Gary
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New Suffocation is out today
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The Metal Thread - Version 2
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Gary
Mind. Body. Light. Sound.
34 years young tomorrow.
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
Fucking love that album.
Gary
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"Quadra" was a pleasant surprise as far as late career albums are concerned, but otherwise...eh. They haven't released a great album since "Chaos AD", and I don't even know if any of the original band members are there anymore.
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Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson Speaks On Metal's Lack Of Emerging Arena & Festival Headliners - Theprp.com
He feels corporate greed may play big part in it.
www.theprp.com
He's 100% correct and the problem is only going to get worse.
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Chaos AD is amazing and I'll defend Roots. They did that Clockwork Orange concept album in the last decade or so that wasn't bad.
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
The last great Sepultura album was Arise and I'll die on that hill. Chaos AD has some killer bookends (including a great cover of "The Hunt" that introduced me to New Model Army) but a lot of weak filler, and Roots deserves the scorn it gets despite its experimentation of fusing Brazilian tribal music with metal.
Epic:
No, there are no original members left. The last one was Iggor.
Also, why did nobody ever talk about Internecine?! The late Jared Anderson's solo project, it was basically Hate Eternal before Hate Eternal was really a thing.
Epic:
No, there are no original members left. The last one was Iggor.
Also, why did nobody ever talk about Internecine?! The late Jared Anderson's solo project, it was basically Hate Eternal before Hate Eternal was really a thing.
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
Quo Vadis might be one of the most criminally unsung bands of the late 90s/early 00s. Day Into Night is such a gorgeous slice of vicious riffing with melody that serves a purpose, and their big farewell concert, and Defiant Imagination: Live in Montreal is on a shortlist of my favorite live videos (alongside Metallica's Live Shit: Seattle '89 and SOD's Live at Budokan). Just all around greatness that came too soon.
And now that I think about it? The Montreal scene produced some real fucking bangers. Cryptopsy leads the way, of course, but there's also Quo Vadis, the ever-popular Kataklysm, Augury (one of the only prog death bands I genuinely like), and bands I don't care much for but have either had a huge impact (Gorguts) or staying power (Chthe'ilist), and even the gimmicky shit is super fun (Bookake).
And now that I think about it? The Montreal scene produced some real fucking bangers. Cryptopsy leads the way, of course, but there's also Quo Vadis, the ever-popular Kataklysm, Augury (one of the only prog death bands I genuinely like), and bands I don't care much for but have either had a huge impact (Gorguts) or staying power (Chthe'ilist), and even the gimmicky shit is super fun (Bookake).
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
And holy shit, Barra Xul is the kind of stuff I've been searching for this past year.
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Dave Mustaine: Complaining About Ticket Prices is "Unfair" Because Touring is Just Expensive
Rising costs have to be made somewhere.
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I knew we couldn't let 2023 pass us without another hot take from Dave Mustaine!
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
He's not wrong, he really isn't, but saying it's "unfair" for people to not want to pay 2-3x as much for a ticket as they did a couple years ago is hilarious.
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That was pretty much my take. Yeah, I understand the circumstances but to tell people to just eat shit and like it is unfair.
Gary
Mind. Body. Light. Sound.
My top 25 of the year
1.) Hellripper - Warlocks Grim and Weathered Hags (Speed/Blackened Thrash)
2.) Dead and Dripping - Blackened Cerebral Rifts (Brutal Tech Death)
3.) King Gizzard - Pentadragonic (Progressive Thrash)
4.) Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts (Death doom)
5.) Khanate - To Be Cruel (Drone Doom)
6.) Wayfarer - American Gothic (Atmospheric Black)
7.) Dying Fetus - Make Them Beg for Death (Brutal Tech Death)
8.) Suffocation - Hymns of the Aporcrypha (Brutal Tech Death)
9.) Odz Manouk - Bosoragazan (Black Metal)
10.) Laster - Andermans mijne (Avant Garde)
11.) Smoulder - Violent Creed of Vengeance (Trad)
12.) Cirith Ungol - Dark Parade (Trad)
13.) Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit (Tech Death)
14.) Astral Tomb - Total Spiritual Death (Avant Garde Death)
15.) Tetragrammacide - Typho Tantric Aphormisms (War/Death Metal)
16.) Enslaved - Heimdale (Progressive Black)
17.) Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current (Avant Garde)
18.) Sulfuric Cautery - Suffocating Feats of Dehumanization (Goregrind)
19.) Kruelty - Untopia Banished (Brutal Death/Deathcore)
20.) Albionic Hermaticism - Nova nativis Mundae (Black Metal)
21.) Panopticon - The Rime of Memory (Atmospheric Black)
22.) Krallice - Porous Resonance Abyss (Prog)
23.) Blood Oath- Lost in Eternal Silence (Tech Death)
24.) RUÏM - Black Royal Spirtualism (Black Metal)
25.) Seven Doors - Feast of the Repulsive Dead (Death Metal)
1.) Hellripper - Warlocks Grim and Weathered Hags (Speed/Blackened Thrash)
2.) Dead and Dripping - Blackened Cerebral Rifts (Brutal Tech Death)
3.) King Gizzard - Pentadragonic (Progressive Thrash)
4.) Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts (Death doom)
5.) Khanate - To Be Cruel (Drone Doom)
6.) Wayfarer - American Gothic (Atmospheric Black)
7.) Dying Fetus - Make Them Beg for Death (Brutal Tech Death)
8.) Suffocation - Hymns of the Aporcrypha (Brutal Tech Death)
9.) Odz Manouk - Bosoragazan (Black Metal)
10.) Laster - Andermans mijne (Avant Garde)
11.) Smoulder - Violent Creed of Vengeance (Trad)
12.) Cirith Ungol - Dark Parade (Trad)
13.) Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit (Tech Death)
14.) Astral Tomb - Total Spiritual Death (Avant Garde Death)
15.) Tetragrammacide - Typho Tantric Aphormisms (War/Death Metal)
16.) Enslaved - Heimdale (Progressive Black)
17.) Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current (Avant Garde)
18.) Sulfuric Cautery - Suffocating Feats of Dehumanization (Goregrind)
19.) Kruelty - Untopia Banished (Brutal Death/Deathcore)
20.) Albionic Hermaticism - Nova nativis Mundae (Black Metal)
21.) Panopticon - The Rime of Memory (Atmospheric Black)
22.) Krallice - Porous Resonance Abyss (Prog)
23.) Blood Oath- Lost in Eternal Silence (Tech Death)
24.) RUÏM - Black Royal Spirtualism (Black Metal)
25.) Seven Doors - Feast of the Repulsive Dead (Death Metal)
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Gary
Mind. Body. Light. Sound.
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
Gary
Mind. Body. Light. Sound.
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
Have I...have I stumped you?!? Holy fuck.
Gary
Mind. Body. Light. Sound.
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
Discovered Horse Lung, very much in the vein of Bongripper but a tad cleaner in tone. Highly recommend. Almost exactly what I'm looking for.
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
Not too shabby. I appreciate the "what if Entombed played thrash" approach, even if I'm not all that into it.
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Metal Gods know how to work their fans just like old school wrestlers.
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Dave Mustaine Thinks It's Important to 'Not Be Mean' to Other Musicians
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine thinks it's important for metal musicians to be cool with one another, having /never ever/ been mean before.
www.metalsucks.net
Pot meet kettle etc.
Gary
Mind. Body. Light. Sound.
30 years old today. This, Ulver’s “Bergtatt” and the first three Agalloch albums are the ones that got me into Black Metal, so happy anniversary
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
Emperor and Marduk are the only trve black metal band I can listen to without getting very bored, very quickly.
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
Jesus fuck, Persuader is awesome
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
Top 10 albums I've been digging so far this year (not released in 2024, just stuff I've been listening to):
10. Gwar - Violence Has Arrived (Thrash/Crossover)
9. Brujeria - Esto es Brujeria (Grind)
8. Manowar - Kings of Metal (Heavy/Power)
7. Resistant Culture - Welcome to Reality (Grind/Crust/Death)
6. Lich King - Born of the Bomb (Thrash)
5. Gorgasm - Orgy of Murder (Brutal Death)
4. Persuader - When Eden Burns (Speed/Power)
3. Quo Vadis - Day Into Night (Progressive Melodeath)
2. Misery Index - Traitors (Death/Grind)
1. Hate Eternal - King of all Kings (Death)
10. Gwar - Violence Has Arrived (Thrash/Crossover)
9. Brujeria - Esto es Brujeria (Grind)
8. Manowar - Kings of Metal (Heavy/Power)
7. Resistant Culture - Welcome to Reality (Grind/Crust/Death)
6. Lich King - Born of the Bomb (Thrash)
5. Gorgasm - Orgy of Murder (Brutal Death)
4. Persuader - When Eden Burns (Speed/Power)
3. Quo Vadis - Day Into Night (Progressive Melodeath)
2. Misery Index - Traitors (Death/Grind)
1. Hate Eternal - King of all Kings (Death)
Gary
Mind. Body. Light. Sound.
On second thought (and in spite of their name) Bongripper can be great and lo and behold have a new album out today. I especially recommend "Satan Worshipping Doom", which is a rare example of something with Stoner influences having a darker edge.
Also, new albums from High on Fire, DVNE (proggy sludge/post metal), Antichrist Siege Machine (evil sounding War Metal if that's your thing) and In Vain (progressive melodeath) out today.
Big Papa Paegan
L. A. Z.
Aye. A plunge into Bongripper and Belzebong is what drove the question.
Latest bands I've been digging:
-Perpetual Warfare. Thrash that's a happy medium between pizza thrash and deathrash. Imagine if classic Anthrax just got, like, super fucking pissed off.
-War Kabinett. A solid as hell blend of traditional, death, and symphonic metal. The songs are laid out in a traditional metal formula with death riffs and symphonic choruses/bridges, which leads to some amazing highs.
-Parasitic. Good old fashioned brutal death. The closest comparison I could make would be "what if Disgorge (US) was part of the Italian scene from the later 00s."
-Saintbreaker. Deathrash but with actual songwriting and production, not just "we want to copy Possessed" over and over.
Latest bands I've been digging:
-Perpetual Warfare. Thrash that's a happy medium between pizza thrash and deathrash. Imagine if classic Anthrax just got, like, super fucking pissed off.
-War Kabinett. A solid as hell blend of traditional, death, and symphonic metal. The songs are laid out in a traditional metal formula with death riffs and symphonic choruses/bridges, which leads to some amazing highs.
-Parasitic. Good old fashioned brutal death. The closest comparison I could make would be "what if Disgorge (US) was part of the Italian scene from the later 00s."
-Saintbreaker. Deathrash but with actual songwriting and production, not just "we want to copy Possessed" over and over.
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
Integral Poster
Anthrax's Scott Ian calls out Kerry King over Slayer reunion: "I took them at their word"
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian says he messaged Slayer's Kerry King, calling him out on Slayer's recently announced reunion. Get the details.
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