Workshop of the Telescopes is, indeed, an awesome BOC comp. For many years it was all I owned by them.
Yeah, I wasn't sure if I needed a comp since I'm about 1/2 way through getting their albums one by one, but that tracklist was just so o_O that I couldn't pass that up.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
There's enough unreleased stuff and alternate takes and selections from albums that are really not worth getting in their entirety to make it worthwhile.
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, thats kinda what I figured when I was looking at it.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
ok, i didn't know at first but now i'm 100% on board with this new black breath
i guess as long as there's one metallified hardcore album a year i'm happy.
― j., Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
LEMMINGS!!! http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-lemming-projects-hate-and-despise/
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 May 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, Lemming Project! Cool. Always found the lyrics to "Washed" amusing. Not a lot of metal bands attacking personal hygiene (lyrically, at least) as another kind of conformity.
― wan brujo (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 12 May 2012 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
Yeesh, yet another excellent female-fronted metal band I hadn't heard of before: Shear. Finnish, fast, slightly gothic and slightly progressive. EM says Power Metal, I guess because of the shredding and sometimes florid keyboards, but I listened to Dragonforce earlier today, and by that standard of Power Metal, this is something far more traditionally heavy. They could easily share a bill with Ulnleash the Archers and Triosphere.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 12 May 2012 03:47 (twelve years ago) link
I talk about them in the latest issue of Decibel. Big, big fan of the keyboard melody in "The Awaking," but the subsequent tracks don't quite live up to it.
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Saturday, 12 May 2012 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
Shear reminds me of Saraya. In a mildly complimentary sort of way.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 12 May 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, duh, I should have mentioned that Jeff's thing in Decibel is where I encountered Shear. Totally disagree about the rest of the album not "living up" to the first track. "Scorched" is my favorite, but I think the whole album is really strong.
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
About to announce full US Agalloch tour. This is the most extensive North American run and longest tour of their career.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Very cool. Would love to see them again so I hope they head south.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
oh boy!!
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, I don't know much about Semargl, but the combination of cover art (see below), title (Satanic Pop Metal), and the descriptions on RYM are really making me morbidly curious about their new album.
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/78b4b05ec3c99ac344ba56330d1b930d/o3741118.jpg
Some RYM user reviews:
Hilarious album. Black metal took....a different path.
Well, if a band ever wanted to piss off the purist, evil kvlt black metal kids, they're doing an amazing job, considering the hate I've seen for this, haha.
If you ever wanted to hear a Behemoth and Ke$ha collab album, this is the closest you're gonna get.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
ok, whoa, sorry about the hueg cover art!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
Just a reminder that Jeff Loomis' Plains Of Oblivion is fucking amazing. The two songs with Christine Rhoades make me want them to do a whole album together. They also make me want to shred while standing powerfully upon a small meteor flying through the galaxy.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, those two songs are superb, sad she didn't sing on the entire album. But those instrumentals are mighty good, too.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
No doubt. One of the highlights of 2012, start to finish. Loomis is incredibly lyrical and melodic for a shredder of his caliber.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
I still need to track down that Loomis album.
Big year for metal dudes getting into jazz fusion, and I'm enjoying that. First was the surprisingly good TRAM album (dudes from Animals as Leaders, Suicidal Tendencies, and Mars Volta) and now we've got Trioscapes, which features Dan Briggs from Between the Buried and Me. I've only heard their Mahavishnu Orchestra cover thus far, but if the rest of the album holds up as well I think it'll be pretty fun.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Jesus but the new Baroness has got some really bad songs on it.
― Ima Skim Read That Bitch (Doran), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
And in other news:
Jesus but the new Baroness has got some really good songs on it.
It's like Baroness made an EP of some of the best stuff they've ever done and decided to stretch it out to album length at the last minute with power ballads and Decemberists cover versions.
― Ima Skim Read That Bitch (Doran), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
Oof. I hope you heard the fake press release version.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
Adrien said on twitter that one of the songs reminded him of Weezer, so I'm guessing Doran got the same version.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I saw that tweet too, which is why I was hoping I could wish this "fake press release version" into existence. This had been one of my most anticipated albums of the summer.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
i preordered the fancy book vinyl so it better be good.
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
The new songs were super boring live, although that might have more to do with them just not really fitting on metal bills anymore.
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
or they were boring songs?
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
Like, they sounded like they might be good sitting in my apartment and chilling out to them, but not sandwiched between Decapitated and Meshuggah.
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I am sure that this new Ulver album consisting of covers of 60s psychedelic rock songs will be of no interest whatsoever to people on ILM…
The new Baroness is crazy good. Sure, maybe a couple toss-offs, but it's a double album, those things happen.
Ulver was absolutely baffling doing the '60s covers at Roadburn. It sounded phenomenal, but it was surreal seeing Garm doing the maraca thing. It was missing that slow-burning mystique that Ulver usually brings, especially on their last three albums.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
I've been asked to book some shows for Sledge Leather. It's Leather Leone (ex-Chastain) and her original Rude Girl partner Sandy Sledge. Accompanying them are Scott Warren and Jimmy Bain from the Dio band.
The question is, will anyone want to see this group? I think the tunes sound good... but I'm always shy about "historical merit."
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
What's interesting to me is that the new Baroness is only 75 minutes long; it could have fit on a single CD, but they seem to have split it in half so the listener would think about the two sets of songs as being separate. I've only listened to it a couple of times so far, but the first single is seriously the best song they've ever done, and even the weird shit on the second disc (where I think they're using a drum machine) works for me. Definite Album of the Year contender.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
I will give anything a chance, but I have yet to hear a single Baroness song that I enjoyed.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
The new Baroness single is the first music of theirs that I enjoyed.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
As for Sledge Leather, as far as trad metal goes, this is really quite amazing.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
Is their a show circuit for legacy metal? I haven't seen many (any?) listings for such shows in Dallas except for the glam guys.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
wrong their there. I need an editor.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
Seems like these shows invariably are either big and expensive (ie MSG + Anvil), or sad and under-attended (ie Diamondhead / Iron Butterfly)
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
Helps if you had hits. Helps more if you have all the right members in the band still living/performing.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
sS there any chance of sending them out with a younger/bigger band who cites them as favorites/influence? That would likely be the best chance to succeed.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
Honestly, I've never heard of these guys, so I'm not really sure what the potential audience would be. Unless it's a buzz band like Pentagram, I don't know how well these shows are liable to do – the Sanctuary show I went to was pathetically attended, but on the other hand, the Doro show did fairly well at the Whiskey. Of course, Doro has been active this entire time and she's always been more of a name.
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
That said, my research into them has given me some ideas for potential new Lazarus Pits, so cheers for that!
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
wait did they seriously cover the fucking Decemberists
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
98% sure that was a joke, but its that other 2% that is going to keep me up tonight.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
Looking at the tracklist and half of them could be Decembrists song titles:
1 Yellow Theme2 Take My Bones Away3 March to the Sea4 Little Things5 Twinkler6 Cocainium7 Back Where I Belong8 Sea Lungs9 Eula
Disc 2:
1 Green Theme2 Board Up the House3 Mtns. (The Crown & Anchor)4 Foolsong5 Collapse6 Psalms Alive7 Stretchmarker8 The Line Between9 If I Forget Thee, Lowcountry
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
Eh, as a recovering fan of the first couple Decemberists albums, really only the last one does.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
Look at their more recent work and you'll get a shiver.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
I heard the last one that was like an Americana album that rips off Gin Blossoms and R.E.M. and I still can't shake it.
Anyway, glad to hear some of you are actually liking the Baroness record. Doran had me scared.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
morbid saint reissue is fucking stellar. something about that historical thrash energy for me
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 06:11 (twelve years ago) link