The Metal Thread Genre • Page 279

Was gonna post this. I might fly down there just for Eternal Champion, honestly. Though seeing Power Trip is always a nice bonus.

 

i've been revisiting most of the stuff i used to listen to when i was younger, and i never thought i'd say something like this, but i really feel like there's something about heavy music between 1998-2004 that was really special.

anyways, this one has been on repeat

 

Happy Metal Christmas, y'all. Here's some Trans-Siberian Orchestra tour dates:

Nov. 14 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center (4:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Nov. 14 – Council Bluffs, IA – Mid-America Center (7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 15 – Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 15 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center (7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 16 – University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center (7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 17 – Allentown, PA – PPL Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Nov. 17 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Nov. 18 – Wilkes Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena (3:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 18 – Colorado Springs, CO – Broadmoor World Arena (3:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena (4:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Nov. 21 – Erie, PA – Erie Insurance Arena (3:30 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Nov. 23 – Manchester, NH – SNHU Arena (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Nov. 23 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena (7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 24 – Worcester, MA – DCU Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Nov. 24 – Portland, OR – Moda Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Nov. 25 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Nov. 25 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome (3:00 P.M.)
Nov. 28 – Albany, NY – Times Union Center (7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 28 – Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena (7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 29 – Rochester, NY – Blue Cross Arena (7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 29 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center (7:30 P.M.)
Nov. 30 – Toledo, OH – Huntington Center (3:30 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Nov. 30 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center (3:30 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 01 – Dayton, OH – Nutter Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 01 – Ontario, CA – Citizens Business Bank Arena (3:30 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 02 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena (3:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 02 – Phoenix, AZ – Gila River Arena (3:30 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 05 – Indianapolis, IN – Bankers Life Fieldhouse (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 05 – Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Energy Arena (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 06 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 06 – St Louis, MO – Enterprise Center (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 07 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena (4:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 07 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena (8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 08 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center (3:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 08 – Duluth, GA – Infinite Energy Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 09 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum Complex (3:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 09 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at The BJCC (3:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 12 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 12 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 13 – Charleston, WV – Charleston Civic Center (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 13 – Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 14 – Cincinnati, OH – U.S. Bank Arena (4:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 14 – Sunrise, FL – BB&T Arena (8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 15 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center (3:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 15 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 16 – Hershey, PA – Giant Center (3:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 16 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena (3:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 19 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Coliseum (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 19 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 20 – Uniondale, NY – NYCB Live/Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 20 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center (7:30 P.M.)
Dec. 21 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center (3:30 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 21 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center (3:30 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 22 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 22 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 23 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 23 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 26 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 26 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 28 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 28 – Chicago, IL – Allstate Arena (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 29 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 29 – St Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 30 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)
Dec. 30 – Milwaukee, WI – Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center (3:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.)

 

since I totally missed THRASH METAL THVRSDAY, here's a new Warbringer song that came out a few days ago:

 

Got tickets for the second night of the Power Trip 10 year anniversary shows. Looks like they aren't playing night 1, which is weird, but I may wind up going both nights anyway.

 

Copped tickets for Sumac/Yakuza/In the Company of Serpents/Couch Slut and Every Time I Die/Turnstile today...it's gonna be a super busy fall for me. :/

 

im so behind on metal in the last two months what have i missed

 

I too have been super behind on stuff but I will vouch for Burial Invocation (death), Innumerable Forms (death), Mutilation Rites (death), Obscura (tech death), and Black Fast (black thrash). I can't remember if you were that much into death metal, but there's that.

The new Frontierer might be more you thing, for all your mathcore needs.

Also I just stumbled onto this band that labels themselves as "fantasy punk" and it's exactly what it says it is:

 

Hi, Jake. Hope all is well.

The new Dodsrit record is coming out soon and might be up your alley:

Thou's last EP, Rhea Sylvia, sounds like Thou going post-metal to me (supposed to be "grunge" influenced, but I don't hear a lot of it). I know you're a fan of them already, but this is just a reminder to check it out if you haven't yet:

Other recent new stuff I've liked: the new Erosion album (mems of Baptists and Sumac playing d-beat influenced death metal ala Mammoth Grinder), the new Mutilation Rites (blackened death metal from NYC), The Lion's Daughther (synth/sludge metal hybrid from STL), Secret Cutter (sludge/hardcore hybrid on Deathwish), and the new Integrity/Krieg split.

 

The new burial invocation is a top ten for me.

What a year for death metal.

 

Some new Aussie grindcore from Headless Death.

 

Got sucked down an Aussie bandcamp wormhole this morning. Here's the new album from Convulsing, a one-man black/death metal hybrid from Sydney. FFO Portal, Ulcerate, Deathspell Omega.

 

oh hey more new Revocation

 

Anyone check out Rebel Wizard yet? Weird combination of black/heavy metal. Sick album art. Came out last week.

 

I listened to it last week...it's freaky in a good way, but there's a lot to digest with what's going on. Still trying to figure out my general feelings about it.

 

Fun new goth rock/NWOBHM hybrid from Portland featuring former members of Spellcaster. I dig this way more than I normally do for bands that have that old school heavy metal sound...especially considering I'd list Volbeat in a FFO description about them upon first listen.

 

Love the new Thou

 

IT'S THRASH GODDAMN MOTHERFVKING SHIT ASS THVRSDAY

Fucking EXHORDER, the TRVE creators of groove metal (fuck Pantera):

Some goddamn VOIVOD, fuckin' before there was Vektor, they were:

Shit son we got CORONER because there's never enough of that shit:

And lastly, the whole Alice in Hell album by Annihilator in memory of ex-vocalist Randy Rampage:

thrash on bitches

 

I don't know if I'd go as far as "Fuck Pantera" but Exhorder rules and deserves more credit.

 

I feel like it's okay to say "fuck the one surviving member of Pantera that's not Rex Brown" though.

 

The new voivod sounds pretty dope

 

Random Friday updates that I'm not looking too because I'm on mobile at the moment:

-The new Gnaw Your Tongues/Crowhurst collab is haunting in the best way possible, but I'm not sure how much staying power it's gonna have for me. I can only take so much harsh, cacophonous industrial/black metal/noise hybrid stuff.

-The new Leeched is kinda...meh. Mid-tempo HM-2 laden hardcore with black metal and crust elements sounds like it'd be right up my alley once I read the description, but it was kinda mediocre in execution. Just made me want to listen to the new Jesus Piece, which is next in my queue.

 

The Jesus Piece record is awesome. They start toying with some doomy elements toward the second half. I’ve seen some reviews mention flashes of Neurosis or Amenra and idk if I’d go that far but...I get it

 

Gonna agree with this...the progression here from their earlier work is nice. I'm gonna need to let it sink in a bit though because I'm not sure where it falls on the pantheon of albums for me this year. I could see it either being a top 10 album for me or barely cracking my top 50.

Further follow-up: The new Mantar slays. Punky blackened doom that sounds MASSIVE when you consider it's coming from two dudes. They need to come back to the states ASAP.