What Are You Listening To?

[Arioch]

12 minutes ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

As to the complaint about Behold...The Arctopus being random, I don't hear it that way. I'm not foolish enough to think I could possibly sway anybody's opinion on this though. Music wouldn't be a matter of taste and preference if I could. Even somebody like Schoonenberg had the twelve tone system in place as a guide to his compositions. Not that Schoonenberg comes without his share of detractors. There's something very enjoyable about B...TA that I find inviting and well worth my time. The atonal and completely alien sound is a part of it. The degree to which the notes being played are meticulously controlled to purposely avoid melody is another. It makes me really want to put them under a microscope and closely examine every detail. That's probably just my wiring though.

Yes, I admit I exaggerated when I used the term "random" in relation to BtA's music.

But that's how I felt when I listened to the album. I'm used to "twisted" stuff like Necrophagist, Watchtower and Spiral Architect, but I always manage to be attracted to something. This didn't happen with BtA.

Of course, common sense would dictate that I insist, but it gave me a headache and I hate that.

Necrophagist - Epitaph (2004)

 

[FatherAlabaster]

Behold... The Arctopus - Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning

 

I got this album from a friend about 15 years ago and really liked it for a while, but I haven't played it in several years. Funny how some of you are shitting on it for being too chaotic, I had remembered it being more spastic and inaccessible than this. I think the mix sounds a bit unpolished and the playing is a little rough and loose sometimes, and maybe that makes it feel a little more frantic than it is. And maybe it comes off a little less intelligible without the "glue" a vocal would provide. Not surprised some of y'all don't get it, I would never expect the Goatster to enjoy a Colin Marston vehicle. But I'm happy this prompted me to put it back on. Philistines.

[Kiry70721]

 

[MarkhantonioYeatts]

HAREMSLUTS - Code Minority

 

[MarkhantonioYeatts]

A.F.K. - Ruled By The Insane

 

[markm]

Necrowretch/Swords of Dajjal -listening to the 3 pre released tracks on Bandcamp. 

[Thatguy]

8 hours ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

As to the complaint about Behold...The Arctopus being random, I don't hear it that way.

Neither do I.

8 hours ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

There's something very enjoyable about B...TA that I find inviting and well worth my time. The atonal and completely alien sound is a part of it.

Thank you Nasty. I agree with all you wrote here. They are a fun listen, innit? Neither you nor I are attempting to change the GG's mind - I just want to needle him a bit - but there are plenty here with different ears and some may appreciate the Arctopussy..

And, by the way all, the version of NNC Summoning I have is the one with the live versions of all the songs after the originals, proving - and it didn't need proving to me - that they ain't playing at random. The live versions are tight and almost the same as the originals.

NP - KLAUSE SHULTZ & LISA GERRARD - Dziękuję Bardzo - Vielen Dank. Not metal at all but a nice way to start the day.

5 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

But I'm happy this prompted me to put it back on. Philistines.

Yeah, me too.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Re B…tA if I want something atonal I have Gorguts, Portal, etc etc, maybe one day, it will click but for right now I don’t see the appeal.

NP: Gorguts - Obscura

[MarkhantonioYeatts]

VAN WONDER - Chained Uptight

 

RANZER - Demophobie

 

[Nasty_Cabbage]

2 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Re B…tA if I want something atonal I have Gorguts, Portal, etc etc, maybe one day, it will click but for right now I don’t see the appeal.

NP: Gorguts - Obscura

Ah. Gorguts. Sooner or later every metalhead has to come across the Obscura album somewhere on their journey. You don't have to like it, and you certainly shouldn't be coerced into liking it by some of the more militant gatekeepers out there. Just have to come to terms with it. Lemay is a freaking legend in certain circles. I personally love the album, but I don't think it should overshadow the first two which are excellent albums in their own right.

 

NP: Blood Storm - Ancient Wrath of KU

▶︎ Ancient Wraith Of KU | BLOOD STORM | BARBARIAN WRATH (bandcamp.com)

Damn fine. Reminds me of Angelcorpse. Gives off that awesome 'there is no off switch' kind of energy that I love to hear.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Most would say Gorguts’ less conventional death metal sound is where they truly excel, personally I find this something enjoyable about most of their discography.

less conventional death metal sound is where they truly excel, personally I find this something enjoyable about most of their discography.

 

NP: B4rbar4 - Forfeiture of Repentance (2024) {Czech Republic}

okay, so getting the obvious out of the way that’s a stupid name for a band, now it is entirely possible that’s just my text to speech software not reading things correctly but otherwise come on… now, for the music, no frills death metal, it’s certainly done well, just don’t expect this album to reinvent the club, the one we’ve got still works just fine for bludgeoning people over the head…

it’s just dawned on me that we are barely over a month into 2024, and already I’ve heard the same amount of new releases for this year that I did in the entirety of 2023

[MarkhantonioYeatts]

A.F.K. - Another Pair Of Eyes

 

[JamesT]

Accept - "Blood of the Nations"

[markm]

Sulphur Aeon-The Scythe of the Cosmic Chaos

 

 

[MarkhantonioYeatts]

DAYS OF DESOLATION - Days Of Desolation

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Slower - Slower (2024) {USA}

okay so I’m not going to lie. I felt like a complete idiot after it took me a solid five minutes to realise these are just Slayer covers slowed right down, and down, tuned to what I think is B standard. In my defence playing those tracks, this slowly gives them a completely different feel, but at the end of the day it’s a novelty album. I’d listen to once, and then forget about.

[MarkhantonioYeatts]

A.F.K.- A.F.K.

 

[GoatmasterGeneral]

Internal Rot - Hack Session, grindcore Melbourne Australia 2019

 

Internal Rot - Grieving Birth 2020

 

 

Negative Prayer - SELF//WOUND, crust Portland Oregon

 

[AlSymerz]

Slim Dusty - Lights On The Hill

(this black metal kick I'm on really brings up the classics)

 

[Nasty_Cabbage]

3 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Most would say Gorguts’ less conventional death metal sound is where they truly excel, personally I find this something enjoyable about most of their discography.

less conventional death metal sound is where they truly excel, personally I find this something enjoyable about most of their discography.

I enjoy Considered Dead just slightly more than Erosion of Sanity, but they're both enjoyable. Obscura however is a monument, and one of the landmark albums in all of extreme metal.

NP: Volus - Oathsworn Vengeance

▶︎ Oathsworn Vengeance | Vølus (bandcamp.com)

This one's going to get some extra spins. I think they may have exaggerated the black metal element on the "blackened death" label, but the songs are well crafted, competent, and the instruments have just about the right amount of impact. It's not quite the 'shock and awe' that it aspires to, but definitely lays down some pretty serious cover fire.

[GoatmasterGeneral]

Expurgo - Burial Ground, Brazilian grindcore filth 2010

 

Expurgo - Deformed By Law, crust/grind filth 2018

 

 

Avulsed - Gorespattered Suicide, Spanish death 2005 

 

[Arioch]

Sadus - The Shadow Inside (2023)

 

[Arioch]

Sadist - Above the Light (1993)

 

[MacabreEternal]

Vemod - Venter på stormene (2012)

 

[Arioch]

Grip Inc. - Incorporated (2004)