OK I have a problem in that I don't think this got nominated for the poll? But otherwise it's all good.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 7 January 2018 10:07 (six years ago) link
New Summoning album is out now, With Doom We Come. These two trailers do not sound promising at all though.
― Siegbran, Monday, 8 January 2018 20:26 (six years ago) link
Kim Kelly did a great interview with them:
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/3k5vew/summoning-is-the-best-tolkien-obsessed-anti-fascist-metal-band-in-the-world
― Simon H., Monday, 8 January 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
I really hope Napalm Records somehow screwed up those clips because they sound like complete ass, and while I'm one of the biggest Summoning fans in the world, there's absolutely no excuse for production that bad, after twenty years on a big label.
That is a good interview indeed. I wonder if we'll ever see another Ice Ages or Kreuzweg Ost album, these were fantastic projects.
― Siegbran, Monday, 8 January 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
the summoning album is fucking amazing.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 23:19 (six years ago) link
and yeah the YouTube compression is severe - I listened to it on living room speakers having bought AACs through Bandcamp and it sounded very good. I do suspect that Summoning works at home mainly now, and bands working at home, in the metal world, has fucked up the fidelity in a general sense - studios exist/ed for a reason and should be utilized when the budget's there. but it's a great record, better than Old Morning's Dawn to my ears.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 23:41 (six years ago) link
I do suspect that Summoning works at home mainly now, and bands working at home, in the metal world, has fucked up the fidelity in a general sense - studios exist/ed for a reason and should be utilized when the budget's there.
Just discussed this issue with Nortt for an upcoming Bandcamp Daily piece.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 23:45 (six years ago) link
oh wow -- I like the Nortt record and am very eager to read this piece, to me his record sounds pretty great
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 11 January 2018 01:30 (six years ago) link
I understand the gripe about the Summoning production but liked the songwriting I heard in the snippets so bought a copy....haven't had a chance to play yet
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 January 2018 01:56 (six years ago) link
New Chaos Echoes is growing on me after initial mistrust.
― Doran, Thursday, 11 January 2018 09:27 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I don't love it as much as Transient. But they've also got another album coming out this year - a collaboration with Mats Gustafsson - and that one's wild.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 11 January 2018 11:02 (six years ago) link
Power Trip and Sheer Mag are touring together - I'm struggling to think of another co-headlining tour with less audience overlap
― Simon H., Thursday, 11 January 2018 13:36 (six years ago) link
The new Visigoth video is appropriately silly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raBpZfbSX10
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 11 January 2018 16:11 (six years ago) link
Turns out my quest for icy synthy black metal has led me to Paysage d'Hiver
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 11 January 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link
new Drudkh in March on Season of Mist
― StanM, Friday, 12 January 2018 11:57 (six years ago) link
Anybody wanna own up to still being a Destroyer 666 fan?
My favorite part is when Lil bb Keith admits he doesn't eat pussy by using "cunt suckers" pejorativelyOG article: https://t.co/3OcnDZZHXE pic.twitter.com/2XMd0C2Asn— Lucretia Boredgia (@KelseyChapstick) January 12, 2018
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 12 January 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
people liked that shit? oh yeah they did. lol
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, 12 January 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
surprised you didn't know them/him already Gott Punch -- if you also don't know, check out Darkspace asap
― Dominique, Friday, 12 January 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
xxp Never heard them, never will, fuck that. On a related note I loooooove how much promotion (Swe) Shining's latest pile is getting straight up ignoring how much of a piece of shit that guy is.
― you can make fun of birthday parties all you want (ultros ultros-ghali), Friday, 12 January 2018 19:46 (six years ago) link
when metal musicians turn out to be fuckheads, 95+% of the time their music is turgid bollocks
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, 12 January 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
nokturnal mortum guy and varg are a rare breed
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, 12 January 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
Deathspell are the ones in my collection that I have to kind of uncomfortably ignore how much of a fuckhead the vocalist is.
I can remember the relief I felt when I finally listened to a couple of Burzum albums for the first and last time before deciding that they were tepid bollocks.
― you can make fun of birthday parties all you want (ultros ultros-ghali), Friday, 12 January 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
This is unfortunate, I’m not a big fan of the older stuff but he last few Destroyer 666 albums are excellent.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 13 January 2018 09:58 (six years ago) link
The new Destroyer 666 EP is a load of cobblers though, it should be said. I was profoundly untroubled by deleting it from iTunes this morning.
Unperson: that collaboration sounds amazing - I'm failing to find anything online about it though - is it on UTECH, via that connection? Any info would be welcome.
― Doran, Saturday, 13 January 2018 10:18 (six years ago) link
I don't know if any of you out there still like Primordial, but the new album is splendid and powerful. I can't think of a better band that can reflect the societal chaos of 2018 than these guys.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 15 January 2018 04:57 (six years ago) link
The new Gnaw Their Tongues (Genocidal Majesty, Consouling Sounds, Feb 9) is intolerable after coffee and provigil. In a good way. Had to turn it off after four songs - giving me a full on nervo.
― Doran, Monday, 15 January 2018 11:48 (six years ago) link
I don't know if any of you out there still like Primordial, but the new alb...
OMG THERE'S A NEW PRIMORDIAL ALBUM???
― Dinsdale, Monday, 15 January 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
hey ultros, i'm curious to know what you find odious about M1ko (i assume he's the DSO dude you're talking about). i'm not going to defend him in any way as i tend to assume most all bm dudes are problematic on some level though there's nothing in DSO lyrics that i take issue with. now if you're talking about Clandestine Blaze then i see that and more so if you're thinking of his noise/pe projects like Grunt and Nicole 12. he certainly puts out dodgy stuff on his 2 labels. haha, i guess i've answered my own question. to his credit, i find him smarter and more considered in his thinking than warrants a wholesale dismissal.
― Yelploaf, Monday, 15 January 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
Primordial is one of those bands where every time I put on their record, I'm super glad I did
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 15 January 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
Japanese art-metal weirdos Dir En Grey have a new 3CD best-of out, with all songs chosen by fans and re-recordings of three tracks; I wrote about it for Burning Ambulance. I saw them open for Deftones in 2008 and have been a fan ever since. Deftones were sluggish and dull; DEG were amazing.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
xxp he's a racist and possible peadophile is my problem. I don't have an issue with the stuff that he contributes to Ds, his lyrics and vocal performance for them are fine in themselves but I'm not as good as other people at looking the other way when the performer is a shithead. The way I rationalise it is that MA has very little to do with what I really like about DsO which is the riffs and the drumming. I wouldn't mind one bit if MA was replaced, but, I mean the other members might be even worse but they at least keep their gobs shut whoever they are :/
― you can make fun of birthday parties all you want (ultros ultros-ghali), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
new track from the next Portal -- album out in a couple of days
https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/track/phathom
clean/non-cavernous production, tried & true Portal guitar sound/riffing -- rhythmically angular, but still manages to drive forward. at the moment, hitting me like Beefheart death metal
― Dominique, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
Fabio Lione and Alessandro Conti have teamed up for an album coming out next week. Here's the first single/video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW8Cj22KXtM
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link
We never talked about Satan's Holllow did we? On the retro NWOBHM tip.
https://satanshallow.bandcamp.com/
― summervillain, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
I nominated them for the 2017 poll. Good album!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 January 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link
Jute Gyte/Spectral Lore split streamed a day early:
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/jute-gyte-spectral-lore/
― you can make fun of birthday parties all you want (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 18 January 2018 12:27 (six years ago) link
Haven't been able to get that working on Chrome at all today. The streaming window keeps disappearing and turning into an advert. I can wait a day maybe
― #TeamHailing (imago), Thursday, 18 January 2018 12:29 (six years ago) link
Ok my verdict after 1 listen is that JG's side is very strong and could have easily slotted in the 1st half of Oviri, SL's track takes a while to really get going but when it does, fucking wow.
― you can make fun of birthday parties all you want (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 18 January 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
So the new Anvil record is solid. They should just call it An Anvil Record.
The new Tribulation is brilliant. I think I like it better than the last one which is no mean feat.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 18 January 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
Def digging the new Arkona (this one arkonamoscow.bandcamp.com; I guess there are three?) Lot's of texture and contrast, some melodies that flirt with hookiness. I've played all the shortish songs and am intrigued enough to see what the longer ones have to offer.
― summervillain, Friday, 19 January 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
Victory is reissuing Jungle Rot's What Horrors Await; originally released in 2009, but only barely.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 19 January 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
That Anvil album is an embarrassment! I never thought I'd hear a song about a guy complaining about his car's GPS system, but here we are.
https://open.spotify.com/track/3hNC0RtfJNKPXzK03vMeXa?si=gGRhQUXgSYu8qtwI_iUPzg
― A. Begrand, Friday, 19 January 2018 22:59 (six years ago) link
new Slugdge track rules, new album out in March
https://slugdge.bandcamp.com/track/putrid-fairytale
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 20 January 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
Listened to this last night. I was impressed by the Spectral Lore side. Some really nice playing there. Jute Gyte is doing what he does: I sometimes suspect he could be more rigorous about his microtonality and his work might benefit from it but there's still something compelling that keeps me listening.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:37 (six years ago) link
Complaining about Anvil lyrics being terrible is like saying the solos on a Ramones record were terrible. Anvil has always had cheesy lyrics.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 22 January 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link
In other news, anyone else check out the new album from Clamfight? Silly name notwithstanding, the band's third album is quite good. If the idea of a sludge jam band is appealing, check it out.
http://clamfight.bandcamp.com/album/iii
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 22 January 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
internet sensations, why not
― j., Monday, 22 January 2018 03:37 (six years ago) link
my goal this year is to listen to all of Beloved Antichrist come hell or high water
I will probably be thrown out of the house for this at some point so if somebody has an open couch let a man know
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 22 January 2018 14:37 (six years ago) link
I can't tell if this is meant to be dismissive of both bands, but I've seen them live separately and they're both great
― Simon H., Monday, 22 January 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link
Disfear's Live the Storm came out 10 years ago today. I wrote about it for Stereogum.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 22 January 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
It's a very old discussion but I don't think Okoi is a racist. He got shit for a tattoo, his explanations showing massive naivety but not intolerance.
Honestly the pictures of him and his dad in his Facebook post on the subject were adorable and makes me think he dad was pretty cool (and definitely not white).
https://www.facebook.com/erosatarms/posts/it-is-disgusting-totally-infuriating-and-frankly-embarassing-the-lengths-some-pe/1637456716287584/
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 21 December 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
He did manage to be a total dick to the organisers of the small Swiss festival where I saw Bölzer play a couple years ago.
And yes that is a completely separate issue, I know.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 22 December 2018 00:10 (five years ago) link
I concur with the Bolzer issue. I know people who know people who know Okoi, and they vouch for him being not a racist, so I take them at their word. My own opinion is that Bolzer are edgelord bullshitters who don't take too well to being called out on such.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Saturday, 22 December 2018 12:32 (five years ago) link
I forgot about Striker, cuz I haven't managed to find a digital dl to buy yet. Road Warrior's grown on me too, in the heavy metal list:
05. Striker – Play To Win12. Road Warrior – Power
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 22 December 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
Ironflame - Tales Of Splendor And Sorrow: Second album from Brimstone Coven's Andrew D'Cagna. Some songs address Greco-Roman mythology, and closer "Our Great Defender" is an allegorical tribute to DIO!https://tribunalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tales-of-splendor-and-sorrow
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 23 December 2018 01:55 (five years ago) link
For those who are interested my top (mostly) albums of the year.http://www.invisibleoranges.com/brian-oneills-top-albums-of-2018
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 01:12 (five years ago) link
New Swallow the Sun EP, along with a video about the majesty of winter and shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6mgM7szaWY
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
Favorite movie over the holiday weekend: Heavy Trip, the epic tale of Finland’s greatest symphonic post apocalyptic reindeer-grinding-Christ-abusing extreme war pagan Fennoscandian metal band, Impaled Rektum. Bottoms up to Jynkky in Valhalla! Also watched completely bonkers horror flick Mandy, which uses King Crimson's "Starless and Bible Black" as the theme song. Nick Cage is at his most unhinged since Vampire’s Kiss (1988), complete with a chainsaw battle. Lots of creepy, psychedelic horror. I’m traumatized.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 27 December 2018 06:42 (five years ago) link
Pretty interesting story pertinent to our photojournalist friends:
How I Got Banned from Photographing the Band Arch Enemy
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 27 December 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
that is disgusting. Angela Gossow's page is getting lit up with people calling her on it, too.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 27 December 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
you expect more out of a popular band? *hollow laugh*
― imago, Thursday, 27 December 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
A lot of stuff I never heard of, and he also rattles off a long list of honorable mentions.
20 NWOTHM Albums of 2018
#20: Sign of the Jackal - Breaking the Spell#19: Wytch Hazel - II: Sojourn#18: Eliminator - Last Horizon#17.1: Shadowkiller - Guardians of the Temple#17.2: Ancient Empire - Eternal Soldier#16: Evil-Lÿn - Disciple of Steel#15: Lucifer's Hammer - Time Is Death#14: Steelballs - Thunder Strikes Again#13: Seven Sisters - The Cauldron and the Cross#12: Espionage - Digital Dystopia#11: Gatekeeper - East of Sun#10. Manacle - No Fear to Persevere#9. Lizzies - On Thin Ice#8. Blackslash - Lightning Strikes Again#7. Toledo Steel - No Quarter#6. Striker - Play to Win#5. Snakebite - Rise of the Snake#4. Silver Talon - Becoming A Demon#3. Haunt - Burst Into Flame#2. Hitten - Twist of Fate#1. Visigoth - Conqueror’s Oath
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 27 December 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
Friday's Viking's Choice podcast was pretty good:https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/12/28/674533914/vikings-choice-the-year-in-the-loud-and-the-weird
Chapel of Disease, ... And As We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced The EyeFour words: Death-metal Dire Straits. No, wait, come back! Metal has long reckoned with its rock and roll roots, from Entombed's Wolverine Blues to Tribulation's flamboyantly gothic King Diamond worship. Germany's Chapel of Disease may have started as a Morbid Angel homage, but on its third album it embraces '70s hard-rock swagger, proggy sorcery and, most surprisingly, the fluid melodicism of Mark Knopfler's guitar work, all atop death-metal growls and chugged riffs. There's no reason why this should work, and it's a testament to Chapel of Disease's heavily worn record collection, as the group now raises fists and beer to the storm.https://chapelofdisease.bandcamp.com/album/and-as-we-have-seen-the-storm-we-have-embraced-the-eye
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 30 December 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
There's a lot of Tribulation in the first track on that album (the only one I've listened to so far). Might be worth giving them $7.
Broooootal slamz of the day: Habitual Depravity's Realms of Abysmal Servitude:
https://realityfaderecords.bandcamp.com/album/realms-of-abysmal-servitude
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 30 December 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
some nice discoveries from the AMG lists that have yet to be mentioned in this thread: lovingly gloomy doom-black hybrid Eneferens (The Bleakness of Our Constant); Woods of Ypres-influenced bleak alt-metal from Altars of Grief (Iris)l; very melodic, very extended (like, 6 songs in 70 minutes) doom, somewhat akin to what I recall of early Opeth, from the appropriately named The Eternal (Waiting for the Endless Dawn).
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 31 December 2018 01:56 (five years ago) link
Where do you see those? They are not on this list: https://www.allmusic.com/year-in-review/2018/favorite-metal
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 31 December 2018 11:19 (five years ago) link
AMG = Angry Metal Guy, I think?https://www.angrymetalguy.com/
― Dinsdale, Monday, 31 December 2018 12:11 (five years ago) link
Ah I see
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 31 December 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
If there's no metal poll this year, do we all post our top 10/25/50 lists here?
― Siegbran, Monday, 31 December 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
I guess so. That would really suck, though.
― pomenitul, Monday, 31 December 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
been started!
― imago, Monday, 31 December 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
We are doing metal poll this year!
ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll 2018: NOMINATIONS thread - open till Jan. 19th, 2019!
Go ahead and nominate your favorite albums and talk about them at great lengths, if you so choise
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 31 December 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
Haha xp
Apparently nominations should be bolded. My mistake; I'm the new guy!
Yob - Our Raw HeartSleep - The SciencesGhost - PrequelleThy Catafalque - GeometriaMournful Congregation - The Incubus of KarmaPillorian - Obsidian ArcKhorada - SaltEvoken - Hypnagogia
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 31 December 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
Aw fuck
Four words: Death-metal Dire Straits. No, wait, come back!
― Fastnbulbous
why did i listen to this
in other news from now on whenever i see the acronym "amg" i will substitute in "angry metal guy" in my brain
― errang (rushomancy), Monday, 31 December 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
Yay for the metal poll! I was getting worried.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 02:05 (five years ago) link
Pretty interesting story pertinent to our photojournalist friends:How I Got Banned from Photographing the Band Arch Enemy
this story - or, more specifically, the online reaction to it - is kinda crazy to me. is this photographer a particularly well-connected or widely read guy? i realize he has his own niche site and re-ran the story on a photography site, but i guess i'm surprised he has rallied this band's fans against it - quite vocally, it seems - over his own copyright claim ... which i would think is something very few people actually care about, especially enough to turn against a band they love!
what am i missing here?
― alpine static, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 09:33 (five years ago) link
i guess what i'm saying is, yes, he is right, and he did a good job of detailing his side of the story, and still i am amazed that the Arch Enemy FB is full of comments like "how dare you re-post an artist's work without credit, you are scum and i'm done supporting this band!" and not "whatevs, it's just a pic on the internet, the photog should be happy for the exposure, Arch Enemy rules"
― alpine static, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 09:36 (five years ago) link
Because of the missing counter narrative from the band?
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 09:44 (five years ago) link
Ah I see Angela Gossow did respond - in the dumbest way possible, in a whiny dramatic tone accusing the photographer’s factual statements as ‘highly emotionalizing’ the issue.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 10:34 (five years ago) link
Rolling Metal 2019
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 4 January 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link