Rolling Metal Thread 2012

Nice! So release date in March sometime?

http://vimeo.com/13091222

What a great cover that is!

it's like something out of a dario argento film!

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

sean come in the metal room in spotify! viceroy and i are in there. everyone come play some quality metal until we all go into outloud later.
http://open.soundrop.fm/s/VjWCayQ8GaB04GHI

http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/02/10/oh-cmon-guys-the-new-in-flames-album-wasnt-that-bad/

As you may be aware, In Flames and Trivium are in the midst of a co-headlining tour. But last night’s show in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Meth capital of the world!!!) apparently ended prematurely… due to a bomb threat.

In Flames guitarist Niclas Engelin said on his Facebook page, “What the fuck is going on!! We just had to cancel our show due to bomb threat…we are over here to entertain!”, and posted the below photo:

http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/426672_10150561438927530_655432529_8914102_1781495405_n.jpg

We have no additional details right now, although given that there have been no reports of a venue in New Mexico exploding, it would seem that authorities either located the bomb in time, or the whole thing was a prank by some idiot fifteen year-old. I would wager it was the latter. That kid is a dick, and probably a Winds of Plague fan to boot.

We’ll let you know if we get any more info on what went down. In the meantime, the tour resumes tonight in Denver.

yeah, went in there Kerr.. easily confused me..lol!

are you still in there?

I don't know.. lol!

Enjoying a bottle of Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel and listening to the Christian Mistress - Agony And Opium for the first time in a year. Forgot how kickass it is. Can't wait to hear the new one!

I'm still listening to the Abscess album from 2010

Christ almighty that's a crushing fuckin record

yes, it is!

"dead haze" http://forums.hockeyinformer.com/images/smilies/headbang.gif

Mercyful Fate and Death are always being played in the spotify/soundrop metal room and I've been really digging it. I need to hear more. Where's the best place to start?

oh man dude those are two of my favorite bands ever. the first two Mercyful Fate albums, Melissa and Don't Break the Oath, are absolute metal canon in my book. People's mileage varies with later stuff but to me In the Shadows is totally in the same class as those earlier two and Time is pretty fucking great; the first two songs on it are among my favorite MF songs ever, especially "Angel of Light," all-time jam right there.

According to me every Death album is worth getting but which ones you like best will vary according to what it is you like about them. Human was the first proper death metal album I ever heard so that was my entry; it's when they're starting to get really proggy/tech-y. Still love that and Symbolic best I think. But the earlier ones, Spiritual Healing, Leprosy, and Scream Bloody Gore, those are all good, too - there's more audible bridges between those & thrash imo, whereas when you get to Human, they're becoming a band who are sort of off in their own world, which is how Chuck's been described to me by people who were in the Tampa scene at the time - he just did his own thing, was sort of apart from the scene.

really good rundown on the Death discography at the band's website - explains the various lineups. Human is basically Chuck S. & the guys from Cynic, which at that time in metal history is to my ears a pretty perfect meeting of minds

quite proggy then?

yeah, pretty breakneck prog though - the speed never lets up. the next one, individual thought patterns, features Andy LaRoque - guitarist from the King Diamond band! Do read that linked rundown, it's really a great concise history.

but do get those first two Mercyful Fate albums without delay, they're the business

(I should be clear, when I say prog I'm thinking of progressive death, which is kind of its own genre - it owes clear debts to 70s prog but doesn't really sound like it at all)

yeah i get what you mean. prog but not flashy for the hell of it stuff?

but do get those first two Mercyful Fate albums without delay, they're the business

Absolutely, it simply doesn't get any better than those two albums. Don't Break the Oath has some of the most insane riffing you will ever hear.

is the high pitched stuff constant or just now and again?

King's voice is all over the place on those records, but yeah, you'd have to get used to the high-pitched stuff. He times those moments brilliantly.

yeah, don't break the oath really is one of the best metal albums there is. and the riffs will prob hook you but you'll grow to love king diamond's vox, AG.

plus, it's on spotify. not much to lose here. listen to it!

Hey also check out the Mercyful Fate EP (included on "The Beginning") too cause that's got some classic jams. When I didn't really care for King's voice that was the record that kind of eased me into their style.

Finally got to see Yob last night. Well worth the wait of years for Nate to book a date on a weekend within 200 miles of me.

I think the biggest surprise to me was not how incredibly heavy they got on occasion, but how often they grooved like hell as they amped up from the glacial segments. The rhythm section doesn't exactly swing, but the have a fine lock groove that isn't as apparent on record. Mike was also in fine voice, effortlessly going from a growl to a screeching howl to a clean melodic tone.

If they weren't the best live band I've seen in recent years it's only because Ludicra were so damn good.

the lock grooves are my favorite parts on the records!

They're so much more prevalent live. Almost vamping.

Everybody needs some YOB in their life!

And absolutely the first two Mercyful Fates as well. Meeeeeliiiiissssaaaa!!!

pfunkboy -

I wrote a long review of Death's Human a few months ago - here's a link.

I just discovered Mercyful Fate this past weekend; I found Don't Break the Oath on vinyl and took a chance. HOLY SHIT. How did I live without this band?! The guitar work blows my face off. I've listened to the record about five times since I picked it up.

Coincidentally I listened to "Melissa" for the first time the other day too. It was good, I need to re-listen to it!

Did Ghost play I'm A Marionette by ABBA on their recent US tour?

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

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Holy shit. I saw Vektor for the first time last night. Hands down one of the best metal bands out there. They are gonna be (deservedly) huge.

Here's footage from the show, at a tiny bar on a Monday night. Packed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI2t8nELDM4&feature=youtu.be

that's exciting! i really like 'outer isolation' and was wondering whether they could pull that sort of thing off live. (similiar sorta incredulity as to when i first heard absu) seems like they can. hope they come to the uk soon.

no ABBA songs at the ghost show i went to - just the full album + the here comes the sun cover

So Maiden's touring again this summer. Skipping my part of the world, but I'm fully prepared to go elsewhere to see this one. I missed the '88 Canadian tour (with GNR opening) for the same reason, so it'd be nice to see them revisiting that chapter in the band's history.

Yeah, I'm very excited about this tour. It'll be my sixth time seeing them, but I'm very much looking forward to hearing this particular set of songs. I like Seventh Son a fair amount.

the next one, individual thought patterns, features Andy LaRoque - guitarist from the King Diamond band!

Thanks jjjusten.

I'm watching Mayhem for the first time in Oslo on Saturday night.

Alice Cooper and Kvelertak are holding the flag for metal at Bonnaroo this year. (Honorary mention to Bad Brains and Battles) And that's about it.

Isn't Danzig playing too?

Japanese sludge! I know you guys are into that: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-greenmachines-d-a-m-n/

My first Rhapsody metal roundup of 2012. (Caveats: [1] I only really "recommend" the top three; [2] two albums technically came out in 2011; [3] six reviews were written by other people.)

http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/2012/02/metal

Otherwise, have been totally immersing myself in Small Stone Records stuff from the past few years. Surprised by how much I'm liking a lot of it.

Also, fwiw, I like the Devil's Blood album as much as any of those, but Rhapsody doesn't seem to be carrying it (at least not yet), and I like Christian Mistress even more than Devil's Blood but it's not out yet. Iron Fire and Steel Wing, both of which I actually reviewed, would have been in the Top 5 of that roundup if I was allowed to include them, but they're for-sale-only (no streaming), which makes them off-limits for Roundups/Staff Picks/etc. And Orange Goblin would've been in the top 5, too, but it came out too late; will save that for next time.

I'm at by:larm in Oslo. As well as a very enjoyable death metal group called Execration, I just saw an awesome grindcore band called Beaten To Death - so good live.

I had the greatest time at by:larm. Be sure to visit Neseblod Records! I miss Oslo dearly.

I've already been this year! Picked up Execration on vinyl... I was going to get a Dark Throne hoodie but everything only goes up to L; skinny, good looking Norwegian bastards. (I love going to Norway and I'm getting to round the trip off with Nekromantheon, Arabrot and Mayhem tomorrow - good times.)

I am listening to the new Emmure album. It's good. Better than their last one, maybe, and I put that one on my Pazz & Jop ballot for 2011.