Rolling Metal Thread 2012

The new Dawnbringer's much better than Nucleus, a lot simpler almost. Plus Black's singing is a lot stronger.

I listened to it this morning -- do they always have power ballads? I thought it was pretty enjoyable.

That Loop location is annoying. The website says it still doesn't have it. Glad I went to Broadway instead.

Blergh. The new Dew Scented is sooooo boooooooooring. It's like they took the least exciting aspects of death, thrash, and hardcore and welded them together into a competently executed, thoroughly uninteresting package.

Also they like Slayer.

Who buys a record by a band named Dew Scent? The chance of it being decent are about 0.

hes a music critic of course he didn't buy it!!!! dont be silly!!!

This is their eighth album! How do they have eight albums?

And no, I didn't buy it, I'm reviewing it for a publication. Pro tip: nobody should buy it.

I didn't say you did buy it. I'm just wondering once any pr at a label got their hands on them they didn't say, "Change the stupid ass name." After 8 albums it's too late though. Stupid ass name it is.

there's loads more bands with far worse names

I don't know, they're German.

I didn't say it was the worst band name, I didn't say J3ff bought, I just said the name is shitty and why would you buy anything from this shitty named band. THAT"S IT.

"dew scent" aaahahaha

Worse name - Doo Rag. Saw them open for JSBX in the mid-90s, and they were so ticked by their name that's all they'd say in between songs. "Yeah, Doo Rag."

no the worst band name EVER is Stöner Kebab no contest

Nah, I think that title now belongs to Dog Shredder. I will never buy an album by a band that calls itself Dog Shredder.

I will, however, download it for free from a promo site!

I think the question should be what is the what band you like has the worst name. Takes Dew Scent and the like out of the picture.

what is the what indeed.

What?

I'm not sure I want to listen to this promo that I got in the mail yesterday for Bestial Holocaust's Into the Goat Vulva.

I really dislike Hatebeak's name.

Bands I like whose names are dumb:

Deathspell Omega
Rhapsody of Fire
High On Fire
Vital Remains
Cannibal Corpse (the corpse of a cannibal?)

Not metal, but as per the Bandcamp thread, Perturbator is a terrible name.

I am listening to the new Kreator album, and yeah, it's awesome.

Listening to the new Testament, myself. Not sure if it's as good as Formation of Damnation, but hot damn, "Rise Up" is a hell of an anthem, one that I expect is going to go over insanely well live – the chorus is, "When I say rise up, you say war!" It's not too hard to guess what they're going to do with that.

Oh yeah, High On Fire might be the elephant in the room here.

Vital remains isn't a bad name imo

Gay Witch Abortion still makes me shake my head. Not too fond of Made Out Of Babies as a name either.

xxxxp - tickled, not ticked, argh.

deathspell omega is good!

Has anyone else read about the fucked up situation with Javier from Animals as Leaders and the Boston PD? If true, what a fucking terrible situation.

http://www.change.org/petitions/the-governor-of-ma-exonerate-javier-of-any-charges-from-the-boston-police-department

Oh wow, LL wasn't kidding about the Dawnbringer having power ballads.

god, what a bunch of bullshit that javier story is. so frustrating! I hope they can sort it out with minimal damage done.

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There's a fantastic band from Portland with the unfortunate name Mongoloid Village. You'll probably never get to hear them because of it. But damn they smoke!

Also, I'm at the Scion Rock fest, on Scion's dime, and about to tour the country in a Scion xB. And I'm about as "diy" and "underground" as it gets.

These guys are offering no-string-attached patronage of the highest caliber. I've investigated it inside and out for years and just can not find a sliver of wrong in this whole affair. The positive influence this brand has had on our "scene" should not be underestimated.

If only other corporations and patrons could conduct themselves with so much class.

I realize this makes me sound "bought" but I sincerely don't think we should trash anyone that's actually doing so much good. I would never accept money from Camel or the US Army. I draw plenty of lines all the time. But Toyota? Who cares. They let me see Morbid Angel for free.

i keep waiting for someone to buy me every day and it never happens. i pray for joe camel in an army tank to show up at my door.

ha Nate cool I ain't gonna argue with you, we'll have to agree to disagree about whether corporate branding's positive influence on a scene that built itself is something worth seeking/supporting

You support the art without support the corp. I've been saying, no one is gonna go out and buy a Scion cuz Martyrdod crushed it...

Listened to the whole Kreator album this morning. I like it a lot, but there's one track on there that feels like a craven attempt to sound as much as possible like Arch Enemy (seriously, the opening guitar riff is a straight rip from one of AE's album-opening instrumentals), and there are a couple of others that sound like A Matter of Life and Death/The Final Frontier Iron Maiden. Interesting little mini-departures for Mille and company.

This new In This Moment… oof.

Apparently somebody misses nu-metal. I'm not sure who, but they gave In This Moment some bad advice.

I liked the last In This Moment disc, but I haven't listened to it since the week it came out, so I can probably safely skip the new one.

Well, on the last disc they indulged their poppy tendencies, which was their best part. This one is all screamy and emo with lots of chunking riffs. Wrong direction to go in.

Kreator has always had little bits here in there that sound exactly like some other stuff.. I've always heard a Slayer riff or two, or some Vio-Lence parts over the years..

Looks like someone convinced In This Moment that "Gun Show" is a better song than "Forever". It's a shame what's happened to that band.

I liked "Gun Show" a lot. But I see what you mean - sounds like they're going back to the sound of their debut.

But, like, worse.

so sean tells me NYDM/CADM is a thing. People even wear it on jackets now. Anyone witnessed this?