The Lacuna Coil is better than the last album for sure. But wow, is that Linkin Park-ification of "Losing my Religion" ever awful. It's always neat to see European metal bands unironically cover mainstream pop tunes, something American bands would never do, but they often do it so straight-faced and by the book that they lose all nuance.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 16 January 2012 07:08 (twelve years ago) link
This means nothing to me...
― Siegbran, Monday, 16 January 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
aah, vienna!
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Monday, 16 January 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
See, that's a pretty cool cover.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 16 January 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
I'm loving the new Woods of Ypres record, and it makes me angry that this is the last work we'll have from David Gold.
Best record out of the four 2012 releases I've heard thus far.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 16 January 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
I love the album, it's so much more cohesive than Woods IV, which was pretty great in its own right. David's lyrics could be corny as hell, but they had a way of getting to me, and some of the sadder songs here pack a bigger punch now unfortunately.
I'm trying to see if I can post the full unexpurgated interview I did in December at MSN. It just might have been his last, and it's pretty revealing.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 16 January 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
I'd love to read it so I hope you get the right permissions to make it happen.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 16 January 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
It'll either go up at MSN or Terrorizer. I'm sort of waiting for the Terrorizer issue to come out, just to be polite.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 16 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
Saw Thou, The Body and Kowloon Walled City last night... epic heavy destruction.Still can't figure out what the hell the guitarist/singer from The Body was playing through but it rattled my bowels a bit it was so low and thick...
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
sean is back! (you didnt vote in the poll you swine!)
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
xp that's a sweet show man
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, I've been out of the loop, yo..I'm weak.. lol! I would've voted Trap Them, Weekend Nachos, Battalis, Rotten Sound, Will Haven, Rwake, Cave In, Lantlos, Deafheaven, Wolves in the Throne Room for my top 10 of the year..
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
trap them record is fabulous
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
Batillus.. I meant.See, out of it! lol
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
^ didn't vote either did you?xp
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
no i don't listen to enough metal to feel good about submitting a ballot
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
but i will be watching the results
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
I'm really dissapointed its so low on the list.. I was litening to other stuff this year and nothing had the fire that that had IMO
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
oh well make sure you guys post on the thread and give your comments (i think the poll haters on this thread dont want their sanctuary ruined)
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:32 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah i'm a sucker for hardcore-influenced metal to begin with and i thought they really nailed the good points of that sound
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:34 (twelve years ago) link
wrod.. I got a real soft spot for that too, its just a better hybrid of stuff.. you get that raw rooted DIY in your face attitude with good metal riffing and hardcore fury.. its perfect!! lol!
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
and Chris Maggio from Coliseum joining Trap Them is fucking epic... he definitly breathed new life into that already crushing band
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
Speaking of hardcore influenced metal, going to be checking out the album from St. Louis' Everything Went Black later tonight. Press says influences like Black Flag and Entombed, which means it could be fantastic or swing very much in the opposite direction.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
hmm... sounds good, or maybe not. lol!
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
Everything Went Black sound fine, pretty much straight down the middle dirty hardcore a la Trap Them or Cursed. I like that sound, but I think it's hitting the point where they need to start doing something new/interesting with it.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
oh you just namechecked cursed, now i need to check out e.w.b.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, EWB's okay. But with a new Black Breath album coming soon, it's going to be overshadowed pretty quickly.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
Good news, love Black Breath!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 03:59 (twelve years ago) link
I can't wait for the new Black Breath...
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 06:57 (twelve years ago) link
Why did I think Lantlos was Mexican? WHY? LOL!
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
What do you guys think of Sam Dunn's series, Metal Evolution?
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's very well done. Every metal fan will have their own gripes with what was left out, but Dunn's doing a great job offering a good, lucid history of metal for neophytes. Except for the unironic phonetic pronunciation of NWOBHM, his constant "nawobbum"-ing cracked me up.
Hope this comes out on DVD!
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
I agree.. He's adoing a pretty good job. There is never gonna be an absolute stardard to where bands fit into the different sub genres, and there a few things here and there that made me go, huh?.. but for the most part its done pretty damn well. I've liked all his docs actually..
The only thing that really got me in a twist was in the Thrash episode, he goes to Soundwave Studios where at the time of that taping, Death Angel, Exodus, Testament and Skinlab were all rehearsing there and he talks about how it was a place he wanted to visit cuz of the history of these bands all reheasing there over the years.. When they show the building it has a caption of San Francisco, but Soundwave is in OAkland. For whatever reason I was like, you fucking dumming! lol!
I know in the history of thrash the SF bay are is super important,(I've seen with my own eyes living here all my life) but very few members of any of those bands ever lived in SF.. nit picky on my part, but whatevs! lol!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:15 (twelve years ago) link
I also know about some dirt as to why Machine Head nor Vio-Lence wasn't mentioned any where in the thing, even though Flynn was interviewed for it..
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:17 (twelve years ago) link
I've only seen a couple of episodes and it's cool, but kinda weird to interview Randy Holden about Blue Cheer... and not even mention "Population II," one of the metallest albums of the 70s.
Except for the unironic phonetic pronunciation of NWOBHM, his constant "nawobbum"-ing cracked me up.
I used to do that! Most of my nerdier metal buds did.
― the box cutter killer from the calcutta gutter (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:26 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, ther nawobbum thing was wierd.. I've never heard anyone do that... I blame Cananda!
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:29 (twelve years ago) link
I say nerwobbum. Don't tell me I'M SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING EACH AND EVERYONE OF THE LETTERS?
― Doran, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:39 (twelve years ago) link
lol! I guess there no other way to shorten than up, I'd just never thought to do it..
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:51 (twelve years ago) link
Used to call it phonetically back when it was happening & I was going to the gigs & buying the records, & still do. Same with most of my friends who were into it.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
There is a track from the new Worm Ouroboros streaming on Pitchfork and it's a real corker. This is the first record with Aesop on drums and it's a huge improvement.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it's a great record. Really gets under your skin, depression-wise, after a while. I was glad when I was done writing the review, not because it was a bad album, but because it was seriously affecting my mental outlook.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it's indeed excellent. I was a big fan of the debut and the new one is even more low-key.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
Just got sent the new Monarch record, which I'm really excited about.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I got sent that as well. Why should I be excited for it? (Not sarcasm, just unfamiliar with their work)
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
because they're awesome
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Monarch's monstrously heavy French doom, and the new one sounds great so far. Three songs, 35 minutes. Dead Men Tell No Tales turned me on to them back in 2007.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
Nice to see the site back up and running! Happy new year y'all. :)
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
Happy New Year Nate!
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
nate your band got in our poll!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Much appreciated sirs! It was a great year for us, and we are looking forward to a bigger and better year now.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 19 January 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link