Rolling Metal Thread 2012

See, that's a pretty cool cover.

I'm loving the new Woods of Ypres record, and it makes me angry that this is the last work we'll have from David Gold.

Best record out of the four 2012 releases I've heard thus far.

I love the album, it's so much more cohesive than Woods IV, which was pretty great in its own right. David's lyrics could be corny as hell, but they had a way of getting to me, and some of the sadder songs here pack a bigger punch now unfortunately.

I'm trying to see if I can post the full unexpurgated interview I did in December at MSN. It just might have been his last, and it's pretty revealing.

I'd love to read it so I hope you get the right permissions to make it happen.

It'll either go up at MSN or Terrorizer. I'm sort of waiting for the Terrorizer issue to come out, just to be polite.

Saw Thou, The Body and Kowloon Walled City last night... epic heavy destruction.
Still can't figure out what the hell the guitarist/singer from The Body was playing through but it rattled my bowels a bit it was so low and thick...

sean is back! (you didnt vote in the poll you swine!)

xp that's a sweet show man

yeah, I've been out of the loop, yo..I'm weak.. lol!
I would've voted Trap Them, Weekend Nachos, Battalis, Rotten Sound, Will Haven, Rwake, Cave In, Lantlos, Deafheaven, Wolves in the Throne Room for my top 10 of the year..

trap them record is fabulous

Batillus.. I meant.
See, out of it! lol

^ didn't vote either did you?
xp

no i don't listen to enough metal to feel good about submitting a ballot

but i will be watching the results

I'm really dissapointed its so low on the list.. I was litening to other stuff this year and nothing had the fire that that had IMO

oh well make sure you guys post on the thread and give your comments (i think the poll haters on this thread dont want their sanctuary ruined)

xp yeah i'm a sucker for hardcore-influenced metal to begin with and i thought they really nailed the good points of that sound

wrod.. I got a real soft spot for that too, its just a better hybrid of stuff.. you get that raw rooted DIY in your face attitude with good metal riffing and hardcore fury.. its perfect!! lol!

and Chris Maggio from Coliseum joining Trap Them is fucking epic... he definitly breathed new life into that already crushing band

Speaking of hardcore influenced metal, going to be checking out the album from St. Louis' Everything Went Black later tonight. Press says influences like Black Flag and Entombed, which means it could be fantastic or swing very much in the opposite direction.

hmm... sounds good, or maybe not. lol!

Everything Went Black sound fine, pretty much straight down the middle dirty hardcore a la Trap Them or Cursed. I like that sound, but I think it's hitting the point where they need to start doing something new/interesting with it.

oh you just namechecked cursed, now i need to check out e.w.b.

Yeah, EWB's okay. But with a new Black Breath album coming soon, it's going to be overshadowed pretty quickly.

Good news, love Black Breath!

I can't wait for the new Black Breath...

Why did I think Lantlos was Mexican? WHY? LOL!

What do you guys think of Sam Dunn's series, Metal Evolution?

I think it's very well done. Every metal fan will have their own gripes with what was left out, but Dunn's doing a great job offering a good, lucid history of metal for neophytes. Except for the unironic phonetic pronunciation of NWOBHM, his constant "nawobbum"-ing cracked me up.

Hope this comes out on DVD!

I agree.. He's adoing a pretty good job. There is never gonna be an absolute stardard to where bands fit into the different sub genres, and there a few things here and there that made me go, huh?.. but for the most part its done pretty damn well. I've liked all his docs actually..

The only thing that really got me in a twist was in the Thrash episode, he goes to Soundwave Studios where at the time of that taping, Death Angel, Exodus, Testament and Skinlab were all rehearsing there and he talks about how it was a place he wanted to visit cuz of the history of these bands all reheasing there over the years.. When they show the building it has a caption of San Francisco, but Soundwave is in OAkland. For whatever reason I was like, you fucking dumming! lol!

I know in the history of thrash the SF bay are is super important,(I've seen with my own eyes living here all my life) but very few members of any of those bands ever lived in SF.. nit picky on my part, but whatevs! lol!

I also know about some dirt as to why Machine Head nor Vio-Lence wasn't mentioned any where in the thing, even though Flynn was interviewed for it..

I've only seen a couple of episodes and it's cool, but kinda weird to interview Randy Holden about Blue Cheer... and not even mention "Population II," one of the metallest albums of the 70s.

Except for the unironic phonetic pronunciation of NWOBHM, his constant "nawobbum"-ing cracked me up.

I used to do that! Most of my nerdier metal buds did.

yeah, ther nawobbum thing was wierd.. I've never heard anyone do that... I blame Cananda!

I say nerwobbum. Don't tell me I'M SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING EACH AND EVERYONE OF THE LETTERS?

lol! I guess there no other way to shorten than up, I'd just never thought to do it..

Used to call it phonetically back when it was happening & I was going to the gigs & buying the records, & still do. Same with most of my friends who were into it.

There is a track from the new Worm Ouroboros streaming on Pitchfork and it's a real corker. This is the first record with Aesop on drums and it's a huge improvement.

Yeah, it's a great record. Really gets under your skin, depression-wise, after a while. I was glad when I was done writing the review, not because it was a bad album, but because it was seriously affecting my mental outlook.

Yeah, it's indeed excellent. I was a big fan of the debut and the new one is even more low-key.

Just got sent the new Monarch record, which I'm really excited about.

Yeah, I got sent that as well. Why should I be excited for it? (Not sarcasm, just unfamiliar with their work)

because they're awesome

Monarch's monstrously heavy French doom, and the new one sounds great so far. Three songs, 35 minutes. Dead Men Tell No Tales turned me on to them back in 2007.

Nice to see the site back up and running! Happy new year y'all. :)

Happy New Year Nate!

nate your band got in our poll!

Much appreciated sirs! It was a great year for us, and we are looking forward to a bigger and better year now.

Went off that Liberteer album spectacularly quickly to be honest. The new Cannibal Corpse on the other hand is a fucking belter...

My favorite metal-related things so far this year are not themselves actually metal:

- I'm really loving Andy Julia's darkwave band Soror Dolorosa. Recommended if you liked the Sound or the gloomier bits of the Icicle Works, or if Interpol made you nostalgic for the original New Wave.

- I was a big fan of the Gathering circa Mandylion, but they kind of lost me after that, and I wasn't much into Anneke's solo work. Until now. This new album, Everything Is Changing is fabulous high-energy alt-pop.

Holy hell, the new Napalm Death is fucking fantastic. I'm pretty sure the guest saxophone on the third track is by John Zorn, and there are probably some guest vocalists, too, but I don't have a press release, just a download, so I can't be sure yet.