What Are You Listening To?

[Nasty_Cabbage]

NP: Kaskaskia - Autumnal Fleecian Spirit

▶︎ Autumnal Fleecian Spirit | Kaskaskia | Canti Eretici (bandcamp.com)

Short little EP. Recording is of course clearly not a concern for them, and the fairly minimalist melodic and atmospheric lines are really simple and distinguishable even with the molded shag carpet their mic is stuck under, so eh. It's just not that good and not particularly creative.

[navybsn]

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.

[AlSymerz]

Awe c'mon Slayer and Anthrax on the one night. Motley Crue headlining the next night who wouldn't be interested in such festivals.

[RelentlessOblivion]

53 minutes ago, AlSymerz said:

Awe c'mon Slayer and Anthrax on the one night. Motley Crue headlining the next night who wouldn't be interested in such festivals.

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

[JamesT]

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!

[navybsn]

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 

[FatherAlabaster]

I used to be a Slayer fan. Only saw one show, back when Jeff was still alive, and it was just long and boring. Everything from every era sounded the same. I left before they finished. That might have been the last nail in the coffin for my Slayer appreciation, looking back on it. I dunno. "Kerry & Tom Need Retirement Money 2024" show dates don't sound compelling. 

I'm sure the Crüe is on fire though. Forever young, those guys.

[AlSymerz]

Sounded the same? Sure it wasn't a black metal concert.

[BloodHornVital]

Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

[Arioch]

6 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

I used to be a Slayer fan. Only saw one show, back when Jeff was still alive, and it was just long and boring. Everything from every era sounded the same. I left before they finished. That might have been the last nail in the coffin for my Slayer appreciation, looking back on it. I dunno. "Kerry & Tom Need Retirement Money 2024" show dates don't sound compelling. 

I'm sure the Crüe is on fire though. Forever young, those guys.

I've seen Slayer live 3 times. Seasons in the Abyss/Undisputed Attitude period and I can't remember about the 3rd one, but they played with Sepultura.

Each time, THE slap in the face.

But the years went by and my attraction for Slayer faded. I didn't buy Repentless and only listened to it twice, at most.

It seemed to me that Araya had had enough of touring (and perhaps of the atmosphere around it), that he wanted to enjoy his retirement.

I don't understand his decision to say "ok for two dates". Especially after KK criticized him. And at a time when Kerry King is releasing his Slayer clone.

Tom's just gone down a good notch in my esteem.

[AlSymerz]

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).

[Arioch]

Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What! (1988)

 

[Arioch]

Angel Corpse - The Inexorable (1999)

 

[Arioch]

Hate Eternal - I, Monarch (2005)

 

[Thatguy]

58 minutes ago, Arioch said:

Hate Eternal - I, Monarch (2005)

Excellent album! Thatguy approved.

[navybsn]

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.

[MacabreEternal]

Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods (2018)

 

[navybsn]

Ithilrå - Covenant of the Blackened Woodlands

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

 

[GoatmasterGeneral]

6 hours ago, Arioch said:

I've seen Slayer live 3 times. Seasons in the Abyss/Undisputed Attitude period and I can't remember about the 3rd one, but they played with Sepultura.

Each time, THE slap in the face.

But the years went by and my attraction for Slayer faded. I didn't buy Repentless and only listened to it twice, at most.

It seemed to me that Araya had had enough of touring (and perhaps of the atmosphere around it), that he wanted to enjoy his retirement.

I don't understand his decision to say "ok for two dates". Especially after KK criticized him. And at a time when Kerry King is releasing his Slayer clone.

Tom's just gone down a good notch in my esteem.

I loved Slayer...up through South of Heaven. Saw them only once, 33 years ago. Don't care what they're doing now. I don't care about them personally at all actually and I can't imagine being interested in any of this he said/she said reunion drama or who's suing who. Life goes on, I've got better music to listen to. Books are better anyway.

[MacabreEternal]

1 hour ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

I loved Slayer...up through South of Heaven. Saw them only once, 33 years ago. Don't care what they're doing now. I don't care about them personally at all actually and I can't imagine being interested in any of this he said/she said reunion drama or who's suing who. Life goes on, I've got better music to listen to. Books are better anyway.

Not if you can't read and only own Reign in Blood they are not! HUURRRRRRR!!!

[navybsn]

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

Black Pyramid | Emperor Guillotine (bandcamp.com)

 

[AlSymerz]

8 hours ago, navybsn said:

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.

Yeah I'm not surprised it's fake, there was only one site reporting on it for several hours. I can't imagine that would have happened had it been real news.

I say good luck to Slayer. I don't care if they want retirement money or they are doing it because they miss it. They went out on top and they'll come back on top and unless they have absolutely terrible gigs they'll go back out on top. I really don't see this being a huge reunion with a big tour or anything, but I could be wrong.

[Nasty_Cabbage]

Slayer is Slayer. Kerry King's a little overrated as a soloist, but still serves his purpose in that band well. They're all a little old now, with some band members being deceased it doesn't surprise me if they don't really want to go back to doing long hard road warrior tours.

NP: Ruyyn - Chapter II: The Flames, The Fallen, The Fury

Chapter II: The Flames, The Fallen, The Fury | RüYYn | Les Acteurs de L'Ombre Productions (bandcamp.com)

Little long winded from song to song. The atmosphere is there, but there's just not much in the way of ideas.

[Necrolord]

1 hour ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

Slayer is Slayer. Kerry King's a little overrated as a soloist, but still serves his purpose in that band well. They're all a little old now, with some band members being deceased it doesn't surprise me if they don't really want to go back to doing long hard road warrior tours.

 

As much as Slayer get ridicule for their solos, I think they're pretty genius for standing apart from the crowd. They always said they don't play solos, but make high-pitched noises that sound like hell & tortured screams. You can tell a "slayer solo" from a mile away and that uniqueness makes it refreshing. There's the way 99% of bands play solos, then you have the way Slayer play solos. Standing out (as long as it doesn't suck) is always a win in my book.

 

NP:

Love pretty much everything by this band. Drummer Reno Kiilerich kills it on this album.

 

[AlSymerz]

3 minutes ago, Necrolord said:

As much as Slayer get ridicule for their solos, I think they're pretty genius for standing apart from the crowd. They always said they don't play solos, but make high-pitched noises that sound like hell & tortured screams. You can tell a "slayer solo" from a mile away and that uniqueness makes it refreshing. There's the way 99% of bands play solos, then you have the way Slayer play solos. Standing out (as long as it doesn't suck) is always a win in my book.

It seemed like at nearly any point in their career people always knew who Slayer were. Some might have said it was because the solos were boring and uncreative, others said the opposite, but they always knew who Slayer were. Love them our hate them they went out playing to full arenas and they went out with many fans demanding more. that's a pretty good career in any ones book.