Was just looking at Phil Tougas of VoidCeremony's website, and apparently his dad and uncles had a heavy metal band in Quebec in the '80s called D.D.T. They're pretty cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCuKu2-87JI
― jmm, Sunday, 14 May 2023 14:03 (one year ago) link
experiment for maybe a couple of days: https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/10-digital-albums
― StanM, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
voidceremony is utterly my shit thanks y’all
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
hell yeah
new isiliel (necromidol) also significantly better than i was expecting
https://isiliel.bandcamp.com/album/-
cover had me expecting some idol nonsense (which would be fine if you’re into weebing out, which i certainly am, at least sometimes) but this seems more… i dunno, legit? than what i thought i’d be getting. i particularly like the more upbeat, nightwish-esque stompers like “genesis” and the third track
and the atmospheric black metal stuff is also solid. i could use a few more distinctive riffs but i’m into the folk elements. makes me want to pull out some moonsorrow records for the first time in many (sorrowful) moons.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 22:36 (one year ago) link
I didn't think I was gonna like the VoidCeremony record, but there are parts that are really beautiful. I love the prominent bass, and the guitar solos are fantastic. The only thing I don't like is the vocals — some Chuck Schuldiner-style shrieks instead of this kinda placeholder-ish raspy shouting would have really put it over the top, but that's not a deal-breaker by any means. Very into this on first listen.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 22:50 (one year ago) link
yeah, i’m a huge fan of the prominent bass! the playing is, of course, excellent and the way it pops in the mix really gives you something to latch onto
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 23:05 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I keep thinking of Squire and Howe in the bass and guitar
― jmm, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 23:27 (one year ago) link
since I'm going to that black metal festival to see Austere & Thy Light I'm checking out more bands that are playing on the day and one of them is Kanonenfieber - blackened death, in German, about WW1 (but very anti-war, just to be sure).
https://noisebringer-records.bandcamp.com/ -> this is all by one man (three bands: Kanonenfieber, Non Est Deus and Leipa) - and it's all good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP7DkSpG2KA
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
^ I know people get real uncomfortable about germans making music about wars but with the whole humans just being used as cannon fodder-thing being back and the musician's great-grandfather's diaries being the base for the music - very poignant imho
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 17:53 (one year ago) link
new surprise Krallice today. continuing down the synth-cum-guitar cosmic spacey path, which I can't complain about as I like it when they do that.
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Friday, May 5, 2023 9:26 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
god on second listen this shit is entrancing af. i need gummies for the next listen
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Saturday, May 6, 2023 2:10 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
redundant, obvious to say "another mindcrushingly good new krallice record" and yet. really love the drums on it too
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 19 May 2023 01:18 (one year ago) link
new Lustre side project Gråande s/n album was just released - two long black metal tracks
https://lustre.bandcamp.com/album/gr-ande
― StanM, Friday, 19 May 2023 07:35 (one year ago) link
it’s impossible to tell this sort of thing, i think i’ve even missed out on a few of their surprise records over the past five years, but i think this is my favorite krallice release ever, or at least it’s the first that’s come out that’s become the only thing i listen to for like a whole day
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 19 May 2023 14:25 (one year ago) link
Surprise new Khanate album out today! (Less welcome surprise: It's on Sacred Bones. Better than Profound Lore, mmmmmaybe, but not by much. Anyway, if there's a deluxe Japanese CD version on Daymare, I'll buy that to match the rest of my collection.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 May 2023 14:40 (one year ago) link
What's wrong with Sacred Bones? A quick search isn't revealing much.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 19 May 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link
Ah, you're right — my mistake. I had them confused with Sargent House.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 May 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link
yeah sacred bones is like hipster stuff not nazi stuff
Enjoying the first song on the new Krallice a lot. It very specifically reminds me of if Signals/Grace Under Pressure era Rush tried to be Tangerine Dream
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:35 (one year ago) link
Signals/Grace Under Pressure era Rush tried to be Tangerine Dream
I was going to hold out for my physical version to get here first but, uh, to say this description has piqued my interest would be a massive understatement.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:39 (one year ago) link
pretty accurate!
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:40 (one year ago) link
heads up if you are a CD luddite like me, there are only 7 copies of the new Khanate left
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 May 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
I own the deluxe Japanese mini-LP versions of their whole back catalog, so I have to wait to see if Daymare puts this one out so I can overpay massively just to have it match the rest of my collection. It's a sickness, I know.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 May 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
any ilxors going to Hell in the Harbor fest in Baltimore next week?
we're putting dad in respite care for a week so I can have my first actual vacay in...years.
Spirit Adrift dropped but Jesus Piece replaced them.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 May 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link
ok as someone who’s been weirdly indifferent towards krallice despite being a general barr fan and seeing them live multiple times… just checked out the new one while the sun was setting walking over a windy bridge and i’m finally on board. the horror synth twist gives it some of that summoning low key bombast, which is a sound i’m always kinda chasing.
thanks thread for the push! what are the other ones that sound like this??
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Friday, 19 May 2023 23:32 (one year ago) link
Go Be Forgotten, the album’s title track is my favorite and may not sound out of place on this.
― beard papa, Saturday, 20 May 2023 04:47 (one year ago) link
Demonic Wealth has a lot of similarities as well
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 May 2023 04:53 (one year ago) link
particularly the song "Stil"
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 May 2023 04:54 (one year ago) link
new Frozen Soul rips.
shame that the one time I saw them live as an opener, it felt like they didn't know how to play live shows yet. the stage banter was awkward, and the crowd wanted to like them but they didn't feed off of them at all. I had just told my friend how good they were and he was bored and I said "ehh I just don't think they're really great at live shows yet".
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 May 2023 04:55 (one year ago) link
weirdly even THEY'RE doing the horror synth thing only unlike Krallice, they're purely interludes and not worked into the music at all.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 May 2023 05:11 (one year ago) link
Gost guests a gazillion times on the album
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 May 2023 05:12 (one year ago) link
More 80s-style stuff that I'm digging: this Chilean band Shadows. They're closest to early Mercyful Fate, I'd say, with more reverb and keyboards. The production is rough and imperfect but really works with the foggy horror movie vibes.
https://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/album/out-for-blood
― jmm, Saturday, 20 May 2023 14:24 (one year ago) link
thanks for the recs above!
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 20 May 2023 19:55 (one year ago) link
New Horrendous album in August! First song is really good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz8tHOwWHnk
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
Ahhh, this new Botanist album is lovely.
https://open.spotify.com/album/02pgsDRPLkny6RLJL57v5Y
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 25 May 2023 18:44 (one year ago) link
I found a site taking pre-orders for the Japanese edition of the new Khanate album — July 5 is the release date — so I ordered one for about $30 including shipping. I'm sure I'll have forgotten all about it by the time it hits my PO box, making it a pleasant surprise.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 26 May 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link
that new horrendous track is goddamn great
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 26 May 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
Whoa, huge Denis d'Amour vibes in that opening riff. Tremendous.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 27 May 2023 04:29 (one year ago) link
*big sigh* - for the one time I'm going to a black metal festival (not to see Marduk but still) - this is how the headliner gets in the news https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/05/23/marduk-says-nazi-salute-incident-with-bassist-happened-because-he-was-drinking-covertly/
― StanM, Saturday, 27 May 2023 17:12 (one year ago) link
https://votsband.bandcamp.com/album/dance-you-monster-to-my-soft-song
not a metal diehard like some but victory over the sun is very much in my wheelhouse (i mean, pdx trans experimental black metal...)
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:26 (one year ago) link
it's amazing, that and the new Kostnateni have elevated 2023 metal for me
― imago, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:27 (one year ago) link
― A. Begrand, Friday, May 26, 2023 11:29 PM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink
wow yeah super Voivod. they are one of those bands with such a unique tonality to their riffs and music, like they had access to their own scales that no one else knew or something.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link
New Wytch Hazel out today.
https://wytchhazel.bandcamp.com/album/iv-sacrament
― jmm, Friday, 2 June 2023 13:30 (one year ago) link
and also Thantifaxath
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Friday, 2 June 2023 13:34 (one year ago) link
Omg the Thantifaxath is a beautiful labyrinthian nightmare.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 June 2023 00:49 (one year ago) link
I am really loving the Wytch Hazel. They basically do one thing only - melodic 70s-style hard rock, heavy Christian imagery - but they're masters of the craft.
Still think the Tanith album is better though (my AOTY at the moment.)
― jmm, Sunday, 4 June 2023 14:26 (one year ago) link
Other than bizarre clippy production....which one definitely lowers things a half letter grade...
the new Metal Church is inspired.
I had liked their previous few and wasn't sure if new guy would fill Howe's shoes well, but Marc Lopes of Ross the Boss fame is great. Reminds me of Stu Block in his dynamic style.
The music goes way harder than I expected.
But man, whoever brickwalled this album deserves tainted yogurt. It's a real bummer
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 June 2023 14:07 (one year ago) link
I guess the opener of The Dark was foreshadowing
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 June 2023 14:08 (one year ago) link
the new Wytch Hazel continues their knack for strong melodic 70s hard rock/metal. I discovered them through a metal thread years ago.
but dang the whole "is this band Christian?" radar I had going off was definitely right, feels like it gets way more explicit on this one than it used to or maybe I'm just noticing.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 5 June 2023 15:10 (one year ago) link
Unfelled (feat. members of Woods Of Desolation, Austere and Drudkh) have an album out that's quite black metally: Pall Of Endless Perdition
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
idk if anybody is into Torture Rack but uhm the new Torture Rack is fun if not indebted to mid-period Cannibal Corpse a bit.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Saturday, 10 June 2023 04:32 (one year ago) link
I hear a bit of Bolt Thrower in the Torture Rack too, especially in the solos. But that’s just me.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Saturday, 10 June 2023 08:17 (one year ago) link
Yeah I hear that too!
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Saturday, 10 June 2023 12:15 (one year ago) link