Rolling Metal Thread 2012

The new Baroness single is the first music of theirs that I enjoyed.

As for Sledge Leather, as far as trad metal goes, this is really quite amazing.

Is their a show circuit for legacy metal? I haven't seen many (any?) listings for such shows in Dallas except for the glam guys.

wrong their there. I need an editor.

Seems like these shows invariably are either big and expensive (ie MSG + Anvil), or sad and under-attended (ie Diamondhead / Iron Butterfly)

Helps if you had hits. Helps more if you have all the right members in the band still living/performing.

sS there any chance of sending them out with a younger/bigger band who cites them as favorites/influence? That would likely be the best chance to succeed.

Honestly, I've never heard of these guys, so I'm not really sure what the potential audience would be. Unless it's a buzz band like Pentagram, I don't know how well these shows are liable to do – the Sanctuary show I went to was pathetically attended, but on the other hand, the Doro show did fairly well at the Whiskey. Of course, Doro has been active this entire time and she's always been more of a name.

That said, my research into them has given me some ideas for potential new Lazarus Pits, so cheers for that!

It's like Baroness made an EP of some of the best stuff they've ever done and decided to stretch it out to album length at the last minute with power ballads and Decemberists cover versions.

wait did they seriously cover the fucking Decemberists

98% sure that was a joke, but its that other 2% that is going to keep me up tonight.

Looking at the tracklist and half of them could be Decembrists song titles:

1 Yellow Theme
2 Take My Bones Away
3 March to the Sea
4 Little Things
5 Twinkler
6 Cocainium
7 Back Where I Belong
8 Sea Lungs
9 Eula

Disc 2:

1 Green Theme
2 Board Up the House
3 Mtns. (The Crown & Anchor)
4 Foolsong
5 Collapse
6 Psalms Alive
7 Stretchmarker
8 The Line Between
9 If I Forget Thee, Lowcountry

Eh, as a recovering fan of the first couple Decemberists albums, really only the last one does.

Look at their more recent work and you'll get a shiver.

I heard the last one that was like an Americana album that rips off Gin Blossoms and R.E.M. and I still can't shake it.

Anyway, glad to hear some of you are actually liking the Baroness record. Doran had me scared.

morbid saint reissue is fucking stellar. something about that historical thrash energy for me

Is this a new reissue? I mean, after the 2008 one? Love that record.

j0hn I particularly think you should track down this Sledge Leather Project record Imagine Me Alive. It's classic 80s trad metal energy and enthusiasm played by total veterans, with heart, chops, and inspiration.

Fans of Judas Priest's Angel of Retribution, the self-titled Candlemass, and Heaven and Hell's The Devil You know should take note.

Chuck, that means you too, right?

same record being reissued on vinyl. I'll look out for Sledge Leather Project - anything w/"Project" gets the nod from me, love that

did you guys see the cover of the ulver covers album?

http://www.kscopemusic.com/ulver/childhoodsend/

Oh man! Had not seen that.

i like the video and their version of this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MUzBJRWB64&feature=youtu.be

YOU SHOULD BE FUCKING SCARED! YOU SHOULD BE SHITTING YOUR FUCKING LEMON SCENTED PANTIES! THE DECEMBERISTS COVERS AREN'T THE WORST SONGS ON IT! WAIT TIL YOU HEAR THE TWO 'WINDS OF CHANGE'/I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME WHEN I WAS A KID AND THINGS WERE SIMPLER POWER BALLADS!

RUN FOR THE HILLS!

I should restate at this point, it does also contain some of their best songs to date as well. And there's a song that's going for some kind of OK Computer/Dark Side Of The Moon hybrid which is really cool.

But you need to take this shit over to the Rolling Atmospheric Adult Orientated Indie Thread - it ain't metal no more.

Yeah, they need to not be booked on metal tours anymore. Black Mountain would probably be the heaviest band I would send them out with at this point.

But you need to take this shit over to the Rolling Atmospheric Adult Orientated Indie Thread

ouch

Speaking of heavy bands getting all wussy...

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13621-aurelia/

Man, new Gojira sounds like Arcade Fire or something, what the hell happened?

I gotta say I'm not encouraged in the least about the state of metal in the summer of 2012 when I keep seeing bands like "The Decemberists" and "Arcade Fire" pop up in reference.

Someone's going to pop up here soon saying that Viking Skull have suddenly discovered Los Campensinos!

was initially weirded out by the mellow, fleet foxes inspired interludes on the new gorguts album but I've really come around to them

lol

I've often thought that Morrissey and Vikernes would get on like a church on fire.

i'm just gonna quietly blame the liturgy manifesto for all of this

Trolling aside, new Gojira is pretty stunning – they've applied melody to their sound in all the right ways, giving the songs the dynamics they need to really stand out from each other.

Are there any trumpet solos?

No. There are a couple trombone solos, though.

How many times do they do the Gojira Pick Slide®™?

All of the times.

I mean, it still sounds like them, with all their sonic hallmarks, but it's a comfortable evolution.

I gotta say I'm not encouraged in the least about the state of metal in the summer of 2012 when I keep seeing bands like "The Decemberists" and "Arcade Fire" pop up in reference.

lol some of us have been tilting our lance at this windmill for six or seven years and getting called "purists" about it. If you don't demand a certain degree of engagement with the actual genre sooner or later you end up with this weak stuff splooging on in

Rolling Atmospheric Adult Orientated Indie Thread

http://www.cvltnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Alcest-Les-Voyages-De-LÂme-2012.jpeg?

Here's my question: When the fuck were Baroness ever a metal band? They were beloved of metal fans, but as far as I can tell they were doing heavy psych-rock on Red Album; their vocals were always more lumberjack than Cookie Monster. The closer their material got to metal (the early EPs), the more it sucked, frankly. The new album is glorious because it's them admitting who they are, finally. Now it's gonna be up to fans to admit who they've been listening to all this time.

i like their covers a lot

their album covers, that is. not their covers of jackson browne

lol some of us have been tilting our lance at this windmill for six or seven years and getting called "purists" about it. If you don't demand a certain degree of engagement with the actual genre sooner or later you end up with this weak stuff splooging on in

Well, yeah, but I mean there's kind of a big jump from incorporating some post-rock elements to sounding like the fucking Decemberists.

When the fuck were Baroness ever a metal band?

Well, that's a fair question but whether you like it or not for a lot of people they simply were. (And I'm not that aware of the 'Lumberjack' style of vocal but it sounds pretty metal to me.) And now they're not. It might not be the way you see it but this is essentially going to end up being the popular narrative of Baroness - especially from the point of view of metalheads who were into them.

Also, I don't think Baroness have finally had the nerve to admit who they really are, they strike me as a band who will keep on evolving.

On top of this, I'm not entirely sure that everyone is going to see Green/Yellow as their defining statement over Red.

the eps are still the best stuff they ever made

the eps are still the best stuff they ever made

People like you are everything that's wrong with metal.