I actually like the new Torche more than Meanderthal.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 2 March 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
I dig the winding riff on "Snakes Are Charmed" – and hey, "Sky Trials" paints a pretty nifty vapor trail. This does feel like a record I'm going to have to listen to a few times.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
I am glad they found a second guitarist. They did not work nearly as well as a power trio. Did they have the second guitarist on Songs for Singles? I never heard that one.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
They didn't! Yeah, big improvement. I'll stop babbling now.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, opinion revised: this is freaking great. Should probably stop posting thoughts on things before I've listened through the whole thing.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
I needed a few listens too!
― A. Begrand, Friday, 2 March 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
where is this torche stream goin down?
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 March 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
hellbeard are on spotifyhttp://open.spotify.com/artist/0o4q44oE19NvxNacve7u7C
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, March 2, 2012 5:42 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
btw this is good! very well-recorded especially and i like slow sludgy stuff so it's all good here.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
it made it into our 2010 eoy poll. Thats how sean turned up here as i messaged the band on myspace when i found out they were unsigned, i wanted to know if there was cds to buy
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 2 March 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
you guys are awesome... thank you!!
― SeanWayne, Friday, 2 March 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
Torche stream is for reviewers only at the moment. You can download the first single for free from their website: http://www.torchemusic.com/
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 March 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
ah, suspected as much. thx.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Also, Lazarus Pit this week isn't entirely out of the blue, what with all the recent NWOBHM chat: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/the-lazarus-pit-savages-loose-%E2%80%98n-lethal/
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC2oVhnpaQAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogMi1jvPqMY
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 2 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
you guys have always been good to the 'Beard!! Thank you
― SeanWayne, Friday, 2 March 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Kerr, thats the same song.. the top one is the better version.
― SeanWayne, Friday, 2 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
a newer song called River's End
― SeanWayne, Friday, 2 March 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
that Kimo's clip was the last show we did.. We've been on a break due to a surgery, we'r getting back to it now..Hope to be recordeing an EP very soon.
― SeanWayne, Friday, 2 March 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
That Savage album really is a lost gem. Happy to see it hit the Pit!
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 2 March 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, this final Woods of Ypres album is fantastic. It's really wrong that good metal can't make you impervious to car accidents.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 2 March 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Woods of Ypres is my favorite metal album of the year thus far.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 2 March 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
That Savage album is a wickedly great choice, Jeff. Nicely done.
I'm actually really surprised at the reception the Woods of Ypres album has been getting. A lot of people adore their early, rawer, BM-derived stuff. so I was wondering if the slick new record would turn some off. Nice to see that hasn't happened much.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 2 March 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
Man, between new St. Vitus, Bereft, and Pallbearer, first quarter 2012 is a pretty damn good time for doom fans.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
Like, obviously I love Wino's solo projects, but recently it's felt like he's been retreading the same territory. So him hooking up with the old gang feels really refreshing.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
new st. vitus!!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 2 March 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
And for those of you with a fondness for gothic metal, Johnny Icon from the great Icon and the Black Roses (who only had one record, back in 2004, but have reformed and are working on a second!) is now also the singer for the otherwise Italian band Ace of Hearts. Who aren't technically a HIM cover band, but close enough.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 3 March 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
it's really nice - i like it - but i don't hear HIM or gothic metal in it at all?
― Mordy, Saturday, 3 March 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
No?! Weird, his delivery seems so similar to Ville's to my ears.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 3 March 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
i'm confused. are there two bands Ace of Hearts who have brand new albums out?
― Mordy, Saturday, 3 March 2012 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
lol, apparently so
― Mordy, Saturday, 3 March 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://s15.radikal.ru/i189/1112/e8/093533d14dcf.jpg
i was listening to:
http://image-3.verycd.com/f9dc6412ea6b475f4012328bd814e6b023523(600x)/thumb.jpg
― Mordy, Saturday, 3 March 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
Hah. Never heard of the horse one. Although a little Googling suggests that that's _Ace of Hearts_ by Green Pitch, which came out in 2005...
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 3 March 2012 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
tbh, i spotify'd ace of hearts and that came up and was identified as 2012 so i just assumed without any further research or even examination...
― Mordy, Saturday, 3 March 2012 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
But yes, _Monster_ is the one I meant.
The new Lullacry is pretty cool, too.
Man, I went on vacation for a week and I can't believe how far behind I got in my listening to new stuff.
Don't get me started on Spotify metadata.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 3 March 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, this new Lyriel album Leverage is really good, too. Seriously, this is the year of gothicfolkpower metal.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 3 March 2012 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
it died on me. Sorry chaps
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 3 March 2012 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
frick, wrong thread.
liked that pallbearer demo from a couple years back, so I'm excited to hear the debut.
― original bgm, Saturday, 3 March 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
What's your complaint with the Huntress record, Adrien? I could see how you might find her voice irritating, but I don't know, I think it's a fun combination of traditional metal and blackened thrash.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Saturday, 3 March 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
Idea for poll thread that nobody will vote in: Better Accept album in 2012 – the actual Accept album, or the new 3 Inches of Blood?
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Saturday, 3 March 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
The band is competent, but yikes the singing is shrill. Annoyingly so.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 3 March 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't listened to the whole Huntress record yet, but so far I like her voice better than Davis's - she's much more technically accomplished and, to my ear, better suited to retro-metal material.
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 3 March 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Couldn't disagree with you more there, Phil. I love what Davis does vocally, it's so unorthodox. Huntress singer does go for bombast like the style of music typically demands, and the effort is there, but vocally she's a total hack. The melodies are terrible and the frequency of her awful shriek is seizure-inducing.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 3 March 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
I like both bands! It's okay to like both bands! The Huntress singer sounds like Doro after a nervous breakdown, which I like! Also, while they have elements of traditional metal, they definitely aren't retro metal. Too many modern elements in the mix.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Saturday, 3 March 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, after listening to seven of the album's ten tracks, I'm definitely pro-Huntress. The music is a) more modern, and b) just played better and produced more crisply. As I said when we discussed the possibility of signing them, they're 3 Inches of Blood with tits, but her vocals are very impressive to me. She combines a gruffness that reminds me of Sabine Classen from Holy Ghost with genuinely powerful high notes, and I don't hear her shrieks as that frequent or shrill. They're just one tool in her kit.
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 3 March 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
This might be the best $10 show I've come across in recent memory:
NachtmystiumAlcestThe Atlas MothHullMutilation RitesBruce Lamont
I think all these bands will be in Texas for SXSW so they've scheduled a shindig in Dallas. Was happy to see Alcest & Hull (the original bill), but I'm not turning down the rest.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 5 March 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
whoa! chicago explosion.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 5 March 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
That is an astonishing amount of awesomeness for ten bucks.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 5 March 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
Slight hitch: The booker doesn't know why the ticket agent doesn't have tickets for sale, and the ticket agent told me they have no idea this show exists. Slight hitch.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 5 March 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
You're going to get there and it's going to be Better Than Ezra playing.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, 5 March 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link