Conspicuous, gutless silence in favour of careerism, absolutely. Why upset the apple cart when you can get a media pass to Housecore fest?
― A. Begrand, Friday, 29 January 2016 19:06 (eight years ago) link
A ton of respect to Machine Head's Robb Flynn for posting this video, though (disclaimer: I worked with Robb for 2-3 years while we were both still at Roadrunner):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCBKzWg4WYo
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 29 January 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
Agreed. I understand there's a discrete difference between 'being racist' and 'being a racist', and this latest Anselmo bullshit (that I have to qualify that with a 'latest', well...) slots him into the latter camp in my book.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Friday, 29 January 2016 19:33 (eight years ago) link
There's a whole Anselmo thread:
so I guess we can stop playing the "is he/isn't he game" about Phil Anselmo from Pantera wrt to racism
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 29 January 2016 19:42 (eight years ago) link
This MetalSucks article is a bit odd with its assumptions, is there really anyone who thinks Anselmo is a respectable dude? Of course there's the commercial angle, but those people would happily talk to and write about Mustaine and Vikernes if they would be commercially viable artists. Never in history has being a despicable asshole been a hindrance to a commercially succesful career.
― Siegbran, Friday, 29 January 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
For a minute I thought it was Ned Ragget on the artwork for The Body a few posts into this thread
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 29 January 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
*Raggett
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 29 January 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
woah this new Oranssi Pazuzu is fucking GOOD
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 29 January 2016 22:27 (eight years ago) link
I am enjoying Le Dernier Crépuscule by Chthe'ilist on Spotify.I generally like Profound Lore stuff but this is my first exposure to this band.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 30 January 2016 18:54 (eight years ago) link
Lyrical themes: Horror, Dark Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda
― jmm, Saturday, 30 January 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
Well they do have a song called "Tales of the Majora Mythos Part 1"
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 30 January 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I really like this Chthe'ilist. It has a swing to it that is different from most of the DM I hear in this murky atmospheric vein.
― jmm, Sunday, 31 January 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
I've been hooked on the new Mesarthim single the last couple of days. Black Metal with some icy/cheesy/new-agy synths on top.
https://mesarthim.bandcamp.com/album/suffocate-single
― satans favourite son, Sunday, 31 January 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
the album is fantastic. only 1 euro on bandcamp but loved it so much I ordered the vinyl. The few people I have recommended it to since Smithy told me about it love it too.
One of the reviews sums it up nicely
"Summoning in space on LSD with guitar solos. I think that's good."
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 31 January 2016 23:04 (eight years ago) link
^^^^^ yeah i am hugely enthusiastic about that mesarthim record, even though it came out last year apparently
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 January 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
but vinyl and cd arent out til end of feb so it will count for metal poll!
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 31 January 2016 23:13 (eight years ago) link
Also time for you guys to review it elsewhere!
This new Avantasia album is fantastic. If you like melodic overkill. I like melodic overkill. A lot. Magnum + Blind Guardian?
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 19:40 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I really like this Chthe'ilist. It has a swing to it that is different from most of the DM I hear in this murky atmospheric vein
Listening to this now, and the first thing that stands out is the Demilich influence. The murky production actually kind of hurts this record to me a bit, but as OSDM revival-ish records go, you could do a lot worse than bringing back this sound!
― Dominique, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 16:35 (eight years ago) link
playlist is up to date.
ILM's Rolling Metal Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist
― ulysses, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 21:29 (eight years ago) link
Mourning Beloveth - Rust & Bone (Ván Records)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs2z5BrccoY
The Encyclopaedia Metallum page says it came out in December but everywhere else it's listed as this year.
It's quite good, straddling funeral doom, straight-up doom metal and death metal. Very epic. The only quibble is that all five songs occupy the same tempo, but I really enjoy the contrasting vocals that go from grandiose Candlemass-inspired almost spoken word to death metal growls.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 4 February 2016 03:02 (eight years ago) link
http://cdn.theobelisk.net/obelisk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rip-in-the-wind.jpg
Looking forward to hearing this R.I.P album, on Totem Cat Records...Chiefly because the Obelisk described it as 'Street Doom'.
― BlueCrystalFire, Thursday, 4 February 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
Hey hip-hop nerds. What kind-of hip-hop is this?
― ulysses, Thursday, 4 February 2016 21:53 (eight years ago) link
R.I.P single is streaming here... So good http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2016/02/03/r-i-p-in-the-wind-tremble/
― BlueCrystalFire, Thursday, 4 February 2016 22:08 (eight years ago) link
As someone who likes stoner metal but not constant weed references, that's nice stuff.
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 5 February 2016 00:54 (eight years ago) link
As someone who likes stoner metal but not constant weed references
I have to take every opportunity to mention Abdullah and their album Graveyard Poetry. Great band, great vocals, just kinda lackluster production. (They were on Meteor City so maybe they're more well known than I think; I just never see em talked about.) I feel like they could've honed themselves into a QOTSA type crossover thing but they didn't stay together long enough. Those songs are immortal in my book, though.
https://youtu.be/TLA3qnjuPnU
― Devilock, Friday, 5 February 2016 01:12 (eight years ago) link
I pay pretty close attention to the Portland (heavy) scene - including scanning gig listings every week - and I've never even heard the name R.I.P. Weird?
Good tune, though, looking forward to hearing more.
― alpine static, Friday, 5 February 2016 04:30 (eight years ago) link
new Krallice for yr face ears
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 5 February 2016 06:07 (eight years ago) link
OK I think I like that Mourning Beloveth; where the fuck can I get Van stuff in the US for, say, less than $30?
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 5 February 2016 08:38 (eight years ago) link
Also all you dudes digging Chthe'ilist should check out Howls of Ebb if you haven't!
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 5 February 2016 09:45 (eight years ago) link
― BlueCrystalFire, Friday, 5 February 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link
I pay pretty close attention to the Portland
― BlueCrystalFire, Friday, 5 February 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
^^^^ Ugh... above post due to dumb fat fingers ^^^^
What I was trying to say was:
I pay pretty close attention to the Portland (heavy) scene
If you go see them, let me know how it was... I can't imagine getting to see them in the UK anytime soon
― BlueCrystalFire, Friday, 5 February 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
If you liked the Violet Cold album last year, be advised that a new one came out today!
https://open.spotify.com/album/06EZss4sACNROJBE64nSFR
If you missed it: experimental one-man atmospheric post-blackgaze metal from Azerbaijan!
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 5 February 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link
Anyone heard the new Rotting Christ?
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 6 February 2016 08:43 (eight years ago) link
so who's going to Maryland Death Fest this year? kinda excited for Testament (who I will see for the first time finally in a few weeks), Wormed, Desaster, etc.....
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 February 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
also not at all feeling the new Megadeth. better than what I heard from Supercollider, but very bland.
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 February 2016 21:27 (eight years ago) link
def going to mdf this year. psyched to live so much closer now
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Sunday, 7 February 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link
was gonna go, schedule won't allow it. get in the pit on my behalf everybody
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 8 February 2016 03:12 (eight years ago) link
I'm going to MDF! Stoked!
― the tune was space, Monday, 8 February 2016 03:21 (eight years ago) link
still need to get a pass but i'm definitely going again this year
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 8 February 2016 03:25 (eight years ago) link
sweet. I got my three day pass for Edison lot. Lookin forward to...
HorrendousMayhem (are they seriously doing all of De Mysteriis?)SamaelThe Haunted (tho I'm seeing them this Tuesday)SinisterWormed (really stoked for this one)ExciterGruesome (seen em once tho)Hail of BulletsImpaled NazareneNuclear Assault (hell yea!)Testament (tho I'm seeing them end of this month)SatanDestroyer 666DesasterVenom
got my hotel booked cheaply .5 miles away, still need to find cheap airfare, but was able to last time...
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 February 2016 04:12 (eight years ago) link
gotta say I am really down with the latest Enforcer album. the instrumental on the album kinda reminds me of Anvil a little and there are hooks a plenty all over it.
also I'm diving deeper into Trouble's back catalog now (previously I had only Psalm 9 and The Skull) after seeing them at Florida Metal Fest. and holy fuckballs, is the s/t album from 1990 the best Led Zep stoner album never made. other than the one Dark Side of the Moon ripoff, it's a fav.
can I just say tho seeing Trouble (while they were the best band of the night easily) was funny cos they were doing Psalm 9 stuff (hella fuckin' cool) and hearing the Christian lyrics being sung, song ends, and then Kyle Thomas says something like "how the motherfuck are you fuckin' doin tonight?!"
― gaz coombes? yo he don't got NUTHIN ta prove! (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 February 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
Hey, man, Jesus totally looks like a dude who would say that.
Totally right about the s/t album, btw! Like it's one of those albums that could be regarded as a sellout except for the fact that it's so fucking great.
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 8 February 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
looking forward to this album
Fallujah reveal artwork, track listing for upcoming album ‘Dreamless’http://www.metalinsider.net/releases/fallujah-reveal-artwork-track-listing-for-upcoming-album-dreamless
April 29th
― djmartian, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link
their last one was pretty good, looking forward to it
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:50 (eight years ago) link
Picked up the new Eight Bells CD at the show last night in Philly.
It's pretty phenomenal, taking the catharsis and beauty of their debut and expanding on both emotions until they ethereally collide.
Also, Voivod is still great and the two new Vektor songs make me anxious for their new one on Earache in March.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 07:31 (eight years ago) link
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 07:36 (eight years ago) link
there's a second new Vektor track?
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 07:39 (eight years ago) link
new Eight Bells
oh nice, I didn't know they had a new one
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 08:35 (eight years ago) link