Rolling Metal Thread 2010

Just bought the new Nightbringer and Bathory's Under The Sign Of The Black Mark, the latter for a little bit of much-needed perspective.

To see what will be one of the main inspirations for the new Agalloch album, go here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFmu7BYbthY

Hey Adrien, how did you know the Yakuza was going to get such a high score from me? Did the editors tell you, or did you just assume?

Well, I'd had the album for quite some time and have been so blown away by it, I figured the dB review couldn't be anything but glowing. It's one of my faves of the year so far, and I'm glad I was able to do a full-page piece on the band. They deserve it.

fuckin' love Agalloch.

I lolled @ this blog name http://reigninblonde.com/

http://reigninblonde.com/post/686742608/reign-in-blondes-best-of-2010-so-far

If you like metal and statistics, I will now destroy your productivity for the week:

https://pub.needlebase.com/actions/visualizer/V2Visualizer.do?domain=Metal-Index

omg

bookmarking this, thanking you immensely

glenn, that's awesome!

so I'm listening to this thing by Zombie Death Stench, The Redeadening - it's an attempt to fuse Goblin/Zombi-style giallo synth jams with beery rockin'-style death metal. They do the synth side better than the death side imo but it's totally worth investigating, v. enjoyable listen.

so Zombi Death Stench then?

I think that is why the word "Zombie" is in their name, yes.

So have any of you Pacific Northwwest dudes heard Christian Mistress? Their new six song CD (on 20 Buck Spin) is knocking me out. Dead-on, slightly ramshackle but earnest NWOBHM (think Girlschool and Tank) with a killer female vocalist who songs in a raspy, dusky voice that gives it a really unique touch. Actually she reminds me of Rough Cutt's Paul Shortino, he sung the same way. Anyway, they have no MySpace, but a track can be heard here:

http://stereogum.com/399492/christian-mistress-home-in-the-sun-stereogum-premiere/franchises/haunting-the-chapel/

anyone heard aerial ruin CDR?

"Symphonic Black Metal" sounds like exactly my kind of thing, but: Carach Angren, ugh.

The Fall Into Darkness DVD looks really, really good after a quick run-through. Nate, is there a tracklisting posted anywhere?

ok i need to hear this zombie death stench thing obv

Just came back from The Dillinger Escape Plan @ Het Bolwerk, Sneek (NL). Man, they really tore up the place. In fact, I can't sleep now, still on a rush...

Hey guys I'm at Scion music conference typing on an iPhone so bear with me.

1). Christian Mistress rules. Great friends. Xtine has sung a Witch Mountain tune live with us before Uta got involved. You can catch CM live at my next Fall into Darkness fest in Oct.
2) Aerial Ruin is Erik Moggridge (ex-Old Grandad, current Sub Arachnoid Space). It's gorgeos stuff & he opened last year's Fall into Darkness.
3) I can get you a DVD track listing if you email me.

Cheers everyone!

2) i just asked if anyone knows where to get this CDR

does anyone?

Decrepit Birth's Polarity has some pretty stellar tech death on it, but man, the production is incredibly distracting. The drums sound like crap.

I haven't heard that one yet. The new Kataklysm, though, is surprisingly good. Sounds like the swagger of that Ex Deo album rubbed off on the band.

awww, that's a bummer about the new decrepit birth. loved the last one.

I liked the last Decrepit Birth album, too, and will hold on to my optimism about the new one until/unless I determine experimentally that it sounds like crap to me, too.

that's a good way to be.

I'm not saying the music is crap. The music is excellent. The production is just crap.

2) Dear Roxy: erikmogg at gmail dot com

I'm going to see Isis's final NYC show tonight, and had some thoughts about listening to them and seeing them evolve over the last decade.

ty nate!

man, "Stagnant Pond" by Ludicra is one of my songs of the year. just perfect. I need to hunker down and listen to the whole record, though. still don't think I've made it through, but that's mostly because I haven't been doing that with many records lately

it's just ridiculous how good it is

No argument here. You see the exclusive live Fall into Darkness version on Youtube?

Got my Fall Into Darkness DVD in the mail today - copy #5! Can't wait to get a chance to crank it up; sadly, it'll probably be a week or so as my Dad just arrived for a visit and he's not really much of a metal fan.

Anyone else going to see the Big Four live at the cinema next Tuesday? I just found out about it this evening, looks like it could be a fun night rocking out in a comfortable chair.

xxxpost to Nate

looks like they just have "In Stable" on YouTube :-(

Oh maybe I got confused and Stagnant Pond is the clip from the DVD. I'll have to check on that and get back to you.

:-)

man, melvins killed at that nyc show phil mentioned. so tight.

isis were ok. I guess I just don't like them much live.

GODFLESH CONFIRMED FOR SUPERSONIC.

godflesh/swans - holy shit!

I enjoyed both Melvins and Isis Friday night, surprising myself. Full review on the Voice website tomorrow.

Isis were definitely better than when I saw them circa panopticon but I just find their quiet/loud material from the last few years a little formulaic and too samey for me to really get into in a live setting. Not bad, just nothing I would care to see again.

Not saying their older loud/LOUD material is any less formulaic. It's just more to my liking.

Loved the way the melvins set never let up. The first track off of lysol they closed with was crushing.

Btw, nothing new, but I'm listening to witchcraft's alchemist record from a few years ago and actually just said, "man, this is so fuckin good" to myself, hah. This record and the new cathedral just nail the psych/metal/hard rock sound.

And, as usual, I'm immensely jealous of you euros and your killer festivals. That gybe atp lineup is amazing as well.

has anybody heard this new album by Demontage? because it is FUCKING AWESOME. think I will write something about it soon. Shadow Kingdom Records can pretty much do no wrong right now imo

Demontage reminds me of a lot of underground Canadian bands from the mid-80s. Wildly exuberant, capable of some really weird moments, and totally unclassifiable. Their new stuff is a lot of fun.

man yeah that is right on. Like pre-Nothingface Voivod: who the hell was in that class at all? just these guys from far away, doing their own thing, carving out their own space. Demontage's choruses sound pratically PiL-style tonedeaf sometimes but still the band works. Added their new one to my 2010 year's-best after one listen.

Loved the way the melvins set never let up.

Man, you ain't kiddin'. In my review I described it as an endless two-man drum solo with occasional guitar and vocals. And I think the reason I liked Isis was that they only played seven songs, repped their entire catalog (that one song from Celestial stood out like a sore thumb with a burning road flare taped to it) and just kinda hit it and quit it. I'm curious if they played longer at the Williamsburg show the next night. I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

I also interviewed Buzz and Dale pre-show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GKA-oYOKNM