the imago section
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
Mamaleek was my #14. Really fantastic record, less all over the place than their previous stuff, which I found gimmicky in comparison.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
Voted for Mamaleek. There's some sick, sick stuff on there. Much more noise-rock than metal imo, or at least it works better when interpreted as such
This is hardly the imago section, I only voted Mamaleek, and low down at that! Would have voted Kaatayra mind
― imago, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
Mamleek's is a great record, something different for them, though I prefer the bizarre eclecticism of the previous few albums. Come and See is more like Oxbow than anything else.
― your passion oozzes from the (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link
Yeah, Oxbow is a good point of comparison.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
We could do with an album by an old legacy act right now
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
Any guesses?
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
Testament
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
if u mean "legacy" literally
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
Testament?
― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
Xpost what Neanderthal said
Unless we already think of Elder as a legacy act.
― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
Babymetal?
― jmm, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
Elder will go quite high. Hell, I voted for them
― imago, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:55 (three years ago) link
if it is Testament, I voted for it out of duty, even though it's nothing special amidst their catalog (and probably not as good as Brotherhood of the Snake). but they're one of my long-time favs (on the strength of The Legacy, The New Order, and The Gathering - so I gave it a low end vote.
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:55 (three years ago) link
I didn't vote for too many older acts. Cirith Ungol already placed, and I assume it's not Anaal Nathrakh.
― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
AC/DC and Deep Purple were both on my ballot.
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:02 (three years ago) link
I know at least one other person voted for AC/DC.
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
Bingo!
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
#42AC/DC – Power Up193 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27304db0e3bcd166c1d6cfd81f9
https://open.spotify.com/album/3bTNxJYk2bwdWBMtrjBxb0
For decades, AC/DC have defended their devil-horned crown as rock’s most stubborn band. They’ve survived deaths (singer Bon Scott in 1980, guitarist Malcolm Young in 2017) and dirty deeds (drummer Phil Rudd was placed on house arrest after threatening to kill a man). Yet, they remain eternally committed to their core values: rocking out, hailing Satan, and never going within an outback mile of a ballad. Hell, their most transgressive move ever was using the bagpipes on “It’s a Long Way to the Top,” and that was in 1975. That consistency is what their fans love about them and what their critics hate most.But nothing has ever slowed down AC/DC on their journey down the Highway to Hell. And now they’re back again with Power Up, their umpteenth album of eardrum-shredding guitar terror and odes to raising hell. It’s their best record since 1990’s The Razors Edge, and yet again, they sound the same as they always have. Frontman Brian Johnson, who had to leave their last tour due to deafness, now has a special hearing aid so he can continue to sing, and Malcolm’s nephew, Stevie Young, plays rhythm guitar. Rudd has served his time and plays as steady as ever, and even Angus Young’s schoolboy outfit still fits snugly.Naturally, there are no real surprises here: Power Up sounds unapologetically like AC/DC, and Angus has likened the LP to a tribute to Malcolm the same way that Back in Black was a back-pew eulogy for Bon Scott. Many of the riffs, which came from Angus and Malcolm’s archive, recall their greatest hits — the sidewinding blooze of “Demon Fire” is a distant relative of “Whole Lotta Rosie”; the throbbing intro to “Witch’s Spell” harks back to “Who Made Who,” the riff on “Code Red” stutters like “Back in Black” — and Johnson’s voice still sounds like angry truck exhaust, whether he’s huffing about tearin’ up the highway on “Code Red,” snarking about “crystal balls” on “Witch’s Spell,” or prescribing sex three times a day (“or as much as you may”) as a depression cure to a woman on “Money Shot.”
But nothing has ever slowed down AC/DC on their journey down the Highway to Hell. And now they’re back again with Power Up, their umpteenth album of eardrum-shredding guitar terror and odes to raising hell. It’s their best record since 1990’s The Razors Edge, and yet again, they sound the same as they always have. Frontman Brian Johnson, who had to leave their last tour due to deafness, now has a special hearing aid so he can continue to sing, and Malcolm’s nephew, Stevie Young, plays rhythm guitar. Rudd has served his time and plays as steady as ever, and even Angus Young’s schoolboy outfit still fits snugly.
Naturally, there are no real surprises here: Power Up sounds unapologetically like AC/DC, and Angus has likened the LP to a tribute to Malcolm the same way that Back in Black was a back-pew eulogy for Bon Scott. Many of the riffs, which came from Angus and Malcolm’s archive, recall their greatest hits — the sidewinding blooze of “Demon Fire” is a distant relative of “Whole Lotta Rosie”; the throbbing intro to “Witch’s Spell” harks back to “Who Made Who,” the riff on “Code Red” stutters like “Back in Black” — and Johnson’s voice still sounds like angry truck exhaust, whether he’s huffing about tearin’ up the highway on “Code Red,” snarking about “crystal balls” on “Witch’s Spell,” or prescribing sex three times a day (“or as much as you may”) as a depression cure to a woman on “Money Shot.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/ac-dc-keep-riding-the-highway-to-hell-on-power-up-1089089/
It was someone's #1, even.
I haven't heard it myself. Tbh I don't really enjoy their classic material…
6 votes too
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
If you don't like their classic material, this won't change your mind at all, but I thought it was immensely better than I could have ever expected - particularly with all the drama of the last few years.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
blech.
― your passion oozzes from the (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
listening to the Thou/ERR album, imagining it's the AC/DC
― imago, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
I prefer the Bon Scott era but this was really solid, hooky, with excellent guitar tones; Johnson's voice is almost as strong as ever.
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
Last place on my ballot but deserved a nod.
One more to go before we call it a day. All I can say is that it has almost nothing in common with the AC/DC.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link
Yeah - I voted for it mid ballot-ish - I'm a big Bon era fan, and just love Malcolm guitar all eras - this was a 'RIP' vote for him more than anything, as they're definitely, if not all his songs, a healthy swan song contribution throughout the record. Probably their best since The Razors Edge.
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:22 (three years ago) link
Yeah, definitely a lower ballot placement for me, but they deserved it for bouncing back with something this solid.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
#41Cryptic Shift – Visitations from Enceladus198 points, 6 votes
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1636311486_10.jpg
https://cryptic-shift.bandcamp.com/album/visitations-from-enceladus
While I’ve traditionally identified as a basic black metal bitch, my listening habits of late have hovered firmly above death metal territory. The art of the Big Dumb Riff has held absolute command of my Spotify search bar, and it’s all thanks to the diversity the genre pool has spawned in over three decades of evolution. Just as I finish my most recent round of dick flattening at the hands of something as unflinchingly savage as Black Curse, I know I can hop to the opposite end of the technical axis to enjoy similarly aggressive highs in a fresh context. Cryptic Shift‘s debut is about as far from something like Black Curse as you can imagine on the caveman riff spectrum, but those same thrills are all here. Astonishingly fun in a way that transcends its deeply progressive template, Visions of Enceladus is a remarkable offering of thrashing death metal.Cryptic Shift invokes many greats in the pantheon of death metal, but before I had absorbed a moment of their music, I was reminded of Rush. Visions of Enceladus follows the 2112 school of album construction, hogging side A with an absolute chonker of a track. “Moonbelt Immolator” is a progressive death metal odyssey, effortlessly hopping between movements which recall Atheist‘s jazz death, Vektor‘s wild tech thrash1, Cynic‘s spaced-out prog, and even Blood Incantation‘s vulgar cosmic death metal. These pieces smoothly interlock, not necessarily because they follow a logical trajectory, but because of the propulsive nature of the riffs and transitions. I can’t help but feel downright giddy as I’m dragged through this monolithic composition, because from the bouncy rhythms to the joyously melodic guitar solos, extreme metal is almost never this fun.
Cryptic Shift invokes many greats in the pantheon of death metal, but before I had absorbed a moment of their music, I was reminded of Rush. Visions of Enceladus follows the 2112 school of album construction, hogging side A with an absolute chonker of a track. “Moonbelt Immolator” is a progressive death metal odyssey, effortlessly hopping between movements which recall Atheist‘s jazz death, Vektor‘s wild tech thrash1, Cynic‘s spaced-out prog, and even Blood Incantation‘s vulgar cosmic death metal. These pieces smoothly interlock, not necessarily because they follow a logical trajectory, but because of the propulsive nature of the riffs and transitions. I can’t help but feel downright giddy as I’m dragged through this monolithic composition, because from the bouncy rhythms to the joyously melodic guitar solos, extreme metal is almost never this fun.
https://www.angrymetalguy.com/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus-review/
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
Cryptic Shift - Visitations from Enchiladas
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
Basically, my ballot is a mix of FM classic rock and people screaming over Thurston Moore/Kevin Shields jams. It's a good thing otherpeople voted for proper heavy metal. xps
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
This record slays.
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:27 (three years ago) link
Tremendously promising band. Their debut's a bit too formless for comfort, though.
3xp sounds tasty.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:27 (three years ago) link
its a better title too
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:31 (three years ago) link
Many metal albums could be improved with being replaced by a food dish
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:33 (three years ago) link
sick, this has the best 26 minute long album opener of 2020. I put it at #19.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:33 (three years ago) link
Very popular in Scotland Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & The Infinite Square Sausage.
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:34 (three years ago) link
Latest recap (I added the missing 'Pigs' btw):
101. Primitive Man – Immersion 100. Atramentus – Stygian 99. Undergang – Aldrig i livet 98. Dan Weiss/Starebaby – Natural Selection 95 TIE. Worm – Gloomlord 95 TIE. Ulthar – Providence 95 TIE. Vile Creature – Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! 93 TIE. VoidCeremony – Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel 93 TIE. Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin – Stygian Bough Volume I 92. Lamp of Murmuur – Heir of Ecliptical Romanticism 91. Okkultokrati – La ilden lyse 90. Horisont – Sudden Death 89. Skeletal Remains – The Entombment of Chaos 87 TIE. Spirit Adrift – Enlightened in Eternity 87 TIE. Biesy – Transsatanizm 86. Ripped to Shreds – Luan 85. Cirith Ungol – Forever Black 84. Turia – Degen van licht 82 TIE. Regarde les hommes tomber – Ascension 82 TIE. Angel Morgue – In the Morgue of Angels 81. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Viscerals80. Khthoniik Cerviiks – Æequiizoiikum79. Vladislav Delay – Rakka78. Eternal Rot – Putridarium76 TIE. Ocrilim – Plvence Abrost R Msitloun76 TIE. Dola – Dola75. Blue Öyster Cult – The Symbol Remains74. Malokarpatan – Krupinské ohne73. Defeated Sanity – The Sanguinary Impetus72. Geld – Beyond the Floor71. Melted Bodies – Enjoy Yourself70. Envy – The Fallen Crimson69. Svalbard – When I Die, Will I Get Better?68. Boris & Merzbow – 2R0I2P067. Pyrrhon – Abscess Time66. Raspberry Bulbs – Before the Age of Mirrors65. Azusa – Loop of Yesterdays64. Fuck the Facts – Pleine noirceur63. Blues Pills – Holy Moly!62. Kaatayra – Só quem viu o relâmpago à sua direita sabe61. Drown – Subaqueous60. Gezan – Klue59. Gulch – Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress58. Touché Amoré – Lament57. Mr. Bungle – The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo56. Feminazgûl – No Dawn for Men54 TIE. Zombi – 202054 TIE. Molasses – Through the Hollow53. Pallbearer – Forgotten Days52. Triptykon – Requiem (Live at Roadburn 2019)51. Azarath – Saint Desecration50. Sightless Pit – Grave of a Dog49. Machine Girl – U-Void Synthesizer48. Esoctrilihum – Eternity of Shaog47. Void Rot – Descending Pillars46. Of Feather and Bone – Sulfuric Disintegration45. Kaatayra – Toda história pela frente43 TIE. Mamaleek – Come & See43 TIE. Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle – May Our Chambers Be Full42. AC/DC – Power Up41. Cryptic Shift – Visitations from Enceladus
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:43 (three years ago) link
Also the pastoral sweep, and acoustic folk elements, mixed with black metal reminds me of the Stara Rzeka album that did well in this poll a few years back.
V cool comparison
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Thursday, 11 March 2021 01:42 (three years ago) link
These done made my ballot:
56. Feminazgûl – No Dawn for Men52. Triptykon – Requiem (Live at Roadburn 2019)46. Of Feather and Bone – Sulfuric Disintegration43 TIE. Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle – May Our Chambers Be Full42. AC/DC – Power Up
The Thou/ERR was in my top ten; the AC/DC was the last on my 50-album ballot.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 11 March 2021 04:28 (three years ago) link
Feminazgûl is sounding perfect on this bright, windy morning. Was not expecting blackgaze from the cover art.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Thursday, 11 March 2021 10:56 (three years ago) link
Violin and accordion in everything, please.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Thursday, 11 March 2021 11:03 (three years ago) link
Sad I can't be part of the roll-out but you guys are making it a brilliant read, going through it on my own time. Trvue krv <3
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 11 March 2021 12:01 (three years ago) link
I know I'm the Anti-DM Guy but I am having to concede that the Azarath does indeed whip
― imago, Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:13 (three years ago) link
"you sure like a lot of DM for an Anti-DM Guy"
― imago, Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:14 (three years ago) link
I think it's maybe how the drums are mixed front and centre? Awesome drums
And now I check and I see that the drummer is the only permanent member. It's his baby. That explains it
― imago, Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:15 (three years ago) link
Pom reckons todays run is a great one
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link