Rolling Metal Thread 2012

There are about three tolerable songs, but man, SA swung for the fences and all they did was whiff. An utter failure.

Also, new Mgla album - very, very good so far. Could see this ending up in my top 5 this year.

New Master's Hammer is mainly an improvment on the vocals front, otherwise it's business as usual.

Also got a sneak peek of the new Witch Mountain at the Profound Lore showcase, big step up over the last one – especially with the vocals

how could uta plotkin possibly get any better <3

dude, she BELTS on this one. You haven't heard anything yet.

I've been listening to that Lyriel album almost every day for a couple weeks now. It's not unimpeachable by any means, particularly in the lyrics (if they sang in German it would be perfectly fine with me), but I think they've really nailed the of-course-the-violin-is-a-metal-instrument thing as well as anybody, and the guitar tone is just perfect, and Jessica Thierjung is great. And be sure to find the bonus-track version, because the two extra tracks there are among the best folk-metal moments on the album. Viscerally my favorite album of the year so far.

i'm happy i'm not alone on the lyriel love

Okay, I have to listen to Lyriel asap.

DAMN YOU INTERNET

i played the title track for my mom (who often like evanescence-type metal bands, aka within temptation / lacuna coil) and she said it reminded her of pat benatar

I like it, it's a little more dignified and less goofy/gimmicky. Kind of like Brave.

I disagree with you re: High on Fire, Adrien – I think "Samsara" is a perfectly placed breather.

It just goes on too long. It serves its purpose as far as album dynamics go I guess, but it's nothing I'd want to listen to on its own. I have a bigger problem with "King of Days". Other than that though, it's a mighty fine album.

at first the pallbearer album just seemed doomy to me, but i'm starting to appreciate it more - it's got this remarkable thickness for songs that don't seem to stop moving (unlike e.g. i dunno reverend bizarre, who i've also been listening to lately).

Seriously can't wait for you guys to hear the Gojira album.

i laugh every time i read the phrase 'technical death metal'.

'well sure i guess if you want to call it that, but it's not really'

oh wow, i hadn't heard until just now that the venue management for the opening date of the Decibel Tour in ohio actually banned all of the bands from appearing over "religious" issues. this fuckin' country. thankfully rescheduled in a new venue.

Thanks for the Witch Mountain props, guys. I feel like South of Salem was meant to remind the word that we're still a band, and Cauldron of the Wild is coming to prove that we're a really good band.

I work with some of the best bands out there, and for me to even remotely consider us in that company has meant years of very hard work. I'm proud of our efforts.

Pretty sure Uta Plotkin is going to be a household name by the end of this year. :)

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Really excited to hear Cauldron of the Wild! I was a latecomer to South of Salem, only picking it up with the recent reissue, but I've spent a lot of time with it. In fact, it was enough to get my wife's ears to perk up a couple of times, which usually doesn't happen with much metal.

i wanna hear cauldron of the wild too! why isn't it on bandcamp?

Because it's not out till July?

Or June, I can't remember.

this is very hard on my instant gratification glands

Speaking of gratification, now he's just torturing us.

Seriously can't wait for you guys to hear the Gojira album

What's it called? What's the release date? I can't find nothin' about it!

It's called L'Enfant Sauvage, and it'll be out 6/26.

Ha, did you have to wait until this was released? http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=172221&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blabbermouth+%28Blabbermouth.net%27s+Daily+Headlines%29

Yeah, basically. I've had the record in my iPod since Thursday, and it totally kicks ass, but that Blabbermouth piece quotes the official press release which went out this morning. There's more on their page on the label site.

Fuckin' A this High On Fire is kicking my ass all over the place and I'm only three tracks in. Kurt Ballou did great.

yeah i listened to it last night and while i feel the "why do we need another high on fire record" comments, it's a really, uh, fun record

i think we need a new one because the production wasn't all that great on the last one and this one has a song called "Madness of the Architect" and because its fuckin' High On Fire. like, does any sane person question the need for another new Motorhead album? no, we just thank the dark lord that they still exist.

i don't really have any problem with the production on 'snakes'.

i think we need a new one because the production wasn't all that great on the last one and this one has a song called "Madness of the Architect" and because its fuckin' High On Fire. like, does any sane person question the need for another new Motorhead album? no, we just thank the dark lord that they still exist.

This is exactly it. Madness Of The Architect is one of the best things they've done and the album kicks ass. This is Rolling Metal not Rolling Desperately Trying To Pretend I Wasn't Into Chill Wave Two Years Ago And Am Now Being Really Dismissive About It. The only thing I'm disappointed with really is the sub William Blake artwork.

XP: I don't either. I listened to Bastard Samurai yesterday and it sounded immense.

yeah i didn't hate the production on the last one, but the new one sounds so good it makes me think a little less of what Snakes sounded like.

eight tracks in now and this still sounds so fucking good and this might eventually end up being my favorite album of theirs

New metal CDs purchased at Best Buy today for $9.99 or less: Overkill, Ministry, High On Fire (only $7.99 with coupon I found on Facebook) and Goatwhore.

I'd rather support a local retailer but there ain't none that sells these things cheaply that I know of. I am open to correction, Philly dwellers... And most of them are more expensive at Amazon when you factor in shipping.

In the live realm, next week I will be seeing Ghost (supporting Mastodon and Opeth, but I am going just to see Ghost), The Pretty Reckless and (if I can get someone to take my shift at work) Peelander-Z.

POWER METAL The protagonist arrives riding a white unicorn, escapes from the dragon, saves the princess and makes love to her in an enchanted forest.

* THRASH METAL The protagonist arrives, fights the dragon, saves the princess and fucks her.

* HEAVY METAL The protagonist arrives on a Harley, kills the dragon, drinks a few beers and fucks the princess.

* FOLK METAL The protagonist arrives with some friends playing accordions, violins, flutes and many more weird instruments, the dragon falls asleep (because of all the dancing). Then all leave…….. without the princess.

* VIKING METAL The protagonist arrives in a ship, kills the dragon with his mighty axe, skins the dragon and eats it, rapes the princess to death, steals her belongings and burns the castle before leaving.

* DEATH METAL The protagonist arrives, kills the dragon, fucks the princess and kills her, then leaves.

* BLACK METAL The protagonist IS the dragon, dwells in the heart of the night with in a castle full of hellhounds and eternal flames. He kills the sassy knight, fucks the noble steed and sacrifices the princess to Satan.

* GORE METAL The protagonist arrives, kills the dragon and spreads his guts in front of the castle, fucks the princess and kills her. Then he fucks the dead body again, slashes her belly and eats her guts. Then he fucks the carcass for the third time, burns the corpse and fucks it for the last time.

* DOOM METAL The protagonist arrives, sees the size of the dragon and thinks he could never beat him, then he gets depressed and commits suicide. The dragon eats his body and the princess as dessert. That’s the end of the sad story.

* PROGRESSIVE METAL The protagonist arrives with a guitar and plays a solo of 26 minutes. The dragon kills himself out of boredom. The protagonist arrives to the princess’ bedroom, plays another solo with all the techniques and tunes he learned in the last year of the conservatory. The princess escapes looking for the ‘HEAVY METAL’ protagonist.

* GLAM METAL The protagonist arrives, the dragon laughs at the guy’s appearance and lets him enter. He steals the princess’ make up and tries to paint the castle in a beautiful pink colour.

* NU METAL The protagonist arrives in a run down Honda Civic and attempts to fight the dragon but he burns to death when his moronic baggy clothes catch fire.

wow, how was that necessary

decided it needed polled
IMPORTANT ILM GENRES POLL

this is like watching a leak growing knowing that soon i'll be looking at a ship sinking

hopefully not

what are you on about?

that offensive thing you posted
but i don't really want to talk about it or have that conversation, so i didn't

did you come up with that yourself, AG?

no, it was on seans facebook(he found it)

ah

and i found it amusing

it is k amusing

so it definitely couldn't be mine, when did i come up with something funny?

So what's the release date for the new Witch Mountain? Who's putting it out?