Hi, a neophyte in the thread. Let me show you my 'Doom & Gloom' Pandora radio station Artist Seeds...
Bauhaus 10-17-2007
Boris 10-17-2007
Cradle Of Filth 10-18-2007
Diamanda Galas 10-17-2007
Dimmu Borgir 10-17-2007
Fantomas 10-17-2007
Laibach 10-24-2007
Naked City 10-29-2007
Napalm Death 10-18-2007
Rob Zombie 10-22-2007
Slayer 10-18-2007
Sunn O))) 10-15-2007
Witchcraft 10-26-2007
Xiu Xiu 10-17-2007

What else would you guys recommend I add in the realm of Dimmu Borgir, Napalm Death and Slayer? I'm getting into this stuff as mindless noise to distract from boring office work.

If you like Napalm Death and all things grind, I would seriously recommend the new Pig Destroyer album. In fact, if you were to purchase only one record this year I would be hard pushed to recommend anything else.

I've added them to the list, thanks! Will anticipate hearing it.

I've been listening to this album on repeat for the last week. Amazingly well done funeral doom from Germany. They supposedly spent the last 4 years making this album and it shows. RIYL Corrupted, Orthodox, etc. Really, if you like doom metal at all I can't recommend this highly enough. Check it out.

Worship - Dooom

Boris with Merzbow - Rock Dream

Awesome new double CD. Recorded live in Tokyo Nov. 18, 2006. This is worth getting for this version of "Feedbacker" alone. This Japanese version is out now on Diwphalanx Records, US version is out on Southern Lord November 19. The US version will have one less track than the Japanese edition.

Tracklist:

Disc One

1. "Feedbacker" - 35:05
2. "Black Out" - 05:19
3. "Evil Stack" - 05:04 (Previously unreleased)
4. "Rainbow" - 04:30

Disc Two

1. "Pink" - 04:14
2. "Woman on the Screen" - 02:37
3. "Nothing Special" - 02:14
4. "Ibitsu" - 03:35
5. "A bao a qu" - 04:35
6. "The Evilone Which Sobs" - 13:41
7. "Flower Sun Rain" - 08:04 (PYG cover)
8. "Just Abandoned My-self" - 13:21
9. "Farewell" - 08:11

That's doom with THREE o's to you, pardner.

Seriously, which is the title, and which is the band name?

Some sad news today:


He was a tremendous talent...the drumming and guitar work on Decapitated's albums is mind-boggling, and was even moreso in a live setting (saw them open for Vader two years ago). And at 23, he was still pretty much a kid.

Nile - Ithyphallic

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vx6ug0

fuck yeah, thanks bunches.

out of the many metal bands this forum has exposed me to, Boris has been one of my faves.

Went and saw Enslaved last night. It was their first time ever playing here in Atlanta. Pretty underwhelming show to be honest. The band played fine but there was something missing. It didn't help that there was only about 200 people there in a place that holds 800. They were very quiet too, I didn't even need earplugs. They stuck mostly to Ruun and Isa material but pulled out a couple of old tunes for the encore (including "Allfadr Odinn" from the Emperor split!).

So depressed. Picked up the Onion on Thursday but didn't read more than the Henry Rollins interview until this morning--only to see that Mike Keneally and Bryan Bellar, along w/ SYL's drummer Gene Hoglan and Metalocalypse co-creator Brendon Small were performing for free last night in Berkeley.

Keneally & Bellar are prog geniuses and a lot of fun live, how awesome would it have been to see them doing metal--jokey or otherwise (although I have to say that joke or no, the Dethalbum, instrumentally, is one of my favorite things this year).

:::sigh:::

I wonder if Yogi was alble to get to this. Two of his biggest influences, and he's played with Bellar before.

Well, Beller was on Any Raw Flesh?, no?

Vic & I saw Mike's band @ the Boom Boom Room a year or two ago & Vic was moping before the show because he thought it'd be subdued. Wrong! haha.

I've been reading that the majority of those Dethklok shows are for university student ID holders only. Which is kind of annoying.

Yeah, I just saw that too. Thanks Sask, I feel a little better now

I have an old ID..don't recall if they made it to my town tho. Both Bellar and Keneally were connected to maybe my alltime favorite musician in Kevin Gilbert. Keneally especially..he did a tribute a few years back at Nearfest and also at ProgWest in CA about 6 years ago this week. Kevin's "The Shaming of the True" album.

Of course Kevin died..and with that topic, I have yet to hear any Decapitated that I know of, but with this news it has inspired me to check them out. Sadly, a bit too late, but better late as they say...

Not sure if anyone has heard the upcoming Queensryche covers album "Take Cover"..I just listened to some of it yesterday..not bad actually. Floyd, Peter Gabriel, The Police among others..tomorrow I'm gonna check out the rest. I or someone else should Trout it soon (if it hasn't already been).

Velocity, thanks for the Nile..I don't believe I've heard that 1 yet.

New Soundtrack "In the name of the King":


As a such an epic movies needs the fitting soundtrack, here it comes: Metal legends such as BLIND GUARDIAN, HAMMERFALL, NIGHTWISH, HIM, DISTURBED, DREAM THEATER, SOILWORK and PANTERA are contributing some of the finest tracks from their history.



Tracklist:
01. Farmer's Son - The Big Battle
02. Blind Guardian - Carry The Blessed Home
03. Hammerfall - The Fire Burns Forever
04. Nightwish - Amaranth
05. HIM - Wings Of A Butterfly
06. Sonic Syndicate - Enclave
07. Amorphis - The White Swan
08. Avantasia - Lost In Space
09. The Darkness - Dinner Lady Arms
10. Disturbed - Land Of Confusion
11. Blind Guardian - Skalds & Shadows
12. After Forever - Enegrize Me
13. Dream Theater - I Walk Beside You
14. Threshold - Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams
15. Pantera - Cemetary Gates
16. Epica - Chasing The Dragon
17. Soilwork - Exile
18. Mastodon - The Wolf Is Loose
19. Muriella Dining - Forrest

Gojira/Behemoth on Tuesday St.Paul \m/

Don't know where you are, but they are playing at Northwestern university Nov. 18 with ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. I talked to somebody in the studet group that is bringing them and they are thinking about opening it up to the general public because they are nervous they won't pack the house (NU kids have an EXTREMELY low tolerance for anything even remotely "heavy"...two years ago My Morning Jacket came here and I heard multiple kids complain that they didn't like the heavy metal band!).

Dethklok are here at the University of Minnesota on Wednesday..huge cluster-fuck as I was looking to attend maybe 2 other shows that night and/or a free movie screening. Now I may ditch all of them for this mainly because Keneally and Bellar are there. I wish i could find some specific info on WHERE at the U it's being held. Some phone calls may help.

Speaking of which, does anyone have the Dethklok bonus disc? Stores here only have the single CD version.

saw neurosis last night. best show i've seen in 7 years or so.

http://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1851274

Dream Theater, Opeth, 3, and Between the Buried And Me. For most fans of this genre, this can't get much better.

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:


November 5th 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


DREAM THEATER’S “PROGRESSIVE NATION” featuring OPETH, 3 and BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME to embark on inaugural tour of North America throughout April & May 2008.


New York progressive metal pioneers DREAM THEATER are set to unveil their maiden voyage of “PROGRESSIVE NATION”. A package tour they will headline that will also feature the talents of OPETH, 3 and BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME.

The tour is the brainchild of DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy who explains: “I’ve been wanting to assemble a package tour like this for many years now. With all of the festivals and package tours that go through America, I’ve been talking with our manager and agent for over 10 years now about doing something that focuses on the more progressive, musician-oriented side of hard rock and metal. I decided it was time to stop talking the talk, lace up and finally walk the walk”

While DREAM THEATER co-headlined 2005’s GIGANTOUR along side MEGADETH, as well as embarking on previous co-headlining runs with both QUEENSRYCHE and JOE SATRIANI, they have primarily built their 22 year career on the road playing solely to their own audience. Portnoy comments: “I’ve always prided myself on personally hand picking new and exciting opening acts for DREAM THEATER in the past. Bands such as PORCUPINE TREE, SYMPHONY X, SPOCK’S BEARD, FATES WARNING, PAIN OF SALVATION and KING’S X. In all of these cases, it was important for me to pick bands that I admire and respect but also ones that I know our fans will enjoy. And I think playing with DT has helped expand all of those band’s fanbases as a direct result. I am hoping PROGRESSIVE NATION will continue to do the same thing in offering an audience for more daring and experimental acts that otherwise may not get the mainstream exposure they so rightly deserve.”

Joining the bill for this inaugural run is Sweden’s legendary OPETH who have been enjoying an ever-growing and expanding audience of their own for many years now. DT’s Roadrunner Records label-mates will be ready to unleash their new album come next spring and PROGRESSIVE NATION should be a great launching pad for their next World Tour cycle. Guitarist/Vocalist Mikael Akerfeldt adds:
"We're very excited about this upcoming tour with DREAM THEATER. It will be the first tour that we're doing in support of our upcoming record, and also somewhat of a dream come true personally as I've been a fan of theirs for a long time. It's quite intimidating to be on the bill with such amazing musicians but obviously we'll try and give them a run for their money and pull out a few nice licks of our own. I guess we'll need to practice a little bit for this....how boring! Yet, I can't wait for this tour to start and I'm sure we'll have a blast with the DT guys as well as together with the other bands on the bill!"

Also on the bill with their unique blend of pop, funk and hard rock is upstate New York’s 3 who issued the following statement: "3 is very pleased to announce its participation in the PROGRESSIVE NATION tour. For well over a decade DREAM THEATER has been the vanguard of progressive rock and we are completely psyched to flex with these heavyweights, playing much of our new record "The End is Begun". This package will rock and awe fans everywhere as one of the most important tours of the year. It's a progressive way of music, a progressive way of life....welcome to the PROGRESSIVE NATION tour.”

North Carolina’s BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME are enjoying rave reviews and critical acclaim for their latest CD “Colors” and are looking forward to sharing the stage each night with both DREAM THEATER and OPETH. Vocalist/Keyboardist Tommy Rogers comments: "We are very excited to be touring with two bands that have been such an integral part of our musical upbringing. It is a wonderful opportunity to have our music heard by new ears."

DREAM THEATER are currently in the middle of their “Chaos In Motion” World Tour which has already traveled extensively throughout Europe and North America in support of their latest Roadrunner Records CD “Systematic Chaos”. The World Tour will continue throughout 2008 hitting Asia, Australia and South America before concluding with PROGRESSIVE NATION returning to North America in April/May 2008.

Portnoy hopes that this first venture of PROGRESSIVE NATION will prove to be a success that can enable himself and DREAM THEATER to continue the package into future years and begin a tradition that musicians and fans alike can count on for quality musicianship and artistic integrity on future tours.

For more information as well as tour dates to be announced soon, visit:


www.dreamtheater.net
www.myspace.com/dreamtheater
www.roadrunnerrecords.com

You can't pick three better opening bands for this kind of show. Despite my dislike of DT, I would definitely go see this.

Anybody have any Botch to share with somebody who's new to the band? I'm especially curious to hear the American Nervoso and We Are the Romans reissues.

Never heard 3, I'll have to check them out.

Ooohh...just about my favourite band ever.

We Are The Romans is my favourite album ever and Thank God For the Worker Bee's (Off American Nervoso) is probably one of my favourite songs ever.

They only ever released two albums so the reissues are basically the same, but with added bass according to Sask (I havn't heard them yet).

They are one of the most original hardcore bands in history and We Are The Romans seriously is one of THE classic albums of the 90's.

On the downside, the University firewall here doesn't let me upload which is really annoying. Maybe some of the others can help you out.

edit: Or just buy them. It'll be on of your best ever buys

http://www.bluecollardistro.com/hydrahead/..._135&page=2

Thanks for the word. I've been jamming out to Miss Machine, You Fail Me, No Heroes and Designs for Automotion as of late, so I'm really curious. I've always heard the name Botch, but didn't really hear their stuff until last week. If anybody is willing to upload their stuff, that would rock.

Yeah, those Botch reissues are excellent. I haven't gotten around to comparing the two versions of Romans yet, but Nervoso is beefed up nicely by Matt Bayles.


They're a very good band, shamelessly proggy, but catchy as well. One of the guys in the band is the brother of one of the guys on Coheed and Cambria.

Yer (or at least my) album of 2008:


Balls will most definitely be to the walls. Art by 'Jon Beasley', though I wonder if that's code for Baizley. I'd better digest Ire Works and Skullgrid before this drops because I have a feeling shit's gonna get lost in the fire that is this goddamn album. Hopefully we get the vinyl run too.

glad i'm not the only one psyched about this.

Dead Mountain Mouth got a good reaction here last year, so hopefully we unite for this. Given their step up from EP to LP, though, I wonder exactly what kind of madness is gonna be on this disc. The sky is the limit. The only metal band right now that I'd be more excited for a new album from is Kayo Dot.

Yeah, I can't wait to hear that one. Killer artwork, too!

But first things first, Ire Works next Tuesday. I'm sick of listening to the stream these past six weeks or so, I can't wait to listen to this thing properly.

After this one, it's looking like the new Primordial will be the last big metal release of what's been a thrilling year.

Wow I just got back from seeing 4 bands,

Gojira
Job For a Cowboy
Beneath the Massacre
and Behemoth.

Ok going-in I had heard good things about Behemoth, but was somewhat luke warm on their studio stuff, even compared to Gojira and now my introduction to JFaC.

Beneath the Massacre..were ok..I was not entirely paying attn to their set part of the time. I actually think they were a bit like JFaC, but not as good or as technical. Their drummer tho honestly looked totally effortless. Maybe that's his style, but it was kinda freaky to watch and wonder how that style was with their kind of music anyway.

Gojira was not bad, but I cannot claim to have been totally floored by them..even to the extent of the studio works. I think maybe a lot of that could be the upfront and in-your-face nature of the vocals on the albums, and live it didn't always do that from what I could tell. Still, they played some of the MARS TO SIRIUS stuff I enjoy, and they hardly mailed-in their performance,

Job For a Cowboy, having today checking them out for the 1st time, I was impressed by a lot of their EP "Doom." Very good =, tight, well constructed songs on most of that EP. In concert, the 1st piece they did I liked a lot and worked. They were switching off leads between guitarists..the Rythmic death growls were working, etc. But as their set went on, I didn't feel as much excitement after that 1st song. None the less, I did pickup a copy of that EP and mean to listen to that along with their 1st LP "Genesis" at some point.

Behemoth totally stole the show. Talk about a band who brings it live. Painting their faces in possibly a Kiss-tradtion?..they were amped from the 1st second they hit the stage. Their fucking drummer was far and away the most skilled musician that hit the stage. Really TIGHT and technical..actually, I don't think it'd be a stretch to say he is a level or 2 above his bandmates, but at least 4 or 5 songs in their set did floor me. Technical, less was more with fitting the songs. Not every thing they did mind you was like this, but the energy was at a gigantic level..I swear if their singer gets that much of an adrenaline rush just pumping up the crowd every night, he's gotta be taking drugs or drinking Jolt or something.

I don't know that much of their studio work, but I'm digging "Demigod" a lot right now, however they may be one of those bands who are good in studio..sometimes great..but their live shows are a can't-miss.

They were actually originally a black metal band, so they've brought a bit of that BM theatricality (as well a little bit of the musical style) to death metal. I dig it, they're an awesome sight.

Their last four albums, Thelema 6, Zos Kia Cultus, Demigod, and The Apostasy are all worth checking out.

About their vocalist--the death growls are fine and all, but sometimes he sounds way too much like a rabid chihuahua.

Homebrew promo video for the Space Marines, inspired by Semper Fly: Marines in Space:

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"Marines in Space" Music by Kick Axe, Spectre General and Nightwish

Ditto on the Ghengis Tron love. This is bound to be incredible.

Press release:



Whats annoying is that its completed yet we don't get to hear it until 2008. Release date is 19/2/08


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Also, since when have Intronaut released a new EP? Anyone heard it?

I'm content with that. If it came out now it'd be in a big mush with Dillinger, Burial, Boxcutter and Radiohead.

Feb 08 is fine because I'm not even sure of what else is out then. Besides, all bands finish albums months before release. Well, most.

if anyone's a fan, agalloch is releasing a new EP of acoustic tracks early 2008, along with a few tour dates. i've heard some good things about primordial, but havent checked them out yet. any recommendations on a good album to hear first?

Primordial's last one, The Gathering Wilderness, is excellent.

thanks for the recommendation, i'll have to pick that one up. i've read lots of great recommendations on here, and finally signed up, glad to be aboard

Anyone know anything about a band called Abigail Williams? I just heard a track on XM and it was intriguing - basically melodic death metal with piano/keyboards.

Oh, and maybe it just clicked for me, but I kinda liked a Leng Tch'e song I heard as well. That's a band I have had a hard time getting into.

Yeah, they're not bad. They just have a 20 minute EP out.

They're more well-known among the Revolver-reading crowd for their tendency to hire attractive keyboardists:

They must be getting good buzz to have just an EP out and get on Liquid Metal. Or they know somebody, I guess. I'll have to keep an eye out for them.

The Gathering Wilderness is such a great album--I really need to listen to that more. Especially "The Coffin Ships." When does their new album come out? And this is going to be followed up by an acoustic Agalloch EP? Color me happy.

New one's out at the end of the month...can't wait to hear it.

TALKING METAL TV Show tonight on FUSE TV (for those who get that)

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo...ewsitemID=83993

12:30AM Eastern Time on FUSE Friday 11/9. Reairs Saturday 11/10 an hour earlier I guess.

Fuse, the national music television network, has green-lighted "Talking Metal on Fuse", a one-hour pilot that brings the number-one heavy metal/hard rock podcast on iTunes to television. Hosted by Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy — the ultimate metal geeks and hard rock aficionados — the show provides a unique perspective and insider's view into the world of metal and hard rock music.

Premiering on Friday, November 9 at 12:30 a.m. ET, "Talking Metal on Fuse" brings Mark and John's zany antics and superfan-style perspective to viewers. They take fans on a wild ride where anything can happen, including guitar lessons with Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH), a book-signing road trip with Nikki Sixx (MÖTLEY CRÜE, SIXX A.M.), cocktails with Serj Tankian (SYSTEM OF A DOWN) and a home studio makeover-turned-impromptu jam session with members of GUNS N' ROSES. Mark and John are joined by sidekicks Bud Friendly (the metal wrestler/commentator), resident guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (member of Rob Halford's and Sebastian Bach's solo bands) and the "Talking Metal" fans, a rotating group of in-studio guests who join in on the metal conversation by offering opinions and throwing up the metal horns.

"Heavy metal has some of the most loyal and passionate fans, and has been one of the most consistent performers in music television," said Eric Sherman, president, Fuse. "Fuse is committed to showcasing a variety of music genres and we're thrilled to be able to bring Mark and John's distinctive voice, along with their number-one podcast to our network."

This should be awesome. They're so strong instrumentally anyhow, the vocals always seem superfluous to me.

Welcome, Zveldzorg.

Wow, I couldn't agree less. As much I love them, I think their music could easily become cloying if they didn't have the harsh black-metal vocals to balance things out now and then.

i agree - the music is definately solid, but the lyrics/vox are great, and really contribute a lot to their overall sound. a few of my friends don't really dig the vox much either though, so just a matter of taste i guess