Rolling Metal Thread 2010

thx ez snappin! that is a killer price.

EZ Snappin, you are the hero of the day -- i will be heading out to NC later today

I actually like Daath. As for Levi-Werstler, it is on the overbearing side.

Damn my wife needs to go see her mom in Boston so she can make a newbury comics run for me! Mebbe I'll check Best Buy tonight and see what kind of price they have...

Daath don't know how to write songs, only riffs.

Guys there are two holes that need filling in my iron fucking maiden library: Seventh Son and the 2000 reunion album. Which should I get first?

Seventh Son, by all means. Get that at once. But Brave New World is not without merit.

I think they're kind of equal, actually. Seventh Son is great, but it's a concept album and has the saggy moments common to all concept albums. Brave New World has a lot of strong, anthemic songs, plus it's the first album with the three-guitar lineup, and I really like them that way.

I really think Brave New World was overrated -- it actually was pretty much exactly what I originally expected, but then reviews starting pouring out from skeptics saying it was one of the best Maiden albums ever. No, it isn't, though it is good. Unlike the tripe that came afterwards :(

Seventh Son rules, on the other hand.

I actually think Seventh Son is the only Maiden album in their entire discography that doesn't have a single crap song on it. The rest of their 80s albums, as great as they are (Maiden's my favourite band), all have a throwaway track.

I think SEventh son did a better job of integrating the synthesizers than Somewhere in Time did, too.

going to see Cannibal Corpse shortly. Oh, fun will be had, for sure.

seventh son is... pretty good. but I like pretty much every maiden album that came before it (and a couple that came after) better.

and apropos of nothing, I think this is a stone-cold classic. totally underrated.

http://www.amazingbarkingspider.com/music/Covers/Pictures/Iron%20Maiden%20-%20Somewhere%20in%20Time.jpg

Badass cover.

Yeah was listening to Somewhere In Time when I posted the above query. Thoroughly awesome IMO with the exception of 'Alexander The Great'.

"Deja Vu" is the one on that album that comes closest to being a stinker.

figured someone would say that (it's a little maiden by-the-numbers) but I kind of irrationally love "deja vu"

It's got those autopilot Steve Harris lyrics that get a little too silly, even for Maiden. Like "Fear of the Dark".

yeah, fair point. but I love that twin guitar action.

I'm angry that Cannibal Corpse played only Cat Stevens covers tonight....

Here's a link to my interview with Stephen Pearcy of Ratt.

argh so annoying the new webfilter at work won't let me read phil's blog. F U parent corporation!

I'm angry that Cannibal Corpse played only Cat Stevens covers tonight...

Sorry but that made me laugh my ass off...

Apparently there will be a new Worship album out in the winter.

Didn't Harvey Milk do that at one gig? (Play just Cat Stevens covers that is.)

Didn't Harvey Milk do that at one gig?

Sounds like exactly the kind of smug fuckery they'd pull.

So, who else is going to the Maryland Deathfest this year? I just booked my train ticket and a really nice hotel room; waiting to hear back if the organizers are issuing me a three-day pass before I buy my ticket. Looking over the website, there's nine bands I want to see on Friday, eight on Saturday (along with a couple I wouldn't mind sitting through) and thirteen on Sunday.

harvey milk did an all-REM gig, I think.

Speaking of Harvey Milk, their new album is some dark, dark stuff. No smugness whatsoever (none of the pop culture references of "Death Goes to the Winner"), it's a concept album that contains a plot not unlike a classic murder ballad. There are some moments that are just unbearably sad.

tbh, their music is rarely smug. at least it doesn't strike me that way. the early stuff and especially special wishes are fragile, heartfelt, and gorgeous records.

their image is another matter, yeah.

in any case, I'm really excited for the new one

I've tried, but they just don't do it for me. The album that came closest to entertaining me was The Pleaser, but even then I just wound up going back to the '70s hard rock they were ripping off.

i really wanna hear the new harvey milk. love those guys. and, yeah, i can't think of any other recent records that have choked me up like special wishes did.

would srsly <3 a metal Cat Stevens cover album

and, yeah, i can't think of any other recent records that have choked me up like special wishes did.

had the same reaction. the single they released right around the same time ("i got a love" b/w "the old revolution") has a seriously great l. cohen cover too. their best one, hah.

Nate, I am so excited to hear about the mighty Comus touring! I am going to move to Tucson this summer...if there's anyway you could work magic to make them show up there, you would be my ultimate hero. Unfortunately, as I don't yet live there, my guess for a venue is as good as yours.

I have found HM to be tedious and lazy live on the few occasions I've seen them live but that's not my experience of them on record...

I'm only halfway through the first song and I can already tell that the new Enforcer album is gonna be one of my favorite discs of 2010.

New Nachtmystium is stunningly good, but I can see how it's going to piss off a lot of people.

Wish I could hear it

I have found HM to be tedious and lazy live on the few occasions I've seen them live but that's not my experience of them on record...

seen them twice.

one time they were obviously completely wasted and spent half the set tuning. it was disrespectful and sucked a lot.

other time was a pretty great show.

that Harvey Milk is nothing, my friend saw Steel Pole Bathtub open for Faith No More once and said they played nothing but Sabbath's "Paranoid" for 45 minutes. Only, it wasn't an elongated 45 minute jam...they would just finish the song, then start it over again.

Now for a serious synopsis of last night's Cannibal Corpse show, I'm well aware that CC don't even remotely rank in the top echelon of death metal groups, but I've always liked them just teh same, they were really the first DM act I got into. and live, their material hits another level.

Corpsegrinder is a funny guy as well. He got mad that the crowd didn't yell real loud when he said "This song is the first song off of Vile" because it was the first album he sang on. He also instructed all of teh moshers to slam into anybody who was "tweaking their nipples, sticking their thumb up their butt, or playing with their little dick and balls", although he weirdly made an aside statement about how it wasn't cool to smoke and nobody should do it...which, making such statements on 4/20 is like entering a Bob Marley concert with a D.A.R.E. shirt.

It was a lot of fun. They played mostly everything from every era, though I gotta tell you shouting out song requests is really uncomfortable at CC shows. It's not every day that I yell "ENTRAILS RIPPED FROM A VIRGIN'S CUNT!".

you lie, you shout it every day!

The new 1349 disc is very enjoyable. I can't really say what having Tom Gabriel Fischer produce did or didn't do for their sound, but if you hated their last album because it wasn't black metal enough, you'll probably like this one a lot better. Me, I liked both.

new nachtmystium song blowing my mind
for better or worse, major widespread appeal imminent

What are nachtmystium like live? I see a live date coming up in my burg.

what is the new Harvey Milk called? I loved their last album.

I had a "Roses" ringtone for a while, it was scary

The new Harvey Milk is "A Small Turn of Human Kindness" ... Amazon says the release date is May 18.

What are nachtmystium like live? I see a live date coming up in my burg.
I've enjoyed every one of their shows that I've seen. They always start strong (at the shows I've seen it's either been Assassins or Ghosts of Grace) and then boom boom boom nonstop tunes, and then it's over before you know it. I've never felt that they overstayed their welcome or got boring. Crowd is usually way into it, but I think they played locally so much that people got kind of tired of the routine. One time I saw them headline and Wolves in the Throne Room were the opening band and practically everyone left before Nachtmystium went on. The people who stayed were enthusiastic, though.

I always have more fun at a show when everyone else acts like they want to be there instead of standing around waiting to be impressed. Looking forward to the shows supporting Black Meddle II!! Could be different this time around, though.