Rolling Metal 2019

Cattle Decapitation and Atheist are coming soon to a place within walking distance. Never really been a fan, but the new song is great. Are they good live?

YES. Saw CD on a bill with Suffocation, Krisiun, and Visceral Disgorge last year and they were definitely the highlight.

that Bolzer track sounds good as heck

ready to admit idg the big deal about Gatecreeper

I've never gotten the big deal about them

it's OSDM

there are way better OSDM bands but i guess what makes them special is they're on Relapse

I liked them at first during my Swedish OSDM saturation phase but when I burnt out on it they didn't really make the cut.

I recall there being a newer band I discovered the same year as Gatecreeper whose name begins with an E who does it better but long forgot who.

Gatecreeper makes groovy, very catchy death metal. What's not to like?

I don't get Gatecreeper either. They're very bland and generic.

Listening to new Dysrhythmia. The shifting riffs are there and the band sounds tight as hell per usual, yet it's not grabbing my attention the way The Veil of Control...hmmm maybe my tastes shifted a bit :/

Gatecreeper ist gut.

The new Exhumed is really hitting the spot.

Yeah, i enjoyed it.

I'm gonna pull a Brad here and say that, at first pass, the new Blood Incantation is metal aoty.

i love to see it

Saw Blood Incantation last night with Immolation and they absolutely ripped. Listened to the new album while driving to the venue and they execute it flawlessly live.

what is this new album like? describe it in such a way as to emphasise its merits

Is it officially out yet?

It's out 11/22 but the pre-order came with mp3s.

Oh cool.

Still upset i missed that show

what is this new album like?

Fluctuating forms. Leitmotivic riffs. Phenomenal drumming. Bouts of arabesque doom and babbling post-rock. TREPANATION.

you have secured my intrigue

arabesque doom and babbling post-rock.

What lj said!

Metal aoty may be stretching it a little but it's still very much worth everyone's time.

Arabesque doom is a great descriptor! Both guitars are hard panned and each play mostly different parts in a sludgy SCG/Richard Bishop style that line up in wild ways. I also can't think of another modern DM band that rips so many pinch harmonics. Another huge plus is that the whole thing is just 36 minutes long (with the last song running half that). If I could identify 2 touchstones for this album I'd say Death 'Human' and Vektor 'Terminal Redux.'

!!

Well now I'm even more excited! Did you pre-order it through bandcamp or the label's site to get the mp3s? I'm not sure I want to wait another month and a half.

Ordered the LP from the Dark Descent bandcamp though I'd already received the files from a friend. I'd be happy to Wetransfer to you (though I don't want to run afoul of anyone here who'd object, though I suspect most everyone here buys music and merch).

If you're gonna make an 18-minute song, "Awakening from the Dream of Existence to the Multidimensional Nature of Our Reality (Mirror of the Soul)" is a good name for it.

I wish more metal bands took their cues from the likes of Graham Hancock, Robert Anton Wilson, Ursula K. LeGuin, Gene Wolfe etc.

finally getting around to this year's Soen album and goddamn that is some great mid-period Opeth worship

... does Darkspace even exist anymore? After they abruptly emptied their website and stopped their tour half way last year?

Anyway, they just won 15,000 Swiss francs (just like a hobo player and two other musical acts) in their hometown Bern: https://www.derbund.ch/bern/stadt/berner-musikpreis-fuer-mysterioese-metalband/story/19130003
Let's hope that pays for album III II in the next couple of years.

iirc the blut aus nord comes out today and i've heard only wonderful things

i saw oranssi pazuzu and insect ark last night!
didn't realize it was the first night of their tour

Ohhh how was it?

Insect Ark's set was very much my cup of tea (super heavy/slow/repetitive/simple) until maybe 2/3 of the way through it seemed like something stopped working. I didn't realize at the time that it was their first show of the tour and I think there were just some cord/tech issues. The guitar made a weird popping noise a couple times. Nothing too distracting/end of the world. The new drummer (guy from Subrosa) seemed chill and ready to do his job. Overall, I enjoyed it a lot.

Oranssi Pazuzu spoke 0 words during their set and were very very very loud, also enjoyable. The one song I could recognize was Lahja and it was their last song before an encore. They played for about an hour? Maybe 70 min. The sound was kind of muddy (there's a lot going on) and my friend told me they had brought their own engineer, so I bet it could sound better in a different space.

tl;dr - Overall, enjoyed it and would recommend to anyone who likes these bands.

Drugs, it's definitely them. This album is a bit of s shift from everything they've been doing. Moments of full on thrash and Death like guitar moments. I saw them live the other night and there were even moments that could be described as "danceable" almost. They joke about it. New album is great though but a bit of a shift for sure.

What kind of degenerate shits at a show? (In the men’s room, not, like, on the floor. But STILL.)

I went to the Amon Amarth/Arch Enemy/At The Gates/Grand Magus show tonight. The gulf in showbiz-ness between AA and AE and the other two bands was stunning. And yet, I was most excited to see Grand Magus’s five-song, 25-minute set. I’ve been a fan for over a decade, and this was their first ever US tour. I bought a shirt.

xp people with intestinal issues? i guess you could call us "degenerates" if you're feeling extra dickish

Hell i've done it. When nature calls, what are ya supposed to do?

just take a bottle of VIPoo with you

Is Prostitute Disfigurement the most cretinous of the 40 something inveterate edgelord bands? Given their song titles and lyrics, it's definitely up there.

They’re a good example of a band whom I’m not interested in knowing anything about beyond great riffs and blah blah incomprehensible serial killer growling.

Counter-Gregorian BM from Montreal done exactly right:

https://ossuaire.bandcamp.com/album/derniers-chants

ooooh

Next year's Decibel Metal & Beer Fest is a great lineup of classic bands paired with new bands that sound classic.
I hope to attend it again!

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/EG7zwVwW4AA1SJX?format=jpg&name=large

Would much rather see Napalm Death play an all Smear Campaign/Time Waits For No Slave/Utilitarian set, but that's probably just me.

Agree with unperson on the Napalm Death set, but that's a pretty killer lineup.

Even though it was ultimately disappointing Harmony Corruption was a big deal at the time (I think their first US release?) but I haven't even thought of Utopia Banished in thirty years.

I guess in a way maybe it's more interesting to play overlooked and nearly forgotten albums for this type of show instead of the tried and true.