the v excellent 'somniphobia' just sold me on this ridiculous album, guys
― original bgm, Monday, 19 March 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
I love their last two records, Pink Floyd black metal and post-punk black metal?Yes please!
yeah, not really a fan, but if it appeals, there arent too many bands that would fit that description
― original bgm, Monday, 19 March 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
Has anyone heard 90s black metal Sigh? Is that stuff any good?
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, 19 March 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
I was hoping Nachtmystium would convert me to fandom by seeing them live. Instead, if Alcest gets an extra 10 minutes I'll be just as happy.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 19 March 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
iirc 90s bm sigh is decent but the best parts are what they ended up running wild with on later albums anyway (i.e. tablas, sax, pan flute, etc.)
― original bgm, Monday, 19 March 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
I love their last two records, Pink Floyd black metal and post-punk black metal? Yes please!
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, March 19, 2012 5:20 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark
Yeah, I like these albums a lot too but I will not vouch for their work ethic, questionable costuming, or primadonna tendencies.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 19 March 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Nachtmystium, Alcest and Sigh are all awesome.
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 19 March 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
wow NachtmysiBUMS amirite?― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0),
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0),
Isn't the drummer actually called Bumgardener?
hasn't Nachtmystium guy been kind of a dick from the jump? really puzzling to me how many people rep for that band who do not seem very interesting to me. Like I'm not a giant Alcest fan but I can see how you might be, but Nachtmystium, that one I don't really see how they're better than "local black metal opener"
― plastic surgery dizbusters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, March 19, 2012 6:19 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i still think there is some pretty cool stuff on instinct: decay that suggested bigger/better things ahead but it never materialized, they're pretty bad now.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 19 March 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
as for sigh, i'm glad they're still doing their thing, i don't think i need to listen to a sigh record other than imaginary but it is good that they are in our lives.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 19 March 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
this is pretty much exactly my take on Sigh. probably really worth seeing live though.
― plastic surgery dizbusters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
New Black Breath is crushing!!
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
Report from the show: no Nachtmystium or Bruce Lamont, as expected. Alcest merch. overpriced.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
LOVE IS A LIE
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
Alcest merch. overpriced.
how much do they want for a t-shirt? curious.
― plastic surgery dizbusters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago) link
$25. The Atlas Moth is charging $10, other bands $15. Nice shirts though. Most double-sided, none tour specific, except for one from last fall's tour.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:13 (twelve years ago) link
$15-20 for a cd. No vinyl.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
I picked up the Hull disc for $12.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
None of the stuff is outrageous, but highest prices I've seen at a Dallas show thus far (not counting Tori Amos - I didn't check but assume hers were higher).
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:27 (twelve years ago) link
anyone hear the new aura noir yet? always like those guys.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
Hey guys, since we have Absu, Abzu and Apsu, what are the odds 2013's Absu album will be called Abba-Zaba-Zu. Please let this happen.
― benernienie taumaupin (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's just going to be called "Abs".
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 11:20 (twelve years ago) link
didn't know there was one! love them, always good
― plastic surgery dizbusters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
Got the new Job for a Cowboy in my inbox yesterday. So far, sounds good.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, I think the new aura noir officially drops this week! read a little article in decibel about the recording and they've supposedly never spent nearly as long writing an album and writing together as a band. bodes well, I'm sure. plus, hades rise was so killer. a real high water mark in their catalog.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
x-post, obv
― original bgm, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
Yup, new aura noir is good. Not too familiar with their back catalog, but I know quality when I hear it.
Unfortunately, the new Lullacry doesn't have it. Which is too bad, because I loved their last two records.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
lots of love for black thrash attack and hades rise but it's all good
― original bgm, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
New metal album roundup I wrote (10 albums from 2012; 5 from 2011 that I didn't hear until this year, including at least one that I probably had no right to call "metal"):
http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/2012/03/metal
Favorite metal album of 2012 so far (not rounded up yet): Thunderkraft's Totentanz.
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
nice write-ups xhuxk. Happy to see you back exploring the heavier side of things and finding stuff worth your time.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't know there was a new freedom hawk! shows how behind i am with my aquarius new release emails.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
I liked about half the songs on the new Lullacry, but it's definitely going to have a hard time competing for listening time against Christian Mistress, Nightwish, Ideas, Lyriel, Xandria, Liv Moon, Diabulus in Musica, Epica, L'Ame Immortelle and Lunar Path.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
Wow this is a fun blog. Calling JD to the thread.
http://metal2thebone.blogspot.com/
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
Just got a promo of the new Pelican EP, hope to be reviewing it soon. Any thoughts?
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
Give me two seconds to listen to it, geez.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
that every time i die record is great
/rolling metalcore
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
On the same note as Nate's link (although I think this guy has permission to put this stuff up), here's a bandcamp site with links to obscure Irish metal albums from the mid-80s to today: http://irish-metal.bandcamp.com/
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
Well, I was pretty excited for about the first 8 measures of the Black Breath record. But I didn't make it through the whole thing. I'm totally down with the vocal-as-drum explanation of non-melodic voices in metal. But I don't want to hear someone hitting the same drum over and over, without varying tempo or articulation, whether it's a metaphorical drum or an actual one.
Meanwhile, I really can't stop listening to this new Lyriel album Leverage. On some level it's wildly less impressive than the new Nightwish, of course, but for me it's 80% as gripping on 5% of the artifice, which is proportionally more surprising and maybe even more interesting.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 23 March 2012 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
you're trippin Glenn.. that new Black breath owns.. its kinda the same record as the previous one, a couple of different things here and there but its awesome imo... I don't want the vox to sound any other way than they dude.. Dudes voice is great, very powerful
― SeanWayne, Friday, 23 March 2012 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
actually.. there are some cool surprises.. On my second listen I realized there are asome pretty cool guitar breaks, melodies and solos that were not the norm on the last offering..
― SeanWayne, Friday, 23 March 2012 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
another thumbs up for the new Aura Noir here
― Cantera: Vulgar Display Of Puyol (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 24 March 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
Just got a press release that The Sword are signing with Razor & Tie... Does this mean hipsters no longer like metal?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
:/
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 04:29 (twelve years ago) link
Really liking Monnos, the debut full-length of Liverpool stoner/doom warriors Conan. The guitar tone is nice and fat, but the really joy for me is the drumming. Also, love the cover:
http://www.roadburnrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Conan-Monnos-Artwork.jpg
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
these guys own and the drummer is completely great to watch
like he has that performative sense of drama that drummers (or whoever) do when they play v slowly/sparsely, but he's not wacky with it
― Cantera: Vulgar Display Of Puyol (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
going to have to check them out sometime.
picked up the new Angel Witch and 3 Inches of Blood albums over lunch, anxious to dig in
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
Will I see any of you at the Profound Lore showcase in Pomona this Saturday?
http://scionav.com/event/250/YOB,-The-Atlas-Moth,-Loss,-Wolvhammer,-Pallbearer
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
What a lineup. If I was anywhere near California I would be there in a heartbeat. Convince 'em all to swing by Chicago.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
new meshuggah is fun
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
I'm liking the new(ly released) Líam album MMIX, but I kind of don't want to go check to see if it's actually just a relabeling of one of the Mono albums I haven't played in a while.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 29 March 2012 02:37 (twelve years ago) link