Rolling 2021 Metal Thread

New Krallice out today. and new Jute Gyte comp. both sounding great. looking forward to diving in more later tonight.

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

Neptunian Maximalism are putting out a live album, Solar Drone Ceremony, in April; it's an LP/DVD set, which IMO kinda sucks since it's a single long track that has to be split for vinyl. Anyway, here's the link:

https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/solar-drone-ceremony

wow uh what's going on with krallice

Yeah, LP seems a weird option, but I'm excited to hear a live set from them.

Fair enough, Brad--am holding off on buying that new Krallice to see how well or not that keyboard palette chosen by Marston ends up sitting with me; on the other hand, I am liking McMaster's bass tone and parts on what little I've checked out

Also, it's hilarious that it seems like Mick Barr is sitting this one out on guitar, and contributed his vocals by recording them in a car

i too have always dreamed of recording extreme metal vocals while driving in traffic

Neanderthal, did you vote in the metal poll/do you plan on it?

Brad?

Dissociate... Trauma cleaves the mind into shards...Compartments formed in self defense... STAY IN YOUR FUCKING LANE ASSHOLE...

no xp

poms I'm gonna do it after work today! slipped my mind yesterday

Thanks! Just checking so I can get a better sense of what to expect.

actually excited to vote in this one cos I had time to listen to music for once.

Brad are you going to vote?

We only have 17 ballots

Brad already said no.

:(

got to play through the full Krallice album. it's less of a departure overall than the above video and RYM comments seem to let on. I dunno, i found the whole album pretty exciting. digging the new production techniques too. weird that Barr isn't on guitar and curious to see how they play these live (if they ever do) but I like it

Krallice "liner notes"

solation recording sessions:
Drums recorded at the Mouth 3 on a phone
Vocals recorded in the car by the swamp
Bass recorded.
Guitars, keyboards, other bass, reamping, mixing, mastering at Menegroth the thousands cave.

Yeah, that explains the weak drum sound.

That said, I'll likely buy it.

Waiting for the CD though.

Last last call before seandalai closes the poll:

2020 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock Poll: VOTING & FURTHER CAMPAIGNING thread (open until March 5)

I really like the Krallice. it feels like an 80s synth/black metal nightmare

The closer is excellent and the prominent synthwork is a great fit for them. The other tracks leave me emotionally cold, however (as usual). Everything about Krallice is right up my alley except for the songwriting, which I can't bring myself to love. A very frustrating band, alas, but I may yet come around completely.

i wasn't huge on Mass Cathexis like some were last year (didn't even make my ballot), but this one is kinda fun. the synths remind me of Summoning at times ....but it's not the same type of music.

actually now I want to listen to Summoning

I recently came across a one-woman BM band who calls herself Brouillard ('Fog' in French) and whose music is very much in the vein of Paysage d'Hiver. Every single one of her albums *and* tracks is titled 'Brouillard', which I think is pretty cool. I liked 2019's Brouillard a fair amount, but this year's just blew me away:

https://transcendance-bm.bandcamp.com/album/brouillard-brouillard-5

bit hard to request songs at concerts

I preferred Brouillard myself

'Freebird' still works.

but it was no Brouillard

Everything about Krallice is right up my alley except for the songwriting, which I can't bring myself to love. A very frustrating band, alas, but I may yet come around completely.

pretty similar experience here. I dutifully check out new releases and have even seen them live a few times. nothing really sticks tho.

then again, summoning you say? I guess I'll go see what this new one is about...

Has everyone voted in the metal poll that wants to?

i wish i listened to enough in this world to join in but i'm very much a dilettante at best

That doesnt matter. Look at the list of nominated albums. If you see albums you liked then vote for them!

therein lies the problem

Just vote for Judas Priest - British Steel 50 times

The new Stargazer seems like it loses a little bit of weirdness and heads back towards The Scream That Tore The Sky-era sound... and that's great!

I also semi-masochistically enjoy the challenge of dealing with the power-metal clean vocals on the ballad-y last track of the new Stargazer album...

RIP LG Petrov. Gonna be listening to a lot of Entombed today.

RIP to one of the best

RIP to a legend.

Oh goddammit

The rollout hath begun:

2020 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock/Heavy Music Poll: RESULTS – Top 100 Countdown

maybe the new eyehategod has good songs but the production is horrible. turns out--brace yourself--that if you put mike's vocals real clean way up in the mix he's a terrible lyricist with a weird petulant inflection. keith morris as mentioned upthread is a good comparison.

the riffs are good and big but sit way down under the vocals.

Yeah, the production really is bad on this one. It's not just the foregrounding of the vocals — the guitars seem really compressed and lacking in nuance; they're like a wave of distortion with no underlying riff, and the drums are super muffled and blocky. It's really too bad, because their last album — the self-titled one from 2014 — was one of their best.

the final countdown from 20 has begun
2020 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock/Heavy Music Poll: RESULTS – Top 100 Countdown

definitely wasn't wowed by the Eyehategod on first listen. will listen again later.

Disappointed to hear its not good. Was really really looking forward to it

some of the riffs were dope, but agree with the production concerns. it's very weird.

but it could be a grower. definitely wasn't 'bad' by any means.

new lovebites single/anime theme/super accurate representation of the romanian countryside totally rules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsE4Ub_Pjh8

well, not that new but the whole EP just dropped

Human Impact, the "American noise rock supergroup made up of members from Unsane, Swans, Cop Shoot Cop and Xiu Xiu" according to Wiki, released a new EP digitally today with vinyl coming in August.

http://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3409365642_16.jpg

http://open.spotify.com/album/0FHiuFZn3IewRCOd1OWuTj?si=mvTrRNk8T3-g-T073DI1hQ
http://humanimpact.bandcamp.com/album/ep01

I liked their album that came out last year so it's not a shock I dig this as well. Of interest to some metal folks.

Also, the new Crown record rips. Neanderthal, methinks you will approve.