Mordy's Metal Listening Club - New Albums Every Monday

Judas priest would be PERFECT.

guys there are plenty of weeks, we can do all these things

Since there was such popular demand (i.e., two people, somewhere back upthread) for me to do a week, I volunteer to take the helm for the second set on Monday. And please, everybody, before you pass the helm to the next person, just take a moment to wipe it off.

: )

right on!

are we doing only old albums (ie before 2010) or new albums too?

hahaha I think we're doing whatever the person that's picking wants to do!

at least, I hope so

well we will never agree on anything on here so you might be right. I bet someone picks the new High On Fire then.

Although it's gonna be funny when someone picks 3 , ltd to 50 copies of ,death metal tape demos from 1989 that don't exist in mp3 form. LOL.

I'll go after Glenn (week of 4/26-30). I promise to pick relatively easy-to-locate stuff.

on vaycay the week of 5/3 but I'll do 5/10 if that's cool.

And since it's Mordy's Club and Mordy wants one thread, one thread it shall be...

but when does mordy pick his albums? You guys have all jumped in ahead of him, lolol.

Ok some youtubes just to try attract people who haven't heard either album yet incase it might tempt you to listen to the whole album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUT2L5zAFOw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-avPZB9h7Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfWI-yV7TUY <---- one of my all time fave songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV-_kOTW-BU

I nominate Mordy for 5/3.

Only just noticed this. Great thread idea! Unfortunately it's all a bit tl;dr but def. giving it all a listen. Initial thoughts on Kyuss is I like the band, except for the ghastly vocals. And in my mind this is what most metal vocals sound like, so as a first album to listen to, it doesn't encourage further listening. Will crack on though.

I used to hate Garcia's vocals until I heard Unida where it was more fitting. But now I love his vox.

mastodon is a bit murky and impenetrable for me.

He hates slow songs and he doesn't even care!

this guy is a lil retarded right? I don't see the appeal tbh.

silly winston

10 songs in and I'm giving up. Will try the next one on spotify later. 3/10

Just seen this thread. Am going to listen to Kyuss album today or tomorrow now. Not listened to it for several years. Be interested to see what I make of it now. Came to them after Rated R, having never heard of them before (got some three CDs for a tenner offer of Amazon) - but when I first listened to them they sounded like not-as-preposterous Saint Vitus, and I felt little need to return. Hope I'll find something in it that appeals now.

For those who prefer something a bit more musical & accessible check out
http://www.todaslasnovedades.es/rs/832/e9c4455d-a317-4f4c-9f70-108d736bae98/f80/filename/welcome-to-sky-valley.gif

Week 2, 19-25 April 2010

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Fates Warning - Parallels (Progressive Metal, 1991)

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sublimeacide/images/images/musique/craddle%20of%20filth.jpg
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine (Gothic Metal, 2004)

http://www.rocksound.tv/images/uploads/screamworks300.jpg
HIM - Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice (Love Metal, 2010)

I'll let these sink in before I say much about them. All three have double-disc editions that are worth seeking out if (and only if) you like the albums themselves.

Grr. Site needs a damn Preview function. Will this work?

http://letrasmp3.com/images/discos_l/parallels.jpg

A passing mod could fix that image and update the thread-title with week 2's bands...

So exciting! More albums to listen to!

I have that Cradle of Filth record and I'll happily give Fates Warning a shot, but I'm going to need some major convincing to go anywhere near a HIM record.

What is Love Metal???

lol

i dont wanna know

Re HIM: It's OK to listen to Sentenced, right? So just pretend Sentenced had kept making records. They might easily have made one that sounded a lot like Screamworks by now. Give it a shot. I only made it all the way through one of the three from last week, myself, but I tried them all.

("Love Metal": HIM's self-declared genre, and the title of an earlier album.)

Its not a case of not being willing to give something new a shot, its just that I've heard quite a few of HIM's singles and they've never done anything at all for me. I'll give it a shot.

Well, at least I didn't pick their complete singles box-set, then.

we can only but try

I heard Nymphetamine when it was new and it didn't do much for me. No CoF album has, other than Damnation and a Day, and even then I prefer Dimmu Borgir when I'm gonna listen to bombastic, John Williams-esque black metal. But I'll revisit.

The Fates Warning disc (which has just been reissued by Metal Blade with a second disc of liveage and demos, and a DVD with videos and more - different - liveage) is okay so far, but way too Queensrÿche-y in its power metal for me. I think I may need to dip into their earlier, proggier stuff.

I have almost no experience with HIM, don't think I've even ever heard a whole song. Interested to check it out.

And note, in case it doesn't go without saying, that I didn't pick HIM because I thought everyone would like them, but because I thought it would be interesting to hear what people thought.

Nymphetamine was the last Cradle of Filth album that sort of worked. They've got a really spotty discography.

Liv Kristine makes the title track worth listening to, that's for sure.

this is def going to be a prejudice challenging week for me

Listened to Fate's Warning to start my day. I think I've heard "Eye To Eye" before but the rest was new to me. I don't have a problem with this era of prog metal - I was a big King's X fan, and had the first couple of Queensryche records back then - and Parallels is perfectly fine, but I don't really want to listen to Journey/Iron Maiden hybrids anymore. Is this a touchstone record for the genre or artist? I'm incredibly ignorant of that particular sub-genre.

On to Cradle of Filth. First thought - this guys cackling voice sounds like the Salacious Crumb muppet from Return Of The Jedi. Second thought - there are some short moments of joyous riffing within these songs, but wow is this not my thing.

Okay, got to the title track and I just can't listen without laughing. That duet...

Even chanting for Cthulhu in "Mother Of Abominations" can't save this for me. Another point - this album is way too long.

god this cradle of filth album is just unlistenable. Sorry glenn

Argh! I'm falling behind already. I listened to a few YouTubes of the Kyuss and Entombed from last week. I can get why some people said that Kyuss is not metal. I guess it's kind of cross-over metal. It reminds me of some other similar things that were going on in the early '90s - that kind of almost minimalist riff-driven songs with the drop-D tuning - stuff like early Soundgarden and the first Smashing Pumpkins album. I like it, but to me it kind of sounds like background music - not enough going on to really grab me - at least on the songs I played. The Entombed was okay too, but also didn't really grab me. I'm not sure why. I do like some later bands that took that direction but kind of went a bit more mathy, like Meshuggah, although even that can get a bit monotonous because of the shouty vocals.

OK, "unlistenable" seems like about the only thing you're not supposed to say in a Listening Club.

The voice is really interesting actually. I'm used to grating/obtuse metal voices taking the form of the death metal growl. This is frantic almost, insane, gibbering. It sounds like he's using his tongue a bunch in pronunciation (as opposed to his throat).

just squeezed the kyuss album into week #1 last night while cooking. as expected, I love the music but the vocals and lyrics still grate.

I love "green machine" tho. brought back fond memories of staying up late to watch (mostly horrible) videos on headbanger's ball.

and maybe this is just because I wasn't stoned to the bone, but the album really overstays its welcome, huh?