Rolling Metal Thread 2012

I noticed that the band was made up of later-period Death members. Did they play stuff off the early albums too?

They covered the entire history of the band. And let's face it, those later members are generally better musicians than the early members – it's not like Gene Hoglan or Sean Reinert can't nail the drum parts from Scream Bloody Gore. Also, they have Charles Elliott from Abysmal Dawn on vocals/guitars, who opened for Death on the Live in LA show with his previous band and absolutely worships Death, and Matt Harvey from Exhumed stepping in for the dude from Obscura (who couldn't get a visa). Both those guys are consummate professionals and extremely respectful of the material and the legacy.

Oh man, I wish I lived within 100 miles of anywhere where these shows were going down.

Move.

Dallas venue is saying the date here is postponed. :/

Yeah, apparently the show wasn't selling too well. Way to go, Dallas.

it was at House of Blues, which though nice is overpriced and not the usual venue for any of the metal shows (though the Cannibal Corpse show is going to be there). It's mainly crap like midget wrestling, cover bands, and Darius Rucker.

midget wrestling, cover bands, and Darius Rucker

Put all that on one bill and I'm in.

That would be quite the show.

New Baroness is goooooooooood.

I liked the first two songs I heard but "Eula" actively annoyed me. But liking two songs is a huge step forward for me and Baroness.

Death Angel live is better now than they were back in the day, and they were awesome back in the day. I've been watching that band for a looong time, and I'm friends with their singer. Mark's voice sounds stronger and better than ever, and he can out scream anyone.. The white guys that have joined the band are helping that band play very very tight, but mostly I credit this to Will Carrol..

Andy Galeon is a fucking monster drummer.. chops for days, very creative, and always doing new stuff.. With that said, it kept the band on their toes night after night, cuz he would always play it different. Some of that uniqueness is lost now, but its helped the band overall kinda straighten up, and not be so quarky.

However, Will has been playing the songs like he knows em from the recordings.. he plays em the same way, every night. That consistency is helping the band to know exactly what to expect, thus they can play tighter, and put on a better, tighter played show.

Also, eventhough they are an old school band, while the bands back in the day were in their early to late 20s, those fucker were in their late teens!! they are younger than their contempos, thus they go a little harder live cuz they still have some youth on their side; early 40s vs dudes in their late 40s early 50s..

Anyway, thats my Death Angel analysis... Go see em! they're killing it!!

I'm listening to the new Fear Factory, and liking it a lot, but all I've been thinking through the entire record is "thank GOD they didn't go dubstep, because that seems like exactly the sort of thing they would do."

Metallica will probably do that.

glenn said "I haven't heard the new Lita Ford album yet, but I was thrilled to read in her Decibel interview that the utterly miserable "Wicked Wonderland" was basically made without her involvement." and inspired me to see if the interview was online, and Jeebus, what the spammers have done to Decibel's website is terrifying. The content is all like,

I’ve been Premarin shipped by cash on delivery listening to the new album. It feels like a throwback to Premarin shipped by cash on delivery when you were playing back in the ’80s. I felt like I was back in that time. It’s really fun; really good rock.

Lita: I think people miss that Premarin shipped by cash on delivery time, and people miss that era. And I think a lot of artists now are Premarin shipped by cash on delivery trying not to sound like that, when I think people want that. Deep down in their heart, it’s like they want to Premarin shipped by cash on delivery hear those riffs and they want to hear those old leads and Premarin shipped by cash on delivery the arena choruses. It was one of the best times in the Premarin shipped by cash on delivery music industry, to me. I just feel like this album that Premarin shipped by cash on delivery I did, Living Like a Runaway, it’s all real. There’s nothing fabricated about this Premarin shipped by cash on delivery record. We just did what we wanted to do. We didn’t try to sound like anybody or try not to sound like anybody. It’s not like, “We can’t play that, because that’s too ’80s.” I thought, you know what, it’s real; it’s what’s coming out. It’s got to be right.

Wow. I don't see any of that stuff when I look at the site in Safari right now, but I can see it in the Google snippets, and Google has the site marked as "This site may be compromised." Hopefully that means it's already been fixed, and the Google crawlers just haven't come by to pick up the fixed content yet...

Also, I've now heard the Lita Ford album. It's definitely way better than Wicked Wonderland, and much more personal than the stuff that made her famous. But that doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to be playing it very Permarin shipped by cash on delivery often.

lol

have we really become so cynical that a recording artist can't put in a quick word for the good people at Premarin without there being assumptions of underhand marketing tactics :(

So says DJ Mencapsules for lowest online prices.

Thanks to whomever it was who recommended Barren Earth - ended up buying a couple of their albums and I just love 'em - ace metal all around. New Gojira is really blowing my mind now too - everything I wanted from them right off the bat. This is going to get a lot of plays this summer.

Always liked the original Sabs and several bands involving Wino, should I check out the Witchcraft albums to be reissued by Metal Blade July 17??

Only if you like good music.

Thanks, and what of Samothrace? I like the name, and read where drummer's delighted w new album--always a good sign, especially in metal.

Just got the promo today, haven't listened yet. Not familiar with their previous work.

Samothrace is great if you're a fan of YOB or Corrupted.

DOW, have you already gotten the Pentagram collections on Relapse? If you get Witchcraft first, you're sort of going in reverse order...

I have one, but Witchcraft are closer to the surface of the promo pile...

"Man, this Death band just sounds like generic death metal to me."

HAHA!!!Queensryche... buhahaha!!!

Always liked the original Sabs and several bands involving Wino, should I check out the Witchcraft albums to be reissued by Metal Blade July 17??

Yes, but Witchcraft doesn't sound anything like Sabbath or any Wino band (well, OK, they sound a little bit like the jazzier parts of Sabbath's debut). What Witchcraft really sound like are other 1970s heavy/hard rock acts - Dust, early Pentagram as mentioned, and the Swedish band November (who I wish more people knew about - their albums are fucking awesome, but they've never had much rep outside Scandinavia for some reason). Also, you may find the vocals difficult to take - I do. But by all means check 'em out at least.

Dust?! Say no more, I'll do that, thanks! (actually, say as much as you like about Dust, who are not exactly overexposed)

Will look for November too, never heard of them.

Would be great to see reissues of November's En Ny Tid Är Här (1970) and 2:a (1971). Witchcraft started as a tribute to Pentagram and Roky Erickson. Both Witchcraft and Graveyard have members that were in Albatros. Now both are on the same label. I hear some early Sabbath in Witchcraft, and also Leaf Hound, Comus, etc. Can't freakin' wait to hear Legend. In the meantime, new albums by Orcus Chylde and Kadavar are keeping me happy. I'm wondering if Dead Man is doing anything soon, or their Crusher labelmates Spiders, who also share former members of Witchcraft and Graveyard.

Never heard of Albatros - should I check them out? Are they in a similar vein?

Similar but not as developed. I heard some MP3s of what were probably demos, but can't find them right now. Don't know that anything officially came out by them.

Spiders are recording their debut LP right now. That's one I cannot wait to hear.

By the way, Spiders' awesome set at Roadburn is now streaming online. It's well worth hearing:
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/playerpage.program.14594227.html

Would be great to see reissues of November's En Ny Tid Är Här (1970) and 2:a (1971).

Word. Third one has been recently reissued on CD and is good, but not as consistently heavy as those two.

Spiders are recording their debut LP right now. That's one I cannot wait to hear.

By the way, Spiders' awesome set at Roadburn is now streaming online. It's well worth hearing:
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/playerpage.program.14594227.html

You made my night, that was awesome. I'd buy a bootleg of that, damn.

Soulfly is playing the 2012 Gathering of the Juggalos. I will not be there myself to witness the glory, but I am gonna try to get a camera crew there.

Wow, looks like Sonet Grammofon did reissue all three November albums, and Aquarius carries them! I had no idea. I went ahead and ordered them, along with a copy of the Leaf Hound.

Don't suppose any of you folks would be interested in a free Municipal Waste/Toxic Holocaust Split: http://downloads.tankcrimes.com/album/toxic-waste

no, but thanks for the offer!

I hope you enjoy the joyless darkness in which you dwell.

I saw Municipal Waste a few months ago. Used up my yearly Waste quotient.

Yeah, I've never been a fan of either band.

Man, tough crowd.

I always enjoy Municipal Waste.

Not a fan of Municipal Waste or Toxic Holocaust--but I am about to announce a full US tour for VEKTOR.

that'd be fun.

Please tell me they're playing Manhattan and not Brooklyn.