ayyy Crypt Sermon's got a new one coming
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-ruins-of-fading-light
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 25 July 2019 04:39 (four years ago) link
Cherubs signed to Relapse?!
https://cherubs.bandcamp.com/album/immaculada-high
"Sooey Pig" sounds great... kinda excited
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 25 July 2019 11:00 (four years ago) link
Ceremony also signed to them. I'm interested to see how Relapse markets a band that's really more in the realm of Sub Pop, or their old label Matador.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Thursday, 25 July 2019 12:32 (four years ago) link
ahhhh new White Ward out v close to my birthday!!!
https://youtu.be/PXQnEfPRcVU
― Simon H., Friday, 26 July 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
Bohren and der Club of Gorecore
― Simon H., Friday, 26 July 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
cloud rat! are back!
https://cloudrat.bandcamp.com/
― Simon H., Monday, 29 July 2019 15:49 (four years ago) link
love that white ward track
― adam, Monday, 29 July 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
― Simon H., Monday, July 29, 2019 8:49 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
at last
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
I like that WW track as well even if I miss some of the tinnier/goofier lo-fi aspects of the sound. the idea of them stretching out and doing a wild opus-length record is v appealing to me
― Simon H., Monday, 29 July 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
White Ward is the Black Metal / Smooth Jazz hybrid, right?
― Frederik B, Monday, 29 July 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
Yep, Taake meets Kenny G or whatever.
― pomenitul, Monday, 29 July 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
Yacht Metal.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 29 July 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Blackgazey stuff is not usually my thing but the WW track sounds good, yeah.
― o. nate, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
there's a new Deiquisitor album, highly recommended if you like threshing riffs and blastbeats
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 06:23 (four years ago) link
Sonata Arctica fans are pissed that the new tune is mid-tempo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiM94N3FnQA
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 10:32 (four years ago) link
The new Deiquisitor is good, yeah. Feels like a slight step up from the last one.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
https://nooneknowswhatthedeadthink.bandcamp.com/album/no-one-knows-what-the-dead-think
2/3 of discordance axis. no dave witte but still sounds pretty good
― adam, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
And from the looks of that Bandcamp page, they've also got vocal-less 'karaoke' tracks of the whole album (which in fairness is probably only 10 minutes tops, so they've got to fill it out a little).
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
they did the same think with the last gridlink record
needless to say: can't wait for whatever the fuck that is
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
I've heard it. It's great.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
Negură Bunget's final lineup (minus the late Gabriel Mafa, who was the sole remaining member of the OM era) are back under a new name, Sur Austru. Folk outweighs metal here, even more so than on Tău and ZI, for which I have more fondness than I should, and everything comes across as by-the-numbers, but fuck it, I like this better than Syn Ze Șase Tri, so I might as well hear the rest when it comes out in September:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6NGk_PTZZI
The actual good news is that a new Dordeduh (featuring two OM-era Negură Bunget members) album is apparently in the works. Their debut, Dar de duh, is the best thing the Transylvanian BM constellation has produced aside from OM, so I've got high hopes for LP2.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
Yes it’s kind of a big mess with all these Negura Bunget offshoots but all these people consistently produce excellent music, at least if you’re not put off by the usual folky flutes.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
oh that Dordeduh news is very cool, thought they had just become Sunset in the 12th House
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 21:44 (four years ago) link
this tomb mold record had me from hello, they didn't need to win me over with the blue nile concept lol
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 August 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
Finnish BM that draws on the ravings of trance-preacher and cult leader Maria Åkerblom:
https://werewolfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ilmestykset
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 August 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
Also Finnish and trance-like, a one-man death/doom act that really hits the spot:
https://xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com/album/towards-nebulae
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 August 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
Oh, and a new Esoteric album (one hour and thirty-eight minutes, obviously) will drop in November.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 August 2019 21:17 (four years ago) link
I've been immersed in the new Opeth album all week, and it is easily the best of their post-growly stuff. Massively heavy in that Purple/Heep sort of way, loads of jazzy excursions. Both the English and Swedish versions are cool, but the Swedish version is definitely the most cohesive seeing that there are Swedish interludes between tracks. That said, I have no complaints about the English lyrics. Oh, and "All Things Will Pass" has one of the best riffs I've ever heard Åkerfeldt write.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 1 August 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
I've pre-ordered a copy but apparently don't rate a super-advance promo anymore. Just looking at the crudeness of the translations of the lyrics, though, I could tell that the English version was effectively an afterthought, and that he put his heart into the Swedish version.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, 1 August 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
Aaaaaaaaah @ new Esoteric!
― Simon H., Friday, 2 August 2019 00:41 (four years ago) link
Mostly unrelated to 2019 (albeit not entirely), but I've been revisiting old school Swedish DM and am impressed with Dismember's consistency from album to album, whereas Entombed still don't do much for me beyond Left Hand Path, which I ultimately like less than Like an Ever Flowing Stream on account of the latter's superior songwriting. With a bit of luck Dismember's reunion will result in a proper release.
(Apologies to the OG buzzsaw/death 'n' roll crew.)
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 August 2019 10:17 (four years ago) link
LHP and Clandestine are all the Entombed anyone needs.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 2 August 2019 12:58 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I'll take Clandestine too.
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 August 2019 13:09 (four years ago) link
Wolverine Blues is amazing too
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 2 August 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
Clandestine is firmly in my top 5 metal albums. I think it's largely flawless. Saw them a couple of times on that tour, though (Gods of Grind, with Carcass and Cathedral and supporting Napalm Death at the Marquee) and they just couldn't quite match that crunch. Nicke Andersson still one of finest drummers I've seen live, tho.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 2 August 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link
'Largely flawless' is an empty phrase. I'll go with 'it's fucking great'.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 2 August 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
Clandestine is definitely good but I'm not a huge fan of the vocals (or at least I wasn't when it came out and I haven't so far been able to shake off this feeling of disappointment).
Completely agree with pomenitul, Dismember is much more consistent for the first few albums. Unleashed too, actually.
There's something about that crunch indeed. It really hit the scene like a ton of bricks, it was a total game changer. Everything else, the Morrisound bands, even Napalm Death and Carcass, instantly sounded weak as piss. It certainly felt that way among the metalheads in my social circle and from what I've read and heard since we were definitely not alone. Bands like Bolt Thrower, Pestilence and Asphyx immediately had to (and by and large did) catch up soundwise.
― Siegbran, Friday, 2 August 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
So it's worth going beyond Where No Life Dwells. Noted.
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 August 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
I feel like Grave doesn't get enough respect when the early Swedish scene is discussed. I like their old stuff a lot, and their comeback album, Back From The Grave, was great.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 2 August 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
Also noted.
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 August 2019 18:08 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah Unleashed all the way until Victory is more or less equally good. The whole viking thing makes it somewhat cheesy but the metal is strong.
― Siegbran, Friday, 2 August 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
Anybody going to Psycho Las Vegas Fri/Sat?
― Fuck Trump, cops, and the CBP (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 August 2019 03:21 (four years ago) link
Oh we're talking Swe DM.
Like an Everflowing Stream is the best.
As is the first two Entombed.
And most Grave.
― Fuck Trump, cops, and the CBP (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 August 2019 03:22 (four years ago) link
Speaking of Sweden, the finale to Mylingar's triptych of the dead (Döda vägar, Döda drömmar and now Döda själar) is as single-mindedly terrifying as the first two panels:
https://mylingar.bandcamp.com/album/d-da-sj-lar
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 August 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
(Do take note if you like Thantifaxath or relish the idea of a Portal-ized early Anaal Nathrakh.)
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 August 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
Along the same lines but exhibiting greater structural freedom, also on the heels of a 2018 highlight, I give you the unpronounceable HWWAUOCH:
https://hwwauoch.bandcamp.com
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 August 2019 16:11 (four years ago) link
With apologies for spamming, looks like a new Mgła is also underway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ryOwlXkP4
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 August 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
There's a 4CD box set coming in October with remasters of Ulver's first 3 albums and their demo.
Tracklisting CD 1 (Vargnatt)1. I: Her begynner Mine Arr2. II: Tragediens Trone 3. III: Trollskogen4. IV: Ulverytternes Kamp5. V: Nattens Madrigal 6. VI: Vargnatt
Tracklisting CD 2 (Bergtatt) 1. Capitel I: I Troldskog faren vild [Led astray in the Forest darke] 2. Capitel II: Soelen gaaer bag Aase need [Betwixt cragges a descending Sunne]3. Capitel III: Graablick blev hun vaer [She senses Eyne of Grey] 4. Capitel IV: Een Stemme locker [A Voice Beckons Her] 5. Capitel V: Bergtatt – ind i Fjeldkamrene [Spellbound – Into the Mountaine]
Tracklisting CD 3 (Kveldssanger)1. I: Østenfor Sol og vestenfor Maane [East of the Sunne and West of the Moone]2. II: Ord [Wordes]3. III: Høifjeldsbillde [The Mountainetops]4. IV: Nattleite [Nighte Time]5. V: Kveldssang [Twilight Song] 6. VI: Naturmystikk [Naturall Mystick]7. VII: A Capella (Sielens Sang) [A Cappella (Song of the Soule)] 8. VIII: Hiertets Vee [The Heart's Woe] 9. IX: Klædt i Nattens farver [Cladde in Colours of the Nighte]10. X: Halling [Halling] 11. XI: Utreise [Exodus] 12. XII: Søfn-ør paa Alfers Lund [Drowsieness on Fairie Mound]13. XIII: Ulvsblakk [Wolfsgray]14. XIV: Synen
Tracklisting CD 4 (Nattens Madrigal)1. I2. II3. III4. IV5. V6. VI7. VII8. VIII
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Saturday, 3 August 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
Nice!
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 August 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
Ooooh
― Simon H., Saturday, 3 August 2019 22:47 (four years ago) link