Rolling Metal Thread 2012

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http://open.spotify.com/track/2vmoFsUw5jAn5GRZNWtPEj

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cool, a cartoon where a woman gets punched.

hey dude from hydrahead plz get your shit together and send me my stuff that i paid for thx

Dude... back in the day, it seemed as if there were two camps; the bay area Thrash Metal and the Florida Death Metal..

I saw Obituary last night, and was blown away.. I could not believe how awesome they sounded; everything was there-voice, guitar tone, fullness, even the amount of reverb on the snare and toms were spot on-Dude must have been using THEE exact ride cymbal that recorded those 1st few records cuz it perfect.. Gald I checked em out, cuz I didn't back in the day.. The guitar tone was perfect, and they played every "hit" you'd want to hear.. So good. One of the best shows I'd been to in a long time.

hey dude from hydrahead plz get your shit together and send me my stuff that i paid for thx

This is how I'm feeling about the Krallice I ordered through bandcamp a month ago. Not getting any responses to emails either.

New lysergic Lazarus Pit, suggested by our very own keeper of Algerian goals: http://tinyurl.com/99t59mz

There's a new metal magazine out here called Iron Fist.
New UK Music Magazine 'Iron Fist'

Iron Fist is the lovely Louise Brown's new mag.

PS - Obituary has killed every time I've seen them!

xpost - if someone wants me to personally nudge Krallice or Profound Lore, just say the word.

Alert for anybody else who's into female-fronted metal that's kinda maybe really more hard rock than metal, and can get over band-names that you kind of wish didn't refer to gender like the band themselves maybe think it's their only novelty: Black Moon by The Electric Lady. Also you have to get over the name being almost ungoogleable. They're from Finland. They used to be an acoustic duo called Acoustic Lady. They have at least one terrible video on YouTube. That all sounds very unpromising as I write it. But the music is really, really, really good. I mean, really good. Like, "Barracuda"-era Heart crossed with Unleash the Archers.

it's on spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/1IL40yQpwjETzxQ3heVk82

Finally got to see Saint Vitus live last night. Only a 50-minute set, cause they were opening for Down (who I didn't stick around for 'cause I saw them in 2010 and they were just OK), but they killed. Several new songs, and a bunch of classics - "War Is Our Destiny," "Dying Inside," "Born Too Late" of course. See them if they come through your town.

I tried to listen to The Electric Lady record because I like everything mentioned by Glenn in that post but I didn't make it very far. Listened to three songs -- not a big sample, I know -- but nothing grabbed me. A nice voice, okay riffs, decent mix, but none of it was strong enough to hook me.

Glenn - is there a song or two you recommend highly? I'd be willing to give them a bit more time but not an album's worth, at least based on my sampling.

I thought Vitus killed when I saw them this spring, so I second 誤訳侮辱's recommendation. See them if you can, for they are better live than on record. Which is definitely saying something when you consider what they've put on wax.

My favorite Electric Lady song is "Who Cares", but I also like "Secret Love" quite a bit, so if you made it through the first 3, I'd guess it's just not your thing.

I'm liking the new 69 Eyes better than I've liked them before. And the new Eïs might make up for my disappointment with the new Khors in the pagan black metal realm.

And Enslaved and Therion await!

No, wait, I hate Therion. I always forget that. But: new Dalriada!

i loved gothic kabbalah, glenn!

I've lost tack of how many times I've decided that I really must like Therion, and given some new or old album a new listen, only to rediscover that I just don't.

But I'm playing the new Enslaved now, and it's immense and awesome.

Not even Beyond Sanctorum?

No, I've listened to all the Therion albums already. No and no.

Ha ha, that's dedication to wanting to like a band – I usually only make it through a song or two of stuff I don't like.

Oh, I didn't mean that I'd listened to them all all the way through. But at least half, and some of them more than once.

"I Love the Darkness in You" on that new 69 Eyes is great – one of their more Sisters of Mercy songs, which obviously I like, and super catchy. That's a band where I can find at least two or three songs on each album that I love, even though I don't think they're necessarily a great band.

got a free guest list spot to see Saint Vitus tonight! should be fun!

GUYS NIGHTWISH FIRED THEIR SINGER!

Ah, hell, not again.

can only mean one thing.... the big cash in

Explain how it means that?

Actually, it can mean that she's a raging bitch nobody else in the band likes, and the keyboardist and bassist, who run the show, were tired of her.

Yeah, I mean, that's what I figured.

I dunno, this one seems quite a bit less rancorous than the last devocalizing. A less dramatic guess would be that Anette and her two kids now have different priorities than when she first joined.

Also, it's only in reading about this that I realized that one of the two excellent guest vocalists touring with Kamelot was Elize Ryd of the excellent Amaranthe. Hmm. Amaranth, Amaranthe. No, no, nothing to see here.

IT'S A CONSPIRACY

oh let's be honest Nightwish without Tarja was not really Nightwish

I dunno, this one seems quite a bit less rancorous than the last devocalizing. A less dramatic guess would be that Anette and her two kids now have different priorities than when she first joined.

Speaking as someone who works for Nightwish's label, there was definitely rancor on both sides. Anette became super diva-ish with surprising speed, and Tuomas kept her on a very short leash - she was rarely allowed to do interviews, for example, which was one of the main reasons she had her own blog, and I think when she posted about her anger at being replaced the night she was sick, Tuomas decided to boot her. He's a nice guy, but he's a major control freak.

thx to ilx i will never be able to take anyone named tuomas seriously again.

so im pretty sure that aaron turner is somewhere on a beach right now lighting cigars with my cd lot buy in money.

Didn't you know that that was his plan all along?

maybe he is traveling the country hand delivering cd lots.

"hey whats up, aaron here, got some stuff for you, do you have a couch i can crash on?"

Never got into Nightwish...ever never ever.

That's okay, we like you anyway.

They were no Stryper

Yeah reading Phil's thought my first thought was "wait Tuomas was involved, okay well now I know whose fault it really was."

New ILE board description.

One thing about Anette, she was a perfect fit for the musical direction Tuomas wanted to go in. Love Tarja with Nightwish, but she's so devoid of charisma, and could never pull off something like the last record. It will be nice to hear Floor bring back the operatic singing on the older material, that's for sure...Anette butchered "Wishmaster", there's no denying that.

Normally we see eye to eye, man, but you are so far wrong here in this case that I don't even know where to start (except for the "Wishmaster" butchering, that's on point).

Tarja could never, ever pull off "Storytime" like Anette did. Or most of that album for that matter. Anette brought personality and versatility to a record that demanded it from a singer. Tarja can barely pronounce English words properly, that would totally derail a concept album.

I'll admit, I never heard the last record. Dark Passion Play turned me off something fierce.

Man, Imaginaerum is the best power metal album I've heard in the last five years, at least.

Tarja can barely pronounce English words properly, that would totally derail a concept album.

man if I let accents get in the way of my metal concept enjoyment I don't know where I'd be

Yeah, versatility is one thing, having the operatic equivalent of Corpsegrinder's vocals is another – and with Nightwish, I want the latter. For the former, I have The Gathering.