That Metal Thread

[A Pale Shadow]

It's a bittersweet day today. Cadaveric Fumes, the weirdo surf rock death metal act from France have finally released their debut full length today, but it is also their swansong as the band is disbanding.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

new Phrenelith is out

 

[Islamic Creampie]

Got the recent Wolfnacht LP reissues the other day. Definitely among the better ultra blatant NSBM bands.

 

[A Pale Shadow]

new Phrenelith is out
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cYlZCfn6hZI

Having to rejigger my end of year list because of this one, I was not expecting it to be this good.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

track from the next Immolation album coming in February.

 

[A Pale Shadow]

track from the next Immolation album coming in February.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TJIeXJzyM54

Yoooooooo, I totally missed this. Gonna have to listen when I'm not working.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

 

[Islamic Creampie]

If you're into God tier USPM, consider backing the new Cauldron Born album. Everything Howie does is a homerun.

COLD STEEL FOR THE NECROMANCER

New CD release from epic heavy metal legend, Cauldron Born coming soon! | Check out 'COLD STEEL FOR THE NECROMANCER' on Indiegogo.

www.indiegogo.com

 

[A Pale Shadow]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yKtRDF3wu2k

Fucking baller. Funeral Mist are easily one if my all time favorite black metal acts outside Deathspell.

 

[A Pale Shadow]

I've been on a real blackened death kick the last week. I've never been a real big fan of Behemoth so imagine my shock when the side project of Behemoth's drummer is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than Behemoth is.

 

[Heckler1]

This is probably my favorite driving on the highway song.

 

[A Pale Shadow]

Got the recent Wolfnacht LP reissues the other day. Definitely among the better ultra blatant NSBM bands.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=sVixOj1P3aE

Ayy, that's pretty good. Always nice to hear some BM with bass presence.

You folks have probably heard it already, but fuck it have some bass heavy black metal.

 

[A Pale Shadow]

Decided to finalize my top ten records for 2021. I was waiting for Cadaveric Fumes, but I ended up switching out three bands instead of just two.

Suffering Hour - The Cyclic Reckoning

Delivered on all the promise of the sprawling Dwell EP. Shits good. Dreamy death metal riffing that breaks the mold.

Këkht Aräkh - Pale Swordsman

I don't care about accusations of hipster metal or scene tourism, this shit slaps. Also apparently goth rock is awesome, color me impressed.

Old Nick - Iam Vampire Castle

No, that title isn't a typo. Somehow I'm STILL not seeing anyone talk about this band or Grime Stone Records as a whole. This needs to change, these guys are the freshest thing in black metal since Deathspell.

Serpent Column - Katartisis

Spastic blackened death metal that's worlds away from Behemoth or Belphegor.

Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse

Yeah, this is one of those records that's actually work to listen to, but boy howdy does it pay off. Keep your eyes on these italian madmen.

Cadaveric Fumes - Echoing Chambers of Soul

I put these guys in the rando corner for the album of the decade poll, now watch me do it again. Sadly this band's first and last full length ended up being a lot more conservative than their EP's, which is a damn shame. Still good though.

Our Place of Worship Is Silence - Disavowed, and Left Hopeless

Ever wished Ulcerate remembered to write riffs? Here you go.

Phrenelith - Chimaera

This one really surprised me, I was not expecting this band to come screaming back out of nowhere with a death metal record this solid.

Cerebral Rot - Excretion of Mortality

Cerebral Rot sounds like someone put Finnish death metal and Incantation in a blender and poured a coating of gore on top of it. I was half tempted to vote for it just for the drummers high hat, that shit sounds awesome.

Lamp of Murmur - Submission and Slavery

The signs were already there on the last full length, but somehow I was not expecting Lamp of Murmur to go all black metal Type O Negative. Maybe I'm just dense. In any case it sounds awesome.

Shit I wanted to vote for but couldn't because it's a Top 10 and not a Top Whatever the Fuck

Ormskrik (really solid death/thrash)
Inferno (czech atmo black)
Svneatr (proggy folk black)
Diskord (dissodeath)
Antediluvian (dissodeath with porn sound effects)
Archgoat (amazingly good for an album that begins with the sound of goats impregnating women)
200 stab wounds (shameless cannibal corpse worship)
Zhmach (black metal surf rock?)
Labyrinth Entrance (really well executed melodic black metal)
Cynic (goddamn it I really wanted to include this one, but I was bit disappointed by the electronic bass.)
Ænigmatum (more dissodeath)
Hooded Menace (they dropped a bit of the death metal sound on this one, but it actually really worked for them

 

[DoomsdayElite]

 

[Spit bucket]

Sometimes youtube does recommended good shit. Nice chill stoner metal album that would go perfect with some weed.

 

[ComStar]

Have some goddamn Artillery! Quality thrash from Denmark (!) with some truly excellent guitar work

 

[A Pale Shadow]

Grymm Comments: On Coming Out and Acceptance in the Metalverse... Again. | Angry Metal Guy

Today, Grymm revisits the topic of what it's like to be gay in the metal world, and talks about how it's better (and much worse) than it was years ago.

www.angrymetalguy.com

So AMG is wailing about MUH REPRESENTATION. I'm starting to wonder why I bother checking this blog anymore when all they do it shit on/ignore real underground shit and cum all over power metal.

 

[Idiot Asshole]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=G8Jiuo_NYgU:0https://youtube.com/watch?v=w7FlFesiUoA:0https://youtube.com/watch?v=_F1ect8H58c:0
Have some goddamn Artillery! Quality thrash from Denmark (!) with some truly excellent guitar work

Old Artillery is great but I'll never get over how terrible Terror Squad's artwork is. It's like the artist gave up a quarter of the way through.

On a slightly relevant segue here's another cool 80s Danish album with terrible coverart.

Spoiler: Crystal Knight - Crystal Knight (1985)

 

[Alabaster Disaster]

Old Artillery is great but I'll never get over how terrible Terror Squad's artwork is. It's like the artist gave up a quarter of the way through.

I for one am a huge fan of album art that looks like it came from the back of someone's algebra notebook.

Spoiler: Visual AIDS

 

[Islamic Creampie]

That Omen cover fucking rules and you know it.

Edit: Read that too fast. Yeah, I love that sort of stuff. Lots of old BM had that type of art.