Best of 2005 - new, old, on the fence, disappointing, and still to come

[J.]

Dawn - I doubt it will be out this year, but this should be awesome

I'm getting impatient with this damn thing. What is it, 7 years now? They're pulling a fucking Orphaned Land on us.

 

[Papa Josh]

Have you ever heard an album called "WISEBLOOD"?

Yeah, also known as "a crappier version of Deliverance with Hetfield appearing Super Secret"

 

[NAD]

Yeah, also known as "a crappier version of Deliverance with Hetfield appearing Super Secret"

I'd agree with that, but it still makes it an 8/10 album. Was listening to that yesterday, still rocks as hard as the day it was released.

 

[JayKeeley]

are we getting new Thyrfing? with the new Moonsorrow, everyone's forgotten about Thyrfing.

Haha, I had forgotten about Thyrfing well before the new Moonsorrow came out. Goddamn it's brilliant - you will hate it though because it's like a more epic, deeper, more coherent Kivenkentaja. (Or alternatively, if you do like it, then you'll need to revisit Kivenkentaja).

With that said, I did recently pull Thyrfing's "Vannevesinior" off the shelf the other day and throw it into the bathroom rack.

Are we getting a new Einherjer this year? Just kidding.

Oh yeah, Vried is great too. Only heard it once, but I think Opeth17 reviewed it for UM, and I'll need to review it too. I think I like it more than anything Windir ever released, except maybe Likferd.

 

[J.]

woah, then I need to hear this Vried. Windir was OK, but didn't blow me away.

The Digital Metal review said the new Moonsorrow isn't as good as Kivenkantaja. But I didn't think Kivenkantaja was half the album Voimasta is, so maybe I'll like this new one more. Everyone pretty much considers Kivenkantaja to e the band's best, so who knows.

 

[Tranquillian]

I'm getting impatient with this damn thing. What is it, 7 years now? They're pulling a fucking Orphaned Land on us.

I was in contact with the singer Henke Forss a few weeks ago. I asked him about the album and he said that the guitars are recorded already, but not the drums! He also had not heard two of the songs himself. It seems like the communication within the band is lacking.

 

[Nico]

Sunn O))) are releasing Black1 this year I beleive. Should be interesting.

And that new Deathspell Omega MCD should be out in a few weeks.

 

[NAD]

Sunn O))) are releasing Black1 this year I beleive. Should be interesting.

Cool. Also that LP boxset too, right? Oh man, I won't be able to afford anything like that this year if I buy a house.

 

[Furious B]

What's a COC?

 

[NAD]

A cock without kourage. Either that, or Corrosion of Conformity's abbreviation/new name.

 

[Furious B]

k.

 

[Black Winter Day]

FUCK, I forgot about the new Nevermore! And the rerelease of EoR! DAMN!



p.s. COIL!!!!!

 

[Black Winter Day]

Just found out that "This Godless Endeavor" will include a cover of "Revelation: Mother Earth".

Nevermore. Jeff Loomis. Covering Randy Rhoads and Ozzy. Damn.




Can we all do Top 25 lists this year???

 

[speed]

Is Coil putting out something new? God the last thing they did was a sort of greatest hits cd. Musick to Play in the Dark I and II is genius.

 

[Black Winter Day]

I dunno if they are putting a new one out, I only saw them in his np and had to comment.

"The First Five Minutes After" rules so gad-am much.

 

[Furious B]

Actually, I highly doubt that they'll ever put anything out considering this:

John Balance, founder and singer with Coil, dies

News After John Peel, Chrislo Haas and New Model Army founding member Robert Heaton, another name that marked the musicscene for the past 20 years has died. Yesterday morning Side-Line was informed that John Balance (aka Geff Rushton, Jhon Balance) died, aged 42, in a tragic accident at his home on Saturday afternoon (November 13th).

Apparently Balance fell from the first floor, and landed some 15 feet below (Darren's note: would it be bad taste to note the irony of his last name and his manner of death?). It was Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson who found Balance unconscious, though still breathing. Although rushed to hospital, his condition deteriorated, and he died soon after, without ever regaining consciousness. It was Chris Carter who contacted Side-Line early Monday morning with the sad news. In a reaction Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter say: "We were stunned when we received news from Sleazy that Geff had died. That word 'died' is so final and we know Geff would not perceive his own passing as an end to his presence in this world. We of course are left with the feelings of physical loss and the thoughts of never hearing his voice again or feeling his embrace. He has been a dear friend for over 25 years and we hold that as a privelege. He was one of the very few treasures in this troubled world and he remains so in our hearts. His voice always made me shiver and touched places within me that are seldom tapped by any other artist. I remember asking him recently to sing more at gigs as I adored the intimacy of his voice. We have talked and talked for hours on every subject imaginable and of course much on sex and the goddess. We have his music and spirit always beside us in our sadness but always smiling and feeling deep affection when we think of him." Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England on 16th February 1962 as Geoffrey Laurence Burton, he co-founded Coil on May 11th, 1983. At that time Balance was also a member of Psychic TV. Initially, Coil co-existed with another project called Zos Kia, with the core members of both bands being Balance, his fellow Psychic TV member John Gosling (aka Joan d'Arc) and Min. This line-up played four live performances as Coil and/or Zos Kia throughout 1983, often aided by Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson (ex-Throbbing Gristle, and also a member of Psychic TV). Soon after the appearance of Coil/Zos Kia and Psychic TV at the infamous Berlin Atonal Festival on December 3rd, 1983, Balance and Christopherson left Psychic TV and Zos Kia, becoming the core of Coil and continuing with the name until today. Other current members of Coil include producer Danny Hyde, Thighpaulsandra (Spiritualized, Queen Elizabeth), Simon Norris aka Osian Brown (ex-member Death In June, Cyclobe). In 1994, Coil started releasing material under other names. Names used so far include The Eskaton, ELpH, Black Light District, Time Machines and Rosa Mundi (the latter in collaboration with Rose McDowall and Robert Lee of Sorrow).

It's too bad a lot of Coil's stuff is impossible to find. They should rerelease it in memory of Jhon.

 

[Black Winter Day]

Fuck!!!! I didn't know about that...

 

[Ayeka]

You guys need to track down the Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie shows they did together in the 80's. I think it was simply called "Fry and Laurie". Soooooo good, no shit.

You guys know that Stephen Fry is in the new Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy Film?

 

[JayKeeley]

Just found out that "This Godless Endeavor" will include a cover of "Revelation: Mother Earth".

Nevermore. Jeff Loomis. Covering Randy Rhoads and Ozzy. Damn.

Blasphemous I know. We talked about this in the Novembers Doom thread...

Still, to be fair, you can only judge once you've heard it, but why bands keep picking 'famous' songs to cover is beyond me. What next, Nevermore covering Simon and Garfunkel's greatest hit? Oh wait....

Can we all do Top 25 lists this year???

You can't just turn up once a year to do a year end list. Try contributing some reviews and interviews between now and then you smelly black bitch.

 

[NAD]

but why bands keep picking 'famous' songs to cover is beyond me.

Seriously. I'd much rather hear a band cover something real obscure, or at the very least something not overtly mainstream. Then again Vader covering Depeche Mode kicked all kinds of ass. Whaddaya know, another one o' them depends on the situation situations.

New Hermano rocks (finally showed up) but is overshadowed by their amazing beyond amazing live show. I need to listen to this album REALLY LOUD to get the true feel of it methinks.