Rolling Metal Thread 2012

Ha ha, Nicepantsium

Biggest problem is nice pants didn't tell the booker until he was back in Chicago this afternoon. No chance to round up anyone else for the bill.

More details coming out: Nachtmystium asked to play on the bill a couple of weeks ago. Booker didn't pursue them. Booker was then forced to reschedule to a larger venue because Nachtmystium apparently hasn't played here either at all or since the first record (not sure on that part), so their fans helped sell out the smaller venue very quickly.

Incredibly unprofessional.

wow NachtmysiBUMS amirite?

Nachtseeinum

I kinda feel like Hot Topic should slide a copy of a Sigh album in with every copy of Iwrestledabearonce, to show the kids how the genre-mashing thing is really done.

oh my god i love everything about this sigh record

thank you dudes

new one is definitely their best since Imaginary. Hangman's Hymn felt a little too straightforward and the production on Scenes from Hell was far too muddy.

yea hangman's hymn was a big letdown for me and the production was terrible on that one too.

altho I don't think I heard the reissue

mr. tightpants sounds like a douche btw

ok listening to this new sigh album.

sax solo - check

hanclaps - check
ennio morricone outro - check

hasn't Nachtmystium guy been kind of a dick from the jump? really puzzling to me how many people rep for that band who do not seem very interesting to me. Like I'm not a giant Alcest fan but I can see how you might be, but Nachtmystium, that one I don't really see how they're better than "local black metal opener"

Ha ha, Nicepantsium

― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, March 19, 2012 8:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

irl lol

I love their last two records, Pink Floyd black metal and post-punk black metal? Yes please!

the production on Scenes from Hell was far too muddy.

― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, March 19, 2012 9:48 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that was part of the schtick for that record tho wasn't it? like, venom-style?

Maybe? It didn't work.

the v excellent 'somniphobia' just sold me on this ridiculous album, guys

I love their last two records, Pink Floyd black metal and post-punk black metal?
Yes please!

yeah, not really a fan, but if it appeals, there arent too many bands that would fit that description

Has anyone heard 90s black metal Sigh? Is that stuff any good?

I was hoping Nachtmystium would convert me to fandom by seeing them live. Instead, if Alcest gets an extra 10 minutes I'll be just as happy.

iirc 90s bm sigh is decent but the best parts are what they ended up running wild with on later albums anyway (i.e. tablas, sax, pan flute, etc.)

I love their last two records, Pink Floyd black metal and post-punk black metal? Yes please!

― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, March 19, 2012 5:20 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah, I like these albums a lot too but I will not vouch for their work ethic, questionable costuming, or primadonna tendencies.

Nachtmystium, Alcest and Sigh are all awesome.

wow NachtmysiBUMS amirite?

― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0),

Isn't the drummer actually called Bumgardener?

hasn't Nachtmystium guy been kind of a dick from the jump? really puzzling to me how many people rep for that band who do not seem very interesting to me. Like I'm not a giant Alcest fan but I can see how you might be, but Nachtmystium, that one I don't really see how they're better than "local black metal opener"

― plastic surgery dizbusters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, March 19, 2012 6:19 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i still think there is some pretty cool stuff on instinct: decay that suggested bigger/better things ahead but it never materialized, they're pretty bad now.

as for sigh, i'm glad they're still doing their thing, i don't think i need to listen to a sigh record other than imaginary but it is good that they are in our lives.

as for sigh, i'm glad they're still doing their thing, i don't think i need to listen to a sigh record other than imaginary but it is good that they are in our lives.

this is pretty much exactly my take on Sigh. probably really worth seeing live though.

New Black Breath is crushing!!

Report from the show: no Nachtmystium or Bruce Lamont, as expected. Alcest merch. overpriced.

LOVE IS A LIE

Alcest merch. overpriced.

how much do they want for a t-shirt? curious.

$25. The Atlas Moth is charging $10, other bands $15. Nice shirts though. Most double-sided, none tour specific, except for one from last fall's tour.

$15-20 for a cd. No vinyl.

I picked up the Hull disc for $12.

None of the stuff is outrageous, but highest prices I've seen at a Dallas show thus far (not counting Tori Amos - I didn't check but assume hers were higher).

anyone hear the new aura noir yet? always like those guys.

Hey guys, since we have Absu, Abzu and Apsu, what are the odds 2013's Absu album will be called Abba-Zaba-Zu. Please let this happen.

I think it's just going to be called "Abs".

anyone hear the new aura noir yet? always like those guys.

didn't know there was one! love them, always good

Got the new Job for a Cowboy in my inbox yesterday. So far, sounds good.

yeah, I think the new aura noir officially drops this week! read a little article in decibel about the recording and they've supposedly never spent nearly as long writing an album and writing together as a band. bodes well, I'm sure. plus, hades rise was so killer. a real high water mark in their catalog.

x-post, obv

Yup, new aura noir is good. Not too familiar with their back catalog, but I know quality when I hear it.

Unfortunately, the new Lullacry doesn't have it. Which is too bad, because I loved their last two records.

lots of love for black thrash attack and hades rise but it's all good

New metal album roundup I wrote (10 albums from 2012; 5 from 2011 that I didn't hear until this year, including at least one that I probably had no right to call "metal"):

http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/2012/03/metal

Favorite metal album of 2012 so far (not rounded up yet): Thunderkraft's Totentanz.

nice write-ups xhuxk. Happy to see you back exploring the heavier side of things and finding stuff worth your time.

i didn't know there was a new freedom hawk! shows how behind i am with my aquarius new release emails.

I liked about half the songs on the new Lullacry, but it's definitely going to have a hard time competing for listening time against Christian Mistress, Nightwish, Ideas, Lyriel, Xandria, Liv Moon, Diabulus in Musica, Epica, L'Ame Immortelle and Lunar Path.