Rolling 2020 Metal Thread

Also lots of Coheed style drama in the mix

Somehow this had flown under my radar but lost time has been made up for by my smacked-in-the-face obsession with it. Apparently they've been around for a while, at that. Very heavy metal through an extreme metal filter, sort of how so much 90s melodic black and death took Maiden and extrapolated. Not a dud on the album. If you were a fan of that quick phase of Sentenced between death metal and whatever they turned into post-Jarva, you will dig it.

https://antipope.bandcamp.com/album/apostle-of-infinite-joy

new Bell Witch/Aerial Ruin scratching my hyper-depressive 40 Watt Sun itch, though it seems destined to sound better in winter.

I should probably add that the album art has some very brightly colored cartoony frontal nudity, should anyone be at work.

As long as I'm here, if anyone's still scavenging for that traditional second wave black metal sound, as I'm always doing, the new Haxanu, Snare of All Salvation, and both the two Grifteskymfning, but especially the one with the castle on the cover, are fucking exquisite.

https://amorfatiproductions.bandcamp.com/album/h-xanu-snare-of-all-salvation

https://svartrit.bandcamp.com/album/bedr-velsens-h-rd

xpost a thousand pardons

new Hail Spirit Noir sounding like a (much) mellower Oranssi Pazuzu, I'm very into it

Out today and quite unique...

#NowPlaying Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! by @vilecreature666 - When it's guttural, it's as ugly as the album cover. When it's experimental, it's as intriguing as the album cover. Anyone who thinks it's impossible to reinvent sludge metal, think again. https://t.co/Yjax2TZHKi

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) June 19, 2020

New Atavist (their first LP in twelve years) is quite beautiful, especially the closer.

Anyone have opinions, published or otherwise, on the Lamb of God that just came out Friday?

Settling in for a Spotify stream now...

Oh and the new Cro-Mags record (with Rocky George in the band now/again) is decent.
More 'Best Wishes' than 'Age of Quarrel' which means it's a non-starter to many.
I'm cool with that but wish it was a little more memorable.

I loved the last Pyrrhon album but I'm completely defeated by the new one.

I've been getting my tech fix from the new Ænigmatum EP instead:

https://aenigmatum.bandcamp.com/album/adorned-in-wrath

live (recorded last summer) YOB performance from the literal woods of Oregon today at 1 Pacific / 4 Eastern ... search the Pickathon and/or MusiCares Facebook and/or YouTube to find your way there.

I loved the last Pyrrhon album but I'm completely defeated by the new one.

And here's one that I don't see being discussed as much as I think it should be...

#NowPlaying Ligeia by Eye of Nix (@ProphecyProd) - This one concentrates on the extreme fringes of their sound; it's both louder and more delicate than 'Black Somnia.' The intensity makes it more challenging to consume but infinitely more rewarding. https://t.co/TyDmjzDKhG

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) June 22, 2020

New Atavist (their first LP in twelve years) is quite beautiful, especially the closer.

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are they still doing the racist heritage metal shit they do in their other band?

News to me. Which band are you referring to?

It's your man from Winterfylleth, isn't it?

Honest question, is Winterfylleth straight up racist? Or just uncomfortably close to it with their British heritage focus? From what I know of them it seems the latter, but this isn't first time I've heard them called flat out racist. I've only heard one of their older albums, I think.

Ah, those guys. It's safe to say that 90% of self-identified 'pagan' bands are iffy as fuck, 99% if they're from Eastern Europe. I don't know enough about Winterfylleth to say – I started listening to their latest LP and it didn't hold my attention.

I disagree. I loved the last one and find the new one very good as well.

I phrased my alienation as such because I'm sure it's "good", I've just yet to locate the entrance.

lets put it this way i used to know the original singer of Atavist and he quit due to them being racist in his own words.

More awesome BM that no one is talking about, this time from Greece:

https://pestproductions.bandcamp.com/album/nex-fornix

lets put it this way i used to know the original singer of Atavist and he quit due to them being racist in his own words.

:(

The name itself sounds considerably more suspicious all of a sudden.

New Uniform album in September. I can't figure out whether Uniform are for old fucks nostalgic for the noise bands who'd play third on the bill midweek at CBGB, or kids who were still in elementary school when CBGB shut its doors. Either way, they might be the least original band on Earth. Here's the first track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-zUmoNS4EE

They're great fun live, if/when that becomes a thing again.

New Incantation album in August!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4PwHaQfBdQ

Excellent news.

Meanwhile, I haven't heard this yet but a prehistoric-themed black/metal hybrid sounds perfect on paper:

https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/supercontinent

Neanderthal?

The Behold... The Arctopus is just as wild as I hoped. The percussion is unreal and really sets it apart from everything else they've done. Loving it.

This is really something. The instrumental fusion of extreme metal, contemporary chamber music composition, and modern jazz elements reminded me of Dan Weiss's Starebaby from a couple of years ago, which approached a similar kind of fusion from the other side of the fence. So far, I don't think it has the same level of compositional complexity or nuance in execution but it does pummel a lot harder, which makes sense. Percussion sounds amazing. Feeling this viscerally rn.

xpost the album is all bass and drums, other than one baritone guitar part.

I'm listening to it now. the drumming and bass playing is quite exquisite. my family members used to play music like this when i was growing up ORK ACK ARGH RURRAWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Well, the new Paysage D'Hiver album is finally out. It's 2 hours long, and every single track starts with the same loop of wind-and-footsteps background noise. Not sure I have the patience to get past that.

on the avant/jazz tip, haven't had a chance to check this out yet but it seems very much up some of y'all's alleys

guitar, drums....and bass clarinet!

https://nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/threadbare-silver-dollar

Sounds like John Zorn would approve.

Every year brings its Scandinavian thrash LP that melts away most of my reservations about the subgenre. This year it's Vampire's Rex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z4pYbY51aE

On the experimental/blackened/psych/lo-fi/female-fronted end of things, there's also the excellently named ('cause they're from Texas) Oil Spill:

https://oilspilltx.bandcamp.com/releases

venom prison primeval LP coming in october 👀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBZAhQcH9YY

Out yesterday...

#NowPlaying Pyrrhon - Abscess Time (@Willowtip)
Not as 'metal' as "What Passes for Survival," but a lot heavier as the band embraces the heftier extra-metallic influences this time out. At times it feels out of control, perfectly mirroring these times. https://t.co/8ifNkbCy9R

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) June 28, 2020

Oyez, oyez, fellow frostbitten Québécois BM aficionados with a soft spot for early Emperor (and Frozen Shadows) worship. Serment's Chante, ô flamme de la liberté awaits:

https://sermentqc.bandcamp.com/album/chante-flamme-de-la-libert

Is that Serment album new? I know Messe des Morts keeps posting about them on their social media, but I thought this came out in the 90s (unless I'm thinking of Forteresse).

Edit: nope, there was a band called Forteresse, but I think Messe des Morts has been posting about both. I believe the Forteresse albums were rereleased recently.

Yeah, remastered versions of Métal noir québécois and Les hivers de notre époque came out last week. The Serment LP is brand new.

so which of the hyped 2-hour francoverse behemoths should I hear first

The only Forteresse I've heard is Récits patriotiques, which I mildly enjoyed, so I can't vouch for those early albums that have just been rereleased.

In other words: start with Serment.

(No idea what you mean by '2h', though.)

I'm guessing it's referring to Paysage D'Hiver. Which is about 2 hours long and, well, very Paysage D'Hiver. (which is good not bad imo)

It kind of counts as 'francoverse' I suppose even though it's a German/Suisse record

Oh it's wonderful, and will definitely make my EOY list, but I don't really associate Paysage d'Hiver with the francoverse despite the name. Tobias Möckl is from the canton of Berne, which is overwhelmingly germanophone as far as I can tell. And his name is… Tobias Möckl.

xp

That's one for the good real names thread imo! Think LJ just went by the name idk. All their records and track titles are German. A Suisse record would be nice!

I only know one Suisse word and it's chuchichäschtli, which means kitchen cabinet. It's amazing what you'll remember taught by a Swiss boy on holiday more than 30 years ago :)

I was talking about Paysage D'Hiver, perhaps misguidedly given he's probably German-speaking, but the other artist I was speaking about is NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM obv

Ohhh it's finally here! :-D

Ah yes, that one. I've yet to hear it but its track titles are appropriately maximalist, all. Bonus points for the Jean-Luc Nancy reference.

The two tracks that were available prior to the full release were fucking great. Can't wait to give this a spin later today.