Rolling Metal Thread 2012

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.

Jeff, you really should listen to Imaginaerum. I was never a Nightwish fan at all, but it's really good.

I find Tarja distracting at times, especially on Nightwish's more pop-oriented songs. In full-on opera mode, that's not an issue.

if you guys have a chance to see saint vitus on this tour you totally should. amazing night.

They ruled, right? Where did you see them? They destroyed it when I saw them!

http://www.caravanmagazine.in/arts/bombay-death-city?page=0,1

Holy shit at John Baizley's statement up on Adrien's blog. I'm metal enough to admit I'm sitting here in my hotel room with damp eyes.

I wrote about 14 of these 15 new albums myself.

http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/2012/10/top-15-metal-albums-october-2012

Glad to see you liked the Abrahma record. It's a nice deviation from the Stoner norm.

The last Tweak Bird got a little chat in the end of year poll in 2010, so I figured I'd mention their next record, Under Cover Crops, is out next week. I've only heard one song ("People") but it's great and I have my hopes up for the record as a whole.

They ruled, right? Where did you see them? They destroyed it when I saw them!

― Clarke B., Tuesday, October 2, 2012 12:30 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the triple rock social club in minneapolis. sourvein (who i missed) and weedeater (super loud redneck doom (is that a thing?) that were somehow less than the sum of their parts).

dave chandler is nuts and still wears a sabbath type headband......wino has this sort of amazing 1000 yard stare...they played great....

the hearing stuff off the SST early records live was amazing cuz it was so HEAVY compared to the recordings...

dudes were partying....wino passed out a bottle of jack daniels and i had a slug out of it....

I hadn't mentioned it here, but I spent the past weekend at the Noctis Metal Fest & Conference in Calgary, had a phenomenal time seeing bands (Venom, Pig Destroyer, Agalloch, Manilla Road, Midnight, Black Witchery, Nunslaughter, way more), talking shop, and meeting so many nice musicians, writers, industry types, and fans. Incredible.

I just got this in the mail:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A4OvxUrCQAAj9XF.jpg

I'm giddy just flipping through it.

Waiting for my copy!

good stuff as usual chuck- tho i'm more than usual not-sold on propogandhi as metal

Oh man, thanks for the heads up on Tweak Bird – I had no idea that was happening.