Rolling Metal Thread 2012

I'm not even sure what that means but yeah basically I think they are awful

You're meshuggina, John.

jjj actually likes powerman 5000 so just ignore him.

A big ol' Fenriz interview:

http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/fenriz-isengard-darkthrone-interviewed/

that reads really weirdly, like part email interview part telephone

still cool tho

Yeah, it also kind of just dives right into the commentary track question with no setup or anything, sort of confusing without some sort of context via an introductory paragraph. Anyway, minor quibbles, its a cool interview.

Decibel's Feb issue has the Top 25 most anticipated albums and a pretty thorough release schedule. I'm surprised they didn't include the Electric Wizard and Ufomammut releases in their top 25, but otherwise was a cool feature. These stand out for me:

Ancestors - In Dreams And Time (Tee Pee) Apr
Bible of the Devil - For the Love of Thugs and Fools (Cruz Del Sur) May 8
Christian Mistress - Possession (Relapse) Feb 28
Corrosion Of Conformity (Candlelight) Feb 28
Death - Vivus (Relapse) Feb 28
Drudkh - Eternal Turn Of The Wheel (Season Of Mist) Feb 24
Napalm Death - Utilitarian (Century Media) Feb 28
Orange Goblin – A Eulogy For The Damned (Candlelight) Feb 14
Sigh - In Somniphobia (Candlelight) Mar 20
Ufomammut - Oro: Opus Primum (Neurot) Apr
Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth (Interscope) Feb 7

Also coming: Ancestors, Baroness, Black Math Horseman, Black Sabbath, Church Of Misery, Cobalt, The Darkness, Electric Wizard, Ghost, Gojira, Gozu, Graveyard, Greenleaf, Gypsyhawk, High On Fire, Horisont, Kylesa, Kyuss, The Mars Volta, Neurosis, Om, Queens Of The Stone Age, Saint Vitus, Shrinebuilder, Sons Of Otis, Tool, Torche, Truckfighters, Wight, Witch Mountain.

Anyone heard anything?

ugh ghost show is tonight and i am really stuffed head sick do i go

buddy of mine on fb had a blast when they were here

I've heard one cut from the Christian Mistress and it was great. Word from on high is that it is consistently good.

It is!

This is only Ghost's second tour, correct? They're in Mpls tonight, I believe. I was sick as a dog for Slayer/Megadeth over a year ago, and I just loaded up on cold meds. Glad I went. I was at the Ghost show last night, and it was awesome. So great to see a band committed to costumes and stage show, not to mention the anonymity. An Anonymous Ghoul addresses that in an interview:

Offstage, do you guys like to get wild and party or are you pretty straitlaced?
We have this anonymity bond. We don't regularly get invites because nobody really knows who we are. I wouldn't say that we are a hundred percent clean in every aspect, but we are quite innocent in comparison to a lot of other groups that would jump at every opportunity to go nuts. We're here for something else. Some of the single guys in the band might think it's a drag, but those of us who aren't are pretty happy.

One of the strangest/greatest moments of the show was when they launched into a pretty straight, and quite pretty, version of "Here Comes The Sun." It was oddly moving, the spell not even completely broken in the end when someone inevitably shouts, "SATAN!!!"

A dude was wearing a Repugnant t-shirt. I guess Papa Emeritus is supposedly Tobias Forge of Repugnant/Subvision. It's hard to tell listening to Repugnant's Epitome Of Darkness. It would be just as well if it's unconfirmed, as it would be more fun if they maintain the mystery.

Blood Ceremony were great too. I feel like their sound (especially the thick Sabbathy drum sound!) and musicianship was better, but Ghost still put on a more exciting show. But they're very different kinds of bands, despite the common occult interests.

Christian Mistress is probably my second favorite album of 2012 (I'm counting The Devil's Blood as 2012 because screw Europe). It is METAL.

Also, John: yes. Are you going to let tiny germs overcome METAL?

Christian Mistress is probably my second favorite album of 2012 (I'm counting The Devil's Blood as 2012 because screw Europe). It is METAL.

Haha, this is my case exactly as of right now.

I would also like to nominate Iron Savior's "Heavy Metal Never Dies" for inclusion in the pantheon of super awesome/cheesy European power metal anthems about heavy metal alongside Primal Fear's "Metal Is Forever" and Dream Evil's "the Book of Heavy Metal."

heard Christian Mistress and CoC once each so far

the former is sounding on point and the latter respectably solid, if not a candidate for 'old folx showing younguns how it's done' status

Christian Mistress is probably my second favorite album of 2012 (I'm counting The Devil's Blood as 2012 because screw Europe). It is METAL.

Agreed, very stellar. Will be reviewing it for the AMG.

can someone explain to me Ghost? I'm mean I get it, but I don't don'tget why everyone is digging them.. they're terrible.

Do you hate Blue Oyster Cult too?

Super-catchy Blue Oyster Cult-inspired hard rock about Satan with fun imagery? What's not to love?

Yeah, digging the COC, it's more a return to the Blind sound than the Animosity sound, but considering how good Blind is, I'm okay with that.

maybe thats exactly why I don't like it..

:O You don't like Blue Oyster Cult?!

BOC are great; maybe Ghost will be, but that first record isn't.

only listened to "black to gold" and "haunted hunted" but !!! re christian mistress

Not really. but I only know the crap I hear on the radio and it never did anything for me, so I never bothered to look any further.

Get thee copies of Secret Treaties, Agents of Fortune, Spectres, and Fire of Unknown Origin, stat!

tbh my main motivation for going to the ghost show (which is looking less likely with every wave of headcrushing pain) is to see blood ceremony

I'd love to see Blood Ceremony. Alas, no southern swing on this tour.

Headcrushing pain is metal.

Bummed I couldn't make it to the Ghost/Blood Ceremony show last night.

Man, Sean, I used to feel the same way about BOC, but hearing Secret Treaties really opened my eyes - there is so much more to love about BOC than what classic rock radio would have you believe.

I have a soft spot for Spectres.

Fastnbulbous: You don't have release dates for the rest of that Decibel list do you?

Ok against all good judgement I am going to go and patient zero this show. Because, yknow, horns

Sorry guys.. BOC is dudsville.. its a little before my time, so I guess I can't put into perspective, and I have a hard time calling it metal... Hard rock for sure, but the organ wipping through it, or their brand of big anthem rock type shit just doesn't dop it for me. its not dangerous, and I can't imagine it being dangerous even for the time. Maybe thats why I'm not feeling Ghost or Blood Ceremony.. its overthought Camero Rock at best. I'll take Thin Lizzy anyday over that shit.

^drummer

Stop that Kerr... lol!!

I was 8 units short of a BA in Music, sir. I know a thing or three! lol!

short of a picnic? ;)

BOC are the Steely Dan of 70s hard rock. For me, that's a good thing, though I will admit their softer material leaves me ultra cold. I like them at their most snarling and misanthropic. When they get pretty, I hit Skip.

I like Steely Dan, but BOC just doesn't strike that chord with me.

And I like picnics, too! lol!

Skip is Phil's kitten

Get thee copies of Secret Treaties, Agents of Fortune, Spectres, and Fire of Unknown Origin

Not Tyranny And Mutation??? Kids these days are so weird.

Mark Reale has died, Riot just confirmed it via Facebook.

http://youtu.be/nI_tDv5MBso

I'm sorry to hear that news. Fire Down Under is an all-timer.

Abigail Williams are some trend hopping motherfuckers, but they actually do a not awful job of it. They're like the metal Ween without the sense of humor at this point.

ok so show report: 1st band was whose name i have already forgotten but it has VV in it to make a W was mediocre, blood ceremony became tiresome quickly but oh man. Ghost live is like juggernaut level pummelingly heavy, totally surprising vs the album (which I like!) but i fear that the record fell victim to clever old schooly production which did nothing to prepare me for the full on badassery on display. fucking fantastic, do not miss them if you get the chance to see them.

People were singing along like crazy for Ghost. I love that its all the scary metal imagery with such an uplifting, romantic sound http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8oFlXnnwKI

just wanna weigh in to say that like every other heavy metal fan ever I love the fuck outta BOC

ya see, none of my friends, most of which, severe metalheads, have ever gotten into BOC..

What is this heresy?!

Despite (or perhaps because of) JJ's hate for them, I agree with Adrien that the new Meshuggah is monstrous. It kind of feels like what would happen if Sanford Parker produced a Meshuggah record.