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Anyone familiar with these guys? I dig their latest release, Permutations. Listening to Countenance (2014) now, and it also seems cool so far. They have several other releases in their discography (see below). Any opinions on their work? https://themercurytree.bandcamp.com/ The Mercury Tree -...

Allegaeon in the news: http://www.rockfeed.net/2016/11/03/people-pissed-allegaeon/ Ne Obliviscaris created a Patreon account earlier this year as well. Opinions? I do not really care. If they can get the money, good for them. I am not interested in supporting a band in such a way though...

As the new Dimesland album sounds like it could be killer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYC1ZhqBFYM

I have averaged several shows per year, but I still clearly do not enjoy them as much as many metalheads do. I saw Satan in Chicago on Saturday. They performed well, and their set list was great. I enjoyed seeing them, but I do not know if I would do it again. Traveling 2.5 hrs one way gets...

My research reinforces my opinion that reunion albums do not hold a huge amount of promise. For my tastes, the only bands whose reunion album is their best work are Mekong Delta, Sculptured, and Teramaze. Also Satan if you don't consider their masterpiece under another name, Pariah - Blaze...

Forces at Work - Straight (2012) I have not listened to it yet, but I am hoping for greatness! http://forcesatwork.bandcamp.com/album/straight My blurb for their previous release: Forces at Work - Reverse Feng-Shui Audio Guide EP This is a rather refreshing and exciting 2006 release...

Accuser - Diabolic Their previous album, Dependent Domination (2011), is the first I have liked from these veteran thrashers since Double Talk in 1991. Unfortunately, Diabolic is a return to the boring, repetitive riffing that plagues most of the band's more recent output. Device - s/t I...

I recently finished reading I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution (review link below), which got me thinking about my own history with MTV. I realize most of you were either too underground and tr00 to have ever bothered with MTV or you were too young to experience...

How do you think the output of metal albums would change if bands did not think they would have an opportunity to tour? Clearly, there are many bands that do not play shows or play very few shows. But many current bands go on tour. What if they could not? What if the live metal scene died...

If you have a choice between a physical CD or mp3s, which do you purchase? If an album is only available in one of those two formats, do you buy it regardless of format, or do you stick with only one format in your collection? I am an old school CD dinosaur. In the past two years, it has...

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/27/142660701/first-listen-cormorant-dwellings Melodeath with some proggy leanings. My blurb for their previous album: 29. Cormorant – Metazoa Cormorant plays an enjoyable blend of traditional metal, folky touches, atmosphere, and classic melodeath. Their warm...

The sales numbers for Queensryche and Symphony X brought this question to my mind. 4 QUEENSRYCHE – DEDICATED TO CHAOS Last week: 8,209 (debut) 29 SYMPHONY X – ICONOCLAST Last week: 2,581 Cume: 9,984 These numbers seem staggeringly low to me, given that both bands tour regularly. I wonder...

I was getting shit at the MDF forum for attending the fest for only four bands: Exhorder, Nuclear Assault, Voivod, and Coroner. What can I say - I am a huge fan of classic thrash. In fact, the genres with the highest hit-to-miss ratio for me are thrash and complex death. Now, a complex...

Very cool. If I have to get new material from Ron one song at a time, so be it! http://www.bravewords.com/news/161895

Longest period of time between albums I have liked from a given band (with albums I have not liked released in the intervening period - essentially they were an active band during that drought): Accept - Restless and Wild (1982) / Blood of the Nations (2010) <28 yrs> (Accept was an active band...

I find it interesting when people pay attention to and comment on new albums from bands that have not released an album enjoyable to that person in many years. Queensryche, Dream Theater, Nevermore, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest... it happens not infrequently in the progpower world. It also...

Of Rytes - Without (1991) Pisses me off that it is only available on vinyl. :grin: http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/bandpage.php?ID=OfRy http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=29479

Did you ever like them? Yes or no? I liked Nevermind for awhile. I think it made the end of my top 25 list in 1991. I grew sick of it though, probably due to overexposure. Or maybe I blamed them for "killing metal", which never made much sense since hair metal had not been good for years...

1) The 7th of Never This is easily my favorite guitar hero power/traditional metal release ever, and it makes my overall list of all-time faves. Such a killer album. The title track has one of the best riffs evah. HUGE GAP 2) For Those Who Dare This is nowhere near the quality of The 7th...

And by "One Hit Wonder", I mean the one song *you* like from the band, not the one song deemed a hit by Billboard or your high school prom committee. And the winner is... Mr. Big - "Addicted to That Rush" Such a great song. Too bad they never wrote another one I liked. Have not listened...