Rolling Metal Thread 2012

Siegbran you are only saying that to taunt me.

fucking A this is pretty exciting.

19.02.2012
After a longer winter-sleep summoning is back again and ow works constantly for a new release. We promise that in the near future we will regularly update the homepage again, so it will we worth the costs to check the page in regular intervals.

The present situation of Summoning:

In the past years we have worked on new material just very rarely because of different reasons (partly personal, partly being not motivated enough) but since the last months ,we intensified the work for new material and realised, that the old spirit is back again and we are very motivated for a cool new release and we are very committed in every terms of composing.

Meanwhile there are two songs which are fix starters for the album. 4 or 5 songs are in a more advance state and we composed riffs for at least 10 or 15 songs in a very early state. Btw. we still have one finished song from the last oath bound session which also will be in one or another way. so probably this time we are in the luck situation that we have more songs left, so maybe there will be some special limited fan releases beside the normal release, but this is of course just a wish right now.

We hope that until the end of this year most of the material for the new album can be finished. In the moment we have no concrete conception about the lyrical concept. All we can say right now is, that Summoning is still alive and middle earth will awake again.

I only have Oath Bound (which is pretty great), what's their classic record?

Ah so old news - hadn't seen that message yet, I heard it through one of my Austrian contacts.

Classic one...I guess Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame or Minas Morgul...they don't really have one undisputed classic. Oath Bound could've been monumental but it sounds like ass, either they were drunk when mixing it or they only heard the final master over the phone.

I think Mortal Heroes is probably the one that represents them best but Stronghold has "Long Lost to Where No Pathway Goes" which is an all-time jam for me. But Stronghold also suffers from the vocals of Tania Borsky, who on some lines ("I wait for youuuuuu!") literally does not seem to know where the right note is. I'll rep for getting their whole catalog to be honest - for me they're one of those bands who, when it's what I want to hear, literally nothing else will do.

Also, as we were driving home last night, some mid-Michigan rock station had a "Mandatory Metallica" block. So I thought, hey, at least a stretch of good music to keep me awake. Nope. The "block" consisted of 2 Death Magnetic songs. Come on.

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, July 7, 2012 8:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol jvc, there's a real good chance that station was Q106, which was a fixture of my childhood. My band played a battle of the bands they hosted last year...they're totally corrupt.

Now that you mention it, that was definitely it. The only other thing I remember was a bunch of commercials for Pop Evil and Three Days Grace concerts. Sadly, by playing old Tool and Nirvana, it was one of the better stations we came across driving through that part of the state.

Pop Evil – why

Who knows? The new band I hear people talk about is the Hollywood Undead. I have no idea whether they get any radioplay or if they have more of a grassroots, word-of-mouth appeal.

I haven't heard much of them but they're p emblematic of why I try to never leave the house anymore.

I think boring radio rock is my least favorite thing ever.

Anyone else heard the new Nachtvorst album?

I think boring radio rock is my least favorite thing ever.

Seriously, modern mainstream radio rock is the worst. Of all the directions heavy rock could have taken over the past 10 years, how did the Creed descendents win out?

Laziness.

Just gave the Summoning a try. I have a hard time with nature-worshiping bands that use drum machines.

Like Fear Factory?

Just gave the Summoning a try. I have a hard time with nature-worshiping bands that use drum machines.

dude there's only a handful of bands ever with guitar lines as stellar as Summoning's

Dude, why are you guys all not listening to this Ptahil album RIGHT NOW?

Ha, the cover of their album is a picture of the Bohemian Grove owl statue.

Fair enough, Summoning is a love-or-hate band anyway. On paper the combo of BM guitars + faux-medieval melodies + endless endless endless repetition of the same synthetic timpani/snare pattern shouldn't work at all. Still it does something to you.

But seriously, if you guys are into early Venom, Celtic Frost, and Bathory (unlikely, I know), you HAVE to listen to Ptahil. Super awesome proto-black raw punk 'n roll metal Satanic awesomeness.

ha hold up they're from fucking Ft. Wayne, Indiana? I am so sold

I gave them a listen via their Facebook page and, um, no.

is it a new band then not old proto metal?

btw am i the only one round here into early Death S.S./Paul Chain? i wanted to do a thread on it but thought whats the point if im the only one on it.

Yeah, they're new. Like they aren't unabashed throwbacks, there is a modern vibe (Midnight, etc.), but it's definitely beholden to the metal gods.

you're the only one on a lot of things, Kerr... lol!

says the Stryper fan!

Michael Sweet is HAWT!! lol

Don't make me start a Stryper vs Manowar thread.

ok

LOL!!!!!!!!

Honestly?

btw am i the only one round here into early Death S.S./Paul Chain?

Well, no, but I don't know how much action that thread'd get with ten or twenty of us... Maybe a weird Italian occult metal thread?

Anyone else heard the new Nachtvorst album?

― Siegbran, Monday, July 9, 2012 9:22 PM (2 days ago)

I think quite a few ppl here would like it.

The 'problem' is that the rest of the album sounds like a compilation of multiple bands.

Dude, this is pretty much how to sell a record to me. Up there with mentioning a band is from Ft. Wayne.

My 2012 favorites so far (no doubt including a few that people will say aren't actually metal -- they're probably right, too, but I don't have the energy to guess which ones yet; PS: I haven't listened to Baroness yet – will get to it in the next couple days):

1. Angel Witch – As Above, So Below (Rise Above)
2. Thunderkraft – Totentanz (Svarga)
3. 3 Inches Of Blood – Long Live Heavy Metal (Century Media)
4. Bible Of The Devil – For The Love Of Thugs & Fools (Cruz Del Sur)
5. Mekong Delta – Intersections (Steamhammer)
6. Christian Mistress – Possession (Relapse)
7. Saint Vitus – Lillie: F-65 (Seson Of Mist)
8. Pharaoh – Bury The Light (Cruz Del Sur)
9. The Shrine - Primitive Blast (Tee Pee)
10. Grand Magus – The Hunt (Nuclear Blast)
11. Royal Thunder – CVI (Relapse)
12. El Doom & The Born Electric – El Doom & The Born Electric (Rune Grammofon)
13. Timmy’s Organism – Raw Sewage ROQ (In The Red)
14. Abrahma – Through The Dusty Paths Of Our Lives (Small Stone)
15. King Mob – Force 9 (King Mob)
16. Anders Nilsson – Night Guitar (Sound At One)
17. Kadaver - Kadaver (Tee Pee)
18. Witch Mountain – Cauldron Of The Wild (Profound Lore)
19. Accept – Stalingrad (Nuclear Blast)
20. Woods Of Ypres – Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (Earache)
21. The Devil’s Blood – The Thousandfold Epicentre (Metal Blade)
22. Crazy Lixx – Riot Avenue (Frontiers)
23. Sun Gods In Exile – Thanks For The Silver (Small Stone)
24. Sigh – In Somniphobia (Candlelight)
25. Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth (Interscope)
26. Pallbearer – Sorrow And Extinction (Profound Lore)
27. Aqua Nebula Oscillator – Third (Tee Pee)
28. Sleep Maps – Fiction Makes The Future (sleepmaps.com)
29. Black Pyramid – Black Pyramid II (MeteorCity)
30. Orange Goblin – A Eulogy For the Damned (Candlelight/Tanglade)

I'll make a half year list at some point, but I wanted to remind ppl that I've been collecting metal albums from 2012 on spotify here:
http://open.spotify.com/user/mordys/playlist/0Qp2Pf6TdcLrqak0ZvISyC

935 tracks so far...

My 2012 half-year list as of today:

1. Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
2. Horseback - Half Blood
3. Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel
4. Alcest - Les voyages de l'ame
5. Christian Mistress - Possession
6. The Devil's Blood - The Thousandfold Epicentre
7. Ufomammut - Oro: Opus Primum
8. Black Breath - Sentenced to Life
9. High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
10. Occultation - Three & Seven
11. Split Cranium - Split Cranium
12. Pilgrim - Misery Wizard
13. Witch Mountain - Cauldron of the Wild
14. Horisont - Second Assault
15. Aldebaran - Embracing the Lightless Depths
16. RAM - Death
17. Mares of Thrace - The Pilgrimage
18. Spawn of Possession - Incurso
19. Saint Vitus - Lillie F-65
20. Dawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun God
21. Torche - Harmonicraft
22. 3 Inches of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal
23. Overkill - The Electric Age
24. Lord Mantis - Pervertor
25. Royal Thunder - CVI
26. Asphyx - Deathhammer
27. Conan - Mannos
28. Borknagar - Urd
29. Aborted - Global Flatline
30. Angel Witch - As Above, So Below
31. Ihsahn - Eremita
32. Mutilation Ritse - Empyrean
33. Rush - Clockwork Angels
34. Cannibal Corpse - Torture
35. Behold! The Monolith - Defender, Redeemist
36. Napalm Death - Utilitarian
37. Municipal Waste - The Fatal Feast: Waste In Space
38. Sigh - In Somniphobia
39. Orange Goblin - A Eulogy for the Damned
40. Jeff Loomis - Plains of Oblivion

(note: the Baroness and Gojira albums are very likely to shoot way up to the top of that list, but I haven't spent enough time with either yet)

My 2012 thus far, alphabetically:

Accept - Stalingrad
Ancestors - In Dreams And Time
Astra - The Black Chord
Brujas del Sol - Moonliner Vol. 2
Christian Mistress - Possession
Goddess - Discovery
Grand Magus - The Hunt
Horisont - Second Assault
Iron Mtn - Iron Mtn
Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion
Major Kong - Doom For The Black Sun
Moonless - Calling All Demons
Orange Goblin - Eulogy For The Damned
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
RAM - Death
Rush - Clockwork Angel
Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65
Snail - Terminus
Steelwing - Zone Of Alienation
Summoner - Phoenix
Torche - Harmonicraft
UFOmammut - Oro - Opus Primum
Witch Mountain - Cauldron Of The Wild
Wizrd Rifle - Speak Loudly Say Nothing
Woods Of Ypres - Woods V: Skies & Electric Light

I haven't had enough time with the Ihsahn or Ahab records but I like them both.

Wizrd Rifle! What is that?

Heh, I absolutely love the Astra record and it would easily slotted into my top five, but I don't really feel like they are metal anymore, just straight prog.

There is a bunch of borderline stuff on my list - Ancestors, Astra, Goddess. It's heavy rock in my book - line between the genres is fungible.

It should be Wizard not Wizrd, damn it. Crazy Portland, OR duo making amped up squiggly punk tech metal something. http://wizardrifle.bandcamp.com/

It's heavy rock in my book - line between the genres is fungible.

Totally makes sense. I love the Ancestors too.

the evolution of Ancestors from epic stoners into 1972 Pink Floyd has been a fun road to travel.

So far:
1. Asphyx - Deathhammer
2. Mgła - With Hearts Toward None
3. Nachtvorst - Silence
4. Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées
5. Heidevolk - Batavi
6. Master's Hammer - Vracejte Konve Na Místo
7. Accept - Stalingrad

I forgot the Les Discrets! Quite a good album.

Alcest - Les Voyages de L'Ame
Baroness - Yellow & Green
Christian Mistress - Possession
Crystal Viper - Crimen Excepta
Eluveitie - Helvetios
Epica - Requiem for the Indifferent
Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliees
Lyriel - Leverage
Orange Goblin - A Eulogy for the Damned
Royal Thunder - CVI
Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Torche - Harmonicraft

I'm sure I'm forgetting some. In alphabetical order. Still haven't heard new Witch Mountain yet.

Crystal Viper? They don't ring a bell. More info please?

i guess kinda power metal - female vox (Marta Gabriel who is basically 100% of what I dig about the album)

she's got a pretty rough voice (it's flat sometimes, but she's got a ton of energy that makes up for it imho) and not cookie monster vox. some of the riffs are a little stonery which i like too.

That sounds like it could be interesting. Off to youtube!

oh huh i am going to have to spend some time with this Ptahil band, these youtubes are hitting the spot.

wizard rifle is awesome btw, one of my favorites of this year so far for sure.