If you like your metal florid and melodic, I recommend the new Temperance album, Diamanti, which I'm pretty sure will be my album of the year after hearing it all the way through just once.
Liking this a lot actually. Kind of like Ghost meets Andrew Lloyd Weber.
― o. nate, Thursday, 16 December 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
First you had me.... then you completely lost me.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 December 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
Listening to the upcoming second album by Nite (it'll be out in March) and...I wish I liked it better. I almost do. It's got really good galloping old school riffs (very Iron Maiden, very Slough Feg, very Cirith Ungol) but instead of the clean, soaring vocals the material demands, the singer is a hoarse growler who sounds almost exactly like Rob "Just Asking Questions" Miller (Amebix, Tau Cross, dude who shouts out Holocaust deniers in his liner notes). Oh, well.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 16 December 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
ta daaa
https://funeralmist.bandcamp.com/album/deiform
It's bonkers, as usual.
― Devilock, Friday, 17 December 2021 09:14 (two years ago) link
Blood Incantation are putting out an ambient record, Timewave Zero, in February.
Cosmic Death Metal band BLOOD INCANTATION have just announced the release of their first Ambient record, 'Timewave Zero', coming February 25, 2022. Recorded at World Famous Studio in Denver, Colorado, 'Timewave Zero' will be available as 180g Gatefold LP+CD, Ltd. CD+Blu-ray Digipak and on all digital platforms.The Ltd. 2CD Digipak version will feature an additional 27-minute-long bonus track (“Chronophagia”) and contains a blu-ray with the full album as a 5.1 mix + over 40 minutes of visuals directed by Wayne Joyner (https://www.waynejoyner.com/).The band comments: “An astute listening to our previous recordings reveals a gradual and deliberate increase of Experimental, Progressive and Psychedelic components. ‘Timewave Zero’ is the distillation of these elements into a concentrated piece; stripping away the Metal and emphasizing the Dark, Cinematic and exceedingly Cosmic atmosphere our music is known for.”
The Ltd. 2CD Digipak version will feature an additional 27-minute-long bonus track (“Chronophagia”) and contains a blu-ray with the full album as a 5.1 mix + over 40 minutes of visuals directed by Wayne Joyner (https://www.waynejoyner.com/).
The band comments: “An astute listening to our previous recordings reveals a gradual and deliberate increase of Experimental, Progressive and Psychedelic components. ‘Timewave Zero’ is the distillation of these elements into a concentrated piece; stripping away the Metal and emphasizing the Dark, Cinematic and exceedingly Cosmic atmosphere our music is known for.”
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 17 December 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
― Devilock, Friday, December 17, 2021 2:14 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
i was just coming in here to ask if anyone heard the new funeral mist
new fucking funeral mist!!!!!!
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 17 December 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
So this came out today...
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0267/8122/0924/products/846193ef4af36ae1b9e6fe4f2b37c483_500x.jpg?v=1635864754
Cirith Ungol "Frost and Fire (40th Anniversary Edition - Deluxe Artbook)" Boxset
Disc 1: CD - 40th Anniversary Remix01. Frost and Fire (40th Anniversary Remix)02. I'm Alive (40th Anniversary Remix)03. A Little Fire (40th Anniversary Remix)04. What Does It Take (40th Anniversary Remix) [Goldmine Mix]05. Edge of a Knife (40th Anniversary Remix)06. Better Off Dead (40th Anniversary Remix) [Goldmine Mix]07. Maybe That's Why (40th Anniversary Remix)
Disc 2: CD - 2021 Remaster01. Frost and Fire (2021 Remaster)02. I'm Alive (2021 Remaster)03. A Little Fire (2021 Remaster)04. What Does It Take (2021 Remaster)05. Edge of a Knife (2021 Remaster)06. Better Off Dead (2021 Remaster)07. Maybe That's Why (2021 Remaster)
Disc 3: CD - Demos01. I'm Alive (Demo - April 23rd, 1977)02. A Little Fire (Take 2 - April 23rd, 1977)03. Edge of a Knife (Take 2 - April 23rd, 1977)04. I'm Alive (Demo - Sept 1980)05. A Little Fire (Demo - Sept 1980)06. Edge of a Knife Demo - Sept 1980)07. Maybe That's Why (Demo - Full Band - Sept 1980)08. Frost and Fire (Demo - Unknown Date)09. A Little Fire (Gtr Demo)10. What Does It Take (Demo - Unknown Date)11. Better Off Dead (Demo - Unknown Date)12. Maybe That's Why (Demo - Unknown Date)
Disc 4: CD - Rare Interviews and Fan Tapes01. KKBZ Radio Interview - Ventura, CA02. KLOS Radio Local Show - Los Angeles, CA03. Rock Punto 7 Radio Interview - CDMX, Mexico04. Answering Machine Fan Messages
Frost Blue / Fire Orange Marbled Vinyl:=================SIDE A01. Frost and Fire (40th Anniversary Remix)02. I'm Alive (40th Anniversary Remix)03. A Little Fire (40th Anniversary Remix)04. What Does It Take (40th Anniversary Remix) [Goldmine Mix]
SIDE B05. Edge of a Knife (40th Anniversary Remix)06. Better Off Dead (40th Anniversary Remix) [Goldmine Mix]07. Maybe That's Why (40th Anniversary Remix)
SIDE C08. Frost and Fire (2021 Remaster)09. I'm Alive (2021 Remaster)10. A Little Fire (2021 Remaster)11. What Does It Take (2021 Remaster)
SIDE D12. Edge of a Knife (2021 Remaster)13. Better Off Dead (2021 Remaster)14. Maybe That's Why (2021 Remaster)
Deluxe Artbook Features:+ 50-Page Hardcover Book (12" x 12")+ 4 Compact Discs+ Frost Blue / Fire Orange Marbled Vinyl+ Artbook Contents: rare photos, flyers, memorabilia, as well as detailed liner notes and essays by the band+ European Import
I am not one who gets vinyl but the only way to get the extra CDs is in this package (the standard CD is a double-disc set with both versions of the album and no bonus material) so I think I may have to bite the bullet here.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 17 December 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
That looks fantastic, but I don't think I can spring for the full thing - I hate when the dialed down 2xCD edition excises the good stuff, though I suppose that's the point.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 17 December 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
Okay, I bought it. I was able to use a 10% off offer plus I qualified for four payments two weeks apart with no interest so that's not a big hit!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 17 December 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
omg why didn't anybody tell me about this release this year
https://lavadome.bandcamp.com/album/conflagrate-the-celestial-refugium
they claim to sound like Morbid Angel and Angel Corpse, which isn't far off the mark, though I don't find them as occult and mysterious sounding as MA. it's just intense and rifftastic.
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 December 2021 02:00 (two years ago) link
drumming is Krisiun like with basically blast beats just covering the music
from earlier this year: https://inoculation-maggotstomp.bandcamp.com/album/celestial-putridity
was described as similar to Deicide by the person who told me about it, but I don't hear it. very creative, catchy riffs. nothing new under the sun, but infectious af, and heavy.
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 05:28 (two years ago) link
I am doing last-minute albums of the year that I missed from the last Decibel Magazine.I am glad I discovered the Alda record and plan on buying it when the Eisenwald store reopens after their holiday break.
http://open.spotify.com/album/1WX7fiFDOzSJceDvVnwQan?si=_9sMIsScSXSmHPMfjrxrag
They don't like the term "Cascadian black metal" but I like it as a descriptive term.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 1 January 2022 20:09 (two years ago) link
Also discovered in the Decibel year-end issue:
http://pan-amerikannativefront.bandcamp.com/album/little-turtles-war
Little Turtle's War by Pan-Amerikan Native FrontPro-War, anti-Western imperialism Native American collective.Solid black metal that sounds like the classic stuff but with flourishes unique to their passion and mission statement.
This was a "Record that tied for 41" incidentally.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 1 January 2022 20:42 (two years ago) link
Another one that I didn't check out is the Enforced record that Century Media put out in March.
http://open.spotify.com/album/7Ctn7LIvEDjR2etYrwsD3K?si=vXY2dlzlRnmQagbZEaOlTQ
Crispy thrash that reminds me at different times of classic Sepultura or mid-period Testament? Sign me up!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 1 January 2022 21:12 (two years ago) link
Possibly the last album of the year I am going to buy:
The new Pantheist album is the same quality ethereal Funeral Doom they have become known for, maybe with the added touch of desultory Ennio Morricone at times.
http://pantheistuk.bandcamp.com/album/closer-to-god
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 02:18 (two years ago) link
I'd never heard of <code> before, but "Flyblown Prince" is an agreeable slice of weird black metal with prog elements, recommended for fans of Khanus, apparently they have some kind of connection to that Finnish band:
https://codeblackmetal.bandcamp.com/album/flyblown-prince
― o. nate, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 16:25 (two years ago) link
The new Decapitated song is...kinda good. More tech-deathy than they've been in a while. Of course, it's called "Cancer Culture," so lots of dickheads are gunning for them on Twitter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocusYtiwuAE
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:35 (two years ago) link
Necrom - All Parts Are Left Here (Osmose Records, 25 March 2022)
This is getting released tomorrow, Ukrainian Entombed-worshipping OSDM from Kharkiv.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuno6605Aks
― Siegbran, Thursday, 24 March 2022 12:23 (two years ago) link
(ah using the wrong rolling Metal thread it seems!)
― Siegbran, Thursday, 24 March 2022 12:26 (two years ago) link
I just received last year's Panopticon album finally - they didn't do a standalone CD release this time, instead including it in with the vinyl, and I slept on the first pressing that immediately sold out. The second pressing finally made it into my grubby hands which means I have officially purchased every 2021 release I wanted on CD, LP, Tape, or Digital Download if all else failed.
As such, here's my list. It's late to the game but that's Panopticon's fault as far as I am concerned.
My Favorite 2021 Metal(lic) Albums
Aduanten - Sullen CadenceAlda - A Distant FireAnimal Schoolbus - Going To Grammy's House!? 2021 RemixArtillery - XBig|Brave - VitalBlack Mass - Feast at the Forbidden TreeBlasphemous Creation - Forsaken DynastyBloody Hammers - Songs of Unspeakable TerrorThe Body - I've Seen All I Need to SeeThe Body & Big|Brave - Leaving None But Small BirdsBone Tower - We All Will Die SomedayBongzilla - WeedsconsinCarcass - Torn ArteriesCirith Ungol - Half Past Human [EP]Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire (40th Anniversary Edition)Cosmic Burial - …To The PastCradle of Filth - Existence is FutileCraven Idol - Forked TonguesThe Crown - Royal DestroyerDarkthrone - Eternal Hails…Dead Neanderthals - Rat LickerDeafheaven - Infinite GraniteDeceased - Thrash Times At Ridgemont HighDola - CzasyDordeduh - HarDread Sovereign - Alchemical WarfareDusk in Silence - Beneath the Great Sky of SolitudeEnforced - Kill GridEvile - Hell UnleashedFiat Nox - In Contemptuous DefianceThe Flight of Sleipnir - EventideFluisteraars - Gegrepen Door de Geest der ZielsontluikingFull of Hell - Garden of Burning ApparitionsGaunt Emperor - FemurGraveyard Shifters - Head Turns First, Eyes Follow...Haunt - Beautiful DistractionHeavy Temple - Lupi AmorisThe HIRS Collective - The Third 100 SongsHot Breath - Rubbery LipsIceburn - AsclepiusImpaled Nazarene - Eight Headed SerpentIron Maiden - SenjutsuKhemmis - DeceiverKing Woman - Celestial BluesKnoll - IntersticeKorpiklaani - JylhäKrallice - Demonic WealthLingua Ignota - Agnus Dei [EP]Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get ReadyLucifer - IVLucifuge - Infernal PowerLys - Silent WoodsMastodon - Hushed and GrimMelvins - Working With GodMesarthim - Vacuum Solution [EP]Mesarthim - CLG J02182–05102Monster Magnet - A Better DystopiaMourners - Act I: TragediesNecromantical Invocation - Dogme el Rituel de la Haute Magie Negură Bunget - ZăuPan-Amerikan Native Front - Little Turtle's WarPanopticon - …And Again Into the LightPantheist - Closer to GodPaysage d'Hiver - GeisterThe Pretty Reckless - Death By Rock And RollPyrexia - Gravitas MaximusRed Fang - ArrowsThe Ruins Of Beverast - The Thule GrimoiresSentinel Beast - Depths Of Death (Reissue)S.H.I. - 4 死 DeathSkepticism - CompanionSleep - The Clarity [12"]Spectral Wound - A Diabolical ThirstSteel Bearing Hand - Slay In HellStone Deaf - KillersSur Austru - ObârșieThroat - Smile LessThy Catafalque - VadakThyrfing - VanagandrTowards Atlantis Lights - When the Ashes Devoured the SunTribulation - Where the Gloom Becomes SoundWardruna - KvitravnWarish - Next to PayWhite Ward - Debemur Morti [EP]Windfaerer - Breaths Of Elder DawnsWolves in the Throne Room - Primordial ArcanaYouth Code / King Yosef - A Skeleton Key In The Doors Of DepressionV/A (Sisters of Mercy Tribute) - Black Waves Of Adrenochrome
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 7 April 2022 04:10 (one year ago) link
No Meshuggah? I think the new one is great! Agree with the criticisms above that they aren't reinventing the wheel at this point, but I feel they've earned the right to simply skate along on the wheel they've already invented. They've simply honed and refined over time their groovy battering ram vibe, and sound as immaculate and uncompromising as ever. I dunno, I can never have too much of that sound.
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 7 April 2022 09:27 (one year ago) link
This ended up being my top 5:
Asphyxiate - Altar of DecomposedDeafheaven - Infinite GraniteSněť - Mokvání v okovech Temperance - DiamantiWorm - Foreverglade
― o. nate, Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
Dear anybody else who likes the school of black-ish metal-ish that sounds like the internal monologue of the last demon left in Hell after everybody else has moved away, check out the new Reverorum ib Malacht.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3pDeSwiNodraaR3tzEtbWV?si=skJrovsKSq661V6on4yYkQ
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:48 (one year ago) link