Rolling Metal 2016

* OK, "best band on Earth" is hyperbole but wow they were great

Who else stood out at Psycho Las Vegas? Did Colour Haze play? They were announced in the bill, but then I didn't seem them listed in the end. They were the main reason I was planning to go but then had to cancel.

Colour Haze had visa issues. Which was good because otherwise would have needed to choose between Wizard and Boris.

Fav performances:

YOB
Zombi (who I thought were surprisingly punchy live)
A Place To Bury Strangers
Boris
Jucifer
Mantar
Acid King

Midnight were also highly entertaining. Cosmic Dead I really wanted to see but was getting to midnight on Sunday and did not have stamina post-Sleep. There was no one I missed that I was really invested in seeing.

Small room was a little disappointing as almost every time I went in seeming to vacillate between generic big voiced lady doom and instrumental doom.

I actually thought sound at every single venue (including pool) at the Hard Rock was great btw second rate casino or not. I've seen probably a dozen of the bands live in other settings (including at some pretty decent SF venues) and uniformly each of their performances at PLV sounded better than the other times. A friend attributes that to a certain "getting it up for the big game kind of mentality" by the bands, but still thought rooms themselves were great. $15 beers and constant ripoffs everywhere else not so much. :|

I wish that had been a week later. I'm in Vegas next week and we're seeing David Guetta. ;_;

I totally agree that the sound was really good ... second-rate casino wasn't meant to be any sort of commentary on the fest or production, just a weird place to see Tribulation is all.

My highlights were:
Tribulation
Elder (holy SHIT)
Yob (excellent as always)
SubRosa (inspiring)
Alice Cooper (super fun)
Lumerians (alien kraut-bloop)
Highlands (shoegaze)
Candlemass (better than I expected)
Mars Red Sky

Baroness was good, but the sound seemed funky. That was the only time all weekend I thought that.

I took a nice swim during Bongripper, that was awesome.

I was bummed Colour Haze bailed, but not devastated. Would've liked to have seen Boris but needed a nap at that point. Some other stuff I wish I hadn't missed, but I saw my top priorities.

Was disappointed in The Cosmic Dead and Mondo Drag.

Also, Electric Wizard is boring.

Overall, I thought it was run "well enough" ... security lines were ridiculous early Friday as they wanded everyone wanting to go into the big room, but that got better the rest of the weekend as the security basically backed off. But, like ... why are you wanding in two venues but not the third? That didn't make any sense. I don't drink beer so that wasn't an issue for me but my friend was shocked at the prices. Vegas is expensive.

Bottom line: Would go again.

I think I would too actually. $15 beers is insane even by Vegas is expensive standards though. Security was moronic. I actually had a security lady INSPECT MY WALLET....

Spire
Entropy
(Iron Bonehead Productions)
Release Date: 08/22/2016

http://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2936662536_16.jpg

http://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/spire-entropy
http://metalbandcamp.com/2016/08/spire-entropy22.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjV_M1vEb0I

Australian band's debut full-length album after a couple of EPs and a split with Midnight Odyssey. Atmospheric blackness that manages to accentuate both the mood and the metal, not an easy feat. Slow to mid tempos, rolling along like fog disturbing a moonlit night, fans of Funeral Doom will find a lot to like here even though this is far more dynamic than most of that genre.

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hope nobody wanted to see Marduk on their US tour

Cancelled?

visa issues. though at least here, the show is continuing and you still get Rotting Christ.

Rotting Christ not likely to toss drunk ass fan over shoulder way Marduk lead singer did last I saw them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffxbailr-dg

I bought that spire thing from bandcamp. just the files tho as i couldnt afford the vinyl :(

Whoa, cavernous death/black tribute to Cold Meat Industry!

http://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-meat-revived-a-tribute-to-cold-meat-industry

man, Witch Mountain, The Skull, and St Vitus touring in October. holy fucking hell.

Just got my ticket for the 10/2 Earl show, Megabus round trip was only $20.

seen WM twice now, the latter two never.

In Philly the St. Vitus show is the same day as Bad Religion.

I love Bad Religion but I think I gotta go for the old doom guys over the old punk guys.

If you wanna stay in this thread you do.

Bad Religion is one of my fav live bands but theyll be around til theyre 75. Vitus.

Okay this new Hammers of Misfortune is pretty dope. I'm not a prog metal guy really but they do a great job of making it sound like 1970s prog mixed with early thrash metal which is fuckin awesome.

saw St. Vitus a couple years ago was great

Yeah, I saw them a few years ago, with Wino, opening for Down. I was amazed how good they were, especially since I've never been a huge fan - I love a few songs, but can never make it through a whole album. But live, they were fantastic.

Hammers of Misfortune is p much my ideal of metal
but
feel like the singing could be a little stronger maybe?

oh wow they cover a Dylan song off Self-Portrait

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feel like the singing could be a little stronger maybe?

For sure, but that's an issue with a lot of modern metal in a lot of genres (there are a ton of hacky thrash shouters/screechers right now for instance). It's really hard to get me to like clean singing so when a dude lays back a little bit it at least doesn't bother me.

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thy catafalque album was supposed to be out tomorrow but has been put back 2 weeks according to an email I got from amazon.

new lamniformes:

https://lamniformes.bandcamp.com/album/thresher

Rotting Christ's new stuff sucks but they're great guys and the material works well enough live as fun beer metal.

i think norma jean qualifies for this thread right? their new album is incredible

Metalcore?

i mean yeah but more converge/every time i die than what you're thinking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzsy9R0qbPI

its as valid as anything else afaic its not like Zombi or Om are metal but we all write about them here

I d/l the Thy Catafalque album as im pissed off at the 2 week delay and its quite superb. If ypu like the last couple it wont disappoint

sometimes i just post about metalcore in the emo thread lol

haha, I suppose tbh that's more likely to be the audience for it but you do have a habit of making me want to check out horrible albums you like just because of how you write about it, lol

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So i bought a ticket to see Blind Guardian tonight not realizing they are playing IFTOS in its entirety. *gasp*

one day i might even like one of them

xp

omg

Yea im stoked

so that BG show was beaten by only Iron Maiden this year. if you miss this one you're an asshole IMO.

ok not really but go check it out

Do you guys like Repulsion and early Master? Do you like Finland? Do you like free demos?

http://sonicpoison13.bandcamp.com/album/harsh-demonstration

man if you were a car salesman I'd have just driven off the lot with an entire row of vehicles

new Bolzer track: https://soundcloud.com/bolzer/i-am-iii

first listen not necessarily amazed

I like it but it hasn't hooked me as quickly as their EPs. But I'll give it some time.

Only two weeks until the new Asphyx Incoming Death comes out. At this point there are no original members left, but they'll probably sound exactly like they always do. There's also a US tour coming in April.

They put up one of the short uptempo tunes as a teaser:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYNkQh6VDNk

I hadn't realized they were down to MvD as sole original-ish member (being on the first official album)... wow. Looking forward to the new one.

New Meshuggah video. I really like the chromatic solo on this.