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genderqueergorehound · Feb 22, 2021

Still haven't gotten anyone to join my Pyramid Earther conspiracy movement Facebook group.

Jbent · Feb 23, 2021

I know it was announced forever ago but I'm still hyped for Russian Circles opening for korn and soad, if it ever happens

Jbent · Feb 23, 2021

soad drummer can eat shit though

Jbent · Feb 23, 2021

uhhnngggggg

DarkHotline · Feb 23, 2021

I really wanted to see FNM last summer

swboyd · Feb 23, 2021

Debut full-length of the noise project from two dudes of Full of Hell coming next month.

swboyd · Feb 23, 2021

August Burns Red Song Used As A Torture Device In New Episode Of 'NCIS: Los Angeles' | Theprp.com

Heh.

Cameron · Feb 23, 2021

I forgot about that SOAD tour. That’s awesome for FNM, and Russian Circles especially

Nate_Johnson · Feb 23, 2021

swboyd said:

Debut full-length of the noise project from two dudes of Full of Hell coming next month.

This reminds me of Psywarfare. Dwid from Integrity’s on/off solo project. Makes sense since FoH did a split with him.

DarkHotline · Feb 23, 2021

Cameron said:

I forgot about that SOAD tour. That’s awesome for FNM, and Russian Circles especially

Iirc, SOAD was only gonna play that show and the tour was just Korn, FNM, and Helmet

theagentcoma · Feb 23, 2021

Threw on The Jester Race the other night. Such a perfect album.

cherrywaves · Feb 23, 2021

I’ve never given In Flames a real listen. I almost don’t want to because I know how that story ends.

While we’re talking nostalgia I threw on Of Malice and Magnum Heart at the gym last night. No skips.

DarkHotline · Feb 23, 2021

Old In Flames still slaps, some of the best Swedish melodeath put to tape.

-deleted- · Feb 23, 2021

cherrywaves said:

I’ve never given In Flames a real listen. I almost don’t want to because I know how that story ends.

While we’re talking nostalgia I threw on Of Malice and Magnum Heart at the gym last night. No skips.

AV,AT remains the best and heaviest metal intro ever. I will not open this for discussion.

NickSchles · Feb 24, 2021

Sophos said:

Q: How do I get into Extreme/Experimental metal?

A: Good question. Read this long message i sent to schlotty about the very subject!

Message Title: So You Want To Get Into Metal......

well you're in luck! i have a ton of suggestions for you. these are bands that got me into extreme and experimental metal, some i got into years ago and some that i got into recently and continue to expand my love of the genre. check them all out and tell me what you think of them as you listen, and please dont take FOREVER to listen to them but feel free to pace yourself. what im saying is, if next week you havent listened to a bunch i wont be mad. if next year you're asking me for recs, ill be mad. kapeesh? without further ado...

Blut Aus Nord - 777
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III

So here's the deal with Blut Aus Nord. First of all, the 777 series is three separate albums that compromise a trilogy. The track titled Are Epitome I, Epitome II, Epitome III, so you'll see which album is first second and third based on that. Listen to those three in order, they are his more Avant Garde Black Metal sound. You see, Blut Aus Nord is helmed by this musician named Vindsval who comes from france, he's been running Blut Aus Nord since the 90s and has so many fucking albums theres still a few even I havent heard. I've added the second and third installment of the Memoria Vetusta series because those records have a more straightforward melodic black metal sound and are incredible, III was on my 2014 end of the year list very high up.

Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage

This band was one of the very first black metal band I heard, along with Blut Aus Nord, and they are what made me instantly fall in love with the genre due to the fact that they made me realize just how much can be done with it. I started with Celestial Lineage and it is very much their magnum opus, standing leaps and bounds above the other three in terms of scope, ambition, and pure quality, but the other three records are fantastic (Two Hunters in particular is one of my favorites).

Liturgy - Aesthethica

This was also one of the very first black metal records I heard. It's very good and you should listen to it, it's very unlike what you're going to hear from any other black metal you check out and it's hard to really put your finger on why. The guitar lines are just very frenetic. Really unique stuff and their drummer is from another fucking planet.

Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
Woods of Desolation - As the Stars

A really atmospheric and depressive black metal band from I wanna say Australia? Don't quote me on that. Torn Beyond Reason has become one of my favorite records of all time, there was a solid 6 months where I listened to it daily. As The Stars probably has better songwriting on it but the recording quality, specifically of the drums, is less than desirable. But in that respect, they fall more in line with traditional black metal while their songwriting is transcendental so the juxtaposition of this eloquent beauty and raw carnage is unendingly interesting.

Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
Krallice - Diotima
Krallice - Years past Matter
Krallice - Ygg Huur

This band is amazing, their guitarist is an absolute stud and plays the sharpest, most angular riffs I've heard of any black metal band. He's also an excellent producer and engineer, having recorded records by all the bands hes in and other bands in the underground metal scene. For them, you can't go wrong with any of their albums though some are a bit lengthy. Ygg Huur, however, which was surprise released in 2015, is a super short, fiery listen and their best record yet. But your choice, I know how you like to start from the beginning with bands. They have a self titled debut that I've never heard. Let me know how it is. Lol.

Pyramids - A Northern Meadow
Pyramids - Pyramids

I beg you to listen to A Northern Meadow first even though the self titled came out earlier. Here's why: it's basically a different band. I mean, it's not but ok get this. Colin Marston of Krallice ( see above) played guitars on the record and Vidsval of Blut Aus Nord (see above) programmed the drums. Pyramids itself is helmed by Rich Balling, going by R. Loren for the band, and you may know him as an ex member of RX Bandits and the mastermind behind The Sound of Animals Fighting. Here, he makes the most atmospheric black metal music I've ever heard in my entire life. He sings clean vocals over it, and there's so much damn emotion and passion put into every inch of these recordings it makes me want to cry. A Northern Meadow hit me like few albums have ever hit me. It was in my top 10 for a reason, and my prediction is that with time I'm going to grow to like it more. Look for it in my top 10 of the decade in 4 years is all I'm saying.

Panopticon - Kentucky
Panopticon - Roads to the North
Panopticon - Autumn Eternal

This is a one man band and these three records make up a trilogy so check them out, he has a deep back catalog too but I haven't heard hardly any of it. This is a healthy mix of black metal and folk, and what's crazy is the folk he incorporates is blue grass. That's right, this is a bluegrass/black metal hybrid, and it is fucking incredible. You'll dig it if you open your mind because at first it's jarring as fuck. But the dude can fucking play, his folk guitar is wild.

Thou - Tyrant
Thou - Peasant
Thou - Heathen
Thou and the Body - You, Whom I Have Always Hated
The Body - The Body
The Body - Christs, Redeemers
The Body - I Shall Die Here

Okay, moving away from black metal here. These two bands are super experimental sludge/doom metal that borders on noise metal, they are completely unrelenting in their despair and heaviness. I like Thou way more of the two but they are both sick and their collab album is fucking incredible. The Body have a new record coming this year and Thou is about due for another full length since Heathen was 2014. I highly suggest listening to Heathen first since it is my retroactive number 2 of 2014 which means i fucking adore it but again I know how you are so make your own choices.

Altar of Plagues - White Tomb
Altar of Plagues - Mammal
Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury

White Tomb, their debut is pretty decent. Kinda typical stuff for the style. Mammal though.....Mammal changed my life when I heard it about 5 months ago. Teethed Glory and Injury is sweet too but Mammal.....just one of the best atmospheric/depressive black metal records I've ever heard. Just listen to it and hear for yourself, it's super special.

Ash Borer - Cold of Ages
Ash Border - Bloodlands

Another atmospheric/depressive band, not much else to say besides that they are very good and you'll dig them if you dig anything else on this list. That's not to say they aren't unique because they are, they have their own identifiable sound and aesthetic. Check em out.

Agalloch - Pale Folklore
Agalloch - The Mantle
Agalloch - Ashes Againts the Grain
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

These guys are a veteran band in the underground/experimental scene, and over the years they've stayed true to the Agalloch formula while continuing to add new influences along the way. All of their albums are absolutely stellar, somewhat of a rarity with bands that have 5 or more records, but their blend of folk metal with black metal has only gotten better as they've added elements of death, post, doom, and sludge metal throughout the years. Their latest record, Serpent and the Sphere, came out in 2014 and was actually reviewed by yours truly on AbsolutePunk if you wanna check that out.

YOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend

An absolutely thrilling doom metal record from 2014. Check it out

Huh, and there goes me thinking that getting into harder metal was about starting with the softer stuff, and then seeking out the heavier. I mean, taking the leap from The Beatles to Cannibal Corpse without going through Nirvana and Metallica first is a bit of a stretch, no? But yes, I think you definitely have to want to explore further.

Jbent · Feb 24, 2021

Nah jump right in man, you can do Anal C*nt's discography in a couple hours

NickSchles · Feb 24, 2021

Ha ha ha!

genderqueergorehound · Feb 24, 2021

Speaking of melodeath, gave Edge of Sanity's discography a runthrough the other day. Purgatory Afterglow is one hell of an album.

swboyd · Feb 24, 2021

Behemoth's Nergal Launches 'Ordo Blasfemia' Crowdfunding Campaign To Fight Back Against Poland's Anti-Blasphemy Laws | Theprp.com

It was only a matter of time before Nergal moved from putting out black metal cargo shorts into straight up gofundme grifting in the name of SATAN.

swboyd · Feb 24, 2021

Heavy Heavy Low Low members form Bone Cutter (watch the video for their debut song)

Here's a new single from a new Heavy Heavy Low Low side project called Bone Cutter. Their debut EP is coming out in April.

ghostxvapor · Feb 24, 2021

Beat me to it

ghostxvapor · Feb 24, 2021

Svalbard's Serena Cherry releasing black metal solo album as Noctule (stream a track)

Nate_Johnson · Feb 24, 2021

By the way, her album is Skyrim themed.

riotspray · Feb 24, 2021

theagentcoma · Feb 24, 2021

The first time I asked my now wife to hang out, I was wearing my very intense executioners axe shirt and I asked her if she liked it. She did not like my shirt. Still married me tho

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