white ward is blowing my fucking mind
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 16:38 (six years ago) link
The other two splits are with World is a Vampire and Test, apparently. The comp has a cover and title so I guess it will be out before too long. xp
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 16:39 (six years ago) link
err I guess it already exists on cassette?!
https://www.discogs.com/Cloud-Rat-Clipped-Beaks--Silk-Panic-MMXVIII/release/10560905
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link
sorry still talking about white ward but it really keeps up the tradition of me hearing my favorite metal album of the previous year during the poll
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
considering how many albums I bought last year there's a ridiculous amount of metal I didn't hear
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
the drummer is SO good
brad I'm thrilled you had the same reaction I did (and am still having)
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
brad i recommended the white ward album to you last year
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 5 February 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
84 Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed II 114.0 Points, 3 Voteshttp://www.angrymetalguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wiegedood_cover_web-500x500.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/1DwMKkGWd3LMwOolq5mn3B?si=nT87ebj3SC-vogi-h436Gg
Wiegedood‘s debut may not be as pretentious as a band like Deafheaven (hallelujah!), but it’s thick with atmosphere and post-black attitude. The sequel hints at this heavy atmosphere, but De Doden Hebben Het Goed II never lets it meander for long. II, instead, unleashes a brutality fitting to a second-wave Norwegian outfit like Gorgoroth. The amount of hate and emotion set forth from II is enough to burn a hole right through your black heart. And it’s complimented by seamless fluidity. The seamlessness from beginning to end makes the record feel like one continuous song, with transitions appearing in the most unlikely of places. This keeps the disc from feeling long and it has the listener on their tippy toes. The transitions from one song to the next are so novel that Wiegedood are sure to come to mind if I ever hear anything like it again in the black metal world.
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
such a good album
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 5 February 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
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i am so sorry i did not immediately follow up, bless u k3rr
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
No one has mentioned anything about The Body & Full of Hell, so I will...it's pretty good. More of what you'd expect, but they've amped up the electronic feedback and it's all sounding like a wonderful cyberpunk dystopia. I think maybe I'm beginning to tire of The Body guy's vocals though
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Monday, 5 February 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
the Wiegedood album didn't pop out at me before but it sounds great now, some truly excellent riffs and v little waste
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
When they played in Edinburgh the locals were shocked it wasn't just one guy playing solo
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 5 February 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
"huh, I was expecting the Wiege dude..."
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
the snaps and rhodes piano in "rain as cure"! somebody invented this band for me
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
lmao I was waiting for you to hear those snaps. just you wait for the closing minutes....
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
TIE82 Dreadnought - A Wake in Sacred Waves 116.0 Points, 4 Voteshttp://www.angrymetalguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dreadnoughtcover-500x500.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/4seSirz4qfUvkYDQqbhRPD?si=LAwRN_DeQaeYjAlxWqoYXw
On its brilliant boundary-annihilating upcoming third full-length A Wake in Sacred Waves — out vial Sailor Records in October — Denver quartet Dreadnought delivers a deftly executed, completely entrancing sonic amalgamation that calls to mind everything from Bergtatt-era Ulver, Wolves in the Throne Room, and Kate Bush to Slint, June of ’44, and Sabbath at its psychedelic doom-iest. This particular brand of Rocky Mountain High has got the raining-fire-in-the-sky blast beats, guttural vocals, and fuzzed out nasty riffs, yes, but also serious post-punk groove and softer-than-a-lullabye ethereal croons, mandolin, flute, and saxophone.
82 Obituary - Obituary 116.0 Points, 4 Voteshttps://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929c1f9ea9e61561daa7e6f/1:1/w_320/558dd4cf.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/07xZ3ekk1HHTTdoYSwlGsm?si=pbLFg-lISsq0wl0SHxtftA
Some of Obituary’s best work has come from letting flashiness creep in. In 1990, for example, Cause of Death had its sludge punctured by James Murphy’s divebombs and neoclassically-influenced soloing. That album contained their most developed songwriting in terms of leads. Likewise, thanks to Ken Andrews’ lead work here, Obituary is their most energetic record since reforming in 2003 (they originally disbanded in ’97). On “shredder” records, the disconnect between the fireworks of the guitarist and the tepid rhythm section can be jarring. But Peres and Donald’s strong foundation keeps that from happening.
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
Wiegedood means 'cradle death' btw, album title is aptly 'The dead have it good'. Good to see it place, I forgot to vote for it.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
agree with Obituary album being their best since reformation....
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:08 (six years ago) link
Yay Dreadnought
― scroot gyte (ultros ultros-ghali), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
Just did my first listen of the Dreadnought album and was v impressed.
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
the obituary rocks so hard
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
The Wiegedood is way more intricate and uptempo than I was expecting! I'm liking it a lot so far.
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
We are going to enter a brief Extremely Kvlt phase, followed by a swing in the total opposite direction.
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link
As a trve poseur I only care about the kvlt stuff anyway.
― pomenitul, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
81 Forgotten Spell - The Necromancer 117.0 Points, 4 Voteshttps://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/7/3/5/673556.jpghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3zDzonKRok
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link
Haha yesss
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
>:D
― scroot gyte (ultros ultros-ghali), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
Hahaha
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
how much of this sounds like a tape being rewound
all of it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
It's so emotional and cute, really. Lonely angry metal guy smashing and smashing at his drumkit. The closing track is so dear - he just doesn't want to stop playing that sad lovely riff!
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
Ok this is great
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
Best drummer in metal
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
otm
― scroot gyte (ultros ultros-ghali), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
think it might be the 'most metal' thing going
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
‘Demo’ is selling it short.
― pomenitul, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
Finally! :D
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
xp I think he calls any of his releases that aren't literally an hour and a half long demos.
― scroot gyte (ultros ultros-ghali), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
80 Succumb - Succumb 118.0 Points, 4 Voteshttps://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3799906335_16.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/1rVN0ivyBmCfg74LTJl9QH?si=klkJglhFQcmD9QzkfScIbQ
There’s no one simple riff here on this album to spur highlight reels. The riffs are somewhat progressive, and dissonant, so black metal fans will raise eyebrows with the rung notes and tremolo-picked riffs, death metal fans will headbang to the sound of shredding and blastbeats, while metalcore and doom fans will also find slower sections and chugging riffs to love. Forget what you thought you hated about these various sub-genre elements. Put together in the way Succumb does here, they make no simple fodder for a small scene of metal pundits. All bow down to Succumb’s mighty thunder. Their self-titled album is not a hitmaker or two or three track wonder. Apart from Venenum’s Trance of Death, it is modern metal’s most exciting release this 2017.
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
The Cannibal Corpse and Obituary records are both very good; the Obituary is definitely better.
That Zeal & Ardor record is so bad and misguided.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
Hey two of mine in a row!
xp I've been neaning to check out that new Obituary, esp. now that everybody agrees it's a true return to form!
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
Ooh, Dreadnought sound good so far!
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
EMO GOON CRU ASSEMBLE
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
oh hi i'm here
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
is it creeper
79 Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms 119.0 Points, 3 Voteshttps://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0004/248/MI0004248405.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/4Q3AGdThgRrZmYaFtDbWmP?si=uV3-FwstS6Cgzd2QZLG4jg
The much-anticipated full-length debut from the English goth-punk collective, Eternity, in Your Arms arrives after a three-year build-up that saw Creeper honing their Alkaline Trio-meets-the Damned blend of glam rock and post-hardcore-kissed horror-punk in sweaty halls and drink ticket-strewn green rooms. While all of the Misfits, A-Trio, and AFI comparisons are apt, what Creeper has that those giants of bar-chord brooding lack is a keen sense for the pageantry of rock & roll, and it's that propensity for almost Meat Loaf-worthy grandeur that makes Eternity, in Your Arms so consistently compelling. It's a world where pit-worthy, minor-chord verses almost always yield fist-pumping, arms-around-your-mates choruses, and that the proceedings are shepherded by a pair of charismatic vocalists (frontman Will Gould and keyboardist/backing vocalist Hannah Greenwood), makes things all the more spellbinding. With Eternity, in Your Arms, Creeper have truly proven themselves masters of the dark arts, as they've managed to create something as genuinely inspired as it is stylistically derivative.
wow i'm good
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
Aawww
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
great record