Nails being assholes would be the literal non-shock of the year
I think it's the singer - the bassist is a regular where I work and is a super nice dude (who would rather be playing Ramones-y punk I think).
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
Oh! We listened to this the other day (after the deadline) and in fact it was kind of lovely, in a way that deafheaven aren't
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
YESSS
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
listening to Astronoid now, I'm glad it exists even if not my cup. Like if Fleetwood Mac was an emo band who wanted to play blastbeats. I don't think these guys are even trying to be "metal", as those beats can belong to anyone, really.
― Dominique, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
45 Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard - Y Proffwyd Dwell 209 Points, 6 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/qBwixeK.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/55BrLShwHHCBWLLrztuIl3spotify:album:55BrLShwHHCBWLLrztuIl3https://newheavysounds.bandcamp.com/album/y-proffwyd-dwyll
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
Yay!
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
air!!!!! my no. 3 (iirc i forgot to save my ballot)
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
Psych-doom didn't know it needed vocal harmonies this heavenly, but it sure got them. Kickass band and lovely people too. My #7 but a total triumph. Wales has entered the building
lol Brad, Astronoid feels like it was devised with you in mind
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
Dominique otm re: Astronoid.
Would have been on the highest plane of my ballot had I found out about it in time.
MWWB was my #3. Space forever. A fresh sound and the songs really go somewhere (to space).
― dance band (tangenttangent), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Monday, December 19, 2016 12:40 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it was absolutely made just for me
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
Ok the MWWB sounds like a lot of fun
― fuck like fight like fuck (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
44 Deftones - Gore 215 Points, 5 Votes One #1http://i.imgur.com/3yp17qi.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/3tsXyEbUQehXPaRFCS8K1nspotify:album:3tsXyEbUQehXPaRFCS8K1n
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:54 (seven years ago) link
I thought (for some hazy, unfounded reason of associative memory) that Deftones was a band I definitely didn't like, but I gave half of this a listen and it sounded kind of great. I still didn't vote for it because the experience confused me but I'll be more inclined to listen in future.
― dance band (tangenttangent), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
Home Nations representin'
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
Can anyone compare the vocals in Astronoid and MWWB? I didn't care for either record, not that the singing was bad, I just thought it didn't stand up to the music. Are they similar vocally, or do I just not remember MWWB very well?
― Tom Violence, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
ha, i was wrong. anyway that deftones record was my no. 1
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
last three deftones records are the best of their career but also i don't think they've ever put out a bad record
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
ok mammoth weed wizard bastard sure surprised me
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
I'll definitely give Deftones the time I'm sure they deserve in the new year.
― dance band (tangenttangent), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
Astronoid = soaring pop harmonies, inspired by Mew
MWWB = floaty ethereal shoegazey vocals, more psych than pop
Both have excellent harmonies but I can understand how the softness might be offputting (insofar as it is soft - both feel quite overwhelming in their way)
Deftones also known for their harmonies I think? We'll listen at home (or in the new year lol)
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
Well yeah, both
― dance band (tangenttangent), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
Great album cover too
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
Kind of reminds me of those gifs Karl Malone made a little while ago!
― dance band (tangenttangent), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:05 (seven years ago) link
i don't think deftones even have harmonies but they def have a shoegaze dimension
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
Wait, wait, Mew? Going to listen to this.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:07 (seven years ago) link
Love that MWWB record and I've sold at least two copies for them just by playing it in the store.
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:07 (seven years ago) link
Sorry, Brad, I never checked out the Deftones album :(
― fuck like fight like fuck (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
it's good imo
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
Cool 🖒
― fuck like fight like fuck (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
I've really dug the last few Deftones records too - they kinda have a tragic story, and they're nice guys from what I hear from a couple of buds in the industry.
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
43 Blood Incantation - Starspawn 216 Points, 7 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/dAvWub5.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/75nL1UjHpFVOaaJfhXl3ZXspotify:album:75nL1UjHpFVOaaJfhXl3ZXhttps://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/starspawn
After signing with the label prior to the August 2015 release of the Interdimensional Extinction EP, BLOOD INCANTATION returns with a 30-minute cerebral whirlwind of powerful atmospheric death metal. The intense and otherworldly technical/ambient/funeral death metal of Starspawn leaves the listener feeling transcendentally disembodied at the end of an unknown dimension.
Produced entirely in analog, the energy and magnetism of live BLOOD INCANTATION is tangibly melting through the speakers, and the songwriting, production and performance constellations have all fully aligned.
With appearances at California Death Fest and Covenant Festival (Canada) already on the horizon, and an even more extensive US tour this September, the worldwide spread of the BLOOD INCANTATION tentacles into all orbits is as inevitable as your own death and this galaxy's violent collapse.
Dark Descent Records will release the album on CD, vinyl, cassette and digital formats.
The Stargate opens 8.19.16 (August 19, 2016)creditsreleased August 19, 2016
All analog recording at World Famous Studio - Denver, COMixed/Mastered - World Famous Studio
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
great record
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
blood incantation and ghoulgotha were the center of my favorite conversation in the rolling metal thread this year about the proggier trend in death metal lately
Some bands do have crazy right wing members― Cosmic Slop, Monday, December 19, 2016 6:50 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink48 Megadeth - Dystopia 200 Points, 5 Votes, One #1
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, December 19, 2016 6:50 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
48 Megadeth - Dystopia 200 Points, 5 Votes, One #1
perfect
― Frobisher, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
Haha
Love Blood Incantation, you can never pay tribute to Timeghoul enough for my taste. HAIL TIMEGHOUL.
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:32 (seven years ago) link
42 Moon Tooth - Chromaparagon 219 Points, 5 Votes, One #1
http://i.imgur.com/5XbWed0.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/3UKIKGu1qUJPrT3X7ayF3Espotify:album:3UKIKGu1qUJPrT3X7ayF3E
https://moontoothny.bandcamp.com/album/chromaparagon
"An undeniably strange, totally kick-ass beast."–MetalSucks
February 5th, 2016 marks the release of Chromaparagon, the debut full-length album by Long Island, New York band Moon Tooth.
A fireworks display of melody and rhythm, Chromaparagon is more than that too – its progressive, aggressive sound is brimming with soul, riddled with hairpin turns, and delivered with the grace and swing of real virtuosos. Over the course of twelve songs, Moon Tooth mashes together rock, metal, and blues, into a fusion that bursts with color. There are few limits here. Moon Tooth possesses the imagination and skill to swerve into whatever musical direction it wants. But this band wanders without getting lost; it channels its wild dreaming and black-belt chops into an album that drives forward with purpose.
Frontman John Carbone carries forth the tradition of singers with the range and the courage to go for it. Like Jeff Buckley, Into Another's Richie Birkenhead or Shudder to Think's Craig Wedren, Carbone belts it out with a soaring voice that can command quiet subtlety as well as arena-rocking operatics. In poetic, modern-mythic phrases, his lyrics address themes of, in his own words, "trials, perseverance, victory... answering the call of adventure, following what you know to be your true purpose even in the face of danger, uncertainty and fear."
"I made love to my ordeals / By light of holy fire / A lion rearing under ash / All the beasts of un-days loomed / And I saw Mars stand," Carbone sings on the song "Igneous."
Guitarist Nick Lee (also the newest member of veteran heavy metal act Riot, now known as Riot V) extracts entire worlds out of his instrument. His dexterity is matched only by his soulfulness. Backing him are bassist Vincent Romanelli and drummer Ray Marte who glide swiftly from tasty grooves and rhythmic illusions to full-on metal muscularity.
Loosely speaking, some modern-day reference points include The Mars Volta, Mastodon, and Between The Buried And Me. But Moon Tooth is its own, unique, "undeniably strange, totally kick-ass beast" as one MetalSucks editor put it.
Chromaparagon was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Moon Tooth drummer Ray Marte. The vivid cover art was created by Jon Contino. It is preceded by the band's 2013 debut EP, Freaks.creditsreleased February 5, 2016
John Carbone – VocalsNick Lee – Guitar & VocalsRay Marte – Drums & VocalsVincent Romanelli – Bass
Produced, engineered, mixed, & mastered by Ray Marte at Westfall Recording Company in Farmingdale, NY.
This album was not recorded to a metronome, quantized, or pitch-corrected in any way.
Additional vocals on ‘Vesuvius’ by Roz RaskinViolin on ‘Snake Ryder’ by Derek SmithAdditional vocals on ‘Snake Ryder’ by Anthony LopardoAdditional samples on ‘Snake Ryder’ provided by Michael McManusAdditional gang vocals on ‘Belt Squeezer’ by Steve GomezDidgeridoo on ‘Belt Squeezer’ provided by Garrett KuppelmeyerOrgan on "Igneous" & "Little Witch" by Jess DeBellis
Artwork & design by Jon Contino
Moon Tooth uses Reverend Guitars, Railhammer Pickups, Fuzzrocious Pedals, Hiwatt Amplification, Electroharmonix, Precision Drums, Zildjian, Promark, Evans, Specter Basses, Aguilar, Ernie Ball, & D'Addario.
Thank you to our families, friends, and fans who helped us make this happen.
All songs written, performed, & published by Moon Tooth. Copyright 2016.
MoonTooth.orgnicklees✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧tagstags: metal progressive rock doom hard rock stoner rock thrash
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
TOO LOW
― Tom Violence, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
Only 5 people in the world have heard Moon Tooth but they all voted for it
...although way higher than I anticipated
― Tom Violence, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
rawk
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
5 votes? I thought this was popular 'round here.
― Frobisher, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
:D
A triumph for last-ditch campaigning! Smashed into my ballot at #8. A total joyride
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
lol most of my ballot represented in the last three picks
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
So I should probably listen to this eh
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
And um Starspawn is pretty good but it tails off at the end, kind of feels like it ends before it should tbh
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
I only heard this for the first time during voting but instantly fell for it. This is true prog.
― jmm, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
Smithy is the tastemaker this year
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
My #8 also, in fact.
― jmm, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
Additional vocals on ‘Vesuvius’ by Roz Raskin
― Tom Violence, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
Oh yeah, I'm loving Astronoid so far.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link