I STARTED IT I STARTED IT
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 1 January 2017 11:34 (seven years ago) link
Oh here we go.
Selcouth: avant-metal stuff for fans of the Viruses, the Ved Buenses, the Arcturuses maybe, with ALL of Khanus among their members. Signed to I, Voidhanger.
http://selcouthband.bandcamp.com/album/unfamiliar-yet-marvelous-promo-2016
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 1 January 2017 11:36 (seven years ago) link
Worth reposting:
Moon Tooth + Astronoid (!!!)
Feb 1 – Brooklyn, NY – Saint VitusFeb 2 – Allston MA, – Great ScottFeb 3 – Montreal, QC – Bar Le RitzFeb 4 – Toronto, ON – Hard LuckFeb 5 – Detroit, MI – EL ClubFeb 6 – Chicago, IL – Reggies Rock ClubFeb 7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club CafeFeb 8 – Webster, NY -Harmony HouseFeb 9 – Latham, NY – On The CircleFeb 10 – Lancaster, PA – Lizard LoungeFeb 11 – Amityville, NY – Amityville Music Hall
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 1 January 2017 12:19 (seven years ago) link
From Profound Lore's FB:
Expect and (hopefully) anticipate new albums from.PallbearerFUOCO FATUOLossArtificial BrainFull of HellPORTALImpetuous RitualInnumerable FormsKriegMonarch!VacivusPissgraveVauraEvoken (Official)Of course there will be other notable prospects that are not mentioned here. But just a taste of what we will offer in the year we hopefully make contact.
PallbearerFUOCO FATUOLossArtificial BrainFull of HellPORTALImpetuous RitualInnumerable FormsKriegMonarch!VacivusPissgraveVauraEvoken (Official)
Of course there will be other notable prospects that are not mentioned here. But just a taste of what we will offer in the year we hopefully make contact.
And Dark Descent posted this:
PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 10:01 am Post subject: Dark Descent Release Schedule early 2017 Reply with quoteWe have locked in our initial salvo for 2017. Jan and Feb will be relatively quiet but starting in March, we will let it rip. March 3 - Gorephilia - Severed Monolith March 17 - Lantern - II: Morphosis March 17 - Ascended Dead - Abhorrent Manifestation March 31- Diabolical Messiah - Demonic Weapons Against the Sacred April 14 - Craven Idol - The Shackles of Mammon April 14 - Ensnared - Dysangelium April 28 - Sarcasm (swe) - Within the Sphere of Ethereal Minds May 12 - Excommunion - Thronosis Devouring Star - Antihedron EP (first quarter)
March 3 - Gorephilia - Severed Monolith March 17 - Lantern - II: Morphosis March 17 - Ascended Dead - Abhorrent Manifestation March 31- Diabolical Messiah - Demonic Weapons Against the Sacred April 14 - Craven Idol - The Shackles of Mammon April 14 - Ensnared - Dysangelium April 28 - Sarcasm (swe) - Within the Sphere of Ethereal Minds May 12 - Excommunion - Thronosis
Devouring Star - Antihedron EP (first quarter)
― Devilock, Monday, 2 January 2017 04:02 (seven years ago) link
new Overkill and Kreator out shortly as well
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 2 January 2017 04:15 (seven years ago) link
New Lantern and Innumerable Forms!! And I'll happily investigate the other ones I don't know.
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 2 January 2017 04:18 (seven years ago) link
New Portal and Artificial Brain YEAH
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 2 January 2017 11:41 (seven years ago) link
seconding YEAH for these two + Vaura
― Dinsdale, Monday, 2 January 2017 12:13 (seven years ago) link
Always up for new Monarch!.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 2 January 2017 12:32 (seven years ago) link
Apparently Spectral Lore just sneaked something out before the new year, one of his genre experiment EPs
https://spectrallore.bandcamp.com/album/fossils
I hope we get a full-length this year
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 2 January 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link
fuck this is amazing
https://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/album/extermination-mass
members of Revenge & Blasphemy. NWY Prod so you know the deal. Which I generally think of myself as being sympathetic to but generally not needing more, but...fuuuuuck this is solid as hell. A commenter on Bandcamp dares to invoke the name of Beherit and normally I'd be like "c'mon" but the vibe here...it is a fucking vibe
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 2 January 2017 22:48 (seven years ago) link
it also concludes with a thirty-minute phone interview so be stoked for that
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 2 January 2017 22:50 (seven years ago) link
Oh shit, wish I wasn't at work... I'd crank that just on principle.
I, Voidhanger announcement:
Support Black Metal has included I, Voidhanger Records in the list of Top Record Labels of 2016. Thanks.
2017 will be another hectic year, with new releases from Todesstoß, Lorn, Tome of the Unreplenished, Celestial Bodies, Khanus, Selcouth, Midnight Odyssey, Inconcessus Lux Lucis, Chaos Moon, Spectral Lore, Divine Element, Lo-Ruhamah, Howls Of Ebb, FELL RUIN, Benighted in Sodom, Ævangelist, Tongues... and many more.
NEW HOWLS OF EBB! NEW KHANUS! NEW TONGUES! ETC.
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 2 January 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link
new Midnight Odyssey! wonder how many hours it'll be
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 2 January 2017 23:03 (seven years ago) link
acc to Ben Koller we can expect new All Pigs Must Die, Mutoid Man, and The Armed; Converge will start recording in the spring
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 2 January 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, January 2, 2017 3:41 AM (eleven hours ago)
Hyus. Plus psyched for Howls of Ebb & at least curious abt new Inconcessus Lux Lucis.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Monday, 2 January 2017 23:17 (seven years ago) link
Just found out there was an Yngwie album released in 2016 - only in Japan, apparently, though it's on US Spotify.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 00:10 (seven years ago) link
One for fans of ultra crude black death, guitars that sound like they're strung with rusty barbed wire, Finland
http://scourgelair.bandcamp.com/album/abominable-entities
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 10:05 (seven years ago) link
The Chasm posted on FB that they're setting up in studio to record a new album.
― Devilock, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 10:33 (seven years ago) link
oh hell yes
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 14:56 (seven years ago) link
New, s/t Obituary album coming out in March on Relapse. 10 tracks, 33 minutes.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
Nice, the late career s/t.
― jmm, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
Nice indeed
― U2 (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 21:36 (seven years ago) link
thanks for the I, Voidhanger news, definitely one of (if not my top) favorite metal labels right now. And loving the Death Worship.
― Dominique, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 03:03 (seven years ago) link
The first 50 of 111 tracks in my 2016 playlist are metal, more or less. (As are a few of the others.)
http://www.furia.com/newparticles/2016-12-31.html
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 5 January 2017 03:52 (seven years ago) link
Implore are very good if you like Trap Them, Rotten Sound, Distaste, etc., etc. They've got two 7"s, and an album from 2015. Their latest 7" is below:
https://implore.bandcamp.com/album/thanatos
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 5 January 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
2016 but really digging the Cadaveric Poison release from last year
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 8 January 2017 03:48 (seven years ago) link
new Immolation next month huh?
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 8 January 2017 03:54 (seven years ago) link
There were two bands with Cadaveric name (Fumes and Poison) and both were solid!
I've been listening to Marduk's first album... so fucking (euro) death metally. It's fun.
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 8 January 2017 10:19 (seven years ago) link
Pyrrhon's set to have a new one out late in the year on Willowtip.
― Devilock, Sunday, 8 January 2017 11:12 (seven years ago) link
Nice. Didn't know Willowtip had picked them up after Relapse seemed to fart on promoting their album.
Here's some stuff I wished I had heard in time for the 2016 poll:
Kosmokrator - First Step Towards Supremacy (excellent, psychedelic death RIYL Krypts, Tongues, Swallowed, etc)
http://initiate-decimation.bandcamp.com/album/first-step-towards-supremacy
Ultha - Converging Sins (epic black metal that incorporates "post-rock" elements without losing the plot)
http://ultha.bandcamp.com/album/converging-sins
Ultha's "Pain Cleanses Every Doubt" (long) EP is available as a pay what you want download there, btw, and is worth listening to and paying for - a bit more doom-influenced than the LP and I think I like it a bit more.
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 8 January 2017 12:22 (seven years ago) link
Worth reposting:Moon Tooth + Astronoid (!!!)Feb 1 – Brooklyn, NY – Saint VitusFeb 2 – Allston MA, – Great ScottFeb 3 – Montreal, QC – Bar Le RitzFeb 4 – Toronto, ON – Hard LuckFeb 5 – Detroit, MI – EL ClubFeb 6 – Chicago, IL – Reggies Rock ClubFeb 7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club CafeFeb 8 – Webster, NY -Harmony HouseFeb 9 – Latham, NY – On The CircleFeb 10 – Lancaster, PA – Lizard LoungeFeb 11 – Amityville, NY – Amityville Music Hall― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 9 January 2017 05:52 (seven years ago) link
Ultha - Converging Sins (epic black metal that incorporates "post-rock" elements without losing the plot)http://ultha.bandcamp.com/album/converging-sins
Yeah, I'm really liking this! Will check out the EP as well. Thanks!
― Frobisher, Monday, 9 January 2017 23:38 (seven years ago) link
I'm liking this Laster album
https://laster.bandcamp.com/album/ons-vrije-fatum
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 21:44 (seven years ago) link
Respect to Armored Saint for putting out a live album that's only 8 tracks and 39 minutes long.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 22:37 (seven years ago) link
A) Twiggy Ramirez produced the new Emptiness albumB) You can stream it here and there's an interview with him (but not the band)
http://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/how-marilyn-mansons-twiggy-ramirez-helped-emptiness-embrace-their-inner-goth
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 09:40 (seven years ago) link
awesome, really looking forward to listening to that later; the bits I've heard sound even odder than the last album
― Devilock, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 12:30 (seven years ago) link
oh my
― Devilock, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
this is not a metal album but it's fucking otherworldly, all the guitars and drums have been thinned out and pushed to the back, it sounds like it's seething
"Ever" sounds like "Goodbye Horses" if it were played on a warped record at an Eyes Wide Shut party. I have no idea how these guys are also in Enthroned. (Or were?)
― Devilock, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
Black Anvil's new one As Was comes out 1/13.It is streaming at Noisey/Vice as of now.
http://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/black-anvil-returns-to-primordial-chaos-on-new-album-as-was
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
xp two of them are still listed as Enthroned members on M-A. Guess it's the duality of man thing... anyway, yeah that album's sounding pretty amazing.
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 12 January 2017 03:06 (seven years ago) link
apologize for making this the "2016 shit I only now heard in 2017" thread but man that Gatecreeper from last year.
I held off on listening to it cos I've grown sick of the 90s Swe-DM sound and all of its neo-emulators but this band, like Entrails, does it very well, w/ taut songwriting.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 12 January 2017 04:33 (seven years ago) link
One 2016 album I didn't get to hear until 2017 is Khemmis. I guess I was put off by the nerd-friendly artwork. But it turns out the music itself was worth the hype.
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 12 January 2017 09:27 (seven years ago) link
What do we reckon to this, then?
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/pillorian-shoot-first-with-a-stygian-pyre/
John Haughm's first foray into music since Agalloch split. Must say I'm not particularly moved either way at this point.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 12 January 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
Actually, I like that! I'm surprised at how concise it is.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 January 2017 14:56 (seven years ago) link
I think it's... okay. Not particularly distinctive or remarkable but it's not bad. The outro reminds me of the Falling Snow outro a little.
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 12 January 2017 15:54 (seven years ago) link
From Malokarpatan:
The final preparations have been done, in March we will be entering the "Dark Ceremonies" Studio Hostivař in Prague to record our new full-lenght album Nordkarpatenland. Same place where Master's Hammer recorded the legendary 1989 demo The Mass, so we hope the spirits of the past will conjure up their magic again during our presence.To be released by Invictus Productions in Europe and The Ajna Offensive in the US in due course...
To be released by Invictus Productions in Europe and The Ajna Offensive in the US in due course...
Also, I don't even know what this is but it has to be excruciating:https://musicalexcrements.bandcamp.com/album/antithesis
― Devilock, Thursday, 12 January 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
looks like my first concert of 2017 will be Hellwitch tomorrow, $10
― Neanderthal, Friday, 13 January 2017 04:02 (seven years ago) link
Niiiiice. Have you seen them before? Are they as insanely fast live as on that first LP?
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 13 January 2017 06:09 (seven years ago) link
Also new Malokarpatan fuuuck yeeeahhh
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 13 January 2017 06:10 (seven years ago) link
I really like the Emptiness album
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 13 January 2017 11:06 (seven years ago) link
A couple of promising tracks, album supposedly out today
https://draugsol.bandcamp.com/album/vola-a-land
― Dinsdale, Friday, 13 January 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link
Dang that's good. But we've really got to have a moratorium on Draug- names.
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 14 January 2017 00:14 (seven years ago) link
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, January 13, 2017 1:09 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nope first time seein' em but I'll let ya know :)
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 14 January 2017 00:31 (seven years ago) link
Dude from Black Witchery showed up. He usually comes on good nights
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 14 January 2017 02:22 (seven years ago) link
Aluk Todolo are touring Europe with Oranssi Pazuzu
― Duke, Saturday, 14 January 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
yes, yes they are
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 14 January 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link
the Draugsól is now fully streamable at https://draugsol.bandcamp.com
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 14 January 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
xp Cool! If they make it to the west coast I'll have to check 'em out. Been a fan since Szyzyzyzyzgizyal Miscreancy!
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 14 January 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
Aluk Todolo are touring the states with Insect Ark!!!!
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 14 January 2017 23:39 (seven years ago) link
Aluk Todolo are touring the states with Insect Ark!!!!― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF)
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF)
A festival I desperately want to attend, I might add.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2016/12/Stardust-VI-e1480622322912.jpg
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 15 January 2017 00:58 (seven years ago) link
Cool lineup. Who are Slagmaur? I mean, like, why are they topping the bill when I've never heard of them?
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 15 January 2017 01:24 (seven years ago) link
according to metal-archives, they're some avantgarde black metal band who have two albums, but none since 2009
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 15 January 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
LasterOns Vrije Fatum(Dunkelheit Produktionen)One SheetRelease Sate: 1/9/2017
http://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3187917951_16.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/6sCLWGWVQRPvTzbRKZK1YVhttp://dunkelheitprod.bandcamp.com/album/ons-vrije-fatum
The band bills itself "Obscure Dance Music from Utrecht" to which I can only say, sure. Why not?
Ons Vrije Fatum (literal translation is "Our Free Fatum," so something about free will is my guess, but it's all Dutch to me), the band's second album, is an ambitious but unpretentious blend of atmospheric black metal and post-rock but the real unique facet to the group's sound is the infusion of Joy Division at their most consonant and claustrophobic.
The shortest song on the album "De tijd vóór" typifies this collaboration while the longest, "Helemaal naar huis," is post-punk free jazz replete with saxophone bleat halfway through the eleven minute opus. That's not the only odd instrumentation as "Bitterzoet" includes shimmering strings that perfectly augment the blackgazing guitars, and electronics - especially the percussive kind - round out the sound. Unusual samples from movies I never saw also show up, like noirish interlopers curious what the band is up to.
I have listened to the album at least five times so far and each time something new emerged from the mix, a melody line hidden away here, some cool instrumentation there, and I get the feeling that repeated listens will continue to unearth newly discovered subtleties.
The bio makes comparisons to early Ulver and Agalloch, which is correct in that if you like those bands you will find a lot here to enjoy, but Ons Vrije Fatum is captivating and wonderful and no two people will dance to it the same way.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 15 January 2017 01:46 (seven years ago) link
I have no idea how Slagmaur made it to the top of a bill, nor how their whole thing's gonna go over live in NYC, but they're definitely a unique bunch. Some sort of conceptual black metal-ish band -- crazy costumes, crazy music, crazy artwork -- they sound like half a dozen horror movie soundtracks stacked atop each other and given a mechanical clockwork Blut Aus Nord styled beat. The songs are extremely monotonous, but because of the dissonances and weird details in the layering of sounds, they can become very creepy and affecting. Sometimes it feels like being put into a trancelike state by a hypnotist with very bad intentions.
Speaking of, here is said hypnotist, one "General Gribbsphiiser," lately fashioning himself after a Scandinavian granny who reads nightmarish fairy tales to the kids:http://i.imgur.com/9XI2MJb.jpgHe seems to be the main force behind the band; I remember reading an interview years ago where he said something to the effect of wanting to create music that sounds like hell's symphony orchestra. He's also a photographer, possibly professionally so, and on the Slagmaur FB page leaves the occasional pic of where I assume he lives, the insanely idyllic Fosen, Norway.
Anyway, curious to see how this whole thing goes down.
http://i.imgur.com/Ed7mcda.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/slagmaurofficial/
*My fav of theirs, maybe because it was the first I heard, is the Domfeldt demo, but really there isn't any great variance between their releases; it all sounds like possessed marionettes marching down from the attic:https://infernaprofundusrecords.bandcamp.com/album/domfeldt
Actually the little that's been released from their looooong overdue new album does sound somewhat different from the old stuff, but it's been a while since I listened to it. I just want the whole thing.
― Devilock, Sunday, 15 January 2017 13:41 (seven years ago) link
Def going to buy a Moon Tooth/Astronoid ticket. Reggies is getting all the good shows, I saw Khemmis night before last there. They definitely have the energy of a younger band still, everything enthusiastically turned up to 11, drowning out the vocals. It was fun. I'm looking forward to Truckfighters next on the 24th.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 15 January 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
xp wow thanks for the info Dev... I'll check it out later tonight but I have this feeling it won't be my thing.
The new Ruins (Australia) album is my thing, though, or at least in the Celtic Frost-via-Panzerfaust wing of my things.
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 16 January 2017 03:31 (seven years ago) link
I'm liking this Laster albumhttps://laster.bandcamp.com/album/ons-vrije-fatum― Dinsdale
― Dinsdale
Hey Dinsdale, did you have new things jump out at you on repeated listens too?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 16 January 2017 04:36 (seven years ago) link
xp ok maybe Slagmaur is my thing. Definitely can see a Blut Aus Nord comparison in the... plodding ethereality of it? They really do like that slow beat though.
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 16 January 2017 05:07 (seven years ago) link
Beheaded's Beast Incarnate is out next Friday on Unique Leader - it's floor-punching death metal RIYL Vader, Lost Soul, etc. The first two tracks are streaming on Bandcamp.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 16 January 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
Firewind's new album Immortals comes out on Friday on AFM. Here's the first video - say cheese!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF_nYCnVjcM
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 16 January 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
wow, Beheaded did take a turn toward the Lost Soul sound, didn't they. I went back and checked out their last album, which seems to be when it happened; they used to be one of those errrp errrp errrp brutal bands -- not that there's anything wrong with that. Sounds good.
I'm kind of in an errrp errrp errrp brutal phase now. Going through the New Standard Elite bandcamp to see what the irascible youth of today are vaping to or whatever. And at the newly hatched NSE forum I saw that Brodequin are working on new material. Neat. Can't get enough of the aluminum bat snare sound.
― Devilock, Monday, 16 January 2017 22:59 (seven years ago) link
The Afternoon GentlemenStill Pissed 2012 - 2015(Give Praise Records)One SheetRelease Sate: 1/13/2017
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0941/5810/products/a2296935364_10_large.jpg?v=1479485767
http://open.spotify.com/album/5YUNKz0EEb5xZsxuWWTTOi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aSqKfmiVDY
Some places have this as a 2016 release but it didn't get much ink that I noticed and other places have it a January release. Not sure it matters except for semantics since it's a compilation from a UK-based self-described grindcore/power violence troupe. I noticed it because it's on the same label that released Columbus crossover crew Killed In Action. It's very solid stuff, aside from the vocals very clean sounding - the guitars are crisp as well as crispy which is not a common thing for this kind of stuff. I am a sucker for discography CDs too which makes it more endearing to me than it might be others, but it's super-fast and super fun.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 02:39 (seven years ago) link
xp ok maybe Slagmaur is my thing.
hang on, does that imply there's some news about the long rumored new Slagmaur? (I feel like I ask this every year...)
― summervillain, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
sorry ignore me I thought I'd scrolled back to where I'd left off, but I hadn't.
― summervillain, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
If you don't mind your metal slathered with pop exuberance, the new Battle Beast song is pretty tremendous:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7eCw8ZXslDD5C5B6bRHc1H
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 16:50 (seven years ago) link
I am listening to the new Immolation album. It is awesome. More later.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
Aww fuck yea!
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
Aargh what a tease
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
hah this Battle Beast track is great! very false, very fun.
― Frobisher, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 08:31 (seven years ago) link
New Mord'A'Stigmata track is pretty hot, weird, epic, Polish:
http://paganrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hope
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 14:18 (seven years ago) link
The Black Anvil album's really good!
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
just Mick Barr thingshttps://ocrilim.bandcamp.com/album/srilimia
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 19 January 2017 09:22 (seven years ago) link
Iron Maiden touring with Ghost!
I might have to splurge and get good tickets from a scalper. Something I have never done before except for sporting events.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 20 January 2017 03:20 (seven years ago) link
they're coming here again, this time two hours closer! w00h00!
― Neanderthal, Friday, 20 January 2017 05:48 (seven years ago) link
This is the kind of stuff that doesn't really get a genre tag that makes any sense to me, like progressive sludge or stoner prog or something but this new Jagged Vision is shaping up nicely.
http://jaggedvision.bandcamp.com/album/death-is-this-world
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 20 January 2017 08:55 (seven years ago) link
UniformWake In Fright(Sacred Bones Records)Release Sate: 1/20/2017
http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16105500_10158094442650597_4408646075777939833_n.jpg?oh=ee3c2cd00e476f01c376491c6c60b941&oe=590B6306
http://open.spotify.com/album/5clvJZcsu9jRhk6S0XFiInhttp://unifuckingform.bandcamp.com/album/wake-in-fright
Although I liked (and still do like) old industrial music, as a self-identified metalhead and punk rock fan I always wanted that stuff to be more evil. This band (duo, apparently) were made with me in mind. The whole record is thrashy with electronic beeps and screeches cutting through the mayhem. If old school Ministry was aping the then-current thrash metal scene, Uniform takes cues from the chaos of our times accordingly. Pummeling Armageddon on the dance floor the way it should be.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 20 January 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Someone mentioned the Lorn up-thread as an upcoming I, Voidhanger release. It's now out and worth a listen. I can't tell if the drums are real or programmed - definitely getting a bit of a Bathory circa "Blood Fire Death" vibe:
https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/arrayed-claws
― o. nate, Friday, 20 January 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Wake in Fright is both a great movie and a great name for an industrial metal album
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 20 January 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
that Lorn sounds good
― Dinsdale, Friday, 20 January 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link
Not metal, exactly, but some folks here will like it: Japanese noise guitarist KK Null and Hungarian grind/free-improv drummer Balász Pándi have just released a collaborative album, Demon Core, on the Ohm Resistance label, for only $2.
https://ohmresistance.bandcamp.com/album/demon-core
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 21 January 2017 01:13 (seven years ago) link
nice!
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 21 January 2017 01:37 (seven years ago) link
I was just reading the wikipedia page on Massacre's "From Beyond" and learned this
Walter Trachsler played rhythm guitar on this album but was not credited.
Which is weird because he's also in one of my favorite demo-only bands, Rotting Corpse out of Texas and was a super-nice dude when I met him (gave me an RC demo and shirt). Kinda weird that they wouldn't credit him and kind of plays into the rumors at that time that Rick Rozz wasn't a super-solid guitarist.
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 22 January 2017 13:20 (seven years ago) link
Falls of Rauros - Vigilance Perennial leaked early and I'm liking it a whole lot. Very cool mix of post-rock/folky interludes/atmospheric black metal stuff.
― Frobisher, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 00:10 (seven years ago) link
The Chasm, again on their FB, and in response to a comment, say that the new album is in fact going to be totally instrumental, which I can't say I'm looking forward to. The last one was really pushing it by being about 50/50. Here's to hoping it'll be some kind of psychedelic trip, I guess. (I'm just not a fan of instro metal.)
― Devilock, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 01:46 (seven years ago) link
Seems to be a lot of it around now and yeah, I feel the same. It either encourages wankery or invites the listener to wish they had a vocalist IMO.
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 01:50 (seven years ago) link
man I do not feel the same. I always welcome a break from DM vokills
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 01:57 (seven years ago) link
like i prefer them to black metal but still...don't feel like there's a lot of interesting ground to tread. instrumental dm with cosmic solos will work for me fine!
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
DM really needs its next Sylvian Houde or Lord Worm
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link
JCLC any instrumental bands you rate?
In other news this forthcoming release on I, Voidhanger sounds potentially interesting.
CELESTIAL BODIES "Spit Forth From Chaos" CD
Out on March 17th, 2017
With such a premise – a cosmic war between monstrous deities from an ancient, mythological past – it doesn't come as a surprise that Celestial Bodies' debut, “Spit Forth From Chaos”, is one of the most intense, hallucinating and mind-shattering sonic experiences ever put on record.
A duo based in The Netherlands and comprised of members from NIHILL and Dead Neanderthals, CELESTIAL BODIES are exactly the fruit of their unholy union. From Nihill they inherited the pitch-black and noise-drenched sound, as well as a conceptual approach with deep roots in gnosticism and occultism, while from Dead Neanderthals they borrowed the avant-garde sensibility and a free-jazz nature built on improvisation.
The result is “Spit Forth From Chaos”, a blasphemous and cacophonously disturbing blend of anti-cosmic black metal and raw noise, propelled by an imperious drumming that breaks through the gates of perceptions, tossing the listener into a nightmarish, sense-altering dimension where everything is Chaos, and Chaos is everything.
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 08:37 (seven years ago) link
Nihill and Dead Neanderthals in the same band? And it's out on St Patrick's Day? Sign me up right now.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link
AnomalieVisions(Art Of Propaganda)Release Date: 03/17/2017
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/2/6/8/626825.jpg?3030
The album doesn't come out until March but here's a video that the band/label put out there recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWJzbMoYGTo
I am unfamiliar with the previous output of this Austrian project, essentially a solo undertaking of Marrok, though unlike on the previous two releases (all on Art Of Propaganda) he enlists the assistance of two studio musicians on Visions. The album takes Pagan black metal and tempers it with contemplative post-blackgaze. The video that was released for "Vision IV: Illumination" illustrates the nature of the band perfectly. As the song title alludes to, it seems to be a conceptual piece with every song a chapter of the story. It's ambitious and grandiose and very, very epic, but manages to avoid hyper-pretension despite the lofty goals, mainly because it's all done so stunningly well. The percussion is especially good, really driving the speedy metallic parts but letting the more delicate passages - sometimes augmented with piano or female vocals - take hold of the listener.
I would put this album up there with anything Alcest has done and they are only my favorite band that does this kind of thing, though Anomalie embraces metal in a way that French forefathers have somewhat abandoned as of late.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 23:18 (seven years ago) link
post-blackgaze? man, we're gonna run out of modifiers and hyphens
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
Well, I evidently didn't coin it, but it fits.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 00:41 (seven years ago) link
New Orthodox album is weird, crushing... jazz.
http://utechrecords.bandcamp.com/album/supreme
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 08:37 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, it's great - I reviewed it for The Wire. A single 36-minute piece. Reminds me of Naked City's Leng Tch'e.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 11:55 (seven years ago) link
yet another amazing-sounding pre-order from Avantgarde
https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/nessun-luogo
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 13:30 (seven years ago) link
I know Brujeria are kind of a novelty band but there's something invigorating about listening to "Viva Presidente Trump". for that song alone I'm goin to check em out tomorrow........(I do like their first album too)
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 26 January 2017 01:36 (seven years ago) link
A track from the upcoming Dodecahedron album
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QyQNvDt8Jk
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 26 January 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
Well that's nuts. Season of Mist seem to like the weird discordant stuff lately.
New Lantern track posted. I know I'm the only person who likes them, you don't have to say it. But they're Finnish, you see.
http://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ii-morphosis
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 26 January 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
I was just listening to that Lantern track, and yeah I'm not feeling it too much, I'm afraid.
In other news, the new Falls of Rauros album is really nice.
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 26 January 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
The first new Lantern track I don't like as much as their first album but I'm hopeful.
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 26 January 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link
holy hell, I really dug that Lantern.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 26 January 2017 23:50 (seven years ago) link
like old Unleashed but more blast-beaty
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 26 January 2017 23:51 (seven years ago) link
ha Gott Punch I am not as severe in my "send me more Finnish metal CDs, and send them here now" tendencies as I once was but I feel you
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 27 January 2017 00:24 (seven years ago) link
Brujeria are incredibly entertaining live.
However i learned attending shows sober is v alien to me
― Neanderthal, Friday, 27 January 2017 05:21 (seven years ago) link
New album from Au Champ des Morts (French BM) out today
https://dmp666.bandcamp.com/track/dans-la-joie
― Dinsdale, Friday, 27 January 2017 10:03 (seven years ago) link
new Kreator is...weird again. so many power metal-ish moments, triumphant-y sounding choruses, whereas I like to go to Kreator to have my face torn off with the angular riffing.
I'll have to listen again to see what I think but that's the issue I had with the album before too.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 27 January 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
The weirdness - the orchestral stuff (done for them by the Fleshgod Apocalypse dudes), that epic final track - is what makes the album great for me. I love their head-down thrash stuff, but knowing that they're still trying to challenge themselves is really cool. I mean, the face-rippers-and-nothing-but approach is what we have Destruction for, right?
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
i liked the intro and I like that they're not doing rote thrash revival retread of their past, it's just those triumphant choruses sometimes feel like jarring.
i was also nursing a sore back and neck and driving home 80 miles at midnight tho so i'm gonna give it a headphones listen now
― Neanderthal, Friday, 27 January 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
regardless tho I am positively stoked for that tour in March. w/ fucking Midnight, Horrendous, and Obituary (the latter I really, really don't ever need to see ever again - they seem to do multiple shows in FL every year and I'm beyond burnt)
― Neanderthal, Friday, 27 January 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
Astonishingly (to me), I've never seen Obituary live, and I really want to. The new album's great.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 27 January 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
They are actually a really good live band. I recommend catching them if you can.
I'm just burnt - seen them 8 times in the last few years
― Neanderthal, Friday, 27 January 2017 18:05 (seven years ago) link
Oops
In other news, the new Falls of Rauros album is really nice. ― Dinsdale
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
new Mythyrming song. fucking A I just think this band is great.
https://misthyrming.bandcamp.com/track/hof
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 27 January 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
i started playing that loudly and just remembered I'm on a conference call
― Neanderthal, Friday, 27 January 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
http://www.vintag.es/2017/01/27-awful-heavy-metal-album-covers-from.html
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Saturday, 28 January 2017 05:27 (seven years ago) link
major props to Kreator for "Side by Side", anti-homophobia song.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 28 January 2017 16:12 (seven years ago) link
that IS awesome! I hadn't gotten that far on the album yet.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 28 January 2017 16:18 (seven years ago) link
lol I finally just did. I'm warming to the album now - some of the power metally chorus moments still don't sit right with me but the riffing and songwriting is inspired. the angular riffing from their 80s output like Extreme Aggression is fully present.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 28 January 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
anybody listen to Blood Freak? what are they up to, if anything?
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 28 January 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
man thanks for the Lantern mention, their first album is fantastic
― Neanderthal, Monday, 30 January 2017 04:21 (seven years ago) link
Awesome! Good call on the early Unleashed vibes, reminds me of them but even more dank.
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 30 January 2017 10:54 (seven years ago) link
Invisible Oranges has a really interesting interview with Tom Allom, who produced all of Judas Priest's '80s albums, and engineer Jack Ruston, who worked on the live concert appended to the Turbo reissue coming out on Friday.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 30 January 2017 18:00 (seven years ago) link
dudes from thou put this together for the greater baton rouge food bank, buy it: http://thrilljockey.com/products/many-waters-baton-rouge-flood-relief-2017
― adam, Monday, 30 January 2017 20:09 (seven years ago) link
Checked out the new album by UK thrashers Solitary The Diseased Heart of Society (release date: 3/3/2017) and if you're the kind of person who grew up in the '80s, it will definitely appeal to you. Most of the album sounds like Legacy-era Testament with the chunky riffs, catchy songs, strong Chuck Billy-like vocals and excellent leads.
You can hear one of their new songs here:http://soundcloud.com/imperative-pr/solitary-unidentified
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 30 January 2017 23:42 (seven years ago) link
I don't listen to much new death metal, even though I grew up on the stuff. I have found the genre becoming self-limiting and while some of the old bands that I loved still put out a good album from time to time, I usually just play the classic stuff when death metal I want.
The exception is Horrendous, who I think are brilliant, mainly because they have been able to expand the parameters of the genre while still unambiguously remaining a death metal band. I just checked out another newer band that has the same impact as Horrendous - Venenum.
The German group had a very well-received self-titled EP in 2011 on Sepulchral Voice Records but nothing since. However a debut full-length "Trance of Death" (which evidently was hinted at a release as far back as the middle of 2016) will finally come out on March 17th. The band remains on Sepulchral Voice for most of the world however The Ajna Offensive picked it up for the United States and Canada which should help the band's profile in North America considerably.
I never heard the EP as of yet, but the LP is really fantastic. It's eerie at times, with enough extra instrumentation and tempo-changing moodiness that some people will be tricked into hearing black metal, but make no mistake, this is death metal - just not boring or stereotypical stuff - with riffs that are brutal but actual dynamic songwriting that never seems pretentious.
No music online that I could find since it's still six weeks away from release though if a publicist sent me advance music, I am sure the active music critics in this forum have got it.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
the body/full of hell do devo on that flood relief comp i posted. it's great. buy it.
― adam, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
Saw them do it live when they toured together... Inspired!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
― Dinsdale, Friday, 27 January 2017 10:03 (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Full album here:
https://dmp666.bandcamp.com/album/dans-la-joie
It's pretty good, like a more depressive Ecailles de Lune in parts
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
bookmarked for later
as for now it's death metal from Portugalhttp://listen.20buckspin.com/album/appalling-ascension
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:35 (seven years ago) link
"Appalling Ascension!" sounds like something the narrator on the 1966 Batman series would say, like if the Penguin was flying with a magic umbrella.
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 23:31 (seven years ago) link
That's a great album (Ominous Circle).
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 00:33 (seven years ago) link
It sounds really good, I should've said. On my never-ending list of metal to buy.
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 00:41 (seven years ago) link
This is pretty cool (Iranian blackened folk metal): https://akvan.bandcamp.com/album/--3
(Buy on Friday!)
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 00:46 (seven years ago) link
I interviewed that Akvan dude for Bandcamp. Should be on the site sometime in the near future. He's really sharp; I'm proud of the piece.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 00:49 (seven years ago) link
came here to post on that Au Champ du Morts album, that's a keeper
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
Bandcamp has a monthly metal column now. Some interesting-seeming stuff there.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 17:25 (seven years ago) link
No bylines makes me sad... Anyone here contributing to that?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
All Bandcamp pieces are single-author. The byline is all the way at the bottom. It's by Brad Sanders.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 18:16 (seven years ago) link
I just saw "Editorial" but I looked at it quickly... Thanks!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 18:21 (seven years ago) link
Checking out the new Six Feet Under, out 2/24. Normally I wouldn't go within a hundred yards of a Six Feet Under album (and within a hundred miles of one of their covers albums), but this time out it's Chris Barnes and two ex-Brain Drill dudes - Jeff Hughell on guitar and bass, and Marco Pitruzzella on drums. So it's a little blast-ier and squigglier than they've been in the past. Still mostly chugga-chugga groove-death, though.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 2 February 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
so wait, the last one was Cannabis Corpse guys, and this one is other ringers? lol
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 2 February 2017 02:15 (seven years ago) link
ok how am I just learning that Sodom's last album has a song called "Vaginal Born Evil"
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 2 February 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link
Hey look, a Moon Tooth cover of Manic Depression. I love this band.https://moontoothny.bandcamp.com/track/manic-depression
― jmm, Thursday, 2 February 2017 05:07 (seven years ago) link
Bathsheba is a Belgian group that has a bunch of people in it from bands I don't know much about - ex-Serpentcult vocalist Michelle Nocon, Dwight Goosens of death metal act Disinterred, Raf Meukens of Death Penalty and Jelle Stevens of, the under appreciated, SardoniS.
Their forthcoming debut (after an EP), Servus will be released 2/24/2017 on the Svart label.
You can call it doom metal and you wouldn't be wrong because it's slow and grindy and menacing, but it's also a lot more than that. Michelle Nocon's vocals and the lurching chasms and drone disbursement the band throws into the proceedings will bring to mind the likes of Oathbreaker and Chelsea Wolfe.
CVLT Nation is streaming one song, "I At The End Of Everything," from the album. Good song on a pretty great disc.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 2 February 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link
I interviewed Resistenzia, a metalcore-ish band from Cuba, for Bandcamp.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 2 February 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link
is there any music that sounds like the aural equivalent of internal rage exploding and excising of internal demons cos I really need somefing like that now and don't say Cryptopsy cos I've heard every note of theirs 35,435352454ou2p5uo42i5425428549 times
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 2 February 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
here
― Siegbran, Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link
and this one
― Siegbran, Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link
or this on spotify
― Siegbran, Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
anybody get the Turbo re-release?
― Neanderthal, Friday, 3 February 2017 23:11 (seven years ago) link
OK SO MOON TOOTH + ASTRONOID
Astronoid played through Air from front to back (minus "Violence"). I was sure they'd have some kind of keyboard/synth element but nah - three guitars! One of the few times I was wishing for a slightly bigger venue as their sound overwhelmed the space a bit. Still, they were great - absurdly locked in, and (as you might imagine) utterly enveloping. The vocalist managed to cut through the din, albeit with the aid of a harmonic backing track. (This threw me a bit at first but it was way preferable to, say, having someone else in the band doing less-than-perfect backing vocals). Also, that has to be the first time I've seen someone sing gently while performing an intricate tap line.
I gotta say, though, Moon Tooth ran way with the night. Seeing them at this stage felt like lucking out and catching an early set from Mastodon or Soundgarden. Their drummer is insane but really the entire instrumental trio is just so fun to behold. The vocalist lacked power but made up for it with writhing stage presence (he sort of makes me think of an endearingly chubby Jake Gyllenhaal). They were somehow mathy, groovy, and even occasionally a little bit bluesy. My favorite bit was probably when they got everyone to clap along only a few seconds before a carefully choreographed on-a-dime stop and start. The set ended with sweaty hugs and high fives all around. Killer vibes.
All in all a really great night, especially considering the low price tag. (I also very much enjoyed local conceptual metal-jazz-prog openers Earth's Yellow Sun.)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 5 February 2017 05:37 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtwSnxnD2is
I've been on a bdm diet since, oh, let's say early November, and pretty much all of these Mountains of Death clips have been hitting the spot. There's an excellent Suffo show in there somewhere too.
― Devilock, Sunday, 5 February 2017 08:47 (seven years ago) link
and there's a crazy Disavowed show where the vocalist spends much of the time in the pit and getting crowd surfed, it's awesome, they end up with like 20 people on stage
― Devilock, Sunday, 5 February 2017 08:54 (seven years ago) link
speaking of internal rage exploding, Ululatum Tollunt
http://invictusproductions666.bandcamp.com/album/quantum-noose-of-usurpation
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 6 February 2017 07:17 (seven years ago) link
If you're in a mood for broootal death metal, Cranial Engorgement's Horrific Existence is worth your time.
https://gorehouseproductions.bandcamp.com/album/horrific-existence
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 6 February 2017 20:01 (seven years ago) link
I'm kind of stoked to see Astronoid (just got their LP delivered!) and Moon Tooth tonight!
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 6 February 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
I got Marduk and Incantation tomorrow. and Mayhem on the 13th!
― Neanderthal, Monday, 6 February 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link
DisharmonyGoddamn The Sun(Iron Bonehead Productions)Release Date: 3/3/2017
http://www.themidlandsrocks.com/wp-content/uploads/Disharmony-Goddamn-the-Sun-600x600.jpg
Decibel is streaming a track from the albumhttp://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2017/1/24/track-premiere-disharmony-open-the-gates-of-elthon
Despite having formed in 1991 and disbanded four years later, this is the Greek band's actual debut album following reformation a few years ago, although they did have a collection of demos and an EP appear during that time.
As Decibel says, "If you like your black metal arcane and your riffs memorable and slightly melodic you’ll instantly fall for this album. Goddamn the Sun sounds like something earnest and evil enough to have come out in ‘94, except the production rings true to the modern era, and there’s not an ounce of affectation to be found anywhere within earshot of this thing."
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 February 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
The Flight Of SleipnirSkadi(Eisenwald)Release Date: 1/20/2017
http://images.bigcartel.com/product_images/190154045/TFOSSkadi2017.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&h=1000&w=1000
http://open.spotify.com/album/1pmCC3WVzkJSYzGg45zbyFhttp://theflightofsleipnir.bandcamp.com/album/skadi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HraGatggx6c
This is the Denver band's sixth album, which is an accomplishment in and of itself. Every release has beautiful and intense artwork and packaging from what I can tell and that attention to detail certainly makes it's way into the music which merges heavy psych rock and folk influences but still embraces being a metal band, albeit a really unique metal band.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 00:24 (seven years ago) link
The band Venenum I was hyping above has a track on the Decibel forums available for streaming.
http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2017/2/6/track-premiere-venenum-issue-cold-threat
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 00:36 (seven years ago) link
sweet. I actually got their prior EP after you posted about them the other day - good stuff.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 02:25 (seven years ago) link
anyone listen to the Pillorian album yet? apparently it has leaked
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 9 February 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
I did (not a leak a digital promo). I liked it. Need to listen a few more times to see if I love it.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:06 (seven years ago) link
Ha, that's good to hear. I'll have to go and look for it in the dark corners of the internet.
Meanwhile, here's something for anyone who isn't sick of post/atmospheric black metal:
https://violetcold.bandcamp.com/album/anomie
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 9 February 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link
My Bandcamp interview with Iranian black metal dude Akvan is up now.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
Good interview. Picked that up per your mention, and it's very enjoyable.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
I drove an hour and a half each way to the land of Rumspringa, Lancaster, PA, to catch the Astronoid / Moon Tooth tour. I am very glad I did.
Like how a Simon H. said above, if I closed my eyes during Astronoid's set I would have sworn that they had keyboards, but they got the sound out of three guitars that modulated with clashing harmonies to create shimmering soundscapes. The singer is an acquired taste with a high falsetto-like voice but it fit in with the dreamlike quality of the band's self-described "dream thrash." I spoke with one of the guitarists after the show for a bit, Mike is his name. Nice guy, stoked that we came from so far away to see them. He liked my Agalloch shirt so I asked him if they liked the emotive moods that shoegazing black metal conjure but felt such stuff wouldn't allow them to stretch out musically (honestly, prog fans would enjoy this band a lot too) and he hedged a bit saying they listen to everything, surprising me by saying they started off listening to pop punk! But also thrash which made more sense. Great band.
I liked the Moon Tooth album but live they were so much better, very tight with a singer who commanded attention. The wife thought they sounded like Incubus and then I read a review on Encyclopaedia Metallum and it also makes the comparison, though I also hear a lot of Dillinger Escape Plan crazy-catchy-crazy as well. I surmised that the guitarist was the real metal guy in the band and then come home to find out that he's in the latest incarnation of Riot, kinda confirming my suspicious.
I don't often make long drives to see bands anymore. Being in Philly it's usually not necessary. But I'm glad I did, it was a lot of fun.
Astronoid:
http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16729539_10158204540895597_1704618321795902066_n.jpg?oh=7bb65afe15e766435a936cbbc18bff82&oe=590753D4
Mopon Tooth:
http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/16665631_10158204545155597_2625154205625184550_o.jpg?oh=97198454aa9d8c5e459f370e34e24a19&oe=5944AA64
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 11 February 2017 06:02 (seven years ago) link
new Overkill is pretty good! seems to be less high octane metuhl than their latest few releases and more like the sleazier 80s stuff they did, even a few elements of cock rock here and there. hooky as hell too.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 11 February 2017 14:05 (seven years ago) link
surprising me by saying they started off listening to pop punk
ha! knew it
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 February 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link
oh, blood command's funeral beach is one of my favorite metal records of the last few years and they're finally putting out a new one in april!
new song is definitely the poppiest thing they've ever done, i love it https://soundcloud.com/tigerfysisiskformat/blood-command-cult-drugs
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 February 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
new Overkill is pretty good! seems to be less high octane metuhl than their latest few releases and more like the sleazier 80s stuff they did, even a few elements of cock rock here and there. hooky as hell too.― Neanderthal
― Neanderthal
I want to see them with Nile on Tuesday but I have seen both bands numerous times before and the same week Mayhem, Inquisition, Black Anvil is playing Thursday and Alcest with The Body is playing Saturday (and that same day Xibala is playing a matinee) and it's tough paying for three shows in a week (and also doing so with a 50+ hour work week).
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 11 February 2017 16:58 (seven years ago) link
New Pyrrhon EP has two free-metal improv pieces, one new song, one Death cover.
http://pyrrhonband.bandcamp.com/album/running-out-of-skin
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 12 February 2017 13:25 (seven years ago) link
Man, you people who saw Astronoid are making me envious.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 February 2017 14:02 (seven years ago) link
Also wow that the singer plays those lines while singing those lines!
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 February 2017 17:03 (seven years ago) link
yeah that was unreal
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 12 February 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
huh, apparently Dallas Toler-Wade is leaving Nile. There's a tiny part of me that hopes this'll be a positive change: as much as I like his song contributions, it seems like over the years his thrashy, more direct style was getting farther and farther away from what I loved about the first two albums. OTOH I fear an album full of 10 minute Sanders epics, which I likewise have grown weary of.
New guy is from some fellow SC band called Enthean. Never heard of em but will check out.https://www.facebook.com/nilecatacombs/posts/10154238517646016
― Devilock, Monday, 13 February 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
ha, check that, I have in fact heard this Enthean before (they were mentioned at m-a), sort of a swirl of varying vanillas, but overall probably closest to late Emperor or even Zyklon's first one (in vox esp), with some Dimmu/Arcturus/Covenant and an occasional tech death part thrown in. Actually Bound by Entrails comes to mind, who I like much more.
https://enthean.bandcamp.com/album/priests-of-annihilation
― Devilock, Monday, 13 February 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
I thought I had already posted this one but guess not
https://wiegedood.bandcamp.com/album/de-doden-hebben-het-goed-ii
Second album from this Belgian black metal group (features members of Amenra and Oathbreaker)
― Dinsdale, Monday, 13 February 2017 21:52 (seven years ago) link
Dudes. Inquisition are PHENOMENAL live. Holy shit fuck
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 02:36 (seven years ago) link
I've seen videos of them live that looked amazing. One of the live at Saint Vitus ones they play for like 15 minutes with no break and when they stop the drummer looks like he's going to die... then picks right back up after 30 seconds.
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 11:11 (seven years ago) link
Apparently It/Tony Sarkka passed away; there's a lengthy remembrance by an ex-bandmate (and more importantly, longtime friend) here:https://www.facebook.com/bohlinmichael/posts/1289794004446485:0
― Devilock, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
Awww man RIP.
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link
Great week in Philly for shows...
Tonight - Overkill / NileWednesday - Havoc / ExmortusThursday - Mayhem / Inquisition / Black AnvilSaturday - Xibala (matinee) followed by Alcest / The Body / Creepers (Deafheaven side project)
Because I am working a lot this week and I have limited funds, I am only able to see the Thursday and Saturday shows unfortunately.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 23:51 (seven years ago) link
The band Anomalie that I was hyping above have premiered another song from their album:http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/anomalie-preview-new-visions-album-with-stream-of-vision-ii-the-wanderer-exclusive-premiere
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 23:52 (seven years ago) link
definitely going to Overkill/Nile. Nile, honestly, I don't care if I ever see again even though I love them and they're fun live, but I was blown away by Overkill in 2015.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 23:54 (seven years ago) link
of COURSE Cryptopsy are doing None So Vile in its entirety on this tour, and not coming to FL, and coming to ATL on a day I might not be able to get up there.
on the other hand, they pretty much played half of it the last time I saw them headline, so...I guess I'll live. it's kinda funny, Flo is like the only dude in the band who actually played on that album.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 16 February 2017 04:30 (seven years ago) link
New Sabbath Assembly May 12th! Yay!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 16 February 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
New Artificial Brain April 21https://www.profoundlorerecords.com/artificial-brain-complete-work-on-new-album-infrared-horizon-pre-orders-available-new-track-posted/
art is wicked
http://i.imgur.com/qXYbMaa.jpg
― Devilock, Thursday, 16 February 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
there's a song there at the link, I should add, sounds very Artificial Brainy
― Devilock, Thursday, 16 February 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
Awesome
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 16 February 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
i am psyched
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 February 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link
Champ Morgan, vocalist for awesome Texas grind act Kill The Client, has a new solo semi-ambient electronic noise project, Derelict Satellite. The debut release is four tracks, running about 55 minutes total:
https://derelictsatellite.bandcamp.com/
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 16 February 2017 21:54 (seven years ago) link
so Immolation opening for that Max/Iggor Roots show, eh? wish I'd known - I never get to see them.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
dude that Artificial Brain record is the TRUTH
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:36 (seven years ago) link
I refuse to listen to any album by any metal band with vowels in their name this week
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:37 (seven years ago) link
― Devilock, Thursday, February 16, 2017 1:54 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
omg it really does, i love it so much
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
feels like there's a bit more space in the composition and everything sounds a little brighter than anything i remember from the previous record. so down
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:44 (seven years ago) link
Looking forward to the new Apostate Viaticum. Atmospheric death-thrash from Ireland:
https://invictusproductions666.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-gates-of-gomorrah
― o. nate, Friday, 17 February 2017 02:48 (seven years ago) link
MIA on metal so far this year, but just heard this track from new Bay Area supergroup Extremity, and very much recalling old school Bay Area and Florida death metal:
https://soundcloud.com/20-buck-spin/extremity-crepuscular-crescendo
― Dominique, Friday, 17 February 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
Looking forward to the new Apostate Viaticum
They played Dublin last weekend with Asphyx and Vircolac, another great Irish (OSDM) band. I missed it 'cause I'm old and tired and I had a cold.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Friday, 17 February 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
there's uh another band called Extremity on Spotify. the tracklist of their 2016 album is errr
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 17 February 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
Very sad to hear about Tony Saarka above - that was a moving remembrance write-up ... Ophthalamia is always such an epic listen for me - all my fave metal touchstones in one band - Dominion and A Journey Into Darkness rule so hard.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 17 February 2017 15:54 (seven years ago) link
the new Montfaucon is super interesting and good except for the vocals, which are super not necessary at all
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 17 February 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/EGX3tUWX4WM
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 17 February 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
Dimmu Borgir have a live 2CD/2DVD set coming out containing two full concerts they did with (real) orchestral backing. I haven't thought about Dimmu Borgir in years, but I was into this. (Not as into it as the trombone player, though!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg6n3ZhKwt4
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 17 February 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
I've been meaning to pick up the Vircolac EP from last year. The Extremity track sounds good too.
― o. nate, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link
if anybody is near Miami, Churchill's Pub is having a black metal festival on 3/3 with Nocturnus AD and INQUISITION for $15.
just paid for my ticket and an Airbnb room. after seeing Inquisition open for Mayhem, it should be sweet. hope I can make it in time for Nocturnus AD, who are always a blast (I think I saw them four times between 2014-2015).
are Kult Ov Azazel any good?
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 19 February 2017 23:48 (seven years ago) link
as someone who will listen to just about any "traditional" black metal of the 90s variety, I say without reservation that KoA is terrible. their first album had the novelty of being this insanely relentless and one-dimensional black metal assault from Florida of all places, but thereafter they imagined they could write songs and things got boring fast.
― Devilock, Monday, 20 February 2017 01:04 (seven years ago) link
Lol. Thanks!
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 February 2017 01:13 (seven years ago) link
apparently KoA's debut came out in 2001, could've sworn it was from like 98 or 99. either way, file them alongside stuff like Blood Stained Dusk, Abazagorath, Blood Storm, and Summon (though not even as decent as those last two)
Triumph of Fire is worth one (and I stress "one") listen just for the silliness; it was like everyone in the band was Animal from The Muppet Show
― Devilock, Monday, 20 February 2017 01:18 (seven years ago) link
My Saturday Night
Went to Kung Fu Necktie in Philly to see Xibalba. About two songs in some asshole windmilled out of control into my face. Nose smashed. Blood dripping. Not nearly as metal as it sounds. I still love the band but it attracted some of the mookish assholes I have seen and the venue had nobody near the stage.
Cleaned myself up and walked ten minutes to the Fillmore where Creepers were just finishing up. I love Deafheaven but found the Creeper stuff boring and didn't mind that I missed most of their set. The Body were seemingly inert with three dudes (three this time, not two) behind setups creating staticky noise that bemused and confused a rused Alcest crowd. I went to clap when a song decayed before the next one started and I was literally the only person who did this.
Alcest was brilliant as usual, a fantastic crisply performed set of their best material. The crowd connected with this band - looking at the room the ratio of fans with eyes on phones checking Facebook and fans rapt with attention was definitely much higher for starstruck fans than usual.
I still think that The Body and Alcest is one of the weirdest fucking bills you'll see but I'm glad I did.
XIBALBA
http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/16826078_10158245341170597_5424859231704717325_o.jpg?oh=8aa072d781ae5c51194e901d55c11f99&oe=59365EE2
MY BLOODY FACE
Not posted, here's the link
THE BODY
http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/16797063_10158245881735597_3768273937581982520_o.jpg?oh=08747ba419ecd29fc4cb8e2f6bd3d91d&oe=5942C2EA
ALCEST
http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/16836554_10158246033030597_1374641943941093355_o.jpg?oh=ec7f1ee78f80d841e26c3cd3a07c1224&oe=58FF5574http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16864585_10158246032440597_8637496917468063632_n.jpg?oh=43c94c8be36d3fcd0ecc3a3927c567ad&oe=5937D2D2
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 20 February 2017 05:08 (seven years ago) link
So The Body are doing like straight-up noise?
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 20 February 2017 06:06 (seven years ago) link
(Sorry 'bout your face btw - glad it wasn't broken!)
Assholes thwacking around and hitting innocent bystanders is getting old
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 February 2017 06:10 (seven years ago) link
It was old 40 years ago too.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 20 February 2017 14:06 (seven years ago) link
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 20 February 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
Noisey is streaming the new Bathsheba release here.
As Kim Kelly says:
Whatever you'd like to call them, the most important overall point is that Bathsheba is a very good band, and their Svart Records debut, Servus, may well be one of the finest contribution to the so-called "occult doom" subgenre in recent years. The guitar work is unexpectedly lively and nimble, cradled in distortion, lashings of feedback, and a sludgy tempo; the overall product is heavily atmospheric, in that cosmic YOB-ish, Samothrace-y sort of way, and retains a faint air of menace—a conjuration of fire. There's a bit of a kitchen sink mentality present here, as scraps of black metal, true doom, stoner doom, sludge, and witchy 70s rock all coalesce into an immensely engaging whole. Michelle's winsome vocals are a clear focal point, her versatility behind the mic adding dynamic layers to the studied heft of Bathsheba's slowly unfurling riffs, especially when she stretches and contorts her vocal chords into an ululating wail and heated growl on closing epic "I At the End of Everything."
There's a bit of a kitchen sink mentality present here, as scraps of black metal, true doom, stoner doom, sludge, and witchy 70s rock all coalesce into an immensely engaging whole. Michelle's winsome vocals are a clear focal point, her versatility behind the mic adding dynamic layers to the studied heft of Bathsheba's slowly unfurling riffs, especially when she stretches and contorts her vocal chords into an ululating wail and heated growl on closing epic "I At the End of Everything."
This is a really interesting and solid album and I would think that it would get love in this forum especially.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 20 February 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
Power Trip's Nightmare Logic has leaked and it's been on repeat ever since. It's out this Friday, and you can preview three tracks on their bandcamp page. "Executioner's Tax" is so damn fun. The liner notes tell me that the intro to "Waiting Around To Die" was done by prurient!
https://powertripsl.bandcamp.com/album/nightmare-logic
― borntohula, Monday, 20 February 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
Bathsheba sounds great so far
― Dinsdale, Monday, 20 February 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
I already pre-ordered that Bathsheba based on the first song I heard.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 20 February 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/myVLWHG.jpg
Got a promo of the new Naudiz album Wulfasa Kunja which drops in April on Iron Bonehead Productions.It's the second album from the Italian band, the first since 2014.It's really solid Hellhammer worship with blastbeat bursts that modernize it a bit.But the riffs are vintage and grinding; between that and grunted "Ooh" one thinks Tom Warrior would approve.
Lead track on the album "Garmr" is on SoundCloud"http://soundcloud.com/iron-bonehead-productions/naudiz-garmr
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 20 February 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
Stream three tracks from the new Woe, "The Din of the Mourning" is particularly relentless
https://woeunholy.bandcamp.com/album/hope-attrition
― Dinsdale, Monday, 20 February 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
This isn't metal the way it's commonly defined in this thread, but it's fairly badass power trio instrumental rock.
https://apeshifter.bandcamp.com/releases
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 00:19 (seven years ago) link
read that as Apeshitter at first
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 01:50 (seven years ago) link
That Woe is pretty good. And gotta love a track called "No Blood Has Honour."
Randomly came across this through someone else's purchases on Bandcamp (one of their best features is being able to stalk peoples' tastes):
http://hyponic.bandcamp.com/album/-
I see that Hyponic were mentioned in Rolling Metal 2010 but this is a new album. RIYL Aluk Todolo, Kadura, Fushitsusha and a little bit of diseombowelment's twangy weirdo atmospheres. Track 5 is kind of reminding me of old Lycia doing psych, though.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 08:29 (seven years ago) link
OK it resembles Emptiness a bit too.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 11:27 (seven years ago) link
Wow that's really great. The funeral doom label put me off a bit but I'm glad I listened to it.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Here's some slightly weird folksy black metal that's a bit disjointed at times but usually in an intriguing way:
https://ungfell.bandcamp.com/album/t-tbring-re
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
The new Benighted album Necrobreed (they've been around forever, but I've never listened to them before) is pretty good. It's kind of a combination of Rotten Sound-style grind, brutal death metal (occasional pig squeal vocals), and beatdown hardcore. Not subtle, but effective.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 21:33 (seven years ago) link
This made the rounds yet? (The final two paragraphs are the key.)
http://gizmodo.com/this-400-million-year-old-worm-monster-is-metal-as-hell-1792584414
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 21:54 (seven years ago) link
this is cool
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/manetheren-the-end-album-premiere/
A full-fledged concept album, The End tells the story of one man’s almost Nietzschean journey towards godhood as the world comes to an end. Each of the six tracks signifies a different event along the way, starting with Biblical plagues and pestilence and ending with the protagonist ruling over the dystopian wastes left behind. The sheer gorgeousness of the music, however, more than offsets the relative bleakness of the lyrics. Darkly atmospheric and characterized by layer upon layer of guitars, Manetheren’s approach to black metal brings to mind more overtly melodic bands like Woods of Desolation, but they also occasionally veer into the same sort of depressive rock territory as Amesoeurs – particularly on tracks like “And Then Came the Pestilence” and “The End,” both of which have sections that seem to draw influence from The Cure.
(also, no one is talking about the new Immolation album but I guess it's because Immolation making a great album is kind of a given)
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 23 February 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
i'm stoked for when it hits my Amazon music library. first death meta lband I ever saw live!
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 February 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
Really wanted to see Immolation and Full of Hell last week (they're opening for the Cavalera brothers' "playing Roots in its entirety" tour) but...didn't. New album's great, though.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 23 February 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link
I found out about the Atlanta show too late - the killer is if an impromptu project at work hadn't come up, I could have probably done it. I would have loved seeing them again (and the Roots set).
they have a headlining set in Arizona but I don't think I can make that work. kills me that the one time they came to my hometown three times in a year and a half, I missed them all three times back in like 2003.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 February 2017 21:44 (seven years ago) link
I like that Ross doesn't use his death voice to talk between songs, just his thick Yonkers accent
the Cavalera brothers' "playing Roots in its entirety" tour
Really?! Sweet. That's definitely the Sepultura album we all want to hear live, right?
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 23 February 2017 23:02 (seven years ago) link
I know you're joking, but I would be more excited about a Chaos A.D. tour. (That was the tour I saw them on in 1993, with Fudge Tunnel, Fear Factory, and Clutch opening up.)
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 23 February 2017 23:06 (seven years ago) link
lol they only picked that one cos the tour was supposed to be all last year and it was 20th anniversary (and then some of the leg got cancelled or somethin idk).
I actually like Roots even if it isn't even the fourth best thing THEY did.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 February 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
Heh
xp I would be way more excited by a Chaos AD tour! But Arise would be better. Or Beneath the Remains. Schizophrenia. Morbid Visions. Bestial Devastation. The list is endless, really...
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 24 February 2017 00:18 (seven years ago) link
I like Roots a lot and I bet it's a blast live
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 24 February 2017 01:13 (seven years ago) link
otm
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 24 February 2017 01:22 (seven years ago) link
It woulda been fun. And the new Masquerade in ATL doesn't have quite the same feel as the old location but it still rules
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 February 2017 02:17 (seven years ago) link
I have seen Clutch 3 times never on purpose I swear that band opens for everyone. Chevelle too
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 February 2017 03:29 (seven years ago) link
I have seen Clutch 3 times never on purpose I swear that band opens for everyone.
Yeah, me too: that '93 show, when they were just starting out, then again in '97 between Neurosis and Pantera, then I got a long break from their plodding asses, until they were the middle band again, this time between Valient Thorr and Motörhead in 2010. Talk about sucking the energy out of the room - Valient Thorr were absolutely on fire that night, and Motörhead were Motörhead, but Clutch came out and slogged through 45 minutes of one-chord boogie until I thought I was gonna lapse into a coma.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 24 February 2017 03:41 (seven years ago) link
god 2 minutes into the new Immolation and it alraedy feels like walkin into an old friend's house for a beer
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 February 2017 05:17 (seven years ago) link
OK, I have only listened to it all the way through once, but based on that and playing the advance tracks several times each, I'm going to predict that the new Battle Beast is the album of the year.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 24 February 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
Light Of The Morning StarNocta(Iron BoneHead Productions)Release Date: 3/3/2017
https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000200749317-s72o5v-t500x500.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHuMdnhTJwghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNeRfAE9mh0
When you hear the term Gothic Metal you likely think of the current crop of bands that have neither the passion of Gothic music nor the power of metal, diluting both genres rather than invigorating them. Leave it to an album whose title literally translates to 'night' to finally have something embrace the darkness that draws in practitioners and devotees of both subcultures. The debut album from UK band Light Of The Morning Star after an EP Cemetery Glow that was released last June, Nocta incorporates enough Black Metal trappings to confuse the corpse-painted into thinking they are being serenaded, but the morose vibe that permeates the album is really far more Andrew Eldritch than Azaghal or Emperor, but being on a label primarily known for underground metal will likely give the band more exposure in that subculture, and that's fine.
The label has unleashed two tracks in advance of the album's release. "Ophidian" shows an actual groove with a post-punk prominent bass line weaving beneath whispered vocals whereas the title track kicks off with keys that could be harpsichord before melting into a mid-tempo anthem. As Cvlt Nation says when it premiered the song, "When I first heard the track... I knew I was going to love this despite not being much of a metalhead. It opens with a slow piano line before the rest of the instruments strike in. The vocals are not fierce and screaming, but rather deep, dark, and chanting. It really has a romantic, gothic (perhaps even vampiric) feel to it without being corny, so to me it’s the perfect blend of goth rock and metal. It’s a truly badass song that pulls you in right away.
My favorite song on the disc has yet to be released; "Coffinwood" is genuinely catchy, something as comfortable on a dancehall as a concert stage - anywhere it's dark, really.
The whispered vocals could be something of an acquired taste for metal fans, but the dynamic against the heavier-than-expected guitars and rhythm section makes it work. I wish that the production actually had a little more deference to those guitars, which might be the headbanger in me talking, but my inner Goth loves it and wants to share some absinthe with the O-A, the mysterious person behind this project, and frolic through a moonlit cemetery.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 25 February 2017 01:55 (seven years ago) link
JuniusEternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light(Prosthetic Records)Release Date: 3/3/2017
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http://junius-official.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-rituals-for-the-accretion-of-lighthttp://open.spotify.com/album/0LUp8pPrdr60BhFBr2Mdd7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-yN5358-S8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvZddkash0E
It's hard to believe that Junius has been around since 2003 but this is only the third full-length album from the group yet it is the final album of a trilogy though their discography is fleshed out with a slew of EPs and splits. I haven't heard everything they've done but from what I have heard, Eternal Rituals For The Accretion Of Light is likely the most accessible thing they've done to date.
Of the three songs released in advance of the album, "Clean The Beast" sounds like an artier, less organic Mastodon as it juxtaposes clean and harsh vocals. In the same vein is "A Mass for Metaphysicians," available at the Spotify link above, which delves into Deftones territory with a slippery riff and wailing background harmonies.
Rolling Stone debuted the other track from the album, "The Queen's Constellation," of which it says, "it takes the band's alternately soaring and crashing sound to even more diverse places, as can be heard on first single "The Queen's Constellation." Opening with a spiraling keyboard filigree, the song blends seismic riffs and singer-guitarist Joseph E. Martinez's Chino Moreno–esque vocal melodies as it builds to a chugging, upward march of a breakdown."
It seemed every time that Junius came by Philly they were supporting someone I didn't care too much about but in April they are doing a headlining club show that I am looking very forward to seeing.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 25 February 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
It's been mentioned above but I have to say the forthcoming Obituary album is a monster! Guttural as hell and I still think John Tardy's got the best death metal pipes you'll find - and he uses them to great effect here.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 25 February 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
nice - I didnt' care for the last one, is it similar? I didn't hate it either, just didn't like it as much as previous.
new Immolation is glorious, as is the POwertrip. Midnight, haven't had a great listen yet, but I'm sure I"ll love it.
next week = Inquisition on Friday, Overkill/Nile SAturday. was supposed to go to Suicidal Tendencies Sunday and even bought a ticket til I forgot I had a soccer game across town two hours away so I'm selling it.
humorously, the club (State Theatre in St Pete) is erroneously advertising Exodus as an opener. they have never been part of the tour package, maybe they were in negotiations early on, but they're definitely not going to be there, and part of me wonders if Exodus fans will show up pissed that it's Crowbar/Havok opening instead.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 26 February 2017 00:36 (seven years ago) link
I emailed them to fix it, amazed it's gotten by this long
immortal bird are fuckin serious live
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 26 February 2017 06:07 (seven years ago) link
lol the questions starting coming in so frequently that ST's FB page manager had to swoop into the event and confirm, no Exodus would not be there, and yes, it was Havok/Crowbar.
venue STILL won't upset their website or reply to emails from several of ours.
gonna be some pissed Exodus fans lol
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 26 February 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
Immortal Bird got their van / gear / merch jacked ... have raised 14K in 3 days on GoFundMe ... shitty news / heartening news
https://www.gofundme.com/immortal-bird-stolen-gear-van
https://www.facebook.com/immortalbirdband/
― alpine static, Sunday, 26 February 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
Midnight album is fun as per usual. gonna be great to see them on the Decibel tour
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 26 February 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
attn Brad, this album has you written all over it I think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjoIXjI7pok
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 27 February 2017 01:56 (seven years ago) link
Fuck, this Rebel Wizard album. Vicious, thrashy black metal with some Maiden/Priest guitar heroics thrown in. And it's Australian.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 27 February 2017 08:24 (seven years ago) link
I wrote about Immolation.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 27 February 2017 12:43 (seven years ago) link
If you like your female-vocal metal a little closer to Madder Mortem than to Xandria, check out the new Ravenscry album.
https://open.spotify.com/album/7vMCkszcwn6iLOpwtBcUim
(I just realized that I don't know if that's supposed to be ravens-cry or raven-scry. Kinda hoping it's the latter as an Odin reference.)
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 27 February 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
oh my god simon WHAT IS THAT SONG
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, 27 February 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
dude the whole album is insane
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 27 February 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
aaaaaah
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, 27 February 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
ostensibly they're considered a djent band? or used to be? I've listened to it like a half dozen times and I'm still confused
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 27 February 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
Junius were basically the only listenable djent band when their 1st album was out.
― Odysseus, Monday, 27 February 2017 22:12 (seven years ago) link
State Theater in St Pete STILL has Exodus listed on their website even after ST THEMSELVES were forced to go into the FB event to clarify the confusion.
People are getting massively confused, I am going to laugh my ass off if a shitload of Exodus fans show up and then start flipping things over when they realize they won't be there.
several of us have emailed them too, so dunno if they're just lazy or they really want to will this thing into existence.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 February 2017 22:40 (seven years ago) link
If you say Exodus five times while staring into a mirror they suddenly appear and start thrashing behind u
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 27 February 2017 23:51 (seven years ago) link
I wish i hadn't just tried that when i was on the toilet
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 February 2017 23:58 (seven years ago) link
If your issue with BABYMETAL was that it still sounded too human, you might appreciate this:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5yoy8hzsgNMkAYHb350q7H
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
(It's vocaloid metal.)
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 20:24 (seven years ago) link
Ha, that's good to hear. I'll have to go and look for it in the dark corners of the internet.Meanwhile, here's something for anyone who isn't sick of post/atmospheric black metal:https://violetcold.bandcamp.com/album/anomie― Dinsdale
Also, for those of us who prefer physical format, there is a CD available and it's relatively inexpensive for US consumption.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 20:36 (seven years ago) link
For Vocaloid metal, I'll stick with Utsu-P:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7ex8PWSObIK1VQsUpixjnC
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 21:37 (seven years ago) link
Medico Peste is yet another Polish band doing something a little different, somewhere in the Mgla/Furia/post-punk orbit. Apparently there's a cover of "Stigmata Martyr" on this upcoming EP.http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2017/2/26/streaming-medico-peste-hallucinating-warmth-and-bliss
Their debut album was really good, fwiw.
― Devilock, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, February 27, 2017 7:43 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
great article. I really wish more people wrote about them (granted, Decibel gives them their due). never thought the one time I saw them headline in 1999 would be the *only* damn time.
Their releases over the past decade—2007’s Shadows in the Light, 2010’s Majesty and Decay, 2011’s Providence EP (a free giveaway from Scion AV), and 2013’s Kingdom of Conspiracy—have been some of their most bludgeoning.
this is otm. I have forgotten what Shadows looked like because that was during my weird showtunes phase (shut the fuck up, everybody), but I remember raving about Majesty on here after I got it, and Kingdom of Conspiracy I still play the fuck out of.
I think the only one I elevate slightly above the rest is Close to a World Below. I also have love for Failures for Gods, despite the clicky drums (I won't say typewriters, AG, won't do it), as it was the first one I owned.
some boring people might say Dawn of Possession is the best one or the only one worth owning. they'd be RONG. the angular atmospheric riffing is just hard to replicate. It's not about pummeling your skull a la Cryptopsy, it's making you feel like you're ambling slowly in Hell, crawling through an endless cesspool of blood, molasses, and raw sewage, and slowly losing your will to keep fighting upstream.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
Since there was a lot of (justifiable) Astronoid love in the thread, the band will be playing a couple weeks of dates on the West Coast with Ghost Bath:
4/14/2017 The Park Theatre - Winnipeg, MB4/15/2017 TBA - Regina, SK4/16/2017 Distortion - Calgary, AB4/17/2017 Astoria - Vancouver, BC4/18/2017 Highline - Seattle, WA4/19/2017 Ash Street Saloon - Portland, OR4/20/2017 Thee Parkside - San Francisco, CA4/21/2017 Complex - Los Angeles, CA4/22/2017 Soda Bar - San Diego, CA4/23/2017 Yucca Tap Room - Tempe, AZ4/25/2017 Marquis - Theater Denver, CO4/26/2017 Riot Room - Kansas City, MO
I expect full reviews from ILXors.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
lol that should be a nicely polarizing bill
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
it's making you feel like you're ambling slowly in Hell, crawling through an endless cesspool of <yik>
in addition to the new immolation, have of late dug power trip, the great old ones, tomb mold, lorn & rebel wizard. ominous circle lp is okay, maybe better than okay, not sure yet. cultes des ghoules operetta thing is an endurance test but kind of fun. new portal & solstice soon?
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link
Oh man the Great Old Ones record is killer. Lovecrafty black metal but just super fun to listen to.
Rebel Wizard and Tomb Mold are both spending a lot of time in my earholes. Waiting for my copy of the Lorn CD, secretly hoping Marc Maron will accidentally agree to interview them on his podcast.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 2 March 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link
Cathartic shrieky epic black metal by the aforementioned Ghost Bath: https://open.spotify.com/track/6eKu3fqaUDQm0iwwkFquy0
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 2 March 2017 15:02 (seven years ago) link
Re: Disperse
That was terrible.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 2 March 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
hahaha no one but brad was meant to listen to that
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 March 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
Did Brad lose a bet?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 2 March 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
(And for the record I listen to everything that is posted in this thread at least once as soon as I can hear the full album. Most don't get more than one listen, however. :) )
I love that Disperse song.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 2 March 2017 20:49 (seven years ago) link
for real though I dig the hell out of that Disperse album, it sounds like someone went into the 1975's studio when they were off on spliff breaks and tried to make prog-metal using their setup xp
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 March 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
Simon OTM! I listened to the Disperse a few days ago when it got reviewed on AMG, and the first thing I thought was, "This sounds like that last 1975 album. But, you know, better." I think I even said something like that in the review comments.
It's not terrible, I don't think, but it's definitely not my kind of thing.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 March 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
Hey guys. I haven't been contributing to this thread because frankly I'm severely burned out and need an extensive break from the new metal stuff. There's not much new stuff that makes me happy anymore. However the new Power Trip album is a hugely pleasant surprise in that it's ultra-formulaic thrash that remembers how catchy thrash is supposed to be. Hooks aplenty, great dynamics, the kind of filth and speed and tightness that has me comparing this record to Possessed and Exodus, with Slayer divebombs for good measure. Regressive metal for the proverbial win. It reminds me of being 17, at the height of my thrash obsession, in 1988.
And for those who like the girly metal (Glenn, take note) the new Kobra and the Lotus is a long-overdue strong effort by a band that always had a bad habit of underachieving in the past. They're a great fit on Napalm, and I hope they do well with the Euro-metal crowd.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 3 March 2017 05:33 (seven years ago) link
Yes! I like "Gotham" a lot, and am looking forward to the rest of the Kobra and the Lotus album.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 3 March 2017 17:21 (seven years ago) link
You guys.
Nocturnus (AD) debuted a new song at this show tonight.
And it is gooooood
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 March 2017 03:56 (seven years ago) link
Like Key good
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 March 2017 03:57 (seven years ago) link
WHAT
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Saturday, 4 March 2017 04:28 (seven years ago) link
would die 4 that
Yeah man. If they can write 7 more songs like this daaaamn
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 March 2017 04:39 (seven years ago) link
Dread SovereignFor Doom the Bell Tolls(Ván Records)Release Date: 3/3/2017
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One Sheet
Doom metal without any of the hippie-dippy stuff. Even when they get a little psychedelic, it is only to make the music seem heavier. Doom metal is often morose and mournful; in the hands of this Irish group, it's all about anger and it's not a bad look.
The album is streaming via SoundCloud at Noisey, where Kim Kelly says
For Doom the Bell Tolls is dark—immensely dark. The sound of church bells ring out, puncturing the murky, twilit atmosphere and punctuating the howling ripples of distorted riffs. Joined by drummer Johnny King (Malthusian, Sodb) and guitarist Bones (Wizards of Firetop Mountain), vocalist and bassist Nemtheanga (AKA Primordial's Alan Averill) lays aside his usually epic vocal stylings in favor of an eerie sort of ur-wail, a wavering cry that undulates through the sepulchral fog to bring tidings of doom. A perfectly grimy (and extremely fitting) Venom cover at the end sees them ramp up the sleaze in a gritted-teeth reminder that doom has always been dirty. Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 4 March 2017 14:33 (seven years ago) link
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 March 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
WHOA LORD YEAH
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 4 March 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
well fuck
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 4 March 2017 20:29 (seven years ago) link
omg I spent the whole first track thinking "wow this guy sounds like Alan Averill". Well duh.
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 4 March 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
got Incubus's drum stick after the Inquisition set. the thing was beat to shit. he plays the hell out of them.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 March 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
It's not just a little matchstick?
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 4 March 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
Lol kinda is now.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 March 2017 23:32 (seven years ago) link
NBD just met Corpsegrinder
http://i68.tinypic.com/xmsizl.jpg
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 March 2017 01:33 (seven years ago) link
Overkill still rule live and they play the best two songs (#1 and #3) from the new album live.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 March 2017 05:59 (seven years ago) link
Caught Anvil with Night Demon and Graveshadow this evening in Philly. The venue, Johnny Brenda's, doesn't do a ton of metal shows and it is in the hipster neighborhood of Fishtown so I kind of expected some ironic attendees at the show but instead it was filled with lifers who put me to shame. I wore a Diamond Head shirt (Night Demon's Jarvis Leatherby approved, I said I thought maybe he heard a song or two of theirs and he laughed, "Yeah, one or two.") and at one point was at the bar next to someone in a Budgie shirt causing me to exclaim that we were responsible for half of Metallica's cover songs. It was certainly nice to not be the oldest person at a show for once.
I missed locals Hound because I was eating a cheesesteak, but they're quite good if you ever come across them, solid shit-kicking rock and roll will be your reward.
I was intrigued by Graveshadow enough to make sure I caught them. They have a video out which is really cheesy, but it's also quite infectious and has stuck in my head. I post it here so those who were offended at my negative views of Disperse can mock me for my questionable taste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcliFiGOeiY
Live the band was a lot heavier than the clip and debut album I checked out on Spotify and the singer was having a great time, shrugging off rude catcalls and winning over a lot of the crowd by sheer will and an ability to sing quite well and also growl at times, something that helps set her and the band apart from the bulk of female-fronted, gothic metal bands. The bassist spent the whole set playing from the area in front of the stage or wandering around the balcony area and the singer did this as well. They were utterly uncool but a lot of fun too.
I really love Night Demon's updated NWOBHM and the two new songs they performed from an April album makes me think that will continue.
Anvil was Anvil (which can be a posthumous album title since they seem to love those three-word deals) which is fine with me since I liked 'em before the documentary. Lips was smiling all the time, making crude sexual jokes that might be unbecoming from someone past sixty, but the dude still does a guitar solo with a vibrator so, yeah, and he told some cool stories about Lemmy and stuck up for Metallica for letting them open for them in Singapore a few years ago when some dude in the crowd inexplicably started screaming how they suck.
I would have liked to hear a lot more old songs, but I understand that is unrealistic, and looking at the setlist (Philly got the same set, save for an encore of "Born To Be Wild" because we were a better crowd than Boston, ha!) I think they did fine overall. But man, it would be great to hear them do "School Love" live.
Overall a fun night out with two young bands that sound old and an old band that is classic.
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― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 5 March 2017 07:30 (seven years ago) link
Nice pic, Neanderthal! Surprised that you could get Corpsegrinder's neck in a shit and have room for you... :)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 5 March 2017 07:31 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/rU4W7FN.jpg
― Devilock, Sunday, 5 March 2017 08:24 (seven years ago) link
Man Corpsegrinder got some youthful hands, dude must SLATHER on the Oil of Olay
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 5 March 2017 09:55 (seven years ago) link
I MEAN BLOOD
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 5 March 2017 09:56 (seven years ago) link
Neanderthal that is a great pic. I have a similar merch table pic from a few years back, Fischer is a stand-up dude imo
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 5 March 2017 13:24 (seven years ago) link
yeah he's a stand-up dude. he wasn't acting aggravated about it or anything at all.
I saw Steve Asheim again as well but he's always at shows in that area.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 March 2017 14:50 (seven years ago) link
nice pics of Anvil! they were fun the times I saw them a few years back. is their bass player still the goofy looking dude with missing teeth? I liked him.
surprised they didn't do "School Love" - they were playing that the time I saw it.
did they do "Mothra"? that was my fav of the night.
looking at recent setlists, I wish they'd stop playing "Bad Ass Rock 'n Roll", that's such a boring song.
did they do "Thumb Hang"?
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 March 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
This AV Club article on Nazism in metal is one of the best I've read on the subject. Worth checking out, particularly for the discussion of Profound Lore, who have put some really sketchy shit out while earning a seemingly unbroken stream of critical praise.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 6 March 2017 13:10 (seven years ago) link
yeah that first paragraph, I had no idea
I miss when AVC regularly had good (any) metal content
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 6 March 2017 13:30 (seven years ago) link
If you're interested in the political morass associated with some ugly metal, the book The Lords of Chaos is a pretty gripping mostly-journalistic study, starting with Burzum and Norwegian church-burning and spiraling outwards into various kinds of nationalism and paganism...
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 6 March 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
I'm still disappointed that Sion Sono's proposed adaptation fell through
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 6 March 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
Ha, yeah. He said that he wanted to make it like 90210.
― jmm, Monday, 6 March 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
It is sad that so many people involved in Metal are fascist and/or misanthropic dicks. Definitely makes reading interviews much less enjoyable.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 6 March 2017 15:52 (seven years ago) link
People need to be reminded that Craig Pillard is a full-blown Nazi, but it seems weird to conflate that with Charlie Fell saying some some dumb shit in defense of a misunderstood album cover.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Monday, 6 March 2017 17:21 (seven years ago) link
I legitimately had no idea re: Pillard. granted I always think of McIntee when I think of Incantation and I have barely listened to the one Disma album I have, but like I think NS values are so often tied to black metal that non-black metal artists don't always get looked at as closely.
it is making me sadder each day to see the kind of plankton like this in the scene. had a convo with someone at the Overkill show Saturday and it was all fun until he defended Phil's 'white power' moment at the concert (even tho he wasn't expressing agreement w/ it) and talked about SJWs and all this stuff and I basically just talked to the other guys at the table the rest of the night. can these people please just leave the scene?
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 March 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
I've tabbed that article to read tomorrow, but it immediately reminds me of the whole 'I can listen to Burzum without endorsing Varg' thing and, well, can you? (Not that going down that path doesn't open up a whole can of worms.)
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Monday, 6 March 2017 20:07 (seven years ago) link
there are traces of that can of worms being opened and dumped on the floor of this board at least like...once every two years
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, 6 March 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
Just wanted to say I really, really like Dying Beauty & the Silent Sky the Asphodelus EP that came out on Iron Bonehead last year. They're a Finnish doom-death outfit, used to be called Cemetery Fog. Don't think Dying Beauty got much notice, very few reviews online, but I keep coming back to it a year down the road. Anyone else?
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 00:08 (seven years ago) link
AV Club article was greatThough I hate the Varg/Mayhem cru is "insane" thing, always feels like a copout they seem just like genuinely awful, hateful evil ppl who believe terrible things, but not crazy
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 00:42 (seven years ago) link
had no idea about Pillard. granted when I think Incantation I think McIntee and I only have one Disma album, but seems like people with shitty beliefs not named Jef Whitehead fly under the radar if they're not NSBM.
Profound Lore link was an interesting one - artisan labels sometimes tend to make you assume they're mostly signing acts that are on the level but y'know...
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 00:45 (seven years ago) link
That AV Club article bummed me out. One thing which surprised me was that the comments - and internet comments sections are notoriously a cesspool brought about by semi-anonymity emboldening - had a lot of good discussion.
When I worked at Relapse Records I was the buyer for the mailorder. I was also a buyer at an independent record store in Columbus, Ohio before that. My attitude was that I would stock things without judgement and people could vote with their wallets. I was fine with truth in advertising too - At the record store I remember making the bin card for Arghoslent "Richmond, VA Thrashy Death metal. Warning: Racist redneck assholes."
While at Relapse a left wing group started a campaign by actually emailing bands on the label or past bands pointing out some of the things we had in the mail order catalogue and how those bands were now associated with that. Apparently some of the bands - I never was told which ones - mentioned it to the powers that be at the label. They might not have been upset, they might have just given them a head's up, or maybe they were angry, I was never given details. I was given orders that I had to take down some bands and not stock them or similar ones ever again.
This was quite frustrating, and not because I was some paragon of allowing free speech (although that is a motivating factor) but the inconsistencies of who was included and who was safe. Someone with tangential innuendo would be forbidden to bring in but it was okay to stock other groups. I have always had issues with the contradictions of what was "allowed" in metal, excused because it's an extreme genre of music, and what wasn't. Bashing Christianity is almost a necessary component of many forms of metal, and metal has done this in very pointed ways, but of course Judaism can never be targeted (I am not naive to why this is the case). And violence against women is commonplace in metal, even sexual violence, but it's excused because it's metal. It made my job harder and one more than one occasion I was forced to explain why I stocked something that I shouldn't have.
I am really torn and the current state of affairs in this country with white supremacy in the White House doesn't help. Just last night some guy working a a grocery store saw my Agnostic Front shirt and asked if I liked metal. We had a brief discussion where he admitted to being open-minded as far as metal fans go (he liked AF and said he was listening to Dissection on the way to work but also said his favorite band was Epica) and he seemed like a nice enough guy, but I didn't give him my Facebook handle because in the back of my mind I was like, what if this guy's an asshole? I will be seeing Metallica in a few months and I know that I will be among a lot of racist asshole who voted for Trump.
I have a lot of music from sketchy bands in my collection. Some of it is quite good - Burzum is classic, the last Inquisition record was excellent. I even own that Arghoslent album and it's a shame they're such fuckheads because it's amazing. Part of me wants to just throw it all away, but where is the line drawn? But if it's that hard of a line to draw, why do I like metal and other art that I like to begin with?
I rationalize it this way: I don't think that anyone who has a Cannibal Corpse album in their collection is anti-women and pro-rape but that band (and many others) have graphic lyrics about those things and has for decades. And I don't buy that line about how death metal lyrics are like horror films, obvious over the top fiction, whereas white supremacists are all too real. Last I checked women get raped, women get murdered. That's real life as well.
I realize that I have my own inconsistencies. Ted Nugent is a piece of shit whose political views have made it difficult to listen to his music, but I don't feel the same way with other sketchy artists. I am not even sure why, as I type this. Maybe it's because Ted is mainstream and Varg isn't.
There is no easy answer here. I think that ultimately everyone makes their own decisions with their own morality and I think that quibbling over where the line is drawn is not going to help anything. At the end of the day the most benign art has influenced heinous acts and some of the most extreme art has been cathartic and allowed me to look at the world differently. I think the responsibility for the art someone consumes is not to the art, but to what they get out of it and what it inspires in them. But I'm a grown-ass man, not an impressionable kid.
It bums me out and may impact my consumption of some bands, or it may not. But I can rationalize whatever I wind up doing - to myself, and that's all that matters to me, frankly.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link
the plankton in the metal scene has to go. I have started way too many conversations with fellow metalheads at shows lately that have started innocently enough and then moved into some form of racist horseshit.
not remotely the majority of them, but more than enough for me to think twice about talking to some of them.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 02:25 (seven years ago) link
You should comment on my FB post. I'm asking people to list their favorite Nazi/racist bands, and explain what they like about them. After all, if it's not the ideology they're responding to, it must be the riffs, and if the riffs are that awesome, I don't wanna miss out!
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 02:47 (seven years ago) link
Since I'm not on Facebook these days...
In February, an Hell's Headbangers co-released the latest from Goatmoon, a well-established Finnish NSBM act. The new album is okay, nothing special, but before I'd heard it or knew much about the band (which, of course, is just one guy), I gave a curiosity listen to Finnish Steel Storm, their 2007 "masterpiece". It's kind of incredible, flawed and at times rather silly, but also unique and palpably inspired. The songs, which owe as much to punk and folk as traditional black metal, are catchy, inventive and hugely energetic. It's honestly one of the best albums I've heard in the genre this side of the early 90s.
So, what do I do with that? I won't buy the album or support Goatmoon in any way. Apart from this mention, I won't talk FSS up, add it to playlists, or dig any deeper into the scene that produced it. But nor can I deny what I heard. Is it silly to cut yourself off from "great art" with shit values? Maybe, but it seems worse to swallow poison just because it tastes good.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 04:15 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNl_18Kr56g
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 04:25 (seven years ago) link
I remember glenn once saying something along the lines of, for every band you stumble on, there are a hundred similar bands you've never heard of.
So with a few genre-defining exceptions, my general take is that for every NSBM band with awesome riffs, there are probably a hundred non NS BM bands whose riffs are almost as awesome, and I'd rather support them instead.
In that spirit, here's a label whose bands I've been digging this morning that seems to have a fairly high bar for non plankton ness:https://replenishrecords.bandcamp.com
― summervillain, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
After all, if it's not the ideology they're responding to, it must be the riffs, and if the riffs are that awesome, I don't wanna miss out!
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, March 6, 2017 7:47 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
idk i think we could all stand to miss out on awesome nazi riffs
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
Eh, every band you can find another band that's better until there's only one.I want more than one album from every genre in my collection, thanks.
As I said on 誤訳侮辱's Facebook thread: I never understood why I had to endorse the band's ideology because I liked their music. Lyrics were never that important to me to begin with.
A ton of great metal bands sung about Satan, yet somehow other than some ultra-religious types, I never am told I have to account for Satanism in my record collection.
You might say that Satan is not real, but white supremacy is all-too real. I would agree but then again so is misogyny and sexual violence against women. Whole genres such as porno grind can be indicted here, but also most of death metal - certainly some of the biggest names in the genre (Cannibal Corpse) are guilty of this. Does having reviewed death metal bands with those kinds of lyrics means I am accountable for our rape culture?
I abhor that a lot of metal fans are fucking stupid. But whatever it is that the stupid metal fans get out of the music that makes them stupid, I'm not seeing it and more importantly I am living my life in a completely different way.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 20:10 (seven years ago) link
Goatmoon is really good and I was really bummed when I found out they were nazis. Are Ride for Revenge also nazis? Finland in general has a whole bunch of these dudes. But fuckin' RfR make incredibly good droney bass metal imo
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
iirc this is not how music or numbers work
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 21:54 (seven years ago) link
You recall wrong.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 00:34 (seven years ago) link
PyriphlegethonThe Murky Black of Eternal Night(Iron Bonehead Productions)Release Date: 4/14/2017
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/922/Qe4hxe.jpg
"Monument Of Death" (Streaming at CVLT Nation"The Serpent's Tongue" (Streaming at YouTube)
Yet another project for Maurice de Jong, Mories to his friends, whose best-known project is Gnaw Their Tongues. Believe it or not, Pyriphlegethon - named after one of the rivers of Hades - is actually more primal and minimalistic than Gnaw which is a feat in and of itself. "Monument Of Death" is straight-forward enough: Putrid vocals, mechanical drum machine, strangled riffs, claustrophobic mix. "The Serpent's Tongue" is a lot more chaotic and has a fuller sound reminding of the first creaky steps that black metal took when riff repetition morphed into atmospheric soundscapes.
It's not among the first couple of songs released, but my favorite song is the penultimate track on the album, "The Coldest Grave," which is a bubblegum pop song set to clanking industrial bludgeon, I shit you not, replete with memorable chorus and even a lead guitar break that sounds like something Helios Creed could have conjured up if he was into Satan instead of 'Shrooms.
I am unsure if this is getting a CD release but it is coming out on vinyl and I assume digital as well.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 01:29 (seven years ago) link
you can listen to "the coldest grave" here, right after hail conqueror's "heaven piercing phallos" and "necrolactation unborn goat" by perverted ceremony. i was disappointed to find it less bubblegum-sticky than i'd hoped (black metal shonen knife), but it's alright.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
Well everything's relative... :)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 02:22 (seven years ago) link
i have a harder time with bands whose lyrics are intelligible that include hate rhetoric in their lyrics music. even though it's just plain ol conservatism and not "Nazi" stuff, I had a hard time listening to early Agnostic Front for a while cos the lyrics are so damn ignorant and right up front.
the whole 'giving money to these people' is a bit easier sidestepped of course in the digital age.
it's also just really hard to tell who's a piece of shit. recall the guy from Pyrexia last year that murdered like three people.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 03:01 (seven years ago) link
(ok well it's not ALWAYS hard to tell)
yeah, the third murder really gave it away
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 03:18 (seven years ago) link
well they all happened at the same time so
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 03:43 (seven years ago) link
guess we shoulda seen it coming since his last name was "Shute"
aw fuck he's one of those sovereign citizen assholes (https://www.google.com/#q=erick+shute+murder&*)
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 03:45 (seven years ago) link
finally checked out one of the songs on the new Six Feet Under.
christ...I thought Barnes sounded bad on the previous album. he sounds like The D.O.C. trying to do death vox
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 March 2017 01:44 (seven years ago) link
Crude black/death, not war metal, kinda crusty:
http://funeralchant.bandcamp.com/album/funeral-chant
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 9 March 2017 09:09 (seven years ago) link
Although they're not a metal band per se, metal people have enjoyed Pissed Jeans in the past and I have to say the latest album Why Love Now is fantastic.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 9 March 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
It's really great. I don't know if it's their best (it fizzles out a teensy bit near the end imo) but it's very damn close.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
Since 2013 Finland’s Oranssi Pazuzu has released two critically lauded full length albums via 20 Buck Spin in North America, 2013’s ‘Valonielu’ and 2016’s ‘Värähtelijä’. Both albums showed the boundless enormity and remarkable uniqueness that Oranssi Pazuzu alone create. Are they a Psych influenced Black Metal band or a Black Metal influenced Psych band? No one knows for sure and it doesn’t matter anyway. No other band has the ability to bend these genres into such an extraordinarily cohesive whole.
For most in North America the Oranssi Pazuzu black hole only came into focus with the aforementioned last two albums. However the band had previously recorded and released two full length albums and a split LP. With their growing reputation here Oranssi Pazuzu’s back catalog has become increasingly in demand. 20 Buck Spin will now present the band’s back catalog on various formats domestically for the first time.
The ‘Farmokologinen’ MLP contains Oranssi Pazuzu’s songs from a split album they did in 2010 between the time of their first and second full lengths. Four tracks and nearly 27 minutes in length, even on a split album the band showcased their growing immensity and burning cold bleakness. Now released as a stand alone Oranssi Pazuzu release with all new artwork on vinyl and digital formats.
http://listen.20buckspin.com/album/farmakologinen
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:51 (seven years ago) link
also WHAAAAOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHWWWWWW
thanks for the heads-up, gp. have wanted copies of muukalainen puhuu and kosmomonument for quite a while, but haven't been willing to pay the going rate. less interested in the ep, but w/e.
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
This YouTube channel has suddenly uploaded every Danzig video in HD quality. Don't know how long they'll be there - they all went up on March 3 - but there you go.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 9 March 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link
John D4rnielle on Church of Misery in NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/09/magazine/25-songs-that-tell-us-where-music-is-going.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news#/church-of-misery-make-them-die-slowly-john-george-haigh
― o. nate, Friday, 10 March 2017 02:36 (seven years ago) link
Playing the new Body Count now. There is some serious fucking shredding going on on this album.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 10 March 2017 02:43 (seven years ago) link
If there is someone who id read write about CoM ...its jd
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Friday, 10 March 2017 02:45 (seven years ago) link
FenWinter(Aural Music/Code666)Release Date: 3/10/2017
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/2/8/4/628426.jpg?2634
http://fenuk.bandcamp.com/album/winter
Video for "Winter II"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OenMFgZGE94
I fell in love with the British band's 2013 release Dustwalker after reading about it in the Rolling Metal Thread 2013 thread right here and I have a feeling that I will do the same with the new release which comes out tomorrow once I get to spend some time with it. Islander of No Clean Singing did get to spend time with itand streams the entire album of which he opines:
If it’s “self-indulgent”, it is so only in the sense that it indulges deeply felt emotions, memories, and creative impulses of the selves who made it. It’s ambitious in its reach, of course, seeking to capture the sensations of ancient landscapes and near-mystical revelations, but FEN’s ambitions haven’t exceeded their grasp.While the spine of the music is atmospheric black metal, in its fully fleshed-out form it’s very much a prog album, intricate and rich in its textures and elaborate in its ever-changing instrumental variations. The drums will blast, the guitars will swarm, and the vocals will claw at your throat in abrasive snarls and impassioned cries. But the harsh, savage energy in the music is more than counterbalanced by other elements that become kaleidoscopic in the cascade of their sonic colors.Trying to map all the ways in which the music changes over the course of these journeys wouldn’t serve much point. What might matter more is to say that despite the considerable distance the music travels both in time and in the range of its emotional resonances and instrumental and vocal variations, the songs are cohesive, and that might be the album’s crowning achievement. Everything seems to belong, and to integrate and unfold in ways that are fascinating, natural, and wholly immersive. Many minutes will pass, but if you’re like me, you won’t be counting them. By the end, you’ll wonder where the time went, and be glad for the time you spent with Winter.
While the spine of the music is atmospheric black metal, in its fully fleshed-out form it’s very much a prog album, intricate and rich in its textures and elaborate in its ever-changing instrumental variations. The drums will blast, the guitars will swarm, and the vocals will claw at your throat in abrasive snarls and impassioned cries. But the harsh, savage energy in the music is more than counterbalanced by other elements that become kaleidoscopic in the cascade of their sonic colors.
Trying to map all the ways in which the music changes over the course of these journeys wouldn’t serve much point. What might matter more is to say that despite the considerable distance the music travels both in time and in the range of its emotional resonances and instrumental and vocal variations, the songs are cohesive, and that might be the album’s crowning achievement. Everything seems to belong, and to integrate and unfold in ways that are fascinating, natural, and wholly immersive. Many minutes will pass, but if you’re like me, you won’t be counting them. By the end, you’ll wonder where the time went, and be glad for the time you spent with Winter.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 10 March 2017 03:48 (seven years ago) link
I haven't really checked them out but I love that logo.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 10 March 2017 06:39 (seven years ago) link
New Skaphe, wherein he gets all metal on us: https://skaphe.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-3
― Dominique, Friday, 10 March 2017 14:06 (seven years ago) link
digging this Apostate Viaticum album:
Before listening to the song you’re about to hear, “In the Shadow of the Monolith”, I was seduced by Invictus‘ comparisons of the album to the likes of Diocletian, Bölzer, and Zom — along with Gospel of the Horns, Vomitor, and Throaat. And then the song itself seduced me. A melding of black and death, it’s a twisted piece of savagery that doesn’t unfold in a predictable straight line. It squeals, groans, vaults, and veers. It becomes a meat-grinder of morbidity and then a head-nodding, bone-mangling lurch, with a burst of frenzy at the end. My kind of nastiness.
― Dinsdale, Friday, 10 March 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
Got a press release about Black Death. After forming in Cleveland in the late '70s, the group is reputably the first all-black heavy metal band.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-prnA3p2iVfo/U2hnUiVHd1I/AAAAAAAAHgY/aTvsIqDrXcw/s1600/blackdeath-thumb.jpg
The one album the band released, a self-titled album that came out in 1984, will be getting the reissue treatment from Hell's Headbangers sometime this year, presumably. It "consisted of a seven-song main LP and then a two-song 7", both of which Hells Headbangers will reproduce down to the same detail," says the press release.
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/8/6/5/4/8654.jpg?1734
Not to be confused with this Black Death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqteDk15Ud8
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 10 March 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
Psyched about that... Auburn was supposed to reissue that like ten years ago but it never happened, it's a fun heavy metal record.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 11 March 2017 04:51 (seven years ago) link
Power Trip + Iron Reagan was v satisfying. IR's drummer didn't make it past the Cdn border, so there were a trio of fill-ins, incl the drummer from Skull Fist!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 11 March 2017 05:11 (seven years ago) link
digging Funeral Chant (which should surprise nobody), reminds me of Vampire from Sweden
― Dominique, Saturday, 11 March 2017 06:04 (seven years ago) link
So apparently Nachtmystium are reuniting to play Louisville Deathfest? Anyone know anything about this? I can't imagine it'll happen.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 12 March 2017 10:44 (seven years ago) link
Mentioned above, finally available to stream:
http://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spit-forth-from-chaos
Free black jazz metal? With a little bit of Mind Flayer? I dunno how often I'll listen to it but I did order it.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 12 March 2017 12:16 (seven years ago) link
This may already be known to all but Sweden's Sarcasm is putting out a new album at the end of next month (on Dark Descent ofc) and the advance track sounds exactly like where they left off over 20 yrs ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgxHqtdLumg
― Devilock, Sunday, 12 March 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
this forum and metal-archives use the opposite youtube url's for embedding (or not embedding) vids and I always get them confused. dammit.
― Devilock, Sunday, 12 March 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
The Australian grind label Blastasfuk has put out complete-discography CDs by Assück and Mortalized (Mortalized being GridLink guitarist Takafumi Matsubara's previous band). Links:
https://blastasfuk.bandcamp.com/album/discography-1989-1998
https://blastasfuk.bandcamp.com/album/complete-mortality
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:27 (seven years ago) link
That's fucking great! Will definitely pick up the Assück!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
I bought the physical versions - $12 postage paid from Australia was too good a deal to pass up. And I can wait for the discs to arrive.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
$6 digital Assück!
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
Hey, remember when Ulver were a metal band?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq0Kb4bFNzg
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
They call it "their pop album,”
all right, i'm listening
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link
i'm pretty into that tbh
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
damn, mortalized rule & assück are straight-up one of the best grind bands ever. awesome.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link
The new Anomalie album, Visions (out on March 17 via Art of Propaganda), that I have been enjoying and hyping in this thread is finally streaming in full at Invisible Oranges. Joseph Schafer says of the album
The biggest weakness atmospheric black metal faces is thinness. I don’t mean production thinness, I mean a feeling that the music itself is slight. Listening to too many of these bands feels like ordering stew at a restaurant but reviving a bowl of hot broth.Austria’s Anomalie know how to keep the soup hearty. The brainchild of live Harakiri for the Sky member Marrok, Anomalie mostly keep to the folksy side of the chilled black metal spectrum. You might think of them as gazpacho, soup to cool you down in the afternoon. At times, though, things get chunky, heavy and hot, thanks to some almost Heaven Shall Burn-ish melodic death metal riffage. Always every element is in balance, which makes their forthcoming third record, Visions, such a pleasant dish in a genre full of bland appetizers.
Austria’s Anomalie know how to keep the soup hearty. The brainchild of live Harakiri for the Sky member Marrok, Anomalie mostly keep to the folksy side of the chilled black metal spectrum. You might think of them as gazpacho, soup to cool you down in the afternoon. At times, though, things get chunky, heavy and hot, thanks to some almost Heaven Shall Burn-ish melodic death metal riffage. Always every element is in balance, which makes their forthcoming third record, Visions, such a pleasant dish in a genre full of bland appetizers.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link
things get chunky, heavy and hot
block that metaphor
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 21:54 (seven years ago) link
Do you get bread or crackers with it?
― jmm, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 21:57 (seven years ago) link
I'd be pretty ticked off if my gazpacho got chunky, heavy, and hot on me.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 22:57 (seven years ago) link
66 dollar6 dollar Assuck
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 23:27 (seven years ago) link
man I'm glad to finally be hearing this. love those vocals
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Thursday, 16 March 2017 01:16 (seven years ago) link
Good couple of days in Philly... Monday was Deafheaven, This Will Destroy You and Emma Ruth Rundle and I just came home from Oathbreaker with King Woman and Jaye Jayle.
I wish I caught more of Emma Ruth Rundle's set since I like her albums but she went on so early... I like This Will Destroy you more as background music playing on my CD player than in concert, frankly... Deafheaven was probably the best I have seen them of the three times.
DEAFHEAVEN / THIS WILL DESTROY YOU
http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17309650_10158358287420597_4163963446980559168_n.jpg?oh=d8fdb636e362055b26e78bb48f2718cb&oe=5967C978 http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17264890_10158358113875597_933427748867644324_n.jpg?oh=6040a193a9f9e38ad214f119fbda3b82&oe=59729756
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv739Qv7R1I
I really enjoyed Jaye Jayle's set, reminded me of Helios Creed if he used different drugs or was an earthling... Picked up the split they did with Emma Ruth Rundle, ironically enough! King Woman was fantastic, the singer jumping i the crowd at one point, really love the new album which I picked up at the show. Oathbreaker was a cathartic, thrilling, over the top force to be reckoned with. The amazing thing was after the show ended there was Caro at the merch booth without even a moment to rest, from screaming onstage to asking what size shirt you wanted in about as much time as it took to get from the stage to the merch table. It was funny to me how she spent the whole show shrouded in black fabric and with her long hair covering her face and suddenly people are taking pictures with her.
OATHBREAKER / KING WOMAN
http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17361582_10158367761235597_6019386784612802952_n.jpg?oh=f451d8b7e5ff9d9c2a1eda0bf2f5eb09&oe=595B538D http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17343059_10158367623495597_7191381654189378199_n.jpg?oh=07dea856d87aadb433797461f0f056af&oe=59620510
JAYE JAYLE
http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17309195_10158367406335597_4663312514551381169_n.jpg?oh=541583da08cf15e6dbe7b37f43f2d187&oe=592904B4
I could really complete the week if I caught SunnO))) on Saturday but I am old, tired and broke. Also, seeing Fishbone on Friday. :)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 16 March 2017 05:01 (seven years ago) link
"such a pleasant dish in a genre full of bland appetizers" a pretty un-metal description of metal, but I'm still looking forward to hearing this album tomorrow.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 16 March 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
This Anomalie album is great.
― Dinsdale, Friday, 17 March 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
Yay! Glad someone else likes it!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 17 March 2017 23:28 (seven years ago) link
But what kind of soup would you say it is?
goddamn the new Havok album is fun (even if the opening track makes me cringe a bit)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 17 March 2017 23:39 (seven years ago) link
loving the new Obituary. I didn't care much for the last one - wasn't terrible, just didn't have many songs I was that into. My only disappointment is that it is largely bereft of some of the extended Celtic Frost-y groovy parts of their past, but then again I can listen to Slowly We Rot or "Redneck Stomp" if I want that.
I do like some of the forays into outside territory, like the heavy metal-ish moments during the first few tracks. the simplicity of the songwriting works too. I can see these songs going over well live (which I'll know for sure on Sunday)
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 March 2017 03:10 (seven years ago) link
I'm not particularly well-versed on soup analogies.
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 18 March 2017 07:38 (seven years ago) link
You need to start listening to more soup.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 19 March 2017 08:02 (seven years ago) link
Broth in the Throne Room
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 19 March 2017 08:43 (seven years ago) link
De Mynistroniis Dom Sathanas
― The sandwiches looked quite dank. (contenderizer), Sunday, 19 March 2017 08:58 (seven years ago) link
but spelled better
― The sandwiches looked quite dank. (contenderizer), Sunday, 19 March 2017 10:37 (seven years ago) link
Wolf Layers a Bisque
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 March 2017 12:11 (seven years ago) link
Bak kut teh Attack
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 March 2017 12:17 (seven years ago) link
Bouillabaisse in the Northern Sky
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 March 2017 12:24 (seven years ago) link
Enjoying that Fen album
― calstars, Sunday, 19 March 2017 12:27 (seven years ago) link
Great Old... Won Ton
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 19 March 2017 12:27 (seven years ago) link
Don't Bake the Okra
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 March 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
It's wayyyyy better fried
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 19 March 2017 12:38 (seven years ago) link
That's a fact, btw, not parody
lol I think fried is the only way I've ever had it
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 March 2017 12:41 (seven years ago) link
new venenum is out:https://venenum.bandcamp.com/album/trance-of-death
haven't listened to it yet but I love the old record, so I am psyched to hear this when I get a minute
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 19 March 2017 20:26 (seven years ago) link
venenum album is excellent
― The sandwiches looked quite dank. (contenderizer), Monday, 20 March 2017 04:44 (seven years ago) link
This is the cover art to the next Danzig album, out in May. I don't think I need to know anything more about it, frankly.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7YM8ODV4AAfVbV.jpg
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 20 March 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
yup. nope.
― The sandwiches looked quite dank. (contenderizer), Monday, 20 March 2017 19:59 (seven years ago) link
hahaha
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 March 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
when your neck is thicker than your waist
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Monday, 20 March 2017 20:10 (seven years ago) link
Will NAILS finally impress me enough that I finally understand all the critical love their album got last year?Will TOXIC HOLOCAUST kick my ass yet again despite having no new music in nearly three and a half years?Will FULL OF HELL be able to deliver on a stage much bigger than I have ever seen them on before?Will GATECREEPER be as great as their last album?
All will be revealed tonight...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
Toxic was great the other night. I left during Nails...like em ok but it was so overdriven it sounded like nothing but a cacophony of noise.
― i am also Tombot (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
damn, Negru, drummer and co-founder of Negura Bunget, dead at 42
can't say I've heard any of their stuff since the 2010 album but they've definitely had some tremendous works
― Devilock, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 02:11 (seven years ago) link
I reviewed their most recent album, Zi, for The Wire. It's great. It was supposed to be the second album in a trilogy; I'm assuming that's over. I doubt they had the final volume recorded already.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 02:21 (seven years ago) link
Oh my god, I love that fucking band! Only 42... Fuck!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 04:21 (seven years ago) link
Aww man RIP.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 07:46 (seven years ago) link
Just announced a date for Taake in Philly in June!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 15:08 (seven years ago) link
Everyone's up in arms over the name of the forthcoming North American Shining and Revenge tour...
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/files/2017/03/no-safe-spaces2.jpg
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
this is the suicidal black metal shining right
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
anyway what a profoundly stupid yet unsurprising name for a tour by swedish suicidal black metal band shining, hope no one sees them
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
Are people "up in arms" or "laughing at jackasses who think they're being provocative"? 'Cause in my case it's mostly the latter.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
Those two bands are the worst. That Shining SWE guy especially, what a clown. Give me Norwegian Shining any day.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
the only thing that really bugs me about the tour name is "more". no safe space would be alright.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 20:06 (seven years ago) link
Maybe they meant it like "no safer space".
― jmm, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
Can't wait for a tour called Triggered, Snowflakes? with a kvlt pepe logo
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
i read it as "no more [oppression, this is a] safe space"
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
Give me Norwegian Shining any day.
Yeah, it sucks for them that they share a name.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
Crazy talk, Swedish Shining is so much better than the Norwegian one, despite the stupid PR shtick.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 22:46 (seven years ago) link
Nah, even if you discard the moronic schtick, Swedish Shining is crap. Norwegian Shining is great.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
This Cloud Rat half-LP is good stuff.
https://soundcloud.com/halo-of-flies/sets/cloud-rat-moloch-split-lp
― jmm, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 23:26 (seven years ago) link
oh cool I like them
idk about Swedish Shining but Norwegian one could put together a 45-minute compilation of killer material
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 23:34 (seven years ago) link
Swedish Shining is crap. Norwegian Shining is great.No, seriously? I rate III, IV and V easily among the best black metal albums of the last 15 years, as well as 8½ (with all the guest vocalists). Anyway, I have this theory that as jazz-Shining-with-the-emo-singer adds ever more metal, and metal-Shining adds more jazz, both will eventually fuse into one multinational Shining entity.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 23 March 2017 08:36 (seven years ago) link
That Cloud Rat stuff is great. Goth grindcore!
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Thursday, 23 March 2017 09:42 (seven years ago) link
"Baby Sling Ballon Born" is such a Cocteau Twins title.
The Moloch side sounds pretty good too. I don't know anything about that band.
― jmm, Thursday, 23 March 2017 12:43 (seven years ago) link
Wow, more new Cloud Rat stuff just this morning.
https://soundcloud.com/halo-of-flies/sets/cloud-rat-crevasse-split-7
― jmm, Thursday, 23 March 2017 12:53 (seven years ago) link
Cirith Ungol's King of the Dead is being reissued by Metal Blade next month with a bunch of live bonus tracks (some from the 80s, some from last year) and a DVD with a live performance from 1983.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 23 March 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
I love these little mini grind suites Cloud Rat keeps putting out
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
man I'm surprised to hear Siegbran digs Shining, that stuff has always sounded super poseur to me. not that people who like it are posing but their whole shtick feels so forced and personality/persona-driven and the music just has never worked for me at all
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:29 (seven years ago) link
JCLC, allow me to point you (and everyone else) to Suffering Hour, whose debut album In Passing Ascension comes out in May. Two songs are streaming on Bandcamp, and they rule. Doomy, dissonant, clanging death metal that reminds me of Aevangelist and Esoteric.
https://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-passing-ascension-cd-12lp
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
just on a song title basis "devouring shapeless void" really delivers. looking forward to listening
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:40 (seven years ago) link
both of those tracks sound v good
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:50 (seven years ago) link
Doomy, dissonant, clanging death metal that reminds me of Aevangelist and Esoteric.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱)
colored curious. dig the latter but not not not the former (despite love for doomy, clanging dissonance). will check tonite when near proper speakers.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
Shining, that stuff has always sounded super poseur to me. not that people who like it are posing but their whole shtick feels so forced and personality/persona-driven and the music just has never worked for me at all
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, March 23, 2017 10:29 AM (one hour ago)
this, but i'm so completely put off by the DSBM schtick that maybe i've never given the music a fair shake. norway shining bugs too, tho for different reasons.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:39 (seven years ago) link
all of my life-loathing psychedelia/Kvarforth needs are met by the Skitliv album; that thing is massive and wonderfully exhausting
also
― Devilock, Thursday, 23 March 2017 21:08 (seven years ago) link
I can hear it being announced in one of those crackling warbling 80's high school filmstrip voice-overs like in a My Life with the Thrill Kult song
― Devilock, Thursday, 23 March 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link
Bunch of actually decent bands on Warped Tour this year. Not enough to make me deal with being old and sitting through the requisite gaggle of pop-punk kids, but I wouldn't mind seeing*** Alestorm, Barb Wire Dolls, Riverboat Gamblers, Street Dogs, The Adolescents, The Alarm, The Dickies, Municipal Waste, Sick Of It All, T.S.O.L., Valient Thorr, The Acacia Strain, Candiria, Hatebreed and GWAR.
*** "Wouldn't mind seeing" doesn't mean that I love the band but at worst I would go to a show early to catch them if I was going to see the headliner.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 23 March 2017 22:06 (seven years ago) link
going back to last year's thread, the Ruinous album is fuckin' fantastic.
love the vocals on it too......closer to the Benton layered vocals of yore than the "squeal like a pig"-Deliverance death metal style of late
― i am also Tombot (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 March 2017 22:39 (seven years ago) link
Yeah it's a solid record. I saw a couple of not-entirely-positive reviews of it saying the vocals were too -core sounding, bollocks that.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 24 March 2017 06:52 (seven years ago) link
replace solid with great, really
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 24 March 2017 06:53 (seven years ago) link
many thanks for the heads-up on the new Cloud Rat splits, they are phenomenal
― anonanon, Friday, 24 March 2017 12:58 (seven years ago) link
anybody besides me on the More Than Sounds mailing list? mainly (only?) a labor-of-love YouTube project that I don't remember signing up for though that doesn't mean I didn't -- their emails always contain totally obscure gems from the past
This a compilation of unknown, but great heavy metal bands in the old style: 80's heavy metal or even hard rock. Some of these bands don't have released albums, but are worth listening to.
More Than Sounds otm, this shit is really cool -- that Albatross tune is Melissa-era KD worship from India, really amazing, and the other stuff doesn't disappoint
https://youtu.be/9rtPV67kriY
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 24 March 2017 14:25 (seven years ago) link
I always adored Cloud Rat and glad they are still churning out quality stuff. Looking forward to seeing the band with Thou in June.I was advocating that Relapse sign that band, I think it's a perfect mix, but I am not sure if either entity is on the other's radar.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 24 March 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
Cloud Rat apparently have three more splits coming out this year.
― jmm, Friday, 24 March 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
What is the best split
― calstars, Friday, 24 March 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link
to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the unplayed b-side
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Saturday, 25 March 2017 04:43 (seven years ago) link
BOOOOOOOONANA
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 25 March 2017 08:42 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for those Cloud Rat links! That split with Crevasse has what's probably my new fave CR song in 'Fish in a Pool'. And I've also discovered Crevasse, who are from the same neck of the woods as Dead Neanderthals. So thanks again!
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Saturday, 25 March 2017 08:56 (seven years ago) link
testing
― orientmammal, Saturday, 25 March 2017 09:19 (seven years ago) link
oh come on this thread is innocent fun don't poison this one too
― i am also Tombot (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 March 2017 12:28 (seven years ago) link
wow that Mortalized from upthread
those vocals are crazy.....fantastic riffs too
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 25 March 2017 13:26 (seven years ago) link
if Gridlink is anything like this i'm gonna be sad I ignored them for so long
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 25 March 2017 13:53 (seven years ago) link
Oh, you've gotta hear Gridlink. They were amazing. Especially the third album.
https://handshakeinc.bandcamp.com/album/longhena
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 25 March 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
omFG why did I wait so long to hear them, this is fabulous
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 26 March 2017 04:47 (seven years ago) link
^Yeah! That was my favourite album of 2014.
I think Pallbearer is finally clicking for me. I don't think this new one is such a big leap from their previous stuff, but I'm finding it more engaging. Maybe I'm just starved for some metal to listen to.
― jmm, Sunday, 26 March 2017 13:26 (seven years ago) link
same here, gridlink were ~amazing~
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 26 March 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
Darke Complex, the nü-metal band I wrote about for Stereogum, turned the headline into a T-shirt. I couldn't be prouder.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7xjIwfVMAAtQkc.jpg
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 26 March 2017 20:35 (seven years ago) link
Noice!
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 27 March 2017 04:09 (seven years ago) link
love longhena, but have to admit i prefer the instrumental "karaoke" version. jon's vocals wear me down quick.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Monday, 27 March 2017 04:14 (seven years ago) link
Slagmaur was discussed above when the band came to Brooklyn for a one-off festival appearance. The band is about to release Thill Smitts Terror, the band's first new release since 2009.
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/files/2017/03/slagmaurthillsmittsterror.jpg?w=630&h=567&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89
I was fortunate enough to get a digital promo of the record and it's brilliant. It orchestral but not orchestrated, it's heady but still heavy, it's unique in a genre that seems more open-ended than most but also has a lot of cliquishness as well. One gets the feeling they don't care. And as someone who adores Goth and industrial music, it's always nice to see those flavors incorporated into metal, hold the cheese.
Invisible Oranges is premiering the album that comes out 3/31 via Osmose Productions. Joseph Schafer says,
Thill Smitts Terror calls on black metal’s history and the underground’s current fascination with industrial music. Slagmaur’s songs share dense, layered production and vague choral arrangements with both symphonic black metal and Deathspell Omega’s coterie of disciples, but their steady, deterministic drums, and ever-present synthesizers seem kindred to Valborg, or even Code Orange. There’s no frostbitten forests in Slagmaur’s fairytale soundscape. Instead, the dilapidated industrial environments of the ‘Silent Hill’ video game franchise comes to mind. It’s the lind of record I can’t imagine receiving any kind of hype five years ago, but it’s exactly what black metal enthusiasts running the raw and atmospheric tape circuit ought to consider.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 27 March 2017 20:56 (seven years ago) link
i know discussion of them is buried upthread but the new lantern album cooks
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 12:24 (seven years ago) link
omg Slagmaur is actually going to happen!? I will struggle to rein in my expectations.
I'm reflexively a little worried about a band with "White" in their name, but I really enjoyed the teaser track from White Ward's upcoming "Futility Report."For those who don't mind post-hxc in their black metal, or possibly the other way around.
https://dmp666.bandcamp.com/album/futility-report
― summervillain, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 13:38 (seven years ago) link
that track rules
it reminds of something but I can't place it right now
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
Expander - Endless Computer
Sci-fi thrashpunk from Austin w/ an album forthcoming on NWN. Only a couple tracks up on their bandcamp atm, but both great.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
xhuxk recommended Hammer King on Facebook and it's a hoot, really hooky power/trade metal. Dudes love hammers and kings
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link
Is trade metal an autocorrect mishap or is it an exciting new subgenre I haven't heard
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 30 March 2017 09:12 (seven years ago) link
http://cornelius.rockpaperscissors.biz/dispatch/22164/iCdjb40w8Yszzzq7rkTmAQ
In the beginning is the breath. It roots all music, from Japanese Zen chant to hard rock anthem. Bay Area-based Cornelius Boots, woodwind maverick and shakuhachi pioneer, sensed this.“I had a dream when my clarinet professor told me to try to play an etude like Eddie Vedder would sing it,” Boots recalls. “I tried it and started to write my pieces. Tone issues I had struggled with began to resolve themselves. I could play my own piece, or play like a singer, and then quickly put up a Mozart piece, and it would come together.”These experiments culminated in Holy Flute (release: May 12, 2017), an unexpected homage to where bamboo meets metal. Boots’ shakuhachi resonates, sighs, and roars in new versions of Dio, Sabbath, Danzig, Led Zeppelin, and Lamb of God classics and on originals that extend the tradition. It’s not an easy way to go, even if it bears a faint resemblance to a novelty gimmick. “I don’t recommend it as an approach. I’m doing this with a very discerning intention,” says Boots. “For every Black Sabbath song that works, there are twenty you shouldn’t try to do. It’s a picky process.”
“I had a dream when my clarinet professor told me to try to play an etude like Eddie Vedder would sing it,” Boots recalls. “I tried it and started to write my pieces. Tone issues I had struggled with began to resolve themselves. I could play my own piece, or play like a singer, and then quickly put up a Mozart piece, and it would come together.”
These experiments culminated in Holy Flute (release: May 12, 2017), an unexpected homage to where bamboo meets metal. Boots’ shakuhachi resonates, sighs, and roars in new versions of Dio, Sabbath, Danzig, Led Zeppelin, and Lamb of God classics and on originals that extend the tradition. It’s not an easy way to go, even if it bears a faint resemblance to a novelty gimmick. “I don’t recommend it as an approach. I’m doing this with a very discerning intention,” says Boots. “For every Black Sabbath song that works, there are twenty you shouldn’t try to do. It’s a picky process.”
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:49 (seven years ago) link
mannnnnnn that new Lantern is great. I liked the first one and I'm usually big into lo-fi recordings but the first one at times is hard to parse due to the lack of clarity in the sound (although it's still great).
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
This Entheos album 'Le Zahir' is reaaaaally good. Progressive black metal or something.
https://entheosqc.bandcamp.com/album/le-zahir
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
another vote for lantern 2. listened to it a while back and dug it okay, but gave it another spin last week & it really clicked. great album. hadn't heard the 1st, which now sounds like a half-finished sketch.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
Oops trade meant trad
Btw earlnash if you can read this your band is good you should post it itt
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 31 March 2017 00:15 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb32OC3AIGk
Haven't really posted any of my music on ILM before, so I checked a bit. My band just put this out this week. A guy in Greece who does a doom/stoner metal page on Facebook with 24k users added it up today. Got curious what some of you guys on here would think. Thanks.
― earlnash, Friday, 31 March 2017 02:51 (seven years ago) link
new Mastodon is pretty sweet, fairly consistent effort for them. lots of hooks, a few spacey/psychedelic moments, catchy riffs.
I dig....
― Neanderthal, Friday, 31 March 2017 05:12 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I didn't like any of the singles, but the album as a whole works really well. Better than the last one, I think, but I haven't listened to the last one in a long time.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 31 March 2017 12:46 (seven years ago) link
3rding the Lantern
Cornelius Boots
Involuntarily shouted "OH FUCK OFFFFFF" when I saw this name.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 31 March 2017 13:16 (seven years ago) link
We're a quarter of the way through the year and here is the current metal(lic) chart on Rate Your Music for the year...
1. Converge - Jane Live 2. Exquirla - Para quienes aún viven 3. Immolation - Atonement 4. Accept - Restless & Live - Blind Rage - Live in Europe 2015 5. Soen - Lykaia 6. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic 7. The Great Old Ones - EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy 8. Pain of Salvation - In the Passing Light of Day 9. Junius - Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light10. Planning for Burial - Below the House11. Mastodon - Emperor of Sand12. Pillorian - Obsidian Arc13. Kreator - Gods of Violence14. Fen - Winter15. Havok - Conformicide16. Overkill - The Grinding Wheel17. Persefone - Aathma18. Sanctuary - Inception19. Dumal - The Lesser God20. Wolfheart - Tyhjyys21. The Flight of Sleipnir - Skadi22. Benighted - Necrobreed23. Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed II24. Pallbearer - Heartless25. Bloodbound - War of Dragons26. Cellador - Off the Grid27. Firewind - Immortals28. Rosk - Miasma29. Horisont - About Time30. Bathsheba - Servus31. Beheaded - Beast Incarnate32. Analepsy - Atrocities from Beyond33. Sunless - Urraca34. Black Cilice - Banished from Time35. Black Star Riders - Heavy Fire36. Dodecahedron - Kwintessens37. Mors Principium Est - Embers of a Dying World38. Eclipse - Monumentum39. Au champ des morts - Dans la joie40. Ungfell - Tôtbringære41. Xandria - Theater of Dimensions42. Violet Cold - Anomie43. Nova Collective - The Further Side44. Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain45. Ex Deo - The Immortal Wars46. Hour of Penance - Cast the First Stone47. Dopelord - Children of the Haze48. Striker - Striker49. Grails - Chalice Hymnal50. Laster - Ons vrije fatum
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 31 March 2017 16:57 (seven years ago) link
I'd be interested in people's Q1 picks. I've only really listened to Pallbearer, Power Trip, and the Cloud Rat stuff.
― jmm, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
lol that Pain of Salvation is way too high. average at best
― Neanderthal, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
my list will only come into being when Cleric release the new one
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 31 March 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
I'll vouch for the Beheaded (which Phil recced and is dope) and the Hour of Penance and Overkill.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:10 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, Rate Your Music tends to overrate power metal.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 31 March 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Haven't heard anywhere near a majority of those, but these are the ones I rep for:
3. Immolation - Atonement 5. Soen - Lykaia 6. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic11. Mastodon - Emperor of Sand13. Kreator - Gods of Violence22. Benighted - Necrobreed24. Pallbearer - Heartless27. Firewind - Immortals31. Beheaded - Beast Incarnate44. Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 31 March 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
It's not so much that RYM tends to overrate power metal as everyone else tends to underrate power metal, btw.
And Converge - the high ratings for everything they put out are a complete mystery to me.
― Siegbran, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
Obvious standouts for me so far this year include: Ikina, Battle Beast, Ravenscry, Fen, Heretoir.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
Black Anvil, Ungfell and Todesstoss are what I've been digging this year, Stabscotch's record is my AOTY so far though I think it's more strictly noise-rock than metal. I'm really impressed by Dodecahedron's new one after the first listen too.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
In alphabetical order...
2017 Metal Albums I OwnThe Afternoon Gentlemen - Still Pissed 2012-2015Circle Of Dust - Machines of our DisgraceJunius - Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of LightKing Woman - Created in the Image of SufferingKreator - Gods Of ViolenceLaster - Ons Vrije FatumMastodon - Emperor of SandOverkill - The Grinding WheelUniform - Wake In FrightWoe - Hope Attrition
2017 Metal Albums On Wish ListAnomalie - VisionsAnvil - 5 Original Albums in 1 BoxBathsheba - ServusBlack Anvil - As WasDisharmony - Goddamn The SunDread Sovereign - For Doom The Bell TollsFalls of Rauros - Vigilance PerrenialFen - WinterHorn - Turm Am HangLight of the Morning Star - NoctaLorn - Arrayed ClawsNaudiz - Wulfasa KunjaObituary - ObituaryPallbearer - HeartlessPyriphlegethon - The Murky Black of Eternal NightRebel Wizard - Triumph Of GloomSolitary - Diseased Heart of SocietyVenenum - Trance Of DeathViolet Cold - Anomie
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 31 March 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link
This is the kind of stuff that doesn't really get a genre tag that makes any sense to me, like progressive sludge or stoner prog or something but this new Jagged Vision is shaping up nicely.http://jaggedvision.bandcamp.com/album/death-is-this-world― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ)
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 1 April 2017 13:41 (seven years ago) link
shit I'll ride for in 2017
Ruinous--Graves of Ceaseless DeathObituary--ObituaryBeheaded--Beast IncarnateImmolation--AtonementHour of Penance--Cast the First StoneMidnight--Shox of ViolenceLantern--IIIron Reagan--Crossover MinistryMastodon--Emperor of SandOverkill--The Grinding WheelPower Trip--Nightmare LogicKreator--Gods of Violence
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 1 April 2017 14:39 (seven years ago) link
actually been a pretty slow purchase year in 2017 so far, a lot of what i've recently acquired is from 2016
I checked out the Havoc record. Heard a shitty funk bass line that sounded like something Robert Trujillo threw away two decades ago and a rant against supposed political correctness and shut it off. Pretty sure the rest is not genius.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 1 April 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
Oh yeah, the Body Count album is out now. I'm gonna check that out today.
― jmm, Saturday, 1 April 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
xp Yeah I want to play that record to someone next time I hear the argument that metal should become more "political." We don't need a bunch of mini-Mustaines running around so please stick to nameless horrors and space and forests and shit, thanks.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 1 April 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
even Anvil had a song called "Gun Control" last year, which I was amazed and disappointed that wasn't merely a metaphor for Lips's dick
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 1 April 2017 15:15 (seven years ago) link
man y'all wasn't kiddin' about this Venenum album....
\m/
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 1 April 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
holy hell there's an instrumental break straight out of a 70s rock album with organ and all....
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 1 April 2017 15:42 (seven years ago) link
I also don't mind political stances. Just not derpy ones.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 1 April 2017 16:16 (seven years ago) link
i generally don't go to my metal for politics....i have punk for that
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 1 April 2017 16:18 (seven years ago) link
Q1 picks
Immolation - AtonmentWiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed IIAnomalie - VisionsEntheos - Le ZahieWoe - Hope AttritionAu champ des morts - Dans la joieFalls of Rauros - Vigilance PerennialDraugsól - Volaða landPillorian - Obsidain ArcThe Ominous Circle - Appalling AscensionLaster - Ons vrije fatumLorn - Arrayed Claws
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 1 April 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
I'm waiting on the Au Champ des Morts album in the mail.
― Odysseus, Saturday, 1 April 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
Emptiness
Soen
Slagmaur (it's on Spotify)
― Devilock, Saturday, 1 April 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
I've not been following either of them very closely, but since when are Ice-T and Dave Mustaine best buddies? Dave guesting on the BC record, talk of a joint world tour, etc.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 1 April 2017 21:56 (seven years ago) link
The Pillorian album is my fave so far this year
― Odysseus, Saturday, 1 April 2017 22:56 (seven years ago) link
the Mastodon album is so good I've played it 5 times since yesterday when the lp arrived. Its having the same effect on me as the last Ghost album as every track is a winner. Its definitely their heaviest since Blood Mountain yet retains the hooks of later stuff.
I hope people haven't forgot about this album when the EOY comes round.This and the Pillorian could well be classics.
The Fen album is magnificent too.
― Odysseus, Sunday, 2 April 2017 01:40 (seven years ago) link
finally listening to Mithras's "On Strange Loops" from last year.
this is p trippy stuff
― Neanderthal, Monday, 3 April 2017 17:00 (seven years ago) link
I dug that! not gonna start a sep thread cos I doubt it'd get much traction but besides this and Fallujah, what other death metal out there is 'pretty' without being like, your typical "melodic death"?
― Neanderthal, Monday, 3 April 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
The Pillorian album is great
― Odysseus, Monday, 3 April 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
http://lambgoat.com/news/28145/Max-Cavalera-to-perform-entire-Nailbomb-album-on-tour
― Odysseus, Monday, 3 April 2017 20:07 (seven years ago) link
xpost that Sarpanitum, Blessed Be My Brothers, from a couple years ago, qualifies as pretty, and isn't far removed from something like Mithras (I think someone from Mithras was in it)
― Devilock, Monday, 3 April 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
xpost he seems to be enjoying playing old albums of his by bands he's no longer in this year
― Neanderthal, Monday, 3 April 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
cool, I did get the Sarpanitum and loved it, didn't get the second one tho
sounds like Max just needs money and knows he can tempt the fans out for this
xps
― Odysseus, Monday, 3 April 2017 20:14 (seven years ago) link
well, sure, with Roots. this album is def a genre fav but doesn't quite have the notoriety of Roots with more casual fans.
then again, what kind of crowds do Soulfly pull these days?
― Neanderthal, Monday, 3 April 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
there might be a lot of people who leave after the Nailbomb set ends, which would be kind of hilarious
― Neanderthal, Monday, 3 April 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link
Honestly, I might go to that. Cavalera Conspiracy > Soulfly, though.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 3 April 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
later Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy exist in that space for me of "this is pleasant, I'll probably never listen to it again tho"
― Neanderthal, Monday, 3 April 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
Chaos A.D. > Cavalera Conspiracy > Nailbomb > Roots > Killer Be Killed > Sepultura '84-'92 > Soulfly
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 3 April 2017 20:36 (seven years ago) link
Elyse from Raging Slab passed away from cancer a couple days ago.
I loved this band so much. After seeing the "Don't Dog Me" video on Headbanger's Ball and being intrigued by their Skynyrd-meets-Metallica vibe, I subsequently moved back to New York and wound up becoming friendly with Greg and Elyse. It was funny watching them trying to hail cabs in buckskin. Saw them play a poorly thought out set with Moby at the Palladium during a CMJ or NMS, forget which. Also saw them as hand-picked by Axl openers for the GNR show at The Ritz in 1991. Among many other times.
To this day one of my favorite things I ever did was trek out to the band's rural Pennsylvania farm for a huge feature in Creem when they put out Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert.
Greg and Elyse and the bassist Marc were all so fucking great to me. I am heartbroken about this especially for Greg as he was her husband and he has been with her forever.
I have been working my way through the band's discography and now I will have a shot of bourbon in her honor.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 3 April 2017 22:51 (seven years ago) link
I had the True Death EP on cassette when it came out. My need for Southern rock, whether original or retro, is pretty minimal - Allmans yes, Skynyrd no, Molly Hatchet eh, but the Slab had some actual songs. Never saw them live or paid serious attention, but they definitely should have been bigger than they were and were ill served by every label they were on during their first decade or so.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 00:06 (seven years ago) link
the king woman album fuckin rules
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
fuckin RULES i say
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
It does. They put on a great show too!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
aw man that Benighted. reminds me of a slightly more accessible and less seething Pig Destroyer.
horror death/grind always has a spot in my heart.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 4 April 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
Anwar SadatErsatz Living(Broken World Media)Release Sate: 1/27/2017Formats: Digital, LP, Cassette
http://s0.limitedrun.com/images/1212999/v600_BWM127_anwar_vinyl_mockup.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4Yxw756aOB7J7E63bmtjR7http://anwarsadat.bandcamp.com/album/ersatz-living
Came across this title on a Rate Your Music search - it's currently listed as the #82 album of the year and more importantly the #2 Post-Punk album of 2017, second only to Priests. However unlike Priests, this Louisville, Kentucky group's sound should definitely appeal to those of us of the metal persuasion - comparisons to Godflesh, KMFDM, the more angsty-guitar moments of Trent Reznor's cannon, Peste Noire and some of Iceage's heavier stuff can be made. The result is really unique and fucked up in all the best ways.
For the last track, "Todestriebe," the band made an extremely NSFW video which Brooklyn Vegan posted late last year. It involves someone having his cock cut off as the first thing you see and doesn't get much tamer from there.
This is inspired stuff, right in my wheelhouse, and despite that it's almost too scary even for me! Almost...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 00:39 (seven years ago) link
So far this year I like the Apostate Viaticum, Immolation and Lorn albums.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 01:20 (seven years ago) link
i'm bout to spin the new Lock Up
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 01:21 (seven years ago) link
God Dethroned have reformed and are now back with a new album and a single, again WW1-themed, seems they've shifted down a few gears and are now full-on Bolt Thrower-worship:
Youtube
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 11:28 (seven years ago) link
A good list of good songs. If you say you don't like anything here, you are posing. (Personally, I'd have put "Round and Round" at #1, and found room for Junkyard's "Hollywood" and W.A.S.P.'s "I Wanna Be Somebody" or maybe "Wild Child.")
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
I will stan for:
"Get the Funk Out" (I was a fan of Pornograffiti, lol)"Gypsy Road""Shot in the Dark""Yankee Rose""Animal""WElcome to the Jungle""18 and Life""Still of the Nite""Turbo Lover""Sweet Child O Mine" (though I'm sick of it)"Poison""Jump""Photograph"
the rest I either haven't heard, feel "meh" about it, dislike, or outright hate
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
Neurosis + Converge are doing a short tour together.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 April 2017 02:04 (seven years ago) link
and coming nowhere near me.
to think I was in NYC when they were there on the same day in 2012 and balked at going cos I wanted to see Book of Mormon instead
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 6 April 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
they being Converge
checked out the new Crucified Mortals while browsing Hell's Headbangers website, was only $5.
very little interesting about this album except for the occasional lead. they churn out so much of this generic 80s lo-fi soundings hit it's hard to tell who is good and who isn't.
third song manages to rip off "Black Magic" and at least two other Slayer songs. also the drummer sucks balls.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 6 April 2017 02:32 (seven years ago) link
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was this the show they did with rorschach? bc i was there and it ruled, sorry
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 April 2017 03:05 (seven years ago) link
lol I can't remember.
I was listening to mostly showtunes and hip-hop at the time.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 6 April 2017 03:11 (seven years ago) link
Wow!
Also, new Völur announced for June. No tracks up yet but
http://volur.bandcamp.com/album/ancestors
― baffled, brooding (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 April 2017 07:44 (seven years ago) link
Appreciate the Anwar Sadat posted above, it's a little uneven but when they lock into a good groove it is extremely satisfying; manic pummeling that reminds me of Girl Band and Daughters
― anonanon, Thursday, 6 April 2017 12:47 (seven years ago) link
Revisited Brazilian female thrash trio Nervosa's two albums this morning while proofreading. They're basically a Destruction clone band, but I love Destruction, so I'm fine with that.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 6 April 2017 13:54 (seven years ago) link
The idea of Enslaved covering Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" on their new Roadburn Live album is hilarious in theory, but the actual thing, bloated out to seven minutes (the original is 2:25), is not nearly as much fun.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 6 April 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
They already did a studio recording of it too right? Couldn't sit through it then. Folk metal dudes Heidevolk did it simpler and better (and with the original length), see here.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 6 April 2017 16:47 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, it was on that split with Shining (the shitty one). There is a version on YouTube that's even longer - almost 10 minutes - and/but that one includes a drum solo.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 6 April 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
finally catching up w/ the latest Defeated Sanity and it's like they produced it to be hard as fuck to follow (even by their production standards).
guitars merge w/ bass to sound like molasses
― Neanderthal, Friday, 7 April 2017 02:21 (seven years ago) link
ok I see that was just for the first EP "Disposal of the Dead", whereas Dharmata is kind of a proggy bit of weirdness.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 7 April 2017 02:29 (seven years ago) link
Who's up for some instrumental prog-metal with a lead violinist? Think Jean-Luc Ponty meets Dream Theater:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUAl4FaXaf0
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 7 April 2017 16:56 (seven years ago) link
Saw Astronoid tonight! Despite technical difficulties cutting about a quarter of their set, it was a lovely time!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 8 April 2017 04:46 (seven years ago) link
I have not been able to get excited about the King Woman album yet, but I'm sure it'll happen. I loved their EP and cassette.
I do really like the Bathsheba album though.
― baffled, brooding (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 April 2017 08:38 (seven years ago) link
there are no mentions of it above to my surprise but the new Obsessed record is pretty great. Not all doom, all the time either.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 00:20 (seven years ago) link
SauleSaule (Avantgarde Music)Release Date: 5/13/2017
http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17862455_10158502094115597_6360095141923206270_n.jpg?oh=152c0a4f10b7648bb675795b439f642a&oe=5953F20D
http://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/saulehttp://www.invisibleoranges.com/saule-vi-song-premiere
Even if you're getting tired of this sort of things, Poland's Saule do the post-metal thing so beautifully it's hard to ignore it. The songs on the album are numbered roman numerals; "II" which is on the label's BandCamp page, is lilting and epic; "VI," which is streaming at Invisible Oranges, starts off that way but gradually gets a lot louder. As Chris Rowella says:
there’s more ISIS and Altar of Plagues than Immortal going on. The slow buildup teases at first, with light instrumental flourishes and vocals floating along the edges, until the band kicks on the distortion with a droning, monstrous riff that builds and builds…until it doesn’t. Saule doesn’t dwell on one theme for too long.After “VI” has its ‘metal’ moment, it just as quickly pulls back, fading in and out with a restrained drum pattern and delayed echo-drenched guitars, until the screeches and distortion come roaring back in unannounced, over and over. The ensuing album follows similar patterns, exploring peaks and valleys within this somewhat-new genre while still managing to stake out a singular sound. Much like “VI”, the rest of the album sounds purposeful; it’s still metal at its core, and metal tends to be carefully crafted much of the time. Overall, Saule sounds like a band taking what they do seriously. That’s a good thing, and should lead to greater things.
After “VI” has its ‘metal’ moment, it just as quickly pulls back, fading in and out with a restrained drum pattern and delayed echo-drenched guitars, until the screeches and distortion come roaring back in unannounced, over and over. The ensuing album follows similar patterns, exploring peaks and valleys within this somewhat-new genre while still managing to stake out a singular sound. Much like “VI”, the rest of the album sounds purposeful; it’s still metal at its core, and metal tends to be carefully crafted much of the time. Overall, Saule sounds like a band taking what they do seriously. That’s a good thing, and should lead to greater things.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 00:47 (seven years ago) link
Also at Invisible Oranges, the full album from Pyriphlegethon who I mentioned above, is streaming.
Says Jon Rosenthal:
Heralded by eerie keyboards, this more “frightening” manifestation of Pyriphlegethon bears its teeth and slinks with sinewy guitars and hollow, barbaric rhythm. Akin to early Samael and Manes, the haunting atmospheres here more closely resemble Mories’s other works, albeit condensed and pushed through a pinhole.
"The Coldest Grave" is still my jam. Mories briefly explains each song on the disc and of that he says, "You can never go wrong with Under the Sign of the Black Mark Bathory worship. I like the lyrics on this one." He doesn't mention bubblegum, however.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 00:53 (seven years ago) link
this year's Sinister is hardly Cross the Styx level but it's p fun
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 05:07 (seven years ago) link
http://agitreader.com/wp2/space-the-metal-frontier
The first published music criticism I have done in six years... A concert review from Astronoid and Coronal Mass Ejection and album reviews for Slagmaur and Medico Peste.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:49 (seven years ago) link
speaking of Astronoid ... who can point me to a band (or bands) that truly do what they do. not so much bands that have elements of what Astronoid does, but a very similar combination of elements.
like, is Alcest the closest thing? or are there closer examples?
basically, i'm testing my theory that Air is this band doing something totally unique. which is rare.
i also might be talking out my ass. i fucking love this band.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
they are pretty damned unique AFAIK, to get what they do you have to do some arithmetic involving multiple existing bands or styles, though some Devin Townsend stuff I've heard gets close
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 18:46 (seven years ago) link
worth noting, i guess: i have never listened to Devin Townsend. probably should.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Mesarthim are pursuing a parallel course, maybe
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 18:54 (seven years ago) link
But of course quite different
Melting Sun by Lantlos is somewhat similar I reckon
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
It's hard to find a band that compares to Astronoid in all facets. Bands that are as spacey as they are tend to come from a black metal sensibility whereas these guys are more pop/thrash as a background. Not sure where they get the atmospheric side of what they do to be honest. I don't think they sound like Deafheaven or Alcest but I love all of those bands for similar reasons if that makes sense.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
i listened to the earlier Astronoid stuff today and heard the song or two with the screaming. i'm glad they decided to avoid that altogether on Air. not that i mind it, but if you're gonna do those Air vocals, might as well go all the way in. adding screaming parts makes you like all the other bands.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
though some Devin Townsend stuff I've heard gets close
That pretty much nails why I don't like that Astronoid album, 'cause I never liked Devin. I'm sure they're good live, though.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 09:22 (seven years ago) link
probably more likely to find an band from the emo world that sounds close to Astronoid than a metal band
― anonanon, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 09:27 (seven years ago) link
actually i'm gonna say that's even harder
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 11:41 (seven years ago) link
maybe it's just that they remind me of coheed and cambria, or more accurately what I would like coheed to sound like
― anonanon, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
Digging these preview tracks:
https://invictusproductions666.bandcamp.com/album/dysangelium
Invictus also put out the Apostate Viaticum album I've been enjoying from this year, as well as last year's Head of the Demon and Occult Burial.
― o. nate, Thursday, 13 April 2017 01:32 (seven years ago) link
New Suffo has a release date of June 9, and some odd (for them) cover art:http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/suffocation-to-release-of-the-dark-light-album-in-june-artwork-track-listing-revealed/
Also new Impetuous Ritual on June 16:https://youtu.be/ByydxD2P9wE
There's also new Dying Fetus coming, a band I've not really thought about for many years, but the ridiculous title and reversion to the old logo has me at least a little intrigued:http://www.metalinsider.net/releases/dying-fetus-will-release-wrong-one-to-fk-with-in-june
Apparently June will be the month of crushingness.
― Devilock, Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
Are Suffocation still using a different singer for out-of-town gigs? Anyway, I like the new album cover a lot and I'm sure it'll be great. I see they're continuing their tradition of re-recording one Breeding the Spawn song on every album ("Epitaph of the Credulous"), too...
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 13 April 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
Can't wait for the Suffo/Morbid show
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 13 April 2017 21:00 (seven years ago) link
I thought this interview with Locust Leaves was really interesting. Mostly about what conventions do/don't benefit HM/BM. Convinced me to spend more time with their new release.
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/04/13/locust-leaves-interview/?utm_source=twitter
― summervillain, Thursday, 13 April 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link
Looking For An Answer's Dios Carne is a good grindcore album if you're looking for one. Big 'n' beefy, in the Kill the Client/Rotten Sound/Nasum zone.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 14 April 2017 23:33 (seven years ago) link
Really like the new Northumbria album, so I wrote about it. Along with a new video. And an interview with one of the two guys in the band.
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/northumbria-translate-the-harshness-of-the-canadian-arctic-into-instrumental-bliss
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 April 2017 23:35 (seven years ago) link
Testament were great last night. even survived a mini-depressive meltdown at beginning of the set (for unrelated reasons, not cos I didn't like the setlist).
pulled out "Urotsukidōji".
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 15 April 2017 15:04 (seven years ago) link
For those who don't know, Sweden hands over control of its Twitter account [@sweden] to a different Swede every week. This week's curator is a Finn living in Sweden, and he's decided to spend Easter Sunday posting links to old-school Finnish death metal bands. So far, we've gotten YouTube links to Convulse, Demigod, Purtenance, Demilich, Abhorrence, Necropsy and Rippikoulu.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 16 April 2017 11:48 (seven years ago) link
According to a lengthy post on their Facebook page, New York City black metal act Woe, along with their tourmates Ultha, have been removed from the bill at Hamburg Ist Droneburg at Hafenklang. While the venue has yet to make an official statement regarding booting Woe and co. from the show, Woe’s Chris Grigg claims that they were informed via SMS that they were being kicked off for booking a show with Inquisition.Invisible Oranges
Invisible Oranges
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 16 April 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
if that's actually what happened, I would agree.....
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 16 April 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
wonder what the venue is going to say
Ultha apparently have jewish members too
― Odysseus, Sunday, 16 April 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
This did actually happen, Neanderthal. The promoters have announced that the venue forced their hand.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 16 April 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
well, Woe confirmed that that's what the promoters said (the official promoter's statement on FB, which I had translated from German to English, states they can't say the reason why, but that it was not their decision but solely the venue's).
I trust that Woe is being truthful though. this is an unfortunate and silly reason to remove someone from a festival in the days leading up to it. I don't want to poison the well for the rare black metal bands that actually espouse leftist ideology given how toxic so much of the BM scene is (less so than in the second wave but still).
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 16 April 2017 17:50 (seven years ago) link
ahh nm I also see the venue confirmed it now too. that's fucked.
wonder if the anti-Nazi laws in Germany got them skittish even though said bands aren't Nazis themselves and even Inquisition isn't sporting any banned images.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 16 April 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
One of my favorite trad metal bands, Voltax from Mexico, have just released their fourth album (their first since 2013), No Retreat...You Surrender. You can get all four of their albums on Bandcamp for $18 US after conversion from pesos. You should do it, too, 'cause they rule.
https://voltax.bandcamp.com/album/no-retreat-you-surrender
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 17 April 2017 01:19 (seven years ago) link
Mastercastle's Wine of Heaven is a pretty rad symphonic power-metal record on first listen -- midtempo, not super tweaky speedy stuff, actually with some weird downtuning stuff that's p uncharacteristic of the genre...the singer's chops aren't in the Tarja class, more rock than aspirational-opera, but this record is really working for me this morning. RIYL Epica and would be interested in kinda more down-homey Epica
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 17 April 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
The new Suffocation album leaked over the weekend - more than six weeks before street date. That really sucks for them.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 17 April 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
Just got a press release saying that Van Records now has a US officer and distro through Revolver here. That's pretty great as getting their stuff inexpensively was always a challenge and they invariably have an album or two a year I really like - this year it was Dread Sovereign, last year it was Mourning Beloveth and Urfaust.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link
guys this Lich King album is *fantastic*http://music.lichkingmetal.com/album/the-omniclasm
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 10:53 (seven years ago) link
also, second thrash album this year to feature the a pro-LGBT tune (but the first to feature a song about the horrors of child-rearing, to my knowledge)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 11:02 (seven years ago) link
jeez gridlink is intense
the Skadi album linked upthread is gorgeous
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
Loudness were all set to kick off their tour at Reggie's in Chicago tonight for a tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Lightning Strikes album. They've been doing this for decades, and I highly doubt there were any errors on their part on the paperwork. Bands are losing not only money in these last-minute cancelled tours, but the chance to do this again as clubs and promoters will be hesitant to book them again if this might continue to happen. Eventually fewer acts will attempt to come to the U.S. Yes the bureaucracy has always been ponderous for the smaller groups (bigger arena acts usually have more clout/resources to grease the gears), but is getting worse.
"Due to the new strict policies the US government has placed on foreigners entering the country, Loudness was denied entry into the United States and sent back home this morning."
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link
Christ that sucks so bad. Prepping an int'l tour is a fuckload of work for a lot of people. Pointless, stupid.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 17:00 (seven years ago) link
Craven IdolThe Shackles of Mammon(Dark Descent Records)Release Date: 4/17/2017Formats: CD/LP/Tape/Digi
http://www.unholymedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Craven-Idol-Cover-CC.jpg
http://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-shackles-of-mammonhttp://open.spotify.com/album/5K3wsOktVasuHBuRCmPCArhttp://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2017/4/6/album-premiere-interview-craven-idol-smash-the-shackles-of-mammon
Very pissed off blackened metal with a lot going on undeneath the palpable anger. As Sean Frasier says at Decibel,
The Shackles of Mammon captures Craven Idol at their most frenzied, surging with the might and majesty of extreme metal's first wave."Besides keeping true to our foundations, I wanted to create a much more pissed off and furious record," shares guitarist/vocalist S. Vrath. "We wanted to draw more on our black/thrash/crust influences such as (Germany's) Poison, Bathory, and Master’s Hammer rather than Manilla Road, Venom, and Candlemass. I’m not saying those elements are missing, but the former is certainly more prevalent this time 'round."
"Besides keeping true to our foundations, I wanted to create a much more pissed off and furious record," shares guitarist/vocalist S. Vrath. "We wanted to draw more on our black/thrash/crust influences such as (Germany's) Poison, Bathory, and Master’s Hammer rather than Manilla Road, Venom, and Candlemass. I’m not saying those elements are missing, but the former is certainly more prevalent this time 'round."
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
Totally reverent, yet totally relevant as far as I am concerned.
Also, I love it that "Crossover Songs Are Too Damn Short" is the shortest song on the album!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
seanwayne, formerly of this parish will be raging Loudness got cancelled
― Odysseus, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Where is he anyway? I miss the big lug.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
he's on FB. I think he joined a band who tours japan a lot funnily enough
― Odysseus, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link
we need to get the hairy old git back on here
― Odysseus, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
OK this Artificial Brain album's fucking crazy good
Like it starts off with some discordant death metal stuff done really well but keeps mutating and somehow manages to be a little catchy. Also some melodic parts remind me of StarGazer, which is about the highest compliment.
― Comment elles torment (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 21 April 2017 11:37 (seven years ago) link
I wrote about Tokyo Blade.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 21 April 2017 12:31 (seven years ago) link
listening to Artifical Brain, some very (to my ears) Gorguts-y stuff going on, or like a more brutal take on Stargazer. Ha and I just read your comment Jon
― Dominique, Friday, 21 April 2017 14:05 (seven years ago) link
god damn, local news clip on the death of Internal Bleeding drummer (and firefighter) William Tolley
on a much much brighter note, there's a teaser clip for the new Progenie Terrestre Pura, coming at the end of May, and it sounds even cooler than the debut
― Devilock, Friday, 21 April 2017 22:58 (seven years ago) link
well, I guess I can't link to the embedded video for some reason, but the PTP thing is on the Avantgarde timelinehttps://www.facebook.com/avantgardemusiclabel/
― Devilock, Friday, 21 April 2017 23:02 (seven years ago) link
edit: good grief I suckhttps://www.facebook.com/avantgardemusiclabel/videos/10154277503982260/
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest starts today! Woo!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 22 April 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
new mesarthim dropped https://mesarthim.bandcamp.com/album/presence-e-p
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
track one turns into straight techno about halfway through lmao
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:12 (seven years ago) link
they did it again
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
really enjoying the smooth '90s r&b-ish backbeat on "presence"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
actually there's a swing to it and a playfulness in the synth playing that makes me think they were going for a metal "my prerogative" feel
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
enjoying this blog featuring posts of plagiarism in metal cover art https://artplagiarism.wordpress.com/
features a mix of no-name bozos and p well known bands
― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 18:41 (seven years ago) link
Watching this Van Halen show from 1983 (remember when Van Halen counted as metal?) and trying to imagine the balls it takes to put the drum solo after the second song of your concert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY3vt-48Zzk
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
track 3 of the new mesarthim has started and...um...holy shit
― imago, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 23:33 (seven years ago) link
nothing that brad said up there is in any way misleading
I have bought every mesarthim release and I plan on keeping it up, excited to dive in
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 00:17 (seven years ago) link
The new Obsessed album is a lot better/more interesting than I thought it would be. Wino runs pretty hot and cold for me; I loved Spirit Caravan, and the second and third Obsessed albums, but could easily live without ever hearing Place of Skulls, the Hidden Hand, or any of his solo albums ever again, especially not the acoustic ones. But this new Obsessed record is really good - he goes even more early '70s than before (Thin Lizzy and Mountain covers, a talkbox), without losing his essential biker-doom awesomeness. Highly recommended.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 13:20 (seven years ago) link
I, too, reviewed The Obsessed record. I also liked it.It has a live Stinking Lizaveta review as well.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 27 April 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
That plagiarism blog is amusing!
I'm digging this Tehom "The Merciless Light" CD on Blood Music (a label I'm starting to think of as relatively reliable). Very 1989-1991 sounding death metal, a lot of Morbid Angel (AoM/BaTS) riff influence, nice guitar tone, nothing new but fun. Also metal album #751 with a stylized occult anus on the cover.
http://i.imgur.com/OutrKhk.jpg?1
― Comment elles torment (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 28 April 2017 11:19 (six years ago) link
Also the dude from Exocytosis posted about this band on FB and they're kind of amazing, like NYC 80s scum rock, Jesus Lizard and King Crimson rolled into one. Not really metal but I dunno someone here might dig it and I couldn't think of where else to put it.
http://the-mass.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-fleet
― Comment elles torment (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 28 April 2017 12:00 (six years ago) link
Yeah, The Mass are great. I reviewed that album for The Wire.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 28 April 2017 12:03 (six years ago) link
Cool! Any idea if there was/is going to be a physical release?
― Comment elles torment (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 28 April 2017 12:09 (six years ago) link
new blood command album is out!!! it fuckin rips!!!!!! https://bloodcommand.bandcamp.com/album/cult-drugs
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 28 April 2017 12:37 (six years ago) link
Playing the new Body Count now. There is some serious fucking shredding going on on this album.― Don Van Gorp
Oh yeah, the Body Count album is out now. I'm gonna check that out today.― jmm
I finally checked it out on Spotify and yeah, this is good. I wasn't expecting much for some reason as I recall only the debut being good and I haven't listened to that in years but this is really solid.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 28 April 2017 22:46 (six years ago) link
new Schammasch coming. last one continues to captivate, really a wonderful, excessive trip
https://schammasch.bandcamp.com/album/the-maldoror-chants-hermaphrodite
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 29 April 2017 00:46 (six years ago) link
Nobody discussed it above but has anyone checked out the Nergal's Me And That Man project Songs of Love and Death?It came out in January but the CD evidently had a US release date at the end of last month.It's not metal but, with Behemoth's frontman, of obvious interest to metal fans.It's also very, very good - Nick Cave meets Johnny Cash.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
Nick Cave meets Johnny Cash
Exactly why I deleted the promo unheard.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
My what a rebel.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
I've never liked Nick Cave. And the whole "metal dude gets old, goes 'dark country'" thing is...not for me.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
Fair enough. I love both Nick Cave and Johnny Cash and I think he did it well.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
New Full Of Hell.24 minutes of Hell.Love this band!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
what i've heard from the full of hell record sounded incredible
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
This is pretty nice, not a million miles away from the LLNN record but less core more black
http://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/album/mind-mold
― mutual interest in technology, the ocean & rap music (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 11:39 (six years ago) link
Bolt Thrower finally kinda clicked for me this morning; turns out they make excellent laundry-folding music.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 12:55 (six years ago) link
There's a version of Metallica's Death Magnetic making the rounds that's supposedly "de-loudness-war-ized":
foobar2000 1.3.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1log date: 2017-04-30 06:19:00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Analyzed: Metallica / Death Magnetic Unloaded--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DR Peak RMS Duration Track--------------------------------------------------------------------------------DR9 -0.03 dB -10.82 dB 7:08 01-That Was Just Your LifeDR9 -0.46 dB -10.81 dB 7:52 02-The End Of The LineDR8 -0.19 dB -11.06 dB 6:24 03-Broken, Beat & ScarredDR10 -0.52 dB -11.78 dB 7:54 04-The Day That Never ComesDR8 0.00 dB -8.96 dB 7:58 05-All Nightmare LongDR9 -0.89 dB -10.73 dB 6:39 06-CyanideDR10 -0.14 dB -12.71 dB 7:46 07-The Unforgiven IIIDR9 -0.63 dB -11.25 dB 8:01 08-The Judas KissDR9 -0.15 dB -10.85 dB 9:56 09-Suicide & RedemptionDR9 0.00 dB -9.86 dB 4:59 10-My Apocalypse--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of tracks: 10Official DR value: DR9
I'm listening to it now, and honestly, I can't hear any major differences between this, the officially released CD, and the Guitar Hero version that leaked around the time the album first came out. But maybe my ears are just too cooked to register the subtleties.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
誤訳侮辱, do you use any kind of a DAC when you're listening? I am totally not an audiophile but the difference in EVERYTHING I listen to since I started putting a DAC in line is night and day.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
No, I just plug headphones into my laptop. But they're decent headphones - Sony MDR-ZX600s, not earbuds or anything.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
Cool, yeah like I say I'm not an audiophile, but since I started using a USB DAC I hear so much more than I used to -- when I was auditing mixes of my own new stuff, it was really pronounced, like I could not variations that if I a/b'd w/o the DAC in-line the difference was "that seems fine" (w/o DAC) vs. "dial that effect back about 50%" (with). I'm also using Sonys. My right ear is pretty fried but I'm always preaching the gospel of the Microstreamer DAC because it really 3d'd a lot of shit for me, especially metal
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
And this will help even on only average-quality files? Cause the vast majority of what I listen to is either 320kbps MP3s or 256kbps AACs; I'm not a FLAC/AIFF/WAV guy at all.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
that's what I listen to unless it's something of my own that I'm mixing/evaluating.. don't have room for bigger files otherwise. seriously from the first measure of anything you listen to, especially if it's something you're familiar with...night & day.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 May 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
Ordered it this morning. Thanks!
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
But they're decent headphones - Sony MDR-ZX600s, not earbuds or anything.
http://scontent.fewr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18221744_10158627727120597_8276973726021520126_n.jpg?oh=ddfe482cbc250a3273dc36c69d77133a&oe=597B0128
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
lol I had the wrong model. I use MDR-7506, which is what p much every engineer I know mixes with - very neutral and unglamorous, just the way I like em. They cost me 80 bucks and you can basically back over em with a truck.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
hope you love the microstreamer like I do, it has added so much to my listening
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
oh but I came to this thread to say NEW CONTRARIAN HELL YES
https://contrarianmetal.bandcamp.com/album/to-perceive-is-to-suffer
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
I assume you can get them cheaper than this?
Uh, yeah; the last time I got 'em from Amazon, they were $59, and the most I've ever paid for a pair (I've bought several, since my wife and I both use them) was about $75.
I should note that when I bought the Microstreamer this morning, I also bought this fine item (hope the image isn't board-destroyingly huge):
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61LCygmnxJL._UX679_.jpg
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 4 May 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
Listening to the debut - fuck it, I'm calling it the only - CD by Dead Cross, a "hardcore" band formed by Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo, Justin Pearson of the Locust and Mike Crain of Retox. It...sucks. Patton doing his funny voices schtick, with some additional Jello Biafra imitation thrown in (not DKs-era Biafra, but latter-day Biafra), Lombardo playing way below his usual standard (and not mixed to sound anything like himself), and the other two playing generic early-00s needles-in-your-ears noisecore riffs. Complete fucking garbage. Can't wait for Whiney's rapturous review in Rolling Stone.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 5 May 2017 00:12 (six years ago) link
i forgot to mention i saw Astronoid live and they were incredible and now i think literally every band should do that processed harmony vocals thing.
Ghost Bath were boring, but maybe i was in the wrong space for 'em.
― alpine static, Friday, 5 May 2017 04:39 (six years ago) link
File under "not metal but metal people like them," the new Oxbow is brilliant (and likely the least metallic thing the band has done).
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 6 May 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link
Yeah, it's fantastic, and if you can get a copy of the accompanying hardcover book they're selling, do it. The band members take turns interviewing each other about the production process, there are a bunch of great photos, and a ton of other stuff.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 6 May 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
The venerable Sony 7506, a great headphone, impressive that after 30 years it's still relevant. I had the precurser, MDR-V6 for over 15 years. When it finally wore out, I went on Head-Fi to research what was new, and got drawn into the hobby in 2006. I've written about some of the ones I've tried over the years, like the beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro, which you can get now for just over $100. beyerdynamic has an even more impressive long run, the DT48 was in production for over 75 years! I currently use the open DT 1990 Pro at home. A couple weeks ago I went to AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) to hear the latest of the crazy expensive gear, like speaker systems that cost over $60K and the $50K HiFiMAN Shangri-La electrostatic headphone, which I was actually not that impressed with. One that I was impressed with for it's value was the new Meze 99 Neo, which ships in a week or so. It's $249, about $60 less than the Classic which featured wood cups.
With decent headphones, a DAC really does make a difference, even with streaming and MP3s, and there has been some improvement in the chips made in the past few years. Here's some good values: iFi Nano, Schiit Fulla 2 and AudioQuest Dragonfly.
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 6 May 2017 17:53 (six years ago) link
More here - Recommend a pair of headphones for me
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 7 May 2017 02:46 (six years ago) link
Nokturnal Mortum just announced that the new album drops Monday. Should be on their bandcamp then.
https://nokturnalmortum1.bandcamp.com/
― Devilock, Sunday, 7 May 2017 07:11 (six years ago) link
Everyone who orders it wil be hacked by Russians.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 7 May 2017 09:36 (six years ago) link
No really, great news. No idea what to expect in terms of quality, it's been ten years since their last album.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 7 May 2017 09:44 (six years ago) link
surely they loathe + detest russians
stoked anyway
― imago, Sunday, 7 May 2017 10:18 (six years ago) link
They're NSBM, they hate everyone
― Odysseus, Sunday, 7 May 2017 12:54 (six years ago) link
They're not NSBM anymore, supposedly.
― mutual interest in technology, the ocean & rap music (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 7 May 2017 13:24 (six years ago) link
Yeah this was made clear by their song "Adolf Doesn't Want Me for a Blitzkrieg"
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 May 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
new album is mixed and mastered by Greg Chandler btw
― imago, Sunday, 7 May 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
and it's up
― Devilock, Monday, 8 May 2017 02:58 (six years ago) link
LOL at some NSBM losers saying they're 'no longer political' - you put out a split with Graveland last year FFS.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Monday, 8 May 2017 11:39 (six years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^ otm. I listen to a lot of bm so I can't pretend my collection's going to be 100% ideologically pure, though: 1) A lot of it's not outwardly political and so obscure that no-one gives a fuck what they think/thought anyway, and 2) most racist/nsbm bands are fucking dogshit anyway.
I kind of resent having to do a bit of research sometimes when finding new bm to listen to, but I did this for Moonsorrow and found a thing where one of the members of that band explicitly states they are anti-Nazi/racist; compare and contrast that to Nokturnal Mortum's mealy-mouthed bollocks.
In today's climate they may very well feel safe to write anti-semitic lyrics again anyway, who fucking knows.
And while I don't like Nokturnal Mortum on a musical level, I don't care if other people listen to them and know that doing so doesn't mean you support fascism etc etc but it's the noncommittal tone that smacks of dishonesty behind NM's statement that irks me.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 8 May 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure if such reductionism is very useful. Issues with misogyny, intolerance, racism, communism, fascism, nationalism, religion etc are not divorced from geographical and cultural context - this is not an issue with black metal (or even music) alone.
Haven't read the lyrics of this new record yet, but from an band operating in a Ukrainian warzone, a record without any overt nastiness (like NM have operated for the past 15-ish years) is fine with me.
― Siegbran, Monday, 8 May 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
I mean I'm not asking for a public apology from the remaining members of The Clash for writing Sandinista. For whatever reason, many people are too proud to renounce their past, esp when it still pays the bills thirty years later. I'm pretty sure they believed in the movement at the time and I'm not holding it against them (and certainly not their music), as long as they don't overtly support those fuckers in 2017.
― Siegbran, Monday, 8 May 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
Ehhh that feels like an excuse, and it's also assuming a vastly different cultural context.
The long and the short of it is, like ultros says, that non-committal tone is bad faith: if you were once NS then explicitly renounce your ways, that's that; merely saying 'I'm not political anymore' or the like is a cop-out at best, but more likely a nod-and-a-wink to fellow travellers. Are you too proud to take it back? Sucks for you, I'll hold it against you.
At the same time, I don't think it's the same as those who play with fascist imagery with that kind of haughty smugness of 'oh I know what wolf's hooks and sunwheels really mean, it's on you if you think I mean something else'. You know who I mean.
Anyway, I'm still gonna LOL at fake 'apolitical' pontificating.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Monday, 8 May 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
A couple of albums I like are streaming in full in advance of their release:The Wizards - Full Moon in Scorpio (Out 2017-05-16 on Fighter Records)Saule - Saule (Out 2017-05-13 on Avantgarde Music)
Difficulty: Neither website is in English. Fortunately The Wizards' shit-kicking occult doom and Saule's shimmering post-black metal need no translations.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 8 May 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
I'm not going to require an explicit apology/recognition of the Armenian genocide before I can enjoy a Turkish musician - esp if it doesn't play up the issue, their work stands on its own merits. I'm not asking Christians to acknowledge atrocities and intolerance, and I can enjoy their music as long as the music doesn't try to push the message too heavily. I'm sure you can think of similar cases with violence, misogyny, attitudes to gay ppl, etc. I know these are complex issues with various degrees of intensity, and people have various reasons to hold the beliefs that they do, but if they abstain from pushing their ideals in order to make their music more widely enjoyable, this is not something to hold against them. I hold it against them when they do push the issue.
Regardless of what they believe or where they come from I believe all artists have a voice - sure if that voice then sprout all kinds of odious hatred (or just general dumbassery), by all means tune out and call them out on it, but to dismiss them upfront regardless of the actual content is not really defensible in my view. Or rather, I don't think anything good ever came from this attitude.
― Siegbran, Monday, 8 May 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
nazi black metallers fuck off
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 8 May 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
The Voice Of Steel was impressive for its integration of Ukrainian folk elements. If the new album loses that without fully renouncing the NSBM shit, I'd have no problem skipping it. I've got plenty of other stuff to listen to.
― Guy Pidgeotto (Tom Violence), Monday, 8 May 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
thought tbh I can't believe this discussion is still relevant in 2017, but sadly it is
if there's no actual nazi content in their lyrics it really comes down to 'is the music good', which the last album imo was. will be listening to this one keenly (heard first four tracks earlier - didn't grab me as much but I was intrigued to hear them go in a folkier direction)
if anyone has substantial dirt to dish on them i'm all ears obv
― imago, Monday, 8 May 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
hmm, this is growing on me quite a lot, sorry everyone
― imago, Monday, 8 May 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
topical creams are good for that
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 May 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
Just downloaded a promo of the self-titled debut by a one-man project called Les Chants Du Hasard, which the press release describes as follows:
The band's eponymous debut is an experimental work featuring a mix of classical music and black metal without any guitar, bass or drums – only orchestral instruments. The result is a shocking and fascinating lecture of 1800's orchestral music as seen through the deforming lens of extreme metal; an original hybrid that marries the abrasive, aggressive vocals typical of black metal with the majestic and dramatic aura of classical music, caught in its darkest expressions. “The album is influenced by orchestral works and operas from composers like Modest Mussorgsky, Sergej Prokofiev and Richard Strauss,” Hazard explains. “I thought a lot about how to articulate it with black metal; especially the vocals, which I wanted in the vein of Ulver, Emperor and Ved Buens Ende.”
I'm intrigued.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 8 May 2017 23:17 (six years ago) link
hmm! label?
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
It's on I, Voidhanger. Comes out June 23.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 00:35 (six years ago) link
yeah count me in too
― imago, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 00:37 (six years ago) link
https://leschantsduhasard.bandcamp.com/releases
There's one track available, anyway. Kinda reminds me of a way more dynamic Slagmaur (and without the incessant metronome drums obviously). Probably a pretty trippy experience as a whole album.
One day there's gonna be a black metal opera, isn't there...
― Devilock, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 07:24 (six years ago) link
it sounds like arcturus
― imago, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 11:05 (six years ago) link
that's not a bad thing btw
mind you, "no drums"
*timpani barrage*
― imago, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 11:06 (six years ago) link
hmm, not sure about this
holst's 'mars' >>>>>>>>>>>>
― imago, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 11:10 (six years ago) link
That's a pretty high bar tbh.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
Listened to the whole album this morning. It's great - the arrangements aren't cheesy movie-score orchestral, like Dimmu Borgir or Satyricon; they're really weird and atmospheric, like avant-garde opera in parts. There are multiple voices throughout; his lead lines are almost buried at times, and at other times he's basically arguing with background singers who come off like voices in his head. The guy knows what he's doing. It kinda reminds me of a cross between Sunn O)))'s Monoliths & Dimensions and a really experimental staging of Beethoven's Fidelio I watched on DVD not long ago.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
Saw Amon Amarth and Goatwhore last night. Both bands slayed. New track that Goatwhore played was on the slower side but it shows the band's sludginess nicely. And I was never a *huge* Amon Amarth fan. I liked them but it bugged me that they were tagged Viking Metal when you had bands such as Tyr who were using ancient instrumentation. Seeing the band live softened my stance as they were epic and galloping and a lot of fun.
GOATWHORE
http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18423871_10158653140960597_7756455488721387681_n.jpg?oh=0cb2958bdb2705508f1ded0d6eb53b44&oe=59C048F2
AMON AMARTH
http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18301010_10158653606590597_264990608522995826_n.jpg?oh=168035db5fb385e8f89ae475113f3c5c&oe=59833728
http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18425290_10158653606805597_4648843476834453228_n.jpg?oh=181d547f9e126c0ea57fcbc9adf4b796&oe=597CF9D1
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
In other news ILX Rolling Metal faves Astronoid will be opening the Philly Ghost show, which is really great for the band and for me since I love them both.
Ghost, it should be noted, are having some really good openers on their headlining dates around the Maiden tour. Aside from Astronoid in my neck of the woods they have Khemmis, True Widow, Repulsion, Zombi and Royal Thunder. Even if you don't like the band, that's pretty cool.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
Blind Guardian putting out a 3CD live album, Live Beyond The Spheres, in July:
CD101. The Ninth Wave02. Banish From Sanctuary03. Nightfall04. Prophecies05. Tanelorn06. The Last Candle07. And Then There Was Silence CD201. The Lord Of The Rings02. Fly03. Bright Eyes04. Lost In The Twilight Hall05. Imaginations From The Other Side06. Into The Storm07. Twilight Of The Gods08. A Past And Future Secret09. And The Story Ends CD301. Sacred Worlds02. The Bard’s Song (In The Forest)03. Valhalla04. Wheel Of Time05. Majesty06. Mirror Mirror
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
Seeing Opeth and Gojira tonight. don't know anything about Devin Townshend, may just skip him. I really like Opeth's full prog shift.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
that is one hell of a triple bill. don't skip devin ffs
― imago, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
yea wtf
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
New Runs of Beverast streaming at YouTube.http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG_3KXs8mbQ1XThEa7aWLXpwpOxIWkUTc
Haven't heard it yet but some people I trust have said it's great...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
Digging the sludgy, doomy death metal of Morast's debut:
http://morast-vanrecords.bandcamp.com
― mutual interest in technology, the ocean & rap music (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 11:29 (six years ago) link
My review of the Decibel Metal & Beer Fest ran. They ran a sidebar about the Beer Makers & Hell Raisers as well.
I think I should be able to get free beer at every show...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
fuuuuuuck that new ruins of beverast is great
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
New Danzig song is better than the last one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu1UVwwNbWo
That album cover is still just a massive self-inflicted wound, though.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 12 May 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link
that album cover though...
― Odysseus, Friday, 12 May 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
that Danzig song is actually pretty good!
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 May 2017 04:35 (six years ago) link
Metallica Concert Musings
* Volbeat is boring. Sorry. We didn't get Avenged Sevenfold because someone in the band flew away to be with his wife when she went into premature labor. Fine with me.
* Metallica played "Motorbreath." Kind of a surprise, not something they usually drag out of the mothballs. Made me all smiley.
* The video screens were really unique, five giant panels that could be used a variety of ways. It helped those of us in the nosebleeds.
* Final tally: Five songs from the new album, five from the Black Album, three from Ride, two each from Kill Em All and Master and only "One" from Justice.
* Zero songs from Load, Re-load, St. Anger and Death Magnetic! The band definitely weeded out the stuff I don't personally like save for too much Black Album but those are the hits so...
* No Death Magnetic seemed strange since it was their last album, return to form deal, but even so it is what, seven years old now?
* No covers! All originals! Sorry Diamond Head, no royalties for you (this time).
* The new songs were really well-chosen save for "Halo On Fire" which is boring but the band had the entire video played on the screens and that video was pretty cool so that helped.
* Nice homage to Cliff Burton while Robert Trujillo pulled some teeth.
* They did a ridiculous drum solo where every band member started banging on huge fucking drums. It was ridiculous, like "we need a drum solo but Lars is Lars so hey, let's do something wacky..."
* "Creeping Death" is still so fucking great. I mean, really.
* After encoring with "Battery" they ended with "Nothing Else Matters" (snooze) and "Enter Sandman" which is okay, I guess, but I still feel zero regrets about avoiding the crowd and heading to the exit at that point.
* This caused me to miss fireworks. Bummer.
* Did I mention they played "Motorbreath?"
* I enjoyed myself. Even though I was far away from the stage I was able to stand and headbang to the classic stuff like I was young again. I will have a sore neck tomorrow and that's okay.
* That said, this was a $60 ticket. $100 for up there was just way too much. I would see them again and even pay $150 for general admission seats provided I take a half day from work and get there early enough to run to the front.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 13 May 2017 05:37 (six years ago) link
This was the view a $100 ticket gave you.
http://scontent.fphl2-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18451382_10158675788830597_8990778482183078238_o.jpg?oh=87e236fae0ff4ad0b42dd6862eee8805&oe=59B084FB
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 13 May 2017 05:41 (six years ago) link
hey if you guys like doomv bloosy sludge that verges on post-hxc/post-rock you could do a lot worse than Show of Bedlam's new "Transfiguration"
― summervillain, Saturday, 13 May 2017 11:23 (six years ago) link
interesting Russian act that sort of tries to do an explosions-in-the-sky-goes-katatonia thing
https://dir666.bandcamp.com/album/elimino
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 13 May 2017 11:51 (six years ago) link
They did a ridiculous drum solo where every band member started banging on huge fucking drums. It was ridiculous, like "we need a drum solo but Lars is Lars so hey, let's do something wacky..."
― Devilock, Saturday, 13 May 2017 22:16 (six years ago) link
JCLC that Lunatii album rules, holy shit
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 13 May 2017 23:53 (six years ago) link
This album from the same label should be of interest to Mesarthim fans:https://dir666.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-light
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 13 May 2017 23:59 (six years ago) link
^ it's more Lustre than Mesarthim IMHO but thanks!
― StanM, Monday, 15 May 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
OK this Lo-Ruhamah is doing it for me.
http://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/anointing
Really interestingly composed with that OSDM element (early Unleashed/"Lost Paradise"), old black metal influences (I hear Mortuary Drape and Samael), weird Gnostic (apparently Christian?) lyrics, totally unsurprising it'd be on I, Voidhanger. First new album since 2007!
― Are you Thurston Moore (but enjoying it less) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 08:25 (six years ago) link
I LIKE PARENTHETICALS
This John Frum album's pretty good btw. Terrible band name, obviously, even with the cargo cult connection.
― Are you Thurston Moore (but enjoying it less) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 09:13 (six years ago) link
I'm keen to hear it, but really the main event will be the new Cleric
― imago, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 09:41 (six years ago) link
What an awesome and profound artist.
Shining/Revenge show tomorrow in Portland, OR got cancelled. Kvarforth was seig heiling and drugging women's drinks in Boise, ID on Sunday.— Timwie J. Malmsteen (@Gargotheron) May 16, 2017
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
I knew that guy's a fucking shitstain but not that much of one.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
from the Portland venue:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1868436273404807/permalink/1897117517203349/
Tonic Lounge has decided to cancel the Shining show that was scheduled for this Wednesday, May 17th.All tickets will be refunded.We regret having not researched this band more before approving their show. After booking them, it was brought to our attention that Shining’s singer has done and said many things that could be considered offensive, dangerous, or destructive. While we were learning about and considering these issues, the list continued to grow, including a recent report that the he may have been involved in the drugging of someone’s drink. This morning we received a call from a trusted friend in Boise Idaho, detailing the events that took place while Shining were there on Sunday. We were told that the singer of Shining went to the local punk bar Mulligans before their concert, and was groping women and threatening to stab employees, and had to be removed. We were also told that later, while performing at The Shredder, he used many blatant racist and homophobic slurs on stage, threatened audience members with rape, slapped audience members in the face, and was sieg heil saluting repeatedly throughout their performance. Sometimes words and allegations on the internet can be difficult to navigate, but a story like this coming from a friend is not. The above types of behavior are simply not acceptable at Tonic Lounge. This isn’t about censorship. This is about protecting our venue, our staff, and our patrons.This decision was not made under pressure by any individuals or political groups. We believe in freedom of expression and are not quick to pull the plug on any band booked at our club. However, we are not going to invite someone into our space to spout hate speech on our stage, and/or put our staff and patrons in harm’s way. We are still in full support of Famine Fest Presents, the other bands who were on the bill, and all of our friends and customers who planned on attending. We hope you all can respect our decision to do what’s best for our club and those within it.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
fucking hell
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
the good Shining will have to change their name at this rate
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
I said that on Twitter - they should change it to SHINING (No, Not That Fucking Asshole).
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
and start making good albums again ;)
― imago, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
in happier news, if like me you would buy pretty much anything with a Relapse Records tag on it in the 90s/00s, everyone in Burnt By the Sun but the bassist has a new thing on Season of Misthttps://riverblack.bandcamp.com/
only one song available now, and it only sounds like BBTS in fleeting moments, much more of a conventional groove to it, but frankly whatever Dave Witte does, I'll probably pay attention
― Devilock, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi)
I know Lunatii from their earlier stuff which wasn't too remarkable but this is a huge leap forward, especially in production quality.
Also good to see Lumnos with a new record, gotta check it out. Previous material was pretty basic Lustre-meets-Summoning, somewhat 2nd tier-stuff but enjoyable all the same.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 13:38 (six years ago) link
Listening to the new Danzig album for the first time. It's pretty good. His voice is a little rough on a few tracks, showing his age, but he makes it work 'cause the songs are mostly slow and heavy, with a really strong occult vibe. Female vocals on the first track make me feel like he's definitely heard Sabbath Assembly. Tommy Victor's soloing a lot. But I feel like this promo photo is making me feel more positively toward the whole thing. He's into his rec-room-Satanist period. (There are other shots where he's wearing a Henley shirt with the sleeves pushed up to his elbows.)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAEjflsXUAArYfa.jpg
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 18 May 2017 01:24 (six years ago) link
Draping himself in velvet, nice.
― Are you Thurston Moore (but enjoying it less) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 18 May 2017 08:52 (six years ago) link
his head becomes more and more of a grapefruit with each passing day
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 May 2017 04:56 (six years ago) link
So Steve Tucker says the upcoming tour will have no Vincent material.
Okkkkkk
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 May 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
Like i even like Formulas and Gateway and these seems like the most boring set imaginable
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 May 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
Re: Danzig pic: I've scrolled past that pic several times now and it never occurred to me that those weren't her elbows :-/
― StanM, Saturday, 20 May 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
Got an email that said Radkey was playing the local amphitheater in October. I saw them play in front of like a dozen people the last time through so I knew it was part of as package. I looked it up and it's the Rock Allegiance Tour. Then I saw the rest of the line-up:
Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Marilyn Manson, Halestorm, In This Moment, Steel Panther, Radkey, Black Map, Mastodon, Gojira, Asking Alexandria, Starset, Bleeker, Greta Van Fleet, Badflower, While She Sleeps, August Burns Red, Beartooth, He Is Legend, Biters, Them Evils and Ded.
Despite the inclusion of a couple of bands I like, I am glad nobody is going to make me see that show.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 20 May 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
Just found out there's a new Azarath record. One listen in and it's very much the same as Blasphemers Malediction five years ago: seriously pissed-off sounding death metal.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 20 May 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
this is great news
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 20 May 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
Is there an ILX consensus on Alestorm? I cannot help but think there's a lot of hate for this band here but also a few fervent supporters.
The new one is fun but it won't change anyone's mind about the Scottish Pirate Metallers most likely.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 21 May 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
i think the consensus is that they're only the third worst band on some blogger's list of "five unique metal bands you should be listening to". here's the thread from two months back.
Worst sounding band in this blogger's list of '5 unique metal bands you should be listening to'
― Cyborg Kickboxer (rushomancy), Sunday, 21 May 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I remember that poll, haha!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 21 May 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
Plenty of hate here
LOL Scottish Pirate Metal
― Odysseus, Sunday, 21 May 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
anybody checked out the Asofy album on Avantgarde? feel like it came out last year but metal-archives shows 2017...pretty nice stuff, usually post-rock metal is in that sweeping Explosions in the Sky style but this owes a bigger debt to Louisville..clean spacious electric guitars, atmospheric Tara Jane O'Neill feel here and there, crypt-whisper BM vox & gothy rolling drums...really worth spending some time with
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 22 May 2017 11:24 (six years ago) link
Man, this Celestial Bodies. It's like a free jazz drummer, a noise dude with a synth and Cronos jamming. It's kinda one-note, sounds a little bit like some weird Lightning Bolt side project, but when I'm in the mood for scraping tartar off my brain it's great.
― Are you Thurston Moore (but enjoying it less) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 11:05 (six years ago) link
Never heard The Ruins Of Beverast before but the new album is exceptional
― imago, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
Now listening to Rain Upon The Impure. Dammit ILX you're supposed to tell me about music like this
― imago, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
Just got a promo of an upcoming Dream Evil album, their first in seven years. Interesting quote from the press release:
“We had a heavy metal jury, which are fans we invited, to pick the 12 songs that we're going to have on the album,” Fredrik Nordström explains. “And we have a rule; if you're going to be part of the jury you can't be able to play a musical instrument. You just have to be a heavy metal fan. We've done this since “The Book Of Heavy Metal” and I think it's a good idea because the fans are buying the album, so why shouldn't they pick the songs? This time, however, I couldn't pinpoint the songs they were going to choose. There were some songs they picked that surprised me, so we had to go back and listen with different ears.”
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
saw Suffo/Morbid Angel last night. went as expected.
Revocation was good as per usual. Withered, I like this band, but they overdrive everything to where you can't make out what they're playing during shows, always drives me insane.
Suffocation was the highlight. debuted two new songs (from what I heard, they were killer). no Frank, of course, but Kevin did a nice job filling in.
Morbid Angel was, well, after the fourth Gateways/Formula song, I peaced. they sounded fine but frankly pulling a setlist from only the Tucker albums meant that I was going to lose interest fast.
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:42 (six years ago) link
There's a 14CD box gathering all of Rob Halford's solo material. There's way too much repetition (three live albums, two of which are double discs, a Fight remix album and a collection of Fight demos) but I still kinda want it. I like both Fight and Halford, and I've never heard the 2wo album.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:12 (six years ago) link
Lol thats insane
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
I kinda want it too tho
Thankfully it includes the Christmas album.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
there's a vid of a new Morbid Angel track played live, def sounds Gatewaysey in tempo and groove, those doomy parts are cool, almost like newer Gorguts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHIiUn8hTY
― Devilock, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
haha, that must have been right after I left. tbh new material in that vein would be fine by me
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
This sounds promising as fuuuuuck
http://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/track/salt-for-the-healer
― Are you Thurston Moore (but enjoying it less) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 26 May 2017 09:39 (six years ago) link
Same label did the Suffering Hour, which I'm going to pick up soon. "Through Vessels of Arcane Power" is "Entranced by the Wolfshook"-level songcraft.
― Are you Thurston Moore (but enjoying it less) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 26 May 2017 10:29 (six years ago) link
Had this made the rounds?
http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/160407271482/metal-band-names-invented-by-neural-network
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 May 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
excellent rifftastic lo-fi black metal very much of the "standing atop a cliff surveying the landscape" variety, kinda reminds me of Horn
https://youtu.be/NQOCxW-wmxohttps://youtu.be/_9HmiZeJHA8
unfamiliar with them, I scrolled through the discography and approx 98% of their songs feature a prepositional phrase in the title. also lots of references to wolves. and blood. and the past. and the sun and moon sooooo
― Devilock, Saturday, 27 May 2017 02:45 (six years ago) link
oops, forgot to put the band name in the previous post: Blood Strongholdhttps://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Blood_Stronghold/3540381470
― Devilock, Saturday, 27 May 2017 06:17 (six years ago) link
I actually like the new Danzig!
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 May 2017 11:30 (six years ago) link
Linnea Olsson (from The Oath) and a couple of dudes from In Solitude - and ONE MORE BONUS DUDE. Sounds not unlike the last IS album, musically.
http://maggotheart.bandcamp.com/album/city-girls
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 28 May 2017 08:29 (six years ago) link
want to reiterate that the Lunatii album is really pretty special and merits sit-down-and-really-dig-in listening sessions
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 01:05 (six years ago) link
also Ingurgitating Oblivion's Vision Wallows In Symphonies of Light deserves more attention than it's been getting. This style of progressive death is kinda Death Metal Porcupine Tree, which I think few around here have much use for -- it doesn't go as far out or dig as deep as Gorguts or Ulcerate...but it's still really good imo!!
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 02:48 (six years ago) link
Helluva good album title, that.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 04:18 (six years ago) link
Checking out that Ingurgitating Oblivion on Bandcamp and it is sounding pretty good right now. Might have to pick it up tomorrow. I'm liking this creeping, cleanish guitar in "A Mote..."
The Suffering Hour album is worth checking out, too, for fans of discordant but not completely unhinged death metal. Some really great guitar work on that.
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 08:58 (six years ago) link
This style of progressive death is kinda Death Metal Porcupine Tree
i can get down
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link
damn, second track on this is wild
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
more metal records should have prominent vibraphone
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 19:24 (six years ago) link
ok here's post no. 4 of me live-blogging my reaction to recent recommendations in this thread but:
holy fucking shit this lunatii record is knocking me on my ass
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
yeah it's really something
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
why did oranssi pazuzu come all the way to the USA for MDF and not stay to play more shows? :(i'd love to see them but their website makes it look like they're straight back to europe for more shows there
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
I can't remember if Earth Rot's Renascentia was discussed here or not. It's been out since March. It has some black metal to it, but it's mostly big stomping grooves and Swedish death metal, so I'm into it. They're from Australia.
http://earthrot.com.au/album/renascentia
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
Oh, and here's a trailer for the upcoming Incantation album, Profane Nexus, out on Relapse in August:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e--bLVnIQgY
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 20:28 (six years ago) link
cover looks like a gloomy satanic version of Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
Good call! Hope it doesn't sound like that, though. Alright, maybe a little bit of banjo.
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 23:59 (six years ago) link
banjo in Incantation would be dope
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Thursday, 1 June 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Pete Sandoval nust took a whiz after me in the men's room
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Sunday, 4 June 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
Did he try to convert you to Christianity y/n
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 4 June 2017 07:57 (six years ago) link
goddamn I just enjoyed the HELL out of the preview track for the new Dark Sanctuary
https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/metal
usually I tend to like stuff that pushes against the boundaries of whatever genre it wants to be in, and this is the polar opposite of that - more like it is trying to be THE quintessential gothic metal tune, and the vocal melody here, frankly, reminds me very specifically of something I know but can't quite place. But it's just done SO well.
― summervillain, Sunday, 4 June 2017 09:30 (six years ago) link
xpost yes and he succeeded! btw Terrorizer played a new song last night, the first written by the new lineup of Lee Harrison, Sam Molina, and Sandoval. it's not really in the World Downfall vein entirely, kind of a mix of straghtforward death metal and that sound.
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Sunday, 4 June 2017 13:14 (six years ago) link
I like the new Serial Butcher album. no frills death metal that kicks ass like your grandma's death metal did. production is a bit antiseptic (I miss the days when death metal albums sounded massive) but that's my only gripe
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Sunday, 4 June 2017 13:18 (six years ago) link
Iron Maiden and Ghost tonight! Up the Irons!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 4 June 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
Still plenty of tickets available for Wednesday night in Newark, but my interest in seeing Iron Maiden for the sixth time (and Ghost for the second) is...not that high.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 5 June 2017 00:35 (six years ago) link
I'm going Sunday. Floor tix. My friend is bringing his 4 year old
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 June 2017 03:46 (six years ago) link
Baroness have a new guitarist, Gina Gleason, and they've posted two videos of her playing songs from their last album with them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Q_oWxhoL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUTzDS9TZc4
I've still never seen Baroness live. I'd really like to, one of these days.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 5 June 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
female backing vox are something I didn't know I needed Baroness to incorporate but damn that "Morningstar" sounds great
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 5 June 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
I've listened to the new Elder four times since last night, it's amazing. I was going to order it from Armageddon Shop, but their online order page isn't secure, so I imported it from Stickman, like I did with Lore. I wish they were distributed by a real label in the states.
― Guy Pidgeotto (Tom Violence), Monday, 5 June 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
My Iron Maiden / Ghost musings...
Ghost played eight songs. Of the first seven, six of them were fantastic. Then they closed with Papa making bizarre banter about women's orgasms before ending with "Monstrance Clock" which is plodding hippie psych-rock that maybe wouldn't have been my choice to end the set.
My friend Richard Cowell noted that he felt the band was not as tight as in the past, which was not an unfair point though there are reasons other than new musicians that could be the cause - this was the second show of the biggest US tour (and maybe a bigger tour than they've done anywhere, I have no idea) so maybe it was jitters.
The band got 45 minutes which seemed like a lot and the sound was pretty good - Maiden has never had a reputation for cutting support acts off at the knees with their sound as far as I know. But they didn't or were unable to use the bigger screens on either side of the stage and I didn't see any video work which made it harder to keep track of the band if you were on the side of the stage or farther back.
All that said, I still fucking love this band. I loved Blue Oyster Cult as a kid, Mercyful Fate as a teenager and I have zero problems with a band who sounds like those things and writes serious pop hooks. The image is goofy, so fucking what, it's different. Venom was goofy, Accept was goofy, tons of metal bands are goofy and still brilliant. So is Ghost.
They are headlining a much smaller venue in Philly in July. I cannot wait.
Seeing Iron Maiden play a sold-out arena without the benefit of a brand new album - Book of Souls came out nine months ago - or some huge touring package was really great to see. Many Maiden fans who stuck with the band all these years remember seeing the band in smaller theaters during the "dark days" are now rewarded with higher ticket prices miles away from the band!
Seriously, good for Maiden for weathering the storm and now selling out basketball arenas.
You can tell Maiden does not want to be seen as a nostalgia act and that they're proud of the last album, but also that they have concessions to make with such a long, storied discography to sort through when making a set list.The band literally did two on-two off the whole set: Kicking off with two songs off the new album before playing two classic Maiden tunes and repeating that pattern three times.
For those who are not math-magicians, that means a dozen songs with exactly six of them from Book Of Souls. That's a lot of songs from one album for a band with fifteen other studio albums. Even discounting the Blaze Bayley stuff, that's still a lot of stuff that didn't get played.
I have a confession to make about Book of Souls: I went on record as loving it when it came out last year but I haven't played it since about that time. So I wonder how much I did love it though the half dozen new songs they played did sound good.
The classic stuff presented was:WrathchildChildren of the DamnedThe TrooperPowerslaveFear of the DarkIron Maiden
Can't quibble much with those selections though I am not a huge fan of "Fear of the Dark."
Brice Dickinson is almost fucking 60 years old and it blows my mind how good his voice sounds. Singers that reach his age always are unable to reach and sustain like they used to. Even legendary ones such as Ronnie James Dio, Rob Halford and Tom Araya had to make concessions to age. Apparently Bruce doesn't. Amazing.
I've seen Maiden with three guitarists for so long now, I don't even notice it anymore.
Steve Harris is still a fucking god. What he does in "The Trooper" still astounds me. I have had the honor of being "shot" by him as he put a foot on his monitor at a few shows. It was a shame that I was way out of range tonight.It's also hard to believe he's 61 years old. Honestly he doesn't seem to have aged since the '80s. Maybe he and Bruce actually did make a deal with the devil...
Speaking of which, the encore was "Number of the Beast." You hear that intro and you get chills and then the song cuts in and damn, I am a teenager again (maybe that's how they stayed so fucking young, writing songs like that that keep you perpetually unaged).
I wondered whether Bruce, a very proud Englishman, would say something about the recent London Bridge incident. The closest he came to it was an impassioned speech about how everyone who was an Iron Maiden fan was welcome and a Maiden show was a safe place for all, and this was kind of cool.
Unfortunately it introduced "Blood Brothers" which is a meh song off an album I never loved all that much (even though I desperately wanted to) but the show stopper of "Wasted Years" was a nice way to go out.
Even with a set list that I wold have chosen differently and sitting farther back than I would have preferred, Iron Maiden is still the consummate metal band. I loved them when I was a teenager and they still make me proud to be a metal fan after all these years.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 5 June 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
Great recap, and I'm glad you had fun! Maiden's show in Vancouver in April 2016 was unreal. They have not lost a step.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 5 June 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link
I wrote about the new Danzig album for Burning Ambulance.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
Incantation is gunning hard for that Song Title of the Year trophy: there's a track on their upcoming album (which I haven't heard yet) called "Stormgate Convulsions From The Thunderous Shores Of Infernal Realms Beyond The Grace Of God."
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
and it'll probably be a 0:17 instrumental
― Devilock, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
the advance track does sound really good though
― Devilock, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
As someone who loves Incantation -- but has heard like 10 mins of their music post-2000, what's a good intro to their newer stuff? Can I just start up again w/a new record?
― Dominique, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
Yeah, the most recent album, Dirge of Elysium, is great. Here's my review.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
Last week I got the new Avatarium and Solstafir albums and fine albums they are. Anyone else like either band?
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
I'd never heard Solstafir before, but yeah, that album's really good.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
The previous 2 are brilliant as well. They've come a long way since their early black metal albums
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
I haven't figured out what I think of the Avatarium album yet, but I've really enjoyed following Solstafir's evolution all along, including this bit!
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
finally got around to the new artificial brain. "estranged from orbit" is BEAUTIFUL
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
holyyyyyyyyy shiiiiiiiiiit the new full of hell album
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
Good review of new Danzig Phil. I agree. It's solid and better than anything he's done in years
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
Does anyone like the Arcadea disc, a synth-pop project featuring Brann from Mastodon and Raheem Amlani from Withered and some dude from Zruda (itself a project fraturing a couple guys from Lazer/Wulf)? I wanted to like it but didn't find it very compelling.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
New Loss album's good.
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 23:42 (six years ago) link
I'm feeling quite pleased at working how why Tom Violence likes Elder. It's so obvious too
― Odysseus, Thursday, 8 June 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
btwn Soen, Pain of Salvation, Anathema, and Elder, a good year for proggy clean-vox jams. The Soen is particularly noteworthy for anyone who likes the idea of late-era Opeth vox meeting Blackwater Park-style instrumentals.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 9 June 2017 13:27 (six years ago) link
Ordered the new Schammasch
― Odysseus, Friday, 9 June 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
new schammasch already? scheesch.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 9 June 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
Mutoid Man's new album goes hard musically but Brodsky's lyrics are even worse than usual so I might end up just sticking with what they've put out so far
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 9 June 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
"Swiftly following their Triangle triple album, Schammasch return with the first of a number of releases exploring the 19th century poetic novel, Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de Lautréamont. Centred around a protagonist who opposes God and renounces morality’s conventions, this long-prose poem certainly lends itself thematically to an ambitious metal act"
― Odysseus, Friday, 9 June 2017 21:19 (six years ago) link
I'm liking the new Vallenfyre album, and have even gone back to check out their two previous albums. It's pretty bare-bones Swedish-style DM, but it's so dirty and gross it almost reminds me of Death Breath, plus blast beats.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 9 June 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
Interesting piano-led black metal here
https://wreche.bandcamp.com/
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 12 June 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
I got that Wreche a while ago, it's very good. FFO Botanist for sure. I'll be writing about it somewhere soon.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Monday, 12 June 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
I get the Botanist comparison, usually for want of any other reference point, but the vibe is a lot different I think, a lot less 'gazey.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 12 June 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
I wrote a thing: Reviews of the new albums from The Wizards, Beastmaker and Farsot.http://agitreader.com/wp2/the-moods-of-metal
Spoiler: I like all of them.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 12 June 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
black metal jazz! https://whiteward.bandcamp.com/album/futility-report
― Odysseus, Monday, 12 June 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
I felt kinda let down by that White Ward. It's fine but it's basically kind of a blackened hardcore album that occasionally stops to make room for a noir-jazz interlude featuring saxophone. It's fine but would've been way cooler if the sax dude was a more interesting player or engaged in some Nik Turner style effects fuckery.
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I wanted to like it, but...nope.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
I think a fair few of you may dig thishttp://www.angrymetalguy.com/igorrr-savage-sinusoid-review/
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
speaking of jazz-ish metal-ish, here's the new heavy band that features Colin Stetson on sax and Greg Fox on drums:
https://exeyeband.bandcamp.com/
album out 6/23 on Relapse.
it's not really very jazz-ish OR metal-ish, but w/e
― alpine static, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
so I checked out the setlist for Gorguts' current tour. It's pretty cool!
Three songs (plus an intro) from ERosion of Sanity/Considered Dead, one each from the remaining albums, and then ALL of Pleaide's Dust in its entirety (I think - I hope it's all 33 mins at least).
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
Woooowwwwwwww. Do they do Condemned to Obscurity?
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
I have to the conclusion that Erosion of Sanity is one of the pillars of NY style DM, along with all the classics of Incantation and Immolation. It's like the best of everything, with great writing too.
unrelated, Aura Noir is coming to NYC in October playing their entire catalog over two shows (including a yet to be released new record). So I'm gonna grab a spot in line tonight.
― Dominique, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/gorguts/2017/fubar-st-louis-mo-5be74750.html
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
Oh wow, thanks for mentioning Ex Eye. I love Colin Stetson but hadn't realized this was happening. Listening to the advanced "single" now (https://open.spotify.com/track/4oOGmfj73tltKyfRgNo9X9). This is kind of my idea of what all jazz should sound like.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 07:21 (six years ago) link
There are no less than five albums I enjoy coming out on 6/23. Debating on which one(s) to review.What do you guys think about:
42 Decibel - Unbekanntes Album (Argentinian AC/DC worship with a Bon Scott clone on vocals on Steamhammer/SPV)Dying Fetus - Wrong one To Fuck With (Death metal gods on Relapse)Ex eye - Ex Eye (Jazz done experimental black metal on Repalse; discussed above)Final Coil - Persistence of Memory (British Tool/Chevelle prog metal on Worm Hole Death)Les Chants du Hasard - Les Chants du Hasard (Classical done Black Metal on I, Voidhanger; discussed above)Selcouth - Heart Is The Star Of Chaos (Gothic Jazz done experimental dark metal on I, Voidhanger)
I think I can combine some of them into one bigger piece I guess.How often do three jazz & classical metal albums come out on the same day anyway?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 17 June 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
(Pretty sure Neanderthal will be like, DYING FETUS!!!!!!!! Haha!)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 17 June 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
omg i was just about to post that haha
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 17 June 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
I tried that Dying Fetus album and it did nothing for me. I wish Misery Index would put out another album. I like them a lot better.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 17 June 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
hey this new schammasch is really really good. really really really good.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 18 June 2017 11:14 (six years ago) link
like seriously this band has been on a pretty incredible growth arc - triangle was this massive sprawling statement, super good but so much to take in, it's hard for me to imagine anybody having the space in their day to actually hunker down with all of that one -- I liked it, but it was a lot to parse. this one's a very focused and disciplined step forward - echoes of kaleidoscope-era siouxsie & the banshees if they'd indulged their metal side but much bigger & darker & harder. kinda reminiscent of great annihilator era swans, too, that big theatrical gathering-storm feel in the tracks, starting big and getting bigger, that building tension that keeps pressing against what feels like it has to be the limit that'll force everybody to cut loose...and then never cutting loose, just riding that edge. it doesn't sound like neurosis but that feels like a point of reference, too -- exploring a repetitive droney space, heavy floor-kit drums. but the guitars reach a lot further - lots of shading and texture, several different looks.
I guess some places are calling it an EP? it's 32 minutes. whole thing's great. really good stuff.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 18 June 2017 11:34 (six years ago) link
Luc Lemay is sellin merch. He looks like David Cross.
I can't think of anything interesting to say to him
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 June 2017 01:26 (six years ago) link
Last week I got the new Avatarium and Solstafir albums and fine albums they are. Anyone else like either band?― Odysseus, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 2:03 PM Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI'd never heard Solstafir before, but yeah, that album's really good.― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, June 6, 2017 2:10 PM Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkThe previous 2 are brilliant as well. They've come a long way since their early black metal albums― Odysseus, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 2:16 PM Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI haven't figured out what I think of the Avatarium album yet, but I've really enjoyed following Solstafir's evolution all along, including this bit!― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 2:47 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/album/4y0ReoVsLvfwFLRX5CcBsi
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
New Atriarch album announced, new song from same
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9fQvZ2tI4E
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
Cool! Been kinda into them lately.
Here's a new Gigan track for the sci fi-prog-death massive. Fucking looooove these guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMz_8BFpgSw
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 22 June 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
Gigan is great. forgot about them!
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Thursday, 22 June 2017 04:52 (six years ago) link
New Decrepit Birth next month. I just got the promo last night; so far it's not as arty/Atheistical as some of their prior material, but still solid stuff.
New Decapitated is also really good.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 22 June 2017 11:53 (six years ago) link
Downloading the new Blind Guardian live album now. Looks to be at least a double CD, maybe a triple (total running time 158:57).
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 22 June 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
That'll be five quite short CDs, in the style of Schammasch ;)
― imago, Thursday, 22 June 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
It is actually a triple. Here's the track listing, for those who care:
Blind GuardianLive Beyond The SpheresRelease Date: 07.07.2017Tracklist:Disc 101. The Ninth Wave 10:2302. Banish From Sanctuary 6:0903. Nightfall 6:3304. Prophecies 5:4005. Tanelorn 6:2806. The Last Candle 8:1107. And Then There Was Silence 15:48
Disc 201. The Lord Of The Rings 5:1202. Fly 5:5803. Bright Eyes 5:4204. Lost In The Twilight Hall 6:5505. Imaginations From The Other Side 7:4306. Into The Storm 4:3307. Twilight Of The Gods 5:5708. A Past And Future Secret 4:2609. And The Story Ends 7:11
Disc 301. Sacred Worlds 7:5902. The Bard's Song 4:3603. Valhalla 8:3504. Wheel Of Time 9:3305. Majesty 8:3906. Mirror Mirror 6:46
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 22 June 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
yeah I'll be buying that
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Thursday, 22 June 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
they were incredible last year on the Imaginations tour .......one of the best shows of the year easy
The four-panel cover art for the new Cormorant record is amazing...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DC9XMfnXoAAkFcK.jpg:large
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 22 June 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
Click on it to enlarge it and check it out in detail.
doubt there are many Broken Hope fans here but they seem to have begun releasing their best material since their reunion. early stuff is competent and fun if not special, but the last two actually have good production and songwriting, and the new one has some creative melodic parts throughout. nothing original but buttloads of fun.
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 24 June 2017 12:36 (six years ago) link
Their first album on Rate Your Music with a score over 3.5! I might have to check that out.
New Cemetery Urn is good. Australians.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 24 June 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
BH's Grotesque Blessings is an unfortunately overlooked album. It came out right around the time of CC's Bloodthirst so I always sort of pair them -- though the Broken Hope is more musically interesting, if not as solid and consistent. Probably a lot of the noteworthiness of that album was the juxtaposition of the two guitarists/songwriters; the more distinctive of the two, Brian Griffin, penned the better songs, but then didn't return for the reunion. Anyway there's some weird riffing and rhythmic stuff going on with Grotesque Blessings. It's the only thing by that band I ever want to listen to.
I will say however that the single track I've heard of the new one sounded better than expected.
― Devilock, Sunday, 25 June 2017 00:38 (six years ago) link
I got their early stuff cos they were opening for Obituary back in 2012 so I wanted to get familiar, and being into gore-death I liked Loathing and the rest was kinda ehh.... but none of it really stood out or anything. but their last two post-reunion albums actually sound like some real effort went into them. they're fun live too - Wagner really enjoys himself and seems to have let go of his ego a little (think the infamous Metal Maniacs letter he wrote). they'll never be top tier but they upped their game a bit.
they even wrote and recorded some of their own "fake horror movie" interludes rather than sample real movies on the previous album. they were pretty funny.
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Sunday, 25 June 2017 00:45 (six years ago) link
Earl Maneein, the violinist from the group Revolution15 (they were sort of metalcore/thrash but with his electric violin as the lead instrument), has formed a string quartet, Seven)Suns, that does versions of the Dillinger Escape Plan's "43% Burnt," Mr. Bungle's "Quote Unquote," and Arvo Pärt's "Fratres," as well as his original music. Their debut album is out now on the DEP's Party Smasher label.
https://7sunsmusic.bandcamp.com/
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 25 June 2017 01:34 (six years ago) link
New Circle album on Southern Lord, "Terminal" is pretty good shit. Not all metallic but still heavy and the vocals are as deranged as always, that Finnish mushroom shaman vibe.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 26 June 2017 04:28 (six years ago) link
the new Unleash the Archers record rules imo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 26 June 2017 04:31 (six years ago) link
listening to the new Impetuous Ritual (thank you fork), and as I like Portal, I am liking this.
― Dominique, Monday, 26 June 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
ahh yeah I remember loving their previous album, such weird necro production with amazing guitar leads
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 June 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
I liked the last one despite mostly hating Portal; will check this one out at some point.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 26 June 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
lmao this impetuous ritual record
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
I like it even though at times it's kinda like listening to a malfunctioning vacuum cleaner
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
I think the new Nokturnal Mortum is ridiculously good.
Did everyone pretty much decide whether they could like this before it even came out?The conversation above seems to indicate that.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
i remember the handwavey timeywimey stuff they did about them not being nazi's now so its ok
― Odysseus, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
Glad to have your approval.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
Æther RealmTarotPrimitive WaysRelease Date: 06/07/2017
http://www.nocleansinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Aether-Realm-Tarot.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5D7pDFHMfyzgdVga2j2gV8http://aether-realm.bandcamp.com/album/tarot-2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcA6PloeFCE
Genre police will have a tough time with this one because it repurposes death metal by infusing it with the intricacies of thrash, the epic quality of pagan metal and black metal's emotive qualities. Great playing, really catchy, very unique and just great all around.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 29 June 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
the Ex Eye album (Greg Fox/Colin Stetson) is siiiiiick
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 30 June 2017 13:46 (six years ago) link
New Monarch album in September.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 30 June 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
Contaminated - Final Manhttps://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/final-man-12lp-cd
Australian blackened death/doom, a la Abhorrence, Convulse and earliest Incantation. Gutteralest of gutteral vocals
― Dominique, Friday, 30 June 2017 14:59 (six years ago) link
Enjoying Ex Eye quite a bit!
― imago, Friday, 30 June 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 17:55 (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I thought it was pretty good if not quite on the level of the previous album. People here love Burzum so just chill and enjoy the music and pretend they're not ghastly far-right nationalists basically
― imago, Friday, 30 June 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
Second track of the Ex Eye is completely brilliant, I've decided
― imago, Friday, 30 June 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
track from Aldrahn's new thing, Urarv, music kinda reminds me of Borknagar's Olden Domain if not quite as riffy
https://soundcloud.com/svart-records/urarv-broken-wand
and I'll just c/p this from a metal-archives post
The short version:Aldrahn (DHG/The Deathtrip/Thorns) is back with debut full length 'Aurum' by avant-folk-black-metal group Urarv!The long version:Northern trees sometimes bear strange fruit. Arising from the shadow of mental institutions and personal secret corners comes the Norwegian Urarv ("Ancient Heritage"), the new project spearheaded by avant-metal stalwart Björn Aldrahn Dencker of DHG and The Deathtrip and Thorns fame. "The ideas and visions for Urarv started actually back in 2003 during a stay that I had at the local mental institution where I live," comments Aldrahn. "It began dawning on me one evening as I was locked out on to the perimeter of the facilities to have a stroll."At first, Urarv was going to be a folkish song-oriented solo-project exclusively, but as time went by, those thoughts proved themselves to be much too dysfunctional, and in the end, it would take several years until it all began taking shape properly. It wasn't until the summer of 2013, however, when enough material for a full-length album was ready. From thereon, Aldrahn sought out for fellow musicians to join his escapade of sonar expedition and relinquishment of artistic restraints. He was lucky enough to find two excellent creatures to do the drums and bass. Patricia and Sturt joined in with great enthusiasm and conviction when rehearsals began taking place later that year.While Urarv recognizes the ancient heritage of Norwegian black metal, it also tramples across limitations. At the core of the project lies the idea of experimentation with various unorthodox tunings and curious sounds. "We want to tap into uncharted territories to see what lies hidden under the rocks and dead horses and beneath the cold vastness of uncertainty," says Aldrahn. "We're traveling to remote regions of metal and mental space with this music. Although our message is one of emotional putrefaction, we want to help listeners find a way through the black hole."Aurum is set for international release on September 22nd via Svart Records on CD, LP, and digital formats.
The long version:Northern trees sometimes bear strange fruit. Arising from the shadow of mental institutions and personal secret corners comes the Norwegian Urarv ("Ancient Heritage"), the new project spearheaded by avant-metal stalwart Björn Aldrahn Dencker of DHG and The Deathtrip and Thorns fame. "The ideas and visions for Urarv started actually back in 2003 during a stay that I had at the local mental institution where I live," comments Aldrahn. "It began dawning on me one evening as I was locked out on to the perimeter of the facilities to have a stroll."
At first, Urarv was going to be a folkish song-oriented solo-project exclusively, but as time went by, those thoughts proved themselves to be much too dysfunctional, and in the end, it would take several years until it all began taking shape properly. It wasn't until the summer of 2013, however, when enough material for a full-length album was ready. From thereon, Aldrahn sought out for fellow musicians to join his escapade of sonar expedition and relinquishment of artistic restraints. He was lucky enough to find two excellent creatures to do the drums and bass. Patricia and Sturt joined in with great enthusiasm and conviction when rehearsals began taking place later that year.
While Urarv recognizes the ancient heritage of Norwegian black metal, it also tramples across limitations. At the core of the project lies the idea of experimentation with various unorthodox tunings and curious sounds. "We want to tap into uncharted territories to see what lies hidden under the rocks and dead horses and beneath the cold vastness of uncertainty," says Aldrahn. "We're traveling to remote regions of metal and mental space with this music. Although our message is one of emotional putrefaction, we want to help listeners find a way through the black hole."
Aurum is set for international release on September 22nd via Svart Records on CD, LP, and digital formats.
― Devilock, Friday, 30 June 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
that is awesome
sometimes I think only Norwegians should be allowed to make black metal
― Dominique, Saturday, 1 July 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
I'd be fine with that, if they were also forbidden to export it beyond their borders.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 1 July 2017 02:53 (six years ago) link
Yr both silly billies.
Contaminated - Final Man
Looking forward to this but I have to listen to it a little more and make sure it's not just 'cause I'm in love with the crazy mutant astronaut cover.
http://i.imgur.com/VNBKCbG.jpg?1
Blood Harvest are turning into a pretty reliable label for me, though, Tehom, Suffering Hour, Tomb Mold, Cadaveric Fumes... good shit.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 1 July 2017 03:11 (six years ago) link
somehow, that Urarv has already leaked (likely from the mastering engineer's own desktop). It's good. Totally one for the VBE and Dodheimsgard fans, and 2nd wave black metal folks. Great record, great riffs (even pulling out some of the '85 Destruction riffs that Aura Noir used to rip off), insanely great vocals
― Dominique, Saturday, 1 July 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
re: nokturnal mortum btw here's a statement issued by them a couple years back. whether it's exculpatory or w/e idk but this shit is usually findable by entering the band's name + the letter N into google & the autocomplete then gives you "Nokturnal Mortum no longer nazi" & similar stuff.
As well as a person who has many-sided world-view with its twists and turns, NOKTURNAL MORTUM – the band, which evolves in parallel with my own personal development – can’t stay the same. Many things change over time, because we learn and understand more deeply and comprehensively. Today it would be silly to stay the one who I was at my birth – life means learning, therefore we grow up and become wiser. Unlike many others, I don’t refuse my past – it’s a legacy which made me who I am now, and that is more than just important. Today I don’t share many views that I had in the past because of very different reasons – something was just husk, something disappointed me, something just does not matter. Nonetheless, I have been keeping music for myself as an instrument for self-development. The fact is that very kind of activity makes me leave behind well-known places and trails in search of myself. And this is what most important. Not number of CD sales, gigs, fame and other rubbish, but this. We have been walking a long way together and we have seen a lot with our music, we visited different places and we passed through different changes of our own personalities. Everything that I have said and done still lives in me because all this is what I am. I never lied and I am not going to lie further. If I claim something, this means that it is true at the present time; if I am not sure in something, I remain silent. For instance, when nowadays I am asked about my political views, I answer that I am out of this, and it’s true. I’ve seen a lot and I understand that this is not my side. As for religion, it’s not easy question neither, because it’s a very essence of man that should evolve over time. The person should not ossify and get stale, but always move forward to achieve the goal instead. All this has been reflected and will be reflected in my creative output. If it is interesting for you, you are free to walk with us towards this light together.On account of what I said, a lot will be changed. Our logo, for example. It is no longer possible for NOKTURNAL MORTUM to exist under our old logo. With every new album we are born once again, and I am convinced that this is truly how the things are supposed to be. Every new album means new life and new view. Also I decided that on future re-editions of our works for every album we shall use the logo under which it was created. The same goes for artwork, layout etc. At least, we will work on this. Verity is in every one of you. Follow it!
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 2 July 2017 01:44 (six years ago) link
TD;DR
Seriously, though, the editor in me is like 'get to the feckin' point already'.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Sunday, 2 July 2017 08:29 (six years ago) link
Ugh, TL;DR obviously. The editor in me is now like 'Don't post on forums on Sunday morning before you've had coffee you dolt.'
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Sunday, 2 July 2017 08:30 (six years ago) link
Even if you read the whole thing it's not terribly convincing, and I was relieved when I actually listened to their last album that I didn't like it. Whether I'd already subconsciously decided that I'd find NM a bit crap I don't know...
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 2 July 2017 09:50 (six years ago) link
Not convinced here either. I'm usually suspicious of long-winded explanations for things that could be summarised in a single sentence. Smacks of the kind of equivocation politicians excel at. And that sense of smug superiority. Blah, whatever, I don't care for the band or the music so I've got no skin in this game.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Sunday, 2 July 2017 09:54 (six years ago) link
lol yeah I don't really care either, I don't know why I always chime in when this band comes up. There's a similar convo upthread somewhere iirc
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 2 July 2017 09:56 (six years ago) link
Here's a video of Gojira covering Sepultura's "Territory" live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syyxnrwZdEw
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 02:08 (six years ago) link
So we're at the halfway point of the year. Here's all of the metal albums that came out this year thus far that I enjoy... In alphabetical order because I haven't the desire to rank them yet.
Anomalie - Visions (Art of Propaganda)Bathsheba - Servus (Svart)Beastmaker - Inside The Skull (Rise Above)Black Anvil - As Was (Relapse)Body Count - Bloodlust (Century Media)Craven Idol - The Shackles of Mammon (Dark Descent)Disharmony - Goddamn The Sun (Iron Bonehead)Dread Sovereign - For Doom The Bell Tolls (Ván)Falls of Rauros - Vigilance Perrenial (Bindrune)Farsot - Fail Lure (Prophecy)Fen - Winter (Code666)The Flight of Sleipnir - Skadi (Eisenwald Tonschmiede)Full Of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy (Profound Lore)Galley Beggar - Heathen Hymns (Rise Above)Gruesome - Fragments of Psyche (Relapse)Hexis - Tando Ashanti (Init)Horn - Turm Am Hang (Northern Silence)Ides of Gemini - Women (Rise Above)Jagged Vision - Death Is This World (Fysisk Format)Junius - Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light (Prosthetic)King Woman - Created in the Image of Suffering (Relapse)Kreator - Gods Of Violence (Nuclear Blast America)Laster - Ons Vrije Fatum (Dunkelheit)Lich King - The Omniclasm (Self-Released)Light of the Morning Star - Nocta (Iron Bonehead)Lo-Pain - In Tensions (Aqualamb)Lorn - Arrayed Claws (I, Voidhanger)Mammoth Mammoth - Mount the Mountain (Napalm)Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (Reprise)Medico Peste - Herzogian Darkness (World Terror Committee)Nargaroth - End Of Threnody (Inter Arma Productions)Naudiz - Wulfasa Kunja (Iron Bonehead)Nokturnal Mortum - Істина (Oriana Music)Obituary - Obituary (Relapse)The Obsessed - Sacred (Relapse)Overkill - The Grinding Wheel (Nuclear Blast America)Pallbearer - Heartless (Profound Lore)Pyriphlegethon - The Murky Black of Eternal Night (Iron Bonehead)Rebel Wizard - Triumph Of Gloom (Prosthetic)The Ruins Of Beverast - Exuvia (Ván Records)Sabbath Assembly - Rites of Passage (Svart)Saule - Saule (Avantgarde Music)Slagmaur - Thill Smitts Terror (Osmose)Solitary - Diseased Heart of Society (UKEM)Sólstafir - Berdreyminn (Season Of Mist)Stinking Lizaveta - Journey to the Underworld (Translation Loss)Thron - Thron (Clavis Secretorvm)Unearthly Trance - Stalking The Ghost (Relapse)Uniform - Wake In Fright (Sacred Bones)Venenum - Trance Of Death (Sepulchral Voice)Violet Cold - Anomie (Self-Released)Warbringer - Woe To The Vanquished (Napalm)Woe - Hope Attrition (Vendetta)White Ward - Futility Report (Debemur Morti Productions)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 06:32 (six years ago) link
^^^ some great stuff on that list, a lot of stuff I need to check out. Cool to see Rebel Wizard, a promising band nobody seems to talk about.
So I didn't know Kam Lee's funeral doom band had released an album (after ten years of not releasing anything). It's pretty good! And they used EVP recordings for extra spoop!
http://pulverised.bandcamp.com/album/spiritus-immundus
Also, good news if you like 2nd-string Watain style modern black metal, there's a new Blaze of Perdition on the way! I'll probably buy it for some reason!
http://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/conscious-darkness
Four songs 40+ minutes, I dunno, maybe something interesting will happen.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 11:27 (six years ago) link
Oh and the Ensnared album Dysangelium is totally worth checking out, well composed death metal (not brutal/cavernous/discordant) that has a little bit of old school thrash DNA in it. Also cool little instrumental interludes that flow well with the songs.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 11:29 (six years ago) link
I'll cosign for Body Count, Kreator, Mastodon, Obituary, The Obsessed, and Sólstafir, and add:
Les Chants du Hasard - s/tCranial Engorgement - Horrific ExistenceCrystal Viper - Queen of the WitchesDanzig - Black Laden CrownDimmu Borgir - Forces of the Northern NightElder - Reflections of a Floating WorldImmolation - AtonementVallenfyre - Fear Those Who Fear HimVolur - Ancestors
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 13:09 (six years ago) link
I heard Planning for Burial - Below the House, and that hits the sweet spot so bad. It's metal the way some Mt Eerie is metal, that is, not very much, but it's so great. Noise, screams, bells, synths. The whole thing.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
If you like Heavy Metal music, you might like this heavy metal music song:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1uyrnKbBlZJ7NWbgkdaZOx
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
it's gotta be heavy metal musicif you wanna thrash with meif you wanna thrash with me
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
wow I had no idea NOcturnal Rites were still at it!
Cool to see Rebel Wizard, a promising band nobody seems to talk about.
so obsessed w/this band right now that I'm gonna buy a Takamine GX-200. like, for real
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
My favorites so far:
Apostate Viaticum - Before the Gates of Gomorrah - I guess this is OSDM, but not a slavish copy of anyone. The recording is raw and natural sounding - not one of those airless, stitched-together sounding recordings. The right balance of atmosphere and rocking. The rhythm section has some spring in its step, memorable melodies. Maybe for fans of last year's Cadaveric Fumes or Interment.
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic - Old-school thrash. Lively tempos. Loads of fun.
Extremity - Extremely Fucking Dead - Raw OSDM, with loads of attitude.
Immolation - Atonement - A sprawling opus, took me a few listens to start to find my way around. Some monster riffs appear, though none stay around for long.
― o. nate, Thursday, 6 July 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link
Ministry are releasing a limited edition double live LP, Live Necronomicon, recorded in 1992, via Bandcamp. The set list includes Pailhead and Lard tunes. About 90 minutes of music in all.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 6 July 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
Uh.. buddy you just got me interested in hearing a Ministry album in 2017.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
P/i/L and Skinny Puppy covers, too. Is that Johnny Rotten singing on Public Image? I'm at work so I can't really crank it.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link
xxxp I gotta check out that Extremity and AV
Here's my so-far list:
Artificial Brain - Infrared HorizonAscended Dead - Abhorrent ManifestationBathsheba - ServusCelestial Bodies - Spit Forth From ChaosCemetery Urn - s/tCircle - TerminalCraven Idol - The Shackles of MammomCrystal Fairy - s/tDemon Head - Thunder on the FieldsEmptiness - Not for MusicEnsnared - DysangeliumEvo - WarfareFell Ruin - To The Concrete DriftsFörgjord - UhripuuJohn Frum - A Stirring in the NoosGorephilia - Severed MonolithGreat Old Ones - EOD: A Tale of Dark LegacyJohn Hoyles - Night FlightImmolation - AtonementIngurgitating Oblivion - Vision Wallows in Symphonies of LightJagged Vision - Death Is This WorldLantern - II: MorphosisLorn - Arrayed ClawsLo-Ruhamah - AnointingLoss - HorizonlessMorast - Ancestral VoidMordbrand - WiltNecrot - Blood OfferingsRude - Remnants...ShadowThrone - Demiurge of ShadowSuccumb - s/tSuffering Hour - In Passing AscensionTehom - The Merciless LightTomb Mold - Primordial MalignityValborg - EndstrandVallenfyre - Fear Those Who Fear HimVölur - Ancestors
I like the new Schammasch and Jesters of Destiny stuff but I need to give both more listens.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link
That Evo record, btw, is highly recommended for any fans of Warfare or Venom. Fast Eddie and Lips play guitar on it. Nik Turner appears. It sounds like a grandpa metal hoedown but Evo's actually still writing solid punk metal bangers.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
sounds like it's gonna be a grandpa metal hoedown I mean
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
new Chelsea Wolfe goes full metal, complete w/ Ballou production https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OexeAtxr24E
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 7 July 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
I wrote a thing thanks in no small part to the influence of reading and participating in this thread:Album reviews of Les Chants du Hasard, Selcouth and Ex Eye
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 7 July 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
digging the new Decapitated as per usual
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Friday, 7 July 2017 18:55 (six years ago) link
they're one that almost get better the less death metally they get
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Friday, 7 July 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
I wouldn't say they've gotten better with every album - I love Nihility and Organic Hallucinosis too much for that - but Carnival is Forever really was memorably weird, and the new album is shockingly good.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 7 July 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
This Earache 4-disc anthology
http://uswebstore.earache.com/earache-adapt-or-die-30-shades-of-noise-4-cd-book
I wonder if the book explains why disc four is all shitty blues rock bands.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 9 July 2017 08:49 (six years ago) link
I liked Earache better when Dig answered the phone.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 10 July 2017 03:31 (six years ago) link
Pre-90s?
This new Father Befouled CD is fucking great, btw, y'all. Just the heavy downtuned death with pinch harmonics and Incantational doominess. And the guitar solo in the title track, Desolate Gods, is actually kinda pretty.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 July 2017 08:35 (six years ago) link
(check thread to make sure I posted about the Father Befouled CD, note that I did and that the thread doesn't have thirty new posts agreeing with me, sigh)
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 July 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
your least anticipated metal album of the year just came out btw
― imago, Monday, 10 July 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
(not yours gott punch, I was talking to the thread collectively)
I listened to it a little while back, and liked it but it didn't make a huge impression. I always just wind up thinking, "But I have all these Incantation albums I could be listening to..."
20 Buck Spin are reissuing the Corrupted/Noothgrush split pretty soon. Here's hoping it's just the first step in a plan to reissue all their out-of-print albums in the US...
The new Stone Sour album? It's pretty good. There's a new-ish Dragonforce, too, but I haven't heard that one yet.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 10 July 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
Haha!
It's not really been a good year for me and metal - today's release aside (and it's hardly metal at this point) I've not heard much beyond The Ruins Of Beverast to really excite me. Anyone got any weird under-the-radar leads?
― imago, Monday, 10 July 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
My favorite metal albums of 2017 are Impetuous Ritual 'Blight Upon Martyred Sentience' and Condor 'Unstoppable Power.' Also love the reissue of Morbid Saint 'Spectrum of Death.'
― Yelploaf, Monday, 10 July 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
I'll listen to that Father Befouled Jon! Really well done death metal in the Incantation style doesn't really ever get old for me -- but it does have to be REALLY well done (like this Morpheus Descends I just discovered) to lift it above the pile of bands going for that sound.
not been overly metal this year, but faves are Funeral Chant, Impetuous Ritual, Contaminated and the Urarv that nobody else will actually hear until September. I should probably relisten to the Artificial Brain. Biggest anticipated albums are Portal and Aura Noir.
― Dominique, Monday, 10 July 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
More like Jute Shite
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 10 July 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
Not really I just wanted to say that
imago you might find the latest Todesstoss jam interesting, I'd call them divisive but repellant is more accurate (I actually like them though). The new Emptiness album's probably worth a bash too though I wasn't exactly bowled over
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 10 July 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
this Father Befouled is good. I would urge those of you hearing it to make sure you actually have heard the Incantation records, because the influence isn't exactly subtle. AND god I am getting sick of brickwalled production. Some metal can sound good like this -- but when your main stock in songwriting is huge headbanging riffs, why suffocate them in compression????
haha but yeah I like it
― Dominique, Monday, 10 July 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
I didn't think it was that bad but I was listening to it really loud in a car so
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 July 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
(compressionwise I mean)
I've heard worse, and I am listening on crappy laptop speakers -- put the whole record on my phone, so will definitely get repeat listens on my commutes. I could tell it was good writing anyway, which is the most important thing to me
― Dominique, Monday, 10 July 2017 21:29 (six years ago) link
Wish I was still writing for European metal magazines so someone would fly me out to cover this...
http://files.constantcontact.com/8e40a73f401/cac03180-edad-4406-9b92-fe73cfbcc4b8.png
OZZFESTSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 MAIN STAGEOzzy OsbourneProphets of RageDeftonesChildren of BodomOrange Goblin SECOND STAGEKreatorBaronessHigh on FireIron Reagan1349HavokKyngTombsNight DemonThrown Into Exile NUCLEAR BLAST EXTREME STAGEPossessedSuffocationFallujahRings of Saturn KNOTFESTSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 MAIN STAGERob ZombieMarilyn MansonStone SourEighteen VisionsPrayers SECOND STAGETestamentLife of AgonyBlack Dahlia MurderUpon a Burning BodyGoatwhoreDeath AngelCode OrangeONIStitched Up HeartDED NUCLEAR BLAST EXTREME STAGERepulsionExhumedWarbringerGhoul
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 01:30 (six years ago) link
Nuclear Blast Extreme is my third favorite Monster Energy Drink flavor.
This Mexican death metal album just got reissued and it's got that creepy old school Asphyx kinda flavor. It's from the late 1990s but these guys started in '86 and some of these songs definitely sound like they were lingering around since the days of Possessed, Celtic Frost, Autopsy, etc.
http://oldtemple.bandcamp.com/album/sargatanas-the-enlightenment
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 08:36 (six years ago) link
German deathgrinders Blood are back to their lineup from O Agios Pethane and are putting out a new album that sounds very much like that wonderfully hideous beast (if the single released is any indication)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKtpSF4FTw4
― Devilock, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 04:13 (six years ago) link
Sounds pretty good. And they got the guy from Deathcore, a band whose name did not seem ill-advised in 1987.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 07:34 (six years ago) link
I was looking to see if there was any news of new Magic Circle, and was surprised I missed this live EP last year. Easy to miss as they lay low from social media.
https://magiccircle.bandcamp.com/album/scream-live-e-p
For more rock 'n' doom, Age Of Taurus, Las Cruces, Procession (from Chile) and Argus have new albums coming out this fall. Maybe Serpent Venom too. I ended up on a digital shopping spree, filling holes if my lossless collection for Age Of Taurus, Las Cruces, Orchid, Hour Of 13, Magister Templi and Italian band Return From The Grave.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 13 July 2017 13:20 (six years ago) link
Digging this Costa RIcan metalcore outfit quite a bit more than I expected. Nothing groundbreaking maybe, but nice sense of space and dynamics.
https://dumahcr.bandcamp.com/
― summervillain, Thursday, 13 July 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
Oh my word what is Todesstoß and why haven't I been pointed this way before
― imago, Thursday, 13 July 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
It's like the slow flipside to Forgotten Spell
― imago, Thursday, 13 July 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
New Execration release date was yesterday in the US. Except it's not out anywhere. Called the other record store and they have it scheduled for the 21st as an import; our distributor says August 4th as an import.
Fuckin Metal Blade.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 16 July 2017 00:17 (six years ago) link
what I'm saying is GIMME EXECRATION
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 16 July 2017 02:21 (six years ago) link
I keep forgetting they have a new album, their last one was very impressive. It's up on bandcamp btw.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 16 July 2017 09:00 (six years ago) link
Oh my fucking god there's a song on there titled Unicursal Horrorscope. I don't know if that's moronic or amazing, probably both
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 16 July 2017 09:01 (six years ago) link
It's metal so both.
Thanks btw!
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 16 July 2017 09:06 (six years ago) link
Drudkh/Paysage D'Hiver split EP on Aug 25th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYT-Fugbv0U
― StanM, Monday, 17 July 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
fuck yeah new propagandhi
https://open.spotify.com/track/2MQg48PyosvgPe8OmCKzeH
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
I treated myself to the double deluxe reissues of Voivod for my b-day. They await me in the mailbox when I get home tonight.
It was really tempting to binge on all the ones of Celtic Frost, Kreator and Helloween too.
http://www.noiserecords.net/releases/
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
we never posted the third ClouD Rat split of the year, with Disrotted. Side-long tracks!
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/cloud-ratdisrotted-cloud-rat-disrotted-split-album-premiere/
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
I treated myself to the double deluxe reissues of Voivod for my b-day. They await me in the mailbox when I get home tonight.It was really tempting to binge on all the ones of Celtic Frost, Kreator and Helloween too.http://www.noiserecords.net/releases/― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 22:04 (twenty-eight minutes ago)
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 22:04 (twenty-eight minutes ago)
Save your money on the Celtic Frost ones. They're really sketchily put together, and have no real extras or sleeve notes.
The Voivod ones are brilliant though. Finished the first two and diving into Dimension Hatross tomorrow.
― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
FnB (any anyone else) I'd love to know how the new Voivods sound vs. the old Noise discs. The Frost ones too (I was under the impression that TGW was involved during the remastering process, but maybe that's wrong?).
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 07:10 (six years ago) link
I bought the recent reissue of Tiamat's "Sumerian Cry". It's actually pretty good. The Treblinka demo collection and Loudblast have been on my playlist lately: death metal from the era of weird guitar sounds and inept engineering.
Also this weird, proggy sludge album from Fleshpress is kinda great
http://fleshpress.bandcamp.com/album/hulluuden-muuri-2
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 11:01 (six years ago) link
Sumerian Cry is a very overlooked album indeed, same with the Therion debut.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 12:52 (six years ago) link
a twitter follow was saying he didn't buy into the "hype" on the new Undergang - not sure where this hype is unless it's Dark Descent's admittedly very large scene presence right now - but anyway, dude's gripe was that Putrevore had already done the same thing much better. I don't hear it, myself, and the Undergang record is fucking aces.
https://undergang.bandcamp.com/album/misantropologi
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
Never heard of this band before today, but this album rips: Psymbolik by Lustration, from Australia...
https://forgottenwisdomprod.bandcamp.com/album/psymbolik
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
Yeah that's a good album. Shares members with Spear of Longinus, FYI, originators of "Nazi Occult Metal."
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 20 July 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
sadtrombone.wav
Save your money on the Celtic Frost ones. They're really sketchily put together, and have no real extras or sleeve notes.― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 20 July 2017 03:30 (six years ago) link
not sure how to classify it but holy shit do I love Brutus' Burst on contact. sending up the brad signal
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 20 July 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
They're baaaack.
https://soundcloud.com/invictusproductions/malokarpatan-v-hustej-hore-na-stracich-nohach-striga-chalupu-svoju-ukryva
― Devilock, Friday, 21 July 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
If you are a fan of King Diamond's wacky rock opera stuff like The Puppet Master or The Spider's Lullabye (or, really, all his stuff, but the classics like Abigail are sort of cordoned off in their own realm of greatness for me) -- and if you dig the wackiness: the plotting, the multiple characters with different voicings, the ridiculous ambition of it all -- then you could do a lot worse than to check out the new one from Carach Angren, Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten, which is a bunch of ghost stories / occult tales with, check, multiple characters in different voices, a ton of riffs (mersh symphonic black metal style), and some synth-strings that really work when they work ("Three Times Thunder Strikes"). I feel like this kind of poppy black metal is usually not my thing at all or this board's either, but this is kind of a cool record imo. Makes me feel like a kid to be corny about it
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 21 July 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
When it's band photo day, maybe don't do forced perspective with giant candles that make you look like dwarves.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFSFYQdXgAAhUhd.jpg
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 21 July 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
not sure how to classify it but holy shit do I love Brutus' Burst on contact. sending up the brad signal― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.)
Speaking of Astronoid, I saw them last night supporting Ghost in Philly. Spoke with Mike from the band and they are reading up for recording a new album soon which hopefully will see the band build on the momentum from Air.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 21 July 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
Astronoid reference got my attention.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 21 July 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
the funny thing is I discovered it completely by accident, I was planning to listen to Burst's Lazarus Bird
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 21 July 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
Astarte's first album "Doomed Dark Years" has been reissued, for fans of Greek black metal. I maybe wish it had more of a Greek vibe, tbh, but it's pretty damn good. First all-female black metal band.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 07:50 (six years ago) link
There are two new Converge songs on Spotify.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
wow, "Eve"
― jmm, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
yeah it's really something, wonder if they're both on a new album or what
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
The 18-minute Cloud Rat song is pretty good also. In the description:
Voyage of the Acolyte was a big influence for this track, lol.
― jmm, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
Apparently they're collecting all five splits on a CD at year's end. Will need to nab that.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
Mikael Åkerfeldt picks his 10 favorite metal albums. His thoughts on each album are fascinating to me.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
so this fucking Dio hologram tour....
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 27 July 2017 02:37 (six years ago) link
New Prong album tomorrow. Everything they've done since 2012's Carved Into Stone has been solid (the covers album was spotty, but it was a covers album, so I don't really think about it that often), and this one maintains their streak.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 27 July 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
An unverified story, from Twitter:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFwkCfCXYAEz_fx.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFwkCexWsAAppht.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFwkCeyXYAExNpU.jpg
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 27 July 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
Voyage of the Acolyte was a big influence for this track, lol.― jmm, Tuesday, July 25, 2017 9:31 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
shit, i love cloud rat
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link
i fucked up missing the Thou / Cloud Rat / False tour :(
― alpine static, Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
I wish that had come to TO, and also wish that the Cattle Decapitation / Revocation / Full of Hell / Artificial Brain tour (!!!!) that's hittingTO on Halloween (!!!!!) didn't conflict with the Clientele
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 July 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
i fucked up missing the Thou / Cloud Rat / False tour :(― alpine static
― alpine static
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 28 July 2017 02:34 (six years ago) link
i saw Thou a year or so ago, and this time there were 5 bands on the bill (they added The Body in Portland at the last minute) so i'm guessing they were pretty short sets, and it was a weeknight ... but still.
― alpine static, Friday, 28 July 2017 03:10 (six years ago) link
I, Voidhanger is doing a physical release of the s/t Tchornobog album, which is also Name Your Price on Bandcamp. Epic lunatic black doom death chaos.
http://markovsoroka.bandcamp.com/album/tchornobog
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 30 July 2017 01:53 (six years ago) link
New Temple of Void is sounding pretty great. Riffy as fuck death metal, generally slow to mid-paced
"Wretched Banquet" (!) has a pretty neck-snapping verse riff.
http://templeofvoid.bandcamp.com/album/lords-of-death
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 30 July 2017 10:23 (six years ago) link
The Dead Cross album is streaming at Noisey and the lede might have been buried in the otherwise nice interview with Dave Lombardo and Mike Patton...
"This is the heaviest album I've ever recorded," Lombardo says.
Other lyrics require more unpacking, such as the menacing, inflammatory indictment on "Idiopathic": "We are all terrorists and fags / and niggers and spics and fuckin' dirt-bags / sketchy-cracker white trash / and we're coming / we comin' to get your ass.""Well, you know, it's egalitarian racism," says Patton, who sounds aghast that journalists can get their hands on the album's lyric sheet. "You know how it goes. With friends, there's a vernacular that you use all the time—and I'm not talking about white friends. I'm talking about everybody. And everyone laughs and everything's cool. But all of a sudden, I use it in a hardcore song and it's a fucking problem? No. No it's not. This is the way people talk, and this is also important to realize that."I'm not targeting a Mexican or an African-American or anything else," he continues. "It's all of us. And we've all got our own little, you know, slang words, and pitfalls, and whatever you want to call it, and ways that we're discriminated against. I mean, shit, I think we've all felt that in some weird way. So I thought it was good to put that in there. Who knows? Maybe I'll get blasted for it. Who fucking knows?"
"Well, you know, it's egalitarian racism," says Patton, who sounds aghast that journalists can get their hands on the album's lyric sheet. "You know how it goes. With friends, there's a vernacular that you use all the time—and I'm not talking about white friends. I'm talking about everybody. And everyone laughs and everything's cool. But all of a sudden, I use it in a hardcore song and it's a fucking problem? No. No it's not. This is the way people talk, and this is also important to realize that.
"I'm not targeting a Mexican or an African-American or anything else," he continues. "It's all of us. And we've all got our own little, you know, slang words, and pitfalls, and whatever you want to call it, and ways that we're discriminated against. I mean, shit, I think we've all felt that in some weird way. So I thought it was good to put that in there. Who knows? Maybe I'll get blasted for it. Who fucking knows?"
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 31 July 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
Oh, and the video for "Obedience School" features footage from actual cockfighting. No controversy from that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTtJXEpR-XA
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 31 July 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
The most important thing about the Dead Cross record is that it's fucking awful. One of Patton's most annoying vocal performances (and that's a high fuckin' bar) on top of utterly generic speedcore riff 'n' bash; a total waste of Lombardo's talents. And it's not even produced well - it sounds like shrill, distorted (and not in a good way) shit. It's got me revisiting Grip Inc. just so I can hear Lombardo actually play something.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 31 July 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
Sweet, super-edgy lyrics, shitty vocals and boring music! Somehow I think Patton's fans will still tell me its brilliant every chance they get.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 31 July 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
Obedience School has the worst guitar production I've heard in a minute
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 00:13 (six years ago) link
Just picked up an Anvil box set cleverly titled 5 Original Albums in 1 Box.
Strength of Steel (1987)Pound for Pound (1988)Worth the Weight (1992)Plugged in Permanent (1996)Absolutely No Alternative (1997)
Pretty sure there's a lot of filler here but it can be found for the price of one album.
http://scontent.fewr1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20604237_10159148027075597_4054508561794605442_n.jpg?oh=8608357a107d25dc03d2ea2b9c2d8d64&oe=5A311C36
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
I love those boxes. I just got one with the first five Montrose albums in it in today's mail. I've also got an 8CD box of all of Whitesnake's 1978-82 material on the way, and three two-CD sets that between them compile the first eight albums by Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush. Summer is the time for '70s rock.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
Negative metal act REBEL WIZARD will issue four brand new anti-shamanic, pre-fetal anthems later this month in the form of The Warning Of One EP. Set for release on August 18th via Prosthetic Records, the EP will be available on cassette and digital formats. Comments REBEL WIZARD mastermind NKSV, "negative wizard metal once again proves that in an era of 'the shell' and fevered, self-righteous evolution, we can abandon hope and rest blissfully within the mystical indifference of the wizards majestic riff." Hear opening psalm, "The One I Seek," at THIS LOCATION. Preorder The Warning Of One HERE. The Warning Of One Track Listing: 1. One I Seek2. One I Know3. One I See4. One I Call
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
I know we're not all big on Warbringer but the new one seems much better than the last one. still not bringing anything new to the table and the Seasons-era Slayer worship is still on display but the songwriting is better for sure and at least they aren't one of 100 interchangeable crossover bands.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 23:28 (six years ago) link
anybody heard the Expulsion disc?
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 00:33 (six years ago) link
Just checked Expulsion out... fuuuuuuuuuck indeed. It's only like 15 minutes long, though?
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 3 August 2017 09:29 (six years ago) link
Yup. Quick hitter
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 3 August 2017 13:14 (six years ago) link
Well, this is...unexpected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J06yQb4lbPk
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
I saw Converge/Neurosis last night. You know what was great about the Converge set? They were surprisingly restrained in volume! I was not expecting that. (Not sure if it was just the venue or if that's how they normally do things.) Neurosis seemed louder from my vantage point.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
I saw them years ago, in between Mastodon and High On Fire, and they didn't seem particularly loud. Does Jacob still run up and down the stage doing that stiff-arm-waving thing that looks off-puttingly like a Nazi salute if you're not paying attention?
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
He didn't do anything noticeably Nazi-esque when I saw them, and it's tough to pay attention to anyone but him really, he's quite a showman. Also it wasn't until seeing them live that I noticed he looks a bit like the goth ghost of brad lol
I confess I left midway through the Neurosis set, I'm not the hugest fan of theirs and they seemed weirdly sloppy?
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
I'll be seeing/reviewing that Converge / Neurosis show on Monday in Philly if I get tix.
Tomorrow I see Melvins whose sprawling double album sounds like a self-indulgent bizarro world Flaming Lips. Not sure what I think about it but the Dale Crover solo release is a little more palatable (or at least immediate).
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
The new Incantation album, unsurprisingly, rules.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
forgot that's out later this month (well, for the rest of us!)
― Neanderthal, Friday, 4 August 2017 00:35 (six years ago) link
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, August 3, 2017 5:29 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Neanderthal, Thursday, August 3, 2017 9:14 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was going to say Matt Harvey has found his niche as a mimic w/ this band and Gruesome but he kinda has done that his whole career, w/ Exhumed largely being Carcass worship.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 4 August 2017 00:36 (six years ago) link
It's a weird niche, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Anyone checked this Iron Bonehead demo from Blooming Carrions yet? Aside from the Evil Outback Steakhouse name I'm not a huge fan of the production - the guitars feel overly EQ'd and it gives them a monotonous quality on my speakers, a little less so on headphones. But there's promise here for people that like the somewhat hypertrophied Incantation wing of death metal.
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/blooming-carrions-sparkling-rotten-dreams
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 4 August 2017 07:21 (six years ago) link
if you didn't listen to this last year...listen to it this year. somehow threads a knot of the more technical style of EARLY death metal (not modern tech-death), sludge, and...art-rock?
https://oksennus.bandcamp.com/album/sokea-idiootti
Very, very good.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 4 August 2017 12:18 (six years ago) link
Oksennus are cool. Some of my favorite cover art. I love Finland.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 4 August 2017 12:43 (six years ago) link
ha wtf that Oksennus. have I even heard any metal that sounds like this?
― Dominique, Friday, 4 August 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
if I've done my time zone math correctly, Emperor should be coming up on the Wacken livestream in about an hour (3:30 EST/9:30 Wacken time)
http://stream.wacken.com/
(and after that, Megadeth, Turbonegro, and Annihilator)
― Devilock, Friday, 4 August 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
fucking sun going down as they play "...Nightspirit," this is incredible
honestly wasn't expecting much, as Emperor's music seems to lose something in a live setting but uhhh this is cool
― Devilock, Friday, 4 August 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
Thanks for posting - I didn't realize they were streaming, and this is awesome. Emperor!
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 4 August 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
Keijo Niinimaa of Rotten sound has a new band, Morbid Evils, who do a kind of postpunk doom thing that I like a lot, so I interviewed him for Bandcamp.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 7 August 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
too lazy to repost but the cover art for the new bell witch album mirror reaper is fucking incredible and may compel me to buy it on LP unheard
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 01:44 (six years ago) link
Kayla Dixon of Witch Mountain was apparently let go from her other band Helion Prime.
one less reason to care about HP I guess
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 01:59 (six years ago) link
Mayhem resurrecting its "De Mysteriis in full" tour from earlier this year, and Black Anvil is rejoining them, only replace Inquisition with.....Immolation.
...
fuck yes!
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
They played pretty much the whole album anyway on their regular tours, don't they?
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:17 (six years ago) link
a good chunk of it, I think. the first time I saw them (2015), they played Funeral Fog, Freezing Moon, Life Eternal, and uhh.....maybe the title track? the rest was spread out over their other albums/Deathcrush
I will admit I was bummed when I found out that literally it's the album and nothing else when I first caught this set in Feb, cos nothing is more fun than hearing "Deathcrush" live. will hope against hope that they bring back an extra set (I like the new stuff too so like....bring it too!).
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
but really the thing I'm excited about is Immolation cos I never get to see em
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:24 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I'm interested in that tour, but not interested in sticking around for Mayhem. (I kinda sorta like some of their weirdest stuff, but De Mysteriis... nah.) Black Anvil are really good live, and I've never seen Immolation but their last 3-4 albums have been pretty incredible.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
yeah I enjoyed Black Anvil (what I heard of their set).
Immolation was my first death metal show so I have warm memories of it. last saw them on the Decibel tour in 2013 promoting Kingdom of Conspiracy.
they're one of those bands where the setlist doesn't matter, it all sounds amazing
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link
(tho it'd be nice if I could get "Father, You're Not a Father" this time)
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:30 (six years ago) link
I saw Black Anvil and Tombs open for Marduk...fuck, that was eight years ago.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:47 (six years ago) link
ahh nice, Withered too. only thing that bugs me about them is the first time I saw them they had the sound guy turn up their volume to painful decibels, I had to leave. last time they were much more, uhh, sparing with the loudness
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
Immolation + Mayhem tour is crazy! potential bad-scene-pairings yes, but why wouldn't I want to see them?
― Dominique, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:56 (six years ago) link
no reason, get thee there!
loling at the nearest show to me being Tampa (90 minute drive) the day after Thanksgiving. guess I'll burning off those calories in the pit.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
ok so I'm three tracks into the new pyrrhon and I think it stands a fair chance of being my metal AOTY
https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/08/07/201787full-album-stream-pyrrhons-what-passes-for-survival/
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 03:59 (six years ago) link
Relapse really dropped the ball when they dropped Pyrrhon, but I guess that's the direction they're going and they're still putting out great stuff like the new Atriarch so whatevs.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 07:49 (six years ago) link
Yeah I thought that was strange - it was like signed-album out-dropped in a very short period of time. But it doesn't seem to have slowed the band down, thankfully.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 10:45 (six years ago) link
Bonehunter album is pretty good punky black metal with more depth than you might expect. For an album with a bear-man with a huge erection stuck in a science tube on the cover.
Dunno if I mentioned it or whatever but Nuclear War Now seems to have gotten some wider distribution (through the Alliance one-stop) so there's a good chance their releases will turn up at well-stocked record stores they might not have previously. I picked up the Rites of Thy Degringolade "Arch Spatial" LP (an anthology of their demo, EP etc) recently and highly recommend it for anyone who likes Canadian black death with some really excellently weird drumming.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 10 August 2017 04:22 (six years ago) link
The new Enslaved album is exciting, a big return to form after In Times. It sounds like the Bardspec and Skuggsja projects have inspired more experimentation in Ivar's songwriting, because there's more of an experimental feel than we've heard from the band lately. A couple really catchy, hard-charging tracks are on there, too.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 10 August 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
anybody heard the Venom, Inc album due out tomorrow?
how did I not know they were actually recording? had thought they were just touring.
we have two Venoms now. and two Entombeds. cray
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 10 August 2017 23:03 (six years ago) link
"Ave Satanas" which I'm listening to now is....alright. kinda fist pumpy heavy metal, not really what I was expecting. somewhat catchy but a bit generic. and the spoken word bit in the middle sounds like the one from "Thriller".
7 minutes....oi.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 10 August 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
ok listening to "Dein Fleisch" and idk what they're going for but it's not interesting to me.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 10 August 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
guess I'll post my "stuff I like from 2017" list since it's August. no particular order
Decrepit Birth - Axis Mundi (one of the few tech death bands I like)Decapitated - AnticultMemoriam - For the FallenBroken Hope - Mutilated and AssimilatedDying Fetus - Wrong One to Fuck WithOrigin - Unparalleled UniverseIced Earth - Incorruptible (I will stress there is absolutely nothing essential about this album)Sinister- SyncretismBody Count - BloodlustRuinous - Graves of Ceaseless DeathDanzig - Black Laden CrownBeheaded - Beast IncarnateMastodon - AndromedaImmolation - AtonementWarbringer - Woe to the VanquishedExpulsion - Nightmare FutureCemetery Urn - s/tArtificial Brain - Infrared HorizonVenenum - Trance of DeathLantern - II: MetamorphosisSuffocation - ...of the Dark Light
― Neanderthal, Friday, 11 August 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
I left a buncha stuff off that I've only listened to once cos this summer was brutal w/ work
You might dig the Contaminated album, Final Man, if you haven't heard it.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 11 August 2017 01:28 (six years ago) link
For anyone who digs Maryland doom, there's a Force "Discography 1981-84" compilation out. Mastered from none-too-quiet vinyl but still, recommended if you dig the style; they're really good at writing hooky songs with riffs that have an almost Witchfinder General feel and great low key female vocals, couple of members went on to Iron Man.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 11 August 2017 07:35 (six years ago) link
Maybe the greatest album ever of gothic symphonic metal covers of pop songs:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1z2VqMp0MNni68SZ37N1m4
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 11 August 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
Also, if you're into the visual-kei version of J-metal, Mucc has two new albums out at once:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0H5RxHktwweq029ONUYzdwhttps://open.spotify.com/album/2VMc5xfMUJusmSGR3wx2IV
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 11 August 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
Next week I could see either the reformed Captain Beyond or Profanatica.I let the wife choose and she chose the black metal show because she liked the venue better,
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 12 August 2017 04:12 (six years ago) link
Invictus is one of my favorite labels right now. They released my favorite metal album of the year so far (Apostate Viaticum), and the samples from their September and October release line-up all sound good as well (Antiversum, Inconcessus Lux Lucis, Oraculum).
― o. nate, Sunday, 13 August 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link
Newish Howls of Ebb/Khthoniik Cerviiks split. I was sold about two seconds into the first HoE track, which has a great intro riff like orcs trying to play King Crimson riffs. Warlike but bouncy.
http://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/howls-of-ebb-khthoniik-cerviiks-with-gangrene-edges-voiidwarp
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 13 August 2017 02:41 (six years ago) link
And the Poison Blood EP from the Horseback guy and Neil from Krieg is good stuff if you like your weirdmetal to have chunks of Beherit worship floating in it.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 13 August 2017 02:42 (six years ago) link
do you like Blessed Are the Sick? then you should probably get into this
https://phrenelith.bandcamp.com/album/desolate-endscape
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 13 August 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
that's a fuckin endorsement if I ever heard one!!!!
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 13 August 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
god I love the new Incantation, I mean new INcantation being good isn't a surprise but this is fuckin' TAUT
if you like Begrime Exemious or other ugly clattering thrashy deathy stuff, Serpent Column is pretty good, the last two songs especially where things sort of open up
https://serpentcolumn.bandcamp.com/releases
I'm still catching up on this year; there's so much, aaaaaggghhh still haven't heard Incantation or Pyrrhon
― Devilock, Monday, 14 August 2017 01:09 (six years ago) link
or that Phrenelith for that matter and the BATS ref compels me to do so
― Devilock, Monday, 14 August 2017 01:12 (six years ago) link
Phrenelith is great. For Morbid Angel worship I think Tehom beats them out by a nose. A demon nose.
I think I'm in love with the one-man slam death project Needle Contaminated Pork from Japan right now btw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=385q2NN4dJ0
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 02:05 (six years ago) link
Also any recommendations for full-strength ignorant slam death would be appreciated, I need to pound this week out of my brain and it's only Tuesday.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 04:28 (six years ago) link
Interesting article about a Minneapolis-based white power label and the corporate lawyer who runs it
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
Saw Tour of the Doomed on Sunday. Metal Mike Smith, organizer of Milwaukee's Days of the Doomed Fest which last happened in 2014, arranged this tour with Spillage (Tony Spillman of Earthen Grave), Beelzefuzz and the mighty sHEAVY from Newfoundland. The band formed in 1993, and remarkably this is their first U.S. tour! Highly recommended for fans of rock 'n' doom. One thing all the bands shared in common were strong, unique vocalists, which is often a weakness in this genre. They hit Cleveland tonight, then Pittsburgh, York and Brooklyn. Apostle Of Solitude opened in Chicago. Other dates will include Argus, Witch Hazel, Reign Of Zaius and Pale Divine.
Pics: http://www.johnmourlas.com/2017/20170813400/
Also on Friday I saw Castle probably for the fifth time. Rather than take them for granted, I'm always amazed all over again by their musicianship and commitment to put out with great performances every time (pics). My favorite husband-wife team currently in metal, Elizabeth Blackwell puts forth an intensity that suggests she's not just performing, but exercising demons nightly. Mat Davis is a first rate shredder, watching his fingers flying on the fret is a joy for all guitaraholics (ex on "Corpse Candles"). Drummer Al McCartney ably carries the weight of a power trio drummer. For some reason they haven't gotten quite the same attention as contemporaries such as Christian Mistress and Witch Mountain. They are true road dogs, criss-crossing the U.S. and playing in Europe, and deserve more love. Initially considered a doom band, they've always been a mix of mystical hard rock and traditional metal. Their fifth album should come out early next year. Friends and I chatted with Elizabeth a good 30 minutes before the show and my favorite thing she said was when she talked about how much she loved Judas Priest -- "I'd do anything for Rob Halford -- I'd feed his cats!"
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
Phrenelith owns, thanks for the sugg
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 17 August 2017 04:05 (six years ago) link
That Serpent Column is really good. I've got tons of stuff to listen to that I'm behind on, but I'm listening to this again.
― Guy Pidgeotto (Tom Violence), Friday, 18 August 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
the Lör album In Forgotten Sleep is incredible imo, sort of a folk/black metal + power hybrid? unexpectedly savage in places, really unique production.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 18 August 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
Oh, nice, this Lör album is good. And I will now go fix them in Spotify so that the two not-even-vaguely-similar-to-this-or-each-other records by other Lors are on different pages...
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 18 August 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
happy 2 be an agent of change
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 18 August 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
There's a new Ehnahre out next week. I haven't listened to it yet.
Just pre-ordered the deluxe version (5 bonus tracks) of the new Myrkur, and grabbed an Author & Punisher EP that came out back in March (not metal, but metal-adjacent).
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 18 August 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
The Undergang and Temple of Void albums mentioned upthread are both really good.
― o. nate, Saturday, 19 August 2017 01:13 (six years ago) link
wow thanks for Temple of Void recc. reminds me a little of if Bolt Thrower decided to also add funeral doom elements.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 20 August 2017 04:44 (six years ago) link
New Wildspeaker is highly recommended if you like blackened crust. I'm kind of dubious about that as a genre, tbh, but this is really good and weighty.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 20 August 2017 11:16 (six years ago) link
so I guess antifa are planning on disrupting Bolzer's tour, which has prompted the guy from Bolzer to issue a statement. the statement seems righteous to me but I mean...if you're gonna get swastika tattoos and then tell people about how the swastika isn't really like that, you gotta expect plenty of blowback
https://www.facebook.com/erosatarms/posts/1637456716287584
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 20 August 2017 11:50 (six years ago) link
I didn't know his dad was a well-known musician and it's heartening to see him say he's anti-fascist/racist/sexist.
The swastika thing... uh. Trying to reclaim the swastika at this point might not be the best idea.
Antifa... man. I'm like 100% behind them except they seem to be kind of knee-jerk reacting to metal bands without knowing much about them or really caring (like the Marduk show they interrupted in the Bay Area). I see them brought up a lot on metal discussion boards by people who aren't necessarily fascist sympathizers but they'll whip out some good old "antifa are fascists too!" horseshit.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 20 August 2017 12:06 (six years ago) link
I mean, shit, you can see it in the comments on his post.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 20 August 2017 12:09 (six years ago) link
there's been a spotify purge of white supremacist music. they even briefly removed nokturnal mortum then restored them (you can tell because they play counts have been reset). obviously i'm in favour of this where it explicitly applies but yeah there are more racist fish to fry than our ukrainian patriot buddies
― imago, Sunday, 20 August 2017 12:18 (six years ago) link
Yeah I haven't wanted to speak ill of Antifa but they do go too far in classifying people in the metal, neofolk, industrial scenes without knowing them and in some cases for playing shows on a book with another band they didn't know that was thrown together by a local booker. Particularly happened to a friend of mine.
Though I would say no matter your intent, you will have two lives, your life before you got a swastika tattoo & your life after and sadly for this kid.
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 20 August 2017 13:18 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure that it can't be done, necessarily, but extreme metal is not the context to do it in. There's no way a swastika on a death metal musician won't invoke those associations, and I can't believe that he's really so naive as to think that his tattoos are "very benign".
― jmm, Sunday, 20 August 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
The thing with tattoos is when you get them, and choose to make them publicly visible, you've pretty much opened yourself up to judgment, whether you like it or not. No doubt there are some people that would normally like me that see my Baphomet pentagram and say "ok fuck no". whatever, I chose that.
no doubt this dummy thought "well fuck, people will see this and come up and ask me about it and I can explain". but that's not really how tattoos work - they generate instant reactions, some people are moved enough to ask you 'ok what's that about', but a lot of other people are uncomfortable doing that.
so when you decide to get a tattoo "reclaiming" the swastika and you happen to be a musician in a genre that has had a notorious Nazi problem, both with the musicians and the fans, you can't really get upset that you're "misunderstood".
It's also hella fucking irresponsible considering how some undesirables will react to said tattoo - unless he plans on getting a two paragraph essay tattooed below the Swastika explaining why he got it. just a really dumb idea.
jmm otm.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 20 August 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
How hard is it to just remove one fucking tattoo? Certainly a lot less effort than dealing with all this. Guess it does mean a lot to him personally then.
My only personal experience with Okoi/Bolzer was three years ago when he was a total asshole to the organisers of a local Swiss festival.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 20 August 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
well removal is expensive so doubtful he wants to spend that kinda scrilla, but there is this thing called *concealer*.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 20 August 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
Have you seen how many tats that dude has? If he can pay for those...
― Siegbran, Sunday, 20 August 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
true. I suspect dude feels he "shouldn't have to" cos fans should "do homework" on his tatts cos after all tatts are the same as artwork in museums
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 20 August 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
It's elitism, innit. I tweeted about this the other day when I read the Facebook post, which comes from a place of exasperation - like, ugh now I have to do the work and come out and explain my stance, I thought I was above having to communicate 'my' meaning with the symbols that I use UGH. But that defence of 'sorry you don't know what I really mean' is as common as it is weak. Doesn't make you a Nazi, just makes me think you're not on as solid an intellectual pedestal as you think you are.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Sunday, 20 August 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
The newest Cormorant album is really great. It manages to go some way in filling the space that the last few Opeth and Mastodon albums have left without sounding too much like either of them.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 20 August 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
that defence of 'sorry you don't know what I really mean' is as common as it is weak. Doesn't make you a Nazi, just makes me think you're not on as solid an intellectual pedestal as you think you are.otmelitism and privilege, perceived or genuineif you have a nazi tattoo in the 21st c you should be 100% prepared to explain it without outsourcing the work to your criticsplease
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 20 August 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
Ugh can't you guys stick to Porky Pigging in corpsepaint and blasphemy.
http://i.imgur.com/B94KAAG.png
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 21 August 2017 09:54 (six years ago) link
Profanatica is known for hating Christianity and Jesus/Christianity which are "good" things to hate. I could find no evidence that they are antisemitic or anything like that.
Likely the post has to do with Nyogthaeblisz, who was on a few of the shows for this tour, being kicked off the bill because they are known antisemites. In other local news, they lied to get on stage at a north Philly sports bar.
Apparently this has happened with other Profanatica support bands as well. My guess is the band happens to feel more kinship with their support acts than those who make enough noise to have them removed. I think they're wrong but that doesn't make them Nazis.
I am "sjw scum" and I was at the show so... Fuck me, I guess.
I also spoke with Paul (the band leader) briefly before and after the show. I didn't get into all of this but he was cordial and tried to get me to see the band in New York when they would have their main guitarist (the guy playing Delaware is evidently a fill-in guy for when the main guitarist cannot tour).
And I'll be seeing (and reviewing) Bolzer next week! My view is that he is misguided and ignorant of how pervasive a swastika is perceived as a negative thing, but not a Nazi. The photos he posted with his father were amazing.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 21 August 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link
Is Malcolm Tent still in the band
― Neanderthal, Monday, 21 August 2017 22:50 (six years ago) link
According to Encyclopedia Metallium, no.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 21 August 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
Aw
― Neanderthal, Monday, 21 August 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
New Municipal Waste is exactly what I want from the band... Which is great for me!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 04:20 (six years ago) link
My view is that he is misguided and ignorant of how pervasive a swastika is perceived as a negative thing
My view is he's not misguided, he just thinks he's smarter than everyone else. Which isn't something you boycott or ban people's shows over; it's more the thing where 'get over yourself, you self-absorbed dick' seems to suffice.
In saying that, I don't know him, though I do know people who know people who know him/work with him. They say he's a good guy, and they're good people, so I'm going on that.
When this was last a thing a few years ago, I put together a few questions to email interview him through official-ish channels, questions I believed were fair based on the perceived slant of his own statements. I was more or less told he wouldn't answer them - which itself says a lot.
(I never got word from the man himself, though it basically came down to 'meet him in person at a gig to hash it out' which is... nah, that's more of a manipulation tactic than what you think I'm trying to pull on you. I'll pass.)
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 06:21 (six years ago) link
Likely the post has to do with Nyogthaeblisz, who was on a few of the shows for this tour, being kicked off the bill because they are known antisemites.
Ahh. Well, still, my back gets up easy at the prevalence of anti-"sjw" shit in the metal scene these days.
Also kinda bummed because those guys are in Hellvetron who are fucking amazing.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 06:46 (six years ago) link
bolzer guy is clearly a fucking moron, and also a moron with some nazi ass tattoos. fuck that guy. there's a lot of metal out there!
― adam, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 12:21 (six years ago) link
profanatica guy: also a moron!
― adam, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 12:22 (six years ago) link
Thanks for your contribution to the thread.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
My impression is that the Bolzer guy has a facile view about the swastika. That rates pretty low on the Nazi scale. It doesn't mean he shouldn't be criticized, but it's not enough to cross the threshold where I'd avoid listening to them on principle.
― jmm, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
well now that that's settled, let us proceed further into the review of minutes from the last Council meeting
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
Fair enough! BIG|BRAVE count as metal, right? Their new one is excellent.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
Trap Them are breaking up (final shows in November). I saw them live once about seven years ago and enjoyed it, but they were the kind of band that should have been together for maybe five years, and put out no more than three albums. (Converge is this kind of band too - whoops!) I have at least three Trap Them albums on my hard drive and don't think I've made it through a single one of them more than twice.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
I liked Crown Feral a lot
The one and a half time I listened to it
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
Managed to see them once and they were tremendous.
I loved Great Falls too, a really apparently short-lived and wilfully obscure band featuring their singer.
― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
Ambient metal devotees, Azonic (Blind Idiot God guitarist Andy Hawkins's solo project) is putting out its second full-length at the end of October. The first one, Halo, came out in 1994. It's an amazing record, hard to even describe - here's the first track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhV9n-52k7I
The new one isn't totally solo; Tim Wyskida (formerly of Khanate, currently in Blind Idiot God) is also on it, playing timpani, concert bass drum, and gong.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
Oranssi Pazuzu taking flak on their Facebook page for bowing out of a Berlin festival they'd been scheduled to play, due to the Israeli embassy co-sponsoring travel expenses for another act.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Oranssi-pazuzu-58437793552/posts/?ref=page_internal
― o. nate, Thursday, 24 August 2017 01:21 (six years ago) link
Decapitated kicked ass 2nite i m drunk
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 24 August 2017 03:30 (six years ago) link
We do not want to endorse any state, governance or agenda; open or hidden.
Hmm. So does that extend to refusing any state arts funding, even indirect, such as playing in subsidised venues? Seems difficult if not impossible in Europe.
BDS is a perfectly valid strategy, and Radiohead rightly look a lot of flak for their own opposite stance (in defending a gig in Tel Aviv), but this smacks of... a facile understanding of the situation, at best.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Thursday, 24 August 2017 06:27 (six years ago) link
This Maim record from a month or two ago is delicious riffy OSDM. Great instrumental track, too.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 24 August 2017 10:22 (six years ago) link
so when you decide to get a tattoo "reclaiming" the swastika and you happen to be a musician in a genre that has had a notorious Nazi problem, both with the musicians and the fans, you can't really get upset that you're "misunderstood"
this smacks of... a facile understanding of the situation, at best.
And this is why they are metal musicians and not rocket surgeons.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 24 August 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
So Antisect have a new album coming out. The first song I've heard from it doesn't sound anything like Antisect, really, more groove-oriented doom. Kind of a bummer.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 25 August 2017 08:34 (six years ago) link
tbf there was a lot of grief over Antisect's reformation with a few members leaving acrimoniously so afaik it's only 1 original member now or something.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 25 August 2017 09:36 (six years ago) link
Ah okay. They're one of those bands that made an album that's so strong I dunno why they need to continue anyway.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 25 August 2017 10:41 (six years ago) link
There's two new tracks by Wolves in the Throne Room up on Spotify. Black and beautiful imo.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 25 August 2017 12:18 (six years ago) link
I'm waiting for the whole thing to come out but I'm ecouraged by the good response to the new songs so far. There's so much "atmospheric" black metal out there these days of middling quality so I hope these guys come up with the goods.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 25 August 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
The new Nervecell (floor-punching thrash/death metal from the UAE) is good. Unsurprising, but solid. It's their first album in six years.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 25 August 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
Reverorum ib MalachtTer Agios Numini(The Ajna Offensive)Release Date: 8/18/2017
http://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81axlty-P2L._SY355_.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/79tFlu1bgF1hNQq6Gfd1tC
Duo from Sweden got static when they converted to Roman Catholicism a few years back, but this album is a total mindfuck of horror sound effects and ambient percussion; four dismal hymns subliminal atmospherics created by haunting strings and synths and bizarre, cryptic vocal samples. It's dense and loopy and undeniably foreboding and I have trouble believing the church of Rome would understand. Not even sure that I do, for that matter. But it's intriguing and disconcerting in a Goblin/Pinkish Black if they were Black Metal kind of way.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 25 August 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
Wanted to like thatDid not
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 August 2017 04:56 (six years ago) link
new Chasm samples hello hooray
https://luxinframundisproductions.bandcamp.com/album/a-conscious-creation-from-the-isolated-domain-sampler
― Devilock, Saturday, 26 August 2017 07:10 (six years ago) link
Darkspace still exists, apparently: they're playing at the Dutch Deathfest next year (with loads of other bands obv) - http://www.deathfests.com/event/ndf-2018
― StanM, Saturday, 26 August 2017 09:21 (six years ago) link
This Pyrrhon album is a motherfucker
and they sample Tom Lehrer
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 28 August 2017 07:44 (six years ago) link
is it 'we will all go together when we go' by any chance
― imago, Monday, 28 August 2017 09:41 (six years ago) link
heh nah just spoken word, the "life is like a sewer" quote
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 28 August 2017 10:22 (six years ago) link
holy shit @ the Tilburg Deathfests lineup
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 28 August 2017 10:56 (six years ago) link
This Pyrrhon album is a motherfuckerand they sample Tom Lehrer― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ)
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 28 August 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
Cool! Man, that music would be overwhelming live.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 28 August 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
OK Pyrrhon's been bumped up to the top of my shopping list. In other "difficult" metal news, the new Ehnahre album is extremely fucking good.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 28 August 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
can somebody in the know give me the gist of the Matt Harvey op-ed for Decibel magazine regarding NSBM, cos my anger level is too high to wade through it
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 00:20 (six years ago) link
Some weak sauce along the lines of 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it'.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 07:02 (six years ago) link
Yeah. Also I think my eyes slid off of some "let's have a conversation" style shit? Dunno.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 09:30 (six years ago) link
My late night coffee is kicking in so let me rep this in this thread, too, even though it is guilty of being a few years old - Stilla's "Ensamhetens Andar"
http://stillaswe.bandcamp.com/album/ensamhetens-andar
Black metal with some Virus/Voivod weirdo elements and some keys. Not super vicious and thrashy, which is just fine with me.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 09:32 (six years ago) link
Basically Harvey says Nazis are bad and no one should buy their shitty albums, but distributors should feel free to choose for themselves whether to make a few bucks off the suckers who do want that shit in their houses. He does a better job of considering counterarguments like "easy for you to say, white boy" than an empty-headed fuckhole like Neill Jameson might, but trips over his dick by calling metal "apolitical" when what he really means is that metal is a political free-fire zone. It's better than I expected it to be, but still pointless.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
Has Jameson stood up for NSBM bands? Hadn't seen that.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:00 (six years ago) link
That's not what I'm saying at all. What I'm saying is that Jameson is an idiot and a bad writer who caricatures counterarguments in a buffoonish and unfunny manner, and Harvey doesn't do that - he grants them the weight they deserve and even says "you could say x...and you'd be right."
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:04 (six years ago) link
Ah okay, sorry I misunderstood.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:07 (six years ago) link
didn't decibel publish an opinion peace by some buffoon complaining about "social justice warriors" a few years ago (as the gamergate wars raged)?
― adam, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:08 (six years ago) link
christ piece*
That would be Jameson.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:20 (six years ago) link
this is why when I make friends w/ metalheads I like basically put them through an interview process.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
let's just all agree that Craig Pillard deserves to have his stomach turned into a punching bag and move on I guess
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 13:37 (six years ago) link
Master of Puppets to become a gigantic box set November 10.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
No disc of isolated Cliff bass tracks, not interested
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
I'm probably a sucker for wanting to hear those riff tapes, but I do.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
I'd love to hear those, too, actually!
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link
Like me as a teenager learning to play guitar and recording myself playing those riffs poorly would love to hear proper Jaymz chopping it up.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
Huh. New album.
http://peaceville.com/bands/fleurety
― Devilock, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
didn't decibel publish an opinion peace by some buffoon complaining about "social justice warriors" a few years ago (as the gamergate wars raged)? ― adam
The one you're referring, I think, was by one Professor *shrug* Jeffrey S Podoshen which asked Does the Underground Metal Scene REALLY Have a Social Justice Warrior Problem? and answered in the affirmative in such tone-deaf ways that he got push-back even from the likes of Metal Injection and Metal Sucks.
On a personal note, author Laina Dawes and myself (among others) were discussing exactly how lame his thesis in a Facebook group devoted to Metal in Academia. As a member I had the authority and went and added him to the group, thinking a robust discussion would come around. Instead he started saying that the antisemitism that he allegedly deals with is just as pervasive as the death threats that inundate Amalie Bruun (Myrkur) whenever she has a new release available. When this was met by push-back, especially from Dawes who, as a black female metalhead of some renown can herself lay claim to "my dad can beat up your dad" stories about what it's like being a minority in metal, he proceeded to evidently leave the group and put Dawes, myself and likely others on ignore.
This was a while ago and I didn't think much of it. I only thought of it at all when in a thread on Decibel editor Albert Mudrian's Facebook page context clues showed me that the Professor was getting into it with Albert and others. I casually mentioned that the exchange I only saw half of showed me that he blocked me, which was fine and his right, but it apparently got back to him because he sent me a Facebook message which I was unable to respond to (because he had me blocked; he likely unblocked me long enough to send it and then ensure I would be unable to respond).
"Hi Brian. The reason I choose not to have a dialogue with you is because I don't like your comments. Belittling anti-Semitism is not ok with me. Now you can belittle anti-Semitism all you want, as is your right, but I don't need to read your comments in my newsfeed or an social media. Simple as that."
I posted this on my friends-only Facebook page so it would get back to him (since other things got back to him) that sending me a one-way message was cowardly and that, hey, guess what, my mom was Jewish and I was raised culturally Jewish in a New York kind of way, though not religiously. Frankly his accusations of Dawes and myself as being antisemitic made me think that the supposed abuse he gets as a Jew in metal is vastly overstated because neither of us said anything antisemitic unless saying that he didn't get it as bad as some other groups as he claimed was somehow antisemitic in and of itself.
It's a private group FB page but I can't even copy and paste the exchange to let people judge for themselves since (I am pretty sure) he deleted the exchanges (they are certainly deleted).
He got a lot of justified criticism, for that column as well as for the clumsy way he tried to run a panel on inclusivity in metal with a panel entirely made up of white and white-passing males (a panel I was at, which thanks to the uproar was fleshed out with actual diversity) and he cuts off those who would dare have a different perspective yet still send them snarky one-way messages. He's an ass.
He also penned One Of The Worst Takes Ever Written About Online Gambling, which frankly affects me a lot more because my actual job is working for a New Jersey online casino and his misinformed opinions presented authoritatively in a well-known outlet could influence opinion of the populace and legislators negatively which would directly and negatively impact my ability to keep my job/grow a career in the field because expansion to Pennsylvania may be crucial for the company I work for. I would be happy to debate him on that one but the website I linked to does a good enough job and I would hate for him to think my disagreement is because he's Jewish.
For the record I like Neill Jameson quite a bit and think he's a genuine, flawed but still evolving human being who has helped create music that I enjoy. It's not my place to defend him otherwise; he is easy enough to find and he does not shy away from answering questions (though I am sure he doesn't waste his time with everyone who attempts to correspond) so feel free to take things up with him.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 31 August 2017 00:44 (six years ago) link
Kevin Hufnagel (Dysrhythmia, Gorguts, etc.) is going to be doing a duo performance with keyboardist Craig Taborn at The Stone in NYC on Tuesday.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:19 (six years ago) link
Revolver Magazine has relaunched with four separate Mastodon covers and a limited 7" single from the band.
"The new issue of Revolver magazine hits newsstands on September 12th and features an all-new editorial direction and visual design," says the press release.
"The issue is both the culmination of a long journey and the start of a new one. When we started down the road to reinventing Revolver over a year ago, we had many goals. We wanted to create the smartest, most sophisticated metal magazine and website that have ever existed. We wanted to champion artists — particularly younger, up-and-coming artists like Code Orange, Venom Prison and Full of Hell — who really have something to say and who are pushing heavy music into brave new places. We wanted to show heavy music to be the intellectually and technically challenging art form that we've known it to be since we first became fans. But maybe most of all, we wanted to celebrate metal not only as a particularly badass style of music but also as a hard-fighting, never-give-up attitude and an empowered, iconoclastic way of living. It's a philosophy embodied in everyone from blue-collar road dogs Mastodon, to gravity-defying skateboarder Elliot Sloan, to gate-crashing fashion designer Ashley Rose, to any diehard fan who has ever had to dig deep to persevere through tough times or overcome a daunting obstacle. And it's a philosophy that, we think, is embodied in the first issue of Revolver 2.0."
Any ILXors involved with this? I am hopeful it will be decent - I am a Luddite who likes metal magazines and the overseas ones are cost-prohibitive to subscribe to.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
Wouldn't this be Revolver 3.0, since Revolver started out as a classic-rock-worshipping Rolling Stone wannabe? I mean, they had Jim Morrison on their first cover.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link
thank you for the context about that podoshen essay! i also like physical magazines and that thing kinda turned me off of decibel
― adam, Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
Wouldn't this be Revolver 3.0, since Revolver started out as a classic-rock-worshipping Rolling Stone wannabe? I mean, they had Jim Morrison on their first cover. ― grawlix (unperson)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 31 August 2017 14:07 (six years ago) link
Doug Moore of Pyrrhon has thoughts about metal and fascism.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 31 August 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
damn that was well done
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 31 August 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
Good read. And I like Neill Jameson, too, dammit. Even if he's said and says some dumb things he's evolving and I feel like it's important for metal dudes to see it's possible.
And this is nowt to do with that, but it's good discordant death metal with bass that sounds like it's being played by a giant scarab creature.
http://daemogog.bandcamp.com/releases
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 1 September 2017 04:21 (six years ago) link
New Mastodon song. New four-song EP out 9/22.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u44bs_Cwoms
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 1 September 2017 11:51 (six years ago) link
new Botanist! now with full-band action
https://verdant-realm-botanist.bandcamp.com/album/collective-the-shape-of-he-to-come
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 1 September 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
The Botanist is fucking great...
Also out today is the new one from SxuperioN:http://bloodymountainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/myriad-e-p
I like them both lots as well as the new Dalek that also came out today (not metal, of course, but they've always been indie-rap-metalheads-like and the new one is a return to the noisier stuff of old).
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 1 September 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
yeah the new Botanist is instant top 10 material
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 1 September 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link
I liked it a lot on first listen, although it's a surprise. Sounded a bit like melodic folk-metal epics!
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 1 September 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
Man I love a lot of black metal but the lyrics to Goat Mockery Ritual are so otm
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 2 September 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
that title just gives me a hard-on
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 September 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
I forgot I bought that Pyrrhon the other day...lol
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 September 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
so I'm hearing the new Akercocke is actually good?
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 September 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
one of my old SSMT buddies apparently reviewed it for Decibel. givin it a spin now....
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 September 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
damn those vocals
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 September 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link
damn went from Pazuzu-taunts to full-on Morrissey-cum-Danzig warbling
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 September 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
I've never really liked Akercocke before and what I've read abou the new one is equal parts intriguing and offputting, might give it a bash at some point.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 2 September 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
I loved olde Akercocke. so far I'm digging this one a bit........
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 September 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
wow, by "Familiar Ghosts", it gets downright amazzzzzzzing
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 September 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
new Botanist is sounding wonderful
― imago, Sunday, 3 September 2017 11:07 (six years ago) link
Instrumental doom/stoner-type UFO themed album by Reptilian Illuminati :-) (just the kind of gimmick that gets me to press play, dammit)
https://reptilianilluminati.bandcamp.com/releases
― StanM, Sunday, 3 September 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
anyone else get into the khashm record on iron bonehead from earlier this year?https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/khashm-asmodeus-rising
riffy, head nodding black metal. not too fast, sounds nice and mean. and even the dark ambient shit is p cool & well done. I've found myself going back to this one a lot.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 3 September 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
anybody catching Orphaned Land on this US tour?
― Neanderthal, Monday, 4 September 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
Currently rediscovering Asomvel's Knuckle Duster, released back in 2013. They're pretty much a clone of Motörhead circa 1980-81, so if you're in a mood for that, dive in. It's on Bandcamp.
https://badomenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/knuckle-duster
Their 2009 album Kamikaze is up there, too:
https://asomvel.bandcamp.com/album/kamikaze
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 5 September 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link
love that khashm record. the jordablod record, also on iron bonehead, is also up there: https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/jordablod-upon-my-cremation-pyre
― adam, Tuesday, 5 September 2017 15:45 (six years ago) link
Darkspace + dozens of other bands also playing at Maryland Deathfest 2018 : http://www.deathfests.com/event/mdf-2018
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 11:50 (six years ago) link
(they're not on that poster yet but their label just said it -> https://www.facebook.com/avantgardemusiclabel/posts/10154692774487260 )
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 11:51 (six years ago) link
new Usnea is streaming at Vice and it's a bruiser
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/mbbz84/usneas-impossibly-heavy-new-doom-metal-album-is-a-sci-fi-odyssey
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 September 2017 18:51 (six years ago) link
New Electric Wizard song. Bluesier than usual for them, and it kinda rules. New album later this year, I guess?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h8x0NE0Hqw
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 8 September 2017 13:31 (six years ago) link
Out today, epic/power influenced Argus and the proto-metal of Demon Eye, both touched fleetingly by the hand of DOOM.
https://argusmetal.bandcamp.com/album/from-fields-of-firehttps://demoneye.bandcamp.com/album/prophecies-and-lies
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 8 September 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
And I'll leave this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srm6_pwgfA8
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 8 September 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
Interesting interview with Doug Moore of Pyrrhon on Bandcamp today. Quote re metal's Nazi problem:
It seems to me that the best way to deal with these boneheads is just to ostracize them. You ultimately can’t stop people from making bad art about their revolting political ideas, but you can starve them of support and rain scorn on them until nobody else wants to be seen with them. Unfortunately, the threshold for misbehavior necessary to evoke this kind of response is quite high because of how pervasive regressive attitudes are in metal culture. A lot of canonical metal records were written by various species of bigot and psycho, and many people whose sympathies were shaped by those ideas are in positions of power in the genre now. And while that’s unfortunate, it’s also unsurprising—a style of music so thoroughly wrapped up with violence, hatred, and barbarism is, of course, going to appeal to some violent, hateful, barbaric people. On some level, most metal fans know this, which is part of why so many of them fly into a defensive rage when the subject comes up.To further complicate matters, it’s often impossible to differentiate between sincere appeals to racism or authoritarian politics and troll-y transgression-for-its-own-sake—a kind of coyness that is popular among both metal bands and the online right. This kind of edgelord shit is just totally pervasive in metal, a genre where iron crosses are so common as to be basically invisible, and where you can literally scream excruciating descriptions of various sexual tortures for a whole album and everyone will just shrug. In this kind of environment, where basically everyone has enthusiastically consumed at least some ‘problematic’ work regardless of their actual sympathies, it becomes difficult to determine which kinds of behavior are genuinely reprehensible and which should just be shrugged off as ‘part of the deal.’ There are nonetheless plenty of clear-cut cases of bad guys whom most sane people would agree to shun, but the truth is that the line differentiating fascist sympathizers from run-of-the-mill metal scumbags is often much fuzzier than some people would like to admit.
To further complicate matters, it’s often impossible to differentiate between sincere appeals to racism or authoritarian politics and troll-y transgression-for-its-own-sake—a kind of coyness that is popular among both metal bands and the online right. This kind of edgelord shit is just totally pervasive in metal, a genre where iron crosses are so common as to be basically invisible, and where you can literally scream excruciating descriptions of various sexual tortures for a whole album and everyone will just shrug. In this kind of environment, where basically everyone has enthusiastically consumed at least some ‘problematic’ work regardless of their actual sympathies, it becomes difficult to determine which kinds of behavior are genuinely reprehensible and which should just be shrugged off as ‘part of the deal.’ There are nonetheless plenty of clear-cut cases of bad guys whom most sane people would agree to shun, but the truth is that the line differentiating fascist sympathizers from run-of-the-mill metal scumbags is often much fuzzier than some people would like to admit.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 8 September 2017 19:33 (six years ago) link
what the FUCK?!
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/decapitated-members-arrested-for-suspected-kidnapping-in-spokane/
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 9 September 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
Weird. Wonder what the fuck happend.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 9 September 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
going to guess something p damn bad
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 9 September 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
New Yellow Eyes sounds fantatastic
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/yellow-eyes-velvet-on-the-horns/
Not as different from their earlier stuff as the author seems to think; though it's a bit more complex than usual YE's music largely sounds pretty similar to each other, which usually bothers me, but man they have the best chord changes in the biz.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 10 September 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
best chord changes in the biz = thantifaxath tbf
this is sounding ok
― imago, Sunday, 10 September 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
'm probably a sucker for wanting to hear those riff tapes, but I do.
― Siegbran
there's a riff tape that mcgovney used to have doing the bootleg circuit. it is interesting!
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Sunday, 10 September 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
Was about to say that I miss Thantifaxath but apparently they've got something in the pipeline
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 10 September 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
oh shit!
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/track/thantifaxath-self-devouring-womb
there you go folks
― imago, Sunday, 10 September 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
hahaha this is fucking amazing
― imago, Sunday, 10 September 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
holy fuck
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 10 September 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
the charges against Decapitated, are, uhh, pretty fucking serious:
http://www.metalinjection.net/metal-crimes/decapitated-accused-of-gang-rape-band-still-in-los-angeles-jail
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
awesome news about Thantifaxath! funny about chord changes, within like 2 seconds of hearing their track, I could tell I liked the harmony (kinda similar to Dodheimsgard and Carl-Michael Eide projects)
― Dominique, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
The new Wolves in the Throne Room... Holy shit...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
That bad, eh?
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
I'm only about halfway through it so far. Steve Von Till does a spoken-word bit on the second track that I seriously thought was a sample from a Joe Frank routine. Now I kinda want to hear Joe Frank collaborate with Sunn O))).
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
Jesus fucking Christ, vile as shit.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link
I can't believe WITTR and Ufommamut have new ones that are both wonderful on the same day.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 23:19 (six years ago) link
Should I file Les Cants du Hasard under L or C?I am thinking C...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 00:37 (six years ago) link
If you like bombastic power-metal, I highly recommend this new Force Majeure album.
https://open.spotify.com/album/71JtDT8hsqvB7zly51zCUb
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 01:58 (six years ago) link
xp C
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 04:24 (six years ago) link
No bandcamp page for Entrench's Through the Walls of Flesh, but perfectly fine brutal thrash with touches of death, a la Possessed, Kreator, earliest Death
― Dominique, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:05 (six years ago) link
The 66.6 Best Metal Albums of the Millennium, according to some zine I've never heard of.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
Not really in agreement with most of it but it's not a terrible list tbf, they make space for Yellow Eyes and Krallice which is good. But placing Baroness above Mastodon is a pretty wtf move
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
Including Baroness and Mastodon on such a list is bad enough already I would think.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 21:19 (six years ago) link
66.6, the less impressive number of the beast for when you can't put in the effort to get to 666
― jmm, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
Got a press release from some band Reign of Vengeance.
Reign in Vengeance announces their new vocalist The Illuminated Man. Shrouded in mystery, The Illuminated Man will be replacing former vocalist Marshall Beck. Before stepping down Beck had this to say..I'd have liked to continue on with Reign of Vengeance. However, given the material of this EP it seems better that I step down as Reign of Vengeance's frontman and hand over the responsibilities to an entity which has been fully rehabilitated by the ever expanding government and state. He seems to be better suited for this job and band now.Enter the Illuminated Man: He is a Master of Finance, a Master of Brutality, and a Master of Psychological Warfare upon the common populace of all humans which he (like the government) believes to be nothing more than consumers and vermin filth..Reign of Vengeance also announces the release of their new EP The Final Aeon For All HumansThe Final Aeon For All Humans is an EP that is both musically and lyrically styled to narrate through a "fictional" depiction of class warfare if it were to transpire in our modern world. This Ep takes a dual perspective lyrically including that of the common man as well as the Occultist Elite. This EP is best listened to in its entirety from start to finish, playing through like a blood soaked and very brutal musical. This album is loaded with true and mysterious-esoteric theology, American "conspiracy theories", revelation interpretations, and (most importantly)- gore, blood, brutality, and violence.
I'd have liked to continue on with Reign of Vengeance. However, given the material of this EP it seems better that I step down as Reign of Vengeance's frontman and hand over the responsibilities to an entity which has been fully rehabilitated by the ever expanding government and state. He seems to be better suited for this job and band now.
Enter the Illuminated Man: He is a Master of Finance, a Master of Brutality, and a Master of Psychological Warfare upon the common populace of all humans which he (like the government) believes to be nothing more than consumers and vermin filth..
Reign of Vengeance also announces the release of their new EP The Final Aeon For All Humans
The Final Aeon For All Humans is an EP that is both musically and lyrically styled to narrate through a "fictional" depiction of class warfare if it were to transpire in our modern world. This Ep takes a dual perspective lyrically including that of the common man as well as the Occultist Elite. This EP is best listened to in its entirety from start to finish, playing through like a blood soaked and very brutal musical. This album is loaded with true and mysterious-esoteric theology, American "conspiracy theories", revelation interpretations, and (most importantly)- gore, blood, brutality, and violence.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 14 September 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
Hahaha what the fuck this is the worst Crimson Glory reboot
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 14 September 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
Lmao. That album cover is nuts.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
You've literally come in here in the past arguing "I should be able to listen to Nazi bands if I want 'cause I'm not a Nazi and the music totally rips," and now you're rejecting a band over "conspiracy theory bullshit" without saying a word about the music...those are some pretty flexible standards you've got there.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
Thanks Gott Punch for causing me to spit take
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:33 (six years ago) link
Oh great, Godwin's riff
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:34 (six years ago) link
Well, unperson, if you are going to make up imaginary quotes (you do know what quote marks mean, right?) that misrepresent where I stand, you can go fuck yourself.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 15 September 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
is there something in that artwork that should be jumping out at me as obviously offensive, as opposed to garden variety trenchant social commentary
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Friday, 15 September 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
You mean the Reign of Vengeance cover? Did anyone call it offensive? I just called it dumb.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 15 September 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
Nice to see Sister on that 66.6 list. That's one I belatedly discovered this year. Should've been higher though.
― o. nate, Saturday, 16 September 2017 01:38 (six years ago) link
Yeah. Sister is still one of my favourite albums of recent years.
― jmm, Saturday, 16 September 2017 01:48 (six years ago) link
Oh yeah that's a great record. I still need to get into their earlier stuff, though I have been warned it's drastically different.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 16 September 2017 03:18 (six years ago) link
This new Gigan is great on first listen. Gotta be one of the funnest death metal bands you could attach "brutal" and "technical" to.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 16 September 2017 07:36 (six years ago) link
I want to apologize to unperson for snapping off there.
For the record, I made a very long post concerning what I feel and why I feel it and to have it encapsulated with a quote that wasn't a quote which inaccurately encapsulated my position was disheartening.
But I didn't need to snap like that.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 17 September 2017 21:01 (six years ago) link
Don't worry about it. Honestly, it bugs me more that you act like you don't know who I am. (My initials are PF. We talked about the Preservation Hall Jazz Band earlier today.)
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 17 September 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
Norwegian black metal weirdos Fleurety are putting out a new album on Peaceville next month.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 18 September 2017 19:24 (six years ago) link
I'm curious about that one. I love Min Tid Skal Komme.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 18 September 2017 22:44 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I don't know why I didn't get into Gigan before, since I like Vektor, but maybe this new one is a step forward. Like the previous three, recorded by Sanford Parker, mastered by my bud Collin Jordan. I hope to catch them at Cobra Lounge 9/28.
https://gigan.bandcamp.com/album/undulating-waves-of-rainbiotic-iridescence
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
I thought the upcoming Fleurety thing was a collection of the EPs they've done in the last decade
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
Oh no it is new, my mistake. And Carl-Michael Eide's on it, oh shiiiit :D
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
highly doubt it'll have anything remotely as good as the opening track of the last Virus album but we'll see
― imago, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
Well I'm not excited as such since they only made one album that was truly great and that was 22 years ago but hopefully this'll be interesting.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
One new Fleurety track is up on the Peaceville site and YT:https://youtu.be/6ri7Orp6KwEhttp://peaceville.com/bands/fleurety/(info about lineup etc at both links)
I posted it almost a month ago but looking back now I made that post in the least conspicuous way possible.
It's a very odd track, needless to say. Sounds math rocky.
― Devilock, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
I wondered if grindgaze was a thing. It is.
http://37564recordings.bandcamp.com/album/0cadavernamedamyblue0
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 21 September 2017 05:31 (six years ago) link
Hank Shteamer interviewed jazz pianist Matt Mitchell about metal and it's a pretty amazing read:
http://wbgo.org/post/heavy-metal-bebop-pianist-matt-mitchell-bonds-between-jazz-and-metal-and-his-hard-new-album#stream/0
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:07 (six years ago) link
Matt Mitchell is awesome and totally otm about Ordo Ad Chao. he's a Cardiacs fan too iirc
― Dominique, Thursday, 21 September 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
man I'm finally getting to this new Contrarian album
astral death metal in an oooold Schuldiner style is probably not what a lotta people are looking for in 2017 but I fucking LOVE it.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 21 September 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
seriously it fuckin rules. and it does these Floyd-y moves toward the end...just wonderful. Death metal bands with a Pink Floyd jones are some of the best death metal bands.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 21 September 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:33 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hoo boy thankfully i am
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 September 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:07 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Dominique, Thursday, September 21, 2017 2:28 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
thanks for turning me onto this guy
― imago, Thursday, 21 September 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
I wrote a thing for Bandcamp about Ireland's heavy underground.
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/09/21/ireland-heavy-underground-list/
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Thursday, 21 September 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
x's and p's
Love that Contrarian - feel like it's way better than the first one? It's been a minute since I heard that album.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 21 September 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
I feel like I shouldn't like the Contrarian album now, for *some reason*
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 21 September 2017 23:38 (six years ago) link
Don't be an Arbitrarian
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 21 September 2017 23:42 (six years ago) link
maaaaaaaaan that new Wolves in the Throne Room
― Neanderthal, Friday, 22 September 2017 04:59 (six years ago) link
Indeed. Wish some of the songs were longer but that's a good complaint to have.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 23 September 2017 23:19 (six years ago) link
SqualusThe Great Fish...(Translation Loss Records)Release Date: 9/24/2017Formats: CD/LP/Digi
http://www.angrymetalguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Squalus-TheGreatFish1-500x500.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0z4YWEx3lv6vxm3tL7mrWehttps://squalus.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-fish
Emerging from the ashes of cult-prog group Giant Squid, Squalus' debut is an ode to all things Jaws from the name and artwork to the lyrics and samples from the classic movie. The album is surprisingly fun and unpretentious.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 24 September 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
New Akvan is really intense, a cut above the EP from last year.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 01:57 (six years ago) link
There's a new Shining (the Norwegian one) song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3La4C7yxo4
Not great.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 02:12 (six years ago) link
What happened to them? That sounds like WWE pay-per-view theme music.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 08:36 (six years ago) link
That is the worst Turbonegro song I've ever heard
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 09:39 (six years ago) link
Really trebly, cutting BM vocals and guitars, but still melodic, and the Persian music elements are more prominent and integrated well. Guy plays tar and setar.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 12:10 (six years ago) link
the last shining album was promising but seems they've doubled down on the vaguely industrial jock rock
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
this contrarian album is an enormous improvement on the last one, which i already liked! man!
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
xp sounds kinda like 'Halo' by Soil
think I must have missed an album or two of theirs if there was any previous clue they were devolving towards this point
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
anyone who's after big earnest alt-prog-metal could do plenty worse than the Caligula's Horse album
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
(on this tip, the Leprous album is also recommended)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:31 AM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
how good is it when they go full cynic on "at fate's hands"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
Man I can't believe how much worse Shining get with every album after their avant-rock phase (Grindstone and In the Kingdom of Kitsch...) I even enjoyed Blackjazz for a time until I realised its obnoxiousness outweighed any good qualities it may have.
Akvan sounds very cool though, I like idiosyncratic takes on lo-fi black metal.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
New Blut Aus Nord song available if anyone's interested
https://blutausnord.bandcamp.com/album/deus-salutis-meae
Still waiting for him to really win me over myself :/
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
Hahaha I heard a preview track from the new (not-racist) Shining and it was almost unbelievably shit! What is Munkelby *playing* at these days, my god
― imago, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
*Munkeby, haha
― imago, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
Oh it's the song posted above. Abysmal
Man I am so confused about which Shining we're even talking about anymore that I don't dare type about it and post it on ILX lest everyone make fun of me for being dumb wait why am I typing this here why am I clicking Submit Post
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 28 September 2017 03:58 (six years ago) link
This Oculus album is pretty killer
Tchornobog too
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 29 September 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
Just did a Fireball shot w Steve Asheim.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 30 September 2017 02:40 (six years ago) link
Unsane has a new album out!
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 30 September 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
Venom Inc was so dope last night. Joel Grind, Corpsegrinder, and Steve Asheim all came to the nearby bar afterwards. Corpsegrinder was geeking out to Mercyful Fate, growling along to Deicide's "Deicide", and he was showing us pics of other metal musicians he took pics with. super nice dude.
Goatwhore boring again. idk why so many people go out just to see them - they're a fairly blah live band.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 30 September 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
they used to be ferocious in the mid 00s. idk if i have told this story before but about ten years ago my buddy and i had a practice space across the hall from theirs. they practiced at full volume with their fancy pro gear, easily overwhelming any soundproofing--and they practiced in full regalia, spiked wristbands and all.
― adam, Sunday, 1 October 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
I like them fine on disc. and Falghoust really gets into the live show. just live never clicks for me.
Venom Inc killed again last night. so did Toxic Holocaust for that matter.
I got accidentally throat punched in the pit. so moshing was immediately over at that point.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 2 October 2017 02:30 (six years ago) link
Dunno how many people follow Evil Spirit in here but they put a new track from their forthcoming (December) album up and it's... weird.
http://evilspirit.bandcamp.com/album/the-imageless-mirror
Clean vocals, strings, horns that sound vaguely drunken, drifting guitar leads... it's different.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 2 October 2017 04:51 (six years ago) link
Also the new Kadavar fairly WHOMPS
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 2 October 2017 04:53 (six years ago) link
I love Kadavar but was disappointed by the end of the album (Serge Gainsbourg style spoken word French, really?) and an unnecessary cover of "Helter Skelter." But it does start out good n heavy.
Dreadnought from Denver are an interesting mix of avant prog, psych and black metal, out Fri.https://dreadnoughtdenver.bandcamp.com/album/a-wake-in-sacred-waves
Spirit Adrift is one of my recent epic doom faves from Arizona, on 20 Buck Spin label with Magic Circle and Khemmis, also out Fri. Excited for this.http://listen.20buckspin.com/album/curse-of-conception
Also looking forward to the latest from Sweden's Sorcerer on Oct 20. Everyone will be freaking over Bell Witch, but this shouldn't be overlooked.https://sorcererdoom.bandcamp.com/album/the-crowning-of-the-fire-king
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 2 October 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
yeah the Helter Skelter cover is unnecessary but I guess technically a bonus track...
Going to have to check out all three of those links, I really like Spirit Adrift.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 2 October 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
Gene Hoglan is the guest drummer on Late Night with Seth Meyers this week. Sadly their milktoast band will probably not cover We Have Arrived.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 08:00 (six years ago) link
Milktoast is sad to hear about a band with Eli Janney and Marnie Stern, both of more interesting backgrounds. (We don't get the Myers show on TV over here, I've never heard them in this incarnation.)
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 10:52 (six years ago) link
Unsane has a new album out!― ArchCarrier,
― ArchCarrier,
and its great too!!! They are the one band who has reformed and kept releasing brilliant album after brilliant album.
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
Clouds Taste Satanic have a new album coming out on Halloween. Preorders of digital and limited CD are up on their Bandcamp, as is the first track. It looks like they've gone back to the long-form doom of the first album; The Glitter of Infinite Hell is four sidelong tracks on a double LP.
― airdnb (Tom Violence), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 19:59 (six years ago) link
Well I bought the new Belphegor album for some reason
Oh yeah cuz it's awesome party death metal u nerds
also the least boobs of any Belphegor album cover in years
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 11:25 (six years ago) link
I like it too. gonna see them next month cos sounds like a fun show
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 4 October 2017 16:24 (six years ago) link
yknow I love Bell Witch but the prospect of an 83-minute single track is a bit mindnumbing. surely that's one of the longest rock recordings in history given that it can't fit on any physical format?
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
Sabazius's "The Descent of Man" is still the champion at 11 hours and change. Earache released it on a flash drive packaged in a pretty cool-looking plastic skull. And then posted it on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrmBnN7aQ9s
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
new WITTR is so lit, as the kids say
― alpine static, Wednesday, 4 October 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
I feel like i'm in a black metal version of The Revenant when I listen to it
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
the new Battle Dagorath is fucking amazing. put on headphones and listen to that motherfucker in the dark with nothing else going one. what a great, great album.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
New Cavalera Conspiracy song, from their album coming out in November, too late for most year-end lists (but not mine). I like this band a lot and will be buying this album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfM6DRqGsuk
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 5 October 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
I like the new Annihilator single, which is called "Twisted Lobotomy," you know, for when regular lobotomies aren't twisted enough
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 5 October 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
High potency death/doom on Dark Descent, Spectral Voice, out of Colorado:https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/eroded-corridors-of-unbeing
― Dominique, Thursday, 12 October 2017 14:08 (six years ago) link
If anyone has 100 minutes to spare here's some progressive funeral doom from earlier in the year:
https://vindemiatrix.bandcamp.com/album/palimpsests
I don't like the clean singing much apart from the more choral-sounding bits, but apart from that it's extremely rare for funeral doom to hold my interest so this is pretty damn good.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 12 October 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
those are my kind of clean vocals, thank you
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 October 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
god yeah this is really excellent
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 October 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
Anyone listen to this German black metal band Der Weg Einer Freiheit? Their new album Finisterre is pretty great.
https://derwegeinerfreiheit.bandcamp.com/album/finisterre
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 12 October 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
loads of people have been raving about that album
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Thursday, 12 October 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link
They're a great band.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 12 October 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
Just noticed Satyricon are on tour, apparently there was a new record? Any good?
― Siegbran, Thursday, 12 October 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
Oh, ok, good. I admit I haven't paid much attention to metal news lately and since there was no mention on the thread I had no idea it was well-known.
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 12 October 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
No idea if it's well known but a bunch of ppl I know on FB raved about it enough that I gave it a few listens a while back.
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Thursday, 12 October 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link
maybe i'm just in a real death/doom mood but i'm also really enjoying the spectral voice record dominique posted
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 October 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Metallica are apparently already starting work on the super deluxe ...And Justice For All and Black Album boxes. They just emailed fans to send them stuff:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DL92WDIWsAIS0xD.jpg
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 12 October 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
I checked to see if the closing track on the Enslaved album was indeed a Royksopp cover, and was not disappointed.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 13 October 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
holy shit
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 13 October 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
it's pretty good!
― adam, Friday, 13 October 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
That cover seems to have appeared previously (a couple weeks ago) on this comp:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7KhHt41OKUEpHjJ3XDc5H0
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link
For those of you who like their music dark, merging electronic elements with the organic and cathartic, you could do worse than the new Kainskult by Trepaneringsritualen album that came out a couple weeks ago.
I still cannot pronounce the band's name however.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 14 October 2017 13:11 (six years ago) link
Spectral Voice record is definitely on my list right now.
Also there's a new Gloam EP coming out and Blood Harvest is reissuing their excellently titled Hex of Nine Heads album on CD. Blackened doom with great guitars, kinda unique sound.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 14 October 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
new Tetragrammacide album is completely bananas blackened death noise. I posted the cover art in one of the rolling threads a while back cos I thought it was rad and the music is every bit as good, top 5 metal album of the year for me I reckon
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 14 October 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
Decapitated's guitarist and drummer have been officially charged with rape and kidnapping. The singer and bassist will have their first court appearance on Thursday. The band has released a statement:
An update – following extradition from California to Washington, the band has now been charged. We’d like to emphasise; the Spokane Police Department has pressed charges as procedural formality, without doing so, they would be forced to release band – this is not a conviction or any indication of guilt or innocence. Once again, we ask that everyone wait for each party’s case to be presented and await the court’s decision. With that said, whilst cases are being prepared on both sides, some facts are indisputable at this point – that the original officer who took the complaint from the accuser stated, "I do not have probable cause that a rape occurred”, and it’s taken a full 30 days to file charges, which is right up against the point at which the defendants would legally have had to be released.The band firmly refutes the allegations and are confident that once the facts and evidence have been seen and heard, they will be released and able to return home.Individuals who were present on the night in question with information about the case are asked to reach out to the defense lawyer, Steve Graham of Spokane, Washington.
The band firmly refutes the allegations and are confident that once the facts and evidence have been seen and heard, they will be released and able to return home.
Individuals who were present on the night in question with information about the case are asked to reach out to the defense lawyer, Steve Graham of Spokane, Washington.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 14 October 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
"we'd like you to wait for each party's case before deciding, however here's why you should think we're innocent"
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Sunday, 15 October 2017 02:35 (six years ago) link
― Dinsdale, Thursday, October 12, 2017 3:03 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I didn't know em and thanking u for sharing holy shit
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Sunday, 15 October 2017 02:59 (six years ago) link
Cannibal Corpse's new album comes out November 3. They went back to working with Erik Rutan, and it sounds amazing. Favorite song titles this time around: "Remaimed," "Heads Shoveled Off," "Scavenger Consuming Death," "Destroyed Without A Trace," "Firestorm Vengeance."
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
hell yes
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
I initially thought this Swedish band had a guy with high range, but it's a woman, the bad ass Sofie-Lee Johansson. Lyrical themes: "Freedom, supernatural vengeance." \../
https://listenable-records.bandcamp.com/album/exterminator
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 19 October 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
that rocks
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 October 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
sweet
― jmm, Thursday, 19 October 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
The Antiversum album is out now. An immense-sounding death/doom hybrid, reminds me a bit of the excellent Mare Infinitum album from a couple of years ago:
https://invictusproductions666.bandcamp.com/album/cosmos-comedenti
― o. nate, Friday, 20 October 2017 00:58 (six years ago) link
ah the magic words "reminds me a bit of the excellent mare infinitum album from a couple of years ago"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 20 October 2017 01:28 (six years ago) link
I threw it on the other day and enjoyed it, although I was admittedly happy to have my mind numbed at the time.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 20 October 2017 02:26 (six years ago) link
(And by "threw it on", I mean "pressed play on Soundcloud" since it can't actually fit on any physical format.)
Proto-metal Pentagram/Sab worship, but it scratches ALL my itches right now (I'm listening to promo, out Nov 3) - https://highreeper.bandcamp.com/album/high-reeper
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 20 October 2017 04:18 (six years ago) link
https://doomcharts.com/2017/10/19/high-reeper-preview-giveaway/
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 20 October 2017 04:30 (six years ago) link
New Yellow Eyes album is very much business as usual for them, but the last track Jubilat is fucking amazing
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 20 October 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
Beginning to see mentions that Martin Ain of Celtic Frost has passed away. Goddammit.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 22 October 2017 11:27 (six years ago) link
man. there goes a guy who played on records that changed music for me forever.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 22 October 2017 12:03 (six years ago) link
I know. I was just remembering teenage me plonking out the bassline to "Return to the Eve" over and over along with the tape. Not to mention the completely shit band I was in that only had two songs, one of which was "Dawn of Megiddo" stretched out as long as we could stand to play it.
RIP.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 22 October 2017 12:04 (six years ago) link
first song I heard by them was "The Usurper" off Tragic Serenades. Will never forget hearing that riff and laughing, like, what the fuck is going on here? They opened with it when I saw them two years later and man oh man oh man.
RIP indeed.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 22 October 2017 12:06 (six years ago) link
oh fuck :( RIP
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Sunday, 22 October 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
this sucks
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, 22 October 2017 14:33 (six years ago) link
it's like...when I talk about Celtic Frost, I sound, to myself, like a fuckin boomer goin off about the Beatles or whatever. I couldn't explain to my friends what was great about it, they were all "Tom G. Warrior? lol w/e Joanie" but I was like "idk this is pretty incredible." like the Birthday Party in that respect - singular, very off-putting to plenty of people but transformational to those of us who locked in to the groove. so weird but so right. no other band scratching the same itch at ALL for me -- the heaviness of the riffs, the out-of-nowhere shit like the operatic vocal drop-ins...it was all a long time ago. Monotheist is great of course but that early run, when it felt like two guys and a huge idea they were wrangling and just on the verge of losing control of it...very little like that in music, to have watched a band like that grow and become what they became.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 22 October 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
Amenra - Mass VI is out on Neurot in two different versions: one mixed by Billy Anderson and mastered by Justin Weis and the second one mixed+mastered by Jack Shirleyhttps://www.neurotrecordings.com/news/amenra-mass-vi-out-now
― StanM, Monday, 23 October 2017 14:49 (six years ago) link
My mind is somewhat blown to find out Martin Ain was 17 when they recorded Morbid Tales (and 16 when he joined Hellhammer).
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 23 October 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
I wrote about Martin Ain for Stereogum.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
excellent article, Phil.
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
i take it you know it says Marvin Ain btw? I know it's not your fault
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
"It's Marvin... your cousin Marvin Ain."
― jmm, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
I could have sworn I found out about this album in this thread but it doesn't appear to be the case. Atmospheric black metal from a mysterious French dude.
Esoctrilihum - Mystic Echo From A Funeral Dimension
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
I emailed the editor and he fixed it.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
Co-signing: great article, Phil.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 08:32 (six years ago) link
Tom writes about Martin
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 26 October 2017 12:12 (six years ago) link
Such a moving and wonderful piece.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 October 2017 12:22 (six years ago) link
Just got a promo of an industrial-ish black metal album that includes a cover of NON's "Total War." Subtle messaging there, dudes.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
Weird Krallicey black metal!
https://blattaria.bandcamp.com/album/blattaria
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 26 October 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
If you like glossy gothic-symphonic pop-metal, the whole Metalite album is finally out!
https://open.spotify.com/album/4TQm0qnmv06YHZK6XUuWPK
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 27 October 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
And if you don't, https://open.spotify.com/album/3BrfgSK2ajxuGn46V1qWyn
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 27 October 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
Anyone know who the publicist is for Botanist?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 27 October 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
OMG this Metalite album is masterful.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 27 October 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:47 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
listened to that and thought that track was the only musically interesting thing on it tbh
while I would on balance prefer it if no-one covered or endorsed Boyd Rice, I haven't generally found it to be true that people who enjoy his music are trying to say they're fascists in coded terms
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Friday, 27 October 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
It was Stephanie Marlow back in 2013, when I emailed Otrebor myself. The Botanist website still lists his website for contact so I'd flow him a message and he'll send you the right way.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Friday, 27 October 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
Bruce Dickinson's autobiography is out next week. He narrates the audiobook version himself.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 27 October 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
Progenie Terrestre Pura by oltreLuna, on Avantegarde, is a major work meriting close listens. just wonderful.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 28 October 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
artist/album reversed there I think?
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 October 2017 12:33 (six years ago) link
yep, oltreLuna is the album
― StanM, Saturday, 28 October 2017 12:39 (six years ago) link
new Exhumed is a lot of fun, concept album about the Burke and Hare murders w/ actual orchestral interludes lolol....but musically it's more in the vein of their last album, not mere Carcass worship anymore, there's melody and actual songwriting going on (not that I dislike old Exhumed)...
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Saturday, 28 October 2017 13:37 (six years ago) link
Never got around to this Progenie Terrestre Pura album but I liked the first one. Will have to dive in
― imago, Saturday, 28 October 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
The new Primal Fear best-of includes a cover of Heart's "If Looks Could Kill," a song whose lyrics don't benefit from gender-flipping, to put it mildly.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 28 October 2017 14:11 (six years ago) link
I'm already struggling to keep up with my exploration of older, canonical material so I've barely heard anything from this year. Yet I'm curious to hear your thoughts on sites like Angry Metal Guy or Metal Injection. What are their biases? Are they at all 'trustworthy'?
Subjective questions bound to elicit subjective answers, to be sure…
― pomenitul, Saturday, 28 October 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
Despite some slightly annoying quirks, I've found some great, great albums through AMG that I would not have otherwise, and I'm constantly impressed by just how many reviews they crank out.
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 October 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
Speaking of which, I'm not normally a power metal guy but man are Galneryus a blast.
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 October 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
I don't get much in the way of recommendations from AMG, but I find all but one of their reviewers bar one quite entertaining so I read it fairly often. They're quite harsh scorers, when in doubt they round down; what I *do* find annoying is their obsession about production/mixing, they often have valid criticisms but anything remotely raw or sub-professional gets shat on.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 28 October 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
yeah that's my primary beef, perfectly fine-sounding albums get docked for having a DR5 or whatever.
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 October 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
I like AMG but tbh I rarely discover albums through reviews these days, I'm more prone to following links to premieres or tooling around the Bandcamp pages of labels and bands I like.
Listening to Dodsengel - Interequinox. Pretty good, slightly weird black metal that sounds like they probably slip some creeping death rock influences in. Vocals are nuts.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 29 October 2017 11:06 (six years ago) link
Okay as it goes on it just gets weirder and weirder. There's a song that sounds like Garden of Worm (Finnish doom band, not the KC song) with meandering slide guitar and female vocals.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 29 October 2017 11:29 (six years ago) link
I've been revisiting The Crown on Spotify. Man, some of those albums really fucking rip.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 29 October 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
I liked the one that had "13" in the title (forget its name).
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Monday, 30 October 2017 03:16 (six years ago) link
Been listening to Mirror Reaper by Bell Witch this morning, which is a single track, 83-minutes long.I just checked on my player figuring I must be almost all the way through... I'm only 28 minutes in! So apparently funeral doom has the ability to warp time.
― enochroot, Monday, 30 October 2017 12:12 (six years ago) link
I'm intrigued enough by the 2 free sampler tracks from this album that I think I'll take the plunge and buy it:
https://invictusproductions666.bandcamp.com/album/nordkarpatenland
― o. nate, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 00:48 (six years ago) link
New Godflesh song is good, if unsurprising (reminds me of their Pure/Selfless-era work):
https://godflesh1.bandcamp.com/track/post-self-single
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
There's also a new Attila song. If you're down with the Devil, say hell yeah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVC7f59ibI8
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link
fp
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
Hell is Here and Deathrace King are my go-to albums for Swedish velocity (well, Defleshed too). "Rebel Angel" is so obnoxious with the repetitive lyrics but it has one of the greatest riff sequences ever.
I've been on a bit of a late 90s/early 00s kick lately (meaning the last 17 years) and those first two post Crown of Thorns discs are so perfectly of their time.
― Devilock, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link
― Devilock, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 00:19 (six years ago) link
Amenra's release show in AB Brussels, yesterday, is on youtube and it's... VERY intense (they already had their singer suspended on hooks in his arms live on stage during the last track of their 23.10 live DVD (also on youtube) but this was WAY more visible and in your face, with weights hanging on hooks that were put in his front and back in full view) - I'm not really sure I need to see that to believe the music is intense/cathartic :-/
― StanM, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
Five Finger Death Punch have a best-of coming out in December with two new songs. The first of those, "Trouble," is pretty bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buDl_QY640k
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
what next, I ask, what next #gutter
― imago, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
I don't/can't keep up with much new metal but christ the new Bell Witch is magnificent.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
This a fun Halloween release. Some of the spoken word parts remind me of The Residents!
https://acid-witch-detroit.bandcamp.com/album/evil-sound-screamers
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 2 November 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
the new Lustre album is out (this is somehow classified as metal)https://lustre.bandcamp.com/
― StanM, Friday, 3 November 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
I don't even... what is that? It's like Vangelis-gaze.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 4 November 2017 07:17 (six years ago) link
it's "atmospheric black metal/ambient" :https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Lustre/3540266973
― StanM, Saturday, 4 November 2017 08:26 (six years ago) link
(I like all his stuff a lot, but I'm perplexed by the label)
― StanM, Saturday, 4 November 2017 08:38 (six years ago) link
this is where he started out, I guess the label stuck and the guitar/screams just went away over the years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9GvebVOP4k
― StanM, Saturday, 4 November 2017 08:51 (six years ago) link
Lustre is great!
― Siegbran, Saturday, 4 November 2017 09:17 (six years ago) link
If you like diseased doomy death, Serpentrance
http://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-besieged-sanctum
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 5 November 2017 10:13 (six years ago) link
Chepang - vicious Nepalese grindcore with two drummers and two vocalists, one guitarist. I'm pretty picky about grind these days but this one singed my ear hair.
http://nervealtar.bandcamp.com/album/dadhelo
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 6 November 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Aussie blackened hardcore with lots of diverse textural ("gaze"-y I guess) things happening, some "Nothingface" style weird melodic ideas, noisy one second and beautiful the next.
http://slowlybuildingweapons.bandcamp.com/album/sunbirds-2
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 13:12 (six years ago) link
Cavalera Conspiracy are doing their part to maintain 2017's status as The Year Old Metal Dudes Kicked Everybody Else's Ass. The new album (out 11/17) crushes - and does so in a totally different way from their last album. Max still has the fire.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
I'm on a big Fuck the Facts kick right now. Great band, hope they do more stuff soon.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 8 November 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
new Thantifaxath EP 11/24https://www.discogs.com/Thantifaxath-Void-Masquerading-As-Matter/release/11112614
― Dominique, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
yesss
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
― imago, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 22:57 (six years ago) link
last track is apparently a piece for choir!
relistening to 'self devouring womb'. jesus christ this is going to be metal aoty isn't it
― imago, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 22:58 (six years ago) link
We doing a poll this year?
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 9 November 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
I'd get in on it
― Simon H., Thursday, 9 November 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
co-workers just hipped me eo Eefiomorfia's "Mortal Lacuna" – 21-min track of nearly-actionable DSO worship wich I kinda lukewarmly RIYL that sorta thing**loses points with me by not breaking up into tracks, which seems a bit of an arbitrary decision here
https://play.google.com/music/listen#/album/Bhcnz6v64tmnnffiqu3gyblvjia/Eeviomorfia/Mortal+Lacuna
― summervillain, Friday, 10 November 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
flamenco death metal: https://impureza.bandcamp.com/
into it
― adam, Friday, 10 November 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
I'm late to this but the Yellow Eyes album is sick
― Simon H., Friday, 10 November 2017 16:24 (six years ago) link
We doing a poll this year?― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ),
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ),
I don't know. It gets harder each year to get posters from this thread to vote.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 10 November 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
:C
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 10 November 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
If I hold it after Xmas people complain they're already burnt out on making their lists so don't do it. If I hold it before Xmas they still don't.
haha
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 10 November 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
there's a chance the new Cleric will be out soon so let's just hold our horses for now
― imago, Friday, 10 November 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
If I run it, I think we will do it in January. we dont need to do it before the big poll.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 10 November 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
Anyone else have any feelings on the new Ayat disc Carry On, Carrio (Moribund)? It comes out on 11/24 but I am sure others here have the digital promo if I got it.
I think it's really unique in a modern black metal band incorporates Motorhead not unlike Impaled Nazarene but with an Into The Pandemonium avant garde feeling. That experimentalism doesn't often calm the unrelenting wall of hate. However their on-again, off-again anti-Islam shtick (based on their Bandcamp page for the new release which unambiguously states "AYAT are staunchly anti-Muslim," it's on again) is off-putting. One outlet I write for rejected a review at least in part because of this and also because who knows if they are really from Lebanon (after the Janaza thing a while back that's not paranoia either).
If they are from Lebanon, being anti-Muslim would be like other bands in Christian-dominated locations being against Christianity, a metal band rebelling against the dominant religious culture where they are from. Of course if they're not, it seems like a sneaky way to sneak in anti-Islamic sentiments that some find reprehensible and make them seem more palatable.
The record is interesting and heavy but I understand why some might not want to go out on a limb to rep for them. Not sure I would be comfortable doing so since I don't have a lyric jacket and who knows what singer Members Reverend Filthy Fuck (ahem) is singing in charged song titles such as "Raw War (Beirut unveils her pussy once more)," and "Closure is boring?"
Anyone else have an opinion?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 13 November 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
It's finally here!
https://clericmimicry.bandcamp.com/
GET EXCITED PEOPLE
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 13 November 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link
aaaah
― imago, Monday, 13 November 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link
Oh the new Godflesh is quite lovely...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
https://sumac.bandcamp.com/album/american-dollar-bill-keep-facing-sideways-youre-too-hideous-to-look-at-face-on
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 01:08 (six years ago) link
Regarding anti-Islamic black metal yes I think the context is a lot different if the band/artist themselves are from the middle east rather than, say, someone like Amalie Brun having "concerns" about Muslims in Europe. After all these people usually face prison or worse if caught playing that stuff and take great care to hide their identities. I'm mostly thinking of acts like Al-Namrood and Abu Lahab, I don't know much about Ayat though.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 14:49 (six years ago) link
lmao at the Sumac/Haino tracklist
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
Love the simple addition of "Pt. 2" after that long ass Haino title :D
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
seandalai prefers metal poll early before xmas as A) he wants to enjoy his xmas and b) after xmas is when he does big poll etc.
So it may be that it's we do it so it rolls out before xmas or not at all but when would be the best time for ALL of you? before or after xmas.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
How could we improve the poll and get more participation?Does anyone feel the poll has gone stale? Lots of people who used to take part dont now.
Would you all be more likely to vote if it was a bit fresher with somebody new running it? I've no problem handing it over if it will help the poll.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
how many voters did we get last time?
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
cant remember but it seemed to be mainly lurkers! its gone down ever year though and lots of posters on this thread, who the poll is for, have either lost interest in metal or at least voting in the poll so I assume it's gone a bit stale for them somewhere and I'm wondering what we could do to get more participation.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
the #1 got 33 votes so I'm assuming at least 40 - that seems like plenty to me.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
alas I cannot offer a prize this year
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 21:10 (six years ago) link
we get voters but a fair amount never seem to post on any of the poll threads. It's odd.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
maybe the artist polls are skewing my thoughts but it has felt that ilx in general is older and less into new music, this thread suggests otherwise because it's mainly about new albums , so maybe people are just tired of lists and polls?
if there's anything we can do to improve the poll please say
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 21:20 (six years ago) link
I don't have any bright ideas for more participation but you do a great job Odysseus and I don't see how it could be improved by someone else taking over.
I'm as bad as anyone but there never seems to be much discussion about music anywhere on ilm these days unless someone's done something shitty and/or criminal, or if people are talking about something from The Real Music Canon for billionth time.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
I had a rad time with the poll last year and I expect to again this year, even if turnout drops a bit again
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 21:38 (six years ago) link
I'm as bad as anyone but there never seems to be much discussion about music anywhere on ilm these days unless someone's done something shitty and/or criminal,
that is about the tenth time I've heard that POV the past few weeks.
I think we are all getting old and getting into other things?
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
I really love the polls and count me in for a ballot, but I don’t have time to post as much on the rollout threads as I’d like to.
That said, 2017 is an exceptionally weak year in metal so far for me. I’ve listened to a lot of albums with good reviews from various sources but almost nothing has stood out. All the usual channels are failing me, I’m very annoyed.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
How could we improve the poll and get more participation?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
I always think it's been a weak year till the campaigning thread starts going
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:15 (six years ago) link
I have no idea who the frontrunners even are this year.
I’m sure Converge and Chelsea Wolfe will be contenders. Enslaved, Ruins of Beverast, Pallbearer and Wolves In The Throne Room too.
I’m rarely in touch with the ILM consensus but I like the poll all the same.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
I just found out that shredding post-punk/punk/indie rockers Screaming Females will be touring with Thou. Also on the bill HIRS whose Facebook page says "LGBTQIA, anti-authoritarian, bullshit thrash with PUNK ethics. NO GODS//NO COPS//NO BROS."
This is a perplexing yet awesome bill! However I worried that Thou might attract some of the more mookish metal dudes and that they may not be as respectful to the other bands as they should.
Mind you, I really don't care if some assholes who deserves it gets their asses kicked. But I really hate to think about a tour where fellow metal fans make the rest of us look like intolerant assholes by association.
This Facebook post and response was how I found out about the tour:
http://scontent.fphl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23517714_10159617321130597_7700053452464390942_n.jpg?oh=2a4cd8f9118d28cd36c26b11cc763f47&oe=5AAFB631
I know, small sample size. Do I have a reason to be worried here or am I a little paranoid?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
don't know yet but I would happily attend that tour tbh
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:30 (six years ago) link
Wait until the year ends so we can spend a little quality time with December releases.― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative),
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative),
we usually have to run it by xmas because of seandalai.Would people still be up for participating if we have the rollout in february after the main poll, that seandalai has to do as well as this?
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
otherwise if we start in january we might only have 1 week for noms and 1 week for voting so we can fit it in before the big poll. Im not sure if johnny fever will delay that poll a week to accommodate us
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
Thou was nice enough to allay my fears on Twitter...
http://scontent.fphl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23519090_10159617410845597_7603188348204271647_n.jpg?oh=24b5150956851a975314ab7716a6a8f7&oe=5AAD212E
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
I volunteer to help run the poll if it will help our timing issues
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:57 (six years ago) link
Ideally we would wait till after year's end and have at least three weeks for voting and campaigning
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
take over completely or do the tabulating with a fancy program that Glenn did and seandalai does since?
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 00:02 (six years ago) link
if there's a program to make it easier that would be nice lol
― Simon H., Wednesday, 15 November 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
I would have zero problems tabulating it although with my schedule only Monday is ever free.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
it's seandalai's own program and he often stays up and does tabulation when the poll finishes so we can start the results right away.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 00:05 (six years ago) link
I look forward to the poll all year. Whenever you want to hold it is fine by me.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 02:13 (six years ago) link
all Neanderthals purged from metal
:((((((
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 02:53 (six years ago) link
lmao
― Simon H., Wednesday, 15 November 2017 03:48 (six years ago) link
seandalai says it's ok to hold it after xmas if that's what you guys want. If you want a 3 week voting period however we would need to hold the run out after big poll. But im fine with that if that's what people want.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 12:36 (six years ago) link
All Cro-Magnons purged from metal
except the Cro-Mags
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
I hardly go to shows anymore but Thou/Screaming Females is definitely a cool idea I would be more likely to see than Thou/other sludge band.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
Simon your offer to help out in the jjj role still open? You needn't worry about tabulation or setting up forms as seandalai takes care of that.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link
the jjj role would just be handling the rollout?
― Simon H., Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:10 (six years ago) link
and demanding photos of Spider-Man
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:13 (six years ago) link
no, the jjj role was keeping the threads top of sna by keeping chat going, enforcing the "those bands arent metal" stuff and you get to see the results when i do. (you can also do blurbs n stuff should you wish)
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
what's 'not metal' this year we wonder
― imago, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
oh there was a Dälek album haha
omg I pledge to be the laxest metal enforcer ever, please let me do that
― Simon H., Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:27 (six years ago) link
I can grab press clippings and stuff
good man. We need to be in contact tho, are you on FB?
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
yep, ILXmail me and we can link up
― Simon H., Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:51 (six years ago) link
done
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
for anyone looking for a quick way to catch up on some 2017 stuff I'm maintaining a playlist of 2017 metal I have enjoyed, currently up to 97 albums/artists (sadly, many worthy ones are not on spotify)
https://open.spotify.com/user/suckerblues/playlist/6L9VX7Ct09dRRnVb3T7VUv
― Simon H., Wednesday, 15 November 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
*93
I'm going to rep hard for Elder and Bell Witch, I liked both of those more than the Pallbearer album.
― airdnb (Tom Violence), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
I could see Elder damn near winning this thing.
― Simon H., Thursday, 16 November 2017 02:44 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVdflCH76t4
New Machine Head song. Album in late January. I don't love it but I'll probably catch them live; they're still doing the whole no-opening-band "An Evening With..." thing.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 17 November 2017 12:52 (six years ago) link
I wrote about the 20th anniversary of Metallica's Reload for Stereogum.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 17 November 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
love the fuckin new Godflesh
hitting the spot on my dreary day.
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 November 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
I reviewed that for Invisible Oranges!http://www.invisibleoranges.com/godflesh-post-self
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 18 November 2017 00:25 (six years ago) link
Holy feck the Aosoth
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 November 2017 00:41 (six years ago) link
The new Malokarpatan is as great as the teaser tracks led me to suspect. Hard-riffing dinosaur metal (similar to what Kadavar used to purvey) with Baroque instrumental interludes and bellowing Slavic vocals (fans of the Furia album will be on familiar ground here), and with a knack for the catchy riff that calls Hail Spirit Noir to mind at times.
― o. nate, Saturday, 18 November 2017 01:23 (six years ago) link
my metal ballot is gonna be hella false this year lemme tell ya
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
no one informed me there was a new paradise lost record!!!!
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
it's good iirc
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
god i love this band
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
Just enabled collaboration on this 2017 metal playlist so people can add anything that's missing - my only rules are, 1 song per artist/album, and pls don't remove anything for falseness
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
re: paradise lost, this is def the doomiest record they've ever done, which explains why it's no. 1 on the decibel list i suppose. i wish it were just sliiiightly gothier but it's still so so good
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
the decibel list is out already?!
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/11/20/spoiler-decibels-top-40-albums-2017/#.WhLnb6M3y7Q.facebook
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
yesssss @ propagandhi!!
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
boo @ no Chelsea Wolfe
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
publishing a metal eoy before thantifaxath and cleric release their records is sheer folly tbh
― imago, Monday, 20 November 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
that spirit adrift record is not my usual thing but my god it's lovely
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
the WITTR record is awfully high, it was nice enough but not a patch on their last (proper) one
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
nice to see the Oxbow in there too, great album
I guess they had to choose between Immolation and Incantation. I think they made the right choice.
In non-list news, I just discovered (by reading the CD booklet) that Dominick Fernow (aka Prurient) plays synth on 3 tracks on the new Cavalera Conspiracy album.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
PL is top 5 2017 for me and if I didn't say something about that my bad Brad
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, November 20, 2017 9:57 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's totally ok bc i had the best time listening to it just now! <3
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
Thought Elder would be on the Decibel list. I mean it's not less metal than the Ufomammut or Oxbow (and better than both IMO). Surprised by the absence of Falls of Rauros too.
― Dinsdale, Monday, 20 November 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
yeah the Falls of Rauros album is a beaut
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link
i'm back on the paradise lost record and the layering of guitars on "gods of ancient" is so exquisite aaaaah
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
Paradise Lost is incredible.
What are the other urgent and key doom and/or folk metal releases of the year? Playing a bit of catch up here.
― omar little, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
Spectral Voice is the one everyone's been going mad about, I think it's a perfectly solid death-doom album hype but I don't really get the hype.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
in terms of stuff with folky elements I love Lör's In Forgotten Sleep (it's not at all doomy, though)
https://halloflor.bandcamp.com/album/in-forgotten-sleep
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
xp There's also a quite overlooked album by a band called Vin de Mia Trix (I mentioned it upthread) which is loooong but really very good.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
Regarding folksy stuff the latest Botanist album is one of my fave albums of the year in any genre, and I heard this EP recently:
https://arstidirlifsins.bandcamp.com/album/heljarkvi-a
and thought it was pretty dece. Oh and Enslaved dribbled something out a while back idk.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
That first Paradise Lost album was one of my falling asleep records for years. Gave me some weird dreams. Good to hear they've returned to that sound.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 20 November 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
good year for melodic prog-metal for anyone looking for stuff that's on the less-brootal side
AnathemaCaligula's HorseLeprousSoen
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
man put this new godflesh on in the club
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
everything I'm hearing about it is that it slays utterly
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:32 (six years ago) link
i'm halfway through and yep
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:36 (six years ago) link
it's fucking fantastic. NYCNative's review is pretty spot-on. the song "Be God" is massiiiiiiiive.
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:41 (six years ago) link
just got to the end of the godflesh, pretty sure the last track is cursed. fucking awesome album
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 02:00 (six years ago) link
it's just the right length too, which is not always/often the case with Broadrick things
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 04:52 (six years ago) link
occvlta?
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 07:58 (six years ago) link
i regret never getting around to listening to the new immolation
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
More new Krallice! https://krallice.bandcamp.com/album/go-be-forgotten
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
jfkrallice
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
Regarding folksy stuff the latest Botanist album is one of my fave albums of the year in any genre, and I heard this EP recently:https://arstidirlifsins.bandcamp.com/album/heljarkvi-a
Really liked this on first listen (although I can't pronounce anything about it), esp string coda to track 2. Botanist obv great.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
first track on the new krallice wasn't doing much for me but the second track is overwhelming
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
yeah this is phenomenal. what a good and bizarre band
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
what, they're just doing band things, making records, playing shows, rocking out
― j., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
so far I like this much better than Loum
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
― Simon H.
That's a pretty good batch! Along more prog pop lines there's KOYO and Gold Key, and psych prog there's Kairon; IRSE!, Ghost Against Ghost, Kabbalah, Atavismo, Himmellegeme, Amplifier, The Dials, and most likely my album of the year, Motorpsycho.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
the Kairon; IRSE will be high on my list for sure
― Simon H., Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
and of course I will be big-upping my False Metal pick of the year, Disperse's Foreword
― Simon H., Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link
what's false about it Simon? (i like false metal)
― alpine static, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
to quote myself from back in March or whatever
it sounds like someone went into the 1975's studio when they were off on spliff breaks and tried to make prog-metal using their setup
― Simon H., Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
Thanks! I shall hear this album today.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
new Tribulation song/video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvJQGOFltSk
― Simon H., Thursday, 23 November 2017 01:37 (six years ago) link
I am not overwhelmed by that new Tribulation.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 23 November 2017 13:45 (six years ago) link
@Brad any good metalcore-y stuff this year? I wasn't that struck by this year's August Burns Red, though I am enjoying this Ghost Key album I discovered completely by accident while looking for something else
― Simon H., Thursday, 23 November 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
i didn’t engage much beyond being bored by the abr
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 November 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
thought the previous two Cavalera Conspiracies were pleasant if not memorable, this third one is actually much better in my eyes.
enjoying it a lot.
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
ok the voiceover in the last track is ridiculous
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
apparently Prurient plays synth on this album which even though I like the guy I have a hard time imagining to be a hugely necessary teamup
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 23 November 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
Dawn Ray'd alb is good black metal w/ violin. though sometimes the moments where it appear seem tacked on rather than organic
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 November 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
speaking of good black metal,
― imago, Friday, 24 November 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
rip imago swallowed by the voiid ov darkness
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/void-masquerading-as-matter
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 24 November 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
Dawn Ray'd disappointed me because I'm ready for some angry lefty bm but it didn't grab me much.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 24 November 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
what do you non-journalists use to keep up with upcoming metal releases? I used Lambgoat's release calendar for the longest time, but something is seriously fucked with it lately. it didn't have the Cannibal Corpse release date, it didn't have In Flames, didn't have Taake, didn't have Exhumed....
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 November 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
I follow this guy/organization on Bandcamp, and find him/they add/buy/review a thorough enough chunk of new releases to stay on top of things enough (at least as a non-cvlt outside observer) :https://bandcamp.com/metalbandcamp
― Rad Macca (Craig D.), Friday, 24 November 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
I regularly read Invisible Oranges and No Clean Singing, the latter is a bit uncritical and hyperbolic about some fairly ordinary stuff but both are good for finding new releases.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 24 November 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
rateyourmusic charts, this thread and idk following the white rabbit of stuff i already like
― imago, Friday, 24 November 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
Guys. If you love Immolation. And you love Atonement...see them open gor Mayhem. Holy shit.
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 November 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
Been thinking about it. They're playing NYC next Saturday.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 25 November 2017 02:42 (six years ago) link
Seen em 4x and this was the best one by far
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 November 2017 02:44 (six years ago) link
Technically 2018 but Portal have a new song out:
https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/ion
It sounds like Portal!
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 25 November 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
amazing
― Simon H., Saturday, 25 November 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
it certainly sounds like portal
― imago, Saturday, 25 November 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
i wish my reaction to portal was stronger than 'this is impressive i guess'
bet they're incredible live mind
Yup. Very cool live.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 25 November 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
That song didn't blow me away but I'm about ready for something new from them.
Also I've been listening to this, slightly weird black/death w/fretless bass and impressive drumming. I almost gave it a miss because of the crappy band name but it's good:
https://corpsegarden.bandcamp.com/album/iao-269
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 25 November 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
Ever considered getting a 'produced by Colin Marston' tattoo? ;)
Will give this a right good listen
― imago, Saturday, 25 November 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
Oh my, getting J*** G*** vibes off this
― imago, Saturday, 25 November 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link
or maybe it's just amazing
but SO amazing. oh my days
― imago, Saturday, 25 November 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
The Elevenfold Vibration: jaw -> floor
guys. guys, you all need to hear this. metal album of the year (for a week at least)
― imago, Saturday, 25 November 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
Yeah I like it a lot more than I came across, I'm not great a hype man. I'm really glad all this great avant-metal stuff's coming up at the end of the year but Cleric I reckon will top them all. And yes lol Colin Marston is E V E R Y W H E R E
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 25 November 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
I'm amusing myself pretending imago's asterisk post is supposed to read Jim Goad vibe
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 26 November 2017 02:46 (six years ago) link
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― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, November 23, 2017 9:28 AM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
to belatedly answer my own question, the best metalcorey thing I've heard this year (non-Converge division) is the Code Orange record, which was an impressive step forward
― Simon H., Monday, 27 November 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
oh yeah i forgot to check that out, that band RIPS
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 27 November 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
An excerpt from the best press release I've read in a while:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPz78W-U8AA7eqv.jpg
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
Let the black wings of Omega be ferociously and perniciously uploaded to Spotify, this Night or some other Night soon, please.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
new jess and the ancient ones and morbid angel records came out friday. not sure where the morbid angel is gonna find them, given the last one, but i'll still get around to it
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 December 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
i am finally getting around to the new cannibal corpse and my god this rocks
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 December 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
HEADS! SHOVELED! OFF!
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 December 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
ok the combo of rutan production + azagthoth writing extremely nasty oblong gateways-esque riffs = i think the new morbid angel is going to be worth spending a lot of time with
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
In addition to the actual new Morbid Angel album, there's something on Spotify called Complete Acid Terror, which I think might be demos or something - it's seven instrumentals with a drum machine.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6zuftX4cS6TSq516EffNIa
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
"the pillars crumbling" -> "for no master" is so sweet
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
what's the icd-10 code for Gnosis of Pleroma?
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Saturday, 2 December 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
riyl: machine learning; Krallice
(glenn?)
https://theoutline.com/post/2556/this-frostbitten-black-metal-album-was-created-by-an-artificial-intelligence
― summervillain, Saturday, 2 December 2017 23:05 (six years ago) link
aaah hahaha thank you for this
― imago, Sunday, 3 December 2017 01:05 (six years ago) link
Man the "Deep the Beatles" thing by those same dudes is pretty freaky.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 3 December 2017 09:46 (six years ago) link
all it needs is spiderman and pregnant elsa
― imago, Sunday, 3 December 2017 09:52 (six years ago) link
lol
and... probably going to buy the new Morbid Angel tomorrow
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 3 December 2017 11:17 (six years ago) link
The AI Krallice thing is maddening because I recognise all the elements but it doesn't go in the direction I'm used to. Apart from that well done computer? It still manages to be less weird and robotic than Glyptoglossio!
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 3 December 2017 13:37 (six years ago) link
I'd prefer to hear it after the entire history of metal has been uploaded to the network, and the parameters set to 'go on, impress me'
― imago, Sunday, 3 December 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
not until you have listened to metal before 1999!
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Sunday, 3 December 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
― imago, Sunday, December 3, 2017 9:52 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
loool.. it's... not bad?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 3 December 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
Simon h has started taking noms ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll 2017: NOMINATIONS thread - open till Dec. 19th!
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
Finally listening to the new Azonic & loving it, so thanks to unperson
― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
http://www.metalinjection.net/av/full-album-stream/stream-clerics-sprawling-avant-garde-metal-masterpiece-retrocausal
aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
― imago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
Cleric guitarist Matt Hollenberg is the interview subject on the next Burning Ambulance podcast, which comes out Friday. We talk about Cleric, John Frum, his work in Zorn's Simulacrum band, and lots of other stuff.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 7 December 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
cool, will tune in :)
the album is great, obviously, and as close to straight-up jazz as any metal album I've heard - hopefully you'd say good jazz at that
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link
this is getting even better on a subsequent listen
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 12:41 (six years ago) link
Cleric delivers.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
Very excited for this. Regressions clicked with me a awhile back and I finally got to see them about a year ago with Dysrhythmia (Colin band) and they delivered then too. Matt Hollenberg is unreal. Whole band is awesome, can't wait to check this one out.
― gman59, Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
Enjoying the podcast! My main takeaway so far is that I need to hear Simulacrum
― imago, Friday, 8 December 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
Just played through Retrocasual. It's fucking awesome. Lots of great moments all over this album but "Grey Lodge" is the big standout for me. It's insane.
― gman59, Sunday, 10 December 2017 03:45 (six years ago) link
New Chaos Echoes album in February! I loved Transient, so I am extremely excited about this.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nevermore-and-sanctuary-singer-warrel-dane-dies-of-heart-attack-in-brazil/
― Devilock, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
NO!
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
dammit fuck
Listening to The Year of the Voyager now.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
Scroll down for my metal lists: http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-17/#breakdown
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
Man there's so much interesting stuff on those lists... fodder to follow up on throughout 2018.
Here's one for the ripping thrashy death people.
http://degial.bandcamp.com/album/predator-reign
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 15 December 2017 08:11 (six years ago) link
There's a lot of Morbid Angel DNA in there and that's just fine with me.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 15 December 2017 08:12 (six years ago) link
I put together an unranked, alphabetical year-end metal list for Burning Ambulance. Here it is.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 15 December 2017 13:07 (six years ago) link
*hyperventilates*
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Jute_Gyte/Helian/685106
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
Nice!!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 20 December 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
boom
― Cardi Acs (imago), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
The perverse madness of this bill really appeals to me; I would absolutely go to this show. Sadly, there's no NYC date - just EHG solo at Saint Vitus, again.
EYEHATEGOD w/ Black Label Society, Corrosion Of Conformity:
12/27/2017 Growler's - Memphis, TN *12/28/2017 The Brewery - Rock Island, IL *12/29/2017 Anthem at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Sioux City, IA 12/30/2017 Uptown Theater - Kansas City, MO 12/31/2017 Pop's Nightclub - Sauget, IL 1/02/2018 Sokol Auditorium - Omaha, NE 1/03/2018 House Of Blues - Chicago, IL 1/04/2018 Egyptian Room at Old National Centre - Indianapolis, IN 1/05/2018 The Fillmore Detroit - Detroit, MI 1/06/2018 Saint Vitus Bar- Brooklyn, NY *1/07/2018 Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY 1/08/2018 M Telus - Montreal, QC 1/09/2018 Rebel - Toronto, ON 1/10/2018 20 Monroe Live - Grand Rapids, MI1/11/2018 Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA *1/12/2018 Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK 1/13/2018 Bomb Factory - Dallas, TX 1/14/2018 Emo's - Austin, TX 1/15/2018 House Of Blues - Houston, TX 1/17/2018 House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA 1/18/2018 Marathon Music Works - Nashville, TN 1/19/2018 Bogart's - Cincinnati, OH 1/20/2018 Center Stage - Atlanta, GA1/21/2018 The Merry Widow - Mobile, AL *2/07/2018 Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI *2/08/2018 Big's - Sioux Falls, SD *2/09/2018 The Aquarium - Fargo, ND *2/10/2018 The Pyramid - Winnipeg, MB *2/11/2018 O'Brians Event Centre - Saskatoon, SK 2/12/2018 The Ranch Roadhouse - Edmonton, AB 2/14/2018 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC 2/16/2018 Bowes Event Center at Revolution Place - Grande Prairie, AB 2/17/2018 MacEwan Hall - Calgary, AB 2/19/2018 Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA2/20/2018 Roseland Theater - Portland, OR 2/21/2018 Ace Of Spades - Sacramento, CA 2/23/2018 House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV 2/24/2018 The Marquee - Tempe, AZ 2/25/2018 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM 2/27/2018 The Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA3/01/2018 Marquis Theater - Denver, CO *3/02/2018 Jake's - Lubbock, TX ** EYEHATEGOD only
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 21 December 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
that Degial album rips
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 December 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
A band I've never heard of before, Iron Void, are putting out their third album in March. RIYL Gates of Slumber and/or Grand Magus.
"The Coming of a King": https://shadowkingdomrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-coming-of-a-king
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 21 December 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
What version of COC is it these days? I had Blind on recently; it's fantastic. 'When innocents cried/in the face of the guilty/No one said anything!'
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 21 December 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
Apropos of not much, I re-stumbled on this earlier. Hell yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXktYKl_hhM
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 21 December 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
unreasonably excited for the new Rolo Tomassi in March, awesomely titled Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It
― Simon H., Thursday, 21 December 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
xpost - That is one of my favourite songs of the past 10 years.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 21 December 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
What version of COC is it these days?
This upcoming tour will be the Pepper Keenan-fronted version. They've got a new album coming out next year. It's OK.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 21 December 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
I started the Rolling Metal 2018 thread because nobody else did...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
heard it too late, otherwise I would have nominated this for the poll:
Anakim - Monuments to Departed Worldshttps://anakimuk.bandcamp.com/releases
Technical DM that stays catchy all the way through
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
This seems to be the only mention of this album on ILM! Great album which I've only recently discovered. Kind of occult folk doom with unusual instrumentation.
― o. nate, Sunday, 19 July 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
it's definitely unique
also I didn't notice that Ulrich Krieger plays horns on it! kind of a big get for an obscure doom metal band.
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 19 July 2020 06:45 (three years ago) link