Rolling Metal Thread 2012

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

I got some metal cd's for xmas.

That's exciting.

Well, I'm already nuts about the new albums by Alcest (no surprise), Christian Mistress, and Pallbearer. And very pleased at the prospect of a new Katatonia album in the the first half of the year.

First big surprise of the year for me is the Liberteer record. Not usually a grind guy, but for some reason conceptual progressive orchestral grind did it for me.

And by "some reason" I mean "obvious reasons."

Hi.

hey y'all

Yeah, that Liberteer album wasn't bad. I'm also not a huge grind guy, but it hit me right this morning. Only 2012 metal album I've heard so far.

Sidenote, any of you guys know of any outlets looking for writers? I've resolved to write more in 2012 and focus would be a big help.

Downloaded the Liberteer but only made it a song or two in - the vocals were too Muppet-like for my taste. Now that I know it gets orchestral 'n' shit as it goes along, I might put in the effort to get to the end.

Right now the early favorite for 2012 for me would have to be The Devil's Blood - the Thousandfold Epicentre. Really just hits all the right buttons for me – classic rock influences, female vocalist, really catchy songs. That being said, I was just flipping through the decibel Most Anticipated Albums of 2012 list, and there are definitely some upcoming titles that could give it a run for its money.

The Devil's Blood - the Thousandfold Epicentre

that cd is out in europe. i have the cd

Europe doesn't count.

Is that final?

do blogs count?

i resolve to listen to way more stoner metal, folk metal, and mordy metal this year

will be opening voting for the metal poll tomorrow so make sure you all get your noms in

Holy crap, Howard Jones left Killswitch Engage.

Things can only get better

Human nature.

i heard hot topic t-shirt sales were like 30% down -- no wonder the band is falling apart

I hear no one is to blame for the split.

there's no everlasting love on the bands part

He's putting the dream into action.

he's gonna join blink 182

Will he write a new song?

Don't try to live your life in one day.

we certainly have our work cut out for us to find the next singer of Killswitch, something we plan on making priority #1 going forward.

Fucking love this quote from their website. Yes, I'd imagine finding a new vocalist would be a good #1 priority at this point.

priority #2: write some sick breakdowns

priority #3: throw off those mental chains
ooh ooh ooh

What do people make of Behold! The Monolith? I always thought they were "hipster metal" or ironic or whatever but there are a few really good tracks on their new album Defender, Redeemer.

The smartest piece of musical analysis you'll read all month. Sergeant D is a fucking genius, and someone should give him a book deal.

Fucking bullshit.

Sorry, that was unnecessarily aggressive.

I didn't enjoy that piece you linked to but thanks anyway.

What didn't you like about it? I think it's pretty important to keep an eye on what people younger than me are listening to, and D is inarguably one of the best people doing it right now. Do you disagree with his conclusions?

who is 誤訳侮辱 ? i cant keep track of posters names!

oh i forgot to post ~~~ VOTING THREAD FOR ILX METAL POLL 2011 - All ilxors or lurkers ballots welcomed (Closes Sunday JAN 15th @ 11.59pm UK Time) here. Had to bring forward it by a week as the big ilm poll is being run the week i planned for.

hmmm

n a nutshell, there is nothing more trendy this year than being tr00. MySpace is long dead, and while some of the bands that flourished on the site are still around, they’re dying along with the scene that surrounds them. Neon merch, generic deathcore and crabcore are out; ‘real hardcore,’ old-school death metal, and djent are in. Yesterday’s scene kid is today’s hipster/metal nerd, and in what should be welcome news to MS readers, it’s cool to be an elitist snob!

http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012.gif

grunge was more fun to me than hair metal or nu-metal shite

not sure the world needs a metal carles but sergeant d can be funny sometimes.

I guess I just don't care much about the music he's into and think it's kind of weird that he's fascinated by attack attack growing up

I did enjoy that chart

^^^ alan n 100% otm w/"metal carles" zing

the one point dude makes, and it's a good one, at the end is the sticking point: assholes like me have been scowling at the shitty non-metal the kids dig for years and goin' "fuckin', Autopsy is way better than this." if the kids then get into Autopsy, purists do not get to go "oh fuck, you're still kids though." But in the actual world of people listening (vs. uninteresting meta-scene analysis, which is boring) I don't see too many old-school dudes grousing when kids like death metal. + Hot Topic ppl already loved Gothenburg melodic death for years, like over a decade, this isn't really a new trend

i dont know who carles is

the hipster runoff dude. sgt d's posting, and especially its end, is very much in the HRO house style.

Ahh ok, never read that either.

I was complaining in the Sandbox how YOB was skipping the entire midwest for their Tool tour. Fortunately they announced some headlining dates, including not only Chicago at the Empty Bottle, but my old hometown Dubuque! Yes, the long-suffering city that somehow gets singled out when someone wants to mention a shitty Midwestern city that no one cares about, most recently in the Love Goes To Buildings On Fire book.

Graveyard are also avoiding the midwest this month, though openers Radio Moscow are coming to Chicago just before the tour.

i noticed that they were playing at the EB later this month, was thinking about going but kinda depends on the day of the week

The Ghost track sounds fine to me, not my favorite of theirs, but its still pretty fun.

Hello you have until 7pm EST on Friday, December 21st 2012 (that's midnight for the Britishes and 4pm for our friends on the left coast of the US) to nominate in !!! Under New Management !!! It's The ILM NON-ELITIST METAL ALBUMS POLL 2012 NOMINATIONS THREAD

Man, already have high expectations for new Clutch, but the cover art has raised 'em a smidge higher even:

http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/clutch-earth-rocker.jpg

It's definitely a kickass cover.

And title!

Devin Townsend is a funny guy, and his favourite records are good!

I find with Tom Waits that there is such a level of reverence around him that the things that I like about Tom Waits I fucking hate in Jack White – I can’t stand that guy, y’know what I mean? Every time I see him or hear him talking it just makes my bum shrivel up and I can’t quite understand why – it’s that kind of like, scorning convention, "here’s me in my old time-y, whiskey soaked bowler hat" thing – I’m just like, "fuck you man!"

http://thequietus.com/articles/11006-devin-townsend-strapping-young-lad-favourite-albums?page=11

Man, huge props to the PopMatters metal crew for digging real deep for this feature. They are really stepping up their metal coverage game in a big way.

That was a really solid piece. P4k has their metal best up now too - Pallbearer at 1 and personal favorites Pinkish Black at 6.

Just read the long PopMatters piece on the train on mah kindle. I'm dreamin' of a Black Christmas!

Fester’s Lucky 13
http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-12/

I have separate stoner and doom lists on my site and posted in Rolling Stoner/Psych/Doom/Sludge/Retro/Drone/Space Thread 2012.

Metal
1. Ufomammut – Oro: Opus Primum & Opus Alter (Neurot)
2. Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage (Roadrunner)
3. Christian Mistress – Possession (Relapse)
4. Venomous Maximus – Beg Upon The Light (Cutthroat)
5. Owl – First Album (Magick Hermit/Lummox)
6. Dawnbringer – Into The Lair Of The Sun God (Profound Lore)
7. The Sword – Apocryphon (Razor & Tie)
8. High On Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis (eOne)
9. Grand Magus – The Hunt (Nuclear Blast)
10. Orange Goblin – A Eulogy For The Damned (Candlelight)
11. Dragged Into Sunlight – Widowmaker (Prosthetic)
12. Pharaoh – Bury The Light (Cruz Del Sur)
13. Neurosis – Honor Found In Decay (Neurot)
14. Amenra – Mass V (Neurot)
15. Car Bomb – w^w^^w^w (Solid Grey)
16. Black Breath – Sentenced To Life (Relapse)
17. Yakuza – Beyul (Profound Lore)
18. Ne Obliviscaris – Portal Of I (Aural Music/Code 666)
19. Bible of the Devil – For the Love of Thugs and Fools (Cruz Del Sur)
20. The Faceless – Autotheism (Sumerian)
21. Meshuggah – Koloss (Nuclear Blast)
22. Ihsahn – Eremita (Candlelight)
23. Dødsengel Imperator (Terratur Possessions)-
24. Hooded Menace – Effigies Of Evil (Relapse)
25. Lord Mantis – Pervertor (Candlelight)
26. Eagle Twin – The Feather Tipped the Serpent?s Scale (Southern Lord)
27. Krallice – Years Past Matter (Krallice)
28. Norska – Norska (Brutal Panda)
29. Periphery – Periphery II: This Time It’s Personal (Sumerian)
30. Grave – Endless Procession Of Souls (Century Media)
31. Demonic Death Judge – Skygods (Inverse)
32. Satan’s Wrath – Galloping Blasphomy (Metal Blade)
33. Dopethrone – III (Dopethrone)
34. Crystal Viper – Crimen Excepta (AFM)
35. Tenacious D – Rize Of The Fenix (Sony)
36. Bison B.C. – Lovelessness (Metal Blade)
37. Sigh – In Somniphobia (Candlelight)
38. Anaal Nathrakh – Vanitas (Candlelight)
39. Mgla – With Hearts Toward None (Northern Heritage)
40. Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine (Century Media)
41. God Seed – I Begin (12th Street)
42. Enslaved – RIITIIR (Nuclear Blast)
43. RAM – Death (Metal Blade)
44. Superchrist – Holy Shit (Hella Headbangers)
45. The Howling Wind – Of Babalon (Profound Lore)
46. Furze – Psych Minus Space Control (Fysisk Format)
47. Dethklok – Dethalbum III (Williams Street)
48. Troglodyte – Don’t Go In The Woods (noMore Tomorrow)
49. Horesback – Half Blood (Relapse)
50. Inverloch – Dark | Subside (Relapse)
51. Cauldron – Tomorrow’s Lost (Earache)
52. Necrovation – Necrovation (Red General)
53. Gaza – No Absolutes In Human Suffering (Black Market)
54. Wizard Rifle – Speak Loud Say Nothing (Seventh Rule)
55. Sabaton – Carolus Rex (Nuclear Blast)
56. Accept – Stalingrad (Nuclear Blast)
57. 3 Inches Of Blood – Long Live Heavy Metal (Century Media)
58. Jeff Loomis – Plains Of Oblivion (Century Media)
59. Prong – Carved Into Stone (PID)
60. Angel Witch – As Above So Below (Metal Blade)

http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/iron-maiden-xmas.jpg

god, do yall seriously like that clutch cover??

"native stuff"

i don't remember being there any native american characters in tron

how about a tiny lil headstock

"earth rocker"?!?!

Finally finished my top 50 at MSN...here's the top 10:

http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blogpost.aspx?post=54a87a00-ffda-419b-b417-f096ee4cc1dd

you know i think at least three people told me to check out the mares of thrace album this year

they were right

it's a good record. I like it much more than their prior stuff.

All the Live at Roadburn downloads have been dropped to "name your price" here: http://burningworldrecords.bandcamp.com/ . I assume this is going to be a limited time thing, but a lot of ILM faves on there.

Mike Scaccia of Rigor Mortis died onstage last night:

http://centraltrack.com/Music/3040/Rest-in-Peace/Rigor-Mortis-and-Ministry-Guitarist-Mike-Scaccia-Died-After-Falling-Onstage-on-Saturday-He-Was-47

Just saw that on Blabbermouth. He was an amazing guitarist - one of the fastest players in thrash. Here's a live video of Rigor Mortis from 2007-8 with guest vocals from Phil Anselmo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf132ENHmKw

Unsurprisingly, it's totally shaking up the local metal scene.

Sucks so hard. I loved Rigor Mortis. Got to see him live twice - with the Revolting Cocks on the Beers, Steers & Queers tour in 1990, and with Ministry on the Animositisomina tour in 2005.

I never got to see Rigor Mortis, but did see him with Ministry in the early 90s. I almost went to the show last night but didn't want to drag myself through 40 miles of highway construction the weekend before Christmas. It's a hard loss.

pretty interesting label spread on the pitchfork list: 40 albums - eight are from Relapse, eight are from Profound Lore, if I'm counting right.

are you saying that dilettantes be dilettantin

don't really think brandon is a dilettante

i wouldn't say so either, but it wouldn't be surprising if there were a kind of house effect, given that the choices are (?) things that ran in pitchfork

I sort of assumed that was because he chose them to cover?

man ... i dig this Dawnbringer album overall, but "V" damn near ruins it for me. i am ok with ballads and "softer" stuff; i adore "Yellow & Green." but i don't know about this song. this is some serious cheese.

No way, it feels like those great ballads Alice Cooper used to write with Dick Wagner. Only the true metal dudes can write a good power ballad and pull it off.

Brandon is an IRL metal dude, his dues are all paid up and his membership's current and I dig him, but I think he's taken in right now by 1) Profound Lore's "aura" for lack of a better term - v. image-heavy label and 2) "USBM" about which interest/boosterism I have much to say, none of it good, even though one of the best black metal bands (Ares Kingdom) is from Kansas City

but I think he's taken in right now by 1) Profound Lore's "aura" for lack of a better term - v. image-heavy label

I think it's easy for anyone to be taken in by that kind of thing, and it's always happened. Ten years ago we would have said the same thing about Hydra Head.

yeah it does certainly some like profound lore 1) puts out a ton of records and 2) knows how to promote those records.

but i only see like 3 usbm records in the top 25, maybe 3 more in the top 40? it doesn't strike me as a list that's heavy on that stuff. i'd have to go back and check but it seems to include more diversity (and esp. more death metal) than previous years.

Bandcamp Christmas deals continue: http://beastwars.bandcamp.com/album/beastwars just dropped to "name your price."

Another Summoning update:

27.12.2012
Last month we recorded all the guitar riffs for the new album, and Protector recorded already his vocal lines. Silenius will do his vocal parts in the next weeks.

We replaced the original intro with a new one (which has a stronger intro feeling), the old one will be transformed into an instrumental track, which maybe will be used as a bonustrack together with the missing song from the othbound session.

The new albums will be entitled "Old Mornings Dawn". A one minute teaser is in progress and will be available on the Napalm Records homepage soon.

Man, South Pole Dispatch is always one of the first things I read when I get my new issue of Decibel in the mail, but goddamn the man deserves some kind of award for the 100th issue 2-pager.

Orphaned Land
The recordings of the new Orphaned Land album have started NOW in Istanbul!
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An Italian reader reminded me to check out Sweden's Left Hand Solution for another doom band with great female vocals. I'd heard of them but never got around to hearing them until today. Fevered (1997) is pretty great! Haven't started on Light Shines Back (2001) yet. They've been on extended hiatus, but have performed a couple times in recent years.

Really enjoying the Grand Supreme Blood Court album that came out last month. Four (ex-)Asphyx members + one Hail Of Bullets guy playing...exactly what you'd expect.

In fact, now that the nominations for the EoY poll are closed I'm suddenly finding shitloads of great records:
Melankoli - Wind
Lustre - They Awoke to the Scent of Spring
Dark Forest - Land Of The Evening Star
An Autumn for Crippled Children - Only the Ocean Knows
Borgne - Royaume Des Ombres
Locus Neminis - Weltenwanderung

Also, more Lustre to come in January:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEkMC17VX4

Happy New Year, you bastards!!

Really enjoying Beneath's Enslaved by Fear. They're Icelandic death metal ,and to me sound kind of like Behemoth without the black metal influence, catchy songwriting, well-played death metal.

Also digging Malignancy's Eugenics, although being that my first experience with them (and only) was Intrauterine Cannibalism, I barely recognized them.

Rolling Metal Thread 2013

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isnt it like 5pm your time? a little overanxious dude.

It was midnight GMT. LOCK EZ.

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