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I just listened to the new In Solitude. Holy poo poo! Their previous two albums felt a bit "whatever" to me but this one is amazing. There's even a Cortex-cover at the end. Top 3 for album of the year.
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DeusExMachinima posted:How about a cross between death(ish) vocals and power metal? The disbanded-too-soon Imperanon. Okay, those female vocals are the best I've ever heard in metal. Is she on every track?
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Oct 22, 2013 00:10
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Vargatron posted:Okay, those female vocals are the best I've ever heard in metal. Is she on every track? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjYfEi6yadY
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Oct 22, 2013 03:07
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DeusExMachinima posted:How about a cross between death(ish) vocals and power metal? The disbanded-too-soon Imperanon. Reminds me a bit of Unleash the Archers, whose 2nd album I've basically had on repeat for the past month or so. It's like sci-fi themed power metal with a female lead and rough, male backing vocals for most tracks.
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Misogynist posted:No, but if you're into Children of Bodom-alikes with female vocals, you could do worse than checking out Sinergy. Their music is kind of boring, but Kimberly Goss is a criminally underrated singer. I'm actually kind of sad she hasn't done much singing since this album a decade ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS7VP4EBAB8
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Oct 22, 2013 05:24
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The new Skeletonwitch is pretty by-the-numbers Skeletonwitch but goddamn if the hook on Burned From Bone isn't the best thing ever.
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Oct 22, 2013 08:19
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Gamma Nerd posted:
Hangman's Hymn was pretty straightforward if you don't like that sort of thing. I'll admit I went through a phase in university where my favorite genre was "Avant Garde Black Metal"  I didn't like their latest one much though, it seemed like they were trying to go back to the Imaginary Sonicscape experimental stuff without fully pulling it off. I sorta liked how they had songs that sounded distinctly like certain past albums of theirs.That said I listened to uneXpect the other day and man I had weird taste. There was that period of my life where I would automatically listen to things that were on The End Records (SIGH used to be, along with Unexpect and that sort of band) and I took a look the other day and now suddenly they're the record label for Prodigy and Fatboy Slim Edit: Ok this is weirder than I thought, they're the record label for electronic acts but also Lordi, Danzig and Helloween. They used to be the label for Ulver, Agalloch, and at some point Darkthrone. THE AWESOME GHOST fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Oct 22, 2013 |
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Oct 22, 2013 08:49
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Holy poo poo Sigh, I never knew.
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aliencowboy posted:The new Skeletonwitch is pretty by-the-numbers Skeletonwitch but goddamn if the hook on Burned From Bone isn't the best thing ever. It was cool the first time I listened to it, but I really haven't liked much they've done since Beyond the Permafrost. That album has so many catchy parts and things about each song that were memorable. Ever since then, they've just been suffering from Marduk Syndrome - nothing but fast riffs without a lot of substance. Granted, they've had some glints of brilliance in each album, and there's a few things I like about the new album, but in general I just don't like it as much.
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Spinal Pap posted:I just listened to the new In Solitude. Holy poo poo! Their previous two albums felt a bit "whatever" to me but this one is amazing. There's even a Cortex-cover at the end. Top 3 for album of the year. I agree. In Solitude have essentially come into their own. They can finally shed all of those initial Mercyful Fate comparisons and be recognized for the creative force they are. Easily a strong contender for AOTY for me.
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You can stream Skeletonwitch now http://pitchfork.com/advance/263-serpents-unleashed/
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Oct 22, 2013 18:23
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The new Skeletonwitch is their best yet and if you disagree you are bad at everything.
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Oct 22, 2013 18:39
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Defiant Sally posted:The new Skeletonwitch is their best yet and if you disagree you are bad at everything. The riffs on this album are loving tasty, particularly track 2 and 8. Good poo poo.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Ok this is weirder than I thought, they're the record label for electronic acts but also Lordi, Danzig and Helloween. They used to be the label for Ulver, Agalloch, and at some point Darkthrone.
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QPZIL posted:It was cool the first time I listened to it, but I really haven't liked much they've done since Beyond the Permafrost. That album has so many catchy parts and things about each song that were memorable. Ever since then, they've just been suffering from Marduk Syndrome - nothing but fast riffs without a lot of substance. This is how I feel about Doomriders as well. The band is still great, and what I've heard from the new album is pretty good, but their first album (and that split they did with Boris) is just sooooooooo good.
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Oct 22, 2013 22:50
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QPZIL posted:It was cool the first time I listened to it, but I really haven't liked much they've done since Beyond the Permafrost. That album has so many catchy parts and things about each song that were memorable. Ever since then, they've just been suffering from Marduk Syndrome - nothing but fast riffs without a lot of substance. My thoughts exactly. I was really into SW when Permafrost came out, now I don't even listen to them anymore.
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Oct 23, 2013 02:30
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Loving the new Red Fang and Skeletonwitch, new Hail of Bullets is pretty good too if you want some Boltthrower ripoff stuff
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Nordick posted:The two first albums were quite meh, but Suicide By My Side is actually pretty drat solid, despite the lovely emo title. Goss does have way more balls than 3 average male power metal singers put together. I love the visuals for this. Really gets you going.
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QPZIL posted:It was cool the first time I listened to it, but I really haven't liked much they've done since Beyond the Permafrost. That album has so many catchy parts and things about each song that were memorable. Ever since then, they've just been suffering from Marduk Syndrome - nothing but fast riffs without a lot of substance.
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Oct 23, 2013 16:14
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I don't get the skeletonwitch obsession in here either. They're fine but they've never done that much for me Toxic Holocaust's new album is pretty good, way better than their last one, even if it still doesn't measure up to what Joel Grind was doing when it was just him doing everything. I hope more Yellowgoat poo poo happens. That guy gets old school black metal better than most
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:I love the visuals for this. Really gets you going.
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Morbid Florist posted:I don't get the skeletonwitch obsession in here either. They're fine but they've never done that much for me I think this is the first time we have agreed. Just seems like more new thrash revival. Nothing new or interesting.
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Oct 23, 2013 17:20
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Looks like Pig Destroyer just got a bass player.
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Oct 23, 2013 17:53
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comes along bort posted:For a second I thought they just handed the noise guy a bass so he'd have something to do on stage beside drink beer and press a button on the sampler every few minutes. Its awesome that that's literally what he does when they play live.
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comes along bort posted:For a second I thought they just handed the noise guy a bass so he'd have something to do on stage beside drink beer and press a button on the sampler every few minutes. He actually did play bass on the Mass And Volume EP. But yeah, that's his thing. Good work if you can get it, I guess.
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Oct 23, 2013 19:48
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They should have him do some interpretive dance or something. All they need to do now is make good on Dave Witte's offer to play drums for Agoraphobic Nosebleed and tour that material.
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This is definitely metal hell territory, but if you want more retro-cheese that you can still rock out to... Cauldron owns. I've just had them on repeat at work lately. e: quote:Okay, those female vocals are the best I've ever heard in metal. Is she on every track? Sadly nope! I've googled high and low but it looks like Leonna Aho hasn't done anything since. Maybe Battlelore will be close enough female vocals wise, it's still power metal but quite different than Imperanon. DeusExMachinima fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Oct 23, 2013 |
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This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!
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New Toxic Holocaust is ok, but every song sounds the exact same. Silence is the only standout track for me. e: On the other hand, the new Death Angel shreds. Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Oct 23, 2013 |
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Oct 23, 2013 21:55
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First three were pretty solid to me but the album before this new one kinda just melded together and sounded the same. Haven't listen to the new one yet but it sounds like it has the same problem. Maybe we should be careful what we wish for when we want a band to keep their original sound. When they don't grow or at least try something new, their songs seem to sound all the same. Kinda like Obituary or AC/DC.
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Killsion posted:I think this is the first time we have agreed. Eh, maybe it's just more thrash revival, but to my ears it's one of the finer examples of that. And since I am kind of old and first started listening to metal during the original thrash years, more thrash is a good and worthy thing for me. That said, it's still mostly the first album I find memorable. All of it is fine workout music though.
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Oct 24, 2013 12:08
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If I get to choose between no new thrash metal vs bands putting out their take on the genre, I'll take the latter. It's good to have that music out there from good bands like Skeletonwitch, Gama Bomb, Warbringer, Municipal Waste, etc etc. It's better than the umpteenth loving "WE'RE VIKINGS AND WARRIORS" poo poo that's been drolled out the past 13+ years.
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I mean, I like all of those bands (especially Warbringer for some reason), but there's just so many more interesting things going on in the metal scene right now than Skeletonwitch and such a drastic drop in quality between thrash of the late 80s and now.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I mean, I like all of those bands (especially Warbringer for some reason), but there's just so many more interesting things going on in the metal scene right now than Skeletonwitch and such a drastic drop in quality between thrash of the late 80s and now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fz5SNKWCuM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDhMCI0IZUI But yeah, wading through all the complete poo poo to find half a dozen decent bands can be a really tiresome exercise. Everyone wants to be Artillery with boring vocals, or some lovely upper-middle-class white kid Overkill ripoff about beer and weed, and nobody's got the game to ape Paradox's Heresy or, you know, actually do something new. And maybe five of them could write a good hook to save themselves from nuclear disaster. Vulture Culture fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Oct 24, 2013 |
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Haggins posted:First three were pretty solid to me but the album before this new one kinda just melded together and sounded the same. Haven't listen to the new one yet but it sounds like it has the same problem. See I thought the same thing about the last one (assuming you're still talking about toxic holocaust) but this one I can definitely tell songs apart a few seconds in. I think they did a much better job this time. Maybe Joel Grind took over more of the writing like he should have once he brought in other people. I have no problem with bands keeping the sound that got me into them in the first place. Progression is fine but most bands end up sucking when they try.
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so i just discovered that this loving thing exists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JPGbFIjBOI
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Oct 24, 2013 16:37
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This is legit funny though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrX2DHysKOg
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Can't go wrong with this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJht9ct0104 And this is a great cover of a great song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P--E3Dta4q4
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Vintersorg posted:If I get to choose between no new thrash metal vs bands putting out their take on the genre, I'll take the latter. It's good to have that music out there from good bands like Skeletonwitch, Gama Bomb, Warbringer, Municipal Waste, etc etc. It's better than the umpteenth loving "WE'RE VIKINGS AND WARRIORS" poo poo that's been drolled out the past 13+ years. Yeah, Municipal Waste clones have only been sprouting up like weeds for the last 10 years. Pizza party wiffle thrash tends to be almost exclusively one-dimensional, taking the aggressive riffs and speed from old thrash bands, but completely abandoning the melody and feeling/atmosphere and anything other than rehashing one riffing style to a single point over and over. It seems like bands are confining themselves to play purely what they see as the thrashiest of thrash most of the time. Rethrash bands are so singularly boring that it even makes a band like Skeletonwitch stand out even if their music is boring. Don't forget, you can also have rethrash about vikings and battles and poo poo from non-vikings in St. Louis that also uses intentionally misspells words. They must have formed under a very inconsequential alignment of planets or something. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQSSUngZ6zo
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Morbid Florist posted:I hope more Yellowgoat poo poo happens. That guy gets old school black metal better than most I like the new Toxic Holocaust, but I feel this way too. More Yellowgoat please.
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