Did anyone get the A Decade Of Dio 1983-93 box? An opportunity to reassess Lock Up the Wolves and Strange Highways?
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 17 December 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I bought it. The remastering job is really good, and those latter albums aren't great, but they're hardly dismissable. (Also, for the total RJD obsessive, Elf's Carolina County Ball and Trying to Burn the Sun were recently reissued.)
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 17 December 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
I have it, but I haven't listened to the later albums yet. I like the remastering. My only gripe is that there's a really annoying piercing ringing coming from the cymbals on some Holy Diver tracks, especially "Caught in the Middle". I think it's more prominent in this remastering. I find it hard to listen to that song as a result.
― jmm, Saturday, 17 December 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
Strange Highways is in fact great, but it's sort of like when Ozzy went with Zakk Wylde -- Tracy G is kind of a competing voice in the songs. The dour and grinding feel of it reminds me of Dehumanizer in parts. It does feel very 90s, though. Not a lot of those Dio show tunes vocal hooks.
― Devilock, Saturday, 17 December 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
Fuck Brumpxit its the 2016 Metal and Hard N' Heavy Rock Poll Results Thread (With spotify and bandcamp links)
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 01:50 (seven years ago) link
Weird death metal with saxophone and some kinda exotica-esque instrumental interludes. Track 5 is killer.
http://exocytosis1.bandcamp.com/album/multipotent-progenitor
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 December 2016 05:04 (seven years ago) link
RIP Team Rock (publishers of Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, and Prog, and hosts of the Golden Gods Awards and the Classic Rock Awards).
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 19 December 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
lol that paywall had the feel of a dying throe
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Monday, 19 December 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link
had no idea it was based in High Blantyre. that sucks
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 December 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
Sad news about Team Rock, but they really looked desperate in the last year. I honestly thought Metal Hammer would hang in there longer than the rest of the metal mags.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 19 December 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
I wrote for the US version of Metal Hammer, which existed for about a year in 1999-2000.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 19 December 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
anyone got a screengrab of the crowing pro-Brexit article Team Rock did in late June then took down when they got shit for it
― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
today a friend linked me to some cybergrindcore from the future https://psudoku.bandcamp.com/album/deep-space-psudokument
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link
Hey new Flight of Sleipnir album next year:
http://records.eisenton.de/album/skadi
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 08:55 (seven years ago) link
fuck me Mesarthim have released another one TODAY
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 11:20 (seven years ago) link
jfc
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 11:21 (seven years ago) link
is Mesarthim the Elvish word for prolific or something
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 12:01 (seven years ago) link
klingon iirc
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 12:04 (seven years ago) link
tribble
― Devilock, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 12:14 (seven years ago) link
wow the new new mesarthim is incredible
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 18:19 (seven years ago) link
it is 2016's end credits music
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 18:30 (seven years ago) link
New Antaeus man. At first I was like "ahh man, why'd I buy this, it's just blistering, blastering stuff I'm not really in the mood for" and then "Flesh Ritual" started unhinging things a little bit and by "Angels of Despair" I was in luuuv.
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 10:28 (seven years ago) link
There's a 3CD tribute to Summoning just out In Mordor Where The Shadows Are, also featuring (who else than) Mesarthim.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:17 (seven years ago) link
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/overlooked-albums-of-2016-by-dan-lawrence/
Woah I had no idea the Musk Ox guy had made a metal album this year!
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:52 (seven years ago) link
hey ho, new Krallice
https://krallice.bandcamp.com/album/prelapsarian
didn't command my attention as much on first listen as I expected/hoped, but that may be me as much as it, dunno yet.
― summervillain, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
I'm really liking this - would have made top ten in my metal poll this year.
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
listening to Spotify's year in metal 2016 review playlist i guess there was a new Korn album this year
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
there's a metal poll playlist for the resultshttps://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/4zMb8zr6MP7xO6DAowXVG4
we're into the top 5 of metal poll btw Fuck Brumpxit its the 2016 Metal and Hard N' Heavy Rock Poll Results Thread (With spotify and bandcamp links)
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
I love everything about Mesarthim - and especially the space nerd stuff, like how the morse code at the end of this Summer's album was "the great filter approaches" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter ) and now this Type III thing ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale ) - oh, and the morse code at the end of this new new EP spells out: "RIGHT ASCENSION 01H 53M 31.81479S DECLINATION 19 17 37.8790 LEFT HORN OF THE RAM" ( http://astrologyking.com/fixed-star-mesarthim/ )
― StanM, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
fuck, the new krallice is amazing
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
This just came out on the 19th, tip for the cavernous death massive
http://sevenchains.bandcamp.com/album/seven-chains
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 22 December 2016 10:33 (seven years ago) link
Does it appeal to you more if I add that there's also lots of weird orchestral (like, a real orchestra) stuff going on? And I think there's a saxophone solo in the first song? And some violin? No?
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 23 December 2016 13:11 (seven years ago) link
False to death metal!
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Friday, 23 December 2016 13:29 (seven years ago) link
Sounds good so far
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Friday, 23 December 2016 13:32 (seven years ago) link
Yep, right up my alley, and also now I get to have two songs called "Metanoia" on my '16 playlist
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 23 December 2016 13:39 (seven years ago) link
Um this is fucking incredible
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Friday, 23 December 2016 13:39 (seven years ago) link
If these dudes aren't signed to Profound Lore for their next album I'll eat my hat. I'll buy a hat first.
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 23 December 2016 13:52 (seven years ago) link
they might already be better than profound lore
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Friday, 23 December 2016 13:55 (seven years ago) link
We should really just start doing each year's metal poll in December of the following year.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 23 December 2016 13:55 (seven years ago) link
(I'm allowed that hyperbole right)
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Friday, 23 December 2016 13:57 (seven years ago) link
It's the metal thread not a safe space for the hyperbole-allergic!
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 23 December 2016 14:03 (seven years ago) link
seriously it is GOOD. had the exact same "do I really need new Antaeus in 2016?" reaction and then just got completely caught up in the maelstrom.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 23 December 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
listening to Seven Chains, some *very* Swans moments here. Not sure I find it all that engaging overall, but the band certainly isn't afraid to do non-death metal stuff.
― Dominique, Friday, 23 December 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link
Yeah it's quite good, there's shades of Portal and Ehnahre in there but it doesn't grab me consistently
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 23 December 2016 18:07 (seven years ago) link
high five Brad!https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/12/23/mesarithm-interview/
― alpine static, Friday, 23 December 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
cool work!
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Friday, 23 December 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
oh i forgot that i did that
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 23 December 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
Brad do you know if the two new EPs are the remnants of the scrapped 2nd album, done in the Isolate style?
(I suppose I could just start listening to their bandcamp and sort of judge for myself...)
― U2 (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 23 December 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link
no idea, i didn't follow up after they came out
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 23 December 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
hey brad, just curious: when did you turn that in?
― alpine static, Friday, 23 December 2016 23:53 (seven years ago) link