Rolling Metal Thread 2014

looking forward to this

how is two brothers a clan

So basically they're going to do what Burzum did last year?

I've always sort of admired them for making music every bit as boring as spending the day wandering around in a forest.

aren't there bears in the forest

I'm sure you're all in mourning
http://www.musictimes.com/articles/3767/20140128/motley-crue-announce-break-up-extensive-farewell-tour-alice-cooper.htm

Last gig is on the date of Mick Mars 100th birthday I believe.

INDIAN

yeah, that album is pretty immense

Hey, this is worth listening to, a dude I know turning out some pretty great doom. Also, it's $4, so why not.

http://kultofthewizard.bandcamp.com/album/the-blue-wizard

Also hi dudes, hope to be more around this year. Babies.

Not calling you babies, meaning I have one. Sleep deprivation is a hell of a thing.

well, not 2014, but i finally got around to cultes des ghoules' henbane and it is really, really good. that one riff build in the middle of "festival of devotion" is blowing my mind. also enjoying all of the grim cackling.

The new Hammercult, Steelcrusher, is pretty fun. Recommended for anyone who might have wished 3 Inches of Blood tossed in a little more death metal.

new agalloch in may apparently

This is a couple years old, but I just discovered Djerv, who kind of sound to me like what you might get if you swapped the LA shoutiness out of In This Moment and replaced it with Norwegian Kvelertakian stomp. Bracing, but catchy. Or catchy but bracing.

http://rd.io/x/QUPlByJTr1w/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq3FAy-JTAg

I wanted to like that band but something about it just left me cold.

I like Djerv a lot. They're about due a new record.

How the hell did I miss Gloria Diaboli for so long? It's not as good as Rites of Thy Degringolade (not much is), but still very entertaining in that rabid Canadian black/war/death hybrid way.

A friend turned me onto this.. Kinda post hardcore in a Refused type of way. a little looser and more spastic and/or thrashier.. whatevs.. good stuff, and they are French.. who what've thought! lol

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Since 2014 seems to have hit a lull, here are bands that really should not have faded into obscurity:

Abdullah, with Iommi riffs and a vocalist that almost reaches the pummeling fragility of Warning/40 Watt Sun's Patrick Walker:
http://youtu.be/qZea4deXMDc

Enforsaken, rendering Jesper Stromblad's career of riffs moot, yes seriously (find the album The Forever Endeavor):
http://youtu.be/OSGfOlPnJMQ

And Yyrkoon, Gojira's darker, heavier, Lovecraft-addled brother, locked away in an attic:
http://youtu.be/zJOpBmW1cV0

So this is happening:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/q71/s720x720/1560674_10202843550001468_1877794796_n.jpg

OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod!

holy shit!

Anyone else interested in Gilead Fest? It's a tiny festival in Wisconsin with a great lineup:

http://www.gileadmedia.net/fest/

Weekend passes just went on sale for a paltry $75.

man I'm listening to some of the bands on that list...that sounds like a blast tbh!

You should come. It's going to be something special.

Last time looked pretty kick-ass & I think this one has upped the ante. Shame I'll be in the US a month & a half before it's on.

Phil Anselmo thinks more metalheads should listen to the Smiths and Morrissey:

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

Just downloaded the new/last Twilight release. Looking forward to checking it out!

Gilead looks cool, but they picked a bad date, the same weekend as Pitchfork. I'm probably not going to P-fork, but not sure I'm up for driving to Osh Kosh and spending two nights there on my b-day weekend.

I don't have specific comments yet, but am enjoying the new Slough Feg album a lot!

the new yautja record is amazing, don't sleep on it until they get signed to relapse like yall did with inter arma

Yeah, it's the jam.

this is good. v. pummeling, if i had to choose a word.

the new cynic record is pretty awesome, kind of difficult to get my head around, less accessible than traced in air, only tangentially metal (unfortunate tendency of things lately)

With Behemoth and Sunn putting out records today and gobbling up all the available ink, this digital only live album from Coliseum is likely to slip through the cracks. Which would be a shame because it's great.

https://coliseum.bandcamp.com/album/faith-and-curses-live

The Body have collaborated with Haxan Cloak on a record called I Shall Die Here. I'm sure it will split the vote but personally I love it. It's coming out on RVNG Int.

Loving the Behemoth, Sunn & Ulver, Indians and especially the new Bong - Stoner Rock.

Congratulations jjjusten. Have you seen the Dad Metal clip? You've got it all to come...

arent the body also collaborating with Thou? i know they're playing as one unit at Gilead fest, and i know that Thou were recording recently, but not sure if they're doing a recording together

I didn't know about that but thanks for the tip... I'm promoting a show with The Body soon... I'm worried I may end up terrifyingly depressed after meeting them like the psychologist in Watchmen after he speaks to Rorshach.

One of the most terse interviews I've ever done.

Couldn't have been worse than the time Glenn Danzig threatened to throw me out the hotel room window.

Well, no. They were just very… concise in their answers.

Couldn't have been worse than the time Glenn Danzig threatened to throw me out the hotel room window.

Go on...

It's not exactly on of my finer moments...

http://fanart.tv/fanart/tv/258616/tvthumb/go-on-502543ae3ac89.jpg

We still want to hear...

(anyway...)

New RONNIE JAMES DIO Covers Album “This Is Your Life”
Celebrates the Life and Legacy of a Legend
Available April 1, 2014 via Rhino

RONNIE JAMES DIO: This Is Your Life Track Listing:

1. “Neon Knights” – Anthrax*
2. “The Last In Line” – Tenacious D*
3. “The Mob Rules” – Adrenaline Mob
4. “Rainbow In The Dark” – Corey Taylor, Roy Mayorga, Satchel, Christian Martucci, Jason Christopher*
5. “Straight Through The Heart” – Halestorm*
6. “Starstruck” – Motörhead with Biff Byford*
7. “The Temple Of The King” – Scorpions*
8. “Egypt (The Chains Are On)” – Doro
9. “Holy Diver” – Killswitch Engage
10. “Catch The Rainbow” – Glenn Hughes, Simon Wright, Craig Goldy, Rudy Sarzo, Scott Warren*
11. “I” – Oni Logan, Jimmy Bain, Rowan Robertson, Brian Tichy*
12. “Man On The Silver Mountain” – Rob Halford, Vinny Appice, Doug Aldrich, Jeff Pilson, Scott Warren*
13. “Ronnie Rising Medley (Featuring A Light In The Black, Tarot Woman, Stargazer, Kill The King)” – Metallica*
14. “This Is Your Life” – Dio

* Previously unreleased

Some of it is cringe-inducing and some of it reeks of those lousy tribute albums with all-star has-been lineups. Though as much as Metallica has fallen from the mark, the band still does a mean cover jam (see the Mercyful Fate medley) - so I kinda wanna hear that.

I'll definitely check it out on Spotify (or more likely Rdio, since the sound quality is way better and there are no ads), just to hear the Motörhead, Metallica and Halford tracks.

Almost immediately after typing that post, I got sent a promo stream of the album. Here are my tweeted notes on the four tracks I listened to, in order:

Rob Halford et al., "Man on the Silver Mountain": Decent/plodding arrangement. Vocals are obviously doubled, and Halford DOES NOT SCREAM.
Motörhead/Biff Byford, "Starstruck": I don't like Byford/Saxon, but Phil Campbell shreds the FUCK out of this. Lemmy's bass sound: HUGE.
Corey Taylor et al., "Rainbow in the Dark": NO KEYBOARDS. WTF? But Taylor could totally do classic metal if he wanted (think Armored Saint).
The Metallica medley is NINE MINUTES LONG. Vocals are as rough as you probably expect, but the music's rendered in a pleasingly "Garage Days"-ish fashion.