Rolling Metal Thread 2010

they're playing at the house of blues in chicago
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Awesome. I'm just sad we don't get the same bill as the European dates, which are Dimmu + Enslaved + Sahg!

Just got Salon des Refusés. My (very) initial impression is that it may be the best album of its kind since Mardraum. Give me a week or two and I will probably regret having made this claim, but right now it seems so obviously true.

man ive been listening to the Thrones disc and am now very very excited about the tour w/christian mistress

also in catching up with the rest of the world moment, i have just realized that Carcass - Heartwork is way better than I remembered - i think i confused it w/something else that was much more techno drum vibed (yeah i know, i am an idiot)

better late than never.

when Heartwork came out, I was like "wow, they sooold out, maaan" Now, I'd say it's one of my favorites from that year, and it's pretty much impossible for me to comprehend how I could have had that kind of reaction to it.

I saw the Heartwork tour. It was very good. But I was also under a similar impression at the time.

Slayer/Megadeth/Testament was fantastic last night.

Lombardo is so much better now than he was in the 80s.

The new Therion album is cringe-inducing. I was a huge fan of the previous band lineup (post-2001), and the new band shows little imagination at all. I've never been a fan of Vikstrom, either. But the songs are incredibly clunky. You take the operatic/symphonic stuff with a grain of salt with these guys, but the hooks are nowhere to be found.

would just like to say that I have been listening to the new Therion for the last few days & I disagree with this post. it is just really working on me, love the riffs, LOVE the solos, love when the Hammond drops in. just like this record so much! when glenn writes:

Therion are my dream band, or at least that's what I always think when I read about them. And then I try to listen and it all just sounds so clunky to me.

this has actually been true with me and the other Therion albums I'm familiar with - Deggial & Secret of the Runes. every time I'd try to get into them, it'd be like, this is great musicianship, and a cool idea, but it's too static. whereas the new one is kind of all over the place. it has a confused sort of thrashing quality not musically but in the sense that there are a lot of ideas being thrown out, one after another, just to see how they work: rock vox, opera vox, that completely nuts folk-violin solo. what on earth. and the completely unabashed use not only of choirs but of solo operatic voices is just so weird & great. I love the new Therion!!

(yeah i know, i am an idiot)

I stopped listening to Carcass for years because of this. I think the idiocy was widespread.

Yup, me too.

Not by me

I never listened to Carcass in the first place.

They were from the Cradle of Civilization and played a lot when I was a teenager near where I lived.

I was never a Carcass fan either. Tried again when the reissues came out - still no response.

BTW, my favorite band today is Mexico's Voltax, whose second album Fugitive State of Mind is currently NWOBHMing my laptop into submission. They had a track from their s/t debut on Earache's Heavy Metal Killers compilation in '08, and they haven't moved forward in time one bit since then - they're still straight from '80, a little rough (their gallop falters from time to time, reminding you that real human beings are making these noises), but the vocals are Udo Dirkschneider-esque with a little more upper register screech, and overall it's pretty good, catchy, headbanging stuff.

I'm glad The Crown are back. Nobody does careening death metal overdrive quite like them.

Slayer/Megadeth/Testament was fantastic last night.

Lombardo is so much better now than he was in the 80s.

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^this tour is kicking all sorts of ass. I loved the show.

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Fall Into Darkness 2010 is the latest annual festival curated by Nanotear Booking and hosted at Portland, Oregon's finest mid-size club Berbati's Pan.

Past incarnations have boasted earth-shattering performances from Sunn0))), Wolves in the Throneroom, and YOB.

This latest edition features headlining performances from San Francisco battle-metal duo Black Cobra, Cascadian performance artists Fauna, technical US Black Metal excellence from New York’s Krallice, and the undeniable jams of instrumental San Diego trio Earthless.

Diversity of musical styles and lifestyles are celebrated at Fall Into Darkness and the staggering range of just what constitutes art and metal in 2010 will be on display in one masterful set after another.

If you like it dark and heavy, artistic, powerful, and uncompromising, this is the festival for you.

Fall Into Darkness 2010 Festival Schedule:

Thursday, October 7 @ Berbati's Pan
Black Cobra, Witch Mountain, Stoneburner, Wizard Rifle
8:30pm, 21+, FREE (thank you PBR!) or $25 for 4 day pass

Friday, October 8 @ Berbati's Pan
Fauna, The Need, Rabbits, Embers
8:30pm, 21+, $10 (advance), $12 (door) or $25 for 4 day pass

Saturday, October 9 @ Berbati's Pan
Krallice, Deadsea, Fell Voices, Worm Ouroboros
8:30pm, 21+, $10 (advance), $12 (door) or $25 for 4 day pass

Sunday, October 10 @ Berbati's Pan
Earthless, Danava, Wildildlife, Via Vengeance
8:30pm, 21+, $10 (advance), $12 (door) or $25 for 4 day pass

Tickets are available through Ticketweb.com
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Special thanks to our sponsors Scion and Pabst Blue Ribbon.

anyone check out the new Stone Sour record? I liked "Bother" and "Inhale" when they came out; I actually bought the first record, but I'm not sure I ever listened to it all the way through. liked "Through Glass" when it came on the radio in 2006. still rep for all those three jams

I like the new single, and I bought the new record earlier tonight. after half listening to it all the way through once & after listening to a couple select tracks a few more times, I feel like I'm probably too old for this? still, it deserves more attention before I'll be able to really say how I feel about it

Saw a skater wearing a Death t-shirt today.

Hey, it was exciting to me!

Also, there's a new Stargazer album on Profound Lore. Haven't heard it yet. But I love them and I imagine it'll be great.

Whoa. Fauna's playing inside? Like actually inside a "club?" Crazy.

Also: Stargazer record is great.

I feel like I'm probably too old for this?

New board description!

I love when markers' teenage nu-metal side takes over.

lol stone sour

The first Stone Sour record had some great hard rock tracks on it. Never heard the second one.

Some pretty great acts on that Fall Into Darkness bill. Would love to see Deadsea myself; liked their last album a lot.

"Whoa. Fauna's playing inside? Like actually inside a "club?" Crazy."

This will be the third time I've hosted them at Berbati's. They love it.

The Absence's guitarist sent me a list of his five favorite Swedish death metal albums...

Yeah, listening to The Absence right now, and they definitely like Swedish death metal. But then, so do I, so I'm digging this.

Has anyone heard the new Dawnbringer album "Nucleus" yet? Heard one track from it and it sounds awesome, like all the things I love about this kind of music without the bits I hate. It's out in about a week I think on Profound Lore.

I have it, but haven't had time to listen to it yet. Playing the first track now and it is, indeed, sounding pretty awesome.

Stosuy posted "Line An Earthquake" from that record on Stereogum: http://stereogum.com/502512/dawnbringer-like-an-earthquake-stereogum-premiere/franchises/haunting-the-chapel/

YOB > Sleep > Scott Kelly. Cool show though. I skipped the second half of Sleep's set to catch Nomeansno across the street. No regrets.

Picked up the Sword's new one. I am a sucker anytime anyone adds pre-Eliminator ZZ Top flourishes to their music. (See also: Meat Puppets, Huevos). This is some great shit.

i never felt much for the sword one way or the other. i like the new one on the first few listens, but i doubt it'll stay in rotation very long. i really enjoyed seeing them live a few years ago, though. they were a lot heavier than the records led me to expect.

For some reason I dug out Suma's self-titled debut from 2002 and it is blowing me away. Beefy riffs, stoner echoed vocals, long songs with enough variety to not bore to tears - what's not to love? Does anyone know if their record from this year, Ashes, is anywhere near as good? I remember being a little let down by Let The Churches Burn when it came out in 2007.

I,too, am still loving The Sword's latest. Between that and Quest For Fire's Lights From Paradise my retro-rocking gene is running wild.

I got to see Suma at Roadburn last year. So great. Haven't heard the new one.

In other news, Portland's best kept secret Rabbits just signed to Relapse. Very happy about that as they deserve international recognition. Killer high octane sludge band for fans of Karp and Torche.

@Born In A Test Tube - is there any chance you could upload that Dawnbringer album?

also they are called Rabbits

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@Born In A Test Tube - is there any chance you could upload that Dawnbringer album?

Not gonna happen.

listened to the autopsy demos collection on nuclear war now tonight. pretty enjoyable, especially the 1988 one. earlier demo vox have a thrash vibe that I wasn't expecting.

odds and sods live/rehearsal stuff is mostly useless, unfortunately.

amazing packaging but this one is for the mega fans.

just got the new kylesa, and wow. i'm only halfway through, but it's so much more dynamic than any of their previous albums, without giving up any heaviness.

@EZsnappin... I really loved the Suma album and played it constatnly when I was reviewing it but haven't been tempted back to it since.

New... Gnaw Their Tongues... is killing me...

Moogle, don't ask critics to upload album advances. We can get in a lot of trouble for that.

You can't get in trouble for someone asking, only if you're daft enough to upload stuff.

But when you guys post about albums you have that others dont, dont be surprised when others want to hear it too.

eh even the appearance of improprietary is not good in this sitch--i assume moogle is new, we can kindly tell him that that sort of thing doesnt go on here.

also: every album comes out eventually! waiting is not a bad thing!!

oh well any excuse to post this
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