...and, I guess, an endorsed cover band composed of the other guys as well?
I'm always wanting to call them Venom, Inc IRON AND STEEL because that's their legal name btw.
― Cosmic Love is absolutely Ruthless &Highly Indifferent (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 2 July 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
Necrophagia are a fucking blast live
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 July 2016 03:26 (seven years ago) link
guys- and it is all guys here, right?No
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 2 July 2016 03:35 (seven years ago) link
yeah why would you ask that out loud
Ghoulgotha feels like it's on the right side of silly as band names go, to me
― Pat Umunna Glass (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 2 July 2016 07:13 (seven years ago) link
guys- and it is all guys here, right?
Also no.
The Cadaveric Fumes EP mentioned upthread is possibly my favourite death metal of the year so far - ty for that. And I can sort of hear those Cardiacs chord progressions in the third track, though maybe also crazy.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Saturday, 2 July 2016 09:20 (seven years ago) link
xp i guess it's good to remember that one of the more cutting edge bands in the genre is still called Gorguts...
― Cosmic Love is absolutely Ruthless &Highly Indifferent (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 2 July 2016 10:36 (seven years ago) link
me too, though it seems at odds w/ their lyrics
― oculus lump (contenderizer), Saturday, 2 July 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
aight so about Venom, Inc. it's unfortunate that they have to use such a lame name, as it comes with all of the (hilarious) baggage that unofficial alternate versions of bands always has. But they were pretty much equally as good as the official Venom right now, and actually have more original members. It's basically Mantas, Abaddon, and that Demolition Man guy they used in the 90s, who curiously looks like one of the creatures from The Descent.
Both Mantas and Abaddon weirdly wore John Lennon sunglasses the whole show. Demolition Man was a great frontman. The setlist isn't even that different from what "Venom" plays other than they purely stick to the early material. sonically speaking they sound almost the same other than Demolition Man doesn't sound like Cronos (but who does). got to hear "Angel Dust" this time (which Venom didn't play in MDF).
I think though there is one inarguable fact - it is never not fun to scream "Lay down your soul to the Gods of rock 'n roll" with other people.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 July 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
very jealous you got to see Necrophagia, they are one of my very favorites
― The bald Phil Collins impersonator cash grab (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 2 July 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
yeah they were dope. new album works well live, as well as the old stuff. live they are the aural equivalent of an off-brand 80s slasher VHS tape that's been watched too many times, very murky and evil sounding.
what of theirs is worth checking out besides HOlocausto De La Morte and the new one? that's all I have thus far
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 July 2016 15:53 (seven years ago) link
OMG NEW GRAVE DESECRATOR ALBUM CAME OUT
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 July 2016 16:00 (seven years ago) link
Is metal-archives correct in saying Anselmo wrote all of Holocausto de la Morte? I knew he had some kind of working relationship with Killjoy but somehow I never knew he was that involved in Necrophagia. Weird.
On the sort-of Necrophagia tip, I always liked those two Wurdulak albums that Killjoy, Frediablo, Iscariah, Maniac, and a couple other dudes did in the early 00s (though I think I may be the only one who did like them). It was like Deathcrush meets mid-90s Norsecore, and definitely sounded like everyone involved was close to blackout drunk, if in that functional Norwegian way.
And Gorelord, Frediablo's one man thing, wasn't too bad either. Very much in the aforementioned category of VHS horror. Reminds me of the pre-Blockbuster 80s, renting movies like CHUD or It's Alive from the freaking gas station.
― Devilock, Saturday, 2 July 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
I didn't know he wrote that much, but I remember lots of people talking about the various metal projects he was working on, namely Necrophagia, as lots of extreme-o heads were critical of him trying too hard to prove his cred (i read it more like "metal vocalist with questionable beliefs and shitty behavior yet also with known good taste in music just did a lot of projects he was passionate about cos he could afford it now")
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 July 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
aw man the new Grave Desecrator is fun. i know they don't exactly bring anything new to the table but i love Brazilian death/thrash.
weirdly they tracked the guitars left right rather than putting both rhythm and lead in both channels, but I actually kinda like that. gives it more of a live feel, makes the leads penetrate a lot in my left ear.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 July 2016 23:37 (seven years ago) link
Beyond Creation just put on a nice set. Psycroptic next
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 3 July 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
Psycroptic were fun as hell. Passive aggressive about our quiet behavior so I tried to agitate the pit.
I think I'm at the cusp of moshtirement.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 3 July 2016 04:02 (seven years ago) link
Yes, that Cadaveric Fumes Ep is great. I can see where you're both coming from w/the Cardiacs comparison but don't really agree. It's one of those ones that mixes osdm with prog and that's something I'm a sucker for.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 3 July 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
Just interviewed former Dio guitarist Craig Goldy for Burning Ambulance. It'll be up later this month.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 3 July 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
Heavy Metal and Natural Language Processing
dude analyzes lyrics of 222,623 metal songs and among other findings identifies the most and least metal words in English
top five: burn, cries, veins, eternity, breathe
bottom five: particularly, indicated, secretary, committee, university
― Brad C., Wednesday, 6 July 2016 13:45 (seven years ago) link
Now I kinda want to make a project with a Botanist-like lyric focus on, like, a bitter rivalry between two career academic administrators. I bet I could cram most of the 20 least metally words into a single tune.
― summervillain, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 14:13 (seven years ago) link
\m/ Harvard Business Review with riffs \m/
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 21:09 (seven years ago) link
is this SubRosa album based on We ever happening?
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 July 2016 00:08 (seven years ago) link
ha really that sounds like such a subrosa thing to make an album on
― j., Friday, 8 July 2016 01:49 (seven years ago) link
Man, Timeghoul still rules. Just checking in. And I've got the new Cvinger album coming tomorrow, which should rule. But not as much as Timeghoul, most likely.
― Have you hugged your timeghoul today? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 8 July 2016 08:19 (seven years ago) link
This Weird Light reissue on Shadow Kingdom's pretty cool trad-doom. Kinda wish they had overdubbed like fifteen more rhythm guitar tracks, though, always weird when the guitar seems low on a doom record.
― Have you hugged your timeghoul today? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 8 July 2016 09:17 (seven years ago) link
Exodus just did a headlining show, one of two exclusive ones in FL (the other being in Davie). holy fuck, they're still great live. had seen em open a few times but much nicer to see them get a full set.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 9 July 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
Who's singing for them now?
― Have you hugged your timeghoul today? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 9 July 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
Zetro
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 9 July 2016 18:49 (seven years ago) link
Nice! I've always wanted to see that lineup (and Baloff as well, obviously).
― Have you hugged your timeghoul today? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 9 July 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
Something I missed earlier in the year, Ophidian Forest's final album.
https://ophidianforest.bandcamp.com/album/susurrus
Nutty multinational black metal with the guy behind Botanist on drums and hammered dulcimer!
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 9 July 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
^ is that Ophidian Forest album only available on cassette or digital? My tape player really sucks, is all.
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 10 July 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
Looks like it but I don't know for sure, I just got the digital version and I don't do cassettes
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 10 July 2016 11:04 (seven years ago) link
Qrixkuor - Three Devils Dance EPhttps://qrixkuordeath.bandcamp.com/album/three-devils-dance
Epic, blackened death metal. Fans of Teitanblood, Portal, and big, empty caverns.
― Dominique, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
yeah, that's a good one, even I feel like I'm sending a mischievous goblin back to its home dimension every time I try to say the band name.
― Devilock, Monday, 11 July 2016 22:43 (seven years ago) link
Probably not news to anyone paying attention, but
http://www.metalsucks.net/2016/07/12/destroyer-666-officially-racist-d-bags-2/
― Dominique, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
that fucking sucks. kk said & did lots of shitty, racist stuff circa wolves (article doesn't cover the full extent), but i hoped he'd left it behind.
― oculus lump (contenderizer), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
S'cool, never thought they were very good anyway
― Have you hugged your timeghoul today? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 22:22 (seven years ago) link
Kinda bummed to find out Vomitor have connections to that scene though
― Have you hugged your timeghoul today? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 22:24 (seven years ago) link
feel like I'm sending a mischievous goblin back to its home dimension every time I try to say the band name.― Devilock, Monday, 11 July 2016 22:43
lol
― am0n, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
finally getting around to this Ghoulgotha -- this is fucking good. The lead lines in particular stand out, and the structures might actually reach back to that Timeghoul stuff Jon referenced later. IMO no death metal album should be 54 minutes long -- Pack all that extremity into 33 or 36 minutes -- but definitely good while I/it lasts
― Dominique, Thursday, 14 July 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link
occult burial lp arrived today, good times
― oculus lump (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2016 03:59 (seven years ago) link
xp yessss I love that record. Definitely agree re the length though.
Anyway, Bloodway and Valborg collaborative LP:
http://bloodway.bandcamp.com/album/karbon-winter
Don't worry, the guy from Valborg sings. First track is really cool and doomy, second is almost like some Kranky records 90s shit.
― Have you hugged your timeghoul today? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 14 July 2016 04:30 (seven years ago) link
wow this ghoulgotha is nasty
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 July 2016 04:48 (seven years ago) link
At work I'm trying to improve our thing that calculates "similar" artists, so I fed it Ghoulgotha as a starting point, and had it make a playlist. Came out pretty well, I think:
https://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/79f1nol1TsIGyOYWwdz2cH
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 14 July 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
friends: do i need to go see Beyond Creation and Rivers of Nihil when they come to my town? or no?
― alpine static, Thursday, 14 July 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
Beyond Creation sounded great live when I saw em open for Psycroptic
― Neanderthal, Friday, 15 July 2016 01:09 (seven years ago) link
here's a song from the new subrosa album. they're coming to town in a few weeks here and i'm pretty psyched to see them. i haven't been to a metal show in years tbqh.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/subrosa-releasing-new-album-for-this-we-fought-the-battle-of-ages-share-wound-of-the-warden/
― nomar, Friday, 15 July 2016 01:51 (seven years ago) link
Bolzer just posted the Destroyer 666 album with the wolf "representing the spirit of the white man" on the cover and then disclaimed their politics in the comments. I'm starting to think these guys want just the tip of fascism.
― Have you hugged your timeghoul today? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 16 July 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
well, they want the charge of the iconography - that's not a new development. fascism gives off "you should legitimately fear this" vibes more than much else.
― The bald Phil Collins impersonator cash grab (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 17 July 2016 01:09 (seven years ago) link
I interviewed former Dio guitarist Craig Goldy for Burning Ambulance today.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 13:05 (seven years ago) link