Rolling Metal Thread 2009

really enjoying the new comp of old stuff by Beyond Dawn. it's called Bygones. Has a lot of their early 90's singles, demos, unreleased stuff, etc. yet another Norwegian metal band a la Fleurety and Ulver who abandoned metal for beats and general weirdness. they always loved horns though, so even the early stuff has a trombone or two on it. and the early stuff is also the height of their celtic frost worship, which is fine by me. the early stuff is unpredictable, which i like too. all off-kilter riffs and weird digressions. but heavy too. definitely a band in the same cosmic boat as ved buens ende and ulver and manes and dhg. listening to the old stuff makes me wish i had a copy of beyond dawn's first album Pity Love handy. cuz it was a beauty (and already way less heavy than the stuff comped on Bygones).

they have a great sense of humor too. this is the video from their most recent album (caution: NO actual metal content):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WiNiLYg-AE

this is from pity love. such a cool record. if you ever wanted m. gira to put out an album of horn-heavy melancholic doom then you will dig it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrcY8DeHYW8

Man, do I really hate to have to do this here, but if any of you know of any outlets looking for a writer, please let me know. After almost a decade I got laid off from the architecture thing today, so I'm looking to pick up what I can. A very, very ridiculous long shot, but what the hell.

Back to your regularly scheduled headbanging.

man dude I am sorry to hear that you got laid off and I hope you are back in stride soon!!!

Yeah, that's lousy, alright. Openings at mags sure are scarce these days, but of course it never hurts to try. Hang in there!

Thanks guys. I figured it was a longer than long shot, but hey.

I got nothin'. Good luck.

Revolver is now a bimonthly:

http://www.metalinsider.net/gloom-and-doom/revolver-scaling-back-to-bimonthly

"I think anyone who picks up the new “Hottest Chicks in Metal of All Time” issue, which I’m personally very proud of, will see what I mean, and agree that we’re giving our readers a lot more bang for their buck."

I honestly haven't read that one in forever.

I hope Kate post here about why do women only get coverage in magazines based on their looks.

http://www.metalinsider.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hottestchicks4-227x300.jpg
I don't think even Kerrang have ran this sorta thing since Nirvana broke big.

they still do that shit in guitar magazines

i've never bought a copy of revolver. ever. and let me make something perfectly clear: i will buy ANYTHING. everytime i picked one up since it started i've put it down again with a big shrug. it started out as a kind of rock god mag, no. jimi hendrix and stuff.

Why did you send me a link to this, Kerr?

What do you want me to say?

Apart from the obvious - that "chick" on the left has been very oddly photoshopped.

Or do you just want me to check in and go facepalm.jpg?

I'll only say three things:

1) I'm astonished it took this long for the market to start killing Revolver; when Edge was still running, the scuttlebutt was that Revolver was a money loser for its publisher and the big money was in Guitar World.

2) The women on this year's "Hottest Chicks In Metal" cover are wearing much more clothing than past "winners."

3) Landmine Marathon is a great band and I'm sure Grace Perry is happy for the publicity. I've never heard of the girl on the left, with the guitar.

wow Herman way to be a dick to people

"I know, maybe I can make somebody mad. My day will have been a success, then."

yeah, actually i was thinking the same thing. really uncalled for.

Hey! I don't think he did it to make me mad. I mean, we do have that kind of a ribbing-each-other friendship. I'm certainly not implying it was mean for him to send the link. At all!

I just don't think I have anything I could possibly add to the conversation.

okay. sorry. just seemed like: hey, kate's been upset about this stuff in recent days, let me fuel the fire! which just seemed mean or something. but i certainly don't think that herman is mean.

No being mean on the metal thread, guys.

my bad I apologize Herman.

Man, I'd forgotten how much I hate Hatebreed. Listening to their new album (and their covers album) tonight. They really are one of the stupidest, knuckle-dragginest bands on earth. And yet, just like John's old posts about Creed and why some people love them, I can understand the appeal of Hatebreed.

i dont know if anyone here still likes to buy metal, but century distro is having a crazy sale right now. i just got mayhem de mysteriis dom sathanas on blue vinyl for $20. but there's tons of stuff in the $8 - $12, too. worth a spin through.

link is cmdistro . com

i have enjoyed hatebreed in the past. but i'm a fan of mookcore from way back. they really have perfected something in their way. they've distilled this very specific thing and made it an industry. it's kinda crazy. i had trouble getting through the new one. maybe i wasn't in the mood. if hatebreed are your thing though they definitely give you what you want. the same thing. again. forever. they could do it until they are old pissed-off men.

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Man, I'd forgotten how much I hate Hatebreed. Listening to their new album (and their covers album) tonight. They really are one of the stupidest, knuckle-dragginest bands on earth.

No arguments here. They're bringing Cannibal Corpse and Hate Eternal out here in December, so after digging the real talent, I'll likely watch the idiocy from a safe distance.

isn't hatebreed the band whose singer is named jamey jasta? I think "jamey jasta" is an all-time stage name for sure

Jasta has presence, that's one big thing he's got going for him. He can wind up a room like no other.

His overzealousness can yield some real gems, though, like this classic I heard him do last year: "It might be Wednesday here, but it's Friday somewhere else in the world."

HAT BREED

(they all wear hats all the time)

Back in the late 90s when Hatebreed was a vocally straightedge band, me and Steve Austin from Today is the Day blew pot smoke at them from side stage and laughed.

If anyone ever has to interview Hate Breed, ask them about the middle east question as regards to the fucking huge 'Holy Land' tattoos that they have.

The reaction is pretty amusing.

Last time I'll mention this on here but this weekend is my annual Fall into Darkness festival in Portland.

Thursday - Earth, SubArachnoid Space, Makoto Kawabata, ?Alos, Aerial Ruin
Friday - Agalloch, Amber Asylum, Soriah, Fauna
Saturday - YOB, Ludicra, Witch Mountain, Saviours, Atriarch

Probably won't be posting much this weekend.

Argh, that weekend looks awesome. Portland always has such amazing metal shows. I live in Saskatoon why?

That said, Saviours killed here the other night opening for 3IOB.

Will Kawabata be playing his zipper? It's awesome - and I'm totally fucking serious.

haha what?

walt disney sent me a copy of the new atreyu album. do i need to listen to it?

haha what?

Yeah I know that seemed kinda random, but it's true: during the Japanese New Music Festival, Kawabata and Tatsuya Yoshia of Ruins mic'ed up the zippers on their jackets and played them. It was sublime! Not exactly metal, no, but it instantly made me their biggest fans.

excuse me, fellow metal enthusiasts, but I have just begun listening to Avenger's 2009 release, Feast of Anger, Joy of Despair. I thought I would pay the thread a visit to say HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT AN AWESOME FUCKING SOUND + VIBE + ATMOSPHERE + BITCHIN GUITAR TEXTURES + FUCK YEAH THIS IS WHAT I AM FUCKING TALKING ABOUT WHEN I ASK FOR GOOD METAL.

what is it like?

sounds like dissection/master's hammer with a dose of darkthrone mainly on the vocals - basically it's death metal with a grim & frostbitten kingdoms vibe, also a little like that last marduk album Rom 5:12 songwriting-wise but with dirtier production/cooler-sounding atmosphere - like if you knew Rom 5:12, remember some of the mid-tempo dirge-y moments from it (song name escaping me but there was this one, very "classical" mode goin' on, minor-key lurching vibe), only that album the sound was kinda brash for me in a boring way, here there's a very re-amped in castle feel

fucking record is on point I'll tell you what

ok sorry for liveblog but srsly you guys I'm on track 4 now and unless somebody falls asleep at the wheel this is one of the best metal albums of 2009.

word, keep us posted

climax of track 5, "joy of despair," ramps up to some immortal-style greatness & then back in the lurching-like-frankenstein thing but w/a little viking vibe

this shit is absolutely fucking solid, I am seriously 100% down with this excellent release

track 6 is basically a weird soundscape trolls-or-whatever-around-the-fire thing, Conan renfaire that segues into another march into the fiery chasm track. listening to this while watching hockey w/sound on tv muted, my life rules

fantastic really contemplative soloing here in the middle of track 7, has a "middle eastern" (I know, but what can I say? phrygian mode maybe? all these guys are big heads on the scales-and-modes) feel. awesome sfx of marching armies or maybe just a big ol' empty oil drum, into a sort of hollowed-out/dialed-back drumkit dropout...and now the drums are back, rolling instead of marching...fuck I should shut off the lights and listen to this, it's just that hot

like, this isn't amon amarth, but if you feel amon amarth I can't see you not feeling this

hockey game is now phoenix vs. st louis btw, fuck st louis they came here and beat carolina last night so go yotes

last track a little disappointing tbh, generic by comparison to the rest of the album but fucking A everybody that was a solid listen.