Rolling Metal Thread 2014

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

I could have maybe hit return a few times before posting that but hopefully you get the idea. read that y'day and found it to be moving

Man - thanks for sharing that - just made me and a few metalheads & Giger art fans mucho happy.

Question re: Saturday lineup at Maryland Deathfest. Which of the following are must-sees?

Entrails, God Macabre, Tankard, Sarke, Goat Torment, Diocletian, Machetazo, Nocturnus AD, Sacrifice?

I'm familiar with almost every band playing on Friday and Sunday, but Saturday is an enigma to me.

Well Nocturnus AD and Sacrifice would be of historical interest. Tankard if you like songs about beer.

God Macabre is absolutely of historic note as well. Put out a great Swedeath album in 1993 then nothing else. I'm not even a big fan of the whole d-beat Swedeath thing, I can take or leave Left Hand Path and Everflowing Stream, but I always get enthralled by The Winterlong. For one, the songs are much more distinct from one another than those on the two aforementioned albums. Second, it just sounds like it's happening right in front of you, fresh every time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUm1NlCUs9M (if you've not heard it)

And seconding Nocturnus strenuously. I'm actually not familiar with Sacrifice but I probably should be.

Diocletian, I think, is one of those wall-of-noise war metal bands, and I see they have a new album out on Osmose as of, like, yesterday, so I guess that's a good excuse for me to investigate them.

The only other band from that list that I've heard is Entrails, who are sort of superfluous at this point.

Nocturno Culto will be performing with Sarke. This will be his first ever American appearance on a stage. Kinda historic, but it's not Darkthrone or anything.

I think I'm gonna be there for Thursday and Friday.

Funnily enough, just got the email promo link for the Relapse reissue of God Macabre's album last night! Haven't had a chance to listen to it, but Devilock has just made me bump it up in the queue!

Sacrifice is phenomenal live. Their first US performance in decades I believe. Don't miss them at MDF.

So Slayer will be pulling the classic album in concert thing and playing Reign In Blood at Riot Fest Chicago.

Easy crowd pleaser, for sure. I'd be happy with that if I was going.

I'd hope they play a bit more, that's barely a half hour set.

The new Vader album is exactly what I want from Vader, and indeed pretty much exactly what I want from death metal at this point. Head-down, face-punching riffs, blasting drums, crisp booming production, straight down the middle (of your skull, with an axe). It rocks. And so does the High Spirits album.

I've heard a little of that Vader. While good (and this hopefully will be the year Poland dominates my top ten, in light of Behemoth and the upcoming Lost Soul and Vesania), "Triumph of Death" could not sound any more like "Angel of" same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRtj9qv30dg

I'm still not sure how I feel about You Are Here. It definitely does what it sets out to do, but it's almost unsettling how accurately it recreates that nebulous awe with which I romanticized things I didn't understand when I was in high school. "The night." "The city." Alienation. Generalized hormonal restlessness. Emotions that assuredly were not adult emotions. Still though, it has to be one of the most successfully realized nostalgia projects ever. Eerie, really.

the classic album in concert thing

please outlaw this

Idk i liked hearing MA do Covenant

I'd like to see Emperor do the Nightside Eclipse thing, but only if the stage were on that rock outcropping in front of the castle on the album cover.

aerosmith bootlegs OTM (except for concept albums where one track on its own wouldn't make (as much) sense, maybe)

the thing is I think it would be cooler if it were an unannounced thing so you go see a band on a regular tour stop and what you get is one of the albums that you probably already loved but the way it's generally done is so rock n roll HOF, ugh

^

Emperor live at Minas Morgul would definitely be worth the trip.

finally copped the new Coffinworm. god, I love how blackhearted their shit is. some nights it's a little too bleak for me but when I'm in the mood this shit is savage.

also digging the new Down EP but I liked the last one so no surprise.

haven't had a chance to spin Killer Be Killed yet

Uh, the album Sinister Ceremonies by Spanish band Domains was mentioned as part of that RYM list earlier, but since it otherwise wasn't singled out I'll assume that, like me, everyone completely missed it. For whatever reason I've seen it talked up recently, even though it's been out since January 5th.

This is one of the best sounding things I've heard in a long time. It's like ... Altars of Madness played with black metal tremolo riffing -- and not the boring fee-fi-fo-fum Marduk kind of tremolo riffing; this sounds like it was written in one demoniacal creative fury. Huge, grandiose, somehow catchy. Perfect production for this occult kind of thing. And hoo boy are there solos!

Weirdly, it's on a Finnish label, and is the only release by that label, but Ajna seems to be distributing. I would recommend giving it a whirl. (I've just ordered a physical copy.)

I've only listened to it twice but I can see this in my top 10, more likely my top 5. It's an instant desk clearer.

Oh man. Really liking Domains right now. Thanks for that link!

Cool, glad you like. I'm totally wrapped up in it. I realized they remind me of a non-goofy Belphegor, who also are supposed to have a 2014 thing.

So there's a band called Hoth with a concept album about Darth Vader (I think).
http://hothmusic.bandcamp.com/

On the basis of the single available track, it kind of just sounds like ... Mithotyn. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued enough to want to hear the rest. Love the art, too.

Their logo is a TIE Fighter.

devilock otm about domains, this is a really enjoyable listen

way more so than the behemoth i have listened to repeatedly out of dutifulness to critical consensus

(post very much in character warning here...but...)

I'm at work and can't listen to that Hoth track yet, but oh my god it better be amazing or I'm going to be really disappointed that such a perfect logo was wasted.

This Death "Leprosy" reissue smokes.

anyone else dig the sacriphyx record from last year? just getting to it and I'm impressed. covers a lot of ground (nice mix of doom, death, and classic heavy metal) but it doesn't sound jumbled. pretty unique sound, really. and man, the solos are gorgeous. I was basically totally on board after the first few seconds of "without a trace":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqGUmBNhKI

This has been a hell of a year for reissues: Dawn, God Macabre, Emperor's Nightside, Cradle of Filth's TFD demos, Phlebotomized, Adramelech, the aforementioned Death, and the thing I've been listening to more than any new release, Demilich's 20th Adversary of Emptiness -- godly, and godly again for the remaster's sound. There's also a Baptism combo of an album and an EP somewhere out there.

I kept seeing that Sacriphyx bandied about on metal-archives but passed because it was compared to Bolt Thrower, a band I never warmed to. Listening now, this is much better, and way more melodic, than what I'd imagined, esp yeah those leads. Purty.

ha oh right if I hit submit the embedded song will stop, won't it

yeah, I've never gotten totally on board with bolt thrower either. maybe one day, can't say I've tried much. in any case, the album didn't sound much like bolt thrower to me either.

have seen it described as early rotting christ worship but I've gotta plead ignorance there. have only heard more recent material. guess I have some digging to do.