Rolling Metal Thread 2013

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I certainly do discover old gems while digging through bins that catch my ear. Is there some sort of luster an album must take on before I can consider a classic? Possibly... but really I think the answer is hooks. And not always in the traditional sense. I just picked up a Richard Pinhas solo album from 1980 that I can't take off the turntable. And that's experimental French electronic/guitar weirdness. But it's catchy to me so wtf.

Ultimately not worried about it. Yes I'll check out Pallbearer and Deafheaven and even enjoy both. But what's of greater importance to me is what I hear and like, which almost always has to do with a concert, not a record.

Nate Carson, Sunday, 29 December 2013 02:24 (ten years ago) link

Man somebody with some great taste in metal dumped a bunch of stuff at my local Half Price Books. Thanks to their 20% off post-holiday sale, I picked up a stellar haul for about $75 total (not all of these are metal, but still):

Los Natas - El Hombre Montana
Los Natas - Nuevo Orden de la Libertad
Khanate - Capture & Release
fIREHOSE - fromohio
Caina - Temporary Antennae
Witchsorrow - Witchsorrow
Wo Fat - Psychedelonaut
Ringo Deathstarr - Sparkler
Pelican - Pelican EP
Behold! The Monolith - Behold! The Monolith
Pig Destroyer - Painter of Dead Girls
Bosse-de-Nage - Bosse-de-Nage
Dawnbringer - In Sickness and In Dreams
Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
YOB - Atma
Spirit Caravan - Elusive Truth
SubRosa - No Help for the Mighty Ones
Sasquatch - III

an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 29 December 2013 02:32 (ten years ago) link

Good find, jvc!

Quarterpayne McRapp (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 29 December 2013 03:16 (ten years ago) link

xp to Devilock I p much rolled my eyes thru that gwern.net piece but I'm glad someone got something from it

Quarterpayne McRapp (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 29 December 2013 03:22 (ten years ago) link

Went to see Suffocation last night; the first non-work show I've been to in I can't remember how long. I had a fucking blast.

IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SUFFOCATION: Their frontman, Frank Mullen, is easily the most fun frontman in death metal. He looks like (and probably is) a construction worker, and he's constantly grinning and laughing it up onstage. Plus, he does this bizarre thing on stage, a cross between the Atlanta Braves tomahawk chop and jazz hands, and he sticks his tongue out at the crowd while he's doing it. It's hilarious to watch. His banter rules, too: between songs, we got to hear about how much he enjoyed Anchorman 2; how disappointed he was when the world didn't end in 2012, and how he'd "trusted those fuckin' Mayans"; how his belief in aliens is rooted in a desire to go hunting with the Predator, who he's sure is a death metal fan; and on and on. This was easily the most fun I've ever had at a death metal show, even more because it was all over by 9:45.

There were five bands on the bill, but by the time I got there I only got to see one other, Pyrexia, another bunch of Long Island death-metal-meets-hardcore knuckle-walkers. According to Mullen, both bands are of the same generation - they all went to high school together. Anyway, their stuff would make a great soundtrack if I was the kind of person who did squats.

Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 29 December 2013 13:47 (ten years ago) link

yeah, the suffocation guy is hilarious for sure. like if your goofy uncle happened to front a killer death metal band.

original bgm, Sunday, 29 December 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link

I'll third "always see Suffocation when they're in town." just a blast

I'm listening to Hooded Priest's 2011 album a lot lately. fucking awesome doom band.

combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 29 December 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link

Seeing Neurosis, Bla'st, YOB and The Body tonight in SF.. so stoked!!

SeanWayne, Sunday, 29 December 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link

That should be epic. I had too much epic last night - Cleric, Pinkish Black, Kill the Client and Eyehategod. Even with decent plugs my ears are tired as shit today.

EZ Snappin, Sunday, 29 December 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link

In the Suffo vid for "As Grace Descends," at 2:30 the whole room does the chop, whatever we're calling it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp1YSf_5mr8

That video would've been better if it were just the performance footage; everyone is having a freaking blast.

Oh, this is rich. If you google "Frank Mullen," the first auto-complete suggestion is "hand chop," there's a Facebook page for it ("That thing Frank Mullen does with his hand"), and an Urban Dictionary entry ("the blast hand"). I also see something about "death metal spirit fingers," the best of all.

Devilock, Sunday, 29 December 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link

Also Pyrexia's Sermon of Mockery album is a thing of twisted beauty, right at that last stop between brutality and inscrutability. Everything afterward indeed did go into the knuckle-dragger direction and pales in comparison, but that album is something special. It's like a death metal Transilvanian Hunger, utterly pure and monomaniacal with the kind of atmosphere death metal usually isn't known for.

Devilock, Sunday, 29 December 2013 22:17 (ten years ago) link

Terrorizer Albums of 2013
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Technogoat/terrorizer_albums_of_2013/

Carcass @ Number 1

djmartian, Monday, 30 December 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link

suspect the placing of Cultes des Ghoules there is almost/entirely down to my vote. drunk on power right now tbh

he's got a degree in economics, maths, physics and ebonics (DJ Mencap), Monday, 30 December 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link

I'm not on Twitter so I'll put this here: great lists from Basement Galaxy! I agree with lots of the choices but I'm even more impressed by the amount of writing. Beats the EOY output of many magazines.

jmm, Monday, 30 December 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link

Neurosis, Bla'st, YOB and The Body at the Regency Ballroom, SF.. I've never been to this place, and I might not go back-the sound is not that great. Maybe an old system, or shotty sound guys, but there were a lot of crackles and noise and other sounds not of the musical type...

But besides that it was rad show!. The Body had an additional drummer, and that guitar player did his normal thing of just super low end, why even bother fretting any chords type thing.

YOB was fucking amazing. a great set, smartly put together for maximum crushing heavy impact.

Bla'st could've stayed non-active.. No, thats not nice, but they didn't do anything for me, but I wasn't ever a fan of that era hardcore. But they did get the crowd moving, and a lot of people were stoked that they were on the bill..

Neurosis opened with Locust Star, and I lost my shit! For an hour and 15 they just slayed.. It was my first time seeing em without the screen behind em, and I didn't miss it one bit. It does allow them to not be locked into a certain set from night to night, so I'm sure thats fun for them. I usually watch them from a balcony or the back of a hall, for sound reasons, but since the sound was sub-par, I decided to get in the very front. Pretty intense. Not as intense as I've seen them before, but they still bring it. Dave Ed broke a bass string at the end of one of the tunes, which allowed for an extra freakout noise session from him which was rad to see a moment happen a noises that you would hear otherwise-something subtle I guess, but i thought it was cool... A really, really good show!

SeanWayne, Monday, 30 December 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link

So cool you could see that Sean! I was bummed to miss those gigs, especially the OC show with Helen Money opening.

Best time I ever saw Neurosis remains the Word as Law tour. Their films were very new at that point. Seeing them without the films is interesting, but not sure it works that well at venues that large. Not much to look at...

Nate Carson, Monday, 30 December 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link

I'm such a gear geek, Nate, that I never have a shortage of things to look at-always trying to figure out what cats are using..

SeanWayne, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link

*Resisting urge to post a death metal fat cat video*

Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 02:09 (ten years ago) link

Thanks, jmm. I used all my previously published reviews because I had no time to write new blurbs. That sure came in handy.

A. Begrand, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 02:10 (ten years ago) link

New Year's resolutions, metal style! http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/new-years-metalutions/

Rock You like a Hamstercane (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link

Rolling Metal Thread 2014

J3ff T., Wednesday, 1 January 2014 10:30 (ten years ago) link

my top 10 of 2013

Siegbran, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link


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