Rolling Metal Thread 2012

Yeah I just got that Menace Ruine too. Looking forward to their show here next week. Also spinning the new Atriarch, Eight Bells, Ash Borer, and finally got the Author & Punisher. Great week for new music.

saw huntress a while ago and thought that they were awful

thx to a temp money shortage, missed out on the hydrahead $100 deal for 40 cds and 4 vinyl and (i dont care, i have closets full of this shit) 40 posters. pissed. still bought 20 cds plus posters i will prob throw away for $40

I interviewed the guitarist from Witch Cross, a very early Roadrunner band whose one album, 1984's Fit For Fight, is being reissued by Hells Headbangers. Click the link just for the video.

Witch Cross reissue? Fuck yeah.

80s metal reissues are my fucking kryptonite. I am constantly loading up a shopping cart at Shadow Kingdom and then having to talk myself out of the items in it one at a time

Pagan Altar reissues man. You know you need them.

they have been in the cart several times, it's just a matter of time really

I saw Pagan Altar in a small room at Roadburn. What's their best (ie doomy-est) album?

Judgment of the Dead AKA Vol. 1. Recorded in 1982. The Time Lord has some earlier version of the same songs, but JOTD is kinda definitive. Lots of people liked their two newer ones but they didn't quite leave a mark for me.

i think they got better as they went on myself

Wait, you don't think their first EP was the best? That's uncharacteristic of you.

Clearly a poll is called for.

Man, my Krallice album still hasn't shown up yet.

Neither has mine! That might have something to do with the fact that I never ordered it…

The new Witchcraft is just fine.

I wish it were more than that, but alas, it is not to be.

That sounds disappointing.

its as good as the previous 2

Legend a good retro-rock record. It just doesn't have that "lost album from 1971" vibe that The ALchemist did. It's more riffs, less psych, and will likely triple their fanbase.

Their first EP was the best.

The demo before the first EP was best. But it only sounded right on the blood and semen splattered shellac hand lathed by the singer in a limited edition of 2 copies mastered for 78 rpm.

It's actually my least favorite of their albums. The big-riff style doesn't work for them nearly as well as the jazzy-psych-blues thing they were doing, and their new interest in political lyrics is a big turnoff.

political lyrics

Yeah, this sounds ever more disappointing. In a list of things I do not want from a band like Witchcraft, that would be fairly high up there.

awww, jeez. you guys are bumming me out for real. I loved the alchemist so freakin much.

and the "jazzy-psych-blues" thing was pretty key. I like the 70s as much as the next guy but a little 60s is nice sometimes too.

Exactly, hearing that they're focusing more on big riffs kind of misses the point of the band's strengths, at least for me.

I finally got the Timeghoul reissue and I'm loving it. Mildly clearer sound than the demo rips that were making the rounds.

The last song is about an alien archaeologist finding the fossilized brain of the last human on earth and extracting the history of a war between humanity and aliens from Mimas... Who arrived on earth when a civilization they were at war lopped off their half of the moon and sent them hurtling towards Earth. Now that's fucking songwriting.

OMG I want to hear that!

witchcraft vinyl reissues are up on rise above now

The Menance Ruine that J3ff was repping earlier is amazing. Now I want a Menance Ruine/Pinkish Black split and tour.

Anyone going to see Saint Vitus tonight in Brooklyn?

Are they playing at Saint Vitus?

idk if that is even in Brooklyn

Yep, Saint Vitus at Saint Vitus... Pretty sure that qualifies as BK *just barely*

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That's a magazine cover, all right!

Hope to see a few of you on 5 week US/Canada Witch Mountain/Castle tour this Oct/Nov. \wm/

https://www.facebook.com/events/530043843678561/

Wish I could! But you'd probably play to 12 people in Saskatoon.

Isn't that the entire population?

Sorry, the Canada jokes are just too easy.

Yeah keep cracking wise, one day soon they'll drive their army of wendigo and sasquatches down here and lock us into an eternal winter of socialized medicine.

XXXP I think I now cross-file Rob Halford under Cenobites in my mind.

Love a good metal show at Empty Bottle, I'm going to try really hard to get to that one though. And, holy shit, according to the Bottle's website Mares of Thrace are going to be there too! I gotta go, even if it is a Monday night.

Re that Terrorizer special, what's Primordial doing on a cover for 'Extreme Britain'?

what is extreme about maiden

They're extremely great, that's why.

And Extremely British.

otm

Finally got the Jess and the Ancient Ones record, that is really great.

I like The Ancient Ones, but Jess is too Laura Branigan for me.

I can hear that a little, but I still love the album. I don't know how many times I've played "Sulfur Giants" this past summer.

Didn't hear that really, but then I'm also pretty sure I've knowingly heard approximately 1 Laura Branigan song in my life.

Yeah, "Sulfur Giants" is the clear standout. Love it.