Rolling Metal Thread 2010

I need to break down and just subscribe to Decibel, I keep buying it off the newsstand.

You're lucky you could get it in the newsagents. Not only did smiths not stock it but you couldn't even get it in Glasgow. Even Borders didn't stock it before they went bust.

Its weird to be in this position, for most of my life I've been jealous of all the good music rags the Brits put out that I have to pay import prices for!

There was only one place in Dublin that had it, and they stopped stocking it a couple of years ago. But it definitely came through a UK distributor - that bloody superglued sticker was pasted over the barcode on the front.

smiths didnt even get the 2nd last Wire in. My mate got me the latest in glasgow, no idea if they have that one in, but smiths definitely are cutting down on the amount of music mags they get.

yet you can buy the nme,mojo,Q,uncut,kerrang and mixmag in every supermarket and mini-market/corner shop.

I just subscribed to Decibel, too, and got the current issue (which I already had, of course) along with the hilarious New Wave of Stupid Heavy Metal Acronyms shirt I ordered in about a week.

Being unemployed and broke means I broke down and bought Ludicra offa iTunes. Figured it was better to pay the $7 than continue waiting til I can afford the physical copy.

It takes a while for the international copes of Decibel to arrive, trust me on that, so it's best to be patient. But Mark Evans is super nice and will answer any question you might have, his email address is in the masthead if you have an older copy.

xpost - Jon I do believe that Ludicra's 2nd album is also up on iTunes for a low price as part of some Alternative Tentacles anniversary sale...

Looks like Raven is playing the Abbey Pub in Chicago on 9/18. I assume (hope) that's the NWOBHM one.

Yeah, should be; they've got a new album coming out.

Fastnbulbous--go see Ludicra + Clad in Darkness in Chicago at Underground Lounge on Sat 4/10 :)

I'm not Fastnbulbous, but I think I'm going to try to make that show anyway!

That's not a bad place to see a show either, an ex gf of mine used to play there a lot with her band. Only downside is it being right in the heart Wrigleyville surrounded by stunted 30 year old frat boy bars. Thankfully the Cubs are out of town the night of that show, so it won't be as bad.

Cool. Well that show changed venues like 4 times so if you have any means to help spread the word that it's at Underground Lounge, that would be muy excelente :)

I'm looking forward to Ludicra when they hit Maine - them, Ocean & Krallice & more. Should be quite a night.

Yeah that's a good one. How is Aok Suicide Forest anyway?

It's Leif from Conifer's new band - I'm not sure why Conifer fell apart, but Leif told a mutual friend he wanted to throw more early Priest into the mix which is a big plus in my book. I haven't had a chance to see them nor to see Kaveldt, which is a couple of the other Conifer guys.

One of the dudes from The Sword sent me a message on YouTube asking if I'd recorded any more songs from their Stubb's set - he wanted to see the footage. I had to tell him, with some regret, that I had not.

It's Leif from Conifer's new band

Being the son of a forester, this made me laugh out loud.

I dont think you need to be a son of a forester to find it funny tbh!

New Deftones record is more aggressive than Saturday Night Wrist but doesn't break any new ground. Really makes me wonder what Eros would have sounded like.

I hoped someone would appreciate the dry wit of my phrasing! Glad it got a laugh.

That was worth logging in. (ducks)

Headbobbling is the new spirit fingers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLkOYHYQ2tc

I'm enjoying the new Deftones. I like Sextape.

Anyone heard the new Howling Wind? I was listening to some old Thralldom and saw The Howling Wind had a new one coming out. Profound Lore has an mp3 up:

http://www.profoundlorerecords.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=14&Itemid=33

Great stuff!

I'm really enjoying Mastabah's debut full length. It somehow reminds me of the first couple Hypocrisy albums, but updated with some of the new technical and "brutal" elements. It's one of my favorites for this year so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM0zDiHGtKA

Haha, wow, Nick Bowcott had quite the fro back in the day.

Adrien, just want to say I really like the Burzum bit up on your blog right now.

Thanks!

was kinda taken by surprise when i saw the cover of the new Decibel! don't know why, but i was.

I didn't think they'd do it. Hope it's a well-written cover story.

I know they've lost at least one subscriber. Wonder how many more they'll lose.

what is on the cover of the new decibel??

i assume Burzum?

sufjan

I've been revisiting Bigelf's Money Machine every day for the last two weeks. Damn that is a solid record. Most bands can't write songs like that (even if most of the riffs are pretty much stolen from the Beatles and King Crimson).

someone on Twitter said it's Varg

I don't really think they'll lose too many subscribers over it, but I'm surprised they did it. But hey, controversy supposedly sells - right?

For or against--it is a big story in heavy metal right now.

what's the controversy?

It's the whole lionization-of-a-racist/arsonist/murderer thing.

giving publicity to Varg xpost

hm, gotta wiki dude.

I'm not going to cancel my Decibel subscription (of which this is my first issue), but I'd much rather have seen Warrior on the cover.

On that subject, though, I'm not warming to the Triptykon as fast as I'd hoped and expected. It's heavy, but in parts I find myself thinking, heretically, "But Sunn O))) do this better..." But I'll probably come around, eventually. I wasn't an instant believer in Monotheist, either. (And I liked Cold Lake fine, so...)

Guardedly optmistic about the new Metsatöll and both new Negurǎ Bunget albums, after one listen each, but I admit I wanted the NB to be darker or faster or something. Really liked my first play, just now, of Imperium Dekadenz's Procella Vadens. Looking forward to listening to Cathedral tomorrow.

But mostly: Ludicra.

Forks' - Check out Adrien's blog today http://abegrand.pitas.com/ - his handling of the person vs. the music is really on point. Personally, I don't care for his music so nothing tempers my loathing.

Yeah, my favorite Varg anything is the synth sax stuff. Blah.