These metal musicians voted for Wovenhand in MetalSucks:Tommy Rogers, Between the Buried and MeAlan Averill, PrimordialDallas Thomas, Pelican/The Swan King
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 15 December 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
57 Woods of Desolation - As the Stars 267 Points, 10 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/jgqlDtz.jpghttp://woodsofdesolation.bandcamp.com/album/as-the-stars
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
from their page:
"On this 3rd album, mastermind D. on guitars, with the help of session members (Vlad from Drudkh on drums, Luke Mills from Nazxul and Pestilential Shadows on bass, and Old from Drohtnung on vocals), continues the musical direction which was begun on "Toward The Depths" and refined on the very successful "Torn Beyond Reason."
Can't believe I don't know about this band.
― Frobisher, Monday, 15 December 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
56 Teitanblood - Death 270 Points, 9 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/sfWo0Z5.jpg
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
this is another good one!
― charlie h, Monday, 15 December 2014 17:33 (nine years ago) link
didn't get into that WoD album as much as some of their previous work, but i think i found a place for it on my ballot.
― charlie h, Monday, 15 December 2014 17:36 (nine years ago) link
found the full Teitanblood album on youtube for your listening convenience:http://youtu.be/VDRV5FiW-Pc
― Frobisher, Monday, 15 December 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
Also, Wovenhand headlines the Thursday installment of Roadburn. Tix on sale now, anyone going? I really wanted to but am in the middle of trying to sell place and move to new one and can't schedule anything 'til that's over. Russian Circles, Floor, SubRosa, Monolord, Enslaved, Wardruna, Eyehategod, Goblin, Zombi, Fields of the Nephilm, Tombs, Kayo Dot, Solstafir, Thou, Fields of the Nephilim, Death Hawks, White Hills, Lo-Pan, Golden Grass, many more.
http://www.roadburn.com/2014/12/roadburn-festival-2015-day-tickets-now-sale/
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 15 December 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
55 Dead Congregation - Promulgation Of The Fall 272 Points, 8 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/IouiObs.jpgspotify:album:093ctZKjtMDADth0fJUWArhttp://deadcongregation.bandcamp.com/album/promulgation-of-the-fall
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
really like that teitanblood record. these guys also nailed the production, really gnarly and disorienting.
― original bgm, Monday, 15 December 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
These guys had Dead Congregation in their top 10:George Paul, Mutilation RitesLasse Pyykko, Hooded Menace Alan Averill, PrimordialPatrick Alberts, Call of the Void
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 15 December 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
For my money, Dead Congregation is way too low! I think I had it at #2 on my ballot. Also, I like Woods of Desolation quite a bit, but the production on the new one seemed like a huge step backward. I don't know why there was such a drop-off in their sound quality since the last record. Anyone know why?
― Bloody Pelt Found Near the Scene of the Crime (Skrot Montague), Monday, 15 December 2014 18:12 (nine years ago) link
the Dead Congregation record was terrific i thought, but not quite as good as their debut from 2008.
― charlie h, Monday, 15 December 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
i probably would have rated it higher given more time, it didn't really grab me until late in the year.
― j., Monday, 15 December 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
54 Fen - Carrion Skies 274 Points, 8 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/RsfE1Sn.jpgspotify:album:5qNepiBgifVuuKIYGc5iBp
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link
Fen and Saor are both a decent listen, they both do the whole post-black thing well but they weren't really striking enough for me to vote for.
Dead Congregation are pretty good from what I remember hearing.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 15 December 2014 18:31 (nine years ago) link
haven't given that Fen album a listen yet since i've always found their brand of folky blackgaze to be a little bit wooden & precious. i'll definitely give it a chance though.
― charlie h, Monday, 15 December 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
on the other hand, i voted Saor pretty high on my ballot
― charlie h, Monday, 15 December 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
53 The Oath - The Oath 274 Points, 9 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/Kog1TJ9.jpgspotify:album:3famRI5ZxosCM9Tf7PBjtJhttp://theoath.bandcamp.com/
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Not heard this but I've heard good things about it
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
52 Hail Spirit Noir - Oi Magoi 282 Points, 9 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/S41BH2H.jpgspotify:album:63Yx6ZmNT7cxRdhQCZsfRzhttp://hsn666.bandcamp.com/album/oi-magoi
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
juggalo-affiliated?
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Monday, 15 December 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
hah, no
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
psychedelic black metal
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
it's great
yup
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 15 December 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
yayyy. Kinda busy today but paying attn and youtubing some of the stuff I've missed. HSN was amazing, yeah, it was my #5 (just ahead of Behemoth), though my list was only 10 long. Oi Magoi really clicked for me once I switched from headphones to speakers. It really pulls a room together.
― tongues flowering (Devilock), Monday, 15 December 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
And I was pleased to learn, according to the liner notes/credits, that the cover is an actual photo of an actual person with actual body paint, not a digital concoction.
― tongues flowering (Devilock), Monday, 15 December 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
ah, another one I meant to check out and had forgotten about - whoop whoop!
― original bgm, Monday, 15 December 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
I guess I wasn't feeling the death metal too much this year. None of the big stuff -- Dead Congregation, Teitanblood, Impetuous Ritual, even Incantation -- really moved me. Last year had Grave Miasma, Suffo, Deeds of Flesh, Abyssal, Obliteration, so much bigness. My #1, however, is pretty much death metal (or blackened death or whatever) and I'll be sure to pipe up when we get there.
― tongues flowering (Devilock), Monday, 15 December 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
Oi Magoi is very much a black metal version of a 70's prog album. But less Darkthrone and more Arcturus re: "black metal." It's kind of light-hearted feeling, too, loose and animated. And choruses that will stick with you. I esp love "Hunters."
― tongues flowering (Devilock), Monday, 15 December 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
tbh i wish id placed it much higher in my ballot
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
Actually now that I listen to it with Darkthrone in mind, I can hear Darkthrone in the riffs. Weird. Chameleon of an album, I guess.
― tongues flowering (Devilock), Monday, 15 December 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
I don't think I ranked it, but it's a fun album. A lot of 70s prog has a particular kind of tasteless humour about it and this album replicates that nicely.
― jmm, Monday, 15 December 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
51 Midnight - No Mercy for Mayhem 290 Points, 8 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/KF6bB17.jpgspotify:album:3MNjrtJfGyBoxoEVjOKIA5http://hellsheadbangers.bandcamp.com/album/no-mercy-for-mayhem
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
Another one I've been meaning to check out
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
As much as I love HH as a distro, their taste in label signings is ... not my thing. They manage to hit all the areas of the extreme metal subgenre venn diagram that shoo me away. Except for Zemial. That Nykta album from last year was great.
― tongues flowering (Devilock), Monday, 15 December 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
I was not super into this one. Too much on the raunch side.
― jmm, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
Will you guys be here for the next 5 or will i leave it for the night?
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
i'll be here...
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
here - would love more roll-out!
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
ok then into theTOP 50
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Whoops yeah I'm here, mostly. Enjoying the countdown but you can pace it however you want.
― tongues flowering (Devilock), Monday, 15 December 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
50 Nachtmystium - The World We Left Behind 297 Points, 9 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/elqu4i8.jpgspotify:album:2ERVg9mdqy4VEVreGkAh8P
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
If there's chat on thread I'll post but if no one is around there is no point. It's the chat that makes these threads imo
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
so Nachtmystium aren't splitting up at all according to a Terrorizer interview
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
I'm surprised anyone wants to work with Blake Judd at this point tbh
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
Even thinking about Nachtmystium at this point makes me feel kind of icky. Everything I've heard about the circumstances of this newest album suggests zero creativity/passion/urgency went into it -- unless we're talking the urgency of paying debts, or of contributing to new ones.
That said, I will give it a listen. And then probably go back to pretending their career began and ended with Instinct:Decay, one of the greatest and most powerful and surprising USBM albums.
― tongues flowering (Devilock), Monday, 15 December 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
me too. surprised the album ranked so high too -it had some pretty terrible reviews.
― auto focus, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
I haven't heard it either, maybe it's not bad at all but the circumstances surrounding the record left a bad taste in people's mouths regardless of the music.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link