Mordy's Metal Listening Club - New Albums Every Monday

sorry that I missed Mercyful Fate week - that album is hook paradise

Awesome choices, Herman.

If you don't like Manilla Road, there's something wrong with you.

Huge influence on (The Lord Weird) Slough Feg, so if you enjoyed their album I picked earlier on in the club, Manilla Road is for you.

I think even Glenn might like my picks.

man, that Manilla Road cover is the worst! and once again, i need to seriously play ketchup with the past few week's offerings (sigh).

I recently got a copy of the Trouble album, and its dead good. I think the review above overplays the lyrical differences between the Sabbs and Trouble, but other than that the comparison is spot on.

Looking forward to hearing these other records too!

man, that Manilla Road cover is the worst!

no it is not it is awesome!

Yeah I like that cover too, like Roger Dean done by a 9yr old.

y u insult 9yr olds, huh?

I thought Ioannis loved cheesy metal album covers

oh, i do. but that cover is just... shit, ya got me, man... i just hate crystals ok. logic, too.

i love that anata album!

unless we're talkin' about this Crystal, that is:

http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/dork8/pics/crystal.gif

xp

I know you love Dynasty too

herman lemme know when i can do three. i just thought of three albums i want everyone to hear.

ok, who told!!???

xp

scott can have my week

Scott, it's not up to me, it's mordys club! I only started the thread as he asked me to as he wasnt at home at his computer.

heh xp

02/8 scott seward
09/8 mordy

anyone else volunteering?

Instead of worrying about who's posting albums barely anybody cares enough to actually listen to and talk about, I'll chime in on this week's picks.

Warning: Should be in my wheelhouse as I love lots of modern, turgid doom but this was wallpaper to me. I did notice a little prettier guitar tone than most of the stuff I like, which is something I guess.

Pagan Altar: Had Volume 1 at one point but sold it. This reminded me why.

Trouble: Didn't think Psalm 9 was overlooked at this point, but a real solid record. I like their self-titled one from a few years later more, but that was my introduction to the group (I had read about their earlier stuff but never came across it; Def American releases made it into Northern New England more consistently than Metal Blade). Like Neil above, I think the lyrical differences between Sabbath and Trouble is overplayed.

Manilla Road: Another that should be right up my alley, but I think pulls off a few roads early. It's not bad by any means, but I didn't get anything singular from them that I couldn't get from their contemporaries, and his voice isn't a selling point to my ears like Tim Baker is in Cirith Ungol. My favorite thing was the cover.

ez, you and i will never agree on anything mate :(
the warning album is all about the vocals.

His voice was okay, I guess, but if that's the selling point I understand why I've never heard of them.

I do like Slough Feg and Torche, so there are a few intersections. I do find it really weird that you like stuff like Manilla Road and don't like Manowar or any of dozens of bands working the same vein.

I just do.

It's not like I don't like other things of that period anyway, I just never cared for Manowar.

maybe i need to hear very early manowar

Now you can watch this one in HD. If this doesn't convince you, nothing will.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J5psthAf8g

unconvinced

For me, this is THE classic from the classic Manowar era:

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

Anyone got thoughts on my picks then?

anyone?

scott you're up btw

02/8 scott seward
09/8 mordy

anyone else volunteering?

Sure, I'm willing to take a pick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc9wIzi96_E

maybe thread should close shop until autumn hits? summer just ain't about indoor metal listening/pondering the apocalypse an' shit, afaict.

summers long gone

it is???

(gosh dang it all, nobody tells me anything anymore.) :'(

it's gone here for sure.

fucking upper-30s in my neck eurotrash zone.

oh okay hold on.

*of the (or some such)

xp

not been over 20c here in july, rained a lot too.

may & june was great though.

damn highlanders!

it was probably even wetter in the highlands

you're all high as far as i'm concerned, man.

INTAGLIO - S/T (SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS - 2005)

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/7/4/5/97452.jpg

AMOK - NECROSPIRITUAL DEATHCORE (PLANET SATAN REVOLUTION - 2006)

http://www.nekro.info/images/necro.gif

NECRO DEATHMORT - THIS BEAT IS NECROTRONIC (DISTRACTION - 2009)

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/112/l_55deb934517343c9b9c0a055271f5e8d.gif

(the Intaglio album is one of my favorite funeral doom albums of recent years. a Russian duo, I don't think they have recorded anything since. but funeral doom dudes are slow like that. Amok are from Norway and the people involved have been in a zillion bands. aborym, mysticum, aeternus, etc, etc. one of my favorite albums from 2006. i kinda obsessed over it. the goatflesh removal suite portion of the album is one of my favorite pieces of music from the last decade. why? i don't know! i just think its riveting. there is a whole jim jones thing going on with the album and i don't care about any of that, but they really tapped into something when they made this album. majik energy! and the necro deathmort album is just for fun. i've played it a ton. what can i say, i dig big beats + doom riffs. enjoy! maybe.)

oh but i don't know about linkage. they shouldn't be too hard to find?

man, intaglio are awesome! them ruskies create a near-perfect distillation of everything funereal & gloomy in euro-metal, imo. haven't heard the others tho.

need to go looking for links damn you!

what a disaster for pirates.

;-)

I'm game for another week too. have a theme all planned out and everything.

02/8 scott seward
09/8 mordy
16/8 Sebastian
23/8 alan n