The Metal Thread

[Gary]

Venom, 'In League With Satan,' Horror Film Montage

Maybe the coolest video ever, and what I've decided is the best metal song ever.

Fucking awesome. That out of the way, "Live Like an Angel, Die Like a Devil" is the best Venom song.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

In news only I and maybe Bearhugger will care about, Nightwish's new album has leaked.

Thanks for the heads up. I shall look for it once I get home from work.

Quick notes about the album.
The good: Marco is ALL OVER IT.
The bad: "Slow, Love, Slow" may be the worst song the band has ever recorded. Also, it seems nearly every song has the same riff in the chorus.

Other than that, it's a good listen. Not their best, but enjoyable.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

In news only I and maybe Bearhugger will care about, Nightwish's new album has leaked.

Thanks for the heads up. I shall look for it once I get home from work.

Quick notes about the album.
The good: Marco is ALL OVER IT.
The bad: "Slow, Love, Slow" may be the worst song the band has ever recorded. Also, it seems nearly every song has the same riff in the chorus.

Other than that, it's a good listen. Not their best, but enjoyable.

At first I was thinking, "How bad could Slow, Love, Slow really be"? Holy crap, that might be one of the worst new songs I've heard this year, and for sure their worst song to date. Overall, it's a solid album. Some really good tracks, including I Want My Tears Back (song following Slow, Love, Song). I also really dug the last 2 tracks Song of Myself and Imaginaerum. Marco being everywhere made this a really good listen. You can kind of tell that if Tarja was still part of the group that the first track, Taikatalvi would have been hers for sure. I'd give the album a 3.5 out of 5, leaning more towards a 4 than a 3.

 

[Gary]

Hey now, a new Thy Catafalque album is out, and it's the best thing they've done so far

Thy Catafalque - Fekete Mezők

Thy Catafalque - Trilobita - Rengeteg

Thy Catafalque - Vashegyek - Rengeteg

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Cause of death for Flattus Maximus revealed.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Eaten by Gor-Gor. Just as I suspected

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

INSIDE JOB. GRAMBO AND THE MORALITY SQUAD DID IT.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Eaten by Gor-Gor. Just as I suspected

This made me legit laugh out load. And my co-workers are looking at me like I'm crazy.

 

[skullman80]

Two unreleased rough cut songs from the Death Magnetic Sessions that Metallica has released these last few days from their 30th anniversary shows. You can tell they weren't completely polished, but I think they are both still pretty good.

Hate Train

Metallica - Hate Train

Just A Bullet Away

Metallica - Just a Bullet Away

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

7 years. Getcha pull.

Pantera - Cemetery Gates (Video)

Pantera - 5 Minutes Alone (Video)

Rebel Meets Rebel - "Nothin' to Lose" Big Vin Records

 

[Gary]

The Metal Cruise.

In all seriousness though, this is a mostly awesome line-up.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

...I think I may cum blood...

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

...I think I may cum just came blood...

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Alestorm playing on a cruise ship. That thing's gonna fuckin' sink. Hopefully Pentagram throws Nightwish overboard. I fucking hate Nightwish.

 

[Gary]

Hopefully Pentagram throws Nightwish overboard. I fucking hate Nightwish.

Uh oh, Haws Bah Gawd might have a word with you! Also, Pentagram deserves more love.

Pentagram - Dying World

Pentagram Broken Vows

Pentagram - Starlady

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Probably. Dorky power metal is growing on me a little bit. Like I enjoy early Blind Guardian, and I get a kick out of Rhapsody, but fuckin' Nightwish? They blow. I hate female opera vocals in metal. Plus, wtf is a Nightwish, anyway? That sounds like some Twilight book bullshit. Put on a purple scarf and draw pictures of a castle with markers you fairy prince.

 

[Gary]

Everytime someone says they like Nightwish in this thread, my reaction is a mix of "Why do you like this?" and "You're kidding, right?"

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

FWIW, Nightwish hasn't had a female opera vocalist since 2005. So, is Nightwish the Nickelback of power metal?

 

[Fall of Epic]

The Metal Cruise.

In all seriousness though, this is a mostly awesome line-up.

Me and my friends actually discovered this months ago and couldn't stop poking fun at it. There's gonna be a lot of camo shorts on that cruise!

 

[Gary]

I've always lumped Nightwish into the same crowd as Xandria, Lacuna Coil, Within Temptation etc. It's great stuff if you are the kind of person who thinks something like the "Underworld" movies are the best things ever committed to celluloid.

As for Agent referring to "Twilight"-I think "Twilight Metal" would be a great surname for those kinds of bands.

FWIW, Nightwish hasn't had a female opera vocalist since 2005.

That doesn't make them any less shitty.

So, is Nightwish the Nickelback of power metal?

Power metal has a Nickelback?

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

I hate the Underworld movies and I really like Nightwish.

 

[Gary]

I don't like the "Underworld" movies, but I can understand their appeal. Nightwish? Not so much. I don't mind cheese in my metal, but bands like that just push it into overdrive, and make it hard for me to stomach.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Probably. Dorky power metal is growing on me a little bit. Like I enjoy early Blind Guardian, and I get a kick out of Rhapsody, but fuckin' Nightwish? They blow. I hate female opera vocals in metal. Plus, wtf is a Nightwish, anyway? That sounds like some Twilight book bullshit. Put on a purple scarf and draw pictures of a castle with markers you fairy prince.

Batman comic book character. So just about an 0.0002% less percent worse to you.

No, wait, that was Nightwing. Nightwish is a fuckin' gay band name.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Black Metal Christmas - Carol of The Bells - Erlösung

 

[Gary]

We're supposed to get albums from the following this year

-Neurosis
-Corrosion of Conformity
-Ghost
-Katatonia
-Drudkh
-Baroness
-Nile
-Goatwhore
-Autopsy
-Asphyx
-Paradise Lost
-Napalm Death
-Saint Vitus
-Godflesh

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Ahem...

-Suffocation
-Slayer
-Exhorder
-Municipal Waste
-Cannibal Corpse

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

I'm really really excited about the new Ghost. Kinda curious to see where Neurosis is going to go next, since their last one was kinda weird for them.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

I'm interested in seeing if Municipal Waste's fifth LP is better than the shit that was Massive Aggressive and if Exhorder's first new material (hopefully) in over 15 years is more like Slaughter at the Vatican than it is The Law.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

So, I figured out which non-Gwar or Slayer tour I'm going to this year.

The Black Dahlia Murder
Nile
Skeletonwitch
Hour of Penance (making their US debut)

FAKE EDIT:
Fuck. They're hitting the Palladium for the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. It's on April 20. That's my friend Joey's bachelor party night. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

GWAR. MUNICIPAL WASTE. GHOUL.

**cums**

3/16: Richmond, VA @ The National
3/17: Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls
3/18: Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
3/20: Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theater
3/21: So. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
3/22: Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Theater
3/23: Toledo, OH @ The Omni
3/24: Lexington, KY @ Buster’s Billiards and Backroom
3/25: Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
3/26: Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
3/27: Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court
3/28: Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
3/30: Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theater
3/31: Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater
4/1: Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater & Club
4/2: Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater
4/3: San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
4/4: Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theater
4/5: Chico, CA @ Senator Theater
4/6: San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
4/7: Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
4/9: Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Café
4/10: Magna, UT @ The Great Salt Air
4/11: Ft. Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre