Rolling 2020 Metal Thread

+1 for Faceless Burial. At first pass, Speciation is likely to make my DM top 5 this year.

I saw AMG raved about it, will def check it out at some point today.

As a former Allmusic.com reviewer, seeing that acronym always confuses me for a second.

Aufrecht, Melcher and Großaspach

Not much of a stan tbh (I like my BM less hip), but there's a new Krallice out today too.

I've realized lately that I kinda miss the grandiosity of the earlier, more sprawling Krallice albums

this new one sounds great to me. you can really hear Mick's guitar stylings all over it.

hard to top that Arctopus album though. still blowing my mind

new Molde Volhal doesn't just have the best cover of the year but the music is pretty great as well

"but you're usually so dismissive of trad BM, imago!"

boils down to the songwriting innit. always the songwriting. ok and the sound a bit too haha

This is only marginally metal, but for that reason people might easily miss the news that original Vixen singer Janet Gardner has a new project called Gardner / James, whose album is just out:

https://open.spotify.com/album/1DhgZH3c4KeXCXOZI09jJk?si=5bbXDv8bQi2qqSigpss4TQ

Great band. Was really amused to find out that one of 'em is in The Stevens, kind of a jangly twee pop band.

Totally off-topic, but The Stevens are rad! Their last album was the kind of murky tuneful sprawling mass of hooks and fuzz that was never as common in the '90s as people imagine but is rare as hen's teeth today.

New Steve Von Till record out today:
http://open.spotify.com/album/2nTiVmJg6TUlWNe3JD3vVw?si=VrkprAv5Qea7-0ctE6caLA

More of the dark folk that marks most of his solo stuff, maybe more of a reliance on electronics this time out.

I took advantage of Bandcamp Friday today and picked up digital releases from Aussie post-grungers Bloods and NC black metallers Feminazgul (who I discovered in this thread) and the physical CD from Philly sludgesters Witching. Also a couple of non-metal albums too.

I plan on picking up $40-50 worth of Bandcamp releases on future BandCamp Fridays; Bandcamp is running their promotion the first Friday of every month through the end of the year.

The Stevens are rad!

Oh yeah, hard agree. Only have an earlier EP but I'm planning to get further into them, probably the wildest thing Metal Archives has accidentally gotten me into heh.

#NowPlaying @ONSLAUGHTUK - Generation Antichrist (@AFM_Records)

Only guitarist Nige Rockett remains from the mid-'80s and David Garnett replaces longtime vocalist Sy Keeler. Still, this gamely touches all the thrash receptors I developed back then. https://t.co/ha03vg86dC

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) August 8, 2020

The new Terminal Nation album, Holocene Extinction, was out on Friday. I'm finally listening to the first one, second one is next on the player.

I bought three Portrayal of Guilt split 7"s on Bandcamp, those were pretty great, although some of the B side bands were a little odd. Soft Kill contributed 6 minutes of Depeche Mode worship, the PoG side was 2 minutes of screamo.

I also bought Qliphoth by Cloud Rat, after having it in my wishlist for about four years. Their label has been sending me marketing emails forever and I 100% tuned them out until Friday night at like 9:30.

the 2xCD splits comp is still my fave Cloud Rat release

L.G. Petrov of Entombed is dying of bile duct cancer (the Metalsucks writer couldn't be bothered to do a simple translation). There's a GoFundMe to support him in his final days.

I saw Entombed in 2007 or 2008 in NYC - Petrov and Alex Hellid were still in the band, with Nico Elgstrand on bass and Olle Dahlstedt on drums. Still have the T-shirt.

jfc

saw them in 97 touring To Ride Shoot Straight. short and fierce. would never guess Nicke was on is way out. LG was memorable! they were ~my~ metal band in my teens. supported, obv. this is beyond sad

:(

Blindsided by the news of Martin Birch's passing. He worked on so many classic albums, it is staggering.

Thanks to the people in this thread for turning me onto this one...

#NowPlaying Duma - Duma (Nyege Nyege Tapes)

Your average industrial grindcore duo from Kenya, Duma's debut is harsh and visceral. Compares to Godflesh, Atari Teenage Riot, and SPK, but even harsher somehow. Noise that is as inspired as it is inspiring. https://t.co/CCqy3Qry8A

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) August 10, 2020

The new Krallice is also quite good!

#NowPlaying Krallice - Mass Cathexis

The sprawl of olden days is long gone; now Krallice challenges themselves to fit damn-near tech-death-level complexity into pieces that tap out after five-of-less minutes that somehow conform to actual song structure. https://t.co/NsiWDwewLE

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) August 11, 2020

To save you the trial-and-error of finding the right Duma on Spotify, it's this one: https://open.spotify.com/album/1jEsVcciMGOYLx0gj1Y3oQ?si=1lzZOBxzQ3aWA1q57IuFdA

Thanks, I didn't know it was on Spotify!

the duma record is terrific and i liked this interview with them: https://toneglow.substack.com/p/025-duma

I think i prefer krallice’s new style... but i havent listened to their old stuff that much... any reccs?

1st Krallice album is my fave. It has 'Forgiveness In Rot' on it which is my fave song of theirs.

Years Past Matter is tops pour moi

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/11/mork-borg-swedish-metal-role-playing-game

Years Past Matter is tops pour moi

$115 to watch Metallica get streamed to your local drive-in? Jesus Christ these greedy assholes.

on brand tbh

Oh it is, absolutely, I should stop being surprised at just how greedy.

I'll admit to liking one of the associated shirts:

https://static.musictoday.com/store/bands/5818/product_600/X9CTMT05.png

That price seems absurd at first glance, but honestly, it's not that bad. The $115 allows you to bring up to six people total, so it theoretically could come down to less than $20 per person; you also get four download codes for copies of their new album (which I don't care about, but if you're buying a ticket to see them at a drive-in, you might).

gonna watch mulan afterward

Sure but I'm trying to think of how many people own a vehicle in which they'd want to be cramped in with six people for the duration.

Oh, I'm absolutely picturing a parking lot full of giant military-fetish SUVS full of whooping bros.

soon to have whooping cough

Tremendous (brutal) tech death from Vancouver, out on Friday:

https://atraebilisdeath.bandcamp.com/releases

*someone set my bat signal?*

I didn't know Duma was on Nyege Ntege Tapes; now I HAVE to listen to it

Well then:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U5ZKKxqUzY

!

!!

It's a re-recording btw.

New Spirit Adrift album in October...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5CH-0xUIpc

love the cover art!

they are quite prolific

i never even listened to the last one! (and i like them)

re: Krallice. the peak for me is Diotima but I love this new one quite a bit. the Mick album, Arctopus, the Overgrow to Overthrow comp....Colin Marston is on a roll this year. every year usually, but these are all exceptionally excellent