Rolling Metal Thread 2010

oh hey guess who just found out today that the High On Fire/Torche/Kylesa show in town was last fucking night

god damn i really have to start paying attention to shit

I totally did this a month or so ago w/ the Sleep show in Austin, had a ticket and everything...

so far it's christian mistress and ludicra at the top for me, with kylesa, the torche ep, enslaved, and the body not far behind and agalloch and slough feg expected to be right in the mix. still haven't full absorbed the new cathedral.

going through itunes just to remind myself about 2010, the secret might get in there, along with black breath, bison b.c., and high on fire. i really dig "circle the wagons," too.

next question show wise for me is how willing am i to pay dimmu borgir for my opportunity to see enslaved

my usual comp attempts have come up empty because its at a bar that (up until now) mostly does biker blooz and hippy jam band crap urrrggghhhh

like as in if you were ever wondering if Dread Zeppelin was still touring you could check this place because they seem to be playing there every other week

I am mulling over whether to see the Wino solo show or not. Then Supersonic in a fortnight.

I'm going out Sunday to see Christian Mistress and Thrones. First show in a while.

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.

― fuck to: posers (Alan N), Wednesday, October 6, 2010 11:24 AM (3 hours ago)

Memoria Vetusta II was mine, too. I previewed the new one and, I don't know if it is a re-release of old material or if they are completely out of ideas or what, but I found it really really boring compared to... well all of their earlier work. I listened to it four times and nothing stuck.

If you go to Supersonic, I'm doing a daily radio show around tea time, interviewing Michael Rother in the theatre and DJing the aftershow party on the Sunday.

None of these things will necessarily be any good. Well, whenever I've done the aftershow it's usually gone down a storm actually. It's like when you get a bunch of people who've been drinking, taking drugs and listening to stuff that sounds like Merzbow or Scorn for three days, the second they hear Run To The Hills they go apeshit.

Really if you go to Supersonic just make sure you watch Factory Floor. Love that band. Literally just got in from watching them in SW London this evening. Can't hear anything.

Was intending catching up with you at some point - have managed to book the Paragon this week which means I guess we should run into each other.

I'm hoping to see Patrick Wolf there again dressed as Robin Hood and dancing very quickly to Venetian Snares.

"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"

Jeff, let me know if you need a promo. I'll hook you up man. Ludicra's The Tenant should be on everyone's top 10 list because it's one of the ten best records to come out this year.

Still fleshing mine out but undoubtedly includes Enslaved, Cathedral, Ludicra, Agalloch, Christian Mistress, and Wolvserpent.

I definitely should give the new Krieg a listen before making any list. Man, I'm now reminded of Winterfylleth, Woe, and The Howling Wind. Too much good stuff this year...

Listening to the new Sweet Cobra. This definitely has a good shot. Also considering adding these to my list:

Alcest - Écailles de lune
Exodus – Exhibit B: The Human Condition
Tarja - What Lies Beneath (yeah, I know, but it's really good)
Armored Saint – La Raza
Tweak Bird - Tweak Bird (fans of Melvins and Big Business should really check these guys out)
Iron Maiden - the Final Frontier
Blind Guardian - at the Edge of Time

I've been spinning the new Withered a lot the last few days.

I'm really liking the new Black Mountain, but I'm not really sure if it's "metal" enough for decibel, even though In the Future made the list a few years back.

Ok, I'm at 1349, holding the phone up so you can all hear. Awesome.

Thanks Glenn! Sounds scrumptious.

Oh, and here's the setlist:

Garrrrrrrrr
Rrrarrrrrrr
Ghargggggggrr
Hellfire
Griegggggggggrrrrrr
Sledgegarrrrrrrr
Ygghgggghgggg Rarrrrrr (radio edit)
Phlphbbbbbrrrrrrrrraaaarrrrrrr

(beard solo)

Spirits of Pfarrrgghaurgggh
Morghurghlurghulghghgh's Tears

lol

Here's what my list is looking like as of tonight:

1. Nachtmystium - Black Mettle Part 2: Addicts
2. Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence
3. Jucifer - Throned in Blood
4. Arsis - Starve for the Devil
5. The Sword - Warp Riders
6. Watain - Lawless Darkness
7. High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
8. Zoroaster - Matador
9. Cathedral - the Guessing Game
10. Rotting Christ – AEALO
11. Alcest - Écailles de lune
12. Ludicra - the Tenant
13. Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
14. Iron Maiden - the Final Frontier
15. Blind Guardian - at the Edge of Time
16. Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun
17. Armored Saint – La Raza
18. Tweak Bird - Tweak Bird
19. Exodus – Exhibit B: The Human Condition
20. Tarja Turunen - What Lies Beneath

Although Killing Joke are creeping their way up the list...

OK, TGW and Triptykon are just on another level. Hearing protection is good, but I feel like I ought to have on some sort of body armor for the low frequencies. Warrior looks like he's still not sure exactly why he came down from his secret fortress, and like maybe these stories and groans are less for our entertainment than to renew the wards against the world so he can go back again.

Corpsepaint looks dopey. Tom Warrior looking like he's older than the rest of his band put together is rather scarier.

I've only really taken an interest in metal over the last couple of years, so I'm still pretty ignorant on the subject, but I'm really liking Nachtmystium, The Body, Black Tusk, Black Breath, Dawnbringer, Christian Mistress, that Boris comp, Yakuza, Zoroaster, Ludicra, Kylesa and the Torche EP. I also love the Shining and Daughters albums, although I don't know if you guys would actually count them as "metal" or indie, punk, whatever. One album I'm really surprised hasn't been on everybodys' lists though is the Harvey Milk album; surely that's metal? Regardless, best album of the year.

very much enjoying A Forest Of Stars 'Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring' at the moment. And love their website http://www.aforestofstars.co.uk/ - wasted a good half-hour here just moving stuff about.

Here's my review of Wednesday night's Triptykon/1349/Yakuza show.

stupid stupid hecklers! what a bozo.

in other news, i honestly considered flying to seattle to see agalloch/waldteufel, but it's like $400 :( this is what i get for not believing in the spirit of xmas.

yeah wtf why is noone mentioning the harvey milk album?

Because Harvey Milk blows dead dogs...?

Reissue, is my guess.

My other review of last night's 1349/Triptykon show, as syndicated on Twitter:

10:05pm Not sure: is 1349 guitar guy SUPPOSED to look like a badger?

10:06pm Also, from this angle can't tell if Reaper bass dude has powdered his beard or is wearing fake chin.

10:13pm 1349 in brief: look like guys uncomfortably too old for trick-or-treating; sound like glaciers planning vengeance next ice age. But fast.

11:14pm I feel like half of the people at this Triptykon show might work at my company, just in some secret subbasement I've never even heard of.

11:46pm Some elves stay because it's too fun being immortal among the mortal, some because it's too terrifying being alive in the absence of death.

12:00am My largest earthquake was only 6.2, but this Triptykon show is more physical than that. At least this time I'm wearing pants.

12:11am Triptykon makes much of the rest of dark metal look like cargo-cult effigies done by people with poor memory for detail and no patience.

9:15am Today's memento vivere: wearing the shirt from last night's concert, like I would have when I was 16.

Aldo there was a brand new Harvey Milk album out earlier this year.

http://www.roadburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Harvey-Milk-A-Small-Turn-Of-Human-Kindness.jpg

And it's way better than the previous one.

So Glenn, did you not show up for Yakuza? You really missed something, if you didn't.

what do we have to do to get the arkestra back together? that was one of my favorite shows all year, and i don't even think it lived up to its potential because it was outdoors and the horn section was, imo, underutilized.

I saw some of Yakuza. Know 'em, don't like 'em, didn't change my mind after seeing them. I don't have anything snarky to say about them, they're just not my thing.

And it's way better than the previous one.

More depressing, yes, better, no.

Yes, Harvey milk are a little too unpleasant for me. Same reason there isn't more grind or atmospheric black metal on my list -- it's not that I can't recognize that it's good, it's just that it isn't something I'm likely to listen to on a regular basis.

The Harvey Milk is terrific, but yikes it's dismal. I greatly prefer the cheekiness of Life...

And okay, here's my list as it stands right now, in descending order. Still plenty of time to amend it before I post my big rundown at PopMatters in December...I have to leave out so many great titles either way.

Nachtmystium - Addicts: Black Meddle Part II
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Alcest - Ecailles de Lune
Agalloch – Marrow of the Spirits
Castevet - Mounds of Ash
Dawnbringer – Nucleus
Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
Christian Mistress - Agony and Opium
Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence
Kvelertak – Kvelertak
Ludicra - The Tenant
Shining – Blackjazz
Ratt – Infestation
Ihsahn - After
High on Fire - Snakes For the Divine
The Crown - Doomsday King
Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
The Sword - Warp Riders

what i miss is the dismal but still soaring and tuneful majesty of "special wishes."

I finally got The Sword album as I've been seeing it all over the place lately and the cover enticed me. This is really good stuff. Love the sludgey, stoner moments, and the sandblasted riffs, and the 70's-FM rock vocals.

I almost feel like I shouldn't own this as a cd, but some battered, dusty vinyl album.

I forgot to put the Castevet album on my list, too. That's a really good one.

yes!

Last night, The Body were kind enough to test the structural integrity of the building that my record store is in. The building is sound. Thanks, guys!

(oh and if any of you get a chance to see Wolvserpent live, GO!)

To help out those making EOY lists I've revived Mordy's Metal Listening Club - New Albums Every Monday
and we should pick all 2010 albums on it for the rest of the year.
If anyone wants to join in/volunteer please post on the thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0OLQiKVP-w&feature=related

Holy crap are Christian Mistress good live! Outstandingly tight, outstandingly awesome. Touring all through the month and totally worth catching if you can. Boston, then Providence, NYC, Philly, Baltimore, etc.

ok i mean this is just everyone otm but i'm working my way through the enslaved record today and it is just really fantastic--probably the best metal record and one of the best ten records i've heard this year.

even the things they do that i'm not super into, like the clean singing and some of the prog bits, are so fully thought out that they're inarguable. and i love how thick and defined the guitars are--like you can really hear every pickstroke on some of the riffs.