Rolling 2020 Metal Thread

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

― pomenitul, Sunday, 21 June 2020 19:15 (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink[

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.

Oh wow, this Neptunian Maximalism album is great so far, and I still have...(looks)...7 or 8 hours of it to go!

https://open.spotify.com/album/0P25kH1ABGMaF9PzwZzFyc?si=UukIEFwbSiGBQdW8csFbxw

I have never listened to False, but they have disintegrated:

False will cease to exist. pic.twitter.com/PR0sjH1F0h

— Gilead Media (@gileadmedia) June 29, 2020

Pretty sure I know the situation around that. Definitely the right choice

All I really knew about False was that I was surprised to learn that Mariusz Lewandowski didn't do their new album cover:

https://townsquare.media/site/846/files/2019/07/false-portent.jpg?w=630&h=630&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89

I loved False and I am gutted - over the breakup but more so why it was necessary.

Revolver listed in alphabetical order a mid-year update of the 20 best albums so far in 2020

August Burns Red - Guardians
Body Count - Carnivore
END - Splinters From an Ever-Changing Face
Higher Power - 27 Miles Underwater
Killswitch Engage - Atonement II: B-Sides for Charity
Lamb of God - Lamb of God
Leeched - To Dull the Blades of Your Abuse
Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything
Me and That Man - New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol. 1
Mrs. Piss - Mrs. Piss
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts VI: Locusts
Old Man Gloom - Seminar IX: Darkness of Being
Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
Ozzy Osbourne - Ordinary Man
Poppy - I Disagree
Run the Jewels - RTJ4
Trivium - What the Dead Men Say
Umbra Vitae - Shadow of Life
Kirk Windstein - Dream in Motion

Wow, that is a stunningly garbage list. The Body Count and Trivium albums are the only ones I'd stick up for.

The Neptunian Maximalism thing is indeed pretty great. RIYL God, Combat Astronomy, 16/17, Magma, Kurushimi, Geinoh Yamashirogumi, certain Paul Schütze projects... I bought the 3CD set, which came with a Bandcamp download code, so I'm listening to it now and will likely prep a full review for Burning Ambulance by Friday.

#NowPlaying Paysage D'Hiver - Im Wald

The music Tobias Möckl creates is suited for mythic snowscapes but at two hours long, 'Im Wald' takes even that to extremes; it lurches and hisses like radio transmissions from a long-dead icy moon light years away. https://t.co/AteUl0ZL9C

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) June 30, 2020

the split EP between Exhumed and sister band Gruesome that came out a few weeks ago is pretty damn great.

Gruesome still a Death tribute band, but still firmly stuck in the same era.

Exhumed, on the other hand, are kind of in a late career renaissance, as they've embraced some more melodic elements and completely ditched the Carcass worship. that's been happening the last 3 or 4 releases with them, but they overcorrected a little too much a few albums back and damn near became melodic death, so was glad the last album brought back the aggression.

their last tour was awesome too.

Yeah, I've been a big fan of where Exhumed has been lately. I need to check out that EP.

I'm still waiting on some stuff to get shipped to me (the Old Man Gloom records, for one), but here's what my favorite metal adjacent releases of the year are so far:

Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin - Stygian Bough Volume I
Elder - Omens
Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
Lowrider - Refractions
-(16)- - Dream Squasher
The Goners - Good Mourning
Lucifer - Lucifer III
Konvent - Puritan Masochism
Kvelertak - Splid

Not sure it counts as metal adjacent, but the new Hum gets an honorable mention and is a lock for my top 5 for the year.

it might well top the poll, depending on Carcass and maybe some others I'm forgetting

of the Revolver list I fuck w these:

Body Count - Carnivore
Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything
Mrs. Piss - Mrs. Piss
Old Man Gloom - Seminar IX: Darkness of Being
Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
Poppy - I Disagree
Run the Jewels - RTJ4 (tho not metal obv)
Umbra Vitae - Shadow of Life

it sucks that Old Man Gloom rolled out another sick dual platter of records at the worst possible time

https://mcusercontent.com/90ec68132b3c021c2e6819f62/files/3443c1eb-b81d-42b9-95f3-2a8797ec5399/fistfulmetal1.pdf

Some of the prices seem goofy, but fun to look through, nonetheless.

Wondering if panopticon will be making a statement following the False one

There's a new Ahab live album which i find very satisfying