Metal: what’s good right now?

MagicPigDetective

The search continues. More bands discovered and liked:

Tomb Mold
Abigail Williams - a strange name for a black metal band!
Krypts
Phrenelith
Swamp Witch
Marijannah 

Reverend

If your digging the death metal thing then trynthese as well;

Grave Miasma
Cruciamentum
Necros Christos
Dead Congregation
Diocletian

MagicPigDetective

The new Sylosis album is really growing on me. Josh Middleton is an incredible metal rhythm guitarist, such speed, accuracy, not to mention riff and song writing, and vocals. A homage to and modernisation of old school thrash influences, epic anthemic melodic sections, searing solos, breakdowns..... seriously good album.

MagicPigDetective

My journey into darkness continues. I’ve always listened to a bit, but recently Metal has completely taken over my listening habits. Is this a bit odd at 43?  Modern death metal especially, in particular:

Mortiferum
Coffin Rot
Ossarium
Cognitive
Witch Vomit
Venom Prison ( incredible female vocals)
Temple of Void (magnificent)
Glacial Tomb
Micawber

Now need to listen to the classics... started with Obituary

BloodEagle

If you want to listen to the classics may I reccomend the following obvious choices -

Death - Scream Bloody Gore

Obituary - Slowly We Rot

Deicide S/t

Autopsy - Mental Funeral

Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness

Pestilence - Consuming Impulse

Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos

Entombed - Left Hand Path

Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness, or Blessed are the Sick

Atheist - Piece of Time

Morgoth - The Eternal Fall ep

Dismember - Like an ever flowing Stream

Massacre - From Beyond

MagicPigDetective

Yes you may @BloodEagle ! I’m going to enjoy investigating those. 

Bezzer

MagicPigDetective said:

Venom Prison ( incredible female vocals)

I didn't know this lot.  Now I do.  And for that sir, I thank you.

octatonic

I've recently re-discovered "The Moth Gatherer."
Excellent post-metal stoner with electronic edges and sludge shoegaze overtones.

Start with Pale Explosions.

Reverend

@MagicPigDetective ;
A couple of thigs I'd add to that list.

Repulsion - Horrified. Releasd in 1989 but actually a demo from 1986. This is absolutely key to pretty much all extreme metal. 
Hellhammer - Demons Entrails pretty much covers all their material. Short lived and pre-Celtic Frost. PRimitive teen angst and still killer 36 years later
Master - Unreleased 1985 Album. Not released until about 15 years ago, as the name implies,  but heavily traded and influenced loads.
Devastation - Creation Of My Ripping Death demo. A seminal moment. LG Petrov from Entombed did an actually double take when he saw my Devastation shirt at Hellfest one year. A fave of Napalm Death, Entombed, Dark Throne and Mike Ammott. 
Sindrome - Into The Halls Of Extermination. Featured Troy Dixler from Devastation and also Sean Glass. later of Broken Hope and Soil. It's a demo but supposedly one of the best selling death metal releases of of the 80s. They reckon they sold 30,000 or so

Jetsam1

I am enjoying this thread and am starting to look through some of the bands mentioned. I have liked metal but never really explored it too much. I am going to take the recommendations and make a Word document and just gradually work my way through if people are cool with that?

So Spotify is going to be just metal then!

Reverend

Jetsam1 said:

I am enjoying this thread and am starting to look through some of the bands mentioned. I have liked metal but never really explored it too much. I am going to take the recommendations and make a Word document and just gradually work my way through if people are cool with that?

So Spotify is going to be just metal then!

With a user name like that, I'd suggest the album Doomsday For The Deceiver by Flotsam and Jetsam. Jason Newsted's band before he joined Metallica. 

MagicPigDetective

Really like the The Moth Gatherer's stuff, thanks @Octatonic   ;

And @reverend ; , I wasn't sure if I would enjoy the really early stuff, but some of that is outstanding, Hellhammer in particular ! I can detect the influences of US hardcore punk, Black Flag etc combining with thrash etc.

@jetsam1  ; be our guest...… and let us know how you get on.

Jetsam1

I collated all the recommendations just in this thread so far and there is a lot! Months worth........

My Metal past has largely been Opeth and bits and pieces of Black Sabbath and that sort of thing and Nu Metal rally has never done too much for me. Trying out Swallow the Sun at the moment. Good so far.

Trying out WInterfellyth as well. Song about Mam Tor.

MagicPigDetective

Thought I'd resurrect this after finding a couple of gems. 

My latest discovery is Hooded Menace from Finland, the new album, The Tritonus Bell, is incredible Doom/Death with some 80's metal/thrash elements thrown in. It's brutal and the production and musicianship are outstanding.



Also, the Doom front, new album by a Philadelphia band, Heavy Temple, doomy/sabbathy with psychedelic elements, love the lead guitars on this, lots of wah, reverb/delay etc



What else is about?

BloodEagle

New Full of Hell LP looks promising 

Gatecreeper if you havent already are worth checking out and like old schoolish DM

Also Tomb Mold

and finally for stuff on more of a HC/PV tip, Gods Hate

Philly_Q

Nice to see this thread back, I haven't heard anything new for ages.  Heavy Temple sound like they could be my kind of thing.

Reverend

Recent-ish black and death metal

The Suns Journey Throgh The Night
Wagner Odegard
Lamp of Murmuur
Revenant Marquis
Vegard
Old Nick
Devil Master
Vacuous

Reverend

Tobias and Joseph - ex-Enforcer but very much focusses on eastern European metal a la Polkolgelp etc

beed84

I recently discovered Caligula’s Horse and ended up listening to all their albums in a day. Superb prog metal band and highly recommended.

Jetsam1

Back to this thread indeed. What is it that makes this style of music so satisfying to listen to?

@beed84 Giving Caligula's Horse a listen. So far I do like.