Rolling Metal Thread 2009

So far, Shallow Life sounds like Karmacode 2: Karmacoder, but much better integrated, with catchy tunes and a virtuoso performance from Cristina.

Lyrics are still retarded, but that's been a constant from pretty much the beginning of their career, so I can't hold it against them here.

I'm not very impressed by the single at all. Who listens to Lacuna Coil to hear the dude all the time? I think some blog asked the same question not too long ago.

I'll give the album a listen tonight, I'm still interested in seeing if it holds up.

Okay, serious o_O at "I Like It." The hell is this, rave pop?

Answer: yes.

Every time I try to listen to the single, I completely zone out, so it must be pretty boring. Not sure why they picked that one. There are much better songs on the album. As it is, it's inconsistent but very poppy and kind of interesting in an experimental way. Cristina does lots of interesting vocal stuff. Not sure if it's actually good or not yet, though.

I really like the single a lot. So I wouldn't mind an album like it.

In regards to "My Sharona," back cover demonstrates one of the more interesting things about metal as a genre... when metal bands do goofy covers, there generally isn't any irony involved. It's usually because they genuinely think it's a fun song. If a pop rock band were to cover a Hammerfall song, there would definitely be an element of "look how goofy these guys are." Not saying that they aren't goofy, but still.

(that cover, not back cover)

In regards to "My Sharona," back cover demonstrates one of the more interesting things about metal as a genre... when metal bands do goofy covers, there generally isn't any irony involved.

Exactly, therein lies the appeal. I said something similar when Firewind covered "Maniac" last year. There's a joy in the way these European bands approach cheesy covers that American bands are reluctant to do. It's like snark doesn't exist in their world. Consequently, when I finally got around to playing "My Sharona" tonight, I couldn't help but love it. I had my doubts whether or not HammerFall could pull it off (that covers album they put out last year was really dicey), but they sure did. They nailed it, and it's loads of fun.

Not exactly feeling much from the Lacuna Coil. It feels slipshod. At least Karmacode had hooks and a nice Depeche Mode cover, this one feels bland at times. I'd like to think this'll grow on me, but girly pop metal albums aren't supposed to be growers, they're supposed to be immediate, and this one isn't.

Conversely, I actually like the new one by Swiss girlypopmetalers Lunatica. In a goofy, anime-closing-credits-song kind of way. They're shameless.

Yeeps, this just came along in the mail:

SUSPERIA VOCALIST SUFFERS HEART ATTACK

OSLO, NORWAY -- Athera ( Pal Mathieson) , vocalist with Norwegian band SUSPERIA, was rushed to Akershus Universitetssykehus Hospital in Lørenskog, Norway on the morning of March 9th suffering from acute stomach pains and heavy bleeding. Initial tests revealed that the singer had suffered a heart attack caused by a damaged blood vessel. Athera is currently in the intensive care unit under close observation, while further tests are carried out. He is expected to remain hospitalised for the foreseeable future. At this moment future plans including touring commitments remain unchanged, until a full diagnosis of his condition has been confirmed.

Athera recently completed vocals on SUSPERIA's fifh studio album, which is due for an early summer release through the bands new label Candlelight Records.The band worked continuously throughout 2008 on the album which Athera described as "going back to the early days with the melancholic riffing and dark emotional vocals and coming all the way through to today, with a perfect blend of everything Susperia has been and become."

Everyone involved with the band wishes Athera a fast and speedy recovery.

That's a shame, Susperia's a good band.

Meanwhile, Varg's about to be released from prison...

new Edguy album feels like they're going through the motions. "Ministry of Saints" is really good, but it's all downhill from there.

Still don't understand this at all, btw. Favorite cuts are probably "The Pride Of Creation" (starts fast with a pretty melody, slows down some and the melody keeps on hooking); "Dragonfly" (huge-chorus Queensryche/late-Lep drama-metal with ridiculous words apparently meant to be some kind of drug metaphor); "Speedhoven" (beautiful Thin Lizzy style guitars); "Dead Or Rock" (fake Axl sleaze better than anything on Chinese Democracy and maybe even as good as the first and possibly only Wildside album); "Aren't You A Little Pervert Too" (mid period Faith No More as a parody redneck country band: "There's a million ways to get off/I have seen it on TV in Tokyo/In Finland and Australia/Not so much in America/Americans prefer the rodeo," haw.)

Singles comp seemed clunky in comparison, though I admittedly need to listen to it more. Only problem is, my copy somehow seems to have disappeared somewhere, in transit between Queens and Austin.

I dunno, "Speedhoven" is a baffling mess to my ears, and the aardvark bit in "The Pride of Creation" struck me just plain goofy. As for "Aren't You A Little Pervert Too", I found that to be completely unfunny, and kind of condescending.

"Lavatory Love Machine", now that's a funny song. Classic stuff.

http://theendrecords.com/images/stories/covers/Nadja_When_I_See_cover_400x400.jpg

01. Only Shallow (My Bloody Valentine)
02. Pea (Codeine)
03. No Cure For The Lonely (Swans)
04. Dead Skin Mask (Slayer)
05. The Sun Always Shines On TV (A-ha)
06. Needle In The Hay (Elliott Smith)
07. Long Dark Twenties (Kids In The Hall)
08. Faith (The Cure)

didn't some euro-metal band just cover that a-ha song on THEIR covers album? can't remember who. a-ha love is always nice to see though.

Yeah, Liv Kristine's husband's band, I forget their name...Atrocity, that's it.

But the Nadja album looks really interesting. The MBV cover sounds colossal, like a 45 rpm played at 33 1/3.

eww that cover

eww those covers

Album of the year (maybe)

Look at the sad indie kids! So cuet!

Sad indie kids confounded by the old tree. Luckily he has a birdcage to capture it!

They're trying to capture the sun, which is hidden in the old tree, so they can put it in their television.

Is there a date on the Nadja? The A-Ha cover is monumental, even in crappy MySpace streaming version.

Haha, I actually like the cover!

And you're right about the a-ha tune, they do a great job.

didn't some euro-metal band just cover that a-ha song on THEIR covers album?

IIRC Susperia also did one on an EP a few years ago.

Man, I was banging on about 'Pea' on that Codeine thread a couple of weeks back. Such a great song. When I see the suuunnnn... *CRASH*. Dunno if I particularly wanna hear that Nadja album though.

wau i know that i do

nadja tracklisting makes me want to kill myself

Because you didn't think of doing it first? ;)

lol yeah I've just been waiting to cover all the stuff I liked in my twenties "metal style"

I was in my teens (just) when most of that stuff was out. I have the A-ha 7", i think i was in 1st or 2nd year at secondary school when that was out. Wasn't that actually a cover anyway?

btw I want to go on record and say I had written the next SPD before I caught wind of this malodorous album

you can't talk that way about ned's favorite album of the year!

i like the cover; kinda looks like the work of comix great Chester Brown to me.

http://theendrecords.com/images/stories/bandpics/nadja_promo.jpg

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/17259181/Nadja+l8124062366_6148.jpg

who's the artist?

conor oberst

I lol'ed.

heheh

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/Klawful-image/COVER-1.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/Klawful-image/COVER-interior.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/Klawful-image/NEEDLE_ESMITH_FLAT.jpg

Posted by the artist himself on dffd http://www.foreverdoomed.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=159&start=990

i hope the next cover is done by the penny arcade dudes

hahahaha.

i wish i had the skills to do a pic of Fonzi jumping the shark in that same style.

from what I've heard of the new Blut Aus Nord, I am going to love this album for a long time.

yeah, that's my fave of the year so far.

http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/muze_new.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442196427&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302028381&bmUID=1236783588943

i hope the next cover is done by the penny arcade dudes

― WEREWOLF CONGRESS (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:13 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I like Nadja a bunch but this is basically the first thing I thought of when I saw the first pic the guy did, and not at all in a good way. I actually have the album on now and the MBV cover sounds exactly how you'd expect, which I'm OK with. It came in the post with the Karl Sanders solo album, which sounds quite intriuging if not really at all metal