(Un)Official Metal Thread

[SRN]

It is just a big amalgation of way too loud drums, redneck attitude and just coke-binged metal. And it is amazing.

[Redefine Sick]

Any Sunn O))) recommendations? I've been meaning to give them a listen for ages, but I need a good starting point.

[SRN]

To start out with, get a hold of "Black One" or "Monoliths & Dimensions". Personally, I started with "Flight of the Behemoth" but I don't think that it is a good start for a Sunn O))) first time listener.

[Skummy]

I started with White 2, which is pretty "pure" SunnO))), just drone and lots of it. Monoliths & Dimensions is one of their best - it's one of their more diverse and interesting albums, and their first real attempt to bring drone in a whole new direction, and reflect their own actual tastes rather than just rehashing some of the same nonsense.

"Altar" - their collaboration with Boris - is definitely worth looking for, too.

[SRN]

"Altar" is amazing.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Monoliths.. is where I started. Great album. Love it.

Unrelatedly, I forgot how much I dig Candlemass' Epicus Doomicus Metallicus album. PLEASE LET ME DIE IN SOLITUUUUUUUUUDEEEEEEE

[Redefine Sick]

Unrelatedly, I forgot how much I dig Candlemass' Epicus Doomicus Metallicus album. PLEASE LET ME DIE IN SOLITUUUUUUUUUDEEEEEEE

So. Fucking. Good.

And I'll give those albums a check when I get home. I'll pick one of them (probably Monoliths) and give the full album a listen. Thanks!

Also: Everyone go listen to Ghost. Right now.

[Liam]

Yeah, I'm on the 'Monoliths....' and 'Altar' band wagon. Excellent albums.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Mastodon covers Feist, Feist covers Mastodon for Record Store Day

These are awesome covers.

[Redefine Sick]

Just listened to "Alice" by Sunn O))). Very good. Best comment I saw on the youtube page for it was:

"is it me or this sounds like Through The Fire and Flames by Dragonforce?"

[DFF]

So, the new DragonForce album is very good. It won't convert anyone, I don't think, but it's once of their better albums.

[Redefine Sick]

I'll just leave this right here..

[Redefine Sick]

And then I'll leave this:

[ScottHallLeg-end]

Talking of Crowbar, I will have the pleasure of seeing them at Bloodstock this year!

[SRN]

Better be excited; I saw them at Tuska 2010 and they absolutely killed. Easily the best gig of the entire festival.

[Redefine Sick]

Talking of Crowbar, I will have the pleasure of seeing them at Bloodstock this year!

Jealous to the extreme. I fell in love with them when I heard their cover of Dreamweaver.

[KONGO]

Talking of Crowbar, I will have the pleasure of seeing them at Bloodstock this year!

Jealous to the extreme. I fell in love with them when I heard their cover of Dreamweaver.

Yeah, that's a great one. Their "No Quarter" is my favorite version of that song.

[DFF]

From Wintersun's website:

29.05.2012

Hello friends!

Time for some album(s) news. Wintersun’s “Time” is going to be two albums, titled TIME I & TIME II. We made this decision simply because of few reasons:

- All the 80min of material won´t fit on a regular CD and we didn´t want to cut anything out.

- We want you to be able to hear new material sooner and not wait any longer and we want to go on tour sooner.

- The music is very full and complex, so listening this kind of “hard listening (not easy listening)” material straight for 80 minutes is a bit too much (even for me). Both albums will be approx. nice 40 min epic packages of fireworks.

- We like the idea of releasing two albums within one year, so the band will stay more visible longer, which is important in these “modern times”. No more years of silence for us!

We hope you´ll approve our new little “plan” and support us when the “Time” comes!

The tracklisting for TIME I looks like this:

TIME I

1. When Time Fades Away

2. Sons of Winter and Stars

I Rain of Stars

II Surrounded by Darkness

III Journey Inside a Dream

IV Sons of Winter and Stars

3. Land of Snow and Sorrow

4. Darkness and Frost

5. Time

TIME I mix is set to be finished by July, mastered in the beginning of July and released in early fall of 2012! TIME II will be released in 2013. Conception of album artworks, videos, live shows incl. rehearsals will keep us busy during the summer and I´ll also continue mixing TIME II meanwhile. We´ll be hopefully posting some videos and teasers during summer. Also some new live show announcements soon, so stay tuned for those!

We can´t wait for you guys to hear TIME I material and play it to you live! Have a great summer!

Jari & Wintersun boys

WINTERSUN are confirmed to headline this year´s edition of the so-called HEIDENFEST tour kicking off in October supported by Korpiklaani, Varg, Trollfest and Krampus, before they go on touring the world. Further infos, dates and tickets on www.heidenfest.eu.

About time!

[KONGO]

Saint Vitus has released a new album, Lillie: F-65. It's okay, kind of boring.

I just loaded up the Premonition 13 album and my god. Wino is a far, far superior songwriter to Dave Chandler. Reminds me that Debris, Inc. kind of sucked, too.

[KONGO]

Come My Fanatics just hit Spotify!