Been listening to Black Sabbath's Ozzy Meets the Priest, a bootleg of one of their 1992 shows supporting Ozzy Osbourne at what were supposed to be his farewell shows in Costa Mesa, California; Ronnie James Dio, then on his second stint fronting Sabbath following the Dehumanizer album, had refused to do the shows and left, being subsequently replaced at short notice for the two shows by Sabbath's old mate Rob Halford. Halford's voice definitely seems to suit the Dio-era songs in the set better. I wonder if his excitement was getting the better of him or something, sometimes he sounds like he's trying a tad too hard, especially on the Ozzy-era songs. But it's an interesting historical curio.
It's also bolstered by a few tracks performed at the end of Ozzy's set, when he and Sabbath shared the stage for a four-song mini-reunion. (I'm sure some there guessed that this would happen as Sabbath had left a few staple Ozzy-era songs out of their set.) The energy palpably crackles on this bit; really it's no surprise after listening to this that they eventually reunited full-time, the only surprise is that it took so long. (Although, if it had, we wouldn't have got Cross Purposes, and I rather like that album.)
Nice. Also, looks like it's part of an EP they're putting out in December which will include those other singles they've put out since their last album.
Undeath continues to rule, and "Archfiend Coercion Methods" is just such a great song title. I'm also partial to "Phantasmal Festering" and "Kicked in the Protruding Guts".
@autothrall, is your intention to keep those yearly lists you just worked on up-to-date? I don't want to bug you (like: auto, add a review link for and move up Bark at the Moon) if you're thinking about updating them periodically instead.
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All these folks trying to be the Hiroo Onoda of the Loudness War...
I made a note to fix Bark at the Moon and a few others (one of which hasn't gone live on the blog yet), I'll get to it soon, just got back from a mini-vacay.
Liquid GhostDO YOU HEAR THE VOICES, TOO?!Registered Userregular
edited October 2020
it feels like the new unleash the archers thing abducted me into a new universe and when i beamed back, spirit adrift had another new album, mastodon did some shit before then too i guess i dunno what time is, i discovered mountain witch, and then this fucking happened
The new Draconian album is decent if you're still into the whole beauty/beast Gothic Doom era. Also I've given the new Carcass EP a few spins and it's not that bad, I know a lot of folks are divisive about it. It's catchy enough.
Still checking out the new releases from Hypnos (the death metal one) and Svartsyn. To say nothing of the new Grafvitnir,Stalker and THEM.
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Got an email via bandcamp from a band called Unto Others about leftover merch and I was scratching my head. I visited their link and apparently a month ago Idle Hands changed their name, presumably because of some trademark on the original name.
SteevLWhat can I do for you?Registered Userregular
edited November 2020
Picked up some albums by bands I never really tried to get into when I was younger recently:
Metal Church - The Human Factor - Pretty sure this was the album they were promoting when I saw a video by them on MTV back when I was first getting into metal, but it did nothing for me back then. This seems good, though! At first I thought the vocalist was doing a Dave Mustaine impression, but he quickly moves into his own style after the first verse or two. I know he's their second vocalist and the first one was a bit higher pitched; I'll probably pick up an album from that era eventually. I listened to some of The Dark on youtube recently.
Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver - I know I saw a few videos of theirs on MTV back in the day too and it never really connected with me back then, but I think I like it now. I actually saw them live in 1995 when they opened for Megadeth, but they were boring to me then.
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian - Verdict's still out on this one for me. I know it's considered one of their best.
Also picked up 2wo's Voyeurs, which is Rob Halford's industrial metal thing he did after Fight. Eh. Kind of a fun novelty.
Awaken the Guardian is amazing, but The Spectre Within is my fave from Fates.
With Metal Church the s/t and The Dark are my go-tos! If you end up liking any of the Mike Howe fronted Metal Church records after that then definitely check out Breaking Point by Heretic, which is awesome power/thrash metal, and ironically David Wayne of Metal Church would form Reverend with the other members of Heretic when Mike Howe took his place there. The first Revered EP is killer too (at least the songs are, if not the mix). Also a power/thrash hybrid.
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When I'm at my best, I'd consider myself a little better than Jared Dines (though it is impressive how fast he's matured as a guitarist) but this is just a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest:
Batio's personal channel is pretty cool, too, you can tell how much he loves playing by the joy he gets in giving out lessons to younger players.
Oh yeah. I did a 3 hour "masterclass" with him at a Guitar Center opening years ago. He's the best teacher I've ever had an actual session with at explaining high level theory to people raised on tab by showing it to them on the fretboard and not patronizing or talking down to them.
And seeing his picking up close was like staring into the sun. I also felt exceptionally proud of myself for doing a couple of sweep exercises a touch cleaner than him, course he was using his left hand.
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It's also bolstered by a few tracks performed at the end of Ozzy's set, when he and Sabbath shared the stage for a four-song mini-reunion. (I'm sure some there guessed that this would happen as Sabbath had left a few staple Ozzy-era songs out of their set.) The energy palpably crackles on this bit; really it's no surprise after listening to this that they eventually reunited full-time, the only surprise is that it took so long. (Although, if it had, we wouldn't have got Cross Purposes, and I rather like that album.)
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https://youtu.be/secNhEUN6Dg
New Undeath, Demonical, Pallbearer and Armored Saint too.
https://youtu.be/e6Rqi1e6pJo
Spoiler: Doesn't sound as much like Night Flight Orchestra, interesting outro, no clean vocals
https://youtu.be/rP705FDgT7s
https://youtu.be/BjoEr-3fMnw
Nice. Also, looks like it's part of an EP they're putting out in December which will include those other singles they've put out since their last album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQVIvjZavXo&ab_channel=ProstheticRecordsProstheticRecords
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgEPyvpUDdg
Edit: But this is way more interesting. Crab-core is back!!!!!!
https://youtu.be/vdxd5mbgov0
https://youtu.be/69IDNUI9aw8
edit: listen i had to remember how to post for a second this last few months of metal has been too good dudes
https://youtu.be/DWkZxD6WNKM
~ Buckaroo Banzai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdWhJcrrjQs
That intro riff tho, mmmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maQdcLNrDyc
The power of Hetfield compels you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMOd-VOCclc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yORla8AdncE
https://youtu.be/0WZF5eu4OQc
Bonus points for playing the Triple Lindy in the background during Nili's solo.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Still checking out the new releases from Hypnos (the death metal one) and Svartsyn. To say nothing of the new Grafvitnir,Stalker and THEM.
Dudes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjQvUFguuXA&ab_channel=NapalmRecords
And just got the CD/T-Shirt bundle for that one, it's dope.
https://youtu.be/c2JpUTaB2bE
~ Buckaroo Banzai
https://youtu.be/J8hM72XH2nc
a) is pretty fun, and
b) features Jason Momoa on vocals (and his vocals are really good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfHbOSBWAeA
https://youtu.be/WO5PaQHUC7Y
Even with the bad sound this fuckin' rules. I love Youtube just for shit like this, lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnmcGGVSEfU
Metal Church - The Human Factor - Pretty sure this was the album they were promoting when I saw a video by them on MTV back when I was first getting into metal, but it did nothing for me back then. This seems good, though! At first I thought the vocalist was doing a Dave Mustaine impression, but he quickly moves into his own style after the first verse or two. I know he's their second vocalist and the first one was a bit higher pitched; I'll probably pick up an album from that era eventually. I listened to some of The Dark on youtube recently.
Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver - I know I saw a few videos of theirs on MTV back in the day too and it never really connected with me back then, but I think I like it now. I actually saw them live in 1995 when they opened for Megadeth, but they were boring to me then.
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian - Verdict's still out on this one for me. I know it's considered one of their best.
Also picked up 2wo's Voyeurs, which is Rob Halford's industrial metal thing he did after Fight. Eh. Kind of a fun novelty.
With Metal Church the s/t and The Dark are my go-tos! If you end up liking any of the Mike Howe fronted Metal Church records after that then definitely check out Breaking Point by Heretic, which is awesome power/thrash metal, and ironically David Wayne of Metal Church would form Reverend with the other members of Heretic when Mike Howe took his place there. The first Revered EP is killer too (at least the songs are, if not the mix). Also a power/thrash hybrid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRikAw3zTZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KhJ8SdKg9g
No Place for Disgrace is my fave Flotsam but the production doesn't hold up so well (and the re-recording doesn't work any better sadly).
https://youtu.be/RmuiAuDmB_g
Vid dips into Primus like surrealism, so it has that going for it.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Also, Midnight Odyssey's got another space ambient album out.
https://midnightodyssey.bandcamp.com/album/ashes-from-a-terrestrial-fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtPBVIWPCOM
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Oh yeah. I did a 3 hour "masterclass" with him at a Guitar Center opening years ago. He's the best teacher I've ever had an actual session with at explaining high level theory to people raised on tab by showing it to them on the fretboard and not patronizing or talking down to them.
And seeing his picking up close was like staring into the sun. I also felt exceptionally proud of myself for doing a couple of sweep exercises a touch cleaner than him, course he was using his left hand.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_74nVpLVn9Q
Not too bad, interested to hear the whole deal