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[Saskadelphia]

I have way too many new titles to mention, so to just keep things simple for the time being, I stumbled across the original seven minute video for "Stars", the 1985 charity single by Hear N Aid...complete with the awesome, wankerific extended solo. I hadn't seen it in 16 or 17 years...great fun. Good song, too:



Hear N Aid - "Stars" (video)

YouTube is loaded with tons of metal goodies...

[issachar]

Dear Sask... I am catching up on the world of Metal from 2005. Pick 6-10 releases from this last year that I have to go out and pick up.. Thank you in advance... (of course I could just go and look at your top 10 I guess....)!

[Saskadelphia]

I am catching up on the world of Metal from 2005. Pick 6-10 releases from this last year that I have to go out and pick up..
Thank you in advance... (of course I could just go and look at your top 10 I guess....)!

Here's my 2005 top 20 list.

I've really gotten into Green Carnation's The Quiet Offspring over the past month. Good, melodic progressive metal. Ulver's Blood Inside is another interesting one that I sort of missed last year.

[issachar]

Here's my 2005 top 20 list.

I've really gotten into Green Carnation's The Quiet Offspring over the past month. Good, melodic progressive metal. Ulver's Blood Inside is another interesting one that I sort of missed last year.

Ur trek back to metal may end up leading me back to my space rock days... (Hawkwind... Aprhodites' Child..) nah just kidding! Neverthless Hawkwind abides...!

[Burz]

Downloaded this the other day


Pentagram - First Daze Here: The Vintage Collection

Man this is good shit. Very Sabbath-y. Why have I not heard this band until now?

[beansimpson]

Thank you Sask! And yes, You Tube is a blessing.

Some of my favorites I've already found
Run to the Hills

Holy Diver- DIO!

[Saskadelphia]

Man this is good shit. Very Sabbath-y. Why have I not heard this band until now?

Classic stuff, absolutely.

Burzum, indietorrents has the new Place of Skulls album, which leaked the other day...the guitarist from Pentagram formed the band a few years ago, and their new disc is excellent.

[throughsilver]

Here's my 2005 top 20 list.

That Opeth album has been growing on me massively, I have to admit. On first listen it just sounded like epic Euro-metal from a decade ago, just filtered through Mastodon, but I'm now starting to appreciate the quality of this fine album.

[ParticleHustler]

I finally took Ghost Reveries out of my car rotation for the first time since it was released (a month before, actually, when I got the leak)....and replaced it with Deliverance. The new album has helped me to appreciate the older stuff even more, which I liked but was not in love with before GR. Has anyone found a leak of the Sword disc yet?

[Freddie Freelance]

Ur trek back to metal may end up leading me back to my space rock days... (Hawkwind... Aprhodites' Child..) nah just kidding! Neverthless Hawkwind abides...!

Izzy, I forget, did you get a copy of the Space Rock Box?

[mouthbreather]

Downloaded this the other day


Pentagram - First Daze Here: The Vintage Collection

Man this is good shit. Very Sabbath-y. Why have I not heard this band until now?

Yeah, that's a great collection. I wish they had more recordings available.

[Burz]

Yeah, that's a great collection. I wish they had more recordings available.

Well you're in luck. "First Daze Here Too" comes out March 7. Info:

Before the name was even coined, legendary D.C. outfit Pentagram was helping to invent the beast called heavy metal. For over thirty years the band has remained true to its macabre art. This unwavering dedication has influenced scores of renowned musicians some three decades on, and the legacy grows stronger every year. First Daze Here Too is a 2-disc set containing rare and unreleased studio recordings and live rehearsals from the early 70's. A deluxe 28-page booklet includes lyrics, detailed historical liner notes by drummer Geof O'Keefe and never-before-seen photography! First Daze Here Too is 22 tracks of vintage Pentagram classics from the vaults of the influential and critically-acclaimed D.C. legends!!!

[Ted Falconi]

Yeah, that's a great collection. I wish they had more recordings available.

There's kind of a lot of stuff in print: lookee here. Buy here.

Steal here (it's Show 'Em How, their latest (from 2004)):
hxxp://s56.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2VZIDWLRR5FKM11PCT4NSXJYD0

[Saskadelphia]

Has anyone found a leak of the Sword disc yet?

Not yet, but I should be getting that CD any day now. I'll try to post a link when I do.

The new Cathedral album is alternately incredible and confounding. The 27 minute "The Garden" is one of the wackiest prog metal excursions I've heard in ages...everything's totally arbitrary, no structure whatsoever, yet it's so oddly compelling.

Edit: Opeth just confirmed for Saskatoon March 7! Woo-hoo!

[krafferty]

Anyone have/able to post the new Sepultura?

[ParticleHustler]

Speaking of Opeth, I see that Chicago is one of only a select couple of cities that is going to get a special show on the upcoming tour, where they play songs chronologically from their earliest albums until GR. Sounds cool. Here's the info on the tour: Sweden's Opeth will hold several special performances, dubbed "Chronology MCMXCIV- MMV - A Live Observation By Opeth", in select U.S. markets on their upcoming tour encompassing material from each of their albums released throughout their career (1994-2005). These shows will be seated, with no support bands and will run for over two hours each with unique production. The markets in which these special nights will be held are New York, Chicago, and there is also a to-be-scheduled special performance in Los Angeles, CA. Opeth will launch the much-anticipated second stage of their Ghost Reveries Tour in North America, beginning on February 15 in Raleigh, NC. Opeth tour dates are as follows: 02/15 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre 02/16 - Norfolk, VA - NorVa 02/17 - Towson, MD - Rechter Theatre 02/18 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls 02/19 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s 02/20 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall 02/21 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall 02/23 - New York, NY - Town Hall ** 02/24 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre 02/25 - Providence, RI - Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel 02/26 - Quebec City, QUE - Imperial 02/28 - London, ONT - The Drink 03/02 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues ** 03/03 - Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club 03/04 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue 03/11 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall 03/19 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues 03/21 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues ** = special "Chronology" performances

[ParticleHustler]

Three new Prong songs:

http://www.myspace.com/prong

[velocity]

Three new Prong songs:

http://www.myspace.com/prong

Not bad..."The Worst of it" is the best of the 3, but "Disregard the Truth" is also growing on me.

[Ted Falconi]

Speaking of Pentagram, here's my #1 record of 2005 - Firewood by Witchcraft.
Very good old-fashioned heavy metal, very Pentagram-ey (they cover "When the Screams Come", even).
I YSI'd it to a friend, so why let it rot?

hoop://s56.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1Q59KO6D9EN4H2BG376SJNUC0V

[Saskadelphia]

I have to listen to those Prong songs first chance I get...

Yeah, Witchcraft is amazing. The past couple months has been a veritable doom-fest. Place of Skulls, Cathedral, Boris, The Sword...and now a band called Wolfmother. They're from Australia, and like Witchcraft, they're into the faithful Sabbath homages, but the interesting thing with them is, they toss in acoustic Zeppelin sounds, and Cream-style grooves as well. The singer sounds like a cross between Cedric from ATDI, Jack White, and the singer from Lizzy Borden. Their album came out in Australia, and apparently Interscope is putting out an EP this year. Go to regnyouth.com to download both the album and the 2004 EP.

The new Deluxe Edition of The Gathering's Mandylion is rather great. The full album, plus a bonus disc of demos, from when Anneke just joined the band.

Attention NeurIsis fans...the new Eyes of Fire album is shockingly good. I was underwhelmed by their debut a year and a half ago (to the point where I traded the CD at the local used store), but this new one completely kills it. They got three new members, the songs have more melody to them, and the produsction is ace. It's out on Feb. 7.

Also, the new Kataklysm is pretty incredible. Crushing stuff.