The \m/etal thread

[Mokrap of Croton]

Not sure if you would consider Portrayal of Guilt metal or hardcore, but their new album shreds.

Always down to see more hardcore/hardcore adjacent stuff in here! A lot of the stuff I really like lately blurs the lines between metal and hardcore, not so much in the "deathcore" or "metalcore" styles as calcified by bands in the early 2000s but in the was Xibalba, Fuming Mouth, Terminal Nation, Hanging Fortress, et al are doing basically crossover but with death instead of thrash.

To that effect, have just gotten onto Bad Ideals. They mix up thrash, hardcore, maybe some death metal, just lots of things into a slurry that sounds like it's brawling its way down a staircase in the best way possible. The moments when they barrel into a stomping break riff are absolutely killer! Have yet to put them to the true test for any hardcore/metal band (does this, in fact, increase my squat/deadlift?) but we'll find out soon!

BRR-008: Bad Ideals - You Can't Have It All At Once EP, by Bad Ideals

7 track album

babyrakinrecords.bandcamp.com

And in the opposite direction I've found a new psych/doom band I really dig! Blackwater Holylight merge big fatass riffs with ethereal singing and will occasionally let some grunge show through. Excellent stuff.

Veils of Winter, by Blackwater Holylight

8 track album

blackwaterholylight.bandcamp.com

 

[Behemoth]

Always down to see more hardcore/hardcore adjacent stuff in here! A lot of the stuff I really like lately blurs the lines between metal and hardcore, not so much in the "deathcore" or "metalcore" styles as calcified by bands in the early 2000s but in the was Xibalba, Fuming Mouth, Terminal Nation, Hanging Fortress, et al are doing basically crossover but with death instead of thrash.

Great! On a slightly more traditional front, I've been enjoying the new Grima album.

https://grima.bandcamp.com/album/rotten-garden

 

[pudik]

the grima is great. here's a couple more bandcamp albums i've been enjoying:

Degenesis, by COLOSSUS

7 track album

comatosemusic.bandcamp.com

no reinventing the wheel, just some great tech death.

Calvaire, by Ferriterium

4 track album

ferriterium.bandcamp.com

french black metal, and it does kinda remind me of MkM stuff (temple of baal, aosoth). generally relentless, a little melodic. the only thing is that the production is very sharp, which isn't an anomaly, but it was striking for me

Little Turtle's War, by Pan-Amerikan Native Front

8 track album

pan-amerikannativefront.bandcamp.com

great conceptually, great musically. variates between atmo-black and some more harsh orthodox stuff


and of note, paysage d'hiver released a preview for the upcoming album

Geister, by Paysage d'Hiver

11 track album

paysagedhiver.bandcamp.com

 

[Behemoth]

I enjoyed that Ferriterium - thanks for sharing!

The new Harakiri for the Sky is checking the right boxes.

 

[Mokrap of Croton]

That Colossus album sounds rad. Will check that out further.

Recent stuff that tripped my trigger:

Enforced's new album fucken RIIIIIIPS! Added a little death metal to their crossover thrash and it really works.

New God's Hate!

Hardcore band fronted by a pro-wrestler featuring a terminator-samurai machine gunning yokia on the cover art? YOU ALREADY KNOW

God's Hate, by God's Hate

10 track album

godshate.bandcamp.com

Hideous Divinity is teasing a new EP with an Aliens theme. Two great tastes that taste great together! If you're not familiar, HD are in the Hate Eternal/Nile sort of school of brutal, fast, and grandiose death metal. It is exhausting in the best possible way.

 

[pudik]

That Harakiri for the Sky is great, but it's just too long for me. It's mostly that I'm less into that blackgaze sound than i was even like 2 years ago.

great stuff. that god's hate was a lot of fun.
also, new Blut Aus Nord Forhist album. Great, sounds a bit like BaN, but less mechanical and more melodic?

Forhist, by FORHIST

8 track album

blutausnord.bandcamp.com

this was a fun one too. Just very solid Melodic Black Metal.

Sworn to Profound Heresy, by Sarkrista

9 track album

sarkrista.bandcamp.com

and Panopticon's upcoming now has 2 preview tracks. gonna be an emotional one

...And Again Into The Light, by Panopticon

8 track album

thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com

 

[pudik]

oh yea, and a very strange krallice album

Demonic Wealth, by Krallice

8 track album

krallice.bandcamp.com

has a fair amount of keyboards in it, making it feel like one of those weird spacy black metal like darkspace or something

 

[Behemoth]

That Harakiri for the Sky is great, but it's just too long for me. It's mostly that I'm less into that blackgaze sound than i was even like 2 years ago.

I've heard this same sentiment from a few people over the past few years, but blackaze/atmospheric black metal is still the sweet spot for me. (But I am a self-admitted metal dilettante).

 

[Klatrymadon]

New Portal!

 

[pudik]

wow that's great, as expected

 

[Klatrymadon]

Also:

 

[pudik]

also great

and in line with the portal track, ALTARAGE most recent album is now out. It's so good. All the dissonant, swirling riffs you could possible want.

Succumb, by ALTARAGE

12 track album

altarage.bandcamp.com

 

[Sarge]

Since it fits in the thread, does anyone have some good recommendations that are specifically symphonic metal with English lyrics? The only stuff I've really found is Nightwish and Within Temptation.

Way, way late on this, but I stumbled across The Dark Element the other day (via Worlds Apart from Allen/Olzon). In particular, I think Songs the Night Sings is fantastic stuff.

 

[Purple]

This thread needs more retro-80s woman-fronted named-after-obscure-Transformers-spinoff evil-AIs-taking-over-hell metal.

 

[Sarge]

I just finished listening to that album, ha! I really dig the sort of spiritual successor band, Beast in Black.

 

[Purple]

Beast in Black is also good, but missing two of those criteria.

 

[Sarge]

True! Just thought it was worth bringing them up.

I do really like female-fronted metal bands, though.

 

[Syless]

Way, way late on this, but I stumbled across The Dark Element the other day (via Worlds Apart from Allen/Olzon). In particular, I think Songs the Night Sings is fantastic stuff.

Exactly what I'm looking for, thank you so much!

 

[Mightyblue]

Checked on the Falcom Music Channel on Youtube randomly as one does, and started listening to this cover album which is pretty good and also (mostly) metal:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzFTGYa_evXgYj2xRWmwk5XIrHUpLlcW2

 

[pudik]

i've neglected!
here's a fun one. The premier Roman Catholic black metal band of today released a couple of albums this month:

Not Here, by Reverorum ib Malacht

4 track album

rubeusobex.bandcamp.com

Svag i Döden, by Reverorum ib Malacht

5 track album

malachtunlimited.bandcamp.com

I'm currently listening to Not Here and it is truly bonkers. It's industrial black metal in its most relentless form. Anaal Nathrakh levels of relentless

 

[pudik]

also on the metal front some titans releasing new albums today
wolves in the throne room are back on the black metal front

Primordial Arcana, by WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM

8 track album

wolvesinthethroneroom.bandcamp.com

sodom has a new ep (though im not sure if it's new material tbh... haven't listened yet)

this one probably isn't metal, but ulver used to be so I'll just post their new live album as well

Hexahedron – Live at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, by Ulver

5 track album

ulver.bandcamp.com

and deafheaven are also falling away from black metal

Infinite Granite, by Deafheaven

9 track album

deafheavens.bandcamp.com

and btbam have followed up their best album (it's on streaming as well... idk soundcloud's streaming policy i just copied a link)

https://soundcloud.com/betweentheburiedandme%2Fsets%2Fcolors-ii-2

 

[pudik]

it's really easy for me to dislike melo-black metal, but when it's good it really is great. such is the new wormwood

Arkivet, by Wormwood

10 track album

wormwood-official.bandcamp.com

 

[Klatrymadon]

 

[pudik]

Concealment, by Knowledge Through Suffering

3 track album

bruciarecords.bandcamp.com

brucia is putting out a lot of great stuff

 

[Sarge]

New Beast in Black album, Dark Connection. Good stuff. The video from this gives me major Flashback vibes with a smattering of The Dig or other LucasArts games.

 

[Behemoth]

I know atmospheric black metal is played for a lot of people, but there are few things I like better than beautiful music overlaid with someone screaming incomprehensibly. On that note, new MØL releases tomorrow:

Also, this song by Sadness that released earlier this year is one of my favorites of 2021:

 

[pudik]

Pathology released another album Friday. I'm not all that into them, but that's mostly because I don't like slam. Not really that much of it here, but also riffing isn't as striking to me as their previous ones. really great dying fetus attempt here though

 

[pudik]

New Wiegedood is very very good

 

[Kirin]

Hey, so I realize this isn't exactly metal, but perhaps it's somewhat metal-adjacent and there's no other remotely active thread I can think to put it in... I'm cleaning out my office and found a folded poster that's of both the front and back cover of this album. Is this something that's likely to be of interest to anyone (either here or in general)? Just wanted to check before it gets thrown out or sent to goodwill whether it might actually be worth something to anyone...

(I have literally no idea where it came from or why it's in my office. Very odd.)

 

[John]

I don't listen to really heavy/black metal, but I do like some of the melodic stuff like ISIS's In the Absence of Truth. I was on some streaming station while working out, and was recommended Empress Rising by Monolord. It's a 13 minute song with one riff, but it's a good one, and was good to zone out to while moving weights around.