Rolling 2020 Metal Thread

digging the new Azarath. the drums are thunderous, the riffs almost drone-y in a way in where they repeat over and over and over before giving way to another passage.

It’s really good, yeah. At first pass I can’t say I like it less than Blasphemers’ Maledictions.

giving this a headphone listen and man, it's taking a lot of restraint for me not to start knocking over furniture.

my mother is watching the Saved by the Bell relaunch, and man the show improves with this music in the background

ok the new Fuck the Facts is immense

yeah, it has many layers to it. probably gonna revisit that next.

Diminishing returns for me but it’s a highlight for sure.

digging the new Azarath. the drums are thunderous, the riffs almost drone-y in a way in where they repeat over and over and over before giving way to another passage.

― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, November 28, 2020 8:36 AM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

It’s really good, yeah. At first pass I can’t say I like it less than Blasphemers’ Maledictions.

― pomenitul, Saturday, November 28, 2020 8:42 AM (twenty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

wow, music to my ears

New Kaunis Kuolematon delivers the Finnish melodeath-doom goods.

my mother is watching the Saved by the Bell relaunch,

wtf?? a relaunch?? Who is playing Screech?

Nobody.

new azarath... now there’s that negativity i needed right now!

opener rules. had to go back and play it again right away on my first listen. you just know you’re in for something special ~20secs in.

I like how relatively intelligible it is

Anyone listened to the Scour EP? Superband featuring Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera, Down, En Minor, etc.), John Jarvis (Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index), and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Lock Up). Black metal-ish?

I liked the Scour enough to play it a second time but not quite enough to buy it.

New fuming mouth!

https://fumingmouth.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-tomb

Mamaleek's Out of Time annoyed me with its shrivelled bag of tricks, but boy am I ever glad I checked out Come & See anyway. The focus on bluesy/jazzy noise/experimental rock suits them so much better, and the trip-hoppy undercurrents actually make sense now that they've been toned down.

killer be killed are the traveling wilburys of metal

lol otm

that song "Left of Center" as anti-Antifa anthem is....uhh.

it reads more like standard horseshoe theory stuff, not good but not notably bad compared to many other bands

Lord, grant me the wisdom to never parse the lyrics on a Max Cavalera album. (More seriously, I don't know why this is considered his thing when Greg Puciato and Troy Sanders are more dominant than ever. And a lot of the songwriting is way more Mastodon-ish than Soulfly/CavCon.)

I hadn’t even realized Sepultura dropped a new one this year and that it’s reportedly Not Bad.

People have been saying that about every Sepultura album since A-Lex. I don't know, though...

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

so, new Emptiness track

http://emptiness.bandcamp.com/album/vide

sounds very Kranky Records to me

These guys shriek in Arabic and claim to be from Iraq, which I very much doubt given the scene’s history with such things:

https://mulla.bandcamp.com/

There’s a twist, though: they’re an unblack metal band, as the lyrics reportedly express their devotion to Allah. The music itself is Darktronesque and involves some solid Middle Eastern riffage and soloing.

*Darkthronesque although the typo is very funny to me for some reason.

Btw don’t forget to nominate your faves here:

2020 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock Poll: NOMINATIONS Thread (open until the 8th of January 2021)

Can you guess what genre they are?

https://darktron.bandcamp.com/

Ladydarktron?

McMaster has a new band with Gramaglia from Cosmic Putrefaction. you can pre-order it now for a really cool price :D

https://turriseburnea.bandcamp.com/album/turris-eburnea

Exsul debut s/t ep is perfected crispy loud and bizarre dm. cosigning all current & future hype. caligari recs will release its cd version in january

https://exsul.bandcamp.com/album/exsul

Revolver Magazine
Top Albums of 2020

25. Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
24. Touché Amoré - Lament
23. The Acacia Strain - Slow Decay
22. Ozzy Osbourne - Ordinary Man
21. Avatar - Hunter Gatherer
20. Necrot - Mortal
19. Puscifer - Existential Reckoning
18. Mrs. Piss - Mrs. Piss
17. Mr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
16. Nothing - The Great Dismal
15. Gulch - Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress
14. Lamb of God - Lamb of God
13. Marilyn Manson - We Are Chaos
12. Poppy - I Disagree
11. Higher Power - 27 Miles Underwater
10. Ghostemane - Anti-Icon
9. Killer Be Killed - Reluctant Hero
8. Spirit Adrift - Enlightened in Eternity
7. Bring Me the Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR
6. Run the Jewels - RTJ4
5. Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything
4. Body Count - Carnivore
3. Greg Puciato - Child Soldier: Creator of God
2. Code Orange - Underneath
1. Deftones - Ohms

http://www.revolvermag.com/music/25-best-albums-2020

I've decided the Melted Bodies album is a better Mr. Bungle comeback than the (actually pretty good!) actual Mr. Bungle comeback.

Skepticism have recorded their next album - some short snippets of the process here - more news about a release date is probably coming in the next couple of years

https://www.facebook.com/officialskepticism

lol

Maciej Kowalski uploaded this on his channel, pretty cool stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MXb8dh-Wkw

Really digging the new Dark Buddha Rising, I love that "Uni" is basically a drum solo right in the middle of the record.

I'm also really enjoying this new Boris with Merzbow album, 2R0I2P0. Might be my favorite Boris thing in a long time. Ranges from surprisingly pretty to nice and noisey.

Seriously, this take on "EVOL" is gorgeous with that soaring guitar solo spiraling up out of Merzbow's noise.

Dawnwalker are pretty good at this whole wistful, proggy post-metal thing. lj, you a fan?

Holy shit, I was not expecting to be blown away by a new prog/tech death metal release this late in the year, but this had the same effect on me as last year's Blood Incantation:

https://omnivortexofficial.bandcamp.com/releases

Kevin has uploaded sheet music for all the guitar parts on Dysrhythmia's Veil of Control to Bandcamp: https://dysrhythmia.bandcamp.com/merch/the-veil-of-control-the-complete-guitar-transcriptions-digital-pdf-book-with-guitar-pro-files . I probably won't pay 10USD for it but still p cool. The tunings on the sample pages are crazy.

Dawnwalker are pretty good at this whole wistful, proggy post-metal thing. lj, you a fan?

― pomenitul, Thursday, 3 December 2020 20:58 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

lmao I used to be *friends* with the guy! should really listen in and let him know I'm still out there

Looks like they're a proper quartet now, per Metal Archives.

yeah this seems to be a much more full-band thing than his previous albums, excited to hear it

lol I bought it and he immediately messaged me asking how I was, how nice

Would I like it, LJ?

bought it anyway as its bandcamp friday

Most brutal DM is an indistinguishable din to me but this right here is some good shit:

https://newstandardelite.bandcamp.com/album/putrescent-seepage-dead-and-demented

Production is pitch-perfect.

good call on Omnivortex. even occasional clean vocals that actually don't suck!