Rolling Metal Thread 2009

One other pleasant surprise on the Decibel list was Katatonia's Last Fair Deal Gone Down placing so prominently. If there was one Katatonia record I would have predicted would make the decade list, it would have been Viva Emptiness.

I like Jeff's list a lot...Arch Enemy, Bodom, DragonForce, and Nightwish all should have made the top 100.

Interesting to read a List that does not include
LVTHN 'Tenth Sublevel of Suicide'
Emperor 'Prometheus...'
Mayhem 'Ordo ad Chao'
WitTR 'Black Cascade'

I voted for Prometheus, and was shocked it didn't make the cut.

I'm honestly not that big into the pure kvlt blackness. Emperor are cool, but Wolves always struck me as kind of background music. Really neat background music, but I've never really been blown away.

Yeah Wolves bored me and i did try more than once.

I've tried every Wolves release and been bored surly every time.

hehe you're always surly!

i was gonna say! that is so phil. bored AND pissed off.

yall liking that alcest split?

yes

ordo ad chao is decade top 20 for sure imo

ordo ad chao is one of my favorite albums of all time tbh

I finally scored the 2xLP Ordo Ad Chao at a swap a few months back. It was worth the wait!

what record do you guys like better, ordo ad chao or ad majorem gloriam sathanas

I'd probably go with Mayhem on that one. I find myself greatly preferring post-lawsuit Gorgoroth to pre-lawsuit Gorgoroth, quite frankly.

Definitely Mayhem out of that pair, but OAC isn't my favorite Mayhem disc; I rep hard for Grand Declaration of War.

i prefer ordo ad chao as a single, continuous piece of work. there may be an individual song on ad majorem that i prefer to any individual song on ordo ad chao -- maybe a couple, even -- but ordo ad chao is better throughout. imho.

need your help:

what member of watain is this speaking at 7:03? don't want to assume it is the singer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIxW4PeoWBM

(and i think it goes without saying, WS)

'Grand Declaration...' is about on a par with 'Ordo...', imo. 'Wolf Slayer Abyss' is their classic.
Aborym 'With No Human Intervention' is also to my taste, though with a techno clunker thrown in.
I play the new Gorgoroth more than any since 'Destroyer'.
Pest's old band, Obtained Enslavement, I prefer to any Gorgoroth.

this is slightly OT, but have you all ever listened to attila's old band Plasma Pool? <3 him (also, kinda them) but the term "techno clunkers" is what reminded me of them.

PS pelican played here the other night and failed to be slow or heavy enough.

No, but I have heard and enjoyed the black-thrash 'Ano Domini' by Tormentor.

tormentor = great!

has anyone seen severed ways? about norse discovery of north america? i have mixed feelings about this movie. it's a small part herzog (complete with popol vuh? how did they swing that?) and part ridiculous. features a guy actually shitting in the woods and burning churches.

trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUdxd0J-ujA

yeah I thought it was well-directed, I have to say!

Yeah, I got it from Netflix awhile back. Wrote about it here. Really nicely filmed and well put together, though I definitely did not need to watch that dude take his morning dump.

I enjoyed most of it in spite of the weird overdubbing, shitting, etc. What took me out of it a little was seeing a recognizable Hollywood actress, even in a small role.

Money where your mouth is time: I spent all last week bitching about Decibel's Top 100 of the 2000s list, so this week I'm posting my own. Here are #s 100 through 81. Enjoy!

Phil, I just finished the first paragraph but I just wanna mention that ppl make fun of me for needing a 160GB ipod as if I'm some kind of OCD basket case. Now i feel less alone.

(I am an OCD basket case though).

I only have a 120 GB iPod, and it has been full for quite a long time now. I constantly have to delete stuff out in order to add anything. I'm going to wait until they come out with an even bigger size to upgrade, though.

i already like phil's list more than the decibel list. not that i'd probably listen to most of it, but i like it better. i like any list that makes room for prostitute disfigurement. well, not ANY list. like, if it were on someone's to-do list, i might worry...

J3ff OTM. I want 320 GB, but half a TB would be ideal. It's okay if it's the size of a Star Trek tricorder, i don't care.

Yeah, my wife got me the 160GB iPod for our wedding two years ago and I am constantly having to move stuff on and off. I was really bummed when Apple discontinued the classic line.

This is actually why I still rip shit as MP3 rather than M4A, because if some other company decides to take up the massive capacity angle, I want my files to be able to play on it. I sense Apple might not be going higher capacity for a while.

You can always dl a free converter , anyway.

I've only used this once, but it did work.
Free M4a to MP3 Converter 6.0
Build 54 from 07/26/08
Copyright (c) 2003-2008 ManiacTools
http://www.ManiacTools.com

I can't believe Phil or anyone would say that Isa is the best Enslaved record. Does not compute.

No, it don't.
Alas, they were touring on it the only time I heard them live.
It did make for a nifty tee for my wife, though.

* METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH AND ANTHRAX TO PERFORM TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY *

* THE BIG FOUR CONFIRMED FOR SONISPHERE POLAND AND CZECH REPUBLIC *

* MORE BIG FOUR APPEARANCES AT SONISPHERE SHOWS PLANNED *

The world wide web has been abound with speculation on a possible “BIG FOUR” tour for several months. Now, SONISPHERE can exclusively reveal that METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX will play together for the first time in history, in a move that will have metalheads across the globe frenzied with excitement.

Says LARS ULRICH/METALLICA of this historic announcement:
"Who would have thought that more than 25 years after its inception, thrash metal's big 4 would not only still be around and more popular than ever, but will now play together for the first time...what a mindfuck! Bring it on!"

“It's about fucking time this happened,” said SLAYER’s KERRY KING. “and about time the fans finally get what they want. This is fucking awesome.”

ANTHRAX guitarist SCOTT IAN agrees, commenting on the enormity of the announcement.

“People have been talking about these four bands playing together since 1984. That's twenty-six years of expectation!!! And the thing is, I believe not only will we live up to the expectations, we will shatter them!! No other four bands as influential as the four of us have ever done this. Imagine if The Beatles, Stones, The Who and Zeppelin had done shows? Or Sabbath, Priest, Maiden, Motorhead? Well, I may be getting into some rarified air here but as a fan, that's how big I feel this is.”

FYI the one in Poland is being held at an airport

i just see "WE NEED MONEY" in 72 pt. type

was really bummed when Apple discontinued the classic line.

Except that they haven't. The latest revision (160GB) was just released this past September.

On revision, I see that you meant the even larger ones. Yes, it's a shame - but when flash memory gets even smaller and cheaper, which won't belong, I think we'll see a return to bigger capacity models.

Now, back to the metal.

Does anyone know the name of the dude with afro who has been doing backing vocals (and keyboards) for Om on the recent tour?

Rob Lowe apparently. My, he's changed.

Oh noes, another Rob Lowe?

I wonder if Anthrax will get Belladonna to do the Big Four thing and kick out John Bush yet again.

glad to hear I'm not the only one that gets weird looks when they say their ipod is full. (I'm workin w/a miniscule 80gb one tho.)

The guy performing with OM is the dude who also performs as Lichens (as a one-man act I think). He opened for Boredoms in NYC this year, just him with a mic and effects. I thought it was fantastic, kind of like vocal Frippertronics with a muezzin/medieval polyphony tinge.

The guy performing with OM is the dude who also performs as Lichens

He's also in the 90 Day Men and sang with guys from US Maple in a band called Singer.

Oh wow, Lichens and Om could be pretty cool.