What Are You Listening To?

[GoatmasterGeneral]

4 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

I was already getting bullied for the whole vision impaired thing, so being the nerdy metal head who liked the wrong sports team couldn’t really do any more damage to my high school social status. I guess for better or worse I’ve never really seen the point in hiding the person I am, probably could have spared myself a considerable amount of trauma if I had done, but equally, I doubt I would have the same don’t you tell me what I can’t do attitude if I had bowed down to outside pressure.

NP: Motörhead - Bomber

I think learning how to be true to who you really are is something we all have to learn at some point growing up. Some of us just learn it sooner than others. I've always gotten a kick out of telling all the normies that their normie nonsense is bullshit. Which I guess makes me an asshole, but what can I do, I'm confrontational, that's who I am. I have toned it down a bit as I've gotten older, but I was never meant to be one of the sheeple, the conformity gene's just not in my DNA. It's funny though at 5, 6, 7 years old kids have to learn how to fit in with the group to get by, and then 10 years later they have to learn how important it is to just be themselves. 

Bomber, gotta love it  🤘

 

Bowelfuck - Appetite Comes With Killing, Czech grindcore 2022

 

Grindfernö - Human Stupidity, Spanish crust/grind 2023

 

[AlSymerz]

18 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

 Which I guess makes me an asshole, but what can I do, I'm confrontational, that's who I am. I have toned it down a bit as I've gotten older,

So you're a toned down asshole? Does that mean you fart in a different register to everyone else?

[markm]

1 hour ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

I was already getting bullied for the whole vision impaired thing, so being the nerdy metal head who liked the wrong sports team couldn’t really do any more damage to my high school social status. I guess for better or worse I’ve never really seen the point in hiding the person I am, probably could have spared myself a considerable amount of trauma if I had done but equally, I doubt I would have the same, don’t you tell me what I can’t do attitude if I had bow down to oubut equally, I doubt I would have the same, don’t you tell me what I can’t do attitude if I had bow down to out side pressure.

 

NP: Motörhead - Bomber

Or maybe there was a hyper macho culture where GG grew up in the NY metro area. I grew up in Washington DC suburbia in the late 70's (middle school) and early 80's in high school. There were plenty of nerds and geeks as they used to say. But there was no real fear of being physically harmed just cause you were dorky or whatever. I mean, I remember avoiding certain people but I wasn't in fear for my life because I didn't fit in with the cool kids.

Now, It wasn't something that anyone necessarily aspired to but, but there were oodles of nerdy kids. A lot of the kids I hung out with were nerdy or bookish or whateves.  I'm sure I was seen as one myself being involved in high school theater. We were called the DQ's or drama queers. Then there were the band geeks, etc. But it wasn't embraced as a subculture until later. But as geeky kids we kept to our own and did our thing and stayed away from the jocks and the popular kids. In a way we welcomed it, it made us different which had its own coolness to it. Kind of like an outsider club. Being in theater, I hung out with kids that were pretty obviously gay (you couldn't really come out of the close back then) and I don't think they ever were in fear of being assaulted or anything. And it wasn't like I ever said, Hey Garry are you gay? It was just obvious and we didn't give a shit anyway. I always enjoyed fantasy novels but didn't get into Tolkien until the films came out and read all the books in middle age and personally love them. 

[Thatguy]

5 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

do I listen to 80 minutes of this agonizing misery

😏

[BloodHornVital]

Now playing: Inquisition - Bloodshed across the empyrean altar beyond the celestial zenith

 

While waiting for the next album.

[GoatmasterGeneral]

22 minutes ago, markm said:

Or maybe there was a hyper macho culture where GG grew up in the NY metro area. I grew up in Washington DC suburbia in the late 70's (middle school) and early 80's in high school. There were plenty of nerds and geeks as they used to say. But there was no real fear of being physically harmed just cause you were dorky or whatever. I mean, I remember avoiding certain people but I wasn't in fear for my life because I didn't fit in with the cool kids.

Now, It wasn't something that anyone necessarily aspired to but, but there were oodles of nerdy kids. A lot of the kids I hung out with were nerdy or bookish or whateves.  I'm sure I was seen as one myself being involved in high school theater. We were called the DQ's or drama queers. Then there were the band geeks, etc. But it wasn't embraced as a subculture until later. But as geeky kids we kept to our own and did our thing and stayed away from the jocks and the popular kids. In a way we welcomed it, it made us different which had its own coolness to it. Kind of like an outsider club. Being in theater, I hung out with kids that were pretty obviously gay (you couldn't really come out of the close back then) and I don't think they ever were in fear of being assaulted or anything. And it wasn't like I ever said, Hey Garry are you gay? It was just obvious and we didn't give a shit anyway. I always enjoyed fantasy novels but didn't get into Tolkien until the films came out and read all the books in middle age and personally love them. 

I wasn't talking about your normal band kids or drama club geeks or honor students or whatever when I was talking about 'nerds.' Not being one of the 'cool kids' doesn't automatically make one a nerd. And in the 70's 'nerd culture' didn't really exist yet anyway. By 'nerds' I meant like the terminally uncool, the outcasts, the ones without a group of friends. Those kids got bullied horribly because they didn't have anyone to back them up, it was like the leopards separating the weak gazelles from the herd before they dragged one down by the throat. And Idk maybe it was a 'hyper macho culture' I grew up in, I won't necessarily disagree, but that was just my local Long Island NY public school system, so I guess I assumed it was basically something like that everywhere in the 70's more or less. I always thought it had more to do with it being the 70's and less to do with my location. And no I don't mean kids were literally living in fear for their lives, it wasn't that rough, but definitely living in fear of a good smack in the mouth. 

And also keep in mind that relatively small 4 or 5 year difference between us, the difference between my class of '79 and your class of '83 or '84 was huge in terms of music and pop culture and technology. Times were changing, you Gen-X'ers had a lot of stuff in the 80's that we didn't have yet. My little sister (in the drama club) was class of '82 and even then her HS experience seemed totally different to mine just three years later in the exact same school I had just graduated from. I often wish I had been born even 5 years later (10 would be better) I could have had Metallica and Slayer and a microwave and a VCR to play video porn in HS.

 

Step to Freedom S/T Russia, I think I play this one almost every day. Can't get enough of their rage driven stenchcore.

 

1 hour ago, BloodHornVital said:

Now playing: Inquisition - Bloodshed across the empyrean altar beyond the celestial zenith

 

While waiting for the next album.

My favorite band, doesn't have a mediocre album. I used to have to stop myself from listening to them so much for fear I'd get sick of it. But fortunately that didn't happen.

[Thatguy]

NP - KRIEG - Ruiner

Earlier today it was indeed WALK THROUGH FIRE - Hope Is Misery. When 80 minutes of misery is just barely enough.

Man up and face the gloom.

[RelentlessOblivion]

56 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

I wasn't talking about your normal band kids or drama club geeks or honor students or whatever when I was talking about 'nerds.' Not being one of the 'cool kids' doesn't automatically make one a nerd. And in the 70's 'nerd culture' didn't really exist yet anyway. By 'nerds' I meant like the terminally uncool, the outcasts, the ones without a group of friends. Those kids got bullied horribly because they didn't have anyone to back them up, it was like the leopards separating the weak gazelles from the herd before they dragged one down by the throat. And Idk maybe it was a 'hyper macho culture' I grew up in, I won't necessarily disagree, but that was just my local Long Island NY public school system, so I guess I assumed it was basically something like that everywhere in the 70's more or less. I always thought it had more to do with it being the 70's and less to do with my location. And no I don't mean kids were literally living in fear for their lives, it wasn't that rough, but definitely living in fear of a good smack in the mouth. 

And also keep in mind that relatively small 4 or 5 year difference between us, the difference between my class of '79 and your class of '83 or '84 was huge in terms of music and pop culture and technology. Times were changing, you Gen-X'ers had a lot of stuff in the 80's that we didn't have yet. My little sister (in the drama club) was class of '82 and even then her HS experience seemed totally different to mine just three years later in the exact same school I had just graduated from. I often wish I had been born even 5 years later (10 would be better) I could have had Metallica and Slayer and a microwave and a VCR to play video porn in HS.

 

Step to Freedom S/T Russia, I think I play this one almost every day. Can't get enough of their rage driven stenchcore.

 

My favorite band, doesn't have a mediocre album. I used to have to stop myself from listening to them so much for fear I'd get sick of it. But fortunately that didn't happen.

Excellent band, and the new album is just a couple of days away if I’m not mistaken.

 

NP: Recrucify - Awakening of the Satan’s Kommand EP (2010) {Peru}

The rough production helps this tbh, and I find it amusing that I’ve trained my YouTube algorithm to start recommending obscure extreme metal releases. 

[BloodHornVital]

2 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

My favorite band, doesn't have a mediocre album. I used to have to stop myself from listening to them so much for fear I'd get sick of it. But fortunately that didn't happen

Definitely one of the best bands in the world. Live and on record. Doesn't matter. M-A tells new album's out 26. of this month so four days away!

 

Just spinned some Urn who are also just out of the studio. Don't know when the new album is out.

 

Now playing: Dopelord - Songs of Satan

 

Polish trad. doom if someone's not familiar. I'm surprised that I like this. I've actively listened to doom metal maybe ten years ago.

[Arioch]

Force of Hell – Better be Dead (2022)

They're not inventing anything (like 99.99% of today's "revival" Thrash bands) but they're from Prague and they're kicking ass! Cover of Sepultura's Inner Self inside.

 

[Arioch]

Cosmic Jaguar - The Order of the Jaguar Knights (EP) (2023)

 

[MacabreEternal]

Xasthur - To Violate the Obvious (2004)

 

[Arioch]

Defecation - Purity Dilution (1989)

 

[Sardonicist]

3 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

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Step to Freedom S/T Russia, I think I play this one almost every day. Can't get enough of their rage driven stenchcore.

A Step To Freedom that I didn't know about, instant purchase. 

[Arioch]

Defiance - Product of Society (1989)

A Bay Area thrash band that has remained somewhat in the shadow of its pals (Testament, Forbidden, Vio-Lence, etc.). It has to be said that on this debut album, the sound lacks the power and energy to support and highlight the rather technical and well-crafted tracks.

On the following album, the band hired a clone of Chuck Billy (Testament), which didn't help matters, even though Void Terra Firma was an excellent record.

A shame, really.

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Young and in the way - Ride Off and Die (2020)

Some Crusty BM here 

[Arioch]

Deicide - In the Minds of Evil (2013)

 

[Arioch]

In The Woods - Omnio (1997)

 

[Arioch]

Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985)

 

[Arioch]

Candlemass - Candlemass (2005)

 

[navybsn]

S'up gents. Been a minute. New job is quite busy so not much time for fucking around on the interwebs. Hopefully the new year is treating you all well. Now that we've made it through the brutal Florida week of winter, things are picking up around here. Spring Breakers will be arriving in the next few weeks. Oh the joys of living in Florida.

Music wise, fest season is getting cranked up too. The agenda this year is quite busy. Kicks off Sunday with the 70K cruise. Lots of Disney princess metal on the bill, but also some decent stuff (Marduk, Sodom, My Dying Bride, and a few others). 5 days of drunken debauchery with 3000 of my closest international friends. Hell's Heroes in March, and of course MDF in May. Lots of shows in between too (Judas Priest in May, Metallica in July). My travel points will be on the rise.

Local shows have been picking up as well. Last night, couple of good semi-local bands (Herakleion and Void from Louisiana). Wednesday is Dead Register from Atlanta. Most recently, we had The Dwarves, Goatwhore/Withered/Spiter, Howling Giant/Restless Spirit, Daikaiju, and probably a few others I'm forgetting. So even though the job is beating me down, I've still been able to get out to hang with the local heshers.

Okay your saying, shut the fuck up navy and tell us what you're listening to. That's the point of the thread right. Here goes:

This morning:

Kreig - Ruiner

Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze - The Fractal Ouroboros

Helms Deep - Treacherous Ways - solid trad metal from my home state of Florida. Good vocals and killer riffage.

Santacreu - Cancons d'Amor, Dol i Enyoranca - really digging this one. Like a heavier DVNE. Stonery doom from Barcelona.

Hauntologist - Hollow

Ildaruni - Beyond Unseen Gateways

Lots of other recent purchases to run through later. Need to update the EOTY thread when I get a chance too. Won't be much, maybe 15 total. Just wasn't able to dive too deep last year due to job/family responsibilities. Fingers crossed this year is back to normal, and I can get around here more as well.

[FatherAlabaster]

Nice to see ya @navybsn.

NP: Abigor - Taphonomia Aeternitatis   ...sleeper from December, the digital version only came out a few days ago. More oddball heavy metal influence than their last one. I love this band. 

[Arioch]

2 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

NP: Abigor - Taphonomia Aeternitatis   ...sleeper from December, the digital version only came out a few days ago. More oddball heavy metal influence than their last one. I love this band. 

Thank you for mentioning Abigor. It made me want to go and listen to the album, and the little I heard I liked. Tomorrow I'll listen to the whole album.

[FatherAlabaster]

5 minutes ago, Arioch said:

Thank you for mentioning Abigor. It made me want to go and listen to the album, and the little I heard I liked. Tomorrow I'll listen to the whole album.

It's a cool album. I'll be interested to hear what you think of it. I'm still getting my head around it. Have you listened to the previous one, "Totschläger - A Saintslayer's Songbook"?

[Arioch]

I only knew Abigor by name, but I'd never listened to it before. It's because you mentioned it that I thought "here's another band you only know by name! I listened and was pleasantly surprised by what I heard.

I picked up the album and Proscriptor's McGovern Apsû at the same time.

Tomorrow morning, I know what I'm going to listen to: these two records.

As for Abigor, I'll say what I thought of it.