Rolling Metal Thread 2009

Got the forthcoming Saviours album, Accelerated Living, in today's mail. All the original songs from their three recent singles (but not the cover songs) are on it, plus five more tracks.

Listening to the BTBAM album right now. It's great music, brilliantly performed, but I gotta say it's pretty unmemorable. Say what you will about early '70s Yes, they had hooks - phrases and bits that stick in your head. "Roundabout," "Close To The Edge," even "Sound Chaser" are things that'll pop into my head sometimes. BTBAM are as close as metalcore's gonna get to classic Yes, but they haven't figured out how to write a hook that memorable yet, or maybe they think it's beneath them, or something.

Love that Saviours album. As for the BTBAM, I find it all pretty darn memorable. It needs time to sink in. But I do know what you're getting at. Old prog bands were very catchy, something a lot of young bands can't seem to realize.

um, the old guys grew up listening to the Beatles/Beach Boys. just sayin'.

Can't wait to hear the BTBAM album. Picked up the new Megadeth last night, the positive reviews are nailing it - great album. Never really expected another album from Dave that maintained that consistency. Went on a bit of a spree at the store today and picked up quite a few '09 releases to catch up on including the Augury, 3 Inches of Blood, Amorphis, and Swashbuckle (pirate thrash can't be too awful, can it?).

Yes it can. Even worse than you think (and Alestorm)

Ugh, really? I remember reading some surprisingly positive reviews in a couple places. Anyway, I'm pretty sure the other ones will more than make up for it.

have you heard Alestorm?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99a6DaheLqs

^ That's a nice haul right there. I couldn't believe how good the Megadeth turned out to be.

And speaking of blindsided, the Nile is unreal. Ithyphallic didn't click for me, but this one is just shattering. This is the kind of follow-up I wanted to hear after In Their Darkened Shrines and Annihilation of the Wicked.

I had heard some Alestorm, but I swear I read a review of how Swashbuckle was much better than Alestorm. Anyway, I'll give it a shot. Won't be the first time I've bought something stupid.

WTF!!!! Electric Wizard - Dopethrone sample?

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

haha wow

I'm currently listening to a chopped and screwed boot of this which is funny cos the dude has just pitched down the riff that was pitched up in the first place

holy shit!

that song is not very good, tho.

Going back a few days, meanwhile, I was very taken w/ the Saviours album on first play, much more than expected. Also had the new Black Cobra on (OK but can't help thinking they're ultimately Big Business w/ most of the things I like about Big Business removed) and new A Storm Of Light (same deal but with Neurosis, and with Lydia Lunch fulfilling the Jarboe role)

Don't listen to pfunk. Alestorm are awesome. Swashbuckle are fun, but they don't really combine the pirating and the thrash as well as you would hope -- basically, there is a pirate sounding song, and then there's a thrash song, and then repeat.

I gave him his username btw ^

Hahahaha.

That was like the perfect sequence of posts there.

He left an open goal

I like Swashbuckle better than Alestorm because Alestorm has that awful synth-accordion sound. Just hire a fucking accordionist for the recording sessions, guys. It doesn't matter if you have to resort to shitty keyboards live, cause I'll never go see you play anyway.

Alestorm are so much fun live! I highly, highly recommend getting out to see them. I had never heard them before seeing them, but three songs into their set I walked over to the merch booth and bought a CD.

Swashbuckle's okay, but I prefer Alestorm. They're goofy. Fun to interview, too.

Yipes, this Megadeth album really is good. I half thought some people had agreed to pretend to like it as some sort of elaborate group prank. But no. It's good.

Alestorm, on the other hand, suck piss.

Pirate Metal vs Crabcore. Discuss.

Pirate metal has pirates. Crabcore has crabs. Doesn't seem like much of a competition.

Pirates have crabs!

I think lice was more of a problem for them.

pirate metal bands dont have any talent though

And you don't have any sense of humor because you're British.

Scottish, please.
And we have a sense of humour.

Pirate's crabs have lice.

Which is better, a crab pirate or a pirate crab?

a crabby pirate, natch.

Musicfest NW this weekend in Portland. OM as a trio was the best I've ever seen them live. Saviours were ok. Despise You (LA grind band featuring Chris Dodge of Spazz/former Slap-a-Ham records guy) was 30 songs in 23 minutes and totally killer. I had to miss Red Fang to see OM but I assume they slew about 300 people.

OM as a trio? more details?

Alestorm has that awful synth-accordion sound

Not to mention the keytar with steeldrum preset they use on stage o_O Also, jumping around in a sharksuit really hammers it home, Fonzstyle. Saw both bands at Paganfest this week, and was only slightly amused. I kinda like how Alestorm's singer looks more Glastonbury than Wacken, though.

Btw, did ye all enjoy yerrrr Talk Like A Pirate Day yesterday?

man, that Ahab record is something else! i do dig it.

Judging by the new album Wormwood, Mortuus now has total creative control over Marduk. It's nothing short of Maranatha pt. 2, really. Which off course is a good thing.

OM as a trio? more details?

Rob from Lichens is playing seated guitar and samples/fx. Added a whole other dimension and made me appreciate the business of the new drummer a lot more. Al agreed with me that it was their best show yet.

BTW, Fall Into Darkness 2009 tix are on sale now via Ticketweb.com. $30 for a 3-day pass.

Thu 10/29 - Earth, SubArachnoid Space, Makoto Kawabata, ?Alos
Fri 10/30 - Agalloch, Amber Asylum, Soriah, Fauna
Sat 10/31 - YOB, Ludicra, Witch Mountain, Atriarch

All at Berbati's Pan in Portland, OR.

Anyone who wants a full press release, please let me know. Love to spread the word far and wide on this!

i heard the new SubArachnoid Space album yesterday

It's pretty good, but I still prefer their live stuff from when Mason Jones was still in the band - I'll take These Things Take Time and Almost Invisible over anything else they've done.

For some reason I'm still entertained by the Wiki hack edits for metal bands, this is what Coverge's page read as of 10:30 Sunday night:

Converge is a terrible band from Salem, Massachusetts. Playing a blend of bad music[1][2] and worse music since 1990,[3][4][5] Converge has helped to define many of the very bad sounds of another horrible genre.[6][7][8]

Woah Chris Dodge is playing in Despise You? Where was that show Nate?

BTW, Fall Into Darkness 2009 tix are on sale now via Ticketweb.com. $30 for a 3-day pass.

Thu 10/29 - Earth, SubArachnoid Space, Makoto Kawabata, ?Alos
Fri 10/30 - Agalloch, Amber Asylum, Soriah, Fauna
Sat 10/31 - YOB, Ludicra, Witch Mountain, Atriarch

All at Berbati's Pan in Portland, OR.

― Nate Carson, Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

man you guys are so spoiled in the northwest

xpost - Despise You show was at Satyricon in Portland as part of Musicfest NW. They were on tour with Crom and Trash Talk. It was Chris's first Portland show ever. I aim to get him back sooner than later.

Did you see Crom? I'd lke to see Crom.

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