I always adored Cloud Rat and glad they are still churning out quality stuff. Looking forward to seeing the band with Thou in June.I was advocating that Relapse sign that band, I think it's a perfect mix, but I am not sure if either entity is on the other's radar.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 24 March 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
Cloud Rat apparently have three more splits coming out this year.
― jmm, Friday, 24 March 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
What is the best split
― calstars, Friday, 24 March 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link
to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the unplayed b-side
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Saturday, 25 March 2017 04:43 (seven years ago) link
BOOOOOOOONANA
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 25 March 2017 08:42 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for those Cloud Rat links! That split with Crevasse has what's probably my new fave CR song in 'Fish in a Pool'. And I've also discovered Crevasse, who are from the same neck of the woods as Dead Neanderthals. So thanks again!
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Saturday, 25 March 2017 08:56 (seven years ago) link
testing
― orientmammal, Saturday, 25 March 2017 09:19 (seven years ago) link
oh come on this thread is innocent fun don't poison this one too
― i am also Tombot (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 March 2017 12:28 (seven years ago) link
wow that Mortalized from upthread
those vocals are crazy.....fantastic riffs too
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 25 March 2017 13:26 (seven years ago) link
if Gridlink is anything like this i'm gonna be sad I ignored them for so long
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 25 March 2017 13:53 (seven years ago) link
Oh, you've gotta hear Gridlink. They were amazing. Especially the third album.
https://handshakeinc.bandcamp.com/album/longhena
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 25 March 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
omFG why did I wait so long to hear them, this is fabulous
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 26 March 2017 04:47 (seven years ago) link
^Yeah! That was my favourite album of 2014.
I think Pallbearer is finally clicking for me. I don't think this new one is such a big leap from their previous stuff, but I'm finding it more engaging. Maybe I'm just starved for some metal to listen to.
― jmm, Sunday, 26 March 2017 13:26 (seven years ago) link
same here, gridlink were ~amazing~
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 26 March 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
Darke Complex, the nü-metal band I wrote about for Stereogum, turned the headline into a T-shirt. I couldn't be prouder.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7xjIwfVMAAtQkc.jpg
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 26 March 2017 20:35 (seven years ago) link
Noice!
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 27 March 2017 04:09 (seven years ago) link
love longhena, but have to admit i prefer the instrumental "karaoke" version. jon's vocals wear me down quick.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Monday, 27 March 2017 04:14 (seven years ago) link
Slagmaur was discussed above when the band came to Brooklyn for a one-off festival appearance. The band is about to release Thill Smitts Terror, the band's first new release since 2009.
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/files/2017/03/slagmaurthillsmittsterror.jpg?w=630&h=567&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89
I was fortunate enough to get a digital promo of the record and it's brilliant. It orchestral but not orchestrated, it's heady but still heavy, it's unique in a genre that seems more open-ended than most but also has a lot of cliquishness as well. One gets the feeling they don't care. And as someone who adores Goth and industrial music, it's always nice to see those flavors incorporated into metal, hold the cheese.
Invisible Oranges is premiering the album that comes out 3/31 via Osmose Productions. Joseph Schafer says,
Thill Smitts Terror calls on black metal’s history and the underground’s current fascination with industrial music. Slagmaur’s songs share dense, layered production and vague choral arrangements with both symphonic black metal and Deathspell Omega’s coterie of disciples, but their steady, deterministic drums, and ever-present synthesizers seem kindred to Valborg, or even Code Orange. There’s no frostbitten forests in Slagmaur’s fairytale soundscape. Instead, the dilapidated industrial environments of the ‘Silent Hill’ video game franchise comes to mind. It’s the lind of record I can’t imagine receiving any kind of hype five years ago, but it’s exactly what black metal enthusiasts running the raw and atmospheric tape circuit ought to consider.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 27 March 2017 20:56 (seven years ago) link
i know discussion of them is buried upthread but the new lantern album cooks
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 12:24 (seven years ago) link
omg Slagmaur is actually going to happen!? I will struggle to rein in my expectations.
I'm reflexively a little worried about a band with "White" in their name, but I really enjoyed the teaser track from White Ward's upcoming "Futility Report."For those who don't mind post-hxc in their black metal, or possibly the other way around.
https://dmp666.bandcamp.com/album/futility-report
― summervillain, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 13:38 (seven years ago) link
that track rules
it reminds of something but I can't place it right now
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
Expander - Endless Computer
Sci-fi thrashpunk from Austin w/ an album forthcoming on NWN. Only a couple tracks up on their bandcamp atm, but both great.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
xhuxk recommended Hammer King on Facebook and it's a hoot, really hooky power/trade metal. Dudes love hammers and kings
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link
Is trade metal an autocorrect mishap or is it an exciting new subgenre I haven't heard
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 30 March 2017 09:12 (seven years ago) link
http://cornelius.rockpaperscissors.biz/dispatch/22164/iCdjb40w8Yszzzq7rkTmAQ
In the beginning is the breath. It roots all music, from Japanese Zen chant to hard rock anthem. Bay Area-based Cornelius Boots, woodwind maverick and shakuhachi pioneer, sensed this.“I had a dream when my clarinet professor told me to try to play an etude like Eddie Vedder would sing it,” Boots recalls. “I tried it and started to write my pieces. Tone issues I had struggled with began to resolve themselves. I could play my own piece, or play like a singer, and then quickly put up a Mozart piece, and it would come together.”These experiments culminated in Holy Flute (release: May 12, 2017), an unexpected homage to where bamboo meets metal. Boots’ shakuhachi resonates, sighs, and roars in new versions of Dio, Sabbath, Danzig, Led Zeppelin, and Lamb of God classics and on originals that extend the tradition. It’s not an easy way to go, even if it bears a faint resemblance to a novelty gimmick. “I don’t recommend it as an approach. I’m doing this with a very discerning intention,” says Boots. “For every Black Sabbath song that works, there are twenty you shouldn’t try to do. It’s a picky process.”
“I had a dream when my clarinet professor told me to try to play an etude like Eddie Vedder would sing it,” Boots recalls. “I tried it and started to write my pieces. Tone issues I had struggled with began to resolve themselves. I could play my own piece, or play like a singer, and then quickly put up a Mozart piece, and it would come together.”
These experiments culminated in Holy Flute (release: May 12, 2017), an unexpected homage to where bamboo meets metal. Boots’ shakuhachi resonates, sighs, and roars in new versions of Dio, Sabbath, Danzig, Led Zeppelin, and Lamb of God classics and on originals that extend the tradition. It’s not an easy way to go, even if it bears a faint resemblance to a novelty gimmick. “I don’t recommend it as an approach. I’m doing this with a very discerning intention,” says Boots. “For every Black Sabbath song that works, there are twenty you shouldn’t try to do. It’s a picky process.”
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:49 (seven years ago) link
mannnnnnn that new Lantern is great. I liked the first one and I'm usually big into lo-fi recordings but the first one at times is hard to parse due to the lack of clarity in the sound (although it's still great).
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
This Entheos album 'Le Zahir' is reaaaaally good. Progressive black metal or something.
https://entheosqc.bandcamp.com/album/le-zahir
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
another vote for lantern 2. listened to it a while back and dug it okay, but gave it another spin last week & it really clicked. great album. hadn't heard the 1st, which now sounds like a half-finished sketch.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
Oops trade meant trad
Btw earlnash if you can read this your band is good you should post it itt
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 31 March 2017 00:15 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb32OC3AIGk
Haven't really posted any of my music on ILM before, so I checked a bit. My band just put this out this week. A guy in Greece who does a doom/stoner metal page on Facebook with 24k users added it up today. Got curious what some of you guys on here would think. Thanks.
― earlnash, Friday, 31 March 2017 02:51 (seven years ago) link
new Mastodon is pretty sweet, fairly consistent effort for them. lots of hooks, a few spacey/psychedelic moments, catchy riffs.
I dig....
― Neanderthal, Friday, 31 March 2017 05:12 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I didn't like any of the singles, but the album as a whole works really well. Better than the last one, I think, but I haven't listened to the last one in a long time.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 31 March 2017 12:46 (seven years ago) link
3rding the Lantern
Cornelius Boots
Involuntarily shouted "OH FUCK OFFFFFF" when I saw this name.
― I cut this hair, I wash this hair, I mess this hair up (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 31 March 2017 13:16 (seven years ago) link
We're a quarter of the way through the year and here is the current metal(lic) chart on Rate Your Music for the year...
1. Converge - Jane Live 2. Exquirla - Para quienes aún viven 3. Immolation - Atonement 4. Accept - Restless & Live - Blind Rage - Live in Europe 2015 5. Soen - Lykaia 6. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic 7. The Great Old Ones - EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy 8. Pain of Salvation - In the Passing Light of Day 9. Junius - Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light10. Planning for Burial - Below the House11. Mastodon - Emperor of Sand12. Pillorian - Obsidian Arc13. Kreator - Gods of Violence14. Fen - Winter15. Havok - Conformicide16. Overkill - The Grinding Wheel17. Persefone - Aathma18. Sanctuary - Inception19. Dumal - The Lesser God20. Wolfheart - Tyhjyys21. The Flight of Sleipnir - Skadi22. Benighted - Necrobreed23. Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed II24. Pallbearer - Heartless25. Bloodbound - War of Dragons26. Cellador - Off the Grid27. Firewind - Immortals28. Rosk - Miasma29. Horisont - About Time30. Bathsheba - Servus31. Beheaded - Beast Incarnate32. Analepsy - Atrocities from Beyond33. Sunless - Urraca34. Black Cilice - Banished from Time35. Black Star Riders - Heavy Fire36. Dodecahedron - Kwintessens37. Mors Principium Est - Embers of a Dying World38. Eclipse - Monumentum39. Au champ des morts - Dans la joie40. Ungfell - Tôtbringære41. Xandria - Theater of Dimensions42. Violet Cold - Anomie43. Nova Collective - The Further Side44. Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain45. Ex Deo - The Immortal Wars46. Hour of Penance - Cast the First Stone47. Dopelord - Children of the Haze48. Striker - Striker49. Grails - Chalice Hymnal50. Laster - Ons vrije fatum
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 31 March 2017 16:57 (seven years ago) link
I'd be interested in people's Q1 picks. I've only really listened to Pallbearer, Power Trip, and the Cloud Rat stuff.
― jmm, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
lol that Pain of Salvation is way too high. average at best
― Neanderthal, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
my list will only come into being when Cleric release the new one
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 31 March 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
I'll vouch for the Beheaded (which Phil recced and is dope) and the Hour of Penance and Overkill.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:10 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, Rate Your Music tends to overrate power metal.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 31 March 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Haven't heard anywhere near a majority of those, but these are the ones I rep for:
3. Immolation - Atonement 5. Soen - Lykaia 6. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic11. Mastodon - Emperor of Sand13. Kreator - Gods of Violence22. Benighted - Necrobreed24. Pallbearer - Heartless27. Firewind - Immortals31. Beheaded - Beast Incarnate44. Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 31 March 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
It's not so much that RYM tends to overrate power metal as everyone else tends to underrate power metal, btw.
And Converge - the high ratings for everything they put out are a complete mystery to me.
― Siegbran, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
Obvious standouts for me so far this year include: Ikina, Battle Beast, Ravenscry, Fen, Heretoir.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
Black Anvil, Ungfell and Todesstoss are what I've been digging this year, Stabscotch's record is my AOTY so far though I think it's more strictly noise-rock than metal. I'm really impressed by Dodecahedron's new one after the first listen too.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
In alphabetical order...
2017 Metal Albums I OwnThe Afternoon Gentlemen - Still Pissed 2012-2015Circle Of Dust - Machines of our DisgraceJunius - Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of LightKing Woman - Created in the Image of SufferingKreator - Gods Of ViolenceLaster - Ons Vrije FatumMastodon - Emperor of SandOverkill - The Grinding WheelUniform - Wake In FrightWoe - Hope Attrition
2017 Metal Albums On Wish ListAnomalie - VisionsAnvil - 5 Original Albums in 1 BoxBathsheba - ServusBlack Anvil - As WasDisharmony - Goddamn The SunDread Sovereign - For Doom The Bell TollsFalls of Rauros - Vigilance PerrenialFen - WinterHorn - Turm Am HangLight of the Morning Star - NoctaLorn - Arrayed ClawsNaudiz - Wulfasa KunjaObituary - ObituaryPallbearer - HeartlessPyriphlegethon - The Murky Black of Eternal NightRebel Wizard - Triumph Of GloomSolitary - Diseased Heart of SocietyVenenum - Trance Of DeathViolet Cold - Anomie
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 31 March 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link
This is the kind of stuff that doesn't really get a genre tag that makes any sense to me, like progressive sludge or stoner prog or something but this new Jagged Vision is shaping up nicely.http://jaggedvision.bandcamp.com/album/death-is-this-world― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ)
http://jaggedvision.bandcamp.com/album/death-is-this-world
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 1 April 2017 13:41 (seven years ago) link
shit I'll ride for in 2017
Ruinous--Graves of Ceaseless DeathObituary--ObituaryBeheaded--Beast IncarnateImmolation--AtonementHour of Penance--Cast the First StoneMidnight--Shox of ViolenceLantern--IIIron Reagan--Crossover MinistryMastodon--Emperor of SandOverkill--The Grinding WheelPower Trip--Nightmare LogicKreator--Gods of Violence
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 1 April 2017 14:39 (seven years ago) link
actually been a pretty slow purchase year in 2017 so far, a lot of what i've recently acquired is from 2016
I checked out the Havoc record. Heard a shitty funk bass line that sounded like something Robert Trujillo threw away two decades ago and a rant against supposed political correctness and shut it off. Pretty sure the rest is not genius.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 1 April 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
Oh yeah, the Body Count album is out now. I'm gonna check that out today.
― jmm, Saturday, 1 April 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link