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This is a huge month for metal. (See calendar here. Use “Agenda” view at the upper right, and click on entries to expand and collapse them.) The highest profile releases are Burzum, Triptykon, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. (You can see “Farewell, Mona Lisa,” the first video from DEP’s album below.) Landmine Marathon and Immolation have long-awaited records out. At the Gates and Primordial unveil DVD sets; I’m particularly excited for the latter.
Apostle of Solitude – December Drives Me to Tears
Hooded Menace – As the Creatures Ascend
Labelwise, Relapse and Profound Lore score big this month. Relapse has two 16 reissues and two doom nuggets in an EP by Culted and a reissue of Cephalic Carnage’s mighty Halls of Amenti (which you can download from Amazon for $.99
As for releases I haven’t mentioned yet, my picks are Daughters’ self-titled record
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/YY-JkeXK4dU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0
In the span of a decade the DEP style of mathgrind assault has gone from being utterly mind-crumbling to easy listening for me, though no fault of their own, I don't think they've put out strictly 'bad' records yet and the new one won't be either. The world caught up is all.
Holy crap, DEP manages to suck more and more each time I hear them.
Hooded Menace = cookie monster vocals = fail.
I find very little different about "metal" bands with marginal talent than I do about punk bands who also had equally marginal talent. But at least the punk bands were honest about it.
BTW, what's the difference between some vapid popstar using a ton of effects on her vocals and some of this brain dead shit in metal?
What's the difference? Is this a trick question or something? There was never a defining "difference" in Metal.
Blast beats? Done in jazz before Pete Sandoval's dad was born.
Lyrics about Satan? Done by African American blues men in the 1920's.
Cartoon bands that appeal to the music's lifestyle? Done to death by the 70s, or so I thought.
Metal jumped the shark when !T.O.O.H! broke up, and the collective Metal masses did not give a shit. If you can ascertain an earlier instance, then I shall bow to your No Fun Club Buddha-Nature.
eww Daughters.
Hooded Menace ola hyvaa!
Daughters are obnoxious.
I think MoreNoFunClub is either trolling, from ANUS.com, or both.
I'm pumped for new Ludicra and Alcest records this month. Betting Abscess will be fun too.
Abscess is like your smelly friend that never showers, drinks all your beer, and forgets to flush the toilet, while offering you some of the most genuine love and friendship.
Also, I found out that Nuclear War Now! is releasing a lavish double LP package of the Autopsy demoes, and Von Goat (who also plays bass for Abscess) is playing at Nuclear War Now Fest Vol. II. Not to mention Autopsy's headlining spot @ MDF. Looks like a busy year for those guys!
Dislike of Hooded Menace=Fail.
Don't forget the new Sayyadina album on Relapse.