Their new album is one of the best I’ve heard this year. I assume it will rank highly on all the relevant top lists of metal music, i.e. not Kerrang or Metal Injection.
I’m not a man
No big fat locker-room, hockey-jock laughing
I am not a man
I’d never kill or eat an animal
And I never would destroy this planet I am on
Well, what d’you think I am, a man?
You know I’m not an elitist, a gatekeeper or whatever these fancy terms are these days - but those two properly suck when it comes to judgement of bands’ material, especially the newer ones. Whatever crap Metallica releases gets on the top list. Nu metal crap is always put together with proper metal, usually given a prominent spot on those lists. Anything that is considered deathcore is also given publicity because it’s heavy. Also, hardcore bands, no matter how much respect I have for the genre, shouldn’t feature on metal lists - the clue’s in the name! Rant over.
I was always Sounds for rock and Record Mirror for pop.
Record Mirror always had a section for DJs which rated songs based on bpm. I’m surprised that the metal mags never picked up on that classification system.
I had a pal who bought the NME so I got Sounds, which was always a bit more hard rock orientated. I got the Record Mirror via a friends brother who was a DJ.
I’ve heard about a half of these bands (just to confirm that they are not my cup of tea for different reasons - either too technical, or the vocals are purportedly buried in the mix to sound cavernous) but it’s a strange one - it’s like they decided to make up a list that mostly consists of tech death bands but without Blood Incantation (although their other band, Spectral Voice, is there). Also, no Judas Priest?!
Thing is, throughout my whole life, I’ve mostly relied on such websites to discover new bands. Angry Metal Guy and Metalstorm are my go-to websites now, aside from Metal Archives where click on a band name and look for Similar Artists tab.
Blood Incantation are an awesome band but one I can’t get into because of vocals. I believe their music would work much better for me if they had vocal style and production like Death, Tribulation or Horrendous.
I’ve recently discovered a lot of bands through either going early and catching opening bands or finding them at festivals like Bloodstock, Download, Desertfest etc
I burst out laughing when I saw that…‘his wife threatens to sue those who say otherwise’. Say you haven’t been entirely honest about your past with your partner without saying so…