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braindancer
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New split between Dream Unending and Worm....
The Worm side is great (edited to good - I just listened again and when I got to the Worm stuff I turned it off as it started giving me a headache) but the Dream Unending side is stunning. Dreamy doomy death vibes with proggy psychedelic touches - so so so good.
I can't remember if I posted their album Songs of Salvation from last year - also magnificent and probably my favourite metal album of recent years...
The Worm side is great (edited to good - I just listened again and when I got to the Worm stuff I turned it off as it started giving me a headache) but the Dream Unending side is stunning. Dreamy doomy death vibes with proggy psychedelic touches - so so so good.
I can't remember if I posted their album Songs of Salvation from last year - also magnificent and probably my favourite metal album of recent years...
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mojo pixy
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braindancer
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Good Lord!
Gravesend
Great stuff.
I think this might be straight in at the top of my metal list for the year. It's skullcrushingly heavy but great fun and catchy as fuck.
Top marks.
Gravesend
Great stuff.
I think this might be straight in at the top of my metal list for the year. It's skullcrushingly heavy but great fun and catchy as fuck.
Top marks.
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braindancer
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This week has all been about Frozen Soul's Glacial Domination.
If you like yer death metal then give this a crack for sure - nothing particularly unique about it I guess, but just absolutely nails it......
If you like yer death metal then give this a crack for sure - nothing particularly unique about it I guess, but just absolutely nails it......
braindancer
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Been working my way through the best of lists to see what I've missed.
Loving the Enforced album War Remains - thrash/hardcore/death vibes - it absolutely rips:
Loving the Enforced album War Remains - thrash/hardcore/death vibes - it absolutely rips:
braindancer
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This album from Agriculture may be the definition of hipster metal. It's fucking ace though:
hitmouse
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I was quite excited to see that Enslaved are touring the UK early next year, because I'd enjoyed seeing Enforced last time they played here. Then I realised that those are actually two separate bands, and Enslaved are some Norwegians I don't care about. But if anyone thinks that "psychedelic prog-metal" sounds like a good time, then fill your boots I suppose.
braindancer
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I did have a listen to that Heimdal album but it's not for me - have to agree on the vocals... no.
spitfire
Minister for Balloons (retd.)
Love the guitar sound on that but his vocals are still too "deathy" for me. I can't get past the growly bark that a lot of the vocalists do.
Please keep posting, I'm giving most of it a listen and sure something will come up.
braindancer
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I've become a bit of a lover of a good death growl 
baldrick
hmmmmm
I went to their Bristol gig. It was amazeballs.
hash tag
Reaching out
hitmouse
Did do all Google car mistakes
Lad at work was playing this the other day so I bought the album for $5.
Turnstile, Baltimore Hardcore.
Oh yeah, Turnstile are number 1 on top of the pops or whatever nowadays, their new stuff sounds a fair bit different though:
Can't say I'm wildly in love with the new Turnstile but fair play to them.
hitmouse
Did do all Google car mistakes
Crossposting from the upcoming gigs thread, Napalm Death touring with Pig Destroyer and Wormrot in March:
Mar 05 Sheffield Corporation, UK
Mar 06 Newcastle Upon Tyne Anarchy Brew Co., UK
Mar 07 Glasgow Queen Margaret Union, UK
Mar 08 London Electric Brixton, UK
Mar 09 Liverpool O2 Academy, UK
Last year I saw them with Dropdead and Siberian Meat Grinder, which was both a great gig and a great lineup of very silly names, trying to work out if Wormrot/Pig Destroyer/Napalm Death tops it.
Mar 05 Sheffield Corporation, UK
Mar 06 Newcastle Upon Tyne Anarchy Brew Co., UK
Mar 07 Glasgow Queen Margaret Union, UK
Mar 08 London Electric Brixton, UK
Mar 09 Liverpool O2 Academy, UK
Last year I saw them with Dropdead and Siberian Meat Grinder, which was both a great gig and a great lineup of very silly names, trying to work out if Wormrot/Pig Destroyer/Napalm Death tops it.
braindancer
not for long
I missed this from Afterbirth...
First half is pummeling brutal death metal but things change hugely in the second half with loads of different textures thrown in including some almost ambient passages. The gurgling vocal style would normally be too much for me but here it just works....
Absolutely top marks from me...
First half is pummeling brutal death metal but things change hugely in the second half with loads of different textures thrown in including some almost ambient passages. The gurgling vocal style would normally be too much for me but here it just works....
Absolutely top marks from me...
Steel Icarus
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I've been listening to Deafheaven's Sunbather lately, it's right up my street
braindancer
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Try the Agriculture album I posted up thread - definitely has some Sunbather vibes - ecstatic black metal / shogaze crossover. Really fucking good...
mojo pixy
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These two albums are a few years old now (2011 & 2014) but there's only the two and I don't expect there'll be a third ... they're two of my very favourite metal albums ever, and there's a bit of a story to them, if you'll indulge me...
Essentially back in the early '80s this band existed around Nottingham. Played loads, put out demos but couldn't catch a break. Listening to them now it's easy to hear why, their music is too proggy for heavy metal but too heavy for prog so I can see why in 1984 no label thought they were marketable.
Anyway after years of not finding a label the singer (and main writer) sadly killed himself and of course the band ended.
Fast forward to 2010 or so and legendary metal producer / ex-Sabbat guitarist Andy Sneap, who had been a teenage fan of the 80s Hell, contacted the rest of the band and suggested making the album they should have made in 1984. He came in as a second guitarist and they got the original singer's brother on vocals (!) then in 2011 released Human Remains...
It's fantastic, and the only thing to regret is that the singer didn’t wait for the world to catch up with his vision, because now this music fits perfectly. There's actually a release that has remastered demo versions of every song as well as the 2011 re-makes, which is interesting to listen to.
And then there's a second album Curse and Chapter, which I think is a combination of old songs and newly made songs out of remaining bits not used elsewhere. It's also very good, but I think of the two Human Remains is the one to listen to first.
Have a nice day
PS, both these albums are excellent for listening to while driving
Essentially back in the early '80s this band existed around Nottingham. Played loads, put out demos but couldn't catch a break. Listening to them now it's easy to hear why, their music is too proggy for heavy metal but too heavy for prog so I can see why in 1984 no label thought they were marketable.
Anyway after years of not finding a label the singer (and main writer) sadly killed himself and of course the band ended.
Fast forward to 2010 or so and legendary metal producer / ex-Sabbat guitarist Andy Sneap, who had been a teenage fan of the 80s Hell, contacted the rest of the band and suggested making the album they should have made in 1984. He came in as a second guitarist and they got the original singer's brother on vocals (!) then in 2011 released Human Remains...
It's fantastic, and the only thing to regret is that the singer didn’t wait for the world to catch up with his vision, because now this music fits perfectly. There's actually a release that has remastered demo versions of every song as well as the 2011 re-makes, which is interesting to listen to.
And then there's a second album Curse and Chapter, which I think is a combination of old songs and newly made songs out of remaining bits not used elsewhere. It's also very good, but I think of the two Human Remains is the one to listen to first.
Have a nice day
PS, both these albums are excellent for listening to while driving
Steel Icarus
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I'd ideally like a band musically similar to Deafheaven but with less screaming (though I don't mind it that much). I have an Alcest album but don't know much else about blackgaze
braindancer
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Agriculture won't tick that box I'm afraid! A few moments of clean singing but other than that it's full screamathon
hitmouse
Did do all Google car mistakes
I was going to say, I think Alcest are one of the big names here... you might like Amesoeurs, Alcest sideproject who I remember being pretty good. Hateful Abandon, maybe?
braindancer
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Slower - but do you know Jesu? Justin Broadwick's most melodic project. Heavy doomy shoegazey riffs with pretty vocals. He's released tons but Opiate Sun is a fave...
braindancer
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Infant Island - Obsidian Wreath
Another one to check for those keen on Deafheaven - but again not ticking the no screams box - this even has guest screams.... though there are a few growls to keep things balanced
Seriously good....
Another one to check for those keen on Deafheaven - but again not ticking the no screams box - this even has guest screams.... though there are a few growls to keep things balanced
Seriously good....
hitmouse
Did do all Google car mistakes
Ooh, this might be interesting, Knocked Loose (who I've never actually listened to but are allegedly good) are touring with Deafheaven, tickets apparently running low where not sold out already:
www.brooklynvegan.com
Knocked Loose and Deafheaven touring together in UK/Europe
The very cool double bill goes down in February/March.
www.brooklynvegan.com
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