Rolling Metal Thread 2012

Not able to get a link to the twitter picture to work, but the cover art for the new Witch Mountain is fantastic.

here it is - warning BIG:

Withc Mountain - Cauldron Of The Wild

Thanks. The band's logo is the best part.

love the color scheme!

Now that is some album art right there! Pay down the plastic skull bong and pay attention Sleep!

"Put down"

I need to pay down the plastic skull bong.

yes, yes you do.

Thanks guys! Yeah, we figure if Billy Anderson is producing and Mell Dettmer is mastering and Profound Lore is putting it out, we might as well make it look awesome too ;)

What's the release date Nate? I know you told me but I forgot.

June 12. Profound Lore just announced it yesterday. And we are touring the East Coast, NE Canada, and the Midwest in June. Sorry no Texas this year!

AAARGHHH!

MAybe someone wil buy my damn house and I can come see you on your home turf.

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Is that a request for Chicago I hear?

Duh!

June 16. Ok I'm done cluttering up this space with ads. We'll announce the whole tour in the next week. xo to all.

Currently really enjoying the new Wild Hunt album. For fans of latter era Enslaved and mid-era Opeth.

I hear tht minneapolis/saint Paul is in the Midwest, just fyi

chalk up another vote for chicago Nate, as long as i get to say hello.

the East Coast

So where in Brooklyn will you be, exactly?

I might try to make the Chicago show

We should all go -- it's on my calendar already!

On mine too, don't want to miss this show.

You guys are making me blush. Saint Vitus in Brooklyn. Empty Bottle in Chicago. Closest we'll get to the Twin Cities is either Milwaukee/Madison or Dubuque, IA.

We should be announcing the full tour along with all album infos next week.

And for those of you who are dying to hear the album early, bug Josh Eldridge at Conspiracy PR. He's our dude as of 6am this morning.

whoa, saint vitus. walking distance for me!

My question was actually more of a bitter joke - if you're playing Brooklyn, which fucking everyone fucking does, I can't come to your show because of mass transit hassles.

Nate – done and done. Downloading now.

Blows my mind that anyone plays Dubuque. When I grew up there, no one came, except for maybe Rush and Billy Squier at the Five Flags Theater!

Dubuque happens for two reasons: 1) it's a perfect midpoint between Lincoln and Chicago (not to mention Minneapolis) and 2) There's one guy there fighting the good fight and making shit happen.

love those fight the good fight guys...

Is it worth my while bugging Josh at Conspiracy for the new album? I've only been reviewing stuff for a local but great music site for a little bit, so I don't want to be wasting anyone's time.

Are there any online radio stations you would recommend for interesting new metal? I think my tastes are pretty ILM-ish. I like nearly everything from the top 20 of last year's poll. Some bands I like include: Krallice, Alcest, Corrupted, Liturgy, Yob, Deathspell Omega, Blut Aus Nord, Caina, Nachtmystium, Meshuggah. Most of the online metal radio I find doesn't really seem to fit what I'm looking for (especially when I want to avoid NSBM:P).

I think I'm liking Kim Kelly, the new metal reviewer at Pitchfork, particularly after their review of the new Conan today. Anybody know if this is the same female Kim Kelly behind Catharsis PR?

and writes for terrorizer

ah-hah, thats where I've seen the name too, i couldn't remember which mag it was though

same kim kelly from freaks and geeks?

so are the rumors of watain visa problems/cancellation for the decibel tour true because if so ultra sadface

oh and speaking of tours, saw last weeks paganfest and man its getting pretty tired. huntress was TERRIBLE, basically the only thing worth seeing that hadnt been on previous bills was Arkona, who were actually pretty awesome. def didnt need to see alestorm again or turisas for the 50th time

I'm seeing Huntress next weekend, when they open for DragonForce.

so are the rumors of watain visa problems/cancellation for the decibel tour true because if so ultra sadface

i hadn't heard anything beyond this, from the Decibel blog:

Swedish black metal horde Watain have been forced to pull out of the first four shows of their previously announced Decibel Magazine Tour—scheduled to begin tomorrow (April 11) in Columbus, Ohio—due to delays in the visa process. They will join Behemoth, the Devil’s Blood and In Solitude as part of the tour on April 16 at Granada Theater in Lawrence, KS.

I know lots of people are enjoying Roadburn or whatever, but I'll settle for The Heritage Hunter Tour tomorrow night. Really seems like Mastodon is still pushing themselves away from the prog thing, the longest song they've been playing for the last couple of nights has been "Crack the Skye" at just under six minutes.

Really, really excited for the Heritage Hunter tour, it's pretty much a dream lineup for me.

But yeah, Roadburn is awesome so far. Best bands of Day 1: Year of the Goat, Christian Mistress, Horisont, Killing Joke, Agalloch, and Spiders.

Can't wait to hear a full report Adrien! I've been jealously following your Twitter feed so far. Have a blast. I'm wearing my Nachtmystium t-shirt in solidarity today.

This week's spam, worth checking out if for nothing other than the band photo in the middle of the page: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-disharmonic-orchestras-expositionsprophylaxe/

Aw man, sounds awesome. I've been playing the Spiders EP and single nonstop this year, glad you saw 'em.

Nice to see Disharmonic Orchestra get some props! I still only have that album on cassette.

I saw Ghost and Opeth - left after the latter because I have seen Mastodon dozens of times and don't like the new album. Ghost were great, well worth the wait to see them. Nameless Dude was literally glowing in the dark, causing a couple fans next to me to remark "Wow, he's REALLY A ghost!" The NWOBHM BOC vibe really shined through live.

Opeth didn't bore me which was a rarity as they usually do. I still cannot imagine listening to an Opeth CD all the way through...

I also saw The Pretty Reckless the other night. Wow, what a great show. Taylor Momsen was rocking a Cannibal Corpse shirt. In fact, the picyure of her with the pigtails is exactly how she looked in Philly:

http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/315/taygetherlook56.jpg

(I don't know why the website says anything about Metallica, I guess they figure Metallica and Cannibal Corpse are somehow the same?!?!?)

I opined a lot more about the show in the Pretty Reckless thread for those who care.

Other April shows:

Scream (maybe; depends on finances)
Black Dahlia Murder with my Ohio friends Skeletonwitch.
Bad Brains (if I can get tickets, they sold out the Troc, WTF!!!)
Cattle Decapitation
Rammstein

I'd always liked French band Celeste, but holy crap are they ever good live. Not only is the music ultra-intense, but they play in a thick fog of smoke wearing red head lamps and using strobe lights non-stop. Incredible atmosphere.

I'd love to see Celeste live. I thought it was only me who liked them. It's what I imagine trepanation is like.

I love them too. I'm the only person I've ever seen in one of their shirts, I think.