so now i finally threw this diskord record on and it sorta sounds like… prog death der kreuzen with lots of cowbell fills? not at all what i was expecting but i’m on board.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 21 August 2021 05:58 (three years ago) link
haha oops, i mean die kreuzen, shit is hard to write, mama mia
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 21 August 2021 06:06 (three years ago) link
I've caught up with my 2021 playlist at long last. If anyone's curious, here are the metal albums I've enjoyed the most this year, roughly and debatably organized by subgenre (please assume maximum subjectivity throughout):
Black Metal
Beastlor – Galaxies of Death (USA)Blutumhang – The Fires of Domination (Norway)Brouillard – Brouillard (France)Daius – Ascuns (Romania)Escumergamënt – …ni degu fazentz escumergamënt e mesorga… (Sweden)Ferriterium – Calvaire (France)Koldovstvo – Ни царя, ни бога (?)Леший – Поганые сны (Russia)Mare Cognitum – Solar Paroxysm (USA)The Ruins of Beverast – The Thule Grimoires (Germany)Sanctuaire – Spectre de mondes passés (Canada)Sarkasm – Les affres du néant (France)Solbrud – Levende i Brønshøj Vandtårn (Denmark)Sphere – π (France)Sur Austru – Obârșie (Romania)Transcending Rites – Enthronement of the Third (France/Belgium)Ungfell – Es grauet (Switzerland)
Black/Death Metal
Esoctrilihum – Dy’th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath (France)Suffering Hour – The Cyclic Reckoning (USA)
Death Metal
Cerebral Rot – Excretion of Mortality (USA)Drawn and Quartered – Congregation Pestilence (USA)Galvanizer – Prying Sight of Imperception (Finland)Morbific – Ominous Seep of Putridity (Finland)Patriarcha – Tumulus (Slovakia)Sněť – Mokvání v okovech (Czech Republic)Steel Bearing Hand – Slay in Hell (USA)
Death Doom Metal
Black Wound – To the Endless Depths (Sweden)Civerous – Live Promo MMXXI (USA)Decrepisy – Emetic Communion (USA)
Drone Metal
Gaunt Emperor – Femur (USA)
Funeral Doom Metal
Horre – Songs of a Wanderer (Finland)
Gothic Metal
Tribulation – Where the Gloom Becomes Sound (Sweden)
Post-Metal
Big Brave – Vital (Canada)Dola – Czasy (Poland)
Progressive Metal
Dordeduh – Har (Romania)Dvne – Etemen Ænka (United Kingdom)Iotunn – Access All Worlds (Denmark)Papangu – Holoceno (Brazil)
Stoner Metal
Sleep – Iommic Life (USA)
Technical Death Metal
Ænigmatum – Deconsecrate (USA)Ad Nauseam – Imperative Imperceptible Impulse (Italy)Diskord – Degenerations (Norway)Ophidian I – Desolate (Iceland)
― pomenitul, Saturday, 21 August 2021 15:25 (three years ago) link
I already forgot about them at 12” and got absurdly excited that a new Sleep album was imminent.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 21 August 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
The 'rona got Eric Wagner.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 23 August 2021 12:07 (three years ago) link
He was, again reportedly, unvaccinated.
― pomenitul, Monday, 23 August 2021 12:45 (three years ago) link
gutted. I loved Eric's vocals. I fist-bumped him at The Earl in Atlanta while he made terrible jokes between songs.
it didn't have to happen, goddammit.
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Monday, 23 August 2021 14:03 (three years ago) link
oh no :(
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Monday, 23 August 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link
Goddamit. Trouble made some of my favorite music. When I heard he got COVID IU was really nervous - he's a bigger dude, he chain smokes on stage so he probably smokes a lot off it as well... But I hoped I was worried about nothing. Fuck.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 23 August 2021 18:34 (three years ago) link
Ach, horrible news. The self-titled and Manic Frustration are two of my favourite records. RIP big man.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 18:55 (three years ago) link
I always thought that Hooded Menace were good but fell beneath the threshold of greatness. The new one might pierce that glass ceiling but I need to listen a few more times. There's a lot of old school Paradise Lost here methinks and there's a greater emphasis on melody, both of which are catching me by surprise as I listen the first time.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 27 August 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
The new Wormwitch that came out today is also quite good, lots of black metal meat to stick to one's bones!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 27 August 2021 20:38 (three years ago) link
The new Antediluvian is a minor masterpiece of ritual, Bataillean avant-metal:
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2021/08/30/an-ncs-album-premiere-and-a-review-antediluvian-the-divine-punishment/
― pomenitul, Monday, 30 August 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
Pleasantly surprised to see this reviewed in p4k even though the rating is rong:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/aenigmatum-deconsecrate/
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 12:21 (three years ago) link
Superdigging the new Fluisteraars. It's rough and raw but its a lot more than that as well. Love the variations in vocals. The little instrumental flourishes, the stretched out guitar parts.
― black dice live ft. jerry garcia (rizzx), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
'Rough and raw' sounds like a step up from their previous record, which I personally found a little too lush, even though I still enjoyed it a great deal.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
is it a metal album or a Wu-Tang album
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
'Verscheuring in de schemering' is an ODB cover iirc.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
That Ænigmatum review makes me want to listen to the record again, see what I missed.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:25 (three years ago) link
yeah, I also found it hard to get into, wish it had a little more groove or something to latch onto
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
Theirs is a characteristically winding and unpredictable path but with a strong feel for melody throughout. I love all of their releases so far.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
every day is a characteristically winding and unpredictable path
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
i get a little bit closer
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
Everybody gets high, everybody gets low
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
looks like Negura Bunget are going after the Brad as tastemaker market
https://open.spotify.com/track/44LqSQ4Y7fhWoGFA8Zi0Y0?si=7e59e31f4e9d419a
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Friday, 3 September 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
Ouch, "single edit". Brutal.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 3 September 2021 17:04 (three years ago) link
How so?
A 'brad' is technically a fir btw.
― pomenitul, Friday, 3 September 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
haven't listened to Portrait in like 8 or 9 years but I love the new one. trad heavy metal like this is my jam
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 September 2021 02:25 (three years ago) link
I tried and tried with the new Portrait, but although they push all the buttons that gets an old school nerd like me salivating, the album just comes up empty. They still have yet to top Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 4 September 2021 03:00 (three years ago) link
that was the first one of theirs I heard!
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 September 2021 03:01 (three years ago) link
Fluisteraars album is v good.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 5 September 2021 23:53 (three years ago) link
Apparently Mastodon are piecing together the cover for a new album on various social media accounts, Twitter is the only one I'm on at the moment so I can just see the piece they posted there. Assuming the full announcement will be out shortly.
🤫🤫🤫 pic.twitter.com/6fZha24jO0— Mastodon (@mastodonmusic) September 7, 2021
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 16:11 (three years ago) link
is this like Zaireeka where you have to open four social media sites at once to see the cover
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
Apparently? Twitter says Facebook has another piece and mailing list members got an email with a third piece. Instagram has another piece that reveals a portion of the album title to be Hushed and.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
tempted to create a fake Mastodon account and fudge the fourth reveal
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-sgPusWQAEWhuK?format=jpg&name=medium
Hushed and Grim
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
NJ dissonant death metal band Replicant's second album, Malignant Reality, is out today. RIYL Ulcerate, other doomy/creepy-crawly DM bands with prominent avant/prog elements.
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1782847115_10.jpg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 10 September 2021 12:38 (three years ago) link
Skepticism now have their whole discography for sale on bandcamp btw - including the original Stormcrowfleet mix. All uploaded this week
― StanM, Friday, 10 September 2021 12:49 (three years ago) link
really dig the new mastodon single, encouraged by the album length
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 10 September 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
Agreed on both counts, it's good and I like the idea of an 88-minute double album from them.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 September 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
Just watched the video. Knew nothing about the album but I'm in. Prog Mastodon > catchy radio-rock Mastodon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haT5ars6RXc
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 10 September 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
Haven't listened to Mastodon in ages, but on cursory first listen that sounds a bit like ... Prong? But then, I haven't listened to Prong in ages, either! (I should really check in with both again soon.)
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 September 2021 21:08 (three years ago) link
I haven't heard Crimen, but I do like the new one even more than Burn the World, just scratching a really nice old school heavy metal itch for me.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 13 September 2021 21:19 (three years ago) link
that new Replicant is good as hell and they apparently hail from like 10 minutes away from where I live now, which might come in handy if shows are ever normal again.
Also been digging the new Wharflurch (psych-ish doomy death) and Sarcoughagus (typically gross Maggot Stomp stuff) releases, too.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Monday, 13 September 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
I did an email interview with the Replicant bassist/vocalist and told him that there's a sticker from his early 2000s band still on a lamppost about two blocks from my apartment. (He grew up in the town where I live.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 13 September 2021 23:51 (three years ago) link
Loving this Replicant
― beard papa, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
Link to my interview.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
yeah, this record rules. is it just me or is there some botch in there?
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
They're surprisingly similar in many ways, but after listening to one song from each, the new/upcoming Tremonti album is heavier than the new/upcoming Khemmis album.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
holy fuck this Concrete Winds
https://concretewinds.bandcamp.com/album/primitive-force
― you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Thursday, 16 September 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link