for fans of heavy music

[militantmandy]

hornet said:

To be honest, what I love about them, especially the Acid Reign and Lawnmower Deth ones, is they have a sense of fun that long since seems to have vanished from metal. Everything these days seems to be analysed and quantified to the nth degree and it just feels horribly sterile, as though people are just pushing a laptop button marked "modern metal sound" and churning out yet another album that sounds like Trivium. That KSE cover is a great example. I'm sure it's better played and better produced than the original, but remove the video and it could be anyone. Everything has been nipped and tucked to remove the imperfections and it's just drained the character out of it completely.

I don't disagree with any of that. Metal in particular can disappear very far up it's own backside. However, I think the aforementioned songs are...well....sh!t.

[hornet]

Moving away from cover version pantomime, found this tonight and have been enjoying a lot.

Tempel - Descending into the Labyrinth

Not so much listening to it as swimming in it. Good stuff.

[Swervin_Mervin]

hornet said:

Not even close!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K2N_DYPoZw

Love that!

[militantmandy]

I know i've posted Kongh before but they're just so awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTGj4Ln6pfM

[Swervin_Mervin]

Whilst we're on covers, Deftones can't go unmentioned given they released an album's worth!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0vXon3HTX0

Another cover I've been enjoying recently - Sikth meets Nick Cave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fojw5Z3JwSU

[slyelessar]

Gwar cover Kansas!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baExq6xNhQ8

[BigGriff540]

militantmandy said:

I feel compelled to add to the list of covers:

Crowbar - Dreamweaver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0lQPri8bt4

Kyuss - Into the Void

Sepultura - The Hunt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVIy28LmsRw

Opeth - Remember Tomorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ZfPeC14qw

Crowbar and Sepultura! Good call sir! I have not listened to those bands for a while. Therefore Crowbar is now blasting out of the speakers as i type.

[gbbird]

Did someone say covers? Here's a classic interpretation from Eternal Solstice

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mZqMg_Vaw54

And something from the legendary Celestial Season

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNSKPi7l3yE

[tuscaneer]

alexisonfire do midnight oil....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KndTLHz_HvI

[tuscaneer]

bit of youtubing over the weekend.


so, ashe ohara leaves tesseract and dan tompkins goes back in.

what next for ashe i thought......

voices from the fuselage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6W5M-mFclA

and i found another new band i'd not come across before...

outrun the sunlight

very ambient, in a good way!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuY4QQig3vw

[Blayney]

Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

Now streaming all over the place

http://www.spin.com/2015/07/stream-between-the-bur...

Only half way through, seems great so far.

[JaymzDead]

Blayney said:

Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

Now streaming all over the place

http://www.spin.com/2015/07/stream-between-the-bur...

Only half way through, seems great so far.

Yipe! Well that's my listening for the week sorted

[Blayney]

Also, not that heavy, but Coheed and Cambria announced a new album today and released the first song off it.

Also another marmite band Bring Me The Horizon are seriously teasing a new release at the moment.

[thetapeworm]

Blayney said:

Also, not that heavy, but Coheed and Cambria announced a new album today and released the first song off it.

Really looking forward to this one, awesome live too so it should spawn a tour. I want to catch a "Neverender" without having to go to Hevyfest too.

On a completely unrelated road we have new Japanese kawaii metal from Ladybaby:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8-vje-bq9c

And of course Babymetal who seem to have started this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK3NMZAUKGw

[hornet]

Interesting documentary about the Southern USA metal scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDK6ECp-6Zc

Not for those into technical precision or crystal clear production values, that's for sure, but interesting viewing if you like it sludgey and dirty.

[AnimalMkIV]

New Acid Reign song!

Stream and download here: www.acidreign.co.uk

[JaymzDead]

hornet said:

Interesting documentary about the Southern USA metal scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDK6ECp-6Zc

Not for those into technical precision or crystal clear production values, that's for sure, but interesting viewing if you like it sludgey and dirty.

Funnily enough, I watched this the other night. Great film, loads of bands in it that I'm really into. Was surprised they didn't interview Kirk Windstein though.

[hornet]

JaymzDead said:

Funnily enough, I watched this the other night. Great film, loads of bands in it that I'm really into. Was surprised they didn't interview Kirk Windstein though.

I listen to some of the bands more than others, but certainly a good watch. Probably the most honest of the many metal documentaries in recent years? A lot of the Black and extreme metal ones have tended to play up the image, whereas that was very much about the people and the place as much as the music.

[Blayney]

thetapeworm said:

Blayney said:

Also, not that heavy, but Coheed and Cambria announced a new album today and released the first song off it.

Really looking forward to this one, awesome live too so it should spawn a tour. I want to catch a "Neverender" without having to go to Hevyfest

I'm going to Hevy

[Mastodon2]

JaymzDead said:

hornet said:

Interesting documentary about the Southern USA metal scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDK6ECp-6Zc

Not for those into technical precision or crystal clear production values, that's for sure, but interesting viewing if you like it sludgey and dirty.

Funnily enough, I watched this the other night. Great film, loads of bands in it that I'm really into. Was surprised they didn't interview Kirk Windstein though.

I'm not really into Southern metal - though I do like a few Down tracks, even I know Kirk Windstein is a pretty big deal down there.

In others news, Cradle of Filth's new album "Hammer of the Witches" is their best since 2000's "Midian". So many amazing songs, chock full of brilliant riffs and Dani's brilliantly written lyrics. The new keyboardist / backing singer is fantastic, she does a great harp piece on the album, I suppose I should mention that she's "not hard to look at" as Guy Martin would say.

So enthused am I, that I've bought a ticket to see them in October, they're worth the drive from Newcastle to Manchester and back.