Rolling 2020 Metal Thread

the gold imperial triumphant "guest" masks are a merchandising triumph and yes i bought one

5. Rebel Yell (Billy Idol)

― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative)

why bother? tiny tim already did the definitive version

can't wait for this prominent metal musician's cover album prominently featuring a cover of a song by white people that prominently features the n-word, used ironically, of course, to be released

Xpost oh word

I've only just realized that Ifernach released a new album in June:

https://ifernach.bandcamp.com/album/the-green-enchanted-forest-of-the-druid-wizard

Reminds me of a less wintry Blut aus Nord ca. Ultima Thulée.

is there a balearic Blut Aus Nord

here is some stellar, classic sounding black metal, very "over the river and through the woods," triumphant mountain sledding sort of thing
https://moldevolhal.bandcamp.com/releases

with this cover
https://i.imgur.com/Q0FKi9O.jpg

is there a balearic Blut Aus Nord

lol this idea will not leave my mind. Blut Aus Sud!

quicksearching metallum with all ballearic beeings i could google think of

i have nothing. some Tanith did pop up, unfortunately sounding nothing like ideal balearic Blut, imo

Gulch debut posted upthread is surprisingly fine. the drums recording is where it's at. not to get too audiophile with this but listen to those fuckin tom toms! perfection! sure thing they're upfront in the mix. a good decision

now if only Envy's debut could sound overall a little less stiff, and more like when, you know.... when like... playing live?

ctrl F underrated = 0 /

i'm callin this Funeral Leech rec underrated, then. sour pouring peacevillelike89/90 doom with redemption by the end

https://carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/death-meditation

enjoying Draghkar's debut. no death metal, that i know of, sounding remotely like this right now + it's just heavy metal, lol + some terrific yet unexpected guitar solos + vocals by Daniel Butler

https://draghkar.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-crossroads-of-infinity

We need a Kickstarter to make Blut aus Sud happen.

Blut aus Süd would be a step too close to syntactical correctness, and we can't have that.

new Ifernach is good and relaxing, kinda like the Seals and Crofts of black metal

ooh I was v into their EP last year, will tune in

His Waqan EP from January is also quite good, more aggro and less dungeon synth-inflected overall.

Back to Alphaville for a second, I like how 'Experiment' kicks off with the grooviest and most conventional riff on the album.

well that's cos voïvod wrote that riff

Ah yes. I've never heard Dimension Hatröss. Time to remedy that.

i still need to listen to all their albums too yeah

that molde volhal album cover is so good, it has a powerful vibe that i know i've seen bef-

https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320446294l/614568.jpg

Molde Volhal is more of a cave fungi type.

i mean that book is literally about edible fungi rather than just psychedelics despite the deliberately misleading cover (i have it) so cave fungi def on the agenda there too

in my post above i meant Entry's debut obv. i was just reading about Envy's The Fallen Crimson, hence my lapse

hitting hard to the point that i want to know asap about all of her other bands, and they are a few all looking my thing, is

https://caligarirecords.bandcamp.com/album/sisters-of-darkness

Hmmm…

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1458679174_10.jpg

Blut aus Süd would be a step too close to syntactical correctness, and we can't have that.

― pomenitul

move the umlaut to "blut"

In that case it would just as imperfectly evoke 'Blüte', i.e. 'blossom', so we'd go from the balearic to the bucolic. 'Blossom of North' does have an endearing ring to it.

First single from the forthcoming Khemmis album is an Alice In Chains cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny8g1sR4yRU

Appetite whetted but I have a soft spot for covers in general and this original track in particular.

Oops, forthcoming cover album, not their own album!

Dirt Redux features the entirety of the classic album covered and reinvigorated from end-to-end by scene heavyweights and rising stars, including Khemmis, Thou, -(16)-, Howling Giant, Forming the Void, The Otolith (ex-SubRosa) and more.

Full set list here:

Dirt [Redux] track list:
1 THOU Them Bones
2 LOW FLYING HAWKS Dam That River
3 HIGH PRIEST Rain When I Die
4 KHEMMIS Down in a Hole
5 THESE BEASTS Sickman
6 HOWLING GIANT Rooster
7 FORMING THE VOID Junkhead
8 SOMNURI Dirt
9 BACKWOODS PAYBACK God Smack
10 BLACK ELECTRIC Iron Gland
11 - (16) - Hate to Feel
12 VOKONIS Angry Chair
13 THE OTOLITH Would?

And speaking of recently-posted covers... The Sword take on a Rush classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mylIvuF_Q8s&feature=youtu.be

I have a soft spot for covers in general and this original track in particular.

oooh Thou doing Them Bones sounds like it should be good

kinda psyched to compare and contrast it with the Cloud Rat version

It's Bandcamp Day (the day the site gives all revenues to artists and labels, without taking their usual cut). I bought three releases by Australian tech-death band Faceless Burial:

Speciation
Multiversal Abbatoir
Grotesque Miscreation

Great band. Was really amused to find out that one of 'em is in The Stevens, kind of a jangly twee pop band.

+1 for Faceless Burial. At first pass, Speciation is likely to make my DM top 5 this year.

I saw AMG raved about it, will def check it out at some point today.

As a former Allmusic.com reviewer, seeing that acronym always confuses me for a second.

Aufrecht, Melcher and Großaspach

Not much of a stan tbh (I like my BM less hip), but there's a new Krallice out today too.

I've realized lately that I kinda miss the grandiosity of the earlier, more sprawling Krallice albums

this new one sounds great to me. you can really hear Mick's guitar stylings all over it.

hard to top that Arctopus album though. still blowing my mind

new Molde Volhal doesn't just have the best cover of the year but the music is pretty great as well

"but you're usually so dismissive of trad BM, imago!"

boils down to the songwriting innit. always the songwriting. ok and the sound a bit too haha

This is only marginally metal, but for that reason people might easily miss the news that original Vixen singer Janet Gardner has a new project called Gardner / James, whose album is just out:

https://open.spotify.com/album/1DhgZH3c4KeXCXOZI09jJk?si=5bbXDv8bQi2qqSigpss4TQ

Great band. Was really amused to find out that one of 'em is in The Stevens, kind of a jangly twee pop band.

Totally off-topic, but The Stevens are rad! Their last album was the kind of murky tuneful sprawling mass of hooks and fuzz that was never as common in the '90s as people imagine but is rare as hen's teeth today.

New Steve Von Till record out today:
http://open.spotify.com/album/2nTiVmJg6TUlWNe3JD3vVw?si=VrkprAv5Qea7-0ctE6caLA

More of the dark folk that marks most of his solo stuff, maybe more of a reliance on electronics this time out.

I took advantage of Bandcamp Friday today and picked up digital releases from Aussie post-grungers Bloods and NC black metallers Feminazgul (who I discovered in this thread) and the physical CD from Philly sludgesters Witching. Also a couple of non-metal albums too.

I plan on picking up $40-50 worth of Bandcamp releases on future BandCamp Fridays; Bandcamp is running their promotion the first Friday of every month through the end of the year.

The Stevens are rad!

Oh yeah, hard agree. Only have an earlier EP but I'm planning to get further into them, probably the wildest thing Metal Archives has accidentally gotten me into heh.

#NowPlaying @ONSLAUGHTUK - Generation Antichrist (@AFM_Records)

Only guitarist Nige Rockett remains from the mid-'80s and David Garnett replaces longtime vocalist Sy Keeler. Still, this gamely touches all the thrash receptors I developed back then. https://t.co/ha03vg86dC

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) August 8, 2020

The new Terminal Nation album, Holocene Extinction, was out on Friday. I'm finally listening to the first one, second one is next on the player.

I bought three Portrayal of Guilt split 7"s on Bandcamp, those were pretty great, although some of the B side bands were a little odd. Soft Kill contributed 6 minutes of Depeche Mode worship, the PoG side was 2 minutes of screamo.

I also bought Qliphoth by Cloud Rat, after having it in my wishlist for about four years. Their label has been sending me marketing emails forever and I 100% tuned them out until Friday night at like 9:30.

the 2xCD splits comp is still my fave Cloud Rat release