They were here a few weeks ago, and I didn’t get chance to go. (headlining… at a small club)
Now they are coming back in a few weeks with Mastodon and Opeth. (Neither of which I have any desire to see). They are playing at a larger venue, so I presume Ghost will be the openers, and I would probably just leave after their set.
Just want to know if anyone has seen them and can tell me they are worth it.
Their cd is cool for what it is…
Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.
I got no complaints. They’re blowing up the metal underground right now. I love their gimicky stage performance and costumes and their cheesy “We’re all faceless ghouls schtick”, but beyond that, the tunes are really good. A nice mixture of clean vocals, doomy riffs, and epic song structures. They remind me of old-school doom metal (like old Candlemass with Messiah) and also of bands like Mercyful Fate.
I don’t have their album, but I’ve been checking out sample tracks here and there.
You might also be interested to know that Myspace, after seeing you like Candlemass and Ghost, will recommend “Similar Artists” like T-Pain and Nickleback . . . .
I saw one reviewer describe them as something like “If Blue Oyster Cult had been told the concept behind black metal but was not actually told what it sounded like, you’d have Ghost”.
So I intend to see them this may with Mastodon and Opeth.
I totally believe that if this band had not ridden in a big shiny gimmick they would be completely unknown. They’re good musicians and they have a fresh sound, but I guarantee you if they were dressed like Pearl Jam and weren’t singing about Lucifer that they would have been completely laughed at by the so-called metal community. You gotta hand it to them for their brilliant marketing. And I think (aside from the theatrics which just make for an acceptable metal packaging) the reason that people have gone ape for them is that they are a very FRESH sound. How many more screaming and blast beats and “ejaculating jackhammer knives of brutal chainsaw destruction in our face” can we really take?
There’s not much more “extreme-ness” that can be reached in metal and doing so just seems jaded and silly (and quite often completely unlistenable). Something had to give eventually, so I’m glad these dudes are finally breaking from the tide.
You might also be interested to know that Myspace, after seeing you like Candlemass and Ghost, will recommend “Similar Artists” like T-Pain and Nickleback . . . .
that’s awesome. i could almost semi kinda maybe see how nickelback would creep in there. but t-pain?
side note; as a canadian, i apologize for nickelback.
You just need to make some minor adjustments, Peligro . . .
Instead of an accomplished drummer, replace with a random gong striker.
Instead of riffs and solos, they should just hit a random chord or string on their guitars every 10 minutes or so and then make it feedback through the speakers.
Instead of actual singing, they should just clear their throats constantly or hum indecipherable phlegm-laden gibberish like Tibetan monks.
In fact, everything must go . . . . except the cool Jedi robes . . . . those are the best!
If they toured together they could save money by sharing clothes.
Big props to Stephen O Malley (I guess he’s the main Sunn O))) guy) by the way. In addition to getting nerds to think that he and his douchey friends playing a single note on a guitar for 45 minutes straight while dressed as Obi Wan Kenobi is nothing short of pure genius he has also taken his scams to the world of gallery art . . . .
Here he is with a big black circle he made. I think Olsen bought it for $1.4 Million if I read correctly.
Watch out, Martin Atkins! Stephen O’Malley is gonna rock your world, Old Man!!!
Good band. Check out their cover of the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun. It is a bonus track on yhe import version of Opus. Hauntingly beautiful is the best way i can describe it.
Instead of an accomplished drummer, replace with a random gong striker.
Instead of riffs and solos, they should just hit a random chord or string on their guitars every 10 minutes or so and then make it feedback through the speakers.
Instead of actual singing, they should just clear their throats constantly or hum indecipherable phlegm-laden gibberish like Tibetan monks.
See! NOW yr starting to think. Good. I’m glad yr starting to come around. Much better.
p.s Stephen “Worship Him” O’Malley didn’t come up with that black circle. It’s a piece by an artist named Richard Serra.
p.s Stephen “Worship Him” O’Malley didn’t come up with that black circle. It’s a piece by an artist named Richard Serra.
And a very good one at that.
Yes, it is a very good circle. Drawing circles is hard. I’m glad he was smart and outsourced this very complex project. He’s got a lot of work to do, thinking about what note to hit repeatedly for the next album, so I can’t expect him to undertake something as monumental as drawing a circle.
I’m gonna make a Sunn O)) tribute band and we’re going to perform in SNUGGIES and call ourselves Oh-Summ]]]}}}} you know, because of how awesome we’ll be. Did I mention we’ll be wearing Snuggies? Cause that is very critical to the music.
In fact, we’re probably going to be better than Sunn O))) because Carmangary is going to give us some lasers on stage.
Obviously rock music must contain lots and lots of notes squashed in as tightly as possibly and must be played at all times with as much flair and panache as is humanly possibly. Heaven help anyone “pretentious” enough to explore atmosphere, texture or ambience in their work.
No, no, no! Music must satiate the needs of the working man, when he is rocking out at the weekend poolside bbq after a long, hard week shovelling shit for the man. Or must provide adequate fist pumping material for those long roadtrips up north.
Yeah, mama, yeah!! Rock on!!!
S’pose you think the same way about Jackson Pollack?
Or foreign films where people discuss things and live their lives instead of blowing shit up and saving the world? Who needs art right? Who needs integrity? Damn those arty types for daring to be different!!!
Yes, it is a very good circle. Drawing circles is hard. I’m glad he was smart and outsourced this very complex project. He’s got a lot of work to do, thinking about what note to hit repeatedly for the next album, so I can’t expect him to undertake something as monumental as drawing a circle.
i believe a piece of broken glass, swastikas and poop are all void works with nowadays.
really, anything more than that is just pretentious fluff.
Late,
grmpysmrf
