Death Metal

[EspaDa]

So what's the verdict on the new Suffocation album?

I've just bought it, giving it a spin right now. Will tell you later. I was disappointed after listening to the first single tbh.

 

[EspaDa]

So what's the verdict on the new Suffocation album?

Good album. Vocals are definitely weaker than on preceding releases, but I really like the new guitarist.

 

[The Ozzman]

Good album. Vocals are definitely weaker than on preceding releases, but I really like the new guitarist.

The best since the self titled

 

[EspaDa]

The best since the self titled

I'm relistening Pinnacle of Bedlam now, I guess it's slightly better than the recent one.

 

[morguelord]

Heard the first track they premiered and fucking HATED it. Haven't bothered to hear anything besides that, besides live, and then every time they played something new, it sounded so weak and bland I just went outside and smoked.

 

[no country for old wainds]

an amendment since last time i looked at arghoslent's official site:

Pogrom and Holocausto are working on new music and lyrics, and have been for a few years. The band will enter the studio once the time is right (quality material & logistics).
-- CORRECTION: The band has decided not to write new music since it is "merely a collection of riffs and heavy metal wank".

 

[Phylactery]

I thought you might be updating us on the new The Chasm and got all excited!

That's pretty hilarious though haha.

Btw, I listened to a few tracks from that Gorephobia you mentioned and I like the varied vocal attack and the trem riffing. Not sure if I like it more than some of the more well known death metal from that year yet, will have to give the full thing more listens. You do seem to have very selective taste in death metal though. I mean don't you dislike a huge chunk of the Swedish stuff and anything with a similar production style?

 

[no country for old wainds]

dislike is too strong a word for the most part but yeah, not my preferred style, just too sterile-sounding, groove-laden and sometimes kind of unsubtle. i'm also not *that* big on incantation although i find that harder to explain, and that's probably a bigger problem when trying to embrace bands from the end of last decade. i do really like some stuff on your list though. all shall be revealed...

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

so the upcoming The Chasm is going to be an instrumental album?

 

[no country for old wainds]

yup

 

[Krow]

so the upcoming The Chasm is going to be an instrumental album?

I feel like it'll be ultimately forgettable because of it.

 

[CiG]

Diehards will stick by it, beyond that it will probably flop.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i'm sure the mainstream mags will lap up the perceived innovation and ambition of it all, whether that'll translate to popularity i'm not sure. FARSEEING was half instrumental and was probably their biggest success yet, though, not to mention their instrumentals have been some of their most beloved tunes in the past.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

yeah, i think they might be able to pull it off.

 

[CiG]

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

And out of curiosity, what are mainstream metal magazines? The only way i can get a metal magazines is by subscription. I havent seen one at the any of the stores out here in over 15 years.

Maybe they're still big in the UK? magazines overall are dying out over here.

 

[Phylactery]

dislike is too strong a word for the most part but yeah, not my preferred style, just too sterile-sounding, groove-laden and sometimes kind of unsubtle. i'm also not *that* big on incantation although i find that harder to explain, and that's probably a bigger problem when trying to embrace bands from the end of last decade. i do really like some stuff on your list though. all shall be revealed...

Yeah, I was going to say that you also don't seem huge on the Incantation sound. To be honest, I'm not that big on a lot of it, but the ones I like I tend to really like. For example, that Grave Miasma EP. It just nails the production and aesthetic and it comes across like they know what they're doing, rather than just aping their influences. It also has those colossal doomy riffs that are just crushing.

 

[CiG]

Anybody into weird, goofy death metal should check this band out. Mostly demo recordings so far but very interesting in a rough gem kind of way. I think I even heard some saxophone in the music.

http://www.facebook.com/pg/EXOCYTOSIS/posts/?ref=page_internal

 

[Sirjack]

And out of curiosity, what are mainstream metal magazines? The only way i can get a metal magazines is by subscription. I havent seen one at the any of the stores out here in over 15 years.

Maybe they're still big in the UK? magazines overall are dying out over here.

Over here you have Metal Hammer which is more Avenged 7-fold-lite shite - or it was when l last picked one up years ago, Terrorizer, which is ok for extreme stuff but way too thin. a couple of not-worth-mentionings, and the best of the bunch -Zero Tolerance, which is mainly focused on BM but l get it because l steal it from where l work and it comes with a killer CD every issue. And they have a decent review section and cover most good DM. l used to subscribe to Decibel but that's too fucking thin as well - l love the Hall of Fame and Flexi discs tho.
l miss the old mags like S.O.D and The Pit. they were the best

 

[Doomguy]

I used to be subscribed to Terrorizer but received issues late in the mail all the time. I understand that it had to come all the way from the UK, but why offer global shipping if you can't do it properly? Smfh