I'll miss them. Only got to see 'em live twice, once with the og line up and once with the new one. Speaking of old school thrashers, Kreator will release a new live one 2/14: KREATOR Announces New Live Release 'London Apocalypticon - Live At The Roundhouse'
I just discovered Humiliation, a death metal band from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that plays homage to the mighty Bolt Thrower. Fans of the band, along with War Master from Texas, should check them out.
Pretty good stuff there. I'll check out th whole album on bandcamp Under the Siege of Invasion, by Humiliation
A new EP from Bolzer Lese Majesty, by BÖLZER and I'm curious if it has anything as catchy as that one tune from the last album.
Nope! And with that why does it seem refreshing to see most disappointing albums? For me, to know I wasn't nuts in disliking albums. Tomorrow is the beginning of their best albums. I only copied a single sentence from each. No Clean Singing's 2019 – A YEAR IN REVIEW(S): THE DISAPPOINTING ASTRONOID – ASTRONOID Sadly, however, their self-titled follow-up just doesn’t capture the same magic. BATUSHKA – HOSPODI Hospodi didn’t even come close to matching its predecessor’s quality or success, which does kind of indicate where the real talent lay, doesn’t it? CRYPT SERMON – THE RUINS OF FADING LIGHT it also contains quite a bit of material that’s notably weaker and more disjointed, meaning that while the album’s highs are certainly higher, its lows are conspicuously lower too. DEVIN TOWNSEND – EMPATH throwing them all together in a kaleidoscopic cavalcade of bright lights and loud noises which is somehow paradoxically both the most Devin Townsend record yet, but also one of his weakest. KRYSTHLA – WORLDWIDE NEGATIVE the band are still very good at what they do, it’s just a shame that a lot of what they choose to do here isn’t particularly interesting or inspired. NOVEMBERS DOOM – NEPHILIM GROVE Again, as with most of the records on this list, it’s not a bad album, per se, and it contains a couple of big hitters, but it also holds a handful of real duds, and lacks the consistency and clarity of vision that its predecessors possessed. ROTTING CHRIST – THE HERETICS perfection is sometimes just another word for stagnation, and The Heretics offers absolutely nothing new, no shocks, no surprises, no real excitement, and in fact seems to actively reuse and regurgitate ideas and melodies from the band’s last couple of albums. SLEEP TOKEN – SUNDOWNING far too often the band stick to a very safe and predictable formula which ticks all the right boxes but prevents them living up to their full potential. WARFORGED – I: VOICE the album as a whole is overstuffed and ultimately less than the sum of its parts, and would likely have been stronger and more consistent/coherent as an EP.
Agree: Astronoid it was a letdown, almost like they painted themselves into a corner. Warforged I agree, too much going on. Disagree: Crypt Sermon, I love this album, leave it alone. Devin Townsend presented a career summary and I think he pulled it off.
A song stuck in my head caused me to browse 2019, though not sure what year the tick biting me is from. I've ended up finding albums I have no memory of and at best are (underground) one hit wonders. This song puts the goofiest smile on my face. I wish it was by a completely smashed, falling down Dean Martin growling his way through it.
Like a chocolate covered almond, it's so simple and so much better than it should be. A month later I still love this, this exercise in simplicity. Headphones and the deep immersion help.
Oath of Cruelty sounded great! They have a phil anselmo lookalike in the band and the cover is awesome:
Some straight hard rock the full stream of which is at AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): DEATH WOLF - "IV: COME THE DARK" - NO CLEAN SINGING There's only one video and it isn't the best song in my meager opinion but gives a good idea of what these chaps are about. IV: Come the Dark, by Death Wolf Dec 10
NCS's Andy Synn had a long list of "good" albums one day then "great" albums yesterday. About 100 of each and in alphabetical order. 2019 – A YEAR IN REVIEW(S): THE GREAT - NO CLEAN SINGING Thankfully almost each item on the list was a link and click away from their bandcamp. With nothing better to check out I've been clicking on down the road/list. Too bad I hit letter G before being engaged by this Canadian band. "Ohhhhh Cana.."....nevermind. Gomorrah, by Gomorrah March 22
Something I missed from last August. Although the cover is familiar. There couldn't be two B&Ws of nekkid people around a fire. The improbably lit buttocks do look familiar. Yes it seems solid all the way through much like Murg has been. This has greater asskickery within. SWARN - Black Flame Order, by SWARN The Andy fellow at NCS has his "Critical Top Ten". Car bomb?????? 2019 – A YEAR IN REVIEW(S): THE CRITICAL TOP TEN DISENTOMB – THE DECAYING LIGHT VANUM – AGELESS FIRE DISILLUSION – THE LIBERATION CAR BOMB – MORDIAL TEITANBLOOD – THE BANEFUL CHOIR FVNERAL FVKK – CARNAL CONFESSIONS ETERNAL STORM – COME THE TIDE WHITE WARD – LOVE EXCHANGE FAILURE TOMB MOLD – PLANETARY CLAIRVOYANCE (IF YOU LIKE THIS, TRY: BLOOD INCANTATION) RORCAL – MULADONA
Both the Gomorrah and Swarm albums have turned out the be great late discoveries. Best Canadian album of the year!
Spent four pleasant hours exploring this thread yesterday evening. In recent weeks, thanks to you headbangers, I have discovered Tomb Mold, Blood Incantation, Lurker of Chalice, Horrendous, Timeghoul, Krolok, Orchid, and Immortal Bird. I"m going to go broke! Anyway, thank you!
From the list above: VANUM – AGELESS FIRE I dug this one a lot on a first pass. Definitely worth a listening session to see what you think. .
Always good to hear someone enjoys our ramblings! I really wish Orchid would release a new one, they're long overdue.