Rolling Metal 2018

Forgot to post the link: https://basalte.bandcamp.com

Ooh sounds pretty good so far. Love that cover.

Prong and Helmet are doing a co-headlining US tour.

I went to a Helmet show once, but only because Caspar Brötzmann Massaker was the opening act. Once he was finished devastating the place (four songs in 45 minutes), we left. I've never seen Prong, either, though I'm a big fan - I like their last few albums just as much as the stuff from their late '80s/early '90s heyday. So even though the NYC date is midweek, I might just have to go to this.

New Rebel Wizard EP on Bandcamp:
http://rebelwizard.bandcamp.com/album/great-addictions-to-blindingly-dark-wordly-life

I thought their album would have done better on the 2017 poll that recently was tabluated. It was definitely very high on my ballot. The EP seems just as fun on first listen, if a bit darker.

I loved Rebel Wizard album and I think JCLC was a big fan too.

I'm not gonna go, but I am amused to learn that Pig Destroyer are playing a sports bar-lookin' dump called Crossroads in Garwood, NJ, which is two towns over from me, next Friday night.

yes I added the new RW to my cart immediately - RW & Nekrasov are making wonderful music to me

in a totally different vein, the new Ilsa is riffs for days, love it

Wow, "Ce que le corps doit au sol" from the Basalte is wonderful. Wishlisted it already and will listen to the rest.

Quality Branca-metal moments on "La sclérose coule dans ses veines"

Glad you like it! I belatedly realized they'll be playing tomorrow at a bar nearby but I've already got other plans. :(

The corporate names on those arenas Ozzy is playing at gave me a chuckle.

Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live

Chula Vista, CA – Mattress Firm Amphitheatre

will i see anybody at the Decibel tour in Irving Plaza tonight? just flew in!

Anything good out recently or soon?

Digging the Ataraxy album a lot, cool to hear death metal that isn't trying to be crushingly heavy all the time and they've got a nice epic feel to their longer songs.

I never got a digital promo of the Summoning record so I only now got a chance to listen and it's completely brilliant! Will definitely wind up high on my best albums of 2018. If it doesn't, that means this year winds up being too good for words or I have died.

I just got done reviewing two records I like: Scumpulse, Antifa-loving crusty Scottish black metal, and the new Ilsa record - the first for Relapse. I always liked the band but this is likely the best album they have done.

Scumpulse sounds promising just based on the name!

Those Scumpulse songs are good!

Here's my Ilsa review:
http://agitreader.com/wp2/ilsa-corpse-fortress

Black metal with a distinct folk flavour, but not overbearing, like Obsequiae or Ophidian Forest with a bit more post-rock influence maybe. I really like it.

https://eigenlicht-metal.bandcamp.com/album/self-annihilating-consciousness

Should appeal to WitTR fans I reckon

ack metal with a distinct folk flavour, but not overbearing, like Obsequiae or Ophidian Forest with a bit more post-rock influence maybe. I really like it.

https://eigenlicht-metal.bandcamp.com/album/self-annihilating-consciousness

― obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Tuesday, February 20, 2018 4:04 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

woah my friend was in obsequiae

another new Primordial track
https://youtu.be/b7-FYDMtqo8

The new Memoriam album is good. Like the second Tau Cross album, it's more of the same, with a few tiny tweaks (one song includes samples from Martin Luther King speeches). I'll be reviewing it on Burning Ambulance on Friday.

This new Atheist band photo looks like their logo magically appeared in their living room, and only two members (Baldy and Guy With His Own Couch) have noticed so far but they're thinking they should let the others know.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWkNcdJUMAIbQwF.jpg

lol Kelly "Bret Michaels Before Shot" Schaeffer

Listening to the Suffering Hour album again, so good. Some of my favorite guitar work in recent memory.

new Panopticon double album, first with a full-band lineup, The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness is out April 6th.

Fuck Antifa Metalfest featuring Burzum, Graveland, and Disma (Craig Pillard).

raging just seeing that poster.

it's not real. or maybe you know that and just the thought is ragey?

sorry, i'm sure you realize it's a joke, i would un-post if i could :)

nah i'm dumb af sober and then my critical thinking skills erode even more after the third beer...ignore me

The fact that the new Earthless album includes vocals on several tracks makes me sad, but this nine-minute monster jam makes me feel much better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QvV3J5buvk

Wow, going power metal was the best decision Dimmu Borgir could have made. This new song is great, and I'm really looking forward to the new album now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7vg7ir8jyc

I'm enjoying the hell out of the debut album by Flesh Hoarder, Homicidal Necrophile, which comes out May 11. Broooootal slam metal, total knuckle-walker shit. Here's a "lyric video" for "Counterweight Suicide":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D8q3QVJlY0

They've also put up a strong candidate for Song Title of the Year with "Ejaculating on the Faces of the Aborted."

Deathwish band Young and in the Way are no more following sexual assault allegations.

http://www.metalinjection.net/metal-crimes/members-of-young-and-in-the-way-accused-of-sexual-assault-band-denies-accusations-disbands

Also, "provocative" crybabies Taake have canceled their tour

https://www.stereogum.com/1985047/deeply-problematic-metal-band-taake-cancel-north-american-tour-blame-left-wing-agitators/news/

anyway on the subject of actual music, I'm really digging the new Usurpress. something for eeveryone but it hangs together well, plus it clocks in at a nice tidy 37 minutes

antifa content police strike again

https://pitchfork.com/news/taake-metal-band-accused-of-racism-by-talib-kweli-and-others-cancel-tour-issue-defiant-statement/?mbid=homepage-more-latest-and-video

Waaahhh. Waaahhh. Waaahhh. (Also, the same story is two posts up.)

The intro to this month's Black Market column on Stereogum is very interesting. It's all about Therion.

https://www.stereogum.com/1985071/the-black-market-the-month-in-metal-february-2018/franchises/the-black-market/

Waaahhh. Waaahhh. Waaahhh.

Seriously, the whiniest, most entitled fucking statement I've ever read from a band.

The intro to this month's Black Market column on Stereogum is very interesting

The self-awareness of point number 9 is refreshing to read.

fwiw i brought it up cos my brother's band was supposed to open for them on a few dates. they were targeted as well by someone who confused them with another band and didn't bother letting that getting in the way of calling them neo nazis just the same

easy to waaaah waaah when you don't have two kids and people are doxing your friends left and right and you're hoping nobody shows up to your house to prove how anti-hate they are

the "waaaah waaaah" was obviously meant for Taake, do you always intentionally miss the point so you can grind whatever axe is on your agenda that day

goddamn the new Rolo Tomassi is FANTASTIC

wow that Therion review is some fucking navel-gazing trash

I chuckled but I already miss Doug Moore's snark-free column

I need to get off my ass and start checking out some new stuff, but I'm enjoying still being in the honeymoon period with the new Tribulation, which gets deeper and richer with each listen.

wow that Therion review is some fucking navel-gazing trash

― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi)

if you're going to make a listicle, sell it as a listicle

I miss Jeff Gilbert's one liner metal reviews from Guitar World