[quote name='n-infusino' post='602105' date='Mar 11 2008, 12:26 PM']
Bootleg from the Melloboat concert. Seems like the real deal.

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havent heard the term "bootleg" in a while...excellent..

Holy shit, that new Opeth song is great. Not that I didn't expect it but wow, I need that album now.

hope the record is heavy.
..first track on "my arms..."
is the ideal way to start a record...

"it was me staring through the loking glass...." killer stuff.....killer!

Today will be a good day. Picking up the new Meshuggah at Rasputin's on the way home, and then heading over to San Fran to see Murder by Death and Clutch at Slims.

What can y'all tell me about Murder by Death?

I saw them open for Mastodon way back when...the lead singer licked some fat guy in the audience with a bowler hat.

Also, the guitarist had a total cholo thing going on.

Music was kind of meh.

Pitchfork's reviewed more metal albums than people think. But with Cosmo Lee joining, that might increase a little bit...his addition brings the site instant credibility in the metal department, in my opinion.

The column needs an editor, it tries way too hard to be thorough. That's the toughest thing about having carte blanche, you just want to cover everything. It took a while for me to realize that it's just impossible to cover everything yourself.

Sask- I am hearing right that Maiden is faithfully recreating both the set and setlist of Live After Death for the current tour, with the full Egyptian Powerslave set and all those amazing tunes?

If so I'm going, even though Concord has a fucking mono sound system.

They're playing exclusively 80-86 material (though the inclusion of [spoiler]Fear of the Dark[/spoiler] is kind of silly), and yeah, the setlist is incredible. Still waiting for those second leg dates to be confirmed, but it appears they are hitting the Canadian prairies in June, so I'll definitely be seeing them somewhere.

This ranks right up there with Venom's legendary recording...

Chris Barnes & Cannibal Corpse stage banter...

Looking for obZen on vinyl and found this:

http://www.golfrecords.co.uk/back_on_black/index.htm

anyone know anything about this label?

Sound is better there better than @ Shoreline.

have to say: live after death + spoilersong = fantasy world for me

it's not like they developed much after '86 anyway

re: back on black, I have noticed that site before but have always been a tad suspicious...

Get this, KFC in Canada has a black metal-themed ad campaign:

http://www.kfc.ca/home/en/wicked_crunch_contest.php

Saw the ad last night, and today the Deciblog picked up on it.

That may be the greatest thing I've ever seen. And I'm not saying that because I live in Kentucky.

am i the only one that loved that record....
i thought it was great.
and also really loved "tattoed millionaire".
do i lose SAOMB cred for that?

Here is an album from Light Pupil Dilate. Just discovered these guys, but they're pretty cool. I'm having trouble finding a copy of their newest album. If anyone finds it, please upload it.

For fans of Baroness, Mastodon, Kylessa, and any other big Savannah names (without sounding too much like any of the aforementioned bands)

Light Pupil Dilate - Cascades

I still like Tattooed Millionaire after all these years, but I still can't stand Fear of the Dark. "Be Quick or Be Dead" is killer, but the rest is on autopilot. As good a live song the title track is, it's Steve Harris at his most self-parodical.

Argh, is the new Lair of the Minotaur ever good. I can't stop playing "Assassins of the Cursed Mist"...

Year-end list contender, this one. And KILLER artwork!

confession: while i don't like the album as a whole, i love the title track and... judas be my guide*

and be quick or be dead


* probably the most heroic dickonson chorus outside tears of the dragon

After picking up obZen yesterday and listening to it four times straight, I think I'm prepared to say this is Meshuggah's best record. Off the charts good. "Combustion," "Bleed" and "Dancers to a Discordant System" are all incredible. And Haake's drumming throught this thing is a tour de force. He has claimed the mantle of best bass kick drummer from Slayer's Dave Lombardo. The sounds coming off the kick in "Bleed" are inhuman. I don't know how one man can produce such boom. He's a machine.

There was a lot of talk, in interviews with Maynard prior to the release of 10,000 Days, of Meshuggah's influence on Tool. I don't hear that so much in Tool, but I must say that I do hear some Tool in obZen, particularly in "Combustion" and "Electric Red." I think this is a good thing. I generally think Tool should sound more like Meshuggah and Meshuggah should sound more like Tool.

i think tool have been sounding more like meshuggah since they started associating (post aenima, then). not to any massive degree, as that'd jeopardise their identity, but enough to notice. over the albums they have been getting less and less melody-orientated, and increasingly rhythmically based in their arrangements. even the vox are more percussive and off kilter than their more melodic-metal first two albums. i'd venture that's a definite meshuggah influence, though your measures may vary

'stinkfist' compared with 'the grudge', or
'jimmy' with 'rosetta stoned' etc

obviously they will keep the melodic stuff somewhere, as that is essentially their trademark, but such songs are becoming conspicuous by their presence (i.e. 'right in two'). if tool sounded more like meshuggah, they'd run the risk of being meshuggah-usa

I really liked the first album, and I know I've missed at least one after that. So I'm at least two behind on these guys.
Not a bad place to be.


re: Murder By Death -
I like em. They're a band that progressed from this kindof Anticoch Arrow-ish hardcore-informed 'chamber punk' type band into a dark and heavy faux-gothic Tindersticks/Bad Seeds type band. On the quiet side, but nice and tense, and they have an obsucurantist humorous element that keeps the whole thing in a, uh, realistic perspective (band name comes from a Peter Sellers movie if I'm not mistaken). I haven't heard it yet, but the Onion says their new album is not as good as the last couple - it's their first on vagrant fwiw - so If you like what you see and hear, I'd try 'Like the Exorcist But With More Breakdancing' or 'Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them' first. Or the new one, maybe it's good!! Probably a better opener than a lesser, similar act for a band like Clutch as the contrast is sure to be stark.
Not metal, but may appeal to metal people.

I agree, Tool and Meshuggah have definitely seemed symbiotic in recent years. "Jambi" is the one Tool tune that I think bears the biggest similarity to Meshuggah, and yeah, that riff on "Combustion" is a total Adam Jones homage.

obZen is truly great. It's interesting how it's the first Meshuggah disc in many years (or perhaps ever) to not try anything particularly polarizing or bold...they just play to their strengths, incorporate styles spanning their entire career, and hammer out the music. Not so much groundbreaking, but extremely refined. Everything is spot-on, the production as perfect as I've ever heard. Though the big sylistic difference between this one and Catch 33 and Nothing is that the rhythm riffs are far less melodic, focusing more on the physicality of the sound. I can see this being in the top three on my Decibel year-end ballot come the fall. (top slot reserved for Opeth...or will it be Nachtmystium?)

Tattooed Millionaire is a very good album. Of course, the Roy Z Bruce albums make me glad that he left Maiden for a spell, because sometimes they make me cry they are so good. You lose no cred. TM is also, for better or worse, where Jannick Gers came into the Maiden family. It is oddly AC/DC derivative, but it rocks well.

Man, Meshuggah just have so many textures going on this new album. Listen closely at the 2:50 mark of "Bleed"- there are these incredible syncopated guitar trills low in the mix, perfectly timed to the kick.

This is one of the tightest acts out there right now.

shite, looks like someone's gonna have to buy a cd

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not sure if there are any Nevermore fans here...havent heard this yet but here the link:
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I just want to take a minute to note that this is the 200th page of this thread, which is pretty amazing considering that the NOW PLAYING thread just hit 500. I gotta believe that the ratio of posters in that thread to posters in this thread is much shorter than 5:2. As one of the rookies, just saying cheers s'all.

Carry on, &c.

Finally received my Meshuggah copy in the mail today - I waited forever to finally hear it.

My god is this incredible. I've loved this band for years, but I think this could be their best one yet. Nearly flawless.

Thorendal has never sounded better, and frankly Haake isn't human.

I haven't given the new Leviathan its proper due yet, but I'd be really surprised if this isn't my metal record of the year.

For the record, my biggest complaint of the Meshuggah is the album cover. Can't explain it, but I simply don't like it.

Not sure where the inspiration came from to dig out old Testament CDs but now I'm HUNGRY for the new one and unhappy that there isn't a Columbus, Ohio date on their upcoming tour.

That Warrell Dane album certainly doesn't make any effort to reinvent the wheel, but for what it is, it's pretty enjoyable, with a good Sisters of Mercy cover.

if you need a quick james murphy fix, he appears on a track on the warrel dane record i just posted, ^^
i havent listened to them much since "the ritual"..really dug "souls of black"

anyone notice how the riffage on that is damn close to for whom the bell tolls?


love that guys voice btw

Souls of Black really soured me on Testament when it first came out...it felt so rushed. I should dig out the old tape and see how it holds up.

So a pair of new Cryptopsy tracks surfaced the other day, and they are specacularly awful. Actually awful doesn't describe it aptly enough...this is on par with Celtic Frost's Cold Lake.

"Bemoan the Martyr"

"Resurgence of an Empire"

An album I like, in a weird way. In a very guilty pleasure sort of way. "Cherry Orchards" and "Seduce Me Tonight" in particular are damn catchy, if completely WTF. Yes, its CF's worst album by a longshot, and is totally uncharacteristic, but I dunno...it's bizarrely fun. I know, weird.

It does have its moments, I'll readily admit to that, but considering the reaction of metal fans on the net these last two days, these new songs (and it's apparently been confirmed by Flo himself), even in unfinished form, have sunk Cryptopsy from DM heroes to pariahs, much like Cold Lake did for Celtic Frost.

Hey Sask, have you heard Amberian Dawn? Musically seems fairly decent power metal, but damn if I don't love this chick's voice. Obviously classically trained - just gorgeous.

Iron Maiden's full US tour has just been announced:



A full week between Seattle and Chicago means the much-rumoured Western Canadian tour is going to happen...Winnipeg has been announced for 6/9 on Ticketmaster, so Vancouver, Calgary and (oh man please) Regina should follow shortly as well...

Maiden sure holds a grudge towards the Southern US, don't they? I remember they intentionally left OzzFest before that tour hit the south a few years ago...


Haven't heard it, but I'll definitely look into it!

saskadelphia you are a cheeky monkey! we all know there were other reasons...

that's why i hate zakk wylde, btw

new Textures song up
http://myspace.com/textures

the 2nd half I really like.




they're not Metal in the least. But their 1st 2 albums are pretty good, experimental rock with strings and piano.

Their most recent 2 are not as much my thing, mainly due to the singer, singing a couple octaves down in a Johnny Cash-style.

meant to pass this along a few days ago..for the PROG folks esp..

I will be at The Vic



also not Metal..but somewhat in the same area as LTE is the Return to Forever Reunion tour which announced dates the other day as well.

http://www.return2forever.com/index.cfm/pk...tent/pid/400032
5/29/08 - Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre
5/30/08 - Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre
5/31/08 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Center

6/01/08 - Dallas, TX - Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
6/03/08 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
6/04/08 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kingsbury Hall
6/06/08 - Portland, OR - Schnitzer Concert Hall
6/07/08 - Medford, OR - Britt Music Festival
6/08/08 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
6/09/08 - Vancouver, BC - Centre for Performing Arts
6/11/08 - San Francisco, CA - The Grand
6/12/08 - San Francisco, CA - The Grand
6/13/08 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
6/14/08 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
6/17/08 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
6/18/08 - Omaha, NE - Holland Performing Arts Center
6/19/08 - Minneapolis, MN - The Orpheum Theatre
6/20/08 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
6/21/08 - Detroit, MI - Freedom Hill
6/22/08 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
6/24/08 - Cleveland, OH - Plain Dealer Pavilion
6/25/08 - Toronto, ONT - Sony Centre
6/26/08 - Ottawa, ONT - Confederation Park
6/27/08 - Montreal, QUE - Pelletier Hall/Place des Arts
6/28/08 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Freihofer's Jazz Festival

7/02/08 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Utenos Arena
7/04/08 - Warsaw, Poland - Congress Hall
7/05/08 - Budapest, Hungary - Budapest Arena
7/06/08 - Belgrade, Serbia - Belgrade Arena
7/08/08 - Paris, France - Olympia Hall
7/09/08 - Vienne, France - Vienne Jazz Festival
7/10/08 - Madrid, Spain - Via Jazz Festival
7/11/08 - Girona, Spain - Cap Roig Festival
7/12/08 - Lorca, Spain
7/13/08 - Valencia, Spain
7/16/08 - Neuhardenberg, Germany
7/18/08 - Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival
7/19/08 - Essen, Germany - Grugahalle
7/21/08 - London, England - Indigo2
7/23/08 - Nice, France - Nice Jazz Festival
7/25/08 - San Sebastian, Spain
7/30/08 - Miami, FL - The Fillmore Miami Beach
7/31/08 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall

8/01/08 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
8/02/08 - Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Center
8/04/08 - Baltimore, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/05/08 - Philadelphia, PA - The Mann Center - w/ Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
8/06/08 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion - w/ Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
8/07/08 - New York, NY - United Palace

Minneapolis June 19 for myself.

along those lines..Yes announced this week they are doing another tour of the States this Summer. Rick Wakeman's son Oliver is playing keys.

former Marillion frontman Fish announced a bunch of US tour dates this week as well. Milwaukee and Chicago (no Mpls) included. His 1st US tour in over 10 years I believe.
http://www.the-company.com/gigs.htm

I've never seen him and always wanted to. I may be at the Park West for that show on June 15th.

Weird, I thought the band had arranged to leave the tour early long before that whole incident.

But anyway, it's been quite a while since they played the Southeast...

Anyone listened to the Justin Broadrick & Jarboe thing yet?

For anyone who had heard the Jesu E.P Lifeline, you might recall female vocals on some of the tracks. Well this time the there is a proper collaberation between the two. It's kind of odd, especially if you're expecting something akin to Jesu. Very interesting release. Not properly sunk in yet. People should give it a try

Yeah, I mentioned it sometime either in December or January. And take my word for it, this CD is a grower. I was a bit iffy when I first gave it a listen, but over the last couple months, I've come to really like it. Here's my piece on Jarboe and the album if you're interested:
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/columns/artic...iew-with-jarboe

She's really nice, by the way. And her upcoming album (due in June...see the article) has the potential to be spectacular.

Thanks. That was a good read (I've fave'd your homepage on that site btw ).

Thanks!

Anyone else hear the new Sahg album yet? It tops Saviours and The Sword, in my opinion...it bugs me how so many American bands that do the classic metal thing never have the guts to go all the way and employ strong, classy, robust vocal melodies. As much as I love stuff like Lair of the Minotaur and the aforementioned bands, the vocals aways seem so half-assed compared to a band like Sahg, who totally understands how to do it, continuing where Trouble and St. Vitus left off.

i've not even heard of them, but that description makes me wanna be all over it

i just wish someone now sounded like down did on their debut...

They're actually one of the side projects by King ov Hell frokm Gorgoroth, but this is so much better than Gorgoroth in my opinion. Classy retro doom, not just spewing battle metal cliches.

nice one. checked the site and no vinyl, which makes me sad, but maybe i can get past that. reference points stuff like c.2000 spiritual beggars and suchlike, would you say?