Rolling Metal Thread 2012

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.

Because of his viewpoint or because he repeats that exact statement whenever we talk about Baroness on here?

Because I mean, his preference is his preference whether we agree with it or not, but I can certainly understand getting annoyed by a broken (blue) record.

Just sick of the whole "the first album/demo/first show/rehearsal only I was at was their best work" thing.

I'm being semi-facetious, but it really is something that bugs the shit out of me - the implied refusal to allow bands to evolve or grow.

their work has really never been as good since i knew the drummer in junior high and he'd bang on the table with spoons and i'd bark out the cafeteria menu. i mean, the new stuff is okay but too mainstream.

best baroness youtube comment:

During the first 6 seconds I already grew 8 beards.

LionsToTheChristians 1 day ago

I'm reminded of a heavier Iron and Wine for some reason which is fine because I fucking love them too

ElJefe437 11 hours ago

"Just sick of the whole "the first album/demo/first show/rehearsal only I was at was their best work" thing.

I resemble this remark. Though I do enjoy actual evolution. De-evolution tends to be the rule with most bands.

DEVILUTION

Just sick of the whole "the first album/demo/first show/rehearsal only I was at was their best work" thing.

if you are sick of this you hate metal lol

If you're sick of bitching about metal, you're sick of life.

If you're sick of life, you like black metal