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Slam Saturday gives way to Standard Death Metal Sunday
Some 2000s bands that might have slipped through the cracks for some:
If you want more Immolation/Morbid Angel - Formulas style material, this is where to go.
Vital Remains' best vocalist's subsequent project.
According to Google's algorithm, this is only the second most notable Corpse Vomit, but it's a great project that took too long to release an album.
Platonic ideal of non-corny modern death-thrash.
There are so many 2000-2002 released albums that would wigg out the sickest kids in the 90s but simply came too late.
"I just want normal beer death metal". They released a shit later album with ass production. Almost so generic that it's admriable, and this type of stuff is definitely what NWOSDM people should listen to rather than Darkthrone.
More stuff that would kill if it was released sooner.
Order from Chaos related project.
Very good epic dm that is completely ignored because it's sometimes smeared with the black/death label, plus I think is one of those weirdo eccentric single guy projects who occasionally fires the entire band.
Features a fat chick with big tits if that helps.
More stuff that NWOSDM people should listen to. It's been a while since I've binged but I don't think this band does solos at all.
Cult band but not many people care. Very interesting in every respects, melodic aspects, eccentric, but cohesive.
Post-melodeath that didn't work out. There's a ton of unknown Swedish death/thrash from the late 90s/early 00s.
A single later release from an early 90s band. Very fucking good normal vibe.
Not heard their later stuff but this demo is good.
A demo that sounds better than most full-lengths. More Swedish post-melodeath, as previous three entries.
They're pretty much only known for doing a split with Arghoslent, but are worth a spin.
More death metal cursed to obscurity by being released in the year 2000.
I wish RFI or similar would do an episode on later Incantation, nobody talks about that stuff. I've never found an access point, it sounded like self-tribute to me.
Yeah, it's terrible. I was never a Slipknot fan, I was in junior high when their self-titled album was released and I'd already moved on to death metal but I could appreciate the fact that they weren't a Korn clone
I stopped caring about Slipknot after the second album. Both albums have their moments and I'm sure the heaviest parts on Iowa got lots of people into death metal. I skipped the third one
I really liked Slipknot's first two albums and I loved Vol. 3 when it first came out. I was the perfect age for it.
Then Vermillion Pt. 2 entered radio circulation.
I noticed the radio station me and my friends listened to when we where driving around would play that song a lot. A LOT. Once, on a long drive, I figured out the song was on a 15 minute cycle, they played it four times an hour. They would even play what had to be fake call-ins of people requesting the song.
A while ago I went back to listen to music I liked as a teenager to see if it still held up. I got to Slipknot and maybe halfway through every song I would think about me and my buddies screaming "FUCK!!!!!" when Vermillion Pt. 2 started playing. So now even the old songs I used to like don't hold up anymore lmao.
I wish RFI or similar would do an episode on later Incantation, nobody talks about that stuff. I've never found an access point, it sounded like self-tribute to me.
He mentioned in his Incantation video that he hasn't really listened to new Incantation.
A quick TLDR on it is their entire 00's era is just...okay. They've never really had a dud imo, but I struggle to really remember any tracks from this era.
Beginning with Vanquish in Vengence they had a renaissance period after going quiet for six years. Their 2014 album Dirges of Elysium is their strongest modern period album imo, pretty close to their Diabolical Conquest sound. Their next two Profane Nexus and Sect of Vile Divinites were...fine. Kinda Incantation treading water I guess.
Now I usually hit skip on compilations, but Incantation's next release Tricennial of Blasphemy should not be missed. Yes, it's a collection of split and bonus tracks that haven't been on their full lengths, but the whole thing is weirdly catchy and well done. I really enjoyed it.
Their most recent, Unholy Deification actually mixes things up a bit. It's been a bit since I read about it, but as I read I think John McEntee let the rest of the band have more creative input this time around, partiularly bassist Chuck Sherwood handling lyrics. The song titles have a really different look to them, and if you just showed me the track list I'd never have guessed this was an Incantation release. IDK, maybe that's just cosmetic faffery, but this one stood out to me more than anyting since Dirges.
He mentioned in his Incantation video that he hasn't really listened to new Incantation.
A quick TLDR on it is their entire 00's era is just...okay. They've never really had a dud imo, but I struggle to really remember any tracks from this era.
Beginning with Vanquish in Vengence they had a renaissance period after going quiet for six years. Their 2014 album Dirges of Elysium is their strongest modern period album imo, pretty close to their Diabolical Conquest sound. Their next two Profane Nexus and Sect of Vile Divinites were...fine. Kinda Incantation treading water I guess.
Now I usually hit skip on compilations, but Incantation's next release Tricennial of Blasphemy should not be missed. Yes, it's a collection of split and bonus tracks that haven't been on their full lengths, but the whole thing is weirdly catchy and well done. I really enjoyed it.
Their most recent, Unholy Deification actually mixes things up a bit. It's been a bit since I read about it, but as I read I think John McEntee let the rest of the band have more creative input this time around, partiularly bassist Chuck Sherwood handling lyrics. The song titles have a really different look to them, and if you just showed me the track list I'd never have guessed this was an Incantation release. IDK, maybe that's just cosmetic faffery, but this one stood out to me more than anyting since Dirges.
I have Tricennial, too. I agree, I found it pretty enjoyable. It's convenient, it brings together a lot of rare material I'm definitely not autistic enough to track down copies of, most of which is long out of print (I'm not one of those exhaustive collectors who needs every individual physical release of a particular band, that's too expensive and time consuming) and many of the unreleased songs are great.
I am okay with AI-powered music being its own subgenre. Eventually this will be practically no different to what DJ'ing and "remixing" was in the early '80s. That's how electronic music was eventually created, and its many many subgenres.
"-Remixing, sampling is NOT real music." t. some Deep Purple fan in the early '80s.
I mean for fuck's sake, the "Amen Break" loop basically spawned the entire Jungle, Drum and Bass subgenres.
Can't wait to hear what's gonna be the Metal equivalent of the "Amen Break", cranked out in Suno.ai.
One of my favorite bands. I think they formed after a close friend of their's was diagnosed with some incurable cancer. Their lyrics are mostly about loss, grief etc. They're hard to describe but it works very well. A bit melodic death + some thrash and power metal? They're insanely underrated. Not sure about their latest album, I think they lost their vocalist so unsure if theyre as good. I 100% recommend buying an actual cd or vinyl if its easily available.
Going to throw a weird one out here, probably the best christian metal band I've heard (and only one album lol.)
One of my favorite bands. I think they formed after a close friend of their's was diagnosed with some incurable cancer. Their lyrics are mostly about loss, grief etc. They're hard to describe but it works very well. A bit melodic death + some thrash and power metal? They're insanely underrated. Not sure about their latest album, I think they lost their vocalist so unsure if theyre as good. I 100% recommend buying an actual cd or vinyl if its easily available. https://youtube.com/watch?v=yBSBhLAvSekhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=YnISJvoCBbI
