After Leviathan, I'm expecting this to be crushing and awesome in equal measure. I love that album.

I'm a folk!

Besides, Michael Amott. Nuff said.

Gentlemen:
I have obtained Exodus "Pleasures of the Flesh" and "Fabulous Disaster" and also Voivod's "Dimension Hattross" "Nothingface" and "Katorz." Any interest?

Also, I will be attending Iron Maiden's Chicago show. Sask, you are welcome to crash at my house if you come in for it.

Are you in the UK, throughsilver? Because the dvd is NTSC, not PAL.


I have Katorz, but you should post the album for the further edification of this board. It's one of the best albums of the year.


Cheers, dude. It's an expensive decision!

Yes, I'm a good two to four years late on "getting" these guys, but Killswitch Engage is now really rockin' my mind.

They're good at the melodic metalcore, that's for sure. Their guitarist Adam whatshisname seems to be producing everybody these days.

Got a nice surprise arrival today, that being the new Daughters album, and it's one of the most shocking transformations I've heard from a band in years. Far, far less crazy than Canada Songs, and instead of screaming there's a more spoken-style delivery with touches of singing. Grind fans seem to be divided over this stylistic shift, but I think the newfound restraint works brilliantly. Right up there with The Smackdown as the best grind CD I've heard in 2006. I'd like to hear what williamtell has to say about this release.

Here's a track: "Fiery"

They're touring with Pelican and Nachtmystium, which is a pretty killer triple bill.

Yes, I'm UK. I do, however, have a fine DVD player that can play anything (I do love those semi-annual Deep Discount DVD sales~!), so if you're willing to send then no probs...

Listening to 'Fiery' now. Interesting stuff, and the first I think I've heard from the band. Guitars are very Dillinger, and the vocals are entertaining enough. I miss this style of singing ever since the demise of Kiss It Goodbye (does anyone know what Tim Singer's doing now?). Ta for the link.

Check your PM.


The previous Daughters album was friggin' insane, Dillinger x 10, ten songs in 11 minutes, with some of the wildest drumming you'll ever hear. I'm glad they took another direction, because they went about as far as they could go with the more straightforward grind sound.

Oh shit. I probably want to get hold of the last album then. A tad An Albatross, would you say?

Yeah, like An Albatross I think, but more mathcore-ish. I'll post it tonight, it's a ridiculously short album.

For those who don't know, on Sept 3rd at the double door, Brutal Truth are playing with Pig Destroyer and Minsk opening.

Holy fuckin heavy! It's a shame they had to pick the day I'm moving.

Iron Maiden - "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg"

It's a transcode, but I like the song so much, I'll post it anyway...

You ready for some insanity?



Daughters - Canada Songs

And here's the new one from Daughters. Sask is right, this is really great. I love Canada Songs but they really took things to a new level here. Love the new vocal style, reminds me of David Yow.


Daughters - Hell Songs

Holy fucking shit. Are the 'Truth going to tour? I need to hear 'Dementia' live.

[edit] Fuck. The Post Of The Beast, and I didn't even notice. That's because I'm just so damn evil.

I just wanted to be the 666th reply in the Metal Thread.

ha ha ha you were 667! 667, the number of the douche!!!

Note: I said "reply." In any case, the number of the douche sounds fine by me. Nothing wrong with feminine hygiene, metalheads.

New Trivium:

"Detonation"

Not too shabby. They get so much heat for their Metallica devotion (they're the most hated metal band among metal fans, next to Avenged Sevenfold), but I like it. Very Ride the Lightning. The chorus is a little meh, but I'm glad they've abandoned the screaming.

I just looked on the Relapse site, and I guess that's the only show that they're doing(so far). Pretty fuckin good lineup of bands though.

New song from Saskatchewan's finest, Into Eternity, who are on Gigantour next month:

http://www.myspace.com/gigantour2006
(click on "Severe Emotional Distress")

Terrific, terrific stuff. In Flames/Scar Symmetry fans take note.

Finally got around to hearing this one (thanks again Sask!) and wow you weren't kidding. This disc is phenomenal, definitely worth checking out if you're into black metal at all. Stellar production and songwriting. This could very well sneak ahead of Enlsaved and Drudkh for metal album of the year for me.

I'm assuming that if I love the new Wolves in the Throne Room and Drudkh that I'll probably love this as well. Right?

What's transcode?

Yeah, I think you'd dig this one. I can rip and upload it if you want but it will have to wait until tonight or tomorrow morning.

Basically a rip of a rip, masquerading as a good quality MP3, but it's actually on the dicey side. The Maiden clip is like that, but the song's so good, I thought I'd put it up anyway.


I had a hunch you'd like it. I was listening to the new ones by Gorgoroth and Satyricon at the same time, and they couldn't measure up to Merrimack. The production on the album is excellent, and musically, there's a lot going on.

Merrimack's such a weird name for a band. It keeps reminding me of Lowell Mass., as depicted by Jack Kerouac.

New Blind Guardian:

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Not bad, but I preferred the Styx-like silliness of "Fly" from earlier this year.

What the hell?

It's not soothing, it's like a horror movie soundtrack...based on the sample clips, anyway.

I want to hear Blessphemy. If one of you could make that happen, well...shit.

See Kerrang's Iron Maiden preview here. Really looking forward to hearing this.

Maiden Week: The Sequel will happen near the end of the month.


I wouldn't mind hearing that myself.

This album is awesome.

This sounds like some great stuff, I am very excited about the new record. Poor Dave Murray though, jeez, dude looks like 75!!!

Here you go guys



An Albatross - Blessphemy (Of the Peace Beast Feastgiver and the Bear Warp Kumite)

A classic for those unfamiliar:



hxxp://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=8CFBC6A70F31982C

Sweet. Thanks for this.

You're welcome! It's the 2004 remaster, which shatters the original mix.

Has anyone else heard about the big Scorpions reunion at Wacken the other night? What a setlist:

1- Coming Home
2- Bad Boys Running Wild
3- The Zoo
4- Loving You Sunday Morning
5- Make It Real
6- Picture Life (with Uli John Roth)
7- Speedy´s Coming (with Uli John Roth)
8- Dark Lady (with Uli John Roth)
9- We´ll Burn The Sky (with Uli John Roth)
10- Love´em Or Leave´em
11- Don´t Believe Her
12- Tease Me Please Me
13- Coast To Coast (with Michael Schenker)
14- Holiday (with Michael Schenker)
15- Lovedrive (with Michael Schenker)
16- Another Piece Of Meat (with Michael Schenker)
17- Kottak´s Drum Solo
18- Blackout (with Herman Rarebell)
19- No One Like You (with Herman Rarebell)
20- Matthia´s Guitar Solo
21- Big City Nights
22- Can´t Get Enough

ENCORE 1

23- Still Loving You
24- In Trance (with Uli John Roth, Michael Schenker)
25- He´s A Woman She´s A Man (with Uli John Roth, Michael Schenker)
26- In Search Of The Piece Of Mind (with Uli John Roth, Michael Schenker and Tyrson Schenker)

ENCORE 2

27- Dynamite

ENCORE 3

28- Rock You Like A Hurricane

Sask,

Thanks for posting the Megadeth, I'm listening now and enjoying it on a Saturday morning! That's a damn long Scorpions setlist--must have been one hell of a show.

whoa....

Yeah, it's pretty mental isn't it. Cheers to Burzum for stepping in.

My up/downloading is stupidly slow nowadays. Averages 22kbps. On an 8 meg connection!

Just got back from Sounds of the Underground. Not as good as last year's, but it still had its moments. Like a year ago, the Canadian dates are all indoors, which was good, cos it was a scorcher outside today.

The show had probably the biggest anticlimax I've seen in 22 years of concertgoing. In Flames absolutely mopped the floor with As I Lay Dying. It wasn't even funny...in fact, it was kind of embarrassing. Everyone was there for In Flames. The floor was packed, everyone was singing all the words, the band had a killer light show, it was all great. The setlist was havy on Reroute/Soundtrack/Clarity, but since I'm one of the few fans who loves those albums, I was quite happy:
Pinball Map
Leeches
Cloud Connected
Trigger
Graveland
Come Clarity
The Quiet Place
Take This Life
My Sweet Shadow

When In Flames finished, lots of people left, and between AILD's songs, it was dead silent. Nobody but the 100 in front cared at all. They're a B level band at best, and have a few good songs ("The Darkest Nights" and "Confined"), but there's no way they can headline a tour like this, and it was painfully obvious. The vocals are far too one-dimensional, and the singer was a pompous ass, standing on the riser doing Christ poses.

Behemoth was phenomenal ("Conquer All" and "Chant For Eschaton 2000" were godly), and I loved Cannibal Corpse. Holy hell, can Corpsegrinder scream...they're so much better live. The new songs killed, and "Fucked With a Knife" (which was dedicated to the ladies ) and "Devoured by Vermin" were awesome. Trivium try way too hard, the poor kids ...their new song is so much better than the older stuff, though, and I have high hopes for the album. B;ack Dahlia Murder was surprisingly good. And GWAR was GWAR. They brought out Gor-Gor this time. That was my fourth time seeing GWAR in 21 months. The shtick is fun, but tends to get old over and over again. Does anyone ever know what songs they're playing? Does anyone even care?

A question: who are the bigger fucking idiots, GWAR fans, or those hardcore karate dancing twits?

Picked up two killer special editions today:


Finally replaced my annoying 99-track promo. Loads of extras on this version. It made my metal list last year...highly highly highly recommended!


They're going to be the most popular metal band in America in two months, so I might as well hop on the bandwagon. Good extras on this one...lots of bonus tracks and a DVD. Man, do the kiddies love this band...there was the biggest circle pit during "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr".

Stream Iron Maiden's new song "Different World" here:
http://www.ironmaiden.com/article.php?sect...article_id=1343

Interesting departure. Typical Maiden arrangement, but an understated chorus. Solid melody all the way through. Not exceptional, but still good.



What is exceptional, though, is the new All That Remains album. Tight Scandinavian-inspired stuff, with some very strong melodies, great clean vocals, but more robust than the usual emo singing young American bands do. Every bit as good as the new Scar Symmetry, this could very well be the metalcore album of the year.

Stream "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns" here: http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/?...delivery=stream

8:45 of awesomeness.

Holy shit, that's some good stuff there. When's this come out again? I may have to postpone buying Paris Hilton's album to get this...

September 5. I agree, the three songs are sounding great.

Here's an excellent rip of the "Benjamin Breeg" single:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...D66762754069452

Uh-oh, a Questionable Content character is wearing an Agalloch shirt in today's strip. We're a Pitchfork review away from an indie hipster stampede!

Actually, that's pretty cool if that happens. The band deserves that level of attention. Ashes Against the Grain has been bumped up to my top three albums of 2006 so far.

can't get past the vocals on that one

The growling or the singing? I like the restraint Haughm displays in his BM growls.

growling

I've been listening to a lot of black metal this year, and Agalloch definitely makes the best use of the BM vox, in my opinion. They don't make it sound as cheesy for some reason.

Got the new Brand New Sin album today, and it seemed to fall flat after the first listen. Though they do a song with Pete Steele that's arguably the best thing the band has ever done.

And the new Amon Amarth is KILLER. Better than the last album. You've got to love metal songs about Viking warfare.