Rolling Metal 2016

the second letter in that venue's name is an i , not an l : http://www.eventdaddy.net/elizabeth/10-8-devoidov-luminous-vault-imperial-triumphant-galare/

the new Suicidal Tendencies is pretty fun and catchy. I think I like it better than the last one.

somehow Muir's voice is less annoying as he's gotten older

the spoken intro to "The New Degeneration" is so fucking eye-rolly though, it's like....Mike, you're 53 years old.

Am I misremembering or was there a long period of time where Muir sounded like he was trying to sing CYCOOOOO but oddly quiet, like he didn't want to wake his parents in the next room over?

Getting new Asphyx and Usurpress tomorrow, excited. New Void Meditation Cult next month, too...

Goddamn, I love this Dysrhythmia album!

Anyone else on their first trip through the new Alcest? If you have an opinion about Alcest I don't think "Kodama" will force you to revise it much, and if I hadn't read all the stuff about the influence of Japanese culture on Neige I don't think I would pick up on any musical indications of it. But goddamn, it sure is purty.

Also, if you like Alcest and you're the music-buying sort, I'd definitely recommend the 7 track version. The bonus track, though instrumental, fells very much of a piece - very leisurely dynamic swell (if you played it at half speed without dropping the pitch it might almost sound like Low) and it's a nice way to take the album out.

Goddamn, I love this Dysrhythmia album!

oh yass, thank you

spinning the new Asphyx now. opening track is a good start.

lol "The Grand Denial" has kind of an arena rock riff in it

the second letter in that venue's name is an i , not an l : http://www.eventdaddy.net/elizabeth/10-8-devoidov-luminous-vault-imperial-triumphant-galare/

Apparently it's spelled Cianfano's:

http://cianfanosrestaurantbar.dinehere.us/

Got my copy of the 2CD deluxe version of the new Opeth in today's mail. The second disc has two extra studio tracks, and three live tracks recorded with an orchestra and choir. I thought about going to see them tonight at Radio City Music Hall, but changed my mind because they're playing Damnation and Deliverance in their entirety, followed by a short set of other songs. (This is one of the only nights on the tour where they're doing that.) I love those albums, but I hate "play-the-album-in-full" shows. I'd much rather hear a well constructed set of new and old material. The best Opeth show I've ever seen was in 2011, when they were first touring Heritage; they put together a set that was half Heritage songs, and half back catalog songs that had that same mellow, proggy sound:

The Devil's Orchard
I Feel the Dark
Face of Melinda
Porcelain Heart
Nepenthe
The Throat of Winter (acoustic)
Patterns in the Ivy II (acoustic)
Closure (acoustic)
Slither
A Fair Judgement
Hex Omega
Folklore (encore)

New Asphyx is good. Not as good as Deathhammer, but still.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEuI2Qeb5Wg

You know you're in too deep when instead of going "what the fuck is this noise?" you see the 1982 release date and think "whoa, this is ahead of its time"

That's pretty insane right there.

You guys ever try to remember some metal band you heard once and forgot about, only to have it surge back into your memory years later? I'm trying to remember this band I heard... late 90s or early 00s, simple black metal with a lot of synths, but the synths are super-basic, one-finger melodies that sound more like a garage version of the Twin Peaks theme than Summoning or something, with pretty simplistic black metal. My brain thinks it's Taake but my ears don't. Not Graveland. Kinda introverted sounding... one man band, I think. Urgh.

Sort Vokter?

Manes?

Nah, love both bands but this was way more simple than Manes. Closer to Sort Vokter but less punky. Maybe my brain's just generating fake bands as I progress into black metal senility.

Ah, I think I was Taake and Vinterriket in my head.

mixing them, that is

You may be interested to learn that Deathspell Omega are releasing an EP on the 8th of November called The Synarchy of Molten Bones.

I am very interested.

tonight at Witch Mountain/The Skull/Saint Vitus...

Eric Wagner: You know that Elton John song that goes....the microphone smells like a beer?
Me: you mean BILLY JOEL?
Eric: well...this one smells like SHIT

(they were the highlight of the night for me. Not a huge Vitus fan, love Witch Mountain, but maaaaaaaan I got to hear some classic Trouble w/ Eric finally)

I'm enjoying these a lot:

https://sumerlands.bandcamp.com/album/sumerlands
https://eternalchampion.bandcamp.com/album/the-armor-of-ire
https://highspiritsmetal.bandcamp.com/album/motivator
https://trollpdx.bandcamp.com/album/troll

Don't write off Sumerlands based one one opinion!

Has anyone checked out this Dark Forest (UK) album? It's wonderful epic fantasy metal with a strong Iron Maiden feel. Scrappier than most modern power metal and with a good ear for melody.

https://darkforest-uk.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-veil

― jmm, Saturday, September 24, 2016 9:57 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is really good!

Don't write off Sumerlands based one one opinion!

Yeah, it's good stuff. Maybe not hook-y, but definitely worth a listen.

New Okkultokrati sounds like Totalitar trying to be AC/DC. Produced by Asahito Nanjo. And there's some darkwave in there. And ground-scraping crust riffs.

Did you happen to remember who "You guys ever try to remember some metal band you heard once and forgot about" was? I'm intrigued now :-)
(Couldn't possibly be Lustre since he only started in 2008 + way more synths than metal, I guess?)

It was, I think, me misremembering Taake and Vinterriket. Unless Vinterriket did some black metal stuff I can't find (most of the stuff I was checking out was like ambient synth).

it wasn't Lunar Aurora, was it?
https://youtu.be/7yAm2beMgGg

that was just a random cut, but most of their stuff during that time kinda sounded the same

The new Oathbreaker album is tremendous.

https://sumerlands.bandcamp.com/album/sumerlands

I'm kinda digging this, but I kinda hope Viv Campbell is getting royalty checks for some of those riffs

There's an Opeth albums ranking on Stereogum today that...well, it kinda sucks. The three prog albums are all stacked at the bottom, and the rest of the list reads like the writer (Jonathan Dick, ex-Steel for Brains) is ranking them in order of "Metal-ness." I mean, he puts Orchid at #2, and that album basically defines juvenilia.

It also has better riffs than any of the later Opeth albums.

and that album basically defines juvenilia.

giving the kids what they want?

Out of nowhere, a new Zemial EP -- sample sounds wonderfully nutso; for now digital and vinyl only, which have to be acquired through his fb (or email), but thank god he has plans for a CD version too.

https://youtu.be/XsqVyD4pjIo

oh, right, that's the same guy who's in Agatus, who also have a new one out this year

so much Greekness

uhhhh that previously mentioned Agatus, which I'd not checked out til now, is shaping up to be something massive, and I'm only on the 3rd song

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLllnVeLhvMLIbNqGuDjnBoJpqkd-yDr2f

it's like Di'Anno era Maiden via Hellenic black metal

Checking out the new Vader album now. Sounds like a Vader album. So, onto the year-end list it goes.

omg, this metal riff generator
https://djen.co/

3 tracks into the new Meshuggah and my jaw's dropping.

Checking out the new Vader album now. Sounds like a Vader album. So, onto the year-end list it goes.

hell yeah!

cw: power metal

the new epica is ridiculous

Yeah, I liked that one - gotta give it another listen.

i like this oathbreaker tho i think they lean p hard on the quiet/loud/quiet folky section to all out screaming thing too much

In the realm of stuff where I don't know what genre it is and someone will probably get mad at me if I guess and I'm old so shut up

LLNN - Loss. Kinda hardcore, kinda sludge, maybe a few too many dumb, juddering pit-friendly riffs but there's some great, bleak-sounding sci-fi keyboards and slightly dissonant guitar melodies to balance it out. Never heard anything quite like it but I want more.

"that album defines juvenilia"

All the best metal is juvenilia. Think about it, great metal happens when uncool, not-so-talented kids with 0 self-consciousness accidentally touch greatness through intuition or instinct: Facta Loquntuur, early Burzum, INRI, Morbid Visions, old Immortal, ad infinitum

Which is part of why metal is so dire now. Overqualified musicians who play by the rules even when they're breaking the rules, and metal dudes now are too savvy and ironic by default since our era is so media-saturated...

literally none of that is true - the best metal is made by people who play well and know what they want to accomplish, on down the road w/the "great art is accidental" romantic nonsense plz