Rolling Metal 2019

New Vastum (Leila Abdul-Rauf's band) is very good, if you're into atmospherically-inclined death-doom.

Pyroclasts is kind of boring compared to Life Metal, partly because Hildur Guðnadóttir's input is less audible.

Both Pyroclasts and Ecosystem have lived up to the hype for me. Been a good week for metal.

On follow up listens this is my fav Mayhem since Wolf Lair.

I doubt many Ordo fans will agree but it's just me

the new Alcest is superb. Best thing he's done in a decade

Booked a room on the 70000 tons of metal cruise today.

Emperor and Candlemass already confirmed

tempted

the bars on our ship never close - you heard us, bars that never close!

I'm not exactly teetotaling these days but I am pretty immune to the charms of the 24-hour bar at this point

Me too. Sadly not immune to Emperor tho.

Now book Mercyful Fate

I’m not a drinker, but on a cruise ship it’s nice not to have time restrictions on booze or fro-yo.

the new Alcest is superb. Best thing he's done in a decade

Very much agreed. And so Alcest remains the gold standard for blackgaze.

Anyone know what’s up with the NWN forum. It’s been down for a couple weeks, coincident with the Never Surrender Fest which raised some antifa awareness. Wondering if the two are related.

Yeah, it seems like there's a connection there...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHgAcVkVUAIUkKO.png

Does anyone know if the Pyroclasts vinyl comes with a download code?

Thanks for the info. I was really enjoying the thread about Indian metal over there. Hope it comes back with maybe a few less Nazis this time.

Does anyone know if the Pyroclasts vinyl comes with a download code?

You can order the vinyl from their Bandcamp page and get digital that way.

https://sunn.bandcamp.com/album/pyroclasts

oh man the new Vastum is SO good

I haven't heard a note of Leprous's previous albums, but their latest is a) definitely-not-metal and b) squarely aimed at the The Voice crowd. What a waste of pipes.

Is it that bad? I haven't checked in on Leprous since Coal and The Congregation, which I recall being pretty decent progressive metal.

It's art rock with an overwhelmingly melodramatic slant. I have a high tolerance for the stuff but this was too much for me. YMMV, of course.

I love Leprous, but I agree that they are precessing away from metal...

oh man the new Vastum is SO good

― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:46 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

oh boy

anyone need some weird death/doom

https://pulverised.bandcamp.com/album/smoking-mirror

new Wilderun is a serious, major upgrade

Omg the new Angel Witch is pretty inspired

It practically sounds like it came out in 82

I thought As Above, So Below was forgettable but this one has hooks everywhere

I liked the last one so looking forward to this

On second listen, this might make my year end list.

This is as good as the last three Satan albums

As far as trad doom goes, the new Orodruin is mighty fine. I should check out their first album.

This Vastum is my kind of death metal.

Yeah it's really evil

Dave Davidson from Revocation is an Anthony Braxton fan:

Went to the #BerlinJazzFestival last night and got to meet living legend Anthony Braxton. His performance was completely awe inspiring, truly one of the most forward thinking musicians and composers of our time #AnthonyBraxton pic.twitter.com/6UIcjuqhJK

— David Davidson (@Dave_Revocation) November 4, 2019

Three new things I'm particular enjoying:

Finnish punk/rock/metal by IKINÄ: https://open.spotify.com/album/2UCiGRnp35IZR8ttel3RdX?si=VbVkUmqYQtS4MvRzqkWXvQ
Hungarian symphonic power metal by Tales of Evening: https://open.spotify.com/album/7neSlMMIKmqeV7ZaGcJbLL?si=Ex4ZK-PAR9-ZBLmc1eUxGg
A chaotic splatter of Norwegian solo-black-metal "albums" and EPs and whatever by Massemord: https://open.spotify.com/artist/018gIUaP08hROTOiVdiEQ3?si=NqADV275TDKOLBxezH6CEw

seeing Exhumed, Gatecreeper, Necrot tonight and I have just about zero gas left in the tank having gone to (and gotten drunk at) Slayer and King Diamond in the last four days. probably gonna just not drink, but really wanna see Necrot again, and Exhumed (don't really care about the rest).

album wise, digging the newest Angel Witch (like a fucking ton), Nile I haven't really played all the awy as I wasn't in the mood yet for it, the new November's Doom is sufficient bleak as well.

new Wilderun is a serious, major upgrade

― Simon H., Friday, November 1, 2019 1:50 AM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is sounding great

make that 'amazing'

happy new Esoteric day

There's a new King Diamond song and it rules:

https://youtu.be/im0l-QeHJw0

Yeah, liking this. How does his voice still sound so good?

stopped smoking after his heart attack, I'd imagine. boots I heard from the 90s weren't as kind.

live he sounded ridiculous the other night. this was one of the songs he played.

ridiculous as in bad?

no, as in "unbelievably awesome for a 63 year old man"

He sounds great these days, the 3-tiered stage & the theatrics are pretty cool too.

New Esoteric sounds great on first listen. One hell of a dark trip.

really enjoyed it on headphones yesterday

It’s a lot to digest, but I’ve been enjoying it as well. I can’t tell if the first song is my favorite or if I just can’t absorb much more in one sitting.

listened to it all. would say good but not amazing, think i liked 'consuming lies' the best.

the wilderun, i must clarify, is one of the best prog-metal albums i've ever heard

the last track on the Esoteric is amazing