Rolling Metal Thread 2014

So Slayer will be pulling the classic album in concert thing and playing Reign In Blood at Riot Fest Chicago.

Easy crowd pleaser, for sure. I'd be happy with that if I was going.

I'd hope they play a bit more, that's barely a half hour set.

The new Vader album is exactly what I want from Vader, and indeed pretty much exactly what I want from death metal at this point. Head-down, face-punching riffs, blasting drums, crisp booming production, straight down the middle (of your skull, with an axe). It rocks. And so does the High Spirits album.

I've heard a little of that Vader. While good (and this hopefully will be the year Poland dominates my top ten, in light of Behemoth and the upcoming Lost Soul and Vesania), "Triumph of Death" could not sound any more like "Angel of" same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRtj9qv30dg

I'm still not sure how I feel about You Are Here. It definitely does what it sets out to do, but it's almost unsettling how accurately it recreates that nebulous awe with which I romanticized things I didn't understand when I was in high school. "The night." "The city." Alienation. Generalized hormonal restlessness. Emotions that assuredly were not adult emotions. Still though, it has to be one of the most successfully realized nostalgia projects ever. Eerie, really.

the classic album in concert thing

please outlaw this

Idk i liked hearing MA do Covenant

I'd like to see Emperor do the Nightside Eclipse thing, but only if the stage were on that rock outcropping in front of the castle on the album cover.

aerosmith bootlegs OTM (except for concept albums where one track on its own wouldn't make (as much) sense, maybe)

the thing is I think it would be cooler if it were an unannounced thing so you go see a band on a regular tour stop and what you get is one of the albums that you probably already loved but the way it's generally done is so rock n roll HOF, ugh

^

Emperor live at Minas Morgul would definitely be worth the trip.

finally copped the new Coffinworm. god, I love how blackhearted their shit is. some nights it's a little too bleak for me but when I'm in the mood this shit is savage.

also digging the new Down EP but I liked the last one so no surprise.

haven't had a chance to spin Killer Be Killed yet

Uh, the album Sinister Ceremonies by Spanish band Domains was mentioned as part of that RYM list earlier, but since it otherwise wasn't singled out I'll assume that, like me, everyone completely missed it. For whatever reason I've seen it talked up recently, even though it's been out since January 5th.

This is one of the best sounding things I've heard in a long time. It's like ... Altars of Madness played with black metal tremolo riffing -- and not the boring fee-fi-fo-fum Marduk kind of tremolo riffing; this sounds like it was written in one demoniacal creative fury. Huge, grandiose, somehow catchy. Perfect production for this occult kind of thing. And hoo boy are there solos!

Weirdly, it's on a Finnish label, and is the only release by that label, but Ajna seems to be distributing. I would recommend giving it a whirl. (I've just ordered a physical copy.)

I've only listened to it twice but I can see this in my top 10, more likely my top 5. It's an instant desk clearer.

Oh man. Really liking Domains right now. Thanks for that link!

Cool, glad you like. I'm totally wrapped up in it. I realized they remind me of a non-goofy Belphegor, who also are supposed to have a 2014 thing.

So there's a band called Hoth with a concept album about Darth Vader (I think).
http://hothmusic.bandcamp.com/

On the basis of the single available track, it kind of just sounds like ... Mithotyn. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued enough to want to hear the rest. Love the art, too.

Their logo is a TIE Fighter.

devilock otm about domains, this is a really enjoyable listen

way more so than the behemoth i have listened to repeatedly out of dutifulness to critical consensus

(post very much in character warning here...but...)

I'm at work and can't listen to that Hoth track yet, but oh my god it better be amazing or I'm going to be really disappointed that such a perfect logo was wasted.

This Death "Leprosy" reissue smokes.

anyone else dig the sacriphyx record from last year? just getting to it and I'm impressed. covers a lot of ground (nice mix of doom, death, and classic heavy metal) but it doesn't sound jumbled. pretty unique sound, really. and man, the solos are gorgeous. I was basically totally on board after the first few seconds of "without a trace":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqGUmBNhKI

This has been a hell of a year for reissues: Dawn, God Macabre, Emperor's Nightside, Cradle of Filth's TFD demos, Phlebotomized, Adramelech, the aforementioned Death, and the thing I've been listening to more than any new release, Demilich's 20th Adversary of Emptiness -- godly, and godly again for the remaster's sound. There's also a Baptism combo of an album and an EP somewhere out there.

I kept seeing that Sacriphyx bandied about on metal-archives but passed because it was compared to Bolt Thrower, a band I never warmed to. Listening now, this is much better, and way more melodic, than what I'd imagined, esp yeah those leads. Purty.

ha oh right if I hit submit the embedded song will stop, won't it

yeah, I've never gotten totally on board with bolt thrower either. maybe one day, can't say I've tried much. in any case, the album didn't sound much like bolt thrower to me either.

have seen it described as early rotting christ worship but I've gotta plead ignorance there. have only heard more recent material. guess I have some digging to do.

more catch up - have the 2013 lycus lp on now. I like these guys but their sound is so similar to asunder and I like asunder more. and the things they do to mix things up (like blast beats), I'm not so sure they work for me. kinda kills the mood. but there's a lot of potential here.

Please tell me whoever's in NY that you caught the show at the St Vitus tonight, Castevet / Thantifaxath / Pyrrhon / Artificial Brain. I'm in the South and would like to know where to direct my jealousy.

Oh and while I can't hear much connex between Sacriphyx (at least that posted song) and early RC apart from ghostly guitars and a bit of crunch, yeah those first 3 albums, esp Thy Mighty Contract and Triarchy of the Lost Lovers, are godly. Unless you meant even earlier RC, the horrid sounding demos, which I've not heard either.

That came out weird. I've heard the Passage to Arcturo EP, which sounds atrocious, and I assume all the demos before that sound worse.

I always like RC's 'the Mystical Meeting'

I'm headed to MDF on Friday and Sunday (no ticket for thursday / have to go to nyc to play a show on Saturday)

stoked!

Oh and while I can't hear much connex between Sacriphyx (at least that posted song) and early RC apart from ghostly guitars and a bit of crunch

yeah, the album really does cover a lot of ground and there are songs that don't sound much like that track at all (including moments that remind me of what I've heard of early RC). but like I said, largely ignorant there, so thanks!

Oh wow, I wasn't aware of the Demilich reissue! _Nespithe_ was one of those albums I yearned for in younger days, but couldn't get hold of. (Ripping Corpse's _Dreaming With the Dead_ is the other one that comes to mind)
Found it on Spotify and by gum, it's fantastic!

Of new albums, I've had a really great time with new Triptykon and Coffinworm records. Single listen to Indian was fantastic as well, but I haven't been up to returning to it since...

Tremendously bummed that Triptykon has pulled out of MDF. I spent $200+ for a four-day pass since it was the only way to get into the Triptykon show on Thursday night (individual passes had sold out by the time I got around to purchasing). Here's my dream replacement scenario: Fenriz happens to be in town to provide moral support to Nocturno for his Sarke performance. Fenriz and Nocturno feel so bad about Triptykon having to pull out that they decide to stage an impromptu Darkthrone set on Thursday night. Not gonna happen, I realize, but shit I was really looking forward to seeing Triptykon. Oh well, I guess I just need to focus on the other zillion bands that I love who are still playing.

oh damn. that's a huge loss, I imagine folks are going nuts. I feel less bad about missing now, but I would be royally cheesed about that, even if the promoters can't help it.

So I ended up ordering a physical copy of that Hoth record. The one track that was available last night sounded decent enough and, really, just how could I not?

they're no stovokor

stovecore is my new favorite genre

o.g. stovecore guy

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/IKBrunelChains.jpg/220px-IKBrunelChains.jpg

hey guys

is Pallbearer trv?

asking for a friend

sorry, friend

Trvly awesome!

I shouldn't laugh because there's a very slim chance it's potentially no laughing matter (and I like them) but… Behemoth arrested in Russia for being evil.

"We were stopped by immigration services under the pretext of evil ... they threatened to deport us with strength"

We've
been stopped by the immigration services for 'wrong visas'. When I said
that we will not move an inch from the club without someone from the
polish embassy, they threatened to force us out. They took us in a bus,
accompanied by 10 officers, to the
building of Federal Migration Service. We tried to reach polish embassy
in Jekaterinburg but no one is answering the phone. If possible -
please copy this message and pass it everywhere you can. We may expect a
multihour hearing. The concert is off for sure. The only thing we want
is to get back to the hotel safely and then - to Poland. No matter how
hard we try - we cannot pass it all. Regards. Nergal

Breaking: Pussy Riot rappels in through windows, takes care of business.

Darkspace preorder is sold out already.

http://avantgardemusic.bigcartel.com/product/affiliation-program-six

Convoluted explanation of how they didn't do normal preorders this time:

http://www.avantgardemusic.com/wordpress/?p=2040

Waiting for the unlimited edition, if they plan one, that is. (If they want us to download their stuff illegally, why don't they just say it? Because that's what is going to happen now.)

i've been revisiting the thou album, i had forgotten how engrossing and hefty it can be

http://thou.bandcamp.com/album/heathen

Zealotry's The Charnel Expanse came out last June apparently but holy fuck what a great, great, great death metal album

Seems I'll have to wait til I get a decent night's sleep to comprehend anything in that Avantgarde pdf. It would be simpler to fly to Switzerland and get the Darkspace CD at the gig.

In other news, my second attempt to get into Negative Plane clicked, and how. Maybe the first time I was listening to another band, I dunno, they're amazing and I'm late to the party. Someone somewhere posted this wicked sounding live show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKc-4uu6kTE

Oh and indeed Zealotry slays. That dude posts at metal-archives and I think I recall seeing mention of new material in the works.

There is a new Whitehorse album out

In light of

Oh wow, I wasn't aware of the Demilich reissue! _Nespithe_ was one of those albums I yearned for in younger days, but couldn't get hold of. (Ripping Corpse's _Dreaming With the Dead_ is the other one that comes to mind)
Found it on Spotify and by gum, it's fantastic!
― Øystein

Speaking of physical copies, everyone knows about http://themetaldetektor.com/ right? Scans like 140 distros for whichever artist and/or album you want. It was news to me.

yyyyyikes, actually never mind about spotify, I think the issues I'm having, according to some googling, are bigger than not being able to find an album.