What Are You Listening To?

[MacabreEternal]

Barshasketh "Ophidian Henosis"

[Iceni]

'Perfect' by Redemption.

[Natassja]

Acid Bath - Dead Girl

[BlutAusNerd]

Krallice "Ygg huur"

First experience of this lot.  Very much Gorguts influenced, but something a little more chaotic going on also.

Well, they do share a bass player... Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

[FatherAlabaster]

Well, they do share a bass player... Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Only as of Colored Sands, though I wouldn't be surprised if Marston was influenced by Gorguts from way before that. 

[BlutAusNerd]

Only as of Colored Sands, though I wouldn't be surprised if Marston was influenced by Gorguts from way before that. 

Well, his review is of Krallice's new album, which was just released this year. I remember hearing a song or two from their older albums, and I don't remember it being very Gorguts influenced... Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

[RelentlessOblivion]

Skepticism - Lead & Aether

[Iceni]

The album 'In Dying Summer's Glow' by Severnaja.

This is aging pretty well, it's just as a great as when I first heard it.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Solitude Aeturnus - Through The Darkest Hour

[Iceni]

'Drawing Down the Rain' by A Forest of Stars.

Yobo, you should check this out - although the name sounds familiar and I may have seen it in one of your posts. I'm enjoying this, and I've got loads to cover still since I'm on yet another massive Bandcamp binge.

[Iceni]

'TYR' by Anova.

Persefone better watch their asses...these guys also have great cleans with lousy harsh vocals, but they're sounding a lot more interesting to my ears. This sound production sounds awesome too, guitars sound all scratchy and Dan Swano... Of all the bands I'm checking out I'm most interested (judging by the description alone) in Helium Horse Fly. The guy describing them said they were like Unexpect, which is a little bit like describing an eminent physicist as being like Isaac Newton. I'm curious to see how they'll not quite meet those expectations.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Swallow The Sun - Plague Of Butterflies

[Iceni]

'The Red and the Grey' by Protean Collective.

I must have listened to the weak tracks first, because this album sound pretty good now.

And hey, guess what? Helium Horse Fly turned out to be a limp-wristed imitation of Madder Mortem. Sister of Unexpect, my ass.

Edited August 1, 2015 by Iceni

[Iceni]

The album 'Eat Me' by Dol Kruug.

This has been a bit repetitive but otherwise pretty enjoyable. It's the guy from Dol Ammad doing death metal.

[Natassja]

Blodsrit - Helveteshymner

[Iceni]

The album 'Kill The Light' by Achokarlos.

I like a few songs off of this album; I suspect others might appreciate it more than I do. So far, though, I'll only be buying individual tracks. The opener gave me hope that this would the closest alternative to Karaboudjan anyone's ever produced, but alas no.

[FatherAlabaster]

I just watched a video of Josh Martin from a band called Little Tybee, ripping on some tapping stuff on an 8-string. Not metal at all, totally clean tones. Nothing I'd choose to listen to musically speaking, but the dude's technique is fucking amazing. 

[Iceni]

'Deadly Scenes' by 6:33.

I mainly hear Carnival in Coal here (mainly since Arnaud Strobl was in both bands) but quite a lot of Devin Townsend Project as well. It would seem Strobl has a similar sense of humor too, although with a significantly more grim bent on account of he's French. It feels like a good one but I'll have to revisit it before buying.

Edited August 2, 2015 by Iceni

[Iceni]

'Devourer of Worlds' by Ara.

Good tech-death, strong Gorguts influences, dissonant elements and blackened sections. FA, you'd probably like this - my first impression is that it reminds me a bit of Colored Sands, on the surface anyway.

Edited August 2, 2015 by Iceni

[Natassja]

Darkthrone - Ravishing Grimness

[RelentlessOblivion]

Thorr's Hammer - Dommedagsnatt EP

[FatherAlabaster]

'Devourer of Worlds' by Ara.

Good tech-death, strong Gorguts influences, dissonant elements and blackened sections. FA, you'd probably like this - my first impression is that it reminds me a bit of Colored Sands, on the surface anyway.

I'll check that out, thanks! 

[Iceni]

I'll check that out, thanks! 

You might also like 'No One Is Alone if No One is Alive' by Czar. I liked it enough that I won't ignore it, but my guess is it'd fit your tastes better.

'Eyehatesalt' by Slugdge. So Encyclopedia Metallum is claiming this is sludge - if so it'd be the first sludge I ever got into. Thought it'd be Diesel King (even on the basis of the name alone) but they proved to be monotonous and got old extremely quickly. It's really heavy though, some of the weightiest stuff I've ever heard.

Edited August 2, 2015 by Iceni

[FatherAlabaster]

You might also like 'No One Is Alone if No One is Alive' by Czar. I liked it enough that I won't ignore it, but my guess is it'd fit your tastes better.

I'll look into it, perhaps tomorrow. I only had a chance to listen to the first track from the Ara album. Looking forward to more, although the vocals didn't quite sit right for me. 

NP: Tigran Hamasyan - Mockroot 

It's nice that my family likes this as much as I do, it's great car trip music. 

[Iceni]

Absolutely, I understand. I've been on a listening binge lately (had a night duty shift so basically from 9PM-5:45AM I was doing very little except plowing through the list I'd made) so I'll be throwing out snap reviews like mad.

Speaking of which, Flatstick promised to be really fun and interesting and proved to be as disappointing as most of Carnival in Coal's material, upon which it seemed to be heavily based. By contrast, Amiensus' first full-length is proving a lot more enjoyable than I'd expected, and the new EP from Niburta was a pleasant surprise considering it had djent and metalcore vocals. The folk elements made them sound a little more like Eluveitie, which helped a lot.

'Tapestry of the Starless Abstract' by Ne Obliviscaris.

Edited August 2, 2015 by Iceni