After that bitter sweetness I need something Hideous yet Divine. A Machine Head cover, bonus track. Hideous Divinity 2019
That's me doing a jig on my way out from work! The villain skulking in the background in red is me going into work eight hours earlier. Great news! Abbath cancels more tour dates, going to rehab Former Immortal frontman Abbath Doom Occulta recently cut an Abbath show short after reportedly being drunk on stage, and then cancelled the remainder of the Abbath tour due to “health issues.” Now, he has issued a statement saying that he’s been battling addiction and will be going to rehab, and needs to cancel the December tour with his Motörhead tribute band Bömbers as a result. Fortunately, he assures us that Abbath’s Europe and North American 2020 tours — including the Decibel Magazine tour with Mayhem (which also includes Decibel Metal & Beer Fest) — are still on. Here’s his full statement: Bergen, 25th of November 2019, Outstriders, Throughout life you’re dealt different decks of cards. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to live my dream, which is writing music, putting out records and touring the world, playing to fans all over the globe. For the most part it has been a tremendous ride, but there’s also been moments where things have gone wrong. Most notably during the recent tour of South America, where we had to cancel shows in Argentina and Brazil. It’s no secret that I’ve been battling addiction. I have now come to realize that it’s time to pick a fight with this demon. I’ve committed myself to a rehab program that’s going to help me get clean once and for all. I feel more motivated and determined than ever to win this battle. Due to my program, we need to cancel the December shows that we have scheduled with my other band, Bömbers. We do apologize to our fans that was looking forward to these shows. We will make it up to all of you, and we’re currently working on rescheduling these shows. Right now I’m very much looking forward to be coming back clean, stronger and more focused and fired up than ever. Europe and USA, you have been warned, we’ll hunt you down like a thunderstorm next year. Nothing is going to stop us. Horns up! Abbath
^^^good to see him getting some help, hope he comes back and kicks butt. The Best Metal on Bandcamp: November 2019 here's my fave renn fair clip
That is so awesome. Love it on so many levels. Plain disobedience is one. The others aren't looking meaning it wasn't set up with lots of tries.
Hot damn! What a beautiful song and powerful video. The sorrowful clean singing in the beginning and end sounds like Bowie to me. Even if the song doesn't appeal the "film" is worth a look. Definitely one of the best of the year. November 29
^^^^^^^ Just two important notes. This song is the album closer and the outro in the video is 40 seconds and the outro on the studio track is 2 minutes. It's the longest fade out I can remember and has the affect of slowly receding into the distance. I listen and strain to grasp the details to the bitter end as it's full of beauty with soaring female vocals. Death Atlas, by Cattle Decapitation
I have the 2015 The Anthropocene Extinction but I don't remember anything on it nearly as poignant as this. I should listen to it again as there's some reason I kept it instead of ditching it.
I listened to Anthropocene and it's really good but there is nothing as great as that last track on the new one. I saw that Angry Metal Guy reviewer gave it a 2.5/5. I disagree hehe. The 20 Best Metal Albums of 2019 according to Popmatters 20. Copperhead – Gazing in the Dark 19. Drastus – La Croix de Sang 18. Ossuarium – Living Tomb 17. Have a Nice Life – Sea of Worry 16. Dawn Ray’d – Behold Sedition Plainsong 15. Yellow Eyes – Rare Field Calling 14. Necropanther – The Doomed City 13. Vimur – Triumphant Master of Fates 12. PH – Osiris Hayden 11. Blood Incantation – Hidden History of the Human Race 10. Lord Mantis – Universal Death Church 9. Immortal Bird – Thrive on Neglect 8. Exhorder – Mourn The Southern Skies 7. Esoteric – A Pyrrhic Existence 6. Tomb Mold – Planetary Clairvoyance 5. Baroness – Grey and Gold 4. Inter Arma – English Sulphur 3. Sunn O))) – Life Metal/Pyroclasts 2. BIG|BRAVE – A Gaze Among Them 1. Waste of Space Orchestra – Syntheosis I have four, Tomb Mold, Blood Incantation, Vimur, Ossuarium. I took an odd way in to Blood Incantation. Like a yoga, meditation session I listened to Jimi Hendrix's "Machine Gun" to slow down my heart rate and head of cabbage brain synapses and started the Blood album with the 18 minute last track. Seemed to work as I got into it easy. (Of course my heart rate slowed. I just sat there doing nothing!)
I like it though for some reason I thought of if the local news weatherman were to recite the weather with this voice. Maybe in a still functioning post-apocalypse world. I might have to take a break from Cattle Decapitation. Tragediens Trone, by TRAGEDIENS TRONE Nov 29
I have 4 of these too! Blood Incantation, Esoteric(prolly my disc o da year), Tomb Mold(thanks Mike!), and Ossuarium.
I saw similar comments at AMG. They'd reference earlier albums but I don't have that burden. I have a fresh take. I was going to take a crack at that but sweet unholy molasses it's an hour and 38 minutes long! I'll give it a try...for a bit. Same to you buddy and all our southern neighbours.
I have 5 of them. Blood Incantation - it's on the way Tomb Mold Inter Arma - very disappointed with this one Sunn O))) - Life Metal only Waste of Space Orch. Others I've given a fair listen to include Ossuarium, Vimur, Baroness the rest?? I have no idea, probably missed them in the deluge of releases currently plaguing metal and all other genres.
I listened to the whole thing and it is a great album. It was the "Funeral Doom titans ESOTERIC return with" written on their bandcamp that had me expect a slow crawl but it's not. It's way spacey, atmospheric and upbeat. Vangelis crossed my mind once during a rockin' Blade Runner part. And when those whirlwinds subside in come big classic rock guitars like after 17:30
It's an odyssey and an ordeal. I've dived into it a half dozen times for 30 minute periods. It's tough to work with because of the length. Beardo does Cattle Decapitation. Given how animated his hands are I think he should also sign language the review.
My tastes are more toward black metal and some melodeath rather than tech death metal or deathgrind, so I haven't really listened to much Cattle Decapitation before, but I've been hearing such good things about Death Atlas that I gave it a couple listens last night. Damn, it's good! Some black metal parts to make me happy and the vocals are just nuts, I love all the different music and vocal styles that are incorporated. I think I'll be buying this one.
I'm nuts over the last song (with second last song as the intro). The third last fits well, slowing the tempo of the album down before the finale of lament and planetary doom. I took a trip through the previous album and it's fairly relentless aggression. I like this 2019 album much more. Song #12
