KingOfMetal Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 http://m.soundcloud.com/#/napalmrecords/devildriver-ruthless  DevilDriver - Ruthless, taken from the new album 'Winter Kills' out August 26th via Napalm Records Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Â After getting their performance cut short at Download 2013 due to timing issues (4 songs, 20minutes hardly even seems worth turning up for), Amon Amarth return with their 9th studio album 'Deceiver Of The Gods', coming a mere 2 years since its predecessor (2011's 'Sutur Rising'). AA are one of those bands that took a while to find their feet, having taken a more direct death metal approach before a slower yet heavier sound on their forth album (2002's 'Versus The World'), and it is since then that they have been at the forefront of the viking metal scene. the genre is a difficult one to pull off without coming across as plain daft. For every band who simply tackles the genre as subject matter (Bathory's 'Blood On Ice' from 1989/released in 1996) you get a full on group who act like they were frozen in time (Turisas) What lends AA a degree of credibility is the fact that, yes they are singing songs about vikings, demons and norse mythology, yet they don't go full-throttle with the viking shtick. Yes, they have a fucking cool viking boat as part of their stage-show, but they don't insist on only drinking mead and eating large mutton joints. And it is with that which makes this band stand out. At the end of the day they are a straight up out and out metal band who have their hands in both jars. While the title track has a familiar sounding viking-style melody, 'Father Of The Wolf' has similar guitar riffs akin to Killswitch Engage, all the while Johan Hegg has enough melody in it to not take away any machismo from his growl. It helps that he completely looks the part without resorting to wearing animal skins and all that kind of shit. 'Deciever Of The Gods' as an album is not a ground breaking piece of work, its not going to do anything to change the niche genre on any kind of dramatic scale. But it is very enjoyable for anyone looking to simply have something loud, fast and heavy ('Blood Eagle') but that also has clear melody to it ('We Shall Destroy'). Messiah Marcolin (ex-Candlemass) guests on 'Hel' a mixture of both the loud/heavy and melodic, while the album closes with the 8 minute 'Warriors Of The North'. The sepcial edition of the album comes with a bonus covers EP (entilted 'Under The Influence) featuring covers of Judas Priest ('Burning Anvil Of Steel'), Black Sabbath ('Satan Rising'), Motorhead ('Snake Eyes') and AC/DC ('Stand Up To Go Down') 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted July 11, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 11, 2013 New Pearl Jam single 'Mind Your Manners'. As expected, it's excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Tickets went onsale today for the Alice In Chains November tour w/ Ghost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Dent Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I'm going to the Birmingham date, love Alice in Chains. Still haven't really given Ghost the time yet but I'll check them out sometime. Was planning to check them out at Download but I think I was watching the excellent Red Fang instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Vote for DL2014 headliners: Aerosmith, Avenged Sevenfold, Black Sabbath, Blink 182, Eminem, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Guns N Roses, Jay-Z, KISS, Linkin Park, Metallica, Muse, Nickelback, Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Rush, Tool, Van Halen. Â Currently leading the way are: Avenged Sevenfold, Foo Fighters and Rage Against The Machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 16, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 16, 2013 got myself an Alice in Chains ticket for Newport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 confirmed today Iced Earth will supprot Volbeat on their European Fall Tour. Â On October 11 Volbeat embark on their highly awaited arena tour in support of their critically acclaimed 5th album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpiritOfTheForest Posted July 17, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 17, 2013 Tickets went onsale today for the Alice In Chains November tour w/ Ghost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Tickets went onsale today for the Alice In Chains November tour w/ Ghost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Yeah, that's the one. Â Ghost are spectacular live, but I absolutely despise Alice In Chains, so I'm not bothered about missing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 19, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 19, 2013 you what!? Â anyway's here's a new Carcass tune, i guess that put any rumors to bed that the new stuff isn't gonna be upto scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 20, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 20, 2013 The new Deafheaven album is streaming on Pitchfork, some really solid and uplifting "Hipster Black Metal" as the lovers and haters both call this style lately. http://pitchfork.com/advance/120-sunbather/ i bought this off the back of the article i read about the band in this month's Terrorizer, i'm new to this kind of stuff but it interests me and this album is fucking stunning. I've been spinning it in the car coming home in the cool summer evening's and it's just crushes, it's like nasty black metal given a positive-uplifting makeover, i've never heard anything like it but i love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightningxlock Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 It really is something else. Don't think i've spoken to anybody yet that dislikes it. Best album i've heard this year so far and 'Dream House' is one of the best tracks of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted July 21, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 21, 2013 Sounds cool, never heard of the band but I'll check it out after hearing that. Â In other news Phil Anselmo's new album is dire, I was actually laughing listening to it. Awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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