ok maybe not INCREDIBLE but def at least v good
― imago, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
Started to pre-order the new Gojira album, but their website charges $7.50 for postage on a single CD within the continental US. Fuuuuuck that. I'll buy it from a third party site that has it cheaper anyway.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
So...have a question: why is Genghis Tron considered metal?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 April 2021 01:48 (three years ago) link
Because they once were a metal band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqGU6YuBjOc
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 April 2021 01:53 (three years ago) link
(Sort of.)
Ah cuz yeah hearing this I think more of Trans Am as mentioned or Battles or something like that
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 April 2021 01:57 (three years ago) link
Good stuff really like it
Same. I listened to Red Line a lot in my late teens and Dream Weapon brings me back a bit.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 April 2021 02:04 (three years ago) link
hmm red line is a great record, guess i’ll check this out tho i’m sour that they dropped the grind
moral collapse teaser tracks have def piqued my interest:https://moralcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/moral-collapse
some real head-nodding tech death and tablas and saxophones and guitar feedback and shit for kicks too, excited to hear the whole thing
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Thursday, 1 April 2021 03:29 (three years ago) link
For April Fools' Day, metal-archives.com has replaced band photos with cat pics. Make sure to check out the last one.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mot%C3%B6rhead/203
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Iron_Maiden/25
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mercyful_Fate/182
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Judas_Priest/97
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Metallica/125
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Slayer/72
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Iced_Earth/4
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 1 April 2021 12:24 (three years ago) link
Haha, well played.This one also got a sensible chuckle out of me:https://www.angrymetalguy.com/basement-dwelling-black-metal-artists-voice-frustration-with-bigger-bands-recording-in-basement-during-pandemic/
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:01 (three years ago) link
The new Cannibal Corpse album is a very good Cannibal Corpse album. Erik Rutan is on lead guitar throughout, and wrote three songs, though you can't tell; they sound like Cannibal Corpse songs, not Hate Eternal songs. Lots of slow and heavy stuff in the vein of "Scourge of Iron," no grindcore-ish blasts in the vein of "High Velocity Impact Splatter."
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
Just realised what Genghis Tron reminds me of: Secret Machines!
― imago, Thursday, 1 April 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
oh yeah good call!
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 1 April 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
title track also basically giving a slightly chilled-out version of what The Armed are soon to purvey upon our helpless souls
― imago, Thursday, 1 April 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
There are parts where I feel like the GT could have benefited from a softer mix. It's still mixed like a loud metal album. I keep wanting to fiddle with the volume.
Ballou definitely knows what he was going for, ofc.
― jmm, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:49 (three years ago) link
https://lddsm.bandcamp.com/
reaally digging Polaris, the new one from Les Disidentes Del Sucio Motel (LDDSM) - the clean radio-rock vox will be an instant dealbreaker for some but the songs are solid as hell and I like the blend of big soaring alt-metal hooks and moody space rock they're up to here
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
Not bad. His accent is less distracting than I expected.
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 April 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
Steel Bearing Hand - Slay in HellJust bought the CD from @Carbon_Forms. I caught these sooted thrashers in a West Philly basement show five years ago and the new one rips. Meet the new Cowboys from Hell (all the riffs, none of the baggage). https://t.co/JIIorRhqpN #NowPlaying— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) April 2, 2021
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 2 April 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
I think New Standard Elite has figured out exactly what it takes for a brutal DM album to hit the pom spot if this and last year’s Putrescent Seepage album are anything to go by:https://newstandardelite.bandcamp.com/album/metharoma-pipe-dreams-through-the-alley
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 April 2021 22:00 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the tip. Bought all three of their new releases.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 2 April 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link
Speaking of the brutalness, this one just blipped onto my radar and subsequently sent me zooming. Enough curveballs in the songs to keep things interesting, but not techy.https://shownomercyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/incubation-in-the-parallel-dimension-snm011
Also I've been on a Blood Harvest Recs kick the last few days and found this to be at the top of the heap. I guess it's just "death metal" but the dude brings the riffs like mad and knows how to stack a song into a comprehensible shape. Almost reminds me of Abbath's style in places, like "Mountains of Might" gone total death. Drum sound's kind of whack but ehhh. Really hope a full length is in the works.https://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/altered-state
― Devilock, Saturday, 3 April 2021 06:45 (three years ago) link
re: the latter
https://i.imgur.com/I80u7cj.jpg
― Devilock, Saturday, 3 April 2021 06:51 (three years ago) link
oh yeah Xantam rules
― Shaidar Logoff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 3 April 2021 11:00 (three years ago) link
I got a Bandcamp email from Sentient Ruin and the dude used "⚡️⚡️" runes as bullets on his list of releases and like... dude. Really?
― Shaidar Logoff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 3 April 2021 11:01 (three years ago) link
another vote for this genghis tron album... good stuff!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
Speaking of the New Standard Elite releases, I'm digging the Asphyxiate. Just enough hints of Old-school in their brutalness, and they're from Indonesia!
― o. nate, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
This T-shirt is fantastic, though I don't think it's a good color for me.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0537/4221/products/MensTee-Mockups-FRONT_1c0624dd-80dc-4914-8e1e-077617351a3c_800x.jpg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
Some fuckin' awesome tech death from Bangalore feat. Kevin Hufnagel, among others:
https://moralcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/moral-collapse
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
yes! that one really delivered on the promise of the teaser tracks. the whole record is sweet as hell.
speaking of which, new altarage incoming:https://altarage.bandcamp.com/album/succumb
those two teaser tracks bode very well imo
the odd production choices, hints of grind, and overall speed and density of the sound all make me think of knelt rote (who I love) without really sounding like them. great band.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
Really enjoyed their previous LP so I’ll definitely be checking this one out.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 8 April 2021 00:37 (three years ago) link
How shall we know? We shall not. Not in a million years. Unworthy of grace. We shall see nothing. Unworthy of life. How shall we know? We shall not. Not in a million years. Not in the face of the end. We shall see nothing. Unworthy of creation.
some very solid new polish bm, opens with a sample from the devils which can only bode well
https://manbryne.bandcamp.com/releases
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 12 April 2021 01:48 (three years ago) link
"Recorded Anno Pestis MMXIX - MMXX"
heh
― o. nate, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link
I'm systematically revisiting some older stuff before dipping back into the unending flow of 2021 releases but that small detail makes me even more hyped to hear it.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 01:49 (three years ago) link
Of course it's sponsored by/presented at a gym.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eyyb6SLWEAIBpkF.jpg
"OK, first things first — that whole thing about how if you ask them if they're a cop, legally they have to tell you? That's a bunch of bullshit, man, take it from me."
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
The new Xasthur song is hilariously awful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf7fqGVorVg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
I mean the music's not terrible but the lyrics and lyric video are certainly...a lot. Maybe the other 21 (!) songs will be less cringey.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
So that's what he sounds like now, huh. I hadn't heard anything by him since 2009's All Reflections Drained.
Anyway, I had the same reaction as Simon.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
at least 'the prison of mirrors' was existentially bleak in its simplistic view of the world eh lol
― imago, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link
at least he doesn't seem to have gone fash so that's nice?
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
This is more hard rock than metal, but it will likely be my favorite album this year barring something else blowing me away.
Rubbery Lips by @hotbreathgbg (@TheSignRecords)This Swedish hard rock is crunchy, catchy, and easily my favorite record of the year thus far. Think Runaways, old Riot, original Alice Cooper Band, with a metallic sheen. https://t.co/bkSWNkCBtN #NowPlaying— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) April 9, 2021
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
Yeah this is a lot of fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzftRferCLc
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
reminds me of...eagles of death metal?
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
I had All Reflections Drained on the other week and was pleased how well it had stood up.
That, on the other hand, is dreadful.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
even tho the direction he's taken xasthur is... not my thing, I do respect that he seems to be doing exactly what he wants to be doing. a name change might have been good tho.
and speaking of going fash or not, thought this review was a little too charitable:https://grizzlybutts.com/2021/04/04/sielunvihollinen-teloituskasky-2021-review/
DTB isn't just some vaguely sketchy black metal label, it is pretty openly what it is and it seems weird to mention the label but not mention that
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
maybe the combined dogwhistle power of namedropping Horna and Goatmoon back to back is supposed to do that heavy lifting for them.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
Këkht Aräkh is making me smile. Bedroom black metal with a forlorn, romantic sensibility by a guy who calls himself the Crying Orc. Pretty close to Under a Funeral Moon at times.
https://kekhtarakh.bandcamp.com/album/pale-swordsman
― jmm, Friday, 16 April 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
Regarde Les Hommes Tomber stream of Ascension live is hitting HARD @ https://www.roadburnredux.com/
― black dice live ft. jerry garcia (rizzx), Friday, 16 April 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
the new lion's daughter album is absolutely fucking awesome. I liked their last one, it was super intense, this one is...poppier? I mean the singer's still roaring like the dude from Darkane in '99. but the riffs are tight and the synths are soundtrack-y, they're kind of reaching for something beyond "overwhelm you with force." great band imo
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 12:01 (two years ago) link
lulz
THIS PIECE OF SHIT IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE METAL COMMUNITY! First he shames us with his terrorist actions on in DC, and THEN he becomes a rat to his own people for a lighter sentence! MAN THE FUCK UP! Own your shit! If you do the crime, do the time!https://t.co/jTo6EFVSDN— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) April 18, 2021
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link