Rolling Metal Thread 2010

Nate -

make sure and drop me a line when these go onsale. Very excited to see it!

Dunno who else here other than me is into the Hungarian semi-gothic-metal band Gyöngyvér, but I only just realized that they had a new album late last year, called Álmokból Álomba.... Just listening for the first time, but it sounds really great so far. Kind of like what I wanted Paradise Lost to turn into before they got all stiff, or even a little like a more-metal version of Muse rediscovering their lower-gloss roots.

I was really fond of Without Face, a Hungarian goth-metal band - any points of comparison there?

J0hn, you might appreciate this. Shadow Kingdom just called me asking if I'd book some of his clients :)

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Hrm, I had one Without Face album long ago, but I don't remember it all that well, and had forgotten that they were Hungarian, too. Male and female singers, though, right? Gyöngyvér are more gothic in the melancholy, Sentenced-ish sense, not the operatic Nightwish-ish-ish-ish sense.

So I totally missed out on this last year, but I picked up The Weirding from Astra yesterday and am really loving it. Its pretty derivative prog that could have been recorded in 1971, but thats right up my alley.

And on the subject of metal covers, which I was thinking about since hitting Thunderstorm's covers via Metal Listening Club, Gyöngyvér has a storming and yet not entirely unfaithful version of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" on that album from last year!

Haven't been on Rolling Metal in a while.

My hiatus, in metal terms: played with Ludicra on decancelation tour (BRAGGIN '10), saw Watain, Gorguts, Nazgul and DRI @ Deathfest (DRI were weird, imo, and i am a huuuge fan), met Erik from Watain who liked (or, at least, indicated) my Beherit shirt, got Only Death is Real, going on tour with Locusta yall! Come see us on that west coast

When/where is the Portland date Roxy?

This MetalSucks.net post on the history of screamo, metalcore and all the music nobody here listens to, but I do since I write about it for Alternative Press, is a must-read. Especially love the family tree.

the dude shouting "in the terror twilight" at the end, though, makes me keep thinking of the Pavement album of that same name which, incidentally, I've never heard

Hear this album now. It is Pavement's best album, even if 99% of their fans won't recognize or admit it.

There's a big Maiden doin' happening in four and a half hours at www.ironmaiden.com .

Iknow what it is too...it's a doozy.

ilxors: will have to pick it up at some point :-)

Your Los Angeles tour date is comic con weekend! You need to reschedule.

There's a big Maiden doin' happening in four and a half hours at www.ironmaiden.com .

Iknow what it is too...it's a doozy.

Announcing partnership with Steve Jobs to tie in to today's new product announcement, band to be renamed iMaiden.

Why did I even bother signing legal forms promising to not spill the beans when Ned just goes and blurts out the news anyway?

While we are talking abt Maiden I see that Bruce Dickinson's movie 'Crowley: The Chemical Wedding' is on netflix instant. Fun/worth it?

It's currently like jamming a couple billion people into a phone booth, but Maiden's awesome new track "El Dorado" is indeed here: http://www.ironmaiden.com/download/index.html

Personally I love it. I'm not allowed to discuss the rest of the album for another month (!), but I will say this new song is a really appropriate teaser.

Hear this album now. It is Pavement's best album, even if 99% of their fans won't recognize or admit it.

man I don't agree with you at all & would be shocked if I ever met anybody who did on this question, but I gotta show for-real-no-joke respect for a guy voicing the opinion that Terror Twilight is the best Pavement album! I do love Carrot Rope to bits

so far i've heard all the Pavement LPs through Brighten The Corners, and Crooked Rain, hands down, wins for me. but I still need to listen to Terror Twilight

It's good. But yeah, I'm one of those dummies who is stubbornly attached to the first four albums.

pretty much impossible to d/l that new maiden track from their site right now but blabbermouth posted a youtube stream:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=141208

diggin the album cover!

http://www.ironmaiden.com/The-Final-Frontier-cover.jpg

also, cmon, wowee zowee is the best pavement! or the only one I still listen to, anyway.

disappointed that there's no track named "what does god need with a starship?" on the tracklist, tbh

oh man, I shouldn't have directly linked to maiden's site. reloading this thread makes a request to their server now which is already being bombarded by crazy fans.

if you're a mod, feel free to swap the img for a link. sorry!

I'm supposed to review the Iron Maiden for a certain distinguished publication, but I've yet to receive my watermark in the mail. I look forward to it.

Cool stuff! Looking forward to your write-up, Jeff.

"El Dorado" holds up tremendously a couple days removed from my initial listens. Smith brings the 70s hard rock riffs on this track, that's for sure...it's no surprise that Maiden went back to being awesome the day he returned to the band.

Looking forward to picking up the new Nachtmystium, and perhaps the new Watain too, later today.

When/where is the Portland date Roxy?

― Nate Carson, Monday, June 7, 2010 1:45 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

it's july 22nd. i don't know the venue name, but i'll let you know.

Fucking awesome cover!

Yeah, that cover is pretty great. I've never even heard a Maiden record, but I'll probably be starting with that one.

Starting with reformed/reunion albums by classic bands with huge back catalogs = usually dud. I mean, if you wanted to check out the Stooges for the first time, would you really go pick up a shiny new copy of The Weirdness and expect to be awed?

You're right.

Really? No snarky/imagebomb/lolfest ksh circa 2010 reply?

iron maiden are not reformed or reunited.

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I try my best to keep that stuff out of Rolling Metal.

ksh -

The Maiden album to start with is probably Live After Death, because it's simultaneously a best-of and proof that they're a world-crushingly awesome live act. After that, dig into the '80s catalog. Everything from the s/t debut through Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is good to great.

Maybe we need a Lolling Metal thread...

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The Number of The Beast was the one I started with thanks to "Run To The Hills" on MTV. It's a great, fun entry point, with several memorable songs, though my favorite ended up being Piece Of Mind with the improved drumming and overall awesome playing.

Maiden's last album is fucking ace and, arguably, the best thing they've done since Powerslave. So it's not really that mad a comment. And what Unperson said about Live After Death, the first Maiden album I bought when it came out. Although my mum wasn't keen on the in between song swearing.

They have a pretty spinal tap-esque list on the sleeve letting you know how many gallons of OJ they drank and how many miles of toilet paper they used on the entire tour.

Thanks, unperson!

For those not following along, over on the Nachtmystium thread we have been talking about Taylor Swift and a dog that looks like Blake Judd.

Taylor Swift

a dog that looks like Blake Judd.

^ referring to two diff people iirc ^

imo the 2-disc best of is a perfect maiden intro

they are the fucking best

but then again Killers is phenomenal and you could argue that to hear a little Di'anno style and then what came next would be a cool way to go

i don't think i've ever gotten into an artist via a best of before -- i usually head for the consensus "classic" pick first or dive in with their latest release, depending

yeah, I was gonna recommend killers too. kinda punk/kinda thin lizzy/completely awesome. then proceed chronologically to tons and tons of classic records.

I agree with Phil, Live After Death would be a phonomenal album to start with. But yeah, one cannot ignore the Di'Anno stuff, which is classic in its own right. Much more confrontational than theatrical.

Taylor Swift
a dog that looks like Blake Judd.
^ referring to two diff people iirc ^

:-(

I really hope the new one is less underwhelming than A Matter of Life and Death. I'm a little worried just because the song lengths seem longer like on the last one, but hopefully that freaky album cover portends good things.