Rolling 2004 Metal Thread

Jumping up and down in place and yelling really loud, mostly. With their hands in their pockets. And a javelin up their ass. (And sometimes laying on the floor and beating their hands on the lineoleum floor 'cause Mom won't give them any more Pepsi.)

Anyway, here's what Dave Queen wrote about Pelican; I (obviously?) like where he says instro-stoner metal reminds him of dub:

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0402/queen.php

A little less, actually, but I'm still pissed off about it. In the end, Eyehategod were incredible, and Unsane royally royally sucked.

Also, I hung out with Jimmy Bower one night at CBGBs (Eyehategod and Soilent Green and BuzzOv'en and some other bands were playing, but EHG had one of their roadies on vocals because Williams was in jail or something), and he was wearing the greatest hat I've ever seen. It was a black baseball cap with a pentagram (w/goat's head) on the front, and below the pentagram it said "The New South." I've coveted that hat since that night.

xpost EHG live gave off the most evil bad-feeling something-shitty's-gonna-happen-any-minute-now vibe of any band I've ever seen except for Whitehouse - magnificent, and some of the best audience-baiting ever

...and their songs flow together in the mire like DJ sets. I wasn't too impressed, though, the very first time I saw them, in New Orleans in '94. We kept going across the street to watch New Birth Brass Band, the little brothers of Rebirth. Awesome. Came back between sets, and horror writer Nancy Collins was onstage punching Mike in the head, while the rest of the band called her a bitch. Par for the course. When EHG grew up musically, they were greatness.

...but the bad vibes permeate New Orleans. Soilent Green bassist Scott Williams was just murdered Monday night.

I've defended Children of Bodom

It's not so bad, for a band named after a cafe press. I'd recommend the Norther album Death Unlimited, on Spinefarm, to anyone enamored of this melodic death-thresh sound.

This is the first I've heard about Williams. That's too bad. I never liked the band much, but still.

They're unofficial reprints. Mutilation doesn't do more than a couple hundred copies and refuses to do official repressings.

and I agree with you on the new Vital Remains, it slays.

and what mammoth production.

of course, when everybody's out of shape, the breakdowns happen a lot cause the drummer has to catch a breath. that and spray cheese. everybody needs a chance to eat some spray cheese.
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the guitarist usually stops the chorus verse riffing for big chops that ring out and slow things down while the rhythm section continues to move forward and then WOOGAH!

change.
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ps but don't forget the spray cheese or the chance for a screedy rant by the drummer (metallica) or the singer (henry rollins).... every moderately political band (including U2) has used this at some point.

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made me laugh.

HAHA

But, the real question...was the virtual Will Rahmer wearing a leather vest too?

That's a pretty impressive feat.

Slipknot is music for pseudo-rebels: people who are angry but don't know why and just feel like being apathetic to everything.

Back to the breakdowns post, I always saw them as the part of the song where the music slows way down to almost a grinding halt and chunky chords play...they are sometimes "moshy" parts too.

Just an ultra bore.

I believe these people are called teenagers.