do you have a Bandcamp fan account set up?
@craig: yep! just sent you one of those ilx webmail things
― (â_â?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
yeah wow yall weren't joking about this LLNN. they've struck a cool balance between space/atmospheric sounds and just undeniably cool sludge metal
― gman59, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
full of hell out today: https://fullofhell.bandcamp.com/album/garden-of-burning-apparitions
and
body/big brave: https://thebody.bandcamp.com/album/leaving-none-but-small-birds
― gman59, Friday, 1 October 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
Love Full of Hell but gotta say I don't love paying full price for 20 minutes of music...
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 October 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
Body & BIG|BRAVE is fantastic so far.
― jmm, Friday, 1 October 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
Waiting for my copy of that to get here, most excited for that.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 October 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
It's like a heavy Fairport Convention/Sandy Denny record. Pretty cool.
― jmm, Friday, 1 October 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
Ok that description makes me even more excited to hear it than I already was!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 October 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
K.K.'s Priest album is fun so far, but not as good as JP's Firepower (at least what i've heard so far). KK's personality comes across more in lengthy instrumental breaks rather than the shell of the song itself.
vocalist is Ripper Owens, lol, so for all intents in purposes I guess this is a second Judas Priest. he sounds good here though because for once he's not actively trying to sing like a predecessor like he had to in JP and Iced Earth. his falsetto is still really powerful.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 October 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
I am only a few songs into the Body/Big|Brave collab.
Sounds like Godspeed You! Black Emperor meets Jaye Jayle with a female vocalist (haven't heard any Chip King screeches yet).
Loving it!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 1 October 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
Just finished the K.K.'s Priest album.
Naturally one would expect fantastic guitar work on an album featuring KK Downing.
He must have left it on another cd. This is boring af
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 October 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
So lazy. So disappointed
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 October 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
Ffs it has a song called "Return of the Sentinel" on it :/
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 October 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
Half expected there to be "You've Got Even More Things Coming" right after
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 October 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
Victim of More Changes
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 1 October 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
"Living After One A.M.""Ram It Down Again""Love Nibbles""Painkillers (Refill)"
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 October 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
Savatage Frontman Jon Oliva Arrested for Cocaine Possession and DUI
http://consequence.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Jon-Olvia-mugshot.jpeg?resize=1031,580
http://consequence.net/2021/10/jon-oliva-arrest-cocaine-dui/
Yikes.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 3 October 2021 13:01 (two years ago) link
Sirens iirc
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 3 October 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link
fuck pic.twitter.com/UYbzrJBnpc— đ¤đđ˛đĽđ â đđĽđŽđđ đĽđ¨đ° (@afroxvx) October 3, 2021
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 3 October 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
this year's record from spain's graveyeard of souls...https://graveyardofsouls.bandcamp.com/album/infinity-equal-zero
sounding a bit like katatonia's brave murder day songwriting at discouraged ones (mid-)tempos to me. the way the soaring guitars and keys bounce of each other also bringing blut aus nord's memoria vetusta ii (a personal favorite).
a cryptic message on their fb page seems to indicate that this project has recently come to a stop. too bad but there are still quite a few records in the back catalog that I still haven't even heard. and the ones that I have are of comparable quality. then there's the guitarist's other releases from this year...https://ornamentosdelmiedo.bandcamp.com/album/ecoshttps://massburialdeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/souless-legions
― (â_â?) (original bgm), Sunday, 3 October 2021 22:06 (two years ago) link
love the body big/brave so much. as mentioned above, not going with any Chip King screeches was a cool show of restraint that I think this album really benefits from
― gman59, Monday, 4 October 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
Listening to the new Trivium album, which is called In the Court of the Dragon and has this cover art:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81nVd9p+83S.jpg
Their current drummer, Alex Bent, used to be in Battlecross and Brain Drill, and he's really lit a fire under them on their last two albums and this one. They're doing some of their most aggressive material with him, though it's still got big melodic choruses 'cause Matt Heafy's a giant dork. Anyway, if you're a fan, this is just as good as the album they put out last year, which I liked a lot.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 7 October 2021 23:59 (two years ago) link
Scott Koenig died from COVID. I knew him back when he was still in New York and I was an up and coming metal journo type. He was always really nice to me back in the day and I never heard a bad word about him. Legend has it that he turned Rick Rubin onto Slayer (and Trouble) and he also managed Fear Factory and Biohazard along the way. Terrible loss.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 8 October 2021 05:10 (two years ago) link
Xxxpost yay for new Blood Red Throne todayyy
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 October 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
Another entry for the Disappointing Metal Band Name list: this better-than-decent death metal duo opted for Swelling Repulsion when Repulsive Swelling was RIGHT THERE.
https://swellingrepulsion-scp.bandcamp.com/album/the-severed-path
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 22:48 (two 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.â black dice live ft. jerry garcia (rizzx), Tuesday, August 31, 2021
â black dice live ft. jerry garcia (rizzx), Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Finally got round to hearing this - excellent stuff, easily the best thing they did since the debut.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
Not sure if Primeval Well has come up yet, I haven't seen them. And I may have missed and thus need to circle back to Panopticon if this is the sort of thing I've been lacking in life, but great god almighty, pass the fucking jug.
https://primevalwell.bandcamp.com/album/talkin-in-tongues-with-mountain-spirits
― Devilock, Thursday, 21 October 2021 07:02 (two years ago) link
if you were hankering for a converge record about the end of the world this year, the new every time i die will do in a pinch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIdHbo4qdKE
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 22 October 2021 13:42 (two years ago) link
New Massacre slays.
It's not the bullshit lineup from 2014. This is Kam Lee. He sounds like a demon on vox
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 22 October 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
Grand Cadaver are a Swedish death metal act fronted by Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity. All the other dudes have been in other bands, too, but I've never heard of any of them. Anyway, their debut album Into the Maw of Death is out this week and it sounds like...Swedish death metal. Grinding, fast, plenty of guitar distortion.
https://grandcadaver.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-maw-of-death
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 26 October 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
New album from 40 Watt Sun: https://svartrecords.com/product/40-watt-sun-perfect-light-album (can't see a release date unless that 27.5 = May 27 2022)
― StanM, Thursday, 28 October 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
okay, it actually is May 2022 - says so in the text below this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2knzupwDrk
― StanM, Thursday, 28 October 2021 12:46 (two years ago) link
Probably stupid question, but I had a new 1914 track come up on Spotify yesterday and kind of dug it. But that whole war metal thing from that area of the world can attract some, uh, more right leaning elements. Basically, is 1914 fashy? Or just big into World War I?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:02 (two years ago) link
They have an album called FĂźr Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland. I'd steer clear.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
Ha missed that particular EP. Kinda thought the Napalm co-sign might indicate they weren't really, but that title says a lot.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
A statement from Neige of Alcest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FC0EbOMUcAAfshA.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FC0Eb9_VQAAOGgx.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FC0EcpbVQAAs5rl.jpg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
After a few minutes of research, I'm provisionally concluding that Dmytro Kumar of 1914 is a WWI scholar, not a nazi.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
xpost I'm always worried about stuff like that, especially with metal. There was a time I was listening to a bunch of Opeth and I suddenly got scared. Like, what if Akerfeldt was a far right nut? But I asked a friend of a friend of his and he assured me he's a cool dude and it made me feel a lot better, as did interviews I've subsequently read.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 October 2021 22:07 (two years ago) link
Any thoughts on the Cradle of Filth that came out last week?
I have not been able to spend quality time with it but I find the band to be fun usually.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 29 October 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
Got kinda burned out on them tbh, haven't checked in in awhile.
Excited to get the new Mastodon today, also the new Kayo Dot is supposed to be amazing (but not sure just how "metal" the new one might be yet).
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
Hyperdontia's second album Hideous Entity comes out November 12 and for the most part it's extremely pounding old school death metal (think Incantation), but as the album goes on some subtle prog-death bits pop up and it works really well. Wes Benscoter cover art, too!
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0113804339_10.jpg
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hideous-entity
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 29 October 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
I didn't like everything on the new Cradle of Filth equally, but the high points seemed high enough to me to be pretty happy with it.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 29 October 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
I liked the Neige statement. Alcest is the only band I can think of who I bought records by and paid to see in concert that ended up having such close ties to that stuff, so I'm relieved to see such a strong statement (even though I am not really a fan anymore).
― beard papa, Friday, 29 October 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
I like how Benscoter seems to have tried to subtly insert as many teeth as he could into that Hyperdontia cover.
― No Xmas For Jonchaies (Tom Violence), Friday, 29 October 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
He understood the mission.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
HE UNDERSTOOD THE ASSIGNMENT!
― alpine static, Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:27 (two years ago) link
Malcolm Dome passed away. Legendary metal scribe who was there at the genesis of being a metal scribe. I met him a few times and he was always smiling, outgoing, enjoyed metal and enjoyed writing about it. A good bloke, if I may steal the British vernacular. He'll be missed.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 04:11 (two years ago) link
http://landoftreason.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/electric-wizards.jpg
Anybody read this book yet? Thinking of buying because, of course. I've seen a lot of mixed reviews, though most of the negative ones come down to more grousing about who or who is not included, not so much about the actual quality of the writing. I don't think any book of this sort is going to hit on every important band.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 13:47 (two years ago) link
There's a savage review on Amazon:
Neatly sidesteps having to have any knowledge of music or writing ability by getting the exceedingly well worn and trite "heaviness is objective" spiel in as early as possible. Just about as misinformed and lazy as a music writer could get. Continues with a statement that "very nearly" negates the influence and achievements of every stream of jazz,blues, rock & roll, classical music and every other genre pre 1961 in favour of the man who wrote The Frog Chorus. Riddled with mistakes, omissions and line after line of over trodden tedium, there is barely an original thought or statement in nearly 450 pages. I would heartily recommend avoiding this book as strenuously as is possible. Get everything said here the same way this author did - just skim through a few hundred Google search results and read the first line. If you are tempted, pop down to my local Oxfam where I deposited my copy within two days of receipt.
That makes it sound kinda like that drone book, Monolithic Undertow, which had some decent stuff but was absolutely jammed with typos and factual errors (band names misspelled, musicians credited with the wrong instruments, real basic shit like that).
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
Wow, yeah, that's some review.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link