The Metal Thread - Version 2

[Laz]

Reign in Blood was so integral to my teenage years that the Still Reigning 2004 tour (where I got a tooth knocked out in the pit) is the only show I've gone to under the promise of any album played in full.

 

[Gary]

Another anniversary coming your way

Turns 30 years old today.

 

[King Kamala]

MEGADETH Launches Its Own Cryptocurrency

MEGADETH has launched its official cryptocurrency, $MEGA. By buying, holding and transacting with $MEGA, MEGADETH fans will gain access to exclusives and premium benefits. Members of Cyber Army, MEGADETH's official fan club, that also hold $MEGA will unlock additional exclusives, access, and...

www.blabbermouth.net

I am surprised it took this long for Dave Mustaine to get into crypto.

 

[Gary]

MEGADETH Launches Its Own Cryptocurrency

MEGADETH has launched its official cryptocurrency, $MEGA. By buying, holding and transacting with $MEGA, MEGADETH fans will gain access to exclusives and premium benefits. Members of Cyber Army, MEGADETH's official fan club, that also hold $MEGA will unlock additional exclusives, access, and...

www.blabbermouth.net

I am surprised it took this long for Dave Mustaine to get into crypto.

lol he doesn't know he called it "smegma"

 

[Laz]

Crypto writings
On the wall

 

[Gary]

Crypto writings
On the wall

Crypto Sells...But Who's Buying?

 

[Epic Springs]

Crypto was the Cure.

Hey, I tried.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Gene Simmons is pissed that he missed an opportunity to take even more money from Kiss fans.

 

[Laz]

Shadows Fall did a reunion show in Worcester (YES, @King Kamala Holidays , AT THE PALLADIUM) a week or two ago. With Unearth as support.

...fuck, man, why did I move where there are never any metal gigs...

 

[King Kamala]

What if all it takes for Worcester to actually become the Paris of the '80s is @Laz leaving?

A couple of metalhead comics were at the Shadows Fall reunion and it made me think of my TSM homie.

 

[Gary]

Fuck it, 15 (or 16 since one is a tie) favorite metal albums of the year. I listened to a lot this year, and there are ones that almost made it (Cannibal Corpse, Spectral Thirst and Hooded Menace to name a few) but I ended up witling it down to this

1.) Ad Nauseum - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
2.) Auld Ridge-Consanguineous Tales of Bloodshed and Treachery (dude behind it is apparently a far right shithead, but Goddamn if this isn't the best Black Metal album I've Heard this year)
3.) Ænigmatum -Deconsecrate
4.) Worm-Foreverglade
5.) Trhä-endlhëtonëg
6.) Converge & Chelsea Wolfe-Bloodmoon: I
7.) Oxygen Destroyer-Sinister Monstrosities Spawned by the Unfathomable Ignorance of Humankind
8) Pan Amerikan Native Front-Little Turtle's War
9.) Mortiferum-Preserved in Torment
10.) Steel Bearing Hand-Slay in Hell
11.) Wolves in the Throne Room-Primordial Arcana
12.) Portrayal of Guilt-We Are Always Alone
13.) Suffering Hour-The Cyclic Reckoning
14.) tie between Atvm and Thy Catafalque
15.) Last Days of Humanity - Horrific Compositions of Decomposition

So, what metal albums did you enjoy this year?

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[Laz]

Uhhhhh...I literally can't name a single album from this year that I've listened to, regardless of genre.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

This dude needs all the love... very fun cover

 

[King Kamala]

Cc @Laz

 

[Laz]

Two things I really enjoy: Ernest P. Worrell and making fun of black metal nerds.

 

[Gary]

CHRIS BARNES "Despises" What Death Metal Vocals Have Become, Refuses To Elaborate

He says death metal nowadays makes him "physically ill."

metalinjection.net

Today, in people who have no self awareness...

 

[Gary]

Seriously though, he sounds like Eric Cartman trying to do Death Metal vocals

 

[Laz]

There's a FB group I'm in dedicated to death metal shitposting. Making fun of Barnes has replaced constant "deathcore bad" meme.

EĖĘĚĔƏÈÉÊËĒ

 

[Epic Springs]

Megaforce Records Founder Jon 'Jonny Z' Zazula Has Died at 69

Rest in peace.

loudwire.com

Jonny Z passed away. Very influential figure in the metal world in the 80s. Metallica owe a lot of their success to him.

 

[Gary]

The new Immolation album slaps. Also, Deicide's "Legion" (their best IMO) turned 30 last Tuesday.

 

[Laz]

Lost Soul is fucking amazing. In the same vein as the classic Italian brutal/tech death sound that gave us Hour of Penance and Hideous Divinity, but with a decidedly Polish bend (meaning thrashier).

GOAT tier cover.

 

[Epic Springs]

Opinion: Rob Zombie WAS White Zombie

On the anniversary of White Zombie's 'La Sexorcisto,' MetalSucks' Emperor Rhombus argues that the band owe Rob Zombie everything.

www.metalsucks.net

Thoughts @Laz ?

 

[Laz]

I'd call it accurate, honestly, but Rob's always been a guy who needs somebody to do the grunt work for him and to add the special flourish.

 

[Gary]

lol Varg got suspended from Twitter

 

[Gary]

30 years old today.

 

[Epic Springs]

The Black Dahlia Murder's Trevor Strnad has died at 41

The band broke the sudden and tragic news in a statement.

www.brooklynvegan.com

Black Dahlia Murder singer dead at 41.

 

[Laz]

REST IN FUCKING POWER

 

[Laz]

In better news, Exhumed has released this shirt in protest of the possible Roe v. Wade overturn. All profits go to WRRAP, an organization that helps to fund abortion care to those in need.

 

[Brocklock]

Man that's awful about the BDM singer. That band had a hell of a run of albums for a while.

 

[Epic Springs]

MUNICIPAL WASTE's TONY FORESTA Worked For The WWE During The Pandemic

Since touring wasn't an option.

metalinjection.net

In news only me and @Laz care about, Municipal Waste's singer worked for WWE during the pandemic as a runner.