Revisiting the Full of Hell/Merzbow album today. Still not as glorious as I'd hoped when I bought it - I was anticipating something in the vein of, I don't know, Kill the Client crossed with James Plotkin's Atomsmasher - but it's an excellent soundtrack to a hot day.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 14 August 2016 17:38 (eight years ago) link
Man this Inter Arma record is pretty great. Aside from the cover, which looks like blacklight art from a pirate bar.
― doeth represent the square of squares squaredly (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 15 August 2016 08:39 (eight years ago) link
new Cadaveric Fumes is fucking outstanding. just great loosey-goosey guitar work in a black metal context, it's like Jeffrey Lee Pierce or Kid Congo recruited to play in a black metal band
― The bald Phil Collins impersonator cash grab (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 15 August 2016 17:45 (eight years ago) link
seriously this shit is GREAT
It kind of has a Tribulation/Stench/Morbus Chron vibe to my ears... I feel like someone gave all these kids copies of King Crimson's "Red" and it's starting to pay dividends. I definitely hear a looseness there, it's a great direction to take death/black in after two decades of super-uptight, rigid precision. Well maybe moreso for death...
― doeth represent the square of squares squaredly (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 08:10 (eight years ago) link
(it is great!)
― doeth represent the square of squares squaredly (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 08:11 (eight years ago) link
yay Cadaveric Fumes love! Between that, Ghoulgotha, and Wakedead Gathering, this year has been great for not-clinical/overly-precise, DIY death metal. I feel like there's been the birth of a sort of new style in the last few years along these lines (see also last year's Khthoniik Cerviiks, Domains from 2014, the various Stargazer releases) for death metal that doesn't feel constrained by the genre, allows for a little black metal ambiance, and song structures that aren't just emphasizing brutal upon brutal upon brutal.
― Dominique, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 13:44 (eight years ago) link
I'm split between wanting a name for that style so I can easily refer to it without naming a bunch of bands and being afraid it'll be called something really stupid.
― doeth represent the square of squares squaredly (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 08:02 (eight years ago) link
>> I feel like someone gave all these kids copies of King Crimson's "Red" and it's starting to pay dividends. <<
YES!
― summervillain, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
and not even sure it's a "style", but an organic evolution of death metal, which actually seems cooler to me
that said, hypnagogic metal
― Dominique, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:10 (eight years ago) link
I didn't realize that Joel Violette from Woods of Ypres had another band. Thrawsunblat. Wowwowwow. Epic melodic black metal. https://open.spotify.com/album/27M8aMOAQ4feeqMYwdFWEB
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:53 (eight years ago) link
into this concept but I always like modifiers of extant categories so how about hypnopompic death
― The bald Phil Collins impersonator cash grab (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
I also like a lot of this OSDM that's kind of progressive without being "prog" (I'm not suggesting that's what anyone should call it). Howls of Ebb are another good one, as are Execration - Morbid Dimensions is a good album from a couple of years ago if you're into that sort of thing.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
Hypnopompic is a good word though.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
Execration album totally up my alley, kind of reminds me of Head of the Demon crossed with Autopsy. was this on the metal poll spreadsheet?
― Dominique, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 17:42 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/leyawn/status/765579594086883328
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link
adding to the chorus of "man the cadaveric fumes record is so cool"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
xp that leather chair is siiiick
also love that Execration, too!
― doeth represent the square of squares squaredly (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:47 (eight years ago) link
the Execration was great.
I like the new Ghoul - maybe it's time I listen to the old Ghoul that's been on my Amazon Cloud for two years now.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
Was just urged to listen to Blood Incantations's Starspawn and it's kinda in the same line as Cadaveric Fumes/Khthoniik C. I especially like "Chaoplasm" -- def waves the ol' King Crimson banner
― summervillain, Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:20 (eight years ago) link
will check it
― Dominique, Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:23 (eight years ago) link
first track off new 40 Watt Sun sounding good https://soundcloud.com/40wattsun/beyond-you
hoping this is gonna be a whole album of indie rock just because it'll piss ppl off
― aromantic cuck (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:10 (eight years ago) link
listening to the new Darkthrone track now, and right off the bat getting Ravishing Grimness vibes (which is good). Does go into 80s heavy metal territory midway through track, but encouraging!
― Dominique, Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link
Is that the one with that Celtic Frosty opening riff? Loved it.
― Hamilton, Joe Frank & Two-Thirds of Asphyx (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:25 (eight years ago) link
Yeeeesss, Blood Incantation delivers. I listened to their debut EP a couple of times last year and though it was quite good but ended up not buying it because I thought the Timeghoul worship was a bit too on the nose iirc. This is great though.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
I dunno if I could have too much Timeghoul worship. Am I missing a bunch of Timeghoulies out there making records about wars in the guts of giant monsters and deros and teros and shit?
― Hamilton, Joe Frank & Two-Thirds of Asphyx (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:42 (eight years ago) link
Way too uncool for the room, I know, but there's a new Metallica song out today, and a new album in November - a 12-track, 80-minute double CD called Hardwired...To Self-Destruct. The first track rips. YouTube embeds won't work, I know, so here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBHL3v4d3I
I'm into it. I'd have pre-ordered the album already, but their webstore doesn't take PayPal.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 18 August 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
It's a scorcher! I was excited about the new Darkthrone track this morning, but this tops it.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 18 August 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
Ehhh... wish they'd just go back to dad-rockin', getting tired of them faking the funk.
― Hamilton, Joe Frank & Two-Thirds of Asphyx (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 18 August 2016 20:34 (eight years ago) link
It's really weird how concerned they are about being perceived as a thrash band suddenly.
Lukewarm on that track. Why are Metallica going back to Exodus-style thrash after they played it for maybe one album?
I don't hate the song, but if I were to weigh it against any number of thrash acts in 2016, it's nothing special. James actually kinda sounds ok on it which surprised me, but I dislike the production.
Listenable but....I'll wait for more leaks to see how excited I should be.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
i did like it more than anything on Death Magnetic that wasn't "That Was Just Your Life" though
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link
I realize it will feel like a "throws up hands, what DO you want?" moment for some, but hearing them regress all the way back to "Whiplash"-type songs isn't really what I ever wanted from them - I play KEA so much less than the three after it, which isn't to say I don't like the songs, but what they became is so much more interesting to me than where they started.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:27 (eight years ago) link
in the chorus he said the S word less than 2 seconds after saying the F word. radical. good thing my mom didn't hear
― punksishippies, Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
straight thrash isn't what i want to hear from metallica either, but it's a double album, so maybe there'll be places where they stretch out. imagining/hoping this is sort of like what if "mistress dread" had been the first single from lulu
anyway the song is super fun!
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:42 (eight years ago) link
yeah I mean I *sincerely* doubt they would release one of the more ambitious tunes from the album as the first sample, so that makes sense. put it this way, it's not enough for me to not at least be interested in what the rest will sound like.
might also make more sense in the context of the album
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:44 (eight years ago) link
The D-throne camp doesn't exactly blow me out of my shoes as usual, hope the rest of the album is better.
I don't want them to pretend it's the 90s, but after their trilogy their idiom got maybe too predictably spartan. Moments of dreamlike beauty like the trippy guitar harmonizing in "Paragon Belial," or the slightly melodic march-like riffs in "The Pagan Winter?" Gone forever! Is sad.
― punksishippies, Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:44 (eight years ago) link
xpost *it's not bland enough for me
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:45 (eight years ago) link
it's a double album, so maybe there'll be places where they stretch out
80 minutes total, 6 tracks per disc...I bet there'll be at least two 10-minute tracks on this thing.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:47 (eight years ago) link
Unforgiven 4 - 6
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:50 (eight years ago) link
digging the new Skeletonwitch E.P. thus far. new vocalist though is a bit generic, though inoffensive enough that he doesn't detract from my enjoyment. he's no Chance.
like that the first track is more heavy metally than blackened death/thrash.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 19 August 2016 04:53 (eight years ago) link
It's weirdly adorable how Varg opens all his recent youtube videos with some loaded question, then points at the camera and says "let's find out"
― punksishippies, Friday, 19 August 2016 05:28 (eight years ago) link
I hope it's questions like "how much toothpaste is in a tube?" or "can I kickflip this children's skateboard?"
― Hamilton, Joe Frank & Two-Thirds of Asphyx (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 19 August 2016 05:43 (eight years ago) link
"Can I talk outrageous racist bullshit and still keep my French residency permit? Let's find out!"
― Siegbran, Friday, 19 August 2016 06:23 (eight years ago) link
Yeah that's what I was assuming.
I like this new Sewercide album. Someone complained that it sounds like Consuming Impulse; I say yay it sounds like Consuming Impulse!!! Kinda. But the vocalist definitely has a van Drunen quality.
― Hamilton, Joe Frank & Two-Thirds of Asphyx (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 19 August 2016 09:00 (eight years ago) link
You know who I'm feeling lately? Garden of Worm, especially "Idle Stones." Might be more Rolling Doom/Stoner/whatev appropriate, really, cause it's weird doom with psych and prog elements.
And Mortal Decay's "Forensic" is one of the better things I've heard on Unique Leader. Brutal death but fun, with vocals that tend towards more standard DM/Bill Steer and riff writing that's got Carcass, Suffo and Cryptopsy strains running through it. Also largely non-misogynistic lyrics.
― Hamilton, Joe Frank & Two-Thirds of Asphyx (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 20 August 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
Do Brocas Helm get any love around here? Black Death is the only traditional 80s metal album I could describe as "dreamlike" without feeling like a douche.
― punksishippies, Saturday, 20 August 2016 21:46 (eight years ago) link
Brocas Helm are great!
― Siegbran, Saturday, 20 August 2016 21:51 (eight years ago) link
I fucking love Brocas Helm. Bastards arise, we bring you death!
― Hamilton, Joe Frank & Two-Thirds of Asphyx (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link
The new Negura Bunget is really good. Reminds me of Popol Vuh's soundtrack to Herzog's Nosferatu, but with blast beats.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link