Rolling Metal Thread 2010

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
http://anacarlo.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/father-ted-careful-now.jpg

haha what is that?

It's from the sitcom Father Ted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT9xuXQjxMM

Just hosted new SF thrash band Serpent Crown last night. WOW, that guy is the best metal drummer I've seen since Lombardo. Their lovely singer/guitarist Dara played some hot leads too. Can't vouch for their recordings (they only have a demo so far), but the live show was full of promise.

myspace.com/theserpentcrown

I posted about the Dawnbringer album months ago, but that's easy to get lost in a thread like this.

At any rate, it's one of the finer traditional metal albums I have heard of late.

A guide to Opeth's three live DVDs (new one out Tuesday): http://bit.ly/dn12cv

Q: anyone have a good starting point for Hammers of Misfortune? I saw a few of the reissues at my local store but having never heard them I thought I'd turn to you guys.

Cant go wrong with Fields/Church Of Broken Glass.

Fields/Church is good, but I also like The Locust Years a lot.

Thanks gentleman! I'll pick up one of these to start, depending on what's in stock.

alan's guide to Opeth's three live DVDs: don't watch any of them

;-)

everything i've heard by hammers of misfortune—the two (three?) mentioned above and "the bastard"—are all good. i think i like "bastard" best.

i think i need a chart to keep all the members of hammers and slough feg (and ludicra) straight.

Everything by Hammers is top notch, but man those Scalzi albums are something special. Can't go wrong with any of those.

A little birdy told me that the Unholy Cadaver record (pre-Hammers) is being reissued on Shadow Kingdom...

Cool...

shadow kingdom is the best best best label even though some of their stuff is like "ok, wow, are you really gonna sell more than 5 of those" but they are the best

I'd buy some Shadow Kingdom stuff but I'm too busy listening to the Beatles.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14612-songs-for-singles/

haven't read it yet, but here's Breihan's review of the new Torche

The Miami trio sits near the top of the underground-metal heap, but they're also the rare underground-metal band happy to come off as regular dudes rather than medieval warriors or swamp monsters.

ugh son

The rest of the review seemed fine but what a dumb statement, really

yeah breihan should know better

obviously writing for his readers

Big announcement coming tomorrow. Very excited. :)

the rolling metal thread is splitting up? will there be a farewell tour?

Say your goodbyes now.

RIP

where will sockpuppets go now. Do they go to sockpuppet heaven?

I ordered a demo tape by Dispirit http://www.dispirit.org/ You can hear samples there.

Founding member John Gossard has also been a member of Weakling, The Gault, and Asunder.

So I think his new BM project will interest most of you.

Dispirit is reportedly amazing. I have them confirmed to play a show in December that I'm also not allowed to announce til early next week.

Lots of announcements coming in the next few days! :)

I knew you would know them. I've got mp3s of the demo tape and it's every bit as good as you would hope.

whoa, I have to check this out. weakling and asunder were both pretty great.

I have the gault lp too, its great.

never heard of that act. another one for the memory banks!

The Gault was gothic metal at its best. Swans fans take note!

I haven't mentioned Dispirit much because Gossard wants the band to make a name on its own (without alluding to his previous projects). It's sort of an impossible mission though.

Ultra psyched to see them live!

so aquarius records acidentally sent my two copies of njiqahdda - "yrg alms." i notified them of the error and offered to send one back, but they told me to just pass it along to someone who might like it. rolling metal, i offer it to you.

njiqahdda are a couple guys from illinois who play a spiritual, k.i.p. mix of black metal and post-rock. they also sing in a language that they made up. it's not the most amazing stuff ever, but i dig it. post here and ilxmail me if interested and i'll gladly ship it to you!

Sounds intriguing for sure. I trust aQ's taste in stuff they pimp, for sure.

Why am I typing like that? I'm exhausted.

That sounds pretty interesting. How's their made up language? Sigur Ros? Cocteau Twins?