Decibel's Feb issue has the Top 25 most anticipated albums and a pretty thorough release schedule. I'm surprised they didn't include the Electric Wizard and Ufomammut releases in their top 25, but otherwise was a cool feature. These stand out for me:
Ancestors - In Dreams And Time (Tee Pee) AprBible of the Devil - For the Love of Thugs and Fools (Cruz Del Sur) May 8Christian Mistress - Possession (Relapse) Feb 28Corrosion Of Conformity (Candlelight) Feb 28Death - Vivus (Relapse) Feb 28Drudkh - Eternal Turn Of The Wheel (Season Of Mist) Feb 24Napalm Death - Utilitarian (Century Media) Feb 28Orange Goblin – A Eulogy For The Damned (Candlelight) Feb 14Sigh - In Somniphobia (Candlelight) Mar 20Ufomammut - Oro: Opus Primum (Neurot) AprVan Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth (Interscope) Feb 7
Also coming: Ancestors, Baroness, Black Math Horseman, Black Sabbath, Church Of Misery, Cobalt, The Darkness, Electric Wizard, Ghost, Gojira, Gozu, Graveyard, Greenleaf, Gypsyhawk, High On Fire, Horisont, Kylesa, Kyuss, The Mars Volta, Neurosis, Om, Queens Of The Stone Age, Saint Vitus, Shrinebuilder, Sons Of Otis, Tool, Torche, Truckfighters, Wight, Witch Mountain.
Anyone heard anything?
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
ugh ghost show is tonight and i am really stuffed head sick do i go
― blurgh (jjjusten), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
buddy of mine on fb had a blast when they were here
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
I've heard one cut from the Christian Mistress and it was great. Word from on high is that it is consistently good.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
It is!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
This is only Ghost's second tour, correct? They're in Mpls tonight, I believe. I was sick as a dog for Slayer/Megadeth over a year ago, and I just loaded up on cold meds. Glad I went. I was at the Ghost show last night, and it was awesome. So great to see a band committed to costumes and stage show, not to mention the anonymity. An Anonymous Ghoul addresses that in an interview:
Offstage, do you guys like to get wild and party or are you pretty straitlaced?We have this anonymity bond. We don't regularly get invites because nobody really knows who we are. I wouldn't say that we are a hundred percent clean in every aspect, but we are quite innocent in comparison to a lot of other groups that would jump at every opportunity to go nuts. We're here for something else. Some of the single guys in the band might think it's a drag, but those of us who aren't are pretty happy.
One of the strangest/greatest moments of the show was when they launched into a pretty straight, and quite pretty, version of "Here Comes The Sun." It was oddly moving, the spell not even completely broken in the end when someone inevitably shouts, "SATAN!!!"
A dude was wearing a Repugnant t-shirt. I guess Papa Emeritus is supposedly Tobias Forge of Repugnant/Subvision. It's hard to tell listening to Repugnant's Epitome Of Darkness. It would be just as well if it's unconfirmed, as it would be more fun if they maintain the mystery.
Blood Ceremony were great too. I feel like their sound (especially the thick Sabbathy drum sound!) and musicianship was better, but Ghost still put on a more exciting show. But they're very different kinds of bands, despite the common occult interests.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
Christian Mistress is probably my second favorite album of 2012 (I'm counting The Devil's Blood as 2012 because screw Europe). It is METAL.
Also, John: yes. Are you going to let tiny germs overcome METAL?
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Haha, this is my case exactly as of right now.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
I would also like to nominate Iron Savior's "Heavy Metal Never Dies" for inclusion in the pantheon of super awesome/cheesy European power metal anthems about heavy metal alongside Primal Fear's "Metal Is Forever" and Dream Evil's "the Book of Heavy Metal."
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
heard Christian Mistress and CoC once each so far
the former is sounding on point and the latter respectably solid, if not a candidate for 'old folx showing younguns how it's done' status
― Saltines of Pink - 'Whites Me Tumblr?' (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Agreed, very stellar. Will be reviewing it for the AMG.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
can someone explain to me Ghost? I'm mean I get it, but I don't don'tget why everyone is digging them.. they're terrible.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Do you hate Blue Oyster Cult too?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
Super-catchy Blue Oyster Cult-inspired hard rock about Satan with fun imagery? What's not to love?
Yeah, digging the COC, it's more a return to the Blind sound than the Animosity sound, but considering how good Blind is, I'm okay with that.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
maybe thats exactly why I don't like it..
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
:O You don't like Blue Oyster Cult?!
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
BOC are great; maybe Ghost will be, but that first record isn't.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
only listened to "black to gold" and "haunted hunted" but !!! re christian mistress
― Mordy, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
Not really. but I only know the crap I hear on the radio and it never did anything for me, so I never bothered to look any further.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
Get thee copies of Secret Treaties, Agents of Fortune, Spectres, and Fire of Unknown Origin, stat!
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
tbh my main motivation for going to the ghost show (which is looking less likely with every wave of headcrushing pain) is to see blood ceremony
― blurgh (jjjusten), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
I'd love to see Blood Ceremony. Alas, no southern swing on this tour.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
Headcrushing pain is metal.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
Bummed I couldn't make it to the Ghost/Blood Ceremony show last night.
Man, Sean, I used to feel the same way about BOC, but hearing Secret Treaties really opened my eyes - there is so much more to love about BOC than what classic rock radio would have you believe.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
I have a soft spot for Spectres.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
Fastnbulbous: You don't have release dates for the rest of that Decibel list do you?
― Doran, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
Ok against all good judgement I am going to go and patient zero this show. Because, yknow, horns
― blurgh (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 January 2012 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry guys.. BOC is dudsville.. its a little before my time, so I guess I can't put into perspective, and I have a hard time calling it metal... Hard rock for sure, but the organ wipping through it, or their brand of big anthem rock type shit just doesn't dop it for me. its not dangerous, and I can't imagine it being dangerous even for the time. Maybe thats why I'm not feeling Ghost or Blood Ceremony.. its overthought Camero Rock at best. I'll take Thin Lizzy anyday over that shit.
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
^drummer
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
Stop that Kerr... lol!!
I was 8 units short of a BA in Music, sir. I know a thing or three! lol!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
short of a picnic? ;)
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
BOC are the Steely Dan of 70s hard rock. For me, that's a good thing, though I will admit their softer material leaves me ultra cold. I like them at their most snarling and misanthropic. When they get pretty, I hit Skip.
― 誤訳侮辱, Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
I like Steely Dan, but BOC just doesn't strike that chord with me.
And I like picnics, too! lol!
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
Skip is Phil's kitten
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
Get thee copies of Secret Treaties, Agents of Fortune, Spectres, and Fire of Unknown Origin
Not Tyranny And Mutation??? Kids these days are so weird.
― xhuxk, Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:11 (twelve years ago) link
Mark Reale has died, Riot just confirmed it via Facebook.
http://youtu.be/nI_tDv5MBso
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sorry to hear that news. Fire Down Under is an all-timer.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
Abigail Williams are some trend hopping motherfuckers, but they actually do a not awful job of it. They're like the metal Ween without the sense of humor at this point.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
ok so show report: 1st band was whose name i have already forgotten but it has VV in it to make a W was mediocre, blood ceremony became tiresome quickly but oh man. Ghost live is like juggernaut level pummelingly heavy, totally surprising vs the album (which I like!) but i fear that the record fell victim to clever old schooly production which did nothing to prepare me for the full on badassery on display. fucking fantastic, do not miss them if you get the chance to see them.
― blurgh (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:41 (twelve years ago) link
People were singing along like crazy for Ghost. I love that its all the scary metal imagery with such an uplifting, romantic sound http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8oFlXnnwKI
― dave cool, Thursday, 26 January 2012 06:25 (twelve years ago) link
just wanna weigh in to say that like every other heavy metal fan ever I love the fuck outta BOC
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 26 January 2012 06:40 (twelve years ago) link
ya see, none of my friends, most of which, severe metalheads, have ever gotten into BOC..
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 26 January 2012 07:50 (twelve years ago) link
What is this heresy?!
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
Despite (or perhaps because of) JJ's hate for them, I agree with Adrien that the new Meshuggah is monstrous. It kind of feels like what would happen if Sanford Parker produced a Meshuggah record.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
I had never heard of these guys Amulet until an hour ago but they make the best tipsy proto-metal-into-NWOBHM ish I've heard in 2012 this side of the Christian Mistress album
they're from London
― Saltines of Pink - 'Whites Me Tumblr?' (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
idk how I fucked that URL up but www.facebook.com/amuletmetal
― Saltines of Pink - 'Whites Me Tumblr?' (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
...and you all know how to cut and paste
Please explain.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Despite (or perhaps because of) JJ's hate for them, I agree with Adrien that the new Meshuggah is monstrous.
depending on how you mean monstrous i might agree with you
― blurgh (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
Well played, sir. I'm still suggest banning you.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link