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The Metal Thread |OT2| All Riffs, No Gifs

I have to say: Spotify's "Discover" feature is the best thing that happened to me music-wise in a long time. So many good bands I've never heard of (and who for the most part don't even have a Wikipedia article). It's just great!
 
Yep, I love those first 2 albums, Killers more so. Bruce is great too, but I like Di"Anno better. 2 of my favorite live albums feature Di'Anno. The Maiden Japan bootleg and Praying Mantis - Live At Last. Can't get enough of those.

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New Toxik tunes:

Too Late

Crooked Crosses
 
Huh, so Ensiferum put out an EP of cover songs. Tracks are Warmetal, Wrathchild, Lady In Black, Breaking The Law.
 
The end of the year is nigh metal-friends. Anyone else care to post their top 10 lists?
I always have a problem picking a number 1 so I just decided to go with the album I listened to the most this year. Not a whole lot of death metal on my list either but I feel like my tastes have been going that way the last few years. I still listen to a good amount of it but most albums have not had enough of a lasting effect on me to make the list. I do still need to listen to that Morbus Chron album though.

1. Woods of Desolation - As the Stars
2. Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
3. Spectral Lore - III
4. Sargeist - Feeding the Crawling Shadows
5. Thou - Heathen
6. Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall
7. A Pregnant Light - Before I Came/My Game Doesn't Have a Name
8. Darkspace - Darkspace III I
9. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III - Saturnian Poetry
10. Behemoth - The Satanist

Honorable mentions: The Body - I Shall Die Here, The Great Old Ones - Tekeli-Li, Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere
 
I got the Morbus Chron - Sweven album real late, maybe a couple months ago. It quickly became one of my top albums of the year.

Cant come up with 10, but here are my standouts in no particular order:

1) Perturbator - Dangerous Days
2) Morbus Chron - Sweven
3) Horrendous - Ecdysis
4) Swallowed - Lunarterial
5) Cult of Fire - मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान

I think the Cult of Fire came out in late 2013. Perturbator's latest is probably my most listened to album even though its not metal. As much of a Godflesh fan that I am, I really couldn't get into the latest album. EP was definitely better.
 
Cult of Fire would have been on my list too but I decided to strictly stick to 2014. That Perturbator album is great, I agree. I should also mention that my list is strictly metal. My full top 10 is different.
 
Well, the problem is that most of my 2014 buys are album from past years... But i'll try to remember the ones from this year:

1. Arch Enemy - War Eternal
2. Epica - The Quantum Enigma
3. Words Of Farewell - The Black Wild Yonder
4. Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution
5. Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
6. Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun
7. Eluveitie - Origins
8. Septicflesh - Titan
9. Machine Head - Bloodstone And Diamond
10. Xerath - III
Honorable Mentions: Mechina - Xenon, In This Moment - Black Widow, Jinjer - Cloud Factory

Really close race between 1 and 2 as well as between 4 and 5.

btw, these are all 2014 albums I listened to more than once. I don't find them particular outstanding from 7 to the bottom but they are good enough that I would buy them again.
 
Royal_Flush said:
New Nightwish album is called "Endless Forms Most Beautiful". Still no song snippets or tracklist, tough.
Honestly I neither like the name nor the cover art
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I like the cover. The name sucks though. I am not a native speaker/writer, is that even proper English? And for some odd reason I read it the same way as Steven Wilson's upcoming album, with dots behind every word (Hand. Cannot. Erase.).
 
I really should post more.........

My top 5:

# 1: Black Crown Initiate - The Wreckage of Stars

The rest in no order:

Descend - Wither
The Great Old Ones - Tekeli-Li
Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
Origin - Omnipresent
 
Is there a power metal presence here? I need some new music, recommendations would be appreciated.
 
ComputerMKII said:
Does anyone here like Chthonic? They're releasing an acoustic album.
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I do now, after listening to the second song you posted. But it bugs me that I can not say by the voice of the singers how many of them are female. My guess would be at least one maybe both... Is that correct? (It is assuming the singers in the accoustic one are the same as in the guttural one)

I don't like the accoustic version much tbh. It sounds very different to the original version and the definitely should gave gone with some traditional taiwanese percussion instead of this ordinary drum kit. The result sounds very weird imo.
 
Royal_Flush said:
I do now, after listening to the second song you posted. But it bugs me that I can not say by the voice of the singers how many of them are female. My guess would be at least one maybe both... Is that correct? (It is assuming the singers in the accoustic one are the same as in the guttural one)

I don't like the accoustic version much tbh. It sounds very different to the original version and the definitely should gave gone with some traditional taiwanese percussion instead of this ordinary drum kit. The result sounds very weird imo.
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The band has only one main (male) singer but the bassist (Doris, who's the girl in my avatar) sometimes does backing vocals. Also, they may have hired guest musicians/singers for their acoustic songs/shows.

Two more songs I like from that band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jYsu5-TJQ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSUREB9DQ5g

I love the part at 2:15, when you start hearing horns.
 
Brandon Stosuy from Pitchfork posted his year-end list.

I've listened to an embarrassingly small amount of new metal this year, so I really need to do some catching up. My favorite album of those that I heard was probably Psalm Zero's debut. The new Tombs record is also awesome and makes all of their previous material completely boring and unlistenable in comparison.
 
vatstep said:
Brandon Stosuy from Pitchfork posted his year-end list.

I've listened to an embarrassingly small amount of new metal this year, so I really need to do some catching up. My favorite album of those that I heard was probably Psalm Zero's debut. The new Tombs record is also awesome and makes all of their previous material completely boring and unlistenable in comparison.
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tombs is on the list of bands that i should love on paper but can't get into at all. yob's also two spots too low but i'll be proselytizing about that fucker until the end of time.
 
I've been following Mike Hill's projects for upwards of 15 years at this point and for some reason they've always been something I really appreciate but infrequently listen to.
 
The Ensiferum covers are as expected. The new album will likely be a glass of warm milk.

The newish Cult of Fire songs are kind of not that great. Surprised.


ComputerMKII said:
Does anyone here like Chthonic? They're releasing an acoustic album.
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The last album was a real letdown after the awesomeness of Takasago Army. They might have caught lightning in a bottle on that album, as I really haven't been that blown away by anything else they've done.
 
got some pictures in today just before it got too dark. Still, the lighting is a bit on the warm and too sexy for death metal side. None of these are new really, but I never snapped these before and of course I would like to recommend them.

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Ignivomous (AUS), commanding, oppressive metal of death. Not a stretch to say that Death Transmutation is one of the greatest death metal albums ever written and produced in my honest opinion. Just a really dark and crushingly heavy style of death metal, not unlike Incantation. They would more recently start incorporating some Immolation elements as well. Mandatory.

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Anatomia (JPN), particularly doomy Autopsy-woship. I guess this is the continuation of the band Transgressor. If you aren't already too keen on Autopsy these guys will not likely do anything for you, but they're a very solid band and I rec them to anyone who likes doomy, crunchy, sludgy, desolate death metal.
 
MezzoForte said:
got some pictures in today just before it got too dark. Still, the lighting is a bit on the warm and too sexy for death metal side. None of these are new really, but I never snapped these before and of course I would like to recommend them.



Ignivomous (AUS), commanding, oppressive metal of death. Not a stretch to say that Death Transmutation is one of the greatest death metal albums ever written and produced in my honest opinion. Just a really dark and crushingly heavy style of death metal, not unlike Incantation. They would more recently start incorporating some Immolation elements as well. Mandatory.


Anatomia (JPN), particularly doomy Autopsy-woship. I guess this is the continuation of the band Transgressor. If you aren't already too keen on Autopsy these guys will not likely do anything for you, but they're a very solid band and I rec them to anyone who likes doomy, crunchy, sludgy, desolate death metal.
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Wow, sick. I only have Death Transmutation from Ignivomous but it's an awesome album. I remember it getting a lot of buzz in metal circles when it came out. Those vinyls look great. Ditto the Anatomia vinyls, though I am not familiar with them. Will listen. I'm keen as fuck on Autopsy so I'm sure it will be right up my alley.

I'm just a big fan of simple vinyl packaging. One sleeve and a black disk. That's all you need.
 
Ravager61 said:
I'm just a big fan of simple vinyl packaging. One sleeve and a black disk. That's all you need.
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I can't go out of my way enough to agree with this sentiment haha. Other little things that I love in a release of course is heavy cardboard jackets and at least one insert for lyrics and additional art. Some LPs I have feature killer booklets, but for the most part I'm OK with just a single two-sided insert. I would take that over a gatefold for those purposes. I gotta say I'm not a fan of printed inner sleeves, though. They split all too often during transit and sometimes it makes it a pain in the ass to put the record back in the jacket.

so I've actually been spending a lot of money on CDs lately since I've been on the road a ton. Mostly newer releases but a couple great reissues and some OOP stuff that I've been meaning to get my hands on for forever. Now that my car's been paid off, my new years metal resolution is to either post CD scans or pictures of vinyl once a week. Too easy.
 
Been forever since I've dropped in, I'm fervently listening to my top Thrash Albums for 2014, I'll have a top ten out by the end of the month. I usually do a top 50, but I wanted to make it real tough on myself this year.

Now for some classic NWOBHM...

Omega - Yesterday's Children
Crisis - Spirits of the Night
Valkyrie - Streetfighter
Ricochet - Downtown Rumble
Elixir - Treachery (ride like the wind)
Hell - Plague & Fire - Hell
Aragorn - Black Ice
 Vagabond - Pontoon & Blackjack
Dawnwatcher - Hall of Mirrors
 Reincarnate - Man On The Hill
Badge - Something I've Lost
Shiva - Angel of Mons
Renegade Angel - Hell's Let Loose
Sunset Blaze - Florence of Arabia
Millennium - Magic Mirror
Desolation Angels - Valhalla
Lady - Mountain of Madness
Jaguar - Dutch Connection
Flyte-Oh For The Brains Of A Ludwig
Night Vision - Promises of Better Times
 
MezzoForte said:
Ignivomous (AUS), commanding, oppressive metal of death. Not a stretch to say that Death Transmutation is one of the greatest death metal albums ever written and produced in my honest opinion. Just a really dark and crushingly heavy style of death metal, not unlike Incantation. They would more recently start incorporating some Immolation elements as well. Mandatory.

Anatomia (JPN), particularly doomy Autopsy-woship. I guess this is the continuation of the band Transgressor. If you aren't already too keen on Autopsy these guys will not likely do anything for you, but they're a very solid band and I rec them to anyone who likes doomy, crunchy, sludgy, desolate death metal.
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These are both good albums from what I listened to on Bandcamp. Nice sound, especially Anatomia; love Death/Doom, from Japan (!!!)

Anyway, 2015 already has a new BTBAM album coming...so this year is going to be worth paying attention to yet again.
 
Chiptune-metal artist Rainbowdragoneyes as been on tour recently with a lot of pirate metal bands, and he just released an EP of one original song and 4 chiptune covers of some of the more popular pirate metal out there (including Swashbuckle, where he's actually the drummer).

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I've been travelling the world as a pirate and these are my stories. It's time to Hook The Plank and enjoy my versions of 4 songs I don't own the rights to from each of The Big Four [of Pirate Metal]. Avast yarr hooks ahoy!
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1. Hook The Plank
2. Chipwrecked (Alestorm)
3. Dreaded 8-Bit Skies (Lagerstein)
4. Cruise Bit Terror (Swashbuckle)
5. Binged And Bit-Purged (The Dread Crew Of Oddwood)

https://rainbowdragoneyes.bandcamp.com/album/pieces-ov-eight-bit-the-chiptune-pirate-metal-ep
 
FelixOrion said:
Chiptune-metal artist Rainbowdragoneyes as been on tour recently with a lot of pirate metal bands, and he just released an EP of one original song and 4 chiptune covers of some of the more popular pirate metal out there (including Swashbuckle, where he's actually the drummer).

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1. Hook The Plank
2. Chipwrecked (Alestorm)
3. Dreaded 8-Bit Skies (Lagerstein)
4. Cruise Bit Terror (Swashbuckle)
5. Binged And Bit-Purged (The Dread Crew Of Oddwood)

https://rainbowdragoneyes.bandcamp.com/album/pieces-ov-eight-bit-the-chiptune-pirate-metal-ep
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Heavy metal chiptune music. Now I've heard everything. Sounds awesome.
 
e_i said:
Heavy metal chiptune music. Now I've heard everything. Sounds awesome.
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Rainbowdragoneyes has been around for a little while and he's always stellar.

There's also stuff groups like Norrin_Radd (did death metal chiptune concept album), Monomer (which has more of a glam metal/80's scifi feel to it), Machinae Supremacy (power metal group with some SID chip added in), and Horse the Band (metalcore with LSDJ gameboy/"Nintendocore"),
 
Juke Joint Jezebel said:
Been listening to this absolute classic. The prologue, "Necropolis" and "Flaming Metal System" are all fucking timeless.
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One of my most favorite traditional heavy metal albums of all time. Definitely in my top 10. Don't you ever get lost in necropolis....

Rest said:
I've never heard power metal that I didn't like, so throw something at me. If I don't like something you guys suggest it's not like it'll kill me.
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I'll link you some of my favorites right now.

Blind Guardian and Lost Horizon are essential power metal listening.

Japanese power metal is also extremely awesome. Bands like Galneryus and Versailles should be heard by anyone interested in power metal. If you like those, you should listen to MinstreliX, who are lesser known but are pretty good. There are plenty more.

One more I would like to share. Twilight Force are a band who released their album last year and it was one of the albums that got me more interested in power metal. It is just a hype as fuck amalgamation of everything awesome about European power metal.
 
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