rolling 2024 heavy metal and boutique blast beat thread

yeah it's really amazing that they still have that much to bring, they have been good for a minute and this is just MORE. crypt sermon also, have loved them since ruins of fading light, new one deserves the hype.

Crypt Sermon indeed is a winner. so fucking glad for them.

I love Afterbirth

― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Friday, 14 June 2024 18:22

Underrated secret board.

i teed that up, was hoping someone would run w/ it ;)

I think what I like most about the Crypt Sermon is it kind of illustrates how distinct each album is. first album had hints of the epic stuff that would come later, and traditional heavy metal riffs, but there was a bit of Pentagram-y type doom embedded in there was well, and Brooks Wilson was almost kind of relegated to a background instrument on vocals, whereas Ruin of Fading Light, he was the focal point, riffs heavier and more abrasive underneath what he was doing.

this one's just so much moodier, like the last two songs are a perfect fucking closer. songs breathe a bit more, visit more places. Brooks is perfect, dialed back a bit for anybody who thought he was extra on the second album (note: NOT me), but very present and good use of harmonies throughout.

but all three albums are kind of their own thing, it's not like some of my fav bands where it's like the quality of the album is how well they do the new variation on the formula (i.e. Necrot, who prior to this looked like they might be unchallenged for my fav album of the year)

new Torturer's Lobby LP is excellent, also enjoying Gorgon Vomit "Skeng Down Jah" - sweaty stuff
https://gorgonvomit.bandcamp.com/album/skeng-down-jah

had shows on back to back nights, both slayed. Archspire/Aborted was a blast, and Necrot killed it. glad to see them finally as a headliner. their new material really cooks live.

planned Arte livestreams from the Hellfest festival (Thursday -> Sunday, 4 days, French timezone is GMT+2) - I don't know if they're geolocked? - at least some of these will be on the Arte Youtube channel afterwards for a couple of months.

https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/119957-040-A/jour-1-megadeth-dropkick-murphys-babymetal-thursday/
18:45 DOLCH
19:35 Dying Wish (time delay)
20:25 Babymetal
21:20 Megadeth
22:25 Landmvrks
23:25 Thursday (time delay)
01:05 Dropkick Murphys

https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/119957-041-A/jour-2-tom-morello-machine-head-anaal-nathrakh-fear-factory/
16:40 Fear Factory
17:35 Savage Lands
18:40 Kanonenfieber
19:35 1000 Mods
20:45 Tom Morello
22:05 Acid King (time delay)
23:15 Machine Head
01:00 Anaal Nathrakh

https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/119957-042-A/jour-3-saxon-accept-corvus-corax-didier-wampas/
18:40 Didier Wampas - Psycho Attack
19:35 Accept
20:40 Nekromantix
21:45 Corvus Corax (time delay)
22:50 The Interrupters
23:55 Skyclad (time delay)
01:05 Saxon

https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/119957-043-A/jour-4-the-offspring-corey-taylor-cock-sparrer-frank-carter/
16:25 Frank Carter
17:20 Show Me The Body (time delay)
18:20 Corey Taylor
19:25 High Vis (time delay)
20:45 The Offspring
22:00 Madball (time delay)
23:00 Cock Sparrer

oh, there's links for the livestreams here already too: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL66OD4JjS_2PQTMDC3jP1iZJx30dG2Eia

and here are the shows that allowed live streaming for this year's Graspop festival in Belgium: https://vod.graspop.be/nl/

New Sunbomb album on Friday; for those unaware, Sunbomb is Michael Sweet from Stryper and Tracii Guns from L.A. Guns doing a super-heavy Dio-era-Sabbath/Trouble-ish thing, and their debut album ruled so I'm very much looking forward to the new one.

The two singles from the forthcoming Unto Others have been a lot of fun; anyone that can simultaneously remind me of misfits/cure/iron maiden is doing a good job