Rolling Metal Thread 2012

thanks

from the p4k review: "But most of these bands don't have Christine Davis, a frontwoman who trades the tight t-shirt machismo of Christian Mistress' more obvious peers for an understated, alluring command." (italics in the original)

while i really like her voice, and i do think it's notable that this kind of band is being fronted by female vox, the dichotomy the writer is setting up (tight t-shirt machismo V. understated, alluring command) is sorta bogus, not least bc i don't find her vocals particularly understated or alluring. maybe i wouldn't disagree that she has a "warm rasp," but he also writes that she "practically coos" (!) which iirc is how we describe parents speaking in baby-jibberish to their babies. like, obv i think it's important (and important to my enjoyment of the band) that Davis has a female voice, and not just a cookie monster voice or another generic metal voice, but holy shit sexism.

Listening to Freedom Call right now. Definitely fun, they have a rousing sense of melody, but it is super generic Euro power metal.

A friend got us tickets to see Iron Maiden. Outside, in Dallas, in August. Should be stupidly hot, but it's Maiden!

UP THE IRONS!

I haven't seen them since the original Somewhere In Time tour, so this is fitting.

Okay, "Crimson Dawn" on this Freedom Call album has won me over. I love me some cheesy vocal harmonies.

Oh, I thought this was Somewhere revisited not Seventh Son. My Bad.

Bummed we get Coheed and Cambria instead of Alice Cooper, but them's the breaks.

ha, i knew you'd like it jeff.

i used to love coheed and cambria. first two albums are still classic imho

I'm heading to Calgary for Maiden in July. This'll be fun, the spring '88 tour with GNR skipped my city, so it'll be nice to see that setlist revisited a little bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhJ9pAnSTug&feature=share
NEW BLACK BREATH TUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Listening to a stream of the new Torche right now. Don't know if it's appropriate for the rolling metal thread, maybe the rolling Foo Fighters thread? They've definitely moved fully into alternative rock at this point, although it's still heavier/noisier than the average radio fare. Nothing jumping out at me so far like the best songs on Meanderthal did. That might require listening to more than four tracks, though.

I actually like the new Torche more than Meanderthal.

I dig the winding riff on "Snakes Are Charmed" – and hey, "Sky Trials" paints a pretty nifty vapor trail. This does feel like a record I'm going to have to listen to a few times.

I am glad they found a second guitarist. They did not work nearly as well as a power trio. Did they have the second guitarist on Songs for Singles? I never heard that one.

They didn't! Yeah, big improvement. I'll stop babbling now.

Okay, opinion revised: this is freaking great. Should probably stop posting thoughts on things before I've listened through the whole thing.

I needed a few listens too!

where is this torche stream goin down?

hellbeard are on spotify
http://open.spotify.com/artist/0o4q44oE19NvxNacve7u7C

― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, March 2, 2012 5:42 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

btw this is good! very well-recorded especially and i like slow sludgy stuff so it's all good here.

it made it into our 2010 eoy poll. Thats how sean turned up here as i messaged the band on myspace when i found out they were unsigned, i wanted to know if there was cds to buy

you guys are awesome... thank you!!

Torche stream is for reviewers only at the moment. You can download the first single for free from their website: http://www.torchemusic.com/

ah, suspected as much. thx.

Also, Lazarus Pit this week isn't entirely out of the blue, what with all the recent NWOBHM chat: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-savages-loose-%E2%80%98n-lethal/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC2oVhnpaQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogMi1jvPqMY

you guys have always been good to the 'Beard!! Thank you

Kerr, thats the same song.. the top one is the better version.

a newer song called River's End

that Kimo's clip was the last show we did.. We've been on a break due to a surgery, we'r getting back to it now..Hope to be recordeing an EP very soon.

That Savage album really is a lost gem. Happy to see it hit the Pit!

Wow, this final Woods of Ypres album is fantastic. It's really wrong that good metal can't make you impervious to car accidents.

Woods of Ypres is my favorite metal album of the year thus far.

That Savage album is a wickedly great choice, Jeff. Nicely done.

I'm actually really surprised at the reception the Woods of Ypres album has been getting. A lot of people adore their early, rawer, BM-derived stuff. so I was wondering if the slick new record would turn some off. Nice to see that hasn't happened much.

Man, between new St. Vitus, Bereft, and Pallbearer, first quarter 2012 is a pretty damn good time for doom fans.

Like, obviously I love Wino's solo projects, but recently it's felt like he's been retreading the same territory. So him hooking up with the old gang feels really refreshing.

new st. vitus!!

And for those of you with a fondness for gothic metal, Johnny Icon from the great Icon and the Black Roses (who only had one record, back in 2004, but have reformed and are working on a second!) is now also the singer for the otherwise Italian band Ace of Hearts. Who aren't technically a HIM cover band, but close enough.

it's really nice - i like it - but i don't hear HIM or gothic metal in it at all?

No?! Weird, his delivery seems so similar to Ville's to my ears.

i'm confused. are there two bands Ace of Hearts who have brand new albums out?

lol, apparently so

http://s15.radikal.ru/i189/1112/e8/093533d14dcf.jpg

i was listening to:

http://image-3.verycd.com/f9dc6412ea6b475f4012328bd814e6b023523(600x)/thumb.jpg

Hah. Never heard of the horse one. Although a little Googling suggests that that's _Ace of Hearts_ by Green Pitch, which came out in 2005...

tbh, i spotify'd ace of hearts and that came up and was identified as 2012 so i just assumed without any further research or even examination...

But yes, _Monster_ is the one I meant.

The new Lullacry is pretty cool, too.

Man, I went on vacation for a week and I can't believe how far behind I got in my listening to new stuff.

Don't get me started on Spotify metadata.

Oh, this new Lyriel album Leverage is really good, too. Seriously, this is the year of gothicfolkpower metal.

it died on me. Sorry chaps