Rolling Metal Thread 2009

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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.

If you think drum machines have no soul, you've never met my wife (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link

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

A. Begrand, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 01:12 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

If you think drum machines have no soul, you've never met my wife (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 01:17 (fourteen years ago) link

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

unperson, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link

hey, i want the new converge! gimme!

scott seward, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 03:03 (fourteen years ago) link

!!!

A. Begrand, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link

is there even a release date for new converge album?

scott seward, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 03:23 (fourteen years ago) link

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

3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

unperson, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link

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.)

unperson, Friday, 31 July 2009 13:11 (fourteen years ago) link

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

3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 31 July 2009 13:18 (fourteen years ago) link

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

splash the praying duck (DJ Mencap), Friday, 31 July 2009 13:49 (fourteen years ago) link

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

3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 31 July 2009 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Highly trained BBQ chef (rockapads), Friday, 31 July 2009 17:53 (fourteen years ago) link

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

If you think drum machines have no soul, you've never met my wife (J3ff T.), Friday, 31 July 2009 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

unperson, Friday, 31 July 2009 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link

It was Cretin, Phil.

If you think drum machines have no soul, you've never met my wife (J3ff T.), Friday, 31 July 2009 18:44 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Highly trained BBQ chef (rockapads), Friday, 31 July 2009 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

A. Begrand, Friday, 31 July 2009 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Doran, Friday, 31 July 2009 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link

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

And Dimebag, obvs.

3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 31 July 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link

Oh shit, yeah.

Doran, Friday, 31 July 2009 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link

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

kid cruti (roxymuzak), Friday, 31 July 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link

I liked the Nocturnal cover actually.

3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 31 July 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link

didnt alex harvey die on stage?

pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 31 July 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link

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

kid cruti (roxymuzak), Friday, 31 July 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link

mainly i just hate their logo

kid cruti (roxymuzak), Friday, 31 July 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 31 July 2009 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link

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

kid cruti (roxymuzak), Friday, 31 July 2009 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link

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

3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 31 July 2009 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link

oh i see

kid cruti (roxymuzak), Friday, 31 July 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link

The addendum to that McSweeneys article is priceless. What hipster dummies.

A. Begrand, Saturday, 1 August 2009 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link

and hope that the 2010 Maryland DeathFest will be the most delightful DeathFest yet.

Highly trained BBQ chef (rockapads), Saturday, 1 August 2009 03:46 (fourteen years ago) link

http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/entertainment/precious-metal/

^retarded

kid cruti (roxymuzak), Sunday, 2 August 2009 00:57 (fourteen years ago) link

Wow, what an asshole.

A. Begrand, Sunday, 2 August 2009 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link

Mudrian should be glad that review exists. He's got so many people lining up to polish his rod these days, it's good to be reminded what the majority still thinks of metal.

I got a copy of the book in the mail today. I wish it was more tech- and process-heavy, but it arose out of articles published in Decibel, not EQ, so for what it is, it's pretty damn great.

unperson, Sunday, 2 August 2009 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link

Deaththrone? Apparently he's not only unqualified to read a book about metal bands... he's also unqualified to write about what he just read.

Nate Carson, Sunday, 2 August 2009 01:54 (fourteen years ago) link

BTW, I'm telling you guys first:

Fall Into Darkness 2009 in Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan

Thu 10/29 - EARTH, Makoto Kawabata, SubArachnoid Space, ?Alos
Fri 10/30 - AGALLOCH, Amber Asylum, Fauna, Soriah
Sat 10/31 - YOB, Ludicra, Black Elk, Witch Mountain

Come one. Come all.

Nate Carson, Sunday, 2 August 2009 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link

drools

He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Sunday, 2 August 2009 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link

Wish it was the East Coast Portland...

Great lineup Nate. Helluva Halloween.

EZ Snappin, Sunday, 2 August 2009 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link

Thanks! Looking way forward to this. I've never finished curating 3 months in advance before...

Nate Carson, Sunday, 2 August 2009 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link

anybody heard the new Havohej?

the evil genius of Zaiger Genetics (J0hn D.), Monday, 3 August 2009 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link

i haven't. haven't heard the last 10", either, but tungkat blood wand was pretty cool.

MAN PERISH (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 3 August 2009 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link

Fall Into Darkness 2009 in Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan

Damn, that will be something.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 August 2009 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link

That book review is worthy of Jackie Harvey from The Onion - kudos

splash the praying duck (DJ Mencap), Monday, 3 August 2009 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link

Not strictly a metal release, but certainly of interest to many here. Promos for the new SubArachnoid Space on Crucial Blast should be going out soon. Highly recommended. Production is by Steve Lobdell (ex-Faust).

Nate Carson, Monday, 3 August 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link

I love SubArachnoid Space, Ned does too. There's a few fans on here.
I didn't know they had left Relapse.

pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 3 August 2009 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link

SAS has been off Relapse for about 7 years haha. Check out their two most excellent releases on Strange Attractors Audio House. Particularly The Red Veil.

But honestly, Eight Bells is the best thing Melynda's ever done.

You know Mason's been out of the band for years, right?

Nate Carson, Monday, 3 August 2009 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link

Oh i have the red veil. I dunno why I thought they were still on relapse! Musta been thinking of another band!

pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 3 August 2009 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link


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