Speaking of Black Elk- can someone re-up that bad boy?

I will, gimme a few.

Who posted that, THRSLVR? Sask? Burzum? SNP? I'll track you down but meanwhile t's awesome, thanks again.

Not me. Haven't listened to it yet, actually. Gave the Geisha a spin and liked it. Reminds me of Endless Nameless by the Wildhearts, an album I will endeavour to upload in the coming days.

[edit] And listening to Barkmarket for the first time ever. It's fucking brilliant. Totally one of those 'where have you been all me life?' things. Fucking hell.

Sask posted the Black Elk at Paves request and I thank them both for it. I just bought a copy today, it's great. "When I'm A Ghost" is my jam, especially the "FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU FROM THE GRAVE!" part.

My fave is "Cuddles." I hope he's not singing about Satan in that. Anyhow, every song on this album is ≥3 stars.

Meanwhile, here is the original file so no further degradation:




Thank you Sask (and Paves)!



So Robot Hive is crunchier than Blast Tyrant? Guess I oughtta listen to that & Live @ the Googolplex again...they struck me as a tad sluggish but it's been awhile. I do like the guy's voice (Dusty Hill/Zappa amalgam).

For pure crunch factor, Blast Tyrant is the way to go, but it's not completely absent on Robot Hive. It's obvious Tim Sult is tired of that sound, because it's practically nonexistent on the new CD. Good for them, I say. I love this blues direction.

Good call on the Zappa similarity in the vocals! I never noticed that connection before, but it's undeniable, that's for sure.

I'm going to have to finally hear this band just for this track title alone.

Here you guys go.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Damo Suzuki - Please Heat This Eventually (2007)



From Wikipedia:


A 6-part romp through progressive rock, with 3 parts on each of the 2 tracks, which both last about 12 minutes. Omar plays guitar and Damo sings.

Thank you VERY much, Insane!

Do I want to hear this?

It's actually good. Give it a shot.

I'm not sure if I like that guys voice or not.

Dude was in Can, who the fuck are you.

Anyone have Yob's The Unreal Never Lived?

Yeah but on my laptop, which is currently fucked.

If I can get it fixed today, then I'll upload it, along with that Horse the Band EP.

sweet, thanks.

Don't thank me too soon dude, shop couldn't do shit. I need to call HP later or something.

[Edit: Nevermind, managed to find a link! Good album too.]

So Pitchfork gave the Ghost Reveries special edition a favorable review today. Could this be the year that Opeth is finally broken to P-Fork's readership?

Oh, how they coordinate and plan these sorts of things.

awesome, yobby goodness para me.

Here's the new Big Business album, Here Come The Waterworks, due out in March on HydraHead. Their first one never really grabbed me but this new one is really good. Check it out.

actually halt on the yaying and whatnot, that yob file gets to about 100kb downloaded then stops, something about not being able to find the source file.

Just tried it; works for me.

Seriously. They didn't even acknowledge the record in the year and a half its been out ... and have NEVER acknowledged the band. Now, its all "8.4"! Yeah, things like this definitely make one think there's an agenda over there. You know ... the whole "they didn't put this up in 2005 because they were afraid of looking horribly uncool ... until they checked the pulse of the blogosphere/boards/Internet community and saw that certain metal/bands and subgenres are actually getting acclaim" conspiracy theory.

Whatever the case, its good to see the album get some love, certainly. Exposing indie kids to progressive Swedish death metal is never a bad thing in my book, and certainly won't affect my personal view of the band. I loved them before, I'll love them after the inevitable P-Fork backlash cycle kicks in with the next record.

well..the people at p-fork are as much of bandwagon jumpers as any other group.

You know what, I'm willing to guess that the reviewer just happened to get the CD, thought, "Hey, we haven't covered this," and punched out a review. Hell, I've done that myself.

During this past week's oink madness, I got the latest Ken Mode album, which was in Exclaim's top metal CDs for 2006...if I can find the time to upload it, I'll post the thing. It's very good.

Agreed. I believe one of the very first reviews of 2006 was of a little record called Pink. Then all of a sudden, everybody was like, "I don't normally like this kind of stuff, but this fuckin' RIPS!" They must have visited the SOMB Y-S-I thread in November '05. And then they gave Altar a 6.something, and that was like, "wtf?"

I'm just glad to have beaten a bunch of Tapes 'n' Tapes fans to the metal bandwagon.

In regards to Opeth, just be glad that they're getting the coverage and don't worry about why. It doesn't really matter. Rating should've been like 9.5 though. I wonder if Pitchfork has ever given a metal album a 9+ rating. Also, glad to see them reviewing that KTL disc. It's a good album and the review and rating are both spot-on.

Got the new Abigail Williams EP today. Quite an enjoyable CD, a combination of Gothenburg and black metal. Blackened metalcore, I guess you'd call it.

This band and others like Bleeding Through and Burn in Silence are proof that metalcore can be greatly enhanced by some cool synth melodies.

Thinking about it a little more now, this is actually possible. I somehow doubt Pitchfork is in the general pipeline to get releases from Roadrunner, unlike, say, albums they reviewed released on stalwart indie labels like Kemado (The Sword) or Matador (Early Man).

I still find it amusing that Opeth is even ON Roadrunner, even if its been a few years now.

And Burzum's right ... publicity and exposure are never bad things. The more the merrier, I say ... I wasn't trying to be all "I heard them first and want Opeth to MYSELF, damnit!" snobbish as much as I just found the "hindsight is 20/20" review/timing to be suspect. Lets hope PF continues their newfound discovery of metal into 2007.

nevermind it's working now

Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin

hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/y87vuc

Not sure if anyone's uploaded this yet, but here it is if anyone wants it.

Cool album, that one. ^

Cool stuff! Checkin' out the Yob right now.

Can anyone up anything by Daughters? I missed them the first time around and they're lookin' very interesting.

Jared was looking a whole lot hairier than this when I saw them a few months back. Anyway, thanks--this is very cool.

KSE's "Rose of Sharyn" played at double speed.. It sounds like DragonForce getting together with Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Bought this the other day with my HMV vouchers. The case description of power pop melodies, big riffs and layers of noise made me think it would be like Geisha, which it's not. But it is pretty cool, and there are points where it reminds me of Tool. I'm gonna upload it when I get iTunes installed (new laptop!)

And here it is:
http://www.moshimegaupload.com/?d=GW16YCHS

Too bad they went down hil REAL FAST after this release...but damn, what a release! That opening track is absolutely face-melting. I remember I use to listen to this album full blast while driving around my little suburb when I was a sophomore in high school, freakin' out the squares...such memories :-)

Whoa, awesome. I've wanted to hear this album.

You may stay.

Fanx.

Does anyone have the latest Skullflower album, Tribulation? I hate to ask and all, but with me having no music on computer anymore...

Coming right up.

Crucial Blast fucking owns my soul.

Cheers, nice one. Crucial Blast fucking killed 2006; I'm listening to that Totimoshi again right now and it sounds so much better not coming out of my brother's shitty old portable thing. Then Geisha is top two for the year, plus Ghengis Tron and Black Elk... And Skullflower is blatantly gonna be good.

Across Tundras and the Goslings both had awesome records last year, too.

Just to warn you, Tribulation is noisy. I mean, really noisy. Just layer upon layer of noise. Frankly, I'm intimidated by the sheer amount of grinding, piercing noise Bower manages to unleash upon the good people of the world.

Personally, I hate the album. There's good noise, and there's excruciating noise, and Bower went a little too far on this record.

Other than that, though, what a killer year for Crucial Blast. Totimoshi's a hugely underrated band.

Don't say you weren't warned...

Turn on an old rotary dial AM radio, tune it in between stations, and turn the volume way up. That's basically what Tribulations sounds like.

Cool. I wanted to hear this album after knowing they're touring with the Melvins.
They must be good!

Cheers Paves, but what the fuck is with Megaupload right now? Is there even a way to get past that toolbar screen?

[Edit: Nevermind, worked. Nice one!]

Thanks for the heads up. I do prefer some structure in my metal.

It's like "Harmony In Ultraviolet: Guitar Noise Edition x50."

I prefer more bottom-heavy noise records. The production of Tribulation is just so rackety...

Funny coincidence...I've been spending the entire day re-organizing my colossal mess of CDs, and what did I find buried under a pile just a minute ago, but Orange Canyon Mind from mid-2005. I didn't even know I had it, I actually downloaded it last year, stupid me.

Anyway, if you want a really good Skullflower album, that's one of several.

Been cleaning to Totimoshi...SPN's right, this album is great. Love the Southern gothic spin this band does. Think I'll pop in Mysterioso next.