Yeah, the most recent album, Dirge of Elysium, is great. Here's my review.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
Last week I got the new Avatarium and Solstafir albums and fine albums they are. Anyone else like either band?
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
I'd never heard Solstafir before, but yeah, that album's really good.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
The previous 2 are brilliant as well. They've come a long way since their early black metal albums
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
I haven't figured out what I think of the Avatarium album yet, but I've really enjoyed following Solstafir's evolution all along, including this bit!
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
finally got around to the new artificial brain. "estranged from orbit" is BEAUTIFUL
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
holyyyyyyyyy shiiiiiiiiiit the new full of hell album
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
Good review of new Danzig Phil. I agree. It's solid and better than anything he's done in years
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
Does anyone like the Arcadea disc, a synth-pop project featuring Brann from Mastodon and Raheem Amlani from Withered and some dude from Zruda (itself a project fraturing a couple guys from Lazer/Wulf)? I wanted to like it but didn't find it very compelling.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
New Loss album's good.
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 23:42 (six years ago) link
I'm feeling quite pleased at working how why Tom Violence likes Elder. It's so obvious too
― Odysseus, Thursday, 8 June 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
btwn Soen, Pain of Salvation, Anathema, and Elder, a good year for proggy clean-vox jams. The Soen is particularly noteworthy for anyone who likes the idea of late-era Opeth vox meeting Blackwater Park-style instrumentals.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 9 June 2017 13:27 (six years ago) link
Ordered the new Schammasch
― Odysseus, Friday, 9 June 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
new schammasch already? scheesch.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 9 June 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
Mutoid Man's new album goes hard musically but Brodsky's lyrics are even worse than usual so I might end up just sticking with what they've put out so far
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 9 June 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
https://schammasch.bandcamp.com/album/the-maldoror-chants-hermaphrodite
"Swiftly following their Triangle triple album, Schammasch return with the first of a number of releases exploring the 19th century poetic novel, Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de Lautréamont. Centred around a protagonist who opposes God and renounces morality’s conventions, this long-prose poem certainly lends itself thematically to an ambitious metal act"
― Odysseus, Friday, 9 June 2017 21:19 (six years ago) link
I'm liking the new Vallenfyre album, and have even gone back to check out their two previous albums. It's pretty bare-bones Swedish-style DM, but it's so dirty and gross it almost reminds me of Death Breath, plus blast beats.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 9 June 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
Interesting piano-led black metal here
https://wreche.bandcamp.com/
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 12 June 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
I got that Wreche a while ago, it's very good. FFO Botanist for sure. I'll be writing about it somewhere soon.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Monday, 12 June 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
I get the Botanist comparison, usually for want of any other reference point, but the vibe is a lot different I think, a lot less 'gazey.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 12 June 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
I wrote a thing: Reviews of the new albums from The Wizards, Beastmaker and Farsot.http://agitreader.com/wp2/the-moods-of-metal
Spoiler: I like all of them.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 12 June 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
black metal jazz! https://whiteward.bandcamp.com/album/futility-report
― Odysseus, Monday, 12 June 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
I felt kinda let down by that White Ward. It's fine but it's basically kind of a blackened hardcore album that occasionally stops to make room for a noir-jazz interlude featuring saxophone. It's fine but would've been way cooler if the sax dude was a more interesting player or engaged in some Nik Turner style effects fuckery.
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I wanted to like it, but...nope.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
I think a fair few of you may dig thishttp://www.angrymetalguy.com/igorrr-savage-sinusoid-review/
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
speaking of jazz-ish metal-ish, here's the new heavy band that features Colin Stetson on sax and Greg Fox on drums:
https://exeyeband.bandcamp.com/
album out 6/23 on Relapse.
it's not really very jazz-ish OR metal-ish, but w/e
― alpine static, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
so I checked out the setlist for Gorguts' current tour. It's pretty cool!
Three songs (plus an intro) from ERosion of Sanity/Considered Dead, one each from the remaining albums, and then ALL of Pleaide's Dust in its entirety (I think - I hope it's all 33 mins at least).
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
Woooowwwwwwww. Do they do Condemned to Obscurity?
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
I have to the conclusion that Erosion of Sanity is one of the pillars of NY style DM, along with all the classics of Incantation and Immolation. It's like the best of everything, with great writing too.
unrelated, Aura Noir is coming to NYC in October playing their entire catalog over two shows (including a yet to be released new record). So I'm gonna grab a spot in line tonight.
― Dominique, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/gorguts/2017/fubar-st-louis-mo-5be74750.html
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
Oh wow, thanks for mentioning Ex Eye. I love Colin Stetson but hadn't realized this was happening. Listening to the advanced "single" now (https://open.spotify.com/track/4oOGmfj73tltKyfRgNo9X9). This is kind of my idea of what all jazz should sound like.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 07:21 (six years ago) link
There are no less than five albums I enjoy coming out on 6/23. Debating on which one(s) to review.What do you guys think about:
42 Decibel - Unbekanntes Album (Argentinian AC/DC worship with a Bon Scott clone on vocals on Steamhammer/SPV)Dying Fetus - Wrong one To Fuck With (Death metal gods on Relapse)Ex eye - Ex Eye (Jazz done experimental black metal on Repalse; discussed above)Final Coil - Persistence of Memory (British Tool/Chevelle prog metal on Worm Hole Death)Les Chants du Hasard - Les Chants du Hasard (Classical done Black Metal on I, Voidhanger; discussed above)Selcouth - Heart Is The Star Of Chaos (Gothic Jazz done experimental dark metal on I, Voidhanger)
I think I can combine some of them into one bigger piece I guess.How often do three jazz & classical metal albums come out on the same day anyway?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 17 June 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
(Pretty sure Neanderthal will be like, DYING FETUS!!!!!!!! Haha!)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 17 June 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
omg i was just about to post that haha
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 17 June 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
I tried that Dying Fetus album and it did nothing for me. I wish Misery Index would put out another album. I like them a lot better.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 17 June 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
hey this new schammasch is really really good. really really really good.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 18 June 2017 11:14 (six years ago) link
like seriously this band has been on a pretty incredible growth arc - triangle was this massive sprawling statement, super good but so much to take in, it's hard for me to imagine anybody having the space in their day to actually hunker down with all of that one -- I liked it, but it was a lot to parse. this one's a very focused and disciplined step forward - echoes of kaleidoscope-era siouxsie & the banshees if they'd indulged their metal side but much bigger & darker & harder. kinda reminiscent of great annihilator era swans, too, that big theatrical gathering-storm feel in the tracks, starting big and getting bigger, that building tension that keeps pressing against what feels like it has to be the limit that'll force everybody to cut loose...and then never cutting loose, just riding that edge. it doesn't sound like neurosis but that feels like a point of reference, too -- exploring a repetitive droney space, heavy floor-kit drums. but the guitars reach a lot further - lots of shading and texture, several different looks.
I guess some places are calling it an EP? it's 32 minutes. whole thing's great. really good stuff.
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 18 June 2017 11:34 (six years ago) link
Luc Lemay is sellin merch. He looks like David Cross.
I can't think of anything interesting to say to him
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 June 2017 01:26 (six years ago) link
Last week I got the new Avatarium and Solstafir albums and fine albums they are. Anyone else like either band?― Odysseus, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 2:03 PM Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI'd never heard Solstafir before, but yeah, that album's really good.― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, June 6, 2017 2:10 PM Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkThe previous 2 are brilliant as well. They've come a long way since their early black metal albums― Odysseus, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 2:16 PM Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI haven't figured out what I think of the Avatarium album yet, but I've really enjoyed following Solstafir's evolution all along, including this bit!― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 2:47 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/album/4y0ReoVsLvfwFLRX5CcBsi
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
New Atriarch album announced, new song from same
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9fQvZ2tI4E
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
Cool! Been kinda into them lately.
Here's a new Gigan track for the sci fi-prog-death massive. Fucking looooove these guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMz_8BFpgSw
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 22 June 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
Gigan is great. forgot about them!
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Thursday, 22 June 2017 04:52 (six years ago) link
New Decrepit Birth next month. I just got the promo last night; so far it's not as arty/Atheistical as some of their prior material, but still solid stuff.
New Decapitated is also really good.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 22 June 2017 11:53 (six years ago) link
Downloading the new Blind Guardian live album now. Looks to be at least a double CD, maybe a triple (total running time 158:57).
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 22 June 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
That'll be five quite short CDs, in the style of Schammasch ;)
― imago, Thursday, 22 June 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
It is actually a triple. Here's the track listing, for those who care:
Blind GuardianLive Beyond The SpheresRelease Date: 07.07.2017Tracklist:Disc 101. The Ninth Wave 10:2302. Banish From Sanctuary 6:0903. Nightfall 6:3304. Prophecies 5:4005. Tanelorn 6:2806. The Last Candle 8:1107. And Then There Was Silence 15:48
Disc 201. The Lord Of The Rings 5:1202. Fly 5:5803. Bright Eyes 5:4204. Lost In The Twilight Hall 6:5505. Imaginations From The Other Side 7:4306. Into The Storm 4:3307. Twilight Of The Gods 5:5708. A Past And Future Secret 4:2609. And The Story Ends 7:11
Disc 301. Sacred Worlds 7:5902. The Bard's Song 4:3603. Valhalla 8:3504. Wheel Of Time 9:3305. Majesty 8:3906. Mirror Mirror 6:46
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 22 June 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
yeah I'll be buying that
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Thursday, 22 June 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
they were incredible last year on the Imaginations tour .......one of the best shows of the year easy
The four-panel cover art for the new Cormorant record is amazing...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DC9XMfnXoAAkFcK.jpg:large
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 22 June 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
Click on it to enlarge it and check it out in detail.