the name Todd Jones is so fuckin' metal
― alpine static, Friday, 11 January 2019 19:15 (five years ago) link
I like the newest Soilwork. they've continued to expand their sonic palette since The Ride Majestic, made up significantly for some of the dire shit they did on Figure Number Fire and afterwards.
Speed's screams still irritate me though. That throaty, phlegm drenched yell belongs in the ash-heap. his clean vocals remind me of Human League a little tho.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 11 January 2019 19:57 (five years ago) link
a few days late to this but new Krallice ep is incredible
https://krallice.bandcamp.com/album/wolf-ep
― gman59, Sunday, 13 January 2019 05:19 (five years ago) link
new Moon Tooth out 03/29
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/crux/1447822902
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 15:54 (five years ago) link
Listening to ILX Listen: 2019
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCmV5LM_smk xp
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
fucking sick
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:37 (five years ago) link
ahhh there are HORNS!!
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
That horn section rules
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
album of the year
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
lol
then again I just listened to this six times
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
Just got a press release that said that a musician who committed suicide "went to Hell by his own hands". Am I being too uptight thinking that was a pretty shitty way to put that?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 18 January 2019 13:28 (five years ago) link
It may be a positive implication in this context tbh.
― pomenitul, Friday, 18 January 2019 13:32 (five years ago) link
Yeah, in metalworld that's a humblebrag.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 18 January 2019 13:48 (five years ago) link
love the solo piano interlude in the middle of this.
https://moynoq.bandcamp.com/album/dreaming-in-a-dead-language
― summervillain, Friday, 18 January 2019 20:01 (five years ago) link
So Erik Rutan is replacing Pat O'Brien for the Cannibal Corpse tour which is definitely trading up.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 18 January 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link
Fuck yea
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 18 January 2019 23:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7zrHiqoJ6k
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 19 January 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
I've heard decent things! Still wish we could've seen the Sion Sono vision, though
― resident hack (Simon H.), Saturday, 19 January 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
For those into what Spite Extreme Wing did on Vltra:https://imhatarikat.bandcamp.com/album/kara-ihlas
Nice loose, grainy punky black metal with straight-up-into-the-sky guitar leads. The pacing of each song reminds me of Mgla sometimes and, well, anything that conjures both them and SEW must be onto something.
― Devilock, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 06:56 (five years ago) link
I interviewed the lovely and talented Kim Kelly to preview the Black Flags Over Brooklyn Fest she is putting on in Brooklyn this weekend.
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/bfob2019-kim-kelly-interview
Anyone attending the fest? I wanted to but I can't with work.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
I don’t go to Brooklyn (because relying on NJ Transit makes it impossible, not for snobbish reasons). Total respect to her for putting this thing on, though.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
I was unaware that you made any decisions without at least one or two snobbish reasons.
:P
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 00:07 (five years ago) link
RIP, Bruce Corbitt of Rigor Mortis.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 25 January 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
Some old friends of mine put this out (mathy/thrashy/maybe kinda silly), idk sounds pretty sick to me: https://freighter.bandcamp.com/track/psychic-reading-94
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 11 January 2019 18:18 (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is great!
― tangenttangent, Sunday, 27 January 2019 14:52 (five years ago) link
I'm enjoying the Krallice EP and Revenge single posted upthread too.
Some metal favourites from this year so far:
Quercus - Verferum: Funeral doom with massive walls of church organ. Manages to be forbidding, and yet somehow not take itself too seriously. Tracks undergo some lovely and unexpected transformations. Veiled - In Blinding Presence: Lightly experimental bm that would not be out of place in gross underground club.Bleach Birth - Caesarean Tapestries: Engaging, effects-laden and riff-heavy crust. RASHŌMON - Pathogen X: Very solid and nicely grimy hardcore.Griefloss - S/T: Quite lovely, Alcest-like, clean-vocalled blackgaze.
― tangenttangent, Sunday, 27 January 2019 15:50 (five years ago) link
I wish there was a way to open Bandcamp links in their app. Bleach Birth is sounding good today.
― beard papa, Sunday, 27 January 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
Quercus has an ode to pu-erh tea so respect due
― blood, loud screaming and nudity (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 28 January 2019 06:00 (five years ago) link
Voting is now available for metal poll. You got two weeks to draw up a ballot!
The 2018 ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll VOTING + CAMPAIGNING thread! Ballots due Saturday, Feb. 2nd!
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 28 January 2019 08:08 (five years ago) link
Not to nitpick but isn’t that 1 week (actually less now)?
― o. nate, Monday, 28 January 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
February 9th is the actual date
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 28 January 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
Rolling Stone's Hank Shteamer reviewed last weekend's Black Flags Over Brooklyn Fest and much to my surprise quoted from and linked to the interview I did with Kim Kelly to preview the festival. That was a cool surprise, though it's a really solid review from a guy who seemed to really get the Fest and the bands that played it.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/black-flags-over-brooklyn-kim-kelly-anti-fascist-metal-fest-785088/
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
http://www.musikuniverse.mu/images/nouvelles/glory-hammer-3e-album.jpg
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 31 January 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
well the astronoid record kicks a lot of ass so far
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
I'm not feeling the new Astronoid as much as Air - I'm sure I just need a few more listens.
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:25 (five years ago) link
it's gonna suffer a bit simply from the fact that we've now heard what they do ... there's less surprise factor with this one. and i think that first album carried a fair amount of surprise with it, i.e. "whoa, look how this band is putting this and that and this together"
which isn't to say the new one isn't great ... i think it is. but it'll be hard to capture that same feeling again.
― alpine static, Thursday, 31 January 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link
I feel like the new one is even more dream-pop and less metal than the last one, but maybe my memories of Air have faded. I do know that I'm having a pretty viscerally negative response to the vocals.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 31 January 2019 23:54 (five years ago) link
The new Magic Circle album is the first 2018 album I've heard that I'm genuinely excited about. The usual no-frills, Trouble-style doom from the guys, with a little late-'70s greasiness for good measure. This track is a good indication:
http://listen.20buckspin.com/album/departed-souls
― A. Begrand, Friday, 1 February 2019 02:18 (five years ago) link
The new Ceremony of Silence album Oútis is fantastic - pummeling, dissonant death metal made by two insane Slovenians. Out in April, available for pre-order from Willowtip:
https://ceremonyofsilence.bandcamp.com/album/o-tis
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 1 February 2019 02:40 (five years ago) link
Sorry, two insane Slovakians.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 1 February 2019 02:41 (five years ago) link
Just found out a Dismember reunion is underway: http://www.truemetal.it/news/intervista-dismember-robert-senneb-ck-105562-p2
― pomenitul, Sunday, 3 February 2019 14:24 (five years ago) link
I'm very much enjoying the new Astronoid album, though perhaps there is a little less distinction between tracks than last time around. It does remind me a lot of Mew, which is never a bad thing.
Panopticon have released a little northern lights-inspired EP that is managing to satisfy some of my Mesarthim cravings (since they've disappeared for an unprecedented 7 months now!). https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/the-crescendo-of-dusk
― tangenttangent, Sunday, 3 February 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
New Sunn O))) out in April, apparently. I loved Monoliths & Dimension when it came out but haven't explored their output further. Worthwhile?
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 11:45 (five years ago) link
that is the best one but...Black One is pretty intense, and there's an early track called My Wall that has a fun Julian Cope narration
― imago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 11:47 (five years ago) link
Noted.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 11:48 (five years ago) link
Kannon is great, as is Oracle (an EP on which they explore their Einstürzende Neubauten side - Joe Preston "plays" jackhammer on it). The live Dømkirke is really good, too. And I like their collaboration with Ulver, Terrestrials, though it's not very Sunn-y.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 13:27 (five years ago) link
^^^
Pretty much exactly the ones I would recommend, I was surprised by how much I liked Kannon, a tighter representation of what they can do. Looking forward to the new one.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 14:39 (five years ago) link
I am so behind on metal this year. stoked to check out that imha tarikat record from upthread though.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link
.@Die_Klute Planet Fear(@CleopatraRecord)Members of Die Krupps, Leæther Strip and Fear Factory go back to a time when smoky dancefloors throbbed with metallic guitars that got vampires in big black boots stomping and metalheads at the bar nodding approvingly. #TwitterLPReview pic.twitter.com/ba6yBGdcC1— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) February 5, 2019
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:06 (five years ago) link
hard pass
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:08 (five years ago) link
I didn't know there was a new Ecstatic Vision until unperson mentioned it!
― alpine static, Monday, 9 December 2019 07:38 (four years ago) link
Hey rusho you mind if I c+p yr list in the noms thread (I'll edit out duplicates, don't worry ON)...there's some stuff on there I'll prob vote for and some stuff I want to check out
― the oxford book of chaos (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 9 December 2019 08:06 (four years ago) link
as long as rushomancy votes. Also I'd really like unperson to nominate and vote.
― Dog Is Daed (Oor Neechy), Monday, 9 December 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
I'd like it if everyone on this thread voted actually.
― Dog Is Daed (Oor Neechy), Monday, 9 December 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
help pomenitul out by nominating & voting. He's doing a stellar job.
cosign
― pomenitul, Monday, 9 December 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
I will nominate and vote, although like many I haven't listened much to new metal.
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 December 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
So you say, but I'm sure you'll nominate some stuff that hasn't made it onto the spreadsheet yet. I look forward to it.
And yeah, unperson, rushomancy, Brad, imago, Sund4r and everyone else should participate.
― pomenitul, Monday, 9 December 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
I've really not gone that far out left field this year I think.
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 December 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
I'll vote this year. And I resolve not to make comments regarding non-metal records that place.
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 9 December 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
brad,imago and sund4r usually vote
xps
― Dog Is Daed (Oor Neechy), Monday, 9 December 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
He's doing a stellar job.
This is OTM
― the oxford book of chaos (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 04:12 (four years ago) link
Calling GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ to the nominations thread. Every year there's always at least a dozen incredible albums that I wouldn't have discovered without him.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 11:09 (four years ago) link
Hey thanks! I've had kind of a slow year wrt music so there's only a few that weren't up already but I posted them.
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 11:58 (four years ago) link
new Reveal album is monstrous
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
It's on my list.
Also, looks like a new Turia will be coming out in February. Here's a foretaste:
https://montturia.bandcamp.com/album/degen-van-licht
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
― the oxford book of chaos (Drugs A. Money)
yeah please go for it, i'd do it myself but i can't figure out what's a duplicate and what isn't
― Agnes Motörhead (rushomancy), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
rush, all you need to do is check the spreadsheet at the top of noms thread. Ctrl + f is the surest method.
(No pressure, though.)
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
the disentomb record is brilliant, glad i have this in my life
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
like a song-by-song confirmation that they're as special as i thought they were
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
this is making me feel better about ultimately not loving the tomb mold record as much as i wanted to
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 21:16 (four years ago) link
How do we rate the year in metal out of 10?
― Dog Is Daed (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
11
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 00:06 (four years ago) link
the teitanblood, abonormality, and facelift deformation records were my disappointments of 2019. spun previous records way more than these. all three just go in one ear and out the other.
liked the pissgrave (sick live btw) and blut aus nord but haven't gone back to either much. new darkthrone was cool I think but I barely remember it. tomb mold was OK (fun live tho).
need to hear the mgla. and a million more, I suppose. but I keep just playing the first convulse record instead. which works too.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Thursday, 12 December 2019 00:36 (four years ago) link
good death metal that maybe leans on the synths for padding, but i love a beholder on an album cover
https://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/altered-state
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 13 December 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
i like the teitanblood album a lot.
also thank you for the Disentomb rec, this is incredible.
― gman59, Friday, 13 December 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
Was just reminded on Twitter that Chuck Schuldiner died 18 years ago today. Wasn't planning on listening to Human and Individual Thought Patterns tonight, but now I guess I will.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 13 December 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
I wish when the two Entombed factions split, they had naned themselves Disentombed and Datentombed
― 100 Percent That Grinch (Neanderthal), Friday, 13 December 2019 23:15 (four years ago) link
Yeah always a good time for Death. Think ill throw Human on
― 100 Percent That Grinch (Neanderthal), Friday, 13 December 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
I've already been going through a Death revival over here because I watched that documentary about Chuck but any excuse to put on any of their records tbh
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 13 December 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
Ran into one of my exes a few weeks ago and she was with a friend. He saw how I was dressed and asked me if I knew who Chuck Schuldiner was.
On seeing my face light up, he starts telling me he went to high school with Chuck. Not shocking, he grew up within five miles of the building we were in. He recalled where his house was, all that.
But this guy wasn't a metalhead. He just said he knew him growing up, said he was a very quiet guy, and that he didn't even know he was a musician.
He talked about hearing about Chuck being sick, and eventually dying, and saw the outpouring of sadness from the metal community for Evil Chuck...he was stunned. He had no idea dude was a musician, much less a legend of an entire scene.
Kinda the amazing thing about the scene at the time. A casual friend of yours could have secretly been a metal god and you had no idea the dude even played music.
― 100 Percent That Grinch (Neanderthal), Saturday, 14 December 2019 00:11 (four years ago) link
I... like? this new Ihsahn tune? I like that it features a horn section too.
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 15 December 2019 06:31 (four years ago) link
After Turia, Fluisteraars have also announced a new album, to be released in February:
https://fluisteraars.bandcamp.com/album/bloem
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
this is probably the right/wrong place to point out that the white ward album is imo kind of boring, and as ever, if you wanted abstract BM with saxophones, head to the last dodheimsgard album
― imago, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
Def the right place (otm btw).
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
I for one will fire up Dodheimsgard asap.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
in the last week, the 70000 Tons of Metal cruise added:
ToxikBrujeriaWhiplashExodusVio-lencePossessed
this is gonna be a fun cruise.
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link