Rolling Metal Thread 2010

That article had me, and then swiftly lost me.

I'm kinda surprised Bison are the first band on that bill - Black Cobra should be opening the show. And I like Priestess. But whatever.

Yeah, Bigelf is a pretty sweet live band. Fun moment at that show: when Damon Fox gave a shout-out to former tour buddies Dream Theater to thunderous applause, he happened to look straight at me (arms folded across my Bolt Thrower tee) and my equally non-impressed mate who gave him a nice big Taake-style thumbs down. Luckily that put a big smile on his face, although he did say he would "tell Mike Portnoy". Good times.

that review should be posted on its own thread for all to read it.

what is the most masculine genre of music?

ok in the cold bright not quite as drunk as i was last night light of day, i was maybe a bit too harsh re:HOF upthread, but it def was a disappointment not to hear much of anything off the new album. i also have a mongo hatred for the save the new shit for the third encore ploy, which i assumed was what happened. idk tho, because the dude who i convinced to go to the show by getting him into the new album was getting super irritable so we left towards the end of the main set.

Usually when an albums only out for a few weeks people complain there's too much new stuff and want older material they're more familiar with.

I don't say this super-often: Herman otm!

Yeah, but I just listed the Snakes again, that shit fucking rocks. Id be bummed if it didnt get a big air at a concert i went to. Hell, its short enought to play the whole thing.

Guys I have tried with Blessed Black Wings like a half-dozen times but, though I really like its sound and style, it just never sticks to my ribs, never draws me back for more listens. Is the new one likely to turn me?

BBW snared me halfway through the first song, I must have listened to that twice a day for a month when it first came out. The new one is different, a little faster tempo most of the way through, but i dont really have the writer chops to describe it.

the only way it's gonna be a big deal that there are women in Ludicra, is if writers make a big deal out of it.

hey guys i'm thinking about stopping by the record store today, and have bought almost no metal so far this year (just new arsis and new hof). what's one thing i should get? if you want to sell me on it in a sentence or two that would be awesome.

Ludicra

If the new Cathedral is there BUY IT. Everything ppl are saying upthread about it is true.

I just don't get the Cathedral love. I'll keep trying..

The Triptykon album is out.

xpost I wasn't crazy about the Cathedral I'd heard before, but the new thing is just an undeniable conquering force.

If the new Cathedral is there BUY IT. Everything ppl are saying upthread about it is true.

^^^^

album of the year

I love the new Abscess, like, a lot a lot, so there's that, too

ok guys; i hope they have it!

Cathedral should be out if you're in the UK; US release is April 20.

I like the new Cathedral a bunch. It makes me giggle a bit without being ~wacky~ and some of the riffs are all-timers

There should be a name for the thing they do on the last song on the album, where they incorporate all their old album titles into the lyrics

oh n/m; it will not be out

You need to download it and write an IOU to remind yourself to pick it up. I have it pre-ordered at my local shop but couldn't wait after all the effusive praise.

i'll remember---i try to download in advance as little as possible.

"Guys I have tried with Blessed Black Wings like a half-dozen times but, though I really like its sound and style, it just never sticks to my ribs, never draws me back for more listens. Is the new one likely to turn me?"

i'm in the minority on ilm, they bore the hell out of me. i tried with every album. i really liked the first ten seconds or whatever of blessed black wings. that drum intro. i never liked anything by them more than that. so, i've kinda given up. watched the video for the new song off of the new album and hit the snooze button. hey, ten seconds of pleasure is better than nothing, i guess.

xpost re cathedral-- It's one of those 'I can't believe what I'm hearing right now' albums. Are there any other Cathedral records that sound much like this? The ones I've heard don't.

Yeah Scott, I guess, as you once so aptly put it 'I can't love everything'.

re: me and HoF

thanks to the old "bands all remember to tour in MN when springtime happens" rule, here is my 3 day lineup of grueling metal for the mid month:

4/16 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum/Guzzlemug
4/17 Finntroll/Moonsorrow/Swallow the Sun
4/18 Amon Amarth/Eluveitie/Holy Grail

am i too old? will i survive? do i really need to be able to hear the world around me in the future?

lol @ Doran's (I assume it's Doran's) Quietus AFD piece on Varg

Aw man I wanna see Finntroll!

you cant get in unless you dress up as a troll

I bet Moonsorrow kills it live

Trollwives get in free on Wednesdays

I occasionally end up listening to that Moonsorrow album Chapter V and I tell you what, it's bloody good. Anything else like it I should hear?

still haven't listened to the new cathedral OR the new (off-topic, but cmon, it's the sequel to my fave album of 2007) erykah badu - good timez!!

re: moonsorrow -

v. havitetty is the best I've heard but verisäkeet is also cool

also bet the live should would be epic

erykah badu is pretty metal

only have chapter v, kivenkantaja and verisakeet - they seem to like nature and esp birds quite a lot

I don't really love moonsorrow that much on record I just bet they're rad live

they seem to like nature and esp birds quite a lot

*ears prick up*

New metal records currently in stores that I like: Armored Saint, La Raza; Barren Earth, Curse of the Red River; Defeatist, Sixth Extinction; Fatalist, The Depths of Inhumanity (I think this one's actually from '09); Ihsahn, After; Landmine Marathon, Sovereign Descent; Lost Soul, Immerse in Infinity (again, from '09, but made no impact); Ludicra, The Tenant; Obscura, Retribution reissue; Rotting Christ, AEALO; Triptykon, Eparistera Daimones.

thx to local booking hero Swordlord Productions, ive seen all of the listed bands playing that weekend other than Swallow the Sun and Holy Grail. and yes, finntroll and moonsorrow are pretty awesome live.

xpost: yeah i cant say enough good things about that ihsahn record, its amazing

also lj since you are around this thread, im going to take this opportunity to reiterate that i think you would go completely nuts over the sleepytime stuff from what i know about yer tastes

Is the Negura Bunget out yet?

Understood, JJ. You're not the only person to tell me that!

I told him years ago, so did abbott I think.

Also I think this has also been pushed to LJ upthread but the first 2 tracks of the new Cathedral sound like the heaviest possible Yes with the wind sections of Van Der Graaf and Art Bears drafted in. Actually C. Squire-esque bass assertion throughout the album.