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Brahmashiras - Brahmashiras (EP) Russia. Riffy, ony 17 minutes long but I like it.

 

Crucifixion Bell - Mirages in Izar, USBM. This album dropped yesterday, but yet today M-A has them listed as "split-up." And it's a fucking one man band! How exactly does a one-man band split up?

 

Vetëvrakh - Satanic Black Moloch, 2022 Bosnia & Herzegovina, weird how the last few days all this shit from Bosnia keeps popping up. Not a country with an extensive history of back metal.

 

Oskrnavitelj - Pradavni, Serbia

 

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1 hour ago, Innominate said:

Vomitory - All Heads Are Gonna Roll

I've heard nothing but adoring praise for this album since it was released. I feel pretty confident that it's not going to turn the metal world upside down with it's staggering originality. It's really cool to see people excited for high quality material done right, which is easy enough to lose sight of in the constant search for new music. Commendable.

NP: ▶︎ Annihilational Intercention | HELLWITCH | LISTENABLE RECORDS (bandcamp.com)

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23 hours ago, SurgicalBrute said:

Anyone who doesn't like the banjo solo on Taake's "Myr" probably puts pineapple on pizza as well

Yeah, but being on a Taake song is just the persuasion I need. And at the risk of opening the can of worms again, while I'd never order pineapple on pizza, I will happily eat it if is there. Not Kiwi fruit of course, but I never eat those nasty hairy things.

56 minutes ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

And it's a no thank you from Thatguy. There is something sterile about this. Metal by numbers? 

23 hours ago, SurgicalBrute said:

Whereas this is indeed pretty good.

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1 hour ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

Vomitory - All Heads Are Gonna Roll

I've heard nothing but adoring praise for this album since it was released. I feel pretty confident that it's not going to turn the metal world upside down with it's staggering originality. It's really cool to see people excited for high quality material done right, which is easy enough to lose sight of in the constant search for new music. Commendable.

Nothing wrong with a bit of Vomitory. This new one sounds just like all their other albums, but clearly originality is not the goal here. Regardless I'll still take any Vomitory album over anything from Entombed or Dismember ten times out of ten. I do think Vomitory is a terrible band name but they did not consult me. Guess it's probably too late for them to change it now. Grave will always be my favorite Swedeath band though, that will never change. Vomitory's in the #2 slot.

 

1 hour ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

Hellwitch - Annihilational Intercention

This is not very good. Not extreme enough. Which sucks because I generally can't resist checking out bands with Hell or Witch in their name. To give me both in one name and get my hopes up, and then to be so mediocre like this is unforgiveable. The only upside was they only had one track up on YT so I only had to suffer through a few miunutes of it.

 

31 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

I'd never order pineapple on pizza, I will happily eat it if is there. Not Kiwi fruit of course, but I never eat those nasty hairy things.

You've just invalidated every opinion you've ever offered pineapple boy.

Kiwis happen to be quite tasty (just please not on fucking pizza) but you need to get out the peeler to peel off the fur. I don't ever buy fruit for myself, but I used to get kiwis for my son when he was a toddler because they gave some to him when we were in New Zealand and he loved them. As long as we peeled the fur off.

We don't bother saying kiwi fruit over here they're just plain 'kiwis' to us because most Yanks are not aware of the flightless birds or that New Zealanders even exist, so 'kiwi' can only mean one thing, the fruit. We also drop the 'root' and just call those delicious reddish purple (or golden) veggies 'beets' because the 'root' part is completely unneccessary.

 

31 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

Whereas this is indeed pretty good.

It's right there on my 2010's death metal list under 2014 😁

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Just now, AlSymerz said:

How to you distinguish between the beetroot and the beetleaves?

We don't root for our football teams either, but that's only because the football teams get caught rooting themselves all too often.

 

Well obviously beets are beets and beet leaves would be beet leaves. Was that some kind of a trick question?

Same with the leaves that grow above the surface of any root vegetable. No one calls carrots carrotroot or parsnips parsniproot or turnips turniproot or potatoes potatoroot do they? Everyone knows beets are a root vegetable.

Yes I learned that when I went to the cricket "test" match against Pakistan back in Jaunuary 2017 with Carlissimo (a dude from the our old Metal-Fi forum who lives in Marrickville.) Americans root for their teams while Aussies barrack. 

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No trick question, but the entire plant is the beet, the root is the bulb that grows below the ground and the leaves grow above the ground. Eating the beet only suggests eating the entire thing.

There is a technical reason why we don't call it a carrot root, but I'm not going to it because I can't remember it all and I surely CBF typing it all.

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I suppose it would technically be possible to eat the leaves of just about any root vegetable, and I'm sure there are some vegans or something who live deep in the forest somewhere who probably do eat them and think they're a delicasy. But I don't think too many average Americans have any interest in eating the beet leaves. And I say that as someone who unlike the majority of Americans really loves his veggies. As a rule we cut off the leaves and stems and throw them away before we cook the beets, just like we do with carrots and parsnips and onions and turnips and potatoes.

 

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18 hours ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

 

NP: Cancer - Death Shall Rise

 

 

Absolutely love this album.

 

2 hours ago, AlSymerz said:

There is a technical reason why we don't call it a carrot root.

Probably cause carrots are roughly phallic shaped and root means sex.  Basically we don't want to give people the idea they can fuck themselves with carrots.

 

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On 6/6/2023 at 7:49 PM, GoatmasterGeneral said:

 

That Chastain chick does have a great voice for heavy metal, better than most of the dudes I can think of. But Jeez JT she's old enough to be your mom's older sister! Never got into them back in the day probably because they got started too late, by '85 I was a total thrash maniac and had basically stopped listening to most trad heavy metal. I can still appreciate stuff like this every now and then though, but hearing a couple of Chastain tunes has just made me want to listen to this:

Rock Goddess 1983

 

Haha that's very true - she really is! 

I've been really digging all of the Chastain stuff I've been listening to lately.  I discovered them just about 6 months ago but never really did a deep dive into the catalog until much more recently.  I'll have to check out Rock Goddess!

Brainstorm - "Firesoul"

Brainstorm - "Scary Creatures"

Brainstorm - "Midnight Ghost"

Brainstorm - "On the Spur of the Moment"

Liking what I'm hearing so far from these guys.  Traditional metal with some power metal thrown in.  Nowhere near HammerFall's level but still really solid.  Looking forward to spending more time with their material.

Machine Head - "Burn My Eyes"

Machine Head - "The More Things Change..."

Always been more of a casual fan of these guys, but these recent listens have yielded more enjoyment than past listens.  Gonna finish out the discography tomorrow and over the weekend.

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2 hours ago, Thatguy said:

And it's a no thank you from Thatguy. There is something sterile about this. Metal by numbers? 

Yeah. I thought the guitar tone was a little too dry for my liking. Thrashifying your riffs is a virtue in itself, but you need a few more dynamic elements in your songwriting if you want to rise above the pack. I'd still score it slightly below average

54 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

I suppose it would technically be possible to eat the leaves of just about any root vegetable, and I'm sure there are some vegans or something who live deep in the forest somewhere who probably do eat them and think they're a delicasy.

Possible, but ill advised. Being friends with hippies is such a double edged sword. A lot of them can really cook, but man if they aren't scared of everything. What's this in my energy drink? Phenylketonuerics? That's a big scary word. Better not drink it.

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Nothing to see here folks. Pretty standard issue dm.

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8 minutes ago, JamesT said:

 

Machine Head - "Burn My Eyes"

Machine Head - "The More Things Change..."

Always been more of a casual fan of these guys, but these recent listens have yielded more enjoyment than past listens.  Gonna finish out the discography tomorrow and over the weekend.

Those two are the only Machine Head albums I like and to be fair both are excellent.  However they turn to shit after that.  One of the most overrated bands in metaldom IMO.

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11 minutes ago, Dead1 said:

Those two are the only Machine Head albums I like and to be fair both are excellent.  However they turn to shit after that.  One of the most overrated bands in metaldom IMO.

I definitely agree they're overrated.  Although, I think their 2007 release "The Blackening" is absolutely incredible.  "Through the Ashes of Empires" (2003) and the newest album "Of Kingdom and Crown" (2022) are both really good as well.  But yes, I concede that I still don't quite get the appeal.  Looking forward to finishing out the catalog, though. 

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39 minutes ago, JamesT said:

I definitely agree they're overrated.  Although, I think their 2007 release "The Blackening" is absolutely incredible.  "Through the Ashes of Empires" (2003) and the newest album "Of Kingdom and Crown" (2022) are both really good as well.  But yes, I concede that I still don't quite get the appeal.  Looking forward to finishing out the catalog, though. 

I can't stand The Blackening.  Robb's whiny vocals, the sterile production and faceless riffs  = 🤮🤮🤮

 

Through the Ashes was just boring as hell to my ears.  From memory there was a single memorable riff.

On 6/8/2023 at 11:08 AM, GoatmasterGeneral said:

It's right there on my 2010's death metal list under 2014 😁

 

As was this, but you'll probaby say it's no good or too slow or something. Or try to put pineapple on it 😜

Lie In Ruins - Towards Divine Death, 2014 Finland

 

It's alright but nothing to write home about.

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2 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Americans root for their teams while Aussies barrack. 

I'm not rooting for any team.

You know about the category of useless men called wombats? Eats roots and leaves.

1 hour ago, Dead1 said:

Basically we don't want to give people the idea of fucking themselves with carrots.

Regrettably I doubt anyone so inclined needs any encouragement.

NYR GATA  - Seraphim. I learned about this band I think from the Nasty Vegetable via GG. Pretty good and I'll listen to their more recent one later.

MARKUS MASUHR - The Dub Theory 'Chapter Nine.' That's what it is.

 

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2 hours ago, Dead1 said:

Probably cause carrots are roughly phallic shaped and root means sex.  Basically we don't want to give people the idea they can fuck themselves with carrots.

 

I'm pretty sure there is a whole bunch of people who don't need that idea spelt out to them!
 

 

22 minutes ago, Dead1 said:

Only team I'd want to root is a cheerleader team.   😵

Awe c'mon that's a bit harsh, we have women's sports teams now, it opens the playing field

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2 hours ago, Dead1 said:

Probably cause carrots are roughly phallic shaped and root means sex.  Basically we don't want to give people the idea they can fuck themselves with carrots.

We don't use 'root' to mean sex over here. We have 5,000 other words we'll use but not that one for some reason. Didn't have to spend too much time in NZ though before I figured out root meant fuck. Usually a quick dirty fuck.

Not that it's any of my business...but I really hope your dick is not shaped like a carrot my friend. Because if it is then I think I've worked out the mystery of why Sheila don't wanna let you bang her but once a month. 

Don't eat the leaves, stick to the phallic part. Shit, now I'm never gonna look at carrots the same way ever again.

 

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2 minutes ago, Dead1 said:

Yeah but they're kinda scary looking a lot of the time!  

Gotta say I haven't really taken that much notice, I just figured the odds were that one or two had to be reasonable.

2 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Not that it's any of my business...but I really hope your dick is not shaped like a carrot my friend.

The shape comes from rolling between your hands it instead of stroking it. It's when it turns purple that one really need to worry....so I'm told.

NP Zakk Wylde - Book Of Shadows

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51 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

I'm not rooting for any team.

You know about the category of useless men called wombats? Eats roots and leaves.

Regrettably I doubt anyone so inclined needs any encouragement.

NYR GATA  - Seraphim. I learned about this band I think from the Nasty Vegetable via GG. Pretty good and I'll listen to their more recent one later.

MARKUS MASUHR - The Dub Theory 'Chapter Nine.' That's what it is.

 

At your age Doc you're lucky if she'll let you root at all. 

The funny thing is root doesn't mean sex over here, but now that I think about it, it is a somewhat obscure, archaic and seldom used 20th century euphemism for a man's cock.

I believe I've heard it "eats roots shoots and leaves." I've aso heard Wombat = waste of money brains and time.

All this talk of rooting and carrots.... think I'm gonna be imagining Deadly attending his mandatory work meetings and saying the Aboriginal prayer for lutruwita while secretly having the pointy end of a carrot hanging out of his ass, as he furtively sneaks peeks at cheerleader porn on his phone that he's discreetly holding under the table. With the volume turned all the way off of course.

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