Oh man, this one. The singer can be kinda dodgy, and some of his high notes make me cringe, but otherwise he sounds like Jon Oliva back in the Sirens/Dungeons Are Calling days -- and the music is balls out thrashing speed metal. I remember listening to it a week or so ago, only to forget the band name and where I'd found the link. Add them to that Vektor/Xoth bill.
Armory - World Peace ... Cosmic War
https://armory417.bandcamp.com/
Cover art's pretty wicked, too.
― Devilock, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 13:45 (seven years ago) link
Kerrang top 50
50 Electric Century - From The Night To Control49 Alcest - Kodama48 Vodun - Possession47 Pup - The Dream Is Over46 Descendents - Hypercaffum Spazzinate45 Billy Talent - Afraid Of Heights44 Black Peaks - Statues43 Against The Current - In Our Bones42 The Pretty Reckless - Who You Selling For41 Swmrs - Drive North40 With Confidence - Better Weather39 Brian Fallon - Painkillers38 Cane Hill - Smile37 Bury Tomorrow - Earthbound36 Sum 41 - 13 Voices35 Russian Circles - Guidance34 The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak33 Beach Slang - A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings32 Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost31 Letlive - If I'm The Devil.30 Weezer - (The White Album)29 Waterparks - Double Dare28 Alter Bridge - The Last Hero27 Asking Alexandria - The Black26 Lonely the Brave - Things Will Matter25 Beartooth - Aggressive24 A Day To Remember - Bad Vibrations23 Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues22 Hellions - Opera Oblivia21 The Black Queen - Fever Daydream20 Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us19 Milk Teeth - Vile Child18 Muncie Girls - From Caplan to Belsize17 The Dillinger Escape Plan16 Biffy Cunto - Ellipsis15 Gojira - Magma14 Moose Blood - Blush13 Blink-182 - California12 Pierce The Veil - Misadventures11 Every Time I Die10 Twin Atlantic - GLA9 BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance8 Panic At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor7 Deftones - Gore6 Against Me - Shape Shift With Me5 Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage4 Frank Iero And The Patience - Parachutes3 Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us2 Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct1 Green Day - Revolution Radio
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:04 (seven years ago) link
hey brad is the frank iero album any good
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:06 (seven years ago) link
There hasn't been a lot of enthusiasm this year in metal thread (except for Vektor) but I dont know if that's because people are unimpressed with 2016 releases, fed up with metal in general, and/or fed up with polls. But rolling metal thread has been really quiet this year.
I actually thought this was a wonderful year for metal, though for me "a wonderful year" means four or five releases I really dig - I'm never going to listen to 161 albums in a year and get some huge-breadth sense of what's going on, but when I find a good handful that I think I'll be listening to next year & the year after that, too, then that's a good year for me. New Mithras, the underrated SVLFVR record, Skuggja, Skaphe, Moon Tooth, Defiled, a really nice Church of Misery album...not like a trailblazing year or anything but who cares honestly. Plenty to chew on for me
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:14 (seven years ago) link
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, December 7, 2016 7:06 AM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
never knowingly listened to a frank iero song, will report back
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:15 (seven years ago) link
What about Mesarthim? Wasn't it you who tipped me off on them smithy?
xp
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
i listened to a lot less metal this year but what i found i really loved, so imo it's a good year! mesarthim, furia (seriously what a record), kvelertak, that ghoulgotha record is still surprising me, etc.
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
also wow i love the new vader, surprise
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
I didn't have my mind blown a lot this year but I look forward to being proven wrong when we do the poll
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
I think so, maybe -- wow was that really this year? love it, but it feels so long ago!
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
digital release last year physical release this year and you messaged me on fb about about january i think. They've had 2 releases since I think!
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
Nice find! I really like this.
― jmm, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:06 (seven years ago) link
Only Isolate is on Spotify fwiw (for some reason)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
yeah they seem to be headed into a heavier keyboard direction while I head in a heavier metal direction. Isolate's good though.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
pillars is super keyboardy but the morse code one feels real pared down to me. fav band of the year at least, easily
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
also the zao record is extremely good thank u simon
yeah it really comes alive in the middle section
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
I completely missed that Truckfighters had one this year
I love that band, could never miss a new release from them, though there's less fanfare I suppose since it's been only two years since Universe. Greenleaf is great but I still think Truckfighters do the desert fuzz thing best. I forgot to CTRL-F for Greenleaf, hopefully there's no other repeats in my list.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
Abnormality - Mechanisms of Omniscience
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:58 (seven years ago) link
Oh wow, I was completely misremembering Mesarthim as something else! This is the little space one. I like it a lot. Yeah, Pillars is beautiful. Listening to Isolate now for the first time - lovely majestic fuzz.
― dance band (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
Mesarthim are the band that sounds like Summoning IN SPACE
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
It is also a bit like if Botanist were upset and tending to his greenhouse IN SPACE
Wow though, this is really too much.
― dance band (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
Isolate is a 2015 record it seems
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
i really love that abnormality record, feel like they stepped it up all around, the riffs are better and even a little metalcore-y in parts, and the song structures occasionally get real abstract without losing their sense as songs (a problem in tech death)
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link
Mesarthim did two EPs (Spire, Pillars) and an album (Absence) this year - that's plenty. Nominate Spire I guess
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
Isolate PHYSICAL release came out this year. It stays.
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:28 (seven years ago) link
Oh OK! Will listen to it then ;)
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link
O it's quite something
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
Vale of Pnath - II
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:41 (seven years ago) link
Deceptionist - Initializing Irreversible ProcessALTARAGE - NihlAuroch - Mute BooksOrdinance - The Ides of MarchAutokrator - The Obedience to AuthorityCarnophage - MonumentCognizant - Cognizant
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
If anyone needs more atmospheric black metal IN SPACE you should try Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether, it's reet good
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
So glad someone nominated Xoth upthread. Saw them with Vektor and they stole the show. The bass player is a total character and also their producer. They seem to be on all the good metal bills in Seattle so I'm happy to have a rad local band to follow.
― Yelploaf, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link
This year has been a giant leap for space metal.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
All the metal is escaping this planet.
― jmm, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
and not on horses
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
Caïna - Christ Clad In White Phosphorus
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
Have we got everything then?
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
Now closed and just waiting on voting form to be set up by seandalai.
Voting will end FRIDAY DECEMBER 16 regardless so I suggest forming your shortlists/listening now.
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 8 December 2016 11:53 (seven years ago) link
Dammit. Bloodiest.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 8 December 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
just realized Khthoniik Cerviiks - SeroLogiikal Scars (Vertex of Dementiia) was nominated, came out Dec '15. This is a great record! For fans of the Cadaveric Fumes/Khanus end of weirdo death metal.
― Dominique, Thursday, 8 December 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
seandalai has told me he will set up voting tonight and sorry for the delay. If anyone has forgotten to nominate anything now is your chance.
I suggest you may want to start your shortlists anyway as voting will have to end next friday.
Nominations
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 9 December 2016 12:08 (seven years ago) link
I nominate:
Wrekmeister Harmonies - Light Falls
Ghold - PYR
Hemelbestormer - Aether
Woman is the Earth - Torch of Our Final Night
― Dinsdale, Friday, 9 December 2016 12:15 (seven years ago) link
and Bloodiest - Bloodiest
― Dinsdale, Friday, 9 December 2016 12:16 (seven years ago) link
which had already been nominated, actually
Listening to Cadaveric Fumes and finding it great fun. It's like a death metal Castlevania.
― dance band (tangenttangent), Friday, 9 December 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link
An Autumn for Crippled Children - EternalPsychonaut 4 - Neurasthenia
― Frobisher, Friday, 9 December 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
Sorry I didn't ask for those earlier, I didn't know this was happening -- I've been out of the loop.
― Frobisher, Friday, 9 December 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Wake to a New Dawn of Another Astro EraAcid Guru Pond - Acid Guru PondHaikai No Ku - Temporary InfinitySun Drifter - Not Coming Back
― sushi and the banh mis (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 9 December 2016 19:44 (seven years ago) link
Sendelica - I'll Walk the Stars for YouSendelica - The Cromlech ChroniclesRangda - The Heretic's BargainHorseback - Dead RingersAtomikylä - KeräilyFarflung - 5The Spacelords - Liquid SunCosmic Letdown - In the CavesThe Myrrors - Entranced EarthKandodo/McBain - Lost Chants/Last ChanceMugstar - Magnetic SeasonsVespero - Lique MekwasSunwatchers - Sunwatchers
― sushi and the banh mis (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
I was just about to ask after DA.M!
― dance band (tangenttangent), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link