Rolling Metal Thread 2010

That scares me abt the burst appendix, especially the abscess part! Was there much infection? I hope he plays it safe if necessary even if that means disappointing some heads.

Seeing Opeth at Terminal 5 on Wednesday. Super stoked. IIRC from the announcement, one normal set and one set comprising all of Blackwater Park. Catching up on Damnation and Ghost Reveries today neither of which I've heard yet.

There will likely be a paypal account set up soon for the uninsured and bummer-prone.

John Cobbett fundraiser: http://www.gigposters.com/classifieds/detail.php?siteid=10951&pre=1

Great poster for a great show. And so far the only show of this tour :(

Just finished reading TGFW's Only Death Is Real, about his Hellhammer days. For such a physically imposing book, it's actually fairly thin as art. Tons of pictures, but most of them are promo photos, and most of those are blurry. The snippets from people other than TGFW are, as a whole, less guarded and more interesting than TGFW's own writing, which, like in his blog, tends to be stiff and declaratory instead of personal and revealing. And there isn't that much of it, either, and the story doesn't end so much as stop. I'm not upset I bought it, or anything, but it's definitely not a book I'd recommend as anything other than a TGFW artifact.

I enjoyed it, the photo's provide a nice down to earth contrast to TGW's amusing selfpromotion in the writing. But yeah, too bad it stops just when Celtic Frost really starts taking off. Guess we'll have to wait until he finally rewrites Are You Morbid?, which I haven't read. Pretty psyched for Triptykon @ Roadburn next week!

Ludicra tour resumes with a quartet lineup this Thursday in St Paul, MN until John can rejoin the group. Hopefully much sooner than later.

Meanwhile, here's the paypal/donations link set up by Wolves in the Throneroom:

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=10894259&blogID=532297242

Holy fuck. Just getting around to Triptykon, this thing is massive. I love it.

I think scotts rule of shorter albums applies here. It's no Monotheist sadly, but some of it's really good.

Oh I don't know, it keeps up such a good pace throughout that I don't mind at all how long it is.

Is Monotheist something I should look into more or less immediately?

yes!

One of the greatest comeback albums of all time

ok, just bought it. thanking you

You live in a record store or something?

I would still say that Candlemass s/t is the best reunion album I've ever heard. Monotheist is... ok.

Never liked Candlemass. Monotheist, though...that's some almost Gira-esque shit.

Had a good time interviewing Brian Posehn today. We only barely talked about metal, I mostly wanted to know about his writing process and the evolution of his performing style, comedy-nerd stuff like that, but the whole conversation was enjoyable and easy. Smart dude, and didn't just use my questions as an excuse to vomit up schtick, which I was worried about, having never interviewed a comedian before (unless Christopher Hitchens counts).

xpost to Herman

iTunes

4 hours to Opeth argghrhrrgh

ksh, i know, but it's just strange to see someone paying for mp3s instead of lovely vinyl or cd.

:-)

All labels should sell vinyl with download copies so that way you get something physical to play + mp3s for your ipod. Fuck all this need space bollocks!

^ completely agree with this

btw nate are you actually out on the tour w/ludicra? because if so ill try to find you on thursday

xpost Current 93 did exactly that with their vinyl reissues. You could DL the MP3s immediately.

solid screen name Jon L, good work

sometimes you just know immediately.

yeah that's where I've always thought the d/l coupon fails, if you buy from a label directly then they should give you a code as soon as you've paid so you dont need to wait to hear the album. Buying from the shop is different obviously.

Robyn Hitchcock has been including a DL coupon in his CD cases which gets you a couple of 'B sides' not on the album. That's another way to go about it.

(sorry for resoundingly un-metal example).

You need to stop being so soft, boy.

btw nate are you actually out on the tour w/ludicra? because if so ill try to find you on thursday

I was out with them in the NW. But I fly out Sunday to Europe. Roadburn-bound!

All labels should sell vinyl with download copies so that way you get something physical to play + mp3s for your ipod. Fuck all this need space bollocks!

I hate vinyl. Hated it in high school, hate it now.

ksh I'm not hardmanning here but I assume you also already have the important Celtic Frost stuff from the eighties, right?

and Hellhammer

god i wish i had bought that boxset. it seemed too expensive at the time now its OOP

ksh I'm not hardmanning here but I assume you also already have the important Celtic Frost stuff from the eighties, right?

― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Wednesday, April 7, 2010 4:43 PM

i'm pretty new to metal. from middle school to the end of high school i mostly listened to whatever pop, rap, R&B, and nu/"alt"metal was on the radio. loved Staind, Slipknot (their 2004 record, at least), Metallica, A Perfect Circle, and Tool. college was all about indie rock. more recently, i've been actually trying to "get into metal" more seriously. i've been buying Decibel, reading old ILM metal threads, following Rolling Metal, looking at old year-end lists, and listening to a lot of different stuff. it feels really good, and has made me way more excited about music than i was before.

but, no, i haven't heard the old Celtic Frost stuff. what should i check out?

tragic serenades ep & into the pandemonium like immediately

then morbid tales, emperor's return, and to mega therion

bloody hell, john and I agree ! Get into the pandemonium immediately seconded (ps avoid cold lake, do not, i repeat DO NOT, listen to Chuck on this matter)

oh man, sounds awesome -- thanks dude. i will add those to my queue of stuff to buy.

getting into a genre is really, really fun. cards on the table, i have been listening to some of these more than others:

Bloody Panda - Pheromone (J0hn, you were repping this on one of the old metal thread i was reading)
Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God (same)
Alcest - Sur l’autre rive je t’attendrai
Baroness - Blue Record
Burzum - Filosofem (love this a lot. listened to Belus a bit; need to listen to it much more.)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (it's good, but i love Crack the Skye more)
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
Isis - Panopticon
Torche - Meanderthal
Xasthur - Subliminal Genocide
Cobalt - Gin
Harvey Milk - Life...The Best Game In Town

also been listening to some Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Metallica stuff i loved in high school

bought but haven't really listened to:

Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Nachtmystium - Instinct:Decay
that Celtic Frost record from 2006 i just got

Oh man you need Mastodon - Remission in your life

And the last Nachtmystium - Black Meddle Part 1 (part 2 is out in june)

For those of you that haven't sworn off "conventional" black metal, I'm really enjoying the new Temple of Baal album, Lightslaying Rituals. Big, punishing production, not the trebly/creepy old-school style, but still plenty of swirliness and blastiness. French, but not really part of the dissonant Deathspell/Blut sound.

ksh re Celtic Frost: The compilation Parched With Thirst Am I and Dying is a pretty good intro/overview, in my opinion. In term of original albums, since you've already heard Monotheist it might make sense to work backwards(ish) in time: Vanity/Nemesis, then Into the Pandemonium, then To Mega Therion. And if you're still having fun, after that, Morbid Tales makes the transition into Hellhammer. Cold Lake, the missing album, is a quasi-commercial digression whose badness (and weirdness) has been overstated, I think, but I'd still put it last in the priority order...

that temple of baal sound cool, glenn. I will be checking it out, thanks.

also,

Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God

if you've been listening to that a bunch, the 2009 album (Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With The Stars) is highly, highly recommended. my favorite album (not just metal, favorite period) of last year and my fave blut aus nord as well. it's phenomenal.

Am I the only one who can't stand the cover of "Mexican Radio"? Pandemonium is otherwise great, but that track has always bugged me.

KSH, based on your list, you are going to shit your pants when you hear YOB.

Also, the first two Celtic Frost are so much better than Into the Pandemonium. I'd buy them in order, starting with the ultra-classick Morbid Tales.

Listening to the new October File album. It's a good thing Alex in NYC doesn't post around here anymore, because I'm gonna come right out and say it - these guys do Killing Joke better than Killing Joke do nowadays. Plus, there are JK Broadrick mixes of the first four tracks appended. They're not super-different, just a little harsher.

alex does still post on ILM, just not on the metal threads as he's either got old or went soft..

FYI late pass, I got heavy into the Baroness album for like a month; I love the unifying theme so much.

october file: the band anything like october file: the awesome die kreuzen album?

(confessional time: I've never listened to killing joke, so the ref point is lost on me)