Yeah, the Eluveitie was a really pleasant surprise. Pretty darn heavy for an acoustic record, too.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Acoustic metal sounds EXACTLY what I've been looking for. Thanks for the tip :)
― Mordy, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I liked that Eluveitie disc too.
― unperson, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Some of the songs were a little weird. Can't remember which off the top of my head, though.
― don't cry, emo hamster (J3ff T.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i almost hit everyone in Opeth with my car on friday
― phil ochsymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 24 May 2009 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
also, akerfeldt was wearing a gingham red/white shirt at that time
nothing else to report
you hated his shirt that much?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 24 May 2009 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
it was cute actually, and i didnt see him until it was almost too late, the drummer guy pointed at me like "look at this crazy girl driver" and akerfeldt skipped up the bus stairs with some astounding agility
all this was to chase grutle and ice dale who tbh i passed earlier on the street carrying to-go containers from old city java and grutle gave me possibly the gruffest "HI." i've ever received.
had a great weekend with opeth/enslaved on my birthday and then day 2 of deathfest the following day. BOLT THROWER! <3
― phil ochsymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 24 May 2009 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
it was my favorite time seeing opeth, despite incongruous theater setting -- actually kinda made it more awesome. it was definitely a crowd there to see opeth, which was odd because in my head enslaved were the main event, but then it was obviously a different thing altogether when i got there. grutle did this great, hissing intro to "ruun" where he mimed the shape of the "daeg" rune with his hands and I looked around and everyone in the audience was kinda blank. :/ when opeth came out the place practically went up in flames, and i understood what was up. akerfeldt's banter is great. heart were playing across the street at the tennessee theater, and he said "i am very sad tonight because heart playing. i think i want to fuck them both." haw!
― phil ochsymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 24 May 2009 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was shocked at how much more exciting Opeth were than Enslaved this year.
But tell us more about Bolt Thrower!
― Nate Carson, Monday, 25 May 2009 00:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I will tell more later, but for right now I'll just call it blissful and wild. My first headbang of the season!
The whole scenario (kids eavesdropping from the overpass, group headbanging, amazing band, etc) made me proud to be a metalhead.
― phil ochsymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 May 2009 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Opeth always delivers...sure wish Enslaved's headlining tour wasn't nixed.
heart were playing across the street at the tennessee theater, and he said "i am very sad tonight because heart playing. i think i want to fuck them both."
Further proof we need a book of the collected stage banter of Mikael Akerfeldt. There was a thread on the BW&BK board that was just hilarious.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 25 May 2009 02:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey, it was nice meeting you at Deathfest, Adrian. Though I don't know that you know that was me.
― the starring role in tostitos way (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 May 2009 05:22 (fifteen years ago) link
hey ps i implore everyone:
http://invisibleoranges.com/2009/05/argentinum-astrum-self-titled.html
I'm afraid I actually spent the weekend 1500 miles from Baltimore. Did my evil twin escape or something?
― A. Begrand, Monday, 25 May 2009 05:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I think someone made me the victim of a ruse!!!!!!!!!!
― the starring role in tostitos way (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 May 2009 05:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha, wait! False alarm, I was thinking that you were Al Mudrian. I smoked a little weed this weekend tbh. :/
I am embarassed!
― the starring role in tostitos way (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 May 2009 05:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha. No biggie!
― A. Begrand, Monday, 25 May 2009 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha, actually I had you both confused with Anthony Bartkewicz!?
Anyway, how about that metal
― the starring role in tostitos way (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 May 2009 05:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Decibel does own the record for hiring the most writers with the initials AB, that's for sure.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 25 May 2009 05:50 (fifteen years ago) link
The Decibel table at Deathfest was a beacon of calm in a sea of insanity btw
― the starring role in tostitos way (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 May 2009 05:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Grabbed a drink with Albert a few weeks ago when he was in Los Angeles for Murderfest, he seemed a bit stressed out but he was a nice guy. I know this because he didn't fire me when I revealed my love for Roxette.
Meanwhile, saw Gojira put on a seriously star making performance at the Key Club last night. I've seen them open for bands a couple times, but the sound always sucked. Last night, the sound was great, the crowd was there for them, and my God, I had forgotten how transcendent concerts could be. They seriously made the club shake.
― don't cry, emo hamster (J3ff T.), Monday, 25 May 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Also:
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/reviewpics/warrior_war.jpg
― don't cry, emo hamster (J3ff T.), Monday, 25 May 2009 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 01:17 (fifteen years ago) link
roxy you will approve
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 01:19 (fifteen years ago) link
my fave bit is the solo (its Whiplash btw)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
infact the crowdsurfing lego guy is even better
Is that ever great.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 03:14 (fifteen years ago) link
just chiming in to say that misery index were my big surprise at deathfest. napalm death were probably my highlight and tbh i was kinda disappointed in WITTR but misery index, who i'd never heard, actually had me stopping what i was doing and listening. fucking captivating.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 03:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Lego Metallica made me smile. Then it made me sad, because Hetfield used to be such a great singer.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 10:10 (fifteen years ago) link
HOOS just out of curiosity how big was the venue where you saw wittr? i saw them just a few days ago in a v. small club and thought they legit killed.
― Is because I think a lot of the music you like is flowery? (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I've come around to Adrien's way of thinking -- new Fairyland, Score to a New Beginning, scratches exactly the same itch that pre-chicken-dancing Nightwish used to.
― don't cry, emo hamster (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 02:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't heard the new Fairyland yet. But despite the rather unfortunate name, their last album was definitely some quality power metal.
Chicken dancing Nightwish? Please explain, that flew right over my head!
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 03:06 (fifteen years ago) link
The new vocalist does this weird, jerky chicken dance on stage because she's a pop singer who has no idea how to front a metal band.
― don't cry, emo hamster (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah. I also hear she's taken to wearing muumuus onstage as of late.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link
That's pretty metal, I guess.
― don't cry, emo hamster (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
hey dudes just upping this for a friend of a friend but cool metal zine called Worm Gear
http://www.crionicmind.org/wormgear/
9.04.07A couple of new interviews are up now with MORRIGAN and SAPTHURAN, as well as a bunch of new reviews and what not. I also added minimal archives for the rest of the alphabet that has been missing. Currently they just contain reviews done since I got the bright idea to change the website, but at least it's something and I will ad new ones here and there. Hopefully this will be less intimidating than trying to hammer out a whole section for an update in addition to everything else.
In addition you will notice a link for a podcast in the menu bar. This isn't a Worm Gear podcast technically, but one I do myself called "Professor Gruntsplatter's Spookatorium" It features a wide crossection of music as well as tales of weirdness and the supernatural, roadside attractions and all of that kind of thing. There is a corresponding blog with news updates regularly and hopefully several other things in the coming weeks.
3.24.07A mess of new reviews have been posted along with new interviews with EYES OF LIGEIA and WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM. In addition I got the archive for "X" posted as well. Completed archives right now are A-C, J, O, Q & X-Z. So if you want your band in the archive quicker, give it a first letter no one uses because it's less work for me.
There are other interviews in the cooker right now, some have been sent out and haven't been returned, others are still being nailed down. I say it eveytime , but I am going to try and get the archive caught up a bit, if for no other reason than to get that stone from around my neck.
Interesting piece of Worm Gear Trivia: For the first 3 months of 2007 the most viewed review in the limited archives was for CIRCLE OF OUROBOROUS - "Shores".
― i would never want a book's autograph (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 29 May 2009 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
i was just listening to eyes of ligeia the other day. they are great.
i feel bad that i got the new tyr album, like, 2 weeks ago and i still haven't listened to it. napalm voiceover promos do bum me out, but still...
― scott seward, Friday, 29 May 2009 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
sapthuran doesn't get enough ink. he's way better than most basement bm u.s. dudes. i love his stuff. maybe cuz he isn't on moribund or southern lord or something people don't seek his stuff out? who knows. they should though.
― scott seward, Friday, 29 May 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
reminds me i should hit up crionic mind for my noise column.
bindrune just might be my favorite record label in america. even though they haven't put out much. them and god is myth.
― scott seward, Friday, 29 May 2009 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
This very weekend, I will seek out Sapthuran. Actually, I'm listening to him now on Youtube, but I'll definitely give him some serious listening.
― Soukesian, Friday, 29 May 2009 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I only know of Sapthuran because of the split with Leviathan, and I admit I deleted the Sapthuran tracks after a couple listens.
My newest Black Metal discovery is Funeral Mist, who I'd somehow ignored until now. Nothing too likely to convert outsiders, but the new album, Maranatha, is a particularly good mix of ominous atmosphere and intermittent breakneck BM sputtering.
Listening now to the Hungarian band Obsidian Shell. Reminds me of a less fluttery, more aggressive version of Dalriada, the only other female-fronted Hungarian metal band I know.
Got the new Xasthur, but haven't played it. Haven't been feeling miserable enough yet.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 29 May 2009 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
You will be miserable enough after listening to it.
― slugbaiting (rockapads), Friday, 29 May 2009 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
ha - was just thinking about how I loved the celestial album that came out a few years back on birdrune.
never listened to anyone else on the label, tho.
― original bgm, Friday, 29 May 2009 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Latest Xasthur is a further step in the direction of BM as big 60's film themes. Great moments, but the drawback is that I can't see any structure or flow - just seems like "here's the last dozen things I wrote in chronological order. Back in six months."
Respect is due for putting out a cassette-only release in 2009, though.
― Soukesian, Friday, 29 May 2009 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, those voice-overs are awful. The new Tyr is pretty solid, a lot more upbeat than the last few, with some great vocals. But only two songs in Faroese...I think this band is always better when they don't sing in English.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 29 May 2009 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Really looking forward to that Tyr album, but those fucking voice-overs nearly kept me from discovering Tyr in the first place, so I'll wait for the unruined version...
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 30 May 2009 01:42 (fifteen years ago) link
This is very much a side note, but if any of you are a fan of Tape Op, the magazine about home recording, there is a (unintentionally) hilarious article about recording death metal and black metal in the most recent issue. It basically vacillates between "When I'm recording the ride cymbal, I use an SM57 pointed halfway in between the bell and the cymbal proper" and "You have to turn up the drums so they are FUCKING EXTREME." I also learned that in recording keyboards for metal music "REAL METAL HAS NO KEYBOARDS."
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 30 May 2009 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Well more unintentionally bemusing than unintentionally hilarious, to be fair.
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 30 May 2009 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link