Metal Thread 202X - lol they suck a bunch, I'm already in an Uber home, bitch

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RHTITE: Dec 26, 2008

Morbid Florist posted:

I need to listen to Nightside Eclipse to get that Beherit song out of my memory. That was a new millenium update of Burzum's Casio keyboard days

It's definitely not everyone's bag. It doesn't help, I think, that it's a song that was left off Engram and was obviously not finished and polished up. I just love those loony finns to pieces.

# ? Sep 28, 2012 20:20

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 11:47

Olibu: Feb 24, 2008

I'm listening to the new Therion at the moment (which was a surprise that they were even releasing it on their tour) and it's certainly not what I expected. Shorter songs (longest is four and a half minutes) and all in French.

It's certainly not bad, but I liked some of the avant-garde elements that had shown up in Sitra Ahra, especially in the vocal arrangements, and so to almost regress to something like this that is stripped down feels odd.

# ? Sep 29, 2012 04:02

Schizotek: Nov 8, 2011; I say, hey, listen to me!
Stay sane inside insanity!!!

Olibu posted:

I'm listening to the new Therion at the moment (which was a surprise that they were even releasing it on their tour) and it's certainly not what I expected. Shorter songs (longest is four and a half minutes) and all in French.

It's certainly not bad, but I liked some of the avant-garde elements that had shown up in Sitra Ahra, especially in the vocal arrangements, and so to almost regress to something like this that is stripped down feels odd.

Therion has a new album out?
fake edit: Guess they sorta do. Guess they didn't get much of a word out without Nuke financing this one.
Haven't bought it yet. Which album would you say it's closest to in terms of sound?

# ? Sep 29, 2012 09:40

Olibu: Feb 24, 2008

Schizotek posted:

Therion has a new album out?
fake edit: Guess they sorta do. Guess they didn't get much of a word out without Nuke financing this one.
Haven't bought it yet. Which album would you say it's closest to in terms of sound?

Tough to say. They seem to be drawing some influences that haven't really been present before, like I get a musicals vibe. All of the songs being shorter mean that there isn't as much of a focus on the instrumentation, but the guitars and orchestra still get moments to shine. Very little use of a full chorus, usually just a couple vocalists so it's similar to the last two albums in that regard. I keep wanting to draw comparisons to Deggial, as nothing on here is as 'big' as what they did from Lemuria/Sirius B on.

# ? Sep 29, 2012 20:08

Fenrir: Apr 26, 2005; I found my kendo stick, bitch!; Lipstick Apathy

Bonk posted:

Oh wow. RIITIIR is good. It's really, really loving good.

I'd heard the 1st and 3rd track already, but hearing it all in the context of an album is phenomenal. I'm taking a long trip tomorrow, and I can't wait to hear how this sounds on my new car stereo.

I just got it, and if you think those are good, just wait until you hear Roots of the Mountain (track 4). Holy loving poo poo. Especially the ending, where Grutle growls while Herbrand sings, which they've never done like this before.

I love this band so much.

I had pretty much declared Axioma their best album since Mardraum and now that's been blown to poo poo. RIITIIR is goddamn amazing.

Morbid Florist posted:

I'd say it's possibly their last album we'll be talking about in a metal thread

It has its moments but they're close to losing me at this point

edit: ok maybe that's a bit heavy handed. it's definitely not black metal anymore and these clean choruses are getting really boring with their limited range and INSISTENCE on having them in every song.

It's odd that you didn't see the writing on the wall, really... I mean, this has been the case since they brought on Herbrand. They have gradually expanded his role since he joined the band, but to be honest, I love it because it brought a new dimension to a band that was never "troo black metal" to begin with, and not much more than loosely black metal since Eld/Mardraum.

What's strange is this is the point that is "close to losing" you. RIITIIR is the next step in a very logical path of progression that's been ongoing since the late 90s.

I won't argue whether it's better or worse for metal purists, because that's a big stupid can of worms, but anyone who's been paying attention should have seen this coming.

I loving love it. I still listen to more orthodox metal, and even some of the more insane black metal bands, but I don't look for that in an Enslaved album, and I never did.

Fenrir fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Sep 30, 2012

# ? Sep 30, 2012 06:10

TheIllestVillain: Dec 27, 2011; Sal, Wyoming's not a country

I can't really listen to any of their pre-Monumension albums, i have trouble liking the full catalogue of any black metal band bar Blut aus Nord.

# ? Oct 1, 2012 09:14

Morbid Florist: Oct 22, 2002; and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.

Saw Grave/Dark Funeral/Morbid Angel saturday.

Grave was absolutely the best part of the show. It was really disappointing their shirt shop had already been picked clean of anything bigger than larges, and they didn't have the new album for sale (or any albums). But they loving crushed it even if they got a really short set. Mostly new songs, not the new ones I was hoping for, but Into The Grave and Morbid Way To Die were done. Grave doesn't tour the US enough.

Dark Funeral was fairly disappointing. This new-ish singer of theirs is pretty lame, all theatrical with stupid faces and clearly trying to be Shagrath/Nergal, with some stupid hot-topic dress on. The only thing that kept us watching their set was their drummer. THAT guy is way too good to be in that band. Fast as loving anything and he hits HARD. They played one song from Black Arts, they did that one well even if only one person in the band was on that album.

Morbid Angel lost us about 20 minutes into their set, played nothing we recognized so we went next door for cheaper beer. Guitar twirls and spin moves like we're at a motley crue show...

Morbid Florist fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Oct 1, 2012

# ? Oct 1, 2012 14:18

GODS NOT REAL: Sep 25, 2012; YOU STUPID BUNNIES

I listened to Death for the first time in a while today. God, I forgot how loving amazing Symbolic is. It's just got this funny thing where the rhythm is one of the main things I find so attractive about it, which is strange for this type of music.

# ? Oct 1, 2012 20:42

arbybaconator: Dec 18, 2007; All hat and no cattle

Just booked my Hotel for Maryland Deathfest XI :smug:

Next year is gonna own

# ? Oct 1, 2012 21:59

Monkeytime: Mar 20, 2010

MDF will be back at the building formerly known as Sonar next year.

Maryland Deathfest posted:

We're a day early with this announcement, but we can finally let you know where MDF XI will be taking place.

In a nutshell, we will be returning to the property formerly known as Sonar, and will be at least doubling the amount of outside space that we've been used to utilizing. We realize that it's a bit of a mind gently caress to wait around for a few months just to hear that the fest is returning to the same place, but truth be told, the other places we looked at were either not able to give us a definite answer anytime soon, and/or had too many inconveniences that we did not want to put the fans through. During the venue search, it was brought to our attention that the new owners of the property were willing to collaborate with us, so we decided to go through with returning to a familiar place that is close to the hotels and conveniences of downtown Baltimore.

The additional space outside will allow us to comfortably accommodate the crowd, and will a
llow more room for the MDF vendor village, food vendors/food trucks, places to sit, and other new additions like misting tents to escape the possibility of it being hotter than it should be that weekend. There will be two outside stages plus the stage inside. Due to the new configuration outside, the placement of the outside stages will likely be different.
As for the building itself, there are some renovations currently taking place, but the rooms will be used exactly how they have been in the past, and it will be air conditioned throughout.

We would also like to announce the addition of a second inside stage at Baltimore Soundstage, which is a 1/2 mile walk away from the former Sonar (at 124 Market Place), and will be used from Friday-Sunday. This will be a smaller show without a barricade that will feature mostly hardcore and punk bands, and it will be scheduled in a way that should not conflict with anything going on at the former Sonar compound. All of the bands for this stage will be included in next week's announcement on October 9th.

# ? Oct 1, 2012 22:56

ShrewdOrganMerchant: Apr 26, 2008; Please stop doing that.

Huh, so Anette just left Nightwish. I'm honestly surprised, but I can hardly say I'm disappointed. Maybe the next singer they get will be more suited to their older stuff and I'll start caring about them again. Probably not.

Nightwish posted:

Press statement

Another chapter of the Nightwish story has ended today. Nightwish and Anette Olzon have decided to part company, in mutual understanding, for the good of all parties involved.

In recent times it has become increasingly obvious that the direction and the needs of the band were in conflict, and this has led to a division from which we cannot recover.

Nightwish has no intention of cancelling any upcoming shows, and as a result we have decided to bring in a substitute vocalist starting in Seattle 1.10.2012. Her name is Floor Jansen from The Netherlands (ex-After Forever, ReVamp), and she has graciously stepped in to help us complete the Imaginaerum world tour.

We are all strongly committed to this journey, this vehicle of spirit, and we are sure that this will lead to a brighter future for everyone.

We forever remain excited about the adventures to come, and we are extremely proud of the two beautiful albums and the wonderful shows we shared together.

- NIGHTWISH & Anette Olzon

# ? Oct 1, 2012 23:37

Vulture Culture: Jul 14, 2003; I was never enjoying it. I only eat it for the nutrients.

Tuomas will dress in a little girl's outfit and sing all of Imaginaerum in the style of Shirley Temple.

# ? Oct 1, 2012 23:54

ShrewdOrganMerchant: Apr 26, 2008; Please stop doing that.

Misogynist posted:

Tuomas will dress in a little girl's outfit and sing all of Imaginaerum in the style of Shirley Temple.

I would consider that an improvement.

# ? Oct 1, 2012 23:55

rxcowboy: Sep 13, 2008; I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth; fucked both a chick and her mom

_{_{I will get anal. Oh yes.}}

Never listened to Enslaved before. Listened to RIITIIR today.

Holy poo poo. That was a loving awesome album. Time to delve into yet another band's back catalog.

# ? Oct 2, 2012 00:27

Vulture Culture: Jul 14, 2003; I was never enjoying it. I only eat it for the nutrients.

ShrewdOrganMerchant posted:

I would consider that an improvement.

Say what you will, at least the guy's consistent.

# ? Oct 2, 2012 01:33

tote up a bags: Jun 8, 2006; die stoats die

I know a few people were looking forward to it, so here's the title track of the upcoming Machinae Supremacy album. It's not as catchy power metally as Laser Speed Force, but it's good. Really good if you like bleep bloop.

# ? Oct 2, 2012 02:51

IRQ: Sep 9, 2001; SUCK A DICK, DUMBSHITS!

ShrewdOrganMerchant posted:

Huh, so Anette just left Nightwish. I'm honestly surprised, but I can hardly say I'm disappointed. Maybe the next singer they get will be more suited to their older stuff and I'll start caring about them again. Probably not.

Floor Jansen is actually pretty good and definitely could do their older stuff, if they pick her up. That doesn't fix the crappy songwriting of the last 2-3 albums though.

# ? Oct 2, 2012 03:08

Nam Taf: Jun 25, 2005; I am Fat Man, hear me roar!

IRQ posted:

Floor Jansen is actually pretty good and definitely could do their older stuff, if they pick her up. That doesn't fix the crappy songwriting of the last 2-3 albums though.

Tell Toumas to shut up and mash his keyboard and let Floor/Marco write the music + vocals and we'll be golden.

Also, this has me suddenly far more interested in seeing them come January when they visit here, just to see what it's like!

e: That said, they probably won't alter the setlist which'll be depressing because it'll be full of lovely newer songs rather than them taking opportunity to do some of their better stuff.

Nam Taf fucked around with this message at 09:42 on Oct 2, 2012

# ? Oct 2, 2012 09:39

Redrum and Coke: Feb 25, 2006; wAstIng 10 bUcks ON an aVaTar iS StUpid

Nam Taf posted:

Tell Toumas to shut up and mash his keyboard and let Floor/Marco write the music + vocals and we'll be golden.

Also, this has me suddenly far more interested in seeing them come January when they visit here, just to see what it's like!

e: That said, they probably won't alter the setlist which'll be depressing because it'll be full of lovely newer songs rather than them taking opportunity to do some of their better stuff.

Anette could perform some things, but a lot of the older material was simply above her voice range. The two records she made with the band were better for her live, since they were made for her.

I hope the material with Floor Jansen will be good... although she has been pretty lazy lately, not performing due to a never-ending "burnout".

# ? Oct 2, 2012 12:09

Nam Taf: Jun 25, 2005; I am Fat Man, hear me roar!

Non Serviam posted:

Anette could perform some things, but a lot of the older material was simply above her voice range. The two records she made with the band were better for her live, since they were made for her.

I know, I saw the DPP tour and I enjoyed DPP as an album, largely. I just think casting away the entire back-catalogue because you chose the wrong singer is highly foolish - they're effectively burning the legacy that made them famous. Choosing a new singer kind of by default should include them being able to perform your existing hits if you wish to survive as a band, otherwise you just alienate your existing fanbase to a large extent.

# ? Oct 2, 2012 15:14

Fiendish Dr. Wu: Nov 11, 2010; You done fucked up now!

Nam Taf posted:

I know, I saw the DPP tour and I enjoyed DPP as an album, largely. I just think casting away the entire back-catalogue because you chose the wrong singer is highly foolish - they're effectively burning the legacy that made them famous. Choosing a new singer kind of by default should include them being able to perform your existing hits if you wish to survive as a band, otherwise you just alienate your existing fanbase to a large extent.

Or you could pull an Arch Enemy and exploit the new singer.

# ? Oct 2, 2012 15:20

CornHolio: May 20, 2001; Toilet Rascal

Olibu posted:

I'm listening to the new Therion at the moment (which was a surprise that they were even releasing it on their tour) and it's certainly not what I expected. Shorter songs (longest is four and a half minutes) and all in French.

It's certainly not bad, but I liked some of the avant-garde elements that had shown up in Sitra Ahra, especially in the vocal arrangements, and so to almost regress to something like this that is stripped down feels odd.

I've been listening to it too. It's... different. I definitely hear a lot of Sitra Ahra in it (which is good, I loved that album) but it's very different from that album at the same time. I think I like it, but it'll take a few more listens to definitively say how much.

I'm digging this song, which is a cover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u640HbkYXHg

(Original)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1tqNv-c8OQ

# ? Oct 2, 2012 16:36

burzum karaoke: May 30, 2003

Have there been any good speed/crust/thrash albums with lyrical themes of mutants, nuclear waste, atomic holocaust, et al. in the past year or two?

# ? Oct 2, 2012 21:11

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

aliencowboy posted:

Have there been any good speed/crust/thrash albums with lyrical themes of mutants, nuclear waste, atomic holocaust, et al. in the past year or two?

First few off the top of my head:

Toxic Holocaust - Conjure and Command (2011)
Lich King - Born of the Bomb (2012)
Gama Bomb - Tales from the Grave in Space (2009, might be too far back)

# ? Oct 2, 2012 21:16

thepitgoddess: Dec 23, 2009; Even Death Metal Monsters Love Cookies

aliencowboy posted:

Have there been any good speed/crust/thrash albums with lyrical themes of mutants, nuclear waste, atomic holocaust, et al. in the past year or two?

Does Vektor count?

# ? Oct 2, 2012 21:22

Baron Von Ghoulosh: Dec 16, 2005; There was a time when I fed from golden chalices,
but now...

Now, I feed as
an old man pees.

QPZIL posted:

Toxic Holocaust - Conjure and Command (2011)

This. Red Winter is the end all be all track!!!

# ? Oct 2, 2012 21:35

Not Very Metal: Aug 3, 2007; Shit Fuck Shit Fuck!

aliencowboy posted:

Have there been any good speed/crust/thrash albums with lyrical themes of mutants, nuclear waste, atomic holocaust, et al. in the past year or two?

Dust Bolt!

# ? Oct 2, 2012 21:43

burzum karaoke: May 30, 2003

Vektor and Toxic Holocaust are both tubular.

I did manage to come across these though... :stare:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIg6CTB-0DA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_04VtQ8Vb4

Not Very Metal posted:

Dust Bolt!

Yessss

# ? Oct 2, 2012 21:57

GuardianOfAsgaard: Feb 1, 2012; Their steel shines red
With enemy blood
It sings of victory
Granted by the Gods

Sylosis' new album Monolith is streaming in full right now here. Check it out, it's incredible.

# ? Oct 2, 2012 22:04

H13: Nov 30, 2005; Fun Shoe

Regardless of what we think of Baroness, this is a good read about their bus crash:

Baroness posted:

"On August 15th, just before 11 am, Baroness and our crew were involved in a very bad crash while on tour. The brakes in our bus failed completely, on a notoriously dangerous, incredibly steep (12% grade) hill in Monkton Combe, UK, on our way from a show Bristol to another show in Southampton. Our bus went entirely out of control, and we had no choice other than hitting a perpendicular guardrail going about 50 mph at the bottom of the hill. The guard rail and the 20 or 30 trees we ploughed through snapped like matchsticks as we went fully airborne and fell down more than 30 feet off of a viaduct to the ground below. Half of the band/crew were asleep while we lost our brakes, and a few of us were awake and sitting in the rear lounge. I was up front with our driver, and I bore witness to the entire thing. Once our brakes failed, the bus could do little more than gain momentum and plummet down the hill. There was nothing anyone on the bus could have done during our descent to avoid the crash, and no one, the local residents, the police or any of us can believe we survived the impact.

Most people who have been in accidents understand the pre-trauma sensation of time slowing down. There were almost two minutes during which I knew we were heading for a collision. It felt like two hours. I remember the sound of the air-brakes failing, and the panicked cursing of our driver as we slowly realized how desperate the situation was. I tried as hard as I could to yell and wake everyone up to prepare for impact. I remember the sounds of confusion from behind me as our collective terror rose. I remember seeing the guardrail split, then a cluster of trees smacking against the front windshield. While we were airborne my eyes met with our driver�s. I knew then that we each shared the same look on our face; and I won�t soon forget it. We had spent enough time in the air to appreciate, make peace with and accept a fate we thought inevitable, and we looked at one another with a horribly silent "goodbye" in our eyes.

When the bus hit the ground, I flew like a missile into the windshield. I can still see the double-paned auto glass turning blue and the spider-webbing cracks spreading outwards from the impact my body made. I hit the glass so hard, that the entire windshield flew from the frame to the ground, and I bounced back inside the bus. I landed on the ledge of the windshield. This came with an immediate and overwhelming pain throughout my body. I surveyed the damage to see instantly that my left leg was very obviously and badly broken. Then I lifted my arms forward to see if either had been damaged. My right arm was covered in burns, blood and broken glass, but working well enough. My left arm was crushed beyond belief, broken in the middle of the bone in my upper arm (humerus), and hanging 90 degrees backwar ds, with many spurs of bone poking through muscles and sinew at the surface of my skin. The bone was shattered into seven free-floating pieces, and my wrist and hand were swinging behind my back, spasming freely. Instinctively, I reached behind my back, grabbed my wrist and re-broke my arm forwards, hugging it to my chest, where it remained for the next three hours until it was cast in plaster. Meanwhile, I watched as some of the band was able to get off the bus and help the others, many of whom were broken-up as well, and several of whom were unconscious. There was blood, glass and diesel fuel everywhere.

We were all rushed to the hospital in Bath, and treated for our various injuries, broken arms, legs, vertebrae, bruises, cuts, etc. Our driver was air lifted to a separate hospital with many breaks as well. A few of us had to remain in the hospital for a few days, I was hospitalized for two weeks, following an eight-hour surgery in which my arm was rebuilt with the aid of 2 massive titanium plates, 20 screws and a foot-and-a-half of wire. The 15″ incision took almost 50 staples to close up. I was left completely immobilized for the remainder of my hospital stay, able to do next-to-nothing on my own and in need of constant care. Following those excruciating first two weeks, I was quite literally stuck in an apartment for another three weeks with my family while waiting for my doctor to allow me to safely board an airplane, for fear of bloodclots and swelling. I have just this past week returned back to the US and my home, where I am wheelchair-bound for another several weeks of physical therapy, learning to use my arm and leg again.

While I cannot lift a glass of water to my lips to drink with my left arm and hand, I am still able to play music with it. I picked up a guitar and played the day after I returned. Not without pain (for the time being), but the hand still acts out the creative impulses I give it. I'm told I was quite lucky to have regained any use at all of my hand and arm, though I have sustained quite extensive nerve damage. In spite of this and against my logic and reason, when I pick up an instrument, my hand remembers exactly what to do. It�s far from perfect, and will require a lot of therapy in order to recover mobility and strength, but I am encouraged by the ability I have been allowed. I do not believe in superstitious signs, but I am truly overwhelmed to have been granted the continued use of my hands.

As a result of the crash, I feel encouraged not only to recover, but to move forward with Baroness, as we had been doing every day previous to August 15th. This accident has inflicted an injury which has left its mark on the band: physically, mentally and spiritually. In order to rehabilitate ourselves fully, we must work towards and then past the goals we had prior to the accident. I will consider our immediate recovery a success only on the day we plug back in to play another show.

We cannot allow this accident, which I believe is unrelated to the band or our music, to slow down or stifle what has become so much more than a passionate hobby for the four of us. Through Baroness, we have discovered a method by which we may harness our drive to create, and channel all the emotion, anxiety and pain in our lives into something constructive. Music is the universal means of communication we have chosen to express ourselves. Our message has never been one of the absolute positive or negative, neither black nor white. True life occurs within the shades of grey, and I see this experience form that perspective. It seems only fitting to me that we continue working towards creating and performing again as soon as possible, as this band and its music are the vehicle through which we grow as individuals, artists and brothers. The injury the band suffered is an injury to my family and loved ones. Rather than allow it to become a wedge that forces us apart, I would like to see this experience become part of the glue that strengthens us. We have only begun to accomplish what we set out to do through this band. There is so much more to say, and though we do need to heal up a bit; we will not allow any of those things to be left unsaid.

I have no regrets about touring. I don�t blame music or the touring lifestyle for my current physical state, or for the accident itself. It happened the same way all things happen: randomly. If I was a carpenter, and I was injured on the way to the job-site, I wouldn�t consider quitting my job. That is truly how I see this situation. Baroness doesn�t stop because we got hurt on the way to work. We love what we do much more than that, and we have chosen this path because it offers us an unpredictable adventure. With any adventure that involves travel, and with any real passionate pursuit, one will occasionally come face-to-face with the reality of living on the other side of the yellow line. I didn�t choose to be a musician in order to live a risk-free life, safely avoiding bumps and bruises. I didn�t choose to play music because it seemed like a simple opportunity to make some quick cash. Nor did I ever make the assumption that things would get easier as we progressed.

We can do nothing but attempt to make something constructive and beautiful out of all this disaster, and we are well on the way to becoming active again. I have used this time, stuck inside my own head, to consider the importance of music and Baroness in my life. I can say, after nearly 6 weeks of reflection, that I feel more resolute and passionate about our music than ever. I have come to realize the importance of time in this particular equation, that is, I have none to waste and none to spare. There is no better moment than now, broken and in physical stasis, to devote ourselves more fully towards our art than ever. We cannot allow the traumatic fallout of our crash to cripple us internally. It seems simple: the shows we have cancelled we will reschedule and play in the future. It isn�t going to happen next week nor will it be next month. But it will happen. We will be back on tour as soon as we possibly can.

There was one moment in the crash that cut me deeply. For one heartbeat and one tiny sliver of time, I became disconnected entirely. It was, specifically, the moment I impacted with the glass. In that barest heartbeat of a moment, I came face to face with the infinite. I didn�t see a light, or the tunnel or hear any music. Nor did I get a �best-of� montage of my life. Instead, I felt the tip of my nose brush up against the very same fate I had accepted moments before. I looked into a cold, unreflective mirror. It was the dark, silent, dispassionate logic of the end. I realized in that moment that life can be seen as a light switch: �on� or �off�. When the moment passed and I heard the screaming, felt the pain, and tasted my own blood, I was overcome with joy. I was ecstatic to be back amidst all that chaos and horror because it was alive and real. I finally glimpsed the relative importance of all things. The support of our fans, our friends and our families has real meaning to me now. I say that now honestly, without false humility. Thank you. Everyone.

Till the wheels fall off . . .
John Baizley & Baroness"

Link for X-Ray pic and pic of scar: http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/3864/26350/BARONESS-Issue-Post-Accident-Update

# ? Oct 3, 2012 02:19

Nordick: Sep 3, 2011; Yes.

Stoat posted:

I know a few people were looking forward to it, so here's the title track of the upcoming Machinae Supremacy album. It's not as catchy power metally as Laser Speed Force, but it's good. Really good if you like bleep bloop.

Goddamn, this is REALLY good. I'm even more loving stoked for the album now.
The sense of melody these guys have is just impeccable, and Stj�rnstr�m's vocals just keep getting better and better. Also, bleep bloop. <3

# ? Oct 3, 2012 02:56

velvet milkman: Feb 13, 2012; by R. Guyovich

Hammer Floyd posted:

Regardless of what we think of Baroness, this is a good read about their bus crash:

Link for X-Ray pic and pic of scar: http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/3864/26350/BARONESS-Issue-Post-Accident-Update

I've said it before, John Baizley is a very cool man. He's apparently a decent writer too, that was brutal. You've got to appreciate his commitment to his art.

I've given up trying to enjoy Yellow & Green apart from 2-3 songs, but I'm hopeful that they'll keep producing good music. Hopefully this crash knocked out the desire for him to sing soft poppy poo poo, probably not though.

velvet milkman fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Oct 3, 2012

# ? Oct 3, 2012 03:37

Bloodmobile: Jun 15, 2012

aliencowboy posted:

Have there been any good speed/crust/thrash albums with lyrical themes of mutants, nuclear waste, atomic holocaust, et al. in the past year or two?

Children of Technology play a mixture of speed, thrash and crust with post-apocalyptic lyrical themes. Their 2010 album It's Time to Face the Doomsday loving owns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVANjfV5uLs

edit: This song by Germ Bomb showed up in the related videos for that one, and holy poo poo it's even better than CoT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QJ5dgUx_sM

Bloodmobile fucked around with this message at 08:12 on Oct 3, 2012

# ? Oct 3, 2012 06:18

Redrum and Coke: Feb 25, 2006; wAstIng 10 bUcks ON an aVaTar iS StUpid

I'm sorry if I missed it, but Iron Maiden's Steve Harris has a solo album out ("British Lion"). This is one of the new songs: http://vimeo.com/49913827

... I'm not sure about how I feel about this

# ? Oct 3, 2012 09:20

The Perfect Element: Dec 5, 2005; "This is a bit of a... a poof song"

At least it meant they got to spend some time in Bath, which is a lovely place.

# ? Oct 3, 2012 09:44

super size soft serve: Aug 28, 2011; You think I'm fat, but it's an optical illusion.

The Perfect Element posted:

At least it meant they got to spend some time in Bath, which is a lovely place.

I'm sure they enjoyed themselves immensely there.

# ? Oct 3, 2012 09:53

Bloodmobile: Jun 15, 2012

Non Serviam posted:

I'm sorry if I missed it, but Iron Maiden's Steve Harris has a solo album out ("British Lion"). This is one of the new songs: http://vimeo.com/49913827

... I'm not sure about how I feel about this

Does the singer have some sort of medical condition or does he just think shaking like Michael J. Fox looks cool?

# ? Oct 3, 2012 10:26

The Clit Avoider: Aug 11, 2002; El Profesional

02-6611-0142-1 posted:

What are some more bands like Mgla and Taake that just do that kind of formulaic 90s norwegian stuff, but do it well? In both Mgla and Taake's case I really like the production, too.

These days it feels like everybody wants to be DsO and all I want is to get drunk and listen to songs about forests and moons and fogs.

Give Angantyr a go. And Kampfar, Nasheim, Heresi.

I wouldn't really say either Mgla or Taake are playing "formulaic norwegian" stuff incidentally, but if it's that sound you're looking for, it's actually best to look outside of Norway if you want more contemporary bands. Finland for example - Sargeist, Behexen, Baptism etc.

# ? Oct 3, 2012 13:34

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aliencowboy posted:

Have there been any good speed/crust/thrash albums with lyrical themes of mutants, nuclear waste, atomic holocaust, et al. in the past year or two?

This is older (still from the 00's) but should fit your needs. Inepsy rules, sadly they broke up earlier this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Xm2CXoQ0w

# ? Oct 3, 2012 14:01

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 11:47

H13: Nov 30, 2005; Fun Shoe

Non Serviam posted:

I'm sorry if I missed it, but Iron Maiden's Steve Harris has a solo album out ("British Lion"). This is one of the new songs: http://vimeo.com/49913827

... I'm not sure about how I feel about this

Holy gently caress. How much bass does he want in that mix? Look Harris, I know you wrote it and it's your album and all, but I quite like hearing guitars sometimes.

# ? Oct 3, 2012 16:26

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