Definitely one of the few bands that gets the "heavy" part of metal right. Their songs have weight, like you wouldn't want to drop one one your foot.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 August 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
bendy and JiC otm. the guitars also sound and feel like buzzsaws. calling a guitar an 'axe' in this context makes perfect sense.
gotta credit Pike with battling a lot of issues to keep going, his alcoholism, then his diabetes health complications. had tickets to 4 diff shows of theirs that were cancelled for one reason or another for either reason. the last time (his toe amputation) I could almost hear his tears in the press release...he wanted to be on the road playing and it hurt to cancel those shows.
they weren't even the headliners of that show (Municipal Waste were) but I asked for a refund as I told the promoters "this lineup just got 75% lamer without them".
also had tickets tos ee them twice that I never used :(. once I accidentally forgot I had a conflict with the date and had to sell, the other they were playing in ATL and I was road weary and fighting a summer-long hangover due to my ambitious concert traveling and just couldn't bear to trek 8 hours to see another show. I regret that one a lot, esp cos of it being at a dope venue.
pretty incredible to be a member of Sleep and HoF simultaneously. I saw both last year!
― muntjac wagner (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 03:59 (three years ago) link
i played electric messiah to death and then played vermiis to death and now i guess i'm ready to play luminiferous to death as it's really sounding great right now. "the falconist" and "the lethal chamber" are sooooo lit.
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Saturday, 31 October 2020 23:28 (three years ago) link
Carcosa is my fav from that one
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 31 October 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
also sick as hell. no track on this one that doesn't hit imo.
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, 1 November 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
the only song i've encounteredthat i haven't been totally sure about is "warhorn" but 1) i can dig that it's different 2) i think it's mostly successful and 3) it's grown on me
other favs are "the pallid mask" and "drowning dog" (such a gut-wrencher) from em and "fertile green" and "madness of an architect" from de vermiis
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, 1 November 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
"king of days" too
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, 1 November 2020 00:18 (three years ago) link
i've listened to these so much that there isn't a track that hasn't been a favorite tbh
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, 1 November 2020 00:24 (three years ago) link
still caning these guys lol.
i even got into luminiferous though it's obviously not quite as great as some of the others.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 15 November 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
Some friends of mine are making a stink about Matt Pike coming off a conspiracy-minded crank here:
https://thequietus.com/articles/31016-matt-pike-interview
Which he is! But I was expecting much, much worse, unless I missed something major, which is possible, because he is so cranky I kind of skimmed.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link
Not really surprised either, hasn't he been going on about David Icke and lizard people for decades now?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 16:39 (two years ago) link
I definitely remember Pike mentioning Icke in an interview I read years ago. The only musician I've ever had bring the reptoids up to me in an interview was Wino, who's now an anti-vax crank, so.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:17 (two years ago) link
From what I've read in interviews with Pike and from my one, extremely drunken on his part, conversation with the guy, he seems more to just be into the lizard people conspiracy thing from a "this is batshit sci-fi fodder for kick-ass metal songs", I haven't gotten the sense that it's too engrained but I could be wrong.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:35 (two years ago) link
I picked up an Icke book from a charity shop last year thinking I'd find out what his thing was. It's still sitting in a pile unread beside he toilet. THought it be some interest. I dunno.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:44 (two years ago) link
Like seeing how glaring the holes were or something
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:45 (two years ago) link
Oh there was definitely a time in my life I would have checked one of his books out from sheer curiosity, had I been aware enough to care.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:49 (two years ago) link
Doing some googling, yeah, it's def. a weird purgatory of repurposing the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as a lizard people parable drawn from life, but the lizards are not, Icke insists, not Jews, just all powerful Zionists who *happen* to be actual, real space lizards.
I dunno, I didn't waste any more time on him. Pike, it's hard to tell what's up with Pike, though if you told me he believed or believed in literally anything it wouldn't come as a shock. Iirc the dude is even anti-earplug.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
No interest in defending the guy, especially if there's more questionable beliefs of his I haven't stumbled across before, but he always struck me more as the old fashioned aliens and Illuminati corner bar type conspiracy theorist than the more dangerous, anti-vax, Q adjacent always online modern type conspiracy theorist.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:59 (two years ago) link
Very contrarian "I would never belong to any club that would have me as a member" vibe.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 21:06 (two years ago) link
he seems more to just be into the lizard people conspiracy thing from a "this is batshit sci-fi fodder for kick-ass metal songs", I haven't gotten the sense that it's too engrained but I could be wrong.
― bendy, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 23:24 (two years ago) link
The line between aliens and Illuminati and Q has gotten thinner over time - the kooks were never quite as harmlessly goofy as we wanted to believe.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 3 February 2022 00:16 (two years ago) link
I think they were slightly more harmless before they were able to congregate online and stoke each others batshit.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2022 15:31 (two years ago) link
a friend posted about this interview on FB with the "anarchist libertarian" bit, and I was like, "uh, I wonder if he's still in Oakland?" and then I skimmed the interview and lol of course he moved to Portland
― sarahell, Thursday, 3 February 2022 17:23 (two years ago) link
Matt Pike seems like the sort of dude who lives wherever he wakes up. Did you see that thing about his amputated toe?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 February 2022 17:45 (two years ago) link
No surprise, the new song is pretty rad, but cliche or not it concerns me a little that Pike would name the album and song "Cometh the Storm." Given his predilections, he's the last guy I'd want talking about a coming storm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVr9AU9gMfo
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 April 2024 13:22 (two months ago) link
They're in my city tonight for the first time since 2015, ten minutes from my house.
Can't sit still waiting for this
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 May 2024 20:21 (one month ago) link
I ve loved them every time I ve seen them. But it’s kind of a weird tour, no? I wanna go to the Chicago show, but it’s in Northwest Indiana. Jersey City instead of New York, Cleveland Heights instead of Cleveland. Just seems like odd choices.
― bbq, Saturday, 4 May 2024 23:38 (one month ago) link
Very disappointing show.
It wasn't bad. A solid B plus.
But the sound in the venue sucked so fucking bad. Performances were fine but I've seen this band raze the fucking ground and tonight it was ....muted
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 May 2024 02:49 (one month ago) link
Bummer to hear that, they've rocked all the other times I've seen them. Yeah, I hope they come back to play Chicago again soon because the Indiana thing is a festival for 3 Floyd's Dark Lord Day (which is actually where I last saw them play and ran into Matt earlier in the day), so I doubt it would be the same length as a headlining show elsewhere.
The album is fucking incredible though, I love it.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 May 2024 21:26 (one month ago) link
I've every much warmed to it, and the material went over well live.
apparently their last show in Tampa also had sound issues last year too, I'm beginning to wonder wtf is up.
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 May 2024 21:33 (one month ago) link
Ugh, I certainly hope they get that figured out, but even more glad I'm not trekking over to Indiana to deal with the beer crowds to see their likely abbreviated set if that's an ongoing issue for them on the tour.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 May 2024 21:38 (one month ago) link
Sounds like a front-of-house issue more than a band issue. I doubt they travel with their own soundman. Very few bands below, say, Slipknot level do.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Monday, 6 May 2024 21:39 (one month ago) link
Being that ours was the tour opener and was in a venue that doesn't usually host bands that big, hoping it was a one off. Fingers crossed.
Abd it was still a good show...I just know they're capable of more
Xpost yeah agree
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 May 2024 21:39 (one month ago) link
The drummer ripped out his in ears on only the second song
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 May 2024 21:40 (one month ago) link
3 Floyds has done quite a few shows with metal bands.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Monday, 6 May 2024 22:41 (one month ago) link
Yeah, annually they have their Dark Lord Day beer release that has grown into a big daylong festival. As part of that they’ve typically had a metal stage, this year it’s High On Fire, Abbath and a few other bands. It’s fun, I’ve been in the past, but it’s also hard to do unless you manage to get a group going or don’t plan to drink, since there’s no public transportation to get there.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 May 2024 23:08 (one month ago) link
It is good beer. Robert the Bruce is the stuff.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Monday, 6 May 2024 23:19 (one month ago) link
really enjoying the new one. so far "burning down" and "tough guy" are favs. that shaker-ride breakdown on "burning down". i love it when they do the slow monster funk grooves a la "tough guy". pikes vocals a new level of unhinged on this one, sounds like he's trying a few new things. "cometh the storm" is very impressive. i like them in fast thrash / hardcore mode but feel like they've had better moments in that vein. this probably doesn't reach the highs of "vermiis" for me but it certainly isn't a let down.
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 18:24 (four weeks ago) link
i heard that pike quit drinking? glad to hear it.
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 18:27 (four weeks ago) link
My fav since Snakes. Hope there's more Turkish stylings coming!
― Bertold Brak (bendy), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:31 (four weeks ago) link
the new album has grown on me big time. i love everything on it. i forgot to say above that the solo on "burning down" is the best solo i've heard since i don't know when. "hunting shadows" into "darker fleece" is so epic. god i love this band.
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 02:13 (one week ago) link
Same. I played it a lot when it first came out and then moved on, but a couple weeks ago I remembered to play it and then I played it for basically a week or two straight.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 02:17 (one week ago) link