Rolling Metal 2017

hey if you guys like doomv bloosy sludge that verges on post-hxc/post-rock you could do a lot worse than Show of Bedlam's new "Transfiguration"

interesting Russian act that sort of tries to do an explosions-in-the-sky-goes-katatonia thing

https://dir666.bandcamp.com/album/elimino

They did a ridiculous drum solo where every band member started banging on huge fucking drums. It was ridiculous, like "we need a drum solo but Lars is Lars so hey, let's do something wacky..."

JCLC that Lunatii album rules, holy shit

This album from the same label should be of interest to Mesarthim fans:
https://dir666.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-light

^ it's more Lustre than Mesarthim IMHO but thanks!

OK this Lo-Ruhamah is doing it for me.

http://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/anointing

Really interestingly composed with that OSDM element (early Unleashed/"Lost Paradise"), old black metal influences (I hear Mortuary Drape and Samael), weird Gnostic (apparently Christian?) lyrics, totally unsurprising it'd be on I, Voidhanger. First new album since 2007!

I LIKE PARENTHETICALS

This John Frum album's pretty good btw. Terrible band name, obviously, even with the cargo cult connection.

I'm keen to hear it, but really the main event will be the new Cleric

What an awesome and profound artist.

Shining/Revenge show tomorrow in Portland, OR got cancelled. Kvarforth was seig heiling and drugging women's drinks in Boise, ID on Sunday.

— Timwie J. Malmsteen (@Gargotheron) May 16, 2017

I knew that guy's a fucking shitstain but not that much of one.

from the Portland venue:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1868436273404807/permalink/1897117517203349/

Tonic Lounge has decided to cancel the Shining show that was scheduled for this Wednesday, May 17th.
All tickets will be refunded.
We regret having not researched this band more before approving their show. After booking them, it was brought to our attention that Shining’s singer has done and said many things that could be considered offensive, dangerous, or destructive. While we were learning about and considering these issues, the list continued to grow, including a recent report that the he may have been involved in the drugging of someone’s drink. This morning we received a call from a trusted friend in Boise Idaho, detailing the events that took place while Shining were there on Sunday. We were told that the singer of Shining went to the local punk bar Mulligans before their concert, and was groping women and threatening to stab employees, and had to be removed. We were also told that later, while performing at The Shredder, he used many blatant racist and homophobic slurs on stage, threatened audience members with rape, slapped audience members in the face, and was sieg heil saluting repeatedly throughout their performance. Sometimes words and allegations on the internet can be difficult to navigate, but a story like this coming from a friend is not. The above types of behavior are simply not acceptable at Tonic Lounge. This isn’t about censorship. This is about protecting our venue, our staff, and our patrons.
This decision was not made under pressure by any individuals or political groups. We believe in freedom of expression and are not quick to pull the plug on any band booked at our club. However, we are not going to invite someone into our space to spout hate speech on our stage, and/or put our staff and patrons in harm’s way. We are still in full support of Famine Fest Presents, the other bands who were on the bill, and all of our friends and customers who planned on attending. We hope you all can respect our decision to do what’s best for our club and those within it.

fucking hell

the good Shining will have to change their name at this rate

I said that on Twitter - they should change it to SHINING (No, Not That Fucking Asshole).

and start making good albums again ;)

in happier news, if like me you would buy pretty much anything with a Relapse Records tag on it in the 90s/00s, everyone in Burnt By the Sun but the bassist has a new thing on Season of Mist
https://riverblack.bandcamp.com/

only one song available now, and it only sounds like BBTS in fleeting moments, much more of a conventional groove to it, but frankly whatever Dave Witte does, I'll probably pay attention

interesting Russian act that sort of tries to do an explosions-in-the-sky-goes-katatonia thing

https://dir666.bandcamp.com/album/elimino

― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi)

I know Lunatii from their earlier stuff which wasn't too remarkable but this is a huge leap forward, especially in production quality.

Also good to see Lumnos with a new record, gotta check it out. Previous material was pretty basic Lustre-meets-Summoning, somewhat 2nd tier-stuff but enjoyable all the same.

Listening to the new Danzig album for the first time. It's pretty good. His voice is a little rough on a few tracks, showing his age, but he makes it work 'cause the songs are mostly slow and heavy, with a really strong occult vibe. Female vocals on the first track make me feel like he's definitely heard Sabbath Assembly. Tommy Victor's soloing a lot. But I feel like this promo photo is making me feel more positively toward the whole thing. He's into his rec-room-Satanist period. (There are other shots where he's wearing a Henley shirt with the sleeves pushed up to his elbows.)

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

Draping himself in velvet, nice.

his head becomes more and more of a grapefruit with each passing day

So Steve Tucker says the upcoming tour will have no Vincent material.

Okkkkkk

Like i even like Formulas and Gateway and these seems like the most boring set imaginable

Re: Danzig pic: I've scrolled past that pic several times now and it never occurred to me that those weren't her elbows :-/

Got an email that said Radkey was playing the local amphitheater in October. I saw them play in front of like a dozen people the last time through so I knew it was part of as package. I looked it up and it's the Rock Allegiance Tour. Then I saw the rest of the line-up:

Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Marilyn Manson, Halestorm, In This Moment, Steel Panther, Radkey, Black Map, Mastodon, Gojira, Asking Alexandria, Starset, Bleeker, Greta Van Fleet, Badflower, While She Sleeps, August Burns Red, Beartooth, He Is Legend, Biters, Them Evils and Ded.

Despite the inclusion of a couple of bands I like, I am glad nobody is going to make me see that show.

Just found out there's a new Azarath record. One listen in and it's very much the same as Blasphemers Malediction five years ago: seriously pissed-off sounding death metal.

this is great news

Is there an ILX consensus on Alestorm? I cannot help but think there's a lot of hate for this band here but also a few fervent supporters.

The new one is fun but it won't change anyone's mind about the Scottish Pirate Metallers most likely.

i think the consensus is that they're only the third worst band on some blogger's list of "five unique metal bands you should be listening to". here's the thread from two months back.

Worst sounding band in this blogger's list of '5 unique metal bands you should be listening to'

Yeah, I remember that poll, haha!

Plenty of hate here

LOL Scottish Pirate Metal

anybody checked out the Asofy album on Avantgarde? feel like it came out last year but metal-archives shows 2017...pretty nice stuff, usually post-rock metal is in that sweeping Explosions in the Sky style but this owes a bigger debt to Louisville..clean spacious electric guitars, atmospheric Tara Jane O'Neill feel here and there, crypt-whisper BM vox & gothy rolling drums...really worth spending some time with

Man, this Celestial Bodies. It's like a free jazz drummer, a noise dude with a synth and Cronos jamming. It's kinda one-note, sounds a little bit like some weird Lightning Bolt side project, but when I'm in the mood for scraping tartar off my brain it's great.

Never heard The Ruins Of Beverast before but the new album is exceptional

Now listening to Rain Upon The Impure. Dammit ILX you're supposed to tell me about music like this

Just got a promo of an upcoming Dream Evil album, their first in seven years. Interesting quote from the press release:

“We had a heavy metal jury, which are fans we invited, to pick the 12 songs that we're going to have on the album,” Fredrik Nordström explains. “And we have a rule; if you're going to be part of the jury you can't be able to play a musical instrument. You just have to be a heavy metal fan. We've done this since “The Book Of Heavy Metal” and I think it's a good idea because the fans are buying the album, so why shouldn't they pick the songs? This time, however, I couldn't pinpoint the songs they were going to choose. There were some songs they picked that surprised me, so we had to go back and listen with different ears.”

saw Suffo/Morbid Angel last night. went as expected.

Revocation was good as per usual. Withered, I like this band, but they overdrive everything to where you can't make out what they're playing during shows, always drives me insane.

Suffocation was the highlight. debuted two new songs (from what I heard, they were killer). no Frank, of course, but Kevin did a nice job filling in.

Morbid Angel was, well, after the fourth Gateways/Formula song, I peaced. they sounded fine but frankly pulling a setlist from only the Tucker albums meant that I was going to lose interest fast.

There's a 14CD box gathering all of Rob Halford's solo material. There's way too much repetition (three live albums, two of which are double discs, a Fight remix album and a collection of Fight demos) but I still kinda want it. I like both Fight and Halford, and I've never heard the 2wo album.

Lol thats insane

I kinda want it too tho

Thankfully it includes the Christmas album.

there's a vid of a new Morbid Angel track played live, def sounds Gatewaysey in tempo and groove, those doomy parts are cool, almost like newer Gorguts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHIiUn8hTY

haha, that must have been right after I left. tbh new material in that vein would be fine by me

This sounds promising as fuuuuuck

http://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/track/salt-for-the-healer

Same label did the Suffering Hour, which I'm going to pick up soon. "Through Vessels of Arcane Power" is "Entranced by the Wolfshook"-level songcraft.

Had this made the rounds?

http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/160407271482/metal-band-names-invented-by-neural-network

excellent rifftastic lo-fi black metal very much of the "standing atop a cliff surveying the landscape" variety, kinda reminds me of Horn

https://youtu.be/NQOCxW-wmxo
https://youtu.be/_9HmiZeJHA8

unfamiliar with them, I scrolled through the discography and approx 98% of their songs feature a prepositional phrase in the title. also lots of references to wolves. and blood. and the past. and the sun and moon sooooo

oops, forgot to put the band name in the previous post: Blood Stronghold
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Blood_Stronghold/3540381470

I actually like the new Danzig!