Rolling Metal Thread 2010

Yeah I did the (upcoming) Terrorizer review of it - I wasn't bothered by the vox so much as thrown slightly asunder, ie it seems to telegraph this doom/death vibe that otherwise isn't in their music. I mean shit I was thinking Kyuss more often than like Autopsy or whoever - I fuck w/ the album tho

I've been listening to Encoffination quite a lot recently. Pretty decent extreme death/doom.

Photos, setlists, & brief notes from last night's Ozzy/Halford show...shortest possible version: If this tour hits your town, fucking go. Ozzy's playing for more than two hours, and doing a deep back-catalog set ("Killer of Giants"! "Into the Void"!). And Halford's great, of course.

Not that we care, but here is what the Grammy people think were the best metal performances:

El Dorado
Iron Maiden
Track from: The Final Frontier

Let The Guilt Go
Korn
Track from: Korn III: Remember Who You Are

In Your Words
Lamb Of God
Track from: Wrath

Sudden Death
Megadeth

World Painted Blood
Slayer
Track from: World Painted Blood

boooooooooooooring

yeah korn!

Newest band on there has been around for 16 years.

the grammys would lead to to believe nothing new was happening in metal for 20 years. They dont treat pop like that. They're happy to give awards to newcomers in other genres. Surprised jethro tull weren't nominated tbh..

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Then again, how many metal bands are on one of the majors these days anyway?
Grammys are even more irrelevant now.

The Brit Awards dont even have a hard rock or metal category (just as well cuz shite like Muse or Biffy Clyro would probably win it)

u think i give a damn abt a grammy, have of you critics cant even stomach me let alone stand em

half, rather

me, rather, although lol

Interesting that all the bands nominated are on majors. That being said, at least the songs (of the ones I've heard, i.e., not Korn or Lamb of God) are pretty decent. They've had much more embarrassing lists.

who you calling a critic, markers! Take that back you fuck!

J3ff, thats kind of what I was thinking. Even that Lamb of God song isn't half bad, as far as LoG songs go. Thankfully that Korn song has never troubled my ears.

no way are they the best songs of the year though. NO WAY!

I don't think anyone at all is trying to argue that point.

Who nominates them? Bunch of clowns with no clue.

who you calling a critic, markers! Take that back you fuck!

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, December 2, 2010 2:24 PM (15 minutes ago)

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Well, in order to be nominated you have to submit your entry. I don't really think, for example, Profound Lore is going to be submitting anything to the Grammys. Therefore, songs are only submitted by labels that still care about such awards, i.e., majors, and then the Grammy voters, who couldn't care less about metal, nominate the bands that they've heard of. Then Metallica wins.

Even when they aren't nominated for anything.

metallica are the new jethro tull!

Grammys: No Gay Wtich Abortion No Credibility

What other power metal albums, old or new, are as fun, exciting, and committed as Jag Panzer's Ample Destruction?

Question for the thread: What were the worst metal albums of 2010? I'm putting together a Top 10 for MSN and have some thoughts of my own, obviously (hint: racist arsonist murderer, but for musical reasons), but I'm curious about others' biggest disappointments or most horrifying discoveries.

was the pantera sounding lamb of god album out this year or last?

hey dudes, anyone know anything about Dead Meat? looked them up because i thought they were playing here but apparently that was a different dead meat - anyway, portuguese brutal death metal band, and from the one youtube track they seemed pretty awesome, wondering if i should start scouring the record stores to pick up the slight catalog they appear to have

You sure henry isn't playing a joke on you?

Henry only listens to Panamanian retro-thrash these days and assures me that all other metal is for saddo weaklings

also you guys will prob appreciate this as much as anyone, fresh grafitti from my home town, no joke:

http://www.rivertowns.net/media/full/jpg/2010/12/03/img_5589.jpg

wish it was HAIL SANTA

Do people really fly flags in their gardens?

Rock-A-Rolla Top 40 Albums Of 2010

40. Hey Colossus & The Van Halen Time Capsule - Eurogrumble vol 1
39. Black Sun - Twilight Of The Gods
38. Zs - Social Slaves
37. Envy - Recitation
36. Salome - Terminal
35. Barn Owl - Ancestral Star
34. The Body - All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood
33. Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence
32. Wino - Adrift
31. Unearthly Trance - V
30. Ultralyd - Inertiadrome
29. Black Breath - Heavy Breathing
28. The High Confessions - Turning Lead...
27. Knut - Wonder
26. White Hills - White Hills
25. Three Mile Pilot - The Inevitable Past...
24. The Red Sparowes - The Fear Is Excruciating
23. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
22. Black Tusk - Taste The Sin
21. Daughters - S/T
20. Arabrot - Revenge
19. Shining - Blackjazz
18. Torche - Songs For Singles
17. Twilight - Monument To Time End
16. Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
15. High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine
14. Celeste - Morte(s) Nee(s)
13. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
12. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
11. Liars - Sisterworld
10. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
9. Ufomammut - Eve
8. Kayo Dot - Coyote
7. Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit
6. U.S. Christmas - Run Thick In The Night
5. Master Musicians Of Bukkake - Totem Two
4. Mike Patton - Mondo Cake
3. Harvey Milk - A Small Turn Of Human Kindness
2. Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
1. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope

Finally getting a chance to hear the Ghost record. I like what they're aiming for, but so far it seems that aren't quite good enough musicians to pull it off. Also, I'm surprised they were able to get a young Andy Partridge to sing lead. Might be a great band down the road but I'm not hearing it on Opus Eponymous.

How did I miss #4 on Rock-A-Rolla's list: Mike Patton - Mondo Cake? Sounds awesome.

Best typo of the day.

Worked up three lists for MSN: 20 Albums of the Year, 20 runners-up, and 10 Worst Albums of the Year. They'll probably run next week.

That'll be fun. Especially the worst albums.

There are a couple that I was really looking forward to that disappointed me horribly; a couple that sucked just as hard as I expected they would; a few examples of genres that have basically exhausted themselves (by that I mean that the "worst of the year" picks are effectively standing in for dozens of albums just like them); and some stuff that's just uncategorizably, sui generis shitty.

BTW, I'm revisiting the Agalloch and Intronaut records tonight, and man, vocals really make all the difference. I think if Agalloch had Blind Guardian's singer, I could love them. It's 2010 and faceless black metal vocals can fuck. right. off. Same with the manly-man grunting & roaring Intronaut use. Get a real singer, maybe your faux-Toolisms will be 10% less tedious.

yeah, the big deal, so what rote BM vocals are the only thing keeping me from loving the shit out of the new Agalloch.

xps

nice to see that the mountain goats played jj's home town.

I like the raspy vox better on this new one than I did on Ashes. There were a few songs on Ashes that just really needed more melodic vocals, but with Marrow, it's like some ancient forest ghost in pitching in or something.

Sunday afternoon Metal Listening Club at my house: I'm liking Solefald, whose new album Norrøn Livskunst sounds a tiny bit like a pagan/prog/black-metal Sigur Rós. 3yo daughter says they're OK, but that she prefers the previous album, Dyrathor's Sacred Walcraft Of Hel, which I actually already deleted because I thought it was completely undistinguished. She can download it again herself when she's older, if she likes it so much.

Oh, man, Solefald. How have I never heard this band before?

The thing is, if a lot of those bands had clean vocals, they would just sound like Codeine.

You say that like its a bad thing.

It isn't a bad thing! It would just make them not metal anymore.

Although I think it would be pretty funny to see what non-metal music could pass for metal if you just swapped in raspy black-metal vocals.

I'm posting my Top 40 albums of the year, plus the 10 worst albums of the year, on MSN this week; here are #s 40-31.

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