I wasn't familiar with them as well until invisible oranges streamed one of their songs a couple weeks ago. This new album is killer.
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I wasn't familiar with them as well until invisible oranges streamed one of their songs a couple weeks ago. This new album is killer.
The new Inter Arma LP comes out Friday and is Stereogum's album of the week (their last LP was their #1 metal record of 2016)
https://www.stereogum.com/2039006/inter-arma-sulphur-english-review/franchises/album-of-the-week/
https://www.stereogum.com/2039006/inter-arma-sulphur-english-review/franchises/album-of-the-week/
Careful man, that cave might be in danger of collapsing
One of my most anticipated albums this year. They played a few songs off of it when I saw them in early Feb and they were really good.
Tomorrow I see Sinmara/Suffering Hour which should be great
Some new Visigoth material, seems inspired by the Souls games https://visigothofficial.bandcamp.com/album/bells-of-awakening
Technical death metal isn't really my thing but fuck Pavor put out some pretty good shit.
Landfermann who did vocals for Bethlehem's Dictius te Necare is actually on bass here and is quite a maniac.
Landfermann who did vocals for Bethlehem's Dictius te Necare is actually on bass here and is quite a maniac.
Song of The Day
Deus Vult - In the Rain
One of the gems of the Ohio thrash scene that has yet to be gifted a proper remaster of their material, Deus Vult was a highly energetic power/thrash band that compares very favorably with the likes of Powermad and produce proper power/thrash. This song is from their 1990 EP Soul Assault. Enjoy!
Deus Vult - In the Rain
One of the gems of the Ohio thrash scene that has yet to be gifted a proper remaster of their material, Deus Vult was a highly energetic power/thrash band that compares very favorably with the likes of Powermad and produce proper power/thrash. This song is from their 1990 EP Soul Assault. Enjoy!
Fireseeker is great, sure Abysswalker will be great too (thought they were both released! silly me). Thanks for the heads up.
Haven't been to one in months actually. I think my last show was.... Dance with the Dead in October? Synthwave, not even metal, lol.
But I got this coming up this year:
Trapped Under Ice (Metalian, Cauchemar) in like 10 days
Slough Feg in early June
Iron Maiden in August
Demons & Wizards in September
Think I have Maiden in September? Forgot about it actually. Need to make time to hit up the Oakland Metro in a couple weeks
Metal -
Kalmah end of April
Headining to Ottawa in May for Slayer (actually don't really care about this, more about seeing friends)
Gloryhammer/Aether Realm (this will be awesome
Iron Maiden
Demons and Wizards
Enforcer/Warbringer (this will rock too)
Not metal..
FM-84
Outland Toronto
That's it for now
I'm looking into some bands that are playing at Brutal Assault this year and are currently listening to Zuriaake / 葬尸湖, a Chinese atmospheric Black Metal band. They're sounding really nice, some folksy influences from Summoning (just turned Chinese), some from Québécois Black Metal à la Forteresse and lots from depressive Black Metal in general (but thankfully not the kind that grates on me).
I especially like their 20-minute epic on their most recent album:
And speaking of Summoning, they seem to be one of the better ways of seeing a Summoning song played live:
I especially like their 20-minute epic on their most recent album:
And speaking of Summoning, they seem to be one of the better ways of seeing a Summoning song played live:
gonna see Cirrhus and Bone Awl later this month in Oakland, though I'm trying to work out their LA show instead since I want to see Oldowan Gash, a killer new USBM entity.
Yellow Eyes, Dispirit, and The Ruins of Fucking Beverast in Austin hopefully. If not, Oakland date without Yellow Eyes.
Yellow Eyes, Dispirit, and The Ruins of Fucking Beverast in Austin hopefully. If not, Oakland date without Yellow Eyes.
It's looking pretty light for me this year, unfortunately. Central Florida seems to be really hit or miss with tours. Some years, there will be tons where I'm going to shows every month (sometimes multiple shows a week), and then other years are like this one.
Flotsam & Jetsam in May - I haven't really followed them for many years, but used to really dig them when I was in high school 25 years ago.
Baroness in August
ProgPower in September - Lots of bands, including quite a few first US shows
Amorphis in October
Not sure I'll go to all of these but currently on my radar:
Devin Townsend
Brutus
Melvins
Yawning Man
Rivers of Nihil
Sunn0)))
Really professional on stage, stand next to their guitarist, he is so amazing live.
Mastodon + Coheed
Gojira + Slipknot
Korn + Alice in Chains
All on my radar. Let's see if I make it out
I have the KUPD ufest with Killswitch and that's about it. Really sad I'm missing slayer and Amon amarth
A friend of mine just recommended this Black Metal album to me, and while it's not completely to my taste, I find the more atmospheric and twisted parts very appealing, like the song that begins around 5:50.
I'll likely only be going to nails, misery index, devourment as far as the next couple of months go
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This got delivered today and holy shit it's unrelenting! Melodic yet brutal as fuck!
I've been living under a rock for some time musically speaking since my son was born 15 months ago and I just discovered Jinjer and their 18 million fucking views video for the song Pisces. And, fuck, that song actually deserves those views, it's like musical perfection. Then I listened to some other of their stuff and it felt a bit all over the place, so I'm not sure if the band is really that good or if they just had a super inspired moment. What's the metal era consensus on jinjer?
Ah! That's good to hear! I'm excited. I just saw its up on spotify so I can listen to it while waiting for my copy. Yay~
I'm not really Jinjer's target audience I guess, but their previous album was pretty good. "I Speak Astronomy" is a standout track and I really love that song. They're a bit all over the place. They're more progressive/technical I suppose, so if you get behind them just doing weird things and less core-friendly stuff, they're a bit easier to wrap your head around.
Pisces is amazingly good.
Everything else is really pretty boring as hell.
Thanks for posting about them. I wouldn't have heard about them otherwise!
Yeah, it's refreshing to stumble onto something that makes an impression every once in a while. It's a very rare occurrence for me. Only a handful of albums have managed to do that during the past decade.
I think its a cool idea to start giving out titles (sure, let's go with that) to more cities for their contributions to Metal. I'd love to see more cities recognized for their contributions to the genre.
Exactly the feeling I got with what I've listened from them. Hope they are able to fine tune their style in future releases and stick to what's worked best for them.
"In Montreal, we have Cryptopsy and Cataclysm and Despised Icon and all sorts of bands that have really shone internationally."
Nothing says "excellence" quite like Despised Icon and what Cryptopsy and Kataklysm turned into...
But they made None So Vile, so all of their blunders don't matter at the end of the day.
Shouting out Despised Icon over Gorguts? Shame.
A quick perusal over the Metal-Archives listings for Montreal, Obliveon is the only other band that really jumps out to me as being exceptional after Cryptopsy, Gorguts, and Kataklysm.
A quick perusal over the Metal-Archives listings for Montreal, Obliveon is the only other band that really jumps out to me as being exceptional after Cryptopsy, Gorguts, and Kataklysm.