Rolling Metal 2019

someone smarter than me will need to divine the possible significance of the title / lyrics

From the Wikipedia page on palingenesis:

British political theorist Roger Griffin has coined the term palingenetic ultranationalism as a core tenet of fascism, stressing the notion of fascism as an ideology of rebirth of a state or empire in the image of that which came before it – its ancestral political underpinnings. Examples of this are Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany...

DSO's lyrics have always had a spiritual bent and there's been no problem there at least before now (don't know about the new one though). And as I say there'd be reasonable doubt in many cases, but Aspa is an out and proud neo-Nazi.

Should we have a separate thread for black metal bullshit?

I'm not opposed to airing it out here tbh

I'd vote yes for a separate BM Assholes thread or something - the metal thread for me is coolest when it's about good music. I can get "this obvious black metal nazi dude has turned out to be a nazi" from every other metal source I follow.

I wouldn't have even known about it if I hadn't posted the track here so it gets dicey. if another thread does get srted maybe we can just link to it whenever someone accidentally nazi-posts

I was literally relistening to Vigilance Perennial today and wondering when we could expect new Falls of Rauros, when lo and behold...

https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2019/05/02/track-premiere-falls-of-rauros-new-inertia/

Regarding DSO, I don't think Mikko writes the lyrics and I'm not sure he's an out and proud neo-Nazi. Honestly, with metal and noise, I assume the worst of everyone unless they're explicitly not terrible (ie Masami Akita). He runs the forum at Special-Interests and is quite active. You could probably ask him outright if only to settle your feelings about DSO. I know Mgla is going through it now based on their Northern Heritage association.

Look I'm happy to leave the subject alone now but this article seems pretty damning, along with stuff I've read in the past there's really not much room for interpretation

https://varisverkosto.com/2019/03/the-influencers-of-the-finnish-ns-music-scene-part-3-mikko-aspa-of-northern-heritage-clandestine-blaze-vapaudenristi-sarvilevyt/

Excited for new Falls of Rauros though! (They're probably OK. Probably).

new False album on Gilead is very good indeed - never really listened before, think the heavyhanded irony of the name put me off - is assuredly in the antifascist camp and Revolver are streaming one of its three lengthy songs it seems https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-black-metal-crew-falses-vicious-new-song-victual-our-dead-selves

There's a new HammerFall song, and...well:

JOACIM CANS describes the creation of “(We Make) Sweden Rock,” “This is a glorious tribute to the Swedish hard rock and metal movement with a lyrical theme using direct references to both other bands and songs. With catchy contagious riffs and enchanting (ear-worm) melodies this song will be an instant classic at future HammerFall shows. Without the Swedish rock and metal scene with bands like Heavy Load, At the Gates and Yngwie Malmsteen the world would be a pretty boring and dull place! This is our noble tribute to all the bands that inspired not only us to play metal, form bands and eventually crusading around the world in the name of Heavy Metal. All hail the sons of the northern light!“

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwNo-pWxDAY

Going to withhold full judgment until I can hear the full album, but uh... the Belzebubs track I heard ("Blackened Call") is actually pretty good. I was surprised. The whole album is getting rave reviews from some unexpected quarters.

Last thing I'll say about the fash: I've repeatedly advocated for distinguishing between the music and its maker(s) but that doesn't mean the music is in any way 'pure' or devoid of ideology – I just think it's always more (and less) than the sum total of its catalysts'/creators' political intentions, whether good or ill. So I'm perfectly alright with bringing up the matter here whenever it rears its ugly head, especially if Mikko fucking Aspa is involved. That article ultros posted about the Finnish scene sums it up quite well.

I've liked several tracks from that Belzebubs album.

Thanks for the link, Ultros. MA's politics are undeniable and the NS bent is explicit in Clandestine Blaze. I never sensed it in DSO which has been enough for me to enjoy the incredible music. But then again, some of my favorite metal is Graveland and Grand Belial's Key which I would never say is okay. It might be time to just be done with it all.

There's a new Martyrdöd album coming out this month (May 10 on Century Media worldwide, May 24 on Southern Lord in the US). Here's a lyric video for "Pharmacepticon." Praktik ditt svenska!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzrdzc1CmlI

new Wildhearts album is terrific

Guys if u like Priest hit the 2019 Firepowe tour if ya can.

We got "Starbreaker" tonight

And ALL GUNS BLAZING

ahhhh there's finally a new Immortal Bird album! First track is a ripper.

https://listen.20buckspin.com/album/thrive-on-neglect

The Martyrdöd caught my attention. Thanks to the very ancient-Bob Mould guitar tone and some unorthodox and unexpected pop in some of the record, it sounds like Land Speed-era Husker Du gone crusty D-Beat and it's quite intriguing!

i keep seeing that name but not checking it out because i just can't help but think "Marty Dude"

Marty Dude died a Martyr's Death.

New Tomb Mold single out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7FYTCsvzOg

Fuck yeah!

oh nice

yesssss

new Cult of Luna - I'd have loved more material w/ Julie Christmas but this sounds mighty fine regardless

https://youtu.be/XoFJA24GhfA

Man, that Tomb Mold track is great. 20 Buck Spin is on one hell of a roll.

Speaking of 20 Buck Spin, I'm digging this sampler track from the upcoming Fetid album, seems like an apt title for this sort of queasy sludgy death metal:

https://listen.20buckspin.com/album/steeping-corporeal-mess

really digging this Herxheim demo (physical release on NWN soon), wondering how long it'll be until they're outed as white supremacists

An odd title, that. Sold.

It's pretty good and yeah bizarre title, sounds like something Demilich would use as a song title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH3cwxxjfB8

not sure how well this'll go over but i had never heard of this band before and this song is pretty sick. def on the metalcore/nu-metal revival side of hardcore but a really excellent version of that

Saw them a few years ago with no idea what to expect and loved them.

Zig Zags @randysezz
They'll Never Take Us Alive
(@EasyRiderRecord)

Parallel universe. Cliff Burton (alive) is dissatisfied with band's direction. Fires therapist, throws this LP on table, says "we need to return to this." Metallica then makes best album ever. #TwitterLPReview pic.twitter.com/FLcl3alTnS

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) May 10, 2019

Gonna have to check that out, loved their first album but wasn't super-fond of the second

had never heard Zig Zags before but this is rad.

yeah, ditto on first listen
also any band that has a track called Ms 45 is cool by me

sounds good, also watch Ms .45

I'm trying to decide whether to pay $42 to go see this:

Fauna (11:45 pm)
Yellow Eyes (10:35 pm)
Vanum (9:30 pm)
Sanguine Eagle (8:30 pm)
Zoloa (7:35 pm)
Endorphins Lost (6:40 pm)
Caustic Wound (5:55 pm)
Lunar Temple (4:55 pm)
Iron Scepter (4:00 pm)
Doors (3:30 pm)

I love Vanum. I like Yellow Eyes. Don't know anyone else.

Any great stuff here that'll edge me closer to "yup, this is worth it"?

Once again, one of the best metal show line-ups of the year in the Chicago area is taking place at a brewery special release even (Dark Lord Day @ Three Floyd's). No longer worth the $200 and standing in line all day for me, but the only twitch of FOMO I got was looking at the band line-up:

HIGH ON FIRE 8pm

POWER TRIP 6:45pm

NUCLEAR ASSAULT 5:30pm

SACRED REICH 4:15pm

THE ATLAS MOTH 3:15pm

MINSK 2:15pm

RIVER BLACK 1:15pm

even = event

xxp - Caustic Wound is great! OSDM with grindy vocals. I'm a sucker for vocalists that can switch quickly between cookie monster and pig squeal. One of the guitarists is in Fetid who seem to be blowing up so which could mean less Caustic Wound activity.

oh shit Herxheim is Howls of Ebb related. started to suspect it because of the vocals and some of the riff construction is similar... and song titles like "with glib fork i dialect" lol

I was sure that had to be an anagram but the best I could find was "balk codifier twilight"

makes sense to me

Slipknot are Ghost fans, it seems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpATBBRajP8

New album We Are Not Your Kind in August. "All Out Life" was a standalone single, apparently.

According to an announcement on FB, Chaos Echoes have called it quits. They were supposed to be releasing something this year - I've reached out to the label to see where that stands.

I really...really...really like the new Possessed!

It's not perfect - by now, so many new bands are emulating the 80s death metal sound that it doesn't sound ahead of the curve. And yea, lots of songs at the same tempo.

But it's pretty inspired overall.

The new Phobia album - out in August from Willowtip - is called Generation Coward, and has songs called "Internet Tough Guy" and "PC Fascist Fuck Off," the latter of which opens with a sample of the "dicks, pussies and assholes" speech from Team America. This is the cover art:

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1264083175_10.jpg

Since their last album had a caricature of Donald Trump being dismembered on the cover, it seems like someone must have said something mean to them on Facebook between 2017 and now.