oh! didn't realize there's a new master's hammer!
― original bgm, Monday, 2 April 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
Forgot about the new Dawnbringer album too, it's a significant improvement over the last one. And yeah, watch out for Ancestors, they're going to blow a lot of people away with their debut this summer.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 2 April 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
Ancestors debut? It's their third full-length. Or is their another Ancestors out there?
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 April 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
Agh, sorry, I mean Canadian band Ancients!
I've been doing this all week, I'm doing stories on Ancestors and Ancients, and I keep mixing the two bands names even though I've been listening to Ancestors for years.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 2 April 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Okay. Was rather puzzled. So what's the short of it re: Ancients?
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 April 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
i also like that Woods Of Ypres album
― Mordy, Monday, 2 April 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
Ancients is a new band out of Vancouver that's created a pretty unique sound in a really short time, and their debut album is excellent. It would fall in the same category as Baroness, Kylesa, and Mastodon, but there's more of a melodic/harsh dynamic going on as opposed to those bands' now-streamlined sounds.
Their 2011 EP can be heard here: http://ancientbear.bandcamp.com/
― A. Begrand, Monday, 2 April 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
This had better be an April Fool, held over:
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sn158d-e1333380276402.jpg
What between this picture and people preferring Cheap Trick to The Fall, I'm literally too angry to get any more work done.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 2 April 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
I like that cover! (But I don't like The Fall, so whatever)
Adrien - Those two Ancients tracks were great! Definitely looking forward to a full-length.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 April 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
That cover reminds me of Bakshi's Wizards.
It's a bit Vaughn Bodé via Heavy Metal magazine.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 April 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
Why is the second back Tusken Raider doing a jig? What is the band font supposed to be? What is the colour of it for? Why not use an artist who can draw feet. It's not the content but the execution... Jesus, I think I'm having a fucking stroke I'm so irate.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 2 April 2012 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
Lol Doran otm (tho Wizards is p dope)
― the guy was ugly human (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 2 April 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
i wanted to say a thing about Lyriel for anyone who hasn't checked them out. they're female-vox folk metal band that has been transitioning to symphonic metal. at the moment the transition is still a little incoherent, and (predictably) i prefer the more folk-inflected tracks to the symphonic ones. but i think they're really interesting with some decent tracks, even if the album as a whole doesn't mesh together. also, i love so much folk metal and symphonic metal but i've never been clear what the connection is between them (i think a certain kind of self-consciousness and maybe theatricality) but Lyriel is like trying to make that relationship explicit which makes them like triply interesting to me bc it's like their new album is excavating my own pre-occuptions. especially curious what jeff thinks about them.
― Mordy, Monday, 2 April 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
Please forgive the blatant spam for my own site here but this has been amusing me today.
Can you make a Cannibal Corpse song lovely sounding by changing just one word?
Followed Home Then Cuddled and Force Fed Broken Biscuits are the best ones we've had so far:
Cannibal Corpse competition
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 2 April 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
I like the cover. It almost justifies a totally pointless reissue. Almost.
No Vaughn Bodé, no Arik Roper.
Semi-related question: Isn't it about time Richard Corben got critically re-assessed?
― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 2 April 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
I like the Sleep cover! And I also like Cheap Trick better than the Fall. And I was pretty excited to listen to the Lyriel, but my Internet crapped out in the middle of the download and I can't download it again. I'll post my top five thingies at some point, it's been a pretty damn good year so far though.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
Also got a sneak peek of the new Witch Mountain at the Profound Lore showcase, big step up over the last one – especially with the vocals.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, the new Witch Mountain is indeed a lot better than the last one. The longer tracks especially blow me away on this one. (well done, Nate!)
― A. Begrand, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
New Sonata Arctica is super weird, right? It's not just me?
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
j3ff, the lyriel is on spotify fyi...
― Mordy, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
The Sonata Arctica album is AWFUL. What a huge disappointment. There's banjo on it. Banjo. Ensiferum proved a couple years ago, never give a banjo to a Finn.
Meanwhile the new Sabaton album is kind of awesome. This coming from a guy who usually can't stand that band.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I was wondering if the banjo was a fever dream or not. The weird thing is, there are some really good tracks on there, but yeah, banjo.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
There are about three tolerable songs, but man, SA swung for the fences and all they did was whiff. An utter failure.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
Also, new Mgla album - very, very good so far. Could see this ending up in my top 5 this year.
― Siegbran, Monday, 2 April 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
New Master's Hammer is mainly an improvment on the vocals front, otherwise it's business as usual.
― Siegbran, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
Also got a sneak peek of the new Witch Mountain at the Profound Lore showcase, big step up over the last one – especially with the vocals
how could uta plotkin possibly get any better <3
― j., Monday, 2 April 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
dude, she BELTS on this one. You haven't heard anything yet.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, 2 April 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
I've been listening to that Lyriel album almost every day for a couple weeks now. It's not unimpeachable by any means, particularly in the lyrics (if they sang in German it would be perfectly fine with me), but I think they've really nailed the of-course-the-violin-is-a-metal-instrument thing as well as anybody, and the guitar tone is just perfect, and Jessica Thierjung is great. And be sure to find the bonus-track version, because the two extra tracks there are among the best folk-metal moments on the album. Viscerally my favorite album of the year so far.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
i'm happy i'm not alone on the lyriel love
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, I have to listen to Lyriel asap.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
DAMN YOU INTERNET
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
i played the title track for my mom (who often like evanescence-type metal bands, aka within temptation / lacuna coil) and she said it reminded her of pat benatar
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
I like it, it's a little more dignified and less goofy/gimmicky. Kind of like Brave.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
I disagree with you re: High on Fire, Adrien – I think "Samsara" is a perfectly placed breather.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
It just goes on too long. It serves its purpose as far as album dynamics go I guess, but it's nothing I'd want to listen to on its own. I have a bigger problem with "King of Days". Other than that though, it's a mighty fine album.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
at first the pallbearer album just seemed doomy to me, but i'm starting to appreciate it more - it's got this remarkable thickness for songs that don't seem to stop moving (unlike e.g. i dunno reverend bizarre, who i've also been listening to lately).
― j., Tuesday, 3 April 2012 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
Seriously can't wait for you guys to hear the Gojira album.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
i laugh every time i read the phrase 'technical death metal'.
'well sure i guess if you want to call it that, but it's not really'
― j., Tuesday, 3 April 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
oh wow, i hadn't heard until just now that the venue management for the opening date of the Decibel Tour in ohio actually banned all of the bands from appearing over "religious" issues. this fuckin' country. thankfully rescheduled in a new venue.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks for the Witch Mountain props, guys. I feel like South of Salem was meant to remind the word that we're still a band, and Cauldron of the Wild is coming to prove that we're a really good band.
I work with some of the best bands out there, and for me to even remotely consider us in that company has meant years of very hard work. I'm proud of our efforts.
Pretty sure Uta Plotkin is going to be a household name by the end of this year. :)
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 08:48 (eleven years ago) link
plotkin.uta
― j., Wednesday, 4 April 2012 11:24 (eleven years ago) link
Really excited to hear Cauldron of the Wild! I was a latecomer to South of Salem, only picking it up with the recent reissue, but I've spent a lot of time with it. In fact, it was enough to get my wife's ears to perk up a couple of times, which usually doesn't happen with much metal.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
i wanna hear cauldron of the wild too! why isn't it on bandcamp?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
Because it's not out till July?
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Or June, I can't remember.
this is very hard on my instant gratification glands
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
Speaking of gratification, now he's just torturing us.
Seriously can't wait for you guys to hear the Gojira album
What's it called? What's the release date? I can't find nothin' about it!
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
It's called L'Enfant Sauvage, and it'll be out 6/26.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, did you have to wait until this was released? http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=172221&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blabbermouth+%28Blabbermouth.net%27s+Daily+Headlines%29
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link