Rolling Metal Thread 2009

Herman--thanks for the Worship link. I need that!

I can't see how Katorz is better than the self-titled on any level. But I'm a pretty obsessive Voivod fan. This discussion probably deserves its own thread.

I just dug the more streamlined, insistent, catchy aspect of Katorz a lot. Of course all that was due to the fact that the arrangements on Piggy's final 23 songs were rather skeletal, they had no way to fine-tune those songs and add those proggy elements that they normally did. But in the end it's something that I feel worked extraordinarily well.

the lack of interest in the appearance of gzeus in the decibel letters section proves that there is a surprising disconnect between dudes on ilx that A) love metal and B) love video games

whoa! had no idea that there is a new ahab coming out. sick!

I still play call of the wretched sea pretty frequently. like I'm doing RIGHT NOW.

yep, still rules.

you lie, you were listen to michael jackson according to your last.fm!

I can't stop listening to that Katy Perry power metal remix...

that I do believe

you lie, you were listen to michael jackson according to your last.fm!

haha the fact that I also can't stop listening to a mariah carey remix is also documented, which I thought would be funnier on a metal thread. but srsly, I was listening to ahab on my ipod at work. this will be scrobbled in due time and become a matter of public record.

http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r356/mattmatt-/liar-1.jpg

(sorry, but I just wanted to post that)
:-)

Thanks, I needed to hear that.

;__;

(x-post)

I can't stop listening to that Katy Perry power metal remix...

― don't cry, emo hamster (J3ff T.), Friday, June 26, 2009 7:26 PM (2 hours ago)

hahahaha me either!

I even downloaded the MP3. I don't know what exactly this says about me or the song. Maybe it's that I enjoy pop songs when they are actually songs instead of weird non-musical robot beeps? Or maybe it's that the vocals don't matter to me at all as long as the backing track is cool. I would listen to an entire album like this.

can someone email that to me?

Here it is:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/metalinjection/audio/Katy%20Perry%20-%20I%20Kissed%20A%20Girl%20%5BPower%20Metal%20Version%5D.mp3

thanks!

ok so im sure this is old news for everybody here, but (courtesy of last.fm recommendations) i am totally loving Solefad - Black For Death an Icelandic Odyssey Part II

I think I was the only one who liked that

oh man really? i think it is great (so far)

(Here's a cross-post from the Encyclopaedia Metallum forum, as it might amuse this audience differently...)

Here is a statistical answer to the eternal question of which subgenres of metal are better than which others. I took the ~2500 bands covered by my similarity analysis, got their listed "genre(s)" from EM, and then for all the frequently-mentioned genre words, calculated the number of bands whose genre description includes that word, and the average of all reviews of all albums by bands with that word. Here, then, is the ranking to settle things.

word          Rating  Bands
Viking        85.365     37
Funeral       84.788     37
Stoner        84.527     30
Avant-Garde   84.004     29
Atmospheric   83.965     44
Folk          83.413     91
Epic          83.305     31
Doom          83.235    250
Progressive   82.642    180
Sludge        82.247     49
Traditional   82.048     52
Brutal        81.392    110
Speed         81.235    107
Grindcore     81.21      68
Power         80.391    280
Black         80.225    715
Heavy         79.908    213
Metal         79.809   2213
Symphonic     79.712     60
Hard          79.689     33
Gothic        79.574     66
Death         79.53     761
Thrash        78.815    394
Grind         78.638     59
Industrial    78.513     47
Technical     78.492     69
Rock          78.464     95
Ambient       78.432     70
Dark          78.159     40
Experimental  77.749     34
Melodic       77.486    206
Groove        67.721     40
Metalcore     65.34      48

So now you know.

"I think I was the only one who liked that"

people on here liked it. i liked it.

hirax still rules, i checked in my car earlier.

I think I might actually end up liking the new Divine Heresy album. Go figure. The new singer sounds a bit like Devin Townsend.

Does anyone have the new Killswitch Engage yet? And is it worth buying?

You would expect it to be?

They have their moments, I've been wondering the same thing actually.

The new Killswitch is only okay, in my opinion. They're good at what they do, but the new record isn't anything extraordinary. When it comes to recent melodeath/metalcore, All That Remains have trounced KsE with their last two albums, in my opinion.

As I said in Alternative Press (and on my blog, it's a holding action. I've never been a fan, but existing fans will like it just fine.

It seems like at this point that they've settled into a comfortable groove of putting out totally solid but safe records.

Okay, I listened to the new Moss disc this morning for an AMG review, and while the first three tracks are typical Moss, the fourth track won me over - Discharge's "Maimed and Slaughtered" stretched from 65 seconds to six minutes. Hilariously awesome.

I ordered the new Woburn House cd from Paradigm Recordings yesterday. Hadn't realised that I hadn't heard much of the last years output by the label.

I was swithering about that, because I wasn't all that bothered about the first one.

Hit me up if you want to try any of last year's releases. (Is it just Bosnia I sent you?)

Bosnia and Old Mayor it was.
I liked the 1st Woburn House a lot so I thought id order this one. Monorailmusic haven't been getting in any of the latest releases.

Once i get it i shall return the favour , maybe you will like it.

hey pagan metal fans whats this bullshit about ? http://209.123.234.153/reeelapse/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32332

hey metal dudes, question... what is the ~*most beautiful*~ metal ever

thanks in advance~

also what's good metal to poz someones neghole to

i dont understand the question!!!!!

Poz The Neghole 12"

roxy have u ever heard of bugchasers

maybe roxy was referring to your first question

i think bugchasing is just so cute

I believe that cankles may be what is commonly referred to in Internet parlance as a "troll."

what makes you suspect that?

ilm is not worth trolling you idiot shartlords, if i deign 2 post here it's because i want some gd answers

Anyway, I'm really digging the new 3 Inches of Blood. Endino really plays up the old school metal, the album's really rough around the edges, which is cool ("All of Them Witches" is an awesome song title). And the more Cam Pipes goes on, the more he's starting to sound like Udo Dirkschneider...he's got quite the plegm vibrato going on this record, which is quite surreal at times.

"All of Them Witches" = Rosemary's Baby?

So--at the YOB show in SF, Will Haven was main support. It was Grady's first show back as lead singer (not sure how often this is happening). They were STAGGERINGLY good. So fucking heavy and powerful. Everyone should listen to "Saga" off Carpe Diem right now.