The general Metal discussion thread

[Bear 1817]

https://batushka-panihida.bandcamp.com/releases

 

The full new Batushka album from Krzysztof Drabikowski. Sounds like more of the same as the debut, and that's cool enough. Probably not gonna play this quite as much as I did the debut when it was released, but it's good.

 

 

 

New Denial of God track. 

 

 

 

Now this is gonna be awesome. Vothana was formed in 2003,  released 15 demos, four EPs and a split from 03 to 08, and now, after 11 years of silence, he's back with his debut album. This is gonna be aweomse. Grim and epic black metal in the vein of Moonblood, Vlad Tepes, Lycanthropy's Spell and more. Will probably be among the highlights of the year for me personally.

 

 

[Euronymous 325]

didn't know about the new batushka album,i'll give that a try,for sure.

 

can you guys recommend me some good WAR METAL in the vain of MARDUK and DESTROYER 666?

[edit: not the french ones,cuz i'm already into them ]

Edited May 28, 2019 by Euronymous

[Bear 1817]

Do you mean war themed black metal? Cuz war metal (also known as bestial black metal) is something entirely different. War metal are bands that play a mixture of mostly black and death metal, and now and then they' mix in thrash and grindcore as well.

 

Some notable bands worth checking out:

 

Blasphemy

Archgoat

Black Witchery

Beherit (The Oath of Black Blood)

Sadomator/Sadogoat

Abhorer

 

[Euronymous 325]

Oh,then I mean "war themed" metal bands,sorry. Didn't know that war metal was some kind of subgenre as well

[Bear 1817]

Ah, aight. Well:

 

Endstille, espcially Dominanz. Very cool album.

Vreid

Operation Winter Mist

War (Sweden)

Cobalt

Harza

 

I think most of those are war themed, if not only war themed.

[Bear 1817]

Slagmark is another pretty cool band. Pretty unique technical black metal.

[Euronymous 325]

Thanks I'll check them out

[Bear 1817]

You do that. A few more:

 

Eastern Front

1914

Minenwerfer

Truppensturm

Zerstörer

[Bear 1817]

 

 

https://thegrindmother.bandcamp.com/

 

 

This is the type of band that will be seen as a gimmicky joke band, but Grindmother, consisting of RainForest (Corrupt Leaders) and Grindmother herself who's RainForest's 70 year old fucking mom. But this shit is actually legit as fuck. Their debut EP, Age of Destruction, is 10 tracks and 12 minutes of brutal grindcore in the vein of Wormrot. So it's more than a gimmick, it's actually legit and enjoyable grindcore.

[Bear 1817]

 

 

Fuck yes! This track fuckin' rips!

Edited May 30, 2019 by Bear

[Bear 1817]

 

 

Can't believe no one is talking about this album. This is technical death metal drenched with absurd synth and magic atmosphere. Occult, futuristic sci-fi death metal. Masterpiece! It's not quite as good as The Key, but it does sound like The Key. This could've been an album filled with tracks that were deemed not good enough for The Key, but that doesn't mean it's bad. Not at all. This is up there with the best death metal albums of the last two-two and a half decades. Dear god!

[Bear 1817]

 

 

 

Man, this is so weird. These guys were among the early South-American black/death/thrash metal bands alongside Vulcanos, Sepultura, Mutilator, Sarcofago and so on, but after one wild album, the classic Campo de Extermínio, they moved into a more straight-forward thrash/crossover sound and then moves even further away from that playing around with more technical and progressive stuff, as well as some industrial shit. But then in 2016 they returned after 11 years of silence (or something) with something that sounds like the proper follow-up to Campo de Extermínio. Wild, barbaric and brutal black/death/thrash in the vein of the mid-80's South-American sound. Back in the 80's this shit was known as deathcore. Sounds amazing!

[Kyo_Toriko 537]

Fleshgod Apocalypse's new album "Veleno" is really great! I've Listened to it when it was dropped in May, and then found it on Youtube today!
 

 

Edited June 3, 2019 by Kyo_Toriko

[Jigsaw9 6783]

Just dropped by to say I'm really enjoying the new Darkthrone album. Perfect old-school mix of (proto)black, thrash and doom.

 

BIG RIFFS, perfect to play LOUD.

 

edit: Not sure if I mentioned this before, but the new Ares Kingdom album slays too. Murky death-thrash onslaught.

Edited June 3, 2019 by Jigsaw9

[Bear 1817]

 

 

I must say this album surprised me a lot. If I had listened to this without knowing it's Misþyrming I probably would not a guess it in a million years. More easy on the ear, way more melodic, and less Deathspell Omega- and Svartidauði-esque. But that's not negative and my first impression is that it is way, way better than their debut album. Really enjoying it.

[suji 8317]

Borknagar new album, "True North" will be released on September 27!!

 

 

[Bear 1817]

Cool title and a very nice album artwork. I hope the music fit the title and artwork, but I doubt it. I guess it'll be another Borknagar album that won't be for me.

[suji 8317]

I'll still enjoy Borknagar no matter what, but I still miss Vintersorg a lot...the fact that he won't be part of this really breaks my heart. 💔 at least he's also cooking up something new.

[Jigsaw9 6783]

Randomly found this old death metal band called Sepsism and their '95 demo and '98 album are just so perfectly produced and executed. The huge guitars, the relentless drum pounding, the tasty bass and barbaric vocals. The songs themselves... dare I say, catchy! TOTAL DEATH PERFECTION.

 

 

That's all.

Edited June 23, 2019 by Jigsaw9

[Bear 1817]

Not a fan of brutal death metal myself so Sepsism ain't really my thing, but the cover art for Purulent Decomposition are gorgeous. Not a fan of the title font, but everything else, including the band's logo, are awesome!

[Bear 1817]

 

ALCEST's 6th album is called “Spiritual Instinct“ and will be released on the 25th of October on Nuclear Blast. The recording of “Spiritual Instinct“ has been a long and challenging process, but we feel really proud of it and can't wait to share our new music with all of you. The artwork has been made by the Parisian duo Førtifem and represents a sphinx, as a reference to the symbolism art movement. The sphinx is the ultimate figure of the enigma, which embodies both the spiritual and feral sides inside us.

 

 

 

Alcest are one of my favourite bands with four of their five full lenghts being complete and utter masterpieces, which also counts for both versions of Le Secret. Shelter, which I consider to be their worst by a long shot, is still a very good album (7,5-8/10). Really can't wait to hear what this will sound like.

[saishuu 3220]

Can't wait for the new Alcest album. Kodama was incredible.

[Manji 卍 743]

two things i like: german black metal and masks.

thus,Farsot.

 

 

[Bear 1817]

 

 

Not sure if this has been posted. Mortem was the band that created Arcturus in many ways. Line-up is original Mortem members Steinar Sverd Johnsen (Arcturus, Covenant, Ulver), Hellhammer (Arcturus, Mayhem and so on) and Marius Vold (ex-Arcturus, ex-Stigma Diabolicum, ex-Thorns), as well as Seidemann of 1349 and Pantheon I. I think this track sounds excellent. Kinda sounds like a mix of Mortem and Arcturus around 1994. I really can't wait for this album.

 

Lord Gore - Scalpels for Blind Surgeons

 

 

 

Sounds like it's gonna be a cool album. A bit cleaner produced than earlier stuff. Not as thick, raw and meaty, but sounds good and brutal.

 

 

Druadan Forest - Dismal Spells… Part I

 

This sounds very good. Epic black metal/ambient/dungeon synth. It's a double album consisting of 4 tracks. Really looking forward to this. 

 

The Great Old Ones - Cosmicism

 

Lovecraftian post-black metal that's gotten better and better with each album. This is their fourth and this should be good.

 

 

[Bear 1817]

 

 

 

 

New EP. Hm, sounds pretty good, but not as good as their previous stuff. The first track is especially very disappointing. More chuggy and less epic than what we're used to from these guys. Second track is better, but not nearly as good or epic as previous stuff. Oh well.