you been reading that metal cookbook again?http://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cover_hellbent-1.jpg
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
listening to deafhaven again now, its good stuff.
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
METALLLLLLLL
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
58. Sungrazer - Mirador (426 Points, 15 Votes)http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qFO_aqYWpnE/ThyM0Ydl6vI/AAAAAAAAFVQ/TcB1RkJk-Pc/s1600/gsdgdsgdsdggsd.jpghttp://www.last.fm/music/Sungrazer
This Dutch three-piece delivers what can only be described as mammoth walls of mountainous fuzz. Picture the mighty Kyuss rejoined after a 15-year hiatus! Somehow Sungrazer have been moulded to the very roots of stoner/desert rock, a venture that has so often been tried and, time and time again, never succeeded. Sungrazer are perfect example of how good music can sound when three musicians work in unison and collaborate as a whole.
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
stoner rock sadly got in a rut in the last 10 years but when it gets it right, it can still be majestic. Sungrazer get it RIGHT!
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
57. Shooting Guns - Born to Deal in Magic: 1952-1976 (432 Points, 13 Votes)http://f0.bcbits.com/z/12/49/1249253107-1.jpghttp://www.last.fm/music/Shooting+Gunshttp://shootingguns.bandcamp.com/album/born-to-deal-in-magic-1952-1976
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
countdown will resume til #51 after the outage is over
so get your comments in
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
56. RAVENTALE - Bringer of Heartsore (438 Points, 14 Votes, 1 #1)http://www.solitude-prod.com/releases_bmm/bmm045.jpgSpotifyhttp://www.last.fm/music/Raventale
Ukrainian Black / Doom Metal project
If you like Drudkh then check them out!
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
real good find for me when i heard their last album and this one is great too.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
Siegbran heard them after he voted and thought it was great.
The decription sounds pretty good, but that name alone would have left me thinking power metal.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
that epheles album is stone cold perfect btw― blurgh (jjjusten)
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
(crack the top 100)
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
you're part of the hivemind!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
how many of your picks have placed so far?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
A couple of thoughts on today thus far (I honestly meant to check in today but life got crazy).
Happy to see some of my favorite records show up - Witch Mountain, Sungrazer and Shooting Guns. My thoughts on each, copied from my tumblr blog:
69. Witch Mountain
It’s getting called doom because it leans toward the slow and heavy sound of the early 70s, but there are some things they do that other doom bands rarely aim for or achieve. Firstly, they swing like motherfuckers (something Sabbath doesn’t get enough credit for, by the way). Nate Carson’s drumming and Dave Hoopaugh’s bass are one unit, the pocket so enveloping it’s like a 40 Hz womb. Secondly, Rob Wrong’s guitar is one of the least Iommi-inspired of anyone mining that “Hand Of Doom” vein; there is a lot of psychedelic rock in his sound (listen to that fuzz and feedback), to these ears owing more to the Hendrix/Uli Jon Roth lineage than the Iommi/Wino side of things. Top that off with vocalist Uta Plotkin’s power blues delivery and this ain’t your everyday doom band.
58. Sungrazer
I like slow, spacey, epic psychedelic hard rock. These guys do it well, and with Mirador, their second album, they’ve achieved something very special. There’s a bit of desert rock ala Kyuss in this one, but it’s got more peyote than Pabst in that groove. I found it worked for all moods, weather and seasons.
57. Shooting Guns
I’m partial to instrumental metal, if only because so many of the vocals drive me nuts. These guys don’t worry about anything beyond monster grooves. Their hypnotic heaviness often reminds me of Loop, minus a bit of the Stooges and amplifying the Hawkwind with a dash of late 80s doom ala The Obsessed or something. Feel the groove, love the groove, live the groove.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
I need to hear the Indian record again - it didn't grab me on the first go 'round and I don't remember giving it another. Should rectify that soon.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
I f-ing love Sungrazer. While they're my #12 overall (including non-metal), I didn't vote for them, as I wanted to focus on metal. If there was a stoner rock rut, there certainly isn't this year.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
55. KEN Mode - Venerable (439 Points, 16 Votes)http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jFJPiB9Ay84/TagGuU1_63I/AAAAAAAAABI/aRsmQy1anZ8/s1600/Venerable_cover.jpghttp://www.last.fm/music/ken+mode
KEN mode is a metallic noise rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that was formed in Sept, 1999.http://www.facebook.com/kenmodehttp://www.kenmode.bandcamp.comhttp://www.twitter.com/kenmodenoisehttp://www.myspace.com/kenmode
http://www.facebook.com/kenmodehttp://www.kenmode.bandcamp.comhttp://www.twitter.com/kenmodenoisehttp://www.myspace.com/kenmode
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
The Sungrazer record is odd in that if I haven't listened to it for a while it slips in my estimation, but then I throw it on and BAM I'm hooked and loving it.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
im pretty damn sure sean would've voted for ken mode
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
epheles was def in my top 5
im also still mad at u sonsofbitches for vetoing the ulver album
― blurgh (jjjusten), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
That KEN Mode record is fantastic, my #13.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
you cant blame me for thatxp
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
ez its been a good poll for you so far
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
I need to check out Sungrazer and Shooting Guns -- slow and groovy are good keywords!
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
how many albums have you all had placed so far?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
not too bad. Honestly, there were only about a baker's dozen of metal records I really loved this year. It's the biggest reason my ballot was small; plenty of other records I liked, but couldn't weigh against each other at all.
Looks like 6 of the 20 I voted for so far. But the three I mentioned above are in the batch I loved.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
the other three I voted for are Caïna, Premonition 13 and Rwake.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Shooting Guns are great; another of my votes!
― ge0rge l0ch1nsk1 (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
Shooting Guns was as close to pimping as I got this year. They have such broad appeal, metallers and non- alike.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
54. The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance (442 Points, 17 Votes)http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/The-Atlas-Moth-An-Ache-For-The-Distance.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Atlas+Moth
Hailing from Chicago, The Atlas Moth take their bluesy hometown roots and combine that with New Orleans style sludge & 60s psychedelic.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
i have this on luminous vinyl (lol)
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely an awesome album, voted for this highly here and on my P+J ballot.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
53. Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising (444 Points, 15 Votes)http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6j7SWw1ZYUM/TwMdzOOlt2I/AAAAAAAABvQ/t80Pur_hq5I/s1600/Amon%2BAmarth%2B-%2B2011%2B-%2BSurtur%2BRising.jpghttp://www.last.fm/music/Amon+Amarth
Deeply rooted in melodic death metal with lyrics centered around Viking history and Norse mythology, Amon Amarth (formerly known as Scum) was formed, with the arrival of Johan Hegg as the new vocalist, in 1992 in Tumba, Sweden, a southern suburb of Stockholm.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
Amon Amarth is one of those workhorse metal bands that I like, but don't really love. I can count on them to whip out an enjoyable album every couple of years, but I don't ever really fall in love with them.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
METALLLLLLLLLLLL
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
\m/
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
I respect the crap out of them even if their music isn't my thing. But with the rep they have I definitely want to see them live.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
Seriously, how can you not look at that album cover up there and NOT want to go out and slaughter some villages and drink mead from skulls? Come on people, this is the METAL poll, and AA are pretty god damn metal.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
That guy better watch out, his skirt's just about to catch fire.
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
He's a god. Gods don't worry about petty nuisances like that.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
Well don't say he wasn't warned when his bits end up looking like the last sausage on the barbecue.
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
I never tire of Amon Amarth.
And 13 votes for Shooting Guns! So great to see.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
52. Tombs - Path of Totality (461 Points, 17 Votes)http://www.metalinjection.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Tombs_Path_of_Totality-604x604.jpgSpotifyhttp://www.last.fm/music/Tombs
Formed in January 2007 (Brooklyn, USA), Tombs started as a collaboration between former Anodyne frontman Mike Hill, bassist Dominic Seita (ex-Speedloader) and drummer Justin Ennis (ex-the heuristic). Since then Seita has been replaced by Carson James and Ennis by Andrew Hernandez (ex-Asra). Tombs is the culmination of Hill’s lifetime of work, a crushing, soulful sound, inspired by some diverse, almighty influences: the harsh minimalism of Black Flag , the psychedelic overdrive of Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine, the emotional ice of Godflesh, the sinister rock of Unsane and The Jesus Lizard, and black metal such as Deathspell Omega and Darkthrone
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
This was high in the Decibel poll wasn't it?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
Oh it was #1 in Decibel.btw guys did you know that Tombs aren't in Metal Archives?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
That's because they're a bunch of hipsters. FALSE METALLLLLLLLL
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, I thought that would have been at least top 15. Are they really considered hipstrz?
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link