The band Anomalie that I was hyping above have premiered another song from their album:http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/anomalie-preview-new-visions-album-with-stream-of-vision-ii-the-wanderer-exclusive-premiere
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 23:52 (seven years ago) link
definitely going to Overkill/Nile. Nile, honestly, I don't care if I ever see again even though I love them and they're fun live, but I was blown away by Overkill in 2015.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 23:54 (seven years ago) link
of COURSE Cryptopsy are doing None So Vile in its entirety on this tour, and not coming to FL, and coming to ATL on a day I might not be able to get up there.
on the other hand, they pretty much played half of it the last time I saw them headline, so...I guess I'll live. it's kinda funny, Flo is like the only dude in the band who actually played on that album.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 16 February 2017 04:30 (seven years ago) link
New Sabbath Assembly May 12th! Yay!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 16 February 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
New Artificial Brain April 21https://www.profoundlorerecords.com/artificial-brain-complete-work-on-new-album-infrared-horizon-pre-orders-available-new-track-posted/
art is wicked
http://i.imgur.com/qXYbMaa.jpg
― Devilock, Thursday, 16 February 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
there's a song there at the link, I should add, sounds very Artificial Brainy
― Devilock, Thursday, 16 February 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
Awesome
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 16 February 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
i am psyched
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 February 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link
Champ Morgan, vocalist for awesome Texas grind act Kill The Client, has a new solo semi-ambient electronic noise project, Derelict Satellite. The debut release is four tracks, running about 55 minutes total:
https://derelictsatellite.bandcamp.com/
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 16 February 2017 21:54 (seven years ago) link
so Immolation opening for that Max/Iggor Roots show, eh? wish I'd known - I never get to see them.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
dude that Artificial Brain record is the TRUTH
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:36 (seven years ago) link
I refuse to listen to any album by any metal band with vowels in their name this week
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:37 (seven years ago) link
― Devilock, Thursday, February 16, 2017 1:54 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
omg it really does, i love it so much
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
feels like there's a bit more space in the composition and everything sounds a little brighter than anything i remember from the previous record. so down
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:44 (seven years ago) link
Looking forward to the new Apostate Viaticum. Atmospheric death-thrash from Ireland:
https://invictusproductions666.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-gates-of-gomorrah
― o. nate, Friday, 17 February 2017 02:48 (seven years ago) link
MIA on metal so far this year, but just heard this track from new Bay Area supergroup Extremity, and very much recalling old school Bay Area and Florida death metal:
https://soundcloud.com/20-buck-spin/extremity-crepuscular-crescendo
― Dominique, Friday, 17 February 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
Looking forward to the new Apostate Viaticum
They played Dublin last weekend with Asphyx and Vircolac, another great Irish (OSDM) band. I missed it 'cause I'm old and tired and I had a cold.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Friday, 17 February 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
there's uh another band called Extremity on Spotify. the tracklist of their 2016 album is errr
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 17 February 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
Very sad to hear about Tony Saarka above - that was a moving remembrance write-up ... Ophthalamia is always such an epic listen for me - all my fave metal touchstones in one band - Dominion and A Journey Into Darkness rule so hard.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 17 February 2017 15:54 (seven years ago) link
the new Montfaucon is super interesting and good except for the vocals, which are super not necessary at all
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 17 February 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/EGX3tUWX4WM
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 17 February 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
Dimmu Borgir have a live 2CD/2DVD set coming out containing two full concerts they did with (real) orchestral backing. I haven't thought about Dimmu Borgir in years, but I was into this. (Not as into it as the trombone player, though!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg6n3ZhKwt4
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 17 February 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
I've been meaning to pick up the Vircolac EP from last year. The Extremity track sounds good too.
― o. nate, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link
if anybody is near Miami, Churchill's Pub is having a black metal festival on 3/3 with Nocturnus AD and INQUISITION for $15.
just paid for my ticket and an Airbnb room. after seeing Inquisition open for Mayhem, it should be sweet. hope I can make it in time for Nocturnus AD, who are always a blast (I think I saw them four times between 2014-2015).
are Kult Ov Azazel any good?
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 19 February 2017 23:48 (seven years ago) link
as someone who will listen to just about any "traditional" black metal of the 90s variety, I say without reservation that KoA is terrible. their first album had the novelty of being this insanely relentless and one-dimensional black metal assault from Florida of all places, but thereafter they imagined they could write songs and things got boring fast.
― Devilock, Monday, 20 February 2017 01:04 (seven years ago) link
Lol. Thanks!
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 February 2017 01:13 (seven years ago) link
apparently KoA's debut came out in 2001, could've sworn it was from like 98 or 99. either way, file them alongside stuff like Blood Stained Dusk, Abazagorath, Blood Storm, and Summon (though not even as decent as those last two)
Triumph of Fire is worth one (and I stress "one") listen just for the silliness; it was like everyone in the band was Animal from The Muppet Show
― Devilock, Monday, 20 February 2017 01:18 (seven years ago) link
My Saturday Night
Went to Kung Fu Necktie in Philly to see Xibalba. About two songs in some asshole windmilled out of control into my face. Nose smashed. Blood dripping. Not nearly as metal as it sounds. I still love the band but it attracted some of the mookish assholes I have seen and the venue had nobody near the stage.
Cleaned myself up and walked ten minutes to the Fillmore where Creepers were just finishing up. I love Deafheaven but found the Creeper stuff boring and didn't mind that I missed most of their set. The Body were seemingly inert with three dudes (three this time, not two) behind setups creating staticky noise that bemused and confused a rused Alcest crowd. I went to clap when a song decayed before the next one started and I was literally the only person who did this.
Alcest was brilliant as usual, a fantastic crisply performed set of their best material. The crowd connected with this band - looking at the room the ratio of fans with eyes on phones checking Facebook and fans rapt with attention was definitely much higher for starstruck fans than usual.
I still think that The Body and Alcest is one of the weirdest fucking bills you'll see but I'm glad I did.
XIBALBA
http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/16826078_10158245341170597_5424859231704717325_o.jpg?oh=8aa072d781ae5c51194e901d55c11f99&oe=59365EE2
MY BLOODY FACE
Not posted, here's the link
THE BODY
http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/16797063_10158245881735597_3768273937581982520_o.jpg?oh=08747ba419ecd29fc4cb8e2f6bd3d91d&oe=5942C2EA
ALCEST
http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/16836554_10158246033030597_1374641943941093355_o.jpg?oh=ec7f1ee78f80d841e26c3cd3a07c1224&oe=58FF5574http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16864585_10158246032440597_8637496917468063632_n.jpg?oh=43c94c8be36d3fcd0ecc3a3927c567ad&oe=5937D2D2
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 20 February 2017 05:08 (seven years ago) link
So The Body are doing like straight-up noise?
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 20 February 2017 06:06 (seven years ago) link
(Sorry 'bout your face btw - glad it wasn't broken!)
Assholes thwacking around and hitting innocent bystanders is getting old
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 February 2017 06:10 (seven years ago) link
It was old 40 years ago too.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 20 February 2017 14:06 (seven years ago) link
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 20 February 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
Noisey is streaming the new Bathsheba release here.
As Kim Kelly says:
Whatever you'd like to call them, the most important overall point is that Bathsheba is a very good band, and their Svart Records debut, Servus, may well be one of the finest contribution to the so-called "occult doom" subgenre in recent years. The guitar work is unexpectedly lively and nimble, cradled in distortion, lashings of feedback, and a sludgy tempo; the overall product is heavily atmospheric, in that cosmic YOB-ish, Samothrace-y sort of way, and retains a faint air of menace—a conjuration of fire. There's a bit of a kitchen sink mentality present here, as scraps of black metal, true doom, stoner doom, sludge, and witchy 70s rock all coalesce into an immensely engaging whole. Michelle's winsome vocals are a clear focal point, her versatility behind the mic adding dynamic layers to the studied heft of Bathsheba's slowly unfurling riffs, especially when she stretches and contorts her vocal chords into an ululating wail and heated growl on closing epic "I At the End of Everything."
There's a bit of a kitchen sink mentality present here, as scraps of black metal, true doom, stoner doom, sludge, and witchy 70s rock all coalesce into an immensely engaging whole. Michelle's winsome vocals are a clear focal point, her versatility behind the mic adding dynamic layers to the studied heft of Bathsheba's slowly unfurling riffs, especially when she stretches and contorts her vocal chords into an ululating wail and heated growl on closing epic "I At the End of Everything."
This is a really interesting and solid album and I would think that it would get love in this forum especially.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 20 February 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
Power Trip's Nightmare Logic has leaked and it's been on repeat ever since. It's out this Friday, and you can preview three tracks on their bandcamp page. "Executioner's Tax" is so damn fun. The liner notes tell me that the intro to "Waiting Around To Die" was done by prurient!
https://powertripsl.bandcamp.com/album/nightmare-logic
― borntohula, Monday, 20 February 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
Bathsheba sounds great so far
― Dinsdale, Monday, 20 February 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
I already pre-ordered that Bathsheba based on the first song I heard.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 20 February 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/myVLWHG.jpg
Got a promo of the new Naudiz album Wulfasa Kunja which drops in April on Iron Bonehead Productions.It's the second album from the Italian band, the first since 2014.It's really solid Hellhammer worship with blastbeat bursts that modernize it a bit.But the riffs are vintage and grinding; between that and grunted "Ooh" one thinks Tom Warrior would approve.
Lead track on the album "Garmr" is on SoundCloud"http://soundcloud.com/iron-bonehead-productions/naudiz-garmr
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 20 February 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
Stream three tracks from the new Woe, "The Din of the Mourning" is particularly relentless
https://woeunholy.bandcamp.com/album/hope-attrition
― Dinsdale, Monday, 20 February 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
This isn't metal the way it's commonly defined in this thread, but it's fairly badass power trio instrumental rock.
https://apeshifter.bandcamp.com/releases
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 00:19 (seven years ago) link
read that as Apeshitter at first
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 01:50 (seven years ago) link
That Woe is pretty good. And gotta love a track called "No Blood Has Honour."
Randomly came across this through someone else's purchases on Bandcamp (one of their best features is being able to stalk peoples' tastes):
http://hyponic.bandcamp.com/album/-
I see that Hyponic were mentioned in Rolling Metal 2010 but this is a new album. RIYL Aluk Todolo, Kadura, Fushitsusha and a little bit of diseombowelment's twangy weirdo atmospheres. Track 5 is kind of reminding me of old Lycia doing psych, though.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 08:29 (seven years ago) link
OK it resembles Emptiness a bit too.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 11:27 (seven years ago) link
Wow that's really great. The funeral doom label put me off a bit but I'm glad I listened to it.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Here's some slightly weird folksy black metal that's a bit disjointed at times but usually in an intriguing way:
https://ungfell.bandcamp.com/album/t-tbring-re
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
The new Benighted album Necrobreed (they've been around forever, but I've never listened to them before) is pretty good. It's kind of a combination of Rotten Sound-style grind, brutal death metal (occasional pig squeal vocals), and beatdown hardcore. Not subtle, but effective.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 21:33 (seven years ago) link
This made the rounds yet? (The final two paragraphs are the key.)
http://gizmodo.com/this-400-million-year-old-worm-monster-is-metal-as-hell-1792584414
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 21:54 (seven years ago) link
this is cool
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/manetheren-the-end-album-premiere/
A full-fledged concept album, The End tells the story of one man’s almost Nietzschean journey towards godhood as the world comes to an end. Each of the six tracks signifies a different event along the way, starting with Biblical plagues and pestilence and ending with the protagonist ruling over the dystopian wastes left behind. The sheer gorgeousness of the music, however, more than offsets the relative bleakness of the lyrics. Darkly atmospheric and characterized by layer upon layer of guitars, Manetheren’s approach to black metal brings to mind more overtly melodic bands like Woods of Desolation, but they also occasionally veer into the same sort of depressive rock territory as Amesoeurs – particularly on tracks like “And Then Came the Pestilence” and “The End,” both of which have sections that seem to draw influence from The Cure.
(also, no one is talking about the new Immolation album but I guess it's because Immolation making a great album is kind of a given)
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 23 February 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
i'm stoked for when it hits my Amazon music library. first death meta lband I ever saw live!
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 February 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
Really wanted to see Immolation and Full of Hell last week (they're opening for the Cavalera brothers' "playing Roots in its entirety" tour) but...didn't. New album's great, though.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 23 February 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link