New Cave In album is great. Existing fans won't be disappointed. As heavy as they've ever been but Brodsky manages to bring the 60's psych/beatles influences evident in his side projects into the fold more successfully than ever before as well.



Sounds even more like the first half an album than King of Limbs did though...

omg omg omg!

yeah its great

also, check this out

Nice.

The handful of hardcore-ish songs on the new Cave-In bore me to tears. But when it gets proggy and the clean vox kick in, it's incredible.

I wonder if people from the 2040's are going to retroactively make up new terms to mock people from this decade? lol

ooh, the new unexpect album is pleasing me greatly

Just came into this thread to post that.

At first I hated it because the heads-in-tree thing reminded me of that Creed album cover, but Akerfeldt has always had a great sense of humor in concert and interviews. This just seems like a big tongue-in-cheek tribute to the ridiculous 70s prog album covers that have always been an influence in Opeth.

Also, the head falling from the tree is the keyboardist that quit the band about a month ago, and the skulls on the ground represent each of the former Opeth band members throughout the years.

September in Portland will be a good time! The announced initial lineup for MFNW includes:

Neurosis
YOB
Akimbo
Nether Regions
Wizard Rifle
Kylesa
Grails
White Hills
Thrones
Rabbits
Diesto
Witch Mountain

If you see just one of those bands, make it these guys, seriously. Not necessarily metal, but they KILL live

I'd see the first 3 in a heartbeat. I may have missed Akimbo here, recently =(

edit: White Hills, eh? RIYL?

Indeed they do.

Seen them twice this year already, both times for free. Noisy but with insane solos and rock star moves. And fucking awesome drumming. Bringing people to their shows is a lot of fun.

(cribbed from a thread I started on these guys a few months back)

"They trade in sort of droney, shoegazey space rock with lots of metallic overtones, Sonic Youth/ Swervedriver/ MBV mixed with sweeping Hawkwind and Stooges sensibilities. It's a big wash from a power trio that sort of sound like all of these references and none of them. And they are really tight as a band, the interplay between the squelchy lead guitar and bass is ridiculous, the drummer (Kid Millions from Oneida) absolutely kills on a tom-heavy shuffle.

I downloaded the new album the next day and was gravely disappointed. Unimpressive boring as fuck dime-a-dozen droney/shoegaze. I hope it will open up on repeated listens, but my intital impression is that this is a band that simply doesn't translate well on record.

But live? Fuck me. Best band I've seen in ages. RIYL: early, Transmissions From the Satellite Heart-era Lips, Swervedriver, Earthless, Sonic Youth, even White Stripes in places."

Yeah, their "songs" leave a lot to be desired. Even live, it often occurs to me that they sound like the kinds of things that could have been written in about five minutes. Yet somehow, the sheer power of the performances tip them over the edge of potential non-awesomeness into pure awesomeness.

I've gathered that a lot of the albums are pretty by numbers psych drone stuff that's done with more personality by much better groups, but I really like the collaboration with Gnod that came out last year. For a record that's really just a bunch of people jamming out, it's about as good as modern-day groovy driving krautrock type shit gets.

Yeah, I have a few of their albums. One is pretty good, but the rest are dull. Definitely plan to catch the live show.

So, Opeth and Katatonia this fall. Perfect.

Some dates have leaked, with more to come. My fingers are crossed!

wish they would add dark tranquility to that bill and get a swedish triple-threat..
fuck..throw in flames in too!!

swedish metaL!

Really hope Portland gets a date! Hell, I might drive to Seattle for that lineup, though!

I officially love these guys.

edit: although they're not exactly metal.

This rocks:

Yes, yes it does. The whole record is streaming over at Stereogum should anyone need further convincing...blackened dense crust death by way of Seattle. Good stuff.

Anyone ever listen to Forgotten Tomb? I guess they used to be pretty grim, but this album is fairly poppy. Reminds me a bit of old Katatonia, but with more of a black metal feel. Maybe Enslaved is a better comparison since there are actual guitar solos and such.... Fun album either way.

Anyone ever seen Slough Feg live? They are in town tonight, but I have to get up early tomorrow... Thoughts?

You'll sleep when you're dead

(but no, I haven't seen them).

Ha ha. Fair enough!

Many times. They kill. Saw them at Eli's Mile High in Oakland just two weeks ago with about 70 of their closest friends.

My buddy Dave shot this on his Cell phone. Look closely to see Vivian's bearded thrashing head behind the canned Olympia



EDIT: HOW THE FUCK DO YOU GET A YOU TUBE TO EMBED???

viv, re-up that clip..cant see it

Of the several Deftones shows I've been to, tonight's was by far the best, and best-sounding. Chino is like a new man these days. Great energy all around.

Bonus: awesome set by Dillinger Escape Plan.




Yo Viv:

Cheers, Velocity. Seriously, though- how do you do it properly? I put in the Youtube insert tags, and tried every possible permiutation and format Youtube offers.

You posted:

[fakeyoutube]all that stuff in the video url [/fakeyoutube]

I posted:

[fakeyoutube]just the 11 characters that come after the / in the video url[/fakeyoutube]

Try replying to my post so you can see the difference.

fixed. Cheers again

Dammit, Viv. You posted this one day too late. I would have gone, but decided to go to bed early. Crap....

New Mastodon album in the works

Probably my most anticipated right now...

Origin last night were unreal. Literally. I hadnt realized it's only 2 of the guys from Antithesis days. That said, they totally smacked it. Openers Abysmal Dawn were also lively. The less said about Vital Remains and Hate Eternal, the better.

What kicks ass in the new release landscape right now? Need new metal

Bullshit.

Looking forward to seeing Origin and Abysmal Dawn next week, they're always great. Both their new albums are really good, too. We don't get Hate Eternal, Rutan takes every fifth day off, so that's a shame. I'm not into Vital Remains.


The new Tombs is great, so much better than their last two. Khann's Erode is well worth checking out, it's KEN Mode-ish noise metal. And as mentioned above, the new Orgin gets a huge thumbs-up. Love the new Melvins live CD, too. On the trad metal front, Hell's Human Remains is quickly becoming one of my 2011 faves, and the new CDs by In Solitude and Portrait are very rewarding if you love Mercyful Fate.

Oh, and Devin Townsend's Deconstruction is NUTS. In a good way. And this is comnig from someone who greatly prefers SYL to his solo stuff.

^^^ You forgot about the new Altar of Plagues you reviewed on Popmatters yesterday!!! Agreed that its a very good album.

That's good to hear about Devin Townsend--I saw him a year or two ago and was mostly disappointed by his set.

Hate Eternal shouldn't have had to follow Abysmal Dawn. Picked up the latter's new cd last night; and yeah, everything Origin played from Entity sounded swell. Great that the new crew was able to pick up where the old one left off.

That I did! It's so hard to keep track. That record's a real grower, it took months for it to sink in for me.

anyone hear the new IN FLAMES record yet?

Yes, and I like it. People are unfairly dumping on it, it's a solid album, save for a couple of tracks that fall flat.

cool. just started it...
liking track 01.
never get sick of the dual harmony and gottenburg sound.
love their soaring choruses..
may be dated, but still prefer this stuff to sludge.

Allegedly, adultswim.com will have unreleased Mastodon track “Deathbound” available as a download today.

Meanwhile, here's what could be the video of the year. Is that Jack McBrayer doing the intro?

Have you Bay Area folks heard Futur Skullz, the dubiously named metal-punk thing featuring former members of Weakling, the Fucking Champs, and Facedowninshit? Their new album is out today and it's pretty cool. Loaded with plenty of robust Vivian/velocity riffage:

http://www.myspace.com/futurskullz

YOB on Friday! Possibly Red Fang Saturday if I decide to go to the East End Block Party, which is a daytime event.

On another note, I gave Yakuza's Way of the Dead a spin today. Always forget how fantastic that album is.

I saw Sacred Reich last night. The openers were pretty great: I really dug Cross Examination, and Jungle Rot were ok, but that has a lot to do with the fact that C.E.'s thrash revival is more my speed (btw, I hate that thrash has to be revived. Can't it just be?).

Anyway, Sacred Reich were fantastic. I've only seen them once, almost 20 years ago to the date, so I was stoked to get another opportunity to see them. And let me start by saying that I have mixed feelings about reunion shows. They can be a sad reminder of of how old we are, and a backwards glance thorugh rose-colered glasses at "better" times, which really doesn't do us any good.

I was afraid we might be going down that route when Phil Rind walked on stage, literally about 100 lbs heavier than the last time I saw him. He hit up his asthma inhaler about two songs into the set.

That said, this show was anything but going-through-the-motions. Rind, despite his asthma, had tons of energy and sounded great (plus his stage banter was pretty fucking hilarious, a rarity for any show). They played about fifteen songs, almost exclusively (I think) from Surf Nicaragua, American Way, and Ignorant.

So yeah, great show. I think the reality with some reunions is that many (most?) bands are forced to break up, not because of yoko and artistic diffferences, but because real life just gets in the way. But it's great for us fans when friends like the guys in SR can get together for a one-off and play the music they love.