(A)typical Metal Dad Middle Aged and Metal

A little touch upon what's been going on, and a discussion of this week's new arrivals:

Drawn into Descent S/T: terrific atmospheric black metal with tinges of depressive and even a little doom and gloom. 

Bonebranches - Bloodbark: one of the most strikingly melodic and gorgous atmospheric black metal releases in my collection.

Inclemency S/T: didn't even listen to this one yet. Bough essentially site unseen since Tim Yatras (Woods of Desolation, Austere, etc.) is part of the project. CD had a manufacturers defect. Based on the fact it listed as ABM and Depressive black metal, this shoudl be a no brainer for me.

Ardour Loom S/T: I hear from Wolves in the Throne Room influence here and I dig it.



All acquired from www.shadowkingdomrecords.com


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Apparently one of the pros is that you can talk for long periods of time. This is really more of a reflection on my relationship with the sweetest of cibas, but I wonder whom else feels the same.

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It's been awhile since I've looked at my "top" records in terms of value. On a whim I did and a surprise or two, especially if I get out of the top five I did here. If anything, it shows that I'm certainly all over the map with my tastes! I suspect if you're a fan of heavy music, you've at least heard the names, but if not, I'll link to YouTube below since no Bandcamp pages are easily found:

Tesseract - Altered State

Hopefall - The Satellite Years

Veil of May - ID 

Isis - Panopticon

The Contortionist - Exoplanet





 


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There's gotta be people that have had a debut they loved, slept on the follow up, then years later rediscovered. No? Uhh, yeah uhhh me neither.

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First metal and hardcore hybrid I heard was local in '96. I've waded through that genre since then, through it's good and bad, and have landed back at chasing the dragon of the original approach.

Some of the bands mentioned:

It Dies Today - Forever Scorned

Corrin - Plutonian Shores

Overcast - Expectational Dilution 

Bleeding Through - The Truth (fucking catchy chorus; got 3 back to back to back plays last night)

Atreyu - Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses (one of my favorite songs from this time period, Someon's Standing on my Chest)

Caliban - A Small Boy and a Grey Heaven

Caliban - Opposite from Within (to show the evolution to the more formulaic structure; still a track I loved, but this was near the end of the road for me) 


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Nothing conjures up more passionate and pleasant debates within the metal community like putting "nu" before it. I enjoyed and still enjoy A BIT of music from that period (Nothingface and 36 Crazyfists will never get old to me), but the full "nu-metal" genre, image and all, isn't something I'd welcome back. But... It ain't me their after. I discuss one of the bands leading (or being pushed in front of) this revival.

More importantly, I point to a couple of bands that take some pointers and influence from nu-metal but stay away from the worst parts of it.

Vein - Virus://Vibrance

Left Behind - Early Mourning


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