The Metal Thread

New Swallow the Sun triple album came out. Each volume in it has its own theme/genre, Volume 1 is Death/Doom, Volume 2 is acoustic/unplugged, Volume 3 is some heavy funeral doom. I'm liking volumes 1 and 2 so far I haven't had a chance to listen to the third volume yet.

From Songs from the North Volume 1:

Haven't been to a metal show in years, then just saw Suffocation last night in Orlando. They are so fucking tight live it sounds just like the album. Even better actually. They played a few tracks off this of course:


Four bands opened for them. Terrance Hobbs, black dude on right, just hung out in the bar and talked to people the whole time. Dude is real cool.

Can never go wrong with some Melvins

Baseball grindcore

Cannibal Corpse to tour North America with Obituary, Cryptopsy and Abysmal Dawn

Feb. 12 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Feb. 13 - Wilmington, NC - Ziggy's by The Sea
Feb. 14 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
Feb. 15 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
Feb. 16 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
Feb. 18 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
Feb. 19 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
Feb. 20 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
Feb. 21 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
Feb. 23 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
Feb. 24 - St. Louis, MO - The Ready Room
Feb. 25 - Lawrence, KS - The Granada Theater
Feb. 26 - Minneapolis, MN - Cabooze
Feb. 27 - Chicago, IL - Metro
Feb. 29 - Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall
Mar. 01 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
Mar. 02 - Boise, ID - Revolution Center
Mar. 03 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
Mar. 04 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
Mar. 05 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
Mar. 07 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Mar. 08 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon Hollywood
Mar. 09 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
Mar. 10 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
Mar. 11 - Phoenix, AZ - Club Red
Mar. 12 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
Mar. 14 - San Antonio, TX - The Aztec Theatre
Mar. 15 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Live!
Mar. 16 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues
Mar. 17 - Baton Rouge, LA - Varsity Theatre
Mar. 18 - Tallahassee, FL - The Side Bar Theatre
Mar. 19 - Tampa, FL - The Ritz Ybor *no Obituary
Mar. 20 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live


At The Gates and The Haunted, then this a month later? Fuck yes!

Been listening to alot of Ghost lately. This is one helluva show; the sound quality of the audio is very good (after the first 2 minutes, that is).

New Rotting Christ.

Been on this prog/djent binge

Yeah I lasted about 45 seconds. That was awful.

pharmakos_sl said:

my friend's band just made #20 on the Rolling Stone magazine Top 20 Metal Albums of 2015

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Good stuff! I hear a lot of crust and grind influences.