Rolling Metal Thread 2010

I know it's from last year but what do you guys think of Animals as Leaders? My TA just tipped me off to them. Seems pretty remarkable in its intricacy and precision. Well-crafted compositions too. Is there anything else I should look for?

Interview: http://www.guitaredge.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=509:tosin-abasi-8-string-animal&catid=45:interviews&Itemid=66

Tosin Abasi is one of the most extremely talented guitar players of the last decades. Really, that guy can do just about anything with a guitar.

Check out Scale the Summit as well. Also, Lye by Mistake. Both heavy instrumental dexterity units.

Tesseract is better than Animals as Leaders, in my opinion.

It's that time of year. Everyone (including lurkers) are allowed to vote ~~~~VOTE IN THE 2010 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR (METAL EDITION) POLL~~~ Voting Ends Sunday Jan 9th

It's that time of year. Everyone (including lurkers) are allowed to look at this photo of Biff Byford from Saxon chillin w/ L. Gaga

http://www.rockaaa.com/wp-content/gallery/bands/biffgaga.jpg

She needs to work on her claw.

SOMEONE TELL ME THE ONE METAL ALBUM FROM 2010 TO DL RIGHT NOW!!!

I NEED TO GET FVCKIN METAL IN MY BRAIN

Cathedral if you're British. High On Fire if you're American. The Body if you're disturbed. Electric Wizard if you have an spiritual bond to the dark arts. Encoffination if you're terminally ill. Iron Maiden if you're a classicist. Kylesa if you're hip. And all of them if you're righteous.

And Agalloch if you want genius.

And Agalloch if you want genius Nazis.

(sorry)

Also the new Enslaved.

High On Fire is close but sucked compared to all their other albums

the Kylesa is ok but approached alt rock from 2001 at points.

some of these other suggestions could have come from the Rolling Metal 1995 thread.

that th eHigh on Fire doesn't really approach some of their other albums, but is still one of the best things i've heard all year in metal, either says volumes about the state of metal in 2010 (nah), or the consistency of this band (YES), or the fact that i just need to hear more metal (quite possibly!)

I know and enjoy Scale the Summit, although right now I think Animals as Leaders are a cut above. I'll look out for Lye by Mistake and Tesseract.

I don't mind the Cathedral album but I never really got into it in the way that so many people on this board seem to. Seems kind of hokey, actually.

ILM is the only place ive seen people rave about cathedral (or kylesa) people who are hardcore fans of both are very split on it.

I like the kylesa and the cathedral is ok but nothing special really.

I like the Kylesa better than the Cathedral, if only because the Cathedral is too long and too eclectic; it's like a buffet platter, where the Kylesa disc does one thing really, really well for a concise 40 minutes.

Will be interesting to see how they do in our poll.

How does the Kylesa album compare to Static Tensions?

Better songwriting, better production, better vocals by Pleasants.

Aww man Encoffination, I'm loving it. Takes me back to the late 80s death/doom thing before everything got blasty and brutal. Hope I can find their stuff somewhere.

Did my part and officially purchased the Agalloch since it finally popped up in my local shop this week.

It's the riffs with Cathedral though. And, yeah, I prefer Blessed Black Wings to Snakes For The Divine but not the others.

And tbf: Electric Wizard - Rolling Metal 1972; Iron Maiden - Rolling Metal 1990 - 2010; The Body - Rolling Metal 2023; Encoffination - Rolling Metal 1990.

On top of the riffs, the Cathedral record is also about the production - it sounds spectacular. Doesn't feel long to me because it is so eclectic. I find it an invigorating instead of tiring listen.

oh, definitely. the sound of the thing + its continually surprising make-up are precisely what I like about it. I don't find listening to it to be a chore at all.

If you are around today Adrien, just want to say that, as usual, your year-end wrap-up is making for some fantastic reading. The last couple albums have been really great choices.

Also, Phil is 100% right. As shocked as I am to be saying this, The Damned Things album is a really fun hard rock record.

The year in metal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dup7hhAjGnc

If you are around today Adrien, just want to say that, as usual, your year-end wrap-up is making for some fantastic reading. The last couple albums have been really great choices.

Thanks! I've been too busy to post in the RMT thread lately. My #1 album is a real left-field non-metal choice, thematically a total opposite to Agalloch.

I found myself sort of liking the two leaked Damned Things songs, so it looks like I'll have to give the album a try (and maybe a write-up) before the end of the year.

Got lots of comments about 2011 albums, but that'll wait until the 2011 thread!

Oh, and Phil: funny.

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My #1 album is a real left-field non-metal choice, thematically a total opposite to Agalloch.

Taylor Swift?

in a perfect world ;_;

..she wouldn't exist.

celebrating Xmas with some Deathspell Omega iirc

Darkblack still have a dumb name and a crappy singer. My impressions from two-three years ago were correct. Pretty tasty classic metal riffs, though.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/reviewpics/zombiecoffee.jpg

looks over-roasted to me

Has anybody else heard Hour of 13's The Ritualist? As retro-minded doom goes, I think I like it better than Ghost. The songs are pretty fucking catchy, in a Roky Erickson and the Aliens sort of way, especially "Demons All Around Me."

yeah, I have. it's pretty good but I liked the s/t one from a few years ago a bit better. could just be the extra time I've spent with it, tho.

Yeah, pretty good traditionalist doom. Didn't really do much to grab my ears outside of some decent tunes, though. I just love the harmonies and atmosphere of the Ghost record the more I listen to it.

Yeah, the Hour of 13 album is terrific. Old fashioned doom that's not afraid to employ good melodic vocals.

By the way, over at Hellbound we've put up our critics' poll of the best Canadian metal albums of 2010:

http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/12/hellbounds-top-10-canadian-metal-albums-of-2010/

Have you heard the new Cauldron, Adrien? I love it.

I'm nuts about it. The cover of Halloween's "I Confess" is brilliant. And I had a blast talking to Jason about obscure Canadian 80s metal bands. They used Scorpions' Blackout as the template for this album, and they really pull it off, it's got more of a German metal feel than the NWOBHM comparison that people keep tossing out.

Yeah, I can totally hear the Scorpions in "Frozen in Fire" and stuff like that.