Dust?! Say no more, I'll do that, thanks! (actually, say as much as you like about Dust, who are not exactly overexposed)
― dow, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
Will look for November too, never heard of them.
― dow, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
Would be great to see reissues of November's En Ny Tid Är Här (1970) and 2:a (1971). Witchcraft started as a tribute to Pentagram and Roky Erickson. Both Witchcraft and Graveyard have members that were in Albatros. Now both are on the same label. I hear some early Sabbath in Witchcraft, and also Leaf Hound, Comus, etc. Can't freakin' wait to hear Legend. In the meantime, new albums by Orcus Chylde and Kadavar are keeping me happy. I'm wondering if Dead Man is doing anything soon, or their Crusher labelmates Spiders, who also share former members of Witchcraft and Graveyard.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
Never heard of Albatros - should I check them out? Are they in a similar vein?
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
Similar but not as developed. I heard some MP3s of what were probably demos, but can't find them right now. Don't know that anything officially came out by them.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
Spiders are recording their debut LP right now. That's one I cannot wait to hear.
By the way, Spiders' awesome set at Roadburn is now streaming online. It's well worth hearing:http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/playerpage.program.14594227.html
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
Would be great to see reissues of November's En Ny Tid Är Här (1970) and 2:a (1971).
Word. Third one has been recently reissued on CD and is good, but not as consistently heavy as those two.
― head peepin' (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 28 June 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
You made my night, that was awesome. I'd buy a bootleg of that, damn.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 28 June 2012 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
Soulfly is playing the 2012 Gathering of the Juggalos. I will not be there myself to witness the glory, but I am gonna try to get a camera crew there.
― 誤訳侮辱, Thursday, 28 June 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, looks like Sonet Grammofon did reissue all three November albums, and Aquarius carries them! I had no idea. I went ahead and ordered them, along with a copy of the Leaf Hound.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 28 June 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
Don't suppose any of you folks would be interested in a free Municipal Waste/Toxic Holocaust Split: http://downloads.tankcrimes.com/album/toxic-waste
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Friday, 29 June 2012 00:25 (eleven years ago) link
no, but thanks for the offer!
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 29 June 2012 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
I hope you enjoy the joyless darkness in which you dwell.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Friday, 29 June 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
I saw Municipal Waste a few months ago. Used up my yearly Waste quotient.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 29 June 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I've never been a fan of either band.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 29 June 2012 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
Man, tough crowd.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Friday, 29 June 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
I always enjoy Municipal Waste.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 29 June 2012 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
Not a fan of Municipal Waste or Toxic Holocaust--but I am about to announce a full US tour for VEKTOR.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 29 June 2012 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
that'd be fun.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 29 June 2012 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
Please tell me they're playing Manhattan and not Brooklyn.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 29 June 2012 11:47 (eleven years ago) link
Hope Vektor is coming to Chicago, Nate - are you tagging along for Agalloch again this summer?
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 29 June 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
Vektor is definitely coming to Chicago. NY date is still up in the air.
Can't tour with Agalloch these days. Too busy with Witch Mountain tours. We are on fire (thanks in part to many of you here).
― Nate Carson, Friday, 29 June 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
so.....randy blythe
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Friday, 29 June 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1688786/lamb-of-god-randy-blythe-detained-manslaughter-prague.jhtml
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Friday, 29 June 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
yikes
― original bgm, Friday, 29 June 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
uh...
https://s3.amazonaws.com/metalsucks/images/13.png
― original bgm, Friday, 29 June 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
Poland.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Friday, 29 June 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
that shit is crazy...
As a performer in the post Dimebag shooting era, I don't blame anyone for gettin down with someone on the stage if they feel threatened...
It shard to say cuz no of us were there, but we'll see how it pans out
― SeanWayne, Saturday, 30 June 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
Death Angel indeed 100% awesome.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 30 June 2012 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
Nate, the Witch Mountain gig was magnificent. Sorry I couldn't chat more after, I was entertaining a group of six. Not sure if you saw, but my bud Philip at the Reader did post this blurb...
Witch Mountain, Cauldron of the Wild. This four-piece from Portland, Oregon, pairs clean female vocals with charcoal black guitars and dilated, doomy riffs. Singer Uta Plotkin sounds like Ann Wilson of Heart if she'd been raised by wolves—which works especially well on the lines "Don't know if you're dead / But I like it that way / 'Cause you know if I knew / Don't know what I'd do." Cauldron of the Wild comes out Tue 6/12, and Witch Mountain plays at the Empty Bottle on Sat 6/16.
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 30 June 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, I guess Monica also wrote about it in the show recommendations. "You're not watching the witches' sabbath on a screen, you're there—and you're close enough to tell if it's the harmless hippie kind, or if someone's really going to literally have sex with Satan right in front of you."
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 30 June 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
So the Lamb of God singer may or may not be in legal trouble for his alleged response to an audience member who repeatedly charged the stage and finally broke on through. Will this affect LOG's current tour with Dethklok and Gojira? Hope not. Meanwhile, kinda wondering if this might be good and/or a royal pain:SOPHICIDE: German Tech Death Metallers Announce Willowtip Debut
German technical death metal sorcerers, SOPHICIDE, are pleased to announce the release of their debut, Perdition Of The Sublime. Set for North American release on August 14, 2012 via Willowtip Records, the 11-track long player was recorded, mixed and mastered by founder Adam Laszlo at his home studio and features the striking cover design by artist Steve Voigt.
Formed as a one-man-project in 2009 by Laszlo, then 19, SOPHICIDE fuses elaborate melodies with battering technical brutality into a sound that’s as malicious as it is memorable. Meaning "murder of wisdom," SOPHICIDE describes the state of modern society and serves as the central theme of Perdition Of The Sublime. Notes Laszlo: “It's another word for anti-intellectualism. People are stupid, ignorant and seem to be proud of it. This is a disturbing trend.”
“I'm really keen to release this album,” he continues of the release. “I've put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into it and I hope people can connect to it as I do. Basically the overall theme coincides with the meaning of ‘sophicide.’ Intellect and enlightenment seem to be displaced by religion and casting shows. There’s this overall apathy, people don't seem to give a shit about anything as long as they get their cheap meat and TV shows. This is what POTS is basically about, although the focus is on religion, after all it's the elephant in the room.”
Perdition Of The Sublime Track Listing:
01. The Art Of Atrocity
02. Within Darkness
03. Perdition Of The Sublime
04. Of Lust And Vengeance
05. Execration
06. Blood For Honour
07. Freedom Of Mind
08. Folie Á Deux
09. Lafayette's Deception
10. Dawn Of A New Age
11. The Essence Of Warfare
― dow, Saturday, 30 June 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
first track streaming herehttp://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/2012/06/29/sophicide-german-tech-death-metallers-announce-willowtip-debut/
― dow, Saturday, 30 June 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
Got a download link for that yesterday; haven't checked it out yet.
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 30 June 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
I'm heading to see Elder tonight at The Burlington, just $5!
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 2 July 2012 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
That was incredible. Other recent shows in comparison were like a half-assed neckrub compared to Elder's full-body oiled Esselin rubdown, complete with inner-organ massaging bass frequencies. Seriously, after seeing the Scorpions strut and preen on Friday (they did have impressive energy for their age, but their song selection sucked ass) it was so refreshing to just have my mind blown by a band. The riffs! The incredible tones! So heavy all the hairs on your body vibrate, but not painful, just entrancing and psychedelic, just how I like it. They play tomorrow night at Now That’s Class in Cleveland.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 2 July 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/29/world/africa/botswana-heavy-metal-heads/index.html?hpt=hp_mid
It looks like unperson wrote about the Botswana metal scene last year. I can't listen to any of this right now because I'm at work, but it was on cnn's front page and my interest is piqued.
― goat news for people who love boat news (how's life), Monday, 2 July 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
link to unperson's article
http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blogpost.aspx?post=49bc705b-6325-44ef-b031-77be9ac83858
If this reissue of Life among the Ruins that I'm listening to is any indication, 1993 was not a good year to be a Virgin Steele fan.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Monday, 2 July 2012 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, I guess it's not like ANY year was that great a year to be a Virgin Steele fan, but 1993 was a particularly lousy vintage
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Monday, 2 July 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
http://t.co/NRSdMAxL
Good read. I'm think of a shit tone of good heavy bands that are suffering this exact fate..
*side note: Scion might be a savior after all!!
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 04:48 (eleven years ago) link
*thinking
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
Good read. I'm thinking of a shit ton of good heavy bands that are suffering this exact fate..
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 05:04 (eleven years ago) link
i meant to check out mutilation rites sooner, only just getting around to it, and i'm pleased to find out that their drummer justin ennis used to be in tombs (not the most recent drummer though). the record sounds really good so far.
― j., Thursday, 5 July 2012 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
At the halfway point of the year, here are the top metal albums according to Rate Your Music:
1. Timeghoul - 1992-1994 Discography2. Blind Guardian - Memories of a Time to Come3. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I4. Be'lakor - Of Breath and Bone5. Circus Maximus - Nine6. Agalloch - Faustian Echoes7. High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis8. Borknagar - Urd9. Mgła - With Hearts Toward None10. AtomA - Skylight11. In Mourning - The Weight of Oceans12. Sigh - In Somniphobia13. Overkill - The Electric Age14. ReinXeed - Welcome to the Theatre15. Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol16. Accept - Stalingrad17. Deathspell Omega - Drought18. Iron Maiden - En vivo!19. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata20. Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme21. Dawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun God22. Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead23. Meshuggah - Koloss24. Spawn of Possession - Incurso25. Moonspell - Omega White26. Lunar Aurora - Hoagascht27. Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction28. Periphery - II29. Napalm Death - Utilitarian30. Moonspell - Alpha noir31. Kreator - Phantom Antichrist32. Sabaton - Carolus Rex33. Inverloch - Dusk | Subside34. Prong - Carved Into Stone35. Grand Magus - The Hunt36. Black Breath - Sentenced to Life37. Gojira - L'enfant sauvage38. Christian Mistress - Possession39. Damnation Angels - Bringer of Light40. Nachtvorst - Silence41. Ihsahn - Eremita42. Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve43. Orange Goblin - A Eulogy for the Damned44. 7 Horns 7 Eyes - Throes of Absolution45. Oceans of Time - Faces46. Hypno5e - Acid Mist Tomorrow47. Angelus Apátrida - The Call48. Asphyx - Deathhammer49. Every Time I Die - Ex Lives50. Wodensthrone - Curse51. Suspyre - Suspyre52. Devin Townsend - By a Thread53. Valtari - Fragments of a Nightmare54. Unisonic - Unisonic55. Xandria - Neverworld's End56. Swallow the Sun - Emerald Forest and the Blackbird57. Secrets of the Moon - Seven Bells58. Before the Dawn - Rise of the Phoenix59. Angel Witch - As Above, So Below60. Hour of 13 - 33361. Pseudogod - Deathwomb Catechesis62. Hour of Penance - Sedition63. 3 Inches of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal64. Gorod - A Perfect Absolution65. Soen - Cognitive66. Galneryus - 絆 (Kizuna)67. Naglfar - Téras68. Pythia - The Serpent's Curse69. Urfaust - Ritual Music for the True Clochard70. Chimp Spanner - All Roads Lead Here71. Headspace - I Am Anonymous72. Allegaeon - Formshifter73. Unisonic - Ignition74. Jeff Loomis - Plains of Oblivion75. Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity76. Iron Maiden - En vivo!77. Melvins - Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & the Bees78. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma79. The Foreshadowing - Second World80. Skyharbor - Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos81. The Great Old Ones - Al Azif82. Pathfinder - Fifth Element83. Isis - Live VI (11/16/2007)84. Psycroptic - The Inherited Repression85. Pharaoh - Bury the Light86. Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel87. OSI - Fire Make Thunder88. Dråpsnatt - Skelepht89. Goatwhore - Blood for the Master90. Cannibal Corpse - Torture91. Aborted - Global Flatline92. Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-6593. Status Minor - Ouroboros94. Rage - 2195. Horrendous - The Chills96. Ufomammut - Oro: Opus Primum97. Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster - Exegesis98. Pretty Maids - It Comes Alive: Maid in Switzerland99. Suicidal Angels - Bloodbath100. Pale Divine - Painted Windows Black101. Taranis - Kingdom102. Dyscarnate - And So It Came to Pass103. Stam1na - Nocebo104. Jorn - Bring Heavy Rock to the Land105. Words of Farewell - Immersion106. Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light107. White Skull - Under This Flag108. Soulfly - Enslaved109. Ascariasis - Ocean of Colour110. Havok - The Point of No Return111. Amberian Dawn - Circus Black112. Lonewolf - Army of the Damned113. Carach Angren - Where the Corpses Sink Forever114. Rise to Fall - Defying the Gods115. Antigama - Stop the Chaos116. Horseback - Half Blood117. Unleashed - Odalheim118. Anhedonist - Netherwards119. Stargate - Beyond Space and Time120. Axel Rudi Pell - Circle of the Oath121. Delain - We Are the Others122. Addaura - Burning for the Ancient123. Epica - Requiem for the Indifferent124. Gojira - L'enfant sauvage125. Jeff Scott Soto - Damage Control126. Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending to Infinity127. Eluveitie - Helvetios128. Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Dark Fate of Atlantis129. Veil of Maya - Eclipse130. Dødsengel - Imperator131. Autopsy - All Tomorrow's Funerals132. Distorted Harmony - Utopia133. Dark Forest - Land of the Evening Star134. Outcast - Awaken the Reason135. DragonForce - The Power Within136. Ea - Ea137. Marduk - Serpent Sermon138. Fear Factory - The Industrialist139. Tank - War Nation140. Freedom Call - Land of the Crimson Dawn141. JK Flesh - Posthuman142. Slice the Cake - The Man With No Face143. Conan - Monnos144. Royal Thunder - CVI145. Nekromantheon - Rise, Vulcan Spectre146. Horn of the Rhino - Grengus147. Firewind - Few Against Many148. Dodecahedron - Dodecahedron149. Oddland - The Treachery of Senses150. Vampillia + Nadja - The Primitive World151. Sonata Arctica - Stones Grow Her Name152. Peste Noire - Les démos153. Diabulus in Musica - The Wanderer154. Stoned Jesus - Seven Thunders Roar155. Primal Fear - Unbreakable156. A Sound of Thunder - Out of the Darkness157. Dawn of Destiny - Praying to the World158. Ahab - The Giant159. Powerwolf - Alive in the Night160. Shadows Fall - Fire From the Sky161. Sunpocrisy - Samaroid Dioramas162. Profusion - Rewotower163. Gojira - The Flesh Alive164. Ethereal Architect - Monolith165. Aura Noir - Out to Die166. Heidevolk - Batavi167. Obscurcis Romancia - Theatre of Deception168. Helltrain - Death Is Coming169. Enochian Theory - Life ...And All It Entails170. Altar of Oblivion - Salvation171. Revenge - Scum.Collapse.Eradication172. Reverence - The Asthenic Ascension173. Beneath the Massacre - Incongruous174. Profetus - ...To Open the Passages in Dusk175. Mustasch - Sounds Like Hell, Looks Like Heaven176. Abigail Williams - Becoming177. Neurotech - Decipher Vol. 1178. Author & Punisher - Ursus Americanus179. Crystal Viper - Crimen Excepta180. Muknal - Muknal181. The 11th Hour - Lacrima Mortis182. Black Messiah - The Final Journey183. Adrenaline Mob - Omertá184. Death - Vivus!185. Waning - The Human Condition186. Eternal Deformity - The Beauty of Chaos187. Kayo Dot - Gamma Knife188. Yossi Sassi - Melting Clocks189. Soulfallen - The Promise of Hell190. Mastodon - Dry Bone Valley191. Master's Hammer - Vracejte konve na místo.192. Whitechapel - Whitechapel193. El Caco - Hatred, Love & Diagrams194. Bong - Mana-Yood-Sushai195. Black Sheep Wall - No Matter Where It Ends196. Desaster - The Arts of Destruction197. Pelican - Ataraxia/Taraxis198. Diskord - Dystopics199. Nile - At the Gate of Sethu200. Faal - The Clouds Are Burning
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 5 July 2012 05:45 (eleven years ago) link
isn't that just a list of everything that has came out thus far?
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 5 July 2012 06:28 (eleven years ago) link
but it's in order!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 5 July 2012 13:41 (eleven years ago) link
man that list really tells me how keeping current with metal just is not something I do any more. six or seven years ago I would have been hounding publicists for a copy of a new Aura Noir
― perry en concrète (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 5 July 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
it's pretty rad fwiw
personally the list really tells me why I don't look at RYM
― if you are a false nine don't entry (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 5 July 2012 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
rym is not exactly a beacon of good taste
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 5 July 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link