Rolling Metal Thread 2010

And the new one is really cool, but I feel like the production is a little less clear than the last one. Kinda worried their next album will be their equivalent of Atheist's "Elements," though.

Listened to the new Hail of Bullets on my tram ride to work this morning. I still like them. Easy-listening death metal.

I heard something Adrien & Smithy might like today.
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http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=146091

That's definitely right up my alley. I like what I hear so far...

I told ya!

should probably listen to this Enslaved record the whole way through, but I just keep playing the last track again and again and again

just popping in to say: this friday night at my store in greenfield (in the basement) we will be having a show around 8 pm just in case there are any masshole lurkers on here or if you know any hampshire college professors who are down with the heavy stuff. bands:

TSANTA (my friend jeremy kelly doing his very heavy duo thing. guitar + drums.)

http://www.myspace.com/satanswhiskers

THE BODY

http://www.myspace.com/thevisionshallcometopass

EHNAHRE

http://www.myspace.com/ehnahremetal

WOLVSERPENT

http://www.myspace.com/wolvserpents

ahahahaha there is a band called HELLBEARD
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xidKY9MOr-M/TKil2vsMH7I/AAAAAAAAAeM/o6zJHQ_3ZVk/s1600/untitled2.bmp

Smithy have you started a metal band?

http://www.myspace.com/hellbeardband

I like the record cover/logo/whatever that is

the logo looks like ass, if you lopped that off you'd have a pretty OK sleeve imho

Not sure if they've been mentioned in this thread yet but there's a new Place Of Skulls (Victor Griffin, ex-Pentagram) out just now and oh mayyyne... you know how before they were a Christian band who rocked, as opposed to a Christian rock band? This is actually a Christian rock record. I mean nothing with Victor Griffin playing guitar is going to be irredeemable but I think they're making an active play for the CCM crowd :(

I dunno, the lyrics were always a bit like that.

TODAY IS THE DAY - In the Eyes of God (CD/DVD reissue)

wait what now

― the great aussie ballkicking vids (jjjusten), Thursday, September 30, 2010 11:45 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark

Would also like to hear about this. What's on the DVD? Or is one of those pointless 'audio only' DVDs?

xp yeah no I mean the actual songs, to be fair there are some bangers here but a bunch of this sounds like radio rock of the Creed kind, it's not pretty

ahh, ugh

Listening to this:

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and I'm liking it a lot.

Hey if you're in Portland this week:

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So what are people thinking, end-of-year-list-wise? Here's what I have so far:

Nachtmystium - Black Mettle Part 2: Addicts
Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence
Jucifer - Throned in Blood
Arsis - Starve for the Devil
The Sword - Warp Riders
Watain - Lawless Darkness
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
Zoroaster - Matador
Cathedral - the Guessing Game
Landmine Marathon - Sovereign Descent
Rotting Christ - AEALO

Four or five of those have a shot a being on mine (Nachtmystium, Yakuza, Watain, High On Fire, and maaaaaybe Zoroaster). Didn't really feel the Arsis or The Sword that much, although the latter is growing on me a bit (I think I just had too high of expectations given the early buzz and the lovely cover art). The Cathedral is... well, interesting. LOVE about 3/5ths of it, can't stand another fifth, and waver back and forth on the rest.

The Landmine Marathon was also okay, but I haven't listened to it again since I heard the promo. Maybe I should remedy that. Haven't heard the others.

Alpha order:

Black Bombaim - Saturdays and Space Travels
Cathedral - The Guessing Game
Christian Mistress - Agony & Opium
The Flight of Sleipnir - Lore
Ihsahn - After
Kvelertak - Kvelertak
Samsara Blues Experiment - Long Distance Trip
The Sword - Warp Riders
Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
UFOmammut - Eve

I have yet to hear Gnaw Their Tongues and Kylesa, but wouldn't be surprised if either made my list.

Yeah Triptykon would probably be on my list and I'm super excited to hear the Kylesa. Off the top of my head the Ihsahn record would probably make my list.

I can't remember everything that came out, but off the top of my head I would put: Iron Maiden, Yakuza, Enslaved, Drudkh, Ov Hell, Sorgeldom, Twilight, 1349, Ludicra, and The Howling Wind on my list, and maybe Celestiial, and I have a feeling this Wolvserpent is gonna make it too. Oh yeah, and I bet Kylesa will, but I haven't heard it.

I have a gift certificate, so I'm going to make a run to Best Buy and pick up a couple things I never got around to checking out (if they have them), including Ludicra because I suspect I'm going to love that one. Honestly, the Enslaved is good, but I'm not as blown away by it as everyone else here seems to be.

Man your Best Buy must be a whole lot better than the ones around here if you can find Ludicra there. The only metal albums I was able to find this year were the Maiden, the High On Fire, and Ov Hell.

My list of candidates is fuckin' LONG. Here 'tis:

The Absence, Enemy Unbound
Armored Saint, La Raza
Bison B.C., Dark Ages
Brain Drill, Quantum Catastrophe
Danzig, Deth Red Sabaoth
Decrepit Birth, Polarity
Defeatist, Sixth Extinction
Deftones, Diamond Eyes
Embryonic Devourment, Vivid Interpretations of the Void
Enforcer, Diamonds
Flesh Consumed, Ecliptic Dimensions of Suffering
High On Fire, Snakes for the Divine
Ihsahn, After
In This Moment, A Star-Crossed Wasteland
Inherit Disease, Visceral Transcendence
Iron Maiden, The Final Frontier
Kill the Client, Set for Extinction (just got the promo today, but it's awesome)
Knut, Wonder
Kylesa, Spiral Shadow
Ludicra, The Tenant
Misery Index, Heirs to Thievery
Ratt, Infestation
Shining, Blackjazz
The Showdown, Blood in the Gears
Steelwing, Lord of the Wasteland
The Sword, Warp Riders
Violator, Annihilation Process EP
Waking the Cadaver, Beyond Cops, Beyond God
Whourkr, Concrete (digi-grind)
Xasthur, Portal of Sorrow
Yakuza, Of Seismic Consequence
Rob Zombie, Hellbilly Deluxe 2

I'm not sure about the Triptykon disc yet (or the EP that's coming out soonish). I'm going to see them, 1349 and Yakuza tomorrow night, though. That may inspire me to revisit the studio recordings.

They have it on the website, probably doesn't translate to having it in store though.

I was not impressed by the Rob zombie at all. I really wanted to like it, but it just wasn't very good.

I keep forgetting theres a new Brain Drill out! I need to check that one out, I loved first one.

I totally forgot the Ludicra! Another to add to the list. Liked the Ratt a great deal and should probably revisit it.

I think for me the top ten of it is going to be Maiden, Electric Wizard, Cathedral, The Body, Gnaw Their Tongues, High On Fire, Cephalic Carnage, Kylesa, UFOmammut, Celeste.

Electric Wizard

Wait, what?!?!?? Had no idea they had a new one coming out this year!

Waking the Cadaver, Beyond Cops, Beyond God

trollin?

my picks:
cathedral, the guessing game
immolation, majesty and decay
ihsahn, after
thou, summit
christian mistress, agony & opium
overkill, ironbound
iron maiden, the final fronteir
bastard noise / endless blockade, the red list (split)

like the new ones from arsis, decrepit birth, high on fire, and the bastard noise full-length as well. no doubt I'm forgetting some others.

tons of stuff I haven't checked out yet too. ludicra, defeatist, kill the client, and triptykon are near the top of that list.

I'm a fair-weather metal fan and haven't heard a lot, but I have enjoyed Nachtmystium, High on Fire, Deftones, maybe a couple others... Boris? Maybe the BXI thing, or that Variations one.

Fuck... I was trying not to go on about it... but it fucking rules. The last track's like a massive thunderstorm. And that's all I'm saying about it until ten days before release date...

You just upped my excitement level by like 10000000%.

new electric wizard is always a good thing.

oh yeah, new agalloch should be out pretty soon!

Forgot about the Thou, that one is pretty high up on my list. I haven't given my list much thought though, since I'm not writing for any outlets right now I'm not on the same October deadline as most of you guys.

i'm expecting to enjoy a good amount of stuff that hasn't been released yet, but my only real keepers from the year so far are cathedral and ludicra, and to an extent i respect those more than i like them.

Electric Wizard and Agalloch are high on my "excited for" list and will probably make it if they're anywhere near the last records from each band. Ended up being quite a year!

Seriously, it really did!

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Oh wow. Where did you get those photos from?

Waking the Cadaver, Beyond Cops, Beyond God

trollin?

Nope. I wasn't expecting anything at all from it, 'cause they were seriously one of the most inept bands I'd ever heard. But somehow they got whipped into shape and while they're not pathbreaking or anything, it's a solid death/grind record.

Seeing Triptykon here in Cambridge Thursday night. Looking forward!

2010 frontrunners for me, currently:

Cathedral
Celestiial
Dark Fortress
Diabulus in Musica
Ea
Eluveitie
Enslaved
HIM
Ihsahn
Immolation
Imperium Dekadenz
Iron Maiden
Kvelertak
Lacrimas Profundere
Ludicra
Mandrake
Nechochwen
Negura Bunget
Nevermore
Poisonblack
Rotting Christ
Sahg
Sister Sin
Triptykon
Valborg
Xasthur

And I'm still not ruling out Alcest, Blood of the Black Owl, Blut aus Nord, Dark Tranquillity, Decrepit Birth, Dimmu Borgir, Equilibrium, Gamma Ray, Grand Magus, Kathaarsys, Mortemia, Overkill, Tarja or 1349. And I haven't heard the new Cradle of Filth or Agalloch yet.

Nope. I wasn't expecting anything at all from it, 'cause they were seriously one of the most inept bands I'd ever heard. But somehow they got whipped into shape and while they're not pathbreaking or anything, it's a solid death/grind record.

hmm. actually haven't heard it myself. just the older material, and yeah, inept is right.

in any case, the phrase "beyond cops, beyond god" is seriously funny to me for reasons I'm having trouble articulating.

didn't even know there was a new blut aus nord record this year! memoria vetusta ii was my fave of 2009, so I have to hear that one.

Enslaved and Agalloch will place very high on my 2010 list. Christian Mistress has crept up and up since June to the point where it's an easy top ten for me. The new ones by Weapon and the Crown are fantastic as well, a couple of potential late additions.

There's been a wealth of good metal records this year...

Dont forget Dawnbringer