Rolling 2020 Metal Thread

Love that Triptykon cover.

Not surprised, but bummer to see Seattle and SF stops on the Decibel Magazine Tour have been cancelled. Guessing they won't be the last.

I feel fortunate to have attended the Cult of Luna/Emma Ruth Rundle/Intronaut show in SF on Monday night. Something tells me it’ll be my last show for a while and all three acts were great.

Damn, would've loved to attend that gig.

I've found it hard to tear myself away from both the new Fluisteraars and Turia records, but if your want is an ice cold Ukranian atmospheric black metal riffage fest about Northern (not Nordic) mythology and a melancholic sehnsucht for lost romantic times when nature reigneth, I'll gladly point you all towards the fine fellows of YGG's The Last Scald. Includes a 'vargan', a mouth harp!

https://ashen-dominion.bandcamp.com/album/ygg-the-last-scald

Very much agreed.

\m/

melodic but bleak af bm from january:

https://nimbifer.bandcamp.com/album/demo-ii

also i fucking love that revenant marquis album someone mentioned upthread. it's most of the best things black metal can be imo

You're on board! Awesome, it's so great.

And there it is, the entirety of the Decibel Tour canceled.

40 more dollars to me to spend on what i need at the grocery store.

Endless rolls of toilet paper, I assume.

i'm just shitting into a vaccuum cleaner, cutting out the middle man

Watch the placement and suction level lest you end up looking like a goregrind album cover

Decibel's annual Metal & Beer Fest has been "postponed indefinitely" due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

I was just chatting with Albert yesterday and he thought it wouldn't affect the Fest.
Funny how fast things are changing.

I know there's a lot bigger things impacted and people are dying so it's hard to get too upset, but this is the first thing other than sports that touched me personally. I hope it's the last but probably not... :(

yeah :( . I understand why it was done, but shows and fests are one of the few social activities I have besides theatre that actually engage me. I've made a ton of friends in the scene over the years, and in the last few months, it's been one of the few things that's relieved me from severe anxiety. I often use them to motivate me to get through the week.

I know it's the right move, but being that I'm probably going to lose the Orlando Fringe this year too...it's really hard to lose my social outlets, the ones that actually work.

personal corny melodjent faves Caligula's Horse have a new one on the way, RIYL Steven Wilson etc.

https://youtu.be/dNc5PT645sU

Ooh nice, I really dug that last Caligua's Horse album.

new Code Orange is a blast so far

also out today, new Ruin Lust (mem. Yellow Eyes/Vanum/Anicon). nasty no fuss blackened death stuff.

also also a 78-minute (?!?!) new Huntsmen album if you like some Americana in yr metal

as is the two-hour Spectral Lore/Mare Cognitum split+collab but that doesn't appear to be on streaming services yet.

it's on bandcamp
https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wanderers-astrology-of-the-nine

ah, it was listed but not streaming on a different bandcamp page. thanks!

this is neat:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/code-orange-cancel-release-show-but-theyre-livestreaming-it-from-an-empty-venue/

I fucking hate that bands will have to "innovate" to get by but so it goes

fuck. I have a feeling we'll be seeing a LOT of this:

https://www.metalinsider.net/news/insomnium-and-omnium-gatherum-north-american-tour-cancelled?fbclid=IwAR3dmzLhAhPgwXHCvokaAiieCX3KK2zZ5Q5uCCIM_YppyqiuEcvafzTp8fU

not the cancellation, but the financial ruin

Gonna end up buying a lot of band merch with my travel refunds.

that's a thing I already do. but if they put up Gofundmes I might go that route

I'm really enjoying this new gothic symphonic metal album Worlds, by the French band Fourth Circle:

https://open.spotify.com/album/2CuDTHaPofIqYTy2UZYkUR?si=KSqSDHAqQXCBDf2DnfJpPw

French band Pénitence Onirique used to be a duo but are now a 6-piece and released their second one in December 2019 - cold & melodic black metal (I'm still listening to their debut V.I.T.R.I.O.L a lot)

https://penitence-onirique.bandcamp.com/

Kristin Hayter of Lingua Ignota needs back surgery and her income (touring) has basically stopped, so Bandcamp/Profound Lore has agreed to shift the proceeds from her Bandcamp page over to her directly instead of to the label, according to Sargent House. Now is the time to buy that tarot card jacket if you were eyeing it.

Oh no. Thanks for the heads up.

New demo from a North Carolina band

https://ralenc.bandcamp.com/album/2020-demo

Nothing-new death metal but I love the raw, wide open production and they play pretty ferociously.

Deathwish offering straight-to-the-artist PWYC prices on a bunch of releases:

https://deathwishinc.com/blogs/news/support-our-touring-bands

Really digging this new EP from Sutrah right now. Pretty chill prog tech with eastern flourishes.

https://sutrahmetal.bandcamp.com/album/aletheia

Seconded.

finnish black metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7o0ZjU5s-8

The new new ep from Orm is very good. 20 minutes of black metal, and yes, it includes a long coda with trumpets. For fans of Møl and Solbrud.

This Orm isn't in any way related to the character from Norsemen?

It just means 'worm' in Danish / Norwegian

They should do a split with Cheep.

has anyone listened yet to Robert Andersson's new band Sweven? The Eternal Resonance out next friday (Ván Records)

When it was decided to put Morbus Chron to rest, I had begun working on what was originally supposed to be our third record. It has been a strenuous battle stretching from then to now. It is time to leave the trenches.

the advance track, Mycelia is stellar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7atkNuadaE

Nice. But probably better to stay in the trench for the moment.

The Korgonthurus album is the perfect soundtrack for when you're trapped at home with 2 kids running and screaming everywhere.

I liked the last Huntsmen record a lot but the new one is sadly an overblown, overlong dud. The epitome of bloat.

That's too bad, I was looking forward to it.

Other ppl have reacted a lot more positively than I tbf

came out a few months ago, but while I've always liked Midnight, this might be their best. the hooks are so much sharper.

live, they put on a hell of a show too, though be a long time before we see that again.