Rolling Metal 2016

xp i guess it's good to remember that one of the more cutting edge bands in the genre is still called Gorguts...

Ghoulgotha feels like it's on the right side of silly as band names go, to me

me too, though it seems at odds w/ their lyrics

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.

very jealous you got to see Necrophagia, they are one of my very favorites

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

OMG NEW GRAVE DESECRATOR ALBUM CAME OUT

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.

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")

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.

Beyond Creation just put on a nice set. Psycroptic next

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.

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.

Just interviewed former Dio guitarist Craig Goldy for Burning Ambulance. It'll be up later this month.

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

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.

\m/ Harvard Business Review with riffs \m/

is this SubRosa album based on We ever happening?

ha really that sounds like such a subrosa thing to make an album on

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.

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.

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.

Who's singing for them now?

Zetro

Nice! I've always wanted to see that lineup (and Baloff as well, obviously).

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!

^ is that Ophidian Forest album only available on cassette or digital? My tape player really sucks, is all.

Looks like it but I don't know for sure, I just got the digital version and I don't do cassettes

Qrixkuor - Three Devils Dance EP
https://qrixkuordeath.bandcamp.com/album/three-devils-dance

Epic, blackened death metal. Fans of Teitanblood, Portal, and big, empty caverns.

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.

Probably not news to anyone paying attention, but

http://www.metalsucks.net/2016/07/12/destroyer-666-officially-racist-d-bags-2/

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.

S'cool, never thought they were very good anyway

Kinda bummed to find out Vomitor have connections to that scene though

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

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

occult burial lp arrived today, good times

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.

wow this ghoulgotha is nasty

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

friends: do i need to go see Beyond Creation and Rivers of Nihil when they come to my town? or no?

Beyond Creation sounded great live when I saw em open for Psycroptic

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/

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.

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.

I interviewed former Dio guitarist Craig Goldy for Burning Ambulance today.

Thread spotify playlist updated.
You guys are maniacs; this is as active a genre thread as any on ilx.

Xp - very much dug the Goldy interview

I forgot to post here saying voting has opened. Would be nice if everyone from here and wider ILM took part but even if you dont vote I hope you still feel like posting on the thread.

http://ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?action=showall&boardid=41&threadid=104302

apparently Suffocation were not at the opening of Summer Slaughter tonight due to a one-off conflict and this was not made apparent to fans leading up. lots of people pissed.

fortunately I'm going tomorrow where they are supposed to be there.

way too much 'core' in this lineup still