Rolling Metal Thread 2012

holy shit @ new summoning material!!

Their productivity is as glacial as their music.

Alan, are you familiar with Protector's side project Ice Ages?

Had this been noted?

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/07/when-black-metals-anti-religious-message-gets-turned-on-islam/259680/

Pretty amazing they've tracked her down. I liked the Seeds of Iblis EP, haven't heard the Janaza demo yet. Some of the other Mosque of Satan-affiliated bands are quite good too, Tadnees from S-A for example. There's also load of good bands from Turkey and Iran, been a big fan of Emerna for years. Most of them tone down the religious aspect of it all though.

Also, the new Al Namrood album is very enjoyable.

Juicy lists. Anyone going to the Alehorn of Power Metal Fest at Reggie's in Chicago on Saturday? I'll be meeting a couple people at Cafe Hoang at 232 West Cermak Road around 7 before the show. Any ILMers who let me know you're coming, I'll try to bring extra beer ;)

Then Hammers of Misfortune, Gates of Slumber and Venomous Maximus are playing on Wed at Reggie's. Apparently ticket sales are slow, despite the massive honor of Hammers having the #1 metal album according to ILM last year! Come on out!

Alan, are you familiar with Protector's side project Ice Ages?

nope but I've always wanted to check out some of the side projects. I take I should start there? any thoughts on some of the others? have been curious about kreuzweg ost for a while now...

Yes, Ice Ages is the best offshoot I think. The Buried Silence and This Killing Emptiness albums are both very very good. It's colder and darker than Summoning, but in the end they're not that dissimilar. Protector is the rhythm guy of Summoning so you get the familiar polyrhythmic drum patterns but instead of timpani they're done with these echoing, metallic machine noises.

Die Verbannten Kinder Evas is neo-classical darkwave that's pretty but tends to blend into the background. Kreuzweg Ost is collage-type martial orchestral music, don't know how much you're into that but it's not something I pull out often again.

I would totally be up for that Reggie's show if I didn't have a work meeting to be to by 6:30 the following morning.

Mordy thanks for the Spotify playlist

hey siegbran, I suspect I'll have to wait for the coldest of winter nights for the proper effect those ice ages tracks are hitting the spot nicely on a quiet sunday evening. will definitely investigate further. cheers! xxpost

it's weird to me how people I know who like Agalloch seem to really want me to say I like Agalloch, about whom the best thing I can really say is "they're just fine, good luck to them"

I don't care if you like them or not, but I will say that their new ep Faustian Echoes (streaming on Bandcamp) is the single best thing they've ever done. And they're playing King's Barcade if you really want the full experience.

Live they've really become something else. Looking forward to seeing them again in a few weeks.

I don't know if I'd go that far with "Faustian Echoes", but I still enjoy it. Can't believe i get to see them twice in six months, what a luxury.

Listening to the new Nachtmystium album for the first and almost certainly the last time. They're back to making "real" black metal...yawn.

Dude, give it more of a chance, there's a lot more going on in those songs than is evident on initial listen.

I don't care if you like them or not, but I will say that their new ep Faustian Echoes (streaming on Bandcamp) is the single best thing they've ever done. And they're playing King's Barcade if you really want the full experience.

oh yeah I know. the people I know who dig them will be there goin nuts. I hope they sell the joint out, long live Agalloch! just not really my thing.

I hear that, but I do believe that they progress so much from release to release that you could easily love one album and hate all the rest. It took me years to get them.

But whatever. There's a lot of great music out there and clearly none of it is for everyone. I'd be much more likely to push the new Vektor on you. That's what I'm really excited about (still).

listened to that new agalloch ep today. dug it. prob the first recording they've done where I felt that the vocals really fit!

My wife is pretty tolerant wrt metal, but I think I've discovered that Finnish folk metal pushes her limits like few others. I was playing the new Ensiferum single linked on Adrien's MSN blog and as the instumental intro started I got the stinkeye and, "what the fuck are you listening?". Then the vocals kicked in, "seriously, what the fuck is that?".

Ha ha, my wife is just pissed off because the new Baroness album isn't as good to jog to as their last two (which she loved.)

When I joined my band(which had a different name prior, that changed due to my influence), she said I ruined that band. That they were good before, now they are just depressing... lol!

lol most irl metalheads i know would give their eye teeth for awesome wives

i have one and i vouch for the experience

I have one and am thankful every single day for it.

My girlfriend is a rocker.

At the Decibel tour show, she leaned over to me during the first Ghost song and said "they totally stole a riff from Angel Witch!"

Then later when Ghost covered "Here Comes the Sun" and I said "nice Beatles cover" and she would have had no idea if I hadn't pointed it out to her.

Don't get me wrong.. once the Hellbeard record was done and out and she saw the complete transformation, she got it... She's the rsddest chick ever. Never once has sweated me about my music stuff, something most chicks would have a fit over.. And she cooks brilliantly and has nice fat ass!!! LOL!

I WIN!!

and we have a shared hatred for Nickelback and 311... she's the best!!!!!

Witchcraft have revealed the cover art of the band's forthcoming album, LEGEND, which marks the bands first after a long 5 year hiatus.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/531422_464739473538243_2061204487_n.jpg

Commented singer/mainman Magnus Pelander: "A friend of mine had an idea about a cover for LEGEND. I developed the idea and gave it back to my friend who then passed it on to another friend who happened to be a designer. The designer then pushed it in a new direct...ion. The result is already legendary."

Bass player Ola Henriksson adds:
"The album cover is meant to reflect the music and I think it does that with its heavy, dark & clean design."

LEGEND will be released September 21st (Nuclear Blast EUROPE) and September 25, 2012 (Nuclear Blast USA)

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Cannot wait!

Kind of wish the whole bird was visible, but cool style.

looks like some xmas tree ornaments my parents used to have, i like it

going to see agalloch (again!) tomorrow!!! psyched. are they really going to play for 2 hours?!

that cover is fucking badass

best band

brb gonna try and get a Nuclear Blast promo scumbag hookup

this King Of Asgard album isn't strictly my kind of thing but I feel like it does these blackened Viking-y moves with a lot of panache and in a way that some folks on here would like

Looks like I've finally made it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHRmosckvI

That's awesome!

holy shit dude

you better watch yo ass...
lol

Of tangential metal relevance: the latest blog post by the founder of the company where I now work: http://blog.echonest.com/post/27047918145/musical-taste-politics. (Read to the end.)

That was actually pretty interesting – not surprising, necessarily, but funny that the "stereotypical" correlations are true.

Also, it's nice to have statistical proof that metal is the best genre.

Is there any other context for that video Nate?

i had no idea loves laboured breathing could rap

Yeah boyee!

(Wtf r u talking about?)

watch nates youtube link

Some members of that Salem scene were in a terrible black metal band that used to incessantly ask me to put them in support slots for WITTR, Agalloch, et al. I refused because they were really unprofessional. Now they don't like me.

I think they found a positive outlet for their hatred, though.

should we take that video over to White musicians and "artistic" use of the N-word: A Discussion and Social History y/n

omg Nate

They're committed, I'll give em that.