Rolling Metal 2017

nazi black metallers fuck off

The Voice Of Steel was impressive for its integration of Ukrainian folk elements. If the new album loses that without fully renouncing the NSBM shit, I'd have no problem skipping it. I've got plenty of other stuff to listen to.

thought tbh I can't believe this discussion is still relevant in 2017, but sadly it is

if there's no actual nazi content in their lyrics it really comes down to 'is the music good', which the last album imo was. will be listening to this one keenly (heard first four tracks earlier - didn't grab me as much but I was intrigued to hear them go in a folkier direction)

if anyone has substantial dirt to dish on them i'm all ears obv

hmm, this is growing on me quite a lot, sorry everyone

topical creams are good for that

Just downloaded a promo of the self-titled debut by a one-man project called Les Chants Du Hasard, which the press release describes as follows:

The band's eponymous debut is an experimental work featuring a mix of classical music and black metal without any guitar, bass or drums – only orchestral instruments. The result is a shocking and fascinating lecture of 1800's orchestral music as seen through the deforming lens of extreme metal; an original hybrid that marries the abrasive, aggressive vocals typical of black metal with the majestic and dramatic aura of classical music, caught in its darkest expressions. “The album is influenced by orchestral works and operas from composers like Modest Mussorgsky, Sergej Prokofiev and Richard Strauss,” Hazard explains. “I thought a lot about how to articulate it with black metal; especially the vocals, which I wanted in the vein of Ulver, Emperor and Ved Buens Ende.”

I'm intrigued.

hmm! label?

It's on I, Voidhanger. Comes out June 23.

yeah count me in too

https://leschantsduhasard.bandcamp.com/releases

There's one track available, anyway. Kinda reminds me of a way more dynamic Slagmaur (and without the incessant metronome drums obviously). Probably a pretty trippy experience as a whole album.

One day there's gonna be a black metal opera, isn't there...

it sounds like arcturus

that's not a bad thing btw

mind you, "no drums"

*timpani barrage*

hmm, not sure about this

holst's 'mars' >>>>>>>>>>>>

That's a pretty high bar tbh.

Listened to the whole album this morning. It's great - the arrangements aren't cheesy movie-score orchestral, like Dimmu Borgir or Satyricon; they're really weird and atmospheric, like avant-garde opera in parts. There are multiple voices throughout; his lead lines are almost buried at times, and at other times he's basically arguing with background singers who come off like voices in his head. The guy knows what he's doing. It kinda reminds me of a cross between Sunn O)))'s Monoliths & Dimensions and a really experimental staging of Beethoven's Fidelio I watched on DVD not long ago.

Saw Amon Amarth and Goatwhore last night. Both bands slayed. New track that Goatwhore played was on the slower side but it shows the band's sludginess nicely. And I was never a *huge* Amon Amarth fan. I liked them but it bugged me that they were tagged Viking Metal when you had bands such as Tyr who were using ancient instrumentation. Seeing the band live softened my stance as they were epic and galloping and a lot of fun.

GOATWHORE

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AMON AMARTH

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In other news ILX Rolling Metal faves Astronoid will be opening the Philly Ghost show, which is really great for the band and for me since I love them both.

Ghost, it should be noted, are having some really good openers on their headlining dates around the Maiden tour. Aside from Astronoid in my neck of the woods they have Khemmis, True Widow, Repulsion, Zombi and Royal Thunder. Even if you don't like the band, that's pretty cool.

Blind Guardian putting out a 3CD live album, Live Beyond The Spheres, in July:

CD1
01. The Ninth Wave
02. Banish From Sanctuary
03. Nightfall
04. Prophecies
05. Tanelorn
06. The Last Candle
07. And Then There Was Silence

CD2
01. The Lord Of The Rings
02. Fly
03. Bright Eyes
04. Lost In The Twilight Hall
05. Imaginations From The Other Side
06. Into The Storm
07. Twilight Of The Gods
08. A Past And Future Secret
09. And The Story Ends

CD3
01. Sacred Worlds
02. The Bard’s Song (In The Forest)
03. Valhalla
04. Wheel Of Time
05. Majesty
06. Mirror Mirror

Seeing Opeth and Gojira tonight. don't know anything about Devin Townshend, may just skip him. I really like Opeth's full prog shift.

that is one hell of a triple bill. don't skip devin ffs

yea wtf

New Runs of Beverast streaming at YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG_3KXs8mbQ1XThEa7aWLXpwpOxIWkUTc

Haven't heard it yet but some people I trust have said it's great...

Digging the sludgy, doomy death metal of Morast's debut:

http://morast-vanrecords.bandcamp.com

My review of the Decibel Metal & Beer Fest ran. They ran a sidebar about the Beer Makers & Hell Raisers as well.

I think I should be able to get free beer at every show...

fuuuuuuck that new ruins of beverast is great

New Danzig song is better than the last one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu1UVwwNbWo

That album cover is still just a massive self-inflicted wound, though.

that album cover though...

that Danzig song is actually pretty good!

Metallica Concert Musings

* Volbeat is boring. Sorry. We didn't get Avenged Sevenfold because someone in the band flew away to be with his wife when she went into premature labor. Fine with me.

* Metallica played "Motorbreath." Kind of a surprise, not something they usually drag out of the mothballs. Made me all smiley.

* The video screens were really unique, five giant panels that could be used a variety of ways. It helped those of us in the nosebleeds.

* Final tally: Five songs from the new album, five from the Black Album, three from Ride, two each from Kill Em All and Master and only "One" from Justice.

* Zero songs from Load, Re-load, St. Anger and Death Magnetic! The band definitely weeded out the stuff I don't personally like save for too much Black Album but those are the hits so...

* No Death Magnetic seemed strange since it was their last album, return to form deal, but even so it is what, seven years old now?

* No covers! All originals! Sorry Diamond Head, no royalties for you (this time).

* The new songs were really well-chosen save for "Halo On Fire" which is boring but the band had the entire video played on the screens and that video was pretty cool so that helped.

* Nice homage to Cliff Burton while Robert Trujillo pulled some teeth.

* They did a ridiculous drum solo where every band member started banging on huge fucking drums. It was ridiculous, like "we need a drum solo but Lars is Lars so hey, let's do something wacky..."

* "Creeping Death" is still so fucking great. I mean, really.

* After encoring with "Battery" they ended with "Nothing Else Matters" (snooze) and "Enter Sandman" which is okay, I guess, but I still feel zero regrets about avoiding the crowd and heading to the exit at that point.

* This caused me to miss fireworks. Bummer.

* Did I mention they played "Motorbreath?"

* I enjoyed myself. Even though I was far away from the stage I was able to stand and headbang to the classic stuff like I was young again. I will have a sore neck tomorrow and that's okay.

* That said, this was a $60 ticket. $100 for up there was just way too much. I would see them again and even pay $150 for general admission seats provided I take a half day from work and get there early enough to run to the front.

This was the view a $100 ticket gave you.

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hey if you guys like doomv bloosy sludge that verges on post-hxc/post-rock you could do a lot worse than Show of Bedlam's new "Transfiguration"

interesting Russian act that sort of tries to do an explosions-in-the-sky-goes-katatonia thing

https://dir666.bandcamp.com/album/elimino

They did a ridiculous drum solo where every band member started banging on huge fucking drums. It was ridiculous, like "we need a drum solo but Lars is Lars so hey, let's do something wacky..."

JCLC that Lunatii album rules, holy shit

This album from the same label should be of interest to Mesarthim fans:
https://dir666.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-light

^ it's more Lustre than Mesarthim IMHO but thanks!

OK this Lo-Ruhamah is doing it for me.

http://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/anointing

Really interestingly composed with that OSDM element (early Unleashed/"Lost Paradise"), old black metal influences (I hear Mortuary Drape and Samael), weird Gnostic (apparently Christian?) lyrics, totally unsurprising it'd be on I, Voidhanger. First new album since 2007!

I LIKE PARENTHETICALS

This John Frum album's pretty good btw. Terrible band name, obviously, even with the cargo cult connection.

I'm keen to hear it, but really the main event will be the new Cleric

What an awesome and profound artist.

Shining/Revenge show tomorrow in Portland, OR got cancelled. Kvarforth was seig heiling and drugging women's drinks in Boise, ID on Sunday.

— Timwie J. Malmsteen (@Gargotheron) May 16, 2017

I knew that guy's a fucking shitstain but not that much of one.

from the Portland venue:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1868436273404807/permalink/1897117517203349/

Tonic Lounge has decided to cancel the Shining show that was scheduled for this Wednesday, May 17th.
All tickets will be refunded.
We regret having not researched this band more before approving their show. After booking them, it was brought to our attention that Shining’s singer has done and said many things that could be considered offensive, dangerous, or destructive. While we were learning about and considering these issues, the list continued to grow, including a recent report that the he may have been involved in the drugging of someone’s drink. This morning we received a call from a trusted friend in Boise Idaho, detailing the events that took place while Shining were there on Sunday. We were told that the singer of Shining went to the local punk bar Mulligans before their concert, and was groping women and threatening to stab employees, and had to be removed. We were also told that later, while performing at The Shredder, he used many blatant racist and homophobic slurs on stage, threatened audience members with rape, slapped audience members in the face, and was sieg heil saluting repeatedly throughout their performance. Sometimes words and allegations on the internet can be difficult to navigate, but a story like this coming from a friend is not. The above types of behavior are simply not acceptable at Tonic Lounge. This isn’t about censorship. This is about protecting our venue, our staff, and our patrons.
This decision was not made under pressure by any individuals or political groups. We believe in freedom of expression and are not quick to pull the plug on any band booked at our club. However, we are not going to invite someone into our space to spout hate speech on our stage, and/or put our staff and patrons in harm’s way. We are still in full support of Famine Fest Presents, the other bands who were on the bill, and all of our friends and customers who planned on attending. We hope you all can respect our decision to do what’s best for our club and those within it.

fucking hell

the good Shining will have to change their name at this rate

I said that on Twitter - they should change it to SHINING (No, Not That Fucking Asshole).

and start making good albums again ;)

in happier news, if like me you would buy pretty much anything with a Relapse Records tag on it in the 90s/00s, everyone in Burnt By the Sun but the bassist has a new thing on Season of Mist
https://riverblack.bandcamp.com/

only one song available now, and it only sounds like BBTS in fleeting moments, much more of a conventional groove to it, but frankly whatever Dave Witte does, I'll probably pay attention