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hornet

6,333 posts

256 months

Tuesday 18th December 2012
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On the death front, you've got Black Breath. Obvious start point is "Entombed!", but there's enough other stuff going on to keep it interesting.

Not really my cup of tea, but at the more modern end of the death metal spectrum, Dyscarnate might tick some boxes?

hornet

6,333 posts

256 months

Tuesday 18th December 2012
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Guess you'd label this hardcore, and as such a genre I don't listen to a great deal these days, but this is nicely noisy without falling into the trap of feeling contrived with it.

The Armed

Reminds me of a very, very angry Winnebago Deal for some reason.

gbbird

5,193 posts

250 months

Thursday 20th December 2012
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Cheers for the suggestions folks. Gonna do some youtubing......

motorizer

1,503 posts

177 months

Thursday 20th December 2012
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Now for some proper old stuff...

oh hang on ...its new (ish)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXP0Tno_vLg

Edited by motorizer on Thursday 20th December 23:54

hairyben

8,516 posts

189 months

Saturday 22nd December 2012
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satan 59 said:
MM absolute ste. Lasted for about 3 songs before going to the floor bar. He sounded drunk or drugged up or both. Don't think they had done a sound check it was that bad
tempted as i was by rz there was no way I'm paying double header $$$ on the basis of that shower of st, still living off the back of a being a trent reznor side project.

hornet

6,333 posts

256 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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Sad news :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20836...

Odd to see the phrase "death metal" on the BBC.

Mastodon2

13,916 posts

171 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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Call it tech / melo / fkingwhatever, it's all death metal to me, and this is the release of the year for me;

http://www.scionav.com/collection/1287/Arsis---Lep...

A free release from Arsis, funded by Scion Automotive, Toyota corp's brand used to target the youth of America. I don't see what ripping death metal has to do with Toyota's current selection of bland hatch backs, but I'm not complaining. Arsis have got to be one of the most underrated bands on the death metal scene. I'd give a bk to see them live. Black Dahlia Murder should hit them up for support on their next UK tour.

The quality of the riffing and soloing on this release is unprecedented (barring other Arsis / Black Dahlia Murder releases) and it just pummels like you wouldn't believe. "Veil of Mourning Black" might be track of 2012 for me, but they are all stormers. I'm just glad that there are still some bands out there who just slay it, instead of pandering to these hopeless trendcore / djentboi fads that have plagued metal for the last few years.

Edited by Mastodon2 on Monday 24th December 14:55

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

232 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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Mastodon2 said:
Call it tech / melo / fkingwhatever, it's all death metal to me, and this is the release of the year for me;

http://www.scionav.com/collection/1287/Arsis---Lep...

A free release from Arsis, funded by Scion Automotive, Toyota corp's brand used to target the youth of America. I don't see what ripping death metal has to do with Toyota's current selection of bland hatch backs, but I'm not complaining. Arsis have got to be one of the most underrated bands on the death metal scene. I'd give a bk to see them live. Black Dahlia Murder should hit them up for support on their next UK tour.

The quality of the riffing and soloing on this release is unprecedented (barring other Arsis / Black Dahlia Murder releases) and it just pummels like you wouldn't believe. "Six Coffins Wide" might be track of 2012 for me, but they are all stormers.
Cheers, free stuff at Xmas.

Marvellous.

hornet

6,333 posts

256 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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Never heard of Arsis for some reason. Little bit too reliant on the techdeath blasting for my liking, but good when they vary it. Hints of Necroticism era Carcass in some of the riffs and soloing, and more than a bit of Jeff Walker about the vocals, which is nice, as too much today goes down the "brootal" Dying Fetus route, which is tedious in the extreme.

Quite how they're linked to selling Toyotas I have no idea?

CrabDan

568 posts

149 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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hornet said:
Quite how they're linked to selling Toyotas I have no idea?
There is something incredibly un-metal about about this, isn't there.

A bit like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFURd_EOIuU

hornet

6,333 posts

256 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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CrabDan said:
There is something incredibly un-metal about about this, isn't there.
Maybe they're going to change their name to Auris or Avensis in the near future, who knows?! What next, Fenriz advertising iPads?

Black Dahlia Murder were mentioned up there as well. Another one of those bands I probably should enjoy, but just can't, although I can't explain why.

Anyway, let's have some Unleashed shall we?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-HO1XgK-_M

hornet

6,333 posts

256 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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So, Christmas Eve then. Perfect time to be listening to Craft's "fk the Universe". Struggling to think of a colder, more chilling album to be honest. Really is an unsettling, seething beast of a thing.

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

232 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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hornet said:
So, Christmas Eve then. Perfect time to be listening to Craft's "fk the Universe". Struggling to think of a colder, more chilling album to be honest. Really is an unsettling, seething beast of a thing.
I have a suggestion, although I can't find any YouTubery for it, and it's not a metal album.

Pete Namlook's " New Organic Life III" is...

...I dunno.

Wrong.

In a good way.

I think.

Hmm.

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

232 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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Tonight, I are bin mosely listening to pirate/troll/symphonic drinking metal:

Alestorm
Kingdom Waves
Finntroll
Tankard
DRI

Etc.

hornet

6,333 posts

256 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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Got DRI in there, so surely a bit of Gang Green wouldn't hurt? smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOdMMPquZUE


CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

232 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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Whilst locating some Hungarian folk thrash on eMusic, I happened across this interesting article about black metal in Norway.

Mastodon2

13,916 posts

171 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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hornet said:
Maybe they're going to change their name to Auris or Avensis in the near future, who knows?! What next, Fenriz advertising iPads?
I think it's due to Scion trying to become a "lifestyle brand" in the US rather than just being a car manufacturer, though tbh they'd have been better off signing releasing free dubstep / brostep EPs as opposed to rather niche death metal EPs.

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

232 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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I'm enjoying the pensive (and not terribly heavy, if I'm honest) noodlings of Agalloch at the moment, now I've been keelhauled

CrabDan

568 posts

149 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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Quality. I saw Alestorm live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden, supporting Sabaton...

Most fun gig I've ever been to.

hornet

6,333 posts

256 months

Tuesday 25th December 2012
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Think I've posted Entities before? Earlier stuff was (for me) ruined when they lobbed the usual shouty vocals over it, but they've got a selection with and without up on Bandcamp.

http://entities916.bandcamp.com/track/tigers-blood

Said before, but sans vocals, I find this stuff more than listenable.