Metal Genre Music Discussion - Vol. 4

Cadonica wrote:So, four months into 2019 and so far AotY candidate is The Door to Doom by Candlemass and SotY is Die by the Blade by Beast in Black. Both are likely to change.

Pretty pointless to talk about AotY/SotY this early in the year but hey at least it's something

Last day of the year/decade and...

SotY did not change, Die by the Blade by Beast in Black is the best song that came out this year. Honorable mention goes to Bismarck by Sabaton, it came close.

AotY did not change either but that's mostly because I've fallen so far behind on 2019 albums. My backlog is longer than what I've listened to so far. So it's probably going to change in the next one or two months when I get around listening to my backlog.

Last.fm · by **Cosumar** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:31 am

2019 POLL ADDED!!!

My annual Top 10 (and more)

As usual, it's metal-majority.

Last.fm · by **Cosumar** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:33 am

Cadonica wrote:
Cadonica wrote:So, four months into 2019 and so far AotY candidate is The Door to Doom by Candlemass and SotY is Die by the Blade by Beast in Black. Both are likely to change.

Pretty pointless to talk about AotY/SotY this early in the year but hey at least it's something

Last day of the year/decade and...

SotY did not change, Die by the Blade by Beast in Black is the best song that came out this year. Honorable mention goes to Bismarck by Sabaton, it came close.

AotY did not change either but that's mostly because I've fallen so far behind on 2019 albums. My backlog is longer than what I've listened to so far. So it's probably going to change in the next one or two months when I get around listening to my backlog.

Bismarck is great, but my SoTY is probably "Sapphire" by Alcest, "Andromeda" by Weyes Blood, "The Raven Child" by Avantasia, or "Arcus" by RL Grime & Graves

Bismarck might be #5 if I create a one song per band limit

Last.fm · by **Cosumar** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 12:33 pm

Ennbij Aespijzs wrote:Ok I fuckin love Ulver and Ved Buens Ende, please rec me more raw yet atmospheric/avant garde black metal shit like that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VOK2A69Gbc

by **Dumb Ideologies** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:37 am

I'm hyped for the new Pyogenesis album based on the videos so far. Their last album is probably what I've listened to the most over the past three years, and the new stuff seems to be continuing in a similar vein. They don't quite sound like anyone else (or sometimes the same band track to track lol)

Mother Bohemia
Will I Ever Feel The Same

Last.fm · by **Cosumar** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:30 am

I've been intrigued by Pyogenesis for awhile - I know you've mentioned them a few times here. I'll probably listen to the new album when it comes out.

by **Ameriganastan** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:51 am

Wow. This new Steel Panther album sucks. Like goddamn, it is no fun at all. The Hell happened to these guys?

Last.fm · by **Cosumar** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:34 pm

Never liked Steel Panther, or any juvenile "party metal" for that matter. Too image-focused and gimmicky.

by **Dumb Ideologies** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:26 pm

Cosumar wrote:I've been intrigued by Pyogenesis for awhile - I know you've mentioned them a few times here. I'll probably listen to the new album when it comes out.

IMO the two (so far) post-reunion albums are better than anything they put out the first time around because they put all the sounds of the first era together which fits my musical ADHD better than an album of the same style.

Although there was that time they covered Africa, so...

by **The Imperial Reach** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:45 pm

This sister seems a bit twisted.

by **Ameriganastan** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:48 pm

The Imperial Reach wrote:This sister seems a bit twisted.

Still got it.

by **The Imperial Reach** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:50 pm

Normally I only post one song at a time but I felt an overwhelming need to ask you all to toss a coin to your Witcher.

Consider it more of a PSA.

by **Ameriganastan** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 4:26 pm

Cosumar wrote:Never liked Steel Panther, or any juvenile "party metal" for that matter. Too image-focused and gimmicky.

That's why they're so fun. At least before this album. Cripes, it was so boring. Borderline depressing.

by **Hurdergaryp** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 4:44 pm

Ameriganastan wrote:
The Imperial Reach wrote:This sister seems a bit twisted.

Still got it.

Normally I'm more into the kind of metal and hardcore suitable for the current climate change carnage in progress and apocalyptic annihilation in general, but this certainly ain't terrible.

Ameriganastan wrote:
Cosumar wrote:Never liked Steel Panther, or any juvenile "party metal" for that matter. Too image-focused and gimmicky.

That's why they're so fun. At least before this album. Cripes, it was so boring. Borderline depressing.

Sometimes bands are past their prime, but they still have contract obligations. That's how you get albums which are not bad in a purely technical sense, it's just that the band involved did everything on autopilot and called it a day after recording the whole uninspired affair.

by **Haeresia** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:26 pm

'The Furnaces of Palingenesia' by Deathspell Omega hit pretty hard; swirling guitars and fantastic drumming, and Aspa's vocals are nothing to shy away from. The lyrics too are phenomenal. If anyone is curious, they've done an interesting interview as well; slightly edgy, but the guy's good with words, gotta give him that.

by **Ameriganastan** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:38 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:Sometimes bands are past their prime, but they still have contract obligations. That's how you get albums which are not bad in a purely technical sense, it's just that the band involved did everything on autopilot and called it a day after recording the whole uninspired affair.

I don't wanna be one of those guys, but I think they finally caved to the MeToo pressure. I remember they got a bunch of heat from those people for that Pussy Melter guitar pedal a while back. And then they claimed they accidentally deleted the new album uploading it online. Which I'm starting to think was just a cover story to go back and tone it down.

And if you tone down Steel Panther, what's the point?

by **Dylar** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:19 pm

From the poll, Great War has got to be my favorite from 2019. The close second for me would've been Amon Amarth's Berserker

by **The Imperial Reach** » Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:35 am

Dylar wrote:From the poll, Great War has got to be my favorite from 2019. The close second for me would've been Amon Amarth's Berserker

Every other option on the poll must be terrible then if Great War was your choice considering how thoroughly disappointing and underwhelming it was.

by **Hurdergaryp** » Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:07 am

The Imperial Reach wrote:
Dylar wrote:From the poll, Great War has got to be my favorite from 2019. The close second for me would've been Amon Amarth's Berserker

Every other option on the poll must be terrible then if Great War was your choice considering how thoroughly disappointing and underwhelming it was.

Mediocrity tends to dominate, because it is easier to market.

by **Ameriganastan** » Sun Jan 05, 2020 10:54 am

Only album I listened to last year was the new Iron Savior. So I guess that.

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