I have it on good authority that Kvelertak will be doing a much more substantial US tour in 2013.
Re Converge live: When I saw them on tour with Dethklok, Mastodon and High On Fire, they were pretty good, musically speaking, except that Bannon sounded even more like a relentlessly barking Rottweiler than usual and he was running back and forth onstage doing what looked a lot like a Nazi salute. It was a little off-putting. Also, they were the only band that looked dwarfed by the stage, somehow. I haven't made it all the way through the new album.
― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, 2 December 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
It was a Thursday here, but I was heading out of town at 5 the next morning. I couldn't do what you did for the Agalloch show a few years ago. Thanks again for that sacrifice!
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, December 2, 2012 5:49 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that was a blast!
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 2 December 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
Next time you come to Dallas for a show I promise you can crash for a night. :)
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 2 December 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
thanks for the Kvelertak upcoming tour insight, 誤訳侮辱. And the Converge live review. That doesn't sound like it would convert me.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 2 December 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I've actually never seen Converge live, but based on what I know of those guys, I can't believe that Bannon's arm thing was anything but pure accident or something.
Would love to see Kvelertak.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 2 December 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
Seen Converge a couple times, never been that impressed. I don't know, they're fine, but not really my thing.
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Sunday, 2 December 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
I think I may have already said that on here… Apparently I'm going senile in my old age.
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Monday, 3 December 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
Converge were pretty great here on Friday night, I have to say. Bannon was darting around too, but no Nazi salutes, just random gestures (nothing like the best on-stage gestures I've seen, from the frontman in Zen Guerrilla).
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Monday, 3 December 2012 09:22 (eleven years ago) link
I saw High on Fire with Goatwhore over the weekend... Really good show, but HoF was mixed so in the red that their sound actually lost a bunch of oomph (drums were totally buried, Pike's guitar was hard to hear beyond just a deep thrum). Goatwhore, on the other hand, totally owned. I'd never heard them before, but I seem to have a really high tolerance for Celtic Frost worship. They were insanely tight, mixed perfectly, and had amazing stage presence.
― Clarke B., Monday, 3 December 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
How's Pike looking these days? When I saw HoF last, back in March, he was looking a little haggard (which makes sense, given what transpired since). Just hoping dude is doing well.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Doing some catching up on 2012 releases I missed, really enjoying the Lunar Aurora album, Hoagascht.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
Pike looked pretty good, I thought. No shortage of energy...
― Clarke B., Monday, 3 December 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
One of my editors wants me to interview Paul Di'Anno for his upcoming show. Anybody got a good PR contact for the man, the myth? Thanks.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
p✧✧✧@battlez✧✧✧.n✧✧
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
xpost - Thanks for including us in your top 20 Fastnbulbous!
xxpost - I have been seeing Converge live since the 90s. They have been incredible every time I've seen them -- except for on that Dethklok tour. Something wasn't right about that one.
As for the new album, I streamed it, and it sounds great like all their stuff. But I don't know that I need any more music like that in my life. Pretty happy to put on one of their mid-era records to scratch that itch, or more likely a Deadguy album instead.
Either way, I hold them in very high esteem. I just think most of us are too old to be the target audience for Converge in 2012-13. Too bad because they are really fine artists that are aging well. And if they toned it down for our old ears, they'd piss off everyone else.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 03:34 (eleven years ago) link
Gracias Sh@kedown!
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
oh jeez i'm an a-hole that was supposed to be a joek :(
sorry the formatting thing made it look legit
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
Oh whatever, no biggie. Haha!
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
the new Kowloon Walled City is streaming at Lambgoat
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
also on Spotify here in the UK, sounding good!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 11:28 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i listened to it yesterday, really excellent
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
Also for "name your price" download on Bandcamp: http://kowloonwalledcity.bandcamp.com/album/container-ships
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
Also looks like Ludicra has started tossing stuff up on Bandcamp for name your price: http://ludicraofficial.bandcamp.com/
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
Oooh!! Now that's interesting. Thanks for the alert!
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
Yesssssss
https://twitter.com/BillCompton10/status/275823621522460673/photo/1
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
Noooo
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meingdq0qi1r9a32bo1_500.jpg
Hopefully that worked.
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
I now have a weekly column on the Decibel blog to spam you guys with! For my debut, I talk about things that aren't metal, because it's me: http://t.co/0sdyP0Vj
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:39 (eleven years ago) link
Nice one J
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
Good start J3ff
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
Nice work! Glad you have a new wheel to spin around on.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
Does this mean Lazarus is dead again? Has the Pit been filled in?
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
Eh, I'll probably still be knocking out the occasional one as part of the weekly thing – but it was starting to become stressful finding albums to talk about, and the formula that I found myself stuck in was starting to get old.
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 01:04 (eleven years ago) link
Randy Blythe finally formally charged with Manslaughter. I didn't realise the guy had died, I just thought he ended up in hospital.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 09:33 (eleven years ago) link
So that's why his name was popping up on Twitter again last night.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.hailsandhorns.com/reviews/record-review-hatebreed-the-divinity-of-purpose/
My first record review...
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
Man, rough day. Dave Brubek, Oscar Niemeyer, and Harvey Milk?
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 December 2012 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
SeanWayne - solid first review. I'm not a Hatebreed dude, but you do a good job capturing the appeal and expectations of the new record.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 6 December 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
xp oh no! Never managed to see them live either.
― Neil S, Thursday, 6 December 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
In other splitting up news, the UFOMammut merch guy told me at Supersonic that Zurich have called it quits. Apparently the drummer went off to Japan and came back obsessed by techno and now only wants to be in a band like Scooter.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Thursday, 6 December 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
never let your bandmates go to Japan unaccompanied...
― Neil S, Thursday, 6 December 2012 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 December 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
noooooo to harvey milk hanging it up
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Thursday, 6 December 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
Haha, I just got an email from N1ck Mc@st3r, the Krallice CD I ordered on August 26th just got shipped yesterday. Now, if only I could get my Thrill Jockey order settled, I'll be happy.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 December 2012 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
Did he at least apologize or give you a back rub or something?
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Thursday, 6 December 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
Lol, yeah, he actually apologized a couple times for it getting lost in the shuffle, seemed pretty sincere. Glad I finally heard SOMETHING though.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 December 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
Brain stopped being good for anything useful last 30 min of work so I tallied albums of what musicians are voting for so far in 'The Best Metal Albums of 2012, As Chosen by Metal Musicians Themselves' on Metal Sucks, up through Part VI (using points PazzJop style).
251 Gojira — Elephant Sausage237 Meshuggah – Koloss125 Deftones — Diamond Eyes120 Devin Townsend – Epicloud115 The Faceless – Autotheism134 Testament – Dark Roots of Earth107 Neurosis – Honor Found in Decay104 Katatonia – Dead End Kings103 Swans — Seer97 Dying Fetus — Reign Supreme93 Pallbearer — Sorrow & Extinction93 Kreator – Phantom Antichrist92 Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind86 Spawn of Possession – Incurso84 Lamb of God – Resolution84 Periphery – Periphery II83 Napalm Death – Utilitarian82 Enslaved – Riitiir82 Cannibal Corpse -– Torture79 Killing Joke – MMXI74 Rush — Clockwork Angels73 Aborted – Global Flatline69 Cattle Decapitation – Monolith of Inhumanity66 High on Fire — De Vermiis Mysteriis 66 Accept – Stalingrad62 Jeff Loomis – Plains of Oblivion61 Psycroptic – The Inherited Repression58 Baroness – Yellow & Green
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 6 December 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
Heh, there's no alternate mix of L’Enfant Sauvage, just Fetus Stench being cheeky.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 6 December 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, December 6, 2012 4:43 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
good news!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 7 December 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks EZ!
― SeanWayne, Friday, 7 December 2012 00:32 (eleven years ago) link