Rolling Metal Thread 2009

Arabrot have had plenty of releases before but none outside of Norway until now, says their helpful label guy.

This EP is new and is called 'I Rove'.

And yeah, it's probably not really metal but I guess it's close enough that people on here may dig it.

To the best of my knowledge I've never heard Katatonia. I feel like I've committed some kind of crime.

Me either. Katatonia has long been on my list of bands to check out when I run across one of their albums in a shop, but I have never run across one! Partly because of the spotty at best Peaceville distribution, but also I guess no one ever sells them back used.

funny ho ive heard arabrot years ago but never checked out katatonia. the name probably put me off (other uk folk will understand why)

Ha, I think I recall them having reviews with lines to the effect of 'lol not that stupid Welsh indie band' like 10 or 11 years ago which is about when they started getting any press over here

Hehe, I think I still have "Mulder & Scully" on the mp3 player.

oh god

Ha ha! Yeah, that is *exactly* the reason why I have never listened to them . . .

and why they never cracked the UK

It's Veterans Day here in the US, so I posted some appropriate videos on my MSN Music blog: Black Sabbath (really nice live "War Pigs" from Paris 1970 with different lyrics), Metallica's "One", Slayer (live "Ghosts Of War" from 1988), Amon Amarth's "Runes To My Memory"...and Flipper's "Sacrifice":

http://bit.ly/15RXiO

After seeing Gojira completely destroy last month, I'm surprised I didn't find out about Hacride sooner. Downloaded it last weekend, loved it, bought the CD at Metal Haven last night. Nice packaging too. I also listened to the last three Madder Mortem albums, but those are harder to find physical copies of. I heart Metal Thread.

Make Hatebreed Not War

I should probably save this for the Rolling 2010 Metal thread, but the new Arsis is pretty killer. It's now a nwobhm/thrash hybrid more than ever, a huge, huge Arch Enemy thing going here...which to be honest pleases me to no end.

How the hell have you heard that? I haven't seen a NB download link for it yet.

Any NWOBHM band with a name that sounded like 'Arses' would have been roundly ridiculed in the pages of Sounds.

Sorry, but it's true. British culture.

and fair

Haha.

How the hell have you heard that?

I have to get a dB review done by Friday, and I think it's just been mastered, so I got a rush d/l. But if it's anything like Nile, it should be serviced to everyone else really soon.

Ah. Well, I'm not a huge fan anyway (I hate Malone's vocals).

He's learning to enunciate more, I'll give him that. But like AE, the harsh vox complement the wicked guitar hooks quite nicely, and the hooks on this album are gigantic.

hey scott i doubt you've seen this, since you don't read the last.fm thread, but it appears you have a fan
http://i34.tinypic.com/2po5ts2.jpg

Bolt Thrower are kind of odd ducks on that bill, aren't they?

Ask whoever the guy is, its his bill.
but why anyway?

I would say Dragonforce is the odder choice than Bolt Thrower. The latter is one of the all time classic metal bands ever. Refreshing to see them in this proper context IMO.

scariest e-mail subject line i received today:

YOU ARE INVITED TO A PRIVATE LISTENING PARTY WITH CHAD AND GREG OF MUDVAYNE

hahaha

http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mudvaynepic1008.bmp

didn't even know they still existed

Jan 19 Sigh - Scenes From Hell. Finally! I've got to be strong like Faust, and resist listening 'til I'm done with my 2009 list!

I like Mudvayne. Their second album was quite proggy and enjoyable, and their last album was pretty good, too. I'm actually looking forward to hearing the new one.

Finally got around to listening to Funeral Mist's "Maranatha", much raved about upthread: Amazing production, wild Lovecraft-monster vocals, reminds me quite a bit of Leviathan, specifically "Massive conspiracy . .", which makes me wonder about some common 2nd wave influence I haven't got to yet. Lots of effects and samples, and changes that make you feel like your head is coming off. Suspect I'll be spending some time with this.

Funeral Mist's "Maranatha" ... reminds me quite a bit of Leviathan, specifically "Massive conspiracy..."

Quite possibly my two favorite albums of the decade.

The guitars on both records have this boiling, liquid quality that really isn't like anything I've heard anywhere else.

Listening to the 4-disc Metallica bootleg Live in the '80s, which pretty thoroughly debunks any argument that James Hetfield's vocals were better in the old days.

I didn't know anyone disagreed with that. Is the bootleg for sale or just for download?

Wait, did I read that wrong?

Left the Metallica show early last night; they were playing almost the same set I saw in February, and I got bored. Lamb of God were good, though; at one point Randy Blythe said, "This song is dedicated to my mom, who's making her first ever trip to New York tonight. I love you, Mom. It's called 'Redneck.'"

do lamb of god still sound like pantera clones? I had high hopes for them til they did that.

With Lamb of God, it's not so much the Pantera-copping of "Redneck" than just complacently doing the same thing that they've done on the previous three albums. Which is okay, they still put out some solid tunes and it pleases their fanbase (not to mention the sycophants at Sirius Liquid Metal), but they can certainly do better than Wrath. They've started to plagiarize themselves.

"Left the Metallica show early last night; they were playing almost the same set I saw in February...."

I was at the Saturday show at Madison Square Garden. I'm lucky I hadnt seen them in Feb, because I enjoyed it. Even the new stuff sounded pretty good.

I was at the Saturday show at Madison Square Garden.

Same one as me. They were really good, and yeah, the new songs blend well with the old ones, but too much of the set list overlapped. I do wish I'd caught them doing "Helpless" as one of the encores, though.

The Helpless was good, I would have preferred Breadfan

Curently enjoying a couple of EPs from one-man Quebec BM outfit Neige et Noirceur, who will definitely appeal to fans of Darkspace and Paysage D'Hiver. For me, "Crepuscule Hivernal" wins out with a relentless 26 minute guitar workout, mostly on one riff seasoned with insane keyboards and ambient noise. But "Philosphie des Arts Occultes" is no less insane, and features cameo guest vocals from (former) Greatest Living Englishman Oliver Reed, sampled from Ken Russell's 'The Devils'. If any of that sounds good, you need 'em both!

posted this on the shrinebuilder thread:

rwake: was not familiar with this band but they killed. stole the show, imo. nasty, sludgy, chaotic. awesome stuff.

so yeah, loved them live. now I'm listening to voices of omens. not bad, but I dunno, this just doesn't as dirty as I was hoping it would. the scuzzy, chaotic element that was such an appealing part of their live set just isn't on this record. maybe it's a grower.

how's the older material?

^^^came real close to buying this off Amazon MP3 last night bcuz of Sunday's show. Still might but yr testimony gives me pause.

well, still listening and my comments stand... but bear in mind, I am listening to this on headphones in an office.

I'm gonna have to give this a real listen at home.

Rwake is absolutely killer live and perfectly acceptable on record. But perfectly acceptable really doesn't make it worth listening to especially since you know what they really sound like.

They played in Maine a few years ago; I got to talk with them a bit and they were incredibly nice and appreciative of the small but vocal crowd. I'd totally see them again but I can't be bothered to listen to the reocrds.

I'm really looking forward to the new Rwake album...we've been waiting a long time!

loved one that they said was new at the ny show. had this fist-pumping priest riff. I just turned to my friend and nodded my head like, "yes."

Listened to the new Dark Funeral album today. If a Hollywood screenwriter just wrote the phrase "A BLACK METAL BAND is playing in the CLUB," that band would be Dark Funeral. So fucking boring. After that I listened to the debut CD by American Sixgun, a new signing to Eulogy Records whose greatest ambition in life, it seems, is to be Junkyard. That sucked, too, so now I'm listening to the s/t debut from 1976 by Point Blank, a Texas blues-rock band who sort of cross pre-MTV ZZ Top with Molly Hatchet. Music to punch people in the face by, and the best thing I've heard since this morning, when I was listening to George Strait's 50 Number Ones.

xpost hahaha I saw like 50 ppl turn to each other and nod at that exact moment when the song changed to NWOBHM crunch, that was awesome