Rolling Metal Thread 2014

i'm already on track 3/3! i mean there are places faster beats. it's just so leisurely.

I was not impressed by what I heard of the Nux Vomica.

i have a weird head cold, i can't hear the bass in anything

the really agitated part is more compelling

but basically long postrock arc structures are i dunno, the lowest form of longform musical organization (nb this leaves 'just one thing after another' in a more exalted position as far as structures go)

yes the Nux Vomica is cool.. I thought it would sound different than they described it, buy yet that description is still fitting. otm on the long structures.. it does seem long for longness sake.

i am like allergic to long post-rocky structures and i am really digging this record, idk

thoughts on the new Eyehategod?

Haven't gotten through it yet. First four or five tracks sound like an Eyehategod record, more Confederacy than Dopesick.

Mansion Congregation Hymns is fucking awesome, definitely my favourite thing I've heard this year. Crazy energy on this.

Can be heard here, btw: https://archive.org/details/SoggyBog164TheMansionCongregationFisterTriptykonTheOathAndMore

I was not impressed by what I heard of the Nux Vomica.

seriously gott punch? surprised - I think the bassist just shreds awesomely and the songs are really fun, like they have Jimmy Bower ugly-feedback breakouts rising out of almost tech-y workouts...love that record

I think I'm going to have to check it out again in a bit! Maybe I was expecting something different, more Hellshock-y or something.

it's got several styles and I can see how a person - including me when I'm feeling purist - might be, like, pick a lane and drive in it. but I find it such a good listen - the riffing's solid, the vibe's good, and like I say that bassist kicks ass. it reminds me some of Rwake, who I was fond of for a couple of albums but lost track of. it is pretty long-song-post-rock that wouldn't bear much formal analysis though i.e. it's kinda jammy-but-disciplined. but I'm listening again now and I think it's just a terrific ride, really goes places - I plan on listening to it in the dark when I get a chance

I wasn't super into what I'd heard either but the rwake comparison makes me want to try again. I think I may just be a little burned out on this type of sound tho.

and, oh god, that takafumi matsubara news. awful.

fuck

Jason McCash of The Gates of Slumber has died.

Confirmed by his sister on FB. Wretched news.

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-the-gates-of-slumber-bassist-jason-mccash-dies/

yeah the developments in the individual nux vomica tracks sound very natural to me, not the arbitrary post-rocky build and/or recede. "really goes places," aero otm

I think Rwake comparison is NOT otm...

New Atlas Moth track at Pitchfork:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16833-the-atlas-moth-collider

The Hedvig Mollestad Trio (instrumental jazz/stoner rock - they covered the Melvins' "Blood Witch" on their first album) has a new album, Enfant Terrible, coming out on Friday in Europe via Rune Grammofon. You can stream two tracks on BurningAmbulance.com.

New Black Anvil track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9GWglmpi6k

Saw this on Metal Sucks: A student at the The University of Manchester was assigned a project on atrial fibrillation and stroke so he decided to write an original death metal composition and make a video for it. It's educational and brutal too! (And funny.)

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

hah, that's great. Closest I ever came to using death metal at school was presenting a shoot 'em up that had a Midi of "Corporeal Jigsore Quandary" as its background music. Sounded hilarious on big presentation speakers with the terrible default midi sounds.

New SunnO))) album is nearly complete, full announcement this Summer, says SOMA.

In my day, there always was one metalhead who brought in Iron Maiden's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to play during English class. Of course, I was that metalhead in my class.

I also brought in Overkill's "Feel The Fire" to have my journalism class review, which was great since the teacher cut it off after two songs worried about the content. So we reviewed it as a single.

I got to see all of the reviews. It was funny how all of the preppy kids in class said the same things about the two songs as the teacher casually mentioned after it played while the counter-culture types seemed to get it. I shared that class with a kid Kenny Thomas who was a guitarist who took lessons from Brian Baker (he of Dag Nasty and Minor Threat and, um, Junkyard; this was in Northern Virginia) and who was a stunt-bike guy years before X-Games who liked it even though I know it went against his hardcore ways.

I wonder what happened to Kenny. He was a good dude who reached across the aisle to this metalhead at a time when we didn't all get along so well.

The new Opeth album is called Pale Communion. It comes out June 17. Here's the track listing.

Thanks for the info! I'm really liking what I'm reading in that track-by-track analysis linked, "Heritage with teeth" sounds like a very good thing to me. One of my more anticipated albums of the summer.

the new Aborym is basically EBM

wait, not new at all, n/m

Never liked Opeth. I know, I know.

What don't you like about them? Because those might be exactly the reasons you'll like the new album...

What I didn't like about Heritage wasn't the lack of heaviness, it's that without the aggression and dynamic shifts it really exposed the fact that most of the tracks are stitched together from disparate parts with no real rhyme or reason, which wasn't the case with Damnation, coincidentally.

The jamming together of (what at least sounds like) random ideas in the studio worked better when they alternated between guttural metal and weepy acoustics. At least to me. Some sections in Blackwater Park and Damnation/Deliverance work together pretty well... Every other album, less so.

Really looking forward to the new Opeth. In other news, after narrowly missing a chance to accompany Thurston Moore to a Godflesh show in NYC in 1991, I will now finally get to at least see Godflesh live, in Philly on Friday. Driving 7 hours. What do metalheads do in Philly in the afternoon? Any recommended places to pick up metal vinyl?

What don't you like about them?

In other news, after narrowly missing a chance to accompany Thurston Moore to a Godflesh show in NYC in 1991, I will now finally get to at least see Godflesh live, in Philly on Friday.

I actually saw the band's first-ever show in America. It was at L'Amour in Brooklyn as part of one of those Earache package tours that were all the rage back then. The band literally just got off their plane and was rushed to the venue where without soundcheck (or even instrument-check to ensure the sequencers, drum machines and what-not were functional), so they did maybe two songs before Justin stopped, apologized for sounding like shit, and ended the show then.

I will be at the Philly show so hit me up! Email me through this site your cell and I'll text you. I was thinking of trying to catch Prurient and maybe Pharmakon too.

What do metalheads do in Philly in the afternoon? Any recommended places to pick up metal vinyl?

Also, perfect for the trip is the newly-opened Grindcore House, the only Grindcore Coffee House in the city (and probably in many cities).

shortest male haircuts in town!

i don't know why you don't just eat cheesesteaks all afternoon but maybe that's just me

The Godflesh show is at the TLA which is spitting distance from my personal; fave cheesesteak place Jim's. So there's that.

Marquee Club was indeed the place. Is Prurient still part of the lineup? The latest listing I saw just had Pharmakon and Cut Hands. Would love to see Prurient, that's for sure. Thank you for all the great tips!! I'll hit you up with my cell number. Cheers.

Prurient is listed on some places but not the venue website so it's safe to say they aren't playing. The website says 9 PM start time which is really late!

Definitely hit me up with your cell and we can hook up somewhere at some point.

Briefly considered going tonight (it's not sold out in NYC) but $40 is about 2x what I'd be willing to pay for that lineup. I think with a bill like this, it should happen in reverse order: Godflesh goes on first and plays a headliner-length set, then if you want you can stick around for Pharmakon, Cut Hands and whoever else is performing.

this is a pretty interesting convo that seems relevant to the thread
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/justin-broadrock-godflesh-streetcleaner-interview-sanford-parker/Content?oid=13015316

Thanks, nice studio geek talk. I read it while listening to Streetcleaner. Getting excited for Tuesday's show, which is just right through the alley from me!

Fuck me. Not making Godflesh tonight. No justice.

Bummer...

Going to see Power Trip's last shows as "locals" tonight. Their singer is moving to Chicago next week so they'll be a far flung band and won't play so many gigs in town. Kinda bummed about that, to be honest.

Just saw Opeth at Roadburn, capping off a ridiculously good Åkerfeldt-curated day including Goblin, Comus, Magma, Candlemass, and Obliteration. No new material, but a very even balance of tracks that reflected the sounds of guest bands he brought in. Probably overall the best Opeth show I have ever seen.

Devil's Orchard/Ghost of Perdition/White Cluster/Hope Leaves/Atonement/Heir Apparent/Deliverance/Lines in My Hand/Blackwater Park

re: Power Trip, does this mean more or less touring from them? Not slagging, but I've been kind of amazed at how little time they've spent on the road post-"Manifest"...but maybe that's b/c I wish they'd come to the west coast.

I assume one or more of them has a job precluding real touring...

The track "Goblin" on the new Opeth album is an instrumental - you can probably guess what it sounds like.