The Metal Thread Genre • Page 187

The Pursuit of Viking is my forever favorite Amon Amarth song.

 

This! Songs i can play on a real guitar, i suck so bad trying to play them in gh/rb.

 

Here's a record I stumbled on in a Bandcamp wormhole search this morning from a thrash band with black metal influences (ala Toxic Holocaust/Aura Noir) that broke up 10 years ago that finally is putting out their debut LP after sitting on it for that long:

Street Force ain't bad.

 

New Rotten Sound song from an upcoming EP.

 

with oden on our side is extremely good

 

Hell yeah. Valhall Awaits Me is such a banger.

 

Also, oh fuck, new Rotten Sound. I can't listen right now but I don't know if my ears are ready. Can't wait.

 

not coming near me FUCK

 

6/6. STOKED.

 

sigh they're part of a huge metal festival up here in Seattle on that date and it's hella $$$

 

money aside, i'd kill for a mid-level metal fest line-up like this in chicago. we've got a few solid underground fests and open air, but nothing in between.

 

thats an insane line up

 

yeah it's pretty nuts.

dammit I may just have to shell out for this one lol

 

panopticon and thou would be worth it alone for me

 

Damn I can’t wait for that FOH tour

 

I'll have to drive an hour for that Full of Hell tour, but I've yet to see them or Gatecreeper. Thankfully it's on a Saturday.

 

i may drive to bk for it

 

the riffs. the production. yowza.

 

They're both great live. I wasn't really into Gatecreeper but their live show changed that. And I only casually listen to Full of Hell but they were insane live. I hid upstairs on the balcony lol

 

So the Terror Fest is spread over 3 days at 3 different venues (mainly 2 venues, the 3rd one is just for after parties). The Early Bird 3-day pass is $125 and sold out. The regular 3-day pass is $145 and is also sold out, so that leaves just picking tickets for any one day at either of the two main venues. The sets are as follows:

THURSDAY - MAY 31

Neumo's:
10:10 - END - Panopticon
8:50 - 9:30 - SubRosa
7:35 - 8:10 - False
6:30 - 7:00 - Pillorian
5:30 - 6:00 - Dreadnought

Barboza:
9:30 - 10:10 - Witch Mountain
8:10 - 8:50 - Woman Is The Earth
7:00 - 7:35 - Falls Of Rauros
6:00 - 6:30 - Ragana
5:00 - 5:30 - Eye of Nix

THURSDAY AFTER PARTY

Highline:
12:30 - END - Danava
11:30 - 12:10 - Czar

FRIDAY - JUNE 1

Neumo's:
10:10 - END - Integrity
8:50 - 9:30 - Full Of Hell
7:35 - 8:10 - Gatecreeper
6:30 - 7:00 - Necrot
5:30 - 6:00 - Exhausted Prayer

Barboza:
9:30 - 10:10 - Primitive Man
8:10 - 8:50 - Gloam
7:00 - 7:35 - Of Feather And Bone
6:00 - 6:30 - Lago
5:00 - 5:30 - Mortiferum

FRIDAY AFTER PARTY

Highline:
12:30 - END - Celeste
11:30 - 12:10 - Barrowlands

SATURDAY - JUNE 2

Neumo's:
10:10 - END - Agoraphobic Nosebleed
8:50 - 9:30 - Thou
7:35 - 8:10 - Emma Ruth Rundle
6:30 - 7:00 - The Atlas Moth
5:30 - 6:00 - He Whose Ox Is Gored

Barboza:
9:30 - 10:10 - Ufomammut
8:10 - 8:50 - Mantar
7:00 - 7:35 - White Hills
6:00 - 6:30 - The Drip
5:00 - 5:30 - Un

SATURDAY AFTER PARTY

Highline:
12:30 - END - Himsa
11:30 - 12:10 - Great Falls

When it comes down to it, the only days/venues I'm really interested in are the Thursday and Friday shows at Neumo's. Thursday because Panopticon, though False, Pillorian, and SubRosa would be cool to see. And the entire Friday lineup at Neumo's is amazing. There are definitely other bands spread throughout the fest that I would like to see like Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Thou, Ufomammut, Of Feather & Bone, Falls of Rauros, etc but the aforementioned lineups are the only ones I'd pay $30 for, which is the price for a single day event at Neumo's.

 

20 Buck Spin is probably my favorite label atm. This looks/sounds so sick:

 

Phil may suck but Down still rules.

 

Oh fuck yes I had no idea there was new Rotten Sound on the way. This rips as usual.

Hell yeah they do. Not a single bad release tbh. And even then, Down has always been all about the riffs for me, so Phil being a dickhead doesn't really ruin them at all in my book.

 

As bad as Phil is, he is nowhere near as bad as the worst the metal scene has to offer. Not excusing him though, white power shit is pretty inexcusable by itself.

 

He might not even be the worst person named Phil in the metal scene nowadays (looking at you, Mr. Labonte), but that's going into politics and ideological differences in life that I'll save for a continued discussion on this topic.

Either way, happy Wednesday! Here's a new demo from a death metal band out of LA called Kommand: