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Blood Incantation - Starspawn

Oh boy, who am I not seeing this year would probably be an easier answer. I'll hit the highlights on the current agenda.

This week - Crowbar

April - ASG, Red Beard

Sodom, Candlemass, Queensryche, Autopsy, Eternal Champion, Morbid Saint, Rotting Christ, Forbidden, Demolition Hammer.... among others at Hell's Heroes

May - Judas Priest

Maryland Death Fest: so many fucking bands - Dismember, Archgoat, Sacrifice, Gorguts, Primordial, Vomitory, 1349, Aura Noir, Soilent Green...

August - Metallica

Emperor Guillotine - Black Pyramid - calling @markm - crunchy stoner tastiness

Black Pyramid | Emperor Guillotine (bandcamp.com)

Ithilrå - Covenant of the Blackened Woodlands

Covenant of the Blackened Woodlands | Ithilrå (bandcamp.com)

3 hours ago, AlSymerz said:

Someone is trying to start a story that the 'reunion' has been organise without Kerry's authorisation and that he's not part of it so he's getting his lawyers involved but I wasn't able to confirm the story (and didn't try too hard).

It is fake. Somebody has already admitted to fabricating it. I think the reunion was planned a while back and all the press with KK was engineered to draw interest prior to announcing. Dumb imo because anything Slayer does would draw major commercial interest at this point.

I dunno if it's retirement money or just boredom. Most people figure out that no longer doing the things you did basically your whole life isn't quite what you thought it would be. Not uncommon to see people come out of retirement to work part-time to fill the void.

42 minutes ago, JamesT said:

Exodus - "Shovel Headed Kill Machine"

Motorhead - "We Are Motorhead"

Sadistic Force - "Aces Wild"

Sadistic Force - "Midnight Assassin"

An incredible find!  The best description I can give it is a "blackened Motorhead".  The guitar work is killer, and the vocals are reminiscent of black metal.  Musically, it's a nice mix of thrash/speed/rock 'n' roll and some touches of black metal.  Can't recommend these guys highly enough!

Sadistic Force is pretty good. Saw them last year. Do a great cover of Blind in Texas. Blackened Motorhead isn't far off.

1 hour ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

I’d sooner go deaf then subject myself too such a show.

This 

1 hour ago, AlSymerz said:

With all the love for the later Slayer albums around here it will be hard to hide everyone's excitement that two reformation gigs have been announced.

Not gonna lie, I've never seen them live. So I'd go if they were at a decent fest even with the current lineup. But I'm not interested in either of the fests that were announced today.

2 hours ago, Arioch said:

Demolition Hammer - Time Bomb (1994)

Yes, I know: I must be a bit of a masochist... After THE monument that is Epidemic of Violence, listening to its successor... Time Bomb... Unless I'm mistaken, Time Bomb was a project that wasn't intended to be called Demolition Hammer. But the band's label decided otherwise. What a shame!

 

Yeah, Time Bomb is not a choice for regular rotation, but there's some decent stuff there. No real way to follow Epidemic. That record is just brutal face ripping madness. I've never heard them revisit Time Bomb live either, so my take away is it's in their "Cold Lake" category.

I lost interest in many of the second tier thrash acts around the time they changed their sound as grunge took over the world. This one falls in with Coroner - Grin, Sadus - Elements of Anger, and a few others that didn't impress me when they rolled out, but revisiting years later they're not as bad as I remembered. Not the same sound as earlier works, but once you separate your expectations for how that band should sound from what is there...it's easier to appreciate them for what they are. I would note that the same logic doesn't work for me with the albums from the Big 4 around the same time. I've tried revisiting the Black album, God Hates Us All, Youthanasia, even throw in Roots for good measure and just can't do it.

Bewitcher - Under the Witching Cross

Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

Strapping Young Lad - Alien

Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken

3 minutes ago, Arioch said:

Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence (1992)

 

Unfortunately, I can only give one horns up. One of my all time faves.

Tau Cross - Pillar of Fire

Tau Cross - Tau Cross

Amebix - Sonic Mass

Napalm Death - Scum

Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption

Napalm Death - Throes of Joy

Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent

Killing Joke - Hosannas

As someone living with the consequences of family not making plans for an elderly loved one in their later years, good on you @Nasty_Cabbage. I'll be honest, I contemplate murder more than I should, but I also practice a good deal of restraint. I wouldn't say I asked to be in the situation or even rogered up for it, but there are zero resources where I live and I can't see the old bag homeless. We're getting on alright but praying for a speedy end. Just be sure to take time for yourself because I promise, despite the best of intentions, it will weigh on you heavily after a while. Especially if and when the dementia kicks in. Here's hoping you find it better than I.

Polished off a bottle of S. African Pinotage last night. Probably the first SA Pinot I've had. Not bad, nothing to write home about.

Tonight, back to Uncle Jameson and his girlfriend Ginger Ale.

Theatrical hookers unwittingly gripe

SHAT

1 hour ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

This Lion's Mouth record is pretty cool man, I dig it. I know to some it would seem out of character for me to like something like this, but I like laid back mellow shit like this, it's mostly the mainstream mass appeal poseur metal that I just can't stomach.  Was this something you heard back in the day or a more recent discovery? Now that I think about it for a sec I guess you were still a child in 1981 so you probably ran across it more recently. Many of us like to complain that there's just too much music out there to keep up with it all, but the other side of that is that you can always discover something cool from 40 years ago, we'll never run out of hidden gems like this we missed. Couldn't sleep much last night so I ended up crashing out from 11am til 2pm, my kid's sick now with whatever I had all last week, so I got him his medicine and some oatmeal and blueberries and now I am enjoying my lazy Sunday "morning" coffee at 4:30pm with my cool new post punk discovery. Cheers my friend, don't stop posting these non-metal sleepers.

I probably ran into The Sound around the end of the 80's. They were in the group of bands similar enough to the more well known goth/Post-Punk acts like The Cure, Bauhaus, Joy Division etc but a bit underground for the states. Iirc, I was dating some goth chick who had all sorts of stuff I'd never knew existed. The Sound, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Chameleons, Clan of Xymox, Fields of Nephilim... Some stuck with me, some didn't. The first 3-4 from The Sound are excellent and the live album from 85 is one of the better from that subgenre.

Hope little 'Noise gets back on his feet soon.

The Cult - Electric

Fields of Nephilim - Dawnrazor

And Also the Trees - Virus Meadow

Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame

New Model Army - Ghost of Cain

1 hour ago, JamesT said:

That is a fantastic point, my friend.  They truly don't owe us fans anything more, given what they've already graced us with.  But like you said, they don't seem to be slowing down quite yet, so I'll just look forward with eagerness to any further releases and enjoy all of this great material until the day I die.  And just curious - I saw you mention March of 2022 when you talked about how they're still bringing the goods live.  Did you see them during that particular month up in NY/NJ?  I actually saw them live that same exact month!  They came down here to Asheville, NC, which is over in the mountains and is about a 5-hour drive from me.  But my wife and I made the trip, stayed in a downtown hotel for one night, and I saw my thrash heroes up close.  I was literally at the very front, leaning up against the barricade in front of the stage, while Blitz sang/shouted his heart out and the band absolutely slayed.  I got a shirt with "The Wings of War" album cover displayed prominently across the back and the Chalie emblem on the front.  It was a night I'll treasure forever.

I saw them last year with Exhorder. I'll admit, I've never been an Overkill fan. Just one of those bands that flew under my radar. Really good live. Blitz sounds great although you can tell that performing is physically taxing for him at his age. A lot of the old guard still bring it live. Exciter, Razor, Possessed, Megadeth, Suicidal, Sodom... I'm just trying to see as many as I can while I can. Never know how many more opportunities we'll get. Having grown up in an area that never saw  many tours, I missed pretty much everything back in the day, so now I travel to see everything I can.

Anyway, lazy Sunday morning. Schizophrenic Florida has decided we needed one more blast of winter and it's 40 degrees outside. So coffee and tunes until it gets tolerable outside.

The Sound - From the Lions Mouth

Picked up quite a bit lately:

Vinyl

My Dying Bride - As the Flower Withers

My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans

My Dying Bride - The Angel and The Dark River

Opeth - Damnation 20th Anniversary

Mastodon - Leviathan

Depeche Mode - Violator

Clutch - s/t

Anathema - Hindsight 

Circle of Ourobous - Mullan Tuoksu, Pehmeat Kasvot, Sisaan Katsovat Seppelesilmat (comp)

CD

Inquisition - Veneration of Medieval Mysticism and Cosmological Violence (CD box set)

Circle of Ourobous - Islands

Vinyl shopping today. Brought home a few classics.

Depeche Mode - Violator (gatefold reissue)

Mastodon - Leviathan

Clutch - s/t

New Witch Vomit in April

Funeral Sanctum | Witch Vomit | 20 Buck Spin (bandcamp.com)

33 minutes ago, MarkhantonioYeatts said:

TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT - Anthem

 

Definitely a banging cover. Claudio really does the vocals justice. Gwarsenio can put together solid lineups for these. A few of my favorite covers by the channel.

Riff Raff - Neil Fallon is the perfect choice for this song. Whole cover is fucking great.

Unchained

Caught in a Mosh

Earth A.D.

Power Metal day. Something I'm not usually in the mood for but just feels right today. My ass is dragging after a brutal travel schedule of late, so a little pick me up I guess. Throw all the shit into a playlist and let it go.

German

Blind Guardian - Memories of a Time to Come

Gamma Ray - Heading for Tomorrow

Helloween - Helloween, Keeper pt 1 & 2

US

Queensryche - EP & Rage for Order

Crimson Glory - self titled

Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction

Liege Lord - Master Control

Attacker - Battle at Helm's Deep

Omen - Battle Cry

Savatage - Sirens

Fates Warning - Guardian & Spectre

Warlord - Deliver Us

Heir Apparent - Graceful Inheritance

Not Power Metal, but close enough

The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveler & Deadmen

2 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

I can tolerate some Rush, but those Limelight/Tom Sawyer/New World Man/Freewill/Spirit of Radio early 80's era "hits" have been overplayed to the point where I will rush to turn it off. Give me some of their earlier songs like Finding My Way or Bastille Day or some of the lesser played hits like Red Barchetta or that Trees song and I can enjoy them a little bit even though Geddy's voice kills me. I've never even heard any of the late 80's or later stuff.

Caress of Steel is where it's at. Was just jamming The Necromancer earlier today. F'ing love that song. Love the dirty/gritty guitar tone on that album (no it's not Goat Mafia dirty, but definitely considerably moreso than any other Rush album).

Aside from the radio hits, I never understand the hate for early Rush. It's prog. I guess if you just hate prog, then no way you'll like it, but it's miles ahead of the other celebrated genre stallwarts like Yes (rather have herpes than listen to Jon Anderson) and Genesis, slightly less weird/more listenable than King Crimson, and more consistent than Uriah Heep. 80's stuff, totally get it even if I don't agree. The sound wasn't for everyone (keyboard forward) even if the songwriting was excellent as was the musicianship. Post 90 stuff was a bit hit or miss. Most albums had 3-4 really strong songs and a good bit of filler. I like all of it, but I do get why some fans of the older stuff didn't stick around after the shift in their sound around 84.

Later Rush probably still wouldn't do it for you, but Geddy's voice did mellow with time. Their last album (Clockwork Angels) is probably the best thing they did post-1990. Hell maybe even post-84. Worth a listen. Maybe my 3 favorite songs off the album. I guarantee you'll enjoy this more than anything by Tay-Tay.

Brought Up To Believe

The Garden

The Wreckers

39 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

I'm sure it's a badge of honour here to say this, but I too have never consciously heard her music and have no idea what it is like.

Do they not play music in Aussie grocery stores or other general retail outlets? There's no escaping the general Top-40 bullshit here in the States unless you live in a bunker and avoid all public spaces. Granted, I'd have no idea who sings any of these songs if it weren't for the women in my life, but regardless it's piped in everywhere.

10 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Hobbs Angel of Death - s/t

38° in Adelaide, that’s 100 for all you Americans, too hot for anything, but thrash

That's Florida weather. I actually would rather it be 100F today versus 60 and rainy. Been raining for like a month here it seems like with no break for the rest of the week. Guess it could be worse.

Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba

Dead Milkmen - Death Rides A Pale Cow

12 hours ago, BloodHornVital said:

Branikald - Frost vision

Don't think I've heard that one. I have Рдяндалир (Rdyandalir), To Kampf, and a few others I've never been able to translate. I've been looking for Khladavzor, Night Wolf, and Winterkald but there all as rare as hen's teeth.

Hellir - wheel ghosts

25 minutes ago, Arioch said:

I agree. The music isn't bad and the drummer's playing is full of energy that makes you want to headbang.

But for me, the black spot is the singer. He reminds me of Hetfield from the first word he sings and that bothers me.

I'll have another listen when I'm in a better frame of mind. I lost my mum this week so I'm not in the mood to listen to music.

But I'll save this band for when I'm feeling better.

Condolences dude. 

That Russian history book would be right up my alley. I'm reading a history of the Mongol empire atm and have a history of Taiwan queued up. I do enjoy fiction, specifically Sci-fi and Fantasy as well as cosmic horror stuff, but as I get older I tend to gravitate to non-fiction.

Best recent reads include:

The Origin of Satan: How Christians demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics by Elaine Pagels

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild (history of Belgian colonization of the Congo)

Under the Banner of Faith: A Story of Violent Faith by John Krakauer (about Mormon fundamentalists)