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New Avantasia single hype!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTN2ZzpQRh4
Someone posted it earlier but the YT link was maybe removed. Or maybe it wasn't. I'm drunk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTN2ZzpQRh4
Someone posted it earlier but the YT link was maybe removed. Or maybe it wasn't. I'm drunk.
Tobias, Hansi, AND Jørn? I'm so in.
edit: okay that was great. If the rest of the album is that good i might not be salty about getting more Avantasia before a new Edguy album!
edit: okay that was great. If the rest of the album is that good i might not be salty about getting more Avantasia before a new Edguy album!
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Oh shit, didn't realize they had a new one. Just came out, too. Thanks for the heads-up, gonna look into it.
You mean you weren't preaching at the Church of Eating Holy Foods?
I'll be here all day
late edit: hmm, not feeling it so far... some songs are decent, others are very much "meh"
But I also feel that way about a lot of albums this year that people have gushed over, like the new Immortal and Priest albums... my top 10 of non-metal of 2018 was easier to list than my metal top 10 >_<
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I found it much more consistent than their 2016 release, a lot of good classic riffs, coming after the stinkers after masterpeace.
Uruk (TX) - Nihilistic Warfare in Inhuman Realms
it seems like nowadays I only really listen to USBM from the coasts, but ever since these guys dropped their Battle Hymns EP I was following them closely. They released their debut LP recently and it's fucking nice. Highly riff-oriented, semi-technical black metal with a some Tolkien/medieval themes. The melodic guitar lines on both of their releases so far are just killer.
Black Howling (PRT) - Return of Primordial Stillness
new full-length from one of my favorite Portuguese black metal bands. As always, absolutely no nonsense, raw melodic black metal that drives the themes home. Really great, focused, fucking romantic energy here. Beautiful release.
Idly browsing M-A and came across the dumbest band name ever:
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/██████/3540358943
why
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/██████/3540358943
why
Finally was able to watch the Amon Amarth documentary (shipping was delayed to the US). Really cool to see how they came up, and listen to their songs in surround sound.
^^ Amon amarth doc? I'll have to see that one day. As a teenager they were one of my gateways into metal beyond, like, metallica, sabbath, maiden, etc. I don't listen to much of them any more but they were a big part in inoculating me to harsh vocals of any kind.
also this xasthur cover of A National Acrobat I just heard was some trippy stuff.
edit: OMG I just noticed the band with the redacted name. Wow. They should just lean into it and write concept albums about top secret intelligence work or something.
also this xasthur cover of A National Acrobat I just heard was some trippy stuff.
edit: OMG I just noticed the band with the redacted name. Wow. They should just lean into it and write concept albums about top secret intelligence work or something.
I'm certain these people do this to troll me.
How about this one: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/|||_-_|||/3540310159
Since you're one of the staff there, I'm curious about what's the common practise with band pages when they change their names slightly? For example, Mayhem and The True Mayhem are defined as the same band there, whereas our band True Black Dawn is split to two pages with Black Dawn. Eventhough one of the albums was released under both names, it's only mentioned on the BD page.
Normally a slight change like that doesn't warrant its own band page, but I guess Black Dawn had legal issues (according to the information on the page) so maybe it was decided that way? That said, both pages were created in the very early days of the site so... I wonder if they should be merged, actually 🤔
Edit: or wait, I just saw that "The True Mayhem" is not actually the band's name, they never released an album under that name, it's just an alternate name for them.
Yeah, there was a copyright issue, as another band had secured the rights for the name in America. Technically, we could have used the same name in Europe, but it would have required different cover designs for the regions. Despite of the added prefix, the band is the same, so it would be nice to have all the releases, or at least the debut album, on the tBD page.
Wait, is this your band?
I can look into merging the band pages, let me see what the rest of the staff thinks.
Really? I haven't paid that much attention but I noticed however that their recent albums haven't been that good.
The Blackening was the last album of theirs that was really awesome.
Not sure I really dug the Blackening all the much myself after so many listens, it was pretty good but I never heard a masterpiece it has been hailed as.
*Also if you'd like for me to work on a collage of metal albums for the page banner I'd be more than happy to, I think the current one could use a sprucing up.
*Also if you'd like for me to work on a collage of metal albums for the page banner I'd be more than happy to, I think the current one could use a sprucing up.
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haha, no tough judgements on the one currently, it is just a hobby of mine to make them
Next week I will be back in Germany again and I can start going to gigs once more, haven't for months... First up, Candlemass.
Please do. I just grabbed one from Google Image Search LOL.
favorite time of the year. been going through invisible oranges (my favorite blog) top 10 lists and while I never listened to old horrendous.... I've listened to their new album Idol all the way through 6 times today.
I'm sure it's been posted, but just in case it hasn't
https://horrendous.bandcamp.com/album/idol
I'm sure it's been posted, but just in case it hasn't
https://horrendous.bandcamp.com/album/idol
Yeah it's really good, probably my favorite of theirs.
Great release this year. Also check out their older albums, I prefer them even more to the new one. If you are anywhere on the east coast in the northern atlantic area, they will be around and are great to see live.
I just saw this hilarious bit in FB feed. :D
https://roadburn.com/roadburn-essential-sounds-14-12-18/
https://roadburn.com/roadburn-essential-sounds-14-12-18/
That's insane. Who would possibly ever need that many guns and ammo. The skulls are weird too.
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One doesn't need any guns and ammo, but if you have a hobby and a good paying gig...you may go a tad overboard. I mean if I had the cash I'd probably build an arsenal too, but it sounded like there may be some mental issues. I haven't kept up on the latest so that may have just been speculation.
will do!
found another couple releases I've really been digging
bosse-de-nage - further still - https://bosse-de-nage.bandcamp.com/album/further-still
howling sycamore - s/t - https://howlingsycamore.bandcamp.com/ - hannes grossman, davide tiso, and jason mcmaster plus some great guests!?
I haven't really kept up on them, but isn't Cannibal Corpse on the lineup for the next NA leg of the Slayer tour? I take it their guitarist is being filled in.
They posted on Instagram that they are going on tour, so looks like they will have a replacement guitarist
Meanwhile, Metalsucks vs Nergal story is unfolding . Good god what would some people do just to get a few clicks on their site...
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OT: Really drives me crazy how it seems youtube blocks every video from being played embedded in this thread.
