Atheist was AWESOME. If you love their first two albums...go.
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 02:46 (four years ago) link
"Piece of Time" was the last song and it ruled. I am so sore.
oh my god
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 02:49 (four years ago) link
Cattle Decapitation up soon
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 02:49 (four years ago) link
PopMatters Best of 2019 list:
20. Copperhead - Gazing in the Dark19. Drastus - La Croix de Sang 18. Ossuarium - Living Tomb17. Have a Nice Life - Sea of Worry16. Dawn Ray'd - Behold Sedition Plainsong15. Yellow Eyes - Rare Field Calling14. Necropanther - The Doomed City13. Vimur - Triumphant Master of Fates12. PH - Osiris Hayden11. Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race10. Lord Mantis - Universal Death Church9. Immortal Bird - Thrive on Neglect8. Exhorder - Mourn The Southern Skies7. Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence6. Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance5. Baroness - Grey and Gold4. Inter Arma - English Sulphur3. Sunn O))) - Life Metal/Pyroclasts2. BIG|BRAVE - A Gaze Among Them1. Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis
I like the #1 choice and a few others, but this is otherwise a typical twitter hive mind top 20: heavy on black metal (sorry, when I see black metal titles these days I dibs out instantly), ignorant of every metal subgenre that emphasizes melody save for that mediocre Baroness album as a token selection.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
Good list, all things considered.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:56 (four years ago) link
9. Immortal Bird - Thrive on Neglect
fuck, i completely missed that this record came out
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:56 (four years ago) link
I live the top 6 records for sure, nice to see some love for the BIG|BRAVE record and I think I'm one of the few people that really loves that Baroness record.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
I like the Baroness (it's not as good as Yellow & Green but it's better than Purple) and love both Sunn O))) titles, but otherwise that list has nothing to do with my experience of metal in 2019.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
I strongly disliked the Baroness and didn't get much out of Pyroclasts but Life Metal will be in my top 50, alongside Blood Incantation, Esoteric, Tomb Mold, Inter Arma, BIG|BRAVE and Waste of Space Orchestra. Maybe Drastus as well.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
I definitely have nothing bad to say about Big Brave and Immortal Bird. Two tremendous bands! And 2019 was a great year for death metal.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
I've been surprised to see Immortal Bird on so few lists (so far)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
I remember really liking that Yellow Eyes record too, should revisit
Wish I could get into Dawn Ray'd cause their politics are great but they leave me cold for some reason
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
If you're looking for straight-up antifascist black metal, I recall the Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze record being pretty good.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
::thumbs-up::
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
2019 metal releases I liked enough to buy on Bandcamp that will not show up on any year-end lists:
Beastwars, IVBrand of Sacrifice, God HandCatatonic Effigy, Putrid TendencyCemican, In Ohtli Teoyohtica In MiquiztliDecomposition of Entrails, AbnormalityEpicardiectomy, Grotesque Monument of Paraperversive TransfixionFacelift Deformation, Cybernetic Organism AtrocitiesTakafumi Matsubara, Strange, Beautiful and FastOrganectomy, Existential DisconnectRetortion Terror, s/tSmoulder, Times of Obscene Evil and Wild DaringSplattered, CarnivortexTyrannotophia, Distant
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
had to look up a couple of those to make sure you hadn't snuck any fakes in
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
Intriguing. I'll have to check those out.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
Pay special attention to Catatonic Effigy. Despite the band and album name, they're extremely avant-garde. Colin Marston's on bass.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Noted, thanks.
Likewise I doubt many of these will pop up on the usual lists but I might be wrong:
Abyssic - High the MemoryAkrotheism - The Law of Seven DeathsAsphodelus - Stygian DreamsDesecresy - Towards NebulaeHerxheim - Cultivating Throne of FurHWWAUOCH - Into the Labyrinth of ConsciousnessIgnivomous - HieroglossiaImperial Cult - Spasm of Light Kvelgeyst - AlkahestNifrost - BlykroneOmination - The New Golgotha RepvbliqOssuaire - Derniers chantsPanzerfaust - The Suns of Perdition - Chapter I: War, Horrid WarRingarë - Under Pale MoonSinners Bleed - AbsolutionTroll - Legend MasterUnaussprechlichen Kulten - TeufelsbücherVeiled - In Blinding Presence
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
I liked that Ignivomous record.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
There's a new Kvelertak song w/ their new vocalist. It's mysteriously overlong but it's nice to have the Ballou production back.
― Simon H., Friday, 29 November 2019 13:34 (four years ago) link
So apparently the drummer from Phish is a huge Cattle Decapitation fan and delivers a spoken monologue on their new album. I never liked them anyway, but a Phish affiliation is just a bridge too far, sorry.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 29 November 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
I thought they were strict vegans
― Simon H., Friday, 29 November 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
Damn, I feel for them:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/full-of-hells-gear-whole-van-stolen-on-cattle-decapitation-tour/
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 November 2019 09:27 (four years ago) link
Btw unperson that Catatonic Effigy album is very good indeed, although I'm generally less enthused by instrumental metal for reasons that I've yet to fathom.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 November 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
I have to say I'm intrigued by a band named Une Misère.
― Siegbran
I've now listened to this record a few times, it turned out to be metalcore (so much for the intrigueing band name!), but it's...really good! From Iceland of all places.
― Siegbran, Monday, 2 December 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
Old news (but new to me) but consider me off the Absu train:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/absu-member-says-i-lost-my-band-when-i-came-out-to-them/
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:59 (four years ago) link
god bless melissa <3
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 2 December 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
That ones new to me too, such a shame.
I love the thought of Jon Fishman on a Cattle Decapitation record, my copy doesn't get here until Wednesday to hear for myself. It's hilarious to see that a member of Phish now has his own page on Metal Archives.
I lolled.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 2 December 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
Anyone doing a 2019 metal poll?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 05:59 (four years ago) link
I hope so.
As advertised, there's some good stuff on this list:
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2019/12/03/2019-a-year-in-reviews-the-good/
Its poorer cousin:
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2019/12/02/2019-a-year-in-reviews-the-disappointing/
(The 'great' is yet to come.)
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 09:18 (four years ago) link
Found this utterly delightful
http://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/witchbones-the-seas-of-draugen
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 11:57 (four years ago) link
Angry Metal Guy gave it a 2/5 so I'll be sure to check it out.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 12:13 (four years ago) link
"minus 1 point for sound quality, minus 2 points for releasing too many things this year"
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 12:20 (four years ago) link
Onwards to 'the great':
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2019/12/04/2019-a-year-in-reviews-the-great/
I'm on board with most of these picks.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
You know most of them? Kudos. Thanks for linking to it (and the 'good' list seemed to have some fine stuff, too), my xmas will be black metal again!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
idg finding the Townsend album a disappointment if you already like his stuff
― Simon H., Wednesday, 4 December 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
i do, this was sold as his best and most original yet and it was a fitfully-good mess
― imago, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
without much in the way of memorable songwriting
Yeah, I think that's more the issue, this was billed as some tentpole in his catalog and I found it to be patchy and messy.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
deconstruction did crazy maximalist devin way better, although i guess this was his attempt to fuse that side of him with boring new-agey devin
― imago, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
Anyone doing a 2019 metal poll?― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 05:59 (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 05:59 (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I dont know.
― Vote with a prog record (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
I guess it depends on the success of this Lifetime of ILM 2000-19 Heavy Rock,Noise, Heavy Psych, punk, emo, nu-metal & Metal (or related) Poll VOTING & CAMPAIGNING thread(All welcome to participate) Voting close 23:59 December 13th
to see how much interest there is. Its harder each year to get voters as some ilxors aren't as interested in current music as they were.
― Vote with a prog record (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
I'm afraid the tracks poll would just destroy me but I would most definitely be interested in a 2019 metal poll.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
It seems like a lot of work for whoever would do it. We could just represent the genre in the main site year end poll.
― beard papa, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
I wish.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
And finally, No Clean Singing's top 10:
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2019/12/05/2019-a-year-in-reviews-the-critical-top-ten/
― pomenitul, Thursday, 5 December 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
lots of Angry Metal Guy overlap in that list
― Simon H., Thursday, 5 December 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
Of those I've heard, Misþyrming and Tomb Mold are the only two I'd put in a top 10.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 5 December 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link