Rolling Metal Thread 2010

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.

Black Meddle II is serious album of the year contender stuff. Perfect combination of evil and catchy, plus you can understand what Judd is saying, which is always nice.

I don't know, I would say Cannibal Corpse rank pretty highly as far as death metal goes...

Blown away by the new Nechochwen album Azimuths to the Otherworld, as seen on Invisible Oranges. If you thought Wardruna was cool, but wished it had metal bits, this may be your album.

Really digging the new Danzig album. Working in a trio (he plays bass as well as sings; Tommy Victor's on guitar and Johnny Kelly's playing drums) suits him. No keyboards, a stripped-down blues/hard rock sound. He's in full-on Elvis mode on "Ju Ju Bone," but there's one song here, "On a Wicked Night," where he sounds uncannily like Ian Astbury from The Cult. I said on Twitter that it's not as good as Danzig, but it's at least as good as Danzig 4, and I'm starting to think it's better. Really a striking return to form.

so, I guess I'm interested in a new danzig album now. stranger things have happened... but that's pretty freakin' strange.

last "new" danzig album I've listened to: Danzig 5: Blackacidevil (lol)

isnt a small turn of human kindness an old harvey milk song from My Love Is Higher... ?

yep

saw cannibal corpse last night, was bummed because I showed up late since 1349 was supposed to be opening & I don't really give a shit about 1349 but they'd been replaced with Diabolic, who I totally fucking love and would have like to have seen

cc was awesome anyway & skeletonwitch put on a good show

April 19, 2010
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are 1349 off the tour? they weren't there at my show either and the opening acts were apologizing fori t but there was no replacement at my show....

idk but if diabolic has replaced them that's better value for money imo - diabolic are a great band and I'm sorry I missed them

I was happy that George Fisher didn't follow suit of like EVERY DEATH METUHL FRONTMAN EVAR and thank the audience for not being trend-following sheep that support that "flavor of the month" crap......

saw ludicra tonight, they ROCKED.

(roxymuzak's band opened, they ROCKED pretty good too.)

Yeah, 1349 got volcano-ized and will apparently be joining the tour a few dates in.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G0CCWUr9caQ/S9LqkiJdDwI/AAAAAAAAAw4/CPpxsBovS2k/s1600/doom_in__june_poster-final.jpg

used my gambling winnings to go on a shopping spree, checking out the new Abscess and Skeletonwitch atm....

the skeletonwitch is awes

I really liked them live....frontman has a lot of charisma. and their sound is definitely up my alley.

This might interest some folks...on Sunday night, I recorded Anna Murphy of Eluveitie explaining and demonstrating the hurdy-gurdy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT89FrGpMLI

neat!

Cool clip! It's neat when she does the wah-wah bit with the hurdy-gurdy on "Grey Sublime Archon".

awesome. they're such a good live show.

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