Rolling Metal Thread 2012

Do we have to have this argument every year?!

Apparently.

but i'll tell you what. I'll come up with a few formats then run a standard poll with them and we agree to abide with the results. That way everyone has their say. Cant say fairer than that.

ez does,jeff.

Dude, just do a top 50 or 100. 200 is WAY too much. I really appreciate the hard work you put in running the poll, but since this thing is supposed to be for the community and not something that you came up with yourself (like the 70s and 80s polls), I feel like the community does have a say in the rollout – And it seems like the community is saying that they want a smaller list.

dear j3ff i did not say i was doing a top 200. That was ez snappin.

Okay, piss off AG. You asked a question, I gave a short, succinct answer and you just kept picking and poking.

Do whatever makes you happy dude, and don't worry about pleasing me or me carping about it anymore. I'm done.

Best wishes, etc.,

What kind of EOY Metal Poll do you want this year?

And i put a no poll option for phil

Angry metal dudes! It seems AG is trying hard to accommodate here. Personally I really don't understand the complaints about longer rollouts. If you don't think they're fun or useful, just wait for the last day when the top 10 or whatever are revealed. What's the big friggin deal?

I cant please everyone and no matter what I do someone is unhappy so there's a poll to decide. Whatever ilx wants ilx will get and we need to abide with that.

Voting no poll.

please keep the discussion off this thread and do it on What kind of EOY Metal Poll do you want this year?

so this thread can run as normal thanks.

There's a new Pig Destroyer video. Does anyone like it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6dycCqqZS0

I dig the distinctly un-metal styling. Also, monkeys with guns - what's not to like?

I like a hundred plus poll 'cause it gets me outta my metal comfort zone to try new earth shakin' tunes...

can you say that on the other thread please. Best to keep it off this thread so you dont annoy others.

Here's this week's Lazarus Pit, not metal at all but close enough: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-midnight-syndicates-born-of-the-night/

Is there a new Cauldron album coming out?

There is! http://open.spotify.com/album/1oDZtKLf6PMDwSuoRs9cEW

At my job I've been working on generating automatic introduction playlists for arbitrary genres of music. Here are a couple I did in the process of fiddling with the code:

Gothic Symphonic Metal: http://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/1s6DGJAFH8vA1LHFkQnrTU
Black Metal: http://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/7b10dwILeYCI8D5KJfUdZp

Got one for doom?

Doom: http://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/72BfNj0kefmNpIcEtRnJcv

I generated and posted that without checking it song by song, so let me know if you spot anything egregiously inappropriate.

thanks!
A couple of borderline things maybe but nothing major

Funeral Doom: http://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/5QMc6xIa7x3uNpA6V8xk9G

As you'll see, this has plenty of overlap with the plain "Doom" list, but that makes sense.

thanks!

Hi Glenn. If you don't mind me asking, how are you automating the content of these playlists?

And, by request, Atmospheric Black Metal: http://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/3p6x9xQv5aR46SFULNg61x

Raoul, I work for http://the.echonest.com.

the band Weedeater that opened for Saint Vitus was one of the loudest bands i've ever seen, way louder than swans who i saw last year

Weedeater is boss. I totally need to see them live.

"the band Weedeater"

Hey roxy I think Beast in the Field has put an album out or is about to put an album out. Have you heard it yet?

its coming out in january. cd, no vinyl til march. i've only heard one track - doesnt seem like a big departure, still the same ol' world-ending doom, really good.

also i cant believe this is their 5th album. time flies.

Right on

Glenn that must be a fun job. I've never heard of echonest but it looks like i use your clients. Well, Spotify at least.

oh cool new weedeater

wait what?

anyways, something else that's boss: Aluk Todolo

it is!

I can hear the Fushitsusha/Can vibe described upthread, but you could also say it sounds like a drone-metal variant of this year's Beak> album

(which is def one more way to restate p much everything else that's been said in this thread about this album)

Hey guys. Pig Destroyer live - Y/N?

"the band Weedeater"

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sorry if i phrased this wrong or something, they were a band that i saw open for saint vitus roxy

Hey guys. Pig Destroyer live - Y/N?

A huge Y!

like honestly i always feel like you think i'm a shithead roxy for posting anything in the metal thread, i didn't know the band i guess :/

i think you should post more in here!

Hey guys. Pig Destroyer live - Y/N?

A huge Y!

I spoke too soon, the tickets are way too expensive. Fuck Ticketmaster. I'm going to see Lotus Fucker the next day anyway.

am i always a shithead to you here? that would be a huge surprise cause i almost never post here. def not my intention, i just thought it sounded funny cause they are so huge. no offense meant

ok it's cool, i dunno i get the sense u think i'm really dumb or something, probably just me, no worries

i saw pig d at deathfest a few years ago, they were really good live and made me a believer. didnt really care for them before that

xp definitely do not think you are dumb!