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Post by drhickman1983 on Mar 24, 2023 18:18:41 GMT
Dawn Ray'd - To Know the Light Pretty good. it does have melody and folky bits than their previous albums, maybe a bit more punk, a few bits even remind me of New Model Army. So if you want the most TRVE KVLT black metal experience you wont find it here, but I think it's just very good.
Saw them live last week too - they're very good live, and Simon Barr's vocals are impressively harsh.
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Post by Rich on Mar 24, 2023 18:33:58 GMT
I dont hate new Opeth but hearing Ghost of Perdition come up in my playlist made me have to go back and listen to all of Ghost Reveries again. So good. I always think of Ghost Reveries as one of their recent albums. Can't believe it was released 18 years ago. I appreciate they don't want to make music like that anymore but their new style holds no interest for me at all. |
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Post by arnvidr on Mar 24, 2023 23:33:16 GMT
Got a handful of likes on the previous single post, so another round of shameless self-promotion here, as we released our album today! Getting some great reviews around the web, so maybe it's something for you too? 
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Mar 25, 2023 13:00:05 GMT
So is it not actually Grindcore anymore? I was a bit confused when I looked at Encylopedia Metalluma and the genre said "Death Metal", but the songs on that "full length" are very short.
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Post by captbirdseye on Mar 25, 2023 17:37:41 GMT
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Post by arnvidr on Apr 1, 2023 16:12:47 GMT
So is it not actually Grindcore anymore? I was a bit confused when I looked at Encylopedia Metalluma and the genre said "Death Metal", but the songs on that "full length" are very short. If you were talking to me, we were probably never fully grindcore or death metal. Our first release might have had a song or two kinda death metal, might explain the tag, and this new one might have a few that are pure grind, but we've been mixing whatever we wanted since the start. |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Apr 2, 2023 7:47:11 GMT
This was a very nice thing to stumble across. Dirty, scuzzy grind/death/crust/punk.
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Apr 7, 2023 20:20:26 GMT
Still one of my favourite songs ever... Got a bit choked up when listening to it again.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Apr 14, 2023 19:00:00 GMT
New Pupil Slicer is pretty neat
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Post by richardiox on Apr 14, 2023 19:23:15 GMT
A good mate I went to school with who was always in various punk/hardcore bands but was really a "death metal kid" started playing guitar for Carcass 18 months ago. They're currently on tour and in the last week he has sent me photos of him casually hanging out at Phil Anselmos house having a BBQ and then yesterday sent a pic of him getting pissed up at the Tardys house in Florida. And he's playing Donnington too.
Total jammy bastard but obviously chuffed for the guy. Seeing him/Carcass in Leeds next month.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Apr 17, 2023 7:59:08 GMT
Gave that new Metallica album a listen.
It's fine. Not the most exciting album but it's comfortable and, to be honest, I sometimes want that.
Some of the riffs make think of a slightly heavier Load/Reload - that isn't a slight, I like those albums.
The biggest issue is that it's too long. I think every album from Load onwards has just been too long and they'd all benefit from being trimmed down.
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Post by Duffking on Apr 17, 2023 8:58:53 GMT
It's just boring and completely without any kind of vibe/atmosphere/passion behind it. In one ear, out the other.
Seeing that footage of them in the studio a while back it makes sense, they basically just sit in front of a computer and drag riffs around until they consider it a song.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Apr 17, 2023 9:02:53 GMT
I really don't think it's that bad at all, think there's been a few a memorable riffs and hooks. Not enough for it's run time but I'm enjoying it.
It's not my favourite album of the year by any means, but it's still on the enjoyable side of things.
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Post by simple on Apr 17, 2023 14:00:37 GMT
I remember an old interview with Metallica where they were talking about how they always go into recording sessions with nothing written and just work until they have a full album - so when CDs gave them 80 minutes to fill they worked to 80 minutes. For all they’ve had some incredible songs and albums along the way they’ve always had a brutally workmanlike approach. I suspect its a result of Metallica being primarily Lars’s band and Lars being first and foremost a fan who just wanted to play in a band like his heroes (and then wanted to be in the biggest band in the world). Lars is genuinely my favourite member of the band because he’s still got that manic teenage fanboy energy despite being a 60 yr old millionaire. In other metal news, I just learnt about this. Mirror Reaper is one of my all time favourites so hype levels spiked on seeing this. http://instagram.com/p/CrI2jDHLMd8 |
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Post by Duffking on Apr 17, 2023 15:05:33 GMT
I'd hesitate to call the album bad, but I would absolutely stop short of calling it *good*.
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Post by simple on Apr 17, 2023 15:53:30 GMT
Aside from the first couple of tracks they previewed sounding a bit NWOBHM influenced there hasn’t been much to really grab me this time around. But yeah, nothing offensively repulsive either.
I think Death Magnetic is probably its closest cousin, although this has sane production and hasn’t forced every song to be eight minutes long.
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Post by Tuffty on Apr 17, 2023 20:59:14 GMT
Orchestral metal not really my thing, but Ad Infinitum does a decent job of ensuring it doesn't veer too far off course into being boring. Their songs are pretty catchy, surprised they're not more of a bigger band than they currently are.
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Post by Rich on Apr 18, 2023 5:56:17 GMT
I like a lot of symphonic stuff, but gave them a try last time someone here recommended them. Nothing wrong with them, but not doing anything particularly original in a crowded field.
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Post by bichii2 on Apr 18, 2023 5:58:53 GMT
It's just so unbelievably boring (72 seasons).
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Post by simple on Apr 18, 2023 11:01:04 GMT
While I absolutely appreciate that they’re standing by their friend and that its obviously incredibly good and healthy that James hasn’t been killed by his alcoholism - you can really hear the therapy talk running right through every answer Lars and Kirk are giving here www.kerrang.com/metallica-interview-72-seasons-kerrang-cover-story-lars-ulrich-james-hetfield-kirk-hammett-rob-trujillo-new-album/Although watching some of the promo work they’ve been doing for the new album has made me return to the idea of either a Hetfield or Metallica unplugged album being a good direction for them. I know they’ve spent the last few albums/20 years trying to prove that they’ve still got it and can rock just as hard as anyone half their age but it sounds and looks so much more natural and real when you hear him slowing stuff down these days. Get Jerry Cantrell on board, I bet he could get a tune out of them. |
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Post by simple on Apr 18, 2023 11:51:57 GMT
Dominion Festival cancelled after selling less than 5% of its tickets. Bit of a tough ask to sell a metal festival to the County Durham countryside with Skindred, Blind Guardian and Orange Goblin headlining over three days of club acts. dominionfestival.co.uk/ |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Apr 18, 2023 12:13:18 GMT
I thought the lineup looked pretty decent.
It might have be too ambitious and it was always a bit shaky, with a couple of rescheduled dates. It does sometimes feel like any festival of that size is going to struggle, because everyone expects it to fail, so nobody buys tickets.
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Post by simple on Apr 18, 2023 12:25:31 GMT
I was very much in the “I’ll wait and see if I fancy it nearer the time” camp. Some very entertaining bands on the bill but I wasn’t rushing to buy a camping ticket for a 5000 capacity event walking distance from the woods we got pissed in when I was 16.
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Post by stixxuk on Apr 18, 2023 21:19:15 GMT
Got a handful of likes on the previous single post, so another round of shameless self-promotion here, as we released our album today! Getting some great reviews around the web, so maybe it's something for you too?
Bloody love this! Nice work |
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Post by stixxuk on Apr 18, 2023 21:47:58 GMT
In other news, Greg Puciato (ex-Dillinger Escape Plan) has teamed up with the remnants of Every time I Die, which is pretty awesome... Can they still rip shit up like it's the early 2000s?
And new Kvelertak is awesome, no surprise there.
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Post by simple on Apr 18, 2023 22:01:55 GMT
Can they still rip shit up like it's the early 2000s? Sounds like it |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Apr 18, 2023 22:14:25 GMT
Just been to see Dark Funeral and Cannibal Corpse. I'm not a diehard fan of either but like a few songs by both. Dark Funeral were pretty cool, and I want to listen to more. Fun black metal, and some cheesy theatrics - holding a crucifix upside down then licking Jesus (before handing the prop back to a backwards-baseball capped roadie at the side of the stage. I like to imagine that's his only job, handling the cross.)
Cannibal Corpse... tbh I got a bit bored after 40 minutes and left before the end. They're good at what they do but not being a fan it just blurred into one - just fairly relentless death metal. That's what I expected but apart from the occasional breakdown when things slow down and lock into a groove for a brief moment it just became a bit repetetive. The solos seemed to be of the slightly dull "play any old shit quickly" variety.
The most impressive thing was Corpsegrinders headbanging/hairspinning.
So yeah, I'm glad I went, and I can say I've seen them, and I want to listen to more Dark Funeral.
(actually the support act Ingested were probably the biggest surprise of the night, I'm going to check them out)
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Post by Duffking on Apr 19, 2023 11:41:30 GMT
While I absolutely appreciate that they’re standing by their friend and that its obviously incredibly good and healthy that James hasn’t been killed by his alcoholism - you can really hear the therapy talk running right through every answer Lars and Kirk are giving here www.kerrang.com/metallica-interview-72-seasons-kerrang-cover-story-lars-ulrich-james-hetfield-kirk-hammett-rob-trujillo-new-album/Although watching some of the promo work they’ve been doing for the new album has made me return to the idea of either a Hetfield or Metallica unplugged album being a good direction for them. I know they’ve spent the last few albums/20 years trying to prove that they’ve still got it and can rock just as hard as anyone half their age but it sounds and looks so much more natural and real when you hear him slowing stuff down these days. Get Jerry Cantrell on board, I bet he could get a tune out of them. I do think they would be improved by seemingly stopping trying to prove they're still Metallica and writing what came naturally to them. Load/Reload didn't work because they so so obviously like they're chasing a commercial audience and radio play. Hardwired and 77 Minutes don't work because it just doesn't sound like the passion is there for most of this stuff - like they know they won't make another album like the old ones but feel obliged not to try anything else at this point. They've maybe learned the wrong lessons form Load/Reload/St Anger: it's not that they were different, it was that they were not very good, for varying reasons. What interests me is that Hammet put out that solo EP and it was good! Not trying to be anything other than the music that he wanted to write and it was great. Meanwhile his solos and stuff suck ass on this album. If Metallica approached an album like Hammet seemingly approached his solo EP maybe they'd make something worthwhile again. Until then they're just doomed to chase former glory instead of just trying to find new ones. |
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Post by simple on Apr 20, 2023 8:48:21 GMT
I’ve talked about it a lot over the years but this film remains the best modern-era Metallica media product and I can’t see the band producing anything as real themselves.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Apr 20, 2023 9:05:54 GMT
I know Lars gets a lot of flack but how he comes across in Mission to Lars when he meets the guy is great.
I honestly like Lars generally, for a multi-millionaire rock-star he mostly comes across as quite unpretentious and relatively down to earth.
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