Rolling 2021 Metal Thread

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nice

haha

wait a minute! what!

not terribly interesting but switched to this DN for a variety of reasons a while ago but am also stupid and sometimes post from the wrong one by mistake

oh ok - you're your own sock account then, I suppose

new Solstice (the Rob Barrett one!)

spinning now, let's see if it's any good

(to be clear, he isn't in the band anymore lol, just clarifying Solstii)

second song steals the Slayer "Dittohead" riff

There's absolutely nothing new or innovative about Inhuman Condition, but if you like early '90s Florida death metal as much as I do, you'll like them.

https://inhumancondition.bandcamp.com/album/rat-god

Out today...

#NowPlaying @ArtilleryMetal - X (@MetalBlade)

Old dogs have no use for new tricks when the old ones are still so potent and seared with the blueprint of classic-metal majesty.

"In Thrash We Trust," they say. Me too. https://t.co/S7fBI9rSgT

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) May 7, 2021

Oooh I love Artillery!

Pretty sure you will enjoy the new one then!

Oh the new Spectral Lore is sounding gooood

the Evile album, I thought sounded much diff than the Evile I'd previously heard, then I realized their vocalist left and they hadn't recorded anything in 8 years, and they kinda went more deathy with it.

I approve.

it's holding up after many listens.

Mortician cover, as mentioned upthread, out of place af.

Just finally getting around to the new Big|Brave but, holy crap, it is wonderful - especially the second half.

Yeah, it absolutely rules.

Big Brave is cool, almost like a metal Scrawl or something

Through most of the first half, I was thinking, "okay cool, another great album", but from the second half of "Of This Ilk" it really took off to a whole new level of greatness.

this doesn't really feel like metal to me? though i know being metal doesn't have much to do with being metal anymore

i hear a lot more, like, later period swans or something

i think part of it is the indie rock industrial complex made it hard for heavy underground bands so i guess saying it's metal is probably easier for marketing, getting ahead

Oh yeah, they aren’t very metal but they’ve always had a good reception in the ilx metal threads, which is why I mention it here. Swans isn’t a bad reference point and they have some ties to the GYBE post-rock scene in Montreal, which is a huge influence. But I’d imagine being on Southern Lord helped their reach and rep among metal fans. Fwiw, and it isn’t much, the metal archives black listed them as “not metal” long ago for, iirc, “no riffs”.

the vocals on this one are so so great, slightly-restrained-julie-christmas vibes

fucking great record!

yeah def heavy but not metal.

the metal archives black listed them as “not metal” long ago for, iirc, “no riffs”.

this is very hilarious that they do that and kind of interesting from a conceptual perspective, no riffs = no metal is an interesting idea i've never thought about

Main genres according to RYM: drone metal, post-metal. Seems right.

Like I said I think in the 90s this would have fit in with tons of underground U.S. post punk but we as a society have lost the ability to talk about heaviness in non-metal contexts, so voila drone metal, post metal, etc

this could have been on thrill jockey or something back in the day

haha also in my mind LJ is the big boss man of RYM

not untrue

He's more like the final boss.

oh, the new fucked up album is the most metal thing they've ever done and should appeal to at least some metal thread peeps

This new Paysage d'Hiver is pretty good! It definitely feels more "accessible', but I still dig it. The people that post reviews to the metal archives seem to haaaaate it though.

hadn't realized there's a new Panopticon record out Friday!

Anybody else remember The Absence? They were a super-Swedey melodeath act from Florida who made three albums for Metal Blade between 2005 and 2010, then disappeared. They came in 2018; they're on M-Theory Audio now, and their new one is coming out in late June. It sounds exactly like their old stuff, which is to say it sounds exactly like At The Gates and/or The Black Dahlia Murder. I like them probably more than I should.

https://theabsenceofficial.bandcamp.com/

This new Paysage d'Hiver is pretty good! It definitely feels more "accessible', but I still dig it. The people that post reviews to the metal archives seem to haaaaate it though.

haven't heard it yet but I smell gatekeeping...

this is very hilarious that they do that and kind of interesting from a conceptual perspective, no riffs = no metal is an interesting idea i've never thought about

yeah, agreed! had the same reaction where I laughed and then was like hmmmm🤔 and took a look at the guidelines, which I'd never read before:
https://www.metal-archives.com/content/rules

the "side projects" thing already seems like a bit of a cop out. I guess that's why stuff like abruptum stays but those records wouldn't really fit otherwise. then there's this:

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which is just funny

haven't heard it yet but I smell gatekeeping...

Yeah, it definitely seems like a case of this.

I tend to be unduly harsh on USBM, especially that of the one-man variety, but this is some good shit courtesy of Mick Barr and imo better than Demonic Wealth:

https://beastlor.bandcamp.com/album/galaxies-of-death

if like me you find atmospheric, melodic BM to be top tier comfort food, this one's for you. confident and polished.

‘La Morsure du Christ’ is the phosphoric sequel to Seth's acclaimed 1998 debut ‘Les blessures de l'âme.'

A grand recrudescence composed in alexandrine metre, these progenitors of French black metal celebrate the conflagration and demise of Notre Dame de Paris as the end of the Christian reign and the ultimate betrayal of God, with the grandeur of orthodox black metal.

https://innomineseth.bandcamp.com/album/la-morsure-du-christ

i had no idea the dude from Vattnet Viskar and the dude from Astronoid had started a project together ... but they have, and there is an EP: https://kataan.bandcamp.com/album/kataan

Ooh, now that's an intriguing collab. Thanks for the tip.

Ooh, I was just listening to Kataan and liking it, but hadn't yet looked up who they are!

It's true, I've yet to overdose on cavernous death/doom, but this hangs with the best of them and the fact that it was recorded live gives it an unpredictable edge that serves the music well:

https://transylvaniantapes.bandcamp.com/album/civerous-live-promo-mmxxi

It's name your price btw.

Unlikely press release:

SUNBOMB is a highly anticipated new musical alliance between two steadfast warriors of the U.S. hard rock/metal scene, Tracii Guns and Michael Sweet. They have put together an absolute blinder of a heavy metal album, melding influences of classic metal bands such as Black Sabbath and Judas Priest with Tracii's love of metal subgenres, specifically doom metal.

When I think Tracii Guns, I definitely think of specifically of doom metal, that's for sure.

I'm listening to the Sunbomb album right now and it's really fucking good. Full-on Trouble/Heaven and Hell doom/power metal. Unequivocal recommendation.

Those vocals!

New Dordeduh out today, nearly a decade after Dar de duh:

https://dordeduh.bandcamp.com/album/har

sounds immense right from the opener

Things that came out today I like enough to rep for (and buy):

#NowPlaying @EGGVNOFFICIAL
La Era de la Bestia@outofline

Mexican troupe brings Satan to industrial dancefloors. Great for metalheads and Goths to stomp around together, which is frankly my kind of party.https://t.co/1MiTt21Vqe

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) May 14, 2021

#NowPlaying
Throat
Smile Less@svartrecords

Finnish group reimagines Joy Division signed to Touch And Go Records. 'Smile Less' is a bit darker than 'Bareback,' the previous release that introduced me to the band, but so's the world.https://t.co/VcssOcHsKX

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) May 14, 2021

"Joy Division signed to Touch And Go Records"

Uh, yeah, that deserves at least a spin.

new Grave Miasma, first in a while. need to spin.

fuck yes about Dordeduh. i was all about the last one.

this Sunbomb album is a fucking blast