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[Flynn]

The New York Times on black metal and scholarship.

 

[Lv99 Slacker]

What are the go-to sites for album reviews for you guys?

 

[hie]

What are the go-to sites for album reviews for you guys?

http://www.metal-archives.com/index.php

I haven't contributed here so I'll throw one of my favorites up: Sextrash - Sexual Carnage.
don't let the wacky name fool you...excellent early 90's black/thrash in the vein of Sarcofago. The riffs are pretty unorthodox. I love it.


edit: anus.com is so good. I think I've read almost all of them by now. :lol I love the 'clinical' reviews.

 

[thefit]

http://www.anus.com/

Also, the wife wants to go to the Metallica/Megadeth show. I love Megadeth though I stopped listening after the cryptic writings I haven't tried anything after since after that I've gone black/death/gloom metal and haven't turned back.

Speaking of movies Until The Light Takes Us looks interesting heres the link to the site http://www.blackmetalmovie.com/

 

[Witchfinder General]

Thank! I will give those a listen.

Cool, make sure you post your impressions.

What are the go-to sites for album reviews for you guys?

Satan Stole My Teddybear. Don't let the name fool you, easily the best place on the net for intelligent Metal reviews. I don't always agree with the reviews but they always provide an excellent description of the sound.

 

[ACE 1991]

The New York Times on black metal and scholarship.

Read that article last week. Pretty interesting.

 

[Flynn]

Read that article last week. Pretty interesting.

Yeah, good stuff in there. But its not doing any favors for those who could be classified as hipster metal fans.

 

[Lime]

Man, Rosetta's Galilean Satellites are so extremely good. It's definitely one of this decades masterpieces, so if you haven't heard the album (it's 2 discs, one metal, one ambient, Neurosis-style), you're missing out on some of the most innovative music in our recent time.

 

[Giant Robot]

Man, Rosetta's Galilean Satellites are so extremely good. It's definitely one of this decades masterpieces, so if you haven't heard the album (it's 2 discs, one metal, one ambient, Neurosis-style), you're missing out on some of the most innovative music in our recent time.

excellent album.
The split called Project Mercury is fucking amazing too.

 

[dazzgc]

Unsure if this band has been mentioned but im addicted to it atm will prob shell out for the album. http://www.myspace.com/riddareavkoden

 

[Hellcrow]

Keep of Kalessin is going to compete in Norway's Eurovision. I may actually have to vote for the first time ever.

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=11460769&blogId=520762862

 

[vulva]

that fucking already happened called "Thrash Of The Titans" (benefit for Chuck Billy) back in early 2000-something in San Francisco.

Vio-Lence, Forbidden, Exodus, and Death Angel were enough reasons to celebrate the Bay Area thrash scene revival. And even Tom Araya, Dave Lombardo, and Lars Ulrich were there backstage.

Too bad Exodus, Forbidden and Death Angel are pretty awful. Otherwise that'd be a great event.

 

[Hellcrow]

Unsure if this band has been mentioned but im addicted to it atm will prob shell out for the album. http://www.myspace.com/riddareavkoden

Those wondering about the name, it means "Riders/Knights of the Code" in swedish. Funny that a south american band decides on that name.

 

[Giant Robot]

Too bad Exodus, Forbidden and Death Angel are pretty awful. Otherwise that'd be a great event.

Blasphemy!

 

[Phobophile]

Wow, people actually go to Anus.com?

 

[hie]

Wow, people actually go to Anus.com?

eh...what's "wrong" with it? the guy has a somewhat unique "review" style.

 

[Phobophile]

eh...what's "wrong" with it? the guy has a somewhat unique "review" style.

 

[hie]

:lol

I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at unless you mean he takes it too seriously. I think many people are "guilty" of that. I take it as a bit tongue-in-cheek. The colorful descriptions of the production I thought always gave that away...

 

[thefit]

Wow, people actually go to Anus.com?

I like their reviews I don't take anything else there seriously.

 

[thefit]

eh...what's "wrong" with it? the guy has a somewhat unique "review" style.

This is why I like it did you see the skewering of the 100 list? t was spot on I would sooner take a review from here than that list I mean some of the stuff there that is being even considered metal is fucking laughable.

 

[Shrike_Priest]

I just listened to Hunter Hunt-Hendrix' talk from that Black Metal symposium. It was interesting, if a little contrived. A bit too much academian vocabulary for my tastes, but he made some great points.

For all of his pretensions about the significance of the so called "burst beat", I can't get over the fact that I keep coming back to Renihilation. This album has some serious fricking legs. It didn't click right away, but I've been playing it pretty much daily for quite a while now. And while I digg all of the aspects, the drumming in particular is just amazing.
For those of you who aren't familiar, here's a live video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kjz0LVA4Qs

I've heard people give the drummer flak for being off beat, but I couldn't care less. There's an energy in it that to me is undeniable, and he really does pull off the whole "ebb and flow"/"acceleration and deceleration"-concept quite well.

Hendrix' seems to have quite a bit of ambition when he sees this as some kind of way of creating a brand new form of "American Black Metal", but I sure as hell hope he's right.

So, anyways, are there any other bands with fast, dynamic, minimalist black metal drumming? Whenever I look for "bands similar to Liturgy" I just get the other USBM bands (Krallice, WitTR etc.) and they don't quite fit the bill.

 

[Giant Robot]

http://www.grillemalltruck.com/

Metal Roach Coach in L.A.

Heavy Metal and cult culture fill your head with so many visions and ideas. They make your soul glow with the unholy light and create sensations to the senses. But still they leave your stomach empty and sad. Take heed heshers: Grill 'Em All is here to fill the void that music and mayhem can not. Enter the realm of the burger.

Grill 'Em All is steadfast in the belief that the heavy metal and culinary worlds were bound to collide one day in a victorious marriage of massive meat and riffage. Where better for this battle to commence than in the city of fallen angels? Los Angeles, your cries in the night have been answered. Cry no more!
Grill 'Em All is led into the burger battle by the team of Chef Ryan Harkins and Matthew Chernus. The two have been allies and band mates for over twenty years. Ryan has paid his dues as a veteran of professional kitchens for over a decade strong, having worked in Chicago, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio. The combination of his fine dining background and strong Midwestern roots has left him with the desire to place a gourmet take on his first love, the hamburger. Dare to stop him! Matthew, also beckoned as the Future of America, is an ex-professional wrestler and he owns a megaphone. Need I say more on his behalf? I dare not in fear of being Liger Bombed through a barbed wire board with black widows and broken forties of King Cobra beneath.

Together they are ready to turn the key, they are ready to hit the streets, and they are ready to... GRILL 'EM ALL!

'carcass'
veggie pattie, guacamole, pico de gallo, frizzled onions
:lol :lol :lol
funny cause its true

 

[Phobophile]

Not gonna be as good as Kuma's Corner.

 

[lopaz]

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131967
So there will be a "big four" tour after all! In Europe. Sounds good!

Woo! I hope it comes to the UK, and that Slayer and Anthrax contract violent diarrhea and have to pull out

 

[wRATH2x]

:lol I want to know what's that web-comics site.

 

[ShadyLurker]

ya i'd take exodus, kreator, testament over anthrax any day

Just found out Slayer, Megadeth and Testament are coming in February. Can't wait.

And I agree with you as well.

 

[Terrascape]

Perfect

 

[Phobophile]

:lol I want to know what's that web-comics site.

I dunno what the original one looks like. I've seen this same one with the fat kid watching anime instead of listening to Burzum.

I haven't contributed here so I'll throw one of my favorites up: Sextrash - Sexual Carnage.
don't let the wacky name fool you...excellent early 90's black/thrash in the vein of Sarcofago. The riffs are pretty unorthodox. I love it.

Holy crap this is fucking cool. The riffs are fucking insane.

 

[hie]

Holy crap this is fucking cool. The riffs are fucking insane.

Glad you like it. They rip.

Here's other random stuff:

Midnight:

Sodom:

Absu:

Demilich:

Rotting Christ:

Church Bizarre:

Yob - The Unreal Never Lived:

 

[Giant Robot]

Demilich <3
no one will ever sound like them. And the most non-fake gurgly vocals ever

 

[British Monsoon]

And So I Watch You From Afar - Set Guitars To Kill

Just recently been introduced to this Irish band and i've never really heard anything like them, can anyone reccomend anything similar? I doubt they'd be classified as metal, but they certainly rocked my socks off either way.

 

[Ruas]

has anyone else heard the new mudvayne?I'm liking this album.I gotta give it more time to sink in,but for now im gonna say its at least equal to l.d.50.the only weak track is #11.definitely lived up to my expectations and redeemed for the somewhat weak the new game.

 

[evlcookie]

has anyone else heard the new mudvayne?I'm liking this album.I gotta give it more time to sink in,but for now im gonna say its at least equal to l.d.50.the only weak track is #11.definitely lived up to my expectations and redeemed for the somewhat weak the new game.

Mudvayne have a new album? Had no idea they were still going :lol

I enjoyed them back in high school, which was around 2001 or so.

 

[NameGenerated]

Demilich <3
no one will ever sound like them. And the most non-fake gurgly vocals ever

I downloaded their album off their website and the first time i heard the vocals I almost started laughing. The music sounds great but I just can't stand the burping.

 

[Magnus]

Randomly saw End of an Era on bluray at HMV today for $21 CDN and had to buy it even though I already own two copies of the concert already. :lol

This was Nightwish's last one featuring Tarja from back in 2005. The Bluray has great color compared to the original, faded DVD domestic release (imo). The whole thing seems to have a different overall framerate/look to it if that's possible. 24fps or something lower, if somehow the original release was 30 or something. I don't know. It still dig it, and it's a lot more eye-popping than the first DVD release overall anyway. Very rich, visually.

Sound quality is about the same.

http://store.nuclearblastusa.com/Item/Nightwish_-_End_Of_An_Era_-Blu-Ray-/30364

 

[corpserot]

So bummed Shining is off the Behemoth US tour, visa problems apparently.

Oh well, maybe next year.

 

[Milk Lizard]

First dillinger track of option paralysis. As the DEP nerd i feel the need to post this, cant fucking wait for the berlin concert next year.

Mudvayne have a new album? Had no idea they were still going :lol

I enjoyed them back in high school, which was around 2001 or so.

Yeah and they stopped wearing makeup, haven't listened to them in a long time but remember some the newer stuff was kind of... not horrible.

 

[theignoramus]

Call From the Grave-bathory
Heard this track on The Lost and The Damned, hunted it down, and fell in love with it. Such a hard, cold song.

Also like Hammerheart.

 

[hie]

Call From the Grave-bathory
Heard this track on The Lost and The Damned, hunted it down, and fell in love with it. Such a hard, cold song.

Also like Hammerheart.

Bathory is maybe my favorite metal 'band' of all time. Hard to say, of course. When it's good...it's almost perfect to me. The first 5 records are classics. All pretty varied, yet all Quorthon. That dude was the shit.

 

[thefit]

Glad you like it. They rip.

Here's other random stuff:

Midnight:

Sodom:

Absu:

Demilich:

Rotting Christ:

Church Bizarre:

Yob - The Unreal Never Lived:

Good choice on Sodom I still have my original tapes from them playing in my car. Yes i still have a tape pleyer :lol

 

[H.Cornerstone]

Not sure if it was posted already, but AV Club did a top metal albums of the decade list. Some awesome stuff, some shitty stuff, and then some WTF stuff.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-decades-best-metal,35509/

Word the fuck up on the "Work Which Transforms God" mention though.

I'm guessing Tool not being on there is solely because they aren't considered Metal by them?
(even though most people do...)

 

[Witchfinder General]

First dillinger track of option paralysis. As the DEP nerd i feel the need to post this, cant fucking wait for the berlin concert next year.

Very, very awesome. Also, Greg's singing is very influenced by H.R. from the Bad Brains in my opinion.

 

[hie]

Good choice on Sodom I still have my original tapes from them playing in my car. Yes i still have a tape pleyer :lol

Awesome. I'm old. I have shit loads of tapes. boxes and boxes. I think the only actual tape player I still own is an old Tascam 4-track though...somewhere. :lol

Here's more random older shit some of you might enjoy:

Jungle Rot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efZBoQER7J0

Monstrosity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJEjOuMZJqo

Razor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWbeVIwIN5s

 

[TheExodu5]

Oh shit. I didn't know Between The Buried And Me got their new album out. Just bought it yesterday. Going to have a good listen tonight after the new year.

 

[Giant Robot]

Here's more random older shit some of you might enjoy:



Monstrosity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJEjOuMZJqo

Razor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWbeVIwIN5s

man, the first Monstrosity album fucking rips. The drummer Lee Harrison is fucking amazing.
and Sheeeeeeeepdog, so fucking metal.

 

[TheExodu5]

I'm only partway through the new BTBAM album, but got damn it's terrific. Pretty sure this will trounce Colors no problem.

Disease, Injury, Madness is amazing. I'm a sucker for breakdowns. Always liked liked their silly songs.

 

[Ravager61]

I thought the new BtBaM was pretty meandering and inconsistent. Nowhere near as good as Colors, which is by far their best album. Thats just my opinion.

 

[Ravager61]

BTW, seeing as it is officially the new year, I figured I'd post my top 10 metal albums of 2009.

These are in no particular order.

Sunn0))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs
Baroness - Blue Record
Katatonia - Night is the New Day
Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
Devourment - Unleash the Carnivore
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars
Absu - Absu
Weapon - Drakonian Paradigm
Glorior Belli - Meet Us at the Southern Sign

 

[TheExodu5]

I thought the new BtBaM was pretty meandering and inconsistent. Nowhere near as good as Colors, which is by far their best album. Thats just my opinion.

Well like any extremely prog album, I find it takes many, many listens to get the full effect. It really does feel all over the place but I'm really to feel the structure of it now. I find listening to it quite rewarding, which is why I like prog in the first place. When I get a new album, I usually listen to it exclusively for about a month to allow it to soak in.

 

[ACE 1991]

Well like any extremely prog album, I find it takes many, many listens to get the full effect. It really does feel all over the place but I'm really to feel the structure of it now. I find listening to it quite rewarding, which is why I like prog in the first place. When I get a new album, I usually listen to it exclusively for about a month to allow it to soak in.

I'm enjoying the Great Misdirect so far, but I agree with it not being as good as Colors (or Alaska) but there are some really quality tracks on there like Obfuscation and Fossil Genera. Regardless, I'll be seeing them along with Cynic and Scale the Summit on Jan. 29th