Rolling Metal Thread 2014

Yeah, long road ahead still, but it's heartening when comment threads like that feature LGBQT supporters vastly outnumbering the homophobes.

Scrolling endlessly for 2014 recs

can't find any

:(

(Not counting Triptykon. Listened to that one. So good)

new Coffinworm album got a couple mentions upthread but no one really said they liked it so let me be the first in thread to say I really like the new Coffinworm album

New Agalloch is awesome. New Floor and Eyehategod albums are very good too

i liked that ok on first listen, haven't really been in the headspace for oppressive blackened sludge noise whatever tho

really the only thing of all i've heard so far this year that has grabbed me for much repeat listening is the coffin dust album.

been enjoying the new autopsy though, imagining chris reifert as the world's best muppet

new swans will once again be of crossover metal interest per uszh

Coffinworm is great! Waiting for my package with the Agalloch to arrive this week.

Floor is really good, but I'm not super blown away by it. Just sounds like Brooks doin' what Brooks does best, a Torche-ier version of Floor.

The Lord Mantis album is really great, though I wish I hadn't read the lyrics.

why? what are the lyrics?

offensive, google it

thanks everyone.

needed some music while i work today

SubRosa and The Atlas Moth coming around on tour with Boris. And they're playing Manhattan, not Brooklyn. I might actually make it to that show. (I'll probably leave early, of course - Boris is pronounced "bore-us" as far as I'm concerned.)

Scrolling endlessly for 2014 recs

can't find any

:(

Behemoth? That's probably second to Triptykon of albums I've heard.

heavy stuff i like that came out this year, in vaguely approximate order of preference, as of now-ish:

Woods of Desolation
Nux Vomica
Alcest (not heavy, but including anyway)
Skull Fist
Thou
Stoneburner
Agalloch
Young Widows
Thantifaxath
Floor
Pontiak
Satan's Satyrs

should probably hear the Triptykon

The Oath, Wounded Kings, Conan. Also check out 11 Paranoias, really cool spacey death metal out of the UK. The new album's very good.

http://ritualproductions.bandcamp.com/album/spectralbeastiaries

Scrolling endlessly for 2014 recs

there really ain't much besides the Autopsy and Nux Vomica so far imo. Oh and the Tuomas Holopainen album which is very much not for everybody. I haven't given the new Epica enough of a chance maybe. Gonna pick up the Triptykon when I get a chance.

I forgot Wounded Kings in my list

i did like the thou a lot, and indian (more respected/feared than liked), but they've been off my system for a while

Oh yeah, Thou is terrific. The Indian was, okay, I guess. I mean, I like how intense it is, but I after playing it a few times I was hoping for a few more shades of tone or mood.

oh of course Gridlink too, so good

same problem here with Indian. i mean they're fucking terrifying, but kinda one note? i dunno, i only listened a couple of times, but felt the same way a few years ago with an earlier album.

Yeah, Indian is good for when you have an unwitting passenger in your car and want to pull your own version of the "You wanna see something really scary?" prologue scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie.

Thantifaxath is streaming in toto: http://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sacred-white-noise

Pyrrhon and Artificial Brain have been doing it for me this year but I still have a Colored Sands hangover.

Howls of Ebb's Vigils of the 3rd Eye is pretty bonkers too. I can't remember if I first saw it mentioned on this board or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bMoiDFV3TY

Supposedly the new Abigor is coming, or maybe leaked, I can't remember. They're sort of in their own universe now. I'm still trying to figure out of I like their last one from four years ago.

new agalloch is fine once you get past the first two tracks but i think i've hit the limit for the amount of agalloch i need in my life.

Ah, in fact no, Abigor is nowhere near out. They've put up one track: http://luzifer.bandcamp.com/track/abigor-leytmotif-luzifer-first-insight

I'm deliberately avoiding previewing it, as I keep spoiling new releases from my fave bands. I think Mayhem have released four tracks now? I had to stop at the third.

Also, weirdly, count me in that group, which I'd not known had existed til now, of people who listen to Agalloch a lot less after seeing them live. I have no explanation for that.

@call all destroyer

i listened to agalloch's new one today on spotify. i actually really like it. but i'm into acoustic guitars in metal.

@devilock

wait, why after seeing them live? do you seriously not have an explanation? is their show wierd/boring or what?

weird*

I'd love to read everyone's top tens so far this year… for purely selfish reasons… I'm massively behind with listening.

For me it's Coffinworm, Behemoth, Selim Lemouchi, Prizehog, Mastodon, Hell (reissue), Indian, Circle (w. Duff reissue), The Body (w. Haxan Cloak), 11 Paranoias, Merkabah, SunnO))) & Ulver, Bong, Mayhem, Holy Mountain.

That's a top 15 but then I guess it's not all metal.

xpost to, uh, the infinity thingy:

I actually hadn't thought about it re: Agalloch til I saw someone mention it upthread. Not sure if demystification is the right word because neither they nor their music has ever struck me as obscure. I do recall, though, after seeing them, listening to a stream of one of their shows from the same tour on NPR and realizing just how terrible those growled vocals are. That particular mix shot them out in front of everything. Not sure if somehow that was an overall souring factor.

I should add that I was never a massive fan of them in the first place. There's always been a strange "unfinished" quality about their music that prevents me from getting totally immersed (unless I'm drinking, which I'm not doing anymore and for all I know there's a connection there). It never sounds like everything is cohering. I dunno, this is already more than I've thought about Agalloch in years. I mainly went to their show (2011) because it felt like such a rare opportunity.

Pyrrhon and Artificial Brain have been doing it for me this year but I still have a Colored Sands hangover.

Glad to hear you like the Artifical Brain! That's on its way in the same Profound Lore package as the Agalloch, so I'm anxious to hear it. I dig the Pyrrhon for sure.

i thought i would cotton to artificial brain given what i've liked the last couple years, first listen etc but i haven't been able to make any time for it since i got caught up w/ coffin dust

I've just gone through this thread twice looking for that earlier mention of post-live-Agalloch depreciation and have found nothing. Either I'm doing something wrong or I read it on another forum. Or I was, or am, experiencing a hypnagogic fugue.

It was mentioned in the Agalloch thread.

Agusa (not metal -70s prog), The Cult of Dom Keller (not metal - psych rock), Ifing, Kult of the Wizard, Monolord, Morgue of Saints, Skull Fist, Slough Feg, Taurus, Towers, Vulgar Trade.

I haven't heard the Agalloch yet, and the upcoming Tweak Bird is my favorite "heavy" release of the year.

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THERE ARE OTHER THREADS HERE???

No, really, thanks. I'd forgotten about that.

I do recall, though, after seeing them, listening to a stream of one of their shows from the same tour on NPR and realizing just how terrible those growled vocals are. That particular mix shot them out in front of everything. Not sure if somehow that was an overall souring factor.

I should add that I was never a massive fan of them in the first place. There's always been a strange "unfinished" quality about their music
― Devilock, Tuesday, May 13, 2014 10:08 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've yet to read the lyrics, as well, so we'll see how it fares by the end of the year.

Quick general question:

does ILM do a 'best albums of 2014 thus far' half way through the year?

sometimes before that, if it can't help itself

gotta cop that Coffinworm. went and bought me a Coffinworm shirt within a week of getting their last album cuz it's so freakin' vile. and spilled ketchup on it on day one and now it has a permanent stain.

but yea...Coffinworm \m/ \m/

xpost "Best album of the week of 5/27"

@j,

is it this one Rolling fave tracks + albums 2014 ?

i dunno, that's not quite feverishly listy enough, maybe there isn't one yet

It was probably done in december since ilx hacks get promos

I got an Autopsy T shirt last week and had spilled chilli down the front of it within five minutes of wearing it for the first time. I'll report back on the stain issue at a later date.

I know I've been posting in here much less frequently, and I feel bad about that. I offer you guys this to make up for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uczkeEevnGc

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

Not embedding, sorry.

Wow.. J3ff... an actual modern Heavy Metal band.. when I think of Heavy Metal, the exact term, this is the type of band I think of. Chunky guitars, swift tempos, just a hint of the neo-classical vibe, an actual singer, and big riffs. Even the Mad Max get ups are fitting..
I almost like it.. lol!

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

steampunk metal

Feel like this belongs on the metal thread, since he's been such an influence on metal cover art:

H. R. Giger, Swiss Artist, Dies at 74

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/arts/h-r-giger-swiss-artist-dies-at-74-his-vision-gave-life-to-alien-creature.html?hpw&rref=obituaries

H.R. Giger, February 5, 1940 - May 12, 2014
"I fight the impending lure of belated sleep
For fear of waking up and you are gone"
Triptykon, My Pain, 2010
For the first time in 74 years, last night was a night not illuminated by the indescribable light that was H.R. Giger.
H.R. Giger became our mentor, against all odds, when we, somewhat audaciously, first established contact with him some 30 years ago. At a time when almost everybody ridiculed, ignored, or even obstructed the music the then almost completely unknown Swiss underground band Hellhammer was creating, Giger listened to us, talked to us, and gave us a chance. Not least at a time when he was at one of many peaks of his path.
A little more than a year later, his exceptionally stunning art made what might be one of Celtic Frost's most important albums, To Mega Therion, even more significant. Other links to Giger's universe also manifested themselves, almost as if it was predestined.
Eventually, after many more years, the mentorship became a friendship. It was a friendship and a personal connection I valued infinitely, and it also included his wonderful wife, Carmen, and many other remarkable people that were part of his universe.
When Celtic Frost came to an end so acrimoniously in 2008, H.R. Giger and his wife were among those who witnessed my uncontained despair and stood by me. That Giger subsequently agreed to collaborate with my new group, Triptykon, and thus enabled us to release our first album, Eparistera Daimones, with one of his most dramatic paintings on the cover meant the world to me.
It apparently pleased Giger, too. He told me so on several occasions, and he completely stunned me in October 2011 by proposing that we continue the collaboration between him and Triptykon. I would have never asked for such a thing, because I never would have wanted to appear insatiable. He brushed such reservations aside, and it was his mentorship, friendship, and art that enabled us, once again, to release a second album on which music and cover art formed a seamless symbiosis. Only a few weeks ago, he held the result in his hands and loved it.
Regardless of anything I may write about H.R. Giger, however, none of these words will ever be able to truly, accurately describe him as a person and as a friend. It is utterly inconceivable to imagine a world without his wit, his perception, his genius, his horizon, his determination, his humour, his friendship, and his immeasurable kindness. And yet, we are now left in exactly such a world.
Tom Gabriel Warrior for Triptykon, May 13, 2014