Metal Thread VI: We're So Kvlt, We Have Frostbite On Our Devil Horn Fingers

[WhamBamSam]

So would Tier 7 be unattainable as absolute zero is only technically a theory?

What I described has actually been posited by some scientists as a potential scenario for the eventual "end of the universe." It's called the Big Rip Theory. It is also related to the Big Freeze/Heat Death of the Universe. I may have misspoke slightly with the phrase "cold bite of utter nothing," as temperature does not have to reach absolute zero, or indeed any fixed value at all. Rather, temperature becomes uniform throughout the universe, which prevents work from being done, and hence renders motion and life impossible.

Going back to the musical pigeonholing that this tortured metaphor is supposed to represent, I suppose that it means that there would be no way to progress beyond Tier 7 unless there were to be another Big Bang, like on that one episode of Futurama, to effectively "restart" the cosmos, which, I imagine, would put us back into the most banal recesses of Tier 0 pop territory, as others have already suggested.

Which brings us to the next point.

How vapid are we talking?

Bam.

[ex cathedra]

I've been giving Acid Bath a listen but have been rather disappointed with their debut album. May move on and see what other releases have to offer.

For what it's worth, I think that Paegan Terrorism Tactics is probably the better album, but both of the albums have weak points.

Of course, I'll probably invalidate most of my opinions further on in this post. w/e.

Bam.

i don't actually recall hearing that before but I am intensely familiar with that chorus
Regardless, this is much more my speed.

[Moff Chumley]

I've been giving Acid Bath a listen but have been rather disappointed with their debut album. May move on and see what other releases have to offer.

High On Fire, I have been listening to lately. They're pretty good. Same for Kylesa, though they are indeed more polished than I'm looking for here. I'll look into the bands you have put forth, though, thanks.

Acid Bath, you have to be in a sorta rock & roll mood for. I used to like 'em way more than I currently do to be honest; their riffs just aren't as tasty as Eyehategod's. But Daxx Rigs has a goddam great voice, no denying that.
Vis a vis High On Fire, I trust you've heard Sleep. Holy Mountain is required listening for any sludge/stoner/doom/drone fan.

Well, Attack on Tijuana is downright pleasant so I'm not convinced.

I love that song. But there's a certain unmusicalness to the whole thing that gives me the impression that it's kinda on the other side of noise from conventional music.

Chums and I are FB bffs and we cyber all the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_response

[Space Admiral]

To all interested, I'm seeing the Occupation Domination tour tomorrow. Like godspit, I'll report details of the bands if there is interest.

[Hawkfrost000]

I'm sitting at Tier Four and happy about it.

Though i have to ask does it still count if i still listen to just about everything on Tier Four and bellow?

Also i have to thank Faulty for inadvertently pointing me to Dark Tranquility, those guys are pretty awesome!

DM

[godspit]

Though i have to ask does it still count if i still listen to just about everything on Tier Four and bellow?

I would say so. I think the tier is really your upper cap more than a level you reside.

I happen to be skirting tier 7 myself (if Gnaw their Tongues is considered tier 7), but mostly I'm firmly entrenched into tier 6. I might go as low as tier 2 ( I have a secret admiration of power metal for it's silliness.)

[Killer Angel]

Tier 7 is so casual. Where do we go from here?

Obviously, to Tier 8.

[Space Admiral]

Obviously, to Tier 8.

Tier 8 is actually quite a leap, and can only be achieved by reaching a level of extranormal consciousness.

In other words, this.

[Feytalist]

New Paradise lost album out. Probably not going to get it. I kinda stopped caring after Paradise Lost the album.

Also, new Dragonforce out. Ahahahaha.

[grimbold]

Obviously, to Tier 8.

oh dear lord

[Space Admiral]

New Paradise lost album out. Probably not going to get it. I kinda stopped caring after Paradise Lost the album.

Also, new Dragonforce out. Ahahahaha.

eeeeeeeewwwwww

In other news, Cattle Decapitation's new masterpiece is out. I am going to get my hands on it somehow.

[Nomrom]

Also, new Dragonforce out. Ahahahaha.

I know I'll probably lose whatever respect anyone might have had for me by saying this, but I'm seriously considering buying this. I understand they aren't that great but I still really like them since they were the first band to get me into metal.

Anyways, to try and restore my metal honor, here's a link to a band I've been listening to a lot recently. Horn of the Rhino I think they're sludge, maybe. I hadn't seen them mentioned yet, and I really like their singer's voice, so I thought I'd share.

[eyeofsaulot]

Anyways, to try and restore my metal honor, here's a link to a band I've been listening to a lot recently. Horn of the Rhino I think they're sludge, maybe. I hadn't seen them mentioned yet, and I really like their singer's voice, so I thought I'd share.

That was an unexpected vocal style. Provided a nice twist to what would otherwise just be solid, if unremarkable, sludge.

[Feytalist]

I know I'll probably lose whatever respect anyone might have had for me by saying this, but I'm seriously considering buying this. I understand they aren't that great but I still really like them since they were the first band to get me into metal.

Hey man, I've still got their first four albums. It's been ages since I've bothered listening to any of it, though. I'll admit that Sonic Firestorm was pretty cool at the time.

[grimbold]

eeeeeeeewwwwww

In other news, Cattle Decapitation's new masterpiece is out. I am going to get my hands on it somehow.

it is brilliant

[Space Admiral]

it is brilliant

I saw them last night, so I just had to pick up a copy along with a shirt.

[Feytalist]

So I picked up Ulver's Shadows of the Sun yesterday.

And damn it is good.

[eyeofsaulot]

Hey man, I've still got their first four albums. It's been ages since I've bothered listening to any of it, though. I'll admit that Sonic Firestorm was pretty cool at the time.

It's over-the-top and silly, but I've got fond memories of listening to Sonic Firestorm back in high school. I'd never pick up a new DF album, though.

So I picked up Ulver's Shadows of the Sun yesterday.

And damn it is good.

Yes, yes it is. But you're crazy, man. Whenever an Ulver album comes out, I have to pick it up immediately. I can hardly wait a month, let alone half a decade.

Also, check out this 2004 Ulver track. ...woooooaaahhh!

[Halberd]

About the tier list, I'm probably Tier 3.5. I mostly listen to prog metal and NWOBHM, but I can enjoy some of the Tier 4 stuff, especially "folk and Viking metal that leans toward the melodic".

[grimbold]

so
laughing with faulty on fb earlier about this

Me: "Mom can i go to Skullkrusher Dethfest? I can get in free as a member of press, and my friends are going"

Mom: "Why can't you listen to pop and smoke weed like the other kids?"

i fell over laughing


long story short

i get to go

[godspit]

so
laughing with faulty on fb earlier about this

Me: "Mom can i go to Skullkrusher Dethfest? I can get in free as a member of press, and my friends are going"

Mom: "Why can't you listen to pop and smoke weed like the other kids?"

i fell over laughing


long story short

i get to go

Awesome!

I have the misfortune of owning a Dragonforce shirt my sister gave to me for Christmas. I haven't worn it yet, mostly because it's too small. I had an April Fool's prank to dye my hair black, take a trashy phone cam picture with a mirror with me wearing the shirt doing the lame thumb out metal salute and saying Dragonforce is as legit as it gets.

Turned out to be allergic to the hair dye.

[grimbold]

Awesome!

I have the misfortune of owning a Dragonforce shirt my sister gave to me for Christmas. I haven't worn it yet, mostly because it's too small. I had an April Fool's prank to dye my hair black, take a trashy phone cam picture with a mirror with me wearing the shirt doing the lame thumb out metal salute and saying Dragonforce is as legit as it gets.

Turned out to be allergic to the hair dye.

not bad


also
for my philosophy class we need to find songs that we feel apply to our lives....

whats the most ridiculously brutal song you can come up with? (gore is fine, pornogrind/anything overly sexual is no)

[Moff Chumley]

This is hardly as brutal as it gets, but it's good for convincing people you're a dangerous, thuggish brute?

This, again, isn't brutal so much as something that you're going to want to see people's reactions to.

...what does it say about me that I'm starting to enjoy that song.

[eyeofsaulot]

Just saw The Avengers. Tony Stark was wearing a Black Sabbath Never Say Die t-shirt throughout most of the movie. It looked badass, but what a weird album to choose, amirite?

[grimbold]

moff, your selections are interesting (As always) but not quite what i'm looking for...

eyes... that is indeed bizarre

[ex cathedra]

This is hardly as brutal as it gets, but it's good for convincing people you're a dangerous, thuggish brute?

Lyrically speaking, I'm fairly certain that Graveflower is as good as Acid Bath gets.

... to be perfectly honest, everything about Graveflower is as good as Acid Bath gets. So much doom.

[Moff Chumley]

Acid Bath's lyrics are totally what make it for me. Graveflower's great but there's a certain impressionism and absurdity to The Blue that I've always really liked.
"I have fallen deep in love with the sky/Fragments of a sunbeam glowing on kitchen knife" is quality content.

[Feytalist]

Yes, yes it is. But you're crazy, man. Whenever an Ulver album comes out, I have to pick it up immediately. I can hardly wait a month, let alone half a decade.

Heh yeah, but see, I never bothered with Ulver after listening to their first two albums. And then someone was all "Ulver dark ambient oooh" so I decided to try it. Damn good decision.

whats the most ridiculously brutal song you can come up with? (gore is fine, pornogrind/anything overly sexual is no)

I don't do brutal, but I'd probably pick something like this.

[ex cathedra]

Acid Bath's lyrics are totally what make it for me. Graveflower's great but there's a certain impressionism and absurdity to The Blue that I've always really liked.
"I have fallen deep in love with the sky/Fragments of a sunbeam glowing on kitchen knife" is quality content.

I understand completely. There are so many gems scattered among those two albums... some of them are just outright absurd and over-the-top and just intensely enjoyable to hear, and others are oddly poignant.

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Eating dead flowers, bleeding in a strange daze
I was cutting throats and eating tears, smiling in a ruined age

Sedated and lazy, cold skies full of blue
The sun burns forever, it reminds me of you

I met an angel with a sawed-off shotgun wanted by the FBI
We dropped some acid, killed our parents
then we hit the road

I burrow through the dust in your skull
But I cannot seem to find your soul

Come on and sterilize me
Kneel down and idolize me
Suck me, **** me, resurrect me
Rut me, cut me and infect me
Slice me, dice me, I wanna die screaming
The thoughts of dead babies wiped away with my semen.

She screams bloody murder as they chop off her fingers
"So this is how it feels to die"
But it's okay

I dunno. I was never intensely interested in the whole "intensely misanthropic and morbid" aesthetic, but something about Dax Rigg's lyrics work for me. I've grown to realize that they're probably an acquired taste, though.

[Moff Chumley]

I dunno. I was never intensely interested in the whole "intensely misanthropic and morbid" aesthetic, but something about Dax Rigg's lyrics work for me. I've grown to realize that they're probably an acquired taste, though.

Agreed. The beginning of Jezebel ("If I took this cigarette and put it out on you, would you love me?") and end of Dope Fiend ("Yeah mother****er I'm high/And I'm thankful just to be alive") kinda appeal to the sensitive, emotionally wounded stoner inside us all.