Metal Appreciation Thread!

just copped a big fat earful of Black Breath's Sentenced to Life, pure fiyah.

  On 4/5/2017 at 7:20 PM, Herr Jan said:

I saw Dragged Into Sunlight and Mayhem (playing their super mega hit album) last week and it was boring as hell. I still had a really good time though.

One of my work buddies saw them last year in Texas and mentioned this lack of energy and kind of downer vibe from the band - he said they sounded good but just not engaging or exciting.

for what it's worth 36:00 was my favorite metal song of last year, the bit at 45:00 just slays, heard it on a local radio station show that plays black metal called Under The Eternal Night

  On 4/11/2017 at 9:32 PM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 4/5/2017 at 7:20 PM, Herr Jan said:

I saw Dragged Into Sunlight and Mayhem (playing their super mega hit album) last week and it was boring as hell. I still had a really good time though.

 

One of my work buddies saw them last year in Texas and mentioned this lack of energy and kind of downer vibe from the band - he said they sounded good but just not engaging or exciting.

 

Yeah, but that's exactly their point (they also play with their backs towards the audience) it's super edgy, kvlt and true not having to engage and having a lack of energy. As long as you have chalices, candles and goathorns on stage.

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  On 4/11/2017 at 9:49 PM, Herr Jan said:

 

  On 4/11/2017 at 9:32 PM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 4/5/2017 at 7:20 PM, Herr Jan said:

I saw Dragged Into Sunlight and Mayhem (playing their super mega hit album) last week and it was boring as hell. I still had a really good time though.

 

One of my work buddies saw them last year in Texas and mentioned this lack of energy and kind of downer vibe from the band - he said they sounded good but just not engaging or exciting.

 

Yeah, but that's exactly their point (they also play with their backs towards the audience) it's super edgy, kvlt and true not having to engage and having a lack of energy. As long as you have chalices, candles and goathorns on stage.

 

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oh shit nevermind wrong band - he went to some event called mayhem and saw megadeath last year which he described the way i wrote, lol sorry

i don't think he's ever heard mayhem, i played him darkthrone once and he liked it, found the black metal "cold" lo-fi sound intriguing but he's mostly into the well known thrash giants, nu metal, etc.

  On 4/11/2017 at 9:53 PM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 4/11/2017 at 9:49 PM, Herr Jan said:

 

  On 4/11/2017 at 9:32 PM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 4/5/2017 at 7:20 PM, Herr Jan said:

I saw Dragged Into Sunlight and Mayhem (playing their super mega hit album) last week and it was boring as hell. I still had a really good time though.

 

One of my work buddies saw them last year in Texas and mentioned this lack of energy and kind of downer vibe from the band - he said they sounded good but just not engaging or exciting.

 

Yeah, but that's exactly their point (they also play with their backs towards the audience) it's super edgy, kvlt and true not having to engage and having a lack of energy. As long as you have chalices, candles and goathorns on stage.

 

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oh shit nevermind wrong band - he went to some event called mayhem and saw megadeath last year which he described the way i wrote, lol sorry

 

i don't think he's ever heard mayhem, i played him darkthrone once and he liked it, found the black metal "cold" lo-fi sound intriguing but he's mostly into the well known thrash giants, nu metal, etc.

 

lol

Well, still a good description of that other band though. I saw Megadeth 2 years ago or something and it was really, really good (beyond all expectations because I was already ready to rant months before the gig)

Dragged Into Sunlight weren't boring live, were they? I'd see them. 

me too, thanks.

  On 4/11/2017 at 9:56 PM, Herr Jan said:

Well, still a good description of that other band though. I saw Megadeth 2 years ago or something and it was really, really good (beyond all expectations because I was already ready to rant months before the gig)

 

I hope I get to see them someday. Same with Metallica, I can't believe I haven't seen either band live despite both bands being a large part of my metal upbringing. I know that especially in Metallica's case they probably won't be very good anymore but I think I'm gonna shell out for a ticket next time they come here.

I saw Kreator, Obituary, Midnight, and Horrendous last night. 

Obituary might be one of the best things you can possibly see live, but the whole thing was utmost excellence. 

i fuckin love me some Horrendous. bout time for a follow up to Anareta imo

Obituary is heavy.

fuck yeah at obituary live, saw em last year and was blown away. 2 bad they didn't play anything from my fav album of em 'the end complete'

been listening to this HORNA album and it's great but that opening track just gives me a black metal pole

donne 2 death dark throne style but... aaargh, it's so catchy and well donne and the production/mixing is so fuckin good, has a lot of nice sub 2, fuuck me *rams airguitar*

also someone give me some monies cause i have to wait for a month to listen to the new arca, actress album and this remastered split tracks from oranssi pazuzu

http://listen.20buckspin.com/album/farmakologinen

also i need this shiirt, it's gorgeous!!

That's a cool shirt...Oranssi just dropped 2 new songs over the weekend!

The new Artificial Brain is like the Death Metal equivalent of Vektor's Terminal Redux:

and the new Power Trip is damn good thrash:

I'm still loving Elder. Usually minor pentatonic stonery stuff bores me, but they really do something with it that sounds fresh and original. Lovely guitar tone as well.

^ indeed.

Elder's been working on a third album for a while now, it'll probably drop sometime this Summer. I need to catch them on tour.

I really enjoyed this album from Mephistofeles last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU8RCsbWHMM

Stoner metal with some great riffs.

Please find time in your day and a place in your heart for Infrared Horizon by Artificial Brain

https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/infrared-horizon

  On 4/26/2017 at 4:23 PM, doublename said:

Please find time in your day and a place in your heart for Infrared Horizon by Artificial Brain

 

https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/infrared-horizon

posted a track on the last page... damn good album

This album is badass. Grindcore.

https://magrudergrind.bandcamp.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO-o_rmSK9E

Any love for Barrow Wight? That outro

Possibly biased because stoned

Yo Metal Heads

Been sifting through Bolt Throwers back catalogue (back in the day I had War Master on TDK tape but never really gave it much attention). The other day I played this absolute beast of an album. (Un)Holy fuck!!! A classic

  On 5/1/2017 at 12:23 AM, Leon Sumbitches said:

Any love for Barrow Wight? That outro

 

 

Possibly biased because stoned

yyyeah i'm kinda torn about this whole NWOTHM thing.

on one hand strictly musically speaking this shit is right up my old dusty alley. one could say it's downright tailored to appease my old school headbanger needs... but that exactly is also the problem: it's mere emulation, aping the 75~85 decade meticulously right down to superficialities like dress code, album covers etc. ... frankly it's all just a tad too picturesque to not insult the intellect. also if those bands of old would have followed similar modi operandi and merely duplicated elvis n shit we would have never gotten heavy metal in the first place...

anyway that being said some of those new bands are quite concvincing indeed. i had never heard or read about barrow white but it sure is a nice blend with some excellent riffage and deliciously sloppy drumming. not much a fan of tongue in cheeck LOTR lyrics but hey whatevs.

another band in a similar vein i can't get enough of these days is

WYTCH HAZEL

who only recently released their debut album:

while also somewhat anachronistic they really walk the walk. owing alot to dinosaur rockers wishbone ash, thin lizzy (yummy dual guitar leads galore!) and a bit tull they flawlessly simplify / condense shit in best NWOBHM manner into cuddly as well as catchy song formats. lyrically it's very obviously white light, putting off alot of people which i find kinda hilarious really. if neccessary just fade out the explicit heavenly terms and you're left with hymn after hymn about battles, spiritual survival and (daily) struggle... all good!

edit: and that voice... <3