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You could've got it higher in the poll :(
Anything else you going to check out?

Think I'll listen to Tombs again, ioannis put me in the mood, one day i'll get round to listening to stuff i havent heard.
Hows everyone else getting on?

I've checked out a few things that I thought might be up my alley (or at least the write-ups intrigued me) - Revocation, Dysrhythmia, Gnaw Their Tongues, Part Chimp, Tombs and Oneida. On listening I realized I had heard the Tombs earlier in the year and decided it wasn't my thing. Out of the six, I really liked Gnaw Out Their Tongues, and kinda like the Oneida. The rest I'd categorize like Tombs - not my thing.

im still kind of stuck on/obsessed with the peste noire.

part chimp didnt do it for me either and (sorry dudes) not that down with YOB, at least so far

I haven't listened to the Part Chimp yet but I saw them live last year and am expecting it to be good.

ok, also listened to the following over the past few days:

Goatwhore - good, solid American blackened death; nice riffs, man

Marduk - too samey over the long haul on first hearing for my tastes

City of Ships (hai, decibel list!) - annoyingly post-adolescent/post-hardcore/post-whatever

Altar of Plagues - really nice ambient BM

Burnt by the Sun - so this is Metalcore? gets kinda tedious after awhile, don't it?

Funeral Mist - like parts of this a lot

Mournful Congregation (more from decibel)
- frigid doom from down under--what could be better? yay!

Converge and Burnt By The Sun might be labelled 'metalcore' but it's pretty far removed from the pish that record labels have pushed on metal in the noughties.

Was gonna play the Funeral Mist but as it's midnight I think I'll leave it til tomorrow. Any good midnight music on the list I haven't heard?

Peste Noire!

wait no

I think I'll give that one a miss at this time of night.

started to listen to stuff from the list and then Necronomitron popped up when i wasn't paying attention and now i am derailed and just listening to them.

speaking of which, hearing this again makes me want to make the analogy about how Gay Witch Abortion is basically a tighter heavier sludgier version of these dudes but i am not sure that that is going to be useful to uh anyone because im not sure anyone other than me cares about Necronomitron. goddamn they're great tho.

haha never mind, having just done a necronomitron search i think the only other dudes on ilx that are into them are ian and bob snoom, neither of which are hanging out on this thread (i think)

Haven't heard them. Where to start?

AFAIK they only have the one s/t record? (btw they are lightning bolty kinda, although more metal imo) theres a mp3 here: http://www.loadrecords.com/bands/necronomitron.html

the 2 songs i would listen to if you have access to them somehow would be "small field of death" and "incephalopod"

btw i am thinking that the best entry point for GWA for the uninitiated is "Scythian Sculls", but make sure you give it time, its worth the full 4 minutes, trust me.

Thanks! The GWA comparison intrigued me. I think I'd seen the name Necronomitron but never investigated. That "Broken Glass for Dinner" track is pretty cool - enough to make me more intrigued at least. Again, the vocals are pretty weak though; I wish bands wouldn't bother if they weren't going to be as good as the surrounding music.

Amazed (in a good way) by the Mount Eerie. Pretty much stopped listening to Phil post-Microphones (although I have the Mt Eerie album) - even to the stage where I couldn't be arsed walking 1/2 a mile to see him a couple of years ago, I had no idea he was doing this sort of thing now.

Peste Noir or Funeral Mist time?

haha i ended up playing Alcest while I wait on everyones answer!

Make my playlist for today!

or tonight?

Amazed (in a good way) by the Mount Eerie. Pretty much stopped listening to Phil post-Microphones (although I have the Mt Eerie album) - even to the stage where I couldn't be arsed walking 1/2 a mile to see him a couple of years ago, I had no idea he was doing this sort of thing now.

what's the other Mt Eerie stuff like?

First Mt Eerie album (which is the only one I have) still sounds like the Microphones, pretty much. Kinda folky, some proggy touches. Not metal in the slightest.

is it worth hearing?

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OK playing Funeral Mist now.

It wasn't bad at all, will play again. I then listened to the Absu, which I already liked.

What shall I check out next?

Has anyone checked out albums that they said they would on this thread?

I've warmed to the Mastodon one! And that's something!

This is from a while back, but:

I voted for that Tyr album. I got into it through a Viking-folk compilation. My second favorite viking-folk metal album of the year (third if you include the comp).

― Mordy, Monday, January 18, 2010 4:59 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

What came first?

I have so much to check out from this thread.

What are you going to check out, Maria?

LOL Stephen likes Mastodon now (p4k musta liked it ;)

Hahaha why I oughta...

To be fair, Pfork's been high on Mastodon since (looking at the archives) they gave Remission a 9.0 way back in the day. I've always kept an eye on the band, made an effort to hear a song or two from each album, just never taken the plunge into fandom. But I may be getting there, finally.

Maria = scott?

the Krallice disc is a solid BM record - not anything to get particularly worked up about imo; just part of the environment, i guess. gimme classic Darkthrone/Burzum/Immortal/etc. over 'em any day. still pretty good tho.

No, it's not that Maria (i already asked upthread)

So Stephen, what other p4k approved albums are you gonna check out? ;)

Really grateful for this list again. I'm downloading all the albums I don't already have. I enjoy nearly everything from these lists. (I do not have quite the same experience when it comes to the general ILX lists.:P)

So Stephen, what other p4k approved albums are you gonna check out? ;)

Hmm well definitely not that Brunettes album, they got a 5.3 today for Christ's sake.

Maybe the Oneohtrix Point Never, that one got an 8.0 and I think that's a high enough rating to check out. I saw it at #2 on the Wire's year-end list and was like "WTF mate?" and skipped over it, but now that it's approved by Pitchfork I just HAVE to check it out or I may miss out on something really really cool.

Do you guys think the Fucked Up compilation is worth hearing? It only got a 6.8, that's getting pretty far down there. I usually won't go below a 7 but these guys' last album was so good... could I live with myself if I had a 6.8 album in my collection?

Also, who are the House of Love? I saw some reference to post-punk in that review, are they, like, some cheap Interpol knock-off? And why scores in the 8 range if this shit came out 20 years ago and needs a reissue to even be noticed? Geez, Pitchfork and their history revisionism... I mean it's like my Bible and all but sometimes that site does annoy me. Like when Mark R. wrote about Xtina in his column, how DARE he compare her to anyone actually good.

Herman, sorry, I know this is a metal thread. Can you recommend me any metal albums that scored highly on Pitchfork? I really don't like metal though, just mainly Grizzly Bear and Metric and other cool indie bands... so a metal album needs to score, like, an 8.5 or above to even merit a listen. Understood?

haha.
I dont read p4k so I have no idea what metal they reviewed. Maybe someone else can help there.

Do check out Oneohtrix Point Never though

I'm a huge fan of Fucked Up, but I thought the comp was only so-so after my first listen. It really doesn't have the appeal of either of the last two full-lengths, at least for me. Less inventive, with a few exceptions. If you are a huge Fucked Up fan, might be worth a listen - but it isn't essential.

Haha thanks for the honest evaluation, I wasn't at ALL serious in my post though. :)

Do check out Oneohtrix Point Never though

Already have this one and it's enjoyable enough, though I'm not head over heels. Yet.

I thought you might have been serious about the Fucked Up, not at all a big stretch to imagine metal fans liking them.

Not serious about any of the above. I'm not really a Fucked Up fan, though I'd be open to hearing more of their stuff. Like the Oneohtrix compilation, really really love the two House of Love albums, and certainly don't need my metal or anything else with a Pfork "stamp of approval" on it. I think Herman's just desperate to keep the thread alive, honestly... ;)

lol

YOB is great! Why did I not hear them before?

You weren't following the rolling metal thread?

According to the Grammys, the best metal thingy of 2009 was a live performance of a 23-year-old Judas Priest song.

oh man, that's pretty hilarious.

fingers on the pulse

lol @ 2004 winner:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Metal_Performance

spineshank were robbed.

and "iron man" wins in 2000 because it was on some comp called the best of black sabbath?! maybe the laziest thing I've ever seen.

I had forgotten that Nashville Pussy were nominated for a Grammy.

2000 Black Sabbath "Iron Man" (track from The Best of Black Sabbath) Won

uh waht

hahaha xpost