Rolling Metal Thread 2009

New Portal!!!

http://www.profoundlorerecords.com/mp3/portal_larvae.mp3

Wicked.

OK, I gave up on Teitanblood after a couple passes through both records. Got tired of the vocals, and didn't find enough inspiration in the music for that to be OK.

On the other hand, I'm *really* liking this new album by Italian atmospheric/doom band Urna. First band I've seen compared to Evoken that actually seems to be in the same category, to me, as opposed to sounding like somebody doing a cheap homage to Evoken in their basement. But if you like your black/doom/whatever low-fi, this might not be for you.

So does anybody here care about Ozzy firing Zakk Wylde and hiring Gus G. of Firewind in his place? I'm kinda interested to hear what that'll sound like.

99% fewer pinch squeals, that's my guess. I like Gus G, he's a nice guy and I think Firewind's a cool band.

On a more self-absorbed note, I'm currently putting the finishing touches on my first Decibel Hall of Fame piece. Woooooo.

Cool. Which album?

Here's a hint: "Heidi, heido, heida, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah"

If you know it, don't say it. (if you don't know it, shame on you, you'll have to wait till October!)

Wow I have never run across those guys before. Shame on me.

Haha. Germany, 1982. That's all I'm saying.

Oh I thought you were talking about J.B.O.

I think Mr. Mudrian dropped a hint in this interview, amirite?

Yeah that was my second guess. And obv have heard of them. Spin "Princess of the Dawn" all the time in Dj sets.

I think Mr. Mudrian dropped a hint in this interview, amirite?

Ah, I didn't know he spilled the beans. But yeah, that's the one. My type of HoF record, pre-1986 metal, not hardcore. It was really awesome talking to everyone involved.

Sweet, looking forward to that one.

Nice. I was just talking about [the band in question] on Facebook the other day; they were my first concert, opening for Dio at MSG in '85 or maybe '86. I think one of the reasons they never got as big as they should have was that their vocalist looked like a cross between Paul Williams and Klaus Kinski.

That's a dead-on comparison.

But still, the fact that Balls to the Wall went gold in America before it did in Europe was quite miraculous. 82-85, they could do no wrong.

One more question: Did you talk to manager/lyricist Deaffy?

One more question: did you wear a rubber?

One more question: Did you talk to manager/lyricist Deaffy?

Yeah, she helped me arrange the whole project. She's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Her lyric contributions were really minimal to none on that record, but if I was doing Balls to the Wall I would have insisted on an interview, because she wrote all of it, and touched on themes that no male metal band would ever have attempted.

That explains everything. Except the cover photo.

si that overmars album OUT yet? they're soooo good.

*is

i think so. but just in case you missed my post, it's a crucual blast american re-issue of their last album Born Again. cuz it never came out over here. so, i might be the only person who never heard it till now. its one of the greatest things i've heard all year though. and would make any best-of list that i come up with. no matter what year it came out.

they are still touring the u.s. by the way.

8/22/2009 Dayton Dirt Collective - Dayton, OH
8/23/2009 Mix Tapes - Grand Rapids, MI
8/24/2009 Cobra Lounge - Chicago, IL
8/25/2009 Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA
8/26/2009 The Uptown Bar - Minneapolis, MN
8/27/2009 Mix Tapes - Moline, IL
8/28/2009 Fubar - St. Louis, MO
8/30/2009 Dragon's Den - New Orleans, LA
8/31/2009 The Atlantic - Gainesville, FL
9/01/2009 Square One - Greensboro, NC
9/02/2009 The Side Bar - Baltimore, MD
9/03/2009 The Charleston - Brooklyn, NY

OH SHEESH I THOUGHT THEY HAD A NEW NEW ALBUM OUT THATS WHAT I GET FOR SKIMMING

oops caps

9/01/2009 Square One - Greensboro, NC - hell yeah!

it's my fault. i got the thing in the mail and assumed it was new. i'd never heard them before! which makes sense when i see their discography. lots of 7 inch splits and stuff that never made it over here. (i'm sad and don't download, so i miss a lot.)

cheer up charlie

Is there a thread for the worst misinformation you've let into print? Because I once wrote a review in Pit magazine that said that Dead Meadow and Orthrelm shared a guitarist. Doh!

there's a song on the new abigail album called "metal bitch intern."

also, i am enjoying the songs on irritate's myspace and need the album j0hn wrote about.

i don't get why irritate has "groove" and "hardcore" attached to their genre by other people, though, sounds like pretty straight up death metal to me. like good, old school death metal.

I'll have to go back and look through my iPod, but I think Augury's Fragmentary Evidence is the first truly "holy fucking shit" metal album I've heard all year. There have been lots of great records in '09, obviously, but I kind of saw a lot of them coming or expected them based on prior releases, etc., etc. This one totally blindsided me.

Burst has announced plans to disband following their upcoming U.S. tour and several European shows. Here's a statement from the group:

"Following a band meeting at the end of June, we have decided that it is time to let Burst sleep. We will honor our commitments, play the planned No Budget fest in Larissa, Greece as well as the US tour, and a possible best-of show in Sweden in late fall. But after that and for the foreseeable future, Burst will lay down its arms. Whether it is definite or indefinite, we can't say. Thus, in accordance with modern internet heavy metal news site lingo, we'll call it an 'indefinite hiatus.'

Interviewed them once, they were nice... pretty sure they spoke better English than I do too. Origo was a good album but not sure I heard anything outside of that

Anvil have a song in The Final Destination! The Nazi redneck guy listens to them in his toe truck before he tries to burn a cross on the lawn of the black security guard but instead meets with a hilarious and appropriately ironic demise.

I'm so glad those guys are finally getting paid.

How awful is that movie? The trailer I saw before Funny People had the audience in stitches, especially the girl that died in the car wash.

What do people think of "adventure metal," a sub-genre I just learned about today?

In an article about this local band, who sound pretty proggy (and they only do instrumental music), which I guess is part of the "adventure metal" concept:

http://www.myspace.com/scalethesummit

I mentioned them way back at the start of this thread. I definitely pick up the prog, but don't really see the connection to "adventure metal".

Wouldn't Manowar be adventure metal?

I mentioned them way back at the start

Sorry I searched the thread for "adventure metal" but didn't look for their name.

And I didn't think "I should read the beginning of the thread in case someone mentioned them in one of the first posts."

Anyway, they are pretty young and definitely sound tight as a band. Maybe they aren't exceptionally young, it's just that in their photo in the paper here they looked strikingly young.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsUZvtuMyXA

i'm not gonna start calling power metal adventure metal, okay? maybe just call it D&D metal, but power metal is already all about D&D. i think it's a fine name.

and, yeah, scale the summit are just prog-metal.

Yeah, it sounds like unnecessary label proliferation. And now I'm thinking this may not even be the band I read about. I thought they were Albuquerque-based. Anyway, this one sounds okay.

I wasn't calling you out for not reading the thread, I was just kind of excited about their new album way back at the start of the year and no one else seemed to talk about them so I let it die. Listened to it again last week, still enjoying it. Nothing particularly amazing, but hits my prog buttons just right.