for fans of heavy music

[JaymzDead]

Saw Primordial on Friday night, they were amazing! One of the best live bands I've seen in quite a while, Alan, the lead singer has brilliant stage presence and some pretty good banter (not normally a black metal thing I know!). Fen and Crom Dubh who supported were both pretty good as well with both offering an alternative spin on the black metal themes.

[Ste1987]

Ghost have been confirmed as the final headliner for Bloodstock. A lot of metalheads are going mental over it, and not in a good way

[Swervin_Mervin]

Blayney said:

New Mastodon today - first spin through at the moment - a lot of great moments so far. Looking forward to having time and my sennheisers to sink into this one!

Also SikTh announced their new album "The Future In Whose Eyes?" is coming 2nd of June. First song "Vivid" is available for streaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRU1RagE1A

Hate to say it but I'm not feeling it as instantly as any previous release. Dare I say it but I think the absence of Justin Hill reverberates through the music

[Gompo]

JaymzDead said:

Saw Primordial on Friday night, they were amazing! One of the best live bands I've seen in quite a while, Alan, the lead singer has brilliant stage presence and some pretty good banter (not normally a black metal thing I know!). Fen and Crom Dubh who supported were both pretty good as well with both offering an alternative spin on the black metal themes.

Glad out enjoyed it. I've seen them a couple of times, most recently in Dublin last year. Definitely a good live band with good presence etc, but I do struggle to get into a lot of their material. Perhaps only a handful of songs I actually like. They headlined the Dublin gig but I was there for the support of Mgla and Urfaust.

My next gig is Possession in London, I have high hopes. It's only £8 anyway.

[Brian Fantana]

New Uneven Structure is great - very high hopes for the album. apparently another teaser track is being dropped very soon...

Mastodon. First time in ages I have enjoyed an album of theirs this throughly. Bloody good album.

[FN2TypeR]

Brian Fantana said:

New Uneven Structure is great - very high hopes for the album. apparently another teaser track is being dropped very soon...

Mastodon. First time in ages I have enjoyed an album of theirs this throughly. Bloody good album.

Emperor of Sand is a fking banger of an album, I've been giving it a good bit of play time of late - superb.

[Blayney]

Glad other people are enjoying Mastodon.

Re: SikTh I loved it on first listen but I haven't felt inclined to keep going back. Did the same with Philistine Philosophies though and I ended up loving the Opacities EP...

[Dommydino]

Blayney said:

Glad other people are enjoying Mastodon.

Re: SikTh I loved it on first listen but I haven't felt inclined to keep going back. Did the same with Philistine Philosophies though and I ended up loving the Opacities EP...

Which SikTh records did you listen to? I find their older records far more imploring than their newer album.

[Dommydino]

Shields UK are a fantastic hardcore band formed down south.

Can't post links at the moment but a quick google search will bring up their catalogue. I'd suggest Walls.

[Blayney]

Dommydino said:

Blayney said:

Glad other people are enjoying Mastodon.

Re: SikTh I loved it on first listen but I haven't felt inclined to keep going back. Did the same with Philistine Philosophies though and I ended up loving the Opacities EP...

Which SikTh records did you listen to? I find their older records far more imploring than their newer album.

To clarify I loved the new track "Vivid" when I first listened to it, but I haven't wanted to listen to it again and again since then. Which is exactly what I did when "Philistine Philosophies" was released on the Radio 1 Rock Show - however I really loved the Opacities EP when it came out (especially "Under The Weeping Moon", "Walking Shadows" and "Days are Dreamed", so I am hoping the same will happen with the new album..I'm still not as enamoured with "No Wishbones".

Regarding their back catalogue I love Trees..., DOADD and Opacities and have been listening to SikTh since around 2007... just after they split up! (same thing I did with RATM). I did see them at Download 2006 but I wasn't a fan at the time. Luckily they are back together and I have seen them twice since the reunion. Epic both times. Standout tracks on Trees for me are "Peep Show", "Pussy Foot" and "Skies of Millenium Night". on Death of a Dead Day are "Bland Street Bloom", "Summer Rain", "Sanguine Seas of Bigotry", "Part of the Friction" and "Mermaid Slur".

Weirdly with SikTh I have just looked at the tracks and there's many that I can't remember what they go like, but I know if I listen to them I'll be thinking "Oh yeah, this one is awesome too!".

[Swervin_Mervin]

I'll check out the new Masotodon I think.

Totally random but just seen this on YT- Gaga and Metallica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATSoB5ClWWM

She's actually not a bad female metal/rock singer! Certainly improves Metallica no end.

[Let off some steam Bennett]

New mastodon is there best since leviathan, Its one of the best albums i have heard in a long time.

[Swervin_Mervin]

New Masotodon ordered. Had a couple of listens now and some of it is epic stuff.

[Chris77]

Any of you guys 'That's not Metal' fans?

[Spiritual_Beggar]

The new Iron Reagan album is pretty good. Who doesn't love a bit of old skool Thrash!

[Blayney]

Chris77 said:

Any of you guys 'That's not Metal' fans?

Only thing I've seen was their youtube video talking about their albums of 2016. I agreed with Black Peaks so I enjoyed it. Haven't bothered checking anything else out though.

[Chris77]

Blayney said:

Only thing I've seen was their youtube video talking about their albums of 2016. I agreed with Black Peaks so I enjoyed it. Haven't bothered checking anything else out though.

I go through phazes of listening to the podcast, nearly always end up buying an album Ive never heard of after listening to them. They do a kind of radio show everyday on youtube, basically a playlist with them introducing each track, stick it on at work they are pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/user/beezsaysyo/playlists

[Blayney]

Chris77 said:

Blayney said:

Only thing I've seen was their youtube video talking about their albums of 2016. I agreed with Black Peaks so I enjoyed it. Haven't bothered checking anything else out though.

I go through phazes of listening to the podcast, nearly always end up buying an album Ive never heard of after listening to them. They do a kind of radio show everyday on youtube, basically a playlist with them introducing each track, stick it on at work they are pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/user/beezsaysyo/playlists

Worth a look. I wish I could put it on at work.

[Z06George]

Finally got around to buying Sepultura's Machine Messiah. I know I'm a bit late to the party with this one but I bloody love it!

[Blayney]

Pretty obsessed with Pallbearer's new album at the moment. Dancing in Madness is a great track.