Rolling Metal 2019

a friend of mine is involved in the Finnish BM scene and says that some of those guys' race attitudes which are, let's say, regressive, are not informed by any direct contact with 'others.'

was just in helsinki and stopped into a BM shop (kvlt) and I was 100% expecting them to stock some sketchy records from the minimal research I had done beforehand but was def taken back by the very open display of swastika, anti-islam, etc. patches lovingly arranged next to a large finnish flag. pretty much right in your face when you walk into a tiny shop. charming!

lol at the tasteful (black) patio furniture in front of nazi hot topic:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpbS9_TXgAAXvJX.jpg

Much of Eastern Europe (and Finland, an ex-Russian Grand Duchy, sort of counts) takes 'both-siding' to the next level: due to the pervasive influence communist Russia has exerted on its neighbours throughout much of the 20th century, there's a tendency not only to argue that fascism was ultimately just as bad but also, more often than not, to argue that it has something positive to teach us. Putin's Russia is on board with it as well, provided it remains an expression of 'patriotism'. Given how ethnically and culturally homogenous Finland is (and American 14 worders speak of it with infinite longing), there's unfortunately nothing surprising about this.

Profound Lore update: They've just released the new Diocletian album. Diocletian's main dude is a hardcore racist and general piece of shit.

Kinda like emperor Diocletian

Metal moodz unto fathomless infinity:

https://orisonwrethe.bandcamp.com

Courtesy of the Dutch BM scene that spawned Turia, Iskandr, Nusquama, etc.:

https://amorfatiproductions.bandcamp.com/album/imperial-cult-spasm-of-light

There's a new Facelift Deformation album, Cybernetic Organism Atrocities, out this week. They've got a live drummer now!

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1131995627_10.jpg

https://realityfaderecords.bandcamp.com/album/cybernetic-organism-atrocities

I like the Witch Vomit

It's fucking great.

Even the new Entombed AD is fun

The new Sacred Reich is good but the Witch Vomit is the only thing i want to listen to.

Also gott good call on the Putrescine

Are the left/right guitars being out of tune an aesthetic choice?

Doesn't matter. It rocks

Also I like the new Cerebral Rot. The rhythm guitar isn't exactly setting the world on fire, but the leads are reverb drenched nightmares that feel like they are played by the Loch Ness Monster

the true vintage here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSwI4PUuTZk&fbclid=IwAR1cutCp1kbyC6XoBFsQpdCK4M6bDekq7LQ9pgyqGUbBDw9AqYAO4MlPHjM

let's try that again

https://youtu.be/VSwI4PUuTZk

Adding to the Cerebral Rot praise. My metal AOTY. Particularly love the vocal approach. Spare, buried, reverbed to hell and phasing at times. They hit my reptile brain deeper than say Blood Incantation or Tomb Mold who tend to pack in too many riffs per song than I can handle. Man, from Portland up to Vancouver/Victoria, the PNW has an incredible metal scene.

Also love that new Holocausto track though heads up to the unaware - the recent reissue of the 30 year old debut, "Campo de Extermínio", might suggest ongoing nazi sympathies.

I had to look it up to make sure that wasn't just a crass joke

xp Due to general subject matter or is there something else?

Metal-Archives.com says "In the beginning of their career, they incorporated a Nazi aesthetic, though they only did that in order to shock people (much like Sepultura, Escola Alemã, and others)." Oh, OK then. Boys will be boys, right? Though I gotta say I don't remember Sepultura's Nazi phase.

Oh, OK then. Boys will be boys, right?

Not at all meant as a joke. Check the insert from the OG press of the album. https://www.discogs.com/Holocausto-Campo-De-Exterm%C3%ADnio/release/5838017

Lovely.

yikes. only ever had a cd that didn't feature that unpleasantness.

the lyrics on that record are explicitly anti-nazi. metal had a lot of "expose the brutality of this shit world" philosophy going on back then, which imo eventually attracted people who reveled in said shiftiness.

Speaking of which, stoked to pirate the new Mgla record

I mean like here's the song "III Reich":

O CAMPO MENOR SE ENCONTRA EM CHAMAS
DE FOGO E DESTRUIÇÃO
NA FORRE DE VIGIA
SENTINELAS DEIXAM METRALHADORAS DESGUARNECIDAS
AS SIRENES GRITAM ALTO
ANUNCIANDO MAIS UM BOMBARDEIO
O CHÃO ESTREMECE PELAS ATIRADAS
CAUSANDO DOR NO CEREBRO
AWSCHWITZ, CONCENTRAÇÃO DA MORTE
CREMATÓRIOS, ALIMENTAM-SE DE JUDEUS
III REICH, O MAIOR DOS MASSACRES
HITLER, FUHRER DO IMPÉRIO NAZISTA
III REICH

which google translate gives as:

THE LOWER FIELD IS IN FLAMES
FIRE AND DESTRUCTION
ON THE WATCH
SIGNALS LEAVE MACHINERY MISSED
SIRENS CRY HIGH
ANNOUNCING ONE MORE BOMBARDMENT
CAUSING PAIN IN BRAIN
AWSCHWITZ, DEATH CONCENTRATION
CREMATORIES, FEED FROM JEWS
III REICH, THE GREATEST MASSACRE
HITLER, FUHRER OF THE NAZI EMPIRE
III REICH

this is basic-issue thrash "these are the horrors of war" stuff. it's a fair q to ask "why are you so fascinated by nazi shit?" but Holocausto's response, back when they were new, was exactly the "documenting the horrors of war" standard-issue post-Slayer thing which, while not exactly the most intellectually persuasive argument of all time, doesn't automatically read as "they're literal nazis" for me.

(also, finally, per Allmusic: "[Campo de Extermínio's CD reissue in 2003 added the bonus track "Massacre," from the Lost Tapes of Cogumelo compilation, and boasted a prominent front cover disclaimer attempting to renounce any anti-Semitic intentions once and for all.]"

Fair enough. Dumbasses > Nazis.

ok so they were Slayer-worshipping tryhards

kind of a relief

speaking of thrash dumbassery, a while back I picked up the Schizo (ITA) demo collection and discovered several versions of a song called Nazi and Proud. they dropped it from their set by the time of their first album but jesus fucking christ

https://i.imgur.com/zJL666w.jpg?1

I like the Witch Vomit

― FUCK YOUR POTATO (Neanderthal), Saturday, August 31, 2019 9:48 AM (three days ago)

yeah this is alright

New Esoteric album in November. Double CD, six tracks, 98 minutes.

Mentioned it upthread. HOW DARE YOU steal my funereal thunder.

the 28-minute opener is supposed to be streaming here but I can't get it to work :/

http://www.invisibleoranges.com/esoteric-share-27-minute-new-single-descent/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QjXtrQKf88

simultaneously, holy shit at this song and lmao at the hilariously literal cover art

Hilariously literal cover art has a grand tradition in metal!

Liturgy keeps on Liturgy'in (which is fine by me)

https://liturgy.bandcamp.com/track/god-of-love

new Cloud Rat is solid, not up to anything new I don't think but that's also fine by me

Get the CD version, Simon. It comes with a bonus EP of very atypical stuff from the band - a few reverb-soaked acoustic songs and the rest have post-punk synths. I love the record as well.

ooooh

how did I miss the Noisem from earlier this year? seems more crossover/grindy than their old death/thrash stuff. lotsa blast beats.

love it

As far as Bands That Should (Perhaps) Remain Unmentioned are concerned, I daresay the new Mgła is as good as Exercises in Futility.

And since blackened doom is less common than I'd like, the new Mizmor definitely deserves to be mentioned itt:

https://mizmor.bandcamp.com/album/cairn

xxp yeah i like the noisem a lot more than their previous one. they lost a lotta personnel so they are now leaner.

new Serpent Column
as usual mixing bewildering chaotic black metal with stretches of surprisingly eloquent melody.

https://serpentcolumn.bandcamp.com/album/mirror-in-darkness

Yeah this is excellent.

Right now if you go to Amazon digital music and search for King Diamond there is a song from last Friday titled "In Your Pants" with the single having a cover featuring a picture of pants.

And it's just some computer boice saying something about pants backwards for three minutes over an electronic beat.

Also hells yes: https://loudwire.com/mercyful-fate-2020-reunion-new-songs/

A wee bit disappointed that Denner won't be back but I will take what I can get.