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― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
yesssss @ propagandhi!!
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
boo @ no Chelsea Wolfe
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
publishing a metal eoy before thantifaxath and cleric release their records is sheer folly tbh
― imago, Monday, 20 November 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
that spirit adrift record is not my usual thing but my god it's lovely
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
the WITTR record is awfully high, it was nice enough but not a patch on their last (proper) one
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
nice to see the Oxbow in there too, great album
I guess they had to choose between Immolation and Incantation. I think they made the right choice.
In non-list news, I just discovered (by reading the CD booklet) that Dominick Fernow (aka Prurient) plays synth on 3 tracks on the new Cavalera Conspiracy album.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
PL is top 5 2017 for me and if I didn't say something about that my bad Brad
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
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it's totally ok bc i had the best time listening to it just now! <3
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
Thought Elder would be on the Decibel list. I mean it's not less metal than the Ufomammut or Oxbow (and better than both IMO). Surprised by the absence of Falls of Rauros too.
― Dinsdale, Monday, 20 November 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
yeah the Falls of Rauros album is a beaut
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link
i'm back on the paradise lost record and the layering of guitars on "gods of ancient" is so exquisite aaaaah
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
Paradise Lost is incredible.
What are the other urgent and key doom and/or folk metal releases of the year? Playing a bit of catch up here.
― omar little, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
Spectral Voice is the one everyone's been going mad about, I think it's a perfectly solid death-doom album hype but I don't really get the hype.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
in terms of stuff with folky elements I love Lör's In Forgotten Sleep (it's not at all doomy, though)
https://halloflor.bandcamp.com/album/in-forgotten-sleep
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
xp There's also a quite overlooked album by a band called Vin de Mia Trix (I mentioned it upthread) which is loooong but really very good.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
Regarding folksy stuff the latest Botanist album is one of my fave albums of the year in any genre, and I heard this EP recently:
https://arstidirlifsins.bandcamp.com/album/heljarkvi-a
and thought it was pretty dece. Oh and Enslaved dribbled something out a while back idk.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
That first Paradise Lost album was one of my falling asleep records for years. Gave me some weird dreams. Good to hear they've returned to that sound.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 20 November 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
good year for melodic prog-metal for anyone looking for stuff that's on the less-brootal side
AnathemaCaligula's HorseLeprousSoen
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
man put this new godflesh on in the club
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
everything I'm hearing about it is that it slays utterly
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:32 (six years ago) link
i'm halfway through and yep
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:36 (six years ago) link
it's fucking fantastic. NYCNative's review is pretty spot-on. the song "Be God" is massiiiiiiiive.
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:41 (six years ago) link
just got to the end of the godflesh, pretty sure the last track is cursed. fucking awesome album
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 02:00 (six years ago) link
it's just the right length too, which is not always/often the case with Broadrick things
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 04:52 (six years ago) link
occvlta?
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 07:58 (six years ago) link
i regret never getting around to listening to the new immolation
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
More new Krallice! https://krallice.bandcamp.com/album/go-be-forgotten
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
jfkrallice
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
Regarding folksy stuff the latest Botanist album is one of my fave albums of the year in any genre, and I heard this EP recently:https://arstidirlifsins.bandcamp.com/album/heljarkvi-a
Really liked this on first listen (although I can't pronounce anything about it), esp string coda to track 2. Botanist obv great.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
first track on the new krallice wasn't doing much for me but the second track is overwhelming
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
yeah this is phenomenal. what a good and bizarre band
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
what, they're just doing band things, making records, playing shows, rocking out
― j., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
so far I like this much better than Loum
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
― Simon H.
That's a pretty good batch! Along more prog pop lines there's KOYO and Gold Key, and psych prog there's Kairon; IRSE!, Ghost Against Ghost, Kabbalah, Atavismo, Himmellegeme, Amplifier, The Dials, and most likely my album of the year, Motorpsycho.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
the Kairon; IRSE will be high on my list for sure
― Simon H., Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
and of course I will be big-upping my False Metal pick of the year, Disperse's Foreword
― Simon H., Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link
what's false about it Simon? (i like false metal)
― alpine static, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
to quote myself from back in March or whatever
it sounds like someone went into the 1975's studio when they were off on spliff breaks and tried to make prog-metal using their setup
― Simon H., Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
Thanks! I shall hear this album today.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
new Tribulation song/video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvJQGOFltSk
― Simon H., Thursday, 23 November 2017 01:37 (six years ago) link
I am not overwhelmed by that new Tribulation.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 23 November 2017 13:45 (six years ago) link
@Brad any good metalcore-y stuff this year? I wasn't that struck by this year's August Burns Red, though I am enjoying this Ghost Key album I discovered completely by accident while looking for something else
― Simon H., Thursday, 23 November 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
i didn’t engage much beyond being bored by the abr
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 November 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
thought the previous two Cavalera Conspiracies were pleasant if not memorable, this third one is actually much better in my eyes.
enjoying it a lot.
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
ok the voiceover in the last track is ridiculous
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
apparently Prurient plays synth on this album which even though I like the guy I have a hard time imagining to be a hugely necessary teamup
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 23 November 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
Dawn Ray'd alb is good black metal w/ violin. though sometimes the moments where it appear seem tacked on rather than organic
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 November 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
speaking of good black metal,
― imago, Friday, 24 November 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link