Completely randomly came across this Brazilian album of black metal using all acoustic (!) instruments, it kinda rules?
https://kaatayra.bandcamp.com/album/s-quem-viu-o-rel-mpago-sua-direita-sabe
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 7 April 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link
Looks like a one person band too
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 7 April 2023 18:49 (one year ago) link
the only thing good about Florida is that there are certain bands I get to see often even if not officially on tour. Obituary is one, Cannibal Corpse is one, and Deicide, who I saw last night, is one.
a special treat, because I missed the "Legion in its entirety" set last year, and surprise....they did that again!
weirdly, Benton doesn't really do much stage banter anymore. I remember watching the When London Burns DVD and seeing him make bad "lol Brit" joke after joke between every song, and now he doesn't even introduce the songs or anything. guess someone told him "u not funny!".
I didn't even realize they're on yet ANOTHER set of guitar players, having gone through what seems like 1,000 of them in the last 5 years. I'm sure they offended Benton over some menial bullshit just decided to move on.
Asheim's drum kit seemed like it was ten feet tall, like any higher and you wouldn't have been able to see the top of his head as it would have been obscured by an awning.
only downside is the Legion in its entirety meant less tunes from other albums. they actually didn't really play anything post-Stench of Redemption. But I did get "Lunatic of God's Creation" for the first time in a few shows. Glen's voice sounded great, as always.
Only downside of the night is the friend I decided to invite. I wanted him to see them with me, as he likes them but doesn't know much of their old music, and he doesn't know all their music, so he asked me what they usually play and promised he'd do homework, so I sent him a list. He gets to the show, admits he listened to zero of the songs, spends much of the night drunkenly whining about not knowing the songs, FARTED ON ME at one point, and was so drunk by show's end that I booked an Uber to his house and rode in it with him and walked him into his house. I'd wanted to stay and try and chat w/ Steve Asheim (I don't know him or anything, but one of my friends used to fuck him so one night the three of us hung out at a show and he bought me a shot once and played me unreleased Deicide from his phone). but couldn't cos I had to babysit him.
then this morning he tells me it was one of the worst shows he's ever seen, doesn't even thank me or anything for babysitting him. yeah belongs in boundaries thread but uhhh known the guy 18 years and I forgot what a buzzkill he can be drunk.
but anyway, great show, next up Morbid Angel.
― Trout Fishing in America (Neanderthal), Saturday, 8 April 2023 17:40 (one year ago) link
New to me, but Hellish Form, this "funeral drone sludge" duo, is hitting me in the right spot today. Crushingly heavy.
https://hellishform.bandcamp.com/album/deathless
Also, always good to discover a new band fighting the good fight:
Deathless is meant as a judgement of the purveyors of systemic transphobia and a balm to those suffering beneath its hold.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 April 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
The new Dodheimsgard is sounding fabulous ofc
― imago, Friday, 14 April 2023 17:59 (one year ago) link
As is this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNwRRmXnqrk
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2023 14:52 (one year ago) link
https://fest.prophecy.de/
Bethlehem (Germany)Darkher (UK)Dornenreich (Austria)Grab (Germany)Disillusion (Germany)Laster (Netherlands)Vemod (Norway)Illudium (USA)My Dying Bride (UK)The Vision Bleak (Germany) “The Deathship Has A New Captain” exclusive showE-L-R (Switzerland)Amenra (Belgium)Darkspace (Switzerland)Novembers Doom (USA)Agalloch (USA) exclusive reunion show
― StanM, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 15:06 (one year ago) link
Just discovered this fantastic hard-rock band Tanith. Russ Tippins of Satan is one of the leads. I hear a definite Satan similarity but also crossed with the smooth melodies of BOC or Heart.
https://tanithnyc.bandcamp.com/album/voyage
― jmm, Friday, 21 April 2023 14:57 (one year ago) link
Yeah, Tanith are great. They were a quartet on the first album (I wrote about it here) but are now a trio.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 21 April 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link
oooh I love this Tanith
they remind me of Ashbury a bit, but w/o the Southern rock element and more metal
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 April 2023 15:43 (one year ago) link
Ooh didn't know they had a new one, really liked the last one.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 21 April 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
Went to see Morbid Angel tonight.
It was ugly. Trey came out in stage and immediately was speaking unintelligibly, and said something like "if u don't like the show, fuck you!".
All tour there have been whispers that he's been intoxicated/high at most shows. I held out hope.
Three songs in, he disappeared and never returned. The show ended only five songs in. They said he hurt himself but many fans said they saw Trey high as fuck in the men's room minutes prior to show time AND all tour fans have whispered he's been high, drunk, and barely there. I knew going in this was a risk but Trey needs a lot of help and fast
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Saturday, 22 April 2023 02:43 (one year ago) link
A friend of mine said he hung out with them after the show last night and that it was indeed his back that seized up and that he was fine after.
I'm not entirely convinced that's all it was but it's not my place to speculate so I apologize for my previous post and will just say I hope he's ok.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/morbid-angel-guitarist-trey-azagthoth-collapses-on-stage-during-tampa-concert
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Saturday, 22 April 2023 17:29 (one year ago) link
Lustre just released a single, collab with Harakiri For The Sky, who are on a US tour right now: https://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=771909950957305
― StanM, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 08:29 (one year ago) link
new Tanith is indeed great, thought I keep finding myself singing "Idris Elba" along to "Adrasteia".
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 27 April 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
I'm super enjoying the first album too. I think it's slightly better (i.e. proggier). My new favourite band.
― jmm, Friday, 28 April 2023 14:29 (one year ago) link
Really excited about the whole new album by this Japanese gothic dream-metal band Isiliel: https://open.spotify.com/album/5626hEu75ZaGPcFUZIsDCS
Also, for actual extreme metal in the sense of being made in a war zone, the new Ignea record is a concept album about the Ukrainian documentary photographer Sofia Yablonska. https://open.spotify.com/album/6XWfpy136uE8zuWeTyyPwF
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 28 April 2023 20:34 (one year ago) link
!
https://austere-official.bandcamp.com/album/corrosion-of-hearts
― StanM, Saturday, 29 April 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
( extra track on the deluxe version https://austere-official.bandcamp.com/album/corrosion-of-hearts-deluxe-edition )
― StanM, Saturday, 29 April 2023 17:08 (one year ago) link
At the Massacre show tonight.
Morta Skuld opened.
Holy fuck.
Incredible set.
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Sunday, 30 April 2023 02:23 (one year ago) link
Anybody who saw Enslaved report back plz
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Sunday, 30 April 2023 02:24 (one year ago) link
Massacre were great too.
Between them, Morta Skuld and Druid Lord, what a nice of music
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Sunday, 30 April 2023 03:59 (one year ago) link
I really wanna hear that Austere now.
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Sunday, 30 April 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
new Danava's real good if you like snaky 70s heavy prog into early 80s Maiden riffs
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 1 May 2023 10:46 (one year ago) link
ooh, good stuff
― jmm, Monday, 1 May 2023 12:18 (one year ago) link
Danava just showed up last night, haven't had a chance to spin it yet but I love those guys. Austere should be showing up today.
Glad to head Druid Lord is good live, was into their recent album.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 1 May 2023 14:43 (one year ago) link
oh yeah they're always a blast. since they're from here, I think I see them more than any other band. glad to see them having more of a national presence over the last several years
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 May 2023 15:00 (one year ago) link
Danava sounds great gonna check that out
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 May 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
Oh my God, the Austere.
Droning Moody af black metal, almost shoegazery to an extent. Like Alcest if they kept more of their old sound with the gaze
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 May 2023 16:44 (one year ago) link
The synthy title track on the Danava album is soooo cool
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 14:06 (one year ago) link
just realizing I saw Danava live once, opening for Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. knew they sounded familiar
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 14:09 (one year ago) link
xp oh wait, there are two sort-of title tracks - I meant "Nuthin But Nuthin" towards the end
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 14:11 (one year ago) link
I've been listening to the Swedish power metal band Air Raid a lot the last couple of weeks, so I wrote about them.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 15:49 (one year ago) link
Nice, I really liked that Air Raid album
It might just be my mood lately but this feels like a very strong year for old-school heavy metal.
― jmm, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 18:30 (one year ago) link
That Austere bonus track is a Type O Negative cover btw (only found out because it's in the booklet)
― StanM, Friday, 5 May 2023 15:19 (one year ago) link
new surprise Krallice today. continuing down the synth-cum-guitar cosmic spacey path, which I can't complain about as I like it when they do that.
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 May 2023 04:26 (one year ago) link
god on second listen this shit is entrancing af. i need gummies for the next listen
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 May 2023 21:10 (one year ago) link
Austere is a very good comeback, nothing groundbreaking but I was a massive fan of their earlier albums so it's all good. Does exactly what I like in black metal, it's like a warm bath.
Speaking of warm baths, I didn't see any discussion when it came out in 2020 but check out Golden Ashes - In the Lugubrious Silence of Eternal Night, if you're intrigued by the idea of In The Nightside Eclipse dialed up to 12, there's your fix. Particularly track five From Grace Into Utter Ruin provides some major sensory overload. It's a Maurice De Jong/Gnaw Their Tongues side project.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 15:41 (one year ago) link
I’ve got the new VoidCeremony on repeat. It’s so well recorded, too; there’s palpable space between the instruments which balances with the density of the hyper-technical riffing and rhythms. Love it.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 18:31 (one year ago) link
hell yeah, perfectly stated. big fan of that one and the production and the way you’re describing it is a big part of why. it’s the first one of theirs that really hooked me but it is making me think i should go back again with the others.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 19:28 (one year ago) link
The chorus of this Tyrann track is extremely dumb and great
https://electricassaultrecords.bandcamp.com/track/face-the-tyrant
― jmm, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 02:57 (one year ago) link
i need gummies for the next listen
also a good idea for the voidceremony fwiw, it just sounds so damn good
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 10 May 2023 16:37 (one year ago) link
thank you for hyping the VoidCeremony. I had their previous album but for some reason mistook them for a doom/death band (which I'm sick to death of atm) and not what they actually are.
this is hitting the spot right now, fuuuck yes.
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 May 2023 00:30 (one year ago) link
It’s so good! I never heard them before, but it whips ass.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 11 May 2023 01:44 (one year ago) link
why I'll be - so after getting into that new Austere album, I find out that they're playing at a festival near me in a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, the rest of the bands are all more standard black metal or completely unknown to me. I don't think I'll go to a whole festival for just one band.
And then I check out some more depressive black metal playlists and I come across Thy Light - who had a 2007 demo called suici.de.pression that's actually quite special. I'm an immediate fan. And THEN I find out they're also playing live! At the same festival as Austere! On the same day! AND they have a track with Tim Yatras (from Austere) on their 2013 album!
Now I have to go, don't I?
― StanM, Thursday, 11 May 2023 07:02 (one year ago) link
it does sound like the universe is trying to tell you something
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 11 May 2023 09:20 (one year ago) link
Yeah the Thy Light album from ten years ago is excellent, had no idea they were still around.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 11 May 2023 13:26 (one year ago) link
enjoying the new Cattle Decapitation, though they've definitely settled into the sound from the last two albums. but it works, so....i'll vibe.
there's one song that's kinda djenty which annoyed me but it stops 30 seconds in.
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 May 2023 01:11 (one year ago) link
also glad to have the new Grave Desecrator out! though as of right now can apparently only be streamed on Youtube. I bought a physical copy on bandcamp which was supposed to come with a free digital copy, but only one song was posted on BC. when I emailed the label, he said something like he wasn't allowed to sell the album digitally and gave me a Youtube link.
err...ok. but it's solid as always. the vocals are intense and layered af, and kinda sound like they might summon Kandarian demons
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 May 2023 03:54 (one year ago) link
yay for new Impetuous Ritual. as noisy and chaotic as ever. still can't ever make out all that is happening because 'clarity' is never their M.O., and they never mind having several different ideas going at the same time, esp the solos.
but i always come back for more.
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Sunday, 14 May 2023 03:30 (one year ago) link