Rolling Metal Thread 2010

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)

read yr eminem lyrics!

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.

\m/ ^_____^ \m/

Because Glenn sends me on at least one fulfilling wild goose chase a year I decided to give that Solefad a listen. The first track made me think Glenn had sent me to another pot of gold at the end of the rainbow; the second track killed that thought in about 3 seconds. I've decided that, as much as I dislike black metal vocals, I really, really dislike trebly BM guitars even more. I will say it is quite a diverse record; they even have a track ("Stridsljod / Blackabilly") that contains what sounds like a black metal version of the Munsters theme but ends up as Gogol Bordello in corpsepaint. Whatever Solefad is I can't say it bored me. Too WTF for that.

The only even vaguely close reference I could think of was that Trinacria record Travel Now Journey Infinitely. Or, in impact if not specific details, the first couple Thought Industry albums. Even in such a nominally "extreme" genre as extreme metal, I don't hear a lot of records that are genuinely surprising.

when are we starting 2010 metal poll noms?

I think Algerian Goalkeeper was saying that he wasn't going to do one this year, too much work for too little appreciation.

i appreciate the hell out of it, i think most of us do!

if he doesn't wanna run the poll, i'm happy to tabulate votes on the back-end if someone can do the analytics (glenn?)

word. always the BEST ilm poll of the year (and then some)--certainly of far greater reach/interest/diversity/humor (aesthetically speakin') than any competing poll run by yr rag/siteblight of choice. and it's fun too. lazy-assed rollin' metal goons--i'm lookin' atcha Scott, j0hn d, Phil, Gorge, Xhuxk et al--outta be ashamed of themselves for not contributing. let's do this you mugs!

I'll talk to Glenn, but hardly anyone from this thread takes part and even less took part in the alltime poll. It was mainly lurkers and non-thread regulars. Most here just bitch about it.

ILX Metalheads : Do you want a best of 2010 Metal Poll ?

I didn't have the time for the all-time poll, wish I would have, but I'd love to see another metal poll. Gives a nice counter to the main ILM poll.

in general, overarching all-time polls aren't really my thing (that's why I didn't participate in that one) but the year-end metal ones are always a good time and definitely appreciated.

I feel the same as Alan. I didn't vote in last year's because I didn't feel I had heard enough new metal in '09, but this year is different (I had an insatiable appetite for metal!) Even though I didn't vote last year, the poll clued me into some great albums I had missed.

I always appreciate an EOY poll so I can catch up with what has been going on, but I don't think I could vote as my list could only stretch to about 5 records max.

i have no problem w/ people who've only heard 5 or so albums voting, as long as they liked the albums!

Hey, this crunchy power-metal band Triosphere is pretty good. Except I could swear she just sang "Can you taste the toothpaste grin?"

Brushing your teeth is so metal. \m/

so i go across the street to the dismal chain cuz they have south of heaven and seasons cheap on cd and i have been listening to the tapes for twenty years and i figure what the hell? might be nice to have new copies. they say "remastered" on them but i figure how bad can they be? they're TERRIBLE! UNFUCKINGLISTENABLE! i can't even turn up the volume to the halfway mark before the sound starts disintegrating before my very ears. its a fucking crime. did iggy pop remaster these things? what a waste of money. i'm so sad.

I'm sorry Scott. I've never upgraded my tapes, and now I'm thinking I shouldn't bother.

i have every slayer tape up to seasons. i think i might actually have two south of heaven copies. but if you ever wanted a testimonial for cassettes look no further than my original copy of that album. i've played it at least two or three hundred times over the years. still sounds phat.