Rolling Metal 2016

I'd like to see Steve Vai! David Lee Roth starts his own band, to get away from ego-clashes/upstaging with players---and hires his own band of vivacious virtuosi, anchored by Steve Vai! One of the world's flashiest guitarists. Steve Vai! Zappa's designated "stunt guitarist." But how could this work with YJ Malmsteen? Kinda like to find out, but I'm sure I can't afford it.

You're bringing back memories of seeing Roth with Vai when I was in high school. We were pretty close to the stage, so there was some flashing and pantie throwing and stuff going on around us. It was pretty wild for a suburban kid I guess! Great show. Dokken opened.

another really interesting record from Avantgarde - this one credited to "two individuals who prefer to remain anonymous," they're from Oz, probably not the Berzerker or disEMBOWELMENT but maybe somebody from Portal? anyway, I guess this came out last year but it's pretty interesting - keyboard melodies that could be nicked from a Summoning record over some sorta-doomy epic rolling-drum scenarios...good stuff imo

http://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/isolate

This is really nice to see. Takafumi Matsubara from Gridlink playing guitar again: https://www.facebook.com/takafumi.matsubara.7/posts/962774543770546

Cool! So many strings.

I forgot I was listening to Les Brers in A Minor when I turned the sound up on that video, it was an interesting mix.

brian my copy turned up today of Mesarthim - Isolate. With the extra CD.

The best description of the album is SUMMONING ... IN SPACE

Which is pretty much my idea of the ideal album. and its fucking stunning.
http://i.imgur.com/xCgNB6V.jpg

its so good its even floored Dennis the Menace.

That cover is so Pink Floyd

that is probably the cellophane tbf

I got the Zoldier Noiz - Regression Process album today. Exactly what I need, kinda crusty sounding thrash metal that reminds me of "Ripper Crust" era Hellbastard. Or like all of the good bands on Noise Records circa 1986 but angrier and scummier.

If you don't mind metal that sometimes doesn't bother to plug in, this Ukrainian folk-metal-ish band [Ті, що падають вгору] is pretty good!

spotify:album:6XnXXcYh9nHS8w2Oqui1gc

I tried to figure out what people call them in non-Cyrillic characters, but near as I can tell, nobody ever calls them anything in non-Cyrillic characters.

i am now the holder of one ticket to this: http://migrationfest.us/

just played summoning and mesarthim back to back. grand stuff

Xpost that's a good lineup!

Dunno if there's a new rolling stoner/psych/doom/whatever thread so I will say that the new Moon Curse album is really good.

legitimately pissed off @ this violet cold album

Why?

If you don't mind metal that sometimes doesn't bother to plug in, this Ukrainian folk-metal-ish band [Ті, що падають вгору] is pretty good!

spotify:album:6XnXXcYh9nHS8w2Oqui1gc

I tried to figure out what people call them in non-Cyrillic characters, but near as I can tell, nobody ever calls them anything in non-Cyrillic characters.

It's a stretch to call it metallic though.

I heard a Violet Cold album last year, it was fucking dreadful. As far as I recall it's basically the cheesiest Euro-dance chord progressions with some idiot rasping over it.

So it's Republica?

j3ff will love it then

Last year's Violet Cold album was one of my favorites of the year. I don't have chord progressions I do or don't consider appropriate for metal, though, and even without that it doesn't surprise me if not everybody likes it. It's like laptop Alcest.

(It doesn't sound anything like EDM, regardless.)

I don't consider anything "inappropriate" to mix with metal. I might be remembering what it sounded like a bit wrong because I couldn't take it for too long and I'm sure as hell not going back there now

It's like laptop Alcest.

the hardest of passes

The Voivod EP is so fuckin great

Looking forward to new Voivod.

Here's another new Oranssi Pazuzu song to fucking drive me crazy until I get my copy:

http://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/listen-to-oranssi-pazuzus_vasemman-kaden-hierarkia_

When that guitar comes in. When that fucking guitar comes in.

There's been some discussion of Ved Buens Ende/Virus/Fleuerety on the EXTREME METAL thread, here's a new album in that ill-defined genre by Pogavranjen:

http://pogavranjenband.bandcamp.com/

Never heard of these guys before but it's pretty solid stuff. Better than Seasons in the Abyss!!!!!!!

The wait for the new Oranssi Pazuzu is painful to me too.

I heard that Pogavranjen album recently, the Virus impression is a bit too on the nose, it was kind of distracting.

Didn't bother me but that can be a danger when you're trying to play what is essentially a one-band genre.

At least the new OP song is amazing, unless it goes crap in the last 5 minutes (unlikely, but the stream won't load for me past a certain point for some reason). I'll have to wait until I get it.

Yeah that tune is fucking crazy great. 3 days until my copy gets here. Hopefully.

Also found out that Relapse reissued Sacrilege's "Behind the Realms of Madness" mini-LP with a bunch of bonus tracks, recommended for fans of early metallic crust/crusty metallics.

Weird that no one has ever reissued their trad-doom album Turn Back Trilobite, but maybe they're ashamed of it.

Interesting article on the "Weird Global Appeal of Heavy Metal":

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weird-global-appeal-of-heavy-metal-1455819419?curator=MediaREDEF

Cult of Luna have recorded a new album with Julie Christmas on vocals throughout. Five tracks, 55 minutes. I haven't listened to it yet, but I'm intrigued.

I heard a Violet Cold album last year, it was fucking dreadful. As far as I recall it's basically the cheesiest Euro-dance chord progressions with some idiot rasping over it.

― space prophet wogan (ultros ultros-ghali), Saturday, February 20, 2016 7:08 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

exactly. every song builds to the most predictably corny climax possible and then hangs out there for 4 mins

This description, modulo the value-judgments, is pretty much why I think it's great, too.

https://entropia.bandcamp.com/album/ufonaut

Entropia is a Black Metal band from Poland, shimmering with psyche-rock elements but not at the expense of heaviness or a more traditional black metal vibe than most who proudly take on the post- prefix and -gaze suffix.

Ufonaut is their second album. Released on 2/15 through Arachnophobia Records.

That's pretty nice. Already sold out, apparently.

You guys, you know what rules? Immortal's Blizzard Beasts. It's like they decided to do a tribute to Altars/Blessed era Morbid Angel.

Oranssi Pazuzu song upthread is monster

new Gorguts!

http://youtu.be/RDyn5lkVNlo

YES

aaaah

this is so good

guess we'll have to re-poll Extreme Metal in May

should be a new jute gyte by then too

Sounds great. Basically more of Colored Sands.

ahhhh!

Luc Lemay comments, “As our EP ‘Pleiades’ Dust’ consists out of a single long narrative composition, it was not written with the intention of being edited in segments. As the storyline proceeds in chapters though, I was able to isolated this part called ‘Wandering Times’ which will give the listener a good idea of the composition aesthetics which are present throughout the whole piece.

That's pretty nice. Already sold out, apparently.

the ltd edition one is sold out