Rhino is remastering and boxing up the first six Dio albums (on CD) for $35. Street date 7/22.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:16 (eight years ago) link
new Death Angel is fun.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 22:17 (eight years ago) link
however I'm on a mega thrash kick at the moment.
Everyone should be.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 22:28 (eight years ago) link
I hope that Dio reissue project gets more attention paid to Strange Highways. It's like Dehumanizer pt. 2, just heavy, angry, and metallic. Not a lot of RJD crooning. (I also hope the remastering is done well on all of them.)
― Devilock, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:07 (eight years ago) link
Me too coincidentally but mostly old stuff. I'm revisiting Holy Moses, Metal Church, Annihilator, Onslaught, Thanatos, Sacred Reich, Necrodeath, Turbo, Laaz Rocket, Dead Horse, Debustrol, Ferat, Agent Steel and Paradox - and it's pretty much all good. Just discovered local Swiss legends Apocalypse who released a surprisingly good Metallica-style album in 1988.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:11 (eight years ago) link
Paradox has a new one out. I kept seeing the name and thinking surely that's not the old German band. I had no idea they'd been making albums regularly since 2008.
― Devilock, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:18 (eight years ago) link
I'm listening to lotsa Nuclear Assault, Demolition Hammer, newer Sodom, Toxic Holocaust...etc
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:08 (eight years ago) link
Throwback Wednesday... :)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 2 June 2016 02:56 (eight years ago) link
I am not much of a tech death guy, but the First Fragment album Dasein on Unique Leader is really interesting and solid and quite the showcase for the tech side of the equation as well.
http://open.spotify.com/album/0pNsb6TjmP90UNHQnOx2kp
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 2 June 2016 02:57 (eight years ago) link
I've seen people writing that the new reissue of Nemesis Divina (on Napalm) has that scraping/ringing blade sound in "Dawn of a New Age" removed -- you know, when Satyr says something about a scythe. Assuming it's true, that must be one of the most bizarre editorial decisions I've heard yet. Also, supposedly "Immortality Passion" has some time taken off but I'm not sure how much.
Slow news day, eh.
― Devilock, Sunday, 5 June 2016 07:30 (eight years ago) link
I always wonder if stuff like that is deliberate or they just made more than one mix of a track and pulled the wrong file. It would be really odd to remove that sound. Maybe it's a copyrighted sample they didn't pay for?
― Alan (legendary creature) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 5 June 2016 07:42 (eight years ago) link
I remember Dimmu Borgir had to cut two intros from the Stormblast reissue (actually a rerecording) because they turned out to be plagiarized.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 5 June 2016 08:33 (eight years ago) link
Weird era we live in.
Speaking of weird! If you like odd, seasick black metal with odd, seasick orchestral (but restrained) keyboards: Ahpdegma, from Japan. Part of the AAAAA (may be off by an A) collective.
http://drakkar-productions-official.bandcamp.com/album/ahpdegma-seolfkwyllen
― Alan (legendary creature) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 5 June 2016 10:59 (eight years ago) link
man this new cough album is really something. solidly RVA in feel to me i.e. "beautiful sludge" or whatever you wanna call it, even at its fiercest it's so richly textured that I just keep thinking man...that is pretty, they have to mean this to be pretty? which I feel like is its own area in doom, as vs. harsher/downer doom or funereal doom (which can also be super pretty but not in this sort of colorful way I'm hearing here). anyway. a fucking great listen to my ears
― The bald Phil Collins impersonator cash grab (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 6 June 2016 02:41 (eight years ago) link
I've been looking forward to the new Cough record, glad to hear it's good....
― ghosts that don't exist (Neil S), Monday, 6 June 2016 09:22 (eight years ago) link
And a song named after a Gene Wolfe novel too!
― ghosts that don't exist (Neil S), Monday, 6 June 2016 09:24 (eight years ago) link
a totallly great song, too! really think this album deserves some spotlight this year
― The bald Phil Collins impersonator cash grab (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 6 June 2016 10:14 (eight years ago) link
...the First Fragment album Dasein on Unique Leader is really interesting and solid and quite the showcase for the tech side of the equation as well.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, June 1, 2016 7:57 PM (5 days ago)
^ not kidding. hell of a listen, and i didn't enjoy any of the other unique leader stuff mentioned upthread.
― the world over the crotch. (contenderizer), Monday, 6 June 2016 13:42 (eight years ago) link
loving the new cough, too
I can't wait for the new SubRosa. More nice Beardsley-ish cover art: https://www.facebook.com/profoundlorerecords/posts/1095023120545725
I finally got a copy of Terminal Redux. I love this album more and more.
― jmm, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
cheese and crackers!
― the world over the crotch. (contenderizer), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 18:42 (eight years ago) link
cool track from upcoming hammers of misfortune LP:
http://www.metalblade.com/hammersofmisfortune/
sounds like hammers of misfortune
― the world over the crotch. (contenderizer), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:59 (eight years ago) link
That new Hammers track makes me very happy.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 21:17 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, that is nice.
― jmm, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:57 (eight years ago) link
The new Whitechapel album is a big change of pace for them - they're basically abandoning deathcore for Lamb of God-style "modern metal," clean vocals and all, which is a very good move if they want a fan base that can drink legally.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 9 June 2016 22:59 (eight years ago) link
new Flotsam and Jetsam is p good! there's a song called "Iron Maiden" where dude sings like Bruce and they play Maidenesque harmonized leads and it fucks with me a little.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 11 June 2016 02:02 (eight years ago) link
Holy shit the new Sumac is indeed a massive step up from the debut. Its crushing.
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 13 June 2016 13:01 (eight years ago) link
yeah I'm feeling it, esp when it's on a kind of Dazzling Killmen/other 90s metallic math-rock sorta tip
― reader, if you love him so much why don't you marry him? (DJ Mencap), Monday, 13 June 2016 13:20 (eight years ago) link
I'm digging this new Ghoul track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGuh6t8g3cY
― jmm, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 03:05 (eight years ago) link
saw them open for Skeletonwitch. they were fun. I have one of their albums on mp3 and have yet to listen
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 03:06 (eight years ago) link
Aldrahn is doing vocals in some kind of avant black metallish thing called Urarv. Some of it sounds almost post punk, even gothy. Hooray for prominent bass guitar.http://www.tgnd.no/urarv/
Whatever the hell it is, I'm digging it.
― Devilock, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 11:41 (eight years ago) link
listening to sumac. can def hear the dazzling killmen (& isis & neurosis & khanate). a bit seriousface scowly for me but damn good.
― the world over the crotch. (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 13:26 (eight years ago) link
The singer for Pyrexia has been arrested for triple murder. What interests me (a little) is that the metal "press" has jumped immediately to labeling him the band's ex-frontman, but I saw these guys live, with him, opening for Suffocation just a couple of years ago, and don't remember any announcement of a new vocalist in the period since. So what, he became the ex-frontman the minute charges were filed? I mean obviously, yeah, but it feels kinda Stalinist for metal blogs to immediately leap to a "Oh, that guy? Yeah, he's our ex-singer" position.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
Dunno what happened after May of 2014 but
http://lambgoat.com/news/comments.aspx?id=22455
Wednesday, May 07, 2014 7:39 AM PTNew York death metal band Pyrexia (Unique Leader Records) and vocalist Erick Shute have parted ways. Details have yet to be revealed, with Shute only offering up the following yesterday: "I officially recuse myself from Pyrexia. I wish the guys all the best."We can't help but think that this is somehow related to Shute's attempt to crowdfund a large metal festival. If you read our news item last week, you may recall that Shute is seeking $175,000 for the Texas Metal Festival. Unfortunately, roughly six days in, Shute and his partner have netted only $35 (said partner personally contributed $100). Though Shute had not openly been using Pyrexia to promote the endeavor, we suspect that his association proved to be a source of acrimony.
New York death metal band Pyrexia (Unique Leader Records) and vocalist Erick Shute have parted ways. Details have yet to be revealed, with Shute only offering up the following yesterday: "I officially recuse myself from Pyrexia. I wish the guys all the best."
We can't help but think that this is somehow related to Shute's attempt to crowdfund a large metal festival. If you read our news item last week, you may recall that Shute is seeking $175,000 for the Texas Metal Festival. Unfortunately, roughly six days in, Shute and his partner have netted only $35 (said partner personally contributed $100). Though Shute had not openly been using Pyrexia to promote the endeavor, we suspect that his association proved to be a source of acrimony.
― Devilock, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
Unfortunate last name there
― On this timescale, all matter is liquid. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 00:47 (eight years ago) link
Opeth have signed with Nuclear Blast and will be releasing a new album, Sorceress, by the end of the year. I wasn't that excited about their upcoming Radio City Music Hall show (October 1), but now I think I'm gonna go see 'em again.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 14:12 (eight years ago) link
DHG posted on their FB yesterday that Aldrahn is out of the band to focus on that Urarv thing. Everything sounded really amicable though. Vicotnik will be doing the vox.
Also:http://i.imgur.com/3mReSTl.png
― Devilock, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
Vicotnik will be doing the vox on their upcoming euro tour, to be more accurate.
― Devilock, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 16:50 (eight years ago) link
aw + lol
― imago, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 16:51 (eight years ago) link
they were amazing live a few months ago, playing quite a small venue, wonder if they're upscaling now
― imago, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 16:52 (eight years ago) link
Heard the new Sumac album now; it's fucking massive and a definite improvement on the debut.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 16:58 (eight years ago) link
told ya
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 19:53 (eight years ago) link
Is anyone excited about Terra Tenebrosa? I feel kinda meh about what I've heard.
― On this timescale, all matter is liquid. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 18 June 2016 06:49 (eight years ago) link
oh man the new Nails yessssssssss
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 June 2016 16:13 (eight years ago) link
Blut Aus Nord, Terra Tenebrosa, Nails, Inter Arma, Gojira. That's just this week.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 18 June 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
I like this Portuguese band Dead Procession. Sort of LLN vibes sometimes. Sort of 1970s weirdo vibes sometimes (like German Oak or something). Maybe not metal exactly but where else am I going to talk about it?
http://dunkelheitprod.bandcamp.com/album/rituais-e-mantras-do-medo-demos
― On this timescale, all matter is liquid. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 20 June 2016 08:31 (eight years ago) link
Bought the recent Revenge album. It was that kind of day. They always sound like they were formed by members of a cargo cult who had a crate of copies of Reek Of Putrefaction dropped into their, one assumes, isolated bunker.
― On this timescale, all matter is liquid. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 12:39 (eight years ago) link
dude that is such a great description.
― The bald Phil Collins impersonator cash grab (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 12:52 (eight years ago) link
the Sumac record is pretty good yes
― imago, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 12:59 (eight years ago) link