Rolling Metal Thread 2010

I wish I had an intern to listen to the new Dimmu Borgir for me.

I've listened to it twice, and you haven't paid me, so is that close enough?

I guess I need to hear Enslaved and Ludicra, huh?

I heard that last YOB album and it did absolutely nothing for me, I love doom/stoner stuff but it was just a shitty imitation.

^ sb him

I love YOB, but on a song by song basis. I can't get through a whole album.

I love Enslaved, and I find the "jarring" clean/bm vocals on their last few albums to be a huge part of their charm.

I have to say YOB is consistently great, I can't think of song of theirs I don't like.

"song"

the band has songs dude

obviously that was I typo and I meant "a song" -- not somehow suggesting they only had one song.

I am also in the dont get the big deal camp re: yob

I really liked The Illusion of Motion, because that one had digestible songs that stuck with me, but The Unreal Never Lived didn't really grab me. Epic doom doesn't really do it for me, though -- I like the new Zoroaster Way more than their earlier, longer doom pieces.

The longer and doomier something is the more I tend to like it.

No one is putting a gun to your head to like YOB. Seeing them live could change your life though. NY Times agrees that they're one of the best bands in North America. You can refute that statement, but you can't take it away.

No one is putting a gun to your head to like Smash Mouth. Seeing them live could change your life though. NY Times agrees that they're one of the best bands in North America. You can refute that statement, but you can't take it away.

(See how ridiculous that argument becomes when a more obviously shitty band is substituted in?)

don't delay, act now
supplies are running out

then I read this thread
now I'm a believer

Except I'm pretty sure NY Times never called Smash Mouth "one of the best bands in North America".

they shouldve

guys this is a dumb argument but let's not act like the nyt is any sort of authority on what the best bands in north america are

wait they arent

cant believe i believed them when they said smash mouth was one of the best bands in the country

then i read this thread
now im not a believer

let's not act like the nyt is any sort of authority on what the best bands in north america are

srsly. especially for metal bands. it's to YOB's credit that the NYT endorsement wasn't a hipster kiss of death, tbh

That Zoroaster is not bedding in for me at all.

Good album by Zoroaster, but it has a bit of a tough time matching the strength of the first track.

I've been away so long I've missed the Dimmu Borgir pre-release buzz...is it the trainwreck I've been expecting it to be?

I hope to hear the new Agalloch soon after I get back home...

really? i start the zoroaster on the second or third track and go from there

Listening to the new Dimmu now. Shagrath goes back and forth between sounding like Popeye and sounding like Milan Fras from Laibach; one line as Popeye, one as Milan. It's pretty effing annoying. Overall, their pomptastic bullshit has been paying diminishing returns since Death Cult Armageddon (the remake of Stormblåst definitely included), and this one is no change of pace. The song "Dimmu Borgir" actually kinda sounds like Laibach circa Jesus Christ Superstars, but I'd rather listen to that.

Listening to the DB as well -- I agree, the vocals are somewhat mixed. And when I heard "Gateways" on Sirius, I could have sworn that it was Cradle of Filth. Not necessarily a train wreck, but certainly no Death Cult.

"Chess with the abyss" is pretty fun, actually. Nice orchestral backing, catchy guitar riff, consistent vocals.

cheese with the abyss?

Clever as always.

Here's a link to my new interview w/Rob Halford (re: the new studio album, touring w/Ozzy, songwriting, menswear)...

Nice on Phil. Martin Popoff could have used you for his Priest book...

Nice ONE

Actually, an endorsement from Ben Ratliff, who writes about metal and jazz and "out" music for the NY Times, is pretty damn meaningful. He's the best music writer out there right now. He's certainly never steered me wrong.

He's the best music writer out there right now.

Ratliff is very good (and a swell guy; I've met him at a show or two), but there are at least three contributors to this very thread whose work I would read/trust before his.

Ratliff is very good (and a swell guy; I've met him at a show or two), but there is at least one contributor to Pitchfork Reviews Reviews whose work I would read/trust before his.

(Just kidding, don't shoot me.)

http://www.schietsport.com/dutchmuzzleloaders/images/clipart/animated/cannon.gif

LOL

Herman - I'm pretty sure bumping all those random metal threads won't get you a separate board.

Any big releases tomorrow?

enslaved

ez stop snappin

There's a shit-ton of stuff coming out tomorrow. I can't vouch for much of it, but the Flesh Consumed record is pretty great.

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS - Absence of Light
THE ATLAS MOTH - The One Amongst the Weed Fields (digital-only EP)
THE BATTALION - Head Up High
BLACK ANVIL - Triumvirate
CLUTCH - Robot Hive/Exodus (CD/DVD deluxe reissue)
DEL REY - Immemorial
ENCOFFINATION - Ritual Ascension Beyond Flesh
ENSLAVED - Axioma Ethica Odini
FLESH CONSUMED - Ecliptic Dimensions of Suffering
GRAND MAGUS - Grand Magus (reissue)
GRAND MAGUS - Monument (reissue)
LIMBONIC ART - Phantasmagoria
OCTOBER TIDE - A Thin Shell
OSI - Office of Strategic Influence (deluxe reissue)
POWERGLOVE - Saturday Morning Apocalypse
PRISTINA - The Drought (ov Salt and Sorrow)
PRO-PAIN - Absolute Power
SAILORS WITH WAX WINGS - Sailors with Wax Wings
THE SECRET - Solve Et Coagula
SLIPKNOT - (sic)nesses (DVD)
STAND UNITED - Aherence
SWEET COBRA - Mercy
TAIGA - Taiga II "Flora Chor"
TODAY IS THE DAY - In the Eyes of God (CD/DVD reissue)
UFO - Best of a Decade
UNEARTHLY TRANCE - V
UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US (DVD)
YUPPICIDE - Anthology '88-'98

Thank unperson. Some stuff I'm curious about - I'll see if any of the guys at my local store are buying copies - they're usually pretty good about letting me listen.

Glad to see "Until the Light Takes Us" is coming out as I do want to see it.

enslaved

― call all destroyer, Monday, September 27, 2010 9:06 PM

oh sh!t! had no idea this was coming out tomorrow. thanking u

excited for enslaved also

Almost as excited for the Enslaved as I am for the new Neil Young, but that may be for another thread (although, after hearing some snippets, it isn't COMPLETELY off-thread).

wait, Neil Young's releasing a vaguely metal record tomorrow?