Rolling Metal Thread 2010

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?

according to them, their made up language is a mix of germanic and scandanavian languages, greek, arabic, and english. there is an entire lyrics sheet in the made up language, so they have obv put some effort into this.

anyways, first person to ilxmail me a shipping address gets it. no shipping cost or anything.

Love Njiqahdda. Several EPs behind (they're uber-prolific), but loved everything I've heard so far. Good to see them getting a mention here.

Haven't seen any mention of this on ILM, but it's fucking awesome.

That's the UK Sacrilege - Reaping The Demo(n)s - 2 discs of demos and live stuff from 84-87 - really excellent crusty thrash metal with female vocals.

super lame that the Kylesa isn't coming out for another month

But Dawnbringer's Nucleus is out tomorrow! Everyone should be rejoicing.

true! maybe I'll check it out

Ok here's my huge announcement!!!

http://www.adultswim.com/metal

Adult Swim and Scion have curated a free download metal compilation. It's killer, and we're on it.

sorry for the n00b q but which one r u?

Winger

ah awesome congrats d00d!!

uh there's no band named that on the tracklist

Nate is the drummer for Gay Dad Witch Mountain.

ah! will have to check 'em out. congrats Nate!

Thanks guys. We are flabbergasted to be in such good company. 13 years we've been waiting for an opportunity like this.

It's funny that we're between Saviours (who played right before us at last year's Fall Into Darkness fest) and Isis (who we played main support to on the Celestial tour). It's like metal history is cyclical or something.

the heaviest bands in existence! congrats dude.

right on, nate!

It's like you're the tasty iron filling in a heavy metal sandwich. Congrats!