Gary
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Oransii Pazuzu have an album out in October, and the first two songs released are really promising. Here's the videos for them
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The Metal Thread - Version 2
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Big Papa Paegan
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John Pepe, AKA Juan Brujo, of legendary grindcore band Brujeria passed away last night at the age of 61. They were on tour in support of Gwar.
This follows the passing of the only unmasked member of Brujeria, Ciriaco Quezada (alias Pinche Peach), earlier this year in July.
This one absolutely sucks. I was casually into Brujeria in high school after learning that it was mostly a revolving door of musicians from other bands I was already into. Notably, the following:
And I got really into them after "Bruja Encabronada" was released as a single last summer. They've been a damn hoot.
Cheers to the narcogrind legend.
This follows the passing of the only unmasked member of Brujeria, Ciriaco Quezada (alias Pinche Peach), earlier this year in July.
This one absolutely sucks. I was casually into Brujeria in high school after learning that it was mostly a revolving door of musicians from other bands I was already into. Notably, the following:
Dino Cazares (Fear Factory, Asesino, Divine Heresy)
Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory, Asesino, Phobia)
Jesse Pintado (Napalm Death, Lock Up, Terrorizer)
Tony Campos (Static-X, Prong)
Nicholas Barker (Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir)
Jeff Walker (Carcass)
Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Lock Up)
Adrian Erlandsson (At the Gates, the Haunted)
Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory, Asesino, Phobia)
Jesse Pintado (Napalm Death, Lock Up, Terrorizer)
Tony Campos (Static-X, Prong)
Nicholas Barker (Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir)
Jeff Walker (Carcass)
Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Lock Up)
Adrian Erlandsson (At the Gates, the Haunted)
Cheers to the narcogrind legend.
Holy shit at the beginning riffage and Tangerine Dream joins them on the song as well. This is imo one of their best songs, the proggy spacey stuff mixes with the Brutal Death Metal very fluidly here. Video rules. I'm stoked for the new album.
Also, the new Black Dahlia Murder is very good. About on par with the last three, but not near the first six. Still a very good album and BDM are so dependable. It has some great thrashy parts mixed in with the heavy death parts. I'll have to spin it a few more times. Brian does a good job on vocals. He lacks the punch and pure intensity of Trevor's shrieks, but he does good overall.
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Gary
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Blood Incantation are one of the most consistent bands around, so It's good to see them get love here. Also, been a good year for prog metal (DVNE, Wist, Anciients and Ætheria Conscientia for example)
Big Papa Paegan
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I'm not big on Blood Incantation, but yeah. That opening was fucking gnarly.
The whole Blood Incantation album dropped. Won't change your mind if you dislike the band, but I loved it. I've already listened a few times. I think this album has catchier and more memorable riffs and sequences than their other two albums. It's been a while since a new metal album has grabbed my heart like this. There's even some thrash and epic black metal parts thrown in with the Death Metal, Floyd, Prog and Ambient. I think it all blends seamlessly, but I've seen others say it's disjointed. It completely hit for me.
Spotify has each of the two 20 minute giant songs broken into three sections which I prefer. Listening to The Stargate as one twenty minute song was hard to really take in or break down the parts.
Spotify has each of the two 20 minute giant songs broken into three sections which I prefer. Listening to The Stargate as one twenty minute song was hard to really take in or break down the parts.
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I didn't know this existed. They have to be thankful this didn't release lmao. It makes Cold Lake seem like Master Of Puppets, and might be some of the worst music I've ever heard. Blackened Industrial Nu Metal with some rapping vocals from Tom G Warrior.
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Big Papa Paegan
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OH MY GOD. ACID BATH IS BACK. THEY'RE FUCKING BACK. SOMEBODY TELL AGENT.
Gary
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That lineup as a mix of "oh I'd like to see that" and "dear goodness no"
Big Papa Paegan
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Ratio is 4 to 1 of garbage to quality, but ACID BAAAAAAAATH
OH MY GOD I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN
When The Kite String Pops was my favorite album when I was 17, but I listened to it last week and it holds up amazingly. The mix of genres work perfectly, and they have some of my favorite ballads in Metal.
When The Kite String Pops was my favorite album when I was 17, but I listened to it last week and it holds up amazingly. The mix of genres work perfectly, and they have some of my favorite ballads in Metal.
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Federal Prosecutors Recommend Iced Earth Founder Jon Schaffer Get Zero Jail Time
The US government recommended a lenient sentence of probation for Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer citing his cooperation with prosecution.
www.metalsucks.net
Lol. Bitch.
Big Papa Paegan
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I can't wait for Iced Earth's return album, Treason Isn't So Bad After All
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OG Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno passed away. The very first Maiden record is my 2nd favorite of theirs and is one of my favorites ever. Songs that even Bruce can't do justice like Phantom of the Opera.
Big Papa Paegan
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Gary
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Also, happy 33rd birthday to Death's "Human", which was my gateway into more extreme metal.
Gary
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I also feel like this is the best place to say I never was a fan of this band. A lot of the Power Metal stuff I like is from the 80s TBH (stuff like Vicious Rumors, Manilla Road, Savatage, Crimson Glory and early Metal Church)
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He's a punk. Talked all that shit about "taking the country back" and immediately narced when they put the heat to his back. He's a traitor and a sellout. Fuck him.
Embarrassingly, I liked Iced Earth when I was younger, up until The Glorious Burden which was awful. I'm not a big Power Metal guy, but the Spawn concept album peaked my interest as a teen as well as Horror Show. I tried listening to them about 5 years ago and I couldn't really do it. Some good riffs and guitar playing, but the vocals and lyrics are so cheesy. Nevermore does their Progressive Power/Thrash Metal Hybrid sound a lot better.
Big Papa Paegan
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Conversely, I got back into Iced Earth a year ago, and it sent me down a power kick that I've yet to come back from. Everything after Horror Show sucks, but there are a lot worse people whose music I know we listen to, so I can still rock out to Burnt Offerings now and then.
Gary
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This has become my favorite album of theirs too. That or "Necrotism"
Big Papa Paegan
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Hot take: the only real changes between Necroticism and Heartwork are the guitar tones getting crisper and Michael Amott's melodies. Literally everything else is close enough to be called the same, from riff phrasing to tempo.
Gary
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New Opeth album is out today.
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20 favorite metal albums of the year (I'm going to make a list of prog/experimental ones later, but here's the stuff outside of there)
1.) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield (Traditional)
2.) Concrete Winds - S/T (Deathgrind)
3.) Nimbifer - Der bose Geist (Black Metal)
4.) Oxygen Destroyer - Guardian of the Universe (Death Thrash)
5.) Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished (Death Doom)
6.) Septage - Septic Worship (Goregrind)
7.) Brodequin - Harbinger of Woe (Brutal Death)
8.) Auld Ridge - For Death and Glory, to the Gods I Cry (Melodic Black/Folk)
9.) Black Curse - Burning in Celestial Poison (Blackened Death)
10.) Antichrist Siege Machine - Vengeance of Eternal Fire (War Metal)
11.) Alcest -Les chants de l'Aurore (Blackgaze)
12.) Mitocondrion - Vireiseptome (Death Metal)
13. ) Castle Rat - Into the Realm (Stoner Doom)
14.) Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All (Tech Death)
15.) Bongripper - Empty (Doom/Sludge)
16.) Full of Hell - Coagulated Bliss (Grindcore)
17.) Paysage d'Hiver - Die Berge (Atmospheric Black)
18. ) High on Fire - Cometh the Storm (Stoner Metal)
19.) Stress Angel - Punished By Nemesis (Death Thrash)
20.) Tzompantli - Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force (Death Doom)
1.) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield (Traditional)
2.) Concrete Winds - S/T (Deathgrind)
3.) Nimbifer - Der bose Geist (Black Metal)
4.) Oxygen Destroyer - Guardian of the Universe (Death Thrash)
5.) Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished (Death Doom)
6.) Septage - Septic Worship (Goregrind)
7.) Brodequin - Harbinger of Woe (Brutal Death)
8.) Auld Ridge - For Death and Glory, to the Gods I Cry (Melodic Black/Folk)
9.) Black Curse - Burning in Celestial Poison (Blackened Death)
10.) Antichrist Siege Machine - Vengeance of Eternal Fire (War Metal)
11.) Alcest -Les chants de l'Aurore (Blackgaze)
12.) Mitocondrion - Vireiseptome (Death Metal)
13. ) Castle Rat - Into the Realm (Stoner Doom)
14.) Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All (Tech Death)
15.) Bongripper - Empty (Doom/Sludge)
16.) Full of Hell - Coagulated Bliss (Grindcore)
17.) Paysage d'Hiver - Die Berge (Atmospheric Black)
18. ) High on Fire - Cometh the Storm (Stoner Metal)
19.) Stress Angel - Punished By Nemesis (Death Thrash)
20.) Tzompantli - Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force (Death Doom)
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Big Papa Paegan
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The new Brodequin is that good, eh? You're not one to usually praise BDM much.
Gary
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I usually float toward the more Tech Death side of BDM. But yeah, it's one hell of an album.
Also, did a few changes to my "Best of" list,
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Favorite Prog/Experimental Metal albums of the year
1.) Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
2.) Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
3.) DVNE - Voidkind
4.) Wist - Strange Balance
5.) Ætheria Conscientia - The Blossoming
6.) Gigan - Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus
7.) Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun
8.) Opeth - The Last Will and Testament
9.) Sovreign - Altered Realities
10.) Diskord/ATVM - Bipolarities
11.) Hemotoxin - When Time Becomes Loss
12.) Solar Wimp - Trails of Light
13.) Piah Mater - Under the Shadow of a Foreign Sun
14.) Borknagar - Fall
15.) Bedsore - Dreaming the Strife for Love
1.) Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
2.) Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
3.) DVNE - Voidkind
4.) Wist - Strange Balance
5.) Ætheria Conscientia - The Blossoming
6.) Gigan - Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus
7.) Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun
8.) Opeth - The Last Will and Testament
9.) Sovreign - Altered Realities
10.) Diskord/ATVM - Bipolarities
11.) Hemotoxin - When Time Becomes Loss
12.) Solar Wimp - Trails of Light
13.) Piah Mater - Under the Shadow of a Foreign Sun
14.) Borknagar - Fall
15.) Bedsore - Dreaming the Strife for Love
My boring top 3 are Blood Incantation, Ulcerate, Oranssi Pazuzu in that order. Still a lot I need to listen to like new Opeth, Nile, High On Fire, Judas Priest, etc.
Not metal, but the new Knocked Loose is really good. The vocals took a while for me to like them, but I'm used to them now.
Not metal, but the new Knocked Loose is really good. The vocals took a while for me to like them, but I'm used to them now.
Big Papa Paegan
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I don't really keep up on new releases, but here's who I've been into the most this past year.
Persuader (Speed/Power)
Just a goddamn powerhouse of killer riffs and songs. It's a damn shame they're on indefinite hold while the members work on other projects, too, because I'd easily say this is the best work they've all been a part of.
Anubis (Power/Thrash)
Their debut LP Dark Paradise is so, so good. Like Persuader, this is the best project that the individual members are involved in.
Belzebong (Instrumental Doom)
Horse Lung (Instrumental Doom)
As I said earlier this year, I can dig on doom until the vocals. There's just something so whiny about most doom metal vocals, even the harsher ones, so it's awesome having the best part of doom (THIIIIIIICK ominous riffage) without any of the weakness.
Observers (Instrumental Doom)
More artsy/avant garde than Belzebong or Horse Lung, this is perfect background music for sci-fi/horror gaming.
Resistant Culture (Grindcore)
A revolving door of crust/grind/death musicians incorporating traditional indigenous music into their sound. It's so weird thinking that a lot of the same people responsible for the mediocrity of Terrorizer post-Jesse Pintado are also the ones behind how goddamn good this band is. Like Brujeria but serious.
Barra Xul (Melodic Tech Death)
A friend and I once joked that Cannibal Corpse gone melodic is basically Nevermore, and if that's the case then Dying Fetus gone melodic is Barra Xul. The Montreal scene just hits differently, man.
Saintbreaker (Death/Thrash)
Oxygen Destroyer (Death/Thrash)
Just fun. That's it. They have their sounds they're going for and nail it. OD especially deserves a lot of love for how well they pull off the kaiju gimmick, and for how much they love using it to agitate transphobes.
Brainstorm (Heavy/Power)
Andy B. Franck reminds me of Bruce Dickinson from Chemical Wedding, and that's a good thing. Killer band, maybe my favorite of the German scene after the original Helloween days.
Warlock (Heavy)
Doro Pesch is a fucking goddess and you're wrong if you disagree.
Desultor (Melodic Tech Death)
This is a one-off project that released the amazing Machines of Hate, which is still so damn unique. A tech death album...with almost exclusively CLEAN vocals?! I got into them in 2020 but really fell in love this past year, and I can pinpoint their sole album as what kicked off my reinvigorated interest into power metal and its peripherals.
War Kabinett (Death/Power)
Similar to Desultor but much more "traditional" in song construction. Super fun, highly recommended.
Atoll (Brutal Death)
Sometimes you just need some caveman shit, and they've got it covered. A good choice of hooks and grooves nails it for me.
Desert Near the End (Power/Thrash)
Dire Peril (Power/Thrash)
Iron Savior (Speed/Power)
Like if Ayreon wasn't so fucking pretentious and goofy.
Northern Genocide (Industrial Melodeath)
Project: Roenwolfe (Power/Thrash)
Just hard-hitting metal. Nothing too spectacular, but they always manage to scratch the itch.
...it's very fair to say that I enjoyed clean vocals this year.
Persuader (Speed/Power)
Just a goddamn powerhouse of killer riffs and songs. It's a damn shame they're on indefinite hold while the members work on other projects, too, because I'd easily say this is the best work they've all been a part of.
Anubis (Power/Thrash)
Their debut LP Dark Paradise is so, so good. Like Persuader, this is the best project that the individual members are involved in.
Belzebong (Instrumental Doom)
Horse Lung (Instrumental Doom)
As I said earlier this year, I can dig on doom until the vocals. There's just something so whiny about most doom metal vocals, even the harsher ones, so it's awesome having the best part of doom (THIIIIIIICK ominous riffage) without any of the weakness.
Observers (Instrumental Doom)
More artsy/avant garde than Belzebong or Horse Lung, this is perfect background music for sci-fi/horror gaming.
Resistant Culture (Grindcore)
A revolving door of crust/grind/death musicians incorporating traditional indigenous music into their sound. It's so weird thinking that a lot of the same people responsible for the mediocrity of Terrorizer post-Jesse Pintado are also the ones behind how goddamn good this band is. Like Brujeria but serious.
Barra Xul (Melodic Tech Death)
A friend and I once joked that Cannibal Corpse gone melodic is basically Nevermore, and if that's the case then Dying Fetus gone melodic is Barra Xul. The Montreal scene just hits differently, man.
Saintbreaker (Death/Thrash)
Oxygen Destroyer (Death/Thrash)
Just fun. That's it. They have their sounds they're going for and nail it. OD especially deserves a lot of love for how well they pull off the kaiju gimmick, and for how much they love using it to agitate transphobes.
Brainstorm (Heavy/Power)
Andy B. Franck reminds me of Bruce Dickinson from Chemical Wedding, and that's a good thing. Killer band, maybe my favorite of the German scene after the original Helloween days.
Warlock (Heavy)
Doro Pesch is a fucking goddess and you're wrong if you disagree.
Desultor (Melodic Tech Death)
This is a one-off project that released the amazing Machines of Hate, which is still so damn unique. A tech death album...with almost exclusively CLEAN vocals?! I got into them in 2020 but really fell in love this past year, and I can pinpoint their sole album as what kicked off my reinvigorated interest into power metal and its peripherals.
War Kabinett (Death/Power)
Similar to Desultor but much more "traditional" in song construction. Super fun, highly recommended.
Atoll (Brutal Death)
Sometimes you just need some caveman shit, and they've got it covered. A good choice of hooks and grooves nails it for me.
Desert Near the End (Power/Thrash)
Dire Peril (Power/Thrash)
Iron Savior (Speed/Power)
Like if Ayreon wasn't so fucking pretentious and goofy.
Northern Genocide (Industrial Melodeath)
Project: Roenwolfe (Power/Thrash)
Just hard-hitting metal. Nothing too spectacular, but they always manage to scratch the itch.
...it's very fair to say that I enjoyed clean vocals this year.
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The Punk Rock MBA (Finn McKenty) formally announces retirement from YouTube: "I was just doing it for the money"
He gave many remarks on the topic in an interview with Jesea Lee.
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I've seen quite a few videos from this guy. Some were good, others not so much. Some of his takes were level headed and some were LOL. I didn't realize he was such a prominent music commentator (and universally loathed within metal and hardcore circles).