Rolling Metal Thread 2009

Pretty impressed by the Eagle Twin record on first listen. Guitar tone is thick as hell. One or two of the songs sound like Mark Lanegan if Screaming Trees had been a doom band

I've been spinning that Nachtmystium mini-CD a bunch this week, really liking it.

unperson, who got gender reassignment surgery (and why was it a bad thing)?

The drummer from Rhino Bucket and the singer of, I believe, Cretin.

unperson, who got gender reassignment surgery (and why was it a bad thing)?

Not all of them were based on real-life examples. I know there was a real band where that happened, but the names escape me; I just tossed that one (and several others) in for humorous effect. Obviously, there are counterexamples to many of the reasons I cited; Napalm Death has no original members, and Lemmy is 100, but I don't want either ND or Motörhead to break up.

It was Cretin, Phil.

interesting, i hadn't heard of that.

fwiw i voted for 'reality show recruitment', 'members file suit against each other', and acoustic/orchestral greatest hits, which seem to be leading.

Not all of them were based on real-life examples. I know there was a real band where that happened, but the names escape me

Remember King Kobra from the 80s? Their singer had gender reassignment surgery.

I'm glad that TG didn't split up after gender realignment thingy.

Hey Unperson, I think you should play Vikernes. You're better looking than that Dungeons and Dragons elf guy who's playing him in the biopic anyhow.

How many people have actually died on stage? Stayley OD'ed on stage? GG Allin, nearly.

Not metal, but dude from Morphine died on stage, didn't he? Or at least the process started on stage.

And Dimebag, obvs.

Oh shit, yeah.

all the black dahlia murder shit looks terrible though

exhibit A:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/MiasmaAlbumCover.jpg

what is this, a fuckin skankin pickle record

I liked the Nocturnal cover actually.

didnt alex harvey die on stage?

yeah i guess nocturnal aint bad but it does look a bit lord of the rings

mainly i just hate their logo

Nah, I totally see where you were coming from. I just think the new one tries to keep the vibe of Nocturnal going and fails in almost every respect. But as far as retro lookin' album covers from 2009 go, I do like Suffocation and Warbringer ones.

nocturnal is from 2007! they only have one album since then

Yeah, I just meant the new one linked on Phil's blog tries to keep the Nocturnal vibe going and failed.

oh i see

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2009/7/30fontaine.html

The addendum to that McSweeneys article is priceless. What hipster dummies.

and hope that the 2010 Maryland DeathFest will be the most delightful DeathFest yet.

http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/entertainment/precious-metal/

^retarded

Wow, what an asshole.

Mudrian should be glad that review exists. He's got so many people lining up to polish his rod these days, it's good to be reminded what the majority still thinks of metal.

I got a copy of the book in the mail today. I wish it was more tech- and process-heavy, but it arose out of articles published in Decibel, not EQ, so for what it is, it's pretty damn great.

Deaththrone? Apparently he's not only unqualified to read a book about metal bands... he's also unqualified to write about what he just read.

BTW, I'm telling you guys first:

Fall Into Darkness 2009 in Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan

Thu 10/29 - EARTH, Makoto Kawabata, SubArachnoid Space, ?Alos
Fri 10/30 - AGALLOCH, Amber Asylum, Fauna, Soriah
Sat 10/31 - YOB, Ludicra, Black Elk, Witch Mountain

Come one. Come all.

drools

Wish it was the East Coast Portland...

Great lineup Nate. Helluva Halloween.

Thanks! Looking way forward to this. I've never finished curating 3 months in advance before...

anybody heard the new Havohej?

i haven't. haven't heard the last 10", either, but tungkat blood wand was pretty cool.

Fall Into Darkness 2009 in Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan

Damn, that will be something.

That book review is worthy of Jackie Harvey from The Onion - kudos

Not strictly a metal release, but certainly of interest to many here. Promos for the new SubArachnoid Space on Crucial Blast should be going out soon. Highly recommended. Production is by Steve Lobdell (ex-Faust).

I love SubArachnoid Space, Ned does too. There's a few fans on here.
I didn't know they had left Relapse.

SAS has been off Relapse for about 7 years haha. Check out their two most excellent releases on Strange Attractors Audio House. Particularly The Red Veil.

But honestly, Eight Bells is the best thing Melynda's ever done.

You know Mason's been out of the band for years, right?

Oh i have the red veil. I dunno why I thought they were still on relapse! Musta been thinking of another band!

I kinda lost interest in SubArachnoid Space after their studio debut on Relapse, Endless Renovation. Too many guest players and nonessential extra instruments. The two live and/or live-in-studio discs they did before and after it, Almost Invisible and These Things Take Time, were enjoyable, though.

Man, I wish the Mastodon/Converge/High On Fire tour didn't include fuckin' Dethklok. I might as well just come out and confess: I don't find Metalocalypse funny. I've watched about half of each season on DVD and never laughed once. What a waste of an hour of my life their set is gonna be.

Yeah, Converge opening for Dethklok just doesn't feel right.

(I like the show, though)

I saw Dethklok live and it was better than Dragonforce...

I'm not into early SubArachnoid, personally. To me it's all about the latest few. The band is darker and more focused than it was in the early days.

I thought the red veil was the best thing theyve done

Wow Nate. Psyched for that fest.

Meanwhile over at Slate, the piece is called 'The Healing Power of Death Metal' but it's not the full focus of the program discussed. Still, it comes from one of the participants and it's a good phrase for sure.

anyone hear greymachine yet? i like it a lot. i'm actually surprised bye how much i'm liking it, as justin broadrick's stuff tends to bore me after awhile.

i think i need to work a bit on proofreading things before i submit them...

And it concludes thus:

As for popular music, the University of Vermont researchers found that within each genre, the emotional charge of lyrics remained stable between 1960 and 2007. But the overall trend was downward, as metal came of age in the 1970s, punk in the 1980s, and later hip-hop, each exploring darker themes more explicitly than their predecessors in the 1960s.

The low point, lyric-wise, was around 2003. Maybe coincidence, but that was the year Darkthrone released its album “Hate Them.”

I decided to sell my Lolla tix, made a tidy profit, am going to see Graveyard tonight at HOB, and then over to Cobra Lounge for the free Alehorn of Power fest. This is a good day. Anyone else going? Slough Feg, Hammers of Misfortune, Bible of the Devil, etc.

I'm seeing Heaven & Hell with Neurosis on Saturday. Giddy.