisible Oranges today. Features the singer from Black Math Horseman. A nice new twist on black metal. Strains of Post without being too twinkly, and haunting vocals a la Grouper or a slowed down Beach House.
http://idesofgemini.bandcamp.com/album/the-disruption-writ
― Brooker T Buckingham, Thursday, 20 January 2011 17:29 (fourteen years ago)
Please everyone go vote in THE 2010 ILM SUPER-MEGA YEAR-END ALBUMS 'N' TRACKS POLL™ - VOTING IS OPEN THRU MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY, JANUARY 21st 2011 there's lots of metal nominated so go vote for some along with your other favourites of the year. If they get enough ballots they will do a top 100 and if enough of us lot vote we can sneak some metal in! the poll runners are actively encouraging metallers to vote, so please do!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:00 (fourteen years ago)
I just downloaded the forthcoming Deicide. Haven't been a fan for ages so I don't expect much. I assume that "To Hell WIth God" is the long-awaited answer album to this:
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/0d/a6/d1f1228348a0269ff0924110.L.jpg
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:50 (fourteen years ago)
I'd like to see Deicide come up with a response to "Honestly".
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:52 (fourteen years ago)
I think GnR beat 'em to it!
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:53 (fourteen years ago)
This new Virus (post-Ved Buends Ende) album The Agent That Shapes The Desert is the best thing I've heard in 2011 so far. Czral's vocals are not for everyone though.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 21 January 2011 08:13 (fourteen years ago)
I remember liking The Black Flux, maybe I'll have to check the new one out.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 21 January 2011 14:29 (fourteen years ago)
Just want to let J3ff know I enjoyed his Cirith Ungol piece on decibel. It was like a distilled, coherent version of the listening club conversation from last year.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 21 January 2011 14:33 (fourteen years ago)
i hope lots of you have voted in THE 2010 ILM SUPER-MEGA YEAR-END ALBUMS 'N' TRACKS POLL™ - VOTING CLOSES TODAY (93 BALLOTS AND COUNTING)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:33 (fourteen years ago)
i did, but only for a small handful of metal albums :-/
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 21 January 2011 17:34 (fourteen years ago)
mainly because most of the ones that got nominated I didn't like
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 21 January 2011 17:35 (fourteen years ago)
oh that doesnt matter,less than half my ballot was metal, but its just the fact some metal gets votes rather than the usual sod all.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:35 (fourteen years ago)
luckily the metal bands in my top half of the metal ballot were nominated in the other poll. So the likes of agalloch,el wiz,hof.nachtmystium,alcest ,harvey milketc got some votes and i'd hope others do the same (i assume those albums would be the most likely as they were top 10 in metal poll)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:38 (fourteen years ago)
I hope Bongripper beats out Kanye for #1 album
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 21 January 2011 17:39 (fourteen years ago)
hahahaha
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:40 (fourteen years ago)
if it's any consolation, no doubt kanye was rippin on the ol' bong himself when he recorded his album
― ilxor, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:40 (fourteen years ago)
they said if they got enough ballots they would do a top 100, so that really increases our chances of getting something in. they have 99 ballots already in so i'd assume thats more than enough for a top 100, we did it with 80.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:41 (fourteen years ago)
I was thinking more of a Scarface-sized mountain of really good cocaine
xp
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 21 January 2011 17:42 (fourteen years ago)
we had 80 voters, so if 10 voters voted for albums at the top end of that poll in the big poll, then that would get it in the top 100 for sure. so get voting! it doesnt need to be an all metal ballot, just pick your fave albums, and the fact that you voted in the metal poll should mean some of your top 25 will be metal.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:44 (fourteen years ago)
the problem with getting metallers to vote in a general poll is that they think the albums wont make it, but with a top 100 its really worth voting.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:45 (fourteen years ago)
and most of them could just enter their ballot from the metal poll (if those albums are nominated) if they think "oh i dont have enough time to do it"
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:46 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks EZ!
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 21 January 2011 17:50 (fourteen years ago)
I think the problem is that most of us don't really care if there are metal records in the year-end poll?
xxpost
― original bgm, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:59 (fourteen years ago)
like, if the electric wizard lp or whatever places, that's fine. if it doesn't, that's fine too.
― original bgm, Friday, 21 January 2011 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
sorry, don't mean to dismiss your enthusiasm, goalkeeper. just not something that keeps me awake at night.
― original bgm, Friday, 21 January 2011 18:01 (fourteen years ago)
even so you could still vote, you did in the metal poll.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 18:04 (fourteen years ago)
or maybe ILX is just a message board version of high school where the metalheads prefer to sit with each other at lunch, carve band logos on the tables, and gross everybody else out by making a food volcano filled with soda and loogies, instead of trying to fit in with the cool kids.
or maybe that was just my high school experience and I haven't gotten over it.
xxp
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 21 January 2011 18:05 (fourteen years ago)
haha you just described alan n
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 18:07 (fourteen years ago)
One would hope ilx metalheads had outgrown such behaviour ;)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 18:08 (fourteen years ago)
POLLING IS IMPORTANTOTHERWISE WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH OUR POLES
― thank you based jättegod (forksclovetofu), Friday, 21 January 2011 18:10 (fourteen years ago)
I graduated directly from the behavior rockapads describes to hermetic "who cares what you think" grumpiness. So yeah, the fact that you got me to vote in this year's metal-centric poll was pretty much a minor miracle, and if you think I'm wasting my time with the generic year-end poll you're on fuckin' DMT.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 21 January 2011 18:11 (fourteen years ago)
lol
You voted in previous metal polls iirc. Glenn managed to persuade you to vote in this years and im glad he did.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 18:14 (fourteen years ago)
It isn't hard to figure out the name of a Destruction song when you're listening to it.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 21 January 2011 19:03 (fourteen years ago)
One of the many great things about Destruction.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 21 January 2011 19:30 (fourteen years ago)
I'm pretty sure I mentioned this in another thread, but OMG the "real" Electric Wizard album cover is so damn ugly. The version with the candle is much more well designed.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 21 January 2011 19:33 (fourteen years ago)
I didn't vote in any of the metal polls out of ignorance - in fact, I am back posting and reading here so I can stay more in tune now that I am a civilian again (for the first time in over two decades) - so I sure ain't voting in any non-metal polls.
I'm here to learn. And post my opinion too, because even civilians have opinions.
― NYCNative, Friday, 21 January 2011 20:41 (fourteen years ago)
you were in the army? I always thought you worked in a record shop.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 20:45 (fourteen years ago)
Heh, no. By "civilian" (and maybe I should have put it in quotes like that) I meant I am no longer writing for anyone, no longer have a day job in the music biz, even tangentially. I guess I should say I am back to being a consumer, and I wouldn't need quotes.
If someone wanted me to work PT days in a record shop, that would be grand, however. Just don't see it happening and I am having a lot of fun and making good money at my new day job, which is a night job, actually - poker dealer.
― NYCNative, Friday, 21 January 2011 21:01 (fourteen years ago)
Finally got around to listening to the two new Paradigms releases.
VENA is... odd. The first two minutes or so are a direct ISIS rip - I want to say it's from So Did We but I can't quite place it. Then suddenly it becomes the Cocteau Twins (? again, there's something it's very, very reminiscent of - I say CTs, but I'm not entirely convinced I'm right) until the end of the song. The remaining tracks are lesser versions of the same, sounding like Curve covering Mogwai for the most part, although the last one starts like Sigur Ros but gets good very quickly... I'm not entirely sold on this, but some of you may well like it I think and it might be worth pimping on the various shoegaze threads.
Book Of Sand is equally confusing. The first track sounds like 16HP's cover of Wayfaring Stranger smeared with ultra-BM production and featuring what sounds like hatboxes and the spoons instead of a drumkit. Track 2 is not only TROO, but also a little KVLT. The last two sound like Burzum performing Gorecki. I'm not sure whether I love this or actually don't like it, but will be playing it again for sure to find out. If it clicks with me I think it's potentially as good as anything I heard last year. We'll have to see.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Friday, 21 January 2011 21:54 (fourteen years ago)
I'd like to hear those
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 21 January 2011 21:57 (fourteen years ago)
Tomorrow is another day, as they say.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Friday, 21 January 2011 22:17 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone watching the Flight 666 doc on BBC4 at the mo? Pretty entertaining stuff...
― Neil S, Friday, 21 January 2011 22:25 (fourteen years ago)
How was the Thin Lizzy doc before it?
The Maiden film is fun though.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Friday, 21 January 2011 22:33 (fourteen years ago)
I only saw the last 15mins of that, sadly. That bit brought home how horrible it was that Lynott died aged just 36.
― Neil S, Friday, 21 January 2011 22:36 (fourteen years ago)
Let the record show that I got Agalloch's album cover into the P&J coverage somehow, despite it only coming in 48th:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/01/pazz_jop_stats_1.php
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 22 January 2011 00:26 (fourteen years ago)
:-D
― original bgm, Saturday, 22 January 2011 00:34 (fourteen years ago)
Very excited about the new Virus! They truly don't sound like any other band in existence. I even turned some friends of mine onto it who don't normally listen to metal. it's pretty esoteric stuff.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Saturday, 22 January 2011 01:24 (fourteen years ago)
I'm looking forward to Virus, too. In the meantime I have to say that I'm pretty pleased so far, halfway through the new Sirenia. I respect Tristania for trying something different on their last record, but I also really hated the record. Sirenia are not trying anything new, but they do what they do really well. Sisters of Mercy + metal + sparkle. Awesome.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 22 January 2011 02:02 (fourteen years ago)
I like Sirenia, especially the new singer, but as comfortably familiar as the new album sounds I'm not hearing any standouts. Not much grabbing me, it needs a couple singles.
On a power/frilly metal note, I'm really looking forward to seeing Blind Guardian, Sonata Arctica, Iced Earth, and Epica on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. Gamma Ray, not so much.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 22 January 2011 03:59 (fourteen years ago)
I saw your good work Glenn. So did Agalloch and Profound Lore.
Thanks!
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 22 January 2011 04:12 (fourteen years ago)
THE METAL OVERLORDS HAVE NOTED YOUR CONTRIBUTION
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 22 January 2011 22:14 (fourteen years ago)
Been listening to Mitochondrion's Parasignosis a lot the last few days, working on a review. It really works much better on headphones than through speakers. Most metal does, for me anyway.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 22 January 2011 23:17 (fourteen years ago)
is it just me or do the drums on that seem… dainty?
― j., Sunday, 23 January 2011 09:27 (fourteen years ago)
new American Heritage album is friggin' great - I doubt anything is gonna make the world at large give a shit abt them but if there isn't gonna be a new Melvins, Big Business, Baroness or Mastodon-sounding-like-what-they-used-to album this year then this totally deserves to fill the void
― that ought to hold the little SSBs (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 23 January 2011 13:54 (fourteen years ago)
holy sheeeeet, andrew, drummer for Tombs, is playing in my basement right now with his side-project grind/hardcore band, and they are KILLING it. sounds so friggin' heavy and cool.
― scott seward, Monday, 24 January 2011 00:17 (fourteen years ago)
These are the times when I am jealous of scott's life. Also usually happens every month when I read his column in Decibel.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 24 January 2011 01:32 (fourteen years ago)
i just got caught in a mosh in my basement.
― scott seward, Monday, 24 January 2011 01:44 (fourteen years ago)
good times.
Anyone can join this http://listeningroom.fettig.net/room/ILXMETALCLUB/ and upload any metal tracks they want. (if rooms busy let everyone have a go)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 24 January 2011 13:39 (fourteen years ago)
I'm listening to this right now. And I agree--switching from speakers to headphones really helped me get into metal over the past year.
― President Keyes, Monday, 24 January 2011 15:46 (fourteen years ago)
madness!
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Monday, 24 January 2011 16:44 (fourteen years ago)
I mean... these days I have to listen to it on headphones if I want to play it loud, but if I had my own house and a decent speaker system I would always listen to it that way.
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Monday, 24 January 2011 16:46 (fourteen years ago)
Well, of course--but living in apartments and being all nervous about pissing off neighbors makes you play the metal so low it doesn't connect.
― President Keyes, Monday, 24 January 2011 16:52 (fourteen years ago)
alright, I get what you're saying now. sucky thing about earphones is that a lot of super compressed, loud metal albums give me crazy ear fatigue, so I even end up turning those down - or switching genres completely.
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Monday, 24 January 2011 17:01 (fourteen years ago)
oh yeah, I get that too. same thing with lots of hip-hop from the last few years.
― original bgm, Monday, 24 January 2011 19:59 (fourteen years ago)
esp. for shitty mixtape rips
Big four US tour is happening.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 02:35 (fourteen years ago)
yay.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 02:38 (fourteen years ago)
Sister in law just bought me the new Meads Of Asphodel... Will listen soon but she also got me the new Social Distortion which I am listening to first 'cause I wanted Ms. Native to check it out.
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 07:54 (fourteen years ago)
dudes what is up with the drums on the new electric wizard
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 14:08 (fourteen years ago)
awesome or sucks?
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 14:43 (fourteen years ago)
sux
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 14:50 (fourteen years ago)
i noticed they were rly low in the mix but didnt think "sux" on first listen ;_;
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 15:01 (fourteen years ago)
yeah so low in the mix--they don't even really sound like anything a lot of the time. it's weird--there's tons of bass on the record but the kick drum is nonexistent afaict.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 15:02 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, I listened to the EW yesterday and had the same thought. Like, I understand that they are going for a MBV wall-of-sound guitar effect, but if I had spent all that time laying down drum tracks, I might have been a little insulted by the way final mix turned out.
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 17:00 (fourteen years ago)
I really love the Electric Wizard. When listening to it, I originally thought that Ms. Native wouldn't like it because she likes melody, however there are some incredibly catchy parts and awesome Witchfinder General riffs hidden in the murk which she and I subsequently latched onto, and finding them was like finding a hidden treasure buried right below the one you knew was at the X of the map all along.
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:51 (fourteen years ago)
Finally picked up the domestic version of Ghost today, excited to finally dig in (been holding off until I get a copy of my own).
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)
mine's in the mail via amazon -- can't wait
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:58 (fourteen years ago)
march decibel just showed up
― markers, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 22:15 (fourteen years ago)
are you going to buy any metal this year?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 22:59 (fourteen years ago)
yup
― markers, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)
did you listen to anything from the poll?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 23:08 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, i've heard some of those records, but very few -- hopefully i'll do better this year
― markers, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 23:18 (fourteen years ago)
you could start by checking stuff from last year (or previous years) You dont just need to stick to current stuff as you will likely end up hearing as little as you did last year.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 23:22 (fourteen years ago)
oh i'll almost definitely buy some 2010 stuff too
― markers, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 23:24 (fourteen years ago)
Currently listening to Asking Alexandria's Life Gone Wild EP. They're a UK-based metalcore band, and this is a six-song EP with one track from their 2009 album, one demo of another album cut, two dubstep-ish remixes, and two Skid Row covers: "18 and Life" and "Youth Gone Wild." They'd have fared better with tracks off Slave to the Grind, I think.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 23:45 (fourteen years ago)
ugh
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 23:45 (fourteen years ago)
I heard the title track from Slave to the Grind at a pizza shop not long ago. That song as aged surprisingly well.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 03:01 (fourteen years ago)
i hear the drums as similar to what j. spaceman was going for ca. (or at least, up to) 'ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space', although at the moment i'm not sure how i would say that it works to produce a different (but related) effect on 'black masses'. the bass is pretty omnipresent on the electric wizard. when it gets at its lowest on 'ladies and gentlemen' i think it's partly to expand the sense of magnitude. to stretch out the sound field to be as big as possible, top to bottom (while the floating-unmoored feeling still predominates). on 'black masses' the sound field is probably comparably expansive but its center of mass is a lot lower—unseen (but felt) depths with a haze of evil, etc., floating over top it.
― j., Wednesday, 26 January 2011 03:35 (fourteen years ago)
good post dude. i think i just need to adjust my expectations, but i still think that everyone rates dopethrone so highly not because the songs are that much better, but because the production is perfect for the band.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 03:38 (fourteen years ago)
Hey guys! Taking a noon beer break in Cozumel, recharging after two INSANE days on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. What a blast it's been. Biggest surprise so far has to be Saxon...they did all of Wheels of Steel last night, which sounded incredible. Overall it's just so much fun, fans and bands always mingling, everyone really friendly. This is going to generate huge word of mouth, it's a resounding, extremely drunken success.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 19:03 (fourteen years ago)
^^^livin' the life
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 19:06 (fourteen years ago)
http://plixi.com/p/72631144
Taken just now, yours truly on the right.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 19:31 (fourteen years ago)
ugh you chelsea scum!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)
:)
Adrian 'Mutu' Begrand
― nothing tastes as good as zingy feels (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 19:52 (fourteen years ago)
rofl
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 19:54 (fourteen years ago)
Hahahaha
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 20:09 (fourteen years ago)
This is really Hard Rock, not metal, but if your tastes bleed in that direction, I give a guarded but enthusiastic after-one-listen endorsement to the new Magnum album, The Visitation. I was a huge Magnum fan in the old days, and since they got back together in 2002 they've been winning me back a little more with each new album.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 27 January 2011 02:09 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone check out the new Negative Plane yet? Loving it so far, bombastic black metal with a heavy goth influence.
― Ryan, Thursday, 27 January 2011 03:37 (fourteen years ago)
Negative Plane: Played it earlier today. I admit it seemed a bit samey to me by about halfway through, so I skimmed through the rest looking for a reason not to delete it and move on, and didn't find one. Veneficum didn't survive the cut, either. But I'm liking the Khors album Return to Abandoned, which I hadn't heard before now.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 27 January 2011 03:56 (fourteen years ago)
But I'm liking the Khors album Return to Abandoned, which I hadn't heard before now.
Please tell me that is a gothic metal band covering songs by The Corrs
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 27 January 2011 03:58 (fourteen years ago)
That would be unspeakably awesome. But sadly, no.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 27 January 2011 04:13 (fourteen years ago)
oh and before I finally get to bed, I want to say that yesterday i came across a band that was so perfect for J3ff. A Japanese instrumental power metal band!http://i54.tinypic.com/dfhnw7.jpg
You would never know they were from Japan, eh?
And guess what, he loved it.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 27 January 2011 04:20 (fourteen years ago)
I dig video game soundtrack metal, and Eldorado sound like they should be scoring a Castlevania or Guilty Gear game, but I actually found a kind of exhausting to listen to the entire record.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 27 January 2011 19:01 (fourteen years ago)
hey guys, this is something from a friend of mine who is the realest awesomest stoner metal dude i know...anyway just thought you guys would get a kick out of this story:
I have a scar on the back of my leg because one of the dudes from Machinehead smashed a beer bottle on the ground, enraged at the thought of skinheads in the same parking lot we were in.It turns out it was the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. A party ensued.
actually we just drank beer in the hotel parking lot out of Napalm Death's bus for an hour or so. Somewhere in the world there exists a picture of 4/5 of Napalm Death, all of Machinehead, half of the Bosstones, and Me. Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of this picture.
^1994 was a helluva drug
― smang a goon (get it on) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 27 January 2011 22:03 (fourteen years ago)
Anything really loose and raw like The Sooges Raw Power but you know modern yet?
― jimitheexploder, Thursday, 27 January 2011 22:08 (fourteen years ago)
Guess not... is that metal writen off for another year then?
Just something that hits heavy and loose a bit like queens of the stone age, wildildlife and torche.
― jimitheexploder, Friday, 28 January 2011 23:44 (fourteen years ago)
"loose" is about the last word i'd use to describe torche, like em tho
― smang a goon (get it on) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 January 2011 23:47 (fourteen years ago)
looser than the general cliche addled fluff I hear a lot of the time from metal. They have a taught kinda funk to them, they get the odd groove going but keep a load of energy rolling too.
― jimitheexploder, Friday, 28 January 2011 23:51 (fourteen years ago)
stoner rock thread is ----->
― rockapads, Friday, 28 January 2011 23:56 (fourteen years ago)
I thought all metal was for stoners?
― jimitheexploder, Saturday, 29 January 2011 00:04 (fourteen years ago)
Jimi have you heard White Lung yet?
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 29 January 2011 00:10 (fourteen years ago)
Not heard them no.
Just found the myspace though not really feeling it so far, its a bit like a nu-metal sonic youth trying to do a pixies impression with a ska punk drummer.
― jimitheexploder, Saturday, 29 January 2011 00:21 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, I'm definitely liking Khors. They kind of sound like an airier version of Immortal, like they've taken all the folk-/pagan-/viking- stuff less as direct influence than as an excuse to evoke open spaces more than dungeons. Kind of in (or at least towards) the same vein as Agrypnie, if maybe a little more surging than anthemic. I've only poked around a little in their back catalog, but it seems pretty clear that they made a huge leap when they got some decent production (on 2008's third album Mysticism), and then maybe another one in compositional ambition for this fourth album Return to Abandoned. EM says they've had the same drummer all along, but maybe he just started taking things more seriously, because the drumming on the new one is really great, confident and heavy and then sputtering and relentless in judicious blasts. Really solid.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 29 January 2011 01:45 (fourteen years ago)
I've had such good luck with Ukrainian black metal, I'm just going to go ahead and check out that Khors.
I've been on an extended Old Wainds kick lately, and I just discovered Branikald a few weeks back. Dude taps into some William Basinski "Disintegration Loops" territory, and then flips on the depressive, icy coldness. Pretty breathtaking, despite the dubious politics.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Saturday, 29 January 2011 02:27 (fourteen years ago)
Woooooo, back on land. Now that was a crazy metal trip. Royal Caribbean sold more beer on the first night than they ever have on any of their cruises before.
I had my own personal faves as far as bands went (Voivod, Raven for instance, both were awesome), but the clear winner of the flat-out best band on the cruise was Saxon. They were unreal.
Another big surprise was Uli Jon Roth...he dug out a load of Scorps classics. When he did "In Trance" (with a singer/guitarist who brilliantly hit the notes), I was freaking, then I look over and there's all of Exodus and Voivod freaking too.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 29 January 2011 08:26 (fourteen years ago)
Listened to the first 20 mins or s of the new Meads Of Asphodel on the way to work. Holy shit. It went from black metal to gothic disco to a part right out of show tunes. Have to listen to the rest of it and repeat it a few more times. Wow.
― NYCNative, Saturday, 29 January 2011 08:46 (fourteen years ago)
I checked those guys out a few years ago because Aquarius was all over them, and it did nothing for me. I guess they are good for people who find metal boring unless it the disco show tunes or whatever.
― rockapads, Saturday, 29 January 2011 09:02 (fourteen years ago)
I got drunk in a parking lot with Machinehead once. They must like that shit. The rules are this: drink a beer. Do an impression of the drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket. Fling empty bottle in the air. Punch mate on arm. Repeat til drunk.
― Bonnie Tyler The Creator (Doran), Saturday, 29 January 2011 10:03 (fourteen years ago)
hey, what's with the freakin' ersatz-Styx cover here?
http://shop.relapse.com/dbimages/sleeves/escapevelocity_362.jpg
― Ioannis, Saturday, 29 January 2011 10:10 (fourteen years ago)
Could also be a UFO cover, to be fair.
― Slade Venom Secret Police (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 29 January 2011 10:30 (fourteen years ago)
I guess they are good for people who find metal boring unless it the disco show tunes or whatever.
Yeah, I guess some people just don't like anything that isn't kvlt or troooooo.
― NYCNative, Saturday, 29 January 2011 12:42 (fourteen years ago)
Nah, I'm not like that. That was a dumb post on my part, sorry about that. I was in my cups last night! I kind of hate groups like Meads and Sigh, mainly because I'm sort of sick of some of my acquaintances of the h--ster variety cherry-picking novelty (and/or shoegaze) metal groups, but we all deal with that. no reason to vent here.
― rockapads, Saturday, 29 January 2011 18:02 (fourteen years ago)
also that Zombi cover is awesome
I'm coming round to the idea that even if hipsters like the same music we like, i'd still rather they listened to good music rather than making shit music hip/popular.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 29 January 2011 18:17 (fourteen years ago)
hipster, contain thyself.
― Ioannis, Saturday, 29 January 2011 20:46 (fourteen years ago)
'Tis okay, rockpads.
I remember what it was like when outsiders first infiltrated what I deemed as "my music" and it's kinda funny now: A little kid, probably all of 9 years old, came up to me at my job as a host at a Ground Round in Manassas, VA, saw my longish hair and asked me if I liked Metallica which was, to me anyway, still something underground and exclusive and MINE, dammit. Even the preps in my school didn't discover them yet, but here was a little twerp saying "I have some of their tapes," all smiling at me.
So I did what anyone in that sitch would do: I tossed him in the free peanuts barell.
― NYCNative, Saturday, 29 January 2011 22:44 (fourteen years ago)
Correct response!
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 29 January 2011 23:00 (fourteen years ago)
fwiw it's not about "outsiders" infiltrating my music or anything like that. I am too old for that, and am hardly scene myself. if I had friends who actually liked or understood the music, that would be awesome, but the only people I know who see any value in metal at all, are people who approach it as fans of Metalocalypse, who only look for the most goofy stuff that they can listen to with tongue in cheek.
― rockapads, Saturday, 29 January 2011 23:23 (fourteen years ago)
Just got this press release...
SATANIC WARMASTER REMOVED FROM HELLFEST 2011
Finnish black metal band SATANIC WARMASTER has been removed from the French Hellfest festival (held in Clisson, France in July 2011) because of pressure from other artists performing at the festival. SATANIC WARMASTER has made the following statement due to the decision of the Hellfest organizers:
”It has been brough to my attention, that the organizers of the festival cannot hold on to our agreement to have SATANIC WARMASTER perform at the 2011 Hellfest. This was because of pressure put to the organizers by other artists booked on the festival.
”It is a disappointment (despite being totally expected) to see such mentality still present in the ’individualist’ and ’free-thinking’ metal community that any musical act can still be boycotted because of false preconceptions and arbitrary political motivations of other, ’bigger’ artists. It is also more than amusing to see that the censorship and boycott some of the French authorities tried to push on the festival earlier are now excercised by the festival organization itself.
”Obviously because I have never upheld any modern taboos or lived my life as an apologetic dabbler, it makes me also a target for politically motivated artists to keep us from playing because of their self-righteous reasons. Any artist can be put on a mock trial by taking words out of their context without thinking of the actual message, and SATANIC WARMASTER once again hangs crucified by hysterics driven by the love for a world and values I feel no oneness with.
”Everyone who has even slightest interest in this musical style knows what black metal is about, and in that light only a moralist or someone with a very extreme double standard can say that SATANIC WARMASTER is in some manner different from other artists of the genre.
”It makes me want to puke for making a statement like this, which is almost something that a politician would do, but to clear some things, it was mandatory to bite the bullet this time.
”Just to make sure everyone has their labels right, SATANIC WARMASTER's ideology is Satanism and music style black metal. Whoever claims otherwise does so only because of personal feelings and/or resentment.
-Werwolf / SATANIC WARMASTER”
― NYCNative, Saturday, 29 January 2011 23:24 (fourteen years ago)
Werwolf on the money.
― scott seward, Saturday, 29 January 2011 23:25 (fourteen years ago)
i have no idea if he is or not, just really wanted to type that.
Poor NSBM band.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 29 January 2011 23:48 (fourteen years ago)
sad i can't support a band called SATANIC WARMASTER
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 29 January 2011 23:52 (fourteen years ago)
This quote about them is pretty much OTM:
Nazi or not, they're fucking assrendous. Them being nazi just makes me hate them as people.
Torturium, which has an ex-SW dude, are totally better. Although they get more orthodox and less interesting as time goes on.
― Slade Venom Secret Police (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 30 January 2011 06:12 (fourteen years ago)
really digging magrudergrind's new ~scion sponsored~ EP
gonna try to see em at st stephens in a few weeks
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 30 January 2011 07:08 (fourteen years ago)
Happy Sunday afternoon news: new Lifelover album leaked!
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 30 January 2011 18:34 (fourteen years ago)
lolin' at the satanic warmaster metal archives entry:
Lyrical theme(s)Satanism, Occultism, War, Vampyrism
― original bgm, Monday, 31 January 2011 00:08 (fourteen years ago)
and I haven't heard that new ep but I really dig magrudergrind. particularly the way they flirt with rap music despite getting the feeling that they haven't put much thought into how to integrate this element into their sound yet. the angle they're working right seems to be "we love chaos so let's throw a mobb deep sample in here." some signifiers in their artwork too.
but there's definitely something there. and, despite all of the similarities between the two genres, I can't really think of any metal bands that have played with hip-hop in a way that really works for me. especially in grindcore which is kind of profoundly unfunky. my dream is that these guys really merge the two musics as the band matures but I have no idea how that would even work.
― original bgm, Monday, 31 January 2011 00:23 (fourteen years ago)
and if they don't ever decide to do that (which is likely), we still have some solid grind with lots of rap samples. win/win.
― original bgm, Monday, 31 January 2011 00:30 (fourteen years ago)
Seen just now on iTunes' page for Impaled Nazarene's Road to the Octagon: "Listeners Also Bought - Hot Rocks 1964-1971 by The Rolling Stones"
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 31 January 2011 02:28 (fourteen years ago)
The first installment of our big cruise recap is now up at Hellbound!
http://www.hellbound.ca/2011/01/70000-tons-of-metal-cruise-recap-part-1/
― A. Begrand, Monday, 31 January 2011 05:29 (fourteen years ago)
"Another big surprise was Uli Jon Roth...he dug out a load of Scorps classics. When he did "In Trance" (with a singer/guitarist who brilliantly hit the notes), I was freaking, then I look over and there's all of Exodus and Voivod freaking too."
Sounds amazing!
― Nate Carson, Monday, 31 January 2011 11:45 (fourteen years ago)
Early ratings for the year from RYM:
1 (1) Mitochondrion - Parasignosis 2 (2) Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All 3 (3) Falkenbach - Tiurida 4 (4) Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1 5 (7) MyGrain - MyGrain 6 (11) Times of Grace - The Hymn of a Broken Man 7 (13) Stratovarius - Elysium 8 (15) Arafel - For Battles Once Fought 9 (21) Helrunar - Sól10 (29) Belphegor - Blood Magick Necromance11 (31) Legion of the Damned - Descent Into Chaos12 (32) Monumental Torment - Element of Chaos13 (33) Battlelore - Doombound14 (41) Tuck From Hell - Thrashing15 (47) Universum - Mortuus Machina16 (71) Lazarus A.D. - Black Rivers Flow17 (76) Ceremonial Perfection - Alone in the End18 (79) Macabre - Grim Scary Tales19 (83) Stryper - The Covering20 (90) Keith Merrow - Awaken the Stone King21 (100) Forge of Clouds - Forge of Clouds22 (106) Earthship - Exit Eden23 (107) Helrunar - Sól II: Zweige der Erinnerung24 (109) The Grand Astoria - Omnipresence25 (110) Magnum - The Visitation26 (113) Overdrive - Angelmaker27 (119) Tyrant of Death - Parasite28 (121) Panopticon - On the Subject of Mortality29 (122) Silent Stream of Godless Elegy - Návaz30 (123) Helrunar - Sól I: Der Dorn im Nebel31 (126) Mechina - Conqueror32 (129) Theatres des Vampires - Moonlight Waltz33 (132) Abraham - An Eye on the Universe34 (134) Diabolical - Ars Vitae35 (142) Severed Crotch - The Nature of Entropy36 (143) TesseracT - One37 (144) Ultraphallus - Sowberry Hagan38 (147) Hollow Haze - End of a Dark Era39 (148) Silver Lake - Silver Lake40 (149) Wadge - Grindcore Lu'au41 (153) Defiled - In Crisis42 (172) Alghazanth - Vinum Intus43 (174) Impiety - Worshippers of the Seventh Tyranny44 (177) Soul of Steel - Destiny45 (184) Abacinate - Genesis46 (186) Artas - Riotology47 (191) The Neologist - The 26 Letters of Your Universe48 (202) The Ransack - Bloodline49 (205) The Very End - Mercy & Misery50 (206) Lionheart - Built on Struggle
The paranthetical number is overal ranking...
I know the limitations of RYM but for my purposes - to check out good metal albums - it's metal slant helps more than hurts.
Anyone have any thoughts?
― NYCNative, Monday, 31 January 2011 14:33 (fourteen years ago)
Stryper LOL
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 31 January 2011 14:36 (fourteen years ago)
assuming Tuck From Hell are, as their name suggests, a band of 1950s British public schoolboys making a concept record about the terrible choice of snacks available in the school shop
― Rogaine's a hell of a rug (DJ Mencap), Monday, 31 January 2011 14:50 (fourteen years ago)
i hope the singers name is Winker Watson
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 31 January 2011 14:52 (fourteen years ago)
I've heard two of those RYM records - Earth and Battlelore. Earth was nice, but inessential; Battlelore was acceptable. Don't have any desire to hear either again.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 31 January 2011 15:14 (fourteen years ago)
Ultraphallus is pretty sterling Melvins stannery from Belgium
I have the Impiety on my hard drive but shit gets lost there so easily :/
apart from Earth I too am more or less lost after that
― Rogaine's a hell of a rug (DJ Mencap), Monday, 31 January 2011 15:20 (fourteen years ago)
Belphegor is always worth listening to
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 31 January 2011 15:30 (fourteen years ago)
Herman, would i like last year's enslaved album? you know my tastes...
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Monday, 31 January 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)
Severed Crotch, huh?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 31 January 2011 17:37 (fourteen years ago)
HOLY CRAP:
(New York, NY) - The 2011 Metalliance Tour will proudly be supported bymetal heavyweights KYLESA, RED FANG, HOWL and ATLAS MOTH on all dates.
Dates have officially been announced. The tour sponsored by RevolverMagazine, Loudtrax.com, Brooklyn Vegan, Mosh Potatoes Cookbook and GiddyUp! Sauces is proud to announce HELMET, SAINT VITUS and CROWBAR for itsinaugural line up. "We are glad to be part of this tour; I think it's agreat bill. The bands I have heard so far each have a strong musicalidentity as opposed to so much of the generic, lowest common denominatormusic out there," says HELMET front man Page Hamilton.
03/17/11 Dallas, TX @ Southside Music Hall03/18/11 Austin, TX @ Dirty Dog / SXSW03/19/11 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks03/20/11 St Petersburg, FL @ State Theater03/21/11 Orlando, FL @ Firestone Live 03/22/11 Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street03/23/11 Springfield, VA @ Jaxx03/24/11 Worcester, MA @ Palladium 03/25/11 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza03/26/11 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's03/27/11 Joliet, IL @ Mojoe's 03/29/11 Denver, CO @ The Summit 03/31/11 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater04/01/11 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon 04/03/11 San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine04/05/11 Hollywood, CA @ House Of Blues
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 31 January 2011 17:41 (fourteen years ago)
that looks awesome, I'll be in Austin if I can escape the house that evening.
"We are glad to be part of this tour; I think it's agreat bill. The bands I have heard so far each have a strong musicalidentity as opposed to so much of the generic, lowest common denominatormusic out there," says HELMET front man Page Hamilton.
Page Hamilton not one to talk about "generic, lowest common denominator music" given his band's most recent effort.....
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Monday, 31 January 2011 17:47 (fourteen years ago)
Awesome tour, but not worth being in Joliet for.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 31 January 2011 17:48 (fourteen years ago)
I'd catch 'em in Worcester if it wasn't the day after Agalloch.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 31 January 2011 17:49 (fourteen years ago)
Helmet are playing Meantime in its entirety, so at least it won't be all crappy new material.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 31 January 2011 18:01 (fourteen years ago)
Oh, man, this new Lifelover album Sjukdom ("sickness") is fantastic. Not sure it would convert anybody who already knows they don't like Lifelover, but check it out if you're not sure. Grim, raspy-croaky-anguish voiced depressive rock/metal with a great, surging, methodical intensity. Like the music the real vampires might listen to while the pretty fakes are preening.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 31 January 2011 18:05 (fourteen years ago)
Awesome tour, but not worth being in Joliet worcester for.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 31 January 2011 18:06 (fourteen years ago)
Helmet are playing Meantime in its entirety
O_O
soooo there
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Monday, 31 January 2011 18:10 (fourteen years ago)
Another Lifelover analogy: imagine The Cult as a black metal band, with Ian Astbury just getting over a bad combined case of laryngitis and depression. But, you know, in a fun way!
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 31 January 2011 18:15 (fourteen years ago)
I'm gonna be going to that Metalliance tour, but between the too-many opening acts and Helmet headlining, I'm gonna be trying to show up just in time for Kylesa and leaving immediately after Vitus.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 31 January 2011 18:46 (fourteen years ago)
ilxor, i do think you would enjoy the enslaved album.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 31 January 2011 18:46 (fourteen years ago)
I like 1 lifelover album, the one with *that* album cover.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 31 January 2011 18:47 (fourteen years ago)
wait so does this tour have seven bands every night???
― Rogaine's a hell of a rug (DJ Mencap), Monday, 31 January 2011 19:15 (fourteen years ago)
If by "*that*" you mean naked girl covered in blood, then that's Pulver, their 2006 debut. Ironically, the second record was called Erotik but the cover is just murky nothingness. Their 2008 album Konkurs just got reissued by Prophecy, and I really liked the 2009 EP Dekadens, too.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 31 January 2011 19:24 (fourteen years ago)
Also, I'm now listening to the Paragon Records reissue of Khors' The Flame of Eternity's Decline, which is clearly a record from a less mature band than Return to Abandoned, but it's still pretty enjoyable. Grim, chunky, atmospheric black metal in the European "pagan" mold (lacings of folk melodies, as opposed to the American Agalloch/Celestiial/WinTR textural version). The reissue has a couple alternate mixes with a bizarrely kettlish snare sound that kind of make me think of what Cold Lake could have been if Warrior had gone for the production ambition without the hairspray.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 31 January 2011 20:41 (fourteen years ago)
That new Lifelover album is pretty good so far. The vocals will be a sticking point with many (the histrionics even test my patience), but the instrumental portions are gorgeous.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 03:51 (fourteen years ago)
You know what's really fucking good? The new Noisear album. Art-grind a la GridLink or AntiGama, but with a vocalist who sounds like Kevin Sharp. Watch out for the 20-minute Kevin Drumm-esque noise piece at the end, but the first 29 tracks are great.
Also, is it me or was Lazarus A.D. a retro thrash band on their debut? The new one is all melodic groove metal, like Machine Head crossed with present-day Testament. Don't like it much.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:03 (fourteen years ago)
hey Glenn, you should check out Visions of Atlantis's new one, Delta. Symphonic metal with male-female vocals. I was ready to dismiss them as generic Nightwish/Stratovarius wannabes, and it's not that they aren't, but they're actually quite good at what they do.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:07 (fourteen years ago)
What you think of the new Rotten Sound, Phil? My impression was that it was really well done death-influenced grind with enough curveballs like guitar solos and groove parts to keep things from getting boring without resorting to wacky noises or genre shifts.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:12 (fourteen years ago)
I dug the Noisear album until the boring last track. And I think the new Lazarus AD album is terrific, Machine Head/Testament ripoffs and all.
How's the new Visions of Atlantis singer? I liked Melissa on the last album.
Speaking of grind, I got Graf Orlock's Doombox in the mail today. Can't wait to put it together...
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:16 (fourteen years ago)
She sounds good enough to me, although I haven't heard their old singer.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:17 (fourteen years ago)
alright, I'll bite: put it together?
Oh, I see:
http://cache0.bigcartel.com/product_images/28943219/doomboxmockup.jpg
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:21 (fourteen years ago)
oh jeez
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:21 (fourteen years ago)
What you think of the new Rotten Sound, Phil?
Haven't heard it yet. I've never really paid much attention to them. Should I?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:30 (fourteen years ago)
Wow does that Visions of Atlantis cover look dubious, but I'll keep a watch for it. Finally heard the whole Mitochondrion record, after not liking the stream samples but reading enough about it that I wasn't satisfied with that impression. Definitely way better heard all the way through. Not sure whether I liked it yet, but I'm definitely interested.
Also, second Khors album is good, too. Third one tomorrow.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:36 (fourteen years ago)
I like Rotten Sound okay. Haven't heard the new one yet though.
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:38 (fourteen years ago)
Took just a couple minutes to put the Doombox together. The attention to detail is just amazing, right down to the back and the hilarous owner's manual too. Plus it stays together, it's a pretty solid model.
The music's great too, they're the catchiest grind band going.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:46 (fourteen years ago)
the new earth is boring imo
its like a stoned score to a coen brothers movie
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:47 (fourteen years ago)
Earth has always been hit or miss for me... Welcome more input here to see if this one's a keeper or not.
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 05:11 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.grindcorekaraoke.com/album/robocop-iiAnyone check out this new Robocop album, or anything on J. Randall's new Grindcore Karaoke digi-label? I haven't enjoyed anything on it except this Robocop and the Marion Barry release, but I like the design aesthetic they've got going.
Also, not enjoying the new Burzum as much as 'Belus' from last year, but I need to spend more time with it. Anyone else hear it?
― Mob Halford, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 05:22 (fourteen years ago)
I'm enjoying the new Burzum a lot, at least after one listen. The clean vox work very well. It sounds even better than Belus I think.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 05:27 (fourteen years ago)
All songs by Robocop except track 9 which is attributed to some incarnation of Napalm Death. Don't sue us, your as much of a cover band as we are...
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 05:29 (fourteen years ago)
i'm digging this robocop 2, the doomy breakdown on the first song is pretty rad, but 'feminism uber alles' is pretty fuckin lame
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 05:40 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.grindcorekaraoke.com/album/grindcore-luau
^^^^^^^ this is fucking hilarious and awesome
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 05:43 (fourteen years ago)
Oh shit, I forgot about that Wadge album. The liner notes PDF the download comes with is pretty funny and well-designed too. It's surprising to see this much attention to detail being put into a digital label.
― Mob Halford, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 05:52 (fourteen years ago)
so this makes it different from earth's last album exactly how, then?
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 05:55 (fourteen years ago)
that was like a stoned score to a sergio leone movie
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 06:03 (fourteen years ago)
i don't know sergio leone ;_;
not a movie guy
sorry
i like earth tho
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 06:10 (fourteen years ago)
haha how bout 'stoned spaghetti western' vs 'stoned josh brolin in boots'
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 06:15 (fourteen years ago)
okay that works
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 06:30 (fourteen years ago)
The new Trap Them album is as good as you'd expect. Same old stuff, but a little catchier this time around.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 07:04 (fourteen years ago)
http://burningambulance.com/2011/01/12/earth/
xps
― Ioannis, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 10:18 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks for all the links and whatnot on the new grind stuff happening. Now I've got some listening to do.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 12:12 (fourteen years ago)
I didn't make it through a whole listen to the Burzum, but I've never found his music interesting in any of its phases. Too boring for moral dilemmas...
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 13:03 (fourteen years ago)
Ever wonder what it would sound like if Jean Michel Jarre had grown up in Ontario listening to metal? Aastyra.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 13:52 (fourteen years ago)
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, the heralded hard rock and metal event of the summer, is swiftly becoming the heavy music fans’ summertime rite of passage. Today, the 4th annual summertime juggernaut announces the 2011 line-up with DISTURBED, GODSMACK and MEGADETH, joined by MACHINE HEAD, IN FLAMES, TRIVIUM, and many more of today’s most electrifying artists. The tour will make a 26 date trek across the country beginning on July 9th at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California. Tune in to www.rockstarmayhemfest.com and www.livenation.com for up-to-date ticketing information.
This summer’s mainstage artists, DISTURBED, GODSMACK, and MEGADETH, will be joined by a ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of today. For the first time in festival history, through their success, IN FLAMES, MACHINE HEAD and TRIVIUM have grown through the ranks to now perform on the mainstage in rotating slots throughout the tour.
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is thrilled to see the return of festival veterans DISTURBED, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM, and SUICIDE SILENCE.
The JAGERMEISTER stage will feature UNEARTH, KINGDOM OF SORROW, RED FANG, and the winners of JAGERMEISTER Battle of the Bands. The Extreme Stage will spotlight SUICIDE SILENCE, ALL SHALL PERISH and STRAIGHT LINE STITCH.
The 4th annual ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL will also feature ROCKSTAR METAL MULISHA JUMP TEAM, the World’s Greatest Freestyle Motocross team.
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:05 (fourteen years ago)
I cannot imagine how bad that show will be.
with all those shitty bands in one place what if ....
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:08 (fourteen years ago)
who can make the best reply
with all those shitty bands in one place what if a crazed american ....
...swan-dived into a toxic tank filled with gelatinous ilxors?
― Ioannis, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:13 (fourteen years ago)
... decided to see a good metal band the same night in a local club instead?
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:24 (fourteen years ago)
a ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of todaya ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of todaya ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of todaya ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of todaya ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of todaya ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of todaya ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of todaya ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of todaya ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of todaya ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of todaya ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of today
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:36 (fourteen years ago)
ate people who post like that. stop it
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:41 (fourteen years ago)
I hate i mean, lol
but if a big metal monster eats people who posts like that comes to ilx then i welcome our new overlord
you still banned from the poll thread btw?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:42 (fourteen years ago)
multiple c+ping rules fuiud
except when it's ilxor doing it wrong by using a rote and benign phrase from a piece of corny PR bumph
― Rogaine's a hell of a rug (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:46 (fourteen years ago)
You guys have some seriously sad issues with people who like something you don't. No one here is probably a fan, so who are you trying to impress or amuse with your superiority?
C'mon. You're better than that.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:50 (fourteen years ago)
no-one is trying to impress anyone. People be giving their opinions.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:51 (fourteen years ago)
No one here is probably a fan
I'm a fan of about half those bands. I like Disturbed, Megadeth, Machine Head, Unearth, and Trivium, and can tolerate Suicide Silence.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:53 (fourteen years ago)
Question: I'm gonna be in England this week. Most of the time I'm gonna be working, but my Wednesday night is my own. Is there a small club in Bristol likely to have metal or punk bands playing on a Wednesday night?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:54 (fourteen years ago)
aldo/dj mencap to thread
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:55 (fourteen years ago)
― that's not funny. (unperson)
Sprry Phil. I like Megadeath too - just annoyed at the tenor of derision that I shorthanded it too much.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:56 (fourteen years ago)
Sorry, even.
nope-- i'm back
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:58 (fourteen years ago)
rightly so, since i was on topic before being baited & slandered by a certain poster
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:50 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i love this thread but there is some weird groupthink that happens in here sometimes
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 15:17 (fourteen years ago)
After one listen, I'd say Fallen is a pinch better than Belus. I welcomed Belus, but ultimately, it didn't set me on fire. Haha. See what I did there?
The riffs on Fallen seem a little more inspired to me.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 15:43 (fourteen years ago)
Glad to see Adrien enthusing about Trap Them, very excited to hear that one. As far as the Earth, I always enjoy it when I listen to it, but I rarely find myself itching to spin it again (pretty much exactly how I felt with the last one). I'm not sure what that makes me feel overall, I definitely enjoy hearing it but there's very little to get excited about. Great music to play when I'm focusing on SketchUp and cranking out a rendering though.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 15:53 (fourteen years ago)
Phil - not sure if you mean Wednesday as in tomorrow or Wed 9 but Bristol looks pretty lame on both days metalwise tbh - you could always drown your sorrows here
― Rogaine's a hell of a rug (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 15:55 (fourteen years ago)
Wednesday as in tomorrow. My flight leaves in about seven hours. I don't drink (shock! horror! call yourself a metalhead), which is why I was looking for live music. Oh, well.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:10 (fourteen years ago)
I note for the record that I do not drink, either.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:37 (fourteen years ago)
Me three
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:37 (fourteen years ago)
Rolling True Kvlt Metal Straightedge 2011.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:42 (fourteen years ago)
I drink, but usually not at shows.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:44 (fourteen years ago)
Jon and I can start the Rolling Social Drinkers Metal Dilettantes 2011 thread.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:46 (fourteen years ago)
I drunk but usually not at work
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:54 (fourteen years ago)
nevah tuush teh shtufff...
― Ioannis, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:57 (fourteen years ago)
Burzum had his chance to blow me away with his genius. There was one song I liked on Belus, but there are so many non-white supremacists out there making better music than he is, I don't see the point of taking the leap.
I haven't heard the new Earth yet, but listening to everything from Hex onward frustrates the hell out of me. They come up with a great moody riff, and just mercilessly ram it into the ground. I don't know if it is because they simply don't have the ability to do anything more with the songs, or if they are afraid of alienating their audience, or if Carlson just has a really single-minded purpose, or what. The lack of structure or progression was fine when they are doing drone, or ultra-repetitious stoner metal, but the beauty of what they are doing deserves better. If I want to listen to ambient desert metal, I'll listen to the last Barn Owl album.
― rockapads, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:58 (fourteen years ago)
Hahahahahaha that was supposed to say drink, but I swear it's the iPhone nor the liquor talking.
Hanging out at home watching though the metal videos available on demand because lol, and so far
1. How did I completely miss this black tusk band?
2. Read "emmure" as "murmuure" and was really really disappointed.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:59 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to the Norwegian band Devil. Their demo EP, Magister Mundi Xum, is promising retro rocking classic metal. It looks like they're going to be opening for Electric Wizard in Europe, so hopefully that means they might get a deal and some distribution. This definitely sounds like a demo, but the bones are good enough to put them on my radar going forward.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 17:03 (fourteen years ago)
Oh yeah, that Devil demo is great! I downloaded it off of iTunes before xmas. I think it's more my cup of tea than Ghost - but I guess that's comparing apples to oranges, musically speaking. Different beasts.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 17:44 (fourteen years ago)
Let me rephrase that. It's like comparing Granny Smiths to Galas? Devil comes off as thuddy biker rock. Ghost is more refined and melodic.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 17:57 (fourteen years ago)
Diamanda Galas: extreme apples.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 17:58 (fourteen years ago)
There is definitely something a bit grotty about Devil. I like it more than Ghost too.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 17:58 (fourteen years ago)
Hahaha! Invisible extreme apples.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 18:01 (fourteen years ago)
That Graf Orlock 'Doombox' has been tearing me apart the last two days. The 'hood movies' samples work so well with their sound. Easily the best thing I've heard in 2011 so far.
― Mob Halford, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 18:46 (fourteen years ago)
I'm inclined to agree...
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 18:50 (fourteen years ago)
Ordered it today after all this chat.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 18:54 (fourteen years ago)
Plus you get the bonus CD of all of Graf Orlock's recorded output, 78 minute's worth. Great fun.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 19:18 (fourteen years ago)
Dunno if i'll like the music but it's hardly the 1st time anyone has bought an album cuz they love the packaging. Could not resist.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 20:46 (fourteen years ago)
By the way, thanks to EZ for recommending that Devil demo, I love it!
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 20:49 (fourteen years ago)
Dunno if i'll like the music but it's hardly the 1st time anyone has bought an album cuz they love the packaging
I've already pre-ordered my copy of the new Amon Amarth. I'm just getting the CD/DVD (the DVD includes the performances of each of their first four albums in their entirety, from 2008) and a T-shirt, though. I don't really need a Surtur action figure.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 20:54 (fourteen years ago)
I bet j3ff does
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 21:04 (fourteen years ago)
Adrien, that's the first time in roughly five years of participating in these threads that I've recommended something to you and not the other way round. Expect a second one in 2016 or so.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 21:23 (fourteen years ago)
Haha! Well, you sure unearthed a good one. I'm hearing a little Samhain in these dudes as well...
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 21:25 (fourteen years ago)
Good call on the Samhain. I think that's what I'm hearing as "grotty".
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 21:28 (fourteen years ago)
I really like the two new Grayceon tracks that have been released (one each on Profound Lore & Invisible Oranges). Has anyone heard the whole thing? Adrien? Just wondering if it holds up.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:01 (fourteen years ago)
I have it. It's a peculiar but very interesting album, one that really needs a few listens to settle in. The two sample tracks are a good indication of how the rest of it is, though.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:12 (fourteen years ago)
I haven't heard the new Earth yet, but listening to everything from Hex onward frustrates captivates the hell out of me. They come up with a great moody riff, and just mercilessly ram it into the ground. AWESOME!!!
fixed ^^
you're welcome!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:26 (fourteen years ago)
one thing I've noticed from the various polls on this site is how popular repetition is in music right now (or maybe just this board). I will always have love for drone-y and loopy music, but listening to all the tracks on the singles poll made me craving structure. The same way listening to the past few Earth albums does, I guess. At some point it's just texture. Jamming without any soloing, or something.
― rockapads, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:31 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks Adrien. I really like those two cuts, so it looks like March 1 will be a big day for me - Subrosa and Grayceon.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:39 (fourteen years ago)
I have the Grayceon disc here, but haven't listened to it yet.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:55 (fourteen years ago)
Ditto.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 02:43 (fourteen years ago)
Day Two of the cruise:
http://www.hellbound.ca/2011/02/70000-tons-of-metal-cruise-recap-part-2/
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 04:45 (fourteen years ago)
I bought that Devil demo last week I think it was, it's worth hearing
sounds like it could be some lost NWOBHM thing from like 1982
― Rogaine's a hell of a rug (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 08:41 (fourteen years ago)
If anyone gets the TESSERACT CD, post feelings plesase. Sounds like something I would either love or hate based on the scuttlebutt.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 15:09 (fourteen years ago)
Earth's Dylan Carlson talks about his favorite albums growing up -- Skynyrd, Slayer, Eagles, Massive Attack, Sabbath, Spacemen 3, etc.
def. worth a read!
http://pitchfork.com/news/41370-5-10-15-20-earths-dylan-carlson
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 15:38 (fourteen years ago)
I've had the Tesseract album for quite some time now, and it's quickly become a favorite. Sure, the six EP tracks are there meaning we only get five new songs, but it's still an exceptional prog metal debut.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 17:46 (fourteen years ago)
Aldo, just want to say that the Book Of Sand album is fucking amazing and I will buy it as soon as I can afford it!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:45 (fourteen years ago)
Oh man, are the new Portrait tracks ever great: http://www.portraitband.se/
Album's coming out on Metal Blade soon...
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:50 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah I've COMPLETELY come round to Book Of Sand and already confidently predicting it'll be in my top ten at year end.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:54 (fourteen years ago)
I'd recommend it to Glenn for sure
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:56 (fourteen years ago)
About to start listening to the Book of Sand album. By which I mean that it's been playing for a song and a half, so any moment now it's going to start sounding like something other than fuzzy intro fluff. Right?
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:35 (fourteen years ago)
i should have said glenn will hate it.... then he'd like it.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:37 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, no. Recommendation appreciated (really), but I'm going back to Mitochondrion and Impaled Nazarene now.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:38 (fourteen years ago)
Hey, I'd much rather love things than hate them.
you're far too impatient
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:40 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to a stream of "The Righteous Is the Enemy Of The Natural" on the Paradigms website and I think I'm with Glenn. I do like the cello, but the song is going nowhere, slowly. It's over 6 minutes long but, as far as I could tell, might just be the first 30 seconds looped over and over.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:46 (fourteen years ago)
I've never heard Portrait but going on the things folks say abt them I think their noise and my ears would get on p swingingly - might have to try and get on the blag w/ Metal Blade tbh
― Rogaine's a hell of a rug (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:59 (fourteen years ago)
This Mitochondrion album is shamelessly silly monster music (vocalist sounds like Cookie Monster imitating a much bigger and dumber Cookie Monster, all the rhythmic subtlety of an avalanche), but wow, what a vortex.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:15 (fourteen years ago)
As for Book of Sand, indie noodling plus fuzz ≠ metal. Says my Book of Metal, anyway.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:24 (fourteen years ago)
But I don't like Nadja, either.
After spending more time with the Meads Of Asphodel disc, I can say that I like it tons. There's a lot of interesting things there but unlike the guy who reviewed it for All Music, I think the band did pull it off. And the more straightforward stuff on the second half of the disc is pretty sold too.
― NYCNative, Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:52 (fourteen years ago)
Book Of Sand is very trance-inducing, repetitive, but I think it pays off. It sounds like a crustier Velvet Cacoon to me. There's something else that gets me though. They create one hell of a vortex. Said indie-shoegaze leanings perhaps.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:57 (fourteen years ago)
Day three of the cruise:
http://www.hellbound.ca/2011/02/70000-tons-of-metal-cruise-recap-part-3/
― A. Begrand, Friday, 4 February 2011 05:17 (fourteen years ago)
The “dick move” of the entire festival happened when Iced Earth walked off the stage after putting in a very good 45 minute set, clearly with the idea of forcing the fans to call for an encore. Instead, half the crowd left to catch Ensiferum, and the other half just stood there looking back at the pool deck clocks, going, “Dudes, you have 15 minutes left.” So after literally no requests for the band to do an encore, Schaffer and co. sheepishly strode back onstage and dutifully hammered out “Watching Over Me” and “Iced Earth”, giving the fans what they wanted. Let that be a lesson, no band is above another at 70,000 Tons of Metal.
loooooooooooooool
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 4 February 2011 05:25 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, we were howling. Schaffer, you ass.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 4 February 2011 05:35 (fourteen years ago)
has anyone heard this band? http://www.myspace.com/animamorte
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 4 February 2011 12:37 (fourteen years ago)
^for Goblin fans
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 4 February 2011 12:43 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.last.fm/music/Anima+Morte
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 4 February 2011 12:47 (fourteen years ago)
Having just listened to this i can safely say it's Viceroy music!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 4 February 2011 12:56 (fourteen years ago)
I think I reviewed an album of theirs about three years ago and it did indeed sound a lot like Goblin
― look its not that you listen to metal its that youre a bellend ok (DJ Mencap), Friday, 4 February 2011 12:58 (fourteen years ago)
SICK OF IT ALL Announce 25th Anniversary Show in NYC with special guest Snapcase on March 26
SICK OF IT ALL have been hardcore royalty since they stepped on the scene back in 1986 and refuse to give up the crown any time soon. The band released one of their most furious strikes yet last year with the incredible ‘Based on a True Story’ and have toured their asses off for nearly an entire year in support of the record. Now they are throwing another huge party where it all started – New York City! That’s right, on March 26th, SICK OF IT ALL is taking over Webster Hall for a massive show in celebration of their 25th anniversary!
----
I post this because it reminds me of how old I am...
I first saw them in 1988 at the Bayou in Washington, DC as the unlikely support act for Exodus.
I last saw them in 2007 at the Newport in Columbus, OH as the unlikely support act for AFI.
― NYCNative, Friday, 4 February 2011 13:48 (fourteen years ago)
Agonia Records proudly announce signing of Legendary Czechish Dark/Black Metal band ROOT.
ROOT's new, 9th full-length album will be released in the autumn as a CD and a noble vinyl, both by Agonia Records. It is being currently recorded. You can expect more epic, slower compositions as well as some more agressive and faster parts. More information about the new album will follow soon.
I am looking forward to this...
― NYCNative, Friday, 4 February 2011 13:55 (fourteen years ago)
TBH Sick Of It All don't seem like that unlikely a support for Exodus.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 4 February 2011 14:30 (fourteen years ago)
It was at that show... at that time... In 1988 in DC there was still the metal/hardcore divide. Fights broke out a lot at shows between folks with different haircuts. SOIA at that show was just met with apathy - all the metalheads were in the back and a couple of folks - myself included - were up front.
This was before SOIA even had their debut out though I recalled the band from the NYHC - The Way It Is compilation that I had on cassette (and think I still do!)... I told one of them this after their set and whichever band member I bugged seemed impressed that somneone there had heard of them.
― NYCNative, Friday, 4 February 2011 14:36 (fourteen years ago)
Okay, I realize this is a longer than long shot, but does anyone know of any remaining metal outlets looking for people to review for them?
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 February 2011 14:53 (fourteen years ago)
Ah OK from your username I figured you were in NYC where (I gather, I wasn't there) it was quite normal for thrash metal & hardcore bands to play on the same bill at CBGBs etc. Albeit with the same problems with interscene divides obviously.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 4 February 2011 14:57 (fourteen years ago)
The Native part is key... Was born in NYC but moved out when I was in the 6th grade. Moved back in 1989 and lived there until 1994 though. So formative years and early show-going was in DC.
― NYCNative, Friday, 4 February 2011 15:10 (fourteen years ago)
all you grind heads - anyone heard the AKBK album? the stuff on their myspace sounds really great:
http://www.myspace.com/akbkgrind
― original bgm, Friday, 4 February 2011 16:12 (fourteen years ago)
anima morte seem pretty good and I haven't heard a whole album yet... but it seems like morte macabre did the modern prog goblin update thing better. symphonic holocaust is incredibly CLASSIC.
― original bgm, Friday, 4 February 2011 16:55 (fourteen years ago)
Great that Root is back - was spinning The Temple Of The Underworld and Hell Symhony just the other day!
BTW, Stephen King wants more metal in his movie. But whether that means Kid Rock or Darkspace remains to be seen...
― Siegbran, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:35 (fourteen years ago)
Shameless self-promotion: I have a column on the deciblog now where I cover classic, overlooked records. Here's the link:
http://www.decibelmagazine.com/category/lazarus-pit-2/
If anyone has suggestions for stuff I should check out, let me know.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:49 (fourteen years ago)
bookmarked!
― original bgm, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)
Great stuff, Jeff. Glad there's another person carrying the old-school metal torch at dB!
― A. Begrand, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:54 (fourteen years ago)
^^^
Keep up the good work in this thread guys, I'll be lurking from time to time but pretty sure I'm done posting on ILX.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:54 (fourteen years ago)
Noooo, why?
(Thanks for the kind words, also!)
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:55 (fourteen years ago)
Eh, I'm finding myself increasingly frustrated by the rampant negativity by Whiney and his little cabal of "goons" and I'm taking it way too seriously.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:58 (fourteen years ago)
use killfile?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:59 (fourteen years ago)
or just ignore goon threads, as many of us here already do.
― Ioannis, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:20 (fourteen years ago)
should be a ? somewhere in there...i'm pretty sure.
― Ioannis, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:21 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, dude, it'd be a shame to let the jerks scare one of the good ones away. Just hang out here, we're good people.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 February 2011 20:24 (fourteen years ago)
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, February 4, 2011 2:58 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark
whiney got banned today btw.
stick around pls.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:26 (fourteen years ago)
Jeff, some suggestions for overlooked yet undeniably classic Eastern and Southern European records:Tormentor (RO) - Anno DominiRoot (CZ) - Hell SymphonyMaster's Hammer (CZ) - RitualKAT (PL) - 666Vader (PL) - De ProfundisNecromantia (GR) - Scarlet Evil Witching BlackDebustrol (CZ) - NeuropatologDeath SS (IT) - In Death Of Steve Sylvester
― Siegbran, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:37 (fourteen years ago)
if you dont agree to stay jon, we will embarrass you by starting a jon must stay thread!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:38 (fourteen years ago)
I have that Root album, that's good stuff. Trying to stay away from bands like Vader that people have heard of, but I'll definitely check out the others.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 February 2011 20:40 (fourteen years ago)
For variety, since I endorsed the Mitochondrion album, I want to reiterate my equally enthusiastic recommendation for the new Magnum album The Visitation. If you liked the last Iron Maiden album's embrace of old-school hard-rock, give this a chance. All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted, and not many people can make it sound as stately and welcoming as Clarkin and Catley. Magnum were always exemplars, to me, of how you can make sweeping, deeply anthemic music, even with occasional fantasy lyrics, without descending into idiot D&D-posturing histrionics. Like crossing UFO with just enough Manowar that their confidence could counteract Mogg's sadness, and just enough Rush that their ambition could lift UFO's usual bluesy rootedness off the ground.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 5 February 2011 00:33 (fourteen years ago)
J3ff, do one on Phobos. Especially since it was just finally issued (in abridged form) on vinyl!
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 5 February 2011 00:59 (fourteen years ago)
That Magnum album sounds good. Strong '80s prog rock/metal, but not too garish. They really get it.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 5 February 2011 01:14 (fourteen years ago)
I really don't like Eric Forrest's vocals with Voivod. And again, they are kind of a major group -- I'm trying to highlight bands that never really got a chance, at least at first, before I move on to overlooked entries in popular bands' discography.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 01:28 (fourteen years ago)
When overlooked bands are brought up, I always mention Warrior. One of the great forgotten bands of the '80s.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 5 February 2011 01:50 (fourteen years ago)
Ok then, how about the Iommi Stubbs LP? Never even released on CD, but a total sludge classic from the NW.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 5 February 2011 02:07 (fourteen years ago)
ROOT's new, 9th full-length album will be released in the autumn as a CD and a noble vinyl, both by Agonia Records.
Hell yesssssssss.
― Slade Venom Secret Police (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 5 February 2011 06:14 (fourteen years ago)
Shameless self-promotion: I have a column on the deciblog now where I cover classic, overlooked records. Here's the link:http://www.decibelmagazine.com/category/lazarus-pit-2/If anyone has suggestions for stuff I should check out, let me know.
http://www.decibelmagazine.com/category/lazarus-pit-2/If anyone has suggestions for stuff I should check out, let me know.
Jeff, if you're not following The 2011 Mordy's Metal Listening Club - New albums every Monday! thread, I suggest that you do. Every week two albums are selected to review and I imagine a lot of them, if not all of them, will fit your column's objectives. Certainly, the ones that I pick will... :)
― NYCNative, Saturday, 5 February 2011 14:49 (fourteen years ago)
Woah... Link?
― NYCNative, Saturday, 5 February 2011 15:04 (fourteen years ago)
I haven't listened to Deicide in ages but this new one holds my attention. Benton is still silly, but the songs are chunky and catchy... Pick to click: "Conviction" with a meaty and compact riff that sounds like a high tech update on old school family values.
― NYCNative, Saturday, 5 February 2011 15:12 (fourteen years ago)
nycnative, fyi:
Mordy's Metal Listening Club - New Albums Every Monday
― Ioannis, Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:52 (fourteen years ago)
that was the old one tho
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:56 (fourteen years ago)
yup, and girly-man's all over it. ;*)
― Ioannis, Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:58 (fourteen years ago)
could be worse, he could like Mall Emo
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:00 (fourteen years ago)
Master's Hammer (CZ) - Ritual
have a master's hammer lp kicking around the house. should probably listen to it one day, huh?
― original bgm, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:23 (fourteen years ago)
with j3ff's new column + metal listening club revival, I see myself checking out a lot of neglected metal gems this year.
― original bgm, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:25 (fourteen years ago)
I would post some suggestions but I think I may save them for my listening club week instead... ;-)
Yeah, I already have a few suggestions for my next week's picks... Not too late to get on in my picks for this week too. :)
― NYCNative, Saturday, 5 February 2011 20:20 (fourteen years ago)
havent been keeping up with this thread yet - just came to say does anyone like INTER ARMA from richmond, va - they are honestly one of the best live bands i've ever seen. can fill 3 hours with material and all of it is banging. havent listened to their record yet though so i don't know how it translates
also new burzum is O_O
― dark link (roxymuzak), Sunday, 6 February 2011 15:01 (fourteen years ago)
Alan - send me that Master's Hammer LP. I'll Dj it for the masses.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 7 February 2011 01:30 (fourteen years ago)
Does anyone know The Austrasian Goat? I'm listening to The Stains Of Resignation from last year and it's pretty amazing. A one man BM/funeral doom band from France. The opening track has got pipes and cellos on it, and I'm now listening to a track where he's singing like Prince over a load of doom.
― Bonnie Tyler The Creator (Doran), Monday, 7 February 2011 10:39 (fourteen years ago)
Yep, I raved about them on most of the rolling metal threads over the past few years. Awesome band, i think i own most of their output. I'm awaiting on the vinyl arriving of the last one actually.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 7 February 2011 11:35 (fourteen years ago)
I recommended them to Glenn last year but I dunno if he played them. He very rarely likes anything I recommend to him.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 7 February 2011 11:36 (fourteen years ago)
Cathedral split up
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 7 February 2011 13:03 (fourteen years ago)
Statistically speaking, I rarely like anything I hear about from anywhere. I mean, I love tons of music, but I investigate/sample/try an order of magnitude more music, especially in metal, than I end up loving. It's not that your recommendations are any less effective than others, it's that I actually pay attention to them.
So yes, I did check out the Austrasian Goat. (And no, they didn't do that much for me.)
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 7 February 2011 16:06 (fourteen years ago)
austrasian goat are GREAT - love the witch 7", one of my favorites
― dark link (roxymuzak), Monday, 7 February 2011 16:56 (fourteen years ago)
Day four of 70,000 Tons of Metal:
http://www.hellbound.ca/2011/02/70000-tons-of-metal-cruise-recap-part-4/
Greatest metal fest ever, I tell ya.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 7 February 2011 18:45 (fourteen years ago)
I'm only one track deep into Obscura's Omnivium, and already it's the album Atheist's Jupiter should have been. It surprised me a little with a first verse that was ultra-melodic Swedish-style death metal, but then the jazz bass came in and it got all prog/tech-death, and now it's just fucking awesome.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 7 February 2011 21:54 (fourteen years ago)
Really excited to check that one out when I get home tonight, I really like that band.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 February 2011 21:55 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, this Obscura album is really great. I love it when technical death metal bands learn how to write genuine hooks, and this record is loaded with them.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 7 February 2011 22:28 (fourteen years ago)
Very excited now. Is this a typical bleeped promo though?
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 February 2011 22:31 (fourteen years ago)
No bleeps!
― A. Begrand, Monday, 7 February 2011 22:36 (fourteen years ago)
Gonna see Bruce Lamont play Robert Plant in his tribute act Led Zeppelin 2 this evening. Should be entertaining.
He stopped by a party I was Djing last night and busted me spinning the Neverending Story.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 01:33 (fourteen years ago)
Haha! That's awesome. You were spinning Limahl or one of the Moroder tracks? (I love the title track and "Ivory Tower", no shame) If I'm not mistaken, his sister is a Marilyn Monroe impersonator/type in Million Dollar Quartet. Showbiz family!
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 01:48 (fourteen years ago)
Holy crap, you weren't kidding about this Obscura record! Loving it so far, and I'm only a few minutes into the first track.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 01:54 (fourteen years ago)
see, this is the kind of tech death I like -- I'm not into tech death for that technicality, so I dig it when a group like these guys or Arsis play around with dynamics and different sounds (like the Jazz fusion-style and 80s cock rock guitars on the Obscura). That's why I gave the latest Neuraxis a so-so review in decibel. It's just blasting straight through, with nothing to mix it up or make me care.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 02:03 (fourteen years ago)
The Obscura album definitely has traces of Arsis, little bits of 80s flash amidst the jazz interludes & brutality. Love that.
And Neuraxis is one of the best bands at making accessible tech death in my opinion. I definitely recommend the new one!
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 02:13 (fourteen years ago)
I liked The Thin Line between, but the new one didn't do anything for me -- it felt like a step backwards in terms of distinct songwriting.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 02:22 (fourteen years ago)
It didn't feel like a step backward for me, just a holding pattern, which I'm perfectly okay with.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 02:35 (fourteen years ago)
nate - you'll dig the LZ2 show - my buddy does the Pagey ... hey - sorry if I'm way off base - but didn't you book/work the merch table for the last Agalloch show in Chicago - if so - see ya there
― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:13 (fourteen years ago)
Led Zep 2 was pretty great. Page stole the show.
Yup, that was me. See you at Reggie's 3/27 :)
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 09:02 (fourteen years ago)
And a doombox has just arrived in the mail..
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 11:35 (fourteen years ago)
I think they tried to deliver mine this morning.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 15:06 (fourteen years ago)
You guys were right, this Obscura is great. Tech-death is about the only death metal I've been able to get excited about lately. I need to check out that Abysmal Dawn record too, but I'm waiting for the bleeped promo to go away (or I come across a copy in a store).
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 16:42 (fourteen years ago)
alright, you guys have convinced me to spin the new obscura. didn't care for their first release but the promise of actual hooks and arsis dynamics are enticing.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 17:52 (fourteen years ago)
Not usually a fan of straight up death metal, but the new Abysmal Dawn record is pretty sweet. Definitely their strongest release so far. Seems like the sort of metal Phil would be into.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 19:25 (fourteen years ago)
so it sounds like pantera? ugh!! ;)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 19:30 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, that new Abysmal Dawn's a good one, definitely their best to date.
For fans of Soilworky melodeath, the new Darkest Hour is a big improvement over their last album. Melodic death metal that's actually melodic, go figure.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 19:36 (fourteen years ago)
Just got an advance of the new Ulcerate!
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 02:06 (fourteen years ago)
The Ulcerate is excellent.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 02:15 (fourteen years ago)
A lot to digest on the Ulcerate album, that band's chops are just ridiculous...not surprisingly I gravitated to the Obscura record a lot more quickly.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 02:41 (fourteen years ago)
don't know if i really need another album by those guys--mad respect but that stuff is a tough listen.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 02:55 (fourteen years ago)
We've got the Cultus Sabbati album free to download on the site today.
I guess it's just as much power electronics or industrial as it is metal but it has a very strong BM aesthetic that will appeal to some on here I think.
― Bonnie Tyler The Creator (Doran), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 11:35 (fourteen years ago)
Anxiously awaiting the new Turisas!
They play Philly with Cradle Of Filth but it's the day after the "Finnish Metal 2 Tour" and I cannot see me going to both - I would need to take off two nights in a row from work... :(
Which show would you guys see if you could only go to one:
Finntroll / Ensiferum / Rotten Sound / Barren EarthCradle Of Filth / Nachtmystium / Turisas / Daniel Lioneye
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 14:28 (fourteen years ago)
MACABRE Album Released Today; Rue-Morgue Premieres New Track As of now the general public can stop by their local disc monger and pick up Grim Scary Tales, the anticipated new full-length from Chicago's murder metallers MACABRE, as it is officially unleashed upon North Americans today! As always, the band released the album on their own Decomposed Records imprint, with distribution in North America on this release via Willowtip Records. Recorded in 2010, celebrating the band’s 25th anniversary, the highly anticipated 14-track platter of splatter Grim Scary Tales presents the classic MACABRE style fans have come to bloodthirstily expect, cleverly combining nursery rhyme sing-along quirkiness with ultra-tight, high-speed, gore/grind/death ingenuity. Their first full length since 2003’s blistering Murder Metal, MACABRE have cleverly devised a “story book of murder,” as Grim Scary Tales traces some of the most infamous serial killers and mass murderers. From the beginning of recorded mass killers, the album progresses through the annals of the world’s creepiest ghouls, including Locusta, Vlad Tepes, Gilles Garnier, Elizabeth Bathory, Mary Ann Cotton, the Bender Family, Lizzie Borden, Karl Grossmann and more. Recorded and mixed at The Ensomberoom by Geoff Montgomery (The Chasm, Coffinworm, Shub Niggurath, Couldron), this crushing album also bears original artwork and layout crafted by Scott Jackson of Monsterman Graphics and Rock N Roll Comics notoriety, perfectly visualizing the album’s gory nature.
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I have a soft spot for Macabre. I always saw them at Milwaukee Metalfests and at other shows; loved the way the singer introduced songs telling about the atrocities of whatever serial killer inspired the next song in geeky detail.
Also, their 1987 debut was an early Death Metal favorite of mine... I still think the three-part "Mass Murder" - three parts, each one a solo from each instrument - is neat.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 14:58 (fourteen years ago)
Did anyone else have trouble with the Obscura promo having some small moments of digital clipping? Do I just need to try to download it again? I really liked what I heard, but there are two songs that are clipped just enough to be really annoying.
I need to find a reasonably priced place to regularly buy metal releases. Since Metal Haven closed, it gets harder and harder to find places that stock it. Reckless does a pretty decent job of stocking some of the more Decibel-readed minded metal (for lack of a better description, i.e. they carry Southern Lord and stuff that gets decent buzz, but not a whole lot of straight heavy metal), but they've been way understocking stuff as of late (Earth was gone almost immediately yesterday). FYE actually stocks some stuff, but, lol, FYE.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:00 (fourteen years ago)
I mean, obviously I can buy online. But metal, far more than any other genre, is the one where I'm more willing to take a chance on something new while browsing. I miss being able to do that.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:02 (fourteen years ago)
Jon, as the former buyer there, I suggest www.relapse.com as a good source for your metal tunes. When I was there I tried to stock a wide variety of goodies and we tried to keep the prices down.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:04 (fourteen years ago)
MASTODON RELEASE FIRST EVER LIVE CONCERT DVD + CD — MASTODON: LIVE AT THE ARAGON — ON MARCH 15TH ON REPRISE RECORDS
LIVE DVD + CD CAPTURES BAND’S EXPLOSIVE LIVE SHOW AT CHICAGO’S ARAGON BALLROOM ON THE CRACK THE SKYE TOUR
MASTODON REVEAL RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVES
February 8 2011 — (Burbank, CA) — Heavy rock innovators MASTODON will release their first-ever live experience package entitled MASTODON: LIVE AT THE ARAGON on March 15th, 2011, on Reprise Records. The set will contain a CD and DVD which captures the band’s sonic assault recorded and filmed live October 19th, 2009, at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago while touring in support of its critically-applauded album, Crack The Skye.
MASTODON: LIVE AT THE ARAGON DVD + CD is comprised of Crack The Skye performed live in its glorious entirety along with fan favorites from Blood Mountain (2006) and Leviathan (2004) plus a brutal cover of “The Bit” by Melvins. A dozen blistering tracks that loudly displays Mastodon’s unmatched virtuosic prowess at the apex of their career to date. The DVD program contains a full 78 minute live visual concert experience filmed in Chicago and is a stunning representation of the band captured in their most natural and primal element.
Click on the link to view the trailer for MASTODON: LIVE AT THE ARAGON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJYCKEgodRQ
The DVD will also feature a 58 minute “tour film” entitled “Crack the Skye: The Movie”, and contains the films which were projected on screen, behind the band in performance. These images were created specifically to illustrate the conceptual thread linking each of the songs on Crack the Skye and are exclusive to this package for the very first time giving the fans a brand new way to re-experience Crack The Skye.
Beginning today through www.mastodonrocks.com fans can pre-order a special bundle that will include the complete MASTODON: LIVE AT THE ARAGON, along with a Custom Mastodon guitar Pick Tin (with embossed picks) and a reproduction of the official Mastodon All Access Tour Laminate exclusive only to this package. Quantities are very limited so don’t delay.
Fans who wish to purchase MASTODON: LIVE AT THE ARAGON digital download can do so on the iTunes Store both in audio form, and as a live concert film including, “Crack the Skye: The Movie.” In addition, the package will also be available through Amazon.com as an audio/video bundle.
In addition, Mastodon will help celebrate Record Store Day, April 16th, by releasing two limited-edition vinyl pressings. First will be the version of MASTODON: LIVE AT THE ARAGON, pressed onto 180 gram audiophile weight vinyl and will also contain the DVD of the live show, plus “Crack the Skye: The Movie”. Secondly, an exclusive split 7” vinyl single of the ZZ Top classic, “Just Got Paid,” with Mastodon’s version on one side backed with the original ZZ Top version on the flip, housed in a clear plastic slipcase. Mastodon’s version of the track originally appeared on the album, Covered, A Revolution In Sound, commemorating 50 years of Warner Bros. Records.
The track-listing for MASTODON: LIVE AT THE ARAGON is as follows:
“Oblivion”“Divinations”“Quintessence”“The Czar”“Ghost Of Karelia”“Crack The Skye”“The Last Baron”“Circle of Cysquatch”“Aqua Dementia”“Where Strides The Behemoth”“Mother Puncher”“The Bit”
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:06 (fourteen years ago)
Excited for that! Wish it was the Metro show I was at, but that's okay.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:14 (fourteen years ago)
i saw that news and thought it was weird given that i saw lots of complaints that they couldn't pull off the more melodic vocals from "crack the skye" live
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:15 (fourteen years ago)
Just got a download for the Neuraxis and I also downloaded the Dragged Into Sunlight release on Prosthetic from last month. Will get to them soon and purchase if I like...
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:25 (fourteen years ago)
The vocals early in the Crack the Skye touring cycle were reportedly kinda rough, but - surprise! - as they played the album night after night, they got better. By tour's end, they were quite good.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:32 (fourteen years ago)
Announce Upcoming Album, "No Ghost," Out April 12th on Rorschach RecordsPremiere First Track "Neuralize So Numb" Exclusively at BrooklynVegan.com
As far as what to expect from this uncompromising steamroller of high volume and vast devastation, Capsule's new album, "No Ghost" is set for release on April 12th via Rorschach Records (Amateur Party, Ultra Dolphins, Brainworms) and was recorded between October 2009 and July 2010 by Ryan Haft (guitars). The album is packed with the kind of punches you'd expect from the band including standouts "Neuralize So Numb" (short, fast, and pissed), "Small Caps" (still fast and pissed, but it’s all about the hooks on this track), and "Outline" (shows it doesn’t have to be fast to be short and sweet).
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ANyone check this out yet?
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:53 (fourteen years ago)
Just got a link to it; didn't seem interesting so I deleted the email without listening.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 16:03 (fourteen years ago)
so i am not one for tribute shows generally but a friend of mine does this pantera tribute every year (and i dont dig pantera so i normally skip it) but the opener this year is an immortal tribute band called Sons of Midwestern Darkness and i think i have to see that.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 18:37 (fourteen years ago)
actually this is otm. I don't think there's anything really wrong with a boring metal record tho really, "the bees made honey" was dull as toast but you know what I like sometimes is a nice plate of toast
― aerosmith: the acid house years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 18:48 (fourteen years ago)
how The Bees Made Honey was any more or less dull than, say, Earth 2 i cannot understand (i prefer Bees myself) -- there's not been a huge shift in their approach to pace/structure/etc., more just distortion and tone -- and if anything, the tone's improved for Earth mk. ii
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 18:53 (fourteen years ago)
I think the key for me is that I keep returning to their older stuff over and over, while I'm rarely finding reasons to give the newer ones new spins. As (I think) I mentioned upthread, I enjoy the new one when I am listening to it - but I can't really be enticed to return to it.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)
the difference is that Earth 2 is quality drone, and Bees Made Honey is a torturous exercise in repetition. lots of groups pull repetition off really well, but what makes it work is movement of some kind, and Earth tends to just repeat really basic stripped-down riffs over and over, switch to another part which they repeat too many times, then go right back and repeat the first part some more. agony.
― rockapads, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 19:58 (fourteen years ago)
I hope I didn't already say this up thread, but Barn Owl's Ancestral Star (which I am listening to now) basically hits the same spot for me that Earth used to, only about 20x harder. I hope they don't change too much for their next one. Earth's drone and doom rock stuff is great, but everything from Hex onward is in the box of stuff to be traded for in-store credit next time I hit the record store.
― rockapads, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 20:01 (fourteen years ago)
see, my ears tell me the opposite. i've listened to earth 2 maybe 3-4 times total, bees over 20 at the very least. i hear lots of v subtle, minute + interesting changes in tone & playing on Bees that make it a devastating listen.
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 20:26 (fourteen years ago)
They play Philly with Cradle Of Filth but it's the day after the "Finnish Metal 2 Tour" and I cannot see me going to both - I would need to take off two nights in a row from work... :(Such a great live band, but yeesh, that new album is a little over the top, to put it mildly.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 20:52 (fourteen years ago)
i'm with ilxor on bees. I didn't think much of it at first but it grew on me in a major way. and the sheer sound of the thing is just gorgeous. incredible production.
also have no problems whatsoever with repetition if I dig what's being looped over and over.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 21:06 (fourteen years ago)
new one hasn't made an impression after two spins but I haven't written it off yet.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 21:08 (fourteen years ago)
Bees is my favorite but the new one hasn't grabbed me at all.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)
Pentastar is still the ultimate Earth album for me. I don't think a week has gone by since its release that I haven't spun it. The perfect background metal record. "8 songs, 7 riffs!"
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 22:15 (fourteen years ago)
"The vocals early in the Crack the Skye touring cycle were reportedly kinda rough, but - surprise! - as they played the album night after night, they got better. By tour's end, they were quite good."
This was my experience. I saw them the month it came out, and I walked out after two songs. Then they returned later in the year with Dethklok and performed excellently. Someone told me that they got vocal lessons in the interim. If that's the case, it totally worked--and I don't consider myself a fan. But I do recognize it when hark work pays off.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 22:16 (fourteen years ago)
And a big YES on that Barn Owl record. Great make-out metal!
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 22:17 (fourteen years ago)
(not that it's metal at all)
watch a video of the graf orlock doombox being built up http://vimeo.com/19265595
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 22:23 (fourteen years ago)
That is quite possibly the most awesome thing I ever saw.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 22:52 (fourteen years ago)
The clincher on the Doombox is the "owner's manual". Brilliantly done.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 22:58 (fourteen years ago)
That is really cool but it is missing these guys:
http://powet.tv/powetblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cassettes_1984_cons.jpg
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:03 (fourteen years ago)
WITCH MOUNTAIN Tourdates announced!
Fri 3/11 in Arcata, CA @ The Alibi w/Christian MistressSat 3/12 in San Francisco, CA @ Thee Hemlock w/Slough Feg, Christian MistressSun 3/13 in Los Angeles, CA @ TBA w/Gypsyhawk, Christian MistressMon 3/14 in Phoenix, AZ @ Sound Kontrol w/Christian MistressTue 3/15 in Santa Fe, NM @ Warehouse 21 w/Drought w/Christian MistressWed 3/16 in Las Cruces, NM @ The Trainyard w/Christian MistressThu 3/17 in Austin, TX @ Barbarella Patio - Nanotear SXSW showcase* w/YOB, Agalloch, Worm Ouroboros, Amber Asylum, Arabrot, Wizard Rifle
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Also, any of you writers that are interested, I can get you a download of the new album. It will be released on vinyl in early April so I'd like to get press rolling now. Thanks for your support!
* note that Christian Mistress plays the SXSW Kemado showcase on this date...
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:43 (fourteen years ago)
And those who write from ILX, please include your email in the message.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 10 February 2011 02:07 (fourteen years ago)
Oh, TBA in LA is at the BLVD btw. Is that enough abbreviations in one post?
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 10 February 2011 03:38 (fourteen years ago)
You've got my email; send over a link.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 10 February 2011 04:35 (fourteen years ago)
Sent. Damn, you were right about this Ulcerate.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 10 February 2011 05:32 (fourteen years ago)
"Zebulon Pike has finished recording tracks for a new full-length album with an anticipated summer 2011 release. Mastering, art, and layout work remains, but the bulk of the project is done."
can't wait. loved their previous records.
― bakumastah, Thursday, 10 February 2011 13:56 (fourteen years ago)
Wow, this Macabre is, interesting. Have they always been this silly and playful?
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 February 2011 14:45 (fourteen years ago)
Since I'm not a writer/journo/blogger I need to buy almost everything, and today I got the new Whitehorse 12", 2 cds from Paradigm Recordings and a free as promised CD from Hellbeard! Got 2 actually. A certain poster has already claimed the spare. Really cool of Hellbeard to send it. Really nice guys (been chatting on myspace) and they were really grateful that they placed in our top 101 with such other good albums. It's a really good album so if you haven't heard it yet you really should. Cant help but feel this band would not be out of place on Profoundlore or 20 Buck Spin.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 10 February 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
You aren't allowed to bitch about not getting free music and then talk about getting free music.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 10 February 2011 19:26 (fourteen years ago)
hearing the zeb pike news from here instead of from the dude i know in the band reminds me of what a crap friend i am
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 10 February 2011 19:31 (fourteen years ago)
j3ff is just annoyed he didn't get the free cd
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 10 February 2011 20:09 (fourteen years ago)
Good to know Zebulon Pike are still kicking. I've still never gotten to see them live, which is where they (reportedly) shine.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:48 (fourteen years ago)
Good band. You should put them on, nate. Then you could see them.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 10 February 2011 22:34 (fourteen years ago)
or tour back to the mpls/stpl area w/one of yer awesome bands and have them open! everybody wins! mostly me!
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 10 February 2011 22:53 (fourteen years ago)
john check your email
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 10 February 2011 22:58 (fourteen years ago)
AMON AMARTH Announce American TourBand To Perform Two Sets Each Night! Melodic death metal tyrants AMON AMARTH are proud to announce their 2011 U.S. headlining tour. Simply dubbed “An Evening With AMON AMARTH,” this very special trek will find the band touring without support and instead performing two separate sets each night! One set will feature upcoming album Surtur Rising in its entirety.
An Evening With AMON AMARTH4/14/2011 The Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL 4/15/2011 Station 4 - Saint Paul, MN4/16/2011 Granada Theater - Lawrence, KS 4/17/2011 The Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO 4/19/2011 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR 4/20/2011 Showbox Sodo - Seattle, WA 4/22/2011 The Regency - San Francisco, CA 4/23/2011 Ace Of Spades - Sacramento, CA 4/24/2011 House of Blues - West Hollywood, CA 4/25/2011 Nile Theatre - Mesa, AZ 4/27/2011 White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX 4/29/2011 Culture Room - Fort Lauderdale, FL 4/30/2011 Beacham Theatre - Orlando, FL 5/01/2011 Masquerade - Atlanta, GA5/02/2011 Jaxx - Springfield, VA 5/03/2011 Peabody’s - Cleveland, OH 5/05/2011 Best Buy Theater - New York, NY 5/06/2011 Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA 5/07/2011 Theatre Of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
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I will probably make the Philly show...
― NYCNative, Thursday, 10 February 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)
n/m stet got it here Friends New Account Problems
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 10 February 2011 23:02 (fourteen years ago)
I have invited Zebulon to play support to many of my artists over the years. I think they did once or twice.
Pretty sure they've never toured out west.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 10 February 2011 23:05 (fourteen years ago)
Thought that said the new Amon Amarth was called Surfer Rising for a second and wondered if they decided to radically change themes:
http://thebigblogtheory.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/silver-surfer.gif
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 February 2011 23:05 (fourteen years ago)
yeah at least for as long as the dude i know has been in the band i think theyve strictly done east coast things tourwise, main dude is pretty busy being in like 17 bands so i dont think they can mount up a lot of tour muscle
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 10 February 2011 23:09 (fourteen years ago)
and without regard to my personal connection they are fucking fierce live (altho i also dig the records)
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 10 February 2011 23:10 (fourteen years ago)
What other bands is the main dude in? Any we know about?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 11 February 2011 09:56 (fourteen years ago)
yes! for comic death metal my favorite is Ghoul but Macabre is fun too
― aerosmith: the acid house years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 11 February 2011 11:35 (fourteen years ago)
...you mean all death metal's not comic?
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 11 February 2011 15:27 (fourteen years ago)
His main other gig is happy apple which is a jazz thing with the dude from the bad plus, but he seems to be everywhere all the time. Xxpost
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 February 2011 15:31 (fourteen years ago)
happy apple is great too btw
― الله basedأكبر (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 February 2011 16:20 (fourteen years ago)
(xp) Dude, death metals is serious business.
― NYCNative, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:08 (fourteen years ago)
yeah? I've never been able to take most of it seriously.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:09 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to the new Cavalera Conspiracy (out 3/29 in USA) right now. A lot more squiggly Marc Rizzo guitar than the debut, but overall it's still basic jackhammer thrash. Not a reinvention, but an improvement - and since I kinda figured the debut was gonna be a Nailbomb-ish one-off, I'm glad it exists at all.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 11 February 2011 17:12 (fourteen years ago)
Read what I typed like Skwisgaar from Dethklok for trooo intent.
― NYCNative, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:16 (fourteen years ago)
new liturgy track sounds like robot polar bear laser battle with dinosaurs
http://soundcloud.com/thrilljockey/liturgy-returner
― it made me wish batman had written an article on mfas (Edward III), Friday, 11 February 2011 18:07 (fourteen years ago)
The new The Haunted is a big, big step backwards from the ferocity of their last one to the unfocused metalcore of The Dead Eye. Very disappointing.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 February 2011 18:13 (fourteen years ago)
Dallas, Texas metal force HELSTAR have just released their latest scorching full-length Glory Of Chaos to North American audiences this past Tuesday, February 8th.
Anyone hear this? Liked them lots when I was an impressionalble lad...
― NYCNative, Friday, 11 February 2011 18:37 (fourteen years ago)
ha, I saw those guys open for someone when I lived in Houston as a kid... never liked them much. Of all the Texas metal bands to stay together all this time. Would give a limb for a dead horse reunion.
― rockapads, Friday, 11 February 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)
James Rivera was a last minute fill-in singer with Agent Steel on the 70,000 Tons cruise. Very nice fella. I have the new Helstar and will give it a listen as soon as I can...
I sure like that new Liturgy track posted above. Haven't heard the new Haunted yet, neither Cavalera Conspiracy, but I'm really looking forward to the latter.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 11 February 2011 18:46 (fourteen years ago)
damn, I like that Liturgy track. never had any use for them before. the guitars in this song remind me a little of Hair & Skin Trading Company's Elevenate
― rockapads, Friday, 11 February 2011 18:47 (fourteen years ago)
Dead Horse FTW
― NYCNative, Friday, 11 February 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
Got an email yesterday that Rigor Mortis are back together. That makes me happy.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 11 February 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
Do they have Mike Scaccia of Ministry fame with 'em?
― NYCNative, Friday, 11 February 2011 19:14 (fourteen years ago)
Yep, he's back. Seems like it's their last lineup: Scaccia on guitar, Casey Orr on bass, Harden Harrison on drums, Bruce Corbitt on vocals. Those guys got bounced around like crazy - every one of their releases was on a different label.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 11 February 2011 19:22 (fourteen years ago)
And IIRC, their first album is something they are doing on their own at this point.
― NYCNative, Friday, 11 February 2011 19:25 (fourteen years ago)
NPR Premieres New DRUGS OF FAITH Track As the release date for DRUGS OF FAITH's debut full-length Corroded nears release later this month, today National Public Radio's All Songs Considered blog is hosting the public premiere of "Hidden Costs," the fourth track from the upcoming album. Check out the raging anthem at NPR now. Virginia-based trio DRUGS OF FAITH's nearly hypnotic pummeling/dissonant grindcore-gone-rock approach has amassed an incredibly diehard fanbase for the band since their mid-90s conception, and after a steady line of demos, EPs and splits, that horde of fans are rabidly anticipating the release of Corroded. Set for release via Selfmadegod Records on February 22, the album was recorded at Developing Nations in Baltimore with Kevin Bernsten at the helm, and mastered by Scott Hull of Pig Destroyer/Agoraphobic Nosebleed, and features a guest contribution from Pig Destroyer’s JR Hayes on a cover of His Hero Is Gone's "Hinges" anthem.
Does Lars Gotrich post here? If so, hi!
― NYCNative, Friday, 11 February 2011 20:09 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to the new Emmure album right now. It fucking rules. As I said on Twitter, headbangers who are still talking shit about deathcore remind me of dudes who still say "Rap music? More like crap music, haw haw haw!"
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 11 February 2011 20:12 (fourteen years ago)
If anyone doesn't keep up with Mick Harris on Facebook, you should; he is linking to and being hilariously critical of YouTube blastbeat lesson videos along with his followers.
― NYCNative, Friday, 11 February 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)
I've never liked Emmure before (to put it mildly), but I'll give this one a shot.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 11 February 2011 20:39 (fourteen years ago)
I don't think you'll like it, Adrien.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 11 February 2011 22:51 (fourteen years ago)
It's dopey, but I've heard worse.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 11 February 2011 23:09 (fourteen years ago)
I also do not enjoy emmure whatsover but I'll give the new one a shot if you insist. At some point.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 12 February 2011 00:46 (fourteen years ago)
If you haven't liked them before now, don't. Their previous album, Felony, was the one where they tried to get all Deftones-ish and smart; the new one is straight-up gooncore, nothing but breakdowns and bass drops and Frankie Palmeri roaring about how he's gonna kick your ass and fuck your dog and whatever. I just really like it. But I also like Disturbed.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 12 February 2011 01:59 (fourteen years ago)
Gooncore's a good way to put it.
Meanwhile, I'm having such a blast spinning the new Bullet album non-stop. Some bands "play" at doing retro metal/hard rock (ahem, Airbourne), and other bands just plain get it. Bullet gets it. Highway Pirates is like I'm a Rebel/Breaker Accept meets pre-Mutt AC/DC, complete with a tremendous screamer who immediately elicits comparisons to Udo. Plus the hooks are gigantic. I can't recommend this album highly enough.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 12 February 2011 02:34 (fourteen years ago)
As I said on Twitter, headbangers who are still talking shit about deathcore remind me of dudes who still say "Rap music? More like crap music, haw haw haw!"
lol for real, glad we don't lame it up here like that oh wait hold up
...you mean all death metal's not comic?― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, February 11, 2011 3:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark(xp) Dude, death metals is serious business.― NYCNative, Friday, February 11, 2011 5:08 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkyeah? I've never been able to take most of it seriously.― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, February 11, 2011 5:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― aerosmith: the acid house years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 12 February 2011 02:42 (fourteen years ago)
Oh I love Bullet... was just cranking one of their discs last week. Will get new one.
And FTR I like death metal funny and serious just not too serious.
― NYCNative, Saturday, 12 February 2011 02:46 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to Bullet's debut now (just DL'd all three of their albums). Holy shit. My life was incomplete till now. Gonna write these guys up for MSN for sure.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 12 February 2011 03:20 (fourteen years ago)
i don't know why death metal would be less serious than any other subgenre?
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 12 February 2011 04:48 (fourteen years ago)
I really love the idea of "grind n roll" but that Drugs of Faith track did nothing for me :/
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 12 February 2011 18:01 (fourteen years ago)
All metal is easy to make fun of. But I am never laughing when I listen to Morbid Angel or Bolt Thrower, unless it's from pure joy.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 12 February 2011 22:22 (fourteen years ago)
Going to put on In Battle There Is No Law right now.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Saturday, 12 February 2011 23:33 (fourteen years ago)
Bolt Thrower is some of my favorite walking to work music. Probably helps that I walk to work between 5 and 6 a.m.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Sunday, 13 February 2011 01:28 (fourteen years ago)
New Nightwish, which according to Wikipedia is "set to be released in 2011," is gonna be called Imaginarium:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginarium_(album)
― markers, Monday, 14 February 2011 06:28 (fourteen years ago)
Imaginarium
(take two on the link...)
I've been listening to Bolt Thrower a lot recently. I do think the track where they list all the English battles is pretty daft though.
― Under Me Smang Tang (Doran), Monday, 14 February 2011 09:24 (fourteen years ago)
bolt thrower were really funny live iirc
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 14 February 2011 15:50 (fourteen years ago)
like, on purpose, like they should write a metal tv show
Iron Maiden won a Grammy. That's a thing, I guess.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 14 February 2011 20:22 (fourteen years ago)
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 14 February 2011 20:43 (fourteen years ago)
so we're one month into 2011
whats everyone's favorite shit so far
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 14 February 2011 20:44 (fourteen years ago)
Korpiklaani.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 February 2011 20:48 (fourteen years ago)
Haven't heard a whole lot of metal just yet, so really only the Earth and Obscura are ones I'd recommend. The new Macabre might end up growing on me too, if I can get past some of the sillier moments.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 14 February 2011 20:50 (fourteen years ago)
Lots of good stuff so far this year: Obscura, what I've heard of the new Amon Amarth (only the first three songs), Ulcerate, Neuraxis, Trap Them, Motörhead, Full Blown Chaos, The Human Abstract, Emmure, Destruction, Cavalera Conspiracy, Abysmal Dawn, Cauldron, Bullet, Darkest Hour, Destruction, Deicide.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 14 February 2011 20:57 (fourteen years ago)
My faves so far: Altar of Plagues, Amon Amarth, Bullet, Burzum, Cauldron, Children of Bodom, Darkest Hour, Destruction, Graf Orlock, Krallice, Moonsorrow, Obscura, Owen Hart, SubRosa, Tesseract, To Cast a Shadow, Trap Them.
That's a pretty darn solid first quarter of 2011, if you ask me.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 14 February 2011 21:19 (fourteen years ago)
oh nice, glad to read something good about new Moonsorrow
― rockapads, Monday, 14 February 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)
(not to say I've read anything bad or anything)
TURISAS
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 14 February 2011 21:41 (fourteen years ago)
there's a new krallice???
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 14 February 2011 22:31 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.metal-army.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Krallice-Diotima-400x352.jpg
― A. Begrand, Monday, 14 February 2011 22:47 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu6fLVkIViw
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 14 February 2011 22:51 (fourteen years ago)
cornflakes are great :)
― markers, Monday, 14 February 2011 22:56 (fourteen years ago)
Finally tracked down this album after being on my hitlist for almost fifteen years and it is very, very good.
― Siegbran, Monday, 14 February 2011 23:09 (fourteen years ago)
Murmure, Cultus Sabbati, American Heritage, Earth... I'm still waiting for this year to get rolling metal wise.
― Under Me Smang Tang (Doran), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 09:37 (fourteen years ago)
American Heritage
srsly
other stuff: Liturgy, Earth, possibly Obscura, Acid Witch, Ravencult
probably something I'm forgetting
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 10:13 (fourteen years ago)
Liturgy I've not heard yet but I forgot to add Austrasian Goat as well. That's pretty smoking. And Ultraphallus. And Skull Defekts, even though they're not quite metal really.
― Under Me Smang Tang (Doran), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 10:48 (fourteen years ago)
for those interested in voting~~~
Poll Folklore /// AGALLOCH full-lengths, EPs & various other bits
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 17:13 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone else heard the Black Spiders full-length debut, Sons of the North? Sort of straddles that hard rock/metal divide, kinda stoner rock but not quite. Drinkin' rock would be apt, I think. Just big and dumb and hairy. Reminds me a bit of Sasquatch. Enjoying it quite a bit.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 18:04 (fourteen years ago)
Dude from Hellbeard was supposed to be signing up but his PW wasn't sent last week. Wonder if he tried re-registering again yet
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
lol, this popped up the very second he posted on the metal poll postmortem thread
― a professional climbing axe is a rich man's toy (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:03 (fourteen years ago)
hah just saw it
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:13 (fourteen years ago)
HEY!! I'm dude from Hellbeard!! lol!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:15 (fourteen years ago)
haha welcome, you finally made it. You should introduce yourself here. There's no hazing, honest. (only ilxor and markers get that)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:20 (fourteen years ago)
― Under Me Smang Tang (Doran), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:20 (fourteen years ago)
Introduce myself? like its an AA meeting.. lol
I'm Sean, and I play drums for Hellbeard, #83 on that awesome list you guys put together..
As I posted in the 2010 list post mordem thread, thanks for voting for the little noise machine we call a band, Hellbeard. I was amazed that we even made such a list, so thanks!!! We're realy just a local band in the San Francisco bayarea, and our record was self financed and self released, really a glorified demo. But thanks anyway, we'll take it!!!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:26 (fourteen years ago)
Oh and youre more than welcome to take a week choosing albums in The 2011 Mordy's Metal Listening Club - New albums every Monday! even if mordy himself appears to be absent
Sean how many are in Hellbeard? What bands are you into and who are your influences? I think there's a few folk from the bay area on ILX. Did you see Metallica back in the day?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)
Excellent, I still need to check out the Hellbeard though.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:30 (fourteen years ago)
Hellbeard is such a WTF band name that i can't decide whether it's brilliant or appalling -- which means it's brilliant, basically
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:32 (fourteen years ago)
As long as they have ZZ Top beards!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:33 (fourteen years ago)
with goats emblazoned on them of course
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:34 (fourteen years ago)
this cover art is so great
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uXhV%2BorkL._SS500_.jpg
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)
Welcome Sean Hellbeard!
Acid Witch: tell me more, please? Cover is pretty great at the very least.
Also, can anyone recommend any Death (proto-death metal band, not Detroit punks) records? "Scream Bloody Gore", anyone?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)
All the Death albums are great, IMO! Scream Bloody Gore would be a good place to start... or skip to their prime and start with Individual Thought Patterns... I'd take the chronological route myself cause its a band that really develops and album after album...
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:05 (fourteen years ago)
I'll repost sean's post from the other thread to save him from repeating himself here
No label as of yet, but its been a recent revelation to us to even go for that. we really just wanted to come up with some really heavy shit, that none of ever tried before. Personally for me, this IS my favorite genre of music, so to finally have the chance to write it and play it, its been more than artically fulfilling.We are a 4 piece, originally a 5 piece(3 guitars) but our bassist decided to leave due do personal issues and utter life bullshit beyond his control, we decided to have one of the guitars move over to bass, figure out how do keep all those same parts going without losing anything. Its been a little rough, but we got a handle on it, and are writing new stuff now, to hopefully record an EP in the summer, if the planets align the right way..We've all been in other local bands, none very notable, although I was in a Rock'n'roll band w/ Mark Oseguada from Death Angel on vox called All-Time Highs!- pretty much bar fightin rock'n'roll like The Bronx, The Hellacopters..The scene here in the bay area was absolute shit about 6 or 7 years ago.. But in the last 3-4 years, especially for heavier music (which I say cuz there is more than just metal going on) its been AMAZING!! Especially in Oakland.. tons of warehouse shows have popped up, all underground- no advertising, except fliers, they don't even give out addresses usually-with tons of kids showing up in a glorious D.I.Y. old school punk rock kinda way.. grindcore bands, are playing with hardcore bands, playing with doomy bands, with black metal bands, playing with crust punk bands, playing with death metal bands.. its awesome. I'm stoked to be witnessing it.. I saw Black Breath in one of these spots a few months back, and it was AMAzing!!It reminds me of the mid to late 80s thrash scene, but I think there is different intensity now than then. Its a little more serious, where that scene then was a little more about the party. these spots in Oakland are about the music and the band pouring their hearts out, and emoting.. its very very cool..― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:49 (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
We are a 4 piece, originally a 5 piece(3 guitars) but our bassist decided to leave due do personal issues and utter life bullshit beyond his control, we decided to have one of the guitars move over to bass, figure out how do keep all those same parts going without losing anything. Its been a little rough, but we got a handle on it, and are writing new stuff now, to hopefully record an EP in the summer, if the planets align the right way..
We've all been in other local bands, none very notable, although I was in a Rock'n'roll band w/ Mark Oseguada from Death Angel on vox called All-Time Highs!- pretty much bar fightin rock'n'roll like The Bronx, The Hellacopters..
The scene here in the bay area was absolute shit about 6 or 7 years ago.. But in the last 3-4 years, especially for heavier music (which I say cuz there is more than just metal going on) its been AMAZING!! Especially in Oakland.. tons of warehouse shows have popped up, all underground- no advertising, except fliers, they don't even give out addresses usually-with tons of kids showing up in a glorious D.I.Y. old school punk rock kinda way.. grindcore bands, are playing with hardcore bands, playing with doomy bands, with black metal bands, playing with crust punk bands, playing with death metal bands.. its awesome. I'm stoked to be witnessing it.. I saw Black Breath in one of these spots a few months back, and it was AMAzing!!It reminds me of the mid to late 80s thrash scene, but I think there is different intensity now than then. Its a little more serious, where that scene then was a little more about the party. these spots in Oakland are about the music and the band pouring their hearts out, and emoting.. its very very cool..
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:49 (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
As I said to him on the other thread, the ILM metalheads are into all kinds of music (not just rock) so i think Sean will enjoy ilm,especially the metal threads.
What's your favourite bands/albums Sean?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:07 (fourteen years ago)
Depends what style you are looking for. Scream Bloody Gore is good if you are looking for pretty straightahead deathy/thrash metal, but their later albums are more interesting, imho, because they got more proggy (but don't let that scare you off if you don't otherwise like stuff tagged 'prog') and more interesting arrangements. I really love Symbolic and The Sound of Perseverence the most. I still haven't heard Human or Individual Thought Patterns though (both of which have huge supporters around here, iirc).
(xpost)
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:08 (fourteen years ago)
Just got an email about Qotsa tour dates.
Queens Of The Stone Age will celebrate the March re-release of its expanded, remastered self-titled debut with a limited run of North American shows. These one-time only events will feature the band playing the entire first album plus additional material from that same early Queens era, as well as nightly surprises. Customers who buy tickets will have the opportunity to pre-order the reissue, and will receive an instant digital download of the record with their pre-orders-nearly a month out from the record's commercial release. QOTSA will take the first record tour to Europe in May, with additional US and Canada dates to be added in June
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:10 (fourteen years ago)
Cannot wait for that reissue. Constantly kicking myself for not picking up one of the many, many copies I used to flip past back in the day.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:11 (fourteen years ago)
xxp thanks guys. I'll start off with their first one and take it from there I think...
― Neil S, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, you really can't go wrong.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)
I have the cd, sadly not the green vinyl. Will buy the reissue though. I saw them the week rated r came out, in the tiny glasgow cathouse, they played most of the 1st album along with a lot of the 2nd. Was a great gig. Man that was like eleven years ago - how time flies.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:14 (fourteen years ago)
I have three Death albums in my iPod - Human, Individual Thought Patterns and Symbolic. They're all great, though each one features a completely different lineup. Human features Paul Masvidal on guitar and Sean Reinert on drums; they would form Cynic two years later. ITP has Andy LaRocque on guitar, Steve DiGiorgio on fretless bass and Gene Hoglan on drums. Hoglan stuck around for Symbolic, but the guitarist was the relatively unknown Bobby Koelble and the bass was played by Kelly Conlon, who's also played for Monstrosity and Vital Remains, among other groups.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:15 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks Kerr for the help .. lol!
My favorite band alltime... wait for it.. Neurosis. The Through Silver and Blood record made me shit myself, cuz I thought up to that point the heaviest thing out there was that godamn Pantera-even though they ripped of Exhorder-who I also love.. My dear friend took me to see Neurosis at Gilman St, a Sunday matinee show, and i was hooked ever since-the most intense performance I'd ever seen from any band. And this was '99 maybe, I'd totally missed out on their early shit, but I went back and got all their albums, and really started to embrace their constant evolution.. What other band has changed so much, but still be amazing at everything they strive for musically and even visually. Those fuckers are the real deal, for me anyway...
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:17 (fourteen years ago)
You can't go wrong with any Death record, but I like Obituary a bit better
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)
I really hate to rag on Decibel, because it is usually such a great read, but was anyone else a little underwhelmed by the huge Death feature? It seems like they worked so hard to get so many people involved (which was great!) that there wasn't enough for anyone to get really deep. It seemed, I don't know, to only really scratch the surface even as long as it was. It was a fun read, don't get me wrong, I just hoped for some new insights.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)
I bought that first QOTSA the day it came out because I was already a big fan of their split CD w/Beaver. Wish I'd bought the vinyl, but I guess now I'll have the chance to.
xxxpost - best records I've heard this year are Virus and Ulcerate. About to give Liturgy a spin.
xxxxpost - Death - Scream Bloody Gore - the first death metal album I ever got. It stands up!
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:21 (fourteen years ago)
Oddly, I've had the QOTSA reissue for months...the release just keeps getting pushed further and further back.
I haven't read the Death feature yet, but it sure doesn't help that it's an oral history of a band whose one central creative force has long since passed. That had to be a challenge to assemble.
Symbolic and The Sound of Perseverance remain my favourites...
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)
Oh yeah, I'm sure it was a struggle to put together without Chuck. I don't mean to belittle all the hard work, I guess I'd rather have seen the list of contributors trimmed down a bit so they could each talk a little more deeply about the band.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:24 (fourteen years ago)
I know exactly what you mean, actually. I really prefer those types of pieces to be heavy on the analysis and not so much the little anecdotes.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:30 (fourteen years ago)
yeah the qotsa was due out last year.
Liturgy I sadly haven't heard yet (damn you journos with your promos!) but I look forward to it. Last one was great.
My favorite band alltime... wait for it.. Neurosis. The Through Silver and Blood record made me shit myself, cuz I thought up to that point the heaviest thing out there was that godamn Pantera-even though they ripped of Exhorder-who I also love..
heh, Pantera (and fans)are pretty much our whipping boys round here (much to the annoyance of Phil aka unperson!) A band I have always hated. Not just because of that white power racist homophobic fuckwit Anselmo, but that shitty guitar sound . Vulgar display had a couple of good songs i admit,and the rest of the band were probably ok guys who hat to put up with anselmo's bullshit , but most of their music i just hate. And Pantera's message board was the nadir of the internet. (i think they all graduated to youtube)
Neurosis on the other hand are awesome. Sadly never saw them live,know people who saw them in the 90s and they were unbelievably crushing apparently. Every Neurosis fan I know is also a fan of Aphex Twin, seems kinda fitting.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:41 (fourteen years ago)
My first anti-pantera post of the year!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:43 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, Pantera just kinda went..ehg.. But at the time, they were the shit. especailly hear in the States, there were all alone flying the Metal Flag in the 90s.. (my very fist band opened for Pantera and Suicidal in '90) You had Machine Head, but they were too busy trying to figure out what Wu-Tang cover they were gonna do live to embrace their metal roots like they've done now.
Its so funny.. Neurosis were always proud to say they were from Oakland, at the same time the thrash metal bands were all saying they were rom San Francisco, when none of them really lived there.. But as Neurosis evolved, they end up being crushingly heavier than any of the thrash metal bands.. In fact at one time Machine Head and Neurosis rehearsed across the hall from each other in Oakland.. i think Robb Flynn definitly ear hussled a bit cuz some of those MH intros are pretty epic ala Neurosis..
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:53 (fourteen years ago)
what are yr top few Neurosis albums? do you prefer the Through Silver in Blood era stuff most, or the early stuff, or the last few records?
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:00 (fourteen years ago)
I know people say they flew the flag for metal in the 90s when some of the better known heavy bands were actually aiming for alternative crowds (hi there!), but their brand of metal was so shit! I'd much rather listen to Wu Tang Clan! (most of ilm would agree btw, seam hehe)
Suicidal Tendencies get much love round here. There's a band that deserved to be bigger instead of Pantera!
I wish i could meet some fans of glam era Pantera, to see what they thought when they became more extreme.
Someone on ilm posted once that they only liked the very early Neurosis. Was it Nate?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:06 (fourteen years ago)
I still say Given To The Rising was their best album since TSIB.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:10 (fourteen years ago)
That mid career era has been the most influncial on my band, so thats probably my favorite, but what they've done since is amazing as well. I like the stripped down acoustic stuff-I think it very ballsie, and I love that they can make acoustic giutars still sound heavy.. They ain't scared. they do whatever, in the same way Converge does. just not afraid to take chances. its inspiring..But yeah, Enemy of the Sun is a close 2nd for me..
Yeah, I got a guy that works with us-old crusty punk rock guy, that loves old Neurosis-says that Souls at Zero ruined them for him.. lol!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:13 (fourteen years ago)
For me, with every Neurosis record, you got the old thing they did, the new thing there are doing, and the shit they are gonna get into.. Its awesome! Given to the Rising is amazing!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:15 (fourteen years ago)
Nate wasn't quite that bad. Here is what he said over on the Neurosis albums poll year before last
I guess I missed this too. Through Silver in Blood was where they lost me (until Times of Grace). I suppose I should revisit.I'd have voted Souls At Zero but I've seen them live fairly regularly. Pain of Mind tour was my first punk show.― Nate Carson, Friday, 1 May 2009 20:32 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkdude how could that album lose someoneit is like how Sing To God lost Alex In NYCwe are talking more or less my personal 90's top 2 here fwiw― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 1 May 2009 20:34 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban PermalinkWell, if you'd been a fan from Pain of Mind up to that point, and saw Neurosis hopping on Ozzfest and signing to Relapse and turning into an industrial metal band... perhaps you'd have soured on them at that time too.I did see a great show from them on that tour with Eyehategod and Dead & Gone opening. So they definitely still brought it live. Just wasn't what I wanted to hear from them at the time.― Nate Carson, Saturday, 2 May 2009 00:52 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I'd have voted Souls At Zero but I've seen them live fairly regularly. Pain of Mind tour was my first punk show.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 1 May 2009 20:32 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
dude how could that album lose someone
it is like how Sing To God lost Alex In NYC
we are talking more or less my personal 90's top 2 here fwiw
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 1 May 2009 20:34 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Well, if you'd been a fan from Pain of Mind up to that point, and saw Neurosis hopping on Ozzfest and signing to Relapse and turning into an industrial metal band... perhaps you'd have soured on them at that time too.
I did see a great show from them on that tour with Eyehategod and Dead & Gone opening. So they definitely still brought it live. Just wasn't what I wanted to hear from them at the time.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 2 May 2009 00:52 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:20 (fourteen years ago)
At that time, it was hard for folks to digest them going that route.. I got into then, so to go back to see where they came from,. I can see why people were like, wtf? But even in the context of hardcore, they were on a whole other planet.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:23 (fourteen years ago)
yeah I know, but it's such a monumental album,seems so weird to have jumped off at that point.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:30 (fourteen years ago)
But remember, theres two years between the release of Word as Law and Souls at Zero, and a lot of the songs on word as law are recorded from PAin of Mind.. They were re tooling it for a minute before they ubnleashed what they were becoming. and Enemy of the Sun is released the same year as Souls, so once they found that stride, they were on fire!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:34 (fourteen years ago)
Sean, you should take a look at thisILM Alltime Metal Album & Tracks Poll Results. We did this last summer and was mostly good fun. I think the results were wildly different from any other best metal albums ever list. (not that I've ever seen a top 300 anywhere else)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:42 (fourteen years ago)
And if you like stats, we got plenty of stats!
Thats a great list... I lol'ed at #31, Funkadelic.. NICE!!!!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 23:13 (fourteen years ago)
Maggot Brain is a top 10 quality record, it just didnt get enough votes b/c it's not really "metal" to most people.
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 23:17 (fourteen years ago)
sean, you should check this thread
Wow... I haven't had the pleasure.. Awesome. I'm gonna have to do some digging. Thank you.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 23:33 (fourteen years ago)
You have never heard Agalloch?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 23:45 (fourteen years ago)
I've seen the name, but I've never checked em out. come on man... Theres a shit ton of music out there.. lol
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 23:47 (fourteen years ago)
ah... They are more in the Black metal genre, thats why.. I'm not the biggest fan of that branch, but it sounds like these guys got more going on than that. I should've known they were black metal with a name like that.. lol!Its those style vox that kill it for me, but its tolerable if the music is really really good..
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 23:53 (fourteen years ago)
The music is great. I can handle black metal vox but not the death metal cookie monster vox.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:12 (fourteen years ago)
yeah neither vox style never really got my goat.. it always sounds unatural. I much rather have some duder screaming or yelling his fucking guts out than trying to sound evil.. just BE Evil, whats it gonna hurt.. lol!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:19 (fourteen years ago)
Back in the day I don't think Obituary and Death tried to go for those vox, they just sounded like that.. Then Morbid Angel kinda made it how we now hear Death Metal vox, and in all its cliche glory..
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:20 (fourteen years ago)
I am sure I'd like Through Silver in Blood now. Some bands just evolve quicker than their fan base. I was already feeling so burnt by Nirvana, Metallica, Voivod, Ministry, et al -- that by '95 I wanted to see bands getting even heavier (like Sepultura did), rather than slicker or more repetitive.
xpost - As for the vocal argument above, I guess to me--dudes that want to hear macho dudes screaming just seems a bit queer to me (no specific offense to our new buddy Sean--welcome aboard dude!). I think that you run a guitar through a distortion pedal, right? So what's wrong with someone affecting their voice to seem less human? Angry human dudes yelling at me reminds me of reality tv and traffic jams and wife-beating. You have to be really good at it for me to not get turned off.
I'll take Dio (one one side) or Chuck Schuldiner (on the other) any day over Phil Anselmo.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:22 (fourteen years ago)
This is also a big part of why I gravitate towards a lot of bands with female lead singers. I'm always interested in how a woman will texture her voice in heavy musical setting. Angry dude voice has been done and is so lazy. It's like, "hey, I'm the most pissed off in the band. And I'm too lazy to learn how to use my voice as an instrument. I'll be the singer!"
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:28 (fourteen years ago)
agreed.. Dio fucking owns any vox contest... I definitly don't think the yelling or screaming in Kylesa(some by a chick mind you) or Mouth of the Architect or Ken Mode in anyway is trying to sound macho... I think of it as emoting.. Now some tough guy hardcore shit, yeah maybe kinda gay in a american football locker room kinda way.
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:33 (fourteen years ago)
I'd slap any member of Kylesa on the ass. And I probably have.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:35 (fourteen years ago)
good call on mota--always felt their vox were above average for that kind of band.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:37 (fourteen years ago)
okay.. I'm not a fan of the pretty nice and clean vox of female singer over metal. it seems to be a trend that to me softens the music. But the stle of metal that is played by most female fronted bands isn't to my liking.. although looking at em isn't that bad.. lol!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:39 (fourteen years ago)
I will always stand by my assessment of screeching > growling... por exemplo it was the growling cookie-monster vox that made it a bit hard for me to digest the new Acid Witch even though the music and lyrics were great. I can understand why someone would be equally annoyed by something like Danni Filth's banshee squealing.
I would have to say I like just regular shouting and screaming well enough - you can't go wrong with it... My favorite is probably the pseudo-operatic vox of Halford and the twisted but clean falsetto of King Diamond -- but these don't really work in every subgenre. I really appreciate it when I can understand the lyrics and I don't have to revert to a sheet... unless its grindcore of course, then that's just part of the fun!
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:41 (fourteen years ago)
I'd take anyone over Phil Anselmo's tough guy style of vocals. I do like some hardcore obviously but there just seems to be a real difference between that kind i like and NYCH and of course the kind that Anselmo did that just became so ubiquitous in the wake of Pantera's success.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:42 (fourteen years ago)
King Diamond style is something I cant stand either. At least the really high stuff
well the King... who better vocally than the King... lol! in its rediculousness its fucking genius!!!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:46 (fourteen years ago)
You guys should all stay away from our track on METAL SWIM then. It features a woman with a pretty voice that sounds like King Diamond.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:48 (fourteen years ago)
LOL!!!!!!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:48 (fourteen years ago)
I definitely don't think the yelling or screaming in Kylesa(some by a chick mind you) or Mouth of the Architect or Ken Mode in anyway is trying to sound macho.
agreed
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:49 (fourteen years ago)
I remember the first time I ever saw the Pantera message board and the very 1st post i read had the words "faggot" "gay" "bitch" used about a dozen times each and I was ever so glad that kind of person didn't post on ILM or the old Southern Lord Goatshed (where you got banned if you say it). Relapse message board was the pits though, I think half of those posters were former pantera fans (apologies to phil & other Pantera fans on ILM, i know you & many others aren't like that) But I do enjoy my monthly anti-pantera rant!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:53 (fourteen years ago)
So Kerr, do you like Pantera? lol!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:54 (fourteen years ago)
In short, for all the trolls & morons on ILX that we get fed up with, ILM is a really good place and the metal regulars are good friendly people who have gave sean a good welcome. Hopefully some lurkers might delurk and say hi now they can see how friendly we are!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:55 (fourteen years ago)
except in poll threads where shit gets heated haha
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:56 (fourteen years ago)
A good welcome indeed... thanks y'all!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:00 (fourteen years ago)
This would be a great time for Nate to tell us he's the booking agent for one of Anselmo's side projects btw
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:00 (fourteen years ago)
Oh i should mention that the Burzum thread gets controversial , but that might not surprise you, sean.
Are there a lot of Black Metal bands where you are Sean? I think Weakling were from around the San Francisco area, right?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:03 (fourteen years ago)
In the grand sceme of the things, I'd say that although there are BM bands in ther states, its not like its the norm.. I guess Ludicra is considered such, but its getting so hard to put these things in there little boxes, especially when groups are combining all the different sub genres... its dizzying. lol
Wow, Weakling? Really? You really know your shit, man. Good on you!!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:09 (fourteen years ago)
Now that I mention Weakling I've just wondered what Dispirit are up to, Nate do you know if there's any releases planned?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:10 (fourteen years ago)
yeah Weakling was the 1st BM band I heard that I liked (heard them because of The Fucking Champs connection). Wolves In The Throne room and the like all owe a great deal to them (probably why I liked wittr so much).
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:14 (fourteen years ago)
It seems they are playing in a tent athttp://dispirit.org/images/20110305.jpgWho here is going to that? (apart from Nate obviously)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:19 (fourteen years ago)
I haven't ever gone to metal chat boards because I just assumed they are all filled with 13 year olds who call everything gay and faggy and/or dudes who know about every metal band to ever exist and all their line-ups and who did what for every album and will just make fun of you for trying to use your own pitiful memory of what an album you heard years ago sounded like. On ILM there are none of the former and the latter tend to be fairly modest if there's even anyone really like that at all. This is a good thread - I feel like here I could have a discussion about whether or not "Hero, Hero" is a legit album and not have it devolve into a flame war.
Now, when it comes to black metal and racism/nazism... well, I guess that's kind of a tense subject no matter what.
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:20 (fourteen years ago)
what a great line up!!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:24 (fourteen years ago)
Think that's why USBM bands are getting popular as they don't really have the neo-nazi connotations that the Euro bands have so people will give it more of a chance. It took about 15 years for me to check out the major norwegian BM bands because of that. I only finally gave in and listened to Burzum a few years ago, but I wont ever be buying it and giving varg my money. Downloads all the way.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:37 (fourteen years ago)
damn the scion fest is awes.
i'd love to see cough, woe, anaal nathrakh, the body, and kvelertak most especially
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 February 2011 02:46 (fourteen years ago)
Is that Anaal Nathrakh's US performance debut? I think so.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 17 February 2011 02:59 (fourteen years ago)
prob--i remember them saying for years they couldn't figure out how to play a lot of the stuff live
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 February 2011 03:00 (fourteen years ago)
I'm going to this, covering it for decibel, and doing a bunch of band interviews the day before for Scion AV. Busy couple days!
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 03:02 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone who's going, feel free to hit me up for my digits.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 03:12 (fourteen years ago)
especially if you only have four on each hand like the simpsons.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 03:15 (fourteen years ago)
today in facebook metal updates:
v***** v** e**: just bought tickets to http://www.marylanddeathfest.com/ !!!
m***** v** e** (i'm going to take an educated guess that this is the poster's sister): i don't know any of those bands
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 February 2011 03:52 (fourteen years ago)
I'd love to see Cathedral at MDF, but as far as air fares from Saskatoon to Baltimore go, it might as well be in China.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 17 February 2011 04:20 (fourteen years ago)
MDF just holds no appeal for me. I almost went last year, to the point of pricing Amtrak tickets and a hotel, but ultimately decided against it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 17 February 2011 04:26 (fourteen years ago)
theres only like 4-5 bands i'd really like to see but it'd prob be a fun time
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 February 2011 04:26 (fourteen years ago)
me and roxy are def gonna be at mdfq
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 17 February 2011 04:38 (fourteen years ago)
"maryland deathfestquest"
also can i just
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f*** the facts
― markers, Thursday, 17 February 2011 04:46 (fourteen years ago)
Anaal Nathrakh have been gigging sort of semi-regularly in the UK and Europe for some time now (I think I first saw them in 2006), but yeah, no, they still really haven't figured out how to play their stuff live. Their only hope is to should enlist a top class, clean & fast drummer like Nick Barker to handle those insane blasts. AN live is still great fun though, Dave Hunt has become a really good (and funny!) frontman over the years.
― Thijs, Thursday, 17 February 2011 08:48 (fourteen years ago)
So the new Rotten Sound video revolves around the concept of what looks like hamburgers reenacting something that resembles the 1936 Olympics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw8oYZdO22o
Like the Deciblog mentions, this might be NSFW just by the weirdness alone.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 17 February 2011 08:59 (fourteen years ago)
ok i made it through 15 seconds of that--wayyyyyy too early in the morning
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 February 2011 12:35 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone heard the new GRAYCEON and SUBROSA albums out on Profoundlore? I cant afford them at the moment and wondered if they were good.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:44 (fourteen years ago)
If you kinda feel like you ought to like folk metal, but Eluveitie and Equilibrium just seem overwrought and overbearing, check out the Hungarian band Dalriada's new album, Ígéret, is especially good. Similar template to those, but they sound, at least to me, more like you'd want to hear them in an actual forest clearing instead of having them posture against a green-screen so that some ridiculous Narnia/Avatar-scape can be CGI-ed in in post-prodution.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:56 (fourteen years ago)
interesting read here http://scrawleddesign.blogspot.com/2011/02/subrosa-no-help-for-mighty-ones.html
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:00 (fourteen years ago)
I got a shipping notice from Profound Lore the other day. The Subrosa and Grayceon should be in my hands any day now. Looking forward to the mboth quite a bit.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:29 (fourteen years ago)
Glenn - did you tip us off to Dalriada a few years back? They sound familiar and I assume I heard of 'em from you. I'll keep an eye out - generally I enjoy Eurofolk Metal.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:31 (fourteen years ago)
Google testifies that I mentioned Dalriada in the 2008 Rolling Metal thread, when I first discovered them, but I don't see that anybody else said anything about them, so this is already a virtual storm of interest. My dedication is paying off.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:30 (fourteen years ago)
Possibly the worst thing ever: The Bunny The Bear.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:33 (fourteen years ago)
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:39 (fourteen years ago)
Phil I hate you for making me hear this
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:43 (fourteen years ago)
haha Victory Records, that explains it
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:44 (fourteen years ago)
i miss vive la vinyl and everyones hatred of victory records
YOU WIELD MUCH POWER!!!
― NYCNative, Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:30 (fourteen years ago)
http://media.social.s-msn.com/images/blogs/002a0065-0000-0000-0000-000000000000_00000065-0821-0000-0000-000000000000_20110217142808_bunnybear.jpeg
― NYCNative, Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:31 (fourteen years ago)
they need a thread of their own really
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:32 (fourteen years ago)
IWRESTLEDTHEBUNNYTHEBEARONCE
― NYCNative, Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:34 (fourteen years ago)
That was horrific.
New SubRosa's fantastic by the way. I think there was a brief discussion about the record a month ago, that stuff gets buried here.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:05 (fourteen years ago)
dont know that many of yall will care, but sleepytime gorilla museum is hanging it up after a few shows this spring.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:16 (fourteen years ago)
oh man i was sure that i was going to get like an autosubbed jedward video or something there, but apparently dan has decided to be nice to me
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:17 (fourteen years ago)
he cant hurt you now
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:19 (fourteen years ago)
This was a scene from a Cartoon Network show that aired in prime time. I want an Alien Death Hammer album!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJTzEbCK_xo
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 20:09 (fourteen years ago)
alien death hammer track is pretty legit! who actually played that?
― original bgm, Thursday, 17 February 2011 23:17 (fourteen years ago)
Haha, that's a pretty cool clip.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 17 February 2011 23:20 (fourteen years ago)
I have no idea who it is! I've been searching around, but I couldn't find any information.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 23:42 (fourteen years ago)
this fenriz mix is hot. did you guys already post this here?
1. Aragorn (England) “Black Ice” (1980)2. Bitches Sin (England) “Down the Road” (1980)3. Elektradrive (Italy) “Secrets of the Holy Grave” (1986)4. Legend (England) “Death in the Nursery” (1982)5. Kat (Poland) “Killer” (1985)6. Armored Saint (USA) “Aftermath” (1985)7. Hand Of Doom (Germany) “Rock N' Roll Close to the End of the World” (1979)8. The Beast (USA) “The Beast” (1983)9. Bloodlust (USA) “Ride to Death” (1985)10. Warlord (USA) "Mrs. Victoria" (1983)11. Jag Panzer (USA) “Death Row” (1983)12. Luzbel (Mexico) “Por Piedad” (1986)13. Tröjan (England) “Chasing the Storm” (1985)14. Sarcofagus (Finland) “The Deadly Game” (1980)15. Proud (Sweden) “No Losers” (1984)16. Heavy Load (Sweden) “Run with the Devil” (1983)17. Helstar (USA) “Dark Queen” (1986)18. Liege Lord (USA) “Cast Out” (1987)19. Ostrogoth (Belgium) "Love in the Streets" (1985)
http://afistinthefaceofgod.blogspot.com/2011/01/fenriz-metal-merchants-festival-dj-set.html?zx=56e14302b443ca42
― scott seward, Friday, 18 February 2011 00:46 (fourteen years ago)
dont think it's been posted
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 03:07 (fourteen years ago)
I have the Weakling 2xLP AND I've seen Dispirit. Muhahaha.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 18 February 2011 04:50 (fourteen years ago)
yeah you said if you ever came across a weakling vinyl you would give me it. I guess you never did heh.
Any idea when dispirit will release anything new?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 04:52 (fourteen years ago)
just found out that dawnbringer is playing (in my neighborhood!) the night before the chicago agalloch show (which i am definitely attending). should i go?
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Friday, 18 February 2011 05:03 (fourteen years ago)
yes
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 05:05 (fourteen years ago)
though obv ive not seen them. Are their earlier albums worth getting? Supposedly very different
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 05:06 (fourteen years ago)
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I don't know.. might be bore fest trauma... I use to be stoked for anything Max would do, he was a riff master. And Igor is a fucking beast on drums.. And not to take anything away from Marc Rizzo but it sounds like he might be writing A LOT more than Max, maybe due to better and more output, but its not the Cavalera that I know and love..
― SeanWayne, Friday, 18 February 2011 06:06 (fourteen years ago)
shit, I didn't do it right...
― SeanWayne, Friday, 18 February 2011 06:07 (fourteen years ago)
Its suppose to be the player for the streaming new Cavalera Conspiracy track from the forthcoming album..epic fail on embedding repoting.. lol!
― SeanWayne, Friday, 18 February 2011 06:09 (fourteen years ago)
reposting
Am I bad person for liking later years Unsane vs. the early stuff? Seems like they get better with age..
― SeanWayne, Friday, 18 February 2011 06:14 (fourteen years ago)
You are bad person.
― stately wang manner (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 18 February 2011 08:01 (fourteen years ago)
Really, though, they haven't changed that much. They're like Ramones Six Sigma Certified.
― stately wang manner (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 18 February 2011 08:02 (fourteen years ago)
Like whatever you want. So often, my favorite album in a band's catalog is the one most other people seem to hate. Whatever.
There's not really any BAD Unsane is there?
― Nate Carson, Friday, 18 February 2011 10:50 (fourteen years ago)
I've heard the Cavalera album. Rizzo is definitely contributing more to the writing this time out, but it's still knuckle-dragging old-school thrash-death. Don't worry, they haven't turned into Opeth or something.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 18 February 2011 14:41 (fourteen years ago)
Okay, so even though my wife isn't a huge metal fan, she doesn't really say anything about it... but she happened to be going through our iTunes library and gave me the stinkeye when she scrolled past the Dying Fetus tracks.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 February 2011 14:44 (fourteen years ago)
― original bgm, Friday, 18 February 2011 14:49 (fourteen years ago)
I just thought it was funny to see where her line was. She never said anything about Vital Remains, Cannibal Corpse, or Deicide album covers, but now I know.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 February 2011 14:50 (fourteen years ago)
I've never really been sure what "vital remains" means
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 February 2011 14:55 (fourteen years ago)
I've wondered the same thing.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 February 2011 14:58 (fourteen years ago)
would make a kick-ass line of dog foods tho
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 February 2011 15:07 (fourteen years ago)
I think Unsane have got better with age too. Their last 2 albums are probably my faves after Scattered..
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 15:47 (fourteen years ago)
DJ Mencap did that CD arrive ok?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 16:20 (fourteen years ago)
New column, inspired by Siegbran: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-roots-hell-symphony/
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 18 February 2011 18:07 (fourteen years ago)
Am I a bad person for liking Unsane album covers? A lot?
― NYCNative, Friday, 18 February 2011 18:09 (fourteen years ago)
oh yes you are
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 18:12 (fourteen years ago)
LOL! Their album covers are pretty cool... I like the cover for 'Blood Run'... That razor blade has been through it!! lol
― SeanWayne, Friday, 18 February 2011 18:25 (fourteen years ago)
I never got why metal dudes loved gory album covers so much. I guess i do hate horror films though
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 18:37 (fourteen years ago)
I like over the top cartoony gore, not so much the real thing.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 February 2011 18:38 (fourteen years ago)
Well a cartoony gore fest on a album cover is like, 'Hey, we're sick and twisted, but we know this shit kinda goofy'.. A real thing gore cover is like, 'fuck you! we'll eat your babies!'
― SeanWayne, Friday, 18 February 2011 18:45 (fourteen years ago)
I do enjoy an original cover art. Its real easy these days to get a image and photoshop the shit out it, or clip art something to death.. Oh, wait, thats what we did for the Hellbeard record... uh, nevermind. LOL!
― SeanWayne, Friday, 18 February 2011 18:48 (fourteen years ago)
LJ if you're around I think you will dig this Virus albumhttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6l0I0zdw0Gk/TV1DeuqphQI/AAAAAAAAAzs/ckeBjT7q2g4/s1600/294749.jpg
http://www.myspace.com/czralhttp://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=12540
the write up on the blog I saw it omn
Technical, intelligent, intense, mind-melting, bleak heaviness from a group of geniuses that come from some of the best and most cutting edge Black Metal bands on the scene (Ulver, Satyricon, Arcturus, etc). Its one of those huge, complex and jaw-dropping records where the whole thing just sucks you in and does weird stuff to your head...
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 19:04 (fourteen years ago)
It's not black metal and there's no extreme vox
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 19:05 (fourteen years ago)
Its an obvious number 1, but still a great read..
http://www.metalinjection.net/black-metal-history-month/top-10-crimes-committed-black-metal-musicians
― SeanWayne, Friday, 18 February 2011 19:36 (fourteen years ago)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 16:20 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
it's on rotation now, thx dude
feeling it so far
also got a free large letter stamp thanks to the post office not being arsed w/ postmarks \O/
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Friday, 18 February 2011 19:45 (fourteen years ago)
Really enjoyed The Black Flux, sounds like I need to track down the new one too!
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 February 2011 19:50 (fourteen years ago)
that's my 68p stamp you bastard! ;)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 20:16 (fourteen years ago)
Not heard that album jon, will check it out as i liked this one
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 20:18 (fourteen years ago)
Read my Virus review in the next issue of Terrorizer. Best album I've heard this year. Vox are not for everyone, but they are clean and strong.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 18 February 2011 20:38 (fourteen years ago)
Picked up the new Cauldron today - holy crap is it good. Great driving music.
Though I had a Glenn "Buns of Steel" moment listening to "Tears Have Come". He doesn't enunciate the title particularly well and through car speakers I thought he was singing "tears of cum". Had to grab the cd case to read the title because it seemed out of left field. Blast my dirty mind.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 18 February 2011 21:50 (fourteen years ago)
I heard the Cauldron album, never heard them before but I liked what i heard
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 22:10 (fourteen years ago)
xp lol me too, I thought I actually posted this itt in fact?
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Friday, 18 February 2011 22:20 (fourteen years ago)
OK I didn't but I put something on Facebook about it, which admittedly limits the active audience to my FB friends who are also metal fans who get Earache promos
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Friday, 18 February 2011 22:22 (fourteen years ago)
Glad I wasn't alone on that mishearing. Really surprised me in the car.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 18 February 2011 22:24 (fourteen years ago)
irl lol:
I've never really been sure what "vital remains" means― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, February 18, 2011 2:55 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban PermalinkI've wondered the same thing.― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, February 18, 2011 2:58 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkwould make a kick-ass line of dog foods tho― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, February 18, 2011 3:07 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark
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― original bgm, Friday, 18 February 2011 22:39 (fourteen years ago)
also, goalkeeper -
since you don't like growling vox and horror movies, are you sure that you actually like metal?
;-)
― original bgm, Friday, 18 February 2011 22:41 (fourteen years ago)
hah, just saw that the good goalkeeper's metal standing was also challenged in the black metal thread today. sorry about the accidental pile on!
― original bgm, Friday, 18 February 2011 22:55 (fourteen years ago)
its ez snappin and johnny who hate extreme vox. I like some BM but i dislike most DM vox.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 22:58 (fourteen years ago)
AG i suggest u look here for a list of bands u might like w/ non extreme characteristics
no death metal, ur in good hands
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 18 February 2011 23:02 (fourteen years ago)
How kind of you to post your homepage
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 February 2011 23:12 (fourteen years ago)
First link on that was to 'Pinkerton' by Weezer.
Way too metal for a starting point, imho.
― NYCNative, Friday, 18 February 2011 23:13 (fourteen years ago)
Google.com, damn right xp
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 18 February 2011 23:13 (fourteen years ago)
I like Pinkerton though I dont think I have heard it in about 10 or more years.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 19 February 2011 00:07 (fourteen years ago)
I saw Weezer on that tour because my friends opened for them and put me on the list. At the time, I had a short Vulcan hair cut and birth control glasses.
Walking home after the show, a carload of screaming young girls flashed me because they thought I was in the band. I will always thank Rivers and co for that joyous moment.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 19 February 2011 00:51 (fourteen years ago)
lol great story
― rockapads, Saturday, 19 February 2011 01:02 (fourteen years ago)
Meanwhile, back at 2011...
Neurot Recordings Sign ACROSS TUNDRAS Creating unique moonshine-soaked organic rock in the hills of Tennessee, ACROSS TUNDRAS seamlessly meld classic rock, folk, country, psychedelia, and doom into an original, organic style of rock that defies classification and bleeds true Americana. In true nomadic style ACROSS TUNDRAS have previously set-up camp on multiple labels including Crucial Blast and Forgotten Empire, have now found a home with Neurot Recordings. Stated Neurot/Neurosis' Steve Von Till on the signing: "It is with great honor that Neurot Recordings welcomes Across Tundras to our home. Their past releases have shown immense dedication to spirit and commitment to growth and sonic evolution. Those are traits that we admire and look for when declaring kinship among those also on the quest for emotional release through sound." ACROSS TUNDRAS' Tanner Olson this week also made a statement on their induction into Neurot's family: "The opportunity to stand alongside such a talented and driven group of artists and musicians is something we have been working along time for. Neurot Recordings releases the most inspired and original music out there, and its a huge compliment that they see us as kindred musical spirits. Eternal gratitude to the Neurot family for believing in us and giving a proper home to our nomadic sounds." More details on the recently completed new ACROSS TUNDRAS album will be announced shortly. Stay tuned for tour announcements and more through the coming months as well.
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I liked this band's previous output.
― NYCNative, Saturday, 19 February 2011 01:03 (fourteen years ago)
basick records announce exclusive north american distribution and licensing partnership with century media
Recently celebrating their 5th birthday, rising independent UK label BASICK RECORDS are starting 2011 with a bang as they announce a brand new strategic partnership for exclusive licensing, production and distribution arrangements in North American territories with the Century Media Group. New releases for 2011 include records from: THE ARUSHA ACCORD, ALIASES, CHIMP SPANNER, VISIONS, NO MADE SENSE and A DARK ORBIT plus more exciting announcements expected imminently.
Label info:
Formed in 2005 by Nathan 'Barley' Phillips, BASICK RECORDS has quickly established itself as one of the most progressive up and coming labels in the UK. From releasing Enter Shikari's first material to leading the way with a new wave of technical Metal, Basick strives to put out only the best in new, exciting, fresh and heavy music.
Now a fully-fledged global label, Basick's roster currently includes: Ion Dissonance | Chimp Spanner | Aliases | The Arusha Accord | A Dark Orbit | No Consequence | No Made Sense |Visions
― NYCNative, Saturday, 19 February 2011 01:05 (fourteen years ago)
From releasing Enter Shikari's first material
stopped reading at that bit
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 19 February 2011 01:06 (fourteen years ago)
"Their past releases have shown immense dedication to [sounding like Neurosis] and commitment to [sounding like Neurosis]." ;P
Sincere congrats to Tanner and co for the signing though. They've been working at it for quite a while.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 19 February 2011 01:08 (fourteen years ago)
So happy for Tanner and the band. I love their past stuff, and this deal will only get more people exposed to their excellence.
And yes I talk like this in real life too.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 19 February 2011 01:24 (fourteen years ago)
They're far too good a band to be without a label. A great fit for Neurot.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 19 February 2011 01:28 (fourteen years ago)
A+ i lol'd so hard
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Saturday, 19 February 2011 01:47 (fourteen years ago)
hey Algerian G sorry I was a dick to you on the other thread it was against my resolution to be a better metal bro to my metal bros here, I was just having a stressful end-of-day and took it out on you, my bad there, want to apologize
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 19 February 2011 02:43 (fourteen years ago)
Remember when the bullies used to pick on you, J0hn? Remember how it made you feel inside?
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 19 February 2011 02:48 (fourteen years ago)
"They're far too good a band to be without a label. A great fit for [respected metal label goes here]."
Please save this quote for your Witch Mountain review Adrien!
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 19 February 2011 02:50 (fourteen years ago)
I should, it's a mighty fine album you've put together.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 19 February 2011 04:40 (fourteen years ago)
no worries smithy
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 19 February 2011 18:02 (fourteen years ago)
That Fenriz metal mix posted upthread is great, thanks Skot!
― Neil S, Saturday, 19 February 2011 21:14 (fourteen years ago)
new Liturgy album is really really good and pretty sincerely innovative
can't wait to see them play in April
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 20 February 2011 13:00 (fourteen years ago)
I really need to hear this, has it leaked?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 February 2011 18:20 (fourteen years ago)
Iron Maiden fans look awayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V593MMT-DLY&feature=player_embeddedYou wont like what axl had to say
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 February 2011 20:25 (fourteen years ago)
infact go hereGuns N Roses Vs Iron Maiden
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 February 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)
Has anyone heard any of the new Deceased coming out in April?
― serenchwilen, Monday, 21 February 2011 01:38 (fourteen years ago)
Here's the latest news about Hell's Human Remains out in May:
http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=64456
― serenchwilen, Monday, 21 February 2011 01:41 (fourteen years ago)
i realize i'm late to the party, and i'm not even gonna try to compete w/ unperson or a.begrand or j.tr3ppel as far as smart, 100% informed metal writing goes—but i really liked the dawnbringer album, so i wrote about it here
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 21 February 2011 07:29 (fourteen years ago)
That Dawnbringer record is amazing, one of my favorite releases from last year.
― NYCNative, Monday, 21 February 2011 07:42 (fourteen years ago)
Cool write-up! It's a terrific record, one that just gets better the more you hear it. Weird how some metal fans don't like the vocals, I get a kick out of the sincerity of his delivery.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 21 February 2011 09:38 (fourteen years ago)
Congrats on the writing gig ilxor!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 February 2011 16:37 (fourteen years ago)
he doesn't really stick to one vocal style, does he? i mean on "the devil" he sounds like hetfield; "old wizard" is straight up sabbath worship; and then there's tunes like "swing hard" that kinda sound like maiden (probably his weakest style; i mean, it's a lot easier to pull off ozzy than bruce, right?)
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 21 February 2011 16:40 (fourteen years ago)
I would say that I am maybe 60% informed, 40% good at making it sound like I know what I'm talking about.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 21 February 2011 18:51 (fourteen years ago)
News about some things that I like (and I assume people here do too!) from Nathan Birk...
Negura Bunget "Focul Viu" | Lantlôs "Lantlôs": Release date postponements
We are sorry to announce that the release dates of Negura Bunget's live DVD/2CD/boxset "Focul Viu" and the re-release of Lantlôs' self-titled debut album incl. bonus CD need to be postponed for two weeks in Europe. The release dates for North America are not affected, though. Both releases will now be out on:
March 25th (in Germany/Austria)March 28th (in other European countries)April 5th (in North America)
Alcest: "Le Secret" out in April 2011 | New cover artwork unveiled
"Le Secret" is the debut EP by Alcest that was originally released back in 2005 in an edition of only 1,000 copies on CD. On April 11th in Europe (North American release date TBA), it is finally going to see a re-release via Prophecy, but this isn't a mere new edition: the new version of "Le Secret" not only features the original recordings from 2005, but also a completely new recording of the EP, topped off with a new artwork (see new cover below). Further information on the formats of "Le Secret" and on ways of pre-ordering soon.
A Forest Of Stars: "The Corpse Of Rebirth" and "Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring" out in April 2011
The first two albums by A Forest Of Stars, "The Corpse Of Rebirth" and "Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring," have up to now only been available via a few specialised mail-orders. On April 11th in Europe (North American release date TBA), they are going to see a re-release via Lupus Lounge / Prophecy Productions, in a form that finally does justice to the quality of the music. Both albums will come in elaborate Digibooks with bonus material. Further information on these releases and on ways of pre-ordering soon.
― NYCNative, Monday, 21 February 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
Just saw the trailer for the movie Hesher. Had some thoughts.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 21 February 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)
I agree Phil, Hesher looks like it could be a good little movie, hopefully the fairest depiction of headbangers in movies in a long while.
Seeing whatshisname all metaled up all I could think of was River's Edge...
― A. Begrand, Monday, 21 February 2011 20:27 (fourteen years ago)
Joseph Gordon Leavitt is one of the finest young actors out there right now, so I'm sure he'll do a great job. Judging from the footage I saw at Comic Con, though, it looks like things get pretty messed up over the course of the film.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:45 (fourteen years ago)
But I *liked* Airheads, Phil...
That said, this looks really cool.
― NYCNative, Monday, 21 February 2011 23:03 (fourteen years ago)
Glad you have firmly declared River's Edge the best of its ilk. No arguments here.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 01:14 (fourteen years ago)
"He says all he knew about Portland was that it had a great heavy metal rock scene."
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/16/133748144/history-hinders-diversification-of-portland-ore
Certainly not the whole point of the story, but it's nice to hear that people are finally paying attention.
Rabbits, Red Fang, Nether Regions, Wizard Rifle, and Witch Mountain are all releasing albums within 60 days of each other. Danava and YOB are about to go in the studio.
If anyone wants to write a story on the Portland scene, let me know. I'll make sure you get to talk to the right people. It's finally happening here and I'd like to the story to be told right.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 01:50 (fourteen years ago)
the rabbits album is quite good
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 01:51 (fourteen years ago)
anyone hear the new maruta yet? the two tracks on the willowtip site are really doing it for me:http://www.willowtip.com/releases/details/maruta-forward-into-regression.aspx
― original bgm, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 04:07 (fourteen years ago)
man, was I disappointed by the absu set at the nyc immortal/absu show last saturday. tara is all-time top 10 black metal material for me, but god the sound for their set was terrible. all bass drums/toms/vocals. sounded like shit.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 05:42 (fourteen years ago)
Danava are about to go in the studio.
Probably alone on this, but super fucking excited to see this! I really really loved the direction they took with Unonou and can't wait to hear where they go now.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 06:02 (fourteen years ago)
You are not alone, I am psyched too. The only thing I didn't like about Unonou was the fact that the horns weren't a little crazier/free-er. But they rule, totally looking forward to new stuff.
― curation and dilletantage (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 07:56 (fourteen years ago)
Excited to learn there will be two new Boris albums on April 26, Attention Please and Heavy Rocks, confusingly titled the same as a 2002 album, but different.
http://rock-a-rolla.com/main/?p=1698
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)
Founder of metal band Manowar to speak at SUNY Fredonia
SUNY Fredonia's music business department will welcome Dr. Joey DeMaio, founding member, bassist of the internationally renowned rock and heavy metal band Manowar, to campus on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. in McEwen G-24. DeMaio, who is also a composer, lyricist engineer and producer, will speak about his musical and business experiences. The event is free and open to the public.
Having founded Manowar in 1980, DeMaio has produced 13 albums, eight DVD packages and numerous singles which have each sold millions worldwide. The band has earned gold and platinum awards and completed more than 30 tours all over the world.
DeMaio holds a Ph.D in musical art. He has been the musical director and bass guitarist for national touring productions of "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Hair," "Godspell," and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." He has produced recordings with world-renowned actors such as Sir Christopher Lee, and the late Susannah York and Orson Welles. He produced and recorded several full orchestras and pipe organ recordings and appeared as a special guest conductor with the Cologne Youth Symphony Orchestra in Germany.
He founded a record label in 1999, called Magic Circle Music, which belongs to several metal bands. The label has since taken on a film company and an annual musical festival in Europe called Magic Circle Festival, which has attracted more than 46,000 people in just three years.
"DeMaio is an engineer, composer, producer, musician and businessman," says Armand Petri, a visiting instructor within SUNY Fredonia's business department. "Many people know him for his music but don't understand what it took not only to be the musician he has become, but also the international, successful business person he is today. I know those who come see him will be inspired and will have a real excitement listening to a man like Joey."
For more information, contact Petri at 673-4605 or arm✧✧✧.pe✧✧✧@fredo✧✧✧.e✧✧.
The Observer
Someone, please go to this...
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 19:36 (fourteen years ago)
"Dr. Joey DeMaio"!!!
― original bgm, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 19:47 (fourteen years ago)
numerous singles
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 23:35 (fourteen years ago)
http://neomaks.ru/uploads/posts/1203874235_manowar2007_silent_night_single.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 23:42 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20050721/4750296591.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 23:43 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20101020/380280995762.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 23:44 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20100429/370373078492.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 23:45 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20091105/190347257206.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 23:46 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20100114/370320466828.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 23:47 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20090115/370145171900.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 23:48 (fourteen years ago)
Please tell me you guys are laughing at them... I think they might be the worst band ever. lol
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 06:49 (fourteen years ago)
At their best Manowar can be a very good band. But it's been quite a while since they last hinted at greatness ("Call to Arms" is their last classic song, in my opinion).
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 07:28 (fourteen years ago)
I love this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVgSMuRsjNg
Great Manowar story here... Was hanging out with a guy who was in Nudeswirl, a Jersey band that had a record out on Megaforce back in 1993. He was hanging out at a Megaforce holiday party or something right after they signed to the label and hanging out was Dr. DeMaio himself, since Manowar had done a thing or two for Megaforce.
The Nudeawirl guy struck up a conversation with Joey and since they were new to the label, asked him for advise on the people there - who was cool, who would be in their corner, who they can trust, that sorta stuff.
Joey looks at him, deadly serious, and says without a trace of irony. "Usually I would not divulge such information," he said, before clapping him on he side of his arm.
"But since you are a true brother of metal, I shall..."
Say what you want, those dude were huge in Greece and they fucking meant it, man.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 08:54 (fourteen years ago)
I'm hearing Phil Vayne (Extreme Noise Terror, briefly in Napalm Death, among others) died in his sleep last night. RIP mate.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 09:31 (fourteen years ago)
Wow... I booked the very first Extreme Noise Terror US tour back in 1995 (with Grief in support). I was honored to be involved in that long overdue event.
This is probably the most awesome video involving ENT - their appearance at the 1992 Brit Awards where them and KLF destroyed everything in site:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CDButf0go8
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 09:38 (fourteen years ago)
For those interested, Relapse Mail Order is doing a preorder on the Mastodon 'Live At The Aragon' DVD/CD for only $14 which is pretty damn cheap, even less than Amazon:
http://shop.relapse.com/store/product.aspx?ProductID=42948
I believe the price will be good through the March 15th release date.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 17:29 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to Between the Buried and Me's best-of now. It's reinforcing just how much I hate this band...and the cult of bloggers and critics who line up to blow them every time they release another one of their "here's 1000 cool parts we wrote and ProTools-ed together" opuses. Write a fucking song, fellas.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:36 (fourteen years ago)
hah - 100% agree with you on those guys.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)
Hmm, not sure I could disagree more with you on that one guys. I feel like BtB&M are one of the few bands that really pull off this approach more seamlessly than others. I think their Colors Live album reinforces this pretty well.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)
What I didn't like about this band was their covers record. Great guys, you have a disparate list of influences, but whats the point of slavish imitations?
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:41 (fourteen years ago)
how do you feel about the dillinger escape plan, unperson?
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:42 (fourteen years ago)
to be fair, I've only heard colors (studio one). but the songwriting just struck me as rickety, shoe-horned, and obvious. and I LOVE prog! (and don't exactly love prog metal, admittedly.)
― original bgm, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:43 (fourteen years ago)
When Calculating Infinity first came out, I listened to it, Cave In's Until Your Heart Stops and Botch's We Are the Romans a whole lot. The only one that wound up sticking with me was Botch. (Cave In's Jupiter, on the other hand...) Basically, Dillinger aren't quite as rage-inducing as BTBAM, because they do occasionally write a half-catchy song and some of the electronic-tinged stuff on Ire Works was cool, but I never, ever feel the urge to listen to them.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:52 (fourteen years ago)
The cool thing about that whole covers album exercise was just how well they pulled off those slavish imitations. That's some incredible versatility right there.
I remain a big admirer of BTBAM. Yes, their songs are coherent and flow well (they're a prog metal band that knows how to write a catchy hook), and they're terrific live.
I don't understand this "cult" thing you speak of. Seven years ago I heard the Giles album by their singer Tommy Rogers. I had no idea who BTBAM was, all I knew was that record was the biggest, most obnoxious piece of crap I'd heard in a very long time. About a year later I got Alaska in the mail and was ready to rip that pretentious twit one more time, but that album grabbed me on a level I was not expecting at all. I was floored, I couldn't believe this young band was that good. My liking BTBAM has nothing to do with a critical hive mind or any such preposterous assumption, it's a sincere reaction to the music, something I'm glad has lasted as long as it has. I can't wait for the new album in April.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:57 (fourteen years ago)
OVO Album Details Announced; Track Available For Streaming
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/OvOphoto_web.jpg
Supernatural Cat Records have signed avant/extreme duo OvO for their upcoming sixth album Cor Cordium, which will be released on April 18th, 2011. To give the public their first taste of the release, UK-based Rock-A-Rolla Magazine is hosting an exclusive stream of “Marie,” the third track from Cor Cordium. Check it out here.
The diverse, avant/conceptual ten-track opus Cor Cordium — the title translating to “heart of the hearts” — is an epitaph to the memory of idolized English Romantic poet and adventurer Percy Shelley. OvO hail from a realm of contaminated heavy rock, where noise elements act as breaks between the sonic deconstructive assaults as displayed on Cor Cordium. The hi-fi recordings captured on the album, for the first time in OvO’s history utilizing any sort of overdubs, present a rational structure hidden under the apparent madness of the compositions.
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/?p=2182
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I hope it's as bizarrely awesome as this clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2z9mQ6g-SY&feature=player_embedded
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 19:14 (fourteen years ago)
Post-prog-noir-metal-space-jazz virtuosos Empty Space Orchestra announce album debut, tour dates
Empty Space Orchestra certainly knows how to fill a room. The Bend, OR quintet of impeccable musicians crafts a symphonic, melodic sound that seamlessly weaves together elements of space rock, prog-metal, noir jazz, post-rock and afro-punk all in one massive blast of energy. Having built up a substantial following in the Pacific Northwest, the band will release their self-titled debut album in May and bring their genre-defying sound nationwide.
Their 9-song, 50-minute self-titled debut album is a hook-laden marriage of heft and harmony that veers far away from the navel-gazing jamming often associated with music of such explorative origins. Elements of The Mars Volta's most frenetic moments merge with soaring post-rock of Russian Circles, as well as hints of Deftones, Dub Trio and lilting chamber pop all colliding in brilliant synergy from one song to the next.
Linkage:
http://emptyspaceorchestra.bandcamp.com/
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Doesn't seem, all that metallic to me, but whatever.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 20:33 (fourteen years ago)
That OvO album is weird, I don't know if I've ever heard anything like it. Half grating, half surprisingly catchy. One minute it's like they're taking the piss, the next you're thinking, 'this is pretty good.'
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 20:57 (fourteen years ago)
they havent changed then
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 20:58 (fourteen years ago)
That sums up what they were like at Supersonic, yes.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 21:08 (fourteen years ago)
I've booked the last couple of OvO tours in the US. They are fantastic people and a truly original band. I've paired them with Ludicra, SubArachnoid Space, Agalloch, and others. Every band that plays with them falls in love with them.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)
I keep returning to this astonishing Mitochondrion album. What a relentless vortex.
In lighter news, I'm gearing up for the new Amon Amarth album by liking the new Moonsorrow quite a bit despite having never really gotten into them before. Something about the balance of folk-metal heroics and muted darkness on this one holds my attention the way the other stuff I've heard by them hasn't. But keep Turias away from me.
The Motorhead record is better (that's glib: I guess I mean less predictable) than I anticipated. I'm also surprised by how much I'm enjoying this all-one-track Impiety album, and I'm leaning towards approving of the Agallochishness of the new Fen album, and I think maybe Heretoir are my answer to Alcest.
Not sure about the vocals on this Virus record, though. And despite deciding three different times that I *must* like SubRosa, and trying again afresh, I just can't make them work for me. Sad.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:02 (fourteen years ago)
the fen album is great
not heard the new SubRosa but like the Grayceon
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:06 (fourteen years ago)
It's a great year for pagan metal already. Terrific albums by Moonsorrow, Amon Amarth, Darkest Era, even Korpiklaani...and especially, 'scuse the leet, Pr1/\/\0rD14L.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:48 (fourteen years ago)
Just downloaded the new Blood Ceremony today. While on the Metal Blade iPool, I noticed the new Electric Wizard and Ghost records which I hadn't properly heard yet. Thanks promo gods!
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:58 (fourteen years ago)
Has anyone else heard that new Haunted record? I think Phil did. Anyway, the band hasn't been exactly great lately, but the new one is atrocious, an attempt at "accessibility" that just gets worse and worse the more of it you hear. At one point they sound like a Velvet Revolver imitation. It's like they're desperate to get on the Mayhem Fest of something.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 24 February 2011 03:03 (fourteen years ago)
Can't wait to hear the Blood Ceremony...I downloaded that as soon as I saw it, too. New Firebird as well, they're always fun.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 24 February 2011 03:04 (fourteen years ago)
Never had any love for Firebird... or fun. I hate fun.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 24 February 2011 03:52 (fourteen years ago)
And on that note, I'm off to see Man... or Astroman?! :)
Not sure about the vocals on this Virus record, though
yeah, I couldn't even get all the way through the third song. I'll take monster growling any day over that obnoxious shit.
― rockapads, Thursday, 24 February 2011 04:11 (fourteen years ago)
This Liturgy album is nuts. Well, nuts and insanely catchy.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 24 February 2011 05:19 (fourteen years ago)
Is anyone reissuing the Timeghoul stuff? Profound Lore were rumored to be doing it.
― curation and dilletantage (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 24 February 2011 06:00 (fourteen years ago)
Ignored BTBAM for years because their name is firmly in that terrible metalcore too many words in our name category, but having been schooled in them over the last 6 months I think they are kind of amazing - way better than Dillinger etc or (blasphemy) boring techy lame meshuggah nonsense
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 February 2011 06:11 (fourteen years ago)
Completely off topic and non metal, but I'm going to see Prince tomorrow night... I won't be able to pay my rent this month, but I'm seeing the Purple One bitches... lol! I'll give a review to my metal brotheran when I recover from seeing the most underrated guitar player of all time...
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 24 February 2011 06:21 (fourteen years ago)
Prince is so fucking amazing dude
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 February 2011 06:21 (fourteen years ago)
As a dude lucky enough to live in mn and be in the "industry" I have seen him like 30 or 40 times and with like 2 or 3 off night exceptions he fucking brings it every time. And yeah, super underrated guitarist
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 February 2011 06:27 (fourteen years ago)
So now I don't like you anymore.. lol!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 24 February 2011 06:48 (fourteen years ago)
Thirded on the Virus album. I could just about overlook the Tech-ness (not something I usually get on with), but the vocals kill it stone dead for me.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Thursday, 24 February 2011 13:08 (fourteen years ago)
I have no problem with the vocals. Kinda reminds me of the vox on the 1st material album memory serves
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 14:22 (fourteen years ago)
yesssssssssssss <3
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 24 February 2011 14:38 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to the Virus record now and I'm really enjoying it. No problem with the vocals at all - much prefer an odd, stylized vocalist than a cookie monster or screeching harpy.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 February 2011 14:47 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.sargenthouse.com/boris/Hope.mp3
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 February 2011 16:13 (fourteen years ago)
Sounds like Boris finally heard "Freak Scene". pff.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 February 2011 16:37 (fourteen years ago)
Liked the Virus all the way through - look forward to spinning it again. One of the best metal records I've heard this year.
Next up - Turisas!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 February 2011 16:38 (fourteen years ago)
I really don't hear any "metal" in Virus... Aside from the metal-looking cover, why are they even being discussed here? Are they a side project of somebody? They seem like a band that would be discussed in a prog or nu-pigfuck thread (which I mean as a compliment). If it weren't for the annoying vocalist, I'd be listening to it more in that respect, they do have a nice sound and the album (especially the last few songs) is growing on me despite him.
That Boris song isn't making me regret getting off that train years ago.
― rockapads, Thursday, 24 February 2011 16:49 (fourteen years ago)
ohh yeah pigfuck. a gira type vocalist for sure
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)
I'm pretty pumped about that Boris pop record. Not too sure many other people on the metal side of the fence will be though!
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 24 February 2011 17:07 (fourteen years ago)
Just got to "Hunting Pirates!" on the Turisas record. And, well, I love it! This record is a blast. Mathias' vocals, when he's singing clean and low, remind me of Julian Cope when he reaches down to that register. That's a big plus for me.
This just might be the greatest metal musical ever. Venetoi!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 February 2011 17:24 (fourteen years ago)
I would describe the Turisas album as facepalm-inducing.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 24 February 2011 17:40 (fourteen years ago)
That too! I've never heard anything like it. The cheese level is at least a 22 on a 10 point scale.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 February 2011 17:44 (fourteen years ago)
Did the promo have the bonus disc covers? Because their version of Tull's "Broadsword" is pretty interesting, and "Supernaut" is seriously WTF. Turisas. Damn.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 February 2011 18:16 (fourteen years ago)
"Supernaut" has a weird spoken word bit mentioning Ikea and quotes one of the Ghostbusters riffs in the solo. Really.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 February 2011 18:25 (fourteen years ago)
Got my ticket to see Agalloch in NYC on 3/22. Even better, found out that my panel at the Big Data conference the next day is at 5pm, not 8:40am. Not that I still won't try to go to the 8:40am panel, but it's comforting knowing that the coffee won't have to have fully kicked in yet.
Who else will be there that night?
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:23 (fourteen years ago)
I really don't hear any "metal" in Virus... Aside from the metal-looking cover, why are they even being discussed here?
I guess it's because Crzal was on the first Ulver demo, the first Satyricon demo, and has been a member of Dodheimsgard and Aura Noir. His seminal 90s band Ved Buens Ende was the beginning of his Virus style... and that album has been very influential on some modern USBM bands like Ludicra and Agalloch.
It's hilarious to me that people will put up with death metal vocals, but put a goth singer in a metal band and LOOK OUT!
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:46 (fourteen years ago)
I will be at the Baltimore show for Agalloch if anyone wants to hang.
― NYCNative, Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:55 (fourteen years ago)
love this footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3GG0vWoxd4
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 February 2011 22:33 (fourteen years ago)
You cut the next sentence from my quote where I asked if it was a side project. I had a feeling it might be, since it kind of appeared from everywhere at once. And, I'm OK with clean vox in a metal band, I just don't really hear any metal in Virus. I don't actually mind them being discussed here, though. That was just hyperbole.
― rockapads, Thursday, 24 February 2011 22:35 (fourteen years ago)
great video clip. I love Sadus! I still listen to them regularly. they opened the second show I ever went to.
― rockapads, Thursday, 24 February 2011 22:38 (fourteen years ago)
i've really been digging last year's YOB album, but by far the first track –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCKjkmjDGGk
can anyone tell me which of their older records is most like this track?
― j., Thursday, 24 February 2011 23:46 (fourteen years ago)
I tried to give the Turisas a perfect score in db, but I don't think that's going to actually make it to publication. There's something just so insanely over-the-top about it -- it's a game changer.
And I talked about the new The Haunted earlier. I agree, just complete crap, all the more disappointing after the quality of their previous record.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 25 February 2011 00:30 (fourteen years ago)
Also -- new Graveyard! No idea what they're doing on Nuclear Blast (might give some people the wrong idea about what they sound like), but it's an improvement over their debut in every way, and their debut already did throwback 70s psychedelic metal fantastically.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 25 February 2011 00:47 (fourteen years ago)
Had a very weird metal day - Virus followed by Turisas followed By Valient Thorr. All were excellent.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 25 February 2011 00:50 (fourteen years ago)
not a screaming vocalist to be found?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 25 February 2011 00:52 (fourteen years ago)
Plenty of screams (Valient Himself screams like a wounded animal screams) but no affected screams or growls, no.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 25 February 2011 01:09 (fourteen years ago)
Haha, I'd have fallen off my chair if Turisas got a 10 in Decibel. Jeff, you're so behind that record you've convinced me to try to give it one more shot.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 25 February 2011 01:28 (fourteen years ago)
New Blood Ceremony is BLOODY good! See what I did there?
I'm really, really surprised you haven't liked the Turisas yet, Adrien. Seems like it would be right up your alley.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 25 February 2011 01:41 (fourteen years ago)
I want to like the Graveyard album, but the sound is a little too full and modern, and the vocalist is a little too Groundhogs, for me. I prefer Horisont's Två Sidor Av Horisonten, from 2009, as a modern version of that sound.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 25 February 2011 03:36 (fourteen years ago)
"too Groundhogs" is bad, somehow?
― curation and dilletantage (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 25 February 2011 05:39 (fourteen years ago)
Graveyard - Hisingen Blues. Holy crap that's good news! I've been looking forward to this for a long time. No luck in finding it so far. Maybe I need to start reviewing albums again so I can get on the promo wagon again. Same with Blood Ceremony. Speaking of bloody good, another Sanford Parker production that my friend Collin mixed is Bloodiest. They opened for Killing Joke in December and were astounding. Descent is out on March 29 on Relapse. An early review, and interview from last year - http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/bloodiest-chicago-tony-lazzara-bruce-lamont/Content?oid=1515439
Also bubbling over at The Boiler Room:The Swan King - Eyes Like Knives (Seventh Rule)First few hundred downloads free - http://blog.seventhrule.com/2011/02/swan-king-eyes-like-knives-now.htmlBruce Lamont - Feral Songs For The Epic Decline (At A Loss)Indian - Guiltless (Relapse) Apr 12
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 25 February 2011 06:45 (fourteen years ago)
The Graveyard album is good enough. But it doesn't hold a candle to Witchcraft.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 25 February 2011 08:19 (fourteen years ago)
I like Valient Thorr lots. Enjoyed watching them confused a Warped Tour audience once.
They are supporting Motorhead with Clutch which is kinda strange, wonder what kind of set Clutch is gonna drag out for that one... It's in Atlantic City so I might also get my poker on as well.
― NYCNative, Friday, 25 February 2011 08:33 (fourteen years ago)
Damn, Blood Ceremony UK tour cancelled, because Ghost (who I'm not particularly keen on) can't do it. Grrrrrr.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Friday, 25 February 2011 12:56 (fourteen years ago)
Just the UK, or is the EU tour cancelled too? And why have Ghost backed out?
― Thijs, Friday, 25 February 2011 13:04 (fourteen years ago)
I interviewed Dylan Carlson of Earth. Here's a link.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 25 February 2011 13:53 (fourteen years ago)
Honestly, yeah. I keep wanting to love the Groundhogs; I leave like six of their albums (four studio, two live) in my iPod for exactly that reason. But something about them just lets me down when compared with Free, Humble Pie, Cactus, et al. It's partly his voice, and partly his guitar tone, and partly that they're just not quite as aggressive as the others (while never managing to turn laid-back minimalism into miraculous awesomeness like Free). Their records always sound to me like they're trying for something and falling short of the mark, like they can't possibly have meant to go only as far as they did but no farther.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 25 February 2011 13:56 (fourteen years ago)
haven't heard the new one yet. liked the graveyard lp from a few years back, but yeah, kind of like a lesser witchcraft.
but the last witchcraft record was amazing, so that's not even much of a diss.
― original bgm, Friday, 25 February 2011 14:44 (fourteen years ago)
^second all of that I think
new Indian record is interesting news! Their Seventh Rule mini-album had a good thing going on
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Friday, 25 February 2011 15:01 (fourteen years ago)
Wow, unperson. Have you heard "Split"? That thing alone towers over anything Free ever did. Thank Christ for the Groundhogs.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Friday, 25 February 2011 15:08 (fourteen years ago)
bill otm
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:27 (fourteen years ago)
Graveyard's Joakim Nilsson and Rikard Edlund were previously in 90s band Norssken with Witchcraft's Magnus Pelander (drummer Kristoffer Sjödahl joined Dead Man). While Pelander has certainly written more great songs over the years, I think Graveyard's 08 album holds up really well. I've seen them both live and I thought Graveyard was more intense and satisfying, as Nilsson has a much stronger voice. I don't think it has to be either/or, there's plenty room for both. I hope the new one's as good as Doomsday D thinks!
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:31 (fourteen years ago)
Markersapaloozahttp://welcometorockvillefestival.com/img/lineup.png
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:04 (fourteen years ago)
I'm really liking the new Jag Panzer. It's a very strong album. And Conklin has a new one with Satan's Host coming out this year, too! Should be interesting!
― serenchwilen, Friday, 25 February 2011 22:29 (fourteen years ago)
I know we've done this before but what 'proper' metal bands have used the motorik beat on which songs?
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Friday, 25 February 2011 22:53 (fourteen years ago)
xxxxpost - J.- You'll want either of the Metal Blade albums that YOB recorded. Those two are the most like the latest. I'd go with Unreal Never Lived but Illusion of Motion is pretty much part one of that set so get them both.
Also, side 2 of Catharsis is really when they started moving in that direction and getting massively psychedelic... All YOB is good YOB.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 25 February 2011 23:03 (fourteen years ago)
All YOB is good YOB.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 25 February 2011 23:15 (fourteen years ago)
ALL YOB ARE BELONG TO US
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 February 2011 23:21 (fourteen years ago)
And as for Rockapads vs Virus, you are in no way entitled to like it. I was just taking issue with the implication that there are rules about what is and isn't metal. More power to you :)
― Nate Carson, Friday, 25 February 2011 23:46 (fourteen years ago)
Actually, I'd like to up my comments a bit... I'm loving the new Jag Panzer! especially the more aggressive tracks toward the end -- "Let It Out" and "Burn" -- and the epic closing track "The Book of Kells." Great stuff!
― serenchwilen, Saturday, 26 February 2011 00:10 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.metalkingdom.net/album/cover/d5/38812_symfonia_in_paradisum.jpg
SYMFONIA:
Timo Tolkki (ex Stratovarius) - GuitarsAndre Matos (ex Angra) - VocalsUli Kusch (ex Helloween) - DrumsJari Kainulainen (ex Stratovarius) - BassMikko Harkin (ex Sonata Artica) – Keyboards
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Saturday, 26 February 2011 01:39 (fourteen years ago)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, February 25, 2011 4:15 PM (2 hours ago)
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Saturday, 26 February 2011 01:55 (fourteen years ago)
thank yob for the advice, nate
― j., Saturday, 26 February 2011 06:07 (fourteen years ago)
And Conklin has a new one with Satan's Host coming out this year, too! Should be interesting!
Wow. The first Satan's Host is pretty great (weirdo occult power metal!), their resurrected stuff doesn't do it for me. Interested to see how this turns out.
― You sure slapped some meat in their eyes, Jimmy. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 February 2011 06:19 (fourteen years ago)
Err, the resurrected, Conklin-free stuff, that is.
― You sure slapped some meat in their eyes, Jimmy. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 February 2011 06:20 (fourteen years ago)
The Body is playing Philadelphia 3/30Whitehorse, Serpent Throne & James Plotkin support.I think I need to go.
The Brooklyn date (4/1 at The Acheron) for all you trendy hipsters features Unearthly Trance on the bill.
― NYCNative, Saturday, 26 February 2011 09:12 (fourteen years ago)
So my fiance fails to tell me that we have fucking AMAZING seats- on the floor, he's playing in-the-round, with the stage in the shape of that goofy symbol, but our seats are basically in front of that, just off to the left- His piano is like, maybe 50 feet from our seats..No opening act, the house lights go off, the stage fills with purple smoke, and he pops out of the middle of the stage with a gold fender Strat-the place goes babanas.. he does 3 tunes, then disappears, stage lights off. Lights slowly come back on as Sheila E. pops outta that same spot with her Timbales- The place goes fucking apeshit! Remember we're in Oaklnad, she's a hometown hero and her family, the Esovedos have deep roots here in the music world, especially in latin Jazz-they even own their own club in Oakland.. She looks hot!!- skin tight white leather dress.. She plays her one and only hit, kicks over a cymbal stand like Keith Moon, and walks off the stage-ripped it! They move her drums off to the side, and she and the Purple one come back out, she's his percussionist for the rest of the set... Hit after hit after hit, everyones singing along, having a good time, lots of goofing off between Sheila and Prince.. He sounds great, his voice was spot on, and every guitar solo-which he's the only guitarist in the band-was top notch-improvised and just shredding..His command of the band is striking, a nod to James Brown I'm sure..THeres a small break in the action.. then you here some thundering bass tone-Larry Grahm from Sly and the Family Stone (more Oakland legend shit) comes out and they funk the place out! They do like 3 Sly tunes, and Prince lets Larry take over, he goes and place percussion with Sheila, but he smack his hand with a stick at one point, and Sheila laughs at him-cute..That little purple midget does 5 encores-one of them after the house lights came one and he had a pretty grand finally with invites to people surrounding the stage to get up and dance on stage.. House lights were on for about 15 minutes, in which the crowd never let up in its cheering, even with ushers shooing people out, the crowd styed to have him comeback for two more.. whch put the set just shy of 3 hours.
I'd have to say, that this show was one of the best shows I've ever seen, up til this point it was James Brown who I saw in '92. That show was raw as shit, but this thing was a spectacle.. And most important, was looking over and seeing my Girl, smiling, dancing, singing along and having a blast.. we even slow danced during Purple Rain in the isle.. very well worth it!
Now, I'm gonna go see Death Angel tonight! LOL!
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 26 February 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)
This sort of story kind of makes me wish I had ever got my shit together to see Prince tbh.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Saturday, 26 February 2011 19:52 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah he played a really small theater here about ten years ago and I blew it. Sounds amazing!
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 26 February 2011 20:11 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2010/12/bullpen-bulletins-3-metal-hardcore-regurging-the-merging/
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2011/02/bullpen-bulletins-4-the-amazing-citizen-wright/
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:59 (fourteen years ago)
quoted a relevant to the discussion part on the Black Metal! thread, if anyone would like to discuss it do it there please?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 26 February 2011 22:19 (fourteen years ago)
I've seen Prince live three times, once was so good my mate broke his own leg dancing.
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Saturday, 26 February 2011 23:45 (fourteen years ago)
In the Metal Listening Club thread, I talked about my metal fanzine past and wound up purchasing a set of Metal Meltdown zines from the '80s from the editor who was a friend back in the day. So needless to say, this intrigues me...
'METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries' Book Cover Revealed
http://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/METALION-frontcover.jpg Bazillion Points Books has revealed the final cover artwork for METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries, a mammoth 744-page hardcover journey into black metal, death metal, and beyond by Norway's metal godfather Jon Kristiansen. "The greatest heavy metal story ever told" will be available June 6, 2011, wherever books are sold, and is available for preorder now with two bonus limited patches at this location:
http://www.bazillionpoints.com/metalion-the-slayer-mag-diaries/ Part anthology, part memoir, and years in the making, METALION includes over 600 reproduction pages from every issue of Slayer Mag, spanning from the early 1980s through 2010. In addition, author Jon Kristiansen recounts his life's story, from alienated outsider to central figure in Norwegian black metal to world-weary metal survivor. The book also features over 100 rare photographs, including two color sections and a portrait gallery of photographs taken by Kristiansen himself.
The astonishing combination of archival material includes scores of key historic interviews with the most revered figures in extreme metal, including Mayhem, Emperor, Slayer, Kreator, Nihilist, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Cathedral, Entombed, Morbid, Napalm Death, Metallica, Opeth, Cradle of Filth, Sadistik Execution, Usurper, Nifelheim, Darkthrone, Sodom, Destruction, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Exodus, Dissection, Candlemass, Carcass, Sepultura, Gorgoroth, Death, Watain, Sadus, Satyricon, Enslaved, Pentagram, Jarboe, Immortal, Possessed, Overkill, Ulver, Dark Angel, and countless others.
"From the start, I made Slayer Mag as honestly and as well as I could," says Kristiansen. "I never knew any other way. I hope that I have produced something that will stand the test of time."
― NYCNative, Sunday, 27 February 2011 10:03 (fourteen years ago)
Jesu fans: Andy Swan, who used to be in Final with Justin Broadrick prior to Napalm Death, released a metalgaze album under the name Iroha (ST) on Denovali two weeks ago. It's like Jesu but more ecstatic, with clearer melodic lines that point to the fact that he spent a big chunk of the last two decadess making dance music. It owes just as much to The Cure or New Order as to MBV and Godflesh I'd say, and it comes with a second disc full of remixes (mainly by JKB but some by Black Galaxy/Transitional).
It is really very pleasant indeed.
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Sunday, 27 February 2011 11:38 (fourteen years ago)
I was looking at that from the last Denovali mailshot but wasn't sure. Will order, in that case.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Sunday, 27 February 2011 11:54 (fourteen years ago)
The other thing that I've been loving over the last week is Liturgy's Aesthetica. I think they're to BM like Lightning Bolt are to hardcore. They're almost casually dismissive of genre conventions but they've got every right to play hard and fast with the rules. Also, like LB, they create huge, kinetic, elemental riffs. Their last album Renihilation was seemingly obsessed with creating space between Liturgy and BM as a concept (Beyond The Void, Beyond The Magic Forest etc) and this album is more like an arrival in a new conceptual realm. If a lot of BM is the individual being forced to stare at creation and its perceived emptiness and designed to reflect the sense of nihilsm this can cause, then Liturgy stare at nature and see boundless energy and motion, rather than the monolithic stasis of the void. I think the crucifix and the inverted cross on the cover are a red herring. This seems to be a really positive album to me.
And it fucking rocks. There are touches of Glenn Branca, No Wave, good post rock and Steve Reich here and there but gratifyingly not so much that you ever forget that you're listening to a totally fucking rad Black Metal album.
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Sunday, 27 February 2011 16:09 (fourteen years ago)
Skot I think I found the perfect music for you http://freemusicarchive.org/music/amanda
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 27 February 2011 17:09 (fourteen years ago)
I haven't been posting on this thread so much this year but I wanted to second the Turisas album as great (actually weirdly reminds me a little of Manowar + viking metal, and i'm not sure if it's any less corny than Alestorm, esp on a song like "Hunting Pirates"). Also, just started listening to Arafel's For Battles Once Fought (Israeli folk metal, check out "The Siege" from the album -- most of it is standard cookie monster vocals + black metal), which is pretty awesome. The best metal album of the year tho (for me, imho) + absolutely mordy metal bait is Pitom's Blasphemy and Other Serious Crimes which I'm not sure if it was released yet but is like klezmer-jazz-sludge-metal and sounds much better than that hyphenated genre makes it sound. Their myspace page is at www.myspace.com/pitom and they're playing in NY this Tuesday.
― Mordy, Sunday, 27 February 2011 17:27 (fourteen years ago)
The other thing that I've been loving over the last week is Liturgy's Aesthetica.
the first track out, 'high gold', sounds pretty awesome so far.
― j., Sunday, 27 February 2011 19:30 (fourteen years ago)
didn't like the first liturgy lp much but I caught them live a year ago or so, and though I didn't love em, I thought there was some potential for the young band to kick out something unique and impressive. plus, they were endearingly awkward.
have only heard "returner" off of the new lp so far and the lightning bolt comparisons seem about right. the playful, wacky time signature bits made me think "RUINS!!" personally, but lightning bolt are probably a closer fit.
still not entirely convinced but you guys have me curious and I'll definitely be listening to the new one in the near future.
― original bgm, Sunday, 27 February 2011 20:03 (fourteen years ago)
slayer mag anthology looks nuts btw!!
― original bgm, Sunday, 27 February 2011 20:04 (fourteen years ago)
Way back in the day, I had a tape dubbed copy from a vinyl record of what I thought was the first Sadus record.. But in my aging mind I can't remember what it was called, and anything I find doesn't ring any bells.. i just DL'ed the 'Swallowed in Black' re-issue, but none of these songs sound familiar.. poop!
― SeanWayne, Sunday, 27 February 2011 20:33 (fourteen years ago)
Ah... good old Wikipedia.. the 'illusions' record! now I remeber... the album cover art jarred my ailing memory.. dl'ing it now!
― SeanWayne, Sunday, 27 February 2011 20:41 (fourteen years ago)
AAAATtAAAAACK!
― SeanWayne, Sunday, 27 February 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)
With the year two months in, I wanna see some primordial best of 2011 lists from you guys.
― NYCNative, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:38 (fourteen years ago)
Turisas!
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:42 (fourteen years ago)
haha sean's getting nostalgic. Next hellbeard will be wearing spandex on stage
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 27 February 2011 22:59 (fourteen years ago)
LOL!!!!! Bullet belts, yo!
― SeanWayne, Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:03 (fourteen years ago)
Earth's new one is fantaaaastic, a slow-burning juggernaut: i wrote about it here
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 28 February 2011 14:53 (fourteen years ago)
guys, help -- whats the name of the grind track that samples beyond the valley of the dolls "she's dead casey! and the head is missing" @ the beginning and is 1:48 long?!
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 28 February 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)
I don't know, but this BVD fan needs it.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 28 February 2011 20:30 (fourteen years ago)
this BBD fan also needs it.
― original bgm, Monday, 28 February 2011 20:41 (fourteen years ago)
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 28 February 2011 21:08 (fourteen years ago)
what about BBW fans?
― SeanWayne, Monday, 28 February 2011 22:34 (fourteen years ago)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls > most metal
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:06 (fourteen years ago)
what about BBW fans?― SeanWayne, Monday, February 28, 2011 10:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― SeanWayne, Monday, February 28, 2011 10:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
this GUY
i am so glad he is here
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:08 (fourteen years ago)
While I'm waiting for Amon Amarth I'm also surprisingly pleased with this Wolfchant album Call of the Black Winds. Epic pagan black folk death power thrash metal? It's kind of got every European metal impulse all crammed in at once. As some felt with Turisas, sometimes when you go all the way over the top you end up somewhere interesting.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:02 (fourteen years ago)
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, February 28, 2011 8:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
otm
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:30 (fourteen years ago)
no need to be dicks
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:38 (fourteen years ago)
i was being sincere!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:44 (fourteen years ago)
i thought a hoos was too, but whatev i've been enjoying seanwayne
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:45 (fourteen years ago)
ok its hard to tell sometimes. Sorry CAD & hoos.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 03:00 (fourteen years ago)
btw sean should post his prince review on one of the many ILM threads on him. Dont think sean realises how ILM canon the little purple one is. I think prince fans would enjoy it
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 03:01 (fourteen years ago)
this is the last prince thread revived so guess sean should post it hereprince
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 03:17 (fourteen years ago)
what
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 03:20 (fourteen years ago)
yeah i was totes sincere dude
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 04:22 (fourteen years ago)
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee166/jiggaman414/Walk.gif
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 04:24 (fourteen years ago)
brb gotta go melt some faces
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 04:26 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks all... You guys play nice nice, and its so refreshing. So many of these forums are filled with teens that need thier shit kicked in its hard to not be all Ward Cleaver on them.. But here, growd ups.. so good and you seem to get my humor without it think malicious.. Good on you all!
I'll post my review in the proper spot, Kerr, thanks.. lol
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:48 (fourteen years ago)
I'm seeing Finntroll, Ensifereum, Barren Earth and Rotten Sound this evening. Should be fun!
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:59 (fourteen years ago)
Hellbound reviewed the Toronto show, coincidentally: http://www.hellbound.ca/
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:01 (fourteen years ago)
no worries sean, i dont think anyone minds you posting about prince here, it's just that not many Prince fans would see it here and i think they would like reading it.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:02 (fourteen years ago)
I hope I will like Ensifereum more than the Cannuck did.
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:04 (fourteen years ago)
Who says Prince ain't metal?
http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/175/990/953/prince-kerrang-magazine-1984-2f0ae.jpg
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:05 (fourteen years ago)
U2The AlarmDokkenRavenHeavy PettingMoody BluesDeep Purple
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:07 (fourteen years ago)
certainly more heavy metal than any other band on that cover
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:09 (fourteen years ago)
well back then, Kerrang wasn't strickly metal was it? It wasn't the easiest find out here, but it was gfood when we could get it..
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:09 (fourteen years ago)
it was more metal then than the last 15 or so years
It's Heavy Pettin', not Heavy Petting!And this album is awesome:
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/8/3/2/58321.jpg
This song in particular:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wvNJD4bbQQ
I wish that the more Glammy NWOBHM bands that went onto fame and fortune (I'm looking at you, Def Leppard!) woulda sounded a lot more like this.
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:10 (fourteen years ago)
i do not know heavy pettin'
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:13 (fourteen years ago)
And now you do!
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:13 (fourteen years ago)
I saw Motörhead, Clutch and Valient Thorr last night. Wrote about it. Took some pictures, too.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:43 (fourteen years ago)
Phil Collins got a Kerrang! cover. And he's not metal.
Well, maybe Mamma is. Conceptually.
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:47 (fourteen years ago)
Speaking of Motorhead, finally got around to hearing the new one last night. I like that no matter what else happens in life, I can depend on a kick ass, no frills, balls out Motorhead record every two years (or so). I'll be sad when that is no longer the case.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:48 (fourteen years ago)
I will be seeing Motorhead on Friday in Atlantic City. Maybe playing some poker too... Hope I get two Aces (one of Spaces, natch).
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:18 (fourteen years ago)
Were those your photos Phil? Multitasking ftw!
Glad you liked Valient Thorr. Fun band, best beards this side of ZZ Top!
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:21 (fourteen years ago)
I heard Doro joined Lemmy to do "Killed By Death"...had to have been cool to see.
Hehe, and Clutch isn't boring!
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 00:00 (fourteen years ago)
Clutch's live shows vary in quality pretty drastically, but the last several times I saw them they were fantastic. Definitely a band I have to be in the mood for, though, and I can understand why people wouldn't like them.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 00:41 (fourteen years ago)
Clutch is one of those bands I 've seen more times without intentionally trying to see them... But they've alway been good.
Valient Thorr is amazing live- I just wish they're songs had a little more staying power; they seem to have no hooks whatsoever.. The 1st time I saw them was at a Warped tour in '06 maybe.. at like 11 in the morning-the best band I saw all day-lol!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 01:05 (fourteen years ago)
haha you went to the warped tour!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 01:11 (fourteen years ago)
LOL! Right? There was a time when it was cool to go, but hat year, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones played and I have a soft spot for them.. I've been to a few.. I went the year the Deftones played with Fishbone and Dick Dale, and I went the year Ememinem and Body Count played... For the most part you go to hand out flyers and CDs, and laugh at the rediculious about of bands that sound like the last band.. I don't go every year, but I've been to maybe 4 of them.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 01:17 (fourteen years ago)
I like that Motorhead album more each time I play it.
Today I'm also really liking this new Dornenreich album Flammentriebe. Ambitious folk-infused metal, which is not the same as folk-metal.
Also, although I usually hate anything with "core" in its description, I think this Lucid Grey album Eucatastrophe probably qualifies as something-core, but the screamo-ness is cut with progressive-metal and vocal harmonies, and a bit of classic-metal chug, which is enough to have gotten me through it a couple of times, at least.
Sampled and deleted in the last two days: Grayceon, Woods of Desolation, Liquid Horizon, Iskald, Curse, 7th Nemesis, Quintessence, Annorkoth, Fractal.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 01:21 (fourteen years ago)
Rolling Concert Review...
Rotten Sound just fnished a blur of a set. They're out of place on this bill but did a nice job of representing the grind in a world of Folk Metal folks. Would have liked a longer set but it could be an illusion since Grind goes by at a million miles an hour by design.
I missed Barren Earth parking and drinking. One is an acceptable excluse.
The venue is laughably empty. Maybe the Cradle tour being here tomorrow killed ticket sales?
Ticket cost: $26. I miss free shows.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 01:29 (fourteen years ago)
grayceon album is really good
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 01:35 (fourteen years ago)
Tried the Grayceon album, got bored after one and a half songs.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 01:41 (fourteen years ago)
The Grayceon's a weird one. It's okay, but my attention has been drawn more to exceptional new PL stuff like SubRosa, KEN Mode, Krallice, and Altar of Plagues.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 01:46 (fourteen years ago)
the subrosa is great too. not heard the krallice :( the ken mode is now on sale at PL btw
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 01:48 (fourteen years ago)
KEN Mode rulez..
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 01:50 (fourteen years ago)
I have the KEN Mode thing here, should probably listen to it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 02:10 (fourteen years ago)
Worst thing I've heard all year, I think: Tears of the Nightflower. Like a humorless Weird Al parody of HIM. Uck.
2 months into 2011, my metal highlights so far: Dalriada, Dornenreich, Fen, Heretoir, Impiety, Khors, Lifelover, Lucid Grey, Mitochondrion, Moonsorrow, Motörhead, Sirenia, Wolfchant.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 02:27 (fourteen years ago)
I wish I liked the new Sirenia more. Half the sings are decent, but it's nowhere near as good as their last one, which was a really pleasant surprise two years ago.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 02:38 (fourteen years ago)
I seriously have not heard one note of 2011 metal that I give a shit about. However, I have high hopes for the new Foetopsy/I Shit On Your Face 7", "Hour of Toilet"
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 03:07 (fourteen years ago)
Aero, have you heard Mitochondrion or Wolfchant? Those are the two I'd think might have a chance of getting your attention (for completely different reasons).
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 03:19 (fourteen years ago)
I just got hired to be the Dj/warm-up set for Stryper at the Aladdin Theater (gorgeous ex-porn theater) here in Portland this Thursday. Will report backstage antics.
@J0hn -- it's been pooh-poohed on here as "not metal", but the best thing I've heard in 2011 is the new VIRUS album. Get your hands on it.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 04:13 (fourteen years ago)
How about Maruta, smithy? The new stuff is leaving me floored, and I'm really particular when it comes to death/grind.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 04:17 (fourteen years ago)
Oh, and watch out for flying bibles, Nate.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 04:18 (fourteen years ago)
"Ah! It burns! It burns!!!"
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 04:28 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, really excited to hear that maruta album.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 05:01 (fourteen years ago)
If the idea of all-styles-at-once pan-Euro metal is interesting enough to be worth 20 seconds of your listening time, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-ipXem_IaI and listen to at least the bit from :40 to 1:00. Loudly. It's just audio masquerading as video, but the awesome Wolfchant logo is worth 20s of scrutiny while you're listening, anyway.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 16:07 (fourteen years ago)
what i've heard of the new Liturgy is stunningly good
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 16:12 (fourteen years ago)
That Wolfchant is definitely better than anything I've ever heard from them before. I'll be on the lookout for that one. You're right, very Amon Amarth.
The Liturgy album is some thrilling stuff, I'm reacting to it the same way I did Cobalt and Agalloch these last couple years. Totally unique, forward-thinking heavy music.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 16:43 (fourteen years ago)
"I seriously have not heard one note of 2011 metal that I give a shit about."
one of the best things i've heard so far - i don't hear much - is the nunslaughter demo thing that hells headbangers is putting out. so phat. would consider springing for the 4-lp box version. but that doesn't really count as "new".
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 16:49 (fourteen years ago)
That Nunslaughter comp is indeed really cool, I'd never heard those demos before. The tone on those early songs is just insane. Hells Headbangers has a good thing going these days.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 17:03 (fourteen years ago)
The Maruta album is really, really good. Gonna have an interview with their singer on MSN as soon as he returns my email.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 17:46 (fourteen years ago)
"The Liturgy album is some thrilling stuff, I'm reacting to it the same way I did Cobalt and Agalloch these last couple years. Totally unique, forward-thinking heavy music."
OTM. Cobalt is what I thought of, even though they don't sound the same if you see what I mean.
I really like Grayceon.
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 18:17 (fourteen years ago)
i really hate when you guys talk about promos none of us can hear
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 18:30 (fourteen years ago)
AG, we have to sacrifice an mp3 pirater to join the inner circle of metal journos.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 18:35 (fourteen years ago)
i wondered where markers had gone to. Poor poor markers.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)
RIP markers
― Neil S, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 18:51 (fourteen years ago)
On my third play of the new Dornenreich now, and have gone from intrigued to really impressed. It's not like Agalloch, but it seems to me like it's participating in the same wave of inspiration, drawing earth and air and water into a genre traditionally monopolized by fire.
Not sure exactly what that last element analogy means. It kind of happened in my fingers as I was typing, but maybe it's onto something.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 19:05 (fourteen years ago)
nunslaughter
i have not heard them but that is a truly righteous metal name.
― j., Wednesday, 2 March 2011 19:27 (fourteen years ago)
Portland-based post-doom band TREES just announced that they will perform twice more (tonight, then a record release show for their upcoming 3rd album), then will call it quits permanently.
Singer Lenny Smith is putting all of his rotten eggs into Atriarch (who just signed with Seventh Rule).
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 23:28 (fourteen years ago)
Seems like Between the Buried and Me have learned how to write coherent songs.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 March 2011 01:08 (fourteen years ago)
It was a smart idea putting out a 35 minute album. The new sample track sounds very promising.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 4 March 2011 01:13 (fourteen years ago)
Adrien won't pimp his stuff, but the piece he wrote about Metallica's Master of Puppets is really great. It made me decide to go out today and finally update the dubbed cassette I had from the year it came out. Sounded damn good on the car cd player on the way home.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 4 March 2011 01:25 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks, EZ! Today's Shameless Nostalgia Day for any metal fan over the age of 35.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 4 March 2011 01:53 (fourteen years ago)
What a fantastic read Adrien!
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 March 2011 02:07 (fourteen years ago)
Please link?
― NYCNative, Friday, 4 March 2011 03:42 (fourteen years ago)
I don't suppose Adrien would mind another link to his always excellent blog: basement galaxy
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 March 2011 03:57 (fourteen years ago)
Hey anybody have any metal podcasts they would recommend? I'm spending 13 hours in airports/planes tomorrow
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 4 March 2011 05:47 (fourteen years ago)
last time i was on a plane i couldn't get comfortable at ALL and couldn't stand any of my music, until GORGUTS made it possible to obliterate all awareness of the outside world.
― j., Friday, 4 March 2011 06:07 (fourteen years ago)
"Obscura" would be good plane crash music.
― Aquarian Necromancer Octopus (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 4 March 2011 06:33 (fourteen years ago)
CBC Radio 3 has a good metal podcast that plays a lot of Canadian stuff and has cool interviews. Here's the latest:http://radio3.cbc.ca/podcasts/CBC-Radio-3-Special-Edition/Full-Metal-Podcast-4
― A. Begrand, Friday, 4 March 2011 07:35 (fourteen years ago)
new Lazarus pit: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-griefs-come-to-grief/
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 March 2011 16:24 (fourteen years ago)
yay Grief!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:27 (fourteen years ago)
Sludge metal certainly existed at the time — Eyehategod and Crowbar had recently bubbled out of the ooze, and obviously the Melvins had been crawling around for a while — but it wasn’t the established, heavily-bearded scene it is today.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:28 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to the new Anaal Nathrakh right now. Not loving it. Don't really like anything since they decided to sound like a real band, instead of a laptop possessed by Satan and driven to kill. They should have made Codex Necro a one-and-done kind of deal.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 4 March 2011 18:03 (fourteen years ago)
I am proud that I booked Grief with Extreme Noise Terror on a US tour when "Come To Grief" came out. It was an amazing slow-fast contrast bill that was enjoyed by a lot of folks.
That album is torturous and stunning.
― NYCNative, Friday, 4 March 2011 18:06 (fourteen years ago)
Just got links for the Red Fang and Trap Them promos. Good start to the weekend, those were two of my most anticipated albums of the first part of this year.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 March 2011 20:09 (fourteen years ago)
unperson, I think I'm probably with you on Anaal Nathrakh.
The amount impressed I am by Wolfchant and Dornenreich has yet to peak. Not even completely sure the rate of increase is slowing yet.
The Dornenreich album is best as a whole experience, I think, but if I had to represent it with a single track, this one kind of gets at the scope of the thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPbl1ZJvm78
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 4 March 2011 20:39 (fourteen years ago)
maruta album does not disappoint
― original bgm, Friday, 4 March 2011 22:41 (fourteen years ago)
Danava/Christian Mistress/Lecherous Gaze tonight. Scion Rock Fest tomorrow.
And for the record, Stryper was a class act. Goddamn their harmonies and guitar playing was excellent. Kansas cover was the highlight of the set.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 4 March 2011 23:13 (fourteen years ago)
watching the adventures of pete & pete w/ parasytic atm
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, 5 March 2011 00:12 (fourteen years ago)
The Maruta album is indeed excellent. Interview Monday on MSN.
The new Wormrot is also excellent. 25 songs in 18 minutes.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 5 March 2011 00:33 (fourteen years ago)
That's pretty much how I feel about Anaal Nathrakh (xposts) - The Codex Necro is awesome but the albums after that, much less so. Still a good live band though.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 5 March 2011 08:44 (fourteen years ago)
can't stop listening to the new maruta. a bit like discordance axis with a fuller sound and some really burly death metal riffs. really into this one.
― original bgm, Saturday, 5 March 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)
Saw Motorhead last night, which was awesome. General admission show so I was up front, standing, loved the fact I was surrounded by old farts like me and young punk rockers with studded leather.
I caught Mikkey Dee's drumstick! How silly is that?
Valient Thorr was fun in their short set. Clutch didn't get as jammy as they could have, which made sense given who they were playing with.
Wanted to at least try and pick up the new Motorhead CD and DVD but they weren't selling it. Given the fact that all of the CDs for the support acts were really expensive, I'll probably just get them online anyways.
― NYCNative, Saturday, 5 March 2011 21:11 (fourteen years ago)
I actually like the new Deicide! contrary to the masses who thought Stench of Redemption and the one after were returns to form, they both bored me. I think disembodied, they were probably solid albums, but to me it was pretty far away from what I associated with Deicide, whereas this new one seems to blend the newer, more melodic influences in nicely with the simple, razorsharp thrashy-death metal riffs.
― BIG CHARLIE aka the sheendriver (San Te), Saturday, 5 March 2011 23:32 (fourteen years ago)
Book of Historic Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, ExodusBay Area Metal Photographs to Appear This Fall Legendary San Francisco Bay Area metal photographers Brian Lew (Whiplash fanzine) and Harald "O." Oimoen (D.R.I.) have joined forces to create the large-format hardcover photo collection MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Bay Area Bangers and the Birth of Thrash Metal. Coming this fall from Bazillion Points Books, this intense look at early hardcore headbangers features some of the first photos of the "Big Four" and their extended family of thrash metal bands. With hundreds of candid, live, and studio shots, Lew and Oimoen celebrate the unique wild-eyed spirit and atmosphere of the historic S.F. Bay Area heavy metal scene: pinpointing clubs (The Old Waldorf, The Stone, Ruthie's Inn, The Omni); hangouts (The Record Vault, the infamous Metallica Mansion); and beloved local figures like fearless stage diver Toby Rage, manager Debbie Abono, and the unrivaled metal ringmaster Paul Baloff of Exodus.
Among the jaw-dropping moments in heavy metal history on display: Cliff Burton's first rehearsal with Dave Mustaine-era Metallica; Kerry King of Slayer performing with early Megadeth; Metallica and Slayer's first Bay Area shows; the first meeting of Slayer and Metallica; original uncropped prints of Possessed's blood-spattered "Seven Churches" band photo shoot; some of the earliest photos of Vio-lence and Death Angel; Testament (then called Legacy) dressed in religious stage outfits; the crazed front row faces from legendary Ruthie's Inn; and Metallica's triumphant takeover of Day on the Green in 1985.
At roughly 300 pages, filled with unpublished images and rare flyers, this incredible visual time capsule stems from a friendship that started when Brian Lew and Harald O. first met as camera-wielding teenage metalheads. Both later contributed to Ron Quintana's infamous Metal Mania fanzine.
Says Harald O.: "I am so psyched on getting these photos out there. The camaraderie and great friendships forged between all the bands and the fans was so cool-there literally wasn't much distinction. Everybody was pals with everyone else, and it was a magical time to be a metalhead living in the Bay Area. People are gonna freak on what what we're gonna show them. This is a dream come true!"
Says Brian Lew: "This will not be a history book, but rather a time machine back to the 'bonded by blood' days of the original Bay Area metal scene. Before they played the Bay Area, Slayer wore makeup onstage; after that first Bay Area show they never wore makeup again. This book will show people why."
Murder in the Front Row: Bay Area Bangers and the Birth of Thrash Metal, by Brian Lew and Harald "O." Oimoen. [ISBN 978-1-935950-03-5] Coming Fall 2011 from Bazillion Points Books, America's smallest but heaviest book publisher.
http://www.murderinthefrontrow.com
― NYCNative, Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:23 (fourteen years ago)
I, too, am fond of the Deicide after managing to be uninterested in them for the better part of two decades.
― NYCNative, Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:24 (fourteen years ago)
The new Trap Them is incredible, really liking this!
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:21 (fourteen years ago)
^^yes
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:31 (fourteen years ago)
Also just finally getting around to the reissue of that Dragged Into Sunlight album too, hitting the right spots as well. Good weekend for new metal albums!
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:38 (fourteen years ago)
trap them seems to be getting ~universal acclaim~
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 7 March 2011 02:37 (fourteen years ago)
I hope it sounds different than the last record.. Although I LOVE that production, it sounded exactly like the Black Breathe record.. I know the same dude from Converge did both, I just hope he doesn't do that to every record he does...
― SeanWayne, Monday, 7 March 2011 06:46 (fourteen years ago)
Actually the new Trap Them sounds a helluvalot like the last Black Breath album, they've also put the hardcore on the back burner in favour of some good old Entombed rip-offs. I'm enjoying the TT album, I've always dug their stuff, but I think I prefer Black Breath's last one.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 7 March 2011 08:08 (fourteen years ago)
my 16 yr old self would've flipped for this Trap Them record (streaming on NPR here, btw, for anyone wanting to hear it, complete with NPR-style comparison to the Stooges' Fun House, for cred points with the Sbux corporate set)
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 7 March 2011 15:55 (fourteen years ago)
Burzum's Fallen is streaming here if anyone gives a shit
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 7 March 2011 16:05 (fourteen years ago)
Love the Trap Them record. Don't like Black Breath at all. Like Kvertelak, they're one of those homeworky, try-hard bands that just doesn't connect for me.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 7 March 2011 16:20 (fourteen years ago)
I'd put Saviours in the "try-hard" category too. A band you can listen to for thirty seconds and rattle off their checklist of influences without missing one.
unperson, are you gonna give new Burzum a spin? (or have you already)
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 7 March 2011 16:21 (fourteen years ago)
even on laptop speakers trap them sounds like another a+ job by kurt ballou
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 March 2011 16:21 (fourteen years ago)
No and no.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 7 March 2011 16:23 (fourteen years ago)
are you going to write a review of it anyway y/n
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 7 March 2011 16:32 (fourteen years ago)
The nominees for the 2011 REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS presented by Epiphone are:
Epiphone® Best Guitarist(s)• John 5 (for his work with Rob Zombie)• Dan Donegan (Disturbed)• Gus G. (for his work with Ozzy Osbourne)• Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance (Avenged Sevenfold)• Janick Gers, Dave Murray and Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)• Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
Drum Workshop® Best Drummer• Tommy Clufetos (Ozzy Osbourne)• Abe Cunningham (Deftones)• Joey Jordison (for his work with Rob Zombie)• Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour)• Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)• Mike Portnoy (for his work with Avenged Sevenfold)
Best Vocalist• Glenn Danzig (Danzig)• Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)• Chino Moreno (Deftones)• Ozzy Osbourne (Ozzy Osbourne)• M. Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold)• Corey Taylor (for his work with Stone Sour)
Affliction® Album of the Year• Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare• Black Label Society, Order of the Black• Deftones, Diamond Eyes• Ozzy Osbourne, Scream• Stone Sour, Audio Secrecy• Volbeat, Beyond Hell/Above Heaven
Samson/Zoom® Best Live Band• Avenged Sevenfold• Gwar• Iron Maiden• Megadeth• Rammstein• Sevendust
Most Metal Athlete• Chris Cole (pro skateboarding)• Dan Hardy (MMA fighting)• Toni Lydman (NHL hockey)• The Miz (WWE wrestling)• Jeremy Shockey (NFL football)• Mike Vallely (pro skateboarding)
Best New Band• Asking Alexandria• Black Veil Brides• The Damned Things• The Pretty Reckless• Times of Grace• We Are the Fallen
Eagle Rock® Comeback of the Year• Accept• Faith No More• Murderdolls• A Perfect Circle• Soundgarden• System of a Down
― NYCNative, Monday, 7 March 2011 17:24 (fourteen years ago)
just fuck off
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 7 March 2011 17:27 (fourteen years ago)
More like Affliction® Album of the Year 2002, am I right?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 7 March 2011 17:45 (fourteen years ago)
uhhhh what is a Volbeat?
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 7 March 2011 17:56 (fourteen years ago)
It is a timid rodent that lives inside naturally formed bass drums.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 7 March 2011 17:56 (fourteen years ago)
how was scionfest?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 7 March 2011 18:13 (fourteen years ago)
Revolver sometimes impresses me with what they cover, but they always seem to let me down with shit like this...
― SeanWayne, Monday, 7 March 2011 18:30 (fourteen years ago)
last time i slagged revolver whiney took the hump
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 7 March 2011 18:35 (fourteen years ago)
Scion was awesome, total metal overload. Met Nate, totally nice guy. Going to write up a run down of it for decibel.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 7 March 2011 18:58 (fourteen years ago)
― SeanWayne, Monday, 7 March 2011 19:06 (fourteen years ago)
not sure if it was the stream or what, but the compression on the Trap Them album sounds really heavy-handed. definitely have some ear fatigue after listening to the whole thing.
― rockapads, Monday, 7 March 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
new Red Fang -- holy crap. Definitely going on my year-end list, and a must-hear for fans of Baroness/good rock music.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 7 March 2011 20:30 (fourteen years ago)
fans of Baroness/good rock music
what if you think these two things are mutually exclusive?
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 7 March 2011 20:32 (fourteen years ago)
You would be wrong. But listen to Red Fang anyway.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 7 March 2011 20:33 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, the Red Fang is definitely a great one. I feel like all three of the metal albums I spent time with this weekend are making strong cases for appearing on my list come December - Red Fang, Trap Them, and Dragged Into Sunlight.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 March 2011 20:40 (fourteen years ago)
Just listened to "Wires" which they have streaming on myspace. Good track! Not really hearing any Baroness in it, thankfully.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 7 March 2011 20:43 (fourteen years ago)
Baroness aren't a perfect example, they were just the first thing that sprung to mind. It seems, you know, likely that people who are into that group would be into Red Fang.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 7 March 2011 20:58 (fourteen years ago)
The Red Fang is a lot catchier than anything else thay've done, which of course is always a welcome thing. Other than the cute video they did a couple years ago, I never really cared for their music before. The new one, though, good swingin' stoner stuff. I could see Clutch fans gravitating towards this.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 7 March 2011 21:00 (fourteen years ago)
Volbeat sounds like it would be the university of tennessee jazz band
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 7 March 2011 21:01 (fourteen years ago)
I was thinking Clutch too. Definitely a southern vibe to it; would not be surprised if they've heard a Hatchet album or two.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 7 March 2011 21:03 (fourteen years ago)
Dispirit stole Scion Rock fest for me. I could have predicted that. Very strong shows from Dark Castle (with guest vox from YOB's Mike Scheidt), Agalloch killed it, Obituary was Obituary (which is always great).
Morbid Angel--well, great selection of material. But--the new lineup wasn't ready. I saw at least 3 complete song derailments. New drummer is SICK and totally worthy to fill Pete's sneakers, but Trey has to listen to the drummer and stay on the beat for it to work. Exciting and disappointing at the same time.
Overall--Scion knows how to throw a helluva party. No complaints at all. Can't wait to see who they bring out next year.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 7 March 2011 22:16 (fourteen years ago)
Stevie (from Dark Castle) and Mike were super nice people.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 7 March 2011 23:00 (fourteen years ago)
Anybody hear like the new deafheaven? I'm digging the fuzz they got
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiPO0x2yw-k
― Franklin_The_Turtle, Monday, 7 March 2011 23:11 (fourteen years ago)
Holy shit, I'm listening to the new Turisas for the first time right now. "Take the Day" is what Queen would be doing if Freddie Mercury was still alive today, and if Peter Jackson hired them to do a movie soundtrack.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 7 March 2011 23:27 (fourteen years ago)
I haven't heard all of the new Deafheaven, just one track (probably the one above there), but I sure liked it.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 7 March 2011 23:32 (fourteen years ago)
There's a definite Flash Gordon vibe to that Turisas track, for sure.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 7 March 2011 23:35 (fourteen years ago)
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c58/SEanB510/King.jpg
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 00:42 (fourteen years ago)
It was a summer squash... THIS BIG!
― Aquarian Necromancer Octopus (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 02:30 (fourteen years ago)
Have you come around to my way of thinking on the Turisas yet, Adrien?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 02:41 (fourteen years ago)
I'm giving it another go right now actually. I will say it's a better blend of orchestration and metal than Abrahadabra, but the goofiness is so over the top. The way "The Great Escape" swipes the score from Monty Python & the Holy Grail absolutely slays me. It's fun, I'll give it that...I'd say I like about half of the songs, but I'll stick to my original assessment of "facepalm-inducing". One minute I like it, the next, oh the humanity.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 03:01 (fourteen years ago)
I'm excited to pick up my copy of the Turisas in the morning. So, so good.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 03:15 (fourteen years ago)
Admissions
-not diggin Turisas at all, kinda feel like adrian does in that i can't turn off the corn-detector in my brain and just enjoy it, even if it is queen-esque. i don't really play queen all that much either tbrr.
-trap them makin me think a lot of converge, and in the same way it took me a while to get into their last record before i could really pick out the songs & riffs in the malestrom i think it's gonna take a while for trap them to sink in
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 04:29 (fourteen years ago)
The last 2/3 of the Trap Them album is better than the first bit...the metal influence becomes more prominent the deeper into the album you get, and that's when it really takes off. For a very good album, it's also a strangely uneven one.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 05:02 (fourteen years ago)
I tried the Turisas, too... turned it off in record time. Quickly apparent to me it was not my kind of thing, but it sounded very well executed.
― rockapads, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 07:34 (fourteen years ago)
Having listened further into the Turisas album, I have decided that I still don't like what they do, and I never will, but they're definitely getting better at it. To revisit Adrien's comparison, I still ride for Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra is much more to my taste than this.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 13:42 (fourteen years ago)
I'm disappointed that the Limited edition of the Turisas record with the two amazing covers is Europe only. My local said I could get it for $38, or the regular edition for $10. Chose the latter.
It was great driving music on the way home.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 16:43 (fourteen years ago)
why not order it online? wont cost that much postage for a cd. It's vinyl thats like $15-20 to ship
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 16:55 (fourteen years ago)
Could do. Or I'll just buy the two tracks from itunes for $1.98.
If it was more than two tracks I'd shell out the $25 or so plus shipping.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:02 (fourteen years ago)
Yo EZ:
Click me
Only $5 more than the domestic CD.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:48 (fourteen years ago)
Nice. Anyone want a once played copy for $10?
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:49 (fourteen years ago)
The new Amon Amarth is totally kicking my ass. "Destroyer of the Universe" is maybe the fastest they've ever played, for the first half at least. And it has two guitar solos!
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:54 (fourteen years ago)
If that's inclusive of shipping, EZ, shoot me a missive and I'll shoot you some PayPal goodness.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:56 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, the new Amon Amarth does not disappoint. I was a little concerned that it wasn't as catchy as Thunder God, but nope, it is.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
Some surprises, too - different guitar tones on some songs, etc. They almost make the same album over and over again, but then they find ways to subtly tweak their sound. They really are one of my favorite bands now.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 18:11 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, the cadence of a lot of the riffs is very similar to stuff they've done before, but the songs still stand apart. There aren't many other bands who are tuis formulaic yet manage to sound this fresh every time out.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 18:24 (fourteen years ago)
Holy crap... Kvelertak are the second band in as many days to completely blow me away. It's like, they take elements of black metal, punk, hardcore, groove, rock, and traditional metal and combine it all into a perfect adjective-less blend. I'm really bummed they didn't make it over for the rock fest now.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 18:54 (fourteen years ago)
'Motorhead Day' declared by Mayor of Austin:http://www.examiner.com/metal-music-in-austin/motorhead-day-declared-by-mayor-of-austin?fb_comment=30564906
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 19:07 (fourteen years ago)
NYCNative - I think I'm just going to keep my copy of the Turisas and buy "Supernaut" from itunes. If that changes I'll let you know.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:18 (fourteen years ago)
I sure hope that QOTSA reissue didn't get pushed back again. Stopped by my usually reliable local today and it wasn't even on their release calendar.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:19 (fourteen years ago)
QOTSA never really got my gaot... I was always put off by the silly shit they would do and it always kept me from taking them seriously... Theres a song here and there I enjoy, but nothing I'd hunt down.
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:21 (fourteen years ago)
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― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:22 (fourteen years ago)
Ahhh, thought maybe the Pitchfork review meant it was out this week.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:23 (fourteen years ago)
The download is out this week, I believe.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:26 (fourteen years ago)
Gotcha, thanks.
I am hearing the similarities to the Black Breath in the new Trap Them, but thats fine by me since I loved the way that one sounded too.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:44 (fourteen years ago)
The one big difference between Thrap Them and Black Breath is that TT's drummer is a lot better. He's nuts on the new record, not unlike the dude from Discharge.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:07 (fourteen years ago)
That first QOTSA is the best album Homme ever made. Even if you don't like later Queens, that album is worth checking out.
I gave it a pretty glowing review in Terrorizer. Not sure if that issue is out yet, though.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:10 (fourteen years ago)
It more between 'Heavy Breathing' and 'Seizures in Barren Praise'... The new TT ep has a dirtier sound, if thats possible..And yes, ther drumming is better-that dude is a beast, but the BB dude is no slob...
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)
I love these bands, Black Breath, Trap Them, etc, they'll kick you in the taint with beakneck speed, then through in one two parts that are sludgy piles of post metal goodness, that sounds so heavy cuz they are so blistering fast otherwise..I've alway said that you can make a part heavier depending on whats before it.. if you're at mach 5 and smartly drop into some Sabbath shit, its gonna crush everytime
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:24 (fourteen years ago)
For metal throwbacks, I am more into Hail of Bullets than Trap Them. I know they're referencing different eras...
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:34 (fourteen years ago)
He's nuts on the new record, not unlike the dude from Discharge.
Yeah, totally a good call. So what else would you guys recommend in the vein of Trap Them and Black Breath? That sound is really hitting me in the right spot as of late and I want more.
Sorry guys, I won't be joining you in the Turisas love-in. They just push things a little too far into the cheese zone for my tastes. Nothing wrong with it and I totally get the appeal, but that stuff just doesn't do it for me.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:52 (fourteen years ago)
You might want to check out Nails' Unsilent Death and The Secret's Solve et Coagula, two more albums recorded by Ballou last year.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:18 (fourteen years ago)
Ooh, thanks. I've been meaning to check out that Nails album anyway, this gives me more reason to bump it up higher on the list.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:21 (fourteen years ago)
The first QOTSA record is great. Far from metal, though.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:25 (fourteen years ago)
The streaming Primordial track is awesome! So excited to hear the whole thing.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:47 (fourteen years ago)
Oh, is it ever a good album. A top fiver for sure.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 23:09 (fourteen years ago)
Mike Starr found dead in his Salt Lake City residence...
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc4.com%2Fcontent%2Fnews%2Fstate%2Fstory%2FFormer-Alice-in-Chains-Celebrity-Rehab-star-dies%2FQK3JrtdsEk6Vj1v_O0qhaA.cspx&h=3cca8
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 23:59 (fourteen years ago)
So what else would you guys recommend in the vein of Trap Them and Black Breath? That sound is really hitting me in the right spot as of late and I want more.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 00:12 (fourteen years ago)
Disfear, too...
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 00:33 (fourteen years ago)
Cursed are in the same vicinity as Trap Them/Black Breath, right?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 01:47 (fourteen years ago)
awww cursed was so good
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 01:48 (fourteen years ago)
Cursed, too, absolutely. Great Canadian band.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 01:51 (fourteen years ago)
So time for the requisite girly metal mention -- new Within Temptation indicates that that band has moved much more gracefully into the pop realm than, say, lacuna coil.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 01:57 (fourteen years ago)
(Whose evolution into pop has been more of a drunken lurch)
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 02:03 (fourteen years ago)
Disfear I think hold on to the D-beat template a little more than most.. its almost all they do, but they do it well.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 02:08 (fourteen years ago)
yeah i have that most recent disfear record and i can't imagine needing another record like it, but damn it hits the spot sometimes
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 02:09 (fourteen years ago)
You might be able to through Coalesce in there too, but they are sludgyer while being more hardcore at the same time in camparison.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 02:26 (fourteen years ago)
Jeff, I'm really digging the Within Temptation as well. I agree completely, theyve been able to "modernize" their sound and do so with a fair amount of class. They remain the very best of all the prom dress metal bands.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 02:40 (fourteen years ago)
Is there a thread of gear talk on here? gear head neards talking music gear...
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 03:28 (fourteen years ago)
check out the i make music board--search for threads there or start something up
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 03:33 (fourteen years ago)
nice.. thank you.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 03:44 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks for the recommendations. I've already got some Disfear and Coliseum, but I'll certainly look for some of those others!
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 03:58 (fourteen years ago)
The one bonus track missing from the QOTSA reissue is "Born to Hula." I really like that cut, wish they'd included it. The other version of "If Only Everything" from the EP would have been worth including too. For those who didn't like the direction they took after the first album, or just crave more of that sound, I think Colour Haze has done a great job of expanding on it the past ten years. Just did a piece on them - http://www.fastnbulbous.com/colour-haze.htm
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 18:35 (fourteen years ago)
has anyone heard the new Grails record? thoughts?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:15 (fourteen years ago)
i heard it on cheap earbuds streaming @ work, don't feel qualified to comment re: good/bad yet as i don't feel like i gave it a proper listen. sounds like grails tho!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:16 (fourteen years ago)
am d/ling now, report to follow.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:18 (fourteen years ago)
its very good
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:19 (fourteen years ago)
Grails album is streaming here btw
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:23 (fourteen years ago)
cool, thanks. Also finally got the new Earth record, looking forward to that, and Transylvanian Hunger by Darkthrone (and Bl_ck B_st_rds by KMD, non-metal but awesome nonetheless).
― Neil S, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:30 (fourteen years ago)
has anyone heard that "this is brooklyn, not LA" comp
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)
Why am I the only one not flipping out about OFF!... Seems that I know a good number of folks going bat shit for these guys.. I think if it weere some youngsters doing the exact same thing it waould be average at best.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:33 (fourteen years ago)
xhuxk favorite returns (I also liked them back when)... Thought they wer emetal enough in the past, not so sure on this one based on the read!
Living Things Release Brand New Mixtape, Malocchio
St. Louis four-piece band Living Things today released their brand new mixtape, Malocchio, for free on their website, livingthingsband.com. Malocchio is a 9-song mixtape by Living Things influenced by the sounds of afrobeat and psychedelic era Nigerian dub. The mixtape was recorded during a 7-day recording session from Jan 4-11 2011, produced by Lillian Berlin with co-producer/engineer Bill Skibbe (Fiery Furnaces, The Dead Weather, The Kills). The sessions took place in Los Angeles at the band's studio, Berlin Family Basement, which is situated in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood, and in Kingston, Jamaica at Militia Sound. Malocchio is the first of two mixtapes by the band (Malocchio, Ayin Ha'ra )each to be released in spring and summer 2011. The series will end with a release of Living Things' still untitled third full-length album out this fall. Track listing for Malocchio is below.
The band went on a very inspiring and eventful trip to Jamaica, where they recorded 33 songs in six days. While getting very little sleep on their trip, they would take breaks to listen to Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, Parliaments' Maggot Brain, Neil Young's After the Gold Rush, Bruce Sprignsteen's Nebraska, Tupac Shakur's entire catalog and Odd Future. The band set up a makeshift studio in three hotel rooms in the city of Kingston, and the sessions yielded new material for the band to play. These sessions yielded material for the band's new mixtapes and forthcoming album.
Malocchio Track Listing
1. Pollen Path2. Post Mortem Bliss3. Gang Banksters4. Terror Visions5. Unemployment Line6. Honest Abe7. The Stupor
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)
I like those guys too, actually! Curious to hear how these influences work in though.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:56 (fourteen years ago)
I opened up for those guys a few years back.. I don't know. seemed kinda poser-ish.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:59 (fourteen years ago)
Saw an excellent black metallish band from Brooklyn last night called Mutilation Rites. They're on a long tour. See them if you can.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 21:11 (fourteen years ago)
and people should have some sort of rights to mutilate, with certain stipulations of coarse, just sayin..
oh, in a perfect world... lol!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 21:37 (fourteen years ago)
re. OFF! got flamed on the Punk thread for allegedly being too Pitchfork-following by saying I like them, but that EPs collection is great.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)
I would totally go to this if I was in the UK...
HOME OF METAL ANNOUNCES 2011 PROGRAMME
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, FILM PROGRAMME AND CONFERENCE TO CELEBRATE BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY AS THE HOME OF HEAVY METAL
18 JUNE – 25 SEPTEMBER 2011
“Heavy Metal was born in the West Midlands and has developed a global following matched only in Hip-Hop. It’s time to stop sneering and celebrate this proud cultural heritage…” Daniel Trilling, New Statesman
For too long Birmingham and the Black Country have failed to celebrate what is rightfully theirs - to claim the city and the region as the birthplace of ‘Heavy Metal’. Home of Metal is a celebration of the music that was created in the West Midlands, its legacy and influence across the world.
Launching in June 2011, Home of Metal founders Capsule present a series of ambitious exhibitions and associated cultural programme under the banner of Home of Metal, exploring the foundations, social context and heritage of heavy metal culture, which has gone on to be a global phenomenon. Informed by personal collections and iconic material from the Home of Metal digital archive, and featuring an original solo exhibition from acclaimed contemporary artist Mark Titchner, as well as work by French artist and grindcore fanatic Damien Deroubaix and Napalm Death founder Nicholas Bullen, the exhibitions will take place throughout The Black Country and Birmingham this Summer.
Focusing on the Midlands-born innovators of the genre and those that continued to develop it , the five key bands who inform the exhibitions are Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, Napalm Death and Godflesh.
"Judas Priest have always been proud to fly the flag for British Heavy Metal on our tours around the world. We make a point of letting everyone know that we are from the Black Country and so for us to be included in the prestigious Home of Metal event is another solid way of showing the strong connection we share with Birmingham and local fellow metal musicians throughout the region. There has and will be a tremendous interest and importance surrounding the innovative music coming from our part of the UK that has continued to inspire and influence countless musicians.... A big thank you to the Home of Heavy Metal and of course the fans who are the ones that make all this possible" –Judas Priest
Highlights from the 2011 programme include:
Home of Metal – an exhibition exploring 40 years of Heavy Metal and its birthplace. This will be the core exhibition at the prestigious Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, taking over the largest UK temporary gallery space outside of London from 18 June-25 September. Informed by original band artefacts and materials from the Home of Metal digital archive, the show is the first metal exhibition of its kind, bringing together unseen memorabilia sourced directly from the fans themselves, and placing it alongside iconic items from metal such as Black Sabbath’s Mob Rules stage cross and handwritten Napalm Death lyrics. The show will also explore the ingredients that together made Heavy Metal, offering an insight into the region’s industrial history, the early blues-rocks sound, the changing music industry, DIY politics and the global impact of the heavy metal.
As part of the Home of Metal season, The New Art Gallery, Walsall will also be presenting a solo exhibition by internationally renowned artist and former Turner Prize nominee, Mark Titchner, BE TRUE TO YOUR OBLIVION. The exhibition will feature newly commissioned work such as Be Angry but don’t stop breathing (II), in which visitors are encouraged to engage in a group primal scream exercise which visualizes the vibratory nature of sound. The sounds produced by the screams are processed and used to vibrate trays of ink attached to loudspeakers. Influenced heavily by metal music and the associated aesthetics, Titchner’s Turner-nominated Ergo, Ergot will also be on display, which references the iconic Vertigo logo.
Opening in July, Wolverhampton Art Gallery will present You Should be Living: The Visual Language of Heavy Metal, an exhibition which explores the relationship between heavy metal and artists inspired by the genre, using typography, vintage t-shirts, sculpture and sound to explore the varying aesthetic of Heavy Metal and its relationship to contemporary art. Thirty years after the formation of Napalm Death, French artist and grindcore fanatic Damien Deroubaix and Napalm Death founder Nicholas Bullen will present their sculptural construction containing text and abstractions, referencing the work of both artists and the first Napalm Death album ‘Scum’.
Also opening in July, Walsall Leather Museum will be displaying stage costumes worn by local heroes of the Heavy Metal scene as part of their exhibition Hell Bent for Leather: Judas Priest and the Heavy Metal Look. This will be a rare opportunity to see costumes from the private collection of the band. There will also be Home of Metal exhibitions at The Public, Bilston Craft Gallery and Dudley Museum & Art Gallery.
Bringing people together to share their passion for heavy metal music, Home of Metal’s ambitions include the development of heritage tours and ultimately a permanent collection dedicated to telling the story of Metal and its unique birthplace for fans to visit in the future.
These exhibitions form part of the 2011 programme, which will also include a touring film programme, concerts, further exhibitions and a heavy metal conference. Further details to be announced.
The Home of Metal project is to hold a fourth and final Open Day at The Public on Saturday 26 March, offering one last chance for fans of all ages to share their memorabilia and stories with the digital archive and help to tell the true story of the birthplace of Heavy Metal.
11AM – 4PM, SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2011. THE PUBLIC, WEST BROMWICH. FREE – ALL AGES WELCOME
NOTES TO EDITORS:
CONFIRMED HOME OF METAL 2011 PROGRAMME (MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED):ALL EXHIBITIONS ARE FREE UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE
Home of Metal Open Day26 March, 11am-4pmFree – all ages welcome
The Public, West Bromwich
On Saturday 26th March, Home Of Metal will be taking up residence in The Public, inviting fans to bring along their memorabilia & stories to be photographed & recorded to contribute to the digital archive. Home Of Metal are looking for everything from concert tickets to photographs, badges, album covers, t-shirts, demo tapes, fan letters, fanzines, flyers, lyrics, posters, press articles, set lists and promotional materials to build the collection online, which will inform Home of Metal exhibitions.
- Hosted by Kerrang! Radio DJ Johnny Doom
- Appearance by former ‘Raw Power’ presenter, Ozzfest compere and Metal expert Krusher
- Create your own DIY guitar and other family activities with Juneau Projects
- Photography masterclass with Steve Gerrard
- Meet the Home of Metal team
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Home Of Metal - An exhibition exploring 40 years of Heavy Metal & it's birthplace
18 June – 25 September 2011
Tickets: £6 (Adult), £4 (Seniors, Students, Children), £3 (Unwaged), £14 (Family)
www.bmag.org.uk
Over the past four years, Home of Metal has scoured the UK and beyond for relics, artefacts, memorabilia and interesting stories. They have met the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy and Tony Iommi. They have spoken to the most passionate fans, and to the biggest movers and shakers within the industry. This summer, it finally will come together as a celebration of the HOME OF METAL.
When four working-class Aston lads known as Black Sabbath unleashed their debut album in 1970, it saw the birth of a new musical form, one unmistakably birthed from Birmingham and the Black Country. In the proceeding years, a myriad of bands from these locales took the lead from Sabbath and continued to evolve, innovate and break the barriers of this new genre.
Summer 2011 will see a large-scale exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery that will explore the ingredients that together made Heavy Metal. The show will offer an insight into the region’s industrial history, the early blues-rocks sound, the changing music industry, DIY politics and the global impact of the sound as well as a chance to hear stories from both the fans and the artists.
Four decades since Heavy Metal was unleashed onto an unsuspecting world, it is finally coming home to Birmingham and the Black Country in celebration of a truly global musical phenomenon.
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
You Should Be Living: The Visual Language of Heavy Metal
18 June – 17 September 2011
Home of Metal explores the relationship between fans and music; this exhibition further investigates the relationship by examining the work of artists inspired by the genre. Work on display will illustrate the visual impact of Heavy Metal, exploring the motifs and myths of the music. The featured works use typography, vintage t-shirts, sculpted pieces and sound to explore the varying aesthetic of Heavy Metal and its relationship to contemporary art. The exhibiting artists, both national and international take inspiration from the genre, exploring notions of fantasy, chaos, performance and devotion.
Thirty years after the formation of Napalm Death, a special collaborative piece of work has been commissioned for this exhibition. French artist and grindcore fanatic Damien Deroubaix and Napalm Death founder Nicholas Bullen will present their sculptural construction containing text and abstractions, embedded video monitors, audio cables and microphones, referencing the work of both artists and the first Napalm Death album ‘Scum’. Thirty years after the birth of ‘grindcore’ You Should Be Living: The visual language of Heavy Metal is a celebration of the devotion of music fans to Heavy Metal and the work that is born of this.
The New Art Gallery Walsall
Mark Titchner
BE TRUE TO YOUR OBLIVION
8 July – 11 September 2011
As part of the Home of Metal season, The New Art Gallery Walsall will present a solo exhibition by artist Mark Titchner. The exhibition will include newly commissioned work as well as existing works.
Mark Titchner works in a wide range of media including sculpture, installations, light boxes, posters, video and performance. The use of text is a central element of his work and he derives inspiration from a range of sources such as song lyrics, advertising, utopian statements, political manifestos, philosophy and sociological theory. His visual language is very much influenced by his early interest in music and comic books. Mark has exhibited widely nationally and internationally and was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2006.
Be Angry but don’t stop breathing (II) is a new version of a work in which visitors are encouraged to engage in a group primal scream exercise which visualizes the vibratory nature of sound. The sounds produced by the screams are processed and used to vibrate trays of ink attached to loudspeakers. The work will be situated in the gallery next to N (I) B and will contrast with the silent scream.
A text based banner will be produced for the gallery’s Window Box, a project space which can be seen from the outside of the building for 24 hours per day. I’ll choose my fate is a lyric taken from the song You Don’t Have to be Old to be Wise by Judas Priest. This work links to Walsall Leather Museum’s display of Judas Priest’s stage costumes.
Walsall Leather Museum
Hell Bent for Leather: Judas Priest and the Heavy Metal Look8 July – 11 September 2011
Eager to contribute towards the Home of Metal celebrations, Walsall Leather Museum will be focussing on the sights rather than the sounds of this musical phenomenon. The Museum will be displaying some of the stage costumes worn by local heroes of the Heavy Metal scene, Judas Priest and will be offering fans the rare opportunity to see costumes from the private collection of the band.
Home of Metal Conference – Heavy Metal and Place University of Wolverhampton & Light House1 – 4 September 2011
As a key part of the unique celebration of the Home of Metal the conference will explore, debate and celebrate the significant themes and origins of Metal in 'Home of Metal: Heavy Metal and Place'.
Over four days experts and academics will engage with the origins of the popular music genre of heavy metal and its formation in the industrial areas of Birmingham and the Black Country in the late 1960s.
The conference panellists will explore the sense of place. The central theme will examine the social, cultural and economic structures which prompted the creation of a particular musical form, and the social relationships which maintain its local base, for both artists and fans. How does popular music relate to a sense of place?
A key issue will also be the interplay between globalism and localism, explored through the particular and localised expressions of a major international and multi-cultural musical form. Contributors will examine the musicological, social and economic determinants and there will be a particular concentration on musical heritage and the archiving of cultural history. Tickets and website details on sale in April.
Sponsors
Home of Metal gratefully acknowledge the support of Black Country Arts Partnership, Arts Council England, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Screen West Midlands, Laney, Gibson, Metal Hammer & Classic Rock Magazine
To find out more and to upload metal memorabilia to the digital archive, visit www.homeofmetal.com
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 21:55 (fourteen years ago)
when I have an hour to kill, I'll read this... lol
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 22:06 (fourteen years ago)
Cliff notes: Cool shit going down in the UK with regard to Birmingham birthing the metal beast.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 22:17 (fourteen years ago)
awesome.. thank you cliff!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 22:25 (fourteen years ago)
Herm Neuname should have a poll about the best paragraph of that press release.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 23:00 (fourteen years ago)
he doesnt post here anymore
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 23:23 (fourteen years ago)
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Thursday, 10 March 2011 03:28 (fourteen years ago)
So, Amon Amarth are on, like, a whole other level from everybody else at this point, right?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 10 March 2011 18:15 (fourteen years ago)
Amon Amarth gets away with repeating themselves better than any metal band these days. You know exactly what the riffs are going to sound like, and still every new song these days manages to stand out.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 10 March 2011 18:53 (fourteen years ago)
The most recent Decibel "Justify Your Shitty Taste" column on Slayer's Diabolus in Musica was pretty good. I really like that album, and have spoken up for it as underrated more than once in the past. Most of all, though, the writeup reminded me of just how shitty Undisputed Attitude is.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 10 March 2011 20:06 (fourteen years ago)
Something funny about all the Bostaph Slayer records.. the drums sounded like ass. The dude is such a good drummer, very technical and a breath of fresh air for Slayer at the time, but it always bugged me that his drums sounded sub par on those records..
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 10 March 2011 20:35 (fourteen years ago)
what old ilm thought of metalbest metal album of all time!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 10 March 2011 20:52 (fourteen years ago)
I'm a defender of Diabolus In Musica too. Not on par with classic Slayer, but has a lot of great songs. I have always thought it was the best one since Seasons.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 10 March 2011 21:41 (fourteen years ago)
Better than God Hates Us All?
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 10 March 2011 21:51 (fourteen years ago)
apols for late reply but
The one bonus track missing from the QOTSA reissue is "Born to Hula."
fyi this is on the reissue of Rated R so that's probably why
― deeznults (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 10 March 2011 21:53 (fourteen years ago)
Re: Diabolus, "Stain of Mind" is a great song. Slayer lost me for a bit in the '90s, but I quite like that record.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 10 March 2011 21:58 (fourteen years ago)
I'm getting really antsy to hear the Amon Amarth.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Thursday, 10 March 2011 22:16 (fourteen years ago)
New Tombs record in June...
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 10 March 2011 23:12 (fourteen years ago)
That's good news. Love those dudes.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 March 2011 23:13 (fourteen years ago)
Having listened to the KEN Mode album for AMG, I don't really get the fervent love. Is it just some kind of Pavlovian "Profound Lore put it out, therefore it is awesome" response? Because it's fine and all, but it's just a muscleheaded post-hardcore album like anything else on the Hydra Head or Escape Artist rosters from 1998-2004 or so. You could shuffle these songs into an iPod mix of Converge, Coalesce, early Cave In, Botch, Playing Enemy, Anodyne, Keelhaul, etc., etc., etc., and I wouldn't be able to pick the KEN Mode songs out with a gun to my head. They're OK, but man are they generic. How much pull can nostalgia for that particular style really have with people?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 11 March 2011 19:21 (fourteen years ago)
Maybe you just aren't angry enough, Phil.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 March 2011 19:40 (fourteen years ago)
I was never a huge KEN Mode supporter in the past, for the last five years or so they've gotten a lot of fawning praise from the Canadian metal press, while I always thought the production kind of stunk and not enough songs were memorable. But the new album is a big step in the right direction, punchy, clear production from Ballou (the guy is everywhere these days), not to mention some very strong songs that find a good balance between Jesus Lizard/TITD noise and doomy metal.
Being on Profound Lore helps elevate the band's profile for sure (though they're an odd fit on the label), but the fact is they've been slowly growing towards this moment for a really long time, and I'm glad all the pieces fit into place for once.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 11 March 2011 19:41 (fourteen years ago)
I like the little bits of southern rock and post-rock they throw in, and they keep the songs varied enough (quick burst of fury followed by an eight minutes sludge crawl) to keep things interesting.
You know who's everywhere these days? Sanford Parker. I feel like every god damn album I review was produced by that guy. Not that I'm complaining, he's fantastic, but you pretty much know what to expect sonically in the first 3 seconds of an album he's helmed.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 March 2011 19:50 (fourteen years ago)
Paul Di'Anno has fallen on hard times:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-12717590
― Neil S, Friday, 11 March 2011 19:55 (fourteen years ago)
THIS is how you do a proper wolf album cover:
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RYFnDSBAL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 March 2011 22:44 (fourteen years ago)
I'm really anxious to hear the new Altar of Plagues. Are they streaming a sample track anywhere?
After a few listens, the new Obscura has finally cliqued with me.I really like it and the new Trap Them.
The new Turisas cracks me up. I like it but don't love it.I think those standard showtuney type songs are very easy to writeif you have a decent arranger and they seem to have a good one.It's funny how Broadway-ready Stand Up and Fight sounds or a few blocks off Broadway at least.But isn't Turisas tackling very similar territory as recent Therion?Seems like it.
I haven't heard anything else new that really impressed me.Oh, except for Rose Kemp's Golden Shroud from last year.Now that's really fucking visionary!
― serenchwilen, Saturday, 12 March 2011 02:54 (fourteen years ago)
The difference between Turisas and Therion is that they're clearly having fun. Therion can really take themselves too seriously...their last album was awful, worse than Stand Up and Fight.
I think there's an mp3 from the new Altar of Plagues at the Profound Lore site. The album's decent, a lot darker than the last one.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 12 March 2011 04:10 (fourteen years ago)
Sorry, I mean Turisas sounds like they're having fun.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 12 March 2011 04:11 (fourteen years ago)
I loved the last Therion :(
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 12 March 2011 06:26 (fourteen years ago)
I wish I could say the same, I've always liked Therion, but I prefer the previous backing band & singer, their songwriting contributions really made the last few albums interesting. The new one just left me empty.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 12 March 2011 09:12 (fourteen years ago)
Sounds like the indie/garage rock crowd half-assed their own version of 70000 Tons Of Metal. Booking spots on an existing cruise? Seriously? Who thought that wouldn't suck?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 13 March 2011 12:36 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, that's an awful idea. Actually that story was sort of the nightmare scenario I was hoping wouldn't happen on 70,000 Tons. Thankfully that cruise was completely different, very fun, exceptionally run, and nary a conga line to be found.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 13 March 2011 16:33 (fourteen years ago)
The new Orthodox album, Baal, is a step back toward metal for them, but not the Melvins-ish doom of Gran Poder; they're playing desert stoner metal now, sounding like a cross between Kyuss and early '70s hard rockers Josefus, and they're singing in English for the first time. It's definitely a much less adventurous sound than anything on their two previous studio albums, but they're still pretty much in can-do-no-wrong territory for me. Full review on BurningAmbulance.com tomorrow.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)
I love it, just listened to it funnily enough.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 13 March 2011 20:05 (fourteen years ago)
pre-ordered the vinyl months ago so hopefully it will arrive soon
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 13 March 2011 20:07 (fourteen years ago)
They seem to be attempting to "break"; I've seen recent photos of them online that show their faces, and they're wearing T-shirts, not the monk's robes they always wore until now.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 13 March 2011 20:19 (fourteen years ago)
eating chili with Howl atm
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 14 March 2011 01:08 (fourteen years ago)
I'm going to be hanging with Nate Carson (again) in a couple hours!
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 14 March 2011 01:15 (fourteen years ago)
The new Anvil track sounds killer. Hellbound has the exclusive track-by-track preview:
http://www.hellbound.ca/2011/03/first-look-at-anvil-juggernaut-of-justice/
― A. Begrand, Monday, 14 March 2011 03:39 (fourteen years ago)
― A. Begrand, Friday, March 11, 2011 11:10 PM
There's nothing there yet. Maybe 'cause they're signed to Candlelight now... yet it looks like they're having a dual release with Profound Lore (?).
There's only this short teaser on youtube. Not the most enticing thing ever, but it's something:::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE3C3ubetJI
Altar of Plagues have become my favorite of the four-movement, longer-form black metal.
"Darker" sounds good! Looking forward to it. Thanks!
― serenchwilen, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:25 (fourteen years ago)
so the POP Boris album has leaked..
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:51 (fourteen years ago)
Weird, New Album (or so it's called) has half of the tracks on the forthcoming Attention Please, which is the Boris album I'm most interested in hearing.
This silly band can be so damn confusing.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:08 (fourteen years ago)
different mixes apparently. Then there's the entirely new Heavy Rocks which is not the original Heavy Rocks and everyones expecting it to be a heavy album, so i wouldnt be surprised if Boris thought it would be funny for it not to be a heavy album.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:19 (fourteen years ago)
p much done with boris tbh
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 02:34 (fourteen years ago)
anybody heard this band loon out of rhode island? sludgy riffs with a female vocalist. just bought their self-released lp based on a few sound samples, and it takes a lot to get me to buy a new lp.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 03:06 (fourteen years ago)
The new stuff up on Grindcore Karaoke is definitely worth a listen. I hope Dead Neanderthals will find a lot of fans: grindcore with just drums and saxophone is totally metal in my book.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 12:45 (fourteen years ago)
My thoughts on the Mastodon live album, plus other stuff out today (Boris, Orthodox, Kvertelak, Rotten Sound, KEN Mode).
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:06 (fourteen years ago)
New Maiden comp. Sick art work!
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:22 (fourteen years ago)
Sick artwork, pointless comp.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:10 (fourteen years ago)
Great tracklisting, though.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:30 (fourteen years ago)
New Across Tundras album Sage, out May 17th. Cannot wait to hear it.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:50 (fourteen years ago)
They do do an admirable job of keeping Blaze to a minimum (I'm guessing those live versions are from Rock in Rio with Bruce singing, and admittedly those are pretty great).
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:29 (fourteen years ago)
Okay, since I'm the only one here who keeps prattling on about the resurrected Hell,I gotta be the first one to post this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpkuYxyYM2A
― serenchwilen, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:38 (fourteen years ago)
Go here and click on MERCHANDISE.
I need this T-shirt like immediately!... best logo ever!!!
― serenchwilen, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:45 (fourteen years ago)
Ah! let me try that again...
I need this like immediately!... best logo ever!!!
― serenchwilen, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:48 (fourteen years ago)
I like that Hell tune a lot, and am looking forward to hearing the rest of the album for sure.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 21:06 (fourteen years ago)
As for Mastodon's live thing, I have to disagree with Phil, I think it's a big disappointment and pretty much a squandered opportunity for the band. In early 2009 their big headlining tour was spectacular, they did all of Crack the Skye and then a second half of old material, making for a truly epic two hour show. Perfect for a big, extravagant double live album as bombastic as their studio albums. Instead, they recorded a measly 70 minute set opening for a cartoon that December. Not only that, but the vocals are distractingly weak on the CTS tracks, especially from Hinds, who can't sing worth a lick live (when I saw them in early '09 I think my thorough familiarity with the songs made me think the vox were better than they actually were). And because the show was so reliant on rear screen projections, the guys are pretty much backlit for the entire show, and for much of the DVD it looks terrible. Look at the preview clip for "Oblivion" on youtube, they're all blue, you can barely see anything. Instrumentally the band is as tight as ever and the small handful of older songs work a lot better than CTS because of the harsher vox, but what should have been a triumphant closing of a spectacular decade-long run simply falls flat in my opinion.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 21:14 (fourteen years ago)
The Roots introduce Abigail Breslin on the Jimmy Fallon Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmweKy-RCMI&feature=player_embedded
Astounding!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 09:17 (fourteen years ago)
The Roots continue to astound me. So cool!
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 09:42 (fourteen years ago)
hahahahaha
― original bgm, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 11:30 (fourteen years ago)
Turisas is basically the closest metal has ever come to showtunes. Some of these choruses would fit right into Broadway.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 13:07 (fourteen years ago)
AG- curious about the appeal of Atlantean Kodex to you if you pretty much categorically dismiss Euro power metal stuff. I understand they're aligning themselves to the slightly dif tradition of manilla road/cirith ungol and all that, but it's a sorta subtle difference imo, especially in the form of The Golden Bough. (Honest question btw, not trying to pull some bs "exposing yr contradictions" nonsense. Maybe you'll help w/ the album, cause to me it's got no kick, the singer has very little presence, and the music drifts by in a sleepy haze)
― CharlieS, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:14 (fourteen years ago)
wow at abigail!
― CharlieS, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:16 (fourteen years ago)
charlie its more or less traditional epic doom in the candlemass/trouble mould with its own take on it. Contrary to what the false metal elitist anti-hipster brigade say this kind of music (doom) just used to be called heavy metal back in the day.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:20 (fourteen years ago)
fair enough. I think I'll just put it aside for a while, cause afaict it isn't bringing me the candlemass doom OR the epic Manowar rockingness. just wish they'd either speed up or slow down just a hair.
― CharlieS, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:28 (fourteen years ago)
theres a slough feg thing to the music too
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:32 (fourteen years ago)
seriously can't believe Hell is back. insane.
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:41 (fourteen years ago)
xpost cool, haven't check out much Slough Feg, but I like Hammers of Misfortune well enough.
― CharlieS, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:42 (fourteen years ago)
slough feg aren't prog metal like hammers of misfortune though. both great bands though, even if bill magill thinks they're false metal.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:48 (fourteen years ago)
Bill, why do you say Slough Feg are false metal?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:30 (fourteen years ago)
To bust your chops
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:30 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.ifood.tv/files/images/A_serving_of_pork_chops.jpg
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:35 (fourteen years ago)
Check out the new Meads Of Asphodel, Mordy. Some shit in there that could *be* a showtune.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:36 (fourteen years ago)
xp - What an awesome day job The Roots have.
xxp - I thought hey, I was at that Mastodon show, but realized it was Mars Volta at Aragon and Mastodon at Metro.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:47 (fourteen years ago)
that job had them fucking exhausted in their first year; i have no idea how they do it.
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:27 (fourteen years ago)
have you guys heard this? wow. gnaw their tongues side-project thing. track from the new album.
http://soundcloud.com/aboydom/aderlating-black-emperor-at
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 04:30 (fourteen years ago)
You know those dudes from the Roots and Fallon laughed their fucking asses off at the idea of that...
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 17 March 2011 04:36 (fourteen years ago)
As was I. And I like KD/Fate.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 17 March 2011 05:03 (fourteen years ago)
Lyrics that sound like something else - Rock/Metal Edition
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:52 (fourteen years ago)
btw guys Mordy has started another metal threadRolling I Love Middle Eastern and Jewish Metal Thread (aka Mordy Metal thread)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:20 (fourteen years ago)
SEND BACK MY STAMPS!: THE EARLY DEATH METAL ZINE GRAVEYARD http://sendbackmystamps.org/
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:23 (fourteen years ago)
I imagine the "no glam fags" interview with billy milano is a real meeting of the minds.
― original bgm, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:31 (fourteen years ago)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:30 (fourteen years ago)
Does anyone know of any metal bands (black most likely) that have an aestheticsimilar to early Virgin Prunes (A New Form of Beauty, etc.)?
The last Peste Noire reminded me a little of the Virgin Prunes.Anything else fit this bill?
― serenchwilen, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:01 (fourteen years ago)
I am only familiar with The Electric Prunes, sorry.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:03 (fourteen years ago)
keep goth out of my metal!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:09 (fourteen years ago)
Nuclear Blast is offering a free download through Amazon of Hell's newly recorded version of Save Us from Those Who Would Save Us
― serenchwilen, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
Samael?
― Siegbran, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:14 (fourteen years ago)
SEND BACK MY STAMPS!: THE EARLY DEATH METAL ZINE GRAVEYARD
Awesome! I wrote for one of those!
― There's nothing left alive but a pair of ashy thighs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 18 March 2011 04:52 (fourteen years ago)
Latest entry: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-hades-resisting-success/
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 18 March 2011 15:59 (fourteen years ago)
Can you guys make out this bands name?
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/2126/acovtid141303.jpg
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:44 (fourteen years ago)
Is it Whinging Black Metal Cunt? Or is that just where he/she/it gets filed in the store?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:58 (fourteen years ago)
Sometimes I get the feeling you hate black metal, Phil.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:01 (fourteen years ago)
Only sometimes?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:03 (fourteen years ago)
CWM?
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:07 (fourteen years ago)
no
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:09 (fourteen years ago)
I cheated & looked it up & lol'd
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:11 (fourteen years ago)
Ugh.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:25 (fourteen years ago)
alt cover for this, right?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/The_Inhuman_Condition.jpg
― original bgm, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:28 (fourteen years ago)
btw, thanks j3ff/siegbran for the root, hell symphony recommendation. this kills!
― original bgm, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:30 (fourteen years ago)
alan did you discover the bands actual name yet?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 March 2011 22:37 (fourteen years ago)
GUAM?
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Friday, 18 March 2011 22:43 (fourteen years ago)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 18 March 2011 22:44 (fourteen years ago)
So Phil was basically right.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 18 March 2011 23:19 (fourteen years ago)
Saw Kill the Client and Wormrot today. Does life get better than standing three feet from Wormrot as they blast so hard the drummer's kit has to be readjusted after every song? I submit that it does not.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 18 March 2011 23:28 (fourteen years ago)
what is it with metal bands and worm names
wormphlegm
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 19 March 2011 07:02 (fourteen years ago)
Lord Worm wrote a really funny assessment of all the new Worm bands last year for Decibel...who better to do it?
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 19 March 2011 10:31 (fourteen years ago)
haha. is that online anywhere?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 19 March 2011 14:39 (fourteen years ago)
i immediately read it as cuntworm
ive been in the game too long
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, 19 March 2011 21:57 (fourteen years ago)
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 19 March 2011 22:15 (fourteen years ago)
this <a href="http://burningambulance.com/2011/03/14/orthodox-2/">new orthodox album,</a> 'ba'al', is good. psych noodling aside the songs have interestingly irregular structures—not so rigidly schematic as the doom i'm used to.
― j., Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:00 (fourteen years ago)
yes its terrific. As much as i liked the last album im glad they mixed it up again and made a heavier album. Next album should totally be a double LP, 1 lp heavy the other experimental. That would be awesome.Good article, Phil.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:07 (fourteen years ago)
it does make me wonder if my speakers are safe though.
― j., Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:13 (fourteen years ago)
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― call all destroyer, Saturday, March 19, 2011 10:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
I second that lol
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 20 March 2011 04:24 (fourteen years ago)
i knew roxy would get it
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 15:22 (fourteen years ago)
just sayin... that board got a shit ton of traffic, so it seems. more so if it were left to be peppered within the regular ILM.
― SeanWayne, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)
it only got traffic because people were getting lols from its existence
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:40 (fourteen years ago)
An awful of it was by people who don't like metal, didn't give a shit about metal and have no interest in listening to it or participating in this thread and just wanted to kill the board. Add to that the fact a lot of posters in here didn't want it meant the board had to be deleted.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:42 (fourteen years ago)
well smithy you got your way. no need to crow or have lols about it.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:43 (fourteen years ago)
we should just forget it ever happened
can we get back to talking about bands now please?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:48 (fourteen years ago)
though first i would like to ask everyone something. And you dont need to point out ive contradicted myself with the last post ok?
This thread is quite promo based and fast moving at times. This causes a problem for some (not all). Part of the reason some wanted a new board. So i'd like to offer a compromise.
I would like to keep the rolling industro thread plz.― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:26 (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinki still say the rolling threads should exist so stuff doesnt get lost in the rolling thread. its pretty hard to discuss stuff when it was discussed by a select few 300 posts & promos ago.― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:28 (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkworth keeping rolling sub-genre threads too, I should think. The Rolling thread moves too fast some times, good to have some space to talk about genre records without the constant churn of the main thread.xp― Neil S, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:29 (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinki understand those with promos dont get that some find it a bit off-putting but maybe they could try to understand those who do. If it gets more discussion then whats the proplem? Or do the metalheads on ILM prefer just having 1 giant thread covering all?― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:30 (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:26 (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i still say the rolling threads should exist so stuff doesnt get lost in the rolling thread. its pretty hard to discuss stuff when it was discussed by a select few 300 posts & promos ago.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:28 (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
worth keeping rolling sub-genre threads too, I should think. The Rolling thread moves too fast some times, good to have some space to talk about genre records without the constant churn of the main thread.
― Neil S, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:29 (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i understand those with promos dont get that some find it a bit off-putting but maybe they could try to understand those who do. If it gets more discussion then whats the proplem? Or do the metalheads on ILM prefer just having 1 giant thread covering all?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:30 (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Will you guys consider posting on these threads and not just dismissing them and boycotting them so they die,please?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:51 (fourteen years ago)
"An awful of it was by people who don't like metal, didn't give a shit about metal and have no interest in listening to it or participating in this thread and just wanted to kill the board."
1) Did you miss the part where a huge # of regular metal thread posters said they thought it was a terrible idea?
2) Does that really matter how much people listen to or post to metal threads? I think a lot of people are legitimately opposed to sub-dividing the Music boards period. Why should their opinions not matter?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:03 (fourteen years ago)
did you deliberately miss the rest of that post?
Add to that the fact a lot of posters in here didn't want it meant the board had to be deleted.
idiot
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:11 (fourteen years ago)
Welcome to the rolling metal thread Alex! Are you planning on sticking around?
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:20 (fourteen years ago)
it would be nice if more people did post about metal
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:22 (fourteen years ago)
positively of course
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:23 (fourteen years ago)
I'm going to see Agalloch next weekend and, if I can handle the idea of two metal shows on two consecutive nights (and stay up that late), Dawnbringer the night before.
Positively excited!
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:27 (fourteen years ago)
"Are you planning on sticking around?"
Sure! I lurk regularly! But I don't tend to get a lot of new albums of any genre so I don't have much to contribute.
"idiot"
Hey dude you're the one who kept brandishing the "outsiders are trying to kill it" thing like some sort of badge of honor.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:33 (fourteen years ago)
Everyone's raving about Agalloch during this tour. Wish I could catch it.
I've been spending a lot more time with the new TesseracT album after some weeks away from it. I was reviewing Periphery's new EP last week, and upon returning to TesseracT it struck me just how amateurish Periphery and all those other Sumeriancore bands sound in comparison.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:34 (fourteen years ago)
Cool. Would love to see Agalloch in Glasgow.
I heard an album the other day that might interest some of you
http://207.228.243.82/ss/cat.html#other
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wSr58us4_1Y/TWZcNFDGpoI/AAAAAAAACco/sNKpxSoWRVA/s220/DSC01556.JPG
Icon Gallery s/t LP $13Finally, something I have been waiting for for quite a while: The long promised, finally realized Icon Gallery LP! There is a very small group of bands that are currently tapping into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal sound of the early 80s and, of them, Icon Gallery is my favorite. This Pittsburgh band has released two killer 7"s and now this, a stellar album with a great female singer (kinda like a metallic Beki Bondage (and I mean that in a good way).
dunno if they are bandwagonjumpinghipsters or not but i liked what I heard.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:35 (fourteen years ago)
I'm halfway through listening to that album right now!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:36 (fourteen years ago)
alex you are the one who wilfully left out half my post to misrepresent what i was saying.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 22:38 (fourteen years ago)
guys stop, it's over
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:14 (fourteen years ago)
i think viceroy should start and maintain a rolling industrial thread
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:15 (fourteen years ago)
he already did
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:15 (fourteen years ago)
i think the rolling black, doom, whatever else threads are pointless because all that stuff gets covered in here
xp Your wish is my command!2011 Rolling Industrial/Industrial Metal/Post-Industrial Thread (and neo-martial-folk-core-whatever)
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:16 (fourteen years ago)
and gets lost too easy
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:16 (fourteen years ago)
whatever
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:20 (fourteen years ago)
a few reasons some of us would like rolling black and doom threads
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:20 (fourteen years ago)
lol yes that is the post i was responding to
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:21 (fourteen years ago)
anyway i would rather bookmark one thread than 4 or 5 but hey that's just me
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:22 (fourteen years ago)
i understand those with promos don't get that some find it a bit off-putting but maybe they could try to understand those who do.
well thanks for considering that part.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:23 (fourteen years ago)
was that to me? i don't have promos. i don't even download leaks.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:26 (fourteen years ago)
did anybody ever say anything about boycotting or dismissing music threads on ilm? ever? or are these bizarre persecution fantasies? sorry to speak plainly but srsly man. You are not persecuted. People do not say "oh there's a thread by that dude. I hate him I will not post!" which you seem to think is actually happening
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:28 (fourteen years ago)
i certainly don't hate him, but he is one of the reasons i hid polls from my ilx. couldn't take it anymore and i felt like a broken record complaining about it all the time.
― scott seward, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:37 (fourteen years ago)
sorry scott
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:49 (fourteen years ago)
I know a lot of people here seem to view polls as if they're poll spam but they're so easily ignorable, not even worth the effort of hiding from my perspective. I've never seen what the big deal is about them, it's not hurting anyone.
But anyway. Someone said on that other thread that they wouldn't post on a rolling grindcore thread. But maybe there are others who would. I think there's a niche for a rolling grind/powerviolence/fastcore/thrashcore thread to highlight stuff that often falls between two stools genre-wise, and really isn't discussed on this main thread nearly as often as other stuff which frankly makes my eyes glaze over.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:50 (fourteen years ago)
that could be a good thread because your right that stuff does not get play in here
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:52 (fourteen years ago)
start it! I know colonel poo and viceroy would enjoy it
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:52 (fourteen years ago)
I'm down.. I would love to find more PV bands than just Trash Talk annd Ceremony
― SeanWayne, Monday, 21 March 2011 00:45 (fourteen years ago)
I would totally post on that thread. All I want to listen to these days is grind. Saw Kill the Client and Wormrot at SXSW this week and was blown away by both. Even if the Wormrot vocalist was wearing flip-flops; I can forgive that 'cause he's from Singapore and probably wears them 24/7 on their super-clean sidewalks.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 21 March 2011 01:07 (fourteen years ago)
would be nice if we all posted on the threads and just tried to check out new stuff. Hell I'm even prepared to give power metal a go (as long as it's not too cheesy like dragonforce)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 01:09 (fourteen years ago)
ok with a bit of mod help2011 Rolling Doom/Stoner/Sludge/Drone/Psych/Space Metal Thread is now discussing some stuff that doesn't always get spoken about. Will keep my indie shite out of here and keep it purer ;)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 01:31 (fourteen years ago)
ummm2011 Rolling Doom/Stoner/Sludge/Drone/Psych/Space Metal Thread
Oh and I shall attempt to draw a line under everything and apologise to the metal thread regulars for asking for a metal board against their will.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 01:34 (fourteen years ago)
kerr youve gotta stop acting like ilx's metal community is a hothouse flower that it is your personal job to cultivate. aside from that i appreciate your enthusiasm
sometimes i wish there were a rolling bm thread - did one get made in the clusterfuck of the last 2 or 3 days? - cause i don't care about a lot of stuff on rolling metal and am pretty much into 90% bm and 10% other metal. also no one has ever responded to a single thing i've ever said on rolling metal, i think. haw
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:48 (fourteen years ago)
2011 Rolling Black Metal thread
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:49 (fourteen years ago)
cool! seeya rolling metal, its been real
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:50 (fourteen years ago)
would be cool for introducing myself and others to the obscure stuff you and others know about. I know you dig the ltd to 100 tape trading scene and that thread would be useful for it
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:51 (fourteen years ago)
umm the threads are a supplement not a replacement!
plus I have always responded to you!
shame on anyone never responding to roxy btw
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:57 (fourteen years ago)
maybe no one had a response?
― call all destroyer, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:58 (fourteen years ago)
roxy told me before that she always felt excluded from the thread as people ignored her but i said i didn't think anyone deliberately did that but maybe it seemed that way, i dunno. I always urged her to post more here. Skot ignored me for like 7 or 8 years!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:01 (fourteen years ago)
XPOST well yeah thats what it always seemed like, it just always seemed like ppl were talking about diff stuff tbh, not that anyone was being a shit or anything like that
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 03:01 (fourteen years ago)
j3ff used to complain about being ignored funnily enough. But once he became "girly metal j3ff" he got accepted!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:02 (fourteen years ago)
roxy, the thread can move fast and sometimes people are never on at the same time so maybe 40 posts later it seems silly to reply? i dunno. I honestly don't think anyone would just ignore you. Makes me sad to think you feel that way.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:03 (fourteen years ago)
check yr reading comp.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:04 (fourteen years ago)
otm, i dont feel that way
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 03:05 (fourteen years ago)
i hadn't noticed that post ok? gimme a break its 3am
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:07 (fourteen years ago)
man all this takin shit personally "they didn't pay attn to so & so & then they did" etc biz is so deeply bizarre and not even slightly what music threads & boards are abt for me - feels like high school
roxy you totally know I have talked 2 you on metal threads tho! I tell you that Varg is bogus and you say stfu iirc and then we share some cheetos
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 21 March 2011 03:07 (fourteen years ago)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:08 (fourteen years ago)
that was on fb john!! also if u read like 2 posts up i say i didnt think ppl were willfully ignoring me just that the thread moved too fast and ppl were talking about diff stuff IIRC
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 03:09 (fourteen years ago)
thats why i think a more specialized thread would suit me but i understand if no one gives an F, i wouldnt either probably and kind of dont anyway, its just jabber jawing about metal
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 03:10 (fourteen years ago)
well hopefully the rolling sub-genre threads might help with that
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:10 (fourteen years ago)
like i was clearly NOT taking it personally, kerr was making it a personal matter, to me its just the nature of a huge thread like this
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 03:11 (fourteen years ago)
anyway im playing w/ weekend nachos and cough tomorrow, there's some damned metal news imo
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 03:13 (fourteen years ago)
Tell Cough they need to play in Tucson so I can see them live. I fucking love them.
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Monday, 21 March 2011 03:14 (fourteen years ago)
Roxy I dunno if it will interest you but there's a 2011 Rolling Doom/Stoner/Sludge/Drone/Psych/Space Metal Thread
and 2011 Rolling Power Metal Threadtoo
oh and viceroys 2011 Rolling Industrial/Industrial Metal/Post-Industrial Thread (and neo-martial-folk-core-whatever)
and someone is going to start a grind thread
should be easier to keep track of things in those threads.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:15 (fourteen years ago)
I like Cough too though i thought roxy said she had weekend nachos and cough syrup to get back to
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:16 (fourteen years ago)
ive never really listened to much cough but im a huge WN fan tbh so its exciting. cough seem like cool gents
xpost lol WHAT
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 03:18 (fourteen years ago)
i scanned it to quickly lol
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:18 (fourteen years ago)
I always get a kick out of roxy's witty posts.
Hell, I read everything everybody posts. Except for today, I have no idea what's going on here.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:20 (fourteen years ago)
just another normal day on ilx
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:22 (fourteen years ago)
cough is fuckin awesome imo
― call all destroyer, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:30 (fourteen years ago)
whoa, what band are you in roxy? (if that's kosher to ask.)
― original bgm, Monday, 21 March 2011 04:43 (fourteen years ago)
that sounds like a pretty sick lineup
hi guys, just swinging by to say i think that cough is dope
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 21 March 2011 04:48 (fourteen years ago)
argentinum astrum - doom/black knoxville, TNtotally kosher to ask!!
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 05:54 (fourteen years ago)
roxy can i buy a copy of yer cd why because it look interstng
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:02 (fourteen years ago)
otm http://www.anticorporatemusic.com/releases.html
they have the white record and the black record
its cheap, and tooth gnashing
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:14 (fourteen years ago)
I would love to find more PV bands than just Trash Talk annd Ceremony
― SeanWayne, Monday, March 21, 2011 12:45 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
magrudergrind imo
also buy roxy's cd
not because it's PV but because it is rad
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:28 (fourteen years ago)
i will purchase yr white record
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:29 (fourteen years ago)
wait i've heard the white record imo??
yeah the white record is post-me
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:33 (fourteen years ago)
theyre both good but i prefer white obv
wait i am confused white record is post you?
which is less doomy
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:36 (fourteen years ago)
sorry doom.
oh hah post you means after you were in the band right? oh terminology
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:37 (fourteen years ago)
no no they are equally doomy and i joined the band at white album time
also since i joined, now we play black metal and play real fast and shit, but this is not reflected in those albums
we're recording this summer tho
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:40 (fourteen years ago)
ie we alternate playing extremely slow and extremely fast
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:41 (fourteen years ago)
i like fast more than slow but i will still prob buy yer shit.
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:42 (fourteen years ago)
i mean tonight
oh huh, the download site is broken.
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:54 (fourteen years ago)
i like fast more than slow by 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x and most of our stuff now is fast xpost WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 07:23 (fourteen years ago)
if i send u money for the cds directly do yall get more money?
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 21 March 2011 07:37 (fourteen years ago)
Damn, this thread really does move too fast sometimes! I'll start that grindcore thread tomorrow unless someone else beats me to it (I would tonight but I'm taking my lady out to dinner).
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Monday, 21 March 2011 09:13 (fourteen years ago)
xpost yes
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 14:15 (fourteen years ago)
I def think more bands should alternate between fast and slow...
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 21 March 2011 14:19 (fourteen years ago)
lol @ this convo
a band who does that (fast/slow alternation) really well imo is inter arma, they are also the best live band i've ever seen probably
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 14:25 (fourteen years ago)
Thx for the tip
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 21 March 2011 14:28 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.myspace.com/interarmametalthey have a free download i think
they are from richmond but tour the east a lot, really go see them if you ever get the opportunity. i don't think i've ever seen anyone here talk about them. inter arma are really popular here in my town, so i have no understanding of how big they actually are elsewhere
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 14:43 (fourteen years ago)
Not a big fan of the sub threads, way too much to follow -- but those who are into them, have fun.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 21 March 2011 17:20 (fourteen years ago)
we are doing
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 17:37 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, if I want to talk black/death/etc, I'll prob still just bring it up here.
― original bgm, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:13 (fourteen years ago)
Oh man, this new Hell album is fantastic, I have to seek out their demos now. Andy Sneap's doing some really great stuff as of late, steering Accept in the right direction and now resurrecting these geezers.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 21 March 2011 22:31 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, I was really impressed with what I've heard so far. Demonaz solo record is also way better than I was anticipating. Definitely not a huge departure from Immortal, but that's okay. May be a little more melodic.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 21 March 2011 22:43 (fourteen years ago)
Not familiar with hell. traditional metal or thrash?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 22:48 (fourteen years ago)
NWOBHM. The album is re-recorded stuff from the early-80s...I don't think they ever had a proper album put out.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 21 March 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)
ahh pagan altar style. It has worked brilliantly for them so thats cool if another band from that era is sounding good with old stuff. Will check that out.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 23:08 (fourteen years ago)
I'm glad that Hell chose to re-record "Blasphemy & the Master." That's one freaky good track! It sounds like NWOBHM crossed with Chowder Over Wisconsin-period Skeptics. David Bower's voice is a dead ringer for Dave Halliday's. A shame Halliday didn't live to fully realize his unique, theatrical vision with Hell. The demos are a good listen, but tragically lo-fi in places. The newly-recorded version of "On Earth As It Is in Hell" doesn't stray far at all from the original demo, which is a good thing really... Otherwise, I haven't heard the new album yet. Damn!!!
― serenchwilen, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 02:31 (fourteen years ago)
"Blasphemy & the Master" and "Macbeth" are two clear standouts. This is exactly the stuff I craved back in the mid-80s, that whole melodic/theatrical late-NWOBHM style. Kind of like what Lizzy Borden was doing when they first started out. So naturally I'm drawn to this.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 02:45 (fourteen years ago)
adrien do you like pagan altar?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 02:55 (fourteen years ago)
It's impossible not to like a band like Pagan Altar! Classy old school stuff. Hell is a lot less doomy, they lean more toward Maiden and Tokyo Blade as far as riffs go.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 03:20 (fourteen years ago)
i like witchfinder general and angel witch. (and maiden of course) if its anything like them i think i need to hear it
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 03:41 (fourteen years ago)
13.5 hours until Agalloch in NYC.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 13:33 (fourteen years ago)
Glenn-
are you going to make it back home in time to catch the Boston show tomorrow night as well?
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 13:38 (fourteen years ago)
No, I'm in NY for work. Was infuriated to realize the trip was going to cause me to miss the Cambridge show, then elated to realize I had the chance to see them in NY instead...
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 14:30 (fourteen years ago)
Gotcha. I was hoping to meet you in Cambridge. Maybe another band besides Agalloch will get me out of Maine in the future.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 14:50 (fourteen years ago)
Got the 9CD/1DVD Sinister box in the mail from Metal Mind. I love Metal Mind's obsessiveness.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 18:35 (fourteen years ago)
what is that, phil?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 18:36 (fourteen years ago)
It's a box containing the entire discography (except for their 2010 album Legacy of Ashes) by Dutch death metal band Sinister, plus a live DVD. They're decidedly second-tier, but they have their moments - I liked the two albums where the drummer's girlfriend was the singer the best.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 19:19 (fourteen years ago)
My friend Dan and I have an extra ticket to Agalloch in NYC tonight. Our friend bailed on us. We wld rather not craigslist it, does any ilxor metal dvde need one? Face value, which is like 17 plus a few bucks ticketmaster fees.
― return, descender (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)
Agalloch was brilliant last night. You are all in for a treat! Although someone stole their cauldron, apparently, so if it didn't turn up, you guys might get an incense-free show...
Get there for Worm Ouroboros too! Agalloch drummer and two chicks who add a really pretty gothic-female touch to the proceedings.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)
If nates reading this, tell them to come to Glasgow please (and bring nate)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 20:35 (fourteen years ago)
TesseracT - One is a pretty good album. I am not too big into the singer but the rest of it is totally blowing me way. IMO if it was instrumental I would be absolutely in love with it.
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 01:20 (fourteen years ago)
I like the singer. Post-hardcore vocals are okay with me as long as it's not endless whingeing, and he balances clean and harsh vox very well. But yeah, this album is very, very good, TesseracT uses the whole Meshuggah thing as a springboard to creating their own sound, as opposed to, say, Periphery, who are just a straight-ahead imitation.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 02:31 (fourteen years ago)
I actually really like the vocalist; I thought it was smart to mix in the clean vocals over a musical style that usually favors harsh.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 02:50 (fourteen years ago)
Adrien you seen this? (i dont have FB so cant see it,i just know what its about)http://www.facebook.com/pages/10000-Strong-for-Replacing-Billy-Talent-in-the-Heavy-TO-Festival/208623875814297
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JkSHWYavOv8/TYkeScdcK2I/AAAAAAAAA8s/IoINvrTTHVg/s320/HEAVY%2BTO.jpg
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:01 (fourteen years ago)
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/174884_208623875814297_7552344_n.jpg
seems a bit dickish
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:02 (fourteen years ago)
strange lineup thoAnthrax, Megadeth, Slayer, Testament, Anvil, Motorhead, The Sword, Devildriver, Opeth, Children of Bodom, Mastodon, As I Lay Dying, Rob Zombie, Baptized in Blood, Times of Grace and... Billy Talent
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:04 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, people are not happy with the inclusion of Billy Talent, that's for sure. They're a ballsy live band (albeit the most unintentionally funny band I have ever seen), not ones to shy away from confrontation, but this could get ugly. Opening-for-Slayer ugly.
Someone in charge of booking in Toronto must have been desperate for some CanCon.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:10 (fourteen years ago)
yeah we all know what Slayer fans will do to them.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:13 (fourteen years ago)
Slayer fans are all old and fat like me. They will maybe yell a threatening thingr or two from the beer line. The days of the Felt Forum being torn up are a long time ago. Fuckers have jobs now.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 07:33 (fourteen years ago)
drunken old fat fuckers with "jobs" + aggressive thrash band = recipe for RIOT!
― Ioannis, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:24 (fourteen years ago)
Looks better than the Heavy MTL line up... Kiss, Disturbed, Billy Talent, GodsmackMotörhead, Anthrax, Opeth, In Flames, Children Of Bodom, Trivium, As I Lay Dying,Machine Head, Unearth, The Sword, Suicide Silence, Times of Grace, Red Fang, Devil Driver, Kingdom of Sorrow, All Shall Perish, Straight Line Stitch
― sofatruck, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:43 (fourteen years ago)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 14:01 (fourteen years ago)
haha, I was thinking the same thing as NYCNative. well put.
― rockapads, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 15:56 (fourteen years ago)
Does anyone who was at last night's Agalloch NYC show know what any of the stuff was which played over the PA in the 30 minutes or so before Agalloch's set? Was deeply ominous, slow to mid tempo, instrumental, kind of sounding like the heaviest bits of Crimson and Art Bears...
― return, descender (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:35 (fourteen years ago)
actually made it to the show but I can't really help you there because I got in right before agalloch started.
did you catch daniel menche? would have liked to see that set but it just wasn't in the cards.
and what did you think of the agalloch set? have to admit, I was a bit underwhelmed. maybe I just wasn't in the mood. :-/
― original bgm, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:41 (fourteen years ago)
I was also in a weird mood, really bad stressful day at work, and had trouble getting out of my own head and occupying the music. Nonetheless I thought they were really great, more blazing & furious compared to their studio sound, also live-loud-fast I heard more kinship between them and other acts I like whereas on record they tend to strike me as sui generis. That's not meant as a criticism-- show definitely deepened my love of them. As usual for all live metal I wished I could hear more details esp what the bass was doing. The super packed audience was eating out of their hand big time-- I don't really keep up but I didn't realize they were this popular!
― return, descender (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:57 (fourteen years ago)
agreed on wanting to hear more of the details. I walked all over the floor and couldn't find a spot where everything didn't sound super-murky. I think this was my main problem with the set.
I mean, I really like the studio recordings and my favorite is definitely ashes and that thing just sounds pristine. but I felt the band suffered when divorced from that level of detail and what I got was a somewhat pleasant but indistinct set-long buzz instead. the arrangements felt a bit more rickety as well.
but like I said, it could just be the way I was feeling that night. this is definitely a band that's all about mood.
and the crowd was soooo into it, yeah!
― original bgm, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:28 (fourteen years ago)
People were going nuts for them during their set at the Scion Rock Fest -- never expected to see two separate pits going during an Agalloch performance!
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:36 (fourteen years ago)
which one were you in?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:49 (fourteen years ago)
Same one as Nate.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:14 (fourteen years ago)
Agalloch killed in Cambridge last night; much more intense and forceful than I expected. Nate was his always affable self, if a bit run down. Also got to hang out with our own call all destroyer; a most hospitable chap, letting me crash on his couch and all. Best Boston trip I've made in ages.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 March 2011 15:04 (fourteen years ago)
I just got hipped to the Ehnahre album on Crucial Blast - don't usually care for death metal, but this sounds more like doom-tinged death metal with free/improv drums, zero structure, big violin drones and black-ambient washes - i like it!
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Thursday, 24 March 2011 15:22 (fourteen years ago)
Yep; I like Ehnahre a lot.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 24 March 2011 15:45 (fourteen years ago)
Agalloch killed in Cambridge last nightI read this too fast and almost had a heart attack.
Can't wait until Sunday!
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:40 (fourteen years ago)
loooooooool
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Thursday, 24 March 2011 21:23 (fourteen years ago)
Ha!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 March 2011 23:21 (fourteen years ago)
r.i.p. agalloch
― original bgm, Friday, 25 March 2011 00:33 (fourteen years ago)
much more intense and forceful than I expected. Nate was his always affable self, if a bit run down....but long live Nate
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Friday, 25 March 2011 01:26 (fourteen years ago)
Nate will outlive us all.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 25 March 2011 01:38 (fourteen years ago)
he got the gift of eternal youth when he met geir in norway
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 25 March 2011 01:40 (fourteen years ago)
Can't believe NPR of all places is posting an entire Agalloch set, going to spend my morning listening to that.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 March 2011 13:21 (fourteen years ago)
I feel so behind in metal this year, but with no outlet to write for right now my promos have all but completely dried up.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 March 2011 13:41 (fourteen years ago)
Has anybody here seen my old friend Agalloch?Can you tell me where he's gone?He freed a lot of people,But it seems the good they die young.You know, I just looked around and he's gone.
― serenchwilen, Friday, 25 March 2011 14:22 (fourteen years ago)
New Satan's Host tracks -- "By the Hands of the Devil" and "Before the Flame" -- featuring Harry Conklin (Jag Panzer)now streaming on their myspace
I'm liking these more than the new Jag Panzer.
― serenchwilen, Friday, 25 March 2011 14:35 (fourteen years ago)
Lars Gotrich, an Assistant Producer for NPR Music, is a huge metal fan. He is probably responsible for a lot of the metal that they get behind.
Here is his bio with a lot of links:
http://www.npr.org/templates/community/persona.php?uid=1988278
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 25 March 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)
Lars "Got rich" Ulrich?
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Friday, 25 March 2011 20:55 (fourteen years ago)
lars seems like a good guy. I still laugh every time I see a metal link on NPR because of their low key image but the stuff they've been streaming lately has been quite varied. pretty cool imo.
― original bgm, Friday, 25 March 2011 21:15 (fourteen years ago)
you guys excited for new Obscura? Is it worth my time checking them out bearing in mind I've never liked any tech-death. Is there something that makes them stand out so much that even I might like them?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 25 March 2011 21:48 (fourteen years ago)
The new Obscura is so good, it incorporates catchy melodies into tech death as well as, or perhaps even better, than Neuraxis's Trilateral Progression, which I've always considered a real high water mark.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 25 March 2011 21:51 (fourteen years ago)
New Satan's Host tracks -- "By the Hands of the Devil" and "Before the Flame" -- featuring Harry Conklin (Jag Panzer) now streaming on their myspace
Actually kinda digging these. Not as good as "Metal From Hell," but the black/heavy/thrash hybrid is pretty cool.
― GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 March 2011 04:57 (fourteen years ago)
Really cool shout out to our very own Adrien on Invisible Oranges this week, well deserved!
Getting ready to dive into the new Indian this afternoon.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 26 March 2011 17:31 (fourteen years ago)
Okay, yes, can safely say the new Indian is incredible. The title track is especially killer, just love the relentless pound and slam with the almost black metal throat-shredding vocals.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 26 March 2011 18:20 (fourteen years ago)
We need metal reviewers who'll write for promos. We're not on a position to pay for reviews however unfortunately. <advertisement>
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Saturday, 26 March 2011 18:41 (fourteen years ago)
BurningAmbulance.com is always looking for reviewers. But like Doran said about the Quietus, there's no money.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 26 March 2011 18:48 (fourteen years ago)
contender for worst review ever?http://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=4865
"The forty plus minutes that comprise 'Haggatha II' are an unrelenting assault on the sense that leaves the listener feeling as if they’ve been hit by a semi-truck, dragged underneath a train, and then given herpes by a she-male prostitute."
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 26 March 2011 23:16 (fourteen years ago)
eh. I mean that isn't great writing, but to me, it just reads like a million other enthusiastic zine reviews by kids that aren't pros. not so bad imo.
― original bgm, Saturday, 26 March 2011 23:19 (fourteen years ago)
sorry to slag off your review Alan!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 26 March 2011 23:25 (fourteen years ago)
I just want to know which sense it was assaulting.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 27 March 2011 00:30 (fourteen years ago)
why didn't you guys tell me about the surf bm?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oisc4CZeAI&feature=player_embedded
― scott seward, Sunday, 27 March 2011 00:32 (fourteen years ago)
hahaha, love the darkthrone one too.
― scott seward, Sunday, 27 March 2011 00:33 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=66498
Frankie Sparcello, the bassist of New Orleans band Exhorder, passed away today. There will be more information released as we receive it.His bandmates, friends, and fans everywhere are grieving today as they await the information on his tragic death.Kyle Thomas (Exhorder vocalist): "Don't know quite what to say, so I will say I love you and see you on the other side some day. For those that are unaware, Frankie Sparcello of Exhorder passed away yesterday. What was supposed to be a birthday gathering for me now will include toasting his life and friendship tonight at Pat's Pub."Jimmy Bower (EyeHateGod guitarist and Down drummer): "Thoughts go out to Frankie's family and friends... Damn dude just saw ya last week.. RIP"Flesh Parade: "Would like to send our deepest condolences to the friends and family of Frankie Sparcello of Exhorder. R.I.P."Bruce Corbitt (Rigor Mortis vocalist): "RIP Frankie Sparcello of Exhorder! Man, I admit I am shocked about this tragic news. I just saw him at the Down show in Houston 2 weeks ago and he seemed fine. I was really looking forward to having fun with him in a few weeks at the Exhorder/Rigor Mortis shows. My thoughts and condolences go out to his family, friends and bandmates!"
His bandmates, friends, and fans everywhere are grieving today as they await the information on his tragic death.
Kyle Thomas (Exhorder vocalist): "Don't know quite what to say, so I will say I love you and see you on the other side some day. For those that are unaware, Frankie Sparcello of Exhorder passed away yesterday. What was supposed to be a birthday gathering for me now will include toasting his life and friendship tonight at Pat's Pub."
Jimmy Bower (EyeHateGod guitarist and Down drummer): "Thoughts go out to Frankie's family and friends... Damn dude just saw ya last week.. RIP"
Flesh Parade: "Would like to send our deepest condolences to the friends and family of Frankie Sparcello of Exhorder. R.I.P."
Bruce Corbitt (Rigor Mortis vocalist): "RIP Frankie Sparcello of Exhorder! Man, I admit I am shocked about this tragic news. I just saw him at the Down show in Houston 2 weeks ago and he seemed fine. I was really looking forward to having fun with him in a few weeks at the Exhorder/Rigor Mortis shows. My thoughts and condolences go out to his family, friends and bandmates!"
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 27 March 2011 00:33 (fourteen years ago)
Not really metal, but you are totally missing out if you skip over the completely excellent Bruce Lamont record. Just further confirms the guy's genius.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 27 March 2011 00:48 (fourteen years ago)
Actually, metal or no, "Deconstructing Self Destruction" is one of the more brutal tracks I've heard this year, like Wolf Eyes or something.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:15 (fourteen years ago)
OMG Scott I love the surf BM, listening to the Emperors' I Am The Surf Wizards right now
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 27 March 2011 12:50 (fourteen years ago)
The Burzum is pretty bad (the gimmick doesn't work with slow songs really) but the Emperor one is absolute ace.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 27 March 2011 21:12 (fourteen years ago)
i write about last year's overlooked Ehnahre album here
can't believe this didn't get ONE SINGLE VOTE in the ilx metal poll, what gives??
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Monday, 28 March 2011 04:33 (fourteen years ago)
This just in: Agalloch seen last night alive and well in Chicago. Show was great, "Ghosts of the Midwinter Fires" probably my magical high point. I'm still not totally sold on Locrian, but they were better than last time I saw them.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Monday, 28 March 2011 14:32 (fourteen years ago)
The new Artillery album is as good as their last one with the new/reunited lineup, maybe better. If you're a fan, highly recommended.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 28 March 2011 15:25 (fourteen years ago)
Locrian seemed to have a lot of equipment problems ... my ability to drink in what they were doing was spoiled by douchebags around me with too much drink in them and nasty farts comin' out of them to enjoy what was happening on stage. Things better after I moved, and dug Worm Ourobouros. Agalloch were in top form - Nate mentioned that it was Neurosis sound man with them; I didn't think it was possible, but they did sound even more incredible. "Limbs" was my high point!
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 28 March 2011 16:43 (fourteen years ago)
I'm going to listen to that Artillery album first chance I get.
In the meantime, I'm pretty excited about the Slayer/Zombie/Exodus tour this summer...
― A. Begrand, Monday, 28 March 2011 18:34 (fourteen years ago)
I would absolutely go to that if it was hitting MSG. Zombie puts on a great show. (I still stand up for that last album, too.)
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 28 March 2011 18:41 (fourteen years ago)
just now hearing last year's Locrian albun and holy shit it is MASSIVE
plus, yknow, the cover art!!!!
http://www.utechrecords.com/Misc/TCW_F.jpg
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Monday, 28 March 2011 19:16 (fourteen years ago)
In flames sign worldwide deal with century media
Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of IN FLAMES. "We are very happy to make IN FLAMES part of the Century Media Family. The band has a very loyal international fan base and has found a partner with an international set up," says Antje Lange, Century Media Records.
"This is number 10..... Album number 10!!!!! That we even made it this far, that is amazing. Then, to deliver the album of our career, that is something else..... It's fast, slow, heavy and mellow. It's happy, sad, angry and calm. 'Sounds of a playground Fading' is everything we ever done on crack (it's a metaphor boys and girls), it's cask strength whisky when it's THAT perfect moment. Use and abuse!!!!!
By the way, we are happy to be in bed with Century media. They know the business, we know the music, a perfect match. What can possibly go wrong....ha, ha, ha!!!!!!"
- Anders Fridén/In Flames
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 28 March 2011 19:58 (fourteen years ago)
aborted announce new album
Belgian death metal veterans ABORTED will begin recording its seventh full length record to date from June onwards at the infamous Hansen Studios with producer Jacob Hansen (Invocator, Hatesphere, Volbeat). The band will be tracking over 15 tracks of the most brutal and intense material they have written to date. The sonic onslaught - baptized as "Global Flatline" - will contain 12 tracks with additional bonus material featured on limited editions.
The artwork for "Global Flatline" will once again be handled by Justin Osbourne who previously worked with the band on its 2010 EP "Coronary Reconstruction" as well. Since 2011 marks the ten year anniversary of ABORTED's "Engineering The Dead" record, the band decided to re-record two tracks of the album as part of the bonus material for "Global Flatline". You can vote for your favorite "Engineering The Dead" songs on the band's Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/Abortedofficial
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 28 March 2011 19:59 (fourteen years ago)
It's fast, slow, heavy and mellow. It's happy, sad, angry and calm. 'Sounds of a playground Fading' is everything we ever done on crack
~headdesk~
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Monday, 28 March 2011 20:13 (fourteen years ago)
Would support getting them addicted to crack.
― GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 01:29 (fourteen years ago)
Emailed a guy I know at E1 to find out why the label dropped them—no word yet.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 02:47 (fourteen years ago)
I don't think it was so much a case of E1 dropping them as it is that it was a 1 album licensing thing. They did a similar thing with ferret.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 02:53 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, talking to Friden a few years back that's what it sounded like, they like changing things up for their NA distribution.
Looking forward to the album, personally.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 03:06 (fourteen years ago)
I'm looking forward to the new In Flames, too.
Not looking forward to listening to the new Blut Aus Nord a second time, sadly. I can no longer tell their albums apart. Or songs, or even riffs. It's like the same two measures of fuzzy noise over and over and over again. What happened to these guys?
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 03:14 (fourteen years ago)
oh man, I haven't heard the new one yet, but I couldn't disagree more if you're lumping Memoria Vetusta II in with that.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 14:09 (fourteen years ago)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MhqaJbILL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Bloodiest, Descent (Relapse)
This came out today. Looks like there's some Bruce Lamont fans here. I haven't heard it yet myself. Has anyone? A couple reviews I've seen look promising - Line Out | Bone Reader
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 15:04 (fourteen years ago)
I have a download of this from Relapse but still need to play it :/
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 15:08 (fourteen years ago)
Wow, the new Pentagram album doesn't suck. This is a major shock.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 18:15 (fourteen years ago)
Meanwhile, the new Between the Buried and Me album is pretty great. Typical BTBAM, but with a little more focus. Not enough to win over Phil though, I bet!
I'll give the Pentagram a listen later on...I sure didn't like the sample track Decibel was streaming.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 19:02 (fourteen years ago)
QUEENSRŸCHE TO CELEBRATE THEIR 30th ANNIVERSARY IN ROCK BY RELEASING NEW ALBUM DEDICATED TO CHAOS THIS SUMMER
New York, NY: Queensrÿche announced today that their new album will be called Dedicated to Chaos and it will be released this summer. It’s the band’s first effort for its new label, Roadrunner Records/Loud & Proud. The band – featuring Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Parker Lundgren -- is currently planning a tour in support of the new opus, which was recorded in its native Seattle. Tour dates and information will be released when available.
“Modern life moves fast,” commented frontman Geoff Tate about the album. “Plug into the rhythm of the now with our 12th studio album, Dedicated to Chaos. It’s a clash and slash of musical experimentation anchored by the pulse of digital code.” He did issue one suggestion to listeners as well, saying: “Enjoy – headphones are a must."
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)
Re Blut Aus Nord, for me 777 Sect(s) and What Once Was... Liber I add very little to Memoria Vetusta II, which for me was already a little too close to Odinist. I guess I think they have been settling into an increasingly constrained style ever since MoRT. But maybe it's just that the sequence from The Work Which Transforms God to Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity to MoRT seemed so striking to me, by comparison.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 19:28 (fourteen years ago)
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:04 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i've been on vaca since the show but this is otm; ez and i had a great time, nate was rad, agalloch really seriously killed it.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 02:13 (fourteen years ago)
'plug into the rhythm of the now'?!?
― j., Wednesday, 30 March 2011 04:10 (fourteen years ago)
i've been largely absent from this thread but thought i'd chime in- if i were to make a Q1 '11 report for metal albums, i'd have to mention most/all of the following (with many upcoming from Q2, clearly)
(also including labels/release dates copied from my notes)
Earth Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I Southern Lord 22-Feb-11Trap Them Darker Handcraft Prosthetic 15-Mar-11Weedeater Jason… the Dragon Southern Lord 15-Mar-11Bloodiest Descent Relapse 29-Mar-11Indian Guiltless Relapse 12-Apr-11Red Fang Murder the Mountains Relapse 12-Apr-11Winter Into Darkness Southern Lord 12-Apr-11Liturgy Aesthethica Thrill Jockey 10-May-11Across Tundras Sage Neurot 17-May-11
look fwd to hearing these, but haven't yet for one reason or another-
Krallice Diotima Profound Lore 26-Apr-11Ulver War of the Roses Kscope 17-May-11Boris Attention Please Sargent House 24-May-11Boris Heavy Rocks Sargent House 24-May-11Tombs Path of Totality Relapse 7-Jun-11
if forced to name a #1 i'd probably go for Liturgy, that record is unstoppable...
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 15:41 (fourteen years ago)
Red Fang album streaming at NPR. I know how I'm spending the next 45 minutes.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:40 (fourteen years ago)
Red Fang probably one of my lesser favs listed above... it's good, great in parts, but occasionally comes across as a clumsy version of Sword/Torche style metal. seems very reliant on the melodies, and sometimes they come across awkwardly (the opening track struck me in particular as a bit "off"). but i need to give it a second listen, for sure
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:43 (fourteen years ago)
A little over 2/3rds of the way through and that first track really stands out as a dog. Overall, it's fun, but not as amazing as I had hoped from hearing just a track or two earlier. Definitely a group I'd see live though, and keep an ear out for in the future.
Stuff I've really dug this year:
40 Watt Sun - The Inside RoomBlack Spiders - Sons of the NorthBlood Ceremony - Living With the AncientsBullet- Highway PiratesCauldron - Burning FortuneGrayceon - All We DestroyKorpiklaani - Ukon WackaOrthodox- BaalSubrosa- No Help For the Mighty OnesTurisas - Stand Up and FightVirus - The Agent That Shapes the Desert
Subrosa, 40 Watt Sun, Turisas and Korpiklaani are my favorites of the bunch. Good year so far! Really looking forward to Ulver, Primordial and Across Tundras.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:16 (fourteen years ago)
Subrosa- No Help For the Mighty Ones
^ ah yes, need to hear this too. can't believe i haven't yet!
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:17 (fourteen years ago)
I really say really too much. Really, I do. And I just need to lay off just as well.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:18 (fourteen years ago)
Red Fang; the sequencing absolutely stops this in its tracks - you can't have a bad first impression and leave a sour taste at the end. I liked a good chunk of the middle, but I'm glad NPR saved me from a purchase.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:28 (fourteen years ago)
hey, that's what shuffle and custom playlists are for!
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:31 (fourteen years ago)
I prefer albums that are good all the way through, thank you very much. I almost never use shuffle or skip tracks.
One case where I had to do that with the otherwise amazing Conifer album Crown Fire. The title track which ends it has Eugene Robinson of Oxbow ruining their heavy spacerock with some bad spoken word thing. Ugh.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:36 (fourteen years ago)
DESTROYER 666 - "TO THE DEVIL HIS DUE"Hell's Headbangers Records
Australian and antichrist, king of kings, the lords of the wild: the legendary DESTROYER 666 are all this and infinitely more, feeding the hellbangers' insatiable need with their long-awaited To The Devil His Due collection. Compiling the band's cult (and long-out-of-print) 7" vinyl releases onto a fiery full-length, To the Devil His Due is perhaps DESTROYER 666's greatest clutch of songs, their most memorable material ever, immediately ingraining and marching forward to victory. Satanic speed metal majesty with which to dominate, fuck, and destroy - To The Devil His Due! Recommended for diehards of DESTROYER 666, because there is only one DESTROYER 666, now and forever.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 31 March 2011 19:34 (fourteen years ago)
Release date on the above: May 24
I am just not hearing that bad start and rough ending EZ did on the Red Fang album, I love it all the way through.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 31 March 2011 19:38 (fourteen years ago)
I need to check that one out.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Thursday, 31 March 2011 19:52 (fourteen years ago)
Slough Feg are fans
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 31 March 2011 19:57 (fourteen years ago)
I can't stand the first track, but absolutely love the rest.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 31 March 2011 22:34 (fourteen years ago)
Metal stories to watch out for today
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 1 April 2011 12:50 (fourteen years ago)
listening to the horse latitudes lp on aurora aurora borealis. trad doom played with only bass and drums. pretty cool. nice, thick sound too. clear and forceful.
AG - you into these guys?
― original bgm, Friday, 1 April 2011 15:05 (fourteen years ago)
yeah quite like them
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 1 April 2011 15:06 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, pretty impressed so far.
― original bgm, Friday, 1 April 2011 15:20 (fourteen years ago)
I suspect a lot of you on here are fans of this record: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-manilla-roads-crystal-logic/
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 1 April 2011 16:03 (fourteen years ago)
I bet Bill Magill isn't! Slough Feg's fave band and of course covered a Manilla Road song on a SF album.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 1 April 2011 16:11 (fourteen years ago)
There is no sex tape featuring Maria Brink of In This Moment circulating online.
Crushin' dreams man, crushin' dreams.
Is that totally made up about Corey Taylor joining Velvet Revolver? Or is there some basis to that?
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 April 2011 16:12 (fourteen years ago)
He's been heavily tipped to be their new singer.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 1 April 2011 16:16 (fourteen years ago)
Okay that is hilarious.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 April 2011 16:17 (fourteen years ago)
APRIL FOOLS
Actually, no. I'm serious.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 1 April 2011 16:21 (fourteen years ago)
HAIL SLEEP!
Following the successful Marijuanaut's Return tour of September 2010, West Coast stoner metal legends SLEEP recently announced three North American dates for 2011. The mini run of dates will include New York City on June 22, Los Angeles on June 26 and an appearance at the Sled Island Music & Arts Festival in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on June 24.
SLEEP 2011 Tour Dates:6/22/2011 Terminal 5 - New York, NY6/24/2011 Sled Island Festival - Calgary, AB6/26/2011 The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Friday, 1 April 2011 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
Has anyone else heard the new Batillus album yet? Monstrous stuff, with some rawer Sanford Parker production than expected.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 1 April 2011 22:19 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=149&p=10020&title=the_top_10_metal_albums_of_all_time&more=1&c=1
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 2 April 2011 01:38 (fourteen years ago)
Okay, so Maryland Deathfest's lineup is just stupid:
http://www.marylanddeathfest.com/runningorder.html
I will pay my own travel expenses and review the damn thing for free if only someone could get me in! $164 is so much to pay especially with me having to take off from work to go.
But the worst day of the show is Cathedral's last show ever! And the second worst day has Coroner, one of my favorite bands ever, headlining! Craziness for a geezer like myself who grew up on those bands. I wanna go even though I have seen them all before...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:37 (fourteen years ago)
just checked the thread to see if anyone had mentioned the new within temptation. no surprise that jeff is enjoying it :)
― Mordy, Saturday, 2 April 2011 15:54 (fourteen years ago)
I like it a lot as well. Very good album, that one.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 2 April 2011 18:33 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone heard the new Voivod live album yet?
― GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 3 April 2011 02:06 (fourteen years ago)
Not yet, but I am looking forward to it.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 3 April 2011 04:23 (fourteen years ago)
Man, speaking of Voivod - don't know how many people would know or care about Axegrinder here (post-Amebix, epic crusty metally band from the UK in the 80s), but I've just downloaded the reissue of "Rise of the Serpent Men" and the bonus tracks by their later incarnation Wartech are soooooooo Voivod. Hatross/Nothingface period. It's almost hilarious, and doesn't really work.
― GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 3 April 2011 09:48 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, they're almost a parody.
― I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Sunday, 3 April 2011 09:52 (fourteen years ago)
I love Rise Of The Serpent Men! Pity about the bonus tracks then
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 3 April 2011 14:20 (fourteen years ago)
I mentioned this before but I am making a mixtape for a friend of mine named Steve Holtje - some of you might know him as he is a writer for several places including The Big Takeover, was formerly my editor at Cream and is the jazz buyer at Sound Fix in Brooklyn.
He just turned 50 so I am picking one song from each year since he was born that is something metal(lic) that he might dig. Steve is a well-rounded music head with tens of thousands of recordings in his collection who loves jazz and classical but is also is very aware of and likes the better-known metal acts such as old Metallica, Slayer, Sabbath, but I don't think he has spent a lot of time listening to new(er) stuff.
As such, I am picking things that aren't too mainstream and is great in one-song form, something that he might like (good playing and/or atmospherics and/or nods to the genres he is more familiar with) and probably hasn't heard.
This is what I tentatively picked for 2011:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl7vM-eglY4
Anyone have any other (better) idea?
As a point of reference (plus I am trying not to repeat the same band), these are my choices for the last decade:
2000 Electric Wizard - Vinum Sabbathi2001 Opeth - The Drapery Falls2002 Mastodon - March of the Fire Ants2003 Asmegin - Op Af Bisterlitjernet2004 Witchcraft - Witchcraft2005 Månegarm - Sigrblot2006 Yakuza - Cancer of Industry2007 Turisas - Rasputin2008 Torche - Healer2009 Baroness - A Horse Called Golgotha2010 Dawnbringer - The Devil
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 4 April 2011 21:08 (fourteen years ago)
Thats now a bad list at all. I'm sure we could argue for months about better, more representative tracks for each year, but I honestly think that covers a pretty decent range from the mainstream (Mastodon) to under-the-radar stuff. Nicely chosen.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 April 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)
why not 'funeralopolis'?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 4 April 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)
Went with something a little more immediate off that disc.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 4 April 2011 21:30 (fourteen years ago)
Oh, and thanks Jon! Yeah, I coulda chosed a lot of tracks. Just wanted balance more than perfection because perfection is debatable anyway. I just hope he latches onto a few things he might not have otherwise heard.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 4 April 2011 21:36 (fourteen years ago)
vinum sabathi otmfm. same w/fire ants actually.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 4 April 2011 21:59 (fourteen years ago)
Knut and Keelhaul in Dublin on Easter Monday is now a FREE show. So no excuse for any Dubs on the thread not to be there!
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:00 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone heard of German stoner/doom trio Wight? Their full length debut, Wight Weedy Wight is really working for me this morning. Not sure why Germany is churning out such high caliber stoner grooves lately, but I can't complain beyond the cost of getting physical copies.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 14:13 (fourteen years ago)
yup, think it was discussed on the other thread. Germany has always been a good place for Stoner Rock. Colour Haze and all that
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 14:27 (fourteen years ago)
actually im not sure we did, it was the google club thing instead
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 14:28 (fourteen years ago)
Listening to the new Power Quest album. DragonForce-esque, but catchier than DragonForce.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 15:10 (fourteen years ago)
this new death metal album just leaked (lol)
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_-ul652GR08g/TZy3ZX4qXpI/AAAAAAAAB18/z6d9zuIiKos/acov_tid142686.png
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:23 (fourteen years ago)
um.
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:26 (fourteen years ago)
you can make it a link if you want, forks
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:27 (fourteen years ago)
bump so I can get that off the bookmarked thread.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:28 (fourteen years ago)
sorry guys
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:29 (fourteen years ago)
So it looks like I'm going to The Big Four (free VIP tickets through a friend). Anyone else going to this thing?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:32 (fourteen years ago)
oh man that's the metallica + other people thing right? so dope. have an awesome time
― markers, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:55 (fourteen years ago)
metallica + other people thing
LOL
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:58 (fourteen years ago)
look, i don't have time to be knowledgeable about all the music in the world!!!
― markers, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:02 (fourteen years ago)
― markers, Wednesday, April 6, 2011 4:55 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I pity you.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:04 (fourteen years ago)
just wait till bill sees it
hah xp
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:04 (fourteen years ago)
hahahahahahaha
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:05 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDbPMS0ruRc
― markers, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:21 (fourteen years ago)
breaking news: shitty musician #1 feuds with shitty musician #2
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:38 (fourteen years ago)
at least he nailed kirk's gf though i guess
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)
i love metallica
― markers, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)
solitary posts that effortlessly summarize the spirit of ILX
^ love you markers
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:46 (fourteen years ago)
i love shitty post cliff burton metallica― markers,
― markers,
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:48 (fourteen years ago)
xpost <3
― markers, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 21:56 (fourteen years ago)
Ok I'm back in the office. What did I miss?
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 7 April 2011 04:02 (fourteen years ago)
nothing ever happens on ilm
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 7 April 2011 15:44 (fourteen years ago)
I wore my Witch Mountain T-shirt to the Helmet/St. Vitus/Crowbar show the other night. When I was poking around the merch booths, the girl running St. Vitus's was like, "Hey, that's my friend Nate's band." Turns out it was Kim Kelly of Invisible Oranges.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:49 (fourteen years ago)
I know Kim! I wanted her to get a job at Relapse, she reminded me of me as a young'un, all filled with passion about her favorite stuff, willing to work her ass off for anyone who asked. I see her once in a while around town but I hear she is living in NYC as often as Philly these days, which also reminds me of me.
Christ, I am old.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:55 (fourteen years ago)
How was the show J3ff?
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:56 (fourteen years ago)
Kim used to intern at Metal Maniacs when I was editing Metal Edge, so she and I are friends, too. I see her at NYC shows sometimes. Plus, she's a publicist for various ultra-underground bands, and wrote about Eyehategod for Burning Ambulance #2.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:57 (fourteen years ago)
Show was great, definitely the best performances I've seen from St. Vitus and Crowbar (and that's saying a lot). Stuck around to watch Helmet perform Meantime, then left as soon as they were finished – figured I would end the evening on a high point.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 7 April 2011 17:04 (fourteen years ago)
You can read Cosmo Lee's live blog of it here (with a guest appearance by yours truly): http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2011/04/metalliance-tour-2011-at-house-of-blues/
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 7 April 2011 17:26 (fourteen years ago)
Kim is a peach! And Cosmo's review is one of my favorite things I've read about us yet. Though this is a huge week for Witch Mountain press.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:49 (fourteen years ago)
xxxxxxxxxxpost = "Does anyone who was at last night's Agalloch NYC show know what any of the stuff was which played over the PA in the 30 minutes or so before Agalloch's set? Was deeply ominous, slow to mid tempo, instrumental, kind of sounding like the heaviest bits of Crimson and Art Bears...
― return, descender (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:35 AM (2 weeks ago)"
Jon - I suggested we play the first track off Univers Zero's Heresie as warm-up music for most of the tour. The band loved it and it worked out great. Can't recommend that album highly enough.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:51 (fourteen years ago)
And yeah, Saint fucking Vitus was AMAZING. Crowbar heavy as shit too. I timed it right that those were the only two acts I really had to deal with. It was the very day I got home from tour so those two sets were plenty. Then I slept the sleep of the dead.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:52 (fourteen years ago)
Apart from Nate, how many here are in a metal band? Surprised none of you have ever made an ilx metal compilation like the other ilx comp.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:24 (fourteen years ago)
Who you calling "metal"? I'm all hipster all the time.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 8 April 2011 02:37 (fourteen years ago)
Ms. Native is a crafty type - she creates Kindle and Nook cover using real books and dust jackets and they look ace - and she came across this on etsy - kind of an eBay for homemade stuff - and I thought it was genius (and yes, maybe a little hipster, since isn't knitting hipster?):
http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.177482133.jpg
Click the link to go to the page. I might buy it! I didn't know it was a Mindless Self Indulgence lyric, which does make it a little less cool, but I still likes it.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 8 April 2011 05:06 (fourteen years ago)
Remember me, I'm in a metal band.. lol!
― SeanWayne, Friday, 8 April 2011 05:33 (fourteen years ago)
Oh hey, it's SeanWayne
― rockapads, Friday, 8 April 2011 06:00 (fourteen years ago)
I wrote about metal bands from Botswana for MSN today.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 8 April 2011 12:29 (fourteen years ago)
Sean, you should have said!lol
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 8 April 2011 13:06 (fourteen years ago)
toot toot! Thanks Lars!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/04/08/135211902/witch-mountain-doom-metal-aged-10-years-just-south-of-salem
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 9 April 2011 00:12 (fourteen years ago)
I want to hear "Smegma Studios" said on the air of my local NPR affiliate...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 9 April 2011 00:28 (fourteen years ago)
Lol. I'm sure stranger things have happened!
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 9 April 2011 00:55 (fourteen years ago)
You're gonna email me a download link for your album, right Nate? Review guaranteed...
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 9 April 2011 02:36 (fourteen years ago)
wow, that's awesome, nate. congrats!
― original bgm, Saturday, 9 April 2011 15:45 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone else underwhelmed on 1st listen to Pentagram?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 9 April 2011 17:52 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah.
― I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Saturday, 9 April 2011 18:01 (fourteen years ago)
Phil raving about it maybe gave me really high hopes. but its only first listen, need to give it a few more.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 9 April 2011 18:05 (fourteen years ago)
Possibly.
To answer you question about the Winter album, I just got it on CD. I'm not a vinyl obsessive and it suits my listening habits far better. So sue me.
― I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Saturday, 9 April 2011 18:10 (fourteen years ago)
I like the new Pentragram a lot. Getting Griffin back was the best thing Liebling could do.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 9 April 2011 19:09 (fourteen years ago)
Phil, of course man! Also sorry I bumped into you at SXSW during one of the most stressful days our my life. Wish we could have hung out buddy! Next time...
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 9 April 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)
days "of" my life ;) Heavy metal soap opera!
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 9 April 2011 19:47 (fourteen years ago)
Is anyone here a fan of Rudra?I'm really impressed with how well they've melded their black/death approachwith traditional Indian music. They make it sound so natural and effortless.Their new album is strong, but not as good as the previous two, which have parts that truly amaze me.
And speaking of Rudra, who are from Singapore, does anyone know of anyIndonesian metal bands that take a similar approach and are succesful at it?I think their history of having such strong ritualistic and theatrical aspectsto their religion would be a perfect match for this sort of metal. There'spotential for something truly powerful to come out of that region. I'm waitingfor someone who plays the demon king in the Ramayana to start a metal band!That would make for some scary great vocals!
― serenchwilen, Sunday, 10 April 2011 03:34 (fourteen years ago)
Thoughts on Believer, Pentagram and some more of today's new releases.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 15:35 (fourteen years ago)
Believer and Pentagram in the same sentence... awesome!
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 23:38 (fourteen years ago)
I just wanted to gloat a bit... Hellbeard is opening for Death Angel in less than two weeks.. Yay Me! and Hellbeard.. lol!
If you're in the area- April 23rd The Avalon, Santa Clara, Ca
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 23:41 (fourteen years ago)
I saw Black Breath last night in Oakland... the crowd was kinda cold at first, but they warmed up by the 3rd song- how could they not, BB is so good live-they fucking crushed!! They're playing tonight too in the City (SF), but i got rehearsal.. plus my neck hurts from severe headbanging... my buddy told me folks were clearing out from behind me due to my locks...(I have dreads down to my waist)
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 00:28 (fourteen years ago)
oh no you're one of those!!!! lol ;)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 00:30 (fourteen years ago)
LOL!!! yeah, its problematic...
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 00:53 (fourteen years ago)
Somehow they'd passed me by, but just listened to some clips of Rudra & liking it a lot. Thanks for the heads up.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 12:11 (fourteen years ago)
Best band named after an iron maiden song? http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-wrathchild-americas-3-d/
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 15 April 2011 17:47 (fourteen years ago)
Oh man, haven't thought about them in a dog's age! I bought Climbin' The Walls because of the Pink Floyd cover; don't remember the rest of it and had no idea they made another record.
Another nice piece J3ff. I'm enjoying the Lazarus Pit series a great deal.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 15 April 2011 17:53 (fourteen years ago)
Ha, I saw Wrathchild America open for Pantera. I stage dove for the first time during their set, and nobody caught me, so I landed right on my back. Luckily, they at least picked me up so I didn't get trampled in the pit.
― rockapads, Friday, 15 April 2011 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone remember the UK's Wrathchild?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuSzl8ukQbo
― A. Begrand, Friday, 15 April 2011 18:38 (fourteen years ago)
Surely the best band named after an Iron Maiden song is Iron Maiden!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syhah1tNqoU&feature=related
― Nate Carson, Friday, 15 April 2011 21:41 (fourteen years ago)
Wrathchils was amazing, a glam band that sounded like Motorhead. Don't like the song above but this rules so hard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEMIy_brnU&feature=player_embedded
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 15 April 2011 23:04 (fourteen years ago)
HELLBASTARD tonight!
Crust 4eva
lolworthy (to me) is that support is from band called Panzerbastard.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 16 April 2011 11:34 (fourteen years ago)
A heads up for anyone who wants a Mastodon live 2xLP with dvd that couldn't get to RSD. 200 for sale at http://www.mastodonrocks.com/store
cant be many left now
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 16 April 2011 18:49 (fourteen years ago)
I don't think 180 gram vinyl will make those vocals sound any less shitty.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 16 April 2011 19:24 (fourteen years ago)
Nate, nice to meet you yesterday at the comix fest and thanks a million for answering about Univers Zero. I'll soon have a new record to love.
― last name ever, first name gjetost (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 17 April 2011 16:15 (fourteen years ago)
Likewise Jon and thanks for the kult comics! You'll freak when you get a copy of Heresie home.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 18 April 2011 09:23 (fourteen years ago)
Today's Album I Am Totally Obsessed With: the Princess Ghibli: Imaginary Flying Machines compilation. Italian power metallers and J-pop vocalists collaborating on covers of songs from Studio Ghibli movies. Every bit as awesome as that sounds. There's a promo page where you can listen to the whole thing here.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 18 April 2011 16:42 (fourteen years ago)
Funny, I just watched the Studio Ghibli Tales From Earthsea just last night. It was good. The songs were not.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 18 April 2011 21:26 (fourteen years ago)
yep
― My bad Van Buren! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:34 (fourteen years ago)
That comp is surprisingly good. Thanks for the tip!
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 02:36 (fourteen years ago)
Is it just me, or has this proliferation of metal threads made this one relatively inactive and less fun?
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:50 (fourteen years ago)
it has seemed v. quiet lately
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:50 (fourteen years ago)
people who post on the other threads still posting here, but nothing much is happening lately
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:51 (fourteen years ago)
Usually happens when theres a big ilm poll going on
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:52 (fourteen years ago)
actually ILX in general has been really quiet lately
we should all have an introduce a friend to ilm day
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)
then sean wont be the new guy anymore
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:54 (fourteen years ago)
Everyone's busy listening to the new Winds of Plague CD.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:55 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, it's not just you, nate.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:02 (fourteen years ago)
nothing stopping any of you posting on the other threads
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)
or this one
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)
Adrien mentioned a new Cruachan album on twitter today - any of you guys heard it? The name's familiar (and not just from Irish history) but I don't think I've ever heard a note.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:26 (fourteen years ago)
I just listened to them the other day! Really great stuff! Irish black/folk-metal. I highly recommend it, the vocals are not too extreme either!
― No pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:28 (fourteen years ago)
the group you left ez had it the other day
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:30 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks Viceroy! The description I read sounds like they'd be up my alley, but a few extra opinions/thoughts are always a help.
And let me add my voice to Nate and aerosmith on the splintering being a negative (and unnecessary) thing.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:31 (fourteen years ago)
sorry yall can't figure out how to use bookmarks...
― No pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:33 (fourteen years ago)
click the big thing that says Bookmarkthen click the thread when it shows up at the top of your screen
― My bad Van Buren! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:38 (fourteen years ago)
I'll keep stubbornly posting here.
The new Cruachan album is indeed ace. If anything, it tides you over just enough before the new Primordial album next week. That sucker is year-end list bound.
The Winds of Plague thing is unbearable. I don't know why I keep listening to advances of that band's records, they're always a complete mess.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:58 (fourteen years ago)
yeah im not going anywhere either. There's room for plenty of metal threads
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:00 (fourteen years ago)
At this point I'm mainly anxious for the Gates of Slumber.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:01 (fourteen years ago)
you wont be disappointed. It came out in the UK the other week.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:03 (fourteen years ago)
The Winds of Plague thing is unbearable.
For some reason, kiddie metalcore and deathcore has really been winning me over lately. I was listening to the most recent Emmure album today, and I genuinely like some songs by Winds of Plague, Of Mice & Men, Asking Alexandria, etc., etc.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:04 (fourteen years ago)
^midlife crisis ;)
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:05 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, Gates of Slumber has earned their place as one of those anticipated bands that I will wait for a physical release until I hear it.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:06 (fourteen years ago)
you shoulda ordered it from amazon or play.com.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:07 (fourteen years ago)
Its only available as an import (with the wrong cover art!) on Amazon right now.
Is there any word on if Profound Lore will distribute over here again?
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:09 (fourteen years ago)
I'm sure they will distro it. Why "wrong cover art"?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:10 (fourteen years ago)
For some reason it comes up as the cover art for Hymns instead of the new one. No big deal, I'd just rather order it directly from Profound Lore when I can.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:11 (fourteen years ago)
It's not out on profoundlore though. The last album wasn't on profoundlore either. They just stocked it in their distro.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:17 (fourteen years ago)
The Gates album is on Rise Above, so Metal Blade will distribute it here if I'm not mistaken. Not like we in Canada ever see RA albums in our record stores, though.
As for Phil's kiddiecore comment, I'm actually a little more sympathetic towards the Asking Alexandria album. That one's okay.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:33 (fourteen years ago)
look man you succeeded in pretty much destroying the rolling metal thread, you ain't gotta gloat about it
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:43 (fourteen years ago)
wtf
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:49 (fourteen years ago)
lol no one's destroyed anything and AG was obviously not gloating, that's a ridiculous statement.
― No pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:55 (fourteen years ago)
Gates of Slumber is utterly massive, btw.
― No pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:56 (fourteen years ago)
john just because you don't want me to post on this thread doesn't mean i'm going to stop, no matter all the abuse and dickish moves you pull. Have you ever considered instead of telling people where to post you could talk about metal, nothing is more offputting about this thread is the constant snark by people butthurt because things aren't done their way. A thread is what you make of it. Being dickheads to people on it will push others away. Maybe that's why the thread is quiet?Why don't you grow up and stop trolling?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:59 (fourteen years ago)
than not is
Does this album cover make you want to check out this album more or less?https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_-ul652GR08g/Ta3G3N2LdjI/AAAAAAAACIY/vNeh0uH5TYU/acov_tid143891.png
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:04 (fourteen years ago)
It looks like an expansion pack to some too-clever-by-half collectible card game. My false-metal senses are tingling...
― No pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:06 (fourteen years ago)
just because you don't want me to post on this thread
this is a false beginning - I have no problem with you posting on this thread or any thread - this is yr persecution complex speaking here, "so-and-so hates me/doesn't want me to post" is just nonsense, has always been nonsense, and will always be nonsense
this thread went more or less dark after the whole I Love Metal/multi-metal-subgenre-thread balkanization aftermath, that's kind of a readable curve. I know for you that saying that translates into some ridiculous aero doesn't like me/is against me deal, which is again nonsense, I'm sure you are an awesome human being with a great love of music - how could it be otherwise? it is clear to all that you are a warm person with a great love of music. that doesn't make it any less true that the whole Separate Thread For Every Metal Subgenre move was the death of a very long-running thread imo, which is now just "did you hear"/"nope, not yet" etc. I don't know maybe I am wrong and everybody just naturally stopped having discussions about metal.
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:23 (fourteen years ago)
100% with aero on this one. All the action is on the black metal and stoner metal threads now, which is a bullshit (and totally predictable) outcome based on what was always a bad idea.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:33 (fourteen years ago)
if that's you not having a problem with me I'd hate to see you if you ever do
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:34 (fourteen years ago)
naw when I have a real problem I just mope quietly, it's disgraceful
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:36 (fourteen years ago)
All the action is on the black metal and stoner metal threads now,
Maybe people post on those threads as it's far more chill and less of a bad atmosphere. No-one is on there telling people where to post/not to post. All the threads are thriving, i don't see the problem.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:40 (fourteen years ago)
or maybe they just want to post about that kinda stuff, but most people on those threads still post in this one. A thread is what you make it. Andd contrary to what john thinks, I haven't destroyed this thread nor tried to.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:42 (fourteen years ago)
Maybe people post on those threads as it's far more chill and less of a bad atmosphere.
maybe they post on those threads because now there are separate threads for every genre, whereas before this was a pleasant place to have many discussions about metal. this thread got a bad atmosphere when you made a whole weekend out of trying to replace it with a new board & then with a dozen new threads. that reads as animosity to you, it's not, but it is true: this thread's toast; it was replaced by subgenre threads. that's a shame to me; I don't give a shit about subgenre threads and avoid them. I don't want to talk about black metal here, doom metal there, etc etc.
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:47 (fourteen years ago)
however if your desire was "get aerosmith to quit talking much abt metal on ilm" mission accomplished there, congrats
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:51 (fourteen years ago)
now who has a persecution complex
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:52 (fourteen years ago)
must be contagious
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:53 (fourteen years ago)
I have no opinions about AG as a person, seems like a nice human and I certainly got no problem with that, but I would so much rather bookmark 1 thread and spend more time reading it than 5 threads and spend less time on each one. It's really truly nothing personal -- it's about my time on ILX, which comes and goes depending on what I have to do that day.
I like keeping up with this thread, and post occasionally (not much) without (any!) fear of reprisal, but I genuinely can't keep up with every rolling (subgenre) thread. Just my 2 cents.
― housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:54 (fourteen years ago)
― Wandering Boy Poet
Glad you're liking them... They're a unique and powerful band!
― serenchwilen, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:54 (fourteen years ago)
― GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ)
I'm glad you're taking an interest in their new stuff. Yeah, like with Jag Panzer, they've shed a lot of their youthful adventurousness, but I agree, the new stuff is shaping up to be a compelling blend of things. I'm excited to hear the rest and hope to catch them on the road someplace.
― serenchwilen, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 01:02 (fourteen years ago)
I would so much rather bookmark 1 thread and spend more time reading it than 5 threads and spend less time on each one. It's really truly nothing personal -- it's about my time on ILX, which comes and goes depending on what I have to do that day.
This is exactly how I feel. The subgenre threads are fucking annoying. I wish ILM had nothing but about 10 super-vaguely-defined rolling threads, to be honest.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 01:08 (fourteen years ago)
and nothing else?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 01:21 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, nothing else. Certainly no motherfucking polls.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 01:26 (fourteen years ago)
i'd rather bookmark just one thread too. i was on break when the metal board was created, but i feel like ilx's metal community was pretty vocal about not wanting one before it was ever created, and i feel like this fragmentation thing that's going on now isn't good either. it's almost like having a metal board without having a metal board
don't get me wrong, if there's some huge metal release that truly needs its own thread, go ahead, make it -- that's what we do for M.I.A., Kanye, and other really big, "important" records -- but in general it's just much better to keep it in one thread
― markers, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 02:20 (fourteen years ago)
i actually think it's better for newcomers too, because they can just drop in to one thread to see what's up instead of trying to figure out what's going on in a bunch of different threads. if i wanted to see what's going on in rap, all i have to do is open rolling gun sounds, and it should be the same for metal
― markers, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 02:22 (fourteen years ago)
there are enough people who want this to be the thread for metal that, if we can't stop the other threads from existing, we can at least keep this thread thriving and just ignore the other ones
― markers, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 02:29 (fourteen years ago)
yall seriously need to shut the fuck up and move on
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 02:48 (fourteen years ago)
...
― markers, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 02:49 (fourteen years ago)
that was not directed at anyone in particular, but as someone who wasted the better part of a weekend battling the existence of the i love metal sub board, i think we have come to a compromise (that left nobody happy, as all good compromises do) and i really think that snarky one-lines that result in the whole fucking mess being revisited serve no purpose whatsoever
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 02:51 (fourteen years ago)
I apologize for my one-liner. I stopped in and saw people saying "why's it dead in this thread?" and I was like GEE I FUCKING WONDER and let my annoyance wake back up. I now return to no longer posting on ilx metal threads.
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 02:56 (fourteen years ago)
there are enough people who want this to be the thread for metal that, if we can't stop the other threads from existing, we can at least keep this thread thriving and just ignore the other ones― markers, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:29 PM
― markers, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:29 PM
i would just like to point out that i have been otm in this thread
markers out
― markers, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 03:00 (fourteen years ago)
yah well i mean as someone who is much more of a consumer than an originator on threads like this it does suck, i'm sure as shit not reading the subgenre threads, i'll probably hear less metal this year--o well, such is life.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 03:02 (fourteen years ago)
Seriously if this whole thing ends up in aerosmith not posting in here, or even at a severely reduced rate, I'm going to be pissed. (NB - not really "pissed" but "super bummed" didn't sound kvlt enough)
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 03:03 (fourteen years ago)
oh come on my posts aren't so crucial to the life of this thread, I'm just a cranky bastard, half of what I do here is clown people for liking indie rock played w/boss pedals & calling it metal, nobody's actually in need of that
you know where to find me...on the classical threads, up until we break those down to baroque/classcial-except-for-Beethoven/Beethoven/romantic-except-for-Liszt/Liszt/modern-except-for-drone/drone-that-isn't-metal threads
then I'll just post on the polka thread & give a big middle finger to the sky
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 03:07 (fourteen years ago)
speaking of, what are ppl feeling about subrosa? i think the most obvious antecedent is a silver mount zion. it's not bad.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 03:09 (fourteen years ago)
I forget where on ILM I've said it, but SubRosa has eclipsed every other Profound Lore release I've heard this year, at least for me. I even like it more than the new Krallice, as big a fan I am of that one.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 03:28 (fourteen years ago)
I know you said that on twitter, Adrien.
Love the Subrosa. Best thing I've heard this year, though I expect next week's Primordial to mount a serious challenge. But it is so in my wheelhouse I don't know if I can fairly judge it.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 03:37 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, it's a cool record, and even as metal bands go they are impressively humorless, but something holds me back from full-on love. maybe i'm looking for a little more groove? need to listen again.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 03:44 (fourteen years ago)
Haha, the Primordial record is on an entirely different level of greatness. (speaking of which I have a big story on Nemtheanga & Primordial in the new Terrorizer that comes out in a day or two)
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 04:01 (fourteen years ago)
I love this thread, have loved this thread for years, and wish I could contribute more to keep it cooler than the subgenre chatroom threads. Not much of a writer and I never hear shit 'til everyone else has heard it already. So, the new Rotten Sound is streaming in Invisible Oranges for everyone who hasn't already heard it and discussed it in early January. New Amon Amarth track on same site sounds like it came off the last album.
― rockapads, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 04:16 (fourteen years ago)
I like the grind/powerviolence/etc. thread because I love that stuff but there was never much interest when I posted about it on the rolling metal threads. so, that's cool.
as for the others... meh. still don't see the point, don't think I ever will.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 04:58 (fourteen years ago)
still spinning the new maruta on the reg btw. probably my fave of the year so far but I'll be the first to admit that I haven't been following 2011 metal too closely.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 05:07 (fourteen years ago)
"It looks like an expansion pack to some too-clever-by-half collectible card game."
See I was certain (on first read) that this comment was in reference to the proliferation of subgenre threads.
I do not mean to re-open the wound or attack AG (who I genuinely iLike), but seriously, this thread started seeming like an abandoned house.
Subgenres may be a reality in music marketing, but let's think bigger here. We all know what we're talking about and the sharing that goes on here has made it the only forum (the only thread!) that I frequent. Group hug, sniff, guys and gals!
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 05:15 (fourteen years ago)
Like Markers said above, I was away when the Metal Board thing broke out and came back to this. It may have been difficult to keep up with at times, but this thread just feels dead now. I'm probably as much to blame as anybody for not posting, but it's seriously changed in here. Maybe the only sub-thread that has a use is the grind one, for the reasons Alan gives above.
Nate, I have suggested a Witch Mountain/YOB pairing for Supersonic. Maybe see you there.
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 07:59 (fourteen years ago)
Witch Mountain and YOB on 70,000 Tons of Metal in 2012, that's what we need.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 08:27 (fourteen years ago)
I would be tempted to go to that.
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 08:37 (fourteen years ago)
Wow, KK Downing has opted for early retirement.
http://judaspriest.com/News/Doc/KK-Downing-Retirement-Announcement.pdf
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 09:48 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, that's kind of an odd thing, electing not to play the final ever shows.
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 10:05 (fourteen years ago)
if we can't stop the other threads from existing, we can at least keep this thread thriving and just ignore the other ones
Well thanks for that. Telling people to not post on them just so you can get your own way. Real mature.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 11:03 (fourteen years ago)
All these threads were doing fine and were really chill and had a happy atmosphere until some of you had to call for the http://www.reece-eu.net/gallery/var/albums/funny/wahmbulance.jpg?m=1272637386
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 11:04 (fourteen years ago)
Can't believe K.K.'s stepping away! Total bummer.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 11:06 (fourteen years ago)
That's pretty much why I started it. As it's been said, grind doesn't get much traction here, probably because it falls between two stools as a genre. If anyone thinks it's intended to draw an audience away from this thread, or stand in opposition to it in some way, they're sorely mistaken.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 11:50 (fourteen years ago)
FFS Kerr, let it go.
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:09 (fourteen years ago)
Liturgy RSD split on Amazon marketplace for not stupid amount btw. Although I don't have confirmation of mine yet so this isn't a 100% recommendation.
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:12 (fourteen years ago)
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, April 20, 2011 7:50 AM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah i believe i've said before and will say again that thread makes complete sense
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:32 (fourteen years ago)
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:55 (fourteen years ago)
yes you did you invaded Poland
― A Zed and Two Nults (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:59 (fourteen years ago)
I think you will find the troublemaking and trolling started with
look man you succeeded in pretty much destroying the rolling metal thread, you ain't gotta gloat about it― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned),
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned),
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 13:02 (fourteen years ago)
but of course everything must be done johns way or not at all, he has the entitlement apparently. If it's not done to his satisfaction he quits threads and his minions tell everyone not to post on other threads to kill them off. Why don't you all just ban me so i dont ruin johns thread any longer?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 13:05 (fourteen years ago)
at least on this thread (and others) i was actually posting about music while all certain others did was bitch about how the thread was ruined.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 13:08 (fourteen years ago)
so why don't you all talk about music instead of bitching?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 13:09 (fourteen years ago)
siegbran check your email, i sent you a link to a video you might be interested in
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 13:10 (fourteen years ago)
Really, stop with the persecution thing. It doesn't matter who started it, everyone just pack it in, OK?
So, Krallice. Thoughts?
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 13:30 (fourteen years ago)
you are a weird dude, AG. pretty insulting to label people who have been contributing to these threads for years as aero's "minions" because they happen to disagree with you.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 15:27 (fourteen years ago)
lets drop it please, AG has been banned per self request so id rather we didnt really talk about him without him being around to respond - thx
― The Band Perry is the drummer for Gay Dad (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 15:31 (fourteen years ago)
ok, sorry.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 15:34 (fourteen years ago)
hope this isn't a permanent ban btw.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 15:35 (fourteen years ago)
no problem - just so the info is clear, it is a permaban, but obv he can contact us if he wants it reversed. ok enough mod guy stuff - is obscura worth seeing live? also if i go see obscura/septicflesh/devin townsend project/children of bodom, is there any reason to stick around for COB?
― The Band Perry is the drummer for Gay Dad (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 15:39 (fourteen years ago)
I'm actually really looking forward to that tour - I've never seen Obscura live but their albums are fantastic, the new Septicflesh is terrific, too. Not so sure about Devin Townsend (I saw Strapping Young Lad live and they were great, but I just don't think the DTP songs are as good as the old SYL material), and I doubt I'm gonna stick around for COB myself.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 15:41 (fourteen years ago)
I agree that Strapping was a more interesting band than DTP is. Bodom's always a fun band to see...I'm most excited about seeing Septicflesh and Obscura, but I am looking forward to seeing Bodom for the umpteenth time.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:13 (fourteen years ago)
Haha, the Primordial record is on an entirely different level of greatness.
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:21 (fourteen years ago)
no worries
i need to get that primordial v v badly
― The Band Perry is the drummer for Gay Dad (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:24 (fourteen years ago)
whoa italic frenzy
haha uh never mind
― The Band Perry is the drummer for Gay Dad (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:25 (fourteen years ago)
I listened to the Primordial promo cut once and decided to eschew a relisten or to track down any other tracks until I have the whole thing in my hand. My best bud from back in my metal youth is taking Tuesday off and we're having a listening party as soon as the store opens. I figure 2 or 3 spins, lunch, and then back for more. My most anticipated record in ages and ages.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:25 (fourteen years ago)
I've dug primordial since like '01 and it's not like they're doing anything new to them but fuck they have gotten SO good at it. just that sort of cruise-control-but-driving-100-mph "yup...got this corner covered" thing that is awesome in a band one likes.
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:28 (fourteen years ago)
ive been hooked ever since seeing them live - front dude is INTENSE.
― The Band Perry is the drummer for Gay Dad (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:31 (fourteen years ago)
I've been kicking myself for a while that I didn't drag my ass to Pagen Fest a few years ago to see them. Korpiklaani, Eluveitie, & Primordial all on the same bill? Kicking myself.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:36 (fourteen years ago)
oh hey speaking of shows - any votes on holy grail/cauldron? playing for cheap soon but the promo contains "homage to iron maiden" which makes me all zzzzzzzzzzzzz
― The Band Perry is the drummer for Gay Dad (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:44 (fourteen years ago)
not that iron maiden is zzz, just that all these bands aping stuff and being proud about it makes me irritable
― The Band Perry is the drummer for Gay Dad (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:45 (fourteen years ago)
Don't know about Holy Grail, but the new Cauldron album is awesome. Very early 80s, but in a good way. They don't sound exactly like any of the big bands of that era but fit in nicely right alongside. Adrien did a nice write-up and interview with them, I think it was for Popmatters.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:48 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, Cauldron's great, and Holy Grail are really good, too. If that tour was playing Manhattan instead of Brooklyn (and if it wasn't the night before Amon Amarth, and two nights before Calle 13, which I have to attend for professional reasons) I would totally go.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:54 (fourteen years ago)
haha anybody want to lay odds on my chances of convincing K to swing back to the cities halfway through our honeymoon so i can see belphegor?
oh well. vreid/kampfar/enshrined later this year, and maybe woods of ypres early next month so ive got plenty to do i suppose
xpost ok you guys might be convincing me here, ill have to go stream some stuff and see what i think
― The Band Perry is the drummer for Gay Dad (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:57 (fourteen years ago)
There was some Cauldron talk on this thread earlier this year, including my mishearing of "Tears Have Come".
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:02 (fourteen years ago)
Huh. I take a break for a few days, and this is what happens? Crazy.
Anyway, Primordial are okay, but they're no Winds of Plague.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:03 (fourteen years ago)
Throats! for the folks that are digging trap Them and Black Breath.. Throats!!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:06 (fourteen years ago)
AG did nothing wrong, to take him up his self banning is dumb...
If we want this thread to return to proper glory, don't post in the sub genre threads and keep it all here... HAILS!!!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:08 (fourteen years ago)
take him up on his*
well if ppl request to be banned that request will be honored.....i assume he will be back tho
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:12 (fourteen years ago)
will look into throats and still need to hear black breath
It's a bit of an overreaction on his part, I think he'd be welcome back, but it's his decision.
So… new Arch Enemy sounds a whole lot like Arch Enemy. Still really good, very professional, but they've kind of become the metal version of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in that you could Shuffle songs from their last three albums together on one playlist and not realize that you were listening to songs from different albums.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:18 (fourteen years ago)
unless there was some private emails he asked why don't you ban me so I don't ruin dudes threads..
Why don't you all just ban me so i dont ruin johns thread any longer?
I don't think its justified.. That dude got me on here. I don't see anything he's done that was upruling, malicious or anything.. he was juat wanting to talk about music, and provide avenues to do so. He didn't ruin shit, you guys are trippin..
Sorry, I know ya'll are trying to move past this, I just wanted to chime in..
fucking metal, yo!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:18 (fourteen years ago)
i assume he requested the ban privately through a mod
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:21 (fourteen years ago)
Thoats toured Europe w/ Trash Talk recently, that howI heard of em, otherwise I know nothing about em except for a self titled EP that is relentless...
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:22 (fourteen years ago)
I don't really understand the Arch Enemy/Red Hot Chili Peppers comparison, but it could just be me. Each of their first five albums sounded very different from one another. But I hated Blood Sugar Sex Magick and stopped listening after that. Did the next three or four or seven (I don't even know how many they've released) sound super-samey?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:29 (fourteen years ago)
Their last three records (Californication, By the Way, and Stadium Arcadium) all sounded pretty much the same. Sorry, I could have been clearer – I'm not referring to their early stuff, which is pretty great. Arch Enemy are way better than recent RHCP, also. At this point, though, they've settled into a pretty comfortable groove, to the point where I'm reasonably sure that they're repeating riffs.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:33 (fourteen years ago)
you could Shuffle songs from their last three albums together on one playlist and not realize that you were listening to songs from different albums
Is that bad? I mean, in general... I like a band to grow and expand especially if its getting tired, but sometimes I like a band to stick to their guns and pump out what you'd expect from them...
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:34 (fourteen years ago)
There are good sides and bad sides to consistency like that. On the one hand, you're never going to be (pleasantly) surprised by something on an Arch Enemy record. On the other hand, they don't have any Soundtrack to Your Escapes in their discography. Recycling riffs is kind of lazy, though.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:40 (fourteen years ago)
When I interviewed Johan Soderberg from Amon Amarth, I asked him if he ever listens back to the old records when writing a new one, just to make sure he doesn't re-use a riff. He said no. I also asked him if he could play "Death in Fire" in his sleep, and he said yes to that one.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:44 (fourteen years ago)
Recycling is very lazy.. and thats a hardline to see sometimes, is it recycling or a style to which the riffs sound alike... I don't know their stuff, I've never heard anything that grabbed me, besides chickie-poo having a brutal voice for a female..
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:47 (fourteen years ago)
I don't know their stuff, I've never heard anything that grabbed me, besides chickie-poo having a brutal voice for a female...
Go see them live, you'll be won over. They're ferocious performers.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:51 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, what unperson said.
Actually, Arch Enemy and Amon Amarth are in pretty similar places in their career. They've both honed in on a sound that works for them, and their latest albums lack a Big Single but may be more consistent for it.
It should also be noted that any criticism of Arch Enemy comes from a place of having listened to their back catalog a million times. If Khaos Legions was my first exposure to the band, I would be like, "Dude, this is awesome."
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 19:07 (fourteen years ago)
I like Arch Enemy. I never really get what people have against them.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 19:18 (fourteen years ago)
Girls have cooties.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 19:40 (fourteen years ago)
anybody hear the new autopsy lp yet? just heard about this one and am very excited.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 19:41 (fourteen years ago)
thought their last ep was quite good, but I'm not gonna lie, the cleaned-up production was a bit of a turn-off.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 19:42 (fourteen years ago)
Arch Enemy is one of those bands whose predictability I always enjoy. I like the new single, and I know I'll like the new album. Funnily enough, I've never seen them in person. They're one of the only large-ish metal bands I have yet to see.
There's a nice Primordial review by Jeff in the new dB, by the way.
Haven't heard the Autopsy yet, but man does the new Morbid Angel song ever sound boring.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 19:42 (fourteen years ago)
man does the new Morbid Angel song ever sound boring
Yeah, I'm really not looking forward to the utterly predictable wave of Azagthoth dick-sucking. Who's writing the Decibel cover story?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 19:52 (fourteen years ago)
J. Bennett, I believe.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 19:57 (fourteen years ago)
this is pretty funny, tho:
http://e-shop.season-of-mist.com/images/covers/high/26627_12.jpg
― original bgm, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 20:06 (fourteen years ago)
any of you morbid angel die-hards/satanists ponying up $200 for that bad boy? candles!!
― original bgm, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 20:07 (fourteen years ago)
lol at caring if a thread dies
lol at wanting ilx to consist of 8 vaguely defined rolling threads
― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 20:13 (fourteen years ago)
roxy otm
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 20:20 (fourteen years ago)
New Decibel in the mail today – looks like a good one. Ghost cover story, Killing Joke Hall of Fame, my second Born of Osiris feature…
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 21:46 (fourteen years ago)
mine arrived a couple days ago
― markers, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 21:48 (fourteen years ago)
Also, Phil OTM re: Winds of Plague. It's so aggressively stupid it's kind of charming. It's like, how do you even review something like that? They totally accomplish what they're going for, but what they're going for is ridiculous. Certainly never boring, though!
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 21:51 (fourteen years ago)
They're no Turisas.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 21:53 (fourteen years ago)
Well, Turisas are actually good.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 21:54 (fourteen years ago)
Like I said.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 21:54 (fourteen years ago)
See, I can't stand Turisas, but I'll listen to knuckle-dragging breakdowns-and-rave-synths neck-tattoo metal all damn day.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 21:58 (fourteen years ago)
Nate, I have suggested a Witch Mountain/YOB pairing for Supersonic. Maybe see you there.― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 07:59 (Yesterday) PermalinkWitch Mountain and YOB on 70,000 Tons of Metal in 2012, that's what we need.― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 08:27 (Yesterday)
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 07:59 (Yesterday) Permalink
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 08:27 (Yesterday)
I have kisses for you guys. Anytime you want to collect them.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 21 April 2011 05:52 (fourteen years ago)
haven't heard new Morbid yet but I loved Gateways & not Heretic...is it anywhere near the Gateways vein?
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 21 April 2011 06:12 (fourteen years ago)
Just caught up on this thread. Too bad Herm/AG left, he seems like a good guy (who may overdo it sometimes) but seems to really care about this stuff. Come on back, Herm.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Thursday, 21 April 2011 15:20 (fourteen years ago)
cares too much imo. a break will do him good.
― rockapads, Thursday, 21 April 2011 16:39 (fourteen years ago)
streaming the new krallice at a very polite volume.
omg.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 21 April 2011 20:11 (fourteen years ago)
CRANK IT BRA
― roxymuzak, Thursday, 21 April 2011 21:51 (fourteen years ago)
nagl in the visitors cube section of the office, sitting right next to my boss.
but i will crank it this week when i buy it, that's for sure.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 21 April 2011 22:38 (fourteen years ago)
― markers, Thursday, 21 April 2011 23:51 (fourteen years ago)
I thought the last Abscess album was really great. Is the new Autopsy along the same lines?I'm not sure how different these two groups are supposed to be now.
― serenchwilen, Thursday, 21 April 2011 23:57 (fourteen years ago)
Any early good words about the new Deceased?
― serenchwilen, Thursday, 21 April 2011 23:58 (fourteen years ago)
Meanwhile, I'm falling more madly in love by the minute with Rose Kemp's Golden Shroud.
Few albums have really blown my mind like Golden Shroud has.
― serenchwilen, Friday, 22 April 2011 00:00 (fourteen years ago)
Rose Kemp's Golden Shroud was the biggest, best musical surprise I had last year. Pure genius.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Friday, 22 April 2011 00:04 (fourteen years ago)
Good to hear it! I think it was someone on last year's rolling thread who tipped me off about it. I wonder what she'll do next.
― serenchwilen, Friday, 22 April 2011 02:28 (fourteen years ago)
Saw a kid walking down the street in a Venom t-shirt and bullet belt today. Yay.
― Telemachus Sneezed (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 22 April 2011 05:25 (fourteen years ago)
I need to get deeper into Golden Shroud. Really love her, but I got more immediately into the last record. This one is deep...
― Nate Carson, Friday, 22 April 2011 05:44 (fourteen years ago)
how old of a kid?
― roxymuzak, Friday, 22 April 2011 14:30 (fourteen years ago)
I thought the last Abscess album was really great. Is the new Autopsy along the same lines?
yeah, the last abscess album ruled. I haven't heard the new lp yet, but if the ep from last year is any indicator, they're still writing material similar to classic autopsy but with noticeably cleaned-up production. definitely not as crusty as the last abscess.
but like I said, haven't heard the lp yet. really want to!
― original bgm, Friday, 22 April 2011 14:35 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks for the heads-up on Krallice stream - it's greaaaaaaaat
― Brakhage, Friday, 22 April 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)
Does anyone care that Nevermore seems to be breaking up...?
NEVERMORE ANNOUNCE THE DEPARTURE OF JEFF LOOMIS AND VAN WILLIAMS
Nevermore guitar player Jeff Loomis and drummer Van Williams have announced their departure from the group. The two have released a joint statement:
"In a mutual decision Jeff Loomis and Van Williams have decided to leave Nevermore. The time has come to pursue our own paths from the group. Due to internal struggles and ongoing issues within the band, we feel it is our time to move on. We would like to thank all of our fans around the world for their years of love, support and enthusiasm. This was not an easy decision but a very necessary one at this point, may we all meet again someday, somewhere in time."
Loomis and Williams had been with Nevermore since the band's first album, 1995's self titled, Nevermore.
NEVERMORE recently announced that they would be cancelling their planned tour with Symphony X. No information regarding additional confirmed tour dates is known at this time.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 22 April 2011 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
Sad about AG's fit, but jeez it does seem like things are back to usual, no?
ps - I will be announcing a pretty spectacular Summer tour on Monday :)
― Nate Carson, Friday, 22 April 2011 19:47 (fourteen years ago)
:D
― markers, Friday, 22 April 2011 19:47 (fourteen years ago)
if I can get more Loomis solo albums I can live just fine w/o Nevermore, his last one shredded hard
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 22 April 2011 19:57 (fourteen years ago)
I so want to love the Liturgy album. But every time that long silent gap in the middle comes up I find myself saying "Phew, that album's over. Oh, wait, no."
Liking the new Kampfar a lot. Is that an Ulver cover at the end, or just an homage with the same title?
Still making up my mind about, but positively disposed towards, the new Negura Bunget EP and the new Septicflesh.
Totally loving the new non-metal album by a certain adjacent poster.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 22 April 2011 20:41 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, it took a few intensive listens before I fully understood and appreciated what she has done. It's a truly visionary work. I am in awe of her.
Nate, do you still drum for Two Ton Boa as well?"Time to Say Goodnight" really caught my ears in that episode of Being Human.It reminded me a lot of Faun Fables with its mysterious pagan sweep.When I was looking up more info about it, your name came up.
Speaking of Faun Fables, I wish Dawn McCarthy would do some kind of metal-folk fusion!Huge potential for something gigantic and powerful there! She already has the associationwith Nils Frykdahl. Could be really interesting.
― serenchwilen, Friday, 22 April 2011 20:43 (fourteen years ago)
I've been Two Ton Boa's live drummer since 2006. Quite a lot of touring, but no new recordings have been issued. HOWEVER, we do have a single in the can that I'm hoping will get out this year. Let's say that it's gotten darker and heavier since I got involved.
Sherry Fraser is brilliant and I'm very happy to work with her. It's fun to play songs live that I listened to 100 times before joining the band.
The other guy in the group--Scott Seckington is also incredibly talented. Everyone here needs his piano/drums instrumental album Sedan (the drummer is Danny from Jackie O Motherfucker, Enemymine, etc etc). Some of the most life-affirming music I've ever heard.
myspace.com/sedansedan
― Nate Carson, Friday, 22 April 2011 23:51 (fourteen years ago)
I have buddy who is a serious gearhead-huge dream theater fan-who is taking the loomis thing hard. I think you have to be a serious player, which I'm not, to give a shit.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Saturday, 23 April 2011 00:13 (fourteen years ago)
The new Black Dahlia Murder album, out in June, is really, really good. A big step forward after the disappointing Deflorate. And the cover art is amazing—looks like something by Chris Ware.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 23 April 2011 00:13 (fourteen years ago)
14-16? I'm a bad judge of age. Since I crossed the threshold of 35-dom everyone under the age of 25 looks like a 12 year old.
― Telemachus Sneezed (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 23 April 2011 01:21 (fourteen years ago)
Currently watching Lakers-Hornets. Very jacked that the Hornets are wearing "NOLA" on their jerseys in honor of the Down album.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Saturday, 23 April 2011 01:48 (fourteen years ago)
You like their other albums, Bill?
― Hippie! Crack! Nitrous! Mafia! Boston! (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 23 April 2011 02:32 (fourteen years ago)
I'm a bad judge of age. Since I crossed the threshold of 35-dom everyone under the age of 25 looks like a 12 year old.
Dude, so true!! I'm 37 now, and I see these kids at shows and think how are they in here, its 21+...
Very jacked that the Hornets are wearing "NOLA" on their jerseys in honor of the Down album.
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 23 April 2011 03:53 (fourteen years ago)
To Drugs: yeah, I like down. The related bands are great too, unlike some ILM denizens I ama huge pantera fan, but I also love crowbar, coc, etc
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Saturday, 23 April 2011 04:06 (fourteen years ago)
Bergtatt is literally "taken by the mountain", and means somewhat like "spellbound" or "mystified". Not necessarily anything to do with the Ulver album (or the band Bergtatt for that matter).
― Siegbran, Saturday, 23 April 2011 13:43 (fourteen years ago)
I'm opening for Death Angel tonight... still not use to them having white guys in the band, but they sound better than ever! HAILS!!
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 23 April 2011 17:20 (fourteen years ago)
I like Down & Corrosion a lot more than Pantera; the last CoC album, with the drummer from Galactic, was an interesting experiment...
― Hippie! Crack! Nitrous! Mafia! Boston! (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 23 April 2011 19:08 (fourteen years ago)
(xps to Bill)
― Hippie! Crack! Nitrous! Mafia! Boston! (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 23 April 2011 19:09 (fourteen years ago)
METALLICA
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Sunday, 24 April 2011 19:25 (fourteen years ago)
Good, I take it? Saw the setlists last night, and they were mighty impressive. I heard Holt was awesome filling in with Slayer.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 24 April 2011 19:52 (fourteen years ago)
\(^o^)/
― markers, Sunday, 24 April 2011 20:44 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, Holt killed it. Slayer were cool, but that's to be expected. Definitely the best Megadeth performance I've seen. Dave had the competitive fire in him. Anthrax were pretty good, played a great selection of songs (the new song they played sounded pretty solid, too), but John Bush is just such a better front man then Joey belladonna. meanwhile, I really want to dislike Metallica for being Metallica, but they were awesome live. They know how to work the crowd. "Orion" was a nice surprise, and they had one of the most effective displays of pyrotechnics I've ever seen. Glad I went, although I feel sorry for the people that didn't have the VIP wristbands and had to stand out in the sun all day for a worse view than I had just walking out from the VIP area right when the sets started.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 25 April 2011 00:26 (fourteen years ago)
I'm not going to keep going on about this but I do wanna say to Bill or anyone who cares:
as much as I love the first Down album, as far as I'm concerned this is the best album Pepper Keenan has ever been a part of:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h279/juicyfrt/7841.jpg
― Dr. Suggestban, or How I Learned to Stop etc. (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 25 April 2011 04:59 (fourteen years ago)
As much as I like the first Down record, I wish they'd give it a rest for a while so we can get proper albums by COC and Eyehategod.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 25 April 2011 05:23 (fourteen years ago)
Very intrigued by the new self-titled album by the Belgian band Pantheist. Apparently they have roots in Funeral Doom, the genre I never recognize when I'm hearing it, but this new album is part slow gloom, part quirky experimentation, part prog expansiveness. Makes me think a little of what the last Cathedral album might have been like without the British goofiness.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 25 April 2011 17:03 (fourteen years ago)
that sounds cool. have you heard the whole thing?
― original bgm, Monday, 25 April 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)
I'm not 100% sold on it yet. This album by Great Falls is fkn awesome though, but I have no idea what genre it might fall into. Post-hardcore maybe?
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Monday, 25 April 2011 20:22 (fourteen years ago)
Just dropping by to say Keelhaul were awesome in Dublin tonight (and Knut were good too). They got a pretty good crowd for a bank holiday Monday, too. Much appreciation for them coming here.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Monday, 25 April 2011 23:35 (fourteen years ago)
Floor was most excellent last night. Though I've seen them 4 times over the years, I don't really know their material. Sounded great, and by the crowd response, I'd say it was definitely full of "the hits."
― Nate Carson, Monday, 25 April 2011 23:53 (fourteen years ago)
This album by Great Falls is fkn awesome though, but I have no idea what genre it might fall into. Post-hardcore maybe?
haven't heard a full length yet, but yeah, I was listening to a few tracks on their myspace yesterday and these guys are carving out a nice little niche for themselves. love the clanging percussion and the overwhelming dissonance had me thinking of a hardcore band tackling mort-era blut aus nord. definitely some godflesh in there too.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 00:24 (fourteen years ago)
Working my way through the earlier Pantheist albums. Can't say the first two seem that interesting, which is consistent with the descriptions of the two later ones as diverging from their earlier sound. About to see if #3 sounds more like #4 to me.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 13:52 (fourteen years ago)
Correction: Shit, just checked the news. Will be delaying 3rd Pantheist album until after memorial playing of Germ Free Adolescents...
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 13:54 (fourteen years ago)
As usual, I'm a little bit behind you guys, but I'm listening to the new Liturgy right now and, well, holy shit. This is great. Specifically right now "Generation" is kicking my ass, reminds me a lot of Lightning Bolt at points. I can kind of see this latching on with the metal-fearing hordes that have dipped their toes in Melvins water.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 16:40 (fourteen years ago)
ha i'm not a big metal guy but i like loud abrasive music and i love the liturgy album.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 23:36 (fourteen years ago)
I'm not feeling the new Gallhammer whatsoever.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 07:55 (fourteen years ago)
Did you feel them previously?
― Telemachus Sneezed (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 08:21 (fourteen years ago)
I was never a huge fan to start with, but The End leaves me wondering what the big deal with these ladies is. Only the last track I found interesting...the rest, boring as hell.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 09:00 (fourteen years ago)
I'm intrigued to hear it just 'cause they're down to a duo now.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 10:28 (fourteen years ago)
I almost mentioned it on the Chicago thread because I kind of thought you might be into it.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:28 (fourteen years ago)
Liking the new Pantheist album more each time. Big, atmospheric, dramatic, moving. Kind of the opposite of funeral or doom. Memorial Hope Metal?
Enjoying the new Ulver album, too, although if you didn't know history and somebody told you they were once a metal band, you'd probably assume they were confused.
Provisional one-listen endorsements for Brymir (kind of like a darker Stratovarius), and EPs by Dark the Suns (gothy) and 0 X í S T (macabre).
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 28 April 2011 00:24 (fourteen years ago)
Oh, and Decibel is streaming the new Hell album for subscribers. I only heard it on laptop speakers, but it still sounded really stunning.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 28 April 2011 00:25 (fourteen years ago)
I suppose we should withhold final judgment for a few more years, but god damn is Decibel leading the way in showing print publications how to toss subscribers bonuses to keep the rag a going concern.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 28 April 2011 03:55 (fourteen years ago)
They've done a good job recently, definitely. But Metal Hammer really takes the cake these days, they are going above and beyond what you expect a magazine to give readers with all those crazy little collectibles they tack on to their issues.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 28 April 2011 04:20 (fourteen years ago)
Cat is out of the bag. YOB is doing a full US tour this Summer with Dark Castle in support. Stoked.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/04/yob_touring_w_d.html
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 28 April 2011 04:46 (fourteen years ago)
"Brooklyn Vegan"?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 28 April 2011 05:15 (fourteen years ago)
It's a pretty influential metal blog, Jeff. Worth a read.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 28 April 2011 05:33 (fourteen years ago)
nate are they coming to boston!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 28 April 2011 10:54 (fourteen years ago)
u laff, but black bubblegum stuff on BV is a good way to follow metal in nyc
― And thusly create the illusion of babby (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 April 2011 17:33 (fourteen years ago)
Metal is about MEAT, dammit. It's right there in the name! No wussy vegans allowed!
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 28 April 2011 17:43 (fourteen years ago)
Didn't Brooklyn Vegan used to be more about indie and punk stuff? Seems like the shift to metal has been sorta gradual over the years.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 28 April 2011 17:48 (fourteen years ago)
There's a metal tab on Brooklyn Vegan, so you can avoid all those neon sunglasses/casio/nu shoegaze bands
― Brooker T Buckingham, Thursday, 28 April 2011 18:03 (fourteen years ago)
brooklyn vegan's great & has been for ages Jeff! also metal is not about meat, half the beefiest metallest dudes are card carrying PETA members
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 28 April 2011 18:22 (fourteen years ago)
totally.
http://zoinks.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Cattle-Decapitation-The-Harvest-Floor.jpg
think labeling vegans as "wussy" is pretty reactionary and lame tbh. if anything, it's a much tougher road to travel.
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 April 2011 18:32 (fourteen years ago)
half the beefiest metallest dudes are card carrying PETA members
I want to know more about this. Who? I eat (humane/sustainable) meat, but I would still think really highly of any metalhead PETA members.
― rockapads, Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:03 (fourteen years ago)
well Cattle Decapitation for one!!
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:04 (fourteen years ago)
but here's a list of bands with notable veg dudes
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Novembre/vegetarian_metal_bands___vegan_metal_bands___artists___famous_vegetarians
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:05 (fourteen years ago)
Bill Ward, Geezer Butler
didn't know this <3
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
I counter with:
http://www.clevescene.com/images/blogimages/2010/09/22/1285182100-grill-em-all.jpg
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:13 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, those two guys are definitely cooler than black sabbath ¬_¬
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:15 (fourteen years ago)
Metal-themed burger food truck is metal.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, I can't really argue that it isn't. metal is large and contains multitudes.
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:21 (fourteen years ago)
Just did an interview with Karl Simon from Gates of Slumber. Dude is smart as hell. Look for it on MSN next week.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:51 (fourteen years ago)
I'll be talking to him on Saturday. His liner notes are the best, he always struck me as a sharp dude.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 28 April 2011 21:01 (fourteen years ago)
Stereogum's streaming the album, by the way.
The album's pretty good. With a few exceptions, I think I like the last two better, though.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 28 April 2011 21:48 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks for the list. Didn't Gaahl/Gorgoroth get in trouble for animal cruelty a few years back? Surprised to see him on the list
― rockapads, Thursday, 28 April 2011 22:27 (fourteen years ago)
It's amazing how quickly Martin Popoff is able to put out another book of 3,500 reviews covering the last decade. This time he had help from David Perri, who's tastes aren't quite as wacky as Martin's, and is not quite on board with classic, power and thrash stuff. Martin sent an email a couple weeks ago that the warehouse with many of this books burned down, and they won't be republished anytime soon. That prompted me to finally order my copy on Amazon before they're gone.
http://www.cgpublishing.com/Titles%20Pics/FINALS/9781926592206.jpg
The Collector's Guide To Heavy Metal, Volume 4: The '00sTrue to form, Martin's top two albums are Fozzy - All That Remains and ZZ Top - Mescalero, while David's is The Hellacopters - By The Grace Of God and Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works. I'll enjoy having this, but on my first spot check, I've already noticed that The Lord Weird Slough Feg's Down Among The Deadmen (2000) and Traveller (2003) are completely missing, while the first Interpol album is included, and given a 10.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 28 April 2011 22:28 (fourteen years ago)
… I hope you guys realize that I'm just messing around here. I mean, my arguments have been "the word metal contains all the letters in the word meat" and "this food truck is cool."
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 28 April 2011 22:37 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, I did. sorry if I came off too strong!
that is an incredibly ugly cover. x-post
― original bgm, Friday, 29 April 2011 00:56 (fourteen years ago)
I enjoy Popoff's books immensely, and yeah, now that his publisher burned down and all of his books are now out of print, I'm going to have to get the 2000s book in a hurry.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 29 April 2011 01:20 (fourteen years ago)
I finally figured out my problem with Agalloch... the vox. I've been seeing you guys crow about them and thought maybe I was missing something so I've been listening to them a lot trying figure what it is that ruins it for me, and its that damn creepy vocals.. the music is great, awesome at times but the mid tempo "rockin" parts are a bit of a let down, but the vocals just kill it, and make me want to turn it off.. can I get thier shit without the vox? ..lol!
― SeanWayne, Friday, 29 April 2011 04:02 (fourteen years ago)
I actually like the vocals on Marrow pretty well, but it was the main reason I quit listening to Ashes Against the Grain after the first few times.
― rockapads, Friday, 29 April 2011 06:02 (fourteen years ago)
Sean Wayne is right.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Friday, 29 April 2011 08:59 (fourteen years ago)
Popoff's fire finally prompted me to buy one of his last remaining copies of the Voivod art book. Glad I did!
― Nate Carson, Friday, 29 April 2011 09:14 (fourteen years ago)
I'll admit to being a complete Agalloch stan, but I really enjoy their vocal stylings. IIRC they do more clean-vox and instrumental stuff on The Mantle. I'd recommend that one to Sean, rockapads, Doran, et al. Also a few of their EPs are almost entirely instrumental. Can't remember which ones of the top of my head tho, sorry.
― No pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Friday, 29 April 2011 15:17 (fourteen years ago)
overall, I like agalloch a bunch but you ID'ed exactly the same problems that I have as well, sean. not a big fan of the vox either (both clean and harsh), but as with most metal that doesn't have rob halford or dio or whoever belting stuff out, I'm not really listening for a great vocal performance anyway. not a dealbreaker.
and the mid-tempo "rockin'" parts can get a dull and/or clunky at times, yeah.
― original bgm, Friday, 29 April 2011 15:57 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, The Mantle is the one that i can stomach the most.. But be it that its older, the production is way cleaner on the later stuff.. its cool. Its not terrible overall, just those black metal style vox or that creepy troll under the bridge style of vox has always been silly to me... like King Diamond's 'Tem" characrers at the beginning of that album... its like satanic muppets talking and singing.. I much rather hear 'COOKIE!' (oh, wait.. thats a muppet too! lol), although not my fav.. If you're doing a voice, its not real and/or organic... no one sounds like that unless they try to sound like that.. Just open your face and what comes out comes out!!
― SeanWayne, Friday, 29 April 2011 16:46 (fourteen years ago)
'Them"* fixed
― SeanWayne, Friday, 29 April 2011 16:47 (fourteen years ago)
I forgot to tell you fuckos about my show with Death Angel...They were on fire! Tired, but still on fire. They've been on the road since like October..I'm still not use to white guys being in Death Angel, but it makes em tighter, especially the way Will Carrol plays.. He plays the stuff like he remembers em from the records; Andy would play the shit a lot looser, adding more fills or playing different beats, keeping the band on thier toes, but with Will playing it consistantly every night, it makes the band a lot tighter... Any how my band got kinda rooked, cuz our set got cut short.. Promoter doesn't know what he's doing, started late, let the bands play longer than they were suppose to, and we end up gettting the shaft. Lame, but what can you do. It was good show, despite only playing 18 minutes, and Hellbeard got some really good feedback from show goers and Death Angel themselves, plus the group of folks that created a stink about us getting cut(folks wanting money back, bar tabs cleared, and a bottle getting thrown at the sound man) was a nice notion.
― SeanWayne, Friday, 29 April 2011 18:42 (fourteen years ago)
Poor sound guy though!
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 April 2011 18:44 (fourteen years ago)
"no one sounds like that unless they try to sound like that.. Just open your face and what comes out comes out!!"
See my issue with this argument is that it's the same as saying "you gotta just get on stage in jeans and t-shirt like you just came in off the street."
What is wrong with a performance? Do you use distortion pedals on your guitar? You do? Well that's just fake bull shit man. It ain't natural!
I'm not saying anyone has to like Agalloch's vocals (though I will say that John's live clean singing voice has come a LONG way.) Just saying that the difference to me between Halford doing opera and a black metal growling creepily are both natural sounds coming out of someone's larynx. There's room for it all and you don't have to like any of it.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 29 April 2011 18:47 (fourteen years ago)
nate otm
― original bgm, Friday, 29 April 2011 18:49 (fourteen years ago)
although distortion pedals are fake bullshit
yob will do very well if they come to providence
― don't judge a book by its jpg (Edward III), Friday, 29 April 2011 18:52 (fourteen years ago)
I agree with the idea that music is a performance; one of my favorite quotes ever (and admittedly it carries more weight when said in his voice; imagine a cross between Bobby Short and Rip Taylor) is from Cecil Taylor, who said, "You don't simply walk to the piano." And indeed, if you see him live (which I heartily recommend doing, especially if it's a solo show), he dances out, burns incense sometimes, reads poetry, and then sits down at the piano, pops the top off your skull and roots around inside for an hour and a half.
That being said, "extreme" vocals are fucking played out at this point, for me anyway. Especially when they come from bands that print lyrics in the CD booklet. You want me to care what you're on about? Fucking e-nun-ci-ate.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 29 April 2011 18:57 (fourteen years ago)
This week's Lazarus Pit is the most unfortunately named one yet: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-mysticums-in-the-streams-of-inferno/
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 29 April 2011 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
I love extreme vocals of all kinds if they fit the music. I don't mind Agalloch's clean vocals (despite the dude's weird thin voice), and some of the whispering is actually really effectively eerie when they do it, but the faux black metal vocals just don't really feel right to me on most of their songs. The effect it has on me is like listening to something great, but there's some instrument slightly out of tune. It's hard to imagine why the band thinks that vocal style fits their music anymore. I have no idea who does what in the band, but I imagine that if I were one of the guitar players I would be kind of frustrated if we were jamming, came up with a really nice hook, and dude jumped up and started doing his atonal rasp over it. They've just outgrown the guy.
― rockapads, Friday, 29 April 2011 19:32 (fourteen years ago)
speaking of, i dunno if i can fuck w/the singer of primordial :(
― call all destroyer, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:13 (fourteen years ago)
You all know exactly what the fan outcry would look like if Agalloch did an album with all clean vox, right?
I'd be happy to see that growth, but it would look like a sell-out move to a good chunk of their (cultish/fanatical) audience.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 29 April 2011 22:18 (fourteen years ago)
I'm sure you're right, but it's stupid as shit given how accessible their music is minus the raspy vocals. I'd be A-OK with Enslaved letting go of the snarl, too, for the same reason.
― rockapads, Friday, 29 April 2011 22:23 (fourteen years ago)
I wouldn't, for either band. I don't see whats wrong with a mix but to drop black metal vocals entirely is not something I think black metal bands should do, even if they are accessible and progressive.
― No pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Friday, 29 April 2011 22:28 (fourteen years ago)
Enslaved has a good snarl, it offsets the Pink Floyd-y clean stuff
Agalloch can do whatever they want & it won't make a lick of difference to me lol
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 29 April 2011 22:33 (fourteen years ago)
both bands can keep doing what they're doing because the fewer metal lyrics i hear the bettee
― call all destroyer, Friday, 29 April 2011 22:40 (fourteen years ago)
Don't know what to make of this one......
Mastodon's Brent Hinds Presents:
WEST END MOTEL And FIEND WITHOUT A FACEFull-Length Debuts To Be Released As A Two-CD Set Via Rocket Science June 7!
Mastodon mastermind/guitarist Brent Hinds is proud to unleash two very special projects this year: WEST END MOTEL and FIEND WITHOUT A FACE.
FIEND WITHOUT A FACE are a rockabilly/porno/metal concoction mixed with a bit of a country, surf guitar and applesauce on the side. They've been rockin' house parties for nearly two decades, but word on the street is that they're about to go legit thanks to Rocket Science! The self-titled debut features 13 tracks of singular awesomeness that needs to be experienced by anyone looking for a bit of adventure in their listening outings. Like a fat man sending back soup, these boys are on a mission for the world’s condition. FIEND WITHOUT A FACE are armed and dangerous, packing just pantyhose, a fez and a bit of Vyvanse.
WEST END MOTEL are a conglomerate of losers, poets and hobo-sexuals. Tom Cheshire met Hinds in Atlanta on a corner under a bridge in 1993. They were panhandling and drinking cough syrup and before long, music began spewing from their pores. Songs were written on an acoustic guitar and a bucket with the occasional toy piano in the background. Late nights turned into early mornings and much booze was consumed. They write and sing for the underdog and give the listener a glimmer of hope. Originally, they aimed for a Simon And Garfunkel hanging out with Ethel Merman but the end product sounds more like Nick Cave fronting Gogol Bordello. The songs take on a life of their own and no two tracks sound alike. Throw Mike Shina, Stiff Penalty and Ben Thrower into the mix and you got yourself one good time. WEST END MOTEL are now an official collective and are ready to get down to proverbial business with nine-track debut Don’t Shiver, You’re A Winner. 2011 is their year and they’re on a mission with no luggage. The band took over Brooklyn this past fall, where rich men, housewives, home bums and a garbageman danced in the streets. The West Coast is next, then the world. These men love music and write for people who love music. It's that simple. They write songs of loss and laughter and occasionally offer a new lease on life. They’re a gospel band, a soul band, a band of gypsies… Hear for yourself.
FIEND WITHOUT A FACE and WEST END MOTEL will be released as a two-CD set via Rocket Science Inc. on June 7, 2011. Said Hinds of the recordings: "I feel like a thousand umpa lumpas have been lifted from my back. I want to thank everyone that made this possible.. in the time it took to put these two albums out, I wrote five more, so whoever likes this kind of stuff, there's a lot more where this came from." You can pre-order the CD/bundles & received a free download from each band HERE.
Listen to a stream of FIEND WITHOUT A FACE’s “Tsunami” & WEST END MOTEL’s “I Like It A Lot” at the following locations:
http://fiendwithoutaface.viinyl.comhttp://westendmotel.viinyl.com
Brent Hinds Presents FIEND WITHOUT A FACE and WEST END MOTEL
Two - CD Set
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/WEST_FIEND_Cover-e1304114326250.jpg DISC 1: FIEND WITHOUT A FACE01. Calypso02. Black Grass03. Green Slime04. Cha-Cha05. Bank Robbin Bandits06. Tsunami07. Hot Rod08. New York09. Don’t Like10. Cosmonaut11. Stupido12. Get Straight13. Volcano
DISC 2: WEST END MOTELDon’t Shiver, You’re A Winner01. The Confident Wino/...And We Are Here To Entertain You02. The Devil Called Me Tommy03. I Like It A Lot04. She's On Fire05. Under My Skin06. Silly Old Song07. Highwaters
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 29 April 2011 22:56 (fourteen years ago)
Enslaved should definitely drop the harsh vocals. I like them at their Pink Floydiest.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 29 April 2011 23:26 (fourteen years ago)
I like the clean vox in Enslaved too, but let's be clear that it's the keyboardist doing most of that. Grutle still snarls and he's the main main in the band. Would be awkward to relegate him to just bass after 20 years.
You guys listen to too many records and don't go to enough shows ;)
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 30 April 2011 00:25 (fourteen years ago)
Honestly, Enslaved would be best of all if they were completely instrumental. I could say the same about a lot of current metal bands.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 30 April 2011 01:46 (fourteen years ago)
fuck, this fiend w/o a face shit sounds like just what the dr. ordered
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 30 April 2011 01:49 (fourteen years ago)
― Nate Carson
Hey Nate, thanks for telling us about this. You have some great outlets in music.Yeah, after Fraser's voice and evocative lyrics, Seckington does seem like the secret weapon in that group. He sounds like the type who could do some reallybadass arrangements for almost anyone. Sedan sounds impressive. Can't put my fingeron how I'd describe them. Driven and dramatic chamber music, I guess.Some really interesting chord choices.
Rose Kemp's Golden Shroud CD just arrived from overseas today and my vinyl copy ofUnholy Majesty I ordered from Relapse showed up as well. Quite a nice surprise.Sometimes I forget how shitty mp3s really are because the CD of Golden Shroudsounds 10 times more amazing like some wild pagan mass had erupted in my living room. I wish someone would put it out on vinyl also!
― serenchwilen, Saturday, 30 April 2011 02:20 (fourteen years ago)
― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N)
Thanks for the info. I guess Reifert and co. officially disbanded Abscess last year.I didn't realize. Hey, are you Alan Niester from the 1983 ed. of the Rolling Stone Record Guide?Hah, that was my bible when I was a kid. It's funny to flip through it now.
― serenchwilen, Saturday, 30 April 2011 02:34 (fourteen years ago)
I remember Tom Warrior commented that he thought Agalloch's vocals were weakin one of those Decibel blindfold tests. He did like the music in the track thatwas played though. I'm not crazy about their vocals either, and sometimesit's the vocals that can really ruin something for me, even if everything else is strong.I hated the vocals on the last Enslaved album. And some of the worst vocals I've ever heard are on the new Liturgy. A lot of the guitar work sounds cool, but I'm just not very impressed with them overall.
― serenchwilen, Saturday, 30 April 2011 02:53 (fourteen years ago)
― Siegbran, Saturday, 30 April 2011 11:49 (fourteen years ago)
Like on Vikingligr Veldi? That had hardly any vocals.
No, more like what they've been doing in recent years, but instrumental. My favorite Enslaved records are Below the Lights and Vertebrae.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 30 April 2011 12:12 (fourteen years ago)
Viklinligr Veldi is so so so good
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 30 April 2011 15:13 (fourteen years ago)
Look all I'm saying is the one thing in the band that has the most organic root is vocals, and I would just like it better if it were alittle more realistic... The clean vox stuff is okay, and I appriciate mixing it up, but like I said the BM vox are silly, but by no means do I wish anyone doing their thing to change..
Distortion is not so unnatural when you use an old Marshall.. lol!
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 30 April 2011 17:43 (fourteen years ago)
See my issue with this argument is that it's the same as saying "you gotta just get on stage in jeans and t-shirt like you just came in off the street." What is wrong with a performance?
What is wrong with a performance?
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 30 April 2011 17:55 (fourteen years ago)
I didn't realize. Hey, are you Alan Niester from the 1983 ed. of the Rolling Stone Record Guide?
nope!
― original bgm, Saturday, 30 April 2011 20:22 (fourteen years ago)
"Do I want to see King Diamond in a jeans?.. not really.. do I wanna see Neurosis in corpes paint and hatchets?... I'll pass thank you"
Sure. But my point is that these are decisions that should be made by the artists, not the fans. And when artists do what they think the fans want (ie Celtic Frost in acid wash jeans/Metallica with short hair), it's usually a misfire.
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 1 May 2011 07:38 (fourteen years ago)
Hey, are you Alan Niester from the 1983 ed. of the Rolling Stone Record Guide?
I was totally kidding. I guess he wrote for CREEM magazine as well.
I finally heard the new Altar of Plagues the other day.I'm not as excited about it as I thought I'd be, but it may just take a few more listens. It does sound good, butjust not amazing.
― serenchwilen, Sunday, 1 May 2011 19:37 (fourteen years ago)
I watch That Metal Show only when there's a good guest scheduled.Otherwise the show is a bit tedious and obviously severely lacking in many respects.
Are there any decent metal shows on the radio or watchable online?Anybody got a favorite they tune into?
― serenchwilen, Sunday, 1 May 2011 19:45 (fourteen years ago)
these are decisions that should be made by the artists, not the fans
fo sho....
― SeanWayne, Monday, 2 May 2011 00:55 (fourteen years ago)
Can I instigate a straw poll of what albums people are feeling this year so far? I've been busy moving house, moving office, spawning and all sorts of other shit and I feel like I've taken my eye off the (metal) ball. Which albums are people replaying a lot?
― PG Harpy (Doran), Monday, 2 May 2011 14:36 (fourteen years ago)
Amon Amarth, the Black Dahlia Murder, Born of Osiris, Cauldron, Deicide, Emmure, the Famine, GridLink, the Human Abstract, I See Stars, Krallice, Maruta, Motörhead, Nervecell, Neuraxis, Obscura, Orthodox, Rotten Sound, Wormrot.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 2 May 2011 14:43 (fourteen years ago)
Great interview with Karl Simon unperson. I'm going to give the new album a shot (haven't really liked the two Sanford Parker produced albums that proceeded it).
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 14:46 (fourteen years ago)
To answer Doran :40 Watt Sun, Black Spiders, Blood Ceremony, Bullet, Cauldron, Grayceon, Het Droste Effect, Korpiklaani, Orthodox, Primordial, Subrosa, Turisas, Virus, Wolf.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 14:51 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks both. Some stuff I need to check out there.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Monday, 2 May 2011 15:55 (fourteen years ago)
weingarten's spin roundtable is fuckin' great
http://www.spin.com/articles/qa-big-4-reunite-and-talk-metal
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 2 May 2011 15:55 (fourteen years ago)
I <3 Anaal Nathrakh.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Monday, 2 May 2011 17:45 (fourteen years ago)
Personally, I've been listening to these the most: 40 Watt Sun, Amon Amarth, Bullet, Burzum, Cauldron, Destruction, Gates of Slumber, Graveyard, Hell, Krallice, Liturgy, Obscura, Primordial, SubRosa, TesseracT.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 2 May 2011 19:05 (fourteen years ago)
Nice Big Four interview, by the way.
Two spins of the new Kampfar tell me that this is not the one. Kampfar is one of these bands I root for, I know they're capable of a 10/10 album and they never fell off - but they've only given us 7's and 8's recently. The Motorhead syndrome. But so far, I gotta say it's another 7.
― Siegbran, Monday, 2 May 2011 19:38 (fourteen years ago)
Re: Kampfar's Mare - I'm really missing the original guitarist on this new Kampfar. He had a way with grandiose melodies - the new guitarist is uninspired. Nothing really original going on here.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:17 (fourteen years ago)
fun piece whiney.
― And thusly create the illusion of babby (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:18 (fourteen years ago)
I'm not sure I'd give the whole Kampfar album more than a 7 if I graded it, either, but that final song is one of my favorite individual tracks of the year so far.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:02 (fourteen years ago)
So I was just going over this week's new releases, trying out stuff I hadn't heard yet (or heard of for that matter), and near the bottom of the list was Voodoo Circle's Broken Heart Syndrome. It's on AFM, so you know it's going to be bucking the usual North American metal trends, but this totally caught me by surprise...it's a dead-on imitation of/homage to mid-'70s Deep Purple, early Whitesnake, and early-80s Rainbow. Really good, these guys know what they're doing, from the Coverdale vox, to the fussy Blackmore-ish leads, to the old school keyboards, to the blues rock grooves. Loads of fun.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 07:59 (fourteen years ago)
listened to the new septicflesh last night. always surprised by how much I like these guys given my general dislike of "symphonic" metal.
also listened to the new primordial. you guys were right - this thing is massive.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:56 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks for the Voodoo Circle tip. I think I'm gonna write that one up for MSN today.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:56 (fourteen years ago)
My favorite for this year so far is the new Rudra.
And I'm certain the new Hell will be a big favorite.Haven't heard it yet.
Otherwise, lots of things have been leaving me cold this year.
I'm a little torn so far over the new Primordial. Sometimes I wish the singer didn't deliver his words so clearly.He's not a bad writer, but for a band that's supposed to be "pagan" to some degree, he sounds so goddamn Catholic!
― serenchwilen, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)
anyone f/ing w/ this besides me
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OqMt1I4D4ZY/TVO1-oRWLII/AAAAAAAAARA/bo_5kpnK_68/s1600/sevensistersofsleepwat.jpg
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 19:43 (fourteen years ago)
My Krallice story in this week's Village Voice is online.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 22:31 (fourteen years ago)
A bit of fun: My Top Twenty Heaviest Metal Albums For NME Blog
And, say what you will, the fact that I got Anaal Nathrakh and Warhorse into an NME feature makes me very happy indeed.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:23 (fourteen years ago)
That was an entertaining article with some great youtube clips. I'll be watching/listening to these all day at work - thanks! Laughed out loud at "leaving the Arty one to sing songs about loneliness while dressed as the Pope giving birth to a sturgeon". Nice to see Overmars on there.
― rockapads, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 17:29 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, really cool list, Doran... a fun read...You clued me into some things I really need to check out...Overmars sounds so good!
Damn, just heard a bit of the new Anaal Nathrakh -- some super powerful shit there!
I'm getting a really good initial impression of the new Creeping. Has anyone heard it?Onya New Zealand!
― serenchwilen, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:51 (fourteen years ago)
listening to the new weekend nachos stream that decibel setup for subscribers. haven't listened to these guys before but this is a nice mix of powerviolence with some seriously burly sludge bits. pretty awesome.
― original bgm, Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:19 (fourteen years ago)
doing a backflip and maybe a stagedive after hearing "jock powerviolence" brb
― original bgm, Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:29 (fourteen years ago)
When the new Morbid Angel comes out, I dare you to to listen to "Too Extreme" with a straight face. Can't be done.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:01 (fourteen years ago)
Okay I know theres already been lots of raves around here for Winter's Into Darkness, but I just picked up the Southern Lord reissue last night and I fucking love it. Great stuff. Also picked up Zombi's Surface to Air and the 2004 reissue of Voivod's War and Pain.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 May 2011 17:37 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, I've been digging that Winter album over the last week. Great stuff. Apparently they were most rigidly crepuscular at Roadburn.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:01 (fourteen years ago)
I recently stumbled across a band that might be a good candidate for the Lazarus Pit...an early 90s death metal band from Aberdeen, Scotland, called Korpse.Their debut album Pull the Flood from '94 is really good Swedish-style death metal of the Nihilist/Unleashed variety with a bit of Bolt Thrower influence as well.
On top of all this, the songs really swing -- they have a groove to them that seems unusualfor death metal from that time. It appears to be coming from the prog/classic/psychrock influences peppered throughout. The guitarist goes pretty wild with a lot of super-saturated wah and tremolo effects that add to overall uniqueness of the songs.Pull the Flood sounds like a lost classic with a lot of individual character.
Maybe they are better known than I realize, but given where they are from and theirunique approach to the music, Korpse are something really special in my book.It doesn't look like the guys went on to do anything notable after the brief life of the band... a shame...
― serenchwilen, Friday, 6 May 2011 20:35 (fourteen years ago)
that sounds pretty great
― original bgm, Friday, 6 May 2011 20:43 (fourteen years ago)
man I am finally getting around to Transhuman which I've been really looking forward to listening to it, and I would love it, but the scream vocals are now 100% Sam Kinison. Like absolutely that is the sound of this guy screaming: Sam Kinison fronting late Darkane. I want a mix of this record without the screams because they are such killer musicians and I just dig their groove but I'm not sure how much of the "intense" part I'm really up for
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 7 May 2011 01:14 (fourteen years ago)
ok for 3 tracks he has chilled out on that. love these guys
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 7 May 2011 01:23 (fourteen years ago)
ok he's doin it again, fuck
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 7 May 2011 01:27 (fourteen years ago)
Weird, I was perfectly fine with the vox on Transhuman. But now that you mention it the comparison is suprisingly accurate. Sill like the album a lot.
Also picked up...the 2004 reissue of Voivod's War and Pain.
Nice! Big reissues of the other 80s albums were supposed to happen...I don't know what's stalled it, I'll have to ask.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:44 (fourteen years ago)
really dug the rest of the album but the scream vox are really some of the worst this side of Hawthorne Heights's "This Is Who We Are," whose chorus was the pre-Brokencyde gold standard for "why are you doing that?" scream vox
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:48 (fourteen years ago)
Which band are you talking about? Believer?
― serenchwilen, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:30 (fourteen years ago)
Been listening to old Nifelheim and Witchery today.
And I have to say, the new Primordial has really won me over afterall.It's a really powerful album with more diversity than I expected.
― serenchwilen, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:33 (fourteen years ago)
Nifelheim are so great.
― Agarbatti Boy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:58 (fourteen years ago)
I wrote about Believer for MSN. The vocals didn't bother me.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 8 May 2011 02:39 (fourteen years ago)
The best unsung bay area thrash metal band, Epidemic as of Marsh has started a facebook page run by Carl their singer... Thes guys were soo fucking good, and were amazing live!! A very unique sound especially for the time in the bay area.. Go to their page and listen to their songs, I hadn't heard these songs in probably 20 years, and they still hold up!!! amazing!!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Epidemic/201386806540125
― SeanWayne, Monday, 9 May 2011 01:00 (fourteen years ago)
as of March*
― SeanWayne, Monday, 9 May 2011 01:01 (fourteen years ago)
Live, just as on record, Amon Amarth prove that variety isn't strictly necessary.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 9 May 2011 01:39 (fourteen years ago)
The best unsung bay area thrash metal band, Epidemic as of Marsh has started a facebook page run by Carl their singer... Thes guys were soo fucking good, and were amazing live!!
Yeah, they were a pretty great band - right up there with Demolition Hammer as one of my favorite late-period, super-violent thrash metal bands. Also: Hexx.
― Agarbatti Boy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 9 May 2011 04:23 (fourteen years ago)
I recently conducted an hour-long interview with Erik Rutan where we talked exclusively about his production work for other bands. I'm running it as a three-part series on MSN this week, "Eyewitness Record Reviews With Erik Rutan." Here's Part 1, where he discusses albums by Soilent Green, Paths of Possession and The Absence. Tomorrow: Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under and Goatwhore!
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 9 May 2011 12:20 (fourteen years ago)
Let me know if you hear anything, after spending some time with War and Pain over the weekend I am definitely ready to dive into the rest of the 80s stuff I've yet to hear.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 May 2011 14:29 (fourteen years ago)
Pretty cool news for Isis fans:
LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2011 -- ISIS, who disbanded in May of last year, is set to release a series of five live albums that span the Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston band's thirteen year career. The digital releases begin with ISIS Live I 9.23.03, a four-song, forty-minute recording from a performance at The Fillmore in San Francisco, which will be available on May 31. Each subsequent recording will be released at two week intervals with dates and album specifics listed below. Pre-order packages bundling downloads of all five releases as well as long-out-of-print merch items including the popular "inaugural" t-shirt and hoodie, as well as the 2006 Clearing The Eye DVD are now available at www.isistheband.com. Full package information and prices are listed below. The former members of ISIS are busy working on new music with Mike Gallagher scoring films (most recently 22nd of May) and creating music under the MGR moniker, Aaron Turner working with Faith Coloccia on Mamiffer and House of Low Culture, Jeff Caxide creating CRONE with a release forthcoming, Clifford Meyer working on two new projects: Windmills By The Ocean and Taiga as well as continuing with Red Sparowes and Aaron Harris continuing his production career as he currently wraps up work on Lesser Key's upcoming album. ISIS' final studio album was Wavering Radiant, released by Ipecac Recordings in April 2009. Upcoming ISIS live releases: ISIS Live I 9.23.03Release date: May 31, 2011Recorded at The Fillmore (San Francisco) Track list:1. Carry2. Weight3. Hym4. The Beginning and the End ISIS Live II 03.19.03Release date: June 14, 2011Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden Track list:1. From Sinking2. Glisten3. Carry4. Weight5. The Beginning and the End6. Celestial (Ext./Alt. Version) ISIS Live III 12.17.04Release date: June 28, 2011Recorded at The Launchpad (Albuquerque) Track list:1. So Did We2. Backlit3. The Beginning and the End4. In Fiction5. Wills Dissolve6. Grinning Mouths7. Altered Course ISIS Live IV Selections 2001 - 2005Release date: July 12, 2011Recorded: Various dates (2001, 2002 and 2005) at WMBR (Boston), The Troubadour (Los Angeles), CBGB's (New York), The Rotunda (Philadelphia) and The Middle East (Boston) Track list:1. Gentle Time2. Glisten3. CFT4. Celestial5. Improv 1 (Endless Nameless)6. False Light7. The Weight (Feat. Justin Chancellor and Troy Ziegler) ISIS Live V 07.23.06Release date: July 26, 2011Recorded at Koko's (London) Track list:1. The Beginning and the End2. The Other3. False Light4. Carry5. -/Maritime6. Weight7. From Sinking8. Hym
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 May 2011 15:36 (fourteen years ago)
Attn scholars (got this through my linguistics grad program listserv)
4th Global ConferenceMusic Metal and Politics: Heavy Metal Generations
Sunday 6th November – Tuesday 8th November 2011Prague, Czech Republic
Call for PapersThe success of the heavy metal music movement is due in no small measure to its ability and openness to experiment, diversify and innovate. Throughout the 42 year history of heavy metal, these changes and innovations have led to a plethora of subgenres and spin-off musical styles, and also seen heavy metal interact culturally and artistically with other musical forms. Yet at the same time heavy metal remains doggedly ‘true’ to form. There is no doubt that heavy metal now exists across generations, languages and cultures. Now that some of its progenitors and orginators are no longer with us, what will the future hold for heavy metal?
As the identities that have been formed over heavy metal’s generations continue to make way for young blood, this the 4th conference in the series Heavy Fundametalisms: Music Metal and Politics abstracts on themes related, but not restricted to:
* The Future of Heavy Metal* The Driving forces behind the movement: secrets of success* Too old to rock? Ageism and heavy metal* Live fast, die young!* Life after death* Somewhere in time: heavy metal and history* Heavy metal genealogies, heavy metal maps* Globalisation of heavy metal* How local scenes sustain global metal across generations* Nu-metal vs old school* Heavy metal and the cultural voice* Genres and crossing over* Musical diversification metal and punk, jazz, blues, rock, rap, opera* Groupies at the age of 60 and beyond* How do time and place function in heavy metal’s signification* Is metal still too US/Euro centric?* Age, income and consumption of the heavy metal product* Heavy metal generations and festivals
Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 17th June 2011. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 23rd September 2011.
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Monday, 9 May 2011 16:02 (fourteen years ago)
That sounds really cool! If any ILM metalheads end up going, I expect a full report!
In other news, I've become positively obsessed with Zombi.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 May 2011 16:15 (fourteen years ago)
* Groupies at the age of 60 and beyondpanel discussion PLS
I love Zombi too. If they ever play in Chicago again, I am so there.
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Monday, 9 May 2011 16:29 (fourteen years ago)
Thinking about submitting a paper to that conference.
Also, all those ISIS live discs were released as limited edition CDs a few years ago. I owned at least one of 'em. Might still download the full set - $20 is reasonable.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 9 May 2011 16:36 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, the price on that Isis set was the best part, I thought. Had no idea they were released on CD originally.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 May 2011 16:37 (fourteen years ago)
I think some of 'em might have been merch-table-only items, destined to wind up on eBay an hour after the show let out. The packaging was ultra-minimal - a paper sleeve in a plastic bag.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 9 May 2011 16:39 (fourteen years ago)
yeah i've seen a couple of those Isis live discs in the used bins... should've picked em up when i had a chance!
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:01 (fourteen years ago)
ISIS Live III 12.17.04Release date: June 28, 2011Recorded at The Launchpad (Albuquerque)Track list:1. So Did We2. Backlit3. The Beginning and the End4. In Fiction5. Wills Dissolve6. Grinning Mouths7. Altered Course
Track list:1. So Did We2. Backlit3. The Beginning and the End4. In Fiction5. Wills Dissolve6. Grinning Mouths7. Altered Course
This is blinding if I remember.
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:33 (fourteen years ago)
Thinking about going to see Destruction/Heathen/Warbeast on Wednesday night. Never seen Destruction live.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:36 (fourteen years ago)
Destruction is sooooo good live.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:45 (fourteen years ago)
SCION A/V TO RELEASE EXCLUSIVE EP BY ENSLAVEDSCANDINAVIAN METAL UBERLORDS TO UNLEASH FREE EP THIS MAY
Norwegian progressive/psychedelic extreme metal trailblazers Enslaved are set to release The Sleeping Gods via Scion A/V as a free downloadable five song EP on May 10. Following up on last year's near-universally praised Axioma Ethica Odini, the EP finds the quintet once again expanding the boundaries of what metal can be, deftly incorporating influences from across the musical spectrum. Mainly recorded in Solslottet Studio in Bergen, and partly in the band's own home studio, the effort finds the group sounding leaner and more confident than ever, part and parcel of maintaining a presence at the foreground of the international metal movement for 20 years.
Throughout its 30 minute playing time, the EP sways and punches in equal measure, in no small part due to the dexterous and powerful rhythm section of vocalist/bassist Grutle Kjellson and drummer Cato Bækkevold. Herbrand Larsen's swirling keyboard textures form an ether around Ice Dale and Ivar Bjørnson's guitars, which ooze tasteful sophistication and melodic sensibility in equal measure with their crushing, impenetrable force. This release is a must have for both Enslaved fans and fans of progressive music in general.
In its continual effort to show support for the arts, Scion covers all production, licensing and distribution costs for the A/V projects and all proceeds go directly back to the label and artists involved. "It's exciting to be collaborating with Enslaved on this release. We feel the pairing is vital as we aim for the label's approach to embody the same sense of forward thinking as the band's music" says Jeri Yoshizu, manager of sales promotions for Scion.
SCION A/V PRESENTS: ENSLAVED - THE SLEEPING GODS TRACKLISTING 1. Heimvegen2. Alu Misyrki3. Synthesis4. Nordlys 5. The Sleeping Gods
http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs082/1102486613542/img/302.jpg
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:03 (fourteen years ago)
wow
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:08 (fourteen years ago)
YAY!
― markers, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:11 (fourteen years ago)
Looks like you can download four of those five tracks here now.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:36 (fourteen years ago)
This is a truly bizarre marketing campaign.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:42 (fourteen years ago)
thanking you for the link, jon
― markers, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:52 (fourteen years ago)
np, not sure if the fifth track will be up tomorrow or what
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:00 (fourteen years ago)
i'm only like a minute into this and yessssss
― markers, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:09 (fourteen years ago)
I love Enslaved. Love, love, love them.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:43 (fourteen years ago)
I think I saw a copy of Dopethrone in a "heavy metal rocker mom's" collection on Pregnant In High Heels.
I was just flipping by it, honest!
― Agarbatti Boy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 07:22 (fourteen years ago)
The missing track is hiding away unlinked I think. Can't listen at work, but taking one of the other links & altering it appropriately seems to give a file. If they stop this because you all download it I'll be back tonight looking for a SendSpace :)
― Wandering Boy Poet, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:54 (fourteen years ago)
If you want the last track go here, but be sneaky about it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:30 (fourteen years ago)
Part 2 of "Eyewitness Record Reviews With Erik Rutan," wherein he talks about producing Cannibal Corpse's Kill, Six Feet Under's Commandment and Goatwhore's Carving Out The Eyes Of God...
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:28 (fourteen years ago)
I liked both parts of the Rutan piece. I hope you can get other producers and engineers to give you similar tales in the future - it's a big piece of the process that doesn't get a whole lot of light cast upon it.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:34 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, its a great read thus far and I'd love to see more of that type of thing.
You guys, KEN Mode is slaying me today. I don't know why, but I've really been loving this type of sound that borrows heavily from 90s Jesus Lizard type stuff.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:41 (fourteen years ago)
KEN Mode was amazing when I saw them last week. that album's such a big improvement.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 18:33 (fourteen years ago)
i guess i should give ken mode a closer listen because it sounds like something i would like. i've picked it up in the store a couple times but their name and the album art are turnoffs tbh.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 18:41 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, I hated the name, but after reading some profiles I realized I needed to give them a chance. So glad I did. Not so sure whats so bad about the album art, other than its similarity to the recent Enslaved.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:16 (fourteen years ago)
Any luck getting that third Enslaved track? I tried renaming the appropriate link, but no dice.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 01:05 (fourteen years ago)
here's the widget i gothttp://preemtiv.com/emails/enslaved/widget.htmlrequires adding email tho
― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 01:07 (fourteen years ago)
That's precisely what you do, Jon, just rename it like the other files.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 01:30 (fourteen years ago)
thanking you
― tbrr, or not tbrr, that is the questeon: (markers), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 05:58 (fourteen years ago)
in my ongoing attempt to one day be a legitimate metal critic, i've written a few mostly kind words about Liturgy and Weedeater's new records, which you can read here and here, respectively. Liturgy's fantastic, grows on me more each time i spin it. Weedeater i like, but seems like it's got limited appeal... not a lot of dark corners to poke around in that record, it simply is what it is.
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 14:02 (fourteen years ago)
Part 3 of "Eyewitness Record Reviews With Erik Rutan." Saved some of the best stuff for this one, particularly gear-nerd stuff about re-amping guitars, etc.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 16:15 (fourteen years ago)
Oh, man, I am really liking this new Jesu album. Are Jesu and Low eventually going to just merge?
Guarded optimism, too, about the stuttery non-wankish prog/trad metal of the new When Heaven Wept. Kind of reminds me of Fates Warning with a little (later-day) Candlemass.
Not sure about the new Samael yet. And I'm not warming to the new Septicflesh as fast as I expected, but I haven't given up on it.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 17:44 (fourteen years ago)
didn't read this, but Currin drops a 7.6 on the new Krallice at P4k
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15419-diotima/
― markers, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:08 (fourteen years ago)
Our very own Adrien gets a nice quote in that review!
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:09 (fourteen years ago)
I'll take any plug I can get.
I like ht enew Samael album a lot...I'm glad the whole raw black metal experiment is over and done with, I prefer semi-industrial Samael.
While Heaven Wept is definitely an interesting combination of prog and doom. I kept thinking it was going on for too long, but I should maybe give it a few more listens.
Oh, and nice Liturgy write-up, ilxor! My attempt at a review should be appearing soon.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)
hey thanks! curious to read yours too!
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:55 (fourteen years ago)
So did anyone get the Gates of Slumber?
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:10 (fourteen years ago)
Is it out here now? I didn't think it was until later this month for some reason.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:14 (fourteen years ago)
Oh, and this bizarre Scion-sponsored Enslaved EP is fantastic.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:05 (fourteen years ago)
Yes, yes it is.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:05 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, the Gates album is out now. The more I hear it, the more I'm convinced it's their best album to date.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:08 (fourteen years ago)
New Boris is fantastic. Well, the one called Attention Please is. (I've not heard Heavy Rocks yet; confusingly it has the same name and sleeve design as another album by them from nine years ago.)
Wata sings on all of the tracks and it's metalgaze/shoegaze/krautrock/PiL/Stereolab/Sonic Youth all the way. So I guess it shouldn't even be on this thread...
― PG Harpy (Doran), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:53 (fourteen years ago)
I really like Heavy Rocks, but absolutely love Attention Please. In fact at the moment I think it's the best thing Boris has ever done.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 22:11 (fourteen years ago)
I think you may have called it right...
― PG Harpy (Doran), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:28 (fourteen years ago)
I've thought about starting a blog where I just post the track lists of made-up black-metal albums and pretend I don't know why the download links aren't working for people. But then I see something like this, and realize the idea is superfluous:
HAERESIARCHS OF DIS - In Obsecration Of The Seven Darks (2011)Black Metal (U.S.A.)
1. In Obsecration of the Seven Darks 06:032. Onward Through the Oculus 02:493. Remembrance of He Who Defied God 07:194. Aut Vincere Aut Mori 05:325. Confounded by the Vanquished Coil 06:456. Passage 04:177. Ensorcelled by Khaos 05:598. Grazioso Drone 02:239. Consummation of the Seed/Dawn 09:38
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:42 (fourteen years ago)
no seriously man do it anyway
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:43 (fourteen years ago)
But if I were going to do that, I would also totally enter the albums into the Encyclopaedia Metallum and then write reviews of them like this:
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Hæresiarchs_of_Dis/Denuntiatus_Cinis/279970/
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:45 (fourteen years ago)
the beginning of "obsecration of the the seven darks" is actually pretty catchy
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:46 (fourteen years ago)
lol i was just looking at that.
really enjoying the encyclopaedia metallum redesign!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:47 (fourteen years ago)
also the haeresiarchs of dis website is just a subdirectory of dude's freelance comics illustrator website where he posts his average-looking drawings of orcs and shit.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:51 (fourteen years ago)
https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/49695_1062583251_929_n.jpg
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:52 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, having snarkily ridiculed the thing, it was only fair to actually listen to it. Liking it. Kind of like Leviathan at 4x speed.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:01 (fourteen years ago)
"Ensorcelled by Khaos" is actually my name irl
― markers, Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:02 (fourteen years ago)
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:05 (fourteen years ago)
read this as "obsecration of the seven dicks" o_O
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:27 (fourteen years ago)
is there a metal band called "HATERIARCHY" because if there's not, dibs
― beefaroni merchant, part-time fish tank bitch. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 May 2011 04:12 (fourteen years ago)
I too like the Metallum redesign, but it seems to have completely wreaked havoc on the Android app version. Since the redesign any band I search turns up "0" discography items and the band info seems really out of whack. Not a huge deal by any means, but I've found it handy to use the app when I'm in a store shopping and wanting to take a quick look at some reviews.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 May 2011 13:44 (fourteen years ago)
oh wow; no idea they had an app.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 May 2011 13:48 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, metalheads be geekin' out.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 May 2011 13:50 (fourteen years ago)
Review & photos from last night's Destruction/Heathen/Warbeast show in NYC.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 12 May 2011 14:32 (fourteen years ago)
Shocked and apalled I am at the unholy convergence of metal and computer geekery. Some things should never mix.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:01 (fourteen years ago)
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:03 (fourteen years ago)
Shocked and apalled I am at the unholy convergence of metal and computer geekery. Some things should never mix
I don't think thats such a big leap... Thee is a pretty good geek vibe with Metalheads, especially if thier into more progy stuff.. D&D I'm sure is not far in the past of the geeky metalhead...
PLus, I read an article once done by a Britsh rag about metalheads being above average in the smarty pants dept..I posted on my myspace page a while ago...
http://www.myspace.com/SeanB/blog/307497243
― SeanWayne, Friday, 13 May 2011 06:54 (fourteen years ago)
Back from vacation! I'll definitely check out the Korpse record. In the meantime, new Lazarus Pit, power metal style: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-labyrinths-return-to-heaven-denied/
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 13 May 2011 15:56 (fourteen years ago)
nice! loving this feature, j3ff.
― original bgm, Friday, 13 May 2011 16:31 (fourteen years ago)
Just getting around to the Pantheist record Glenn was going on about upthread and it's really good so far. Thanks again!
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 13 May 2011 19:12 (fourteen years ago)
Pantheist's "Be Here" seems like a very possible song of the year for me.
I also realized today that the new Jesu reminds me of the Posies in places, too.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 14 May 2011 00:34 (fourteen years ago)
"Be Here" is a definite standout, though the whole thing is pretty spectacular. So what was the verdict on the album that proceeded this one? I saw your notes on the first two upthread.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 14 May 2011 03:16 (fourteen years ago)
I liked #3 better than 1 or 2, but not nearly as much as 4. I'm usually a catalog guy, but sometimes the one you liked is really just the one you like…
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 14 May 2011 04:39 (fourteen years ago)
"The best unsung bay area thrash metal band, Epidemic..."
Erik Moggridge from Epidemic now lives in Portland, and plays metal-influenced solo acoustic music under the name Aerial Ruin. His album is out now on Vendlus and is definitely worth a listen.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 02:21 (fourteen years ago)
...I've really been loving this type of sound that borrows heavily from 90s Jesus Lizard type stuff."
Jon -- did you hear the last Black Elk disc on Crucial Blast?
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 02:22 (fourteen years ago)
That Black Elk fucking owns!!
"The best unsung bay area thrash metal band, Epidemic..."Erik Moggridge from Epidemic now lives in Portland, and plays metal-influenced solo acoustic music under the name Aerial Ruin. His album is out now on Vendlus and is definitely worth a listen.
I guess technically they did get signed, to Metal Blade in fact, but it seemed like once they did, they kinda dissapeared from around here.. wierd.
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 04:07 (fourteen years ago)
I think signing to Metal Blade is the last step for a lot of bands.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:54 (fourteen years ago)
I interviewed Egyptian artist Nader Sadek (designs Attila Csihar's stagewear, has a new album featuring Flo Mounier, Steve Tucker and Rune Eriksen, among others) for the Village Voice website. Link.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 14:13 (fourteen years ago)
Most excellent news:
ENCOFFINATION To Unleash Second Full-LengthVia Selfmadegod Records This Summer The tombs are closed and the coffins are lowered. The sun bleaches the gravestones and the flowers wither. The sun settles and the darkness rises. The stench of death still lingers and the presence of doom is inimitable. The ritual preparation of the dead is complete. ENCOFFINATION arises from the crypts to worship this ritual of death. Returning after last year's suffocating debut album Ritual Ascension Beyond Flesh, ENCOFFINATION is about to strike back with their new opus to death. O' Hell, Shine In Thy Whited Sepulchres is the definition of lurching, oppressive, sickening "funeral doom of death metal." Picking up where they left off with the previous album, O' Hell, Shine In Thy Whited Sepulchres will define ENCOFFINATION's signature sound; suffocating doom wrapped in the pure stench of death. The album will include up to ten new songs of abysmal, funeral-bound death metal, recorded in Cooper, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia between January and May 2011. Guitarist/vocalist Ghoat (Father Befouled, Vomitchapel) says of the new album: "Expect pure darkness. Take everything we have done before and turn it up. More death, more gloom, more decay. Guitars will crush, vocals will possess, and the atmosphere of ENCOFFINATION will strangle you. We are adding more texture in the riffs, more things to take you by the throat and steal your breath." Based on Ghoat's own experiences of working in the funeral industry, O' Hell, Shine In Thy Whited Sepulchres will be a concept... not in the linear sense, but abstract; from the death of the human form to the sacrifice of flesh into the Earth. The album will be released via Poland's Selfmadegod Records later this Summer. More info and an official release date will be announced in the coming weeks. ENCOFFINATION are: Ghoat - Vocals, bass, guitar, effects, samples, chantsElektrokutioner - Drums, percussion, samples, effects “My kind of music. Utter darkness, a bottomless pit of night. Unapologetic underground metal at its best and most captivating” – Tom G. Warrior (Triptykon, Celtic Frost, Hellhammer) http://www.myspace.com/encoffinationhttp://www.selfmadegod.com
― PG Harpy (Doran), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
Hope it's better than Father Befouled, 'cause they suck-diddly-uck.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 19:30 (fourteen years ago)
So, Zakk Wylde actually named the latest Black Label Society album The Song Remains Not the Same. Beyond the obvious stupidity of that title, I suspect that it's also inaccurate. I'd say that any critic that does the obvious in their review is lazy, but on the other hand, when you hand it to us on a platter like that…
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 19 May 2011 02:53 (fourteen years ago)
one of the many great things that happened when i stopped reading guitar magazines was that i almost never had to think about zakk wylde
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 May 2011 03:00 (fourteen years ago)
Apparently it's a collection of acoustic versions of previously released BLS songs, plus some leftovers from the sessions for the last album. So yeah, I've already deleted the email with the promo download link.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 19 May 2011 03:04 (fourteen years ago)
father befouled's drummer killed himself not long ago so you might wanna use the past tense in saying that a band who didn't actually suck "sucks"
― w of in the attic (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 19 May 2011 14:53 (fourteen years ago)
Craigslist posting - "Drummer wanted. Must love Incantation, Incantation, Incantation, Incantation and Incantation."
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 19 May 2011 15:47 (fourteen years ago)
Seriously, I didn't know about the suicide and that's terrible. But Father Befouled were a subpar Incantation cover band.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 19 May 2011 15:48 (fourteen years ago)
Guess I need to get around to some Incantation, because I loved the Father Befouled I heard.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 May 2011 15:53 (fourteen years ago)
Gates Of Slumber, bitches! The Wretch is damn near perfect.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Friday, 20 May 2011 16:43 (fourteen years ago)
^^^^ I'm only three songs into it so far, but tempted to agree.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 May 2011 16:46 (fourteen years ago)
Incantation are one of the best death metal bands of all time, so, yes, hie thee with all due speed toward Onward to Golgotha
― w of in the attic (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 20 May 2011 16:47 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, as I think I've noted on here before I have a bit of a blind spot for a lot of 90s death metal, which I am ever so slowly trying to rectify. That is now slotted in at the top of my to get list.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 May 2011 17:43 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, I only recently rectified my 90s death metal blind spot. But Onward To Golgotha was definitely top 3 out of the "classics" that I've heard.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Friday, 20 May 2011 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
My brother was recently selling a grocery bag of unwanted metal cds. The two that I rescued were Onward to Golgotha and a Bathory Jubileum disc...
― Nate Carson, Friday, 20 May 2011 18:17 (fourteen years ago)
Hope you disowned him.
― the morals of a tomcat and the manners of a wolf (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 21 May 2011 03:49 (fourteen years ago)
I don't like Father Befouled but I think Encoffination are amazing if that helps matters.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Saturday, 21 May 2011 04:12 (fourteen years ago)
I disowned my brother many years ago when he turned down my offer of free Slayer tickets in order to stay home and watch a special Japanese episode of Dragonball Z.
When I suggested he just tape the damn show, he said that he was, but that he'd need to be present to "pause out the commercials."
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 21 May 2011 08:16 (fourteen years ago)
Goddamn.
― the morals of a tomcat and the manners of a wolf (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 21 May 2011 08:32 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, that deserves a swift smack on the head.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 21 May 2011 09:31 (fourteen years ago)
Changing the subject for a sec (as always happens on this nutty thread), I got the new reissue of Twisted Sister's Under the Blade, and holy hell is it good. Album's brilliant of course, a nicely remastered version of the original UK mix (rather than the polished '85 remix most North Americans my age are used to), but the real kicker is the DVD, featuring their full set at the Reading Festival in 1982. They go out there in a literal hail of eggs, fruit, used toilet paper, bottles of piss, and fecal matter and conquer the place, just a mind-blowing performance. They start off hated by the crowd and by the end when Lemmy, Fast Eddie Clark, and Pete Way are jamming with them, they've converted everyone. It's the best TS live footage I have ever seen, and makes this reissue a must-own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgo6yX9tFvs
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 21 May 2011 09:46 (fourteen years ago)
I'm stupidly excited by this reissue.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 21 May 2011 12:31 (fourteen years ago)
I don't know if you guys have seen Crud Wizard, the metal blog by Aesop(Ludrica/Agalloch)'s kid.
He writes great reviews! http://crudwizard.blogspot.com/
― tacoby bellsbury (roxymuzak), Saturday, 21 May 2011 16:56 (fourteen years ago)
I have had dinner with the Crud Wizard. He's awesome.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 21 May 2011 21:20 (fourteen years ago)
i went to a music fest with him once! he was really unimpressed
― tacoby bellsbury (roxymuzak), Sunday, 22 May 2011 00:30 (fourteen years ago)
Was it the Belle and Sebastian ATP?
― PG Harpy (Doran), Sunday, 22 May 2011 01:04 (fourteen years ago)
hahaha no. it was a metal fest in san francisco
― tacoby bellsbury (roxymuzak), Sunday, 22 May 2011 01:07 (fourteen years ago)
I was also at the Belle and Sebastian ATP. The Zombies played Argent's "Hold Your Head Up." That was the highlight.
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 22 May 2011 02:31 (fourteen years ago)
Crud Wizard just schooled me, I had no idea Reagan Youth were from NY.
― the morals of a tomcat and the manners of a wolf (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 22 May 2011 05:27 (fourteen years ago)
The cover art pretty much explains the title: an ear, an eye, a mouth, but also, "hello cabbage face I will eat you now," yeah I don't get it either. They should've called it Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say nothing, Eat Nothing Healthy.
this is one of the best things I've ever read
― puppetry of the pulis (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 22 May 2011 09:30 (fourteen years ago)
I liked his review of Live and Let Die - "if you forget about the racism the first part is great."
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 22 May 2011 14:43 (fourteen years ago)
Unleash the Archers is a female-fronted traditional metal band out of Victoria, BC, and their new album is excellent. Like a cross between 3 Inches of Blood and Virginia progsters Brave: http://unleashthearchers.bandcamp.com/ Highly recommended!
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 22 May 2011 15:40 (fourteen years ago)
^this is a lot of fun, thanks!
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 May 2011 15:59 (fourteen years ago)
agreed, this is incredible
― tacoby bellsbury (roxymuzak), Sunday, 22 May 2011 18:45 (fourteen years ago)
I admit that I hadn't actually heard Alcest's Le Secret until this reissue. Ahhh, now I understand much better how there came to be hype and mystique around this band.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 12:42 (fourteen years ago)
Really groovin' on the latest Across Tundras record. Hasn't grabbed me quite as much as Old World Wanderer did, but each spin has me smiling and nodding more and more.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 21:16 (fourteen years ago)
Gas station attendant was jamming some Despised Icon last night, so I made him lean in my car window to hear the new Ulcerate. He was impressed.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 22:31 (fourteen years ago)
I think I prefer Old World Wanderer, that felt like the most complete realization of AT's style to date, but these guys never disappoint me, and I like Sage plenty.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 23:15 (fourteen years ago)
I'm also really enjoying the creepy experimental/atmospheric black metal band Terra Tenebrosa's debut album The Tunnels. This is kind of what I wanted Portal to sound like after hearing them described.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 01:13 (fourteen years ago)
Loving Sage and stoked to see Across Tundras when they play here next week. Will report back.
In other metal news, just finally read Hunter Hunt-Hendrix's Transcendental Black Metal manifesto and found it oddly compelling, but also uproarious.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 04:37 (fourteen years ago)
Oh man, do I need to pay more attention to you guys. I was at the record store last night and only had enough on my trade-in for one more record and was trying to decide between the two new Boris albums. I like the new Heavy Rocks well enough, but the more I read the more I wonder if I chose wrong.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 13:57 (fourteen years ago)
i like the new Heavy Rocks better than Attention Please but i think i'm in the minority ;_;
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 14:10 (fourteen years ago)
I can't kid myself, I'm sure I'll be back at the record store buying Attention Please within a week or two, but, still.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 14:13 (fourteen years ago)
Neither new Boris album won me over completely on first listen. Do a bunch of the songs end really abruptly, or did I get a bad, er, "copy"?
+1 on Unleash the Archers! This is very excellent. Excellent enough that I'm going to listen to it all the way through, even though I have the new Amorphis album cued up next!
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 17:57 (fourteen years ago)
Nah, a couple of the songs on the new Heavy Rocks end rather abruptly on my copy too.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 18:11 (fourteen years ago)
I like the new Morbid Angel album. All of it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 22:41 (fourteen years ago)
OPETH TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM HERITAGE ON SEPTEMBER 20th
(New York, NY): Sweden’s most revered and respected progressive metal mavens Opeth will release Heritage, their third album for Roadrunner, on September 20th. The first single and video will be the song “The Devil’s Orchard.” Heritage follows up 2008’s Watershed and 2005’s Ghost Reveries, each of which garnered the forward-thinking, genre-bending band some of the best reviews of their career.
Opeth frontman and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt weighed in on Heritage, saying, "It will be our 10th album/observation. I dig it; we all do. In fact, it feels like I've been building up to write for and participate on an album like this since I was 19."
Åkerfeldt went a little deeper and described the music contained within Heritage, saying, "It's quite intense at times in some 'old' murky way, and quite beautiful and stark at times, if I may say so myself. It's obvious I'm going to say nice things about it since I wrote basically the whole piece, but I guess it will raise a few eyebrows and it certainly is an acquired taste. I think you'll need a slightly deeper understanding of our music as a whole to be able to appreciate this record. I've realized my influences for this album are so diverse that I can't really say what it sounds like. If I can compare it to any other band, it would have to be Opeth, but it's different from the stuff we've done before. I've listened a lot to Alice Cooper for the last year, yet I can't say it sounds like 'No More Mr. Nice Guy.' I hope you'll like it once you hear it."
The album was produced by Åkerfeldt and mixed along with Porcupine Tree frontman/guitarist Steven Wilson, who is a labelmate of Opeth. Longtime collaborator Travis Smith also worked with Åkerfeldt to create, design and execute the album’s artwork.
The track listing for Heritage is as follows:
"Heritage""The Devil's Orchard""I Feel the Dark""Slither""Nepenthe""Haxprocess""Famine""The Lines in My Hand""Folklore""Marrow of the Earth"
Heritage will be released in several configurations that will certainly incite the interest of Opeth’s legion of fans, known for their passion for collecting and collectibles. The album will be released as a standard version; as a special edition loaded with extras; as a box set exclusive to the Roadrunner and the bands own official Omerch webstore; and as a double LP. There is something for every Opeth fan, thanks to this expansive variety of options.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:19 (fourteen years ago)
I'm excited!
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:19 (fourteen years ago)
I never got into Opeth very much but they seem to be doing fine without me...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:20 (fourteen years ago)
Not surprisingly, I can't wait to hear it.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:47 (fourteen years ago)
I'm intrigued by new Opeth, but I'm stoked for old Twisted Sister. Next week's Under The Blade reissue is easily one of my most anticipated albums of the year.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 26 May 2011 22:01 (fourteen years ago)
As mentioned upthread, it's so good. The album's aged very well too.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 26 May 2011 22:13 (fourteen years ago)
I honestly don't think I've heard that since the cassette copy I had back in, like, 1988.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 May 2011 22:16 (fourteen years ago)
I broke down and bought the recent You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll reissue and 2009's Stay Hungry today.Both have aged much better than I would have ever guessed.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 26 May 2011 22:17 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, the only version of Under the Blade I knew was my old tape from 1985, which was a fully remixed version. I'm really liking the rawness of the UK mix. All the Twisted Sister remasters have been really well done, even the dicier last two albums.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 26 May 2011 22:30 (fourteen years ago)
Unabashedly STOKED for a new Opeth!
― Nate Carson, Friday, 27 May 2011 04:13 (fourteen years ago)
Adore this clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPklZuIcqBQ
It has it all - a bemused Flo & Eddie, synchronized headbanging and fist-pumping, an unstoppable riff, ugly mooks showing off spandexterity and best yet, a (Stay) Hungry Dee Fucking Snider showing how being a frontman is way more important than being a singer.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 27 May 2011 09:24 (fourteen years ago)
Watching Dee Snider's between-song chatter from the early-80s today, they feel more like wrestling promos. The Rock has nothing on this dude when he was in his prime, it's genius. On the Reading '82 DVD he calls out all the people throwing stuff at the band, and incredibly it all stops after that.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 27 May 2011 09:54 (fourteen years ago)
that is a great clip! Spandexterity indeed.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 27 May 2011 14:36 (fourteen years ago)
Wow, you guys have me excited to hear a Twisted Sister record.
Meanwhile, latest Lazarus Pit, suggested by one of our own: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-korpses-pull-the-flood/
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 27 May 2011 15:16 (fourteen years ago)
I'm really enjoying the new Deceased, Autopsy, and Necrophagia, especially the new Deceased!Surreal Overdose continues their blend of death and thrash with some classic metal elements, but this album also captures the exhilaration of a great hardcore album. Whether it's an admitted influence or not, I've always heard a bit of DC hardcore/post-hardcore in Deceased's sound. Well, they are from that area. The influence seems stronger in this release. Also, some sludge seems to have creeped into their sound. So, yeah, it's everythingDeceased has always been with some new, different things going on. It's the best thing I've heard this year so far.I've been listening to it 2 or 3 times a day! It's quite addicting.
― serenchwilen, Friday, 27 May 2011 15:58 (fourteen years ago)
Oh, cool man! Glad you featured them. Good write-up!
― serenchwilen, Friday, 27 May 2011 16:05 (fourteen years ago)
Another nice piece J3ff. Great series so far.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 27 May 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)
ok so are there any labels that do the subscription/send you all our releases as they come out thing anymore? my goal for the year is to listen to more new shit and its so easy for me to just keep trawling through my cd stacks/itunes that i need outside motivation. cd or lp ok, but not one of those $40 vinyl with the lead singers pee in it exclusive limited blah blah sort of things. basically i need to replace the what the hell zero risk try stuff i havent heard urge now that emusic blows.
― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Saturday, 28 May 2011 00:53 (fourteen years ago)
im thinking something akin to the old subpop singles club, or like simple machines used to do
― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Saturday, 28 May 2011 00:57 (fourteen years ago)
That sounds like something I could see Profound Lore doing.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 28 May 2011 01:00 (fourteen years ago)
I would gladly pay Profound Lore a subscription fee.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Saturday, 28 May 2011 09:04 (fourteen years ago)
Just got the new Satan's Host and I'm fuckin' lovin' it.This is far more compelling than the new Jag Panzer.
― serenchwilen, Saturday, 28 May 2011 15:21 (fourteen years ago)
The "Norwegian Wood" cover is one of the worst things I've ever heard.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 28 May 2011 19:03 (fourteen years ago)
I tried listening to Satan's Host once, a couple of years ago. Did nothing for me.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 28 May 2011 23:16 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, the "Norwegian Wood" cover was a bad idea,but it's merely a tacked on bonus track.Did you hear the rest of the album, Adrien?
I like the earliest Satan's Host with Conklin as leader,but then the group went on without him and made very littlemusic I thought was worthwhile. But now Conklin's back with themand I think the new stuff sounds really great!Which Satan's Host did you hear, Phil?
― serenchwilen, Saturday, 28 May 2011 23:59 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, I actually like the rest of the album quite a bit. Love Conklin's power metal-ish vocals justaposed with raw black metal!
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 29 May 2011 05:30 (thirteen years ago)
Glad you like it. Wasn't sure what people here would think.Yeah, the mix of styles is working surprisingly well,and Conklin's voice is in fine form.
Has anyone else listened to the new Deceased?I'm curious to hear opinions, good or bad.
― serenchwilen, Sunday, 29 May 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago)
Loving that Vastum "Carnal Law" album. I'm hearing a pinch of Entombed and Bolt Thrower in their riffage. Very nice.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Sunday, 29 May 2011 19:43 (thirteen years ago)
I'm digging it so far. I've not really heard any Deceased stuff I'd call bad. They do a really good job of blending metal genres without sounding clunky or contrived.
― Star Trek II: Sweater Guy Goes to Tennis Planet (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 30 May 2011 08:25 (thirteen years ago)
I think I like the Vastum album more than the new Autopsy (which is a terrific record). They say they're inspired by Georges Bataille...I want to see the lyrics now.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 30 May 2011 09:24 (thirteen years ago)
The Revolver Golden Gods award show is a joke.... this is exactly why metal gets made fun of. I wasted an hour watching that shit and I want it back...lolI should've known better.
― SeanWayne, Monday, 30 May 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago)
Vastum is the best new death metal band in America.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 03:07 (thirteen years ago)
Wanna read an incredibly pointless, uninformative, waste-of-my-time-and-yours interview with David Vincent of Morbid Angel? You bet you do!
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 01:27 (thirteen years ago)
You should be a salesman.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 01:29 (thirteen years ago)
Anyone want to recommend a good site to buy metal records? I usually do Aquarius for weird stuff, but I find they take too long and are often out of stuff. Amazon is always a temptation for easier to find stuff, but I sort of hate using them for this. If I buy directly from labels, do bands see more of the money?
― rockapads, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago)
oh, and by 'records', I mean CDs...
If my local shop can't get it I usually have luck with http://allthatisheavy.com/.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago)
that morbid Angel interview was pretty funny, actually. Speaking of universally panned albums, here's my defense of Megadeth's Risk: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/justify-your-shitty-taste-megadeths-risk/
I promise I will talk about metal on here again and not just plug my blog entries. Just been busy lately.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:45 (thirteen years ago)
Anyone have thoughts on the much-hyped Loss album, Despond? I'm not really getting the praise - it's not bad, but sure didn't blow my mind. It's no Under The Blade (I promise, my last Twisted Sister reference for a while. That reissue with the Reading show is mindblowing though).
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago)
I don't know what the hype consists of, but after a couple listens I like that Loss album pretty well, in the way I like Evoken and Ea.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 2 June 2011 01:46 (thirteen years ago)
I haven't heard the new Loss, but their EP from like six years ago (!) had some nice guitar on it. IIRC.
― Star Trek II: Sweater Guy Goes to Tennis Planet (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 2 June 2011 01:50 (thirteen years ago)
I like last year's Ea album much more than this Loss record. To be honest, the hype has probably just been a couple of people on twitter calling it as "album of the year" repeatedly for a couple of months. It's the repetition that's driven it into my head.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 June 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago)
The Loss album is pretty good. But if I want to listen to ten-minute doom songs, 40 Watt Sun wins.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:53 (thirteen years ago)
I agree. Much more impressive record.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:56 (thirteen years ago)
The Loss one is terrific by funeral doom standards, very dirgey and atmospheric. But I have to be in the right mood to deal with the long, drawn out grunting, because I always prefer traditional doom. I always end up thinking, 'if this had a good vocal melody it would be devastating'. Again, take 40 Watt Sun as an example.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 2 June 2011 03:39 (thirteen years ago)
Drone fans should take note of this new Thrones splits 12" with Sedan. Excellent music and beyond extraordinary cover art.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 2 June 2011 08:28 (thirteen years ago)
Love that my local chain stores have fifteen copies of Scream each, but none of them could be bothered to carry the Ozzy reissues.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago)
Live review and photos (both by me, which is why the photos suck) from last night's Ghost/Sabbath Assembly show in NYC.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago)
@unperson -- I was there last night (I bought a ticket!) and your review pretty much echoes my sentiments/experience EXACTLY (right down to feeling bad for the members of Ghost in those robes/that oven-like basement). Excellent work!
― SonicBum, Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:54 (thirteen years ago)
Ghost and Sabbath Assembly is a great combination...wish I was there to see it'
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 2 June 2011 18:23 (thirteen years ago)
I am so way behind the curveball on this Kvelertak album, but once I heard about the bonus tracks on the domestic version I decided to hold out until I got my hands on a copy. WOW. This probably would have been a lock for my Top 3 of last year if I'd heard it in time.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 4 June 2011 00:31 (thirteen years ago)
Had to re-post this here where it would be appreciated.
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/254075_10150195767501372_527371371_7486123_6424919_n.jpg
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 4 June 2011 08:37 (thirteen years ago)
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 4 June 2011 11:40 (thirteen years ago)
The new Amebix song is terrible. We already have a Killing Joke, thanks, and they're not great, but they're miles better than Amebix's attempt to be them.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 4 June 2011 12:13 (thirteen years ago)
same with me about Kvelertak. the album took a few listens to sink in, but I have been rocking out to it for months and still listen to it like once a week. pretty much have ever part of every song memorized now. great album to work out to, too.
― rockapads, Saturday, 4 June 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago)
a certain goalie asked me to post this funny video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ZpJ4lvEs8&feature=player_embedded
― the three stigmata of a (Viceroy), Saturday, 4 June 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago)
That's one of the funniest Hitler meme things I've ever seen.
And I heard that Amebix song without knowing it was Amebix...all I knew was it's fucking awful.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 4 June 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago)
viceroy, next time you talk to ag tell him markers said to get his ass back here
― markers, Saturday, 4 June 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago)
In Solitude's The World, the Flesh, The Devil is the best metal album I've heard in a long, long time
― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 6 June 2011 00:07 (thirteen years ago)
That and the new Portrait are hugely satisfying indeed.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 6 June 2011 01:04 (thirteen years ago)
If you're on a classic metal kick, I highly recommend the new Wolf and Powerwolf records. Wolf have a few more memorable songs to go with their 80s stylings this time around, while PowerWolf have really catchy, manly power metal tunes with, admittedly, slightly goofy (on purpose, I think) lyrics like "Sanctified with Dynamite."
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 6 June 2011 03:30 (thirteen years ago)
Tough to top the this fall's Opeth-Katatonia tour, but how about Enslaved, Ghost, and Alcest?
http://ghost-official.com/
I'll be making the trip.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:09 (thirteen years ago)
I'll go to that. I would have gone to see Enslaved last time they came around, but they played at Terminal 5, which is the shittiest venue in Manhattan - almost inaccessible by train, terrible sight lines, etc., etc. The Gramercy is much, much better; I've seen Entombed and Marduk there in the recent past, and I like it a lot.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 6 June 2011 11:29 (thirteen years ago)
oh man! that's quite the lineup \(^o^)/
i wanna go
― markers, Monday, 6 June 2011 12:56 (thirteen years ago)
playing at the Middle East in Boston...
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 6 June 2011 12:57 (thirteen years ago)
yes!
― markers, Monday, 6 June 2011 12:57 (thirteen years ago)
― A. Begrand, Monday, June 6, 2011 5:09 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
wow ensalved at the middle east downstairs? i never would have thought, and will def be trying to get to this.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 6 June 2011 12:58 (thirteen years ago)
So hoping I can make that show, but it'll be doubtful. What is with all these fantastic shows swinging through town two-three weeks after we are supposed to have out baby? Raelly want to see this one and the Swans/Sir Richard Bishop show too.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 June 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago)
The new Rhapsody of Fire is fantastic. Guitar solos, keyboard solos, narration by Christopher Lee, songs in Italian...it's got everything you could possibly want from a power metal album, up to and including an angel riding a unicorn on the cover. So much better than HammerFall's half-assed new record, it's not even funny.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 6 June 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago)
narration by Christopher Lee again? gotta say I think that's kinda great, to use him for the voiceover once and go "he did a great job, let's have him back"
― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 6 June 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago)
It's always cool that Rhapsody of Fire goes totally over the top, but their albums have always bored me.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 6 June 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago)
I think they've had Christopher Lee on all/most of their albums since that first narration he did. Also, which Rhapsody of Fire? The EP? Or their upcoming full-length?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 6 June 2011 18:08 (thirteen years ago)
The new full-length, From Chaos to Eternity. The last song is called "Heroes of the Waterfalls' Kingdom" and it's 19 minutes long.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 6 June 2011 18:21 (thirteen years ago)
Cool, looking forward to it. I thought the Cold Embrace of Fear EP was pretty cool, taking the operatic/classical element that had always been in their music and making an actual classical/operatic suite out of it.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 6 June 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago)
I'm usually so not a power metal dude at all, but that has me interested a little.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 June 2011 20:01 (thirteen years ago)
The new Liturgy record sounds good... It's touching some of the same buttons as, weirdly, Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu.
― Clarke B., Monday, 6 June 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago)
I'm enjoying the hell out of the new YOB master...
― Nate Carson, Monday, 6 June 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago)
:-o
― original bgm, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 00:18 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZlih4DDNg&feature=player_embedded
― original bgm, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 00:49 (thirteen years ago)
man, I'm dying here
― original bgm, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 00:52 (thirteen years ago)
No, the new Rhapsody of Fire didn't do anything more for me than their other albums. Nor was I charmed by Doomrider. But I think the new Saxon album is pretty good! And I'm liking Loss more and more...
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago)
I'd love to hear the new Saxon. I'd cooled on them as of late, but their shows at 70,000 Tons were so spectacular I'm back to being interested in a big way.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago)
Okay, I'm going to gawk at the train wreck that is the new Morbid Angel for the first time… Here goes…
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago)
Huh.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago)
Um.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 22:51 (thirteen years ago)
Wow. Okay, I am going to listen to something else now.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago)
Kill a cop cop. Kill a cop. Kill a kill a kill a cop.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 23:11 (thirteen years ago)
http://morbidfails.tumblr.com/
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 23:12 (thirteen years ago)
All of this hate on the new Morbid Angel's making me thinking I'll like it.
― Concierto Para Bongo (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 04:49 (thirteen years ago)
I feel ya. I have contrarian tendencies for sure and was thinking the same thing. But holeeeey shit, I can't believe they stuck the 6min "too extreme!" right at the beginning of this thing. I was super tempted to just take the album off right then and there on my first listen.
They rest isn't really worth getting too worked up about.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 12:10 (thirteen years ago)
It was plugged upthread already, but I've been listening to Unleash the Archers' Demons of the Astrowaste over and over again, so I thought I'd reiterate how awesome the album is. It feels to me like a cross between Madder Mortem and In This Moment, with extra vocal harmony. Do not be put off by inferring excessive cheesiness from the name, title or cover art. Solid and awesome.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago)
It's very early where I am, otherwise maybe I'd have something more articulate to say than multiple "awesome"s, but then again, I suppose this way is just as truthful.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago)
Want to give thanks to aero and Adrien and whomever else might have big upped the latest In Solitude. Listening as I type and really, really liking it.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago)
Tonight I get to see Orange Goblin for the first time since 2004.
Tomorrow and Saturday are a weekend of Slough Feg, Witch Mountain, Christian Mistress gigs.
I LOVE METAL!
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago)
Orange Goblin were AWESOME the other night, totally blew me away even though I'm only really familiar with a few of their albums. Gates of Slumber and Naam were also pretty fantastic; is it just me, or does the Gibson SG look like a Guitar Hero guitar in Karl Simon's hands?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 9 June 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago)
thanks for the tip on unleash the archers, glenn. liking the tunes on their myspace tho I think I could do without the growls.
― original bgm, Thursday, 9 June 2011 23:23 (thirteen years ago)
oh hey opeth and katatonia are playing first avenue in mpls in october, i should prob go to that
― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 June 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago)
spun the latest weekend nachos and wormrot lps today. both pretty sick.
― original bgm, Thursday, 9 June 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago)
I'm an opeth hater but I would still probs go to that show for katatonia.
― original bgm, Thursday, 9 June 2011 23:27 (thirteen years ago)
yeah my BIL has been trying to win me over on the opeth but it hasnt stuck, but katatonia is well worth it - $25!
actually between that, big business/torche/helms alee, and children of bodom/devin townsend proj/obscura/septic flesh this summer and fall are starting to shape up ok after looking pretty bleak earlier this spring
― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 June 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago)
oh yeah plus vreid/kampfar/enshrined
― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 June 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago)
Some nutsos on here. Last time I saw Opeth, it was like seeing Rush or Led Zeppelin. Katatonia was flaccid electronica metal.
If you saw Opeth more than five years ago (or never) it is time to re-evaluate. They have come a LONG way on stage.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 10 June 2011 04:04 (thirteen years ago)
just a quick question as I don't normally post in the metal threads. Do you guys think British metal fans feel misrepresented by Download festival? Was there a quick shift when Sonisphere came in or was it a slow thing. I kind of thought that download was this great bastion of metal. Maybe I was wrong from the start.
― owenf, Friday, 10 June 2011 09:01 (thirteen years ago)
As it happens there's a 3 day event going on in London this weekend called Fuck Download, but it's all punk and hardcore bands, no metal AFAIK.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 10 June 2011 09:05 (thirteen years ago)
doesn't take much these days...
"Macabre Eternal", the first full-length album from the legendary San Francisco Bay Area gore grind act AUTOPSY since 1995's "Shitfun", sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 67 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
― original bgm, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago)
Katatonia gets a pass from a lot of people because they were once one of the best bands in the world.
― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago)
I thought Katatonia were pretty damn good last time I saw them live, but I probably saw a different show than Nate.
New Lazarus pit. This week, I try to tackle the thorny issue of Christian metal, with the usual disastrous results: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-messiahs-final-warning/
Speaking of which, do people mind me posting links to my blog entries? I don't want to be spamming the thread.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 10 June 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago)
I certainly don't mind. This thread is like a newsfeed for articles and music recommendations.
― rockapads, Friday, 10 June 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago)
I'm digging your column and don't mind one bit!
― original bgm, Friday, 10 June 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago)
Post away, Jeff!
As for this "Katatonia gets a pass from a lot of people because they were once one of the best bands in the world."
I get that. But as someone who sees around 100 shows per year, I can say there's a profound difference between the live energy of those two bands in 2011. Seeing Opeth is like seeing Pink Floyd or something. They were a studio band for so long, and they've finally toured enough to his this really (pardon the express) transcendental level as stage musicians.
If Katatonia was even performing their best material, that would help a lot. Opeth digs deep into their catalog. Katatonia doesn't seem to know what the fuck to do with themselves. I'm glad they're getting a leg up and hitting the states more often, but ick their set was boring.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 10 June 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago)
*hit, not his.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 10 June 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago)
Also, Orange Goblin was absolutely devastating last night.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 10 June 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago)
I'm no expert, but I do own two opeth albums (blackwater park and, uh, something else), I've listened to tracks/albums megafan friends have played me, and I think I even downloaded another one years ago (pretty sure one track had tablas on it). these guys have just never clicked for me in any way. in fact, I can usually barely remember a thing once an album ends.
this is all personal and I can't really offer any serious critique. they don't offend me and it's cool that they like comus. but their music just strikes me as being both bland and extremely tedious. a deadly combo!
I haven't followed a thing they've done for a good five years at least tho.
― original bgm, Saturday, 11 June 2011 01:27 (thirteen years ago)
as for katatonia, I actually liked their last one but I could see how it may not work live. but they have some true classics in their back catalog. and if I just push play on discouraged ones, the very first few seconds immediately hit me in a way that nothing by opeth ever has. ymmv.
― original bgm, Saturday, 11 June 2011 01:33 (thirteen years ago)
I'm not really fit to discuss Katatonia's back catalog as I'm not very familiar with it. And there's no such thing as an invalid opinion.
But I will say that Opeth has become a better band since they started writing as a band. Beginning with Ghost Reveries. Listen to "Baying of the Hounds" all the way through (tedious maybe) and get back to me. :)
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 11 June 2011 11:21 (thirteen years ago)
gave that track a shot. not bad but these guys just aren't my bag. thanks tho.
and man, I wholeheartedly recommend giving brave murder day and discouraged ones a listen sometime!
― original bgm, Saturday, 11 June 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago)
For sure. BMD has come up so many times. I need to hear it.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:00 (thirteen years ago)
plus you can even get your opeth fix when you listen to BMD. at least vocally.
― scott seward, Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago)
hey so what was the reason that josh stone age gave for not wanting to do the kyuss thing? he thought it was a lame idea? he was busy making another boring album? kinda curious.
― scott seward, Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:15 (thirteen years ago)
or maybe they never even asked him to do it. what the hell do i know.
― scott seward, Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago)
I'm not really fit to discuss Katatonia's back catalog as I'm not very familiar with it
promise me you will get Brave Yester Days ASAP
― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 11 June 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago)
some of the best guitar lines of all fuckin time on that record
also discouraged ones is a record that kind of invites a certain mood
but when you are in that mood
look out
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 June 2011 05:20 (thirteen years ago)
holy fucking shit jesus @ that in solitude record
way to go everyone
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 June 2011 05:24 (thirteen years ago)
So Seth Putnam died.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 12 June 2011 09:10 (thirteen years ago)
Really hard to find the right sort of response to Seth Putnam dying, if only because I am an overserious dumbshit who feels a need when somebody somehow in my orbit dies to sort of accurately define who that person was. I mean, to speak plainly about him, he was a bigot; people like to dismiss bigotry as "trolling," but in many interviews it was plain that the trolling aspect wasn't "adopting a persona to get a response" but "exaggerating genuinely-held offensive opinions to get a response," i.e., yes, he's trolling, and yes, he's still a bigot, and a misogynist, and a person who takes pleasure in making other people feel bad. I saw the same process play itself out year after year with people learning about A.C.: somebody quotes a song title, huge laffs, bigger laffs on reading tracklistings, and then always, always, this moment reading lyrics where you go "wait a minute...this is more hateful and angry than funny" and the smile sort of freezes on you as you begin to get the impression that what's funny to Seth about this shit may be not be what's funny to you, which actually does matter when it comes to humor, and so A.C. has kinda done you the favor of making you look at a little harder at yr "it doesn't matter what the author meant" stance if that was yr stance. I always thought the lyric to "I'm Glad Jazz Faggots Don't Like Us Any More" was sort of the essential A.C. text:
we just wanted to sound like shitbut you thought we were avant gardeyou thought we went to art schoolbut we worked at gas stations
you didn't know we were a bunch of assholesyou thought we were liberal and artyyou tried to act weird and pretend you were violentwhen I whipped chairs at you, you ran off and cried
once you realized we hate people like youyou finally stopped coming to our showsnow there's less faggots, less people with glassesless know it all eggheads, no more jazz fags
which...I mean, one thing I like about punk is the same thing other people hate about it: the preachy aspect, I mean. That axis where a demand for freedom of expression meets "p.c.," which I don't use in a pejorative sense. A figure like Putnam forces the scene he chooses to engage to confront its values within its own confines instead of sitting around a squat where everybody agrees that racism is bad. I think that's valuable (though I don't know how valuable: "how" both as "to what extent" and "what's the take-home from it"), but it's an accidental effect of Putnam's actual racism and sexism.
By most accounts he was a seriously troubled dude, and that's sort of what he leaves behind: a record of what it sounds like inside a pretty fucked-up dude's head, without a lot of filtering or shaping into a form that'd be appealing to many people. He didn't "actually hurt anybody" (people who get hurt at Anal Cunt shows aside, which, I mean, if you go to the G.G. Allin show you don't get to complain that you came home smelling like shit) but he spread a lot of hatred, and it was the genuine article, not stylized hatred-for-literary-purposes stuff that interests the people who ended up writing about his band. I don't have a good conclusion to this interminable meditation on the death of Seth Putnam, so I'll just stop here.
― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 12 June 2011 12:46 (thirteen years ago)
all good observations! me, I'm just surprised at his list of collaborators in the linked post on the dedicated AC thread.
― You Post on ILX (Simon H.), Sunday, 12 June 2011 16:00 (thirteen years ago)
Buried at Sea and Nachtmystium just killed it in Chicago last night - really impressive sets from both. Maybe I'm in the minority, but Orange Goblin wasn't particularly impressive to me. Bible of the Devil was good solid fun.
― BlackIronPrison, Sunday, 12 June 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago)
*face palm*
http://media.avclub.com/images/articles/article/57415/metallica_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 13 June 2011 16:14 (thirteen years ago)
To be fair, Monopoly has long cranked out a special edition for anyone that asks.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 13 June 2011 16:15 (thirteen years ago)
oooooo
― markers, Monday, 13 June 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago)
fuck monopoly though
So starting tomorrow on MSN, I'm gonna be doing 25 @25, looks back at 25 albums released in 1986 that weren't Master of Puppets, Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? or Reign in Blood. Should be fun; hope you'll check it out.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 13 June 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago)
Looks like an interesting column. I'm really interested to see what you have to say about Turbo, that's always been a fascinating album to me.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 13 June 2011 19:09 (thirteen years ago)
In retrospect it feels so weird to me that Look What the Cat Dragged In came out the same year as Reign in Blood and Master of Puppets. Feels like stuff of such a different era that there should have been a couple years buffer at least.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 13 June 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago)
It was a really weird year. Everything from classics, to high-profile disappointments(The Ultimate Sin, to the emergence of glam, to complete trainwrecks (Raven), to Geoff Tate's hair.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 13 June 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago)
Is anyone familiar with Powerwolf? Their new album is blowing me away. Nothing exactly new, basically uber-catchy power metal in the vein of Sabaton, but unlike Sabaton there's no cartoony war shtick and crude humour cheapening the music. Just your basic mythology stuff, delivered with a straight face and plenty of hooks.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 13 June 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago)
I gave props to Powerwolf upthread, but I'm not really sure you listened to their songs closely – it's pretty goofy stuff. Might want to give them another run through. I mean, "Sanctified with Dynamite?" I love them, but you can't say that it's basic mythology stuff.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 13 June 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago)
Nothing exactly new, basically uber-catchy power metal
you know honestly fuck new
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Monday, 13 June 2011 19:54 (thirteen years ago)
Was that classic album from the *other* Poison also not from 1986?
― Siegbran, Monday, 13 June 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago)
Love "Sanctified With Dynamite"...and yeah, definitely goofy as hell but they sell it better than a band like Sabaton.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 13 June 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago)
Hmm apparently not. And I also find out now that it was only a demo! I had it as a tape dub back then, I always assumed this was a proper album, it sounded professional enough. Anyway, I can guarantee you it will kick your ass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwxGpMMS-Bs
― Siegbran, Monday, 13 June 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago)
Powerwolf's vocalist is crazy good. He really elevates the entire outfit.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 13 June 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago)
Also, really enjoying the Vastum record mentioned upthread. Don't know if I really hear much Bolt Thrower in there, it's a nice 50% Entombed, 50% Pestilence to these ears...
― Siegbran, Monday, 13 June 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, more people should be talking about that Vastum record.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 13 June 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago)
The only problem I have with records like that (also: Bloodbath, Wigrid) that it feels like tribute band material. It rocks in all the right ways, but there's no own personality at all. I doubt they care tho.
― Siegbran, Monday, 13 June 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago)
You know, I never did check out that Sabaton record from last year. Maybe I'll give it a listen tonight.
I liked the Vastum, but not being a huge death metal head it didn't really jump out at me.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 13 June 2011 23:52 (thirteen years ago)
I have 12 of the 25@25 on vinyl ;)
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 01:53 (thirteen years ago)
Listening to the new Iwrestledabearonce, I'm struck by how the grind parts are the least interesting. I guess it provides everything else a base to grow from, but the electronic experiments and Lacuna Coil parts appeal more to my sensibilities. Still, big step up from their last one. This one almost has songs!
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 02:17 (thirteen years ago)
I fucking hate that band. They bring out my inner old man (never far from the surface anyway) like nobody else. No form of music pisses me off more than genre-skipping noise bullshit, whether it's Mr. Bungle, Iwrestledabearonce, HORSE the Band, whoever. Fuck that shit.
Tried listening to Vastum tonight - this six-song thing is what everyone's stroking themselves over? Not really feeling the magic. I'd rather listen to the first Bloodbath, or Death Breath's Stinking Up the Night. Hell, I could probably think of six dozen caveman death metal records I'd rather listen to than this one.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 03:13 (thirteen years ago)
I enjoy IWABO far more than any other band of that ilk. That girl can sing, and I think the way they toss those little vocal hooks into those songs is pretty darn clever. I haven't had time to listen to the new one, but I sure liked the song that was leaked a few weeks ago.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 03:17 (thirteen years ago)
Started the 25 @ 25 project today, with a look back at David Lee Roth's Eat 'Em and Smile and it's awesomely racist/sexist/basically anti-life videos.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 12:48 (thirteen years ago)
Here's the second 25 @ 25 post, all about Accept's Russian Roulette, an album that could have really benefited from re-sequencing.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 11:22 (thirteen years ago)
attn: phil and other people who liked uroboros
http://www.direngrey.co.jp/image/information/dum_500.jpg
A groundbreaking 70-min world extending beyond madnessDIR EN GREY will release their 8th studio album "DUM SPIRO SPERO" 2 years and 9 months after "UROBOROS" which garnered overwhelming support as the strongest and the maddest record resonating across the globe.There are 14 tracks including "Hageshisa To, Kono Mune No Naka De Karamitsuita Shakunetsu No Yami", "LOTUS", "DIFFERENT SENSE" as single-cut tracks in this album.With the combination of world-noted engineers and the individuality of a Japanese born and bred band. After all, DIR EN GREY is the only artist that can surpass themselves.1. Kyoukotsu No Nari2. THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB3. DIFFERENT SENSE4. AMON5 ."Yokusou Ni DREAMBOX" Aruiwa Seijuku No Rinen To Tsumetai Ame6. Juuyoku7. Shitataru Mourou8. LOTUS9. DIABOLOS10. Akatsuki11. DECAYED CROW12. Hageshisa To, Kono Mune No Naka De Karamitsuita Shakunetsu No Yami13. VANITAS14. Ruten No Tou
DIR EN GREY will release their 8th studio album "DUM SPIRO SPERO" 2 years and 9 months after "UROBOROS" which garnered overwhelming support as the strongest and the maddest record resonating across the globe.There are 14 tracks including "Hageshisa To, Kono Mune No Naka De Karamitsuita Shakunetsu No Yami", "LOTUS", "DIFFERENT SENSE" as single-cut tracks in this album.With the combination of world-noted engineers and the individuality of a Japanese born and bred band. After all, DIR EN GREY is the only artist that can surpass themselves.
1. Kyoukotsu No Nari2. THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB3. DIFFERENT SENSE4. AMON5 ."Yokusou Ni DREAMBOX" Aruiwa Seijuku No Rinen To Tsumetai Ame6. Juuyoku7. Shitataru Mourou8. LOTUS9. DIABOLOS10. Akatsuki11. DECAYED CROW12. Hageshisa To, Kono Mune No Naka De Karamitsuita Shakunetsu No Yami13. VANITAS14. Ruten No Tou
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago)
me i love uroboros, looking forward to the new record, don't mind getting a little nu metal in my prog.
meanwhile i wish all pr copy were written like that
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago)
The Yob track streaming over at Stereogum is great. I'd call it grungy if that word wasn't attached to a particular sound. Filthy in a good way.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago)
Lordi haven't covered "Monster Man," but they do have a song called "Monster Man" that sounds very much like Accept.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 16:58 (thirteen years ago)
I love the Liturgy album to death, but it is constantly scaring the shit out of me when I'm in shuffle mode because its like 200% louder than anything else on my iTunes.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago)
Oh yes. Dir en grey rock.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago)
Yes they do. I've only heard The Marrow of a Bone and Uroboros, but I am definitely anxious to hear what they are up to now.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago)
dir en grey is very much a band that people expect me to like, and would seem to fit right into my sorta vibe, but i have yet to like anything ive heard. and ive tried.
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago)
I like them a lot. And they're terrific live. Saw them when they toured opening for Deftones.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago)
Here's the second 25 @ 25 post, all about Accept's Russian Roulette, an album that could have really benefited from re-sequencing.― that's not funny. (unperson), woensdag 15 juni 2011 11:22 (7 hours ago) Bookmark
― that's not funny. (unperson), woensdag 15 juni 2011 11:22 (7 hours ago) Bookmark
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago)
The Yob track streaming over at Stereogum is great.
just gave this a listen. man, I love the vox on yob stuff.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago)
Scheidt just keeps getting better and better in the vocal department. No one else sounds like that guy. And the new album is incredible.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago)
yob is coming to town next month, psyched
― the manarchist cookbook (Edward III), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago)
I wrote a big article on Liturgy for the new issue of Signal to Noise; it's not online, but I put some excerpts on my blog.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 16 June 2011 02:09 (thirteen years ago)
Good (excerpted) piece. I thought the following is an interesting way to think about BM:
Black metal rejects the strutting godhood of arena-sized metal, and the use of makeup puts them into a weirdly androgynous performative space occupied mostly by, yes, Kiss and the other glam-rockers of the 1970s (from stars like David Bowie and Alice Cooper to also-rans like T.Rex and Jobriath).
Though of course here in the UK T Rex were far from also-rans- no. 1 singles and albums galore, and Marc Bolan was a genuine star.
― Neil S, Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:58 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, but over here they were one-hit wonders and the Power Station's cover of "Bang a Gong" was a bigger hit than the original.
In other news, I've got an interview with Pentagram/Place of Skulls guitarist Victor Griffin up at MSN today. Link.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 16 June 2011 12:14 (thirteen years ago)
Lou Reed/Metallica Collabo Anticipation Thread
― markers, Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago)
Dunno if this counts as controversial or not, but I'm enjoying the new In Flames quite a bit. I've grown to recognize "melodical death metal" as a label that usually means I'm not going to like the thing, but I've been pretty much behind In Flames all along. For me they're kind of the case-study counter to Metallica, pushing away from marginalization without giving up on what I think of as their essential identity. But then I guess too it doesn't seem all that far from In Flames to HIM, to me, which might help explain both why I still think of HIM as metal and why some people seem to think of In Flames as having betrayed something.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 16 June 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago)
It's not a perfect album, but I thoroughly enjoy the new In Flames as well. I think we'll be in the minority though, people still can't get over the fact that they'll never put out another Colony.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 16 June 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago)
Just noticed throats upthread. Sadly now broken up. Think you can still buy the tracks though.
― owenf, Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:14 (thirteen years ago)
I don't care if they never put out another Colony, I just want them to stop making mediocre records without any memorable tunes. Come Clarity was all right, and Reroute to Remain had three good songs, but everything else they've done since Clayman has ranged from boring (A Sense of Purpose) to god-awful (Soundtrack To Your Escape).
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago)
Great line on Liturgy, Phil.
"Is black metal itself androgynous, and is Hunt-Hendrix, with his shrieks that are sometimes more like the yelps of a startled Girl Scout, playing into that?"
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 16 June 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago)
It finally clicked what Liturgy's randomized temolo riffs, constant blasting and thin sound remind me of:http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album_1197166420.jpg
― Siegbran, Thursday, 16 June 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago)
The Liturgy has really clicked with me a big way this week.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:26 (thirteen years ago)
"harmonia" is one of my favorite tracks of 2011
― markers, Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:44 (thirteen years ago)
Death Breath's Stinking Up the Night.
underpraised record imo
― censored my own brad whitford joke (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:47 (thirteen years ago)
Funny, I was listening to the album again last night and was struck by that song as well.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:01 (thirteen years ago)
― markers, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:24 (thirteen years ago)
sometimes i listen to album tracks out of order, so i don't think i've even heard all the songs on aesthetica yet, but i definitely need to go back and make sure i do
― markers, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago)
Meant to mention it earlier, but I really liked those snippets from Phil's piece on them.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago)
Supposedly at Scion rock fest last year, Hunter was singing the praises of Weezer's blue album, and confessed to never having heard Absu. This comes from a pretty reliable source.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago)
(not that I have anything against that Weezer record)
:D :D
― markers, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago)
if you want to destroy my sweater, pull this thread *screaming*
― markers, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago)
Have any of you chaps interviewed Mike Scheidt since The Great Cessation came out?
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Friday, 17 June 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago)
I bumped the Torche thread to ask this same question, but have any of you heard the Floor box set? I'm really thinking about plunking down the cash for the $40 version, but wondering if its worth it.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 17 June 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago)
I've not heard it 'fraid.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Friday, 17 June 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago)
― Nate Carson, Thursday, June 16, 2011 6:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
I was liturgy's designated driver one night last year and filth by swans was in their van's tape deck but maybe they hid all the weezer when I got in
― the manarchist cookbook (Edward III), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago)
Guys lets not forget Weezer's "metal" roots:
http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/avantgarde.jpg
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 17 June 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago)
I don't think I've ever heard a whole Absu song. But I don't like Weezer at all. Where do I fall?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago)
Obviously you're not transcendental. Maybe just dental?
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 17 June 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago)
everyone in nyc should go to this. might change your life.
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/2208
― scott seward, Friday, 17 June 2011 17:49 (thirteen years ago)
yes, that will be some heavy shit
― the manarchist cookbook (Edward III), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago)
Really digging the new Yob album, thanks for the heads up, upthread as I've just interviewed Mike as well. Lovely chap.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Friday, 17 June 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago)
I think you fall squarely in the "people who really need to pick up absu's tara because it's the best USBM album of all-time" camp
― original bgm, Friday, 17 June 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago)
the blue album is pretty good tho. never owned it but I don't mind the hits when I hear em out in the wild.
― original bgm, Friday, 17 June 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago)
Okay so I went ahead and dropped the money for the Floor set. Nicely packaged, although I'm sure its certainly less ornate than the LP+CD version. Anxious to really dig into all this Floor. Will report back again after I spend some time with it.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago)
"Have any of you chaps interviewed Mike Scheidt since The Great Cessation came out?"
I interview him via text every other day or so ;)
― Nate Carson, Friday, 17 June 2011 22:39 (thirteen years ago)
I'M SEEING RUSH TONIGHT
I now return you to your regularly scheduled metal.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:07 (thirteen years ago)
Most of us have run into this. Great read.
http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/culturefeed/folder-rock-band-pr-anthony-bedard/
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:51 (thirteen years ago)
Also, have a blast Jeff! I'll be seeing them next week. Stoked!
Anyone else heard Boldly Stride the Doomed by Pennsylvania band Argus? It's doomy classic heavy metal, reminding me a bit of Brocas Helm and Iron Maiden. Big riffs, big clean vocals, a little bit of a hyperactive bass player, but an overall package that is almost EZ by numbers.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 12:04 (thirteen years ago)
haven't heard that one but the s/t from a few years back was pretty good iirc
― original bgm, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago)
listening to execration's odes of the occult and am liking it so far. suspect subsequent listens will open this one up, but at the very least, this is old school death done right. really like the uncluttered mix as well.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 20:27 (thirteen years ago)
also like my death with a healthy dose of doomy moments and this fits the bill nicely
― original bgm, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.myspace.com/mountaingoatband
aero bait? secret aero side project?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago)
I really like the new Argus, gave it a positive review in some upcoming issue of Decibel. Totally straightforward throwback doom metal from Pennsylvania, but they do a real nice job at it.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:20 (thirteen years ago)
Also, Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy sounds pretty good to my ears on my first time through.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago)
that's my least favorite from the ozzy years but it's still pretty damn good. the cover is also very funny.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, it doesn't hold up to the first six, but it's not the embarrassment it's usually portrayed as. The big problem is that it doesn't really have the big standout songs that the previous records did.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago)
Never Say Die is much worse.
Speaking of controversial Sabbath albums, I got the new reissue of Born Again last week. I'm considering writing a bit of a dissection of the record. It's long fascinated me.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago)
Oooh didn't know there was a reissue of that. It remains the only Sabbath album I've never heard.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago)
no way! it's much better than its predecessor imo.
I've owned the sabbath "black box" set for years and only got around to listening to never say die! the last year or so because of all the acrid reviews I've read in the past. it's actually pretty awesome and totally doesn't deserve the kicking it gets. and I'd say that one has some big standout songs for sure. ("johnny blade"! "junior's eyes"!)
there's a good thread about it kicking around ilx somewhere.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago)
still haven't gotten around to born again. how's the reissue?
― original bgm, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago)
Did they remix the album? I have the 1996 CD issue, and it still sounds pretty crappy.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:47 (thirteen years ago)
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
― original bgm, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago)
I know people rep for the original born again demos over the album mix. but metal folks always do this.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago)
It's a remaster, not a remix, that's the big thing. Same old delightfully muddy sound, punched up the tiniest bit. People keep clamoring for a full remix, but I dummo, I sort of like it that way. That big thudding riff punctuated by massive snare on "Disturbing the Priest" sounds awesome with that murky tone. Same goes for "Zero the Hero", too.
It also comes with a CD of live stuff from Reading '83...the band sounds great on the BA material but Gillan sounds a bit lost on the old stuff.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago)
I would definitely call "Gypsy" and "Dirty Women" standout tracks.
Never Say Die is the stronger collection but both albums are great. They only pale in comparison to the incomparable run that preceded them.
Born Again has a lot of great tracks too. It's the single best non-Ozzy/Dio Sabbath album by a long shot.
I'm shocked how many people on here are not doing their homework. This is BLACK SABBATH we're talking about, not some obscure Kix b-sides...
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:50 (thirteen years ago)
xpost - ooh, live Born Again? Must hear...
In my defense, Born Again has been next to impossible to find since I've been into Sabbath.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago)
Jon, you should definitely get on the internet one of these days ;)
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:57 (thirteen years ago)
Yes, see, thats one of the weird things about me, I'm not much of a downloader at all. When something like Born Again builds up some level of anticipation from me, I prefer to wait until I come across a real, physical copy.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:59 (thirteen years ago)
It's never been released on CD in North America, so when the UK reissue was announced I jumped at the chance to replace my LP. It's pretty cheap at amazon.co.uk.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago)
I had a nice Castle remaster that went out on loan and never returned :( So I just play my LP a lot. I Dj "Zero the Hero" and "Disturbing the Priest" pretty regularly.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago)
no way! it's much better than its predecessor imo. sleeve is better for starters...
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago)
I noticed a while back just how similar the main riff of "Hot Line" is to Rainbow's "All Night Long".
It's been mentioned a lot elsewhere on ILM, but the "unmixed" Born Again is a fun listen. It's here:
horriblenoise.blogspot.com/2009/05/black-sabbath-born-again-unmixed-cd.html
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago)
"Never Say Die" and "Hard Road" are keepers, and "Junior's Eyes" is pretty good. But what a sharp drop-off in quality after that.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago)
I only have Seventh Star on vinyl.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/pointlineplane/Sabs.jpg
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago)
I found Tyr for 4 bucks at a CVS of all places!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:15 (thirteen years ago)
The Tony Martin albums have their moments, but I can't say I'm a fan of that lineup.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago)
That's the problem. There are moments. There are riffs. There just aren't any whole entire songs.
This alternate mix of Born Again is amazing!
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago)
I considered including Seventh Star in the "25 @ 25" project, but changed my mind.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago)
Good choice. Waste of words. No need to kick Iommi at this stage.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago)
Okay, continuing my trawl through Sabbath's lean years with The Eternal Idol. Sounds okay so far (halfway through the first track). Definitely more in the Dio vein, but Tony Martin was no Ronnie James.
Just got through Never Say Die, liked it a lot. Second half is definitely weaker than the first, but nothing jumped out at me as outright terrible.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:36 (thirteen years ago)
"Shining" is an ok track from that album. Probably one of the best cuts from that period iirc. Tyr has some moments too. Overall, it's bummertime.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:50 (thirteen years ago)
Oh man, "Glory Ride" is SUPER 80s AOR. Could be off any of the later Rainbow albums. Anyway, sorry for turning this into the Rolling Metal Thread 1987.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:53 (thirteen years ago)
You know, "No Stranger to Love" from Seventh Star is actually a great song. Glenn Hughes kills on that one. But the album should never have been given the Sabbath tag.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:13 (thirteen years ago)
Bit of personal trivia: I spent the first 13 years of my life in a town far away from any FM radio, so "No Stranger to Love" was the first Sabbath song I heard EVER. Needless to say it was not a good first impression!
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago)
No KK Downing on this "last world tour" from Priest was really bumming me out. Then I saw the set list. Wow.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159795
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 23 June 2011 06:40 (thirteen years ago)
Holy crap, "Blood Red Skies?" That's one of my all-time favorites, vastly underappreciated tune (probably because it's from a terrible album).
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 23 June 2011 08:28 (thirteen years ago)
I'd freak if I ever got to see them do "The Sentinel"...or anything off defenders for that matter. They're skipping my city though.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 23 June 2011 09:52 (thirteen years ago)
So will I be joining Phil as the only rolling metal thread guy to really enjoy the new Black Dahlia Murder?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:02 (thirteen years ago)
Today in 25 @ 25: Samhain's November-Coming-Fire.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:02 (thirteen years ago)
And yeah, where is the BDM love? Ritual is terrific. (And major points to them for releasing a T-shirt that's not black to promote it. That's a really nice shade of green; I might need to get me one of those.)
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:03 (thirteen years ago)
I really liked that Samhain LP when it came out but never heard any other record of theirs (or for that matter, a full Misfits album).
Can't say I really get your Morbid Visions take tho...I don't hear much Slayer (or California) in there at all, it's all pretty straightforward Sodom worship, very German. To me the Slayer influence only really surfaced with BTR. What did amuse me to no end was the silly Sarcofago/Sepultura rivalry, especially how it was amplified and mythologized through word-of-mouth tales among tapetrading teens on the other side of the world. But enough sub-Metal Inquisition rambling.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago)
I have a special place in my heart for November-Coming-Fire. It was not only the first Samhain I heard, but I heard it before I ever got into the Misfits, so it made a big impression on me. I think I still have the original tape laying in a box somewhere (I remember the cassette being black plastic with the white Danzig skull on it). It was also one of two albums I listened to the first time I smoked weed (the other was South of Heaven).
― rockapads, Thursday, 23 June 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago)
I have a samhain album. I think it was pretty good? (maybe?)
"misery tomb" is extremely funny, that I remember.
UUUUUUUAAAAAAHHHHHHOOOOOOOOH
― original bgm, Thursday, 23 June 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago)
"Never Say Die is much worse."
These are fighting words. Never Say Die is one of my favorite albums of all time.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:15 (thirteen years ago)
The new Today is the Day album is pretty incredible, their best in years and years. Ballou producing, so of course it sounds great and is groovy as all get-out.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago)
Man, I'm really not feeling that much metal this year. It's realy depressing. De Magia Veterum, Tombs, Yob, Altar Of Plagues, Liturgy... waiting for something a bit more mainstream to blow my head off though. Bad state of affairs.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:20 (thirteen years ago)
Mainstream how? Like, Black Veil Brides?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 24 June 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago)
I'm not sure really. Just waiting for a big metal album that blows my balls off. Feel like the only stuff I'm listening to and enjoying at the moment is arty doom and post black metal. I mean, that stuff's awesome but wanted something a bit more bullet belt and leather trousers.
That said, I like Red Fang and Cauldron enough.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Friday, 24 June 2011 00:30 (thirteen years ago)
And Gentlemen's Pistols and Black Spiders.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Friday, 24 June 2011 00:31 (thirteen years ago)
Check out the Argus. Really digging it.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 24 June 2011 00:32 (thirteen years ago)
Will do that right now.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Friday, 24 June 2011 00:33 (thirteen years ago)
I love arty doom, but this year has been really retro/classic metal for me.
Besides the Argus, I'm enjoying the Cauldron and Black Spiders you mentioned, as well as the new Wolf, Bullet and In Solitude albums.
I'd also throw Nate and co's Witch Mountain record and Blood Ceremony into the classic mix, though they're doomier than the galloping hordes above.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 24 June 2011 00:39 (thirteen years ago)
If Blood Ceremony are that flautist led proto doom band on Rise Above, I've seen them live a few times and I'm not really a fan but I'll have to check the other album out.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Friday, 24 June 2011 00:47 (thirteen years ago)
that's them.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 24 June 2011 00:50 (thirteen years ago)
Doran's right, there isn't that much decent mainstream metal around this year - there's the aforementioned Black Dahlia Murder album, and there are some good songs on the new Arch Enemy record, though I don't like that one as much as a lot of other people seem to (or are telling themselves and others that they do right now; we'll see what they think come year-end list-making time), and of course the Amon Amarth album, but I think it's gonna take a few more months for the big ones to hit. I don't have much hope for the Anthrax album, I'm a little worried about Trivium based on that first single, and/but the Machine Head song that's been released is pretty great.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 24 June 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago)
I think the new Revocation is going to be a biggie as far as mainstream metal goes.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 24 June 2011 03:01 (thirteen years ago)
Can we define "mainstream"? Not really sure what that even means anymore in the context of metal. There's been a whole lot of stuff I loved this year. I keep meaning to put together a list, but I'm lazy.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 24 June 2011 03:14 (thirteen years ago)
By the way Adrien, thanks for pointing me to that Ghost Beatles cover via Twitter. I've now played it like 14 times tonight. Its rare that a Beatles cover manages to do something interesting, but Ghost pulled it off. Bonus, my wife loves their version and has now borrowed Opus Eponymous to listen to. Score.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 24 June 2011 03:15 (thirteen years ago)
Metalsucks gets credit for unearthing it, it's a bonus track from the Japanese version, and I can't find it anywhere. It's driving me nuts.
Apparently they call it "Here Comes the Son", twisting Harrison's lyrics neatly.
Haha, Jon's tale plays right into the whole "girlfriend metal" idiocy that's getting some buzz on facebook.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 24 June 2011 03:21 (thirteen years ago)
I define mainstream metal as something that sounds like it'd be played on Liquid Metal. Like a range from Lamb of God to Emmure.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 24 June 2011 03:23 (thirteen years ago)
Then I guess my question is, at the risk of sounding elitist, who cares? There so much good stuff this year, I don't see the importance of it being mainstream. But maybe I'm misinterpreting what Doran said?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 24 June 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago)
Although I will say, you're not going to hear anything this year nearly as awesome as this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E81-JW18WW8
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 24 June 2011 03:32 (thirteen years ago)
o_O
― original bgm, Friday, 24 June 2011 03:36 (thirteen years ago)
I guess the japanese officially do everything better. melodic power techno death metal was the only thing left.
― original bgm, Friday, 24 June 2011 03:41 (thirteen years ago)
That's like Groove Coverage meets Anaal Nathrakh. I have to hear the rest of that album now.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 24 June 2011 03:45 (thirteen years ago)
on my third listen and have to agree
― original bgm, Friday, 24 June 2011 03:49 (thirteen years ago)
You can download it here next week: http://www.amazon.com/Epsilon/dp/B0055A2M6A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1308887648&sr=8-2
It's pretty great, I gave it a (sure to be downgraded) very positive review in Decibel.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 24 June 2011 03:55 (thirteen years ago)
when you see the debut Danzig album on gatefold vinyl, the giant horned skull covering both front and back flaps, it's awesome.
When I was in high school and someone was trying to find my generic house in the suburbs I would always put the gatefold of this in the front window. Worked every time.
― The Hetfieldification of the Menopausal Male (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 24 June 2011 05:03 (thirteen years ago)
the guy who made the Girlfriend Metal page seems like a real winner bringing a lot to the table
― I want to be the girl with the moust ache (DJ Mencap), Friday, 24 June 2011 06:53 (thirteen years ago)
I heard of Blood Stain Child on that Studio Ghibli compilation I reviewed for MSN. I'm actually really eager to hear that album.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 24 June 2011 12:01 (thirteen years ago)
So who else is thinking about flying to Chicago for the "Danzig Legacy" (Danzig, Samhain and Misfits sets, with former Misfits and Samhain members participating) show at Riot Fest on October 7? I'm seriously considering it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 24 June 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago)
In which J3ff makes conjectures about black metal that Siegbran is going to rake me over the coals for: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-aeternuss-%E2%80%A6and-so-the-night-became/
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Friday, 24 June 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago)
I have the first Danzig and November Coming Fire vinyls and both get a lot of spins out at my Dj gigs. Samhain is probably too valuable for me to cart around, but I say fuck it. Music should be heard and enjoyed.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 24 June 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago)
I'm currently DJing at a Part Chimp gig. They're always great but they're on fucking fire tonight. I seriously recommend you catch them before they split up after summer if you get the chance.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Friday, 24 June 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago)
went to Zebulon Pike cd release tonight and holy fuck. awesome. new cd is badass btw
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Sunday, 26 June 2011 07:55 (thirteen years ago)
Why would I rake anyone over the coals, Aeternus are great. Saw them live in 98 supporting the album and while they're indeed quite varied/melodic on it, they absolutely demolished the place Bolt Thrower style with not a single acoustic guitar (or flute) in sight. It's always a joy to see bands turn out much more badass live than on record.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 26 June 2011 12:29 (thirteen years ago)
Oh, I was being hyperbolic, but I always feel a little self-conscious when talking about black metal when I know you're (figuratively) in the room because you're so knowledgeable about the intricacies of the history of the genre and I'm not.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Sunday, 26 June 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago)
Thanks for the kind coverage in the new Db, Jeff!
― Nate Carson, Monday, 27 June 2011 10:43 (thirteen years ago)
Wanna read my interview with Fred Durst? Of course you do.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 27 June 2011 12:00 (thirteen years ago)
No problem, Nate!
That was pretty disappointing, Phil. I would have been really interested to read you do an actual interview with the man, I think you would have asked some really intelligent questions.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 27 June 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago)
I actually briefly considered trying to get an interview with Borland. But the album's not good enough to be worth my time.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 27 June 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago)
I am shocked and dismayed at this news.
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 27 June 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago)
The best Fred Durst interview ever was with Tom Green. Youtube that shit. It gave me a new appreciation for the man.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 27 June 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago)
halfway through the new Symphony X, it's just as disappointing as the previous album. guess they've lost it :(
― carlton lutefisk (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago)
Time Machine tour tonight!!!
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago)
Important poll, please vote: Which Black Sabbath vocalist should I name my new hamster after?
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:18 (thirteen years ago)
Today on MSN, I talk about Queensrÿche's Rage for Order, an album (and a band) I've never been a big fan of, but there's definitely some unique stuff going on there.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 12:12 (thirteen years ago)
Out of morbid curiosity I was listening to a couple of the Limp Bizkit snippets on iTunes last night, it was even worse than I expected, but I was more shocked to see its got a 4-star cumulative review going based on user reviews. I'm just surprised that this band has any passionate defenders left in 2011. Some of the comments are comedy gold, I'm still not sure they aren't all Durst's socks.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 13:27 (thirteen years ago)
Rage For Order's a personal favorite of mine, they tried some very peculiar experiments in addition to writing some of their catchiest songs. The Dalbello cover was a huge shocker, the original was a big hit in Canada.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:04 (thirteen years ago)
I cannot resist popping in to say how giddy I am, as someone who neither records nor reviews music, to be on page 68 of the new ish of Decibel, between covers with some of my fave ilxors like Adrien, Scott, Jeff, Nate, and J0hn. Nick Green who wrote the article was absolutely the coolest of dudes and I got to meet him shortly thereafter when he visited NYC.
I have only been lurkin' of late but this thread is still one of the sanest places on the web...
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:08 (thirteen years ago)
Wow, I never made that connection before with your name! That issue is fantastic, introduced me to some great new artists. It was a really great idea for an article and part of why I sincerely think Decibel is one of the best music mags going, metal or not.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago)
I'm still not sure they aren't all Durst's socks
<3
― markers, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago)
I imagine being one of Durst's socks is the most unpleasant thing.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago)
Thanks Jon! I haven't gotten the new issue yet (Canadian mail strike just ended), but it looks to be an interesting one.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago)
was flipping through the new issue and saw Nate in there!!! YAY Nate!
― markers, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 19:18 (thirteen years ago)
Well, I'm in there thanks to Jeff & Albert!
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 30 June 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago)
― markers, Friday, 1 July 2011 00:47 (thirteen years ago)
If you tolerate a little "gothic" in your metal (and neither of these are excessively florid), I'm really enjoying both the new Draconian album A Rose for the Apocalpyse, and the 2009 Autumn album Altitude.
Liking the new In Flames more each time I play it. The title track may be a song-of-the-year candidate for me.
I'm also still really loving the new Jesu, and in a vaguely similar mode, the Deafheaven EP.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 1 July 2011 02:12 (thirteen years ago)
You know, I found the Draconian very solid but incredibly uninspired. Just so generic that it ended up bothering me.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 1 July 2011 02:30 (thirteen years ago)
YOB tour started today. If you live anywhere near one of these shows, please spread the word to your local friends.
http://www.profoundlorerecords.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1162&Itemid=2
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 2 July 2011 01:10 (thirteen years ago)
I noticed YOB are in Bristol the week before Supersonic (which I'm obviously going to) but does this mean Supersonic is on?
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Saturday, 2 July 2011 06:51 (thirteen years ago)
nope, five UK dates and out afaik
― winsome posters leave the hall (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 2 July 2011 08:12 (thirteen years ago)
Boo etc
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Saturday, 2 July 2011 09:17 (thirteen years ago)
Well, there's still a lot of Supersonic stuff to be announced.
Circle, White Hills and Skull Defekts are all doing dates out of Birmingham before and after Supersonic.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Saturday, 2 July 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago)
no yob for mn :(
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Saturday, 2 July 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago)
I believe Dark Castle is staying for Supersonic, but not YOB.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 2 July 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago)
Hey, I'd stopped expecting much from Cthonic, but I'm liking the new one (Takasago Army) pretty well. Fast, pithy, synth-ornamented and raspy, like a less shrill, less dissolute Cradle of Filth, maybe.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 4 July 2011 02:07 (thirteen years ago)
I liked their last one. Looking forward to hearing this. Now Yob, there's a band I've surrendered all hope of ever getting, but their new one is sitting in my iTunes.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 4 July 2011 02:14 (thirteen years ago)
what's to get? they're slow, they're heavy, they thrash around and howl, they are named YOB
― j., Monday, 4 July 2011 03:21 (thirteen years ago)
awww no mass show
― call all destroyer, Monday, 4 July 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago)
i just ordered that dark castle record too! it sounded cool.
I knew when I started this project that it would come to this eventually...today's "25 @ 25" album is Poison's Look What The Cat Dragged In.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 4 July 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago)
We had this awesome American workie/intern at the Quietus for the last two months and he wrote a lot of good stuff for us but the last thing that he penned for us was especially cool I thought. The Urbanization Of Black Metal
He had a beard but I'm sure he was only about 12.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Monday, 4 July 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago)
God Damn! I'm having my ass KICKED by Plastic Cage by Witch Mountain.
They should go on stage to a backing tape of Night On Bear Mountain...
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Monday, 4 July 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago)
Or the band should play a cover of Night On Bear Mountain, sludge style and call it Night On Witch Mountain.
― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Monday, 4 July 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago)
Hey Doran, got your robot note. Thanks for the props!
― Nate Carson, Monday, 4 July 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago)
kinda with you on this Doran. i love most of the ones you mentioned (liturgy, yob, tombs, altar)—never heard de magia veterum, but since it's in good company on yr list i'm inclined to check it out. as for other great metal records this year, i'm mostly at a loss: subrosa definitely; krallice definitely; weedeater is alright; melvins live album is good; indian is pretty good i guess; boris i was expecting a lot more from... anyway, i guess that's a good handful, but i feel like something's missing?
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 07:24 (thirteen years ago)
The Urbanization Of Black Metal
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago)
Listening to the new Opeth record. It's the proggiest, and the least metal, they've ever sounded. The first track is a two-minute piano piece. Incredibly clean mix, organ given almost equal prominence to the guitars, all clean vocals (on the first three proper songs, anyway)...this is more of a hard rock record than a metal record. So far I like it a lot, but I'm not sure everyone's gonna agree with that assessment, not by a long shot.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago)
We should start WitchFest. Have Gay Witch Abortion, Witch Mountain and Burning Witch play.
Loads of parka wearing witch house kids would turn up and be all, 'NooooooOoOOoo!'
― Rebekah Brooks Ate My Country (Doran), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago)
i would go to this show^
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago)
so Obscura was pretty amazing live last night btw
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, I saw them on Sunday...all four bands were great (Obscura, Septicflesh, Devin Townsend, Bodom), but I was hugely excited to see Obscura and they didn't disappoint.
It was a good week for metal around here, I also saw Origin put on the best set I've ever seen them do. Adding the vocalist from Skinless was the best thing they ever did.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago)
Very happy to hear Kvelertak over the credits of Trollhunter.
On a not-entirely-unrelated note, anybody else heard this album Nebelwacht, by Swiss band Frijgard? "Pagan Black Metal" says EM, but the crazed thrashiness of it reminds me happily of Kvelertak. Black Thrash? Creepy, but with aggression and actual dynamics.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago)
I will forever regret that we never played with Burning Witch, as both bands were active in the NW at the same time. I even heard about them, although all the info I had was that they were "a metal band from Seattle". If anyone had used the word "DOOM", I'd have tracked them down immediately. As it was, we did gig with Goatsnake shortly thereafter. Good times.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago)
Probably going to Brutal Assault Fest. Anyone else?
― Siegbran, Thursday, 7 July 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago)
That looks awesome...what a setting.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 7 July 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago)
Metal en Espanol: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-rata-blancas-magos-espadas-y-rosas/
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 8 July 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago)
Just heard the new Megadeth song - "Public Enemy #1," the one they played live the other night - booming from a nearby office. (At this point I should inform the thread that I started working for Roadrunner Records this past Tuesday.) It sounds really good. I'm very much hoping Endgame, which I liked a lot, was the beginning of a new (relatively) hot streak for the band, and this song makes me think that might be the case. (Don't worry, I'm not gonna clog this thread mindlessly shilling for Roadrunner bands. The ones I've liked all along, I'll continue to discuss if the work stays good. All I'm gonna say about the new Opeth album for now is, be prepared for major surprises.)
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 8 July 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago)
I take it, it's not a cover of the Public Enemy track, which, kind of sounds like something that maybe Mastodon or Converge could actually, musically turn into something interesing.
― Rebekah Brooks Ate My Country (Doran), Friday, 8 July 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago)
Nope, it's a Megadeth song. I'd compare it to Countdown to Extinction-era material; heavy but hummable.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 8 July 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago)
I misread that as heavy but humble, and thought, 'That's not how interpreted that album'!
― Rebekah Brooks Ate My Country (Doran), Friday, 8 July 2011 17:45 (thirteen years ago)
Holy Crap, how had I never heard Blood Stain Child until now? J-Pop + Death Metal! This new album Epsilon is absolutely fantastic.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 8 July 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago)
Further research reveals that they didn't have the male/female vocal thing before this album, and varying amounts of keyboards, so maybe it isn't as surprising that I hadn't heard them yet. But man is this album great.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 8 July 2011 18:16 (thirteen years ago)
I know, right? We need to get this on the decibel end of year list, Adrien.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago)
I'm liking the new Helms Alee. I never heard their first one, so I can't really compare, but I dig 'em. Didn't expect the MBV-isms; it's nice.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago)
Blood Stain Child and Helms Alee are both among my favorite 2011 releases.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago)
I dug that blood stain child album but it really all started to all run together by, uh, probably the fourth track or so.
― original bgm, Friday, 8 July 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago)
I keep blowing hot and cold about Helm's Alee, although they're clearly doing something quite original.
― Rebekah Brooks Ate My Country (Doran), Friday, 8 July 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago)
the last helms alee didn't make much of an impression on me. anything new to their approach on the 2011 release?
― original bgm, Friday, 8 July 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago)
Back to Blood Stain Child for a sec, I've been aware of that weird, growing trend of metal mashed with trance for the last five years, and practically all I'd heard was as horrific as I'd expected. But what makes this album so extraordinary is how seamlessly the band marries the two sounds. It's capable melodeath tastefully accentuated by trance beats, and those melodic hooks are enormous. The deeper into the album you go, the less crazed it sounds, the songwriting is actually very strong. I have a feeling I'll be voting for this sucker alongside Jeff.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 8 July 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago)
I've just upgraded to Traktor 2 and and a Kontroller and I've been mixing AFX's Flow Coma with Electric Wizard's House Of Whipchord and I can't tell you happy it's making me.
― Rebekah Brooks Ate My Country (Doran), Friday, 8 July 2011 22:15 (thirteen years ago)
How do you both feel about trance normally? XP - It's the least enjoyable style of house music for me, so I just can't imagine liking something like this under any circumstances.
― Rebekah Brooks Ate My Country (Doran), Friday, 8 July 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago)
It's not something I really listen to regularly, not really one of my favorite styles of electronica. Works for these guys, though. Check out "Sirius VI" on YouTube.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 8 July 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago)
Blood Stain Child actually makes the trance element a lot less overbearing than actual trance.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 8 July 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago)
Wilco. Props to them if they pull it off. Marrying any kind of electronic dance music into metal is demonstrably a hard thing to do to any kind of satisfying level.
― Rebekah Brooks Ate My Country (Doran), Friday, 8 July 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago)
How about Atari Teenage Riot?
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 8 July 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, as a fan of some industrial, I don't think it's impossible for sure and ATR and Slayer's 'No Remorse (I Want To Die)' is still a supremely thrilling song as well as a lot of their back catalogue but I'd still say it's a hard thing to pull off.
And I don't mean stuff that's got a groove like early Killing Joke or Prong remixed by Jim Thirwell or Thieves by Ministry but actual metal mixed with house music.
― Rebekah Brooks Ate My Country (Doran), Friday, 8 July 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago)
I guess gabba, breaks and dnb are a better fit bpm wise for thrash which why ATR works well... but plenty of others have tried and failed.
― Rebekah Brooks Ate My Country (Doran), Friday, 8 July 2011 23:04 (thirteen years ago)
I definitely think there are techno/trance dynamics built into Paysage D'Hiver, and you can't get much more KVLT than that
― Soukesian, Friday, 8 July 2011 23:49 (thirteen years ago)
I'm starting to work backwards through the pre-Epsilon Blood Stain Child albums now, starting with Mozaiq. I was pretty sure that I wouldn't like them as much without the paired vocal styles, but actually I find that the metal/trance musical hybrid works for me even with just the male vocals. I think TM Revolution hinted at this idea a few times, too, but never took the metal part anywhere near as seriously. I totally understand how this might turn lots of people off, but I think it's inspired and wonderful. And very much in addition to bleaker, less-kinetic metal, not in any way instead of it.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 11 July 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago)
And, for the record, I hated Atari Teenage Riot.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 11 July 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago)
OK, I think I can now say with confidence that I think Blood Stain Child have gotten more interesting on each album. Silence of Northern Hell, the first one, is fairly straightforward orchestrally-augmented black/death metal. Mystic Your Heart starts adding the trance stuff, and Idolator adds more, but it's only on Mozaiq, I think (based on one listen to these first four albums) that the integration really starts to produce a coherent new style.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 11 July 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago)
Wow. That's one way to get fired from Coheed & Cambria.
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2011/07/11/2011-07-11_coheed_and_cambria_bassist_mike_todd_arrested_for_robbery_moments_before_opening.html?r=gossip
― Nate Carson, Monday, 11 July 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago)
i have been looking at stocking some amps made by a dude in helms alee - friend of mine knows him.
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago)
I know a number of people around here who own Verellens and absolutely love them.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 11 July 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago)
"We are surprised to say the least and will address the situation with Michael after the tour. For now, we just want to have a great time out here and finish with some killer shows in Boston, Poughkeepsie, Quebec City and Halifax."
this does not sound very surprised to say the least
― brooklyn's complicated relationship with bacon (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago)
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 11 July 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago)
Great preview of the new YOB on the Obelisk today.
http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2011/07/06/yobreview-2/
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 00:49 (thirteen years ago)
I saw Intronaut the other night; they were amazing live... Sound guy had the vox a little hot but they were really good.. But to my surprise, the enormous fanning of a band I'd never heard before, Animals as Leaders, who are headlining this tour.. I was surprised that an instrumental band, with a lot of shred, (although no shred that hasn't been done before) is doing that well with the kids. It was an all ages show, so I felt like a complete geezer, but these kids were going ape shit for these guys-stage diving and pitting hard for some shit I felt wasn't moving or heavy enough to invoke the 'raging pit', but maybe I'm starting to get out of touch...
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 22:47 (thirteen years ago)
i have been looking at stocking some amps made by a dude in helms alee - friend of mine knows him.― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten)I know a number of people around here who own Verellens and absolutely love them.― Nate Carson
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten)
We (Hellbeard) have one, its amazing.. so much balls, and the low end is more than any guitar player would ever need. I think we have a 100 watt Coop, they usually make 50 watters. I really would like to hear the meatsmoke in person..
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago)
Go Ben Ratliff. Go YOB!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/arts/music/yob-at-le-poisson-rouge-review.html?_r=1
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 14 July 2011 02:39 (thirteen years ago)
I was at that show. first time seeing yob and they killed. nice to see them get this kind of press.
PS tell them to make a movie called 'what about yob?'
― original bgm, Thursday, 14 July 2011 02:51 (thirteen years ago)
new yob record is pretty boss too http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― past life utah saints (dave cool), Thursday, 14 July 2011 03:12 (thirteen years ago)
of course dave cool loves stoner metal
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 14 July 2011 03:24 (thirteen years ago)
Earth was awesome the other night. So is their new album. "Father Midnight" is becoming my #1 Summer jam.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 16 July 2011 00:55 (thirteen years ago)
So I'm in New York last weekend, the daughter is wearing a Nirvana shirt and I'm wearing a 'Bees made honey' Earth shirt. I am carrying a camera bag which partially obscures the front of it. We get approached by a girl trying to tout a comedy club.
Girl: Hey, wow, you like Nirvana, hey?Rapidly overheating teenager: (silent vague acknowledgement)Girl: And you... is that a Megadeth shirt? Or Metallica? Me: No, it's Earth.Girl: But they're a metal band, right? Woo! Metal! My boyfriend loves metal.Me: Well I suppose so, they're a drone doom band from Seattle, although phase 2 of their career has gone in kind of a country direction.Girl: But guitars, right? Loud guitars? Woo! Cool!Me: Not really. There's cellos and trombones.Girl: You know what? I don't think you're gonna like comedy. I'm gonna ask someone else.Me: Bye. <claw>
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Saturday, 16 July 2011 12:21 (thirteen years ago)
it's well known that metal fans are a humourless bunch.
― Neil S, Saturday, 16 July 2011 12:23 (thirteen years ago)
(massive workplace-based disclaimer)
I really like the new Trivium album. I think they've taken their songwriting in an interesting direction, and the new drummer (who used to be in the grindcore band Maruta) adds a fair bit to the music, driving it harder than the last album. Even if I didn't work where I work now, I'd listen to this record. And as I've said before, I can't/won't say that about everything. If you see me expressing any even remotely positive thoughts about Dream Theater, you'll know this account has been taken over by a spambot and can feel free to ignore anything I post afterward.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 16 July 2011 12:44 (thirteen years ago)
Trivium are a solid group. Always entertaining live. Have you heard the new Machine Head?
XP: There are few instruments that are less funny than the trombone but admittedly probably not when Steve Moore's playing.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago)
Have you heard the new Machine Head?
Not yet, no. They're still putting the final polish on it. I have heard the studio version of that one new Megadeth song, "Public Enemy #1," and it sounds quite good. You know, for 21st Century Megadeth.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago)
Oh man I can't stand the new Trivium. It's okay when they're singing, Heafy can write good hooks, but the growled vocals are the most boring and least charismatic this side of As I Lay Dying. It ruins the whole record.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 16 July 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago)
so guys
Harvey Milk show tonight
it was pretty much the best thing ever.
holy fuck
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 05:51 (thirteen years ago)
― markers, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 05:57 (thirteen years ago)
yeah wait, didnt you see this? i cant figure out what thread you posted on.
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 06:29 (thirteen years ago)
?
― markers, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 06:51 (thirteen years ago)
plz note: i am pretty good at being wrong and not really remembering stuff so
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 06:59 (thirteen years ago)
yeah wait, didnt you see this? i cant figure out what thread you posted on.― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten)
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten)
not sure what this means tbrr -- i've never seen harvey milk live
― markers, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 07:04 (thirteen years ago)
haha whoops then! well you should. everybody should
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 07:18 (thirteen years ago)
― markers, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 07:21 (thirteen years ago)
New Brainoil is rocking.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:29 (thirteen years ago)
I'm totally enjoying the new Edguy album. I was down on Tinnitus Sanctus, but the new CD is quite a nice rebound. Good, strong, predictably silly but fun power metal with songs about Robin Hood and whatnot. Though I do keep wishing they'd put out another tune along the lines of "Lavatory Love Machine", "Fucking With Fire", and "Superheroes".
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:20 (thirteen years ago)
So, who's heard the new decapitated? Thoughts?
― original bgm, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:10 (thirteen years ago)
I love it. It's the logical next step after their previous album, except for the weird left-field shit like the almost-acoustic instrumental album closer. Get it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago)
sick. was a bit worried due to the new lineup but its nice to hear that this is a strong release. esp after the awful news from a few years ago.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, it's a really good album, and could be my favourite of the band's, actually.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago)
For Immediate Release in Thy Black Metal Gossip Column:
Some troo black metal fan smashed out Liturgy's van windows and slashed their tires outside the Portland gig last night.
I missed the action because I was a few blocks away hosting Acrassicauda.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:07 (thirteen years ago)
:-/
― markers, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago)
jeez, shitty. feature in the merc seemed sort of out of character negative
― bear, bear, bear, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:14 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, that is really shitty. but is this clearly the work of some metal avenger?
― original bgm, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 02:44 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, thats what I was wondering, do they know it was a purposeful anti-Liturgy thing? Or just disgusting savages being disgusting savages?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 02:47 (thirteen years ago)
Black metal underground in this area would totally do something like that. Fucked up.
Merc article was definitely critical, but IMO that is just playing into Liturgy's hype-machine. Hunter must know that all press is good press and he is getting no shortage of it.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 09:00 (thirteen years ago)
The new Pentagram album is nice and warm.
― moley, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 09:54 (thirteen years ago)
I was going to ask on here if anyone had heard of Slabdragger after a mate of theirs played them in the pub on Monday night (pretty decent stoner/sludge, although would be improved by actually going somewhere) and, hey presto, they've been added to the bill at Supersonic.
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:58 (thirteen years ago)
can any of y'all who have spotify tell me what its metal selection is like?
is profound lore on there? i'm assuming not
― markers, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago)
markers, send me a DM and i'll send you an invite
― harbl bosses (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago)
i just signed up and am not doing it at work (because yknow i should at least pretend to be working sometimes) but i can check when i get home
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago)
btw u dudes would all appreciate the Harvey Milk shirt i got, lemme see if i can dig up a photo of it somewhere.
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago)
No Profound Lore just yet.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago)
http://tshirtslayer.com/files-tshirt/imagecache/shirtview/user-1970/2011-07-12_010.JPG
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago)
Hahaha... Harvey Milk is one of my favorite bands and they have yet to make a T-shirt I would wear in public
― harbl bosses (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:09 (thirteen years ago)
OMG I want that tshirt! I need to find one of those.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago)
man i am still reeling from how good that HM show was, anybody who has a chance to see them on the remaining tour should just break whatever stupid plans they have and go.
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago)
If I was anywhere near the remaining dates listed on the Hydra Head website, I would totally go.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:18 (thirteen years ago)
dm'd you whiney
― markers, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago)
Sorry Whiney, but that shirt is awesome.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago)
Speaking of Supersonic, has anyone seen or know how I might be able to view more of Rose Kemp's 2009 performance there. There are only a couple frustratingly brief fragments on youtube. Wish there was more recent live footage of her available. Someone needs to put a DVD together! Couldn't think of a more worthy subject!
Here's a link to her newsletter she sent out recently. She's got some local shows coming up in Cumbria framed around Golden Shroud. Wish I could be there!
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=2c5bc189a64ea97f1ed045541&id=be1c929abb&e=86472ca8f1
― serenchwilen, Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:05 (thirteen years ago)
I didn't know she's from Cumbria. Seeing a show like that around Windermere would be incredible. (I have deep roots there)
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:57 (thirteen years ago)
So, does YOB take it to a whole 'nother level when they play live?I was thinking about going to see them, but I haven't been able to get that into their albums.
― serenchwilen, Thursday, 21 July 2011 03:18 (thirteen years ago)
Very cool, Adrien. I have to say, I'm very seriously considering making a trip to see her, but I doubt I'll be able to follow through on it.
― serenchwilen, Thursday, 21 July 2011 03:31 (thirteen years ago)
You could say I'm biased as I have booked all of YOB's tours for the last ten years. But I've also seen them 40 or 50 times and can pretty much guaranty that they bring it to a "whole 'nother level" live.
Objectively, I have watched the audience grow and submit over the last decade. It's a beautiful sight to witness 400 'heads bobbing in doomed submission to the same 40bpm groove.
I promise you won't regret making the trip.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:16 (thirteen years ago)
Also, I LOVE ROSE KEMP and it kills me that she hasn't performed in America yet. It's probably my fault.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:17 (thirteen years ago)
really digging disma's 'the vault of membros'. my favourite dm record of the year (or since portal's latest) on par with ulcerate's 'the destroyer of all'. any thoughts on autopsy's latest?
― rusty_allen, Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:40 (thirteen years ago)
^^ meant 'towards the megalith'
― rusty_allen, Thursday, 21 July 2011 12:41 (thirteen years ago)
I haven't spent as much time with it as I would like, but new autopsy is very solid. I can't imagine you wouldn't like it if you dig autopsy.
psyched to hear that disma record. caught them live with immolation and arsis about 6 months back and thought they showed a lot of promise.
― original bgm, Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:23 (thirteen years ago)
the vault of membros is inside the megalith, obviously
― j., Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago)
go towards the megalith, make a right at the vault of membros, and try not to get lost in the burial fog
― original bgm, Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago)
if they were trv acolytes of darkness headline would read 'liturgy found with head missing'
― Vas Djifrens, Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago)
I'm liking the Agalloch-ish debut EP The Void, by Minneapolis band Oak Pantheon. Dunno much about them. They have a Facebook page. Still dunno much about them.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago)
huh i have never heard of them and i live here
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:14 (thirteen years ago)
i must not be sufficiently kvlt
They're a two-member black metal band, so my default assumption is that they don't get out much, not that you don't.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:20 (thirteen years ago)
haha listening to pandora harvey milk station today and suddenly out of nowhere burning the altar by yob came up and suddenly i totally get this band after years of not finding a foothold. this is awesome.
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 21 July 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, Yob is best when their songs come up in a shuffle. I rarely make it through a whole album.
― rockapads, Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:46 (thirteen years ago)
frustrations w/pandora today:
didnt recognize barkmarket on an artist searchno pigfuck genre
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago)
now there's a first-world problem.
i've finally listened a little to the new ulcerate today -
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/41303/Ulcerate-The-Destroyers-of-All/
the kickdrums are insane.
― j., Friday, 22 July 2011 02:14 (thirteen years ago)
The best part about Ulcerate is the guitar. Check it.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 22 July 2011 08:47 (thirteen years ago)
i love their guitar sound. the songs are just a little hard to get into. this new one sounds a little less muddy--maybe i'll pick it up.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 22 July 2011 13:33 (thirteen years ago)
It will grow on you. The drumming and vocals are death metal. The guitar concept and the songs are what makes them special.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 22 July 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago)
new Will Haven!! record will be out in October... Grady is back!! Its pretty crushing; one of my favorite bands really..
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flistn.to%2FWillHaven&h=9AQDnsYS3
― SeanWayne, Friday, 22 July 2011 22:47 (thirteen years ago)
question:
a friend was raving about the new skull defekts and called it 'metal' and i said, that's not metal. would anyone care to hazard a reasonable-sounding reason why?
i figured that despite the obvious similarities to all kinds of things that 'really are' metal, there's something about the overall combination of things—especially rhythmically—that makes it just not like any of the unexceptionable examples of 'metal' given its current history. kind of in the way that you can be listening to several songs on sonic youth's 'dirty' (or i can, at least), and notice that it's about THAT far away from being metal, except for something that will keep it from ever being metal. again, something to do with the rhythmic concept, the way the guitars and bass relate to the drums, etc.
not meant to be a knock against skull defekts, i like the record, i'm just wondering how to communicate the judgment about it that seems obvious to me.
― j., Saturday, 23 July 2011 04:48 (thirteen years ago)
well as a dude who is pretty openminded about metal (imo) and also a dude that is basing this on listening to like 4 youtubes of said band -
theres definitely something about the rhythm/drumming in particular - this is kind of in that weird late period skronk no wave vein, which is something i love but its not metal. ie all the skeleton keys and cop shoot cops and shellacs of the world, no matter how good they are, really dont exactly hit that sorta gross to call it but accurate indefinable metal "heavy" spot? and certainly not that metal cant be rhythmically complicated, but as a dude who just got back from the bar and is kinda winging it here, there is a kick/floor tom centric aspect to metal that just isnt kinda here? like it doesnt have to be 4 on the floor thubba thubba shit by any means, but it has to have a drive rather than a shuffle (wrt this sorta construction i guess, i mean if it was depressive black metal shit the drums would probably be inaudible and in a different county or whatever they have in norway/portland these days).
idk i guess its kinda like somebody thinking that arab on radar or mclusky are metal i guess, just being grating or loud (which i am all for) or having skull in your name (which well eh) doesnt make you metal imo
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Saturday, 23 July 2011 05:25 (thirteen years ago)
probably because they are an art-fuck band for ppl with neckbeards
― jay r?tard (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 23 July 2011 05:30 (thirteen years ago)
well yeah whiney, i'm just asking about what it is about their music that makes them that, not questioning it.
― j., Saturday, 23 July 2011 05:41 (thirteen years ago)
you can usually tell by the drummer in all cases. Like grindcore and "power violence" are basically the same thing except the former has a precise drummer and the latter has a sloppy drummer. Its not even as complicated as the rhythms that jjjusten is talking abt. Drummer plays like he's in a Thrill Jockey band
― jay r?tard (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 23 July 2011 05:45 (thirteen years ago)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A2J-AA6uyY8/TTO_OUV12eI/AAAAAAAAcH4/d6AcwfbUO5E/s400/cool_dog1_thumb.jpg
Bingo explains the difference between grindcore and "power violence"
― cave duel (latebloomer), Saturday, 23 July 2011 06:01 (thirteen years ago)
loooool
― markers, Saturday, 23 July 2011 06:02 (thirteen years ago)
i have yet to hear a pv band i really like
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 23 July 2011 06:51 (thirteen years ago)
I like Iron Lung quite a lot.
― 4, 5, 6, The monkey's got a hockey stick (aldo), Saturday, 23 July 2011 08:21 (thirteen years ago)
It's the clean, 'sloppy' guitars for me, as well as the 'looser' drumming. And the singing. So pretty much everything.
I think Skull Defekts are great but they're indie aren't they really? Not in a pejorative sense, in an underground rock/alternative rock sense. Like Fugazi if they smoked pot and never practiced.
Anyway, if you're not up to anything right now, do some poppers and listen to Fragrant Nimbus and Six Sixes really loud. They slay.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Saturday, 23 July 2011 10:01 (thirteen years ago)
SeanWayne, you spread great news.
I am a huge and long-time Will Haven fan. One of the greatest and most underrated minimalist metal bands of all time.
The only time they ever disappointed me was when Grady was out of the picture. Actually, his first show back with the band (to my knowledge) was the YOB/WHVN/Saros show in SF that I booked a few years back. It was fucking furious.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 23 July 2011 10:09 (thirteen years ago)
Will Haven is one of those great overlooked bands. Saw them in 1998 supporting Fear Factory over here in The Netherlands, they were awesome.
― Marty Innerlogic, Saturday, 23 July 2011 10:36 (thirteen years ago)
Listened to about half of the new Yob this morning. It's definitely the best thing they've ever done, but they still don't do it for me.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 23 July 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago)
It's grrreat, but I still like the last one betta
― jay r?tard (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 23 July 2011 14:15 (thirteen years ago)
his first show back with the band (to my knowledge) was the YOB/WHVN/Saros show in SF that I booked a few years back. It was fucking furious.
You might be right, but was that after the benefit for Chi show in SF with Death Angel? Grady did 3 or 4 songs, including "Jaworski" w/ Jaworski and killed it.. Nothing against Jaworski, he did is thing on 'The Hierophant', but Grady's vox are so strong. He blew Jaworski outta the water.
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 23 July 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago)
I think Will Haven gets overlooked or disregarded cuz of their nu-metal connections; sonically, they are way more developed and way heavier but the fact that their Sacto brothers Deftones will take em to Europe and they are really tight with Slipknot, kinda shines them in a light thats undeserved.. I remember reading a Kerrang! review when 'El Diablo' came out that described them as Neurosis' demented little sister; I thought this was pretty otm..
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 23 July 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago)
Agreed. I had the pleasure of introducing WVHN to Billy Anderson at that SF show and he couldn't believe it. He'd always lumped them in with the "other" crowd. Standing up front, and basking in Jeff Irwin's guitar squall, he turned to me and said "this is like the bastard child of Neurosis and Sick of It all. I LOVE IT."
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 23 July 2011 20:01 (thirteen years ago)
Yes!1 They've always gotten love from the hardcore kids, they've known what was up, I guess they could hear thier former efforts in there-its where they came from, thats for sure. I saw them play with Hatebreed one time and the kids went off for them just as hard as HB... My old band did a few shows with them locally too, they liked us and we liked them, so we would play together eventhough our two bands shouldn't've.. lol! I'd likie to get em in Oakland on a warehouse show with Hellbeard!! lol!And Jeff is a really nice guy!
― SeanWayne, Sunday, 24 July 2011 05:38 (thirteen years ago)
The new Anthrax album is just so fucking lame. I haven't even made it through the second song yet, and I can't muster the energy to bother.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 24 July 2011 17:50 (thirteen years ago)
Happy birthday, Jon Lewis!
― Nate Carson, Monday, 25 July 2011 08:43 (thirteen years ago)
krallice gives away an EP of orphan covers, in tribute to brendan majewski
http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=70259
― Any one can have ketchup for their food, I don't care any more (Edward III), Monday, 25 July 2011 16:00 (thirteen years ago)
I am returned from the magical land of San Diego and its mystical convention of comics. There was quite a lot of metal. I am going to go pass out now.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 01:13 (thirteen years ago)
Really loving Spotify, but I'm hoping more metal labels join up as it grows in popularity, it feels like the weakest represented genre on there right now with lots of significant gaps in terms of labels.
I'm really encouraged by the new Mastodon track, I like that its a tight and concise three and half minute that blazes by. As much as I love the epic, proggier stuff, its great to hear them just crank out something like this now and then.
Also catching up on some other 2011 releases, particularly loving the Disma and Seidr albums. Finally heard the new Morbid Angel, I don't think its as jaw-droppingly awful as most claims go, more like painfully average death metal with 3 or 4 completely failed experiments at industrial and Manson-lite pop metal. Its kinda like they heard the direction Nachtmystium went and thought, "hey, there was some 90s music we liked too".
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 13:14 (thirteen years ago)
Varg Vikernes offers some thoughts on the Norwegian killings.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 13:54 (thirteen years ago)
Ooh boy, just who I was waiting to weigh in on the issue.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 13:56 (thirteen years ago)
Oh, and by the way; true nationalists don't kill children of their own nation, even if someone tries to brainwash them, like AUF did. They were not (yet) Marxist extremists; they were just children.
Man, the mental backflips this guy must do. The insertion of that "(yet)" is what makes Varg such a classy guy.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 13:57 (thirteen years ago)
Man, we control the world? That sounds cool. I must be going to the wrong synagogue.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 16:20 (thirteen years ago)
His manifest is vast, some 1500 pages, and he is pretty thorough in both what he says and what he did. There are a few facts that doesn't make sense to me. How can he list all the problems caused by different Jews in our history and yet fail to mention even one of them with a single word in his manifest?
there are more than a few "facts" in that manifesto that don't make sense to me as well but this particular one didn't occur to me. thanks, varg!
― original bgm, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago)
guy is such a dick
― original bgm, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago)
anyway, feelin' this disma full-length!
"spectral domination" http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/19.gif
― original bgm, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago)
I have this mental image of a bespectacled Varg in tweed, weighing in on the issues on national TV.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, the Disma is awesome. The first half of the year seemed kinda slow for metal albums to get enthusiastic about, but I feel like things are getting better.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 18:05 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, I wasn't aware of disma's pedigree when I saw them live. just thought they were a couple of dudes from NJ making ugly music and read about the incantation and funebrarum ties the next day. nice to approach a group with notable ties that way and the album delivers.
also just found out that there's an ex-assuck guy in the band this morning. had no idea but that's my shit right there. anti-capital/blindspot/+3 comp is all-time.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 18:22 (thirteen years ago)
xpost to siegbran - for some reason I can't shake the mental image of varg adding his own person touch to a beyonce cover with "run the world (jews)"
― original bgm, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 18:25 (thirteen years ago)
*personal
the disma is chunky
― j., Tuesday, 26 July 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago)
Targeted marketing for the new Opeth fanbase.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/pointlineplane/devilsmayo.jpg
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago)
Love that new Opeth track, by the way.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago)
That cover art is awesome.
Meanwhile, can't really argue with this. Courtesy of Mr. Raggett: http://www.metalsucks.net/2011/07/26/metalheads-cut-the-shit-and-stop-supporting-burzum/
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago)
lol @ "wedding or divorce"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, I am immediately divorcing anyone who tries to bring Miracle Whip into my home.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 00:29 (thirteen years ago)
This new Opeth track is great! Gotta order some tickets now that I'm moving somewhere they'll be playing.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 01:22 (thirteen years ago)
And Burzum and Miracle Whip are both deal breakers for me. Neither is allowed in my house.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago)
So Ludicra is no more...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ludicra/81741018337?sk=wall
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 02:22 (thirteen years ago)
aw, that's too bad.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 02:23 (thirteen years ago)
That sucks. One of the best live bands I've ever seen.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 02:52 (thirteen years ago)
That is a huge bummer, The Tenant was so amazing. Maybe I'm reading a little much into it, but do I detect a little bitterness in that farewell message?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 03:14 (thirteen years ago)
woah! :-(
― markers, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago)
Rolling Metal is skimping on the Mastodon news, forcing me to get it from Rolling Stone. The metal overlords are disappointed. No official release date for The Hunter yet. But RS In The Studio reports:
"Blasteroids" ... a punk-meatal sprint that includes repeated howls of 'I wanna drink some fucking blood!' Another standout, "Stargasm," lays galloping riffs over stadium-sized drums. "It's about fucking in space," says Dailor, who devised a sci-fi story line for The Hunter - but the concept was ultimately scrapped." Adds Dailor, "Brent was like, "Fuck all that. Let's just have fun.'"
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 04:50 (thirteen years ago)
metal, not meatal. My typo.
xp RIP Ludicra U dudes ruled.
I have this mental image of a bespectacled Varg in tweed, weighing in on the issues on national TV cable access.
― Burning Hell Sunflower Blues Band (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 04:51 (thirteen years ago)
Freemasonry is international Jewry at it's worst;
Would really like to know what Varg thinks is "international Jewry" at its best.
― Burning Hell Sunflower Blues Band (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 04:53 (thirteen years ago)
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 05:04 (thirteen years ago)
the hippie-movement maybe?
― rockapads, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 05:35 (thirteen years ago)
Shedding several nanotears for Ludicra. One of the best ever :(
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 07:29 (thirteen years ago)
The Mastodon single is very encouraging, as I mentioned above. Probably my most anticipated metal album at this point, just behind the Opeth. In the meantime, I'll probably be drowning myself in the Disma and Seidr albums. Anyone that loved last year's Agalloch would probably find lots to love in Seidr. I also liked the new Decapitation more than I expected I would.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago)
I'm really bummed about Ludicra. I never saw them live, and that hurts. They were supposed to play Calgary with Mayhem awhile back, but it was canceled.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago)
wasn't a fan of The Tenant, but I'm sad, too. never did get to see them play. I ordered a few t-shirts hoping it helps with any financial issues they may have.
― rockapads, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago)
Having read it here I then checked Cosmic Hearse, and on the 22nd Aesop said he was taking time off the blog to "do some personal shit". I guess this is what he meant.
Considered ordering some shirts for the same reason, but they're $10 postage each which is ridiculous.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:43 (thirteen years ago)
I ended up only getting one of them because they don't show any way to group orders, which means I guess that I would have had to pay separate postage on each shirt. Plus they didn't have any in medium.
― rockapads, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago)
― Nate Carson, Monday, July 25, 2011 4:43 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark
Thanks Nate! We are broke as fuck, so we watched TRUE GRIT (the remake) and ate frozen dinners. Being 41 rules so far.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago)
^ Grim and troo.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago)
Spent all day at Mayhem. Some mainstream-ish bands were surprisingly good live (Straight Line Stitch, Kingdom of Sorrow). Some other bands were much worse live than I thought they might be (Suicide Silence, All Shall Perish). Trivium were very entertaining - their bassist ran a full circuit around the arena while playing the intro to one of their songs. Hooray for wireless sound.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 28 July 2011 02:34 (thirteen years ago)
I like the new Chimaira album... What does this mean?
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Thursday, 28 July 2011 12:29 (thirteen years ago)
Really liking this pagan-black-metal album Eðelland, by the UK band Ildra. I was about to say "except for the bizarrely incongruous sampling of a Capri Sun advertisement at the end of 'Swa Cwæð se Eardstapa', whose point I do not fathom at all", but then I realized I was actually hearing a real Capri Sun ad playing in a pop-under window triggered by my downloading of the Seidr album.
I'm starting to understand "pagan black metal" as code for "black metal that doesn't sound like it's been squashed to death".
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 28 July 2011 13:09 (thirteen years ago)
Also, this Blood Stain Child album is so, so great. A truly inspired genre synthesis, and my clear frontrunner for #1 of the year.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 28 July 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago)
That Ildra record is a real grower. It kind of glommed onto me a few months ago and hasn't left the rotation since.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 28 July 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago)
real life lol at the Capri Sun sample thing
― rockapads, Thursday, 28 July 2011 16:30 (thirteen years ago)
hahaha same here
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 July 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago)
I missed that...where exactly is it?
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 28 July 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago)
quick somebody motivate me to go to torche/big business/helms alee tomorrow
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 28 July 2011 17:52 (thirteen years ago)
GO! Since I cannot, you will be my proxy. It'll be awesome.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 28 July 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, seriously. Those are three bands that'll never come my way.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 28 July 2011 18:28 (thirteen years ago)
I gotta be honest, I'd love to see Helms Alee, but Big Business are only interesting to me as part of the Melvins, and I can't stand Torche, so I'd probably skip that show or at the very least arrive & leave early.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 28 July 2011 18:29 (thirteen years ago)
ok fine, laziness defeated, i will go
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 28 July 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago)
hey jj - do you have the new zebulon pike? i haven't got it yet but always like that band
― om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 July 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, but truth be told i havent spent much time with it because i was kinda drunk when tom gave it to me so i forgot i had it until recently
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 28 July 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago)
Blues For the Capri Sun
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Thursday, 28 July 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago)
Capri SunO)))
a capri sun that never sets
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 July 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago)
I was about to say "except for the bizarrely incongruous sampling of a Capri Sun advertisement at the end of 'Swa Cwæð se Eardstapa', whose point I do not fathom at all", but then I realized I was actually hearing a real Capri Sun ad playing in a pop-under window triggered by my downloading of the Seidr album.
Oh, I get it, I missed that post. Hilarious.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 28 July 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago)
favorite part of the disma record: "sinking into filth... into fiiiiiilth"
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 July 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago)
^^^^
Good call.
As Adrien pointed out via Twitter regarding Anvil re-recording some classic tunes, I'm so ready for this trend to be over. Why are metal bands so anxious to re-record tunes all the time? The one thing I am thankful for wrt to the classic rock "canon" or whatever is bands that knew when to leave well enough alone.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 28 July 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago)
didn't exodus re-record bonded by blood because they no longer had the rights to the rights to the original? pretty messed-up but I doubt that's the case with all of these guys.
anyway, I don't even like the new trend of bands playing an entire album live and re-recording a classic lp is exponentially more pointless than even that imo.
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 July 2011 21:52 (thirteen years ago)
Honestly the live LP thing really depends on the band and album in question. I haven't personally seen any metal bands do this, but I really loved seeing Sonic Youth do Daydream Nation and Slint do Spiderland live.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 28 July 2011 21:57 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, that's pretty otm. I can't front, I saw steely dan do gaucho and loved it. but that's one of my fave albums of all time.
on the other side of the spectrum, I have also seen isis do panopticon (which I do enjoy enough, I suppose) right after the album came out. gotta be one of the dullest sets I've ever seen for a band I specifically went out to see. was hoping they'd bust out some of their older, heavier material and instead I got panopticon and nothing but. so disappointing.
I think I'd be more down with this all if it didn't happen so freakin' often.
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 July 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago)
Oh yeah, your last sentence is the key. I'm sick of it being such a crutch now.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 28 July 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago)
The only "re-recorded hits" collections I've ever liked were the ones by Destruction and Arch Enemy. Vader's was pretty decent too. But yeah, what a pointless exercise that is.
And yeah, I'm tired of the album-performed-live thing. Though I'll gladly experience it one more time at Amon Amarth next week!
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 28 July 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago)
I guess I'm okay with the Vader one because I wasn't aware of that before I bought it. I'd never really explored the band's back catalog before and thought it was just a regular ol' anthology. Served as a good intro to the band though.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 28 July 2011 22:56 (thirteen years ago)
I feel the same way as jon about the Vader comp. I didn't have many of the old albums, so I enjoyed it. The Arch Enemy one only served to convince me that they're better songwriters now, and the Destruction one was...well, it's Destruction, so old songs or new ones, you get what you get.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 29 July 2011 01:09 (thirteen years ago)
since everyone had to put up with me yapping about the harvey milk show endlessly, here is a little treat for your patience:
http://emptystapes.blogspot.com/2011/07/harvey-milk-triple-rock-first-time.html
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Friday, 29 July 2011 04:22 (thirteen years ago)
Awesome! Thanks for the link.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 29 July 2011 04:56 (thirteen years ago)
Speaking of performing classic albums, I saw QOTSA play their best record tonight at a headlining Portland stop between dates of the Soundgarden tour. Haven't seen them since the tour with Grohl on drums. This was as good or better.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 29 July 2011 07:46 (thirteen years ago)
Slayer's Still Reigning shows were amazing. Some of the best times I saw them. And they made it rain blood on stage during Raining Blood.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Friday, 29 July 2011 08:43 (thirteen years ago)
But as a rule there's nothing more boring than knowing what's going to come next during a set.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Friday, 29 July 2011 08:44 (thirteen years ago)
That reminds me, Kevin Shirley told a fascinating story years ago about all the work he had to do on the Still Reigning DVD...he said when the blood fell on Lombardo's kit it made the drums sound like wet cardboard and the cymbals sound like a mug clinked by a spoon. He had to take drum and cymbal samples from the same show and manually replace thousands of cymbal and drum hits on the DVD.
Speaking of Slayer, I'm seeing them tonight...
― A. Begrand, Friday, 29 July 2011 08:58 (thirteen years ago)
I wish I was seeing Slayer tonight... who's standing in for Jeff H? Billy Childish?
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Friday, 29 July 2011 09:08 (thirteen years ago)
Gary Holt, plus Exodus is opening. He's been getting rave reviews as the fill-in.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 29 July 2011 09:28 (thirteen years ago)
Btw in case anyone is squeamish re: those Harvey milk live mp3s, it was def very overt and done with band consent - dude had condenser mics up on studio booms
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Friday, 29 July 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago)
Since the cat was let out of the bag via Twitter and on the blog itself this afternoon, I want to offer my congrats to two of our very own. Phil will be handing over the reigns of the MSN metal blog to our very own Adrien. Phil's done an awesome job turning that into a daily stop for me and he's putting it in good hands.
On another note, beware not to feed the new troll out there, this is from the Spotify thread. Just posting this in here as a warning not to even engage this poster:
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What else musically is worth caring about? You can't seriously be suggesting metal. The most white (power) racist sexist mysogynist music ever invented.
― BlindWillyPuller, Friday, July 29, 2011 9:31 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 29 July 2011 22:47 (thirteen years ago)
Also, some of you guys might do well to check out Out of Darkness by Pharoah Overload (the metal-leaning side project of some dudes from Circle). There is some really straight up NWOBHM stuff on here that sounds really good to these ears.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 29 July 2011 22:59 (thirteen years ago)
That sounds promising! Thanks jon.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 29 July 2011 23:02 (thirteen years ago)
congrats adrian!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 July 2011 23:07 (thirteen years ago)
congrats!
― markers, Friday, 29 July 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago)
I've been meaning to check out Pharoah Overlord for a while.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 29 July 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago)
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seconded! that's great. i enjoyed your work there as well phil so best of luck with whatever's next.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 30 July 2011 01:04 (thirteen years ago)
Thanks, guys! Looking forward to starting in a few days. I have very big shoes to fill.
Oh, and Slayer was incredible. Araya sounded great, and Holt just tightened them up with his solid riffing. Nothing against Hanneman, he writes all their best songs, but damn, does Holt ever bring it. Of course I freaked most over "Black Magic" and "Chemical Warfare"...
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 30 July 2011 06:30 (thirteen years ago)
helms alee was great, torche was a slow starter but was on it by the end, i whoops missed big business because i was having drinks and yapping at the bar while they played
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Saturday, 30 July 2011 06:35 (thirteen years ago)
No more 25-from-1986 posts then?
― Siegbran, Saturday, 30 July 2011 07:51 (thirteen years ago)
That Pharoah Overlord album rocks the bells.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Saturday, 30 July 2011 08:35 (thirteen years ago)
Phil suggested I take it over, which i'll be more than glad to do.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 30 July 2011 09:21 (thirteen years ago)
In the vaguely gothic vein (somewhere between an unshrill Queensrÿche and Poisonblack), I'm really taken with Relief by the Sun by the Dutch band Elizium. Their second album, but first I've heard of them. Great emotive singer, lush but not overblown arrangements, old-fashioned hard-rock drumming. For a one-track intro, try "Nemesis" and don't bail out of the slow build.
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 31 July 2011 02:03 (thirteen years ago)
big circle fan but have found pharaoh overlord to be really hit-or-miss. got burned a few times and haven't investigated too deep for that reason. but then again, I haven't heard them in full-on NWOBHM mode either.
― original bgm, Sunday, 31 July 2011 04:57 (thirteen years ago)
also remember really liking "no speed limit" when they leaked two tracks a few weeks ago.
― original bgm, Sunday, 31 July 2011 04:58 (thirteen years ago)
ok, this is awesome.
― original bgm, Sunday, 31 July 2011 05:09 (thirteen years ago)
love the danzig 1 flashback I'm getting from the first track.
strongly dislike the cover tho.
― original bgm, Sunday, 31 July 2011 05:11 (thirteen years ago)
Hey Alan N, I believe that Pharaoh Overlord with the umlauts (which is this one and Pharaoh Overlord IV) is like a side project of Pharaoh Overlord without the umlauts, which is the rest of them. The others are more traditionally cosmic/kraut/space rock. (They have another of these albums called Horn coming out this year.)
And yeah, they're not exactly going out of their way to avoid hipster metal accusations with the cover art.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/Pharaoh_Overl%C3%B6rd_-_Out_Of_Darkness_%28Ektro_Records_2011%29.jpg
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Sunday, 31 July 2011 08:27 (thirteen years ago)
well, that's confusing!
thanks for the info. guess I need to hear iv...
― original bgm, Sunday, 31 July 2011 08:51 (thirteen years ago)
terrible cover. just terrible.
― original bgm, Sunday, 31 July 2011 08:52 (thirteen years ago)
Amon Amarth's Surtur Rising makes a great soundtrack to lying on the couch reading the latest George R.R. Martin book.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 31 July 2011 23:38 (thirteen years ago)
new dir en grey is tremendous
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Monday, 1 August 2011 12:15 (thirteen years ago)
it's uroboros but more, which can make it feel a little unfocused
but it is when the record feels like it is slipping from view that it is most awesome, i think?
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Monday, 1 August 2011 12:17 (thirteen years ago)
hey metal folks. an old friend of mine jon is finally releasing his long in the works metal project...band called Obsequiae
the album is called Suspended in the Brume of Eos on Bindrune Recordings
http://bindrunerecordings.com/pages/index_two.html
i think it's epic? black? folk? metal? or something, anyway i'll leave that to the experts...really technical jon plays drums and guitar on it, he's an amazing musician...
here are four songs on soundcloud...i think it sounds really great, but as you know i know little of such extreme modern metal styles.
http://soundcloud.com/neidhart-von-reuenthal
anyway worth a listen, you can preorder it
― om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 August 2011 15:01 (thirteen years ago)
I have never liked Wolves in the Throne Room, but their new album is really, really good.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 1 August 2011 16:19 (thirteen years ago)
I'm anxious to hear that record, but hearing you enthuse after not liking them before makes me a little nervous because I've loved the last two albums to death.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 August 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago)
The biggest change on the new one is they've brought in a female vocalist who adds a Blood Ceremony sort of vibe. I would say overall the new album seethes more than it rages.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 1 August 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago)
Well thats encouraging, because I really liked the track from the Malevolent Grain EP that featured Jamie Myers. Do you happen to know if its her on the new album?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 August 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago)
It's not; it's Jessika Kenney, who's also sung on Sunn O))) stuff in the past.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 1 August 2011 17:37 (thirteen years ago)
Oh okay, thanks!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 August 2011 17:39 (thirteen years ago)
Well, I'm finally doing the MSN thing!http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blog.aspx
This should be fun. Thanks, Phil.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 1 August 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago)
Oh, and the new Opeth? Surprisingly difficult for an album with only the barest minimum of metal in it.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 1 August 2011 21:42 (thirteen years ago)
I've always found it difficult to sit through an Opeth album, even with metal bits.
― Siegbran, Monday, 1 August 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago)
Oh man. Jessika Kenney's work in ASVA was mind-blowing. That's great news about her and WITTR.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:16 (thirteen years ago)
I'm looking forward to that Wolves in the Throne Room album, too. I spell it out because it was some months after I discovered Wolves in the Throne Room that I realized "WITTR" in posts here was an abbreviation, and not a kvlt all-caps treatment of some Windir spin-off called Wittr.
Also, I want to reiterate how great Elizium singer Peter Berends is. Like, good enough that I'd be rooting for some better-known band to lose their singer and need a new one, except that Elizium already suits him. Another clear top-10 short-list entry for me.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 13:10 (thirteen years ago)
Checked out the Pharoah Overlord but threw in the towel after three songs. I should like this - hits a bunch of my sweet spots - but it didn't come together for me at all.
Cued up the latest In Solitude for the umpteenth time instead. So good.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago)
Ah man, I *love* the third song on that album, Devestator.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 02:11 (thirteen years ago)
Might try again later; it should be something I love. I'll chalk my mediocre first impression to being utterly fried.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago)
The WITTR album is terrific, it's easily the best album they've done. What a leap they've made.
But what I'm really smitten with right now is the new Evile album. It pushes all the right buttons for me: simple, spot-on thrash with strong '80s Metallica vocal hooks. It's plenty fast and shreds like mad, but these guys know how to write good songs, and they just keep improving with each new release.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 08:04 (thirteen years ago)
I didn't even know that Evile had a new album out. Enter The Grave was pretty good I thought.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 09:50 (thirteen years ago)
Judas Priest is putting out one of those complete singles boxes. I don't think I need it, but maybe you do.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago)
Whoops; bad link.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago)
A Maiden complete singles set would be fun to have. Priest, though, I'm perfectly fine with the albums.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago)
The thing with the Priest singles is that I think all those B-sides are either in the Metalogy box or appended to the reissued albums.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago)
Ooh, they're finally releasing the studio version of "Judas Priest Audio File" from 1982? I only have the live version ;P
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 4 August 2011 00:56 (thirteen years ago)
Dunno if any of this is good or not, but all you can eat:
20 Buck Spin Streaming BRAINOIL, VASTUM And Other Label Releases For Free This week the extreme metal cultivators at 20 Buck Spin officially announce the label website's new listening page. Here the public can stream nearly the entire label's expansive back-catalog for free, including their latest priority releases like the low-end old-school death metal violence of VASTUM's critically-acclaimed Carnal Law, as well as sludgecore trio BRAINOIL's first record in eight years, Death Of This Dry Season. Check out *two dozen* 20 Buck Spin releases for free _RIGHT HERE_ http://listen.20buckspin.com/ Here's the full list of what is available for streaming at press time: BRAINOIL - Death Of This Dry Season VASTUM - Carnal Law WOLVSERPENT - Blood Seed CHRISTIAN MISTRESS - Agony & Opium STORMCROW / COFFINS split LP SAMOTHRACE - Life's Trade COFFINS - Buried Death AND The Other Side Of Blasphemy THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE - Primitive GRAVES AT SEA / ASUNDER split LP STORMCROW / LAUDANUM split LP WHITE MICE - Ganjahovahdose LAUDANUM - The Coronation LITURGY - Renihilation GRAVES AT SEA - Documents Of Grief BASTARD NOISE / THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE - The Red List NADJA & BLACK BONED ANGEL - S/T SANCTUM - On The Horizon ECHTRA - A War For Wonder BLACK BONED ANGEL - Supereclipse MRTYU! - Blood Tantra HALF MAKESHIFT - L'anse Amort GREY DATURAS / MONARCH - Dawn Of The Catalyst VARGR - Northern Black Supremacy FORGOTTEN WOODS - Race Of Cain
― dow, Thursday, 4 August 2011 03:16 (thirteen years ago)
Profound Lore posted on Twitter that they'll follow suit as well. It's a terrific idea.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 4 August 2011 03:20 (thirteen years ago)
Listened to the new Landmine Marathon last night after a Twitter back 'n' forth with Adrien about it, wherein I compared the critical reception their albums get to the reviews bestowed on late '80s to mid '90s Rolling Stones albums ("This one's the keeper; never mind that we said exactly that about the last one..."). After listening to the album (eight songs, just under a half hour), I've decided that they really are a "you gotta be there" band. This album is a little better than their last one, but it's still the same old bare-bones Bolt Thrower-meets-Slayer grind-crush; the only unique thing about them is Grace Perry. They haven't got a single standout instrumentalist. Nobody's clamoring to get the guitarist or drummer from Landmine Marathon to guest on their album, the way, say, members of Lamb of God are in-demand guests. And regarding Perry, she may be a great presence (I've never seen the band live, only watched YouTube footage), but she's not a great voice. So basically, I think this is where I stop caring.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 4 August 2011 14:15 (thirteen years ago)
Nobody's clamoring to get the guitarist or drummer from Landmine Marathon to guest on their album, the way, say, members of Lamb of God are in-demand guests.
got a hunch there might be reasons for this other than raw musical ability
― 'what's puzzling you' is the name of my dog (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 4 August 2011 14:27 (thirteen years ago)
Just posted a great tune off the new Moab album - which I've really been enjoying as of late - at MSN...
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 4 August 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago)
Anyway, I'm liking the Landmine Marathon. It's not the album of the year or anything but it their best-produced album to date, the songs do the job, and the album's not too long. Very likeable.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 4 August 2011 14:51 (thirteen years ago)
Grace Perry is better than Katy Perry, amirite?
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Thursday, 4 August 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago)
Landmine Marathon is playing my Heavy Metal Ladies Night this Monday. Will report back.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 4 August 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago)
lord i've barely heard any new metal this year :-/
― markers, Friday, 5 August 2011 03:38 (thirteen years ago)
New Lazarus Pit, Italian crossover that Barney Greenway is purportedly a fan of: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-raw-powers-screams-from-the-gutter/
Meanwhile, this MOAB record is pretty great, Adrien. Also have to recommend the new Textures, they really went for the brass prog ring this time around.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 5 August 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago)
Envy and Barn Owl confirmed for Supersonic. Maybe the best announcement that could possibly be given, one of my absolute favourite bands and the one I was most disappointed at missing last year>
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Friday, 5 August 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago)
i feel like barn owl live has a lot of potential
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 August 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago)
i would like to see them sometime
YOBBBBBBBBB
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Saturday, 6 August 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago)
Tickets bought for the bristol show.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Saturday, 6 August 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago)
Schedule published for Brutal Assault next weekend. Stoked! The Asphyx-Kreator-Suicidal Tendencies-Motörhead-Morbid Angel sequence in particular.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 7 August 2011 13:13 (thirteen years ago)
not sure what if anything the denizens of this thread think of Glorior Belli, but their new album is mostly quite good and slick, as modern black metal goes - there are however two songs which have singing on and sound like Alice In Chains and are generally just not very good
― 'what's puzzling you' is the name of my dog (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 7 August 2011 13:40 (thirteen years ago)
Big Business were pretty great last night.
― errant flynn, Sunday, 7 August 2011 21:47 (thirteen years ago)
Glad you're digging the Moab, Jeff, I like that record a lot.
Another one I'm nuts about is the debut by Shooting Guns, an instrumental doom/space rock outfit from my city. Imagine a cross between Saint Vitus, Hawkwind, and Neu!...swinging doom riffs, trancelike repetition, accentuated by swirls of Dik Mik synths. And unlike a lot of instrumental bands, these guys know how much is too much. Catchy and concise. I highly recommend checking it out:http://shootingguns.bandcamp.com/
Obligatory MSN plug...I just posted a fun interview by the always outspoken and entertaining Therese Lanz of Mares of Thrace (and KEN Mode): http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blog.aspx
Mares of Thrace are hitting the US for the first time next week, and you don't want to miss them. I saw them again last week and they were better than ever. Crushing live band.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 8 August 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago)
Imagine a cross between Saint Vitus, Hawkwind, and Neu!...swinging doom riffs, trancelike repetition, accentuated by swirls of Dik Mik synths.
This sounds like pretty much the best thing ever right now. Hitting my sweets spots left and right!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 8 August 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago)
I saw KEN Mode at SXSW and Therese was a great addition to the band - somehow Unsane-esque noise rock sounds much better when the bassist is dancing to it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago)
New YOB album is streaming on NPR.
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/08/138825042/first-listen-yob-atma
― Nate Carson, Monday, 8 August 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago)
good reviewer name: lars gotrich
― j., Monday, 8 August 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago)
I got a real kick out of Jeff's defiant Blood Stain Child review in the new Decibel. Love that album to bits.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah +1 from me on that BSC review, too. I'm pretty much oscillating between Epsilon and Elizium's Relief by the Sun these days, with the occasionally Frijgard interlude. And, er, Juliana Hatfield, who has a song about throwing somebody's cell phone out the window, so that's fairly metal.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 8 August 2011 21:59 (thirteen years ago)
Thanks for the kind words. I pretty much called it like I saw it –- not really for the general readership, but if you were still curious after reading the review, it's something you'd probably be into.
Meanwhile, I am really impressed with the new ICS Vortex solo record. Like, really didn't expect something this good from an ex-Dimmu Borgir bassist, but it's a pretty excellent slice of melodic black-ish metal with a huge 70s prog influence. Way better than the last DB, that's for sure.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Monday, 8 August 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago)
That ICS Vortex sounds good too.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 8 August 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago)
Speaking of Dimmu, Abrahadabra has turned out to be quite the commercial bomb in the US. It's sold only 25,000, while the last two albums sold 75,000 & 127,000 respectively.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 8 August 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago)
― Nate Carson, Monday, August 8, 2011 7:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
i love when things like this happen
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 02:42 (thirteen years ago)
UK media are going crazy for it too
http://www.frontpagestoday.co.uk/frontpages/Daily_Mirror_newspaper_front_page.jpg
― 'what's puzzling you' is the name of my dog (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 07:30 (thirteen years ago)
lolb
― j., Tuesday, 9 August 2011 08:31 (thirteen years ago)
I had no idea that yob were into rioting but any press is good press I suppose
― original bgm, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago)
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago)
40bpm rioting.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago)
I am wearing a YOB shirt in tribute.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago)
I am hosting their tour finale in Portland tonight with Atriarch and Mongoloid Village. EPIC.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago)
i was very chagrined to steal that link and have it turn into a front-cover about a polar bear mauling.
― j., Wednesday, 10 August 2011 00:58 (thirteen years ago)
I had a feeling that was going to happen but the only other jpg I could find was lolhueg
― 'what's puzzling you' is the name of my dog (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 07:56 (thirteen years ago)
polar bear maulings are pretty metal tbf
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 12:33 (thirteen years ago)
how did they even get a polar bear in england
― j., Wednesday, 10 August 2011 16:11 (thirteen years ago)
NPR does it again with its NW Metal mix. Though I'm puzzled how Sleep made the cut, seeing as they were from San Jose...
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/09/139239063/the-mix-a-pacific-northwest-metal-goldmine
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago)
this fucking dir en grey record you guys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKQLK3SEhZA
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― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago)
I need to check that out still, thanks for the reminder.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago)
Holy shit, someone just handed me the new Machine Head disc, including the deluxe edition bonus tracks. I'm not gonna have time to listen to it until tomorrow, but the little bits I've heard so far are insane.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago)
Really liked The Blackening (can't believe its ben 4 years already!) so I'm axious to hear this. I'm guessing the contents have to be a little better than the cover art.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago)
You mean it's done???
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 21:55 (thirteen years ago)
It is, apparently, done. Their product manager handed me a CD-R of the master this afternoon, about an hour before I left for the day. Watermarked advances are still a little ways off, apparently. So I've got the seven-track album, plus the three extra cuts - covers of Judas Priest's "The Sentinel" and Rush's "Witch Hunt," and an acoustic version of "Darkness Within," one of the album tracks.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 23:42 (thirteen years ago)
So Manowar are finishing up their current tour with a show at the Starland Ballroom in NJ. And I really want to go, but a) the venue is kinda inaccessible to those of us without cars, and b) tickets (which go on sale tomorrow) are $75, plus Ticketmaster fees. I'm really torn.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago)
Jani Lane from Warrant dead at 47. My sole attachment to the band was the timestretched version of "Where the Down Boys Go" I worked up once but my heart breaks for addicts who never get free and that looks to have been the case with him. At peace now.
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 12 August 2011 05:06 (thirteen years ago)
@ Brutal Assault fest in Czech & loving it. Overgrown 18th century fortress = best festival location ever.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 13 August 2011 16:07 (thirteen years ago)
Any love for Wolvserpent? Was directed to their myspace and dug what I heard, though my taste in metal ends up being different from a lot of other folks'.
― Matt M., Saturday, 13 August 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago)
Jesus fucking christ Anathema...this was just awful. What the fuck happened to these guys?and they still get applause - metalheads really are the most loyal fans on earth.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 13 August 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago)
that shooting guns record is just GREAT. cheers!
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago)
New Mastodon is great. No theme. Very eclectic. Four of the most brutal songs they've done since Remission/Leviathan. Two space rock songs; one called The Creature Lives has a vintage synth intro that sounds like Keith Emerson with a Soft Bulletin era Flaming Lips about some sort of Swamp Thing/Creature From The Black Lagoon style creature. Two down home Southern boogie, ZZ Top style numbers. Really radio friendly. All songs under four minutes. It's hard to call after only listening to it for the weekend but I think it's the best since Leviathan. Wilful complexity kept to a minimum. And it's pretty funny as well. The Curl of The Burl: "I killed a man because he killed my goat"; 'The Octopus Has No Friends' etc.
Then I do really like Mastodon so I'm biased.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Sunday, 14 August 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago)
Any love for Wolvserpent? Was directed to their myspace and dug what I heard, though my taste in metal ends up being different from a lot of other folks'.― Matt M., Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:29 AM (Yesterday)
― Matt M., Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:29 AM (Yesterday)
They made my favorite album of 2010. Killer band and album.
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago)
Was listening to the new Revocation this morning, thinking about reviewing it for Burning Ambulance. But I don't know. I loved the first two records, but this one feels overstuffed and over-ambitious. They're exploring too many ideas, instead of focusing on two or three really good ones like they did before.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 15 August 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago)
Gotta admit, I haven't even heard a proper album from Wolvserpent, just a handful of tracks. Assuming I dig that side of things, alongside (some) Sunn and Earth and stuff like Ufomammut, where do I go from here? Vocals optional.
― Matt M., Monday, 15 August 2011 15:06 (thirteen years ago)
I like the Revocation album plenty, but man, that Evile LP is even more satisfying.
Oh, and cool Mastodon review, Doran. The two "leaked" tracks sound great ("Curl of the Burl" is here).
― A. Begrand, Monday, 15 August 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago)
I'm actually really looking forward to the Evile record, I liked their last one a lot and thought it was a major improvement on the debut, but Earache hasn't sent me a link to hear it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 15 August 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago)
All songs under four minutes.
Very very slighlty disappointed to see this, but given the rest of Doran's review, I'm really excited to hear the new Mastodon. I think my perfect Mastodon album would be a balance between the sub-four minute stompers ala the first couple albums and the uber-long proggy stuff.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 15 August 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago)
Matt M - get Wolvserpent's Blood Seed, Earth Pentastar, and ASVA Futurists Against the Ocean and you'll be on the right track. You'd probably also really enjoy Black Earth by Bohren and Der Club of Gore.
Let me know how these digest and I'll make more recommendations.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 15 August 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago)
I love PENTASTAR. I have the Wolvserpent double on order right now. Haven't checked out the others but will when I get a chance. Thanks for the recs.
― Matt M., Monday, 15 August 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago)
WOLF TRIFECTA! After the dual excellence of Wolf and Powerwolf earlier this year, I have been digging the hell out of the new Speedwolf on Hells Headbangers. Total Motorhead/Discharge carnage/worship, nothing you haven't heard before, but damn they do it well.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 05:16 (thirteen years ago)
My review of the new Revocation.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 11:48 (thirteen years ago)
Lotsa buzz about original Sabbath reunion (and denials of said rumor) on the old interweb today.
I hope they go for it. Even if they fall flat on their faces, it won't sully the legacy for me.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah its pretty hard to sully a legacy that has been as varied as theirs has. I'm all for it. The chances of it being awful are pretty high, but the Dio reunion was pretty damn great and Ozzy's recent stuff hasn't been completely worthless.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago)
Iommi put all the rumours to rest a short while ago:
http://www.black-sabbath.com/news/2011/08/tony_iommi_denies_reunion_talk.html
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago)
Boo.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago)
Holy crap, Mikael Åkerfeldt has been hitting the 70s prog juice HARD.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago)
Great album!
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 23:31 (thirteen years ago)
Really impressed by the new Revocation, surprisingly. Didn't expect this to grab me at all, but its sounding really great this afternoon.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago)
Haha, even this weird little Zep-like breakdown on "The Watchers"!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago)
holy shit @ "four feet thick walls"; maybe its the part of me that revels in deeply held secrets hiding in plain sight, but I feel like there is something more sinister going on underneath all this
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago)
Is this year's Septic Flesh any good? Last week they were great live, but I've kind of forgotten about them since "Esoptron".
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago)
oh, definitely. if you have some tolerance for schmaltz (which I suspect we all do), the new septic flesh is v. enjoyable.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:30 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, I like that Septicflesh album. That and the new Fleshgod Apocalypse are a couple of the better symphonic albums I've heard in the last couple years.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago)
You'd probably also really enjoy Black Earth by Bohren and Der Club of Gore.
this is good advice for everybody imo
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 21:36 (thirteen years ago)
I think that the Sabbath w/ Ozzy thing needs to be done very carefully, especially in respect for Dio. They were successful as Heaven and Hell, which goes without saying IS Sabbath w/ Dio.. They don't want to look like they are capitalizing on anything in regards to Dio's passing.. Of course, this is only my own speculation..
To be honest, I agree they probably couldn't tarnish their legacy, but I really don't care.. I feel the same way about a new Van Halen record; sure I want to hear it, but I'm really not gonna go out of my way to hear it.
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 18 August 2011 07:01 (thirteen years ago)
Saw one of the Power of the Riff shows... Winters, Noothgrush, Trap Them, Black Breath, All Pigs Must Die, and Acephalix... Everyone was great, Black Breath absolutely destroyed the place; they were amazing! A weird thing was happening.. Every band, except Black Breath, were complaining about needing more this or that in the monitors.. I don't remember ever hearing so much cry babying. I've played this club bewfore, but don't remember it being that bad on stage, sound wise.. idk.
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 18 August 2011 07:09 (thirteen years ago)
MONITORS ARE FOR WEAKLINGS
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 18 August 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago)
I think maybe they were all asking for more MINOTAURS. You just mis-heard them.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 19 August 2011 01:26 (thirteen years ago)
I think you're right Nate... lol!
― SeanWayne, Friday, 19 August 2011 01:39 (thirteen years ago)
Ha ha ha! Can I have more of Kerry and less of Jeff in my minotaur please?
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Friday, 19 August 2011 05:41 (thirteen years ago)
:-(
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 19 August 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago)
unless you're on a giant stage,like theater size or bigger, or you're a real singer that needs to hear the harmonies under you so you can sing in key, the need for monitors is kinda silly imo.. Especially for heavier music, when a singer is screaming his face of... Acephalix vox are pretty cookie monster style, and he was asking for more vocals in the monitors.. How about don't sing/scream in the same register as the bass if you wanna be heard, Cookie..
― SeanWayne, Friday, 19 August 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago)
how crazy is it that the new singer for Early Graves is from the band that they were on tour with when the former singer died, the Funeral Pyre. Since the accident, no one has heard from the kid that was driving..
― SeanWayne, Friday, 19 August 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago)
I posted my interview with Today is the Day's Steve Austin over at MSN...well actually it's a fraction of the interview because it was so long, but it turned out well I think.
http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blog.aspx
The album's amazing if you haven't heard it yet.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 19 August 2011 20:00 (thirteen years ago)
My turn to spam! Here's my take on a European doom band that I think a lot of people here would like: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-celestial-seasons-solar-child/
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 19 August 2011 22:01 (thirteen years ago)
I was trying to remember how I knew Celestial Season...it's because their drummer married Anneke van Giersbergen. Anyway, it's good stuff.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 19 August 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago)
Probably also because CS were every bit as good as the gathering? (Before their change into a stoner rock band obv)
― Siegbran, Saturday, 20 August 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago)
The new Craft album, Void, is pretty great.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 20 August 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago)
Been listening a lot to Asphyx "Death...The Brutal Way" from 09 lately and fuck me if it isn't a contender for best DM record of the past, what, five years? The production is incredibly fat and full, none of these usual plastered up, compressed guitars with clicky triggerdrums. Why didnt this record get any attention back then?
― Siegbran, Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:01 (thirteen years ago)
Why didnt this record get any attention back then?
I think because people looking for full production uncompressed untriggered DM probably look right past anything on Century Media!
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago)
CM did their best to bury that record...I'm on their promo list and I don't even think they ever sent me a download link for it, and I was editing Metal Edge when it was released. I still haven't heard it.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago)
I didn't even know these guys got back together again. Anyway who needs pale imitations like Bloodbath if the real thing is still stomping around?
― Siegbran, Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago)
I got suspicious when I saw them live last week and the new songs were better than the old tunes off The Rack.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 20 August 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago)
I would love to hear a new Asphyx. And the new Craft. Been waiting years for that one.
Also, I can finally leak that Voivod is curating a stage at Roadburn 2012. I'm going to predict here and now that we get to see Voivod, Van Der Graaf, and Venom on one stage.
http://www.roadburn.com/2011/08/voivod-to-curate-roadburn-festival-2012/
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago)
I should think of going to that, I bet they're going to put together an incredible lineup.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago)
I'm going to predict here and now that we get to see Voivod, Van Der Graaf, and Venom on one stage.
Givin me a nerd boner right here.
― The actor that played Jesus made some odd choices. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 04:32 (thirteen years ago)
Oh btw Fall Into Darkness 2011: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124048197692908
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago)
Voivod, Van Der Graaf, and Venom on one stage.
If only this was what the UK's V Festival meant.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago)
Wino invited us out on tour. Premonition 13 + WM dates just announced. Hallelujah.
http://www.volcoment.com/news/article.asp?articleID=975
― Nate Carson, Friday, 26 August 2011 09:06 (thirteen years ago)
That's great news Nate! Congrats.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 26 August 2011 10:39 (thirteen years ago)
Dammit. Gonna be in SF the week before, but not that week. Sounds like a good match for you guys though. Grats.
― Matt M., Friday, 26 August 2011 14:15 (thirteen years ago)
Congrats Nate! Wish that was swinging out to the Midwest.
I listened to the new Black Tide last night and liked it a lot, well except for the pretty much worthless acoustic track at the end. I was cringing when I saw the Bullet For My Valentine co-credit on one song, but he wasn't noticable enough to ruin anyhing. Ultimately nothing a hundred other bands haven't done before, but pretty enjoyable while the first 9 tracks are playing.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 26 August 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, it's a good mainstream hard rock album. Hooks aplenty on that one.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 26 August 2011 14:28 (thirteen years ago)
Over the last few days Darkthrone has suddenly snapped into focus for me. Somehow they'd always left me unmoved before, but I finally got around to seeing Until the Light Takes Us recently, and Fenriz seemed so compelling (especially the bonus-disc Black Metal University feature) that I felt obliged to give them another try. And it still took a few repetitions, but eventually the aesthetic of A Blaze in the Northern Sky started making its own internal sense to me. Am now starting a complete pass through their catalog, with much the same excellent sense of belated discovery that I had years ago with Bathory. Changing your mind about things is fun.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 26 August 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago)
I love Panzer Faust.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Friday, 26 August 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago)
That's where I am now, in fact.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 26 August 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago)
Have you guys heard Fenriz's commentary on the Panzerfaust reissue CD from last year? it's very entertaining.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 26 August 2011 18:21 (thirteen years ago)
Don't skip the 2nd Isengard (Fenriz solo) record.
― Siegbran, Friday, 26 August 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago)
whoaaa congrats nate!
― *steens furiHOOSly* (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:28 (thirteen years ago)
Changing your mind about things is fun.― glenn mcdonald, Friday, August 26, 2011 5:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, August 26, 2011 5:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
Absolutely--those "oh my god I've been wrong about all of this all along" moments are soooo great for me. It increases the sense of discovery and amplifies the joy, I think.
― *steens furiHOOSly* (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:29 (thirteen years ago)
Hello, sorry to interrupt everyone's Sunday but I'm looking for help. Does anyone have any experience of Machine Head's cool interaction with their fans - getting people into gigs, signing shit, doing meet and greets and that kind of thing? I've met them several times and they all seemed like nice enough guys despite the ever present air that a fight is about to start but I could do with hearing some heart warming tales about how they're the band of the people.
If anyone can help or knows anyone else who can help... well, I don't know what I'll do but I'll be very appreciative if you send me a message.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago)
Thanks for the email, anonymous cool person.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Sunday, 28 August 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago)
I would love to say that Machine Head is a band of the people, but living in the SF Bay Area, where they are from, they hardly ever play any local shows here. I know there manager personally and he can never answer me why it is they never play here.. Death Angel plays shows for the home crowd all the time, but MH always snubs us here.. They're do a slightly extended set when they are on a tour that come through home, but they never do any warm up or one offs for the folks that literally gave them the support to even do what they do now.
Now with all that said, what they do outside the Bay Area, I have no clue. I know they are doing some thing with a magazine with the release of the new record, but is that for the fans, or for record sales and magazine sales?
― SeanWayne, Monday, 29 August 2011 07:12 (thirteen years ago)
Man, there is a lot of good shit coming out in the next two months, going to be expensive for me - Opeth, Mastodon, Warbringer, Skeletonwitch, among many others.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 29 August 2011 13:51 (thirteen years ago)
As a dude who's gotten in trouble on ILM for rape jokes before, even I was shocked to see Profound Lore's main dude make this joke on the label's Twitter feed this morning: "The new LEVIATHAN album is the ideal first date album in the way Irreversible is the ideal first date movie."
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 29 August 2011 15:21 (thirteen years ago)
gross
― rockapads, Monday, 29 August 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago)
I don't think its terribly offensive, its a reference to a fictional film and not like making a joke about actual rape. Its more just offensive because its such a lazy attempt to be SHOCKING.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 29 August 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, but jon, wouldn't you agree that Jef Whitehead from Leviathan actually getting arrested and charged with sexual assault adds an extra layer to the joke?
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 29 August 2011 15:36 (thirteen years ago)
OMG, I completely forgot about that. Yes, completely retract what I said. That's awful. I forgot it was dude from Leviathan.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 29 August 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago)
I don't think that was the intent, it was just poorly timed. I'm hearing from different people close to the situation that those charges are false, but we'll have to see.
As for the new Leviathan album, it is incredible. Black metal ditched in favour of total Krautrocky weirdness.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 29 August 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago)
does anyone know how that whole thing ended up?
oh xp i guess it's not resolved yet?
― call all destroyer, Monday, 29 August 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago)
Even if all the charges get dropped, its still pretty tasteless to reference the case to shill a new album.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 29 August 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago)
I wonder Profound Lore cares if people like me spend money on their products. Guess not. I like krautrocky weirdness, but I do not like that "joke". At all.
― i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago)
Its funny because I had another tab open in my browser to order the new Yob album from them when I read that story, now I'm tempted to not do it.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago)
But I mean, this isn't Yob's fault, so, I dunno.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago)
Email them and let your righteous fury be known but don't punish YOB for Profound Lore's weekend intern's poor sense of humour/timing/gender politics. It's not like there's anything to suggest they're like pro-tasteless rape jokes as a company...
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, that's pretty tasteless. I see you let your displeasure be known on their twitter feed, unperson.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago)
Sorry, I totally missed the bit where Unperson said "main dude". Hmm. That is pretty shit, tbh.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:53 (thirteen years ago)
Seems like the tweet's been deleted.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 29 August 2011 18:19 (thirteen years ago)
I just looked for it and it seems to have been changed to refer only to the Leviathan record and not the movie.
― i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Monday, 29 August 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, I don't think Profound Lore is like Matador or something where they've got some "social media intern" sending out tweets and status updates. Profound Lore seems small enough that whomever sent out the tweet should know better.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 29 August 2011 19:17 (thirteen years ago)
Anyway, in non-rapey metal news, this Hail! Hornet record is really good.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 29 August 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago)
You know what else is good? The new Anthrax album. That's right, Phil!
Anyway it's not album of the year or anything, but it's a solid 7/10, the first Anthrax record I've liked all the way through since 1990.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 29 August 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago)
God damn you guys are sensitive. Glad we are in the new golden age of politically correct extreme metal fandom.
Seriously. It was a careless tweet. Step outside and get some fresh air.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 29 August 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago)
Here's the updated version on Profound Lore's FB page btw:
"The new LEVIATHAN album is the ideal first-date album in the way a movie like In the Realm of the Senses is the ideal first-date movie."
Obviously Bruni was not trying to ruffle feathers if he's willing to change the advert so quickly.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 29 August 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago)
Okay, that excuse is complete bullshit. Just because we may be fans of "extreme metal" doesn't mean we have to be okay with tasteless jokes about rape.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 29 August 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago)
I make tasteless jokes all the time. Doesn't mean I approve of rape. I'm sure Bruni doesn't either.
Also, I have female friends who know Wrest that think he's quite innocent. I have no opinion on that situation as I'm not even a fan of Leviathan in the first place. But I do believe in the old "innocent until proven guilty" thing.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 29 August 2011 21:26 (thirteen years ago)
I don't think being uncomfortable with a joke about an ongoing case makes us automatically assume Wrest is guilty either.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 29 August 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago)
yup. guilty or not, you don't see how making a ref to a rape charge to hock a new leviathan album might ruffle some feathers?
― original bgm, Monday, 29 August 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago)
I guess I just have important things to do/worry about. Semantics are for college students and professional writers. ;)
― Nate Carson, Monday, 29 August 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago)
First date/rape joke/sales pitch is a toxic combo, imo. I don't mind if you disagree, and I still think that it would be pretty classically unfunny regardless of the legal situation. There are other ways to get people to like the record you're selling, is all I'm saying. And I go outside all the time! I just came from outside, in fact.
― i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Monday, 29 August 2011 22:07 (thirteen years ago)
I love being outside.
It was obviously toxic enough for him to withdraw it immediately. Is that not enough?
― Nate Carson, Monday, 29 August 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago)
That's enough! I'm over it.
― i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Monday, 29 August 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago)
Must be a nice day outside, wherever you are :)
― Nate Carson, Monday, 29 August 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago)
I have nothing important to worry about and hate going outside, so rest assured, I will be holding a grudge against the guy that runs profound lore for a long, long time.
― original bgm, Monday, 29 August 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago)
― Nate Carson, Monday, 29 August 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago)
I checked in with Bruni. This was his response:
"I didn't think of the actual rape scene in the movie per se, so it was just a coincidence. It was just an intense movie that came to mind, one that me and Jef love. Love how sensitive people are and how riled up they get.
But I do thrive on the psychotic nature of the album, just like all Leviathan albums :)"
― Nate Carson, Monday, 29 August 2011 22:56 (thirteen years ago)
I think it's fair to point out that my initial response to his tweet, on Twitter, was not "HOW DARE YOU - METAL CASTS YOU OUT" but "You really wanna make that joke, given the charges against Whitehead?"
― that's not funny. (unperson), Monday, 29 August 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago)
Metalheads defend an irredeemable shitbag like Varg, I don't think a joke made in bad taste is going to get Bruni ejected from the ranks.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Monday, 29 August 2011 23:51 (thirteen years ago)
Love how sensitive people are and how riled up they get.
I really don't want to stir the shit more, because I 100% don't think Bruni is some evil dude out to piss people off or anything, but I just disagree with the way he justifies it as "sensitive people" getting "riled up". As if we are in the wrong somehow for getting put off by a tossed-off tweet that was easy to misinterpret. I mean, I think the onus should be on him not to be careful about what he tweets not on us "sensitive people" to just buck up. Y'know?
Just to be clear Nate, I really like you and don't mean to like target you for any of this. I just really get irked by the 4chan generation response of "lol well fucked up things get said, deal with it" because it forgives a lot of shit that doesn't always deserve to be forgiven.
Anyway, I'll still support Profound Lore and I'm glad he clarified his intent.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 04:03 (thirteen years ago)
"should be on him to be careful about what he tweets" obviously, its been a long day
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 04:04 (thirteen years ago)
I'd be really interested to know why anyone thinks he's innocent of the charges. Seems like a kind of crime that would be hard to mistake for anything else. Really hope it turns out he didn't do it, but until then I don't think I can enjoy his music. I'm referring of course to Leviathan jumping on the krautrock bandwagon.
― rockapads, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 05:55 (thirteen years ago)
Seriously, at times it's like a groovy mid-'70s Can jam with crazy black metal vocals. Sanford Parker is all over this sucker. All it needs is Holger Czukay wearing white gloves and playing bass.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 07:42 (thirteen years ago)
ok i am not judging dude and maybe he didnt mean this in the way it came off but
"I didn't think of the actual rape scene in the movie per se, so it was just a coincidence."
is pretty much straight up bullshit unless he hasnt seen the movie, fairly sure that scene might be kinda notable
― dougie instructor (jjjusten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 08:01 (thirteen years ago)
the new Leviathan album is the ideal first-date album in the way a basketball player like Kobe Bryant is the ideal first-date basketball player
― Amazing pic of the universe! - VERY NSFW (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 08:55 (thirteen years ago)
a groovy mid-'70s Can jam with crazy black metal vocalsi mean, this is a much better selling point than the one he used -- this is an effective selling point! if you're selling music, which is what i assume bruni is doing, sell the music. it works.
― i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago)
Yes! Throwing "Can" and/or "krautrock" in a tweet referencing a metal band, I'm pretty much pre-sold at that point. What can I say, I'm easy like that?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago)
have to admit, I'm def curious as well. i'm imagining something like the lurker of chalice record pushed even farther out.
yeah, I've never even seen irreversible and I got the ref. that scene is what irreversible is known for.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago)
Also really enjoying the new Rwake. I know I'm a sucker for the Southern sludge thing, but these guys manage to cram in some nice variation. The melodic intro to "The Culling" makes it not feel like a 15 minute slog.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago)
oh, nice! been waiting for the new one to drop. caught them live and loved them but still haven't clicked with their back catalog.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago)
you guys going nuts about the Profound Lore joke are a bit over the top, i mean sure it was a bit tasteless, intentional or not, it's been retracted/clarified now, so let's get over it. i lol'd for like 30 sec. out loud @ the kobe thing btw
new YOB is very good, my thoughts here...
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 05:01 (thirteen years ago)
i think we were over it until you just brought it back up
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:23 (thirteen years ago)
Roadrunner signed Rush.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago)
As previously mentioned, several re-recordings--sound okay to me, although I don't know the originals, So far, my faves are "Metal On Metal", "March of the Crabs", "Mothra" (music breathing like a beastie), "No One To Follow", "Bottom Feeder" (just a bit like Jimi's "Fire", a needed variation of the rhythmic feel)."Park That Truck" (is Lemmy on this? Like prime Motorhead). Good meat 'n' potatoes, when you're tired or wild goose chases after metal art--but the steady rhythms (vs. bold proclamations--they're not really wylde boys)remind me why such chases can seem so necessary. But for those of us who actually enjoy Spinal Tap for the music (with humor inextricably tied in of course, of course)--also some Deep Purple, Motorhead, Blue Cheer--gotta have some of this too. For the car, at least. Tracks first, then some quotes etc
Anvil To Release Monument of Metal: The Very Best of AnvilBest Of Album Out September 27th On The End Records
Tracklisting
1. Metal On Metal (Re-Record From This Is Thirteen 2009 / originally from Metal On Metal, 1982)
2. Winged Assassins" (Re-Record, originally From Forged In Fire, 1983)
3. 666 (From This Is Thirteen, 2009)
4. Thumbhang (From This Is Thirteen, 2009)
5. School Love (Re-Record, originally from Hard 'N' Heavy, 1981)
6. Heat Sink (From Metal On Metal, 1982)
7. March of the Crabs (instrumental) (From Metal On Metal, 1982)
8.Plenty of Power (From Plenty Of Power, 2001)
9. Mothra (From Metal On Metal, 1982)
10. Sins of the Flesh (From Worth the Weight, 1992)
11. Jackhammer (live) (From Past And Present; Live In Concert, 1989)
12. Juggernaut of Justice (From Juggernaut of Justice, 2011)
13. No One To Follow (From Absolutely No Alternative, 1997)
14. Mad Dog (From Strength of Steel, 1997)
15. Bottom Feeder (From Back to Basics, 2004)
16. Race Against Time (From Still Going Strong, 2002)
17. American Refugee (From This Is Thirteen, 2007)
18. Fire In The Night (From Pound For Pound, 1988)
19. Park That Truck (From Speed of Sound, 1999)
http://www.myspace.com/anvilmetalhttp://www.theendrecords.com/artists/anvil
For Press Inquiries ContactKip KouriSara Casella
Anvil are true defenders of the faith and they've never lost sight of their vision to create uncompromising, dyed in the wool heavy metal. They have been on a rock 'n' roll journey for the past 30 years and while few bands can make it to the three year mark, Anvil have closed in on three decades of the most uncompromised and ear pleasing metal known to headbangers. The band's career has developed into a very public rocket ride into the musical and pop culture stratosphere only recently, though.
Ever since the award-winning documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil propelled the Canadian band from their respectable, hard-earned status as a band revered by the likes of Metallica, Motorhead and Guns N' Roses, and not to mention, Anvil! director Sascha Gervasi, who served as a former roadie for Anvil and was compelled to make a film about this object of his affection, to a heavy metal feel good story that attracted an exponential amount of new fans to a heritage band, Anvil founding members, vocalist/guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner, have made sure that one thing remains constant. And that's their dedication to their music.
While they continue to craft new, relevant and exciting hard rock music, it's their history and their catalog that ensures Anvil's firm and immovable place in the annals of metal history. Their status as legends is inarguable, even though they are still active as ever.
Overall, though, Anvil don't have their own chapter in the heavy metal encyclopedia; they have their own volume, thanks to a rich, revered cannon that old fans continuously revisit, all the while attracting new fans to their lair with continued quality music. That's how damn good Anvil are…
…And That's precisely why The End Records, which also released the band's fourteenth album Juggernaut of Justice earlier this year, is choosing to celebrate Anvil's career with Monument of Metal: The Very Best of Anvil, a 19-track career retrospective that will earn "must own" and "must hear" status for fans both fans new and old.
This set collects choice cuts from Anvil's career and the track listing was hand-selected by the members of Anvil and spans their three-decade career. It is designed to show you why the aforementioned likes of Guns 'N Roses, Metallica, Motorhead, Anthrax, Slayer and more have praised Anvil as pioneers and way pavers in the heavy metal world. It's a retrospective spanning the band's entire iconic career and a comprehensive heavy metal history lesson captured on record.
"This compilation demonstrates the full diversities of the Anvil's sound and feel, from the classics though the dark years to the current," said rhythm keeper Reiner about the songs collected in this set. "These tracks are more to do with power and melody rather than just the speed aspect, although there relevant gems included here! We could endlessly compile Anvil tracks, as most are outstanding in their own rights. I feel this Monument of Metal makes a statement introducing Anvil to new pounders along satisfying the faithful."
Lips concurred, saying, "This compilation is a great diverse collection of Anvil’s history. It’s a good retrospective of 30+ years of the creating and recording of Anvil’s music. These tracks are among some of our favorites." He did admit that choosing songs was no easy task, since each of Anvil's songs is a like a kid to him, saying, "Picking them was not easy as generally speaking we love everything we’ve ever done....otherwise we wouldn’t have recorded the music to begin with. This will serve as a great introduction to Anvil as well as make for great listening pleasure for our old diehard fans. Enjoy and stay heavy!!!
― dow, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago)
Why the hell did they re-record "Metal on Metal"? It's perfect as it is!!! That ruins what would have been a really good compilation.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:07 (thirteen years ago)
Look! I did another Lazarus pit! I may have been slightly insane in the process. This is awesome stuff: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-warlocks-triumph-and-agony/#disqus_thread
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 September 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago)
A few recent things I'm really liking:
Blodsband: Gammelnordiska Besvarjelser - nearly instrumental (there are vocals, but they're so heavily distorted they hardly register as voices for me) pagan black metal, relentlessly fast and cheerfully messy but shot through with pinging folk melodies, like maybe Kvelertak crossed with Wolves in the Throne Room. They have a really great knack for these passages that splinter along like they're going completely out of control, but then suddenly resolve into some dramatic downshifted hook. Swedish, apparently, with three previous albums from the last 3 years that I haven't heard, and not to be confused with some other racist Swedish band by the same name from earlier.
Avven: Kastalija - dramatic, swoony Goth/Folk Metal band from Slovenia in the same general vein as Dalriada, or an Eluveitie with roots farther East in Europe. Bits of Gypsy lilt, accordion, flute and violin, but mixed with lots of straightforward churn. Back when Skyclad first blew me away, I think it was in part because I imagined every country on the planet producing bands like this with their local folk-music variations mixed into metal.
Vyrion: Vyrion - Australian Progressive Technical Black/Death Metal, which isn't usually my highest-return subgenre, but this record caught my attention on sampling by virtue of the drums seemingly having been recorded out in back of the studio where the rest of the music was done, and I mean without moving the microphones outside. This instills a great clattering urgency that for me counterbalances the wall-of-noiseness of the rest of the music intriguingly. This is another album that makes me think about Kvelertak, but with more death-metal roots than punk. Fast, bleak, surging.
ICS Vortex: Storm Seeker - Not similar to Ihsahn's solo albums, exactly, but maybe similar in its displacement from the singer's band work. In this case, imagine hitting pause on circa-2011 metal long enough to think about what good proto-metal ideas from old Deep Purple have ended up being arbitrarily and maybe unfairly neglected. Expansive, totally unconcerned with expectations, and at least as fun and interesting as my favorite inward-looking metal records from this year.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 2 September 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago)
Nice Warlock piece, Jeff. Love that band...and sad to hear Doro lost her house in the hurricane.
And that ICS Xortex album is weird, weird, weird. But quite good, much better than Dimmu's.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 2 September 2011 20:21 (thirteen years ago)
Triumph and Agony was my intro to Warlock and Doro, too. Ripped it and listened to it again pretty recently, probably after it came up here in some previous context, and still like it just fine. "I Rule the Ruins" is probably still my single favorite song, but the whole thing is great. Unapologetically slick and commercial, and yet helplessly strange in its Germanic thumpiness. Lovely.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 2 September 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago)
not a big metal year for me but I am digging the new anubis gate a whole whole lot
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 2 September 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, that album is really, really impressive. Wish more bands had great singers like that band has, the vocals are phenomenal.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 2 September 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago)
A few of you here are in the Bay Area I believe. Are there any good metal shows this week?
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 3 September 2011 01:53 (thirteen years ago)
Speaking of Doro, should I get this CD/DVD 25 Years of Rock, or something/anything else by her?
DORO PESCH To Guest On Eddie Trunk's Friday Night Rocks Show Tonight!Legendary metal songstress DORO PESCH will appear on Eddie Trunk's Friday Night Rocks show TONIGHT! Friday Night Rocks airs live on Q104.3 (NYC, NJ, LI, CT) from 11:00PM - 2:00AM every Friday. This program also runs on affiliate stations and worldwide on _http://www.KNAC.com_ (http://www.KNAC.com) . You can hear this show LIVE ONLINE anywhere in the world by going to _http://www.q1043.com_ (http://www.q1043.com) and clicking on "Listen Live."
As previously announced, the German metal queen will hold an extra special FREE in-store performance on September 3, 2011 at Best Buy in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. This will be DORO’s only Philadelphia-area appearance in 2011!
Date: Saturday – September 3, 2011Time: 2:00pmLocation: LIVE at Best Buy310 Commerce Blvd.Fairless Hills, PA This will be an all-ages event. Don’t miss this rare performance! DORO's 25 Years In Rock will finally be available to North American fans on September 13, 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. The 2 DVD/CD set includes her epic 25th anniversary concert in its entirety as well as out-takes from DORO’s 2,500th concert and more. In conjunction with the Stateside release of 25 Years In Rock and the in-store performance, DORO will perform two special shows in New York City on September 9 and Chicago on September 11. Both nights will include clips from the DVD, limited edition merchandise and an autograph session followed by a performance by the metal queen herself.
DORO PESCH 25 Years In Rock US Release Shows:9/03/2011 Best Buy – Fairless Hills, PA [FREE In-Store Performance]9/09/2011 Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY 9/11/2011 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL http://www.doro.de_ (http://www.doro.de) _http://www.facebook.com/DoroOfficial_ (http://www.facebook.com/DoroOfficial) _http://www.facebook.com/DoroPeschOfficial_ (http://www.facebook.com/DoroPeschOfficial) _http://www.twitter.com/DoroOfficial_ (http://www.twitter.com/DoroOfficial) _http://www.youtube.com/DoroOfficial_ (http://www.youtube.com/DoroOfficial) _http://www.myspace.com/DoroBand_ (http://www.myspace.com/DoroBand) * * * * _________________
― dow, Saturday, 3 September 2011 02:39 (thirteen years ago)
Fairly uninformative interview (Wrest is fairly terse to say the least) and new track off Leviathan's latest over at Pitchfork
http://www.pitchfork.com/features/show-no-mercy/8660-show-no-mercy/
― Ryan, Saturday, 3 September 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago)
could not be more disgusted by that interview & I think stosuy is a solid good dude but wtf @ pending rape charges being reduced to "Do you feel like your name's been sullied by the charges of earlier this year?"
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 3 September 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago)
Cute (in this particular context) to see Whitehead use a rape metaphor to describe business relations w/a label, too.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 3 September 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago)
+ links to interviews w/Whitehead's bros in Nachtmystium about the charges to suggest that "it's unclear what happened." fucking disgusting way of framing the charges imo
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 3 September 2011 22:52 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, that is pretty vile.
and wrest's responses could not be more half-assed.
― original bgm, Sunday, 4 September 2011 07:23 (thirteen years ago)
Just being sent a bunch of 2011 records, will post some comments in 1-2 weeks:KriegshetzerAlastorPeste NoireGoatpenisDestructionFalkenbachKartikeyaSamaelBenightedLooking forward to new records by Absu, Arckanum, Taake, Root. Summoning is apparently also releasing a new album in Dec? Fearing the Gorgoroth rerecording of UTSOH...
― Siegbran, Sunday, 4 September 2011 11:28 (thirteen years ago)
What a repellant interview (interviewee). And I like some Wrest/Leviathon stuff, but ick.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 5 September 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago)
Summoning is apparently also releasing a new album in Dec?
this is the best news I've heard all year musically - Summoning are top 5 for me
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 5 September 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, that's great news
― original bgm, Monday, 5 September 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago)
Tracked down a stream of the new Anubis Gate single, "Golden Days," and man is it killer. Aero & Adrien weren't kidding upthread; great voice and, even though I'm not a big progressive metal guy, the band is impressive without sounding fussy, noodly or overworked. Plan on checking this out when I get a chance (if I don't mention it in a month try to remind me, as I'll be in a bit of a limbo for a few weeks as stuff gets moved to TX and I live out of a suitcase).
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 5 September 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago)
After a bit of digging, the Summoning thing is bogus. Still no news, and supposedly there'll be a Kreuzweg Ost album first before any new Summoning recordigs. Bummer.
Few first impressions:Samael and Falkenbach solid but very typical, Kriegshetzer pretty poor, Goatpenis very good and Kartikeya is a must hear - either album of the year or biggest gimmick.
― Siegbran, Monday, 5 September 2011 21:07 (thirteen years ago)
bummer indeed.
so, what gimmick are kartikeya working? not familiar.
― original bgm, Monday, 5 September 2011 21:50 (thirteen years ago)
Goatpenis is such a terrible name. What's wrong with something proper like Gay Witch Abortion?
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Monday, 5 September 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago)
wow Kartikeya looks interesting I gotta say
I guess there's a new Blood Red Throne, Tchort can be really interesting when he puts his mind to it
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 5 September 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago)
Kartikeya do Hindi Death Metal, bit like what Nile did/does: doesnt compromise on the METAL side of thibgs. Russian band, oddly enough.
― Siegbran, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago)
(so guaranteed to have shit distribution worldwide)
― Siegbran, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:04 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, def going to check out kartikeya - thanks, siegbran!
― original bgm, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago)
Listened to Unkind's Harhakuvat today. More detail on this when I review it for BurningAmbulance.com, but for a Finnish band they are really worked up about Middle Eastern politics. The next-to-last song concludes with a nearly three-minute sample from this speech by UK MP Gerald Kaufman, calling Israel a nation founded on terrorism.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:16 (thirteen years ago)
i think the question is intentionally left vague/open-ended (and nearly almost biased sounding) by stosuy: as he wrote in the intro paragraph, a case of "give someone the rope and see what they do with it"
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:36 (thirteen years ago)
new corrupted!!!!http://nostalgiablackrain.seesaa.net/
― original bgm, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 05:18 (thirteen years ago)
YES
The remarkable point of this 3 track hour of suit is that this album totally transcends our usual sense of time.
It's been so long since Corrupted releases that I think of the time between them as being a really long Corrupted piece
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 16:54 (thirteen years ago)
It's kind of a Cage metal thing
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 16:57 (thirteen years ago)
ha!
I dug el mundo frio and the two EPs that came out around then but they ultimately never became favorites. even so, I still feel like they might have another godhead masterpiece like llenandose... in em and am super-excited about this news. (which had totally passed me by until yesterday.) seriously think these guys just tower over anyone else in their niche.
glad the classic lineup will be on it as well:
At last, as many may already know, the vocalist Hevi and guitarist Talbot left the group after recording of this album and 17 years of activities since 1994.
can't really imagine corrupted without THAT voice...
― original bgm, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago)
yeah llenandose is amazing
wish i had caught them on the last tour, i'm kicking myself now those guys are gone from the band
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago)
New record closes with a new version of the song that closed Se Hace Los Suenos Asesinos.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 17:37 (thirteen years ago)
Chew put mine in the mail last week. (checks mail slot, again)
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago)
^^^namedroppin' ;-)
weird that they're re-recording an old track but it would work. dig the last track on se hace for sure too but "rato triste" is def my pick from that one. so massive.
was really bummed when corrupted didn't hit the east coast on that last tour. never seen em live either and even contemplated a flight out there but it was too busy at work or something. and now everybody quit. whadda drag.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago)
Supersonic 09 was incredible. Wouldn't have missed them for anything.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, I've never seen them live either, but Nate got me a shirt from the last tour.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago)
Knowing Chew like I do (I know, name-dropping), if he brings Corrupted back to the US, the band will be fucking stellar. He is all about quality.
And man oh man did you guys miss an amazing west coast tour when they came with Asunder.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago)
;_;
― original bgm, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago)
Also, it arrived today! Peering through the mail slot can work!
I'll listen to it after I finish this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JqGeeL4zVA&feature=player_embedded#!
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 06:14 (thirteen years ago)
Really like "The Grain", the first track from the new Hammers of Misfortune. Their new singer sounds a bit like Richard Thompson, which works surprisingly well. High hopes for the album based on the one song.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 8 September 2011 01:07 (thirteen years ago)
New Anubis album streaming here: http://wp.me/pvE8X-6BH
― dow, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago)
A quick blip to tell the metal thread that one of my students has AMON AMARTH scrawled in black marker on his backpack.
― i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Friday, 9 September 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago)
LOVE that new Hammers of Misfortune album, by the way.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 9 September 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago)
Awesome NYC grind band Defeatist (whose last two releases were on Willowtip) have just put a third album, Tyranny of Decay, up for name-your-price download. I grabbed it for $5, a reasonable fee for 19 minutes of music, I think.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 10 September 2011 01:58 (thirteen years ago)
automatic A for the semester imo
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 10 September 2011 01:58 (thirteen years ago)
Defeatist is a quality grind band imo btw
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 10 September 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, defeatist are solid. loved their first round of 7"s.
― original bgm, Saturday, 10 September 2011 03:52 (thirteen years ago)
Listening to the new Corrupted, Hammers, and Christian Mistress albums. Good times.
Pig Destroyer live sucked. They got their asses handed to them by Transient, who are young, brutal, and two of whom were still wearing casts from their head-on collision last month.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 10 September 2011 10:22 (thirteen years ago)
I feel like we are living in a time of great ass handing.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Saturday, 10 September 2011 11:07 (thirteen years ago)
Transient are fucking awesome.. That lil singer chick's voice is awesome, and in between songs she's all cute and kinda mousey.. Then she fucking kills it when they start again... And their drummer is a fucking beast!.. Good to hear they are healing up!!
― SeanWayne, Sunday, 11 September 2011 06:22 (thirteen years ago)
Elder - Dead Roots Stirring (MeteorCity) Oct 25
“a brick wall of aural tonnage” that should find immediate appeal with fans of SLEEP / High on Fire, Electric Wizard and KYUSS. ELDER‘s sound – a hypnotizing combination of amp-melting power and outer space psychedelics — has been called “immense” and described as “like Ufomammut f*cking Black Sabbath sideways.”
Typical hype copy, but I gotta say, on first listen I'm really impressed. At the very least a good snack to last me 'til the next Ufomammut.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 12 September 2011 06:10 (thirteen years ago)
Prophecy are reporting that Jonas Berqvist of Lifelover is dead. No cause of death reported, but there's no way I can prevent my brain from assuming that he killed himself, and that with a depressive band called Lifelover this was always the ultimate plan. I liked his music. It didn't make me depressed or suicidal, but now my reactions will be tied up in his fate, and in the ongoing dilemma between what an artist portrays and what they live.
Unless he faked it. No, wait, especially if he faked it.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 12 September 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, considering Lifelover's music (which was really good I might add) suicide was the first thing that sprung to my mind as well.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 12 September 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago)
I'm wondering about this:
Michael Schenker, a true purveyor first-class hard guitar rock, is set to release the aptly titled "Temple of Rock" on October 11 on CD, digital formats, and vinyl. He will also be touring with Uli Jon Roth and Leslie West on the 3 Guitar Heroes tour (complete schedule below).
The list of Schenker's successes is extensive... As a young man he lent his very special sound, together with his brother Rudolf, to the Scorpions, which later made the band one of the first real international hard rock stars from Germany. In the 70s, he similarly helped the British rock legends U.F.O. to their definitive breakthrough, turning songs like "Rock Bottom" or "Doctor, Doctor" into hits everyone knows.
In 1980, it was time for him to form the first band of his own... The Michael Schenker Group, or MSG for short. Some of the world's best musicians were asembled, cavorting with founding members such as Gary Barden, Don Airey or Simon Phillips. Not forgetting that no one less that Roger Glover from Deep Purple manned the production console for the first record. Since then, the three letters MSG have become a synonym for honest, hand-crafted and impelling premium hard rock.
Now, after extensive touring, and following a well-earned rest, Schenker has returned with his group to add a new jewel to his creative work. Names such as Pete Way, Wayne Findlay, Neil Murray and Chris Slade still represent the highest of standards and get aficionados' heartbeats racing. One of the biggest treats is his collaboration with the former Scorpions drummer, Herman "the German" Rarebell, as well as his beloved brother Rudolf. And yet the list is even longer with Doogie White (former member of the Rainbows), Super drummer Carmine Appice and Elliott Tichy. However the one name missing in 2011 is Gary Barden. Michael Voss, the new vocalist, is more than "just" a replacement. The experienced producer and singer showed just what he is capable of during the last MSG tour.
Schenker says:
"The Temple of Rock is within me where I create since I was introduced to the amazing invention of the distorted Guitar which is for me the most enjoyable and the best possible way to express myself. The Rock Guitar Sound that I fell in love with, mostly expressed as Lead break, is what I have nurtured and treasured all of my life. Combined with the infinite spring from within and the amazing musicians around me I keep expressing an ongoing development of my Art(Being). With Temple of Rock I am entering a new stage of my life, a new level of existence enjoying life more than ever, reaping the joy of all sorts of developments from the past.
Also, it seems to me that collectively, with true expressive makers of Rock Music, we have been building the external Temple Of Rock for many years and have now come to the point of putting on the roofing and celebrating the almost completion of the Temple. All generations of this period are meeting all over the world on one stage it seems celebrating an Era of 'Hand Made Rock' which will never be the same again due to invention of new technology but of course New Temples and New Wonders will arise to enjoy expressions in new ways."
Check out the single "Miss Claustrophobia" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6YDXtAotNE
Item Info / Tracklist:
http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=INAK9103CD
Vinyl: http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=INAK91031LP
Website: http://www.michaelschenkerhimself.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Schenker-Group/57664474314
Schenker will be joining Uli Jon Roth and Leslie West on the 3 Guitar Heroes tour. Upcoming dates for 2011 in the USA include:
October 6 - Norfolk - CT - Infinity Music Hall & Bistro
October 7 - Albany - NY - The Egg
October 8 - Ridgefield - CT - The Ridgefield Playhouse
October 9 - Plymouth - NH - The Flying Monkey
October 12 - Foxborough - MA - Showcase Live
October 13 - Asbury Park - NJ - Stone Pony
October 14 - New York - NY - Irving Plaza
October 15 - Philadelphia - PA - Theatre of Living Arts
October 16 - Westbury - NY - NYCB Theatre At Westbury
October 18 - Silver Spring - MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring
October 19 - Baltimore - MD - Sound Stage
October 20 - Cleveland - OH - House of Blues
October 21 - Cincinnati - OH - Bogart's
October 22 - Indianapolis - IN - Egyptian Room
October 26 - Milwaukee - WI - The Pabst Theater
October 27 - Chicago - IL - House of Blues
November 4 - Dallas - TX - House of Blues
November 5 - Houston - TX - House of Blues
November 11 - Las Vegas - NV - Boulder Station Hotel & Casino
― dow, Monday, 12 September 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago)
What Scorpions albums featuring Schenker, and/or what MSG albums should I check out(if any)?
― dow, Monday, 12 September 2011 17:33 (thirteen years ago)
Schenker only played on Lonesome Crow and parts of Lovedrive. MSG's Assault Attack is a must-own.
Uli Roth was incredible when I saw him on the 70,000 Tons cruise in January.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 12 September 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago)
Thanks! How's Leslie West been doing in recent times? Also, Mountain vs. West Bruce & Lang--??
― dow, Monday, 12 September 2011 18:02 (thirteen years ago)
sucks about Lifelover. felt like they were getting better with each release.
― rockapads, Monday, 12 September 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago)
Wow Schenker has a skirt made of Mayan Temple... that can't be cheap.
― SeanWayne, Monday, 12 September 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago)
Pet Peev time..
When I go see bands play, being a drummer, I always take a few minutes of the set to check out what drummer dude is doing... But it drives me absolutely bananas when I see a drummer playing, and I can't hear anything the guy is doing. It drives me even more bat shit when its NOT due to other band members being too loud. If you're guitar player is using his clean channel and I still can't hear you-or better yet, if you start the song off with a killer drum fill, but I can't hear it standing right in front of the stage in a small club, don't even bother playing the damn instrument!! You should be beating that shit like they owe you money!! I've never met a drum that sounded better hit softly. I know speed can sometimes diminish the ability to hit hard, but besides those things, PLAY THE GODAMN DRUMS!!!
― SeanWayne, Monday, 12 September 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, and drums are the first thing to really get me into a lot of metal albums these days--so I do want more live.
― dow, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 00:49 (thirteen years ago)
I hit like a caveman most of the time, but I've recently discovered that my custom maple Allegra kick drum and my Mapex black panther snare both have very different and pleasing tones when hit softly.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 01:10 (thirteen years ago)
save it for the practice room, caveman
― j., Tuesday, 13 September 2011 01:39 (thirteen years ago)
I keep waiting for this new Anthrax album to get lame, and it keeps not.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 02:47 (thirteen years ago)
The second half of that thing is pretty darn good.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 02:52 (thirteen years ago)
I am confused by the fact that the new Riot record is actually quite fun. I listened to it back to back with Fire down under, and it held up pretty well, kind of like that last Raven record.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 02:54 (thirteen years ago)
I'm looking forward to hearing it. I like early Riot a ton, FDU especially, but admittedly haven't given a new record of theirs any attention since Born in America.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago)
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 05:32 (thirteen years ago)
Entrails are just another Swedish death metal revivalist act, but I like their new one.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 11:28 (thirteen years ago)
That stuff has been done to death, but I was surprised how much I enjoyed that album when reviewing it. They really nail that sound.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 14:39 (thirteen years ago)
Wanna read Jeff T.'s interview with John Petrucci of Dream Theater? Sure you do. (The hardest part of my job is camouflaging my loathing for Dream Theater's music - those wanktastic motherfuckers are a cash cow.)
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago)
I genuinely love Dream Theater. It was fun interviewing Petrucci, he's a really eloquent guy. Plus interviews with dudes from New York are so much easier to transcribe than interviews with dudes from Finland.
I also really like that Entrails record. Apparently they were around for the first wave of Swedish death metal, just never recorded anything. It's a case of what I like to call "good generic." Yeah, it totally fits all the conventions of the genre, but it really shows off just why the genre can be so great.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago)
I like Mark Reale's quote from the new Riot press release: “I was right at the top of the ladder and at the very bottom, played with Kiss and Black Sabbath in my heyday and was a celebrated rock star in Japan. But there were other times when I found myself living in a car in Los Angeles...”
Made me chuckle. And made me curious to hear the new one. Downloading now... I'm also a huge FDU fan--especially the track "Feel the Same." I pretty much spin that at every Dj gig I do.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago)
feeling the end of level boss record. otherwise the only metal I'm digging that's new is ridiculous operatic/tech/powerprog stuff like anubis gate & leprous
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago)
You need to listen to Blood Stain Child.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago)
for real? I saw the ad in decibel and it looked interesting to me but the rest of the stuff on the page made me hesitate, I'll look 'em up
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 22:15 (thirteen years ago)
the blood stain child record becoming a rolling metal fave is really funny to me.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago)
but I do like it and would never have listened otherwise - the system works!
― original bgm, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, John, whether you end up liking it or not, you will hear nothing else this year that sounds like Blood Stain Child.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 00:31 (thirteen years ago)
I just went and listened to the samples - that is not gonna be my thing at all. The actual jams sound like the sorts of things I like melodically (reminding me of Epica a little) but that approach is not something I'm keen to hear more of
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 00:56 (thirteen years ago)
Blood Stain Child will be on my P&J ballot, the only real question is whether they'll be #1. But every time I've played them in a "Metal" room on Turntable.fm they've been gonged within 10 seconds.
I'm liking the Anubis Gate album pretty well, too.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 00:57 (thirteen years ago)
I'd recommend at least listening to "Stargazer" all the way through, not just samples, but I would be pretty surprised if you liked them. If I had to guess at something for you, I might try Vyrion.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 00:59 (thirteen years ago)
(I get where some of you are coming from on it, reading thru the thread, but bear in mind that for me "it's metal mixed with _____ !" is almost never what I am looking to hear - I don't think a full listen is going to do much for me, I'm not really keen to hear a metal-trance hybrid unless somebody wants to tell me that a. the lyrics are incredible or b. the caliber of musicianship is so high that it can't be denied)
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 01:00 (thirteen years ago)
having said that I grabbed "Stargazer" from eMusic and I'll give it an honest try
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 01:07 (thirteen years ago)
I think the key for me is that I don't think about it being a hybrid as I'm listening to it. For its duration it seems perfectly normal to me that metal can have big happy keyboards and a kind of androidette signer. Actually, the conviction lingers on after the album finishes, too.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 01:19 (thirteen years ago)
having listened to it, yeah, that's a good song - it doesn't have Mandatory Death-Emo Vox like the others I was listening to, the death/clean look is something I'm pretty seldom down with (I like Dark Tranquility tho). melody's sweet and the galloping power metal structure, that is exactly my thing. It does have autotune on the vox though which I gather is part of the appeal for some people but I have zero interest in it as a signifier or as a tool in the kit in any way, I'm pretty uncomplicatedly "fuck that shit" about autotune. I would probably like this song if it were by Nightwish or Epica (though Tarje's recent stuff was also marred by autotune which is like...why, if you're Tarje, do you even let anybody near your voice with that? except that it's clear she wants to be Finland's Biggest Pop Star and autotune is practically a requirement for charts now I think.)
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 01:40 (thirteen years ago)
See, I liked it because I didn't come at it from a prom-dress-metal angle of approach - I don't think I've ever heard a whole Nightwish or Epica or Within Temptation song (I did listen to a whole bunch of Lacuna Coil one time, though, prior to interviewing Cristina Scabbia). I have listened to a shit-ton of J-pop by Ayumi Hamasaki, Koda Kumi, Utada Hikaru, Ami Suzuki and others, though, and some of their tracks have loads of metal guitars (particularly Hamasaki's Rock 'n' Roll Circus album), so to me it was a more power-metal-ish J-pop album, not a metal album.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 01:48 (thirteen years ago)
a record I am feeling is the Arch/Matheos album which is basically Fates Warning. Like almost everybody in it has played in Fates Warning and the two main guys (Arch & Matheos) are the singer & guitarist from FW. I always dug Fates Warning so I am down with this although the lyrics are appalling, no shock there really but the opening track tries to do a lot of children's stories/nursery rhyme invocation and it's just embarrassing
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 01:54 (thirteen years ago)
The Arch/Matheos album is as good as the new Dream Theater is tedious. I'm a big fan of Awaken the Guardian, so it's nice to see these guys back together. They should just rename it Fates Warning and be done with it.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 03:07 (thirteen years ago)
b. the caliber of musicianship is so high that it can't be denied
caliber of the hooks is so high can't be denied
but i can understand not feeling the autotune
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 04:00 (thirteen years ago)
Rwake Rest is a new contender (along with Virus and YOB) for my metal album of the year. Stunningly powerful, and it really transcends the doom metal genre because of its attention to detail, the guitar leads/melodies atop everything, and some of Sanford Parker's best work. I could go on and on, but most of you will hear its quality immediately if you give it a listen. I'd say there's pretty immense crossover appeal for an album this bludgeoningly heavy.
It also comes in one of the most gorgeous LP packages that's fall into my lap this year. If you like anything by Isis, Neurosis, or YOB, this is something that stands alongside them, and not in their shadows.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:14 (thirteen years ago)
*fallen
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:15 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, this Arch/Matheos album sounds great. And yeah, way more interesting than Dream Theater, who might as well be Blue Man Group at this point.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 15 September 2011 01:18 (thirteen years ago)
Actually, if Dream Theater took a gig as some late-night show's house band, that would be pretty entertaining.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 15 September 2011 01:19 (thirteen years ago)
so The Obsessed are doing Roadburn next year then
not only do I think that is great news, they seem like the dictionary def'n of a band who have so much goodwill and actual cash money owed to them that anyone who even thought about doing their normal 'why can't these bands stay broke up' crybaby spiel should be SBd out of life
― the wrong terry to fuckwit (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 15 September 2011 11:53 (thirteen years ago)
Two upvotes for me already this morning: appealingly shaggy folk/pagan-metal from UK band Andraste (The Secret Valley) and propulsive centrist black-metal from the so-umpromisingly-named Swedish band Horde of Hel (Likdagg).
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 15 September 2011 14:04 (thirteen years ago)
If you liked Ghost, check out Portrait. (I don't like either of them, but in what seems like similar ways.)
I'm liking this "post-metal" (it says) album Saansilo by NZ band Kerretta. Kinda sounds to me like a cross between Mono and Trans Am. Not metal, entirely, but I'd expect some crossover appeal.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:28 (thirteen years ago)
New Lazarus Pit! Anacrusis were totally overlooked in their day, but considering that you can download their entire discography for free from their website, you people have no excuse: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-anacrusiss-screams-and-whispers/
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago)
Great choice. I like Ken's Cruel April solo thing pretty well, even.
(For those who don't already know, the great Anacrusis track "I Love the World" is a cover of a New Model Army song from the immortal album Thunder and Consolation...)
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago)
Listening to the likely not-so-new Electric Wizard album BLACK MASSES. I like it, but it's no Wolvserpent.
― Matt M., Saturday, 17 September 2011 00:35 (thirteen years ago)
UPDATE: Today the kid doodled ALCEST in his notebook while I was talking. I did not react.
― some lady (La Lechera), Saturday, 17 September 2011 01:25 (thirteen years ago)
+1000
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 17 September 2011 01:38 (thirteen years ago)
this is old, but i've only just come around recently to tombs, path of totality, in a big way. somehow i really couldn't understand what they were doing for a while. i think it helped that i moved and started riding a city bus again.
― j., Saturday, 17 September 2011 04:54 (thirteen years ago)
Oh shit new Danava album in October.
― Cal Poxy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 17 September 2011 05:35 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, it's good. Really dirty.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Saturday, 17 September 2011 05:50 (thirteen years ago)
Tried to watch Hesher this afternoon. Bailed after ~45 minutes. It's a piece of shit. Don't waste your time.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 17 September 2011 17:23 (thirteen years ago)
Today's endorsement: The new posthumous best-of from the 1993-2007 Finnish folk/black metal band Mustan Kuun Lapset. Think folk-laced black metal, not blackened folk metal. I think this is generally a much more productive thing to do to black metal than slathering it with fake orchestras. Plus, the people with secret folk-tune stashes usually know what a rhythm is.
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 18 September 2011 03:23 (thirteen years ago)
don't know if i should start a rolling metalcore thread so i can talk to myself, but the new devil wears prada is pretty fucking awesome
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Monday, 19 September 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8P4cV4tUeI
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Monday, 19 September 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago)
It's competent, which I couldn't say about their previous stuff. Adam D's influence. no doubt. Still a pretty obnoxious band, though.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 19 September 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago)
I've got a longish feature on TDWP in the new Alternative Press (Blink 182 cover). Short version - it's a breakup album, and they're trying really hard to escape the Christian metalcore ghetto (without actually, you know, turning their backs on Jesus). That's why they toured with Killswitch Engage last year, that's why they changed their logo, that's why their guitar player hates their name.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 01:28 (thirteen years ago)
Too bad he didn't hate it back when they came up with it.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 01:32 (thirteen years ago)
yeah it was real surprising to me that a band i'd considered emblematic of 'what is wrong with metalcore' turned around and made a good record
plus there's no underoath record this year so i'm sort of fishing for something similar
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/FoYig.jpg
― markers, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago)
my man
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 02:48 (thirteen years ago)
who is that?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 04:23 (thirteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/e2H13.jpg
― markers, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 04:28 (thirteen years ago)
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― the wrong terry to fuckwit (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 08:40 (thirteen years ago)
popular mtv icon jesse camp
― Bad Vagina: Port of Call New Orleans (jjjusten), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 15:46 (thirteen years ago)
― markers, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago)
new rwake is streaming on bandcamp:
http://rwake.bandcamp.com/
― original bgm, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago)
Great timing -- last night I just bought Voices Of Omens and a minute before that link was posted a friend reminded me on FB about the Rwake show on Saturday at the Abbey. I wonder if they'll sell the new album at the show a few days before official release date.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:05 (thirteen years ago)
I like reviews aggregators like Any Decent Music and Metacritic, but they miss out on 99% of metal and heavy releases. There isn't one that I'm missing is there? Maybe we should do one...
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago)
been digging the teaser tracks from lolita black's upcoming
http://lolitablack1.bandcamp.com/
― black metal version of "the boy with the thorn in his side" (Edward III), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago)
fastnbulbous you should totally do one
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago)
A metal reviews aggregator would be a great idea.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago)
you can call it destroy aggregate improve
― black metal version of "the boy with the thorn in his side" (Edward III), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago)
haha :)
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago)
There's another Scion Music(less) Conference in LA next week 9/28-29. If anyone is going to be in LA at that time and wants to go, hit me up and I'll try to get you an invitation. (I'm not supposed to post/distribute the link publicly.)
Phil Anselmo and Kool Keith are giving keynote speeches...
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 22 September 2011 08:44 (thirteen years ago)
together, i hope
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 22 September 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago)
The new Opeth video will premiere on Pitchfork tomorrow. It's awesome.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Thursday, 22 September 2011 21:38 (thirteen years ago)
Pfork sure likes that Wolves In The Throne Room. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/15835-celestial-lineage/
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 23 September 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago)
So do I, and is that a best new music tag???? jonviachicago will be chuffed
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 23 September 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago)
mwahahahahahahahahttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Q1fPRGTGriw/TnzP0xs22EI/AAAAAAAAEWk/CpFWOQ4eyDk/1316802162_pighammer.png
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 23 September 2011 19:08 (thirteen years ago)
I had to look up "chuffed" again to remember if this was a good thing or not. I'm certainly happy to see a metal album get BNM'd, although I wasn't as happy when I went to my local and they were sold out of it and the clerk said they had sold their last 3 copies this morning already. So I'm left with kind of a, "fuckin' Pitchfork" feeling right now.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 23 September 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago)
i ordered my lp from southern lord but god knows when it will come. My YOB lp from 20 buck spin was posted 2 weeks ago and its still not here.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 23 September 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago)
Not sure what to make of the new Absu. That shriek at the beginning isn't a good start, and I'm not sure I entirely recovered from it before the thing ended.
Really enjoying this new Subway to Sally so far, though.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 24 September 2011 02:18 (thirteen years ago)
It's no Appalachian Winter then?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Saturday, 24 September 2011 06:13 (thirteen years ago)
Re my previous post on Schencker's tour, this update:SCHENKER, ROTH & WEST POSTPONE 3 GUITAR HEROES TOURTransportation Complications Cited As Cause
Los Angeles --- Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth and Leslie West have been forced to postpone the 3 Guitar Heroes tour that was set to commence on October 6 in Norfolk, CT, due to insurmountable travel issues. When faced with securing a viable path for West¹s travel while still confined to a wheelchair, the search for a vehicle went on for months, and it has been called off. Last week, West was fitted with a prosthetic leg, but it will take months before he is able to live a normal life with the appendage, and there is no way to tour at this time without the security of the wheelchair he has been confined to post-amputation. Plans are moving forward to explore restaging this tour in the New Year.
― dow, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago)
Really like Grayson Currin's review of the new Rwake album on Pitchfork this morning, its really such a great album.
Few thoughts on other stuff i've been catching up on:Unsurprisingly, I love the new Mastodon album, but please keep in mind that I'm a huge stan and will probably ride for these guys for life. As much as I love the progginess of the last couple albums, its really refreshing to hear them return to just knocking out an unconnected disc of tight, concice songs. Also love that they are showing off these sense of humor that comes across when you talk to the guys.
The new Absu. I don't know, I guess its alright? I don't want to knock 'em because I know how many of you guys love 'em to death but I'm not feeling Abzu just yet. Its fine and I can't really pinpoint any shortcomings, just failing to knock my socks off. Also was hoping that 14-minute track was some epic thing and not just a couple songs lazily stitched together. I'll give it another go, maybe I just wasn't in the right mood the other day.
I don't think the new Anthrax is quite as worthless as Phil does, but I do have to say I'm leaning closer to his opinion than I am with those praising it. Its an alright album, but just so pales in comparison to any of their best material. Really sounds like treading water to me.
Still working out how I feel about the Opeth. I like it and I enjoy it every time I listen to it, but I don't feel like it throws much excitement at me. Its all a little too pretty and laidback, which works, don't get me wrong, but I do miss when they ramp things up a little. It almost feels like I'm still waiting for the Deliverance style half to kick in.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 13:20 (thirteen years ago)
most of the Rwake review seems fine but "further proof that doom does exist beyond Neurosis" = rmmfe
c'mon it's not impossible to write about niche music for a non-specialist audience without sounding completely dimwitted
― the wrong terry to fuckwit (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, that line was a little wtf, but I pretty much expect some of those to pop up in Pfork metal reviews. Glad to see the Rwake love though.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago)
i have the last rwake record. first time i listened to it i dug it, but next couple times i started to like it less. the aesthetic was maybe a little too ugly/sludgy in a way i wasn't in to? idk.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 13:54 (thirteen years ago)
I'm definitely digging the new rwake more than the last one, but I have to say, the nasty, unpolished edge they're working is something I really like about these guys. not quite dystopia levels of grime and despair but just enough to stir things up a bit. I'd still say that the new one is worth a listen (it's streaming on bandcamp) but they might not be your bag.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago)
I know there was some talk on the rolling BM thread, but... Falloch, holy shit. I mean, holy shit! This is great.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:18 (thirteen years ago)
told ya
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:05 (thirteen years ago)
i don't know about absu. i've heard the previous one and thought it was impressive or admirable or whatever but didn't find it that pleasurable to listen to. the new one strikes me as similar. metal is supposed to be annoying to others but not to me! but maybe i just haven't found the sweet spot yet.
― j., Thursday, 29 September 2011 05:09 (thirteen years ago)
Decent take on The Hunter by Brandon Stosuy on Pitchfork this morning, but I have to say I strongly disagree with him considering "The Creature Lives" as one of the album's duds - I really love that track.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 30 September 2011 13:14 (thirteen years ago)
My thoughts on the latest Corrupted CD.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 30 September 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago)
good review phil
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 30 September 2011 14:18 (thirteen years ago)
huh I never realised that the drummer used to be in Boredoms
― the green manalishi (with the big boobies) (DJ Mencap), Friday, 30 September 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago)
I think Mastodon's "The Creature Lives" is a total rip-off of the Stone Roses' vocal phrasing as well as Bob Dylan's "All I Really Want to Do"...
― A. Begrand, Friday, 30 September 2011 14:41 (thirteen years ago)
Hmm, now I'm going to have to relisten to it, but I didn't really catch either of those the first couple times around. I like the Moog intro fwiw.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 30 September 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago)
Pretty insane heavy metal Who's Who at the Scion conference. If the building had burned down, the scene would be shaken to its core.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 1 October 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, The Creature Lives is probably my current highlight. I don't know the Dylan song and have no intention of listening to it but I just don't see the Stone Roses thing at all. I was getting R Stevie Moore, Keith Emerson, Flaming Lips and Pink Floyd off it myself...
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Saturday, 1 October 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago)
Somehow it's never been mentioned here but if you're in any way enamoured with In The Nightside Eclipse, early Gehenna, late-90s Graveland or the combination of slow epic BM + church organs + choir pads in general: get your hands on Werewolf - The Order Of Vril from two years back. I don't know how this record got overlooked by the metal press, blogs, zines (and me) but it's a fucking monster, esp the opener & the title track.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 2 October 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago)
Also, verdicts so far on the class of 2011:Kriegshetzerutterly generic and mediocre, nice cover tho.DestructionThis is indeed very good, that new drummer is great but I think the overly clean/tight sound doesn't suit them.AlastorI have a soft spot for these guys and they do keep their retro thrash dirty & necro. It's way way overlong though, just because you can fill up a CD with 80 minutes doesn't mean you have to. Peste NoireAgain sick and unconventional and everything but I'm not fully convinced, either it's not that surprising anymore or the music just isn't that good as on Ballade.GoatpenisViolent and unsophisticated death/thrash/black as they've always been but these days the sound is tolerable and those killer riffs are finally audible - I love it. FalkenbachNot bad in itself but considering that they sounded exactly like this almost twenty years ago...KartikeyaLike i said upthread, totally awesome. Somewhere between Nile and Orphaned Land but in this case with sitars and Hindu chanting.SamaelBack to their post-Passage sound after the terrible Above, but the Rammstein-with-BM-vox thing is getting a bit stale and the riffs aren't very strong/memorable. The overcompressed, abrasive sound does them no favours at all.BenightedModern, overcompressed fast triggerdeath...normally I don't like these disjointed riffsalads at all but there's not a weak riff to be found on the whole record and that's impressive.ArckanumThis is another aftershock to the monumental "ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ", no surprises...still a very solid record, bit better/varied than last year's "Sviga Lae".
― Siegbran, Sunday, 2 October 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago)
I really like the Destruction and Samael albums.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago)
Listening to Fyrnask's Bluostar, preparing a BurningAmbulance.com review. Black metal with droney parts, and a male chorus on one track that reminded me of Monty Python.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago)
Next batch on the table:PatriaOld Silver KeyKladovestGravelandFallochThe Flight Of SleipnirAbsuDjevelWithin TemptationMachine HeadEphelesDecrepitaphSorcier Des GlacesIskaldMoonsorrowVintersorgTyrSeth.ECTDalriada
― Siegbran, Sunday, 2 October 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago)
ones i heard and liked from that list
Old Silver KeyFallochThe Flight Of SleipnirAbsu
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Sunday, 2 October 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago)
excited to hear the new arckanum. love those guys.
― original bgm, Sunday, 2 October 2011 22:53 (thirteen years ago)
New Danava is awesome. Less prog, more boogie. Not necessarily my preferred direction, but there's no dead weight on it at all.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 3 October 2011 00:22 (thirteen years ago)
Awesome news, love those guys and have really been anxious for something new.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 3 October 2011 00:23 (thirteen years ago)
It's the first time they've truly sounded "focused" on record. Don't get me wrong--I'm a big fan. Been seeing them live since before they had an album. We practice down the hall from them and hang with them all the time.
But there's always been a bit of eccentricity to their direction. Personally I'm more for their synth and prog moments and that's not what this record is about. The good news is that it sounds very clear (but not polished) and every tune hits hard and goes by fast.
Hopefully it takes them to the next level so they can return to their ambitious ways with more support.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 3 October 2011 00:29 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah I definitely prefer their proggier moments, but hearing that you like the current direction is a good sign imho. Does any of the new stuff sound like "The Illusion Crawls" from their Earth/Lecherous Gaze split? I like that one.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 3 October 2011 00:33 (thirteen years ago)
I actually don't have that record. Need to buy it before it's gone.
One of the new songs is also on a split 7" with Uncle Acid, who if you haven't heard--you must.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 3 October 2011 00:51 (thirteen years ago)
so who's going to Maryland Deathfest 2012? I just saw the full lineup and my jaw dropped.
http://www.marylanddeathfest.com/news.html
such a killer lineup, no pun intended
seems like its especially strong on doom and black metal, I mean SAINT VITUS, YOB, CHURCH OF MISERY, ELECTRIC WIZARD, COUGH and NOOTHGRUSH for the doom set, *and* AGALLOCH, SARGEIST, HORNA, DODHEIMSGARD, TSJUDER and NEGURA BUNGET for the black metal folks- damn this is going to rule so hard
― the tune is space, Monday, 3 October 2011 00:58 (thirteen years ago)
plus some classic crust bands ala DEVIATED INSTINCT
― the tune is space, Monday, 3 October 2011 01:00 (thirteen years ago)
I plan to be there, since I have multiple clients performing (YOB, Agalloch, Rorschach, Ulcerate).
Also, I've been waiting 17 years to see Morgoth. STOKED!
― Nate Carson, Monday, 3 October 2011 01:27 (thirteen years ago)
rorschach - nice!
― original bgm, Monday, 3 October 2011 05:02 (thirteen years ago)
I'm seriously considering going to MDF, but flying from where I am to Baltimore is so expensive that I can go to Roadburn in the Netherlands for just a little bit more. Crazy.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 3 October 2011 05:04 (thirteen years ago)
well, I've never gone and I live in NY. not much of a fest guy, tbh.
but if I were in your shoes... roadburn!!
― original bgm, Monday, 3 October 2011 05:09 (thirteen years ago)
Anyone know which issue of Terrorizer has the special on the Best 40 Doom Albums ever? I don't see a mention on the description for the current one with Opeth on the cover. I went to sleep thinking about doomy doom and had bad violent dreams with demons, serves me right.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 3 October 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BkMyAhQbMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oktGCEsskb0
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 3 October 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5BilH1hU3k
― Brakhage, Monday, 3 October 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0pLmqzTXSU
Sadly not mark e smith joining Agalloch. But great stuff nonetheless
oh and it sounds nothing like agalloch. If you are scottish you will know what the band are named after.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 3 October 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago)
Dude gives away his music free
Appalachian Winter is a one man black metal band from the rural mountains of Pennsylvania. The theme of this band is the various entities of my environment, with a focus on the harshness of Winter.All instruments are performed by D. G. Klyne himself.Appalachian Winter GarageBand site (featuring all songs for free download):http://www.garageband.com/artist/appalachianwinterAlternately, you can download his tracks here:http://www.multiupload.com/YFQB9MYWD1http://www.multiupload.com/QWX3K2V1H5http://appalachianwinter.bandcamp.com/
All instruments are performed by D. G. Klyne himself.Appalachian Winter GarageBand site (featuring all songs for free download):http://www.garageband.com/artist/appalachianwinter
Alternately, you can download his tracks here:
http://www.multiupload.com/YFQB9MYWD1http://www.multiupload.com/QWX3K2V1H5http://appalachianwinter.bandcamp.com/
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 3 October 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago)
I couldn't get past the flutes. Does that make me effete?
― Matt M., Monday, 3 October 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago)
on the Falloch album?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 3 October 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago)
can't decide if I'm tired of black metal bands talking about the harshness of winter or if I think it's cool that they're so on-message. probs the latter tbh.
― original bgm, Monday, 3 October 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago)
I can't even believe anyone here likes that Old Silver Key album. That shit's abominable. Sounds like Sensefield for chrissakes. And I love Drudkh and Hate Forest. Is this just going for a Jesu sort of thing and just failing miserably? Ugh. Awful.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 3 October 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago)
read that as 'sounds like seinfeld' and got pretty interested
― original bgm, Monday, 3 October 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago)
lots of slap bass, iirc
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 3 October 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago)
well, that one drudkh album DID have slap bass...
― original bgm, Monday, 3 October 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago)
its not great but its ok. Expected better. But its still ok.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 3 October 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago)
as i said on the other thread i had hoped it would be heavier.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 3 October 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago)
It is indeed terrible. Drudkh should man up, relisten to "Wind of the Night Forests" and remember why people actually bought their records. And the more Neige does, the more it seems that Souvenirs was just a one-off.
However, what's even worse is that other Drudkh-sideshow, Kladovest. I've never heard such a boring wasteland of 'atmospheric' BM.
― Siegbran, Monday, 3 October 2011 21:46 (thirteen years ago)
On the Appalachian Winter, Armand. I got about thirty seconds in and gave up. But then I have a new fuzzbox to play with and am pretty impatient with recorded music at the moment. Unless it's Cosmic Dead.
― Matt M., Monday, 3 October 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago)
The theme of this band is the various entities of my environment, with a focus on my leaking shed, the dirty carpets and this box of month-old curry.
― Siegbran, Monday, 3 October 2011 21:59 (thirteen years ago)
Man, Ufomammut fucking killed it tonight.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Monday, 3 October 2011 22:24 (thirteen years ago)
the appalachian winter album just sounds to me like laibach made a cheesy bm album. yet i like it.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 3 October 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago)
consensus seems to be the music is ambitious and great but the vox totally ruin it.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 3 October 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago)
I don't like the Old Silver Key album. The one project featuring Neige that doesn't work at all.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 3 October 2011 22:52 (thirteen years ago)
XXXP: Ah great stuff, I'm watching UFOmammut and Morkobot on Thursday.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 3 October 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago)
I am so jealous, Aldo. So so jealous.
The vocals ruin a LOT of music for me. Just don't have the patience to put up with a big chunk of something I don't like when there's so much other music out there or other things I could be doing. This may make me inflexible and small-minded. I'm willing to live with that.
― Matt M., Tuesday, 4 October 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago)
holy shit they got Archgoat for MDF, that is fucking kvlt as fuck
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 00:36 (thirteen years ago)
today is the day/eyehategod/unsane
oh man i can not justify this but
― guh (jjjusten), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 01:00 (thirteen years ago)
of course i am missing enslaved/alcest 10 minutes away from my house right now purely because i am stupid and lazy so
― guh (jjjusten), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 01:03 (thirteen years ago)
I'm mainly looking forward to strongo and me waxing nostalgic about how the festival's all huge now instead of 400 sweaty dudes in a room with a K-mart fan in one corner for ventilation
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 01:09 (thirteen years ago)
re:Falloch
Sadly not mark e smith joining Agalloch. But great stuff nonetheless.
I wish the vocals were like Mark E Smith's! They sound a bit too Alan Parsons Project on first listen.
Why not go for some kind of Edwyn Collins/Incredible String Bandsort of vibe with the vocals?Hah, yeah, I don't know...
― serenchwilen, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 01:18 (thirteen years ago)
I love Circle Takes the Square's new EP!
You can stream the whole thing on CTTS's bandcamp
It's the only epic thing that's working for me right now.
Anybody else heard it?
― serenchwilen, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 01:23 (thirteen years ago)
I love Ufomammut, but I just had to give the new Morkobot a bad review. Am I going to hell?
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 02:03 (thirteen years ago)
I'm giving up on metal (except for day-job metal) for the rest of the week, as I just got a download link for a new 5CD Wes Montgomery box (his complete Verve recordings - 10 albums in all) in my inbox.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 02:35 (thirteen years ago)
Morkobot didn't turn up for the Bristol how, we got Sedulus (who worshipped at the altar of Clutch, but were still pretty good).
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 07:24 (thirteen years ago)
Morkobot are having van problems. Looks like they'll miss a few shows before rejoining the tour.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 11:31 (thirteen years ago)
I am listening to the new Gnaw Their Tongues record. It's impressive, and I'm not not enjoying it, exactly, and I'll definitely make it to the end, but it's hard to imagine why I'd listen to it again. This isn't exactly a criticism. Repeat listening doesn't have to be music's goal. But if I'm only going to listen to it once, I probably wish I felt like I was getting something deeper from it than relentless artifice.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 13:24 (thirteen years ago)
its a reissue isnt it? not seen it around yet but i assume its that reissue that was due
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago)
No, as best I can tell it's new. Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago)
ohh cool. i figured out where you must have got it. Will listen soon
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 14:13 (thirteen years ago)
^^ saw them 2 years ago in portugal and they were really great. other highlights in that festival were immolation and kreator.
― rusty_allen, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago)
Anyone know if Skepticism are up to anything? Alloy is just a fantastic album and i'm desperate to hear a follow up. That album is so great, a band that kept getting better and better.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago)
I wasn't here on Friday to spam you guys with this, but I'm back now, and I'm sorry if it aggravates you, but here's some Treponem, pal: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-treponem-pals-aggravation/
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:48 (thirteen years ago)
now thats a blast from my past
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago)
makes me feel old reading that. 1991 was the year music broke for me
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago)
The new Elder sounds pretty impressive.I'm also enjoying the new Skeletonwitch.
― serenchwilen, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 02:40 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah the new Skeletonwitch is solid, as usual. I don't mean to damn them with faint praise, but those are some dependable-ass dudes when it comes to cranking out great, if not exactly groundbreaking, records every couple of years.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 04:40 (thirteen years ago)
First listen:Old Silver Key - ugh this really combines the worst of the two bands.Kladovest - same boring 'depressive' riff over and over and over...o hey nondescript acoustic bit, back to boring boring boring zzzzzzz, weak weak ass vocals...fuck this shitGraveland - as you would expect, epic battle metal that scratches an itch but never turns amazing either - and why does the sound suck so much? his last few records were much better produced.Falloch - extremely pretty and tasteful. not yet decided if that's a good thing.The Flight Of Sleipnir - very good actually! but what the hell is a band like this doing on No Colours Records, this doesn't fit their roster at all?Absu - it's Absu, it kicks major ass. over a full album it does get a bit samey though.Epheles - now this is fucking amazing. Darkspace meets Litury I guess is the best description? Endless cycling tremolo-picked riffs over relentless blasting & tons of atmosphere. Loads of people here would love this record I think! These guys have come a long way from their minor-French-underground-celebrity demo days.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago)
Darkspace meets Litury
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago)
you've convinced me to check it out
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago)
Tried to like the Falloch but it didn't work for me at all. Weird, because all the touchstones people mention when talking about them are right up my alley. Such is life.
Need to hear that Flight of Sleipnir. I've liked all their prior stuff.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago)
okay... definitely checking out that Epheles now
― rockapads, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago)
btw the metal google group we set up earlier this year on the metal board is still running if anyone wants to join.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 22:58 (thirteen years ago)
if you want in webmail your email addy
epheles is bloody great
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 6 October 2011 00:07 (thirteen years ago)
Thanks Siegbran! Epheles is the best recommendation I've gotten in a while. I have an hour-long drive to work and I couldn't stop listening to Je Suis Autrefois.I typically don't make it through an entire album without some serious diminishing returns setting in.
They have such a great sense of dynamics in the structure and pacing of the songs and many of the vocals bring a truly unhinged quality to the proceedings.
I don't recall what Darkspace is like, but Epheles destroys Liturgy!
― serenchwilen, Thursday, 6 October 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, I know what you mean about Skeletonwitch, Jon. "Catchy" seems to be the operative word with them.But it's true -- catchy riffs and loads of melodic guitar parts mix in really well with their black thrash approach.My little metalhead cousin was complaining that the album is too short, but I appreciate their succinctness.
― serenchwilen, Thursday, 6 October 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago)
I am enjoying Anatomy of Habit a ton (thx metal googlegroup) -- esp reminds me of the darker side of Current 93 if someone who is not annoying to 90% of people were singing (I don't find David Tibet annoying but I can see how people would). I don't know how metal it is, but I like it.
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 6 October 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago)
serenchwilen - listen to darkspace immediately. all three albums are on spotify if you use that.
― original bgm, Thursday, 6 October 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago)
and I tried to listen to epheles but it just made me want to listen to darkspace, heh.
I'll give another go when I can focus more.
― original bgm, Thursday, 6 October 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago)
Is the new Skeletonwitch better produced than their previous albums? Because that's always been the big beef I've had with those guys on record – they never seem to get the sound right.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Thursday, 6 October 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago)
This.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Thursday, 6 October 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago)
xp really? i thought the last skeletonwitch (i think jack endino did it?) was pretty on point
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 6 October 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago)
That's not to say it's a bad record in the slightest.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Thursday, 6 October 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago)
That last record just sounded way too thin to me.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Thursday, 6 October 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago)
New Will Haven next week!!!! itunes has preorder now. The two tracks I heard so far a re crushing!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 6 October 2011 23:58 (thirteen years ago)
Enslaved and Alcest were unreal tonight, what a thrill to see them both. Still gutted Ghost couldn't make it, but Junius was excellent...their new album has grown on me quite a bit.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 7 October 2011 09:10 (thirteen years ago)
Oh the other story about the UFOMammut show was I got talking to this bloke who was excitedly telling me he'd just joined a new band. After a bit I picked up a flier and the Wounded Kings are supporting Altar of Plague. I started on about how much I liked Wounded Kings, at which point he admitted that was the band he'd joined. Which was nice.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Friday, 7 October 2011 11:02 (thirteen years ago)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WfUSM_tf7yc/TpCplpARKZI/AAAAAAAAFY0/U985R_TZ2gs/s1600/Cover.jpg
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Sunday, 9 October 2011 01:12 (thirteen years ago)
Interviewed Aaron Nichols of Defeatist today. Transcript coming to BurningAmbulance.com soon.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 9 October 2011 01:32 (thirteen years ago)
this might be as badhttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IdKGem-VHks/TpG2pE-3PkI/AAAAAAAAEhY/IHgLRE7-P5g/s576/acov_tid155660.png
― Yes, it is (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Sunday, 9 October 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago)
well
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 10 October 2011 02:50 (thirteen years ago)
yes?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 10 October 2011 06:17 (thirteen years ago)
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 10 October 2011 07:14 (thirteen years ago)
Needs more Handsome Dick Manitoba.
― Jheri Curlnelius (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 October 2011 07:53 (thirteen years ago)
Just saw Katatonia do one of their special epic 20th anniversary shows, and it was incredible. The band sounded great, Renkse was in fine form (so cool to hear him sing Last Fair Deal Gone Down in its entirety, he's ten times the singer he was in 2001), and it was neat to see them do some really old stuff with Anders handling the death vox. I'm not bummed at all that we missed out on Opeth/Katatonia, right now I'll take this show any day.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 10 October 2011 08:38 (thirteen years ago)
Will repost this here if that's ok
just ordered this as I loved their previous albums. Don't know a single thing about them apart from the fact they're from the Ukraine, but if you like Drudkh or Agalloch then you will probably like Raventale
http://www.solitude-prod.com/releases_bmm/bmm045.jpg
Format: Digi CDRelease Date: 10.10.2011Country: UkraineGenre: Depressive Black MetalBuy CDThe fifth, conceptual album of the Ukranian band Raventale has without doubt become the most sophisticated, sensual and mature work of the band. «Bringer Of Heartsore» is also the most atmospheric one of all the works by the project of the talented musician Astaroth who succeeded to express nostalgic autumn mood and beauty of nature by means of verses of famous poet of Silver Age Alexander Blok which provided more depth to the album concept. The musical part, as always, features metamorphoses as the musician follows his rule to introduce changes to every following album. The compositions feature brilliant solo guitar parts associated with classical progressive rock and dramatic acoustic guitar instrumentals. The CD is issued as a limited edition digipack, and its booklet includes fragments of the canvases by greatest Russian painters of 19th century: I. Aivasovsky and I. Levitan delivering additional strokes to the mood of Raventale music.Tracklist:1. Anything Is Void2. Twilight, The Vernal Dusk3. http://solitude-prod.com/mp3/raventale_-_these_days_of_sorrow.mp34. Breathing The Scent Of Death5. Prologue: Sailing To Further6. The Last Afterglow Burned7. Detachment And Solitude8. Epilogue: Alone With Heartsorehttp://solitude-prod.com
Buy CD
The fifth, conceptual album of the Ukranian band Raventale has without doubt become the most sophisticated, sensual and mature work of the band. «Bringer Of Heartsore» is also the most atmospheric one of all the works by the project of the talented musician Astaroth who succeeded to express nostalgic autumn mood and beauty of nature by means of verses of famous poet of Silver Age Alexander Blok which provided more depth to the album concept. The musical part, as always, features metamorphoses as the musician follows his rule to introduce changes to every following album. The compositions feature brilliant solo guitar parts associated with classical progressive rock and dramatic acoustic guitar instrumentals. The CD is issued as a limited edition digipack, and its booklet includes fragments of the canvases by greatest Russian painters of 19th century: I. Aivasovsky and I. Levitan delivering additional strokes to the mood of Raventale music.
Tracklist:
1. Anything Is Void2. Twilight, The Vernal Dusk3. http://solitude-prod.com/mp3/raventale_-_these_days_of_sorrow.mp34. Breathing The Scent Of Death5. Prologue: Sailing To Further6. The Last Afterglow Burned7. Detachment And Solitude8. Epilogue: Alone With Heartsore
http://solitude-prod.com
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 10 October 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago)
anyone interested in a guide to polish thrash metal? http://www.thrashunlimited.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8487&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=0 ?
im told by a polish friend that it is very good
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 10 October 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago)
Scott is Rufus the singer in this band?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6CPHnZV0K-k
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CPHnZV0K-k
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSrWkbH7FrM
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago)
oh man that wee kid headbanging about 3 mins 20 secs in is adorable
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:43 (thirteen years ago)
Witch Mountain totally rocked the Handbag Factory in Los Angeles last night, despite the fact that the venue was like the size of my apartment and 100 degrees inside and the band showed up in a tow truck with their van in the back. My buddy said that it was the best doom band he's seen recently, and I have to concur.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 21:55 (thirteen years ago)
spotify currently rekindling my love of deathspell omega in a big way
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago)
This week's column is a bit of a left-field entry, but I think people on here especially will respond to it: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-glenn-brancas-symphony-no-6-devil-choirs-at-the-gates-of-heaven/
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 14 October 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago)
YOB show was far too short tonight but still great. That said, Kongh were better.
Dark Castle were a poor man's oVo in my opinion.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Friday, 14 October 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago)
XP: Coincidentally I said this on Rolling Black Metal a while back:
If you put blastbeats under Glenn Branca's "Symphony No. 8" it would be pretty convincing avant-black metal. Add some screeching, too.
― GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, April 15, 2011 7:14 AM (6 months ago)
― Jheri Curlnelius (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 15 October 2011 06:06 (thirteen years ago)
Some more thoughts:Machine Head this is not as bad as I thought it would be, I can totally see how this band is back in favour. I still think they lack a real identity, the album feels like a fusion of everything that happened in metal in the last 20 years (bit of Gothendeath, bit of hardcore, bit of tremolo-BM, bit of Morbid Angel, bit of Slayer, etc), but with the same shitty hardcore singer over it.Decrepitaph this started out great (yeah! Autopsy worship!) but the first solo was an immediate cold shower. Jesus fucking christ what is that guy doing? Never recovered from this.Sorcier Des Glaces these guys must get a lifetime achievement award for the worst, most cliche ridden BM lyrics ever. I'm not kidding you, it's beyond parody. And unlike most BM singers, this singer happens to enunciate very well. Everything else is generic mid-90s Norse BM too. Not too badly done, but pretty forgettable in 2011.Iskald hey more generic Norse BM! This time they're actually Norwegian, undeniably competent, but still not very interesting. Patria and this too - unremarkable and generic BM in every way. Bit rougher sound and more distortion on the vox but nothing new. Well, except for their cover of Black Winter Day, which is absolutely abysmal.Djevel I've seen some favourable reviews, but this too sounds very generic and completely uninteresting.Moonsorrow probably the last to hear this but...yes yes yes they finally did it! The sound is HUGE, Amon Amarth-like, the songs are a bit darker, gloomier, the folk stuff is less silly, and there's no blastbeats. In fact, it reminds me of Samael's "Ceremony Of Opposites" in all its monolithic, midtempo glory. I never really got on board but this...fuck it I'm a fan now.Vintersorg He's decided to go back to his Otyg/early solo days and while I did like those records, they were always a bit silly both musically and vocally. Strip away the distortion and you're back in jolly 70s folk rock/pop territory. This is a very well written record and I should like it but it's not quite clicking with me yet.Tyr speaking of silly, this is an overdose. This band seems to have gone full-on Disney, including anvilicious messages about how nazi's and tyrants are bad. Well made, catchy as hell, but maybe I just need to drink more.Dalriada more happy and upbeat folk metal but I do like this, it is way less hammy than Tyr, although at times it does feel like an Eurovision entry. Good singer, well written songs, I'm on board here.Seth.ECT Turkish modern industro-death with hardcoreish vocals. Not overly original but very well executed. Normally not really my thing but I'm still spinning this regularly.Blood Stain Child everything that's been said about this record is true, it's rediculous and cheesy and fantastic.Within Temptation very well done rock album - I keep being reminded of 1980s Heart records. Really enjoying this, actually.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago)
Tiluland Shredtastic instrumental epic heavy metal. This sounds like the worst thing ever but it's actually fantastic, great fun and quite varied.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago)
Hey all this What are the best Metal albums released so far in 2011? thread might be useful for compiling EOY lists and ilx polls later in year.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago)
Congrats to Jeff on the Megadeth cover story in the new Decibel! I haven't read it yet, but I always love reading dB cover stories by people who don't usually get to do them rather than the usual suspects.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago)
Why thank you, sir!
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago)
I had to laugh when I looked up Moonsorrow on Spotify and saw that the only songs available from their 2011 album are the interludes.
― rockapads, Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago)
hahaha.
I thought viides luku/havietty was really great so I obviously need to hear this new one immediately.
― original bgm, Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago)
The Moonsorrow album won me over, too. And Anubis Gate and the Atlas Moth and the new Subway to Sally. And Aloeswood.
Also, although the name is so unpromising that I have no idea why I bothered to listen to them in the first place, I'm quite liking the new album by Folkstorm. Not the awful power-polka gluck that ought to go with the name; textural and evolving and moody, with more Mogwai/Mono than Alestorm/Tyr...
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 20 October 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago)
And to think that it was already released back in Feb. Thing is, Moonsorrow have been steadily churning out solid records for the past 10 years so it was hard for me to get really excited for a new one. But it's a real step up, mainly due to the production. V/Havitetty wasn't weak but the new one is a fucking monster. The (somewhat) shorter songs help too. Esp "Huutu" is an amazing composition, how they keep the whole thing flowing throughout its 16 minutes, weaving the main theme in and out in different variations, break it down four, five times without ever losing the flow, and then finally climax at the 11 minute mark again with that colossal riff...
― Siegbran, Thursday, 20 October 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago)
listening to the new dub trio, i think it's safe to call them a metal band now. they are not backing down.
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Thursday, 20 October 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago)
The Grain on the new Hammers Of Misfortune album sounds like classic Big Country!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Sunday, 23 October 2011 11:13 (thirteen years ago)
fastnbulbous posted about this in the google group(youre all free to join just webmail me your email) http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2011/10/thats-when-i-became-a-metalhead-john-cobbett/
some really good points.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 24 October 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago)
I will post more about Supersonic after I have slept, but here's my photoset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_stephen/sets/72157627843421581/
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Monday, 24 October 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago)
Don't think you're going to sucker me into listening to another HoM song with some cheap Big Country reference.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 24 October 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago)
I think that's aimed at me... although I did finally crack what I think the guitar sound on the first Big Country album is supposed to be and I think it's supposed to be from one very specific part of Public Image 'Public Image'.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Monday, 24 October 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago)
Hey Aldo! I think I saw you when I was DJing before Turbonegro... some good shots of Teeth of the Sea's bald patches there.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 24 October 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago)
There was an electronic instrument-making workshop at Supersonic or something? Looks cool, whatever it was about.
― emil.y, Monday, 24 October 2011 18:22 (thirteen years ago)
emil.y reads the metal thread? i knew it!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 24 October 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago)
\m/=^._.^=\m/
(metal kitten)
― emil.y, Monday, 24 October 2011 18:28 (thirteen years ago)
Oh JD, that was an awesome selection - Aphrodite's Child into Hawkwind into Donna Summer killed me.
E - Yeah, a pile of us made some stuff including the Mute Synth (details on the Dirty Electronics site, but basically it's a tone generator and sequencer you control with the two tilt switches and 11 contact points on the board itself) which we performed against Pharoah Overlord and Electric Wizard. Unbelievably, people we didn't know turned up.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Monday, 24 October 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago)
now jeff doesnt need to worry about playing too much metal in outloud room!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KzXZsX_jLcQ/SLS3T0mdB7I/AAAAAAAAAg4/tyrkDhTey5E/s400/Hello+Cthulhu.bmp
emil.y on the left jeff on the right
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 24 October 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago)
Hey, that was my joke, damn your eyes.
Aphrodite's Child into Hawkwind into Donna Summer killed me.
Massive thumbs up.
― emil.y, Monday, 24 October 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago)
It was so beautiful watching all the suited and booted Turbo Jugend dancing to disco. And Tony Sylvester was awesome as their new front man. As Euroboy introduced him: "Straight from the slums of Harrow, England..."
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 24 October 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago)
I thought it was me on the left, Emil.y on the right?
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Monday, 24 October 2011 18:43 (thirteen years ago)
nah it's definitely Hello Kitt.y
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 24 October 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago)
Finally got around to hearing Unto the Locust and I have to say these guys have pleasantly surprised me once again by vastly exceeding my expectations. That being said, the goddamned kiddie chorus on the last track kills the momentum DEAD.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 04:02 (thirteen years ago)
Wow this Prosanctus Inferi band is exactly what I'm in the mood for right now. Wish they were a little more Rites Of Thy Degringolade-ish, but still pretty good.
― As a dental student I of course have a scientific mind (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 05:40 (thirteen years ago)
too nice a day to dive into this but here's a nuclear war now bandcamp page!
http://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/
― original bgm, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago)
and just saw that NWN will be putting out knelt rote's latest on cd. (it's currently vinyl only.) hopefully that gets em some more press. pretty killer stuff on a noisy, blackened grind tip.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 17:48 (thirteen years ago)
Any of you guys checked out the new Raventale yet?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago)
So I did a thing for unperson on Megadeth's best deep cuts. Let me know if you guys agree or disagree with my choices. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/EXCLUSIVE-Megadeths-Greatest-Deep-Album-Cuts-23628.aspx
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago)
dig the list, j3ff but I was a little bummed to note the absence of 'angry again' :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5G_3W_Qsn8
last action hero soundtrack is pretty classic
― original bgm, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago)
I love that song! I was debating which b-side to include, thought "Angry Again" might not be a deep enough cut. But I guess there was a video for "99 Ways to Die," so my bad.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago)
hah! no need to apologize, the beavis and butthead experience is also pretty classic.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago)
and there was also an 'angry again' vid! remember it getting heavy rotation on headbangers ball, lolz.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago)
I was going to do "New World Order" from the Duke Nukem: Music to Score by soundtrack, but they re-recorded that song for their new album, so…
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago)
oh man, how did I not know about this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUCbflBkIgo
― original bgm, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago)
You didn't know about that? What sort of Megadeth fan are you?
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago)
jeez, I feel bad enough about this already
― original bgm, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 22:44 (thirteen years ago)
Jeff's Decibel cover story on Megadeth is also excellent, btw. Read it today.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 23:42 (thirteen years ago)
ROFL
Howdy! Here is a very quick All That is Heavy update just to let you know that there will be no update this week. We will resume our normal update schedule in 2 weeks.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 28 October 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago)
I don't get what's so funny?
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 28 October 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago)
that they emailed me an update telling me that there would be no email update this week?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 28 October 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago)
Anyone else have a copy of the new Midnight? Incredibly fun album, think early black metal meets NWOBHM.
― Ryan, Friday, 28 October 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago)
yeah it rules
Skot (I think) even started a thread just for it the other week!
― We All Had Guess Papers (DJ Mencap), Friday, 28 October 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago)
That Midnight album is great! You should also check out SpeedWolf, also on Hells Headbangers – similar vibe, a little more Motorhead, but still a lot of fun. Way better than Fleet Foxes.
Adrien's dismantling of Lulu on MSN is pretty inspired. Great job on the article, man. http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blogpost.aspx?post=9b620ea3-34f0-465c-8336-2b16fd49e779
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 28 October 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago)
― A. Begrand, Friday, 28 October 2011 17:19 (thirteen years ago)
Your daily recommended allowance of mid-80s thrash metal: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-hallows-eves-death-and-insanity/
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 28 October 2011 19:05 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, thats a great article Adrien, even though there is still a miniscule part of me that hopes it is still sort of fascinating in a trainwreck kind of way, but its not sounding like it will (NB - I'm aware its been streaming for awhile, but between our 7 week-old and a backlog of stuff to listen to I haven't heard more than 2 tracks yet).
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 28 October 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago)
It has its moments. Like I said when I first heard it, it's about a 3/10 in my books, but bringing up any slight positives is still trying to make a silk purse out of a piece of shit.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 28 October 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago)
Future generations of thrash acts had The Big Four and their contemporaries to bite off of. These guys had Exciter.
― Siegbran, Friday, 28 October 2011 19:28 (thirteen years ago)
I love Hallows Eve. "Lethal Tendencies" is one of the great thrash-metallers-inventing-death-metal songs of the '80s.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Friday, 28 October 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago)
"Lethal Tendencies" was also on the River's Edge soundtrack. That movie was where I first heard it.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 28 October 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago)
I've said it a few times.. the new Will Haven... crushing!! added a keyboard player, more ambient touches.. And Grady back on vox, yelling his face off!! So good!
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 29 October 2011 06:56 (thirteen years ago)
Nate was OTM re: the new Danava. They've pretty much completely ditched the prog and given us a disc full of concise, riff-driven boogie tunes. I really like it though, even if its an unexpected direction after the last full-length.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 31 October 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago)
my Hammers of Misfortune DLP arrived today
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 31 October 2011 16:55 (thirteen years ago)
I waited a month of listening before saying this but the new Brutal Truth album is the fucking metal album of the year and everything else sounds like fucking showtunes next to it
these guys have one of the best catalogues of anybody ever, fuckin A
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago)
Well, I mean, obviously Turisas sounds like showtunes…
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago)
you know, I love metal and grind but have never really listened to brutal truth. that terrible cover with the american psycho businessman morphing into a gorilla prob put me off.
should I start with the new one?
― original bgm, Monday, 31 October 2011 20:56 (thirteen years ago)
I love that cover :(
they're grind. if you do not grind, then they're not going to win you over, but they're one of the most effective grind acts ever imo. new one is as good a place to start as any probably though the one you didn't like the cover of is fuckin'..GGGGHHHHFFGGHH awesome. new one's cover is even worse imo
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago)
lol you already said you love grind. then yes you will get pretty high on brutal truth. they grind like a motherfucker.
haha yes, I own that 4-disc collection of cripple bastards demos that sound like they were recorded in various itallian basements and I can get with that. so yeah, I love grind and chances that I don't like these guys are slim to none.
gorilla/man hybrid cover really is my very stupid reason for not listening to these guys sooner. but old biases die hard.
anyway, will listen to the new one - thanks!
― original bgm, Monday, 31 October 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago)
Listening to the new Azarath, Blasphemers' Maledictions right now and liking what I'm hearing. Didn't know a whole lot about these guys other than a link to Behemoth and Damnation, but I had to laugh at the lineup on this album being Inferno, Necrosodom, and.... Bart.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago)
Don't have a goat, man.
Anyone heard the new Devil's Blood?
― bear has little fear of hades (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 3 November 2011 03:27 (thirteen years ago)
Only four songs...if those are any indication it'll be a better album than the last one.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 3 November 2011 03:41 (thirteen years ago)
Well, fuck the world. The best metal I've heard all year is the new Goatmoon. Goatmoon are straight-up nazis. Fuck Goatmoon & fuck nazis, I'm not going to write them up & my stance on this shit is wellknown ("avoid giving them your money" & "it's toxic") but nobody who likes black metal can deny that the record is banging. It has an English lyric sheet, the actual content is nazi-free. Steal it imo
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 3 November 2011 20:28 (thirteen years ago)
I was looking up more info about those dudes being Nazis because I had just dled that album last night after reading some praise at the Metal Archives but hadn't listened yet. Anyway, love this comment on a Blabermouth thread calling these guys out:
How people that claim to be "open-minded" aren't open-minded toward people that aren't open-minded. Not very open to everything, now are we?I enjoy these bands and don't consider myself racist. Just let them fucking play! To not let these bands play is--what--Nazism!
I enjoy these bands and don't consider myself racist. Just let them fucking play! To not let these bands play is--what--Nazism!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 3 November 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago)
No mention of the Premonition 13 album? I know it was out months ago but I just got around to it. I like it quite a bit - first impression is that it's Wino's best project since Spirit Caravan. Heavy and spacey and Wino-riffic.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 3 November 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago)
Premonition 13 is great, but honestly, at this point Wino is going to have to do something really out-of-the-box to blow me away at this point. It sounds entitled, I know, but the man seems to be grooving in a comfort zone at this point, and while it's a pretty rad comfort zone, it's a familiar one.
Meanwhile, and I realize that this is probably going to damage my metal cred, but I'm listening to the 10th anniversary edition of Slipknot's Iowa, and I had forgotten that this is one hell of a record. Just an intense, concentrated burst of chaotic rage. There's some bloat, sure, but I would say it has the lowest filler ratio of any of their albums.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 November 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, Iowa is a really solid album. I should give that a spin again.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 4 November 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago)
Also, goats are creepy.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 November 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago)
The ironic thing about Slipknot is that the recording technology that allows them to put their chaotic sound on tape is also the thing that has prevented them from creating a truly classic record – the songs are so dense, and the band insists on putting so many of them on each album, that the listener is absolutely exhausted by the end. I think they would really benefit by limiting themselves to 40-45 minutes.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 November 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago)
I'd say that's the case for most metal bands, but yeah, especially Slipknot.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 4 November 2011 22:32 (thirteen years ago)
I'd say that's the case for most bands, full stop. Iowa is my favorite of theirs, and there are a bunch of great songs ("People = Shit," "My Plague," "Heretic Anthem," "Left behind") but there's just too much formless mess. I wish they had picked like the strongest eight songs and stuck with that.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 November 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago)
I don't know man.. I've never seemed to get over the generic-ness and the shtick of Slipknot... 9 dudes going off on a stage is impressive, but the music should make it worth it.. All they've ever moved me to do is go somewhere where I can't hear em.
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 5 November 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago)
Oral history of Chicago metal in the Onion:
http://www.avclub.com/chicago/articles/an-oral-history-of-chicagos-metal-scene-the-early,63863/
I used to try to get everything by Speckmann back in the 80s through tape trading, liked a lot of Chicago bands, so this is kinda cool to read. I even got an angry letter from the singer of Sindrome for writing a shitty review of their demo.
― bear has little fear of hades (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 5 November 2011 03:58 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.nwnprod.com/catalog/images/IMG_1912.JPG
one hell of a price, esp for a shitty pic diskhttp://www.nwnprod.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=9302
― (Algerian Goalkeeper) Vs (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago)
Roadrunner has signed Gojira. They're recording their new album now; it'll be out in the spring, probably.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 20:20 (thirteen years ago)
Black Sabbath is supposed to announce a reunion tour! That would be much more exciting if they hadn't already reunited 10 years ago and kept that going through 2005 or so. And also if Ozzy could be on stage for more than 20 minutes without getting exhausted.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago)
(OVER 10 years ago)
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago)
I'd go see them if they reunited with Gillan.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago)
That would be unreal. Even though Gillan butchered the old Sabbath songs in 1983.
But I never saw the original Ozzy reunions, so seeing that would still be pretty darn special for me.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago)
Saw 'em with Ozzy in '05; saw 'em with Dio in '09 or thereabouts (what year was the Metal Masters tour with Priest, Motorhead and Testament?). I am a satisfied customer and will not be paying attention to anything that happens going forward.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago)
I agree with you Adrien. Problem was Gillan tried to sing the old stuff. Not meant to be sung as much as intoned. Gillan can wail, or get soulful, but his sing-speech version of "Black Sabbath" is comedy.
I'd still love to hear them give it a go. He might be able to do some of the Dio-era songs instead of Ozzy-era; "Sign of the Southern Cross" or "Children of the Sea" should work well. They can be called Gillan And Hell.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 22:36 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, on the bonus CD of the Born Again reissue Gillan absolutely kills on the new stuff. It's like night and day.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago)
you all really want the cat back
― (Algerian Goalkeeper) Vs (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.southernlord.com/burningwitch.php
i think i will be passing on that at $100 + shipping. might consider getting it for xmas if southern get it and its not too expensive, but im guessing i still wont be buying it.
― (Algerian Goalkeeper) Vs (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 12:19 (thirteen years ago)
This Leviathan album isn't going to make anybody's life easier. But wow.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 10 November 2011 02:48 (thirteen years ago)
3 songs deep and i'm really digging the new arizmenda (without circumference nor center)
― rusty_allen, Thursday, 10 November 2011 03:28 (thirteen years ago)
^^ tho the production is worse than 'within the vacuum of inifinty'
― rusty_allen, Thursday, 10 November 2011 03:31 (thirteen years ago)
just fyi in re that sarcofago, it's a myth that picture discs are necessarily of lower pressing quality than normal vinyl. not that you should pay 45 bones for it, but there's nothing inherently bad about the quality of a picture disc. (however, enough people think there is that people shouldn't probably press them up except as collector items.)
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 10 November 2011 03:46 (thirteen years ago)
the ravencult on hells headbangers has prob quickly become my most listened to 2011 metal record. nothing new on it and every song basically sounds the same but this is no-frills black metal of very high quality and the lp just never lets up. I think the subtle motorhead vibe is what really seals the deal for me.
― original bgm, Thursday, 10 November 2011 04:19 (thirteen years ago)
"subtle" of course being a relative term when talking about a record called "morbid blood"
― original bgm, Thursday, 10 November 2011 04:24 (thirteen years ago)
it's a myth that picture discs are necessarily of lower pressing quality than normal vinyl.
This is definitely true these days, but I've actually seen older pic discs that had a warning to the effect that they sounded worse!
― bear has little fear of hades (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 10 November 2011 04:46 (thirteen years ago)
Metallica will be headlining the Download Festival next summer, which takes place between 8-10 June.Drummer Lars Ulrich confirmed the band's return to the annual rock festival on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show."In hard rock history, there's no more sacred place to play than Donington [Park]. It's the coolest," he said.The band will perform their Metallica album, also known as The Black Album, in its entirety to coincide with the 21st anniversary of its release.The band last performed at Download Festival in 2006."For me, coming back there is very special," the drummer added.Metallica fans will see the band play three songs never performed before.The tracks are The Struggle Within, My Friend Of Misery and Don't Tread On Me.Joking with Zane Lowe, Lars Ulrich said: "I know the world is definitely waiting for [Don't Tread On Me]. Wow. We have to rehearse."
Drummer Lars Ulrich confirmed the band's return to the annual rock festival on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show.
"In hard rock history, there's no more sacred place to play than Donington [Park]. It's the coolest," he said.
The band will perform their Metallica album, also known as The Black Album, in its entirety to coincide with the 21st anniversary of its release.
The band last performed at Download Festival in 2006.
"For me, coming back there is very special," the drummer added.
Metallica fans will see the band play three songs never performed before.
The tracks are The Struggle Within, My Friend Of Misery and Don't Tread On Me.
Joking with Zane Lowe, Lars Ulrich said: "I know the world is definitely waiting for [Don't Tread On Me]. Wow. We have to rehearse."
― (Algerian Goalkeeper) Vs (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Friday, 11 November 2011 12:28 (thirteen years ago)
I'm so looking forward to this.
― o. nate, Friday, 11 November 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago)
track from the upcoming ride for revenge full-length:
http://koti.welho.com/zdiamo/RfR_FromDarknessWeRide.mp3
feeling this.
― original bgm, Friday, 11 November 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago)
love that band & get big laffs from just thinking about live pics of them
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 11 November 2011 19:02 (thirteen years ago)
aero is still talking about Metallica at Download, fyi
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 11 November 2011 19:02 (thirteen years ago)
btw the new animals as leaders is DOPE if you like wanky brainy-dude guitar-store instrumental shred-metal. guess what, I fucking LOVE that shit and this album is awesome fuiud.
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 11 November 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago)
I love "guitar store" as an adjective
― rockapads, Friday, 11 November 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago)
A reformed Black Sabbath, including lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, have been announced as the second headliners for next year's Download Festival.The band, who last played together at Donington Park in 2005 as part of the Ozzfest touring festival, will then embark on a world tour.
The band, who last played together at Donington Park in 2005 as part of the Ozzfest touring festival, will then embark on a world tour.
― (Algerian Goalkeeper) Vs (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Friday, 11 November 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago)
You forgot to mention that Rick Rubin is producing their new album.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 November 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago)
This week on the Lazarus Pit, we go back to the Stoned Age: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-jpt-scare-bands-sleeping-sickness/
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 November 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago)
― rockapads, Friday, November 11, 2011 2:37 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark
i always wanted to start a band called guitar store. but the band would have to sound a certain way.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 November 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago)
― Siegbran, Friday, 11 November 2011 21:42 (thirteen years ago)
I guess the joke is that it can drink now?
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Saturday, 12 November 2011 02:03 (thirteen years ago)
dont they play about 9 songs from it every gig anyway
― (Algerian Goalkeeper) Vs (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Saturday, 12 November 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago)
I had all but given up on Blut Aus Nord, who had come to sound to me like they only actually had one measure of music. But wow, this new album is pretty arresting. Dunno what I'll end up thinking of it, but it's certainly not the same measure of noise repeated.
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 13 November 2011 01:13 (thirteen years ago)
21st Anniversary? That has to be the lamest excuse ever to play this record.
c'mon man you know there's no excuse to play the black album, ever
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 13 November 2011 03:45 (thirteen years ago)
I'm also glad I decided to give the new Warbringer album a second chance. It sounds uncannily like slightly-cleaned-up old Slayer, but after listening to it all the way through, I've decided that's OK.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 14 November 2011 01:40 (thirteen years ago)
thanks for mentioning the goreaphobia record in the listmaking thread, aero
it fucking rules
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Monday, 14 November 2011 01:44 (thirteen years ago)
man that record is so hot, yr totally welcome
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 November 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago)
oh man the way "white wind spectre" transforms into a narrow tunnel of that one riff. completely mesmerizing.
thought about writing something stupid about how i think "death metal is about tradition" (not a new or special thought but one i return to) and once in a while you get a death metal record that seems to restate that tradition so expertly and the whole experience just makes your heart swell, yeah. feelin' that with this record
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Monday, 14 November 2011 02:56 (thirteen years ago)
Goreaphobia's back? Damn! Gonna have to check that out.
― witches, gypsies or voodoo healers (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 14 November 2011 04:12 (thirteen years ago)
Also, this new Metsatöll album has what really has to be the best jaw-harp metal ever.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 14 November 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago)
man every time I listen to the Goreaphobia record I wanna start a separate thread for it, it's just so good.
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 00:22 (thirteen years ago)
streaming it now. not my favorite stylistically but man do those drums sound good.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 00:29 (thirteen years ago)
ok yeah this might actually just be really good
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 00:34 (thirteen years ago)
give the whole album your time if you have it -- it's really a journey, to be corny about it. that's a lot of what I love about it, that it sort of takes you into the world of these guys' music. it's a total environment, gets me every time.
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 00:35 (thirteen years ago)
yeah i was bouncing around a bit and it seemed to be more diverse than maybe i originally thought. i'll try to do the whole thing at work tomorrow.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 00:36 (thirteen years ago)
so, this new goreaphobia is on spotify. some excellent riffage so far, esp on "void of the larva queen."
― original bgm, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago)
I'm listening to it on Spotify right now, too. Really enjoying it.
― rockapads, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago)
Download the new Bloody Panda remix record here for free (or donate them a few bucks if you're feeling generous): http://bloodypanda.com/SummonInvocationWebsite/Index.html
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 16 November 2011 00:23 (thirteen years ago)
― call all destroyer, Monday, November 14, 2011 7:36 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
update--trying not to rock out too hard in this visitors cube. so many catchy riffs.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 16 November 2011 20:21 (thirteen years ago)
I've been listening to a bunch of great new stuff. Stoner/doom/psych/metal, roughly in order I like so far.
Been Obscene - Night O' Mine (Elektrohasch) - Austrian stoner, math/post-rock.Beastwars (Destroy/Universal) - New Zealand stoner/sludge.At Devil Dirt (Corvus Discos) - Chilean stoner/sludge.Lord Vicar Signs Of Osiris (The Church Within) - Finnish doom.Krux - III - He Who Sleeps Amongst The Stars (GMR) - Swedish doom.Lonely Kamel - Dust Devil (Napalm) - Norwegian stoner.The Heavy Eyes (Heavy Eyes) - Memphis retro/fuzz.Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance (Season Of Mist) - UK funereal doom.Demonic Death Judge - The Descent (Inverse) - Finnish sludge metal.Hands Of Orlac (Horror) - Italian doom.Dixie Witch - Let It Roll (Small Stone) - Southern retro/riff.Obrero - Mortui Vivos Docent (Night Tripper) - Swedish doom.Soul Manifest - White Season (Night Tripper) - French stoner.Underdogs - Revolution Love (Go Down) - Italian stoner.Weedsnake (Weedsnake) - Mexican sludge metal.The Fërtility Cült - Eschatology (The Fërtility Cült) - Finnish stoner (2010).
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 17 November 2011 06:47 (thirteen years ago)
http://scarygoround.com/scare/strips/20111117.png
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 November 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago)
i like the mug in the second panel
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 November 2011 13:41 (thirteen years ago)
I downloaded a lot of crap today which I just have to delete again. But then there's Thy Catafalque. Ahh. Like Leviathan without misanthropy.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 17 November 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago)
Missed this thread. Any last words as 2011 rolls in the rearview?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 2 January 2012 09:43 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, Moonsorrow "Huuto", song of the year.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:58 (thirteen years ago)
^ agreed 100%
― rockapads, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:24 (thirteen years ago)
i've been away for a while... is there no 2012 rolling metal thread?
― rockapads, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:01 (thirteen years ago)
Rockapads - Rolling Metal Thread 2012
and
~~~ VOTING THREAD FOR ILX METAL POLL 2011 - All ilxors or lurkers ballots welcomed (Closes Sunday JAN 15th @ 11.59pm UK Time)
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:12 (thirteen years ago)