Rolling Metal 2019

Drastus make a mean De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas impression, and more besides:

https://drastus.bandcamp.com/album/la-croix-de-sang

holy fuck new Drastus???

Beastmaker put out another four-track EP last month:

https://beastmaker.bandcamp.com/album/eye-of-the-storm

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1420143793_16.jpg

New logo, too!

Seems like Beastmaker is back to being a full band. The 10 EPs were Trevor Church doing everything, but all three members are credited on the new one.

Man I have to catch up on all of that Beastmaker stuff. I liked the first two albums but I missed the EPs until there were so many I felt way behind.

Surprised by how much I like the Devil Master album. They'd had such corny promo photos that I didn't really think I'd like it, but that breakneck punk death metal really scratches an itch for me. I haven't been really wowed by much new metal yet this year, even the new Overkill, while fine, felt like a step backwards.

Phil Anselmo was supposed to play two shows in New Zealand next week; in the wake of the Christchurch shootings, both have been cancelled by the venues, because of the video of him shouting "White power!" and throwing a Nazi salute onstage in 2016. Whoops!

Huh funny how that works out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh_8HBvkkr8

also new dreadnought album out may 10. last album was excellent and new song kicks ass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHm1zQkdhEs

ok I'm ready for the Moon Tooth slbum now

I keep getting Moon Tooth confused with Moon Hooch and wondering why they're mentioned in this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqLU3Rp1fZo

(Moon Hooch are amazing)
(I don't know Moon Tooth)

Their first album placed on that year's metal poll. It's excellent.

Yeah - really looking forward to Moon Toon - that last record was awesome, and they're great live.

Moon Tooth - oops

They really are, and I'm sad they're not doing a headline gig here. Their tour with Astronoid was a peak ILXmetal experience

The new Brutus album comes out 3/29. I'm listening to it now, and it's fantastic. They're only kinda metal-adjacent, but they fucking rule.

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

oh wow, do unperson and I agree on something? :)

I love both advance tracks, very much looking forward to the album. sounds like a bold step up from the debut, which I already liked.

The forthcoming Inter Arma record is really great based on my first play through the entire thing.
Lots of interesting ideas the second half of the album, especially.

The new Amon Amarth video is...something I'd expect from a band on Napalm or AFM. There was a time I'd pre-order an Amon Amarth album the day it was announced. Not this time. I can't even remember the last time I listened to their previous album. Twilight of the Thunder God and Surtur Rising are the last ones I have real fondness for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H24S0nym-pE

oh shit brutus kicks ass! i'm glad they have another record coming out already

New Darkthrone in May:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/darkthrone-to-release-old-star-album-in-may/

New Darkthrone, new Dreadnought, new Dead to a Dying World. Lots to look forward to, particularly in the 'D' section of my metal shelf.

i was feeling like a new darkthrone was coming!!!

the advance track of that DtaDW album is immense

Quench your thirst for old school Finnish death/doom with Asphodelus's Stygian Dreams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbnCe5q6KEc

The new Mike Browning & friends d/b/a Nocturnus AD is pretty much everything I could've wanted from a follow-up to The Key (though I do love both Thresholds and Ethereal Tomb):
https://youtu.be/4CT09g-aCbw

And the demo version of the other song, released a year ago. Recommended especially for the baffling video:
https://youtu.be/1k07H4_OAzE

awesome. I loved the new one they did live, and their live show is fantastic, hearing all the old The Key classics played flawlessly. half the time I've seen them play for $7 or less too.

Jon Chang and Rob Marton of Discordance Axis have a new band called No One Knows What The Dead Think; they'll be releasing an album later this year. It sounds about how you think it will.

I reviewed The Dirt for Stereogum.

I have heard the new Sunn O))) album. It's very good, mostly due to Hildur Guðnadóttir, who plays cello (acoustic and electric) and halldorophone, and adds vocals to the first track. It's gonna sound really, really good through big-ass speakers.

ooooh

very happy with the Brutus and Moon Tooth albums, both out today.

thank you devilock for mentioning the new nocturnus ad record, i cannot wait

Brutus rips

Ah just came here to write that. Thanks for the heads up on the Brutus release. Loving it so far. The Moon Tooth isn't doing much for me yet but I only got about 2 tracks in.

Manowar are putting out three EPs this year, which will ultimately be compiled into their next full-length. The first one is out now. Four songs, one of which is a bombastic orchestral intro. The tracks have the words "Blood," "Steel," "Sword," and "Die" in the titles, but I don't see the word "Fire" anywhere. They're slipping.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D27AL1DX4AEriQj.jpg

I’ve got the chance to see them here, I’m somewhat tempted.

If you go, buy me a T-shirt (size L) and I'll Paypal you the costs + shipping.

(Re: Lingua Ignota in London. I won't be able to make it, alas. Ever more work beckons until May.) :(

That's all fine - I don't know if we can even go. If we do there will be a report

Keep us posted!

An understandable initiative: http://good.metal-archives.com/

Haha, Metal Archives and their April Fools Day pranks!

Some things I recently did #TwitterLPReviews for (and a capsule review for Invisible Oranges)

.@wearebrutus - Nest (@sargenthouse)

It lacks the immediacy of the Belgian trio's 2017 debut 'Burst,' but makes up for it by incorporating a ton of raw ideas into the album. This spirals the band's post-rock into a dozen directions yet they never lose the plot. #TwitterLPReview pic.twitter.com/JWGXg6FzXD

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) March 30, 2019

Magic Circle - Departed Souls (@20buckspinlabel)

Most bands that ape Sabbath lose sight that they were more than doom. Magic Circle taps into the other, often overlooked facets of the Brummie originators with an organic Foghat plod. Oh yeah, they got songs too. #TwitterLPReview pic.twitter.com/9zE1T36YR6

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) March 30, 2019

I say that @exumerofficial's 'Hostile Defiance' (out 4/5 on @MetalBlade) is "a frenetic, furious assault that transcends the nostalgia tag by kicking so much ass it doesn’t matter what decade it came out" at @invisoranges.https://t.co/7XDMpmw6Ww pic.twitter.com/F2UYTIJVpn

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) April 1, 2019

Falaise - A Place I Don’t Belong To
(A Sad Sadness Song)

Italian duo makes the most lush and beautiful blackgaze. Lilting pianos and clean guitars make the metallic elements seem heavier but even that's more about ornate atmosphere. Deafheaven fans take note. #TwitterLPReview pic.twitter.com/egpIl9ij2v

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) April 1, 2019

Syntheosis is streaming: https://www.loudersound.com//features/oranssi-pazuzu-and-dark-buddha-rising-join-forces-for-an-exhilarating-cosmic-rite

I'm in an airport but you lot can dive in

nice!!

guys

guys

This is everything I wanted the Entropia album to be.

yes but you also don't need the last 7 words

Even Angry Metal Guy likes it.