Rolling Metal 2019

lol, this is a perfect instance of ‘thanks, I hate it’ from where I’m standing.

I tried the Tomb Mold album and it did exactly nothing for me.

I feel that way about the majority of hyped metal albums tbh.

I still just think of them as local weirdos so the newfound coverage level feels odd

The Body were astonishing on Saturday night.

I love the new Tomb Mold.
I also interviewed them in my car.

http://www.invisibleoranges.com/files/2019/07/tomb-mold-interview.jpg?w=630&h=472&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89

http://www.invisibleoranges.com/tomb-mold-interview-2019/

if you don't like Tomb Mold you probably don't like life and/or death metal

Life metal sucks

it's a Sunn 0))) album so that's self-evident

if you don't like Tomb Mold you probably don't like life and/or death metal

cosign

Life metal sucks

dis-sign

ayyy Crypt Sermon's got a new one coming

https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-ruins-of-fading-light

Cherubs signed to Relapse?!

https://cherubs.bandcamp.com/album/immaculada-high

"Sooey Pig" sounds great... kinda excited

Ceremony also signed to them. I'm interested to see how Relapse markets a band that's really more in the realm of Sub Pop, or their old label Matador.

ahhhh new White Ward out v close to my birthday!!!

https://youtu.be/PXQnEfPRcVU

Bohren and der Club of Gorecore

cloud rat! are back!

https://cloudrat.bandcamp.com/

love that white ward track

cloud rat! are back!

https://cloudrat.bandcamp.com/

― Simon H., Monday, July 29, 2019 8:49 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

at last

I like that WW track as well even if I miss some of the tinnier/goofier lo-fi aspects of the sound. the idea of them stretching out and doing a wild opus-length record is v appealing to me

White Ward is the Black Metal / Smooth Jazz hybrid, right?

Yep, Taake meets Kenny G or whatever.

Yacht Metal.

Blackgazey stuff is not usually my thing but the WW track sounds good, yeah.

there's a new Deiquisitor album, highly recommended if you like threshing riffs and blastbeats

Sonata Arctica fans are pissed that the new tune is mid-tempo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiM94N3FnQA

The new Deiquisitor is good, yeah. Feels like a slight step up from the last one.

https://nooneknowswhatthedeadthink.bandcamp.com/album/no-one-knows-what-the-dead-think

2/3 of discordance axis. no dave witte but still sounds pretty good

And from the looks of that Bandcamp page, they've also got vocal-less 'karaoke' tracks of the whole album (which in fairness is probably only 10 minutes tops, so they've got to fill it out a little).

they did the same think with the last gridlink record

needless to say: can't wait for whatever the fuck that is

I've heard it. It's great.

Negură Bunget's final lineup (minus the late Gabriel Mafa, who was the sole remaining member of the OM era) are back under a new name, Sur Austru. Folk outweighs metal here, even more so than on Tău and ZI, for which I have more fondness than I should, and everything comes across as by-the-numbers, but fuck it, I like this better than Syn Ze Șase Tri, so I might as well hear the rest when it comes out in September:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6NGk_PTZZI

The actual good news is that a new Dordeduh (featuring two OM-era Negură Bunget members) album is apparently in the works. Their debut, Dar de duh, is the best thing the Transylvanian BM constellation has produced aside from OM, so I've got high hopes for LP2.

Yes it’s kind of a big mess with all these Negura Bunget offshoots but all these people consistently produce excellent music, at least if you’re not put off by the usual folky flutes.

oh that Dordeduh news is very cool, thought they had just become Sunset in the 12th House

this tomb mold record had me from hello, they didn't need to win me over with the blue nile concept lol

Finnish BM that draws on the ravings of trance-preacher and cult leader Maria Åkerblom:

https://werewolfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ilmestykset

Also Finnish and trance-like, a one-man death/doom act that really hits the spot:

https://xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com/album/towards-nebulae

Oh, and a new Esoteric album (one hour and thirty-eight minutes, obviously) will drop in November.

I've been immersed in the new Opeth album all week, and it is easily the best of their post-growly stuff. Massively heavy in that Purple/Heep sort of way, loads of jazzy excursions. Both the English and Swedish versions are cool, but the Swedish version is definitely the most cohesive seeing that there are Swedish interludes between tracks. That said, I have no complaints about the English lyrics. Oh, and "All Things Will Pass" has one of the best riffs I've ever heard Åkerfeldt write.

I've pre-ordered a copy but apparently don't rate a super-advance promo anymore. Just looking at the crudeness of the translations of the lyrics, though, I could tell that the English version was effectively an afterthought, and that he put his heart into the Swedish version.

Aaaaaaaaah @ new Esoteric!

Mostly unrelated to 2019 (albeit not entirely), but I've been revisiting old school Swedish DM and am impressed with Dismember's consistency from album to album, whereas Entombed still don't do much for me beyond Left Hand Path, which I ultimately like less than Like an Ever Flowing Stream on account of the latter's superior songwriting. With a bit of luck Dismember's reunion will result in a proper release.

(Apologies to the OG buzzsaw/death 'n' roll crew.)

LHP and Clandestine are all the Entombed anyone needs.

Yeah, I'll take Clandestine too.

Wolverine Blues is amazing too

Clandestine is firmly in my top 5 metal albums. I think it's largely flawless. Saw them a couple of times on that tour, though (Gods of Grind, with Carcass and Cathedral and supporting Napalm Death at the Marquee) and they just couldn't quite match that crunch. Nicke Andersson still one of finest drummers I've seen live, tho.

'Largely flawless' is an empty phrase. I'll go with 'it's fucking great'.

Clandestine is definitely good but I'm not a huge fan of the vocals (or at least I wasn't when it came out and I haven't so far been able to shake off this feeling of disappointment).

Completely agree with pomenitul, Dismember is much more consistent for the first few albums. Unleashed too, actually.

There's something about that crunch indeed. It really hit the scene like a ton of bricks, it was a total game changer. Everything else, the Morrisound bands, even Napalm Death and Carcass, instantly sounded weak as piss. It certainly felt that way among the metalheads in my social circle and from what I've read and heard since we were definitely not alone. Bands like Bolt Thrower, Pestilence and Asphyx immediately had to (and by and large did) catch up soundwise.

So it's worth going beyond Where No Life Dwells. Noted.

I feel like Grave doesn't get enough respect when the early Swedish scene is discussed. I like their old stuff a lot, and their comeback album, Back From The Grave, was great.

Also noted.