xxpost re: the Memoriam, it's an extremely so bar that it's barely above the ground, but at least happy to hear a death metal band writing about war from the anti-war perspective
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 02:30 (one year ago) link
*low bar jfc
I like the Memoriam — not as much as the ones before, as you say, but enough that I've tried to at least formulate some thoughts on it for BA. Maybe in a week or two.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 03:12 (one year ago) link
#NowPlaying Tidal Wave'The Lord Knows'(2023, @music_ripple)Swedish stoner fare, emphasizing the bluesy classic rock stuff, with a vocalist who approximates Big Business' Jared Warren's loud as fuck bellowing. It's not possible to play this loud enough, but it's fun to try! pic.twitter.com/QWSkZdTU7e— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) February 7, 2023
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 03:59 (one year ago) link
Glad to see that post, I've really been digging that Tidal Wave record. Sometimes I hesitate to post about the more stoner leaning stuff here since there don't seem to be too many folks into that left around.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 05:36 (one year ago) link
I don't post on this thread too often but I'm always interested to hear about new stoner/doom stuff, I enjoyed this Crypt Witch record from last year despite it being very derivative! https://cryptwitch.bandcamp.com/album/ritual-herbs
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 09:20 (one year ago) link
I’m new to this thread (after taking a 30-year sabbatical from metal up until last year) and I like stonery stuff, fwiw.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
Spending more time with this Oozing Wound album today and it’s awesome
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link
local band Bodybox are opening for Soulfly. i assumed this was just locally, but no...ENTIRE run of the tour!
they have a 9 minute EP and a 4 minute demo.
what the hell are they going to play? lol
there's no album due out anytime soon so I'm assuming set will be filled of songs they just wrote and covers.
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 February 2023 01:57 (one year ago) link
Soulfly isn't even in my top 500 but holy hell they're great live.
They haven't even gotten to the Nailbomb cover yet
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Friday, 10 February 2023 02:57 (one year ago) link
stoked on the first new kvist output since the 90s (from upcoming peaceville comp) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG_kffRy-QE
as a sidenote: peaceville needs to fix their website
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
digging the 2 Ulthar albums that just came out. I learned about Mastery through this board so thought there might be more hype here. But seems like just me. Anyhow both sounding great.
― gman59, Friday, 17 February 2023 18:44 (one year ago) link
i was curious about those! awesome
saw Deceased last night. awesome as always. really tight band live and yet also really goofy.
but they never get much turnout.
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 February 2023 19:55 (one year ago) link
Should have those two Ulthars waiting for me at home, though reading this Baandcamp interview with them is going to shadow that a little. Damn, that's rough. Hoping for the best.
Ulthar went into the studio ready to kick ass, armed with as much new music as they’d released up to that point combined. But when Lermo went to track his vocal parts, something seemed off.“I had warmed up my voice a bunch, and I started singing, and Justin and Steve were in the control room, and they were like, ‘You don’t sound right,’” Lermo remembers. “And I was like, ‘Really?’ And I listened back, and I was like, ‘Yeah, my voice does sound weird.’ Eventually, I just worked more and more, trying to get into the right range and got it to sound right.”Lermo also noticed some pain in his throat while he was recording vocals: “It wasn’t a bad pain. It was just like a scratchy something-or-other.” When it didn’t go away for over a month, he started to get concerned. When he felt a lump on his neck, he got it checked out. A couple short months after getting through the challenging Anthronomicon/Helionomicon sessions, his biopsy came back positive. Lermo had throat cancer.“I was treated with chemotherapy and radiation for two and a half months. I ended up in the hospital for eight days. I lost the ability to eat and drink and talk,” Lermo says, stressing that the voice coming through the Zoom call isn’t what his voice normally sounds like. “We’ve had a couple of tour offers that I just had to straight-up turn down, even though it’s a couple of months in the future because I can’t predict when I’m gonna be able to sing again.”He might never be able to sing again, and if he does, there’s no guarantee he’ll sound the way he used to: “I’ve talked to doctors about it and stuff, and it’s kind of a very, very niche question to be like, ‘I sing for a death metal band. When will my ability to do death growls come back?’ Nobody has an answer for that.”
“I had warmed up my voice a bunch, and I started singing, and Justin and Steve were in the control room, and they were like, ‘You don’t sound right,’” Lermo remembers. “And I was like, ‘Really?’ And I listened back, and I was like, ‘Yeah, my voice does sound weird.’ Eventually, I just worked more and more, trying to get into the right range and got it to sound right.”
Lermo also noticed some pain in his throat while he was recording vocals: “It wasn’t a bad pain. It was just like a scratchy something-or-other.” When it didn’t go away for over a month, he started to get concerned. When he felt a lump on his neck, he got it checked out. A couple short months after getting through the challenging Anthronomicon/Helionomicon sessions, his biopsy came back positive. Lermo had throat cancer.
“I was treated with chemotherapy and radiation for two and a half months. I ended up in the hospital for eight days. I lost the ability to eat and drink and talk,” Lermo says, stressing that the voice coming through the Zoom call isn’t what his voice normally sounds like. “We’ve had a couple of tour offers that I just had to straight-up turn down, even though it’s a couple of months in the future because I can’t predict when I’m gonna be able to sing again.”
He might never be able to sing again, and if he does, there’s no guarantee he’ll sound the way he used to: “I’ve talked to doctors about it and stuff, and it’s kind of a very, very niche question to be like, ‘I sing for a death metal band. When will my ability to do death growls come back?’ Nobody has an answer for that.”
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 17 February 2023 21:34 (one year ago) link
new Hellripper is fantastic. not that I don't love a lot of it, but blackened speed metal is one of those subgenres that's so full of boring clones. I like that they manage to be inspired in their writing.
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 February 2023 00:17 (one year ago) link
plus were part of an anti-Nazi comp in 2018
there's a ton of trad fist pumpy heavy metal in there as well without overwhelming the black heart of the sound and that's my language.
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 February 2023 00:19 (one year ago) link
shit, this thing could be an EOY candidate. too early to say that, it's only Feb, and only one spin, but this is one of the better in its field I've heard in years
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 February 2023 00:57 (one year ago) link
Waiting til my copy shows up later this week, good to read your raves though.
Listened to the more traditional of the two Ulthar albums this weekend, really damn good. Going to tackle the other one soon.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 20 February 2023 15:48 (one year ago) link
I enjoyed both Ulthar. the two song one has a cool synth sequence on one of the songs
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 February 2023 16:03 (one year ago) link
Gene Hoglan on Chuck Schuldiner, also (since I hadn't kept up with posthumous Death) mostly news to me:
Hoglan joined DEATH in 1993. He replaced Sean Reinert, who — along with guitarist Paul Masvidal — quit the band to focus on CYNIC. He appears on the group's albums "Individual Thought Patterns" and "Symbolic".The current lineup of DEATH TO ALL includes Hoglan, DiGiorgio on bass and Koelble on guitar. Max Phelps (CYNIC),who has been touring with DEATH TO ALL, is once again handling the vocal and second-guitar duties.Schuldiner died on December 13, 2001 after a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor.In recent years, DEATH's storied catalog has undergone a meticulous reissue campaign via Relapse Records.Relapse released the first-ever fully authorized DEATH tab book, featuring 21 classic songs tabbed out for guitar from the band's entire discography. The book, which includes traditional notation as well as tablature, also comes with a digital download of all tracks
The current lineup of DEATH TO ALL includes Hoglan, DiGiorgio on bass and Koelble on guitar. Max Phelps (CYNIC),who has been touring with DEATH TO ALL, is once again handling the vocal and second-guitar duties.
Schuldiner died on December 13, 2001 after a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor.
In recent years, DEATH's storied catalog has undergone a meticulous reissue campaign via Relapse Records.
Relapse released the first-ever fully authorized DEATH tab book, featuring 21 classic songs tabbed out for guitar from the band's entire discography. The book, which includes traditional notation as well as tablature, also comes with a digital download of all tracks
https://blabbermouth.net/news/gene-hoglan-remembers-chuck-schuldiner-he-was-not-a-big-fan-of-people-or-the-music-industry-but-he-liked-his-friends
― dow, Monday, 20 February 2023 22:43 (one year ago) link
Aside from "Pestilength" being a pretty funny band name, this Basque DM band has a nice generally mid- to down-tempo death/doom feel that's pretty darn good. Some Incantation similarities but there are some original rhythmic and riff ideas going on.
http://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/album/basom-gryphos
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
my friend was just talking about them and I too brought up the name.
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link
And the one track up from this Auroch/Mitochondrion-related project shows a Jute Gyte influence imo, really bent guitar stuff
http://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/track/three-initiates-meet-at-the-cemetery-crossroads-2
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:37 (one year ago) link
The debut album by Parasitario from Osaka, Japan is out now. It's called Everything Belongs to Death and it is some grimy, knuckle-walking old school shit. Like Obituary with Asphyx vocals.
https://fda-records.bandcamp.com/album/everything-belongs-to-death
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1100304211_10.jpg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:42 (one year ago) link
I think I prefer the 2 track Ulthar the most because it breathes and lets them really let loose but yeah both albums really hit the spot. Thank you for sharing that bandcamp article. I hope he recovers. Peacock is also a good vocalist. I dig Mastery and Spirit Possession as much as I do Ulthar.
― gman59, Thursday, 23 February 2023 22:28 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I'd agree with that. Helionomicon is definitely the better of the two, for exactly the reason you state, but I spun Anthronomicon again today and it holds up pretty damn well too. A huge leap forward for a band that I already liked well enough.
Looking forward to the new Spirit Possession.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 23 February 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
At Weedeater show, and Rebelmatic are opening. All Black stoner/sludge metal band who has punky elements and hip hop/R&B elements.
The drummer is ODB's brother.
They were great
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 02:55 (one year ago) link
Dixie Dave now has delayed the start of the show because he has to take a dump
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 03:49 (one year ago) link
OMG that was awesome
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 05:17 (one year ago) link
... the dump?
― StanM, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 07:27 (one year ago) link
lol
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 17:02 (one year ago) link
This Oak album, Disintegrate, is really hitting hard today. One long, 45-minute track of funereal doom with death metal vocals, features a couple of the guys from Gaerea.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 18:44 (one year ago) link
The new Smoulder track is a ripper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mOnashhRZc
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 2 March 2023 13:59 (one year ago) link
New Arriver is imminent:
https://www.invisibleoranges.com/arriver-azimuth-stream-interview/
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 March 2023 12:57 (one year ago) link
Yakuza are back! They're releasing their first studio album in more than a decade in May. I used to love these guys, and saw them live once, opening for Triptykon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Obw8-VvlM
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 6 March 2023 23:54 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I was surprised to see them pop up on Svart, but really glad to have them back.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 March 2023 23:55 (one year ago) link
zero production value black metal from Italy, concept album about "the 16th century coastal towers of Further Abruzzo, which were built near river outlets by the Kingdom of Naples and used as guard posts to spot and signal the presence of incoming privateer ships." as themes for an album go, I'm hard pressed to think of a better one. RIYL the sound of tapes that were stored in a moldy cardboard box for three years before being pressed up into a limited hand-numbered edition of 25.
https://xenoglossyproductions.bandcamp.com/album/coastal-towers
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 00:23 (one year ago) link
Doom metal veterans Saturnus return 10 years after their previous one with two new guitarists and an album: https://saturnus-official.bandcamp.com/album/the-storm-within
― StanM, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
man i'm still stuck on this oozing wound record. it definitely hits the noise rock spot but what it most consistently reminds me of is...Tad?
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
but i must admit "concept album about 16th century coastal towers" now has my attn
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:43 (one year ago) link
still waiting for that meter data 2xLP
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
https://flatspotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fsr66-a-new-tomorrow
this is hardcore i guess, but def powerviolence-y and even thrashy sometimes
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
Good: Toxic Holocaust is touring!Bad: MAGA dorks Havok are co-headlining.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:13 (one year ago) link
Havok are Trumpers?
they released the song "Hang 'Em High" on inauguration day, and I can't really find much in Google for them and Trump other than this quote:
But if there is one good thing about Trump it’s that I have never seen a president get hated so much so maybe people are at least waking up to the political system; you know it’s bullshit, it’s a nonsense and we shouldn’t subscribe to this. What’s so fascinating is that people will then still say you have to go out and vote for one of the same two parties that have been in power for a hundred years; the two party system is just two heads of the same snake. Both are about big business, neither give a fuck about the American people. It’s mind numbing.
which came across as more libertarian-y.
just curious - I know some of this stuff is more on the d/l in metal.
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
*inauguration day 2017
I mean, this is one of the most recent tweets from their official account . . .
Would anybody like to see Havok on Tim Pool’s podcast? #Repost @DavidFreethink ・・・🎙 Thanks to Louie Cordero in Los Angeles for recommending Havok and “Conformicide” to Tim Pool. Maybe a Timcast IRL + Riffs Or Die swapcast is in order…? @Timcast @riffsordie_ pic.twitter.com/MIHLMF0W3y— HAVOK (@HAVOKthrash) May 4, 2022
They may or may not be full on MAGA chuds, but they are definitely stupid and have bad politics.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:52 (one year ago) link
fair enough
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
yeah Tim Pool is like gateway alt-right since 2020
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 16 March 2023 00:12 (one year ago) link
This is what tipped me off - the first song off Conformicide:
"F.P.C."
They want to shut you upAnd put your mind in a cageDictate the words that you can useFreedom of speech goes up in flames
When the censorship beginsThey will come for youSpeaking your mind becomes a sinPolitical correctness breaking through
With the suppression of ideasEveryone pays the priceBeware of this becausePolitical correctness ends your rights
P.C. warriors want to force you to speak their wayP.C. warriors want to prohibit what you can say todayThat's right
Political correctness: free speech is seizedPolitical correctness is a social diseasePolitical correctness: free speech is seizedPolitical correctness is a social diseaseFuck it
Political correctness: free speech is seizedPolitical correctness is a social diseasePolitical correctness: free speech is seizedPolitical correctness is a social disease
Fuck P.C.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 16 March 2023 02:13 (one year ago) link