Rolling Metal Thread 2010

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?

Not really "metal", but an album produced by Lanois that is just Neil and an electric guitar, with tons of layers and Lanois loopy production tricks. Sounds really awesome.

wow, I'm going to go look into that right now -- thanks jon!

<3<3<3<3<3 lanois

Iirc, NPR of all places was streaming it recently.

yep, checked Hype Machine -- no dice. but Google led me to NPR's site: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129955938

what is npr?

nat'l public radio

it's a website for nu-metal enthusiasts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npr

So the new Agalloch album is killing me right now. No surprise there.

Ever so slightly envious here.

Listened to a few tracks from the new Atheist today. Almost all of the McLaughlin-esque jazz-fusion side of them is gone; it's a much harder, heavier brand of tech-death they're playing now, which is probably why they chose to work with Jason Suecof. I'm not at all sure I like it, at least not yet.

That defeats the whole purpose in my opinion. If I'm going to listen to Atheist I want jazz-fusion-death, not dime-a-dozen Suecof tech-death.

I've since moved on to the new Salome album. It's alright. My indifference is probably due to my mood, I want to keep listening to Agalloch. But they mix it up decently enough, some little EHG touches breaking up the doomy monotony.

Ohhh new Salome! Do you have the Slough Feg too?

Yeah, for a while now, and it's terrific. Scalzi's as commanding a presence as ever.

I'm just gonna wait and order them all together with the dawnbringer and mans gin cds. Will save up.

You've gotta buy these first, though... amirite?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250699797598

http://catbird.tumblr.com/post/1178660030/i-hear-they-do-the-same-thing-for-ozzy-just-wheel

totally cave in

My buddy Jeff who did the short film "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" is back with another one, kinda a prequel -- "Heavy Metal Picnic."

http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=389191

Decibel writes about it and the trailer

Hour Of 13 signing to Earache makes them the best band on their roster for... how long a timespan can we get for this? Longer than a decade?