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i didn't think they could write anything like this anymore. in fact i flatly don't believe they can gut feeling says somebody trained an ai on their first three/four albums like something feels off as gently caress about it but it kinda does rock. the lyrics are awful but there are okay songs under it. 80s b-side tier stuff
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Riot Bimbo posted:i didn't think they could write anything like this anymore. i would 100% rather listen to escape than that song again
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Mar 3, 2023 01:25
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yeah no, like this isn't great. it's better than what i thought them capable of, which is why it's like "why does this sound off?" but my prediction is the entire album is gonna be a fairly sad pastiche of their prior work
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Riot Bimbo posted:yeah no, like this isn't great. it's better than what i thought them capable of, which is why it's like "why does this sound off?" but my prediction is the entire album is gonna be a fairly sad pastiche of their prior work I honestly thought Lux Aeterna was like a Kill 'Em All song with no energy - honestly playing it 30bpm faster would probably help it a lot - but it's not terrible. Pastiche is an apt description there. Hardwired's title track absolutely was wildly energetic and captured that old thrasher energy in a way that Lux does not. This song sounds like a lot of the Death Magnetic-onward filler songs where they just write a handful of boring riffs with some bends in them, sit on one for a minute and a half in the song, then move onto the next one. I don't think it sounds like a pastiche of the old poo poo so much as their post-Rubin house style for phoning it in - if it sounded like their old poo poo it would at least be potentially good or at the very least weirder than this is. I also think I've been having the same conversations and thoughts about Metallica for the past 15 years other than being delightfully surprised by how much I liked the title track to Hardwired before being disappointed by the fact the rest of the album was boring.
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I honestly think "Screaming Suicide" kicks rear end, it's only gotten better with repeated listens. It's got a real momentum behind it that "If Darkness Had a Son" absolutely does not. I listened to the 3 singles again back to back this afternoon and like, even measured against the other 2 which are certainly not peak Metallica, this new one is bafflingly bad. At some point during all the completely wrong-sounding rhythm changes I just involuntarily start laughing. It's such a mess.
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So Megadeth is apparently coming to beautiful Plymouth, Indiana in September. It's like 30 miles south of me. I think Dave sounds like absolute poo poo these days, and I haven't enjoyed a Megadeth album since World Needs a Hero... but I could ride my bike there, and tickets are less than I paid for my lunch today. Why the hell not.
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Mar 3, 2023 02:23
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Endgame was really freaking good, I thought. Haven't heard too much since then tho.
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Thanks everyone for convincing me to go see Death to All! They played a full two hours of killer songs and I had DiGiorgio and Hoglan right in my eyeline the whole time. Even though the tour is celebrating ITP, the setlist is all over the place. I thought they’d play the full album and then a handful of songs but it really is a full on celebration of the best metal songwriter. Suffocation was also good. Pierced From Within and Liege of Inveracity are just savage live.
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What are the venues in your area like when you guys go to metal shows? Are they purposefully a theater setup or is it more like a dive bar that crammed a stage in somewhere? I was thinking about it and most of the places that have metal shows in my area are just dive bars and it got me thinking.
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It's Bandcamp Friday, get you some real dirty old-school metal. https://freetousesounds.bandcamp.com/album/truck-door-sound-effects-forgotten-vehicles
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Spanish Manlove posted:What are the venues in your area like when you guys go to metal shows? Are they purposefully a theater setup or is it more like a dive bar that crammed a stage in somewhere? I can give you the Chicago rundown for where touring metal bands might go. Reggie’s Rock Club: classic poorly ventilated, cement floored room that hosts primarily metal shows. The neighboring Music Joint is more like a nice bar. Empty Bottle: The perfect dive Cobra Lounge: Somewhere in between those last two. Feels like it should be grimy (maybe because I’ve seen Eyehategod there twice) but is actually well-kept. The bar area is separate from the performance area. Subterranean: Definitely more of a clear performance space although the main floor is super narrow Bottom Lounge: fairly nondescript performance space Those are the main clubs where your average metal band would probably play. The bigger bands will play: Metro: Iconic music hall in Wrigleyville. Every big Chicago band has a story about some huge moment there. Thalia Hall: Incredibly gorgeous converted opera house. There’s a fancy restaurant downstairs where you can have some wonderful crab dip or whatever before seeing Sleep or Neurosis tier bands. Or you can slam a really good hot dog in the back of the main room. Concord Music Hall: Your standard music theater where like Blind Guardian plays Riviera: Good sized theater with pretty bad sightlines I would say Empty Bottle is the only one that feels like it was a bar first with a stage plopped down in it. But it’s also one of the best places to see a show in the city.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I can give you the Chicago rundown for where touring metal bands might go. Very very good writeup and yeah the Bottle is the best. Only other addition would be Schubas which is fine, if not completely unmemorable.
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Mar 3, 2023 16:26
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It's just my default album now when I don't know what else to put on or don't feel like scrolling through a bunch of albums.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I can give you the Chicago rundown for where touring metal bands might go. Technically in Joliet, I think you should add The Forge to this list. They have some great metal bands come through and it's basically a tiny, seedy little bar. Also the Aragon is a block away from Riviera and is slightly bigger - I saw Slayer there and it was awesome.
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I never did make it to the Forge in eight years of living in Chicago because I didn’t want to drive to Joliet. I also am an Aragon hater. Big boring room that sounds bad. I did however live down the street from Live Wire Lounge—now that’s a dive! But I saw Blood Incantation/Nucleus, Pyrrhon/Plebeian Grandstand and gently caress the Facts there so it’s also cool.
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Mar 3, 2023 16:58
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RIP Double Door, too good for this world. also a very merry gently caress you to Aragon
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I'm a goober for it but the new Haken album is great if you like odd djenty prog with various interludes and sporadic mickey mouse vocals
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Deathlove posted:RIP Double Door, too good for this world. also a very merry gently caress you to Aragon Man the Double Door getting turned into a loving Yeti store is such a loss. Feel like every year since we've had stories saying that the Double Door is absolutely reopening at [insert random location] and they'll never come to fruition. Also won't be the same experience so they should probably just leave it dead. The Aragon is truly a shithole. Not at bad as the Congress was, but still terrible. There's a new place down in Pilsen called Radius but I haven't been. For a while the music there was all over the place but now it looks like it's mostly electronic.
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Omnikin posted:I'm a goober for it but the new Haken album is great if you like odd djenty prog with various interludes and sporadic mickey mouse vocals New Haken is refreshing. Most innovative they've been since The Mountain imo.
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Listen to today's Majesties album if you like any of these things: - The Jester Race - Lindberg's vocals on Slaughter of the Soul - The Gallery - Obsequiae - all of the above on an album that came out today by a band called Majesties https://youtu.be/_oXnuFHKGfw
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Wachter posted:Listen to today's Majesties album if you like any of these things: uh hello those bullet points are exactly me thank you i will be listening to this ASAP
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I don't really like Gothenburg stuff but I do like the album and Obsequiae! There's a new Enslaved album out too. And the Full of Hell/Primitive Man collab.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I don't really like Gothenburg stuff but I do like the album and Obsequiae! absolutely going to listen to all of these
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Went to a electric callboy show, and besides being just a happy , fun time, they are pretty great live.was prety surprised at the number of young people there and it was electric. 600+ in unison doing the breakdown in tekno train, lots of people with fake (and real!) Mullets, 10/10 would choo choo choo again.
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The last few weeks have been nuts... Hellripper, Insomnium and now Enslaved.
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Here's some real good stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znit3arVZNc No description needed, you can just look at that cover and the album sounds exactly like you'd expect, especially when you consider the opening track is called "Thunderblood" Nordick fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Mar 3, 2023 |
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Nordick posted:Here's some real good stuff Yes, that is exactly what I thought it would sound like, however, nine tracks, 37 minutes?? Really letting things breathe, huh?
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Deathlove posted:however, nine tracks, 37 minutes?? Really letting things breathe, huh?  I mean personally I wouldn't mind if there were a song or two more, but other than that it's a pretty standard album length? There's a single one minute interlude, and the rest of the songs range from just over three to five and a half minutes, which is also pretty much completely average.
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Deathlove posted:Yes, that is exactly what I thought it would sound like, however, nine tracks, 37 minutes?? Really letting things breathe, huh? there's very few metal records that benefit from being longer
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Here's a killer slam record from Kryptoxik Mortality that I sort of slept on when it came out, but have been listening to a lot recently https://kryptoxikmortality.bandcamp.com/album/symbiotic-assimilation Here's a brand new extra disgusting sounding slam record from Colpocleisis https://realityfade.bandcamp.com/album/elegant-degradation
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A human heart posted:there's very few metal records that benefit from being longer light of day, day of darkness
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Henchman of Santa posted:I would say Empty Bottle is the only one that feels like it was a bar first with a stage plopped down in it. But it’s also one of the best places to see a show in the city. I wish more cool shows were at Empty Bottle cause I love seeing shows there. Its been years but two of the best shows ive ever seen were there within a few weeks of each other, Eyehategod and a Nunslaughter show. Cobra Lounge used to be slightly grimier I think, at least the bathroom that used to be by the stage was gross. When they expanded and added the brewery it cleaned up a bit.
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A human heart posted:there's very few metal records that benefit from being longer I meant that with that art and band name, nine songs should max out at like 25 minutes!
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Arivia posted:light of day, day of darkness
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Vulture Culture posted:No, the 1:00:00 running time is a neat gimmick but this definitely should have had minutes 33 through 39 removed outright Sorry the saxophone reprise of the main theme leading up to the guitar coming back in at 37 minutes is one of the best parts
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Another local-ish (Same state) band just made a video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grCgBRvXPE4
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Arivia posted:Sorry the saxophone reprise of the main theme leading up to the guitar coming back in at 37 minutes is one of the best parts
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New Necropanther is really fun. Kinda reminds me a little bit of earlier Skeletonwitch.
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