What album are you listening to? v.7

[TAC]

Loudness - Sunburst ～ 我武者羅

They still got it!

Edit: Damn one disc in and this is much better than the vast majority of modern albums by classic heavy metal bands.

Cool. I thought their last one, Rise To Glory was really good.

They are still responsible for one of my all time favorite live albums....Live Loud Alive.

Pretty good album, between thrash and US metal. Lots of Sanctuary/early Nevermore influence, especially in the vocals (singer sounds a lot like a young Warrel Dane - RIP). Can be quite aggressive too (case in point, penultimate song Maternal Foundry). Nice fat bass sound too...

Gonna check this too!

From Seven Sister's frontman Kyle McNeill. There were a couple of preview tracks a few weeks ago, the whole thing is out now. A little more 70s prog than the main band (definitely hear hints of Kansas in there), but still plenty of 80s metal too - just wrapped in a more vintage package. Liking it after one listen (Dawn of Mind is pretty awesome!)

I LOVED this!

[wolfking]

https://theodious.bandcamp.com/album/vesica-piscis

Woah! Just found this. Kade and Luke take note. (Drops Mic)

This sounds pretty interesting, I'll sample more tonight.

[Glasser]

Loudness - Sunburst ～ 我武者羅

They still got it!

Edit: Damn one disc in and this is much better than the vast majority of modern albums by classic heavy metal bands.

Cool. I thought their last one, Rise To Glory was really good.

They are still responsible for one of my all time favorite live albums....Live Loud Alive.

Pretty good album, between thrash and US metal. Lots of Sanctuary/early Nevermore influence, especially in the vocals (singer sounds a lot like a young Warrel Dane - RIP). Can be quite aggressive too (case in point, penultimate song Maternal Foundry). Nice fat bass sound too...

Gonna check this too!

From Seven Sister's frontman Kyle McNeill. There were a couple of preview tracks a few weeks ago, the whole thing is out now. A little more 70s prog than the main band (definitely hear hints of Kansas in there), but still plenty of 80s metal too - just wrapped in a more vintage package. Liking it after one listen (Dawn of Mind is pretty awesome!)

I LOVED this!

I love classic Loudness. Supposedly they are touring the states next year and only playing their earlier stuff. I'm not exactly sure what that means as I heard this from someone who knows their management. We shall see.

[twosuitsluke]

Luke!!! 


Sadus- out for blood.

Sadist- Hyaena.

Sadus was pretty good. They remind me of that Testament style of more aggressive thrash, which is great as they are easily my favourite thrash band following 3 out of the big 4. Plus Steve DiGeorgio on bass 

Onto Sadist now and so far great bass lines 

Edit: So it turns out I have listened to Sadist before, with the album Above the Light. I don't remember anything about it so it clearly didn't have any impact. Hyaena was definitely more memorable and I'll spin it again for sure. Who is the bassist on this record?

Next up on Twosuitsluke's death metal week...

[Glasser]

I really love this e.p. and highly recommend it!!!!

[hefdaddy42]

Yasmin Williams - Unwind

[nick_z]

Onto Sadist now and so far great bass lines 

Edit: So it turns out I have listened to Sadist before, with the album Above the Light. I don't remember anything about it so it clearly didn't have any impact. Hyaena was definitely more memorable and I'll spin it again for sure. Who is the bassist on this record?

Luke - Above the Light is their debut (from 1993!). One thing that made them "unusual" from the start was that Tommy (the guitar player and - I believe - main songwriter) played keyboards live too, along with the guitar. A bit gimmicky, maybe, but hey, he was doing it 

They were already quite forward-thinking back then, but to me their best is the follow-up, Tribe (1995). Death-style (the band) death metal, with plenty of synths and great melodies. The instrumental From Bellatrix to Betelgeuse is totally driven by the keys!

I kinda lost track of them, but the last couple of recent ones I heard sounded quite good (they have one out this year - Firescorched - that has the bass player from Obscura)

[hefdaddy42]

Floating Points - Elaenia

[hefdaddy42]

Minor Moon - A Whisper, A Shout

[hefdaddy42]

Cory Hanson - The Unborn Capitalist From Limbo

[nick_z]

Species - To Find Deliverance

Cool full-length debut for this Polish trio, in the vein of that late 80s-early 90s, technical-but-not-too-technical thrash.

I can hear some Coroner in there (perhaps some mid-career Voivod too). The riffage is super-tasty. Vocals are bit on the harsh side, but not too much, and the production, while relatively unpolished, does its job. Very good performances all around, and the 11-minute (!) closer, Ex Machina, is surprisingly engaging (lots of cool, melodic instrumental stuff in the second half of the song). There's room for improvement in the songwriting, I think, but I've enjoyed it.

[hefdaddy42]

Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child

[twosuitsluke]

Onto Sadist now and so far great bass lines 

Edit: So it turns out I have listened to Sadist before, with the album Above the Light. I don't remember anything about it so it clearly didn't have any impact. Hyaena was definitely more memorable and I'll spin it again for sure. Who is the bassist on this record?

Luke - Above the Light is their debut (from 1993!). One thing that made them "unusual" from the start was that Tommy (the guitar player and - I believe - main songwriter) played keyboards live too, along with the guitar. A bit gimmicky, maybe, but hey, he was doing it 

They were already quite forward-thinking back then, but to me their best is the follow-up, Tribe (1995). Death-style (the band) death metal, with plenty of synths and great melodies. The instrumental From Bellatrix to Betelgeuse is totally driven by the keys!

I kinda lost track of them, but the last couple of recent ones I heard sounded quite good (they have one out this year - Firescorched - that has the bass player from Obscura)

Nice one dude. I'm definitely into the old school death metal with synths. I guess those few years in the early 90s were golden for that.

Species - To Find Deliverance

Cool full-length debut for this Polish trio, in the vein of that late 80s-early 90s, technical-but-not-too-technical thrash.

I can hear some Coroner in there (perhaps some mid-career Voivod too). The riffage is super-tasty. Vocals are bit on the harsh side, but not too much, and the production, while relatively unpolished, does its job. Very good performances all around, and the 11-minute (!) closer, Ex Machina, is surprisingly engaging (lots of cool, melodic instrumental stuff in the second half of the song). There's room for improvement in the songwriting, I think, but I've enjoyed it.

This sounds interesting enough to dive into. It's queued up for later 

[hefdaddy42]

Sam Bush - Late As Usual

[twosuitsluke]

This evenings listening...

[Crow]

new dreadnought is not disappointing, as i didn't have high expectations, but it was underwhelming anyways. idk the more they polish off their metal edges the less interesting they get

[hefdaddy42]

black midi - Schlagenheim

[Glasser]

This evenings listening...

Awesome tunes there! Just listened to Species and its going into my rotation. The ST is just a full on forever classic man. There's a band called CONTRARIAN that are very similar to Atheist and Cynic. Check that out if you can. 

[Bluefish]

[Bluefish]

[Glasser]

[hefdaddy42]

Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp

[hefdaddy42]

Michael Camilo - What's Up?

[hefdaddy42]

Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood

[nick_z]

Very enjoyable mix of classic, early-Sabbath doom and NWOBHM. More so than the cover suggests  Nothing here reinvents the wheel, but it sounds great and the songs are very tightly written. Listened to this several times over the last few days.

Favorite tracks: Return to Salem's Gate, Early Moods (doom-y Iron Maiden!) and Curse the Light (a little heavier than the rest...and THAT mid-song riff with the cowbell!)

[hefdaddy42]

Minor Moon - An Opening

[hefdaddy42]

Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing

[hefdaddy42]

Faye Webster - Run And Tell

[nick_z]

This evenings listening...

new dreadnought is not disappointing, as i didn't have high expectations, but it was underwhelming anyways. idk the more they polish off their metal edges the less interesting they get

Ok, so I ignored the existence of this band until I read these posts.

Listening to a couple of songs from the album they just released...they sound a bit weird and all over the place, but I'm intrigued. Are there other albums I should check out/start from?

[nick_z]

Awesome tunes there! Just listened to Species and its going into my rotation. The ST is just a full on forever classic man. There's a band called CONTRARIAN that are very similar to Atheist and Cynic. Check that out if you can. 

I'll check out Contrarian...speaking of that Atheist/Cynic sound...do you guys know the Australian band Stargazer? This is their album from last year



Not available on streaming platforms, as far as I know...but available on their Bandcamp page. Quite interesting. The bass on this thing is AWESOME. Fretless, not just technical for the sake of being technical, it's the star of the show.

[Bluefish]

[Bluefish]

[TAC]

2 of my Top 3 albums in that update, Bluefish.

[Glasser]

Awesome tunes there! Just listened to Species and its going into my rotation. The ST is just a full on forever classic man. There's a band called CONTRARIAN that are very similar to Atheist and Cynic. Check that out if you can. 

I'll check out Contrarian...speaking of that Atheist/Cynic sound...do you guys know the Australian band Stargazer? This is their album from last year



Not available on streaming platforms, as far as I know...but available on their Bandcamp page. Quite interesting. The bass on this thing is AWESOME. Fretless, not just technical for the sake of being technical, it's the star of the show.

I'm all over this! Thanks! Contrarian isn't as extreme as Atheist and Cynic but definitely hear the influence in parts.

[jammindude]

I’m on an old school thrash kick. Just rebought Game Over by Nuclear Assault. I really wish these guys would have stayed together. In their prime, they were one of the greatest thrash metal bands ever. The first three albums and The Plague EP are just solid gold perfection. Then the wheels started to fall off with Out of Order, and completely fell off with Something Wicked.

I did just get their reunion EP “Pounder” in the mail today and I haven’t even listened to it yet.