Wizrd Rifle! What is that?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
Heh, I absolutely love the Astra record and it would easily slotted into my top five, but I don't really feel like they are metal anymore, just straight prog.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
There is a bunch of borderline stuff on my list - Ancestors, Astra, Goddess. It's heavy rock in my book - line between the genres is fungible.
It should be Wizard not Wizrd, damn it. Crazy Portland, OR duo making amped up squiggly punk tech metal something. http://wizardrifle.bandcamp.com/
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
It's heavy rock in my book - line between the genres is fungible.
Totally makes sense. I love the Ancestors too.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
the evolution of Ancestors from epic stoners into 1972 Pink Floyd has been a fun road to travel.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
So far:1. Asphyx - Deathhammer2. Mgła - With Hearts Toward None3. Nachtvorst - Silence4. Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées5. Heidevolk - Batavi6. Master's Hammer - Vracejte Konve Na Místo7. Accept - Stalingrad
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
I forgot the Les Discrets! Quite a good album.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
Alcest - Les Voyages de L'AmeBaroness - Yellow & GreenChristian Mistress - PossessionCrystal Viper - Crimen ExceptaEluveitie - HelvetiosEpica - Requiem for the IndifferentLes Discrets - Ariettes OublieesLyriel - LeverageOrange Goblin - A Eulogy for the DamnedRoyal Thunder - CVISaint Vitus - Lillie: F-65Sigh - In SomniphobiaTorche - Harmonicraft
I'm sure I'm forgetting some. In alphabetical order. Still haven't heard new Witch Mountain yet.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
Crystal Viper? They don't ring a bell. More info please?
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
i guess kinda power metal - female vox (Marta Gabriel who is basically 100% of what I dig about the album)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
she's got a pretty rough voice (it's flat sometimes, but she's got a ton of energy that makes up for it imho) and not cookie monster vox. some of the riffs are a little stonery which i like too.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
That sounds like it could be interesting. Off to youtube!
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
oh huh i am going to have to spend some time with this Ptahil band, these youtubes are hitting the spot.
wizard rifle is awesome btw, one of my favorites of this year so far for sure.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
Some highlights for me, in whole or in parts: Agalloch, Ahnengrab, Alcest, Ankhagram, Arbor, Arstidir Lifsins, Azoic, Bend the Sky, Christian Mistress, Cold Womb Descent, Dark Princess, Dead Sara, Deathspell Omega, Desiderii Marginis, Diabulus in Musica, Dodecahedron, Down Below, Ea, Eluveitie, Ephemeral Temple, Epica, Furia, Grand Magus, Ihsahn, Impiety, Inner Fear, Krake, Kreator, L'Ame Immortelle, Les Discrets, Les Fleurs du Mal, Lethian Dreams, Liam, Liv Moon, Lullacry, Lunar Path, Lyriel, Maglor, Marriages, Moonspell, Rush, Saltillo, Semargl, Secrets of the Moon, Shear, Talesien, Taranis, Thormesis, Unisonic, Woods of Ypres, Xandria.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
godamn you guys listen to a lot of music... lol! it would take me forever to get through these lists.. or maybe I'm too picky about what I choose to get at.. or lazy.. Its probably a bit of all that
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
You wouldn't hear any new music if it wasn't for your wonderful boss with his amazing taste in music and his ipod.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
Must be great for you having intelligent talks with your boss while listening to music, Sean.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
No hipster brooklyn metal for this guy. Smithy & Phil must be so proud troo metal has taken over!http://i46.tinypic.com/30k6k94.jpg
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
(yes yes its probably shopped)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
Who is that?
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
Beibzilla
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
lol c'mon phil your cranky old man act is reaching here
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
A proper shop would've replaced the Ford logo with Scion.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha if we had a metal specific excelsior thread i would be posting siegbrans post there in a red hot minute
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
I really don't think AG needed to add that "probably", I mean, look at the Sodom patch.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
i dont know what this says about me but i swear that is a very specific vest/set of patches that i have seen before and it is driving me crazy. oh wait it says that i am a huge huge nerd.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
jjj who bought yours on eBay?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
bieber, clearly
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 July 2012 03:07 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit @ new summoning material!!
― original bgm, Thursday, 12 July 2012 08:23 (eleven years ago) link
Their productivity is as glacial as their music.
Alan, are you familiar with Protector's side project Ice Ages?
― Siegbran, Thursday, 12 July 2012 11:41 (eleven years ago) link
Had this been noted?
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/07/when-black-metals-anti-religious-message-gets-turned-on-islam/259680/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty amazing they've tracked her down. I liked the Seeds of Iblis EP, haven't heard the Janaza demo yet. Some of the other Mosque of Satan-affiliated bands are quite good too, Tadnees from S-A for example. There's also load of good bands from Turkey and Iran, been a big fan of Emerna for years. Most of them tone down the religious aspect of it all though.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 12 July 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
Also, the new Al Namrood album is very enjoyable.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 12 July 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
Juicy lists. Anyone going to the Alehorn of Power Metal Fest at Reggie's in Chicago on Saturday? I'll be meeting a couple people at Cafe Hoang at 232 West Cermak Road around 7 before the show. Any ILMers who let me know you're coming, I'll try to bring extra beer ;)
Then Hammers of Misfortune, Gates of Slumber and Venomous Maximus are playing on Wed at Reggie's. Apparently ticket sales are slow, despite the massive honor of Hammers having the #1 metal album according to ILM last year! Come on out!
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 12 July 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
nope but I've always wanted to check out some of the side projects. I take I should start there? any thoughts on some of the others? have been curious about kreuzweg ost for a while now...
― original bgm, Thursday, 12 July 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, Ice Ages is the best offshoot I think. The Buried Silence and This Killing Emptiness albums are both very very good. It's colder and darker than Summoning, but in the end they're not that dissimilar. Protector is the rhythm guy of Summoning so you get the familiar polyrhythmic drum patterns but instead of timpani they're done with these echoing, metallic machine noises.
Die Verbannten Kinder Evas is neo-classical darkwave that's pretty but tends to blend into the background. Kreuzweg Ost is collage-type martial orchestral music, don't know how much you're into that but it's not something I pull out often again.
― Siegbran, Friday, 13 July 2012 08:38 (eleven years ago) link
I would totally be up for that Reggie's show if I didn't have a work meeting to be to by 6:30 the following morning.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 13 July 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
Mordy thanks for the Spotify playlist
― calstars, Sunday, 15 July 2012 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
hey siegbran, I suspect I'll have to wait for the coldest of winter nights for the proper effect those ice ages tracks are hitting the spot nicely on a quiet sunday evening. will definitely investigate further. cheers! xxpost
― original bgm, Monday, 16 July 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
it's weird to me how people I know who like Agalloch seem to really want me to say I like Agalloch, about whom the best thing I can really say is "they're just fine, good luck to them"
― tallarico dreams (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 16 July 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
I don't care if you like them or not, but I will say that their new ep Faustian Echoes (streaming on Bandcamp) is the single best thing they've ever done. And they're playing King's Barcade if you really want the full experience.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 16 July 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
Live they've really become something else. Looking forward to seeing them again in a few weeks.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 16 July 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know if I'd go that far with "Faustian Echoes", but I still enjoy it. Can't believe i get to see them twice in six months, what a luxury.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 16 July 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
Listening to the new Nachtmystium album for the first and almost certainly the last time. They're back to making "real" black metal...yawn.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
Dude, give it more of a chance, there's a lot more going on in those songs than is evident on initial listen.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 01:39 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah I know. the people I know who dig them will be there goin nuts. I hope they sell the joint out, long live Agalloch! just not really my thing.
― tallarico dreams (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 05:18 (eleven years ago) link
I hear that, but I do believe that they progress so much from release to release that you could easily love one album and hate all the rest. It took me years to get them.
But whatever. There's a lot of great music out there and clearly none of it is for everyone. I'd be much more likely to push the new Vektor on you. That's what I'm really excited about (still).
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
listened to that new agalloch ep today. dug it. prob the first recording they've done where I felt that the vocals really fit!
― original bgm, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
My wife is pretty tolerant wrt metal, but I think I've discovered that Finnish folk metal pushes her limits like few others. I was playing the new Ensiferum single linked on Adrien's MSN blog and as the instumental intro started I got the stinkeye and, "what the fuck are you listening?". Then the vocals kicked in, "seriously, what the fuck is that?".
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
Ha ha, my wife is just pissed off because the new Baroness album isn't as good to jog to as their last two (which she loved.)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:41 (eleven years ago) link