Rolling Metal Thread 2012

None of the stuff is outrageous, but highest prices I've seen at a Dallas show thus far (not counting Tori Amos - I didn't check but assume hers were higher).

anyone hear the new aura noir yet? always like those guys.

Hey guys, since we have Absu, Abzu and Apsu, what are the odds 2013's Absu album will be called Abba-Zaba-Zu. Please let this happen.

I think it's just going to be called "Abs".

anyone hear the new aura noir yet? always like those guys.

didn't know there was one! love them, always good

Got the new Job for a Cowboy in my inbox yesterday. So far, sounds good.

yeah, I think the new aura noir officially drops this week! read a little article in decibel about the recording and they've supposedly never spent nearly as long writing an album and writing together as a band. bodes well, I'm sure. plus, hades rise was so killer. a real high water mark in their catalog.

x-post, obv

Yup, new aura noir is good. Not too familiar with their back catalog, but I know quality when I hear it.

Unfortunately, the new Lullacry doesn't have it. Which is too bad, because I loved their last two records.

lots of love for black thrash attack and hades rise but it's all good

New metal album roundup I wrote (10 albums from 2012; 5 from 2011 that I didn't hear until this year, including at least one that I probably had no right to call "metal"):

http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/2012/03/metal

Favorite metal album of 2012 so far (not rounded up yet): Thunderkraft's Totentanz.

nice write-ups xhuxk. Happy to see you back exploring the heavier side of things and finding stuff worth your time.

i didn't know there was a new freedom hawk! shows how behind i am with my aquarius new release emails.

I liked about half the songs on the new Lullacry, but it's definitely going to have a hard time competing for listening time against Christian Mistress, Nightwish, Ideas, Lyriel, Xandria, Liv Moon, Diabulus in Musica, Epica, L'Ame Immortelle and Lunar Path.

Wow this is a fun blog. Calling JD to the thread.

http://metal2thebone.blogspot.com/

Just got a promo of the new Pelican EP, hope to be reviewing it soon. Any thoughts?

Give me two seconds to listen to it, geez.

that every time i die record is great

/rolling metalcore

On the same note as Nate's link (although I think this guy has permission to put this stuff up), here's a bandcamp site with links to obscure Irish metal albums from the mid-80s to today: http://irish-metal.bandcamp.com/

Well, I was pretty excited for about the first 8 measures of the Black Breath record. But I didn't make it through the whole thing. I'm totally down with the vocal-as-drum explanation of non-melodic voices in metal. But I don't want to hear someone hitting the same drum over and over, without varying tempo or articulation, whether it's a metaphorical drum or an actual one.

Meanwhile, I really can't stop listening to this new Lyriel album Leverage. On some level it's wildly less impressive than the new Nightwish, of course, but for me it's 80% as gripping on 5% of the artifice, which is proportionally more surprising and maybe even more interesting.

you're trippin Glenn.. that new Black breath owns.. its kinda the same record as the previous one, a couple of different things here and there but its awesome imo... I don't want the vox to sound any other way than they dude.. Dudes voice is great, very powerful

actually.. there are some cool surprises.. On my second listen I realized there are asome pretty cool guitar breaks, melodies and solos that were not the norm on the last offering..

another thumbs up for the new Aura Noir here

Just got a press release that The Sword are signing with Razor & Tie... Does this mean hipsters no longer like metal?

:/

Really liking Monnos, the debut full-length of Liverpool stoner/doom warriors Conan. The guitar tone is nice and fat, but the really joy for me is the drumming. Also, love the cover:

http://www.roadburnrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Conan-Monnos-Artwork.jpg

these guys own and the drummer is completely great to watch

like he has that performative sense of drama that drummers (or whoever) do when they play v slowly/sparsely, but he's not wacky with it

going to have to check them out sometime.

picked up the new Angel Witch and 3 Inches of Blood albums over lunch, anxious to dig in

Will I see any of you at the Profound Lore showcase in Pomona this Saturday?

http://scionav.com/event/250/YOB,-The-Atlas-Moth,-Loss,-Wolvhammer,-Pallbearer

What a lineup. If I was anywhere near California I would be there in a heartbeat. Convince 'em all to swing by Chicago.

new meshuggah is fun

I'm liking the new(ly released) Líam album MMIX, but I kind of don't want to go check to see if it's actually just a relabeling of one of the Mono albums I haven't played in a while.

I heard High On Fire's De Vermis Mysteriis and it's excellent. I listened to all five of the previous albums to see where it fits amongst it all, but I'm a bit wobbly now. So much rock, so much growling. I can't even tell from right and wrong.

Not heard it yet but that's the first positive report i've heard of it.

It's streaming at NPR. Made it three songs in and decided it was fine, but I don't need more High On Fire in the same way I don't need more Motörhead. I'd just listen to it a few times and shelve it forever. If I want High On Fire I'll pull out Surrounded By Thieves or Blessed Black Wings.

pretty much what everyone said except they included the 1st (and best) album too

death is this communion is really good though

or whatever it was called

I don't like the first record much.

you always were a contrary bugger ;)

I'm really digging the Astra record that came out recently, The Black Chord. More spacey/proggy than heavy, but it mines that early 70s proto-metal vibe pretty well.

not heard that yet either but again a lot say its not as good as the wierding. but im damn well looking forward to hearing it

i prefer to trust my own judgement i guess. Tho if people really hate something it can influence me to avoid it.

Based on this record I need to go back and hear The Weirding. Somehow missed it.

got pallbearer cd in btw along with a couple of mournful congregation cds. Glorious doom

xp

you're in for a treat. I played a track in outloud once, im sure you were there.

I think the new Astra's a step up from The Weirding. They're always derivative, but I still thoroughly enjoy their stuff.

Listened to the first High On Fire the other day for the first time in years. It really does sound like a whole different band, but some of my favorite of their songs are on there ("10,000 Years" in particular).

In other news, I have a copy of the upcoming Gojira album and you don't.

10,000 years is my alltime fave

Interested to hear what you think of the Gojira album, Phil. It's been a very long time coming obviously.

It's really good. They haven't changed their style much - they're still Gojira - but the more young, idea-less djent bands I listen to, the more brilliant these guys sound. Plus, the first song is one of the great album-opening tracks of all time. Seriously crushing.