hey yall i haven't listened to any new (non-BM) metal in t minus 2 months, what happened in that time!?
― kid cruti (roxymuzak), Sunday, 9 August 2009 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Goatwhore blew my face off. Behemoth returned to form. Bloody Panda got even cooler. That Magrudergrind album is cool.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 9 August 2009 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't forget Yob!
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 9 August 2009 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
YOB!!!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 9 August 2009 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i have the ahab and bloody panda albums to listen to.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 9 August 2009 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link
nice, thats good to hear about behemoth, im gonna check that out right now actually
― kid cruti (roxymuzak), Sunday, 9 August 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's YOB's best album to date, in my opinion. I have to give the Ahab a spin. Their last album was cool, but those darn beeped Napalm promos are never fun.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 9 August 2009 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
well the proper version is out now. will pick it up when i can
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 9 August 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
(ie the proper rip is also available now the albums out)
I yelled at Nathan (Napalm publicist) via email, and real copies of Ahab and Syrach showed up in the PO box this week.
― unperson, Sunday, 9 August 2009 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
now thats what i call tcb
― kid cruti (roxymuzak), Sunday, 9 August 2009 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
playing the new Cynic for the first time in ages. "Nunc Stans" is amazing.
― Cyberdune Butt (Elvin Wayburn Phillips), Monday, 10 August 2009 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
If you like Cynic, check out that new Augury. Awesome album. Love the use of melodic-but-not-wimpy vocals, it's something you don't usually hear in tech-death metal.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 10 August 2009 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
new stuff by the devil's blood coming out in september, apparently. anyone heard the album?
― ETERNAL WAR AGAINST THE DICKS IS ALL WE CAN RESPECT (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 August 2009 01:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Heaven & Hell was so fantastic and inspirational. They're all in great form, Dio sounded fantastic (reaching for extra notes and nailing all of them). Vinnie's drum solo was a blast, Iommi's solo was moving, and the new material sounded great. Big shout out to the light and stage crew as the gargoyles and lights were top notch.
It was so great to see these guys be classy and excellent. It's always a bit embarrassing when Ozzy is in the house, flubbing notes. None of that with H&H.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 10 August 2009 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm liking this Witchbreed album, Heretic Rapture. Good, principled dark metal, derived from gothic and progressive and black metal but mainly just heavy. Female singer, but more in the bluesy mode than the operatic. Not sure you'd guess from just listening that Moonspell's original bassist is involved, but it doesn't really matter.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 10 August 2009 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm seeing Heaven and Hell tomorrow night, can't wait. They were fantastic opening for Judas Priest last year.
Adrien -- have you listened to the new Echoes of Eternity yet?
― If you think drum machines have no soul, you've never met my wife (J3ff T.), Monday, 10 August 2009 17:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Haven't yet, but I should give it a listen today. Thanks for reminding me!
― A. Begrand, Monday, 10 August 2009 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
If anyone's interested, I have a review of Saturday's HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE/LUDICRA show in Hamilton ON Canada posted at http://www.hellbound.ca/2009/08/hammers-of-misfortune-casbah-hamilton-on-august-8-2009/
I thought all the bands were really good and was super impressed by the new Toronto band SLAUGHTER STRIKE that opened the night. 2 dudes from RAMMER with some of THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE doing old school death metal ala early Entombed and Autopsy. Awesome!
As for asking about ABSU, I saw them in Toronto a few months back and really enjoyed them. They played a good cross-section off all their albums and were fun.
― S. Palmerston, Monday, 10 August 2009 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
New Iron Age album on Tee Pee is a total blast. Assumed these guys were a tough guy HC sort of thing for ages, possibly based on the ppl who put them on in my neck of the woods; this has got tons of thrash, crossover, early 80s metal, sludge and doom in its DNA, wholly recommended
― Tim Krul ringmaster (DJ Mencap), Monday, 10 August 2009 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost - Nice to see Ludicra get some props. Best black metal band in the US and nobody ever talks about them.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 10 August 2009 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
New Iron Age album on Tee Pee is a total blast.
No kidding...wow, what a surprise. Definitely more metal than hardcore, which I can't help but love. That opening track is unreal.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 10 August 2009 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
So the new Baroness is solid. They continue to veer away from metal and into a weird grey area between metal and indie rock. But aside from dummies like me, who's this record going to appeal to? Can this cross over with more success than the (amazing) last Torche album? It'll have many metal purists thinking 'false', while it's still too heavy for the indie kids.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 09:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Terrific article on Pig Destroyer and the Maryland Deathfest, from the Washington Post Sunday magazine a week or so back.
― unperson, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 12:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Did you review the Baroness somewhere Adrien? I'd like to read it. Count me in on one of the "dummies" that it will probably appeal to!
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Haven't reviewed it yet, just listened for the first time last night. But yeah, if you liked the more accessible parts of The Red Album, you'll love the blue one.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I'll be sure to pick it up. Thanks for the heads up.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone else heard the new Gates of Slumber track on the Deciblog? The new record just might wind up being better than Conqueror if this song is any indication.
http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=323526
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm listening to it now! The really long one (http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=242424 ) is arguably the only 'doom' number on it - they couldn't be any more clear that they want to do straight up early 80s metal, albeit with the advantages of modern production. lol oh man there's a folky interlude type song with female vocals!
― Tim Krul ringmaster (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry, clarification: 'it' = the new record
Listening to the new Baroness now. I don't hear any huge leaps forward from Red Album; they've just decided they're really good at what they do and are gonna stick with it for a while. But it is really, really good. Between this and Crack the Skye, it's a really good year for heavy Southern prog.
― unperson, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
OK, ignore my previous post. What you really need to know about the new Baroness album is that "A Horse Called Golgotha" is 2009's ultimate, smash-all-your-furniture, burn-the-house-down, run-naked-through-the-streets guitar jam. Fucking killer. When they bust this one out live (and they will), grown men will weep openly.
― unperson, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks for linking to that Washington Post article, it really made my day. I love that image of the kid coming up to the writer and saying 'What are you, a narc?' Classic!
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 23:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone heard this new Cave In 4 song ep yet?
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Or how about the new Necrophobic? I learned about both from Decibel today...
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I gave up on Cave In after Jupiter. Not saying that album drove me away; I'm saying it was their last good one.
― unperson, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
It is their last good one. I like some songs on the subsequent releases, but they haven't made a solid record since. Was hoping that so much time off has given them time to reflect on what once made them great.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link
gave the new cave in a listen for old time's sake. first song is more convincingly heavy than the forced stuff on the last album. it's aiight. the rest didn't do much for me at all.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link
but I'm totally psyched for the new gates of slumber! really loved the last one.
new baroness sounds cool too. expanding on the red album formula is fine by me.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Nate, are you pals with Westering? i see they signed with my fave label God Is Myth.
shoegaze bm fans here would dig them. or maybe they already dig them.
http://www.myspace.com/westeringus
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Haven't heard them. Will check it.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
they are seattle-ites.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
really like the new subarachnoid space! really REALLY like the Overmars album on Crucial Blast too. seriously good and HEAVY sludge. on the sludge tip, digging the power pellut vinyl i got in the mail too. it's unsane + sludge + doom. which is always a good combo in my book. love the album package too.
http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/PowerPellutcover.jpg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
let me repeat, now that nobody is in the store and i can crank it really loud: the Overmars album is AWESOME! so great to hear such an amazing female heavy doom vocalist. (they've got two vocalists, male and female, but the female vox are so friggin' cool.)
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40292000/jpg/_40292729_overmarsb203.jpg
― Siegbran, Thursday, 13 August 2009 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh frabjous day. I fucking love Overmars. 'Born Again' was amazing.
― Doran, Thursday, 13 August 2009 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Got the new Cave In ep from Aaron Turner. It's the best stuff since Jupiter. Faster and meaner than they've been in years. I like it, but I'm not going to ride through the streets yelling "They're back!" until they can make a whole album this good.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 14 August 2009 01:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I just got the new Skeletonwitch. It's pretty blazing.
― unperson, Friday, 14 August 2009 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link
^ Really looking forward to that one. Jack Endino's having quite the metal renaissance these days.
The new Arch Enemy album of re-recorded pre-Angela tracks is kind of pointless. I greatly prefer her vocals to Liiva's, but she doesn't really bring anything new to the table, which is surprising, because a) she really sounded charismatic on the last record, and b) the performances of the old tracks on the live DVDs are blistering. These new tracks just feel tepid.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 14 August 2009 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Is there a thread about albums that actually should be re-recorded?
― Nate Carson, Friday, 14 August 2009 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link