Rolling Metal 2019

Stupid, but funny: a right-wing Arkansas state senator is calling for a boycott of a Little Rock club because the band Eyehategod put a picture of him eating a baby on the poster for their show.

I’m sure they’ll lose a lot of business over that.

The pitchfork pan of the Astronoid record is the first review they've published in years to successfully make me Mad Online

I normally hate Ian Cohen’s writing but I thought that review was dead on. There’s just nothing there - not one memorable song. It’s all texture. And sure, that’s rich coming from someone who likes Sunn O))) as much as I do, but still.

Idk the criticisms he has of it (too samey! silly lyrics!) are also true of so many metal albums they've lauded. (And incidentally, also completely true of many great albums!) And don't get me started on the argument about the vocals - "too much himself"? What the fuck does that mean? The dismissive tone reminds me of when they used to blanket-pan emo albums for their sonic qualities, which kinda makes sense cause it feels closer to emo than metal in sensibility.

ooof, Lords of Chaos sounds awful. also the movie Akerlund did for Netflix recently was fucking terrible

https://www.stereogum.com/2031231/lords-of-chaos-jonas-akerlund-review/franchises/sounding-board/

besides the ethical/historical objections....of all the bands you could get to score this, Sigur Ros?!

Lords of Chaos is pretty darn good, actually. Eliminates all mythology and hero worship, focuses on how they were all really, really dumb kids.

If I want to watch a movie about dumbass metalheads who kill somebody, I'll pull out my Blu-Ray of River's Edge.

Lords of Chaos is pretty darn good, actually. Eliminates all mythology and hero worship, focuses on how they were all really, really dumb kids.

― A. Begrand, Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:04 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i've heard this a lot but i'm still... suspicious

also this isn't really a story i'm interested in seeing as a film, until the light takes us was about as close as i want to get

this isn't really a story i'm interested in seeing as a film

This is where I'm at with it, too.

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River's Edge is a much more accurate depiction of '80s teen headbangers, of course. I've long stated that as well (I was in a small town scene much like the one depicted in the movie, albeit with less murder). But Åkerlund does a very good job stripping the legend away from black metal. Black metal, from its inception, has been every bit of a pose as any other metal gimmick (i.e. *ALL* metal is a gimmick), and it's nice to see a film portray it that way.

Isn’t stripping away the legend to show it’s all just a bunch of dumb kids the least interesting and most banal approach to tell this story as fiction? I mean it definitely works for River’s Edge fictional story, but what does that approach add to all the documentaries that already firmly established the banality of it all?

Nope, because there's been way too much worship of the Norwegian black metal "myth" already. That needed to be debunked as publicly as Åkerlund does here. And besides, the flick is entertaining.

OMG SJW

http://i65.tinypic.com/n66r0o.jpg

So about that Astronoid… I enjoy Alcest and even derive pleasure from Deafheaven but these 3m0 fuxx0r melodies, coupled with that voice, simply did not arrive at an age where I am still open to such things. I had to turn it off after the second track, irrepressibly – should I persevere?

yes

No. They're a one-trick band - they don't change, so if one song doesn't do it for you, a second isn't gonna do it for you, either.

Got an email from Bandsintown that says Mastodon is playing BB&T Pavilion, the big shed in south Jersey outside of Philly, on 6/8. Looked at the page and it shows four dates around there in the east coast in outdoor arenas with Coheed & Cambria as on the Coney Island show.

https://www.bandsintown.com/a/731-mastodon

Anyone know anything about these dates? Is there some big package I don't know about going out or is Coheed taking Mastodon out and big enough to headline in the sheds?

Every year needs its carnie prog BM:

https://penseesnocturnes.bandcamp.com/album/grand-guignol-orchestra

new Inter Arma track/album

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/inter-arma-announce-new-album-sulphur-english-share-citadel/

Inter Arma give a great live show - really looking forward to this record.

I rarely get their stuff stuck in my head or anything but their stuff has a....for lack of a better word, architectural quality I like

That's actually a kinda great description of Inter Arma, I like it. Haven't had a chance to hear the new track yet, but I'm really glad they have a new album imminent.

Haven't really delved into too much 2019 metal just yet, slow start to the year. I was impressed with John Garcia's new record, at least compared to Brant Bjork's latest (in the battle of workman Kyuss dudes, non Homme division). The vocal melodies are a little too samey on a couple of songs, but it's got the fuzz and groove I want from stoner rock. I'll take it if we aren't getting another Vista Chino record. Bjork's latest tried to incorporate more funk and R&B elements, which really didn't work.

I got a press release answering my own question...

COHEED AND CAMBRIA ANNOUNCE “THE UNHEAVENLY SKYE TOUR” WITH SPECIAL GUEST MASTODON
EVERY TIME I DIE JOIN AS SUPPORT ON ALL DATES
TICKETS ON SALE TO GENERAL PUBLIC STARTING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 AT LIVENATION.COM

http://scontent.fphl2-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51899482_10161460905080597_2474477783330324480_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ht=scontent.fphl2-4.fna&oh=8f11750b158dde6db85c5a1e0c07653d&oe=5CF2730B

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 Louisville, KY Iroquois Amphitheater*
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Columbus, OH Express Live! Outdoor Amphitheatre*
Friday, May 31, 2019 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy
Saturday, June 01, 2019 Simpsonville, SC CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park Simpsonville
Sunday, June 02, 2019 Baltimore, MD MECU Pavilion
Tuesday, June 04, 2019 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summer Stage
Thursday, June 06, 2019 Boston, MA Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
Friday, June 07, 2019 New York, NY Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk
Saturday, June 08, 2019 Camden, NJ BB&T Pavilion
Monday, June 10, 2019 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE – Outdoors*
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 Detroit, MI Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
Thursday, June 13, 2019 Council Bluffs, IA Harrah's Council Bluffs - Stir Cove*
Friday, June 14, 2019 Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Saturday, June 15, 2019 Minneapolis, MN The Armory
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
Thursday, June 20, 2019 Salt Lake City, UT The Great Saltair
Saturday, June 22, 2019 Seattle, WA Marymoor*
Sunday, June 23, 2019 Portland, OR Theater of the Clouds at Moda Center
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 San Diego, CA Petco Park - Park at the Park
Friday, June 28, 2019 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
Saturday, June 29, 2019 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
Sunday, June 30, 2019 Phoenix, NV Comerica Theatre
Tuesday, July 02, 2019 Austin, TX ACL Live at The Moody Theater / Austin360 Amphitheater
Wednesday, July 03, 2019 Irving, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

I wonder if this means we're getting new ETID this year

the first side of Crack the Skye is my ideal stretch of Mastodon

Holy crap, it's the 10th anniversary of Crack The Skye... I saw the tour when they played it in full for the first time (with High On Fire and Converge opening).

I wonder if they'll be doing the same when they play here w/ Baroness

What a record Crack the Skye was. In retrospect that was peak Mastodon. For me, anyway. Subsequent stuff has been nice, but their mind-blowing days seem long behind them.

oh hey a lineup just for me!!!!!

I wonder if they'll be doing the same when they play here w/ Baroness

lmao my dumb brane confused them with Deafheaven for some reason

Both are pfork metal.

does that denote anything other than "well reviewed by pfork"

Nah, just being a dick. I enjoy both.

it would be amusing if Pitchfork announced a metal tour a la Decibel

Pitchforks are metal as fuck.

They're no scythes tho.

If it's good enough for satan, it's good enough for me.

TS: Satan vs. the Grim Reaper.

Anyway, here's Leprous's cover of 'Angel':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VaRCjRpWBE

From the "things you never thought you'd see in the New York Times bucket":

Letter of Recommendation: Ronnie James Dio

oooh I like Leprous and that cover sounds pretty much exactly like I expected (in a good way)

Disappointed that this is not a Shaggy cover.

loving this. can't wait to sit down with the full album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4miK2kxrHM

Good discordant DM, kinda reminds me of The Erosion of Sanity but that might just be the production

http://lightdweller.bandcamp.com/album/incandescent-crucifix

Also really loving this Obduktio album from a year or so ago, really good OSDM-meets-primitive grind vibe, 100% in love with the LG Petrov style vocals

https://obduktio.bandcamp.com/album/holotna

Also, from Finland

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