Rolling 2020 Metal Thread

(I also plan on running through this thread for streaming goodness.)

I like Tombs generally; I liked Human Impact more than I thought I would ("Unsane goes postpunk/industrial" was my short take); I profiled Sightless Pit for The Wire and like the album, although I doubt I'll listen to it again; I lost track of Ihsahn several years ago but am willing to at least give his new stuff a listen.

I haven't been in much of a metal mood lately. Something about my emotional landscape and general state of mind is pulling me toward jazz and dub and some techno here and there. But I enjoyed guitarist Christian Muenzner's new album, which is absurdly shreddy. I reviewed it here.

tomb > tombs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaGZQV8GA-U

i will probably never love another tombs record as much as 'path of totality' but it's good to hear what they're up to

I needed some ignorant assed shit so I bought the new Deranged. gonna give it a spin.

btw thanks for posting that B, definitely have so much time I'm looking to find more stuff to listen to

NYCNative the Nechochwen/Panopticon split is fantastic, if you have kids make sure you're in a good place before listening to the Panopticon side though.

Lucifer III is in my wheelhouse.

I think the hooks are stronger than the previous album. it's not the debut, but I can listen to this shit all day.

i think it's their best yet?

It is really good.

Thanks for that Jordablod link ^^^ enjoyed it greatly.

good review unperson, agree with your take.

I gravitate towards the first one due to its doominess, but this one definitely has more immediacy over the previous album.

I love occult rock so this shit is always in my wheelhouse. Sadonis is a powerhouse vocally too.

new Serpent Column EP

https://serpentcolumn.bandcamp.com/album/endless-detainment

are folks into this envy album or no

it's good as hell. talked about it on the emo thread some, since they're always a little screamo adjacent

i like it but tbh feel kind of exhausted by the end? i wish they didn't try to sustain these emotional peaks for so long and back to back to back, like a hundred peaks in a direct row feels like flat ground. but idk i guess that's why i'm not a screamo fan

Holy crap the Panopticon track, Rune's Heart, and the story behind it.

idk if dungeon synth is welcome here but the druadan forest track (and only the druadan forest track) on this 3 way split rules
some hearts of space type of shit
https://antiqofficial.bandcamp.com/album/kingdoms-long-gone

also wow @ that Seeds in Barren Fields album O_O

i love when things that sound that frenzied and chaotic also sound crisp and detailed

AOTY https://bbbrecords.bandcamp.com/album/three-knee-deep

good stuff thx

The Sweven album is impressive on first listen. There's so much in there, I'm wondering what's going to wind up sticking.

xps

yeah, good review unperson. good piece on the Mythic Sunship, too

Listened to the Seeds in Barren Fields album last night. Holy f*ck -- amazing! Roxymuzak is totally on the money about the production. Clear separation of the guitars, with no extraneous murk detracting from the individual lines and their interplay. I wish more black/death metal was produced like this. The guitar tone is plenty dirty, but the recording of that tone is pristine, if that makes sense. Beautiful.

The new Afterbirth album is so fucking good. Genuinely weird, hybrid art-death; sometimes it sounds like Suffocation, other times like Krallice, other times like Astronoid. I just wrote a long review that'll be on Burning Ambulance on Friday. This is one of the best death metal records of the year.

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1320487242_10.jpg

https://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/four-dimensional-flesh

We agree on something metal-related for once. Look forward to reading the review.

ooooh

I like this song from Jacob Bannon's new supergroup...a lot.

https://youtu.be/EFj4u_Tt_ek

🤯

also have we mentioned there's a new Pyrrhon out in June? there's a new Pyrrhon out in June.

https://youtu.be/rtUpHSLbllM

I finally checked out the Fluisteraars record that a handful of people praised above. Totally agreed that it is beautiful and lush and dar say a little innovative (or at least unique).

This isn't exactly good but I was expecting worse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ApQGcxgqc

3/4 of Kill The Client, one of the greatest US grind bands ever, are back as Triage. They have a s/t album out digitally, with a promise of physical CDs to come someday.

https://triage666.bandcamp.com

Oh nice. KTC were great

Black/doom with a crusty vibe to it

https://vualhate.bandcamp.com/album/to-end-all-life

personally don't dig the vocal distortion effect they use relentlessly but still good stuff.

For today's Rolling Metal 2020 version of "What are you listening to?", I'm starting out every WFH day first by waking up with some mellow new age-y synth music (e.g., Chi Factory, Suzanne Ciani, M. Geddes Gengras), then after morning coffee/team meeting going straight into Fluisteraars's "Bloem", followed by Mgła's "Age of Excuse", which for some reason is really resonating with me right now (I've never cared for anything else by them). Then, depending on mood, some Old Man Gloom, Human Impact, Ulcerate, or Sweven (hard disagree with negative opinions about the singer's voice which seems to me to have improved over time).

In the afternoon I've been listening to a lot of Intronaut's "Fluid Existential Inversions", (which I didn't care for compared to their earlier work on the first few listens, but I'm pretty hooked on now). And pretty much everything by Elder who I hadn't really heard much of 'til recently, so I'm enjoying catching up on their earlier stuff.

This morning I had to go out to do laundry, which takes about two hours. I started out with Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss (first 3 or 4 songs), then moved to Danzig's Black Laden Crown followed by Rob Zombie's Spookshow International Live.

I got a digital promo of a reissue of Skepticism's Alloy, with their Aes EP appended as a bonus track. I've never listened to them before and am not super into it so far.

I have bought so many albs i went back to rap temporarily cos i needed a metal break

I've been considering going on a post Lucifuge (when I stopped paying attention) Danzig binge lately. I've also been meaning to check out post-Don't Break the Oath Mercyful Fate. I went on a Voivod binge last week. Right now seems like as good a time as any to explore back catalogs.

I had a similar reaction to that Skepticism a couple of years ago.

In the Shadows and Time are the best post-Oath Fate IMO.

I've been considering going on a post Lucifuge (when I stopped paying attention) Danzig binge lately.

Dooooon't dooooo it. The first five Danzig through Thrall/Demonsweatlive are all great, and Deth Red Sabaoth and Black Laden Crown are good/very good. Everything in between is dire tripe.

i mean if you haven't listened to III you need that in your life mos def

4p actually isn't bad either

As promised, my review of the new Afterbirth album.

Good stuff, thanks.

I rarely come back to stoner/heavy psych past the first encounter 'cause I'm not a WEED DEMON to quote the name of a band I stumbled across not too long ago but the new Lowrider is some quality shit.

On an unrelated note, this guy's aliases are ever expansive yet rut-like and a sight to behold:

https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/bobby-maggard

holy shit, this fuckin' thing GOES. grindcore from Seattle

grindcore more of the 90s style after it started to congeal more around the death metal bands

some really good melodic bits on this alb too

https://ratkingband.bandcamp.com/album/vicious-inhumanity

Recorded by Tad Doyle as well, I see.

Maori Metal by David Freid about New Zealand band Alien Weaponry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc-8rBi31Q8

yay, new Benighted! it sounds like...Benighted!

woohoo!

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