I never got a digital promo of the Summoning record so I only now got a chance to listen and it's completely brilliant! Will definitely wind up high on my best albums of 2018. If it doesn't, that means this year winds up being too good for words or I have died.
I just got done reviewing two records I like: Scumpulse, Antifa-loving crusty Scottish black metal, and the new Ilsa record - the first for Relapse. I always liked the band but this is likely the best album they have done.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 00:20 (six years ago) link
Scumpulse sounds promising just based on the name!
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 10:23 (six years ago) link
Those Scumpulse songs are good!
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
Here's my Ilsa review:http://agitreader.com/wp2/ilsa-corpse-fortress
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
Black metal with a distinct folk flavour, but not overbearing, like Obsequiae or Ophidian Forest with a bit more post-rock influence maybe. I really like it.
https://eigenlicht-metal.bandcamp.com/album/self-annihilating-consciousness
― obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 22:04 (six years ago) link
Should appeal to WitTR fans I reckon
― obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
ack metal with a distinct folk flavour, but not overbearing, like Obsequiae or Ophidian Forest with a bit more post-rock influence maybe. I really like it.
― obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Tuesday, February 20, 2018 4:04 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
woah my friend was in obsequiae
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 22:24 (six years ago) link
another new Primordial trackhttps://youtu.be/b7-FYDMtqo8
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
The new Memoriam album is good. Like the second Tau Cross album, it's more of the same, with a few tiny tweaks (one song includes samples from Martin Luther King speeches). I'll be reviewing it on Burning Ambulance on Friday.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
This new Atheist band photo looks like their logo magically appeared in their living room, and only two members (Baldy and Guy With His Own Couch) have noticed so far but they're thinking they should let the others know.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWkNcdJUMAIbQwF.jpg
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
lol Kelly "Bret Michaels Before Shot" Schaeffer
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:57 (six years ago) link
Listening to the Suffering Hour album again, so good. Some of my favorite guitar work in recent memory.
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:58 (six years ago) link
new Panopticon double album, first with a full-band lineup, The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness is out April 6th.
― Simon H., Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
Fuck Antifa Metalfest featuring Burzum, Graveland, and Disma (Craig Pillard).
raging just seeing that poster.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 February 2018 05:31 (six years ago) link
it's not real. or maybe you know that and just the thought is ragey?
― alpine static, Friday, 23 February 2018 07:02 (six years ago) link
sorry, i'm sure you realize it's a joke, i would un-post if i could :)
― alpine static, Friday, 23 February 2018 07:04 (six years ago) link
nah i'm dumb af sober and then my critical thinking skills erode even more after the third beer...ignore me
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 February 2018 07:09 (six years ago) link
The fact that the new Earthless album includes vocals on several tracks makes me sad, but this nine-minute monster jam makes me feel much better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QvV3J5buvk
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 23 February 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
Wow, going power metal was the best decision Dimmu Borgir could have made. This new song is great, and I'm really looking forward to the new album now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7vg7ir8jyc
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 24 February 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
I'm enjoying the hell out of the debut album by Flesh Hoarder, Homicidal Necrophile, which comes out May 11. Broooootal slam metal, total knuckle-walker shit. Here's a "lyric video" for "Counterweight Suicide":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D8q3QVJlY0
They've also put up a strong candidate for Song Title of the Year with "Ejaculating on the Faces of the Aborted."
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 26 February 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
Deathwish band Young and in the Way are no more following sexual assault allegations.
http://www.metalinjection.net/metal-crimes/members-of-young-and-in-the-way-accused-of-sexual-assault-band-denies-accusations-disbands
― Simon H., Monday, 26 February 2018 21:03 (six years ago) link
Also, "provocative" crybabies Taake have canceled their tour
https://www.stereogum.com/1985047/deeply-problematic-metal-band-taake-cancel-north-american-tour-blame-left-wing-agitators/news/
― Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
anyway on the subject of actual music, I'm really digging the new Usurpress. something for eeveryone but it hangs together well, plus it clocks in at a nice tidy 37 minutes
― Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
antifa content police strike again
https://pitchfork.com/news/taake-metal-band-accused-of-racism-by-talib-kweli-and-others-cancel-tour-issue-defiant-statement/?mbid=homepage-more-latest-and-video
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
Waaahhh. Waaahhh. Waaahhh. (Also, the same story is two posts up.)
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
The intro to this month's Black Market column on Stereogum is very interesting. It's all about Therion.
https://www.stereogum.com/1985071/the-black-market-the-month-in-metal-february-2018/franchises/the-black-market/
Waaahhh. Waaahhh. Waaahhh.
Seriously, the whiniest, most entitled fucking statement I've ever read from a band.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
The intro to this month's Black Market column on Stereogum is very interesting
The self-awareness of point number 9 is refreshing to read.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
fwiw i brought it up cos my brother's band was supposed to open for them on a few dates. they were targeted as well by someone who confused them with another band and didn't bother letting that getting in the way of calling them neo nazis just the same
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 1 March 2018 13:47 (six years ago) link
easy to waaaah waaah when you don't have two kids and people are doxing your friends left and right and you're hoping nobody shows up to your house to prove how anti-hate they are
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 1 March 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
the "waaaah waaaah" was obviously meant for Taake, do you always intentionally miss the point so you can grind whatever axe is on your agenda that day
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 1 March 2018 14:10 (six years ago) link
goddamn the new Rolo Tomassi is FANTASTIC
― Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 00:20 (six years ago) link
wow that Therion review is some fucking navel-gazing trash
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 2 March 2018 00:57 (six years ago) link
I chuckled but I already miss Doug Moore's snark-free column
― Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 00:59 (six years ago) link
I need to get off my ass and start checking out some new stuff, but I'm enjoying still being in the honeymoon period with the new Tribulation, which gets deeper and richer with each listen.
― o. nate, Friday, 2 March 2018 01:14 (six years ago) link
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi)
if you're going to make a listicle, sell it as a listicle
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Friday, 2 March 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
I miss Jeff Gilbert's one liner metal reviews from Guitar World
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 2 March 2018 02:40 (six years ago) link
Pallbearer had a bigger crowd than I expected in Lexington on Sunday.
― earlnash, Friday, 2 March 2018 03:58 (six years ago) link
love them
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 2 March 2018 04:54 (six years ago) link
Hi metal people, as someone who listened to a lot of metal in the '90s (some experimental, lots of Century Media-type stuff, some corny [and even I knew that Theli was corny at the time]), I enjoyed that Therion piece, thx for that.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
My Bandcamp interview with Usurpress bassist and Swedish Death Metal author Daniel Ekeroth just posted:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/03/02/usurpress-interregnum-interview/
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 2 March 2018 20:06 (six years ago) link
I like and appreciate that album more every time I listen to it
― Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
Another good Priest track. I'm getting excited for this album.
― jmm, Friday, 2 March 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
new Sludge album out today!https://slugdge.bandcamp.com/album/esoteric-malacology
― Dinsdale, Friday, 2 March 2018 20:34 (six years ago) link
*Slugdge
― Dinsdale, Friday, 2 March 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
xxxpost I don't like it anywhere near as much as the previous two but I'm mega-stoked for the album.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 2 March 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
Transilvanian FungusSalt Thrower
very good band concept
― jmm, Friday, 2 March 2018 20:45 (six years ago) link
I don't have much time for Priest ballads anymore. The two previous songs were way better than this one. But yeah, I'll still be checking the album out.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 2 March 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
The second Oceans of Slumber album, The Banished Heart, is out today on Century Media, and it's fucking great.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2ZNoxhNbYKfdIk79d0K8UE?si=zj4Jlx7HSvSlMEFpx5T6vg
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 3 March 2018 01:02 (six years ago) link
dunno if this is appropriate for this thread or the nonexistant rolling punk/non-indie underground 2018 thread, but these guys fuckin' rip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec1U7QXqEpE
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Saturday, 3 March 2018 01:16 (six years ago) link