The Metal Thread

[Gary]

Holy fuck, Lair of the Minotaur. Where have you been all my life?

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

Yes.

Good news for you then-their new album drops April 13th.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

 

[Gary]

The sound of pure evil, aka Gnaw Their Tongues

[flash=200,200]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFsI2yxqwAo[/flash]

[flash=200,200]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XHDV34cqBE[/flash]

Oh, and they have awesome album covers

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Whoa. Black metal Khanate. Good find.

Oh, new Red Sparowes album!

Red Sparowes - New Album -April 6, 2010

annnnnnnnnnnd, they're going to be in Indianapolis on the 19th. Cannot wait.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

^Tremendous show. Caspian was excellent in support. Definitely catch this tour if it's coming anywhere near you.

 

[Red Baron]

Iron Maiden is in Toronto the same day as my wedding day.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I'm waiting for the new Kamelot. Really not concerned about much else coming out.

 

[Gary]

Here's a band I've taken a liking to-The Flight of Sleipner. Their new album "Lore" is pretty good.

 

[Gary]

Musically, The Ocean's new album "Heliocentric" is decent, but the new frontman sounds terrible IMO.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Had a question for the metal heads here. I went to see Korn live the other day for the 4th time (I know I'm gonna get shit for it, but I've been a fan of them since 1994). I noticed a lot of the people there were wearing 5 Finger Death Punch shirts. I know the lead singer is the guy from Motograter, who I enjoyed. Are they any good? What would you compare them to?

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

They're beyond awful

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

They're beyond awful

QFT. If you're looking for a comparison? Think Breaking Benjamin, but with choruses that are more "FUCK YOU, I'M ANGRY" and with singing a whole lot more off-key. They're only positive quality is akin to that of ICP: their fans tend to be drooling fools, so you know who to avoid conversing with.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

A friend went to lunch with my girlfriend and I yesterday. On the way there, we were listening to "Fucking with Fire" by Edguy.

My friend said, "Haws, I don't mean to be rude but this song sucks". I said, "Well buddy, I don't have any country music in the car for us to listen to". My friend then said, "it doesn't have to be country, just play something that doesn't suck". I asked for some suggestions since my ipod is pretty diverse. He said, "I don't know, play some Limp Bizkit or something like that". My heart sank, and I told him for the next 5 minutes, you're dead to me. We continued with Edguy afterwards.

 

[tonyjaymz03]

I don't know if its metal, but I'm going to see As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between The Buried and Me, BlessTheFall, Acacia Strain, and Cancer Bats at Sonar in Baltimore July 16th. I know of AILD and Underoath, but don't know what to expect from the other bands, any good?

Also is it bad that I wantgt to go to this show but I will def not "mosh" or get in the pit at all? I'm going to be quite content drinking at the bar while i watch the show

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Mosh is the dumbest fucking word.

Oh by the way, with that lineup, you're going to see a score of mohawked karate kids flailing their fists backwards and kicking the air. Let them dance around like a bunch of Kansas City Faggots all they want.

 

[BurningPirateShipSex]

BTBAM and Cancer Bats are pretty sweet.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

BTBAM are talented, I'll give them that, but they never struck me as anything particularly special. Like Agent said, expect a lot of scenester ninja kid fuckheads, and be ready to laugh if there are any people there who aren't wearing skin-tight pants and look like they're anorexic. The reason why will come during the obligatory playing of the first part of "Raining Blood" that every show has.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

I feel old. I've only heard of maybe 2 or 3 of those bands, and have never listened to any of them.

 

[tonyjaymz03]

BTBAM are talented, I'll give them that, but they never struck me as anything particularly special. Like Agent said, expect a lot of scenester ninja kid fuckheads, and be ready to laugh if there are any people there who aren't wearing skin-tight pants and look like they're anorexic. The reason why will come during the obligatory playing of the first part of "Raining Blood" that every show has.

It wasn't unexpected to find that at the Coheed & Cambria show, but the amount of flying around and punching was. I stuck to the bar, tipped the bartender well, and got some sweet drinks while I watched the show. Don't know if that makes me lame, but I enjoyed myself.

The Maryland Doomfest just wrapped up, and I was able to catch Coffins, Surroundings, and Blood Duster. Despite not being really into metal/doom, all 3 bands killed, especially Blood Duster.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Blood Duster's not bad. Haven't given them much of a listen, but I've liked what I've heard.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

I just preordered Nevermore's new album that comes out next week. I can't wait to hear it. I met them when they were on tour with Megadeth a few years back. Really nice guys. Hopefully they tour this summer and come to a venue near me. I'd love to see them again.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Anyone know if anything from Kamelot's newest album has leaked yet?

I need to pick up the new Avantasia at some point.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

I got my copy of Nevermore's new album last night, listened to it today. Fuck is it amazing. I really hope they come around my area for a concert.

 

[Gary]

Agalloch found a new label.

Also, the new Cynic EP has one good song ("Wheels Within Wheels"), but the rest of it is made up of dull acoustic versions of songs from "Traced in Air." The new Watain is pure Satanic Rage-so yeah, I'm impressed. The new Nachtmystium is out, and the samples sound promising.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

I got my copy of Nevermore's new album last night, listened to it today. Fuck is it amazing. I really hope they come around my area for a concert.

Like I asked Slayer the other day when he told me about it, how does it compare to This Godless Endeavour? Is it like Dead Heart quality, or Godless quality?

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

I got my copy of Nevermore's new album last night, listened to it today. Fuck is it amazing. I really hope they come around my area for a concert.

Like I asked Slayer the other day when he told me about it, how does it compare to This Godless Endeavour? Is it like Dead Heart quality, or Godless quality?

I loved Dead Heart, mainly because it was the first album of theirs that I purchased. I had heard of them before, but that was the album that got me into them. For me, personally, it's probably at least their third best album. I've been listening to their stuff on random the last 2 days going to and from work and it fits in perfectly with the rest of it.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I picked up "The Wicked Symphony" by Avantasia, yesterday. I really can't recommend it enough. It's great from beginning to end. The album as a whole is a little on the short side, but with the first song being nearly 10 minutes, it's kind of excusable. Highly recommended.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

I picked up a pair of Cephalic Carnage albums last week, Anomalies and Xenosapien. Anomalies is fucking brilliant.

Also, the new Exodus, Exhibit B: The Human Condition, dropped in the last few weeks. It's pretty damn solid, better than Exhibit A but not quite on par with Tempo of the Damned or Shovel Headed Kill Machine. Grabbed the new Nevermore, too, and am still waiting to give it a full listen to digest it.

FWIW, The Big Four was a pretty damn solid show. Anthrax was great, Megadeth was solid (would've been better if Dave Mustaine would sing into the fucking microphone, though), Slayer was their usual selves (though playing two songs off of World Painted Blood instead of plenty of their classics - like "Hell Awaits" or "Dead Skin Mask" or "Altar of Sacrifice/Jesus Saves" or "The Anti-Christ" or even newer classics like "Disciple," "Bloodline," "Flesh Storm," or "Cult" - was disappointing; they did "Chemical Warfare" and a FULL version of "Raining Blood," though), and Metallica was a bit iffy with their song choices. Why would you even attempt to bust out anything from the Black Album, besides "Enter Sandman," when you just had SLAYER, MEGADETH, and ANTHRAX play right before you? Playing "Nothing Else Matters" without a single attempt or hint at "The Four Horsemen," "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)," or "Battery" is wrong on every level. They opened with a beautiful 1-2 punch of "Creeping Death" into "For Whom The Bell Tolls," though, and Hetfield's voice, surprisingly enough, is still fucking great (so fuck the production on Death Magnetic even harder for making him sound like his vocal chords were shot).

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I was in a store with a friend last week. The store's name isn't important enough to remember, but for the first time sine 2003, I was forced to endure "St. Anger", the track, not the entire album. 7 years later it still sounds shitty. IMO, the songs off this one wouldn't be near as untolerable if not for the trashcan drums.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

"Frantic" and "St. Anger" that totally rings true for. Especially "Frantic," which is a halfway decent song ruined by the absolutely shyte production. Every other song is just a z-grade ReLoad song in drop-tuning.

When I was at the Big Four on Tuesday night, it hit me that St. Anger came out nine years ago. I still feel the disappointment over it today.