It's 2009 in Japan! So, let's ring in the new year with METAL.
― Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 17:40 (10 months ago) Permalink
in before the supervolcano under yellowstone explodes.
murkrat are interesting. i don't know if great applies, but weird female duo-doom from australia. it's interesting.
― what we do is secrete (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 17:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
INTERESTING INTERESTING INTERESTING there got my quota filled
So I can talk about the new Scale the Summit album now? Pretty impressed with this after the first listen, hits all my prog-metal, Rush-inspired buttons in the right way without sinking into (what I consider) the abyss of rote Dream Theater worship. My favorite instrumental metal album of 2009 so far!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 17:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
Okay, I'll bite. Here are the metal/hard rock albums from 2009 I've heard that I like so far. (Two came out really late in 2008, one of those in Australia, so I'll let them carry over to next year.) List is more or less in order of preference so far, but will be in serious flux for the next 12 months, obviously. Seriously doubt the Whore Moans will last in my apartment more than a month or two at most, but we'll see. Noticed somebody on the '08 thread already dissing the new Edguy album, but I like it. (Never heard any of their previous stuff, and really know nothing about them, so not sure what anybody else was expecting.) Sigh, Billy Thorpe, Zero Boys, and Wicked Witch are sort of "reissues," in vaguely different ways. Zero Boys (tuneful and rocking early '80s Bloomington, Indiana hardcore punks) also have a History Of CD that sounds promising, but I haven't much gotten to the bottom of it yet. Also still haven't decided what I think about the new album on Ipecac by Zu, but I liked the last couple I heard by them, and the new one at least sounds interesting (albiet "difficut") in the background so far. Interesting side note: All the records below are on different labels! Here goes.
Sigh – Imaginary Soundscape (The End)Sinner – Crash And Burn (Candlelight USA)Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs – Long Live Rock and Roll (Aztec Music ’08)Diagonal – Diagonal (Rise Above)Zero Boys – Vicious Circle (Secretly Canadian)Edguy – Tinnitus Sanctus (Nuclear Blast)Saxon – Into The Labyrinth (SPV)Elder – Elder (Meteor City ’08)Steadlür – Everything Is Nothing (Roadrunner)Dead Man – Euphoria (Crusher)Fires Of Rome – You Kingdom You (The Hours)Living Things – Habeas Corpus (Jive/Zomba)Wicked Witch – Chaos 1978-86 (EM)Dalek – Gutter Tactics (Ipecac)The Whore Moans – Hello From The Radio Wasteland! (Mt. Fuji)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 17:56 (10 months ago) Permalink
Sigh – Imaginary Soundscape (The End)
what the
The End Records is to reissue this album on January 20th 2009. Featuring cover art by Stephen O'Malley (SUNN O))), Southern Lord Records), this reissue is Imaginary Soniscape as it was originally conceived by the band, introducing two songs cut from the original release. Remastered by James Murphy!
well, i'll be...
― what we do is secrete (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:02 (10 months ago) Permalink
Welcome back, Chuck! Did you like the Ross the Boss record?
― Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:03 (10 months ago) Permalink
Nah, not much, at least the part of it I got through. But I was never a huge Manowar fan either, to be honest, so maybe I'm not the one to ask. (You know me, I still miss the Dictators.)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:07 (10 months ago) Permalink
I like the Sinner record, although the Blink 182 cover confused the hell out of me.
Meanwhile, I get the feeling Tombs' Winter Hours (Relapse) is pretty good, but it keeps going through one ear and out the other. Not to say that it won't grow on me, but so far nothing has stuck. Noisy post-black metal stuff never really does, though.
― Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:13 (10 months ago) Permalink
Blink 182 cover confused the hell out of me
??? Which song is this?? (I love the Sinner album, either way.)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
I suppose I should bump Nominate Albums For ILM's Metal Albums Of The Year 2008 (closes Jan 1st ) to remind you all incase you've left anything out.
Hope you all have a good new year when it comes.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:19 (10 months ago) Permalink
Oops, my mistake. It was a Marvelous 3 cover ("Little Head"). Surprisingly faithful, too. That's embarrassing, I actually like M3!
― Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:22 (10 months ago) Permalink
I don't know beans about Marvelous 3, but that's a pretty decent song (apparently about, you know, the singer's little head, and what happens to it backstage, which apparently involves getting a little head), though not nearly the catchiest or most hilarious song on the Sinner album. (The ones that sound like Thin Lizzy and 38 Special, and the ones about how "love is back in the jailhouse" and "like a rock, I'll never give in" are probably my favorites, though the sad ballad about the boy who always misses the train home and the two really over-the-top fast ones are definitely up there in the running, too.)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:28 (10 months ago) Permalink
wtf @ that Sigh thing
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:29 (10 months ago) Permalink
The last Sigh album got remastered and reissued less than a year after it originally came out. Some people acted wtf about James Murphy then, until it was pointed out that it was a different James Murphy.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
Marvelous 3 were super producer Butch Walker's power pop band in the late 90s. Really catchy, poppy stuff, which is maybe why I was surprised to hear them covered by a metal band. Although Firewind did cover "Maniac" last year...
― Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 18:33 (10 months ago) Permalink
Gotta reiterate what I said in the 08 thread, the new Satyricon is really, really good. Joe Barresi's really doing wonders with Norwegian black metal these days, with his work on this CD and the new Enslaved.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 19:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
Re-ditto the new Satyricon. Songs from it keep popping up on my Shuffle and I'm pleased all over again each time. Very much looking forward to seeing them with Septicflesh and Cradle of Filth in a couple weeks.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 19:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
This was posted on another thread
Terrorizer's top 20 01. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae (Indie Recordings)02. CYNIC - Traced In Air (Season Of Mist)03. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Candlelight)04. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh (Listenable)05. TORCHE - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)06. MESHUGGAH - ObZen (Nuclear Blast)07. OPETH - Watershed (Roadrunner)08. METALLICA - Death Magnetic (Warner)09. BLOODBATH - The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)10. ESOTERIC - The Maniacal Vale (Season Of Mist)11. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)12. AC/DC - Black Ice (Sony)13. ASVA - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (Southern Lord)14. HAIL OF BULLETS - ...Of Frost And War (Metal Blade)15. SEPTICFLESH - Communion (Season Of Mist)16. DARKTHRONE - Dark Thrones And Black Flags (Peaceville)17. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund)18. GRAND MAGUS - Iron Will (Rise Above)19. HARVEY MILK - Life... The Best Game In Town (Hydra Head)20. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero (Roadrunner)
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 January 2009 00:20 (10 months ago) Permalink
Why are Metallica doing so well in these lists? It's not that great people. Just because it's better than St Anger does not make it a great album.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 January 2009 00:22 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm impressed. Of those 20 I have four on my top 10 (Enslaved, Cynic, Septicflesh, Leviathan), and would have 5 if I were considering Satyricon in 2008. Weirder, given that, is that of the other 15 I actively dislike 12 (Grand Magus I like, Bloodbath and Asva I don't know).
But it's an extreme genre, after all...
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 1 January 2009 00:44 (10 months ago) Permalink
Asva album is really great
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 January 2009 00:53 (10 months ago) Permalink
Did you hear Esoteric? Brilliant album. I think it will be my no 1 for the ilx metal poll of 2008. Just beating Torche.
Yeah, I was all set to love Esoteric from the things people have said about it, but it didn't do anything for me. Came back to it again a couple months later, because it kept cropping up in my path, but no, still nothing. I'm missing some sync-point with it; I can't find its internal logic, and so it just goes by me without taking me anywhere. I had a similar experience (including trying twice) with Origin's Antithesis. My loss, I'm sure.
I'll investigate Asva, which seems to have slipped by me while I was busy listening to the Crippled Lucifer reissue...
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 1 January 2009 02:22 (10 months ago) Permalink
Usually Terrorizer has one or two European releases that I've never heard of before, but not this year.
And Death Magnetic still holds up very well.
One title I'm surprised at seeing on all the polls is Bloodbath. Not that it's bad, anything but, it's very enjoyable, but I could name five or six death metal albums that top that one. Besides, I'd much rather listen to Katatonia, to be honest.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 1 January 2009 02:31 (10 months ago) Permalink
Some people acted wtf about James Murphy then, until it was pointed out that it was a different James Murphy.
there's a james murphy other than the guy who was in death and cancer and disincarnate?
― what we do is secrete (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 1 January 2009 04:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
lol. Yes, the one LJ thought it was.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 January 2009 16:10 (10 months ago) Permalink
Voting has now opened in the ILX METAL ALBUMS OF 2008 PollIf you want to vote please go to VOTE In ILX's BEST METAL ALBUMS Of 2008 POLL (Voting Ends Jan 15th)
any discussions on that poll should be kept there (so that I don't have to keep bumping it obviously)
Please everyone vote if you can.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 January 2009 16:12 (10 months ago) Permalink
So, I don't know if this is just me, but I think every issue of Metal Edge should be a cartoon. It certainly helps the new issue stand out! Or maybe that's because it has a rabbit humping Maria Brink's leg. Either way, good job, Phil!
― Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 January 2009 21:55 (10 months ago) Permalink
Hey, don't blame me - blame occasional ILM poster Oilyrags, who painted it.
― unperson, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:57 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm totally serious! Cartoon animals + sweaty metal dudes = awesome.
― Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 January 2009 21:59 (10 months ago) Permalink
Wow, Oilyrags painted that!
― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Friday, 2 January 2009 22:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, it's cool. Manga Axl is also pretty funny.
― Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 January 2009 22:09 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'd forgotten that! I need to buy Oily a beer!
― HOOSytime steenman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 2 January 2009 22:43 (10 months ago) Permalink
I hope all you regulars will vote in the metal poll btw.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 2 January 2009 23:48 (10 months ago) Permalink
Thanks to those who have already btw
ok btw
― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Friday, 2 January 2009 23:56 (10 months ago) Permalink
Got this via email, from somebody named Moogle:
your post in the 2009 metal thread got me really intrigued about this band Zu... I can't find any links to any of their albums anywhere on the web (unless I'm blind!), can I ask where you found their new one and if you could PM me a link?
I wouldn't know how to "PM a link" even if I wanted to, but I got an advance of the new album from their label, to review. Link to their myspace page is below. Previous Zu albums I liked (possibly more than this one since those may have had more of a sense of humor to go with all the undeniably banging and bracing harmelodic fusoid-metal skronk, though I haven't decided for sure yet) were Motorhellington (2001, all-covers Eugene Chadbourne collab) and The Way of Animal Powers (2005). But I get the idea that their apparently recent discovery by Mike Patton and jump up the label ladder to Ipecac will give the new one more visibility. (For sonic reference points, think Blood Ulmer, Last Exit, Gone, Glen Branca, Primus, Lightning Bolt, etc.)
http://www.myspace.com/zuband
Meanwhile, Serpentcult's Weight of Light doesn't quite cut it, I don't think. Gender-inderterminate (though apparently female) and just a little too thin-sounding post-Ozzy/Geddy/Annekevocals over consistently/reasonably plowing but never quite transcendent stoner gloom. From Belgium.
― xhuxk, Sunday, 4 January 2009 18:47 (10 months ago) Permalink
That Zu album is fantastic.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 4 January 2009 19:03 (10 months ago) Permalink
"PM me your price, strongohulkington"
― HOOS GRAB IT INSTEENLY (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 4 January 2009 19:09 (10 months ago) Permalink
I just remembered that the only people who would get that reference don't read this thread.
― HOOS GRAB IT INSTEENLY (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 4 January 2009 19:13 (10 months ago) Permalink
dude i think you basically just pmed a link in spite of yourself
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
Plug for a friend- Jeff Heavy Metal Parking Lot Krulik's NYC movie shorts showing:
I'm happy to start the new year with a Brooklyn screening at LIGHT INDUSTRY tomorrow night, January 6, at 7:30PM: http://www.lightindustry.org/krulik.html Included in the 90-minute program of new work includes developing projects HEAVY METAL PICNIC and LED ZEPPELIN PLAYED HERE. Author and critic Michael Azerad (Our Band Could Be Your Life) will lead conversation and discussion afterwards.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 January 2009 15:29 (10 months ago) Permalink
The full Terrorizer Top 4001. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae (Indie Recordings)02. CYNIC - Traced In Air (Season Of Mist)03. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Candlelight)04. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh (Listenable)05. TORCHE - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)06. MESHUGGAH - ObZen (Nuclear Blast)07. OPETH - Watershed (Roadrunner)08. METALLICA - Death Magnetic (Warner)09. BLOODBATH - The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)10. ESOTERIC - The Maniacal Vale (Season Of Mist)11. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)12. AC/DC - Black Ice (Sony)13. ASVA - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (Southern Lord)14. HAIL OF BULLETS - ...Of Frost And War (Metal Blade)15. SEPTICFLESH - Communion (Season Of Mist)16. DARKTHRONE - Dark Thrones And Black Flags (Peaceville)17. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund)18. GRAND MAGUS - Iron Will (Rise Above)19. HARVEY MILK - Life... The Best Game In Town (Hydra Head)20. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero (Roadrunner) 21. DEICIDE - Til Death Do Us Part22. TRAP THEM - Seizures in barren praise23. MOSS - Sub Templum24. MELVINS - Nude With Boots25. GENGHIS TRON - board up the house26. AURA NOIR - Hades Rise27. VIRUS - The Black Flux28. BLOOD CEREMONY - Blood Ceremony29. ORIGIN - Antithesis30. JEX THOTH - Jex Thoth31. ENFORCER - Into The Night32. MOTORHEAD - Motorizer33. KRALLICE - Krallice34. TOXIC HOLOCAUST - An Overdose Of Death35. WITHERED - Folie Circulaire36. MISERY INDEX - Traitors37. BURST - Lazarus Bird38. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY - Inflikted39. AMON AMARTH - Twilight Of The Thundergod40. PORTRAIT - Portrait
and you can still VOTE In ILX's BEST METAL ALBUMS Of 2008 POLL (Voting Ends Jan 15th) to see what ILX can come up with.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 5 January 2009 17:18 (10 months ago) Permalink
I just received an email from Metal Blade's Canadian label manager saying the label will no longer be servicing physical promos anymore starting immediately. Advanced music will only be available to Canadian press outlets via iPOOL. Is this happening in the USA as well? Have any of you been notified of this?
― S. Palmerston, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 16:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
I got the same message. This seems to be the trend in metal these days.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 18:41 (10 months ago) Permalink
Could just be Canada...I got physical MB product not that long ago, I think. I've been downloading their new/upcoming releases for awhile already, though.
― unperson, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 19:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
Uh, Phil... is this Noism album a joke? It sounds like someone left a Genghis Tron record on fast-forward.
― Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:03 (10 months ago) Permalink
I've been downloading their new/upcoming releases for awhile already, though.
As have I. It's fine for reviewing stuff at home, but as far as the weekly radio show I do with fellow writer K. Stewart-Panko I don't have a CD burner and can't access the files at the station while on-air, so I'm a little bummed about that. He'll probably end up getting all the CDs still though since he's been on their regular list since like 1992, but we'll see.
― S. Palmerston, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 22:06 (10 months ago) Permalink
Although it came out in 2008, I finally found a copy of D.X. Ferris's 33 1/3 book on Reign In Blood this past Saturday. Read it from cover to cover on Sunday and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Also picked up the Masters of Reality book by J. Darnielle but didn't realize it was fiction. Should have read the back before buying it, but I was so excited to finally see these books in a Canadian store that I couldn't help myself. These two books and a few choice used scores (the rare Pentagram comp Human Hurricane and Thin Lizzy's Fighting) made the trip to Toronto worthwhile.
― S. Palmerston, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 22:12 (10 months ago) Permalink
I did! I thought I sent you an e-mail back of thanks, but I see now I didn't. I appreciate it!!
(xxpost)
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 November 2009 19:35 (2 days ago) Permalink
no prob dude just wanted to make sure!
― omaha deserved 311 (call all destroyer), Thursday, 19 November 2009 19:39 (2 days ago) Permalink
xxxxpost
yeah, every gorguts album has its charms, no doubt. anything ever surface from that new lineup?
― ' ( *_*) ERROR HANDLING (^_^ ) (Alan N), Thursday, 19 November 2009 19:40 (2 days ago) Permalink
I can answer that as I just interviewed Luc from Gorguts - new album in late '10, both the Byla guys and the drummer from Origin/Skinless etc on board, mostly written but not recorded, pretty long songs (like 7 min average), bit proggier than Gorguts of old. Sounds good
― 19349 things paedophiles like to complain about (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:18 (2 days ago) Permalink
oh, awesome. am psyched to hear that.
but late '10 - damn!
― ' ( *_*) ERROR HANDLING (^_^ ) (Alan N), Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:33 (2 days ago) Permalink
also, listening to gorguts is always a little bittersweet now. r.i.p. steve mcdonald. god, what an amazing drummer.
― ' ( *_*) ERROR HANDLING (^_^ ) (Alan N), Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:35 (2 days ago) Permalink
Yesterday my brother played me the Black Anvil reissue on Relapse. NYC dudes playing retro Swedish death metal. Really excellent.
Someone recently told me that the next big trend will be kids playing Swedish death metal. I believe this prophecy. Begone retro-thrash!
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:43 (2 days ago) Permalink
I don't believe that's a reissue... I'm seeing them in a couple weeks with Nachtmystium and Marduk.
― Van Slyke Paidbreed (J3ff T.), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:47 (2 days ago) Permalink
the retro-death train has been chugging along for awhile now. but, like the retro-thrash stuff, hardly any of it is as good or great as the stuff its aping.
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:47 (2 days ago) Permalink
Yeah, Decibel's been touting the whole retro-death thing. Personally the thrash revival appealed to me more quite frankly, only because that was my era, right before death metal came along.
But yeah, that Black Anvil album is really good. One of many standouts I couldn't vote for this year! And I do believe it came out in 08 in some capacity.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:48 (2 days ago) Permalink
at best a lot of it is just a carbon copy of the old stuff. which i guess is cool if you need new stuff that sounds exactly like the old stuff.
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:49 (2 days ago) Permalink
something else you can blame katatonia for in a way. if you feel like blaming them for something. a lot of younger people got in to the old death stuff via bloodbath. (see, ten years ahead of their time even when it comes to retro fads!)
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:52 (2 days ago) Permalink
"I don't believe that's a reissue."
Black Anvil's record came out on Momentum Records. Then Relapse reissued it.
Anyway, that's great news that they're on the Marduk tour. That means I get to see them soon!
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:54 (2 days ago) Permalink
Oh nevermind. Not in Portland :(
Yeah, it seems the kids like Bloodbath a helluvalot more than Katatonia.
Speaking of Katatonia, did it even chart in the US? No mention of it at all on this week's Metal Insider's Metal By Numbers column.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:56 (2 days ago) Permalink
Tell you what, they'd have had a hell of a better chance at charting here if they'd have had decent distribution for it. Still haven't seen it in a single store (though I haven't been to any metal specialty shops since it came out), think I'll just order it online.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:58 (2 days ago) Permalink
It debuted at #33 on Canada's metal soundscan chart, which is really friggin' low.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:59 (2 days ago) Permalink
what jon said. i've said enough. it's a shame. what else can you say. i have NO idea where i could find the album around here. and i'd like to buy one! so, it's probably gonna be amazon or wherever for me.
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 November 2009 23:04 (2 days ago) Permalink
It's available on eMusic now if you roll that way.
― five minutes of iguana time (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 19 November 2009 23:05 (2 days ago) Permalink
I can pretty much guaranty that I could walk down to 2nd Avenue Records in Portland and pick up the new Katatonia.
We are spoiled here with culture.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 20 November 2009 00:34 (Yesterday) Permalink
Oh, I'm sure I could drive down to Metal Haven and pick up a copy, I was just trying to make the point that, like it or not, if you are a metal band trying to break America - you need to get your record in places that aren't metal specialty shops.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 November 2009 00:37 (Yesterday) Permalink
I just phoned 2nd Avenue. They thought they might be sold out, but they checked and still have a few copies for sale.
Y'all should move here.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 20 November 2009 00:38 (Yesterday) Permalink
Trust me, the thought of Portland or Seattle has been discussed in our household many a time since our vacation out there a few years ago.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 November 2009 00:39 (Yesterday) Permalink
i bought it on amazon cuz i'm lazy like that.
― Buck Utah (rockapads), Friday, 20 November 2009 00:41 (Yesterday) Permalink
I downloaded it so I can see if I want to order the deluxe LP cuz I'm fickle like that.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 20 November 2009 00:53 (Yesterday) Permalink
even crazier is this: peaceville's catalog is huge and you should really be able to buy darkthrone albums in every mall store in this country.
― scott seward, Friday, 20 November 2009 01:27 (Yesterday) Permalink
I want to see Darkthrone play on the ice skating rink in Lloyd Center mall. I mean, Tonya Harding practiced there. It's fucking grimm.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 20 November 2009 04:08 (Yesterday) Permalink
Darkthrone CDs are very plentiful where I am. One mall chain has Transilvanian Hunger and A Blaze in the Northern Sky as part of their 2 for $25 deal, which is nice to see. Maybe "Canadian Metal" won them a bunch of new fans up here.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 20 November 2009 04:16 (Yesterday) Permalink
So Earthless are opening at the Baroness show tonight and I expect to like 'em based on shit you guys've said. If this proves true, what should I buy from their merch table?
― five minutes of iguana time (Jon Lewis), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:01 (Yesterday) Permalink
all of it
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:04 (Yesterday) Permalink
but the live roadburn double lp is a real must have
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:05 (Yesterday) Permalink
Yeah I'll probably only have $$ for one thing.
― five minutes of iguana time (Jon Lewis), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:08 (Yesterday) Permalink
Definitely get Live at Roadburn, but I recommend CD not LP, because it's two long jams, one per disc. Absolutely killer.
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:33 (Yesterday) Permalink
Thanks guys.
― make love to a c.h.u.d. in the club (Jon Lewis), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:59 (Yesterday) Permalink
The eternal question (Do you wear a band's T-shirt when seeing them live?) in poll form: http://bit.ly/4YZjAj
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:53 (Yesterday) Permalink
My friend and I were discussing this. We came to the conclusion that it's cool to wear a band shirt to their own concert once they've been around for 25 years, or if they are your very favorite band and it's your first time seeing them.
― Van Slyke Paidbreed (J3ff T.), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:07 (Yesterday) Permalink
For Maiden and Rush, it's definitely acceptable. I don't do it myself, but I actually have no problem with folks who do.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 20 November 2009 18:26 (Yesterday) Permalink
sometimes it's just easier to go ahead and put the new t-shirt on than carry it around all night.
― mte, Friday, 20 November 2009 18:37 (Yesterday) Permalink
But then what d'yo do with the shirt you wore in?
― make love to a c.h.u.d. in the club (Jon Lewis), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:40 (Yesterday) Permalink
you wear the new shirt over it
― Buck Utah (rockapads), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:42 (Yesterday) Permalink
wasn't it always kind of a badge of coolness to wear the old rare t-shirt from before the band was popular? or was that just the badge of geekiness?
― scott seward, Friday, 20 November 2009 18:43 (Yesterday) Permalink
i often wear shirts for loosely affiliated bands. napalm death at jesu &c
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 20 November 2009 18:44 (Yesterday) Permalink
i used to do that when i bought more band t-shirts. i should start buying them again. i wore an ancient aphex twin shirt to a sunn0))) show sort of on accident (was wearing it under my dickies hoodie and i had to take it off). not sure if that is cool or nigel.
― Buck Utah (rockapads), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:46 (Yesterday) Permalink
xxxxpost yeah, just put it on over the t-shirt you're already wearing. tougher if you have an oxford or sweater or something.
― mte, Friday, 20 November 2009 19:40 (Yesterday) Permalink
we're talking metal shows, though, aren't we?
― Buck Utah (rockapads), Friday, 20 November 2009 20:06 (Yesterday) Permalink
yeah, so pretty much you're just putting it on over another t-shirt.
― mte, Friday, 20 November 2009 20:57 (Yesterday) Permalink
Surely it's best to wear a shirt from every tour the band has done at the same time, layered in reverse chronology.
― make love to a c.h.u.d. in the club (Jon Lewis), Friday, 20 November 2009 20:59 (Yesterday) Permalink
Over your Oxford or sweater.
― Van Slyke Paidbreed (J3ff T.), Friday, 20 November 2009 21:06 (Yesterday) Permalink
usually head to shows straight after work, so I've worn sweaters to metal shows plenty of times. sometimes with collared button-downs underneath, even!
― ' ( *_*) ERROR HANDLING (^_^ ) (Alan N), Friday, 20 November 2009 21:13 (Yesterday) Permalink
Wore my Severe Torture shirt to a Dead Weather show a couple weeks ago, which turned out to be quite an OTM description of the evening.
― Chuffed Wiff Morrisound (Thijs), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:26 (Yesterday) Permalink