I liked the last one despite mostly hating Portal; will check this one out at some point.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 26 June 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
lmao this impetuous ritual record
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
I like it even though at times it's kinda like listening to a malfunctioning vacuum cleaner
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
I think the new Nokturnal Mortum is ridiculously good.
Did everyone pretty much decide whether they could like this before it even came out?The conversation above seems to indicate that.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
i remember the handwavey timeywimey stuff they did about them not being nazi's now so its ok
― Odysseus, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
Glad to have your approval.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
Æther RealmTarotPrimitive WaysRelease Date: 06/07/2017
http://www.nocleansinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Aether-Realm-Tarot.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5D7pDFHMfyzgdVga2j2gV8http://aether-realm.bandcamp.com/album/tarot-2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcA6PloeFCE
Genre police will have a tough time with this one because it repurposes death metal by infusing it with the intricacies of thrash, the epic quality of pagan metal and black metal's emotive qualities. Great playing, really catchy, very unique and just great all around.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 29 June 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
the Ex Eye album (Greg Fox/Colin Stetson) is siiiiiick
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 30 June 2017 13:46 (six years ago) link
New Monarch album in September.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 30 June 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
Contaminated - Final Manhttps://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/final-man-12lp-cd
Australian blackened death/doom, a la Abhorrence, Convulse and earliest Incantation. Gutteralest of gutteral vocals
― Dominique, Friday, 30 June 2017 14:59 (six years ago) link
Enjoying Ex Eye quite a bit!
― imago, Friday, 30 June 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 17:55 (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I thought it was pretty good if not quite on the level of the previous album. People here love Burzum so just chill and enjoy the music and pretend they're not ghastly far-right nationalists basically
― imago, Friday, 30 June 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
Second track of the Ex Eye is completely brilliant, I've decided
― imago, Friday, 30 June 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
track from Aldrahn's new thing, Urarv, music kinda reminds me of Borknagar's Olden Domain if not quite as riffy
https://soundcloud.com/svart-records/urarv-broken-wand
and I'll just c/p this from a metal-archives post
The short version:Aldrahn (DHG/The Deathtrip/Thorns) is back with debut full length 'Aurum' by avant-folk-black-metal group Urarv!The long version:Northern trees sometimes bear strange fruit. Arising from the shadow of mental institutions and personal secret corners comes the Norwegian Urarv ("Ancient Heritage"), the new project spearheaded by avant-metal stalwart Björn Aldrahn Dencker of DHG and The Deathtrip and Thorns fame. "The ideas and visions for Urarv started actually back in 2003 during a stay that I had at the local mental institution where I live," comments Aldrahn. "It began dawning on me one evening as I was locked out on to the perimeter of the facilities to have a stroll."At first, Urarv was going to be a folkish song-oriented solo-project exclusively, but as time went by, those thoughts proved themselves to be much too dysfunctional, and in the end, it would take several years until it all began taking shape properly. It wasn't until the summer of 2013, however, when enough material for a full-length album was ready. From thereon, Aldrahn sought out for fellow musicians to join his escapade of sonar expedition and relinquishment of artistic restraints. He was lucky enough to find two excellent creatures to do the drums and bass. Patricia and Sturt joined in with great enthusiasm and conviction when rehearsals began taking place later that year.While Urarv recognizes the ancient heritage of Norwegian black metal, it also tramples across limitations. At the core of the project lies the idea of experimentation with various unorthodox tunings and curious sounds. "We want to tap into uncharted territories to see what lies hidden under the rocks and dead horses and beneath the cold vastness of uncertainty," says Aldrahn. "We're traveling to remote regions of metal and mental space with this music. Although our message is one of emotional putrefaction, we want to help listeners find a way through the black hole."Aurum is set for international release on September 22nd via Svart Records on CD, LP, and digital formats.
The long version:Northern trees sometimes bear strange fruit. Arising from the shadow of mental institutions and personal secret corners comes the Norwegian Urarv ("Ancient Heritage"), the new project spearheaded by avant-metal stalwart Björn Aldrahn Dencker of DHG and The Deathtrip and Thorns fame. "The ideas and visions for Urarv started actually back in 2003 during a stay that I had at the local mental institution where I live," comments Aldrahn. "It began dawning on me one evening as I was locked out on to the perimeter of the facilities to have a stroll."
At first, Urarv was going to be a folkish song-oriented solo-project exclusively, but as time went by, those thoughts proved themselves to be much too dysfunctional, and in the end, it would take several years until it all began taking shape properly. It wasn't until the summer of 2013, however, when enough material for a full-length album was ready. From thereon, Aldrahn sought out for fellow musicians to join his escapade of sonar expedition and relinquishment of artistic restraints. He was lucky enough to find two excellent creatures to do the drums and bass. Patricia and Sturt joined in with great enthusiasm and conviction when rehearsals began taking place later that year.
While Urarv recognizes the ancient heritage of Norwegian black metal, it also tramples across limitations. At the core of the project lies the idea of experimentation with various unorthodox tunings and curious sounds. "We want to tap into uncharted territories to see what lies hidden under the rocks and dead horses and beneath the cold vastness of uncertainty," says Aldrahn. "We're traveling to remote regions of metal and mental space with this music. Although our message is one of emotional putrefaction, we want to help listeners find a way through the black hole."
Aurum is set for international release on September 22nd via Svart Records on CD, LP, and digital formats.
― Devilock, Friday, 30 June 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
that is awesome
sometimes I think only Norwegians should be allowed to make black metal
― Dominique, Saturday, 1 July 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
I'd be fine with that, if they were also forbidden to export it beyond their borders.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 1 July 2017 02:53 (six years ago) link
Yr both silly billies.
Contaminated - Final Man
Looking forward to this but I have to listen to it a little more and make sure it's not just 'cause I'm in love with the crazy mutant astronaut cover.
http://i.imgur.com/VNBKCbG.jpg?1
Blood Harvest are turning into a pretty reliable label for me, though, Tehom, Suffering Hour, Tomb Mold, Cadaveric Fumes... good shit.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 1 July 2017 03:11 (six years ago) link
somehow, that Urarv has already leaked (likely from the mastering engineer's own desktop). It's good. Totally one for the VBE and Dodheimsgard fans, and 2nd wave black metal folks. Great record, great riffs (even pulling out some of the '85 Destruction riffs that Aura Noir used to rip off), insanely great vocals
― Dominique, Saturday, 1 July 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
re: nokturnal mortum btw here's a statement issued by them a couple years back. whether it's exculpatory or w/e idk but this shit is usually findable by entering the band's name + the letter N into google & the autocomplete then gives you "Nokturnal Mortum no longer nazi" & similar stuff.
As well as a person who has many-sided world-view with its twists and turns, NOKTURNAL MORTUM – the band, which evolves in parallel with my own personal development – can’t stay the same. Many things change over time, because we learn and understand more deeply and comprehensively. Today it would be silly to stay the one who I was at my birth – life means learning, therefore we grow up and become wiser. Unlike many others, I don’t refuse my past – it’s a legacy which made me who I am now, and that is more than just important. Today I don’t share many views that I had in the past because of very different reasons – something was just husk, something disappointed me, something just does not matter. Nonetheless, I have been keeping music for myself as an instrument for self-development. The fact is that very kind of activity makes me leave behind well-known places and trails in search of myself. And this is what most important. Not number of CD sales, gigs, fame and other rubbish, but this. We have been walking a long way together and we have seen a lot with our music, we visited different places and we passed through different changes of our own personalities. Everything that I have said and done still lives in me because all this is what I am. I never lied and I am not going to lie further. If I claim something, this means that it is true at the present time; if I am not sure in something, I remain silent. For instance, when nowadays I am asked about my political views, I answer that I am out of this, and it’s true. I’ve seen a lot and I understand that this is not my side. As for religion, it’s not easy question neither, because it’s a very essence of man that should evolve over time. The person should not ossify and get stale, but always move forward to achieve the goal instead. All this has been reflected and will be reflected in my creative output. If it is interesting for you, you are free to walk with us towards this light together.On account of what I said, a lot will be changed. Our logo, for example. It is no longer possible for NOKTURNAL MORTUM to exist under our old logo. With every new album we are born once again, and I am convinced that this is truly how the things are supposed to be. Every new album means new life and new view. Also I decided that on future re-editions of our works for every album we shall use the logo under which it was created. The same goes for artwork, layout etc. At least, we will work on this. Verity is in every one of you. Follow it!
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 2 July 2017 01:44 (six years ago) link
TD;DR
Seriously, though, the editor in me is like 'get to the feckin' point already'.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Sunday, 2 July 2017 08:29 (six years ago) link
Ugh, TL;DR obviously. The editor in me is now like 'Don't post on forums on Sunday morning before you've had coffee you dolt.'
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Sunday, 2 July 2017 08:30 (six years ago) link
Even if you read the whole thing it's not terribly convincing, and I was relieved when I actually listened to their last album that I didn't like it. Whether I'd already subconsciously decided that I'd find NM a bit crap I don't know...
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 2 July 2017 09:50 (six years ago) link
Not convinced here either. I'm usually suspicious of long-winded explanations for things that could be summarised in a single sentence. Smacks of the kind of equivocation politicians excel at. And that sense of smug superiority. Blah, whatever, I don't care for the band or the music so I've got no skin in this game.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Sunday, 2 July 2017 09:54 (six years ago) link
lol yeah I don't really care either, I don't know why I always chime in when this band comes up. There's a similar convo upthread somewhere iirc
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 2 July 2017 09:56 (six years ago) link
Here's a video of Gojira covering Sepultura's "Territory" live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syyxnrwZdEw
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 02:08 (six years ago) link
So we're at the halfway point of the year. Here's all of the metal albums that came out this year thus far that I enjoy... In alphabetical order because I haven't the desire to rank them yet.
Anomalie - Visions (Art of Propaganda)Bathsheba - Servus (Svart)Beastmaker - Inside The Skull (Rise Above)Black Anvil - As Was (Relapse)Body Count - Bloodlust (Century Media)Craven Idol - The Shackles of Mammon (Dark Descent)Disharmony - Goddamn The Sun (Iron Bonehead)Dread Sovereign - For Doom The Bell Tolls (Ván)Falls of Rauros - Vigilance Perrenial (Bindrune)Farsot - Fail Lure (Prophecy)Fen - Winter (Code666)The Flight of Sleipnir - Skadi (Eisenwald Tonschmiede)Full Of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy (Profound Lore)Galley Beggar - Heathen Hymns (Rise Above)Gruesome - Fragments of Psyche (Relapse)Hexis - Tando Ashanti (Init)Horn - Turm Am Hang (Northern Silence)Ides of Gemini - Women (Rise Above)Jagged Vision - Death Is This World (Fysisk Format)Junius - Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light (Prosthetic)King Woman - Created in the Image of Suffering (Relapse)Kreator - Gods Of Violence (Nuclear Blast America)Laster - Ons Vrije Fatum (Dunkelheit)Lich King - The Omniclasm (Self-Released)Light of the Morning Star - Nocta (Iron Bonehead)Lo-Pain - In Tensions (Aqualamb)Lorn - Arrayed Claws (I, Voidhanger)Mammoth Mammoth - Mount the Mountain (Napalm)Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (Reprise)Medico Peste - Herzogian Darkness (World Terror Committee)Nargaroth - End Of Threnody (Inter Arma Productions)Naudiz - Wulfasa Kunja (Iron Bonehead)Nokturnal Mortum - Істина (Oriana Music)Obituary - Obituary (Relapse)The Obsessed - Sacred (Relapse)Overkill - The Grinding Wheel (Nuclear Blast America)Pallbearer - Heartless (Profound Lore)Pyriphlegethon - The Murky Black of Eternal Night (Iron Bonehead)Rebel Wizard - Triumph Of Gloom (Prosthetic)The Ruins Of Beverast - Exuvia (Ván Records)Sabbath Assembly - Rites of Passage (Svart)Saule - Saule (Avantgarde Music)Slagmaur - Thill Smitts Terror (Osmose)Solitary - Diseased Heart of Society (UKEM)Sólstafir - Berdreyminn (Season Of Mist)Stinking Lizaveta - Journey to the Underworld (Translation Loss)Thron - Thron (Clavis Secretorvm)Unearthly Trance - Stalking The Ghost (Relapse)Uniform - Wake In Fright (Sacred Bones)Venenum - Trance Of Death (Sepulchral Voice)Violet Cold - Anomie (Self-Released)Warbringer - Woe To The Vanquished (Napalm)Woe - Hope Attrition (Vendetta)White Ward - Futility Report (Debemur Morti Productions)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 06:32 (six years ago) link
^^^ some great stuff on that list, a lot of stuff I need to check out. Cool to see Rebel Wizard, a promising band nobody seems to talk about.
So I didn't know Kam Lee's funeral doom band had released an album (after ten years of not releasing anything). It's pretty good! And they used EVP recordings for extra spoop!
http://pulverised.bandcamp.com/album/spiritus-immundus
Also, good news if you like 2nd-string Watain style modern black metal, there's a new Blaze of Perdition on the way! I'll probably buy it for some reason!
http://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/conscious-darkness
Four songs 40+ minutes, I dunno, maybe something interesting will happen.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 11:27 (six years ago) link
Oh and the Ensnared album Dysangelium is totally worth checking out, well composed death metal (not brutal/cavernous/discordant) that has a little bit of old school thrash DNA in it. Also cool little instrumental interludes that flow well with the songs.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 11:29 (six years ago) link
I'll cosign for Body Count, Kreator, Mastodon, Obituary, The Obsessed, and Sólstafir, and add:
Les Chants du Hasard - s/tCranial Engorgement - Horrific ExistenceCrystal Viper - Queen of the WitchesDanzig - Black Laden CrownDimmu Borgir - Forces of the Northern NightElder - Reflections of a Floating WorldImmolation - AtonementVallenfyre - Fear Those Who Fear HimVolur - Ancestors
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 13:09 (six years ago) link
I heard Planning for Burial - Below the House, and that hits the sweet spot so bad. It's metal the way some Mt Eerie is metal, that is, not very much, but it's so great. Noise, screams, bells, synths. The whole thing.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
If you like Heavy Metal music, you might like this heavy metal music song:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1uyrnKbBlZJ7NWbgkdaZOx
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
it's gotta be heavy metal musicif you wanna thrash with meif you wanna thrash with me
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
wow I had no idea NOcturnal Rites were still at it!
Cool to see Rebel Wizard, a promising band nobody seems to talk about.
so obsessed w/this band right now that I'm gonna buy a Takamine GX-200. like, for real
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
My favorites so far:
Apostate Viaticum - Before the Gates of Gomorrah - I guess this is OSDM, but not a slavish copy of anyone. The recording is raw and natural sounding - not one of those airless, stitched-together sounding recordings. The right balance of atmosphere and rocking. The rhythm section has some spring in its step, memorable melodies. Maybe for fans of last year's Cadaveric Fumes or Interment.
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic - Old-school thrash. Lively tempos. Loads of fun.
Extremity - Extremely Fucking Dead - Raw OSDM, with loads of attitude.
Immolation - Atonement - A sprawling opus, took me a few listens to start to find my way around. Some monster riffs appear, though none stay around for long.
― o. nate, Thursday, 6 July 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link
Ministry are releasing a limited edition double live LP, Live Necronomicon, recorded in 1992, via Bandcamp. The set list includes Pailhead and Lard tunes. About 90 minutes of music in all.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 6 July 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
Uh.. buddy you just got me interested in hearing a Ministry album in 2017.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
P/i/L and Skinny Puppy covers, too. Is that Johnny Rotten singing on Public Image? I'm at work so I can't really crank it.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link
xxxp I gotta check out that Extremity and AV
Here's my so-far list:
Artificial Brain - Infrared HorizonAscended Dead - Abhorrent ManifestationBathsheba - ServusCelestial Bodies - Spit Forth From ChaosCemetery Urn - s/tCircle - TerminalCraven Idol - The Shackles of MammomCrystal Fairy - s/tDemon Head - Thunder on the FieldsEmptiness - Not for MusicEnsnared - DysangeliumEvo - WarfareFell Ruin - To The Concrete DriftsFörgjord - UhripuuJohn Frum - A Stirring in the NoosGorephilia - Severed MonolithGreat Old Ones - EOD: A Tale of Dark LegacyJohn Hoyles - Night FlightImmolation - AtonementIngurgitating Oblivion - Vision Wallows in Symphonies of LightJagged Vision - Death Is This WorldLantern - II: MorphosisLorn - Arrayed ClawsLo-Ruhamah - AnointingLoss - HorizonlessMorast - Ancestral VoidMordbrand - WiltNecrot - Blood OfferingsRude - Remnants...ShadowThrone - Demiurge of ShadowSuccumb - s/tSuffering Hour - In Passing AscensionTehom - The Merciless LightTomb Mold - Primordial MalignityValborg - EndstrandVallenfyre - Fear Those Who Fear HimVölur - Ancestors
I like the new Schammasch and Jesters of Destiny stuff but I need to give both more listens.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link
That Evo record, btw, is highly recommended for any fans of Warfare or Venom. Fast Eddie and Lips play guitar on it. Nik Turner appears. It sounds like a grandpa metal hoedown but Evo's actually still writing solid punk metal bangers.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
sounds like it's gonna be a grandpa metal hoedown I mean
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
new Chelsea Wolfe goes full metal, complete w/ Ballou production https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OexeAtxr24E
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 7 July 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
I wrote a thing thanks in no small part to the influence of reading and participating in this thread:Album reviews of Les Chants du Hasard, Selcouth and Ex Eye
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 7 July 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
digging the new Decapitated as per usual
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Friday, 7 July 2017 18:55 (six years ago) link
they're one that almost get better the less death metally they get
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Friday, 7 July 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
I wouldn't say they've gotten better with every album - I love Nihility and Organic Hallucinosis too much for that - but Carnival is Forever really was memorably weird, and the new album is shockingly good.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 7 July 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
This Earache 4-disc anthology
http://uswebstore.earache.com/earache-adapt-or-die-30-shades-of-noise-4-cd-book
I wonder if the book explains why disc four is all shitty blues rock bands.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 9 July 2017 08:49 (six years ago) link
I liked Earache better when Dig answered the phone.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 10 July 2017 03:31 (six years ago) link
Pre-90s?
This new Father Befouled CD is fucking great, btw, y'all. Just the heavy downtuned death with pinch harmonics and Incantational doominess. And the guitar solo in the title track, Desolate Gods, is actually kinda pretty.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 July 2017 08:35 (six years ago) link
(check thread to make sure I posted about the Father Befouled CD, note that I did and that the thread doesn't have thirty new posts agreeing with me, sigh)
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 July 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link