Rolling Metal Thread 2008

I had to do an invisible jukebox thing tonight and failed to ID pig destroyer

my cred is shot

DEATH TO FALSE JOHN

I turned in my denim at the office

My proposal for the 2008 EMP Pop Conference - "Charred Neighborhoods: The Rise Of The Colombian Death Metal Underground" - has been accepted. See some of you in April!

Congratulations! Wow, I guess we should start checking our mailboxes...

it will be interesting to see if Phil is the lone metal warrior this year, as I was last year. a gang of one!

and congrats, phil. you should have a swell time. i had more fun than i deserve and i'm already sad that i won't be attending the next one. maybe next next year!

Congrats, Phil!

My proposal for the 2008 EMP Pop Conference - "Charred Neighborhoods: The Rise Of The Colombian Death Metal Underground" - has been accepted. See some of you in April!

Holy shit, I just ran across my copy of "From Colombia With Hate" the other day - can't wait to read yr paper!

I should get out to EMP one of these years, I keep getting the invites. Cool to see you're participating, Phil!

I don't know what the hell I'd talk about...I'd go there to listen.

i've mentioned it a zillion times, but i had such a blast last year. and i had absolutely NO expectations. got to meet and hang out with tons of ilx pals like ned and the reverend and alfred and mark s. and geeta. had a great time getting to know simon reynolds and cosmo lee and others. and everyone involved with EMP made me feel right at home. cuz, um, i'm kind of a shut-in, so that was nice. they made me feel like a "peer" or something. everyone was talking to everyone. i liked that open exchange. i don't get to talk like that in real life with other people that often.

How come I never get invited to EMP? :-( (Probably because they don't know I exist)

congrats, Phil!

i'm pretty sure they send mass e-mails to anyone who has voted in pazz and jop. and you can request to vote in pazz and jop. i think. um, for future reference.

or even if you haven't voted, i think they had/have access to the pazz & jop list? maybe i'm wrong.

Oh. I did not know that. I thought you can only vote in the poll if you are a real critic. I will look into it. Thanks!

i think if you e-mail harvilla at the voice and say hey i really like ther arcade fire too then he will send you a ballot. too late this year, but for later...

I'm really looking forward to those Hellhammer demos, especially since the bootlegs I have already have better sound than Apocalyptic Raids.

i admit not having paid much attention, but were they always this open to discussing their hellhammer days? i used to have the impression that they had swept that stuff under the rug.

mr. warrior was reticent to talk about them for a long while, IIRC, same as not talking about cold lake (which he now roundly denounces every chance he gets). kraftwerk syndrome.

A solid 1/3 of Marooned contributors were folks I heard speak and/or met at EMP, just for the record.

Congrats, Phil.

Currently listening to In The Shadow Of The Black Palm Tree, the 5-song, 65-minute debut CD by Chingalera, a super heavy power-sludge trio from L.A. It's pretty goddamn huge. The vocals are the usual post-HC bark, but with a little extra circa-1984 Michael Gira to 'em. These guys could do a very creditable cover of "Raping A Slave" if they wanted to.

I'd never heard of these guys until yesterday but I've been asked to review it, pretty siked now I've read that!

Out of curiosity, which Pig D did they play J0hn? If it was Phantom Limb, I don't blame you. When I got the promo I still didn't think it was Pig D.

Screw 2008; it's all about 1998 in my cubicle, as I am presently blasting Incantation's Diabolical Conquest in my headphones. Woke up this morning with an irresistible urge to hear this album, and fuck, does it ever hold up.

man fuck 2008, I'm listening to old Incantation right now and feeling no pain

-- J0hn D., Monday, January 7, 2008

Screw 2008; it's all about 1998 in my cubicle, as I am presently blasting Incantation's Diabolical Conquest in my headphones.

-- unperson, Thursday, January 10, 2008

poor 2008 :(

Ha! I forgot he posted that. I may have to return to the present, though - the new Sword disc just fell out of the mailbag.

To answer Jeff's question above a bit further -- anyone can pitch a paper to EMP, Jeff, just follow the format when the call for papers goes out. There's always at least one dedicated thread on here!

For those like myself who can't wait to get their grimy metal paws on John D.'s forthcoming Sabbath book, Continuum is offering a two-chapter sampler for anyone who sends an email to sabbathsamp✧✧✧@ya✧✧✧.c✧✧.

Looking forward to reading it!

Weird...make that sabbathsampler(at)yahoo(dot)com.

John has lost all cred with me for not identifying Pig Destroyer.

the new Sword disc just fell out of the mailbag.

-- unperson, Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:27 PM

going to see them on sat, am psyched

John has lost all cred with me for not identifying Pig Destroyer.

I know it's awful. I listened to that record (it was Phantom Limb) all spring and had it on my year-end list. If they'd have played the song "Heathen Temple" I woulda got it. Then again I am the worst at invisible jukebox. The first song was Angels of Light, I've been listening to Michael Gira for twenty-four years, and I drew a total blank.

Ha ha, I am the king of "I know I've heard that before, but damned if I know what it is." My friend (who works at a record label) and I spent a good portion of time before the Boris show trying to figure out what stoner band was on the loudspeaker, only to realize like two weeks later that it was, in fact, The Sword.

Not to mention the billion or so times I've been writing a review, and absolutely knew that I recognized where a riff was stolen from or who the band sounded like, and could not for the life of me figure it out.

"The first song was Angels of Light, I've been listening to Michael Gira for twenty-four years, and I drew a total blank."

okay, now i know you are nuts. who else could it have been!

It was like my brain was broken! I was just sitting there with a dumb grin on my face goin' "Jesus, I know this...it's like...who is it, duh" & my wife looked over and was like "you didn't get that one?" and I was like "I hate being stupid"

You can go up on stage in front of people and perform your songs, but being asked to name songs is too much pressure for you?

Hell, I've blacked out on a few obvious things over time. Much to the amusement of those around me.

You can go up on stage in front of people and perform your songs, but being asked to name songs is too much pressure for you?

haha I imagine if I did invisible jukebox every night for an hour and got a paycheck at the end of it I'd get pretty good at it

That would be an awesome job!

got the latest issue of SOD magazine in the mail. i'm cranking the latest album by Sathanas that the band sent me on CDR. drinking lots of coffee. life is good.

So it turns out the latest one by the Destiny Program is actually more listenable than I expected it to be. When they're not doing a respectable imitation of In Flames and Soilwork, they pull out these big spacious melodies and arrangements that sort of remind me of Thrice, of all people. Not as good as, say, the last Soilwork album, but at least they're trying to stand out from the crowd.

Otherwise, as of late (the last month really) I've been completely immersed in the Tank back catalog, and have been thoroughly enjoying it. What a great band...

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree, Adrien. There is definitely some good stuff on this album, especially when they go melodic or try to sound like Fear Factory, but it's still pretty generic.

The harder stuff is pretty plain, but I'm really surprised at how this thing actually held my interest. I'm usually bored stiff 20 minutes into a metalcore album. I must have been in a good mood or something.

Today I listened to grind all day. It was awesome. Amoebic Dystenery & Gruesome Stuff Relish did not disappoint.

grind is the gift that keeps on giving.

After half a listen Khann's Tofutopia sounds like the greatest album ever made. It's hard but then suddenly it's not, and then suddenly it's eating your guts off the floor without even brushing them off or anything.

Well now I'm interested!

Just got the new Dead Child in the mail. I had heard about these guys but hadn't heard them - was sort of assuming there'd be an audible tongue-in-cheek quality to it, but there isn't - it sounds kinda like a sped-up Pentagram only the vocals have an early-eighties metal vibe. Chuck I wonder if you wouldn't dig this record a lot, at least the first two tracks, which is where I'm at.

The one-sheet is lousy and should be ignored but that's par for the course this year, I've read some of the worst shit ever just in the past two days.

actually having listened to the whole thing I'd say "it's real good" and "it sounds kinda like Only Theater of Pain/Deathwish-era Christian Death only more metal"