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[NameGenerated]

Wintersun's Time II is/was supposed to be released in early 2014.. I hope they announce a release date soon, I can't wait.

Wintersun is not so good with release dates.

 

[XT Vengeance]

The Sword is a great band if you like the older style metal. Singer sounds quite a bit like ozzy and the lead guitar is pretty damn good. I love the the lyrics as well.



This one, Gods of the Earth is my favorite, but all of their albums are great.

 

[Kaladin]

The Sword also have the best album art:

 

[XT Vengeance]

Indeed they do.

 

[fredrancour]

Indeed they do.

Hiring JH Williams to do your cover art is basically cheating. Nobody can compete with that.

 

[XT Vengeance]

Hiring JH Williams to do your cover art is basically cheating. Nobody can compete with that.

True facts.

 

[maxxpower]

Heretoir - Heretoir

Full Album

Totally hooked with Heretoir's self-titled album, good stuff, varying from heavier black metal-ly songs to calm, mostly acoustic stuff like this:

really get's going at around 1:42, so beautiful.
Heretoir - Retreat to Hibernate

Fans of Blackgaze should check it out.

Love this album! I wish there was more stuff like this.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Indeed they do.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/TheSwordApocryphon.jpg

This is hideous.

 

[fallout]

This is hideous.

Hideously amazing?

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

The Simpsons hasn't been good in ages.

 

[NameGenerated]

Is that real? I saw they called them death metal when they cameo'd. Are they poking fun at themselves or did a fan make that in response to them being wrong?

 

[Kaladin]

Is that real? I saw they called them death metal when they cameo'd. Are they poking fun at themselves or did a fan make that in response to them being wrong?

It's from this week's episode. I think most people are interpreting it as them acknowledging that they were wrong.

 

[waypoetic]

So i'm listening to Like Moths To Flames and i'm confused. Chris Roetter, didn't he play in a christian band before LMTF? I mean, these lyrics, some of these songs, he's really fucking angry at something and i suspect it may be this "god" fellow. Songs like "You Won't Be Missed", "Praise Feeder" and "Faithless Living" really stand out.

Did he opt out of religion and christianity? I get a searching-agnostic-vibe from these lyrics.

 

[pablito]

Speaking of the new year, what are you most anticipated albums of 2014?

bolzer - soma
teitanblood
lil ugly mane - prelude to panopticon (or whatever it'll be named)
ulver/sunn collab

 

[PersonaX]

Love this album! I wish there was more stuff like this.

Try this: An Autumn For Crippled Children - Try Not To Destroy Everything You Love

 

[Star Falcon]

I am currently listening to Wildhoney by Tiamat for the first time. Great album, shouldn't have ignored this for so long but better late than never

 

[Watevaman]

It's been 10 years now that Valfar's been gone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DOPkHrW5bA

song makes me feel sad.

RIP Valfar

 

[Ambitious]

Wintersun is not so good with release dates.

Yeah. Let's just hope it won't take another six years.

 

[Manu]

CYNIC just released the title track to their new album.

Kindly Bent to Free Us

 

[NameGenerated]

Yeah. Let's just hope it won't take another six years.

Time took so long to come out, I just stopped caring. I think I listened to it once when it was streaming on a site. Maybe I should revisit it.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

I am currently listening to Wildhoney by Tiamat for the first time. Great album, shouldn't have ignored this for so long but better late than never

Nice one. So atmospheric and beautiful. True goth* metal at its finest.


* By which I mean a fusion of goth rock and metal, as it should be, not the "we have a chick singing therefore we're goth metal lol"

 

[HammerOfThor]

Oh man, in Chicago 2/7 its Amon Amarth/Skeletonwitch and 2/8 its Manowar.

Should be an awesome weekend.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

CYNIC just released the title track to their new album.

Kindly Bent to Free Us

Hmmm, well that was interesting. I love Focus (one of my Top 20), but I wasn't a big fan of Traced In Air. Well, I'll give them a chance anyway.

 

[strafer]

This album is soooooo goood.

The new drummer is beastly, and loving the new guitar sound.

 

[Verano]

well damn...I bought a VIP ticket to see Behemoth and the other bands in person (well just 2 members of the band(s) and bunch of other free shit. What you guys think?

 

[Kaladin]

well damn...I bought a VIP ticket to see Behemoth and the other bands in person (well just 2 members of the band(s) and bunch of other free shit. What you guys think?

VIP tickets are good deals usually if you can afford it. Some bands charge a bit more than they're worth IMO, but some make them worth it.

 

[Giant Robot]

CYNIC just released the title track to their new album.

Kindly Bent to Free Us

Man, I hate this progression with Cynic. Traced In Air was halfway tolerable, this is just….ugh.

 

[Star Falcon]

Nice one. So atmospheric and beautiful. True goth* metal at its finest.


* By which I mean a fusion of goth rock and metal, as it should be, not the "we have a chick singing therefore we're goth metal lol"

Yeah, not that I mind female vocals at all - I quite like the 'Beauty and the Beast' stuff also.

I ended up listening to the album twice in the end. Really good, and have added it to my Doom/Gothic playlist alongside the likes of Paradise Lost and Theatre of Tragedy

 

[ComputerMKII]

What does Metal-GAF think about Polyphia?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jhZB73IawI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtVx01HMR98

 

[Manu]

Man, I hate this progression with Cynic. Traced In Air was halfway tolerable, this is just….ugh.

Eh, it's very different from Focus, I don't really mind it because I thought Traced in Air was great, so this feels like the logical progression of that.

 

[waypoetic]

Anyone know where the fuck Bleed The Sky is? I miss those guys

 

[Lambda Pie]

made this song as a joke but i think it has a couple of good riffs to it:

https://soundcloud.com/z-carlos-10/get-bent-linius

 

[e_i]

There's a new Alcest album? Shit, how did I miss that?

 

[PersonaX]

There's a new Alcest album? Shit, how did I miss that?

Yeah, comes out in a couple of days, i'm seeing them play in two nights in a row in around two weeks from now, when their Shelter tour reaches my country, i thought about buying the LP in one of those shows and get it signed by Neige if possible, pretty excited.

 

[Servbot24]

new Indian record is excellent

woah i just searched the thread and there's no discussion of it. you guys are in for a treat.

 

[MetalGuardian]

new Indian record is excellent

woah i just searched the thread and there's no discussion of it. you guys are in for a treat.

I've never heard of them, and your post fails to link to a song or even describe what their sound is like

 

[Giant Robot]

new Indian record is excellent

woah i just searched the thread and there's no discussion of it. you guys are in for a treat.

Haven't heard the new one yet. I have The Sycophant, but only gave it a few listens and then i totally forgot about them. I'll give the new one a try.

 

[FYC]

Razor - Evil Invaders

Goddamn this is a good thrash album. Music video shreds.

 

[HiResDes]

Twilight the one-off black metal band, composed of Thurston Moore, Stavros Giannopoulos (Atlas Moth), Wrest (Leviathan), N. Imperial (Krieg), and Chicago-based metal producer Sanford Parker, actually has a release date for it's first and only album

March 18th:
III: Beneath Trident’s Tomb Tracklist
01. Lungs
02. Oh Wretched Son
03. Swarming Funereal Mass
04. Seek No Shelter Fevered Ones
05. A Flood of Eyes
06. Below Lights

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Twilight the one-off black metal band, composed of Thurston Moore, Stavros Giannopoulos (Atlas Moth), Wrest (Leviathan), N. Imperial (Krieg), and Chicago-based metal producer Sanford Parker, actually has a release date for it's first and only album

March 18th:
III: Beneath Trident’s Tomb Tracklist
01. Lungs
02. Oh Wretched Son
03. Swarming Funereal Mass
04. Seek No Shelter Fevered Ones
05. A Flood of Eyes
06. Below Lights

Whoa, Thurston Moore in a Black Metal band? Looks like I'm going to have to give this one a shot. Thanks dude.

 

[HiResDes]

Love the new Indian record as well!

 

[Secks4Food]

Definitely not the "first and only" Twilight album, they have at least two albums that I've listened to already. Their other stuff is alright, I'll give the new one a listen.

 

[pablito]

01. Lungs

this track was pretty rad. adding this to my list of albums to look out for.

 

[Ravager61]

Razor - Evil Invaders

Goddamn this is a good thrash album. Music video shreds.

Razor shreds. Love them.

I'm interested in checking out that new Twilight album. I liked their last album a lot. Wasn't super into their first though. I like Sonic Youth so I'm interested to see what Thurston brings to the table.

 

[Servbot24]

Definitely not the "first and only" Twilight album, they have at least two albums that I've listened to already. Their other stuff is alright, I'll give the new one a listen.

Haha, was about to say I was pretty sure I heard a record by them in 2012. Was alright, enough to give the new one a try.


Here is a track from the Indian album since someone requested it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXjMoJgU35A

 

[Giant Robot]

Razor - Evil Invaders

Goddamn this is a good thrash album. Music video shreds.

old Razor was so fucking metal. Evil Invaders music video should be the anthem metal video.

 

[sgjackson]

Have some sick death/thrash. Orator - Kapalgnosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieWyjgayz2g

 

[FYC]

Have some sick death/thrash. Orator - Kapalgnosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieWyjgayz2g

3:53 is the shit

GODDAMN

 

[strafer]

New album will be sick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnTL1L8a6YI