I pay pretty close attention to the Portland
― BlueCrystalFire, Friday, 5 February 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
^^^^ Ugh... above post due to dumb fat fingers ^^^^
What I was trying to say was:
I pay pretty close attention to the Portland (heavy) scene
If you go see them, let me know how it was... I can't imagine getting to see them in the UK anytime soon
― BlueCrystalFire, Friday, 5 February 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
If you liked the Violet Cold album last year, be advised that a new one came out today!
https://open.spotify.com/album/06EZss4sACNROJBE64nSFR
If you missed it: experimental one-man atmospheric post-blackgaze metal from Azerbaijan!
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 5 February 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link
Anyone heard the new Rotting Christ?
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 6 February 2016 08:43 (eight years ago) link
so who's going to Maryland Death Fest this year? kinda excited for Testament (who I will see for the first time finally in a few weeks), Wormed, Desaster, etc.....
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 February 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
also not at all feeling the new Megadeth. better than what I heard from Supercollider, but very bland.
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 February 2016 21:27 (eight years ago) link
def going to mdf this year. psyched to live so much closer now
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Sunday, 7 February 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link
was gonna go, schedule won't allow it. get in the pit on my behalf everybody
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 8 February 2016 03:12 (eight years ago) link
I'm going to MDF! Stoked!
― the tune was space, Monday, 8 February 2016 03:21 (eight years ago) link
still need to get a pass but i'm definitely going again this year
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 8 February 2016 03:25 (eight years ago) link
sweet. I got my three day pass for Edison lot. Lookin forward to...
HorrendousMayhem (are they seriously doing all of De Mysteriis?)SamaelThe Haunted (tho I'm seeing them this Tuesday)SinisterWormed (really stoked for this one)ExciterGruesome (seen em once tho)Hail of BulletsImpaled NazareneNuclear Assault (hell yea!)Testament (tho I'm seeing them end of this month)SatanDestroyer 666DesasterVenom
got my hotel booked cheaply .5 miles away, still need to find cheap airfare, but was able to last time...
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 February 2016 04:12 (eight years ago) link
gotta say I am really down with the latest Enforcer album. the instrumental on the album kinda reminds me of Anvil a little and there are hooks a plenty all over it.
also I'm diving deeper into Trouble's back catalog now (previously I had only Psalm 9 and The Skull) after seeing them at Florida Metal Fest. and holy fuckballs, is the s/t album from 1990 the best Led Zep stoner album never made. other than the one Dark Side of the Moon ripoff, it's a fav.
can I just say tho seeing Trouble (while they were the best band of the night easily) was funny cos they were doing Psalm 9 stuff (hella fuckin' cool) and hearing the Christian lyrics being sung, song ends, and then Kyle Thomas says something like "how the motherfuck are you fuckin' doin tonight?!"
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 February 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
Hey, man, Jesus totally looks like a dude who would say that.
Totally right about the s/t album, btw! Like it's one of those albums that could be regarded as a sellout except for the fact that it's so fucking great.
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 8 February 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
looking forward to this album
Fallujah reveal artwork, track listing for upcoming album ‘Dreamless’http://www.metalinsider.net/releases/fallujah-reveal-artwork-track-listing-for-upcoming-album-dreamless
April 29th
― djmartian, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link
their last one was pretty good, looking forward to it
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:50 (eight years ago) link
Picked up the new Eight Bells CD at the show last night in Philly.
It's pretty phenomenal, taking the catharsis and beauty of their debut and expanding on both emotions until they ethereally collide.
Also, Voivod is still great and the two new Vektor songs make me anxious for their new one on Earache in March.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 07:31 (eight years ago) link
OK I think I like that Mourning Beloveth; where the fuck can I get Van stuff in the US for, say, less than $30?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 07:36 (eight years ago) link
there's a second new Vektor track?
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 07:39 (eight years ago) link
new Eight Bells
oh nice, I didn't know they had a new one
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 08:35 (eight years ago) link
New Cobalt track up with that goon from Lord Mantis singing
http://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/slow-forever
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 12:38 (eight years ago) link
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link
Two new songs, or two songs? (Their songs are pretty long, and first-opener sets can be pretty short...)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 17:42 (eight years ago) link
Not new stuff, but thanks to Dominique for mentioning Convulse. World Without God is rocking my world right now.
― o. nate, Thursday, 11 February 2016 02:54 (eight years ago) link
Haha, two new songs, silly.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 11 February 2016 07:46 (eight years ago) link
I didn't make it out last year but I might make more of an effort this year...
SHADOW WOODS METAL FEST Returns To Devastate Central Maryland In September; More Than Twenty Bands Already Confirmed
http://files.ctctcdn.com/28b23da7301/d7ed3dce-8650-4e19-998b-1652a8949784.jpg
SHADOW WOODS METAL FEST 2016 Confirmed Lineup:A SOUND OF THUNDER (DC) **traditional old-school heavy metalACID WITCH (Detroit) **horror deathBLOOD STORM (PA/TX) **black thrashBOUND BY THE GRAVE (Baltimore) *deathCEMETERY PISS (Baltimore) **blackCOFFIN DUST (Philadelphia) **deathCORPSE LIGHT (Baltimore) *doomDARSOMBRA (MD) **metal droneDESTROYER OF LIGHT (Austin, TX) **sludgeEMPYREUS(Chicago) **blackFAITH IN JANE FEATURING WINO (MD) ** doom trio joined by the godfather of the soundGENEVIEVE (MD) **experimental blackGRAVE GNOSIS (St. Petersburg, FL) **blackHAXEN (Rhode Island) **blackHELLEBORUS (Manitou Springs, CO) **blackMYOPIC (DC) **death/doomSAPREMIA (New Jersey) **deathTELOCH VOVIN (NY) **blackTEMPLE OF VOID (Detroit) **doomWIZARD EYE (PA) **doomXEUKATRE (Baltimore) **blackMANY MORE BANDS YET TO BE ANNOUNCED
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 11 February 2016 07:48 (eight years ago) link
I don't know if more than two people care about this including myself but Ehnahre's new one is out:
https://kathexis.bandcamp.com/album/douve
a friend of mine just recommended this to me and i immediately thought, "where is imago, has he heard this"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 February 2016 21:37 (eight years ago) link
Hey, Anthrax? Enough with the pentagrams. You guys are the least pentagrammy band in metal.
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 12 February 2016 07:46 (eight years ago) link
Yeah they should bring the Not Man back.
― Siegbran, Friday, 12 February 2016 08:55 (eight years ago) link
Cult of Luna / Julie Christmas collab
https://youtu.be/z_O-NZfzvj0
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 12 February 2016 10:35 (eight years ago) link
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, February 11, 2016 9:37 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
good crikey, he's hearing it now, ty
― odysseus (imago), Friday, 12 February 2016 10:44 (eight years ago) link
i mean, so far it's more 'intriguing' than 'mindblowing' and could yet tumble back to 'irritating' but oh hey look the big guitars have come in
― odysseus (imago), Friday, 12 February 2016 10:46 (eight years ago) link
Checked out the Ehnahre at the bequest of a few people above... It's like Tom Waits started a depressive black metal band. Interesting stuff.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 12 February 2016 19:18 (eight years ago) link
I do like Douve quite a lot, could possibly have done with some editing, it starts to lose me slightly towards the end of the middle (it's a long album OK) but picks up again on the last handful of tracks I feel
― space prophet wogan (ultros ultros-ghali), Friday, 12 February 2016 19:23 (eight years ago) link
snuck off to Wilmington, NC, without a word to anybody this weekend, just cos Cryptopsy/Cannibal Corpse/Obituary/Abysmal Dawn tour is here otnight and I'm too impatient to wait for the Tampa stop (tho I'll hit that one up too).
stoked given that I liked the Topsy EP, the rest I figure I know what's coming.
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 February 2016 23:48 (eight years ago) link
I was wondering what Julie Christmas was up to!
One of my favorite-ever concert memories was catching Made out of Babies at a showcase of some kind in NYC, w/ the whole band (and JC in particular) evilly amused at playing right after a particularly obnoxious, bro-y pop=punk band. Just tore the place up.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 14 February 2016 00:17 (eight years ago) link
Listening to Goatwhore's Carving Out The Eyes Of God on Spotify; it's working for me better than it ever has before, and I don't know why. I've never liked this band, but somehow tonight their head-down dumbassery is just what I want to hear. I hope I don't wind up listening to Devildriver next.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 14 February 2016 01:29 (eight years ago) link
Goatwhore = good on disc....boring live
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Sunday, 14 February 2016 02:04 (eight years ago) link
spent valentine's day catching up on 2016 stuff so far
abbath's album rips imo. great riffs as ever. priest cover kicks so much ass!
disappointed to find that the chthe'ilist album is so very much not my thing, esp after so many people told me i'd love it! i was expecting atmospherics, or maybe something dungeon synth-y, or moevot-esque. but i got canadian tech death with boodlypanking bass! not a dis, but not for me at all.
ehnahre: really like it, but def an endurance event at 18 substantial tracks, damn
bored by krallice tbh. have the guitars always sounded this early 2000s post hardcore? that tone.
stoked to see eight bells, voivod et al tonight. did i mention i moved to richmond and there are so many great shows that i have to be super choosy? not used to that at all! and having baltimore/DC in driving distance has me doubly spoiled.
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Sunday, 14 February 2016 22:33 (eight years ago) link
and i find this exmortus album immensely satisfying for some reason. melodic DM is rarely up my alley at all, and i was surprised that i couldn't turn it off.
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Sunday, 14 February 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link
If you're in a mood for power metal, I highly recommend Tanagra's None Of This Is Real, a 2015 release I just discovered on Bandcamp. Had I known about it last year, it would have made my year-end list for sure. These guys are great players, the singer can really wail, and their songs have everything power metal should have: speed, riffs, and epic choruses. It's name-your-price, so you've got no excuse.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 15 February 2016 14:49 (eight years ago) link
Frobisher has the results ready to goFinally... The Top 200 Extreme Metal Albums of ALL TIME!
all hail the emperor penguin
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 February 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
Had a great time seeing Graveyard and Spiders Saturday night, the last show of their US tour.I have seen Graveyard before and love them but Spiders was so fucking fun!I had no idea the singer was so tiny but she commanded the stage and the sound as well.It's possible that Shake ELectric was my favorite album of 2014. But they were even better live.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 15 February 2016 21:03 (eight years ago) link
If I still went to shows I'd have gone to that one.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 15 February 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
Some stuff dredged up from the NWN fever swamps:
Chilean thrash drawing heavily from the classic Teutonic stuff. There are hints of the non-Bay Area Americana too. More Girardi artwork.Ripper
Weird scifi death metal that almost scratches my Anata itch. They're obv fans of Demilich, like everyone else at the moment. Can probably file it next to Artificial Brain.Nucleus
Blazing fast dirty n noisy black metal that reminds me of stuff like Haemoth and Diamatregon, almost tuneless but produced in an effective/appealing way. May appeal to the war metal crowd.Eggs of Gomorrh
And the best thing I've heard this year so far, Hostium's Bloodwine of Satan. Feels like Cultes des Ghoules, which is to say, feels like the really crazy blood-smeared sorcery happening in the cellar of that cathedral on the cover of Mayhem's DMDS while the Norwegians played politely above ground.Hostium
― Devilock, Monday, 15 February 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
Forgot to mention that if you like to hear actual bass strings thrumming in your thrash, that Ripper will make your day.
― Devilock, Monday, 15 February 2016 22:57 (eight years ago) link
so this Enforcer/Warbringer/Exmortus/Cauldron show, have they been good?
I like Warbringer (tho more of a fan of their first and third albums), Enforcer other than the occasional annoyance of their lead vocalist when he goes into Def Leppard-mode, is a lot of fun (I love the "From beyond" title track), Cauldron seems like they could be as well even if their most recent album starts out way better than it ends. I like the new Exmortus but the vocalist still strikes me as dull.
problem is the venue I'm seeing it as is tiny.
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 February 2016 23:17 (eight years ago) link
The new Rotting Christ album is called Rituals. If you've heard other recent Rotting Christ albums, your idea of how a new Rotting Christ album called Rituals will sound is probably pretty much right. I.e., intense, dark, repetitive, epic, mythic, monumental.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 15 February 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link
Ghost won a grammy!
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 February 2016 23:58 (eight years ago) link
righteous
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
I like the new Rotting Christ album, but not as much as I liked AEALO.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link