The Official Metal Thread

[nathanfairchild]

no surprise really, but Motorhead added to Mayhem Festival.

[zircona1]

no surprise really, but Motorhead added to Mayhem Festival.

I am even more excited to go to the St. Louis show now.

[stinkbutt]

I finally figured out what is off about the new Mastodon record, it is like if My Morning Jacket made a metal album. After realizing this I like it a lot more, but wish MMJ would have just made this album. They should really do a split.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

I revisited Bréag Naofa's Untitled yesterday, and man, it's so fucking good. It's a black metal record that's really quite the sweeping tour of metal genres, really using chunky post metal riffs as its homebase. It's 4 songs and 40 minutes long and it accomplishes a lot in that time. Highly recommended!

[GeezrRckr]

This leaked today. If the cover is any indication, I can only imagine how bad it will be.

[stinkbutt]

Oof I forgot how bad Ministry had gotten

Big 4 Yarmulkes

Also for those that don't know, there is a Death reunion of sorts playing 5 shows for charity. The Chicago show lands on my birthday, I need to find a way to swing that

June 22 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
June 23 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
June 26 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
June 28 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
June 30 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham

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[stinkbutt]

Favorite meme ever

[Siege]

Oof I forgot how bad Ministry had gotten

Big 4 Yarmulkes

Also for those that don't know, there is a Death reunion of sorts playing 5 shows for charity. The Chicago show lands on my birthday, I need to find a way to swing that

June 22 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
June 23 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
June 26 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
June 28 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
June 30 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham

A reunion with past DEATH members?! Wow I need to read blabbermouth more often. Thanks for posting that, totally heading to Irving Plaza for this

[stinkbutt]

Yeah the guest vocalists that they have picked so far (Abysmal Dawn’s Charles Elliott ad Obscura’s Steffen Kummerer) are pretty sick, it's all for charity too

[Siege]

Just read up on Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, "provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability or age-related problems." It's really a fantastic idea, I'll be sure to catch this one.

https://www.sweetrelief.org/

[nathanfairchild]

Sonisphere: Knebworth got cancelled. Weird.

[stinkbutt]

They aren't metal anymore, but I finally got around to listening to the new Earth record and it's really good

[stinkbutt]

So Barge to Hell announced it's initial lineup this week and it is amazingly badass

Artillery
Enslaved
Hackneyed
Hypocrisy
Krisiun
Loudblast
Moonspell
Paradise Lost
Morgoth
Possessed
Rotting Christ
Sacred Reich
Sanctuary
Sepultura
Six Feet Under
Sodom

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

wow, so there's now 2 heavy metal festival curises and they both get great line ups?

Aha, I see, they're related to each other. Awesome. I really want to do this some time.

[stinkbutt]

Sleep has added some US dates, I'm sure there will be more

Jun 3, 2012 Neumos Seattle, WA
Jun 4, 2012 Neumos Seattle, WA
Jun 5, 2012 The Fox Theatre Oakland, CA

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

THEY JUST WON'T STOP. I'm looking forward to seeing them again at Primavera.

in other news, the new Pelican ep is very good (as usual).

[Grandma]

probably will go to the sleep show at the fox

[stinkbutt]

I need to listen to the new Pelican and other new shit that I have been ignoring to go digging lately

[nathanfairchild]

just saw Ghost, Mastodon, and Opeth tonight. Great fucking show. all the bands sound excellent. highly recommended if they come near you. the sets from mastodon and opeth are really heavy on the new stuff, so if you don't care for the hunter or heritage, it might be best to skip this then.

[stinkbutt]

That's great to hear. I'm looking forward to Mastodon, but Opeth's new one didn't do much for me

[nathanfairchild]

so there's another metal cruise now...

[stinkbutt]

Yeah it looks a little more radio friendly, and they have the corporate backing to afford the leaked lineup of Machine Head, Lamb of God, Suicide Silence and Anthrax. Cool that the US is finally starting to embrace metal festivals though, even if they are little weird ones like cruises.

Also, I envy any of you fuckers in FL that gets to go to this for FREE!!! I tried to get a flight down there for it, but couldn't find anything under 400 bucks.

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[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

holy crap that really is a great line up

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

BARONESS Yellow & Green DOUBLE ALBUM is coming out July 7. FUCK YEAH.

[GeezrRckr]

Surprised there's been no discussion of the new Melvins EP, The Bulls & The Bees. I really like it. I'm not a super close follower of theirs so I'm not sure if these are all new jams and/or if they've been around for a while in their live set. But, they are good.

I'm thinking about that Sleep show as Jared mentioned that I should check them out. How would you guys describe their sound and which LP to start with? And, if there is cookie monster singing, just let me know up front because that's just not my thing.

[stinkbutt]

Sleep is like the pinnacle of stoner metal, you should not miss that show. Most people would say start with Dopesmoker which Southern Lord just repressed, but I would say Holy Mountain is more accessible. They only have 2 albums and don't have growls at all so you should be fine with it.

[nathanfairchild]

Jerusalem was my favorite by them.

[bballarl]

Pretty sure Jerusalem and Dopesmoker are the same thing. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Sleep do rock though. Saw them at the Regency awhile back. They were killer.

Fuck yeah, new Baroness!

[nathanfairchild]

i never noticed that before. i feel really stupid right now.