Metal 2020

[Vegard Pompey]

Corchado's tired of singing, huh?

 

[Bloopy]

Death/doom

 

[CiG]

 

[CiG]

Psychedelic death metal.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

another track from the upcoming Deep Purple album ...


Tokyo Blade


Cro-Mags

@RadicalThrasher

Enslaved

 

[EspaDa]

that new track by Cro-Mags is actually cool and bearable

 

[CiG]

 

[Krow]

Is the new Sepultura really as good as people are saying?

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

whoa, new Necrot

 

[Baroque]

Vektor is reforming! Just announced on Facebook. 2 original members, drummer and bass player are replaced

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

so many people in the comments ripping on the singer for beating his wife

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... yea, apparently throwing pillows and yelling at her is "beating" nowadays. They're just dumb schmucks.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Cryptic Shift...

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

New Body Count

Mike Tyson on bass

 

[no country for old wainds]

@Vegard Pompey new esoctrilihum is currently in the top 10 albums of 2020 on RYM across all genres lol

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Probably won't last. Sweven debuted at #1 and now it's down to #67.

 

[Krow]

New Vektor would be cool.

Vektor’s Facebook is so fucking polluted with virtues signaling, metal scene importance, metal is a brotherhood and we should out this guy white knight fags it’s kinda comical.


So many of these people have obviously never even been in relationships, let alone a fucking bad one. Man I dated a girl named heather for a while before I met my wife... she tried to wreck my car on the highway by pulling the steering while... punched me in the face and cut me up with her rings then ran to her dad and said I hurt her. Was extremely sure I was getting arrested over things I never started...

but always believe the woman, obviously.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... actually most of the people there who are bashing on them seem to not be fans of band or even metal in general if you check out their pages. They're jsut your average rabid SJW wokelets with man-buns, cats and links of garbage emo alt rock form the 90's. Most of the metalheads and "brotherhood" types seem to be standing up for the guy.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Svart Records are proud to release the new single from extreme progressive Doom metal band Self Hypnosis


Though Self Hypnosis are a new band, aficionados of the British Extreme Doom scene should need little introduction to the band members themselves. The project has its roots in Kris Clayton's long-standing, often-solo, Camel Of Doom outfit, which itself evolved from basic Stoner beginnings towards a much more avant-garde proposal, culminating with the release of fourth full-length album Terrestrial through renowned Russian label Solitude Productions in 2016. Following that, Kris began work on composing the next Camel Of Doom album, but quickly realised that the material was becoming even more experimental and eclectic than previous outings: so much so that it would be more appropriate to record it under a different name, making it clear that there should be no preconception, or historical expectation, attached to it.

Needing a partner to bring the concept to fruition, Kris approached Greg Chandler, whose long-established reputation for recording and production engineering - and, of course, musicianship, co-founder of legendary UK extreme Doom pioneers Esoteric, as well - really does need no elaboration. Greg's name has appeared as a guest vocalist, guitarist and sometime keyboard player on many a release over the years, but this was intended to be a fully collaborative association from the outset, as well as a reuniting of old accomplices - Kris was one of the guitarists in Esoteric's line-up from 2007-2009, rejoining in August 2019.

Completing the line-up for the recording sessions was drummer Tom Vallely, though as a guest/session performer rather than as a full band member. As a professional musician, veteran performer with bands such as Sanctus Nex and Lychgate, and having handled the drums on Terrestrial, Tom was already known to both Kris and Greg and the obvious choice to engage for this project as 'lead drummer'.

The result of their combined endeavours is the full-length album Contagion Of Despair, which was recorded at Greg's Priory Studios using a variety of innovative techniques, including wiring up the whole building to create spacious, expansive recording spaces, or digitising live drums to drag an '80s Hip-Hop sub-bass groove into the mix. Self Hypnosis set out to use all of these techniques, and more, to create a completely unique mix of Doom and non-Doom influences that would nonetheless converge towards a genuinely Prog-Doom result, and with Contagion Of Despair, they've managed that to perfection. Including everything from Kris and Greg's anti-system and alternative roots through to more contemporary experimental/noise influences, the album touches base with a myriad different musical themes.