good stuff as usual chuck- tho i'm more than usual not-sold on propogandhi as metal
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man, thanks for the heads up on Tweak Bird – I had no idea that was happening.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
Also – didn't really expect to see a D Generation reference in 2012! Although I guess it makes sense coming from Chuck.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
yea propogandhi don't really have any memorable riffs and that's mostly what defines thrash metal to me. they sound way more like proggy variant of pop punk to my ears. like the decline, lol. (x-post)
― original bgm, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
"no memorable riffs" is kind of a diss a kind of isn't btw. this music is fundamentally NOT about riffs.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
I highly recommend catching Vitus on this tour - I'm a bit biased, since I'm out with them, but they've been absolutely killing it every night! You can't argue with Weedeater and Sourvein holding down the low end, either.
― KKdomitor, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 02:07 (eleven years ago) link
I just got a friendly gift box from the Antithest Disseminations label out of St Paul. Includes grim cassettes and CDs by the likes of Manifesting, Maledicre, Diabolical Sacrilege, Veil, House of Atreus, etc. Black metal and death metal and brutal underground weirdness. If you're curious, check http://www.antitheistcult.com/
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
Mmm, liking the slow, grim, atmospheric black metal of the new Raventale album Transcendence. Four 10:00+ songs, lots of sinister unintelligible raspiness (they're Ukrainian, but the song titles are in English and EM claims they have "lyrical themes", so they might be saying something I could potentially figure out, but I don't expect to), and a blastbeat drummer who isn't afraid to occasionally hit a crash cymbal with his (I guess) other hand. The occasional guitar solo, even!
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 03:21 (eleven years ago) link
House of Atreus is ESSENTIAL.
― KKdomitor, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
what do y'all think of oozing wounds, new project from some ex-cacaw dudes
http://oozingwound.bandcamp.com/album/vape-and-pillage
― space dokken (Edward III), Thursday, 4 October 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
Man this new Aluk Todolo, just... wow. If I could invent a genre mix it probably would've been krautrock black metal, but these guys did it first. I love this.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 4 October 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
I was wondering why nobody'd mentioned that record yet - really fantastic
― Brakhage, Thursday, 4 October 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
New [CAR_BOMB] album is pretty dope:
http://carbomb.bandcamp.com/album/w-w-w-w
― Ach!, Thursday, 4 October 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, the Aluk Todolo is great. Reviewed it for an upcoming issue of The Wire (along with the new Neurosis, which is not good).
― 誤訳侮辱, Thursday, 4 October 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
Hellbeard was main support for Jucifer last night in Oakland... Holy shit they are loud... Fuck Manowar, Jucifer is the loudest band on the planet!!!
We were honored and humbled to set up in front of that glorious wall of cabinets... so awesome!
― SeanWayne, Friday, 5 October 2012 04:24 (eleven years ago) link
I appreciate their commitment to hauling that shit around, it's too bad they don't have any songs
― space dokken (Edward III), Friday, 5 October 2012 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
OK, the metal thing on this is going to be a little iffy, but I feel like a certain kind of out-of-fashion hard rock has kind of been inherited by "metal" by association. Plus this is my favorite living singing voice since Ronnie James Dio passed away. So: there's a new Fiona album. Officially it came out last year, but there can't be very many bigger Fiona fans than me, and I didn't know about it, so as far as I'm concerned it's still new. Produced by James Christian from the similarly minded band House of Lords. It's fantastic. It's called Unbroken. It isn't on iTunes or Spotify, but I was able to locate it elsewhere on the internet without much trouble.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 5 October 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
And if you like that, I also recommend Norwegian hard-rock singer Issa (not to be confused with the rapper, nor the artist formerly known as Jane Siberry).
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 5 October 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
Picked up that Coffins Ancient Torture comp today, really excited to dig in.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
How does the new Aluk Todolo record compare to the Utech one (which I love btw)?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
Somebody else will have to chime in, I'm brand new to these dudes and kicking myself for missing out earlier. Going to start crawling back through their records when I get a chance.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
Louder, heavier. A lot of it sounds (to me) like live recordings of early '70s Can crossed with Fushitsusha.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 5 October 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
the other side of blasphemy rules (x-post)
― original bgm, Friday, 5 October 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
heard some aluk todolo before and it didn't do much for me but "70s Can crossed with Fushitsusha" has me pretty excited I must say
― original bgm, Friday, 5 October 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Top 20 of 2012 call just went out, anything you guys think I should listen to for consideration for inclusion in my list?
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Friday, 5 October 2012 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
Here's what I have right now on my long list:
Paradise Lost - Tragic IdolDawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun GodMeshuggah - KolossGrand Magus - The HuntGojira - L'enfant sauvageChristian Mistress - PossessionIhsahn - EremitaBarren Earth - The Devil's ResolveWitch Mountain - Cauldron of the WildPallbearer - Sorrow and ExtinctionRoyal Thunder - CVILiberteer - Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your KneesWorm Ouroboros - Come The ThawAlcest - Les Voyages De L'ÂmeLes Discrets - Ariettes oubliées...Asphyx - DeathhammerCannibal Corpse - TortureJeff Loomis - Plains of OblivionHorisont - Second AssaultOccultation - Three and SevenNachtmystium - Silencing MachineTestament - Dark Roots of EarthThe Devils Blood - the Thousandfold EpicenterBaroness - Yellow and GreenTorche - HarmonicraftKilling Joke - MMXIIDevin Townsend Project - EpicloudPig Destroyer - Book BurnerEnslaved - RiitiirMenace Ruine - Alight in AshesThe Gathering - DisclosureHooded Menace - Effigies of EvilJess and the Ancient Ones - Jess and the Ancient OnesArkhamin Kirjasto - Torches AblazeEvoken - Atra Mors
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Friday, 5 October 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
I can't help but feel like I'm missing some obvious stuff…
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Friday, 5 October 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
You forgot RAM.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 5 October 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
And both Ufomammut records. Also Wizard Rifle, Tweak Bird, Oak Pantheon, and Pinkish Black. And the Agalloch EP.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 5 October 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
My list, straight from my iPod:
Afgrund, The Age of DumbBaroness, Yellow & GreenCannibal Corpse, TortureDawnbringer, Into the Lair of the Sun GodDown, Down IV Part I: The Purple EPEmmure, Slave to the GameGrand Magus, The HuntGrave, Endless Procession of SoulsJob for a Cowboy, DemonocracyKreator, Phantom AntichristMalignancy, EugenicsManowar, The Lord of SteelNapalm Death, UtilitarianProng, Carved Into StonePsycroptic, The Inherited RepressionSaint Vitus, Lillie: F-65Terrorizer, Hordes of ZombiesWhitechapel, Whitechapel
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 6 October 2012 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
Obviously, I'd vote for Gojira and Rush if I could, too.
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 6 October 2012 01:33 (eleven years ago) link
Are those the entire contents of your iPod?
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
GOAT.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:28 (eleven years ago) link
Accept, as well.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
Which goat? They are not an easy band to Google.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
Goat's 'World Music'.
http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blogpost.aspx?post=23c13964-a164-4396-a7cc-ca0c2761b653
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:33 (eleven years ago) link
I don't get how Goat are metal. And my definition is really, really loose.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah dude, Albert would laugh at me.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
Hard rock, stoner/psych, whatever you want to call it. Might not be "extreme" enough for some metal places, but it's going on my list at MSN.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
To my ears it's kraut rock and afrobeat and psych. Doesn't really have any stoner grooves or even retro hard rock. It's a solid album, I just find it odd to place it under an even large metal umbrella.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:48 (eleven years ago) link
"Goathead" is an example of it being plenty heavy and groovy to make it qualify in my opinion.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
black breath, bosse-de-nage
i don't remember what you think of the newest high on fire. don't remember what i think about it either.
― j., Saturday, 6 October 2012 03:28 (eleven years ago) link
High on Fire was good, and I liked it, but it didn't really jump out at me as end of year material. Same with Black Breath.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Saturday, 6 October 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
i wasn't sure black breath was so special, but then i ended up playing it 40 times.
― j., Saturday, 6 October 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
Too early for end 2012 lists.. the new Converge nor Neurosis have yet to drop... lol!I know a lot of you fuckers get to hear this shit early, but us mortals have to wait!
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 6 October 2012 05:08 (eleven years ago) link
Given that I didnt particularly like any Enslaved record from the past ten years, is it worth spending time with the new one? The reviews seem to be v positive...
― Siegbran, Saturday, 6 October 2012 08:47 (eleven years ago) link
if Goat weren't called Goat and their sleeves didn't look like some 30-year-old NWOBHM band they would never have been mentioned in this thread
― it's the Suede/Denim secret police/they have come for your 90s niece (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 6 October 2012 11:09 (eleven years ago) link
When are Enslaved reviews ever negative? They're like Neurosis in that regard - universally beloved of all metal writers (except me).
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 6 October 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
Discounting albums that are only marginally metal (45 Grave, Bushman's Revenge, El Doom & the Born Electric, Goat, Timmy's Organism, King Mob, Metz, Anders Nilsson, Elephant9 With Reine Fiske, ZZ Top, Blackberry Smoke, 333 -- anybody want to argue that any of those are definitely metal?), my metal top 25 so far would look something like this:
Angel Witch – As Above, So Below (Rise Above)Thunderkraft – Totentanz (Svarga)3 Inches Of Blood – Long Live Heavy Metal (Century Media)Bible Of The Devil – For The Love Of Thugs & Fools (Cruz Del Sur)Christian Mistress – Possession (Relapse)Pharaoh – Bury The Light (Cruz Del Sur)The Shrine - Primitive Blast (Tee Pee)Bullet – Full Pull (Nuclear Blast)Larman Clamor – Frogs (Small Stone)Saint Vitus – Lillie: F-65 (Season Of Mist)Grand Magus – The Hunt (Nuclear Blast)Royal Thunder – CVI (Relapse)Abrahma – Through The Dusty Paths Of Our Lives (Small Stone)The Sword – Apocryphon (Razor & Tie)Altar Of Oblivion – Grand Gesture Of Defiance (Shadow Kingdom)Hellwell – Beyond The Boundardies Of Sin (Shadow Kingdom)Lord Fowl – Moon Queen (Small Stone)Skånska Mord – Paths To Charon (Small Stone)Witchcraft – Legend (Nuclear Blast)Tygers Of Pan Tang – Ambush (Rocksector)Kadavar - Kadavar (Tee Pee)Witch Mountain – Cauldron Of The Wild (Profound Lore)Accept – Stalingrad (Nuclear Blast)The Devil’s Blood – The Thousandfold Epicentre (Metal Blade)Ulver – Childhood’s End (Kscope)
― xhuxk, Saturday, 6 October 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Uh, maybe some of those (Devil's Blood, or some of the more "hard rock" ones?) are only marginally metal too, to some people. I've obviously never been great about knowing where to draw the line.
― xhuxk, Saturday, 6 October 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link