Author Topic: The Metal thread. Show your horns! (Read 182204 times)

ericthered10 · « **Reply #1600 on:** September 28, 2018, 04:02:27 pm »

Quote from: GreatEx on September 28, 2018, 02:26:44 pm

Somehow, even though the band formed in 2004, I only heard Cultes des Ghoules for the first time yesterday, and I am absolutely hooked. This is some seriously fucking evil black metal, which isn't easy to pull off 30 years after the initial wave. Think De Mysteriis era Mayhem with Celtic Frost groove and Ruins of Beverast-style psychedelia (huh? you say...). And to top it all off, some quite outstanding lyrics, from a Polish band singing in English, no less.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HDu_x6mYoPc

Here's a link to "Coven, or Evil Ways Instead of Love". Weird title, and an even weirder concept. The lyrics are in fact the script to a play, with each song being a scene. The story is of a woman succumbing to the lure of witchcraft and selling her soul to the Devil. It's such a novel way of writing music, and the same vocalist alternates between the voices of the different characters in quite spectacular fashion. Lyrics here: https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Cultes_des_Ghoules/Coven%2C_or_Evil_Ways_Instead_of_Love/613755

For some more orthodox - but still brilliant - fare, check out the "Henbane" album and "Spectres Over Transylvania" EP.

I normally hate viral marketing, but I gotta say I'm loving youtube's recommendations feature. This band has me PUMPED, I feel like it's the early 90s again and I'm browsing the local dungeon-cum-metal-record-store in an era when nearly every purchase was fucking gold.

Haven't listened to them but figured I'd pop in and let you know that their latest album dropped a few days ago in case you didn't know.

https://cultesdesghoules.bandcamp.com/album/sinister-or-treading-the-darker-paths

Buck Pete · « **Reply #1601 on:** September 28, 2018, 10:38:06 pm »

Just watched a drumming documentary that featured Dave Lombardo from Slayer.

They showed a clip of the band playing “War Ensemble’. It sounded fucking brilliant. I’ve always been into classic rock and stuff and also got into punk and hardcore punk such as the Dead Kennedy’s.

Seems Slayer we’re heavily influenced by these genres and annoyed with myself for never giving them the time of day previously. Better late than never.

I know War Emsemble is from their 5th album but is it worth me starting from their 1st Album?

OperationIvy · « **Reply #1602 on:** September 29, 2018, 12:02:11 am »

Quote from: Buck Pete on September 28, 2018, 10:38:06 pm

Just watched a drumming documentary that featured Dave Lombardo from Slayer.

They showed a clip of the band playing “War Ensemble’. It sounded fucking brilliant. I’ve always been into classic rock and stuff and also got into punk and hardcore punk such as the Dead Kennedy’s.

Seems Slayer we’re heavily influenced by these genres and annoyed with myself for never giving them the time of day previously. Better late than never.

I know War Emsemble is from their 5th album but is it worth me starting from their 1st Album?

Matter of taste, I guess. I'm not a actually Slayer fan, but I like thrash metal in general. I'd recommend Reign in Blood and Seasons in the Abyss.

GreatEx · « **Reply #1603 on:** September 29, 2018, 06:11:37 am »

Quote from: ericthered10 on September 28, 2018, 04:02:27 pm

Haven't listened to them but figured I'd pop in and let you know that their latest album dropped a few days ago in case you didn't know.

https://cultesdesghoules.bandcamp.com/album/sinister-or-treading-the-darker-paths

Yep, that's how I discovered them, since youtube tends to recommend new releases quite heavily. The new one is good but the previous 2 were what really got me hooked.

GreatEx · « **Reply #1604 on:** September 29, 2018, 06:12:52 am »

As for Slayer, I'd say Reign In Blood is their most punk album (apart from Undisputed Attitude, which is an album of punk covers). It's great. Hell Awaits is probably my favourite Slayer album but also probably the least punk.

rob1966 · « **Reply #1605 on:** September 29, 2018, 07:57:31 pm »

Quote from: Buck Pete on September 28, 2018, 10:38:06 pm

Just watched a drumming documentary that featured Dave Lombardo from Slayer.

They showed a clip of the band playing “War Ensemble’. It sounded fucking brilliant. I’ve always been into classic rock and stuff and also got into punk and hardcore punk such as the Dead Kennedy’s.

Seems Slayer we’re heavily influenced by these genres and annoyed with myself for never giving them the time of day previously. Better late than never.

I know War Emsemble is from their 5th album but is it worth me starting from their 1st Album?

That was a great documentary.

Nitramdorf · « **Reply #1606 on:** September 30, 2018, 10:10:55 am »

Quote from: Buck Pete on September 28, 2018, 10:38:06 pm

Just watched a drumming documentary that featured Dave Lombardo from Slayer.

They showed a clip of the band playing “War Ensemble’. It sounded fucking brilliant. I’ve always been into classic rock and stuff and also got into punk and hardcore punk such as the Dead Kennedy’s.

Seems Slayer we’re heavily influenced by these genres and annoyed with myself for never giving them the time of day previously. Better late than never.

I know War Emsemble is from their 5th album but is it worth me starting from their 1st Album?

Have to be Reign in Blood for me but I absolutely love the title track of South of Heaven, the intro is brilliant.

Jack the Red · « **Reply #1607 on:** September 30, 2018, 05:05:31 pm »

Quote from: Buck Pete on September 28, 2018, 10:38:06 pm

Just watched a drumming documentary that featured Dave Lombardo from Slayer.

They showed a clip of the band playing “War Ensemble’. It sounded fucking brilliant. I’ve always been into classic rock and stuff and also got into punk and hardcore punk such as the Dead Kennedy’s.

Seems Slayer we’re heavily influenced by these genres and annoyed with myself for never giving them the time of day previously. Better late than never.

I know War Emsemble is from their 5th album but is it worth me starting from their 1st Album?

What's the documentary called?

Love Slayer, agree about Reign In Blood being their "punkiest" album, but also check out World Painted Blood.

Nitramdorf · « **Reply #1608 on:** September 30, 2018, 06:47:02 pm »

Quote from: Jack the Red on September 30, 2018, 05:05:31 pm

What's the documentary called?

Love Slayer, agree about Reign In Blood being their "punkiest" album, but also check out World Painted Blood.

It's called the Art of Drumming on sky arts, 4 episodes long

Jack the Red · « **Reply #1609 on:** September 30, 2018, 07:04:56 pm »

Quote from: Nitramdorf on September 30, 2018, 06:47:02 pm

It's called the Art of Drumming on sky arts, 4 episodes long

Cheers!

Buck Pete · « **Reply #1610 on:** September 30, 2018, 08:09:01 pm »

Cheers for the replies.

Gonna get hold of 'Reign in Blood' to start with

planet-terror · « **Reply #1611 on:** October 1, 2018, 06:00:26 pm »

Quote from: Buck Pete on September 30, 2018, 08:09:01 pm

Cheers for the replies.

Gonna get hold of 'Reign in Blood' to start with

29 minutes of non stop hardcore metal.
Its brilliant.

ChrisOH · « **Reply #1612 on:** October 3, 2018, 11:42:13 am »

Went to see Deafheaven in Gorilla on Monday night. Absolutely killed it. Sound in there was spot on for once. Much different to the performance when I last seen them supporting Russian Circles in the Ruby Lounge years ago.

Slightly Less Mediocre Baron Bennekov · « **Reply #1613 on:** October 8, 2018, 03:47:49 pm »

Going to see Heilung on Saturday in Copenhagen. Anyone seen them live before? Here's a sample of what they do...:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/K7ZqZVunCb4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/K7ZqZVunCb4</a>

Jack the Red · « **Reply #1614 on:** November 11, 2018, 08:26:04 pm »

Didn't know whether to put this here or in the Pink Floyd thread, but I picked this up this weekend:

https://reduxrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-wall-redux-3

Pink Floyd's The Wall covered in it's entirety by a wealth of stoner/sludge/doom artists. It's really quite brilliant.

Slightly Less Mediocre Baron Bennekov · « **Reply #1615 on:** December 3, 2018, 08:34:19 am »

Went to see Clutch on Saturday in Copenhagen. My expectations weren't too high since their last album hasn't impressed me like to two previous ones have. The concert was great - the energy these guys dish out is amazing. HOWEVER the revelation of the evening was one of the support bands, The Picturebooks. FUCK ME they played there was no tomorrow.

If you ever find them near you go check them out!

Here's a sample which honestly doesn't do their live performance justice at all!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Wv1tMQGAdt8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Wv1tMQGAdt8</a>

Hudson66 · « **Reply #1616 on:** December 3, 2018, 11:25:51 am »

Quote from: Jack the Red on November 11, 2018, 08:26:04 pm

Didn't know whether to put this here or in the Pink Floyd thread, but I picked this up this weekend:

https://reduxrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-wall-redux-3

Pink Floyd's The Wall covered in it's entirety by a wealth of stoner/sludge/doom artists. It's really quite brilliant.

Got that myself. Like it a lot but then again I like most of the artists on it individually.

Any fans of Venom/Motorhead should check out these guys. I just stumbled across them recently. I'll not post the album cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHxjlmjN2Nc

Slightly Less Mediocre Baron Bennekov · « **Reply #1617 on:** January 4, 2019, 02:17:07 pm »

The new album from Sulphur Aeon - "The scythe of cosmic chaos" is a superior demonstration of power!!!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/DS8CtbFPZfA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/DS8CtbFPZfA</a>

dalarr · « **Reply #1618 on:** January 6, 2019, 08:20:47 pm »

Was recommended the band “Wiegedood” by a friend. Don’t listen as much to metal as I used to, but this is good stuff and very brutal. Sounds like a mix between Mayhem and early Burzum.

ericthered10 · « **Reply #1619 on:** January 8, 2019, 03:56:02 pm »

Love Wiegedood. De doden hebben het goed II (had to copy/paste, no way am I getting that right) is one of my favorites of the last few years. Really like when they slow things down into a trancey state.

GreatEx · « **Reply #1620 on:** January 9, 2019, 11:51:38 am »

Quote from: Mediocre Baron Bennekov on January 4, 2019, 02:17:07 pm

The new album from Sulphur Aeon - "The scythe of cosmic chaos" is a superior demonstration of power!!!

Yeah, I don't listen to a lot of pure death metal these days, but that one is pretty damned impressive.

I'm also really enjoying this reformed version of In the Woods... even though only the drummer now survives from the original incarnation. The latest album, "Cease the Day", surprisingly brings back a liberal dose of black metal screams that we haven't seen from them since the mid-90s. Good mix of progressive and "extreme" elements.

Slightly Less Mediocre Baron Bennekov · « **Reply #1621 on:** January 10, 2019, 07:44:08 am »

Quote from: GreatEx on January 9, 2019, 11:51:38 am

Yeah, I don't listen to a lot of pure death metal these days, but that one is pretty damned impressive.

I'm also really enjoying this reformed version of In the Woods... even though only the drummer now survives from the original incarnation. The latest album, "Cease the Day", surprisingly brings back a liberal dose of black metal screams that we haven't seen from them since the mid-90s. Good mix of progressive and "extreme" elements.

I'll give In the Woods a go...

GreatEx · « **Reply #1622 on:** January 14, 2019, 10:26:59 am »

Good taste, man. I can't be arsed with end of year lists because I can never remember what was released when, but any year with a Cultes des Ghoules album is a good 'un.

Raaphael · « **Reply #1623 on:** January 14, 2019, 07:53:21 pm »

I need to follow this thread. The other music thread have good stuff, but there`s too little room for metal.

ericthered10 · « **Reply #1624 on:** January 14, 2019, 08:11:13 pm »

Quote from: Pyro on January 11, 2019, 11:37:33 am

Well here was my top 10 albums for the year I came up with. Although I've since binged Nakkiga and Kriegsmaschine (the drumming is outstanding on that record) and would probably have them in instead of Carved Cross and Clandestine Blaze if I were to ammend it.

01) Psycroptic - As the Kingdom Drowns (https://youtu.be/9kBACkguBR0)
02) Spectral Wound - Infernal Decadence (https://youtu.be/8UYlP9fIsak)
03) Azaghal - Valo pohjoisesta (https://youtu.be/X50vzZACEjY)
04) Outre - Hollowed Earth (https://youtu.be/ELs2ZIMcM1k)
05) Acherontas - Faustian Ethos (https://youtu.be/CwqmbOsTvXg)
06) Gaerea - Unsettling Whispers (https://youtu.be/JkObUc-HSRE)
07) Clandestine Blaze - Tranquility of Death (https://youtu.be/Pc-OCB_J-hk)
08) Drudkh - They Often See Dreams About the Spring (https://youtu.be/iiRKjcmbUYc)
09) Carved Cross - The Yawning Abyss of Perdition (https://youtu.be/7qdpcWpm7eo)
10) Lucifer's Child - The Order (https://youtu.be/Xwx0MgQX-FM)

Shoutout
Svartidauði - Revelations of the Red Sword
Aorlhac - L'esprit des vents
Kroda - Selbswelt
Summoning - With Doom We Come
Nakkiga - Agurraren Harkaitza
Peste Noire - Peste Noire - Split - Peste Noire
Sargeist - Unbound
Watain - Trident Wolf Eclipse
Kriegsmaschine - Apocalypticists
Slidhr - The Futile Fires of Man

RÛR and 1914 had decent albums too. Most disappointing for the year was most definitely Behemoth.

Nice! Only have Gaerea, Drudkh, Aorlhac, Kroda, and Summoning from your list so have plenty more to check out. May try to do a lil list of my own. I keep a note on my phone for albums to check out in a given year and cross off when I buy one...looks like I got 45 new albums in 2018 to choose from.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #1625 on:** February 1, 2019, 10:26:35 am »

Just bought tickets for Devin Townsend in Manchester (December) - be weird not seeing the usual band with him.

Jack the Red · « **Reply #1626 on:** February 1, 2019, 11:40:47 am »

There's a documentary on Amazon Prime called Death By Metal, about Chuck Schuldiner and his bands Death and Control Denied. Gonna watch it later, looks good.

StockyRacistBannedTwat · « **Reply #1627 on:** February 1, 2019, 06:39:45 pm »

Quote from: Buck Pete on September 30, 2018, 08:09:01 pm

Cheers for the replies.

Gonna get hold of 'Reign in Blood' to start with

Reign in Blood is the bollocks la,you might like 'South of Heaven' as well,trust me,you will

StockyRacistBannedTwat · « **Reply #1628 on:** February 1, 2019, 06:45:09 pm »

Quote from: Ziltoid on February 1, 2019, 10:26:35 am

Just bought tickets for Devin Townsend in Manchester (December) - be weird not seeing the usual band with him.

DTP,best band EVER with Devy in it,SYL are a close second,that is subjective

,have you heard imonolith btw,Beav and Ryans new band,fuckin brilliant

StockyRacistBannedTwat · « **Reply #1629 on:** February 1, 2019, 06:51:42 pm »

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/heXJltKWJrI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/heXJltKWJrI</a>

For Ziltoid,in case he hasn't already seen it,in which case,for you lot as well \m/

Ziltoid · « **Reply #1630 on:** February 1, 2019, 06:53:25 pm »

Quote from: StockingfillerTime on February 1, 2019, 06:45:09 pm

DTP,best band EVER with Devy in it,SYL are a close second,that is subjective ,have you heard imonolith btw,Beav and Ryans new band,fuckin brilliant

Spotify? I'll download

Sorry but Rush are the best band ever.,

He's a fucking genius though.

StockyRacistBannedTwat · « **Reply #1631 on:** February 1, 2019, 06:59:20 pm »

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/VemfKMsHx34" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/VemfKMsHx34</a>
My all time fave ever metal moment

StockyRacistBannedTwat · « **Reply #1632 on:** February 1, 2019, 07:00:51 pm »

Quote from: Ziltoid on February 1, 2019, 06:53:25 pm

Spotify? I'll download

Sorry but Rush are the best band ever.,

He's a fucking genius though.

Glad I have found someone that appreciates the finer bands in life

rob1966 · « **Reply #1633 on:** February 1, 2019, 07:16:53 pm »

Quote from: Ziltoid on February 1, 2019, 06:53:25 pm

Spotify? I'll download

Sorry but Rush are the best band ever.,

He's a fucking genius though.

Rush are the equivalent of nails on a blackboard for me.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #1634 on:** February 1, 2019, 07:23:10 pm »

Quote from: StockingfillerTime on February 1, 2019, 07:00:51 pm

Glad I have found someone that appreciates the finer bands in life

Saw him at the Royal Albert Hall. And then 6 weeks later in a church doing acoustic in Leeds. Both superb. As my mate says, he's on here, when you see him in concert it's like having a spiritual experience.

StockyRacistBannedTwat · « **Reply #1635 on:** February 1, 2019, 07:45:41 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on February 1, 2019, 07:16:53 pm

Rush are the equivalent of nails on a blackboard for me.

Rob :O

StockyRacistBannedTwat · « **Reply #1636 on:** February 1, 2019, 07:48:01 pm »

Quote from: Ziltoid on February 1, 2019, 07:23:10 pm

Saw him at the Royal Albert Hall. And then 6 weeks later in a church doing acoustic in Leeds. Both superb. As my mate says, he's on here, when you see him in concert it's like having a spiritual experience.

Deadhead at The Royal Albert,I don't think there is a better musical experience EVER and I saw Anathema at the Liverpool Cathedral

StockyRacistBannedTwat · « **Reply #1637 on:** February 1, 2019, 07:56:02 pm »

My Son loves '12 foot ninja' and 'Dead letter circus' a couple of Aussie bands,I must admit,they are fuckin great,have a listen

StockyRacistBannedTwat · « **Reply #1638 on:** February 1, 2019, 08:02:09 pm »

Quote from: Ziltoid on February 1, 2019, 07:23:10 pm

Saw him at the Royal Albert Hall. And then 6 weeks later in a church doing acoustic in Leeds. Both superb. As my mate says, he's on here, when you see him in concert it's like having a spiritual experience.

I have seen him in concert,Anneke Van Giersbergen as well,I saw her when she was in The Gathering back in the 90's,what a fucking voice,her and Devin could sing the ingredients off a shampoo bottle and make it sound good

GreatEx · « **Reply #1639 on:** May 17, 2019, 09:21:08 am »

So yeah, thread bump time... I am seriously digging latter-day Rotting Christ. I never got into them in the 90s,but this bombastic sound they've adopted in the last decade is superb. I've bought "Rituals" and "Heretics" off bandcamp to celebrate my modest pay rise.