Rolling Metal Thread 2012

Saturday, Nov 10th at Red 7.

OK. It is now officially marked on my wall calendar.

Cool. See you there.

hopefully.

yeah i heard about into the void opening up here, and as a dude that mourns the loss of Root of all Evil (RIP Earl) on like a weekly basis, i am super fucking excited about it - I think I know a dude involved in the deal, but I have to yknow bother to call him and stuff

I don't know how many LA people lurk on this thread, but Earthless, Enslaved, Astra, Scott Kelly, AND White Hills November 10 at the Roxy for FREE – RSVP now, it's going to fill up fast. http://www.scionav.com/event/463/Enslaved,-White-Hills,-Scott-Kelly,-Earthless,-Astra# …

My review of Nazoranai (Keiji Haino/Stephen O'Malley/Oren Amarchi) is up now on Burning Ambulance, if ye are interested.

Xhuxk I read that piece in the print Spin, & really liked it

Also, assuming that's a certain ilxor in WM?

yup.

Speaking of, I don't think this free EP by them has been linked to on here yet: http://www.scionav.com/collection/1146/Witch-Mountain-EP

hey M@tt, do you know what the address for that record shop in saint paul is?

666 Number of the Beast Way

you're not selling bad moon rising jjj!

jjj - not sure, & not sure when it's opening, will keep you posted!

no worries AG, no self-respecting metal shop would buy it anyway

jjj -

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&pc=FACEBK&mid=8100&where1=461+Temperance+St.%2C+Saint+Paul%2C+Minnesota&FORM=FBKPL0&name=Into+The+Void+Records+USA&mkt=en-US

http://www.facebook.com/intothevoidrecordsusa

that seems like a terrible place to open a metal shop.

are they counting on lots of mcnally traffic?

I am listening to a band called Salem's Pot. It's exactly what you'd expect -- sub-Electric Wizard epic stoner doom -- but that name is amazing. Salem's Pot. Crazy Swedes.

Xpost, don't know the neighborhood too well, is there a lot of walk in extreme metal traffic anyway?

Obviously there is an extreme amount.

i think its around the corner from capitol guitars, which is a metal shop, so maybe thats part of the plan?

heavy mpls/stpl representation on the metal thread today apparently - are you new j., or am i just sorta innattentive?

the latter, but i've never said where i'm from. (we've met in person, tho, through goole.)

Oh right on, I think I know who you are now - my obliviousness continues to make every day on ilx a new adventure

have any of yall ever heard the indonesian band called Burgerkill

No Burgerkill for me. Any good?

And though this isn't a 2012 thing, with Mark Reale's passing mentioned upthread, I figure this is as good a place as any to point out there is an entire 1981 Riot show up on youtube. It's pretty magnificent so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTAo2dZ9OPc

They're really good. And apparently as famous as Metallica there.

Huh. What do they sound like?

Never mind - I'll just hit up youtube!

Hey, all. Engaging discussion you have here. Over the last few days I've been reading -- sometimes effortlessly, sometimes ... less effortlessly -- through not only this metal thread but the one from 2010 (I'm sure soon enough I'll stumble across last year's), and I have to say, on balance I've been enjoying myself. Not much of the music mentioned has been new to me, but a) that's because I spend as much time as you guys do panning for gold, and b) I like reading these exchanges among the council of elders as much for the impressions of the music as for discovering the music itself. Hopefully, though, I'll be nudging myself from voyeur to contributor. Ya seem like a friendly bunch, and the message board is a depressingly fading phenomenon.

Having said that, I'm wondering if the American band Bound By Entrails has been overlooked or not deemed up to the level of the rest of the year's end lists. (I have no affiliation with them.) There was some minor but concentrated excitement over at metal-archives, and Decibel featured them (someone here writes for dB, correct?) Their album The Stars Bode You Farewell came out of nowhere -- well, Alaska -- and had no trouble sweeping away whatever my #1 2012 pick would've been. It's a little latter day Emperor, a little early Agalloch, some potluck Opeth, all submersed in an atmosphere that reminds me of Aspera Hiems Symfonia. I'll hold off on the impassioned evangelism, but I felt compelled at the least to ask if you guys were familiar with them.

Anyway, nice to meet everyone, and hopefully my future posts will not feature multiple paragraphs.

Oh, either this rolling thread or the 2010 iteration did get me to check out Killing Joke of all bands, so I have to say thanks for that! (I had Pandemonium in the 90s but never ventured earlier into their catalog. Whoops.)

welcome!

Never heard of Bound By Entrails, but I have a general distaste for black metal, so I'm likely to avoid them in any case. I do like the Scandinavian band Entrails, for whatever that's worth.

Welcome!

Anyway, nice to meet everyone, and hopefully my future posts will not feature multiple paragraphs.

― Devilock, Sunday, October 21, 2012 8:29 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sounds like you already have an excellent grasp on how to post here! welcome.

Thanks to you both! (Ah, three now -- and here I go, not living up to either of our expectations re: wordiness)

Well, Entrails, yeah, obviously they're great. BBE, however, I'm not sure could be described as black. They came from that, sure, but like most of the comparison band I listed, they're more into branches than roots now. "Progressive extreme metal" is how metal-archives stamps them, and that's about as specific as I could be.

Despite my disappointment that they're not from India, I'm checking out the aforementioned Burgerkill. A bit too corey for my tastes, though they seem to have adopted some of the flourishes, harmonics, and grooves of something like Gojira. The soloing sounds like the guitarist actually has a point, however, and that's a rarity.

FRESH MEAT

I mean, welcome

I mean, welcome

― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Monday, October 22, 2012 2:14 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Thanks as well. Aaaaaand OH! Whoever dropped a link, way back in the hoary annals of the thread, to that metal block that comes on WKNC radio Friday nights, thank you too. That show was pretty amazing. Problem is, it airs simultaneously with one of our Georgia institutions, WREKage, on the Georgia Tech radio station. The good news is that you (or I) can listen to WREKage at any time throughout the week because they save each show until the airing of the next. Have a gander, and click "Listen" if you're moved to do so: http://wrekage.org/playlists.php

Welcome! I'm intrigued enough by your Bound By Entrails description that I'll hunt down a track or two to sample.

boundbyentrails.bandcamp.com

No Hunting Required!

Quick report back: they're good at what they do, but what they do is not for me.

New board description.

finally getting around to the new Dysrhythmia

fuck I love this band

I've taken to this Dysrhythmia album more than any of their past work. The songs have clicked more.

Personally I can't wait to hear what the Dysrhythmia guys bring to the new Gorguts album.

I've never been into Dysrhythmia. Always seemed like super talented musicians playing music I have no means of engaging with.

aka, they're good at what they do, but what they do is not for me.

Well played, sir. Well played.

― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.)

Perfect. Well, it was perfect til I remembered American Psycho and frankly now I'm kind of shuddering.

Hahaha I just got an email from PayPal that says that hydrahead has just shipped my order. 6 weeks after I paid for it.