roughdraft_zero

Almost old news now (by internet standards), but Agalloch finally announced their fourth album, Marrow Of The Spirit, set for release through Profound Lore on November 23rd in the U.S.



LINK

islandclaws

^ Calling it now: Album of the Year.

Ravenous

Fucking A.... didnt know there were other Agalloch fans here. I hope its better than Grain. Itll be hard to top the majesty of Mantle though.

Ravenous

Whats the The Northern Ontario Black Metal Preservation Society? Im sure Woods is apart of that. That dude promotes Woods to no end.

GHackmann

In case anybody missed it, Adult Swim put up their Metal Swim compilation up for free streaming and download a few days ago. There's a ton of free/cheap metal samplers out there, but this one's interesting because it's made up of rare and unreleased material.

islandclaws

^ I'll have to dl that later. Some good stuff there. Thanks!

Ravenous

Anyone seeing Nevermore on tour? Ive never seen them as theyve NEVER come to my damn city in the last 10 years, so I cant wait for tonight!

edclem

Yeah. They're coming through here on 10/31, and I'm going. They're awesome live (have seen them 2x now).

dvduser6

Thanks for the link. Love what I've heard so far. Just picked up a used copy of "The Mantle" and will be absorbing that over the next few days.

Traxan

This.

Album.

KILLS!

Get it, it's fantastic.

mndtrp

Yes, excellent. I still prefer Toxine, but Legion fulfills the role.

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islandclaws

Oh. This is so, so good. I was right, album of the year (along with "Danzig's "Deth Red Sabaoth"). I can't wait to see them play in Dec.

asianxcore

It's a side project (?) with Dave Gold the singer of Woods of Ypres and I think one their former bass players, Aaron Palmer.

They have a 2 Track Vinyl coming out eventually. I read some reviews on it as recent as last month, but I've yet to hear anything at all.

EDIT: Dave Gold put up the 2 songs on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2cG-sYrtJk

dick_grayson

The new Danzig album is that good? I assumed this album would be just as mediocre as the past few.....

edclem

Thanks for linking this...I'd never heard of these guys before, but I will soon have 4 more discs on the way....

FantasticVSDoom

Yeah that's what i assumed as well.... May have to check it out.

islandclaws

Yes, it really is. And this is coming from someone who's been a fan since I was 12 back in '93. I know Blackaciddevil, Satan's Child and I Luciferi were all mediocre, but he started to get back on the right track with Circle of Snakes. This latest one is easily the best thing he's done since 4p. My only complaint is that Tommy Victor hasn't got half the chops John Chirst does, and the solos sound like shit because of it. But, that aside, it's a very good album.

dick_grayson

The best things about danzig 1-4 (that wasn't there on the later albums) were:

(in no order)
-quality of songs
-drumming
-guitar solos
-production

And then where things got bad were:
-quality of songs
-production (different phases of grind, NIN-sound...etc.)
-guitar solos (not that I listed to 5-7 more than once or twice)
-not as cool members
-drumming couldn't compete with Biscuits
-guitar solos (as you mentioned)....again, though, Christ was a perfect fit


If the songs are good though, I'll give it a chance. The Onion gave a pretty positive review of it.....not that I'd consider them a good source for music reviews, but it's worth something.

islandclaws

Here are a couple of standout tracks:

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roughdraft_zero

No offense, but why not just say, "The good parts are good, and the bad parts are bad...I'll like it if it's good," lol. I too was pleasantly surprised by the New Danzig myself, though. It's not going to be making my own top of the year list (not that I ever actually make one, though), but it's decent.

I.Flores

An EXCELLENT Folk Metal band form Spain. They sound awesome live.

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Rypro 525

since i know some will be interested
Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL will embark on a North American headlining tour in February with support from ABSU. The dates are as follows:

Feb. 19 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater
Feb. 20 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
Feb. 21 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small's Theatre
Feb. 22 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
Feb. 24 - Denver, CO - Summit Theatre
Feb. 26 - San Antonio, TX - Backstage Live

Ravenous

Hey Flores, do you like LANDEVIR?

Cant wait for the new Agalloch on Tuesday! Ive been really getting into Slough Feg latley. These guys are bad ass and dont sound generic like alot of metal.

islandclaws

Slough Feg is awesome. They stick to one sound that works for them, so it can be easy for me to overplay them, but I think they're unique and I really want to check them out live sometime.

As for the new Agalloch, it's epic. Really an amazing piece of work.

I.Flores

Can't say I have. I'll check them out.