seanwayne, formerly of this parish will be raging Loudness got cancelled
― Odysseus, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Where is he anyway? I miss the big lug.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
he's on FB. I think he joined a band who tours japan a lot funnily enough
― Odysseus, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link
we need to get the hairy old git back on here
― Odysseus, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
OK this Artificial Brain album's fucking crazy good
Like it starts off with some discordant death metal stuff done really well but keeps mutating and somehow manages to be a little catchy. Also some melodic parts remind me of StarGazer, which is about the highest compliment.
― Comment elles torment (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 21 April 2017 11:37 (six years ago) link
I wrote about Tokyo Blade.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 21 April 2017 12:31 (six years ago) link
listening to Artifical Brain, some very (to my ears) Gorguts-y stuff going on, or like a more brutal take on Stargazer. Ha and I just read your comment Jon
― Dominique, Friday, 21 April 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
god damn, local news clip on the death of Internal Bleeding drummer (and firefighter) William Tolley
on a much much brighter note, there's a teaser clip for the new Progenie Terrestre Pura, coming at the end of May, and it sounds even cooler than the debut
― Devilock, Friday, 21 April 2017 22:58 (six years ago) link
well, I guess I can't link to the embedded video for some reason, but the PTP thing is on the Avantgarde timelinehttps://www.facebook.com/avantgardemusiclabel/
― Devilock, Friday, 21 April 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
edit: good grief I suckhttps://www.facebook.com/avantgardemusiclabel/videos/10154277503982260/
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest starts today! Woo!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 22 April 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
new mesarthim dropped https://mesarthim.bandcamp.com/album/presence-e-p
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
track one turns into straight techno about halfway through lmao
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
they did it again
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
really enjoying the smooth '90s r&b-ish backbeat on "presence"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
actually there's a swing to it and a playfulness in the synth playing that makes me think they were going for a metal "my prerogative" feel
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:34 (six years ago) link
enjoying this blog featuring posts of plagiarism in metal cover art https://artplagiarism.wordpress.com/
features a mix of no-name bozos and p well known bands
― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
Watching this Van Halen show from 1983 (remember when Van Halen counted as metal?) and trying to imagine the balls it takes to put the drum solo after the second song of your concert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY3vt-48Zzk
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
track 3 of the new mesarthim has started and...um...holy shit
― imago, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
nothing that brad said up there is in any way misleading
I have bought every mesarthim release and I plan on keeping it up, excited to dive in
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 00:17 (six years ago) link
The new Obsessed album is a lot better/more interesting than I thought it would be. Wino runs pretty hot and cold for me; I loved Spirit Caravan, and the second and third Obsessed albums, but could easily live without ever hearing Place of Skulls, the Hidden Hand, or any of his solo albums ever again, especially not the acoustic ones. But this new Obsessed record is really good - he goes even more early '70s than before (Thin Lizzy and Mountain covers, a talkbox), without losing his essential biker-doom awesomeness. Highly recommended.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 13:20 (six years ago) link
I, too, reviewed The Obsessed record. I also liked it.It has a live Stinking Lizaveta review as well.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 27 April 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
That plagiarism blog is amusing!
I'm digging this Tehom "The Merciless Light" CD on Blood Music (a label I'm starting to think of as relatively reliable). Very 1989-1991 sounding death metal, a lot of Morbid Angel (AoM/BaTS) riff influence, nice guitar tone, nothing new but fun. Also metal album #751 with a stylized occult anus on the cover.
http://i.imgur.com/OutrKhk.jpg?1
― Comment elles torment (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 28 April 2017 11:19 (six years ago) link
Also the dude from Exocytosis posted about this band on FB and they're kind of amazing, like NYC 80s scum rock, Jesus Lizard and King Crimson rolled into one. Not really metal but I dunno someone here might dig it and I couldn't think of where else to put it.
http://the-mass.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-fleet
― Comment elles torment (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 28 April 2017 12:00 (six years ago) link
Yeah, The Mass are great. I reviewed that album for The Wire.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 28 April 2017 12:03 (six years ago) link
Cool! Any idea if there was/is going to be a physical release?
― Comment elles torment (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 28 April 2017 12:09 (six years ago) link
new blood command album is out!!! it fuckin rips!!!!!! https://bloodcommand.bandcamp.com/album/cult-drugs
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 28 April 2017 12:37 (six years ago) link
Playing the new Body Count now. There is some serious fucking shredding going on on this album.― Don Van Gorp
Oh yeah, the Body Count album is out now. I'm gonna check that out today.― jmm
I finally checked it out on Spotify and yeah, this is good. I wasn't expecting much for some reason as I recall only the debut being good and I haven't listened to that in years but this is really solid.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 28 April 2017 22:46 (six years ago) link
new Schammasch coming. last one continues to captivate, really a wonderful, excessive trip
https://schammasch.bandcamp.com/album/the-maldoror-chants-hermaphrodite
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 29 April 2017 00:46 (six years ago) link
Nobody discussed it above but has anyone checked out the Nergal's Me And That Man project Songs of Love and Death?It came out in January but the CD evidently had a US release date at the end of last month.It's not metal but, with Behemoth's frontman, of obvious interest to metal fans.It's also very, very good - Nick Cave meets Johnny Cash.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
Nick Cave meets Johnny Cash
Exactly why I deleted the promo unheard.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
My what a rebel.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
I've never liked Nick Cave. And the whole "metal dude gets old, goes 'dark country'" thing is...not for me.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
Fair enough. I love both Nick Cave and Johnny Cash and I think he did it well.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
New Full Of Hell.24 minutes of Hell.Love this band!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
what i've heard from the full of hell record sounded incredible
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
This is pretty nice, not a million miles away from the LLNN record but less core more black
http://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/album/mind-mold
― mutual interest in technology, the ocean & rap music (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 11:39 (six years ago) link
Bolt Thrower finally kinda clicked for me this morning; turns out they make excellent laundry-folding music.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 12:55 (six years ago) link
There's a version of Metallica's Death Magnetic making the rounds that's supposedly "de-loudness-war-ized":
foobar2000 1.3.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1log date: 2017-04-30 06:19:00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Analyzed: Metallica / Death Magnetic Unloaded--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DR Peak RMS Duration Track--------------------------------------------------------------------------------DR9 -0.03 dB -10.82 dB 7:08 01-That Was Just Your LifeDR9 -0.46 dB -10.81 dB 7:52 02-The End Of The LineDR8 -0.19 dB -11.06 dB 6:24 03-Broken, Beat & ScarredDR10 -0.52 dB -11.78 dB 7:54 04-The Day That Never ComesDR8 0.00 dB -8.96 dB 7:58 05-All Nightmare LongDR9 -0.89 dB -10.73 dB 6:39 06-CyanideDR10 -0.14 dB -12.71 dB 7:46 07-The Unforgiven IIIDR9 -0.63 dB -11.25 dB 8:01 08-The Judas KissDR9 -0.15 dB -10.85 dB 9:56 09-Suicide & RedemptionDR9 0.00 dB -9.86 dB 4:59 10-My Apocalypse--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of tracks: 10Official DR value: DR9
I'm listening to it now, and honestly, I can't hear any major differences between this, the officially released CD, and the Guitar Hero version that leaked around the time the album first came out. But maybe my ears are just too cooked to register the subtleties.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
誤訳侮辱, do you use any kind of a DAC when you're listening? I am totally not an audiophile but the difference in EVERYTHING I listen to since I started putting a DAC in line is night and day.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
No, I just plug headphones into my laptop. But they're decent headphones - Sony MDR-ZX600s, not earbuds or anything.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
Cool, yeah like I say I'm not an audiophile, but since I started using a USB DAC I hear so much more than I used to -- when I was auditing mixes of my own new stuff, it was really pronounced, like I could not variations that if I a/b'd w/o the DAC in-line the difference was "that seems fine" (w/o DAC) vs. "dial that effect back about 50%" (with). I'm also using Sonys. My right ear is pretty fried but I'm always preaching the gospel of the Microstreamer DAC because it really 3d'd a lot of shit for me, especially metal
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
And this will help even on only average-quality files? Cause the vast majority of what I listen to is either 320kbps MP3s or 256kbps AACs; I'm not a FLAC/AIFF/WAV guy at all.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
that's what I listen to unless it's something of my own that I'm mixing/evaluating.. don't have room for bigger files otherwise. seriously from the first measure of anything you listen to, especially if it's something you're familiar with...night & day.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 May 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
Ordered it this morning. Thanks!
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
But they're decent headphones - Sony MDR-ZX600s, not earbuds or anything.
http://scontent.fewr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18221744_10158627727120597_8276973726021520126_n.jpg?oh=ddfe482cbc250a3273dc36c69d77133a&oe=597B0128
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
lol I had the wrong model. I use MDR-7506, which is what p much every engineer I know mixes with - very neutral and unglamorous, just the way I like em. They cost me 80 bucks and you can basically back over em with a truck.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
hope you love the microstreamer like I do, it has added so much to my listening
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
oh but I came to this thread to say NEW CONTRARIAN HELL YES
https://contrarianmetal.bandcamp.com/album/to-perceive-is-to-suffer
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link