Rolling Metal Thread 2009

I just sent that very same press release to a friend in D.C. last night. I want him to go and tell me how Pentagram were.

Echoing Nate's sentiments from a few weeks back, the new Bloody Panda is definitely as cool as expected. One of the more original doom bands out there, not to mention one of the most genuinely scary.

Terrific artwork on this album as well...

"Or is he 2nd wave?"

there are many people who consider mayhem, emperor, etc 2nd wave.

you know, 1st wave being bathory, hellhammer, sarcofago, etc...

just do the damn poll and let the nerds complain!

Mayhem have been around as long as Sarcofago (both had 1st records out in 1987). But yeah, I suppose, if that stuff counts as "true" black metal or whatever. I dunno, I have no idea where people draw the line on these things.

"you know, 1st wave being bathory, hellhammer, sarcofago, etc..."

Well I did specify Norwegian which none of those acts are.

oh, right! sorry, missed that.

finally listened to the new funeral mist today. does "jesus saves" sample popul vuh? (opening track on einsjager & siebenjager.) this is during the last couple minutes. sounds EXACTLY the same! very weird.

album seemed cool but I got reeeeeeeal tired of the preacher sermons.

Got the Worship repress today and ordered new Jesu

1. How is it hat Unsane--especially the newest CD--isn't considered metal?

2. What's the general feeling here re: Nightbringer?

Unsane rule. One of the few bands that reformed and came back with 2 albums as good as,if not even better than,1st time round.

All my feelings are specific, rather than general, but I like Nightbringer's Death and the Black Work a lot. It's operating in its genre, for sure, but I think it's a pretty decent standard-bearer for what it sounds like to do Black Metal wholeheartedly and well.

I agree re: Unsane's extreme rule-agr and if they're not metal than I'm made of nylon shoes.

Just got a nice parcel of LPs from Adrian's estate. They're selling his collection on ebay. Felt real weird bidding at first. Then I realized that I'm a devout fan AND a Dj and these records really couldn't be going to a better home.

That's awesome. I wish I had the cash to bid on every one of Adrian's Banzai LPs, I've been perusing the ebay site over the last month or so. I'm not much of a collector, but one thing I've always dreamed of owning was the complete Banzai catalogue.

What's the Banzai story? Turns out I did get a few from him. Trouble - The Skull and Destruction - Infernal Overkill.

Also got my holy grails - Morgoth's Odium and Cursed. (and a copy of Fields of Nephilim's Dawnrazor for the hell of it).

I love the Banzai story. Basically a Montreal record store owner by the name of Meese finagled a distribution deal with Canada's PolyGram Records to put out pretty much every single important underground metal album from the US and Europe across Canada...they licensed Metal Blade, Megaforce, Neat, Noise, Combat, and because PolyGram was a major label, kids in every single corner of the country, no matter how mainstream the record store, were privy to the most cutting-edge metal on the planet between 1983 and 1988. Banzai's influence was massive on us Canadian kids in the 80s. And like an idiot, I sold a lot of my Banzai stuff save for a precious few, so I've always wanted to make up for that stupidity.

That's amazing. I can't believe I hadn't run into that before. Canada is so weird.

Turns out Echoes of Eternity are pretty decent when they actually bother to write songs that don't all sound the same. Still not fantastic, but As Shadows Burn kind of rocks at times, and the female vocalist is much better integrated. Maybe they aren't really boring live anymore, although I wouldn't place bets on that one.

Their debut was really disappointing, but it looks like I'll have to give the new one a listen.

My review of their debut was so negative that it got rejected from the publication that assigned it to me, so you can imagine how I felt about that one. This is a vast, vast improvement.

I forget who was enthusing about the new Converge, but damn. Got it today and it is ferocious.

hey, i want the new converge! gimme!

!!!

is there even a release date for new converge album?

Whoa, exciting news! I didn't know anyone else on here had heard it yet. Cannot wait.

I don't know what the release date is. I got it from Epitaph via Play MPE software. Thirteen songs, four of 'em in the 90-second range and the last one is one of their seven-minute moody epics.

Poll on my MSN blog: When should a band/artist pack it in? (You can pick up to three answers, which makes it better than an ILM poll.)

Haha. That Black Dahlia Murder artwork is so bad its hilarious.

Pretty impressed by the Eagle Twin record on first listen. Guitar tone is thick as hell. One or two of the songs sound like Mark Lanegan if Screaming Trees had been a doom band

I've been spinning that Nachtmystium mini-CD a bunch this week, really liking it.

unperson, who got gender reassignment surgery (and why was it a bad thing)?

The drummer from Rhino Bucket and the singer of, I believe, Cretin.

unperson, who got gender reassignment surgery (and why was it a bad thing)?

Not all of them were based on real-life examples. I know there was a real band where that happened, but the names escape me; I just tossed that one (and several others) in for humorous effect. Obviously, there are counterexamples to many of the reasons I cited; Napalm Death has no original members, and Lemmy is 100, but I don't want either ND or Motörhead to break up.

It was Cretin, Phil.

interesting, i hadn't heard of that.

fwiw i voted for 'reality show recruitment', 'members file suit against each other', and acoustic/orchestral greatest hits, which seem to be leading.

Not all of them were based on real-life examples. I know there was a real band where that happened, but the names escape me

Remember King Kobra from the 80s? Their singer had gender reassignment surgery.

I'm glad that TG didn't split up after gender realignment thingy.

Hey Unperson, I think you should play Vikernes. You're better looking than that Dungeons and Dragons elf guy who's playing him in the biopic anyhow.

How many people have actually died on stage? Stayley OD'ed on stage? GG Allin, nearly.

Not metal, but dude from Morphine died on stage, didn't he? Or at least the process started on stage.

And Dimebag, obvs.

Oh shit, yeah.

all the black dahlia murder shit looks terrible though

exhibit A:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/MiasmaAlbumCover.jpg

what is this, a fuckin skankin pickle record

I liked the Nocturnal cover actually.

didnt alex harvey die on stage?

yeah i guess nocturnal aint bad but it does look a bit lord of the rings

mainly i just hate their logo

Nah, I totally see where you were coming from. I just think the new one tries to keep the vibe of Nocturnal going and fails in almost every respect. But as far as retro lookin' album covers from 2009 go, I do like Suffocation and Warbringer ones.

nocturnal is from 2007! they only have one album since then

Yeah, I just meant the new one linked on Phil's blog tries to keep the Nocturnal vibe going and failed.

oh i see

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2009/7/30fontaine.html