Rolling Metal Thread 2012

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.

Also – didn't really expect to see a D Generation reference in 2012! Although I guess it makes sense coming from Chuck.

yea propogandhi don't really have any memorable riffs and that's mostly what defines thrash metal to me. they sound way more like proggy variant of pop punk to my ears. like the decline, lol. (x-post)

"no memorable riffs" is kind of a diss a kind of isn't btw. this music is fundamentally NOT about riffs.

I highly recommend catching Vitus on this tour - I'm a bit biased, since I'm out with them, but they've been absolutely killing it every night! You can't argue with Weedeater and Sourvein holding down the low end, either.

I just got a friendly gift box from the Antithest Disseminations label out of St Paul. Includes grim cassettes and CDs by the likes of Manifesting, Maledicre, Diabolical Sacrilege, Veil, House of Atreus, etc. Black metal and death metal and brutal underground weirdness. If you're curious, check http://www.antitheistcult.com/

Mmm, liking the slow, grim, atmospheric black metal of the new Raventale album Transcendence. Four 10:00+ songs, lots of sinister unintelligible raspiness (they're Ukrainian, but the song titles are in English and EM claims they have "lyrical themes", so they might be saying something I could potentially figure out, but I don't expect to), and a blastbeat drummer who isn't afraid to occasionally hit a crash cymbal with his (I guess) other hand. The occasional guitar solo, even!

House of Atreus is ESSENTIAL.

what do y'all think of oozing wounds, new project from some ex-cacaw dudes

http://oozingwound.bandcamp.com/album/vape-and-pillage

Man this new Aluk Todolo, just... wow. If I could invent a genre mix it probably would've been krautrock black metal, but these guys did it first. I love this.

I was wondering why nobody'd mentioned that record yet - really fantastic

New [CAR_BOMB] album is pretty dope:

http://carbomb.bandcamp.com/album/w-w-w-w

Yeah, the Aluk Todolo is great. Reviewed it for an upcoming issue of The Wire (along with the new Neurosis, which is not good).

Hellbeard was main support for Jucifer last night in Oakland... Holy shit they are loud... Fuck Manowar, Jucifer is the loudest band on the planet!!!

We were honored and humbled to set up in front of that glorious wall of cabinets... so awesome!

I appreciate their commitment to hauling that shit around, it's too bad they don't have any songs

OK, the metal thing on this is going to be a little iffy, but I feel like a certain kind of out-of-fashion hard rock has kind of been inherited by "metal" by association. Plus this is my favorite living singing voice since Ronnie James Dio passed away. So: there's a new Fiona album. Officially it came out last year, but there can't be very many bigger Fiona fans than me, and I didn't know about it, so as far as I'm concerned it's still new. Produced by James Christian from the similarly minded band House of Lords. It's fantastic. It's called Unbroken. It isn't on iTunes or Spotify, but I was able to locate it elsewhere on the internet without much trouble.

And if you like that, I also recommend Norwegian hard-rock singer Issa (not to be confused with the rapper, nor the artist formerly known as Jane Siberry).

Picked up that Coffins Ancient Torture comp today, really excited to dig in.

How does the new Aluk Todolo record compare to the Utech one (which I love btw)?

Somebody else will have to chime in, I'm brand new to these dudes and kicking myself for missing out earlier. Going to start crawling back through their records when I get a chance.

How does the new Aluk Todolo record compare to the Utech one (which I love btw)?

Louder, heavier. A lot of it sounds (to me) like live recordings of early '70s Can crossed with Fushitsusha.

the other side of blasphemy rules (x-post)

heard some aluk todolo before and it didn't do much for me but "70s Can crossed with Fushitsusha" has me pretty excited I must say

Top 20 of 2012 call just went out, anything you guys think I should listen to for consideration for inclusion in my list?

Here's what I have right now on my long list:

Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol
Dawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun God
Meshuggah - Koloss
Grand Magus - The Hunt
Gojira - L'enfant sauvage
Christian Mistress - Possession
Ihsahn - Eremita
Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve
Witch Mountain - Cauldron of the Wild
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Royal Thunder - CVI
Liberteer - Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees
Worm Ouroboros - Come The Thaw
Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Âme
Les Discrets - Ariettes oubliées...
Asphyx - Deathhammer
Cannibal Corpse - Torture
Jeff Loomis - Plains of Oblivion
Horisont - Second Assault
Occultation - Three and Seven
Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
Testament - Dark Roots of Earth
The Devils Blood - the Thousandfold Epicenter
Baroness - Yellow and Green
Torche - Harmonicraft
Killing Joke - MMXII
Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud
Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
Enslaved - Riitiir
Menace Ruine - Alight in Ashes
The Gathering - Disclosure
Hooded Menace - Effigies of Evil
Jess and the Ancient Ones - Jess and the Ancient Ones
Arkhamin Kirjasto - Torches Ablaze
Evoken - Atra Mors

I can't help but feel like I'm missing some obvious stuff…

You forgot RAM.

And both Ufomammut records. Also Wizard Rifle, Tweak Bird, Oak Pantheon, and Pinkish Black. And the Agalloch EP.

My list, straight from my iPod:

Afgrund, The Age of Dumb
Baroness, Yellow & Green
Cannibal Corpse, Torture
Dawnbringer, Into the Lair of the Sun God
Down, Down IV Part I: The Purple EP
Emmure, Slave to the Game
Grand Magus, The Hunt
Grave, Endless Procession of Souls
Job for a Cowboy, Demonocracy
Kreator, Phantom Antichrist
Malignancy, Eugenics
Manowar, The Lord of Steel
Napalm Death, Utilitarian
Prong, Carved Into Stone
Psycroptic, The Inherited Repression
Saint Vitus, Lillie: F-65
Terrorizer, Hordes of Zombies
Whitechapel, Whitechapel

Obviously, I'd vote for Gojira and Rush if I could, too.

Are those the entire contents of your iPod?