The Metal Thread

[Agent of Oblivion]

I think I might go to that

 

[Red Baron]

Stoked to see Motorhead again in a couple of weeks.

 

[Gary]

Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost will be touring.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

YES

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

April 11th at Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan, I might try to get tickets for that. I missed Ghost when they came through last month.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

DC. I'll take the train up, definitely going to score drugs for this.

 

[vivisectvi]

Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost will be touring.

"04/07 - Toronto, ON - Sony Centre (O)" Fuck yeah, the last time I saw Mastodon here was 2008 and it was fucking amazing. Can't wait for this one!

 

[Red Baron]

5/3 in Edmonton with Opeth closing. Hell yes.

 

[Gary]

Fuck it, I'm just going to post all five songs from Ulver's "Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler"

Ulver - I Troldskog Faren Vild

Ulver - Capitel II: Soelen gaaer bag Aase ned

Ulver - Capitel III: Graablick Blev Hun Vaer

Ulver - Capitel IV - Fen Stemmer locker

Ulver - Capitel V-Bergtatt-ind i Fjeldkamrene

 

[vivisectvi]

I'm in a High on Fire kinda mood today..

High on Fire~Waste of Tiamat

 

[Red Baron]

Iron Maiden released their North American tour schedule last night with Alice Cooper as their opening act until July 21st and then Coheed and Cambria for the remaining of the tour.

 

[Jaxxxson Mayhem]

I need to go to that.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Iron Maiden sure does love to tour with some queerness opening for them, eh? First it was touring with Bullet For My Valentine opening, now Coheed & Cambria...just make sure that Coheed's guys are nowhere near pharmacies, eh?

 

[Red Baron]

Saw Motorhead and Megadeth a couple of nights ago and its the second time I've seen them both. Motorhead, as always, plays rock and roll and kicks ass, according to Lemmy (and who doubts Lemmy anyways?), were loud. Louder than I saw them almost eight years ago. Megadeth also put on a great show, but Chris Broderick can not play anything that Marty Friedman did. It's painful to hear some sloppy shit over Wake Up Dead or even Hook in Mouth.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Just going through my periodic downloads of newer albums and got the albums by Lacuna Coil, Lamb of God, Biohazard, Goatwhore, and Alcest (allmusic labeled them as Black Metal) I haven't listened to the Lacuna Coil and Alcest stuff yet but I liked the Biohazard album fairly well. What's the opinion on Goatwhore? I'd never heard of them before this and they're pretty alright.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Goatwhore's not bad at all. Most of my exposure to them has come from them opening for acts I went to see, but I've never been turned off by their stuff, which is a rarity for black metal in general for me.

New Biohazard, huh? Is Billy back in the band? I know they split for a while around the turn of the century and then reformed, but then I remember Billy quitting and the band not doing anything. They've always been iffy with me. I loved them for a period when I was 13/14, but try listening to their s/t album. It's so monotonous that the two-person vocal attack by Evan and Billy grows realllllllllllllllllllllllly old reallllllllllllllllly quick. Maybe Evan convinced Billy to come back because he didn't have any more porn to star in/direct.

 

[Gary]

Just going through my periodic downloads of newer albums and got the albums by Lacuna Coil, Lamb of God, Biohazard, Goatwhore, and Alcest (allmusic labeled them as Black Metal) I haven't listened to the Lacuna Coil and Alcest stuff yet but I liked the Biohazard album fairly well. What's the opinion on Goatwhore? I'd never heard of them before this and they're pretty alright.

I really don't know how to label Alcest. Some call it "Metalgaze" or "Blackgaze". It occasionally has blast beats and black metal shrieks, but most of it owes more to shoegaze and post-rock. The new album isn't as good "Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde" or "Écailles de Lune", but it's still pretty great. If you like that, you should give Neige's other projects (Lantlos, Amesouers and Old Silver Key) a shot.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

New Biohazard, huh? Is Billy back in the band? I know they split for a while around the turn of the century and then reformed, but then I remember Billy quitting and the band not doing anything. They've always been iffy with me. I loved them for a period when I was 13/14, but try listening to their s/t album. It's so monotonous that the two-person vocal attack by Evan and Billy grows realllllllllllllllllllllllly old reallllllllllllllllly quick. Maybe Evan convinced Billy to come back because he didn't have any more porn to star in/direct.

Looks like it yeah http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborn_In_Defiance

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

The difference between Fleshgod Apocalypse albums is quite startling. Their material on Da Vinci Death Code and their debut LP Oracles is quite brutal and technical, but then the Mafia EP comes out, followed by last year's Agony, and they've added quite a bit of melody to it all.

Also, they do a fucking amazing cover of "Heartwork," and probably the only cover of "Blinded by Fear" worth listening to.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Black Breath's new one fucking rocks.

Black Breath - Sentenced to Life

Best new old metal I've heard all year.

 

[Gary]

Christian Mistress-Haunted Hunted

CHRISTIAN MISTRESS - "Pentagram and Crucifix"

CHRISTIAN MISTRESS - "Black to Gold"

The new Christian Mistress is great. Sounds like early Maiden meets Pentagram.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

When's the new Ghost come out?

 

[Gary]

When's the new Ghost come out?

According to Wikipedia, late 2012.

 

[Violent J. Edgar Hoover]

I rarely listen to this past the first track, but it's a hell of a track.

I'll Cut You Down- Uncle Acid and the deadbeats

 

[Gary]

The new Sigh album "In Somniphobia" is their best since "Imaginary Sonicscape."

 

[Brocklock]

The new Burzum is very dull and unmemorable.

 

[Gary]

The new Burzum is very dull and unmemorable.

Outside of "Hvis lyset tar oss" and "Filosofem", I find Burzum to be pretty 'meh." Also:

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Damn, Varg's lookin' OLD

 

[Gary]

The new Borknagar is a bit of a grower.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

The stuff Dying Fetus has released as a prelude to their album this year is bad. War of Attrition bad. Maybe even worse than that. I don't expect them to grow much as they fill their niche well, but this new stuff...no. Just fucking no.