that Maryland Deathfest lineup is insane.
I'm supposed to be part of a theatre festival that goes on at the same time (EVERY YEAR) and part of me is hoping we lose the lottery to be a part of it so I can go.
Dismember, Coffins, Cancer, Onslaught, Necrophobic, Exhorder, Demilich, Impaled (!!!), Monstrosity, Grave Desecrator, Skeletal Remains, Suffocation, Fuck the Facts, Cloud Rat, Negative Approach.....oof.
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Monday, 25 November 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
Revolver MagazineTop 25 Albums of 2019
25. Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race24. Wicca Phase Springs Eternal - Suffer On23. The Devil Wears Prada - The Act22. SeeYouSpaceCowboy - The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds21. 3TEETH - Metawar20. Ithaca - The Language of Injury19. Fury - Failed Entertainment18. Angel Du$t - Pretty Buff17. Venom Prison - Samsara16. Une Misère - Sermon15. Korn - The Nothing14. Russian Circles - Blood Year13. Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence12. Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes - End of Suffering11. Jinjer - Macro10. Rammstein - Rammstein9. Spirit Adrift - Divided by Darkness8. Brutus - Nest7. Devil Master - Satan Spits on Children of Light6. Killswitch Engage - Atonement5. Baroness - Gold & Grey4. Knocked Loose - A Different Shade of Blue3. Gatecreeper - Deserted2. Slipknot — We Are Not Your Kind1. Tool - Fear Inoculum
https://www.revolvermag.com/music/25-best-albums-2019
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:24 (four years ago) link
There is some bad, bad music on that list.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:42 (four years ago) link
Rammstein and Chelsea Wolfe are the only ones that look remotely appealing, although I have to say I'm intrigued by a band named Une Misère.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:54 (four years ago) link
Oh and Devil Master is supposedly good.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:57 (four years ago) link
Devil Master are fun as fuck
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 01:46 (four years ago) link
Way upfront for High on Fire, if me or my ears die tell everyone I loved Cloud Rat
― Simon H., Tuesday, 26 November 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
Oh lord man. Good luck hearing for a week lol.
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 02:33 (four years ago) link
Regarding that Revolver list, I am baffled why that Jinjer thing is so popular these days. They are stupefyingly awful.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 04:22 (four years ago) link
I saw a Jinjer shirt at the show tonight and wondered wtf that was
Maybe it was the venue's sound but I wasn't feeling that HoF set; I left early :/
― Simon H., Tuesday, 26 November 2019 05:23 (four years ago) link
Could be. HoF are one of my fav live bands, but when I saw them at Psycho Las Vegas, the sound was so terrible it muted their raw power.
Sometimes you just aren't in the mood for a show too. Happens to me now and then.
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 08:03 (four years ago) link
Love that 'oh shit we need to put Blood Incantation on the list or people will think we're squares' move.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 10:37 (four years ago) link
I like that Jinjer record pretty well. I'm not sure it would be top-25 for me, but it's easily my favorite thing on the Revolver list, which I suppose is consistent with the idea that it doesn't belong there.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
That Revolver list is full of WTF, but cool to see Russian Circles making an appearance. Also kinda surprised to see Brutus up so high on it.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
Well, scored algorithmically according to my listening data, Jinjer is in a 19-way tie for my #213 metal album of the year.
Wow was there a lot of good metal this year. I no longer even pretend to keep it all in my head. That's what we have computers for. They report that this is what it has been like for me (so far):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wc2cDNOwLQUtQdKCngupo?si=2PCR5rGGS3eRBlRtt-DdTg
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
Listening to the Cattle Decap and it's not quite what I expected. So far, their 'tenor' got a few lols out of me (not a good sign) and if anything I'd rather the songwriting were grindier overall.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
Full of Hell's sound is really bad tonight. I've seen them before and they usually sound better
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
Just...mush
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
Atheist was AWESOME. If you love their first two albums...go.
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 02:46 (four years ago) link
"Piece of Time" was the last song and it ruled. I am so sore.
oh my god
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 02:49 (four years ago) link
Cattle Decapitation up soon
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 02:49 (four years ago) link
PopMatters Best of 2019 list:
20. Copperhead - Gazing in the Dark19. Drastus - La Croix de Sang 18. Ossuarium - Living Tomb17. Have a Nice Life - Sea of Worry16. Dawn Ray'd - Behold Sedition Plainsong15. Yellow Eyes - Rare Field Calling14. Necropanther - The Doomed City13. Vimur - Triumphant Master of Fates12. PH - Osiris Hayden11. Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race10. Lord Mantis - Universal Death Church9. Immortal Bird - Thrive on Neglect8. Exhorder - Mourn The Southern Skies7. Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence6. Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance5. Baroness - Grey and Gold4. Inter Arma - English Sulphur3. Sunn O))) - Life Metal/Pyroclasts2. BIG|BRAVE - A Gaze Among Them1. Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis
I like the #1 choice and a few others, but this is otherwise a typical twitter hive mind top 20: heavy on black metal (sorry, when I see black metal titles these days I dibs out instantly), ignorant of every metal subgenre that emphasizes melody save for that mediocre Baroness album as a token selection.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
Good list, all things considered.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:56 (four years ago) link
9. Immortal Bird - Thrive on Neglect
fuck, i completely missed that this record came out
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:56 (four years ago) link
I live the top 6 records for sure, nice to see some love for the BIG|BRAVE record and I think I'm one of the few people that really loves that Baroness record.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
I like the Baroness (it's not as good as Yellow & Green but it's better than Purple) and love both Sunn O))) titles, but otherwise that list has nothing to do with my experience of metal in 2019.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
I strongly disliked the Baroness and didn't get much out of Pyroclasts but Life Metal will be in my top 50, alongside Blood Incantation, Esoteric, Tomb Mold, Inter Arma, BIG|BRAVE and Waste of Space Orchestra. Maybe Drastus as well.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
I definitely have nothing bad to say about Big Brave and Immortal Bird. Two tremendous bands! And 2019 was a great year for death metal.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
I've been surprised to see Immortal Bird on so few lists (so far)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
I remember really liking that Yellow Eyes record too, should revisit
Wish I could get into Dawn Ray'd cause their politics are great but they leave me cold for some reason
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
If you're looking for straight-up antifascist black metal, I recall the Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze record being pretty good.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
::thumbs-up::
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
2019 metal releases I liked enough to buy on Bandcamp that will not show up on any year-end lists:
Beastwars, IVBrand of Sacrifice, God HandCatatonic Effigy, Putrid TendencyCemican, In Ohtli Teoyohtica In MiquiztliDecomposition of Entrails, AbnormalityEpicardiectomy, Grotesque Monument of Paraperversive TransfixionFacelift Deformation, Cybernetic Organism AtrocitiesTakafumi Matsubara, Strange, Beautiful and FastOrganectomy, Existential DisconnectRetortion Terror, s/tSmoulder, Times of Obscene Evil and Wild DaringSplattered, CarnivortexTyrannotophia, Distant
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
had to look up a couple of those to make sure you hadn't snuck any fakes in
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
Intriguing. I'll have to check those out.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
Pay special attention to Catatonic Effigy. Despite the band and album name, they're extremely avant-garde. Colin Marston's on bass.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Noted, thanks.
Likewise I doubt many of these will pop up on the usual lists but I might be wrong:
Abyssic - High the MemoryAkrotheism - The Law of Seven DeathsAsphodelus - Stygian DreamsDesecresy - Towards NebulaeHerxheim - Cultivating Throne of FurHWWAUOCH - Into the Labyrinth of ConsciousnessIgnivomous - HieroglossiaImperial Cult - Spasm of Light Kvelgeyst - AlkahestNifrost - BlykroneOmination - The New Golgotha RepvbliqOssuaire - Derniers chantsPanzerfaust - The Suns of Perdition - Chapter I: War, Horrid WarRingarë - Under Pale MoonSinners Bleed - AbsolutionTroll - Legend MasterUnaussprechlichen Kulten - TeufelsbücherVeiled - In Blinding Presence
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
I liked that Ignivomous record.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
There's a new Kvelertak song w/ their new vocalist. It's mysteriously overlong but it's nice to have the Ballou production back.
― Simon H., Friday, 29 November 2019 13:34 (four years ago) link
So apparently the drummer from Phish is a huge Cattle Decapitation fan and delivers a spoken monologue on their new album. I never liked them anyway, but a Phish affiliation is just a bridge too far, sorry.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 29 November 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
I thought they were strict vegans
― Simon H., Friday, 29 November 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
Damn, I feel for them:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/full-of-hells-gear-whole-van-stolen-on-cattle-decapitation-tour/
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 November 2019 09:27 (four years ago) link
Btw unperson that Catatonic Effigy album is very good indeed, although I'm generally less enthused by instrumental metal for reasons that I've yet to fathom.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 November 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
I have to say I'm intrigued by a band named Une Misère.
― Siegbran
I've now listened to this record a few times, it turned out to be metalcore (so much for the intrigueing band name!), but it's...really good! From Iceland of all places.
― Siegbran, Monday, 2 December 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
Old news (but new to me) but consider me off the Absu train:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/absu-member-says-i-lost-my-band-when-i-came-out-to-them/
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:59 (four years ago) link
god bless melissa <3
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 2 December 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
That ones new to me too, such a shame.
I love the thought of Jon Fishman on a Cattle Decapitation record, my copy doesn't get here until Wednesday to hear for myself. It's hilarious to see that a member of Phish now has his own page on Metal Archives.
I lolled.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 2 December 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
Anyone doing a 2019 metal poll?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 05:59 (four years ago) link
I hope so.
As advertised, there's some good stuff on this list:
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2019/12/03/2019-a-year-in-reviews-the-good/
Its poorer cousin:
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2019/12/02/2019-a-year-in-reviews-the-disappointing/
(The 'great' is yet to come.)
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 09:18 (four years ago) link