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
VoidCeremony took me a few tries to approach, but holy cow, this is beautiful.
― jmm, Sunday, 14 May 2023 13:12 (one year ago) link
Yeah this might be on my EOY
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Sunday, 14 May 2023 13:59 (one year ago) link
Was just looking at Phil Tougas of VoidCeremony's website, and apparently his dad and uncles had a heavy metal band in Quebec in the '80s called D.D.T. They're pretty cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCuKu2-87JI
― jmm, Sunday, 14 May 2023 14:03 (one year ago) link
experiment for maybe a couple of days: https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/10-digital-albums
― StanM, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
voidceremony is utterly my shit thanks y’all
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
hell yeah
new isiliel (necromidol) also significantly better than i was expecting
https://isiliel.bandcamp.com/album/-
cover had me expecting some idol nonsense (which would be fine if you’re into weebing out, which i certainly am, at least sometimes) but this seems more… i dunno, legit? than what i thought i’d be getting. i particularly like the more upbeat, nightwish-esque stompers like “genesis” and the third track
and the atmospheric black metal stuff is also solid. i could use a few more distinctive riffs but i’m into the folk elements. makes me want to pull out some moonsorrow records for the first time in many (sorrowful) moons.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 22:36 (one year ago) link
I didn't think I was gonna like the VoidCeremony record, but there are parts that are really beautiful. I love the prominent bass, and the guitar solos are fantastic. The only thing I don't like is the vocals — some Chuck Schuldiner-style shrieks instead of this kinda placeholder-ish raspy shouting would have really put it over the top, but that's not a deal-breaker by any means. Very into this on first listen.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 22:50 (one year ago) link
yeah, i’m a huge fan of the prominent bass! the playing is, of course, excellent and the way it pops in the mix really gives you something to latch onto
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 23:05 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I keep thinking of Squire and Howe in the bass and guitar
― jmm, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 23:27 (one year ago) link
since I'm going to that black metal festival to see Austere & Thy Light I'm checking out more bands that are playing on the day and one of them is Kanonenfieber - blackened death, in German, about WW1 (but very anti-war, just to be sure).
https://noisebringer-records.bandcamp.com/ -> this is all by one man (three bands: Kanonenfieber, Non Est Deus and Leipa) - and it's all good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP7DkSpG2KA
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
^ I know people get real uncomfortable about germans making music about wars but with the whole humans just being used as cannon fodder-thing being back and the musician's great-grandfather's diaries being the base for the music - very poignant imho
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 17:53 (one year ago) link
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redundant, obvious to say "another mindcrushingly good new krallice record" and yet. really love the drums on it too
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 19 May 2023 01:18 (one year ago) link
new Lustre side project Gråande s/n album was just released - two long black metal tracks
https://lustre.bandcamp.com/album/gr-ande
― StanM, Friday, 19 May 2023 07:35 (one year ago) link
it’s impossible to tell this sort of thing, i think i’ve even missed out on a few of their surprise records over the past five years, but i think this is my favorite krallice release ever, or at least it’s the first that’s come out that’s become the only thing i listen to for like a whole day
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 19 May 2023 14:25 (one year ago) link
Surprise new Khanate album out today! (Less welcome surprise: It's on Sacred Bones. Better than Profound Lore, mmmmmaybe, but not by much. Anyway, if there's a deluxe Japanese CD version on Daymare, I'll buy that to match the rest of my collection.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 May 2023 14:40 (one year ago) link
What's wrong with Sacred Bones? A quick search isn't revealing much.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 19 May 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link
Ah, you're right — my mistake. I had them confused with Sargent House.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 May 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link
yeah sacred bones is like hipster stuff not nazi stuff
Enjoying the first song on the new Krallice a lot. It very specifically reminds me of if Signals/Grace Under Pressure era Rush tried to be Tangerine Dream
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:35 (one year ago) link
Signals/Grace Under Pressure era Rush tried to be Tangerine Dream
I was going to hold out for my physical version to get here first but, uh, to say this description has piqued my interest would be a massive understatement.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:39 (one year ago) link
pretty accurate!
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:40 (one year ago) link
heads up if you are a CD luddite like me, there are only 7 copies of the new Khanate left
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 May 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
I own the deluxe Japanese mini-LP versions of their whole back catalog, so I have to wait to see if Daymare puts this one out so I can overpay massively just to have it match the rest of my collection. It's a sickness, I know.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 May 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
any ilxors going to Hell in the Harbor fest in Baltimore next week?
we're putting dad in respite care for a week so I can have my first actual vacay in...years.
Spirit Adrift dropped but Jesus Piece replaced them.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 May 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link