Rolling Metal Thread 2009

'Grand Declaration...' is about on a par with 'Ordo...', imo. 'Wolf Slayer Abyss' is their classic.
Aborym 'With No Human Intervention' is also to my taste, though with a techno clunker thrown in.
I play the new Gorgoroth more than any since 'Destroyer'.
Pest's old band, Obtained Enslavement, I prefer to any Gorgoroth.

this is slightly OT, but have you all ever listened to attila's old band Plasma Pool? <3 him (also, kinda them) but the term "techno clunkers" is what reminded me of them.

PS pelican played here the other night and failed to be slow or heavy enough.

No, but I have heard and enjoyed the black-thrash 'Ano Domini' by Tormentor.

tormentor = great!

has anyone seen severed ways? about norse discovery of north america? i have mixed feelings about this movie. it's a small part herzog (complete with popol vuh? how did they swing that?) and part ridiculous. features a guy actually shitting in the woods and burning churches.

trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUdxd0J-ujA

yeah I thought it was well-directed, I have to say!

Yeah, I got it from Netflix awhile back. Wrote about it here. Really nicely filmed and well put together, though I definitely did not need to watch that dude take his morning dump.

I enjoyed most of it in spite of the weird overdubbing, shitting, etc. What took me out of it a little was seeing a recognizable Hollywood actress, even in a small role.

Money where your mouth is time: I spent all last week bitching about Decibel's Top 100 of the 2000s list, so this week I'm posting my own. Here are #s 100 through 81. Enjoy!

Phil, I just finished the first paragraph but I just wanna mention that ppl make fun of me for needing a 160GB ipod as if I'm some kind of OCD basket case. Now i feel less alone.

(I am an OCD basket case though).

I only have a 120 GB iPod, and it has been full for quite a long time now. I constantly have to delete stuff out in order to add anything. I'm going to wait until they come out with an even bigger size to upgrade, though.

i already like phil's list more than the decibel list. not that i'd probably listen to most of it, but i like it better. i like any list that makes room for prostitute disfigurement. well, not ANY list. like, if it were on someone's to-do list, i might worry...

J3ff OTM. I want 320 GB, but half a TB would be ideal. It's okay if it's the size of a Star Trek tricorder, i don't care.

Yeah, my wife got me the 160GB iPod for our wedding two years ago and I am constantly having to move stuff on and off. I was really bummed when Apple discontinued the classic line.

This is actually why I still rip shit as MP3 rather than M4A, because if some other company decides to take up the massive capacity angle, I want my files to be able to play on it. I sense Apple might not be going higher capacity for a while.

You can always dl a free converter , anyway.

I've only used this once, but it did work.
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I can't believe Phil or anyone would say that Isa is the best Enslaved record. Does not compute.

No, it don't.
Alas, they were touring on it the only time I heard them live.
It did make for a nifty tee for my wife, though.

* METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH AND ANTHRAX TO PERFORM TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY *

* THE BIG FOUR CONFIRMED FOR SONISPHERE POLAND AND CZECH REPUBLIC *

* MORE BIG FOUR APPEARANCES AT SONISPHERE SHOWS PLANNED *

The world wide web has been abound with speculation on a possible “BIG FOUR” tour for several months. Now, SONISPHERE can exclusively reveal that METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX will play together for the first time in history, in a move that will have metalheads across the globe frenzied with excitement.

Says LARS ULRICH/METALLICA of this historic announcement:
"Who would have thought that more than 25 years after its inception, thrash metal's big 4 would not only still be around and more popular than ever, but will now play together for the first time...what a mindfuck! Bring it on!"

“It's about fucking time this happened,” said SLAYER’s KERRY KING. “and about time the fans finally get what they want. This is fucking awesome.”

ANTHRAX guitarist SCOTT IAN agrees, commenting on the enormity of the announcement.

“People have been talking about these four bands playing together since 1984. That's twenty-six years of expectation!!! And the thing is, I believe not only will we live up to the expectations, we will shatter them!! No other four bands as influential as the four of us have ever done this. Imagine if The Beatles, Stones, The Who and Zeppelin had done shows? Or Sabbath, Priest, Maiden, Motorhead? Well, I may be getting into some rarified air here but as a fan, that's how big I feel this is.”

FYI the one in Poland is being held at an airport

i just see "WE NEED MONEY" in 72 pt. type

was really bummed when Apple discontinued the classic line.

Except that they haven't. The latest revision (160GB) was just released this past September.

On revision, I see that you meant the even larger ones. Yes, it's a shame - but when flash memory gets even smaller and cheaper, which won't belong, I think we'll see a return to bigger capacity models.

Now, back to the metal.

Does anyone know the name of the dude with afro who has been doing backing vocals (and keyboards) for Om on the recent tour?

Rob Lowe apparently. My, he's changed.

Oh noes, another Rob Lowe?

I wonder if Anthrax will get Belladonna to do the Big Four thing and kick out John Bush yet again.

glad to hear I'm not the only one that gets weird looks when they say their ipod is full. (I'm workin w/a miniscule 80gb one tho.)

The guy performing with OM is the dude who also performs as Lichens (as a one-man act I think). He opened for Boredoms in NYC this year, just him with a mic and effects. I thought it was fantastic, kind of like vocal Frippertronics with a muezzin/medieval polyphony tinge.

The guy performing with OM is the dude who also performs as Lichens

He's also in the 90 Day Men and sang with guys from US Maple in a band called Singer.

Oh wow, Lichens and Om could be pretty cool.

I predict that Megadeth will wipe the floor with the competition at that festival btw

not slayer? the slayer forget how 2 jam?

That Singer album wasn't bad

Phil's list is great thus far, real diverse and personal and all those things that happen when you do not submit your list to a greater hivemind.

Except I hate that Dir en Grey record. And Dir en Grey. It's an irrational hate, but I have heard that specific album and it resembles a much-less-good Lateralus, which is an achievement in some sense.

Anyway, this is what spending your freshman year around increasingly distorted anime fans will do to you.

Part Two of the list (#s 80-61) is up... http://bit.ly/5QMwn2

If you like Dir en Grey (and I do, a lot), check out the new album Now, by girugamesh. Least-metal metal album-cover I've seen all year, maybe, but after two listens I'm having to think about maybe shoehorning it into my metal top-10 somehow.

The thing about Om is that everyone's banging on about the difference between Chris Haikus and Emil Amos. And while the latter's percussive drumming couldn't be more different from the former's almost thuggish attack, this flip in styles has been a massive smokescreen for the actual important change in style, which is Al Cisneros' bass playing, which, live at least, has gone all fucking fiddly and jazz-lite and indulging in ridiculous classic rock aping builds.

The guy from Lichens is a good idea but it doesn't work. They don't need more new age elements added to the sound.

They're already called Om for fuck's sake.

kind of wish everyone in Shrinebuilder would ditch their current projects and go forth with that one.

I second that.

really? thought shrinebuilder was fine but nothing special

Thirded, and the motion is carried. Please inform mssrs Cisneros, Weinrich, Crover and Kelly.

Um no, need more Melvins in my life thanks.

The guy performing with OM is the dude who also performs as Lichens

He's also in the 90 Day Men and sang with guys from US Maple in a band called Singer.

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ha this dude worked (works?) at the video store around the corner from my old apartment, he seemed like a cool guy

Shrinebuilder was nothing special.

That's pure insanity. Shrinebuilder are one of the few current metal bands who make tracks live up to their preposterously awesome song titles.

Well, not one of the few but they're in the minority for sure.

they were pretty awesome live. haven't listened to the album much.

I liked the album, but it definitely wasn't best-of-year for me by any means.

And seconded on Girugamesh. I just discovered them this week on a J-rock download blog I visit from time to time.

Oh man: new Rotting Christ album to include a Diamanda Galas cover that incorporates the vocal from her version.