#265

I can’t wait for Fredrik Thordendal of the Meshuggah to release his second Fredrik Thordendal’s Special Defects album. The first one is one of the most genius metal releases of all time. Consisting of just guitar track(s) and drums with some growling spoken speech, it is a weird, often psychedelic experience with progressive genius filling each and every second of the album.

#266

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Manchester 25/04
London 26/04

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#267

Hope Thou do a few more dates. Can’t make either of those and I’d bloody love to see Thou.

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#268

i think they are coming over to do their own tour next summer…fingers crossed. Well, this is what they are trying to do. Got a few releases lined up for next year as well :smiley:

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#269

Fabulous news. I’d love it if they could pull that off.

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#270

Alright Fredrik Thordendal we know it’s you.

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#272

I assume we all love 80s thrash and 80s slasher movies the correct amount (ie a lot)? Why not combine the two in that case, as Swedish lot F.K.Ü. have done…

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#273

Krallice -

Never really listened to them before (figured they’d be too ‘technical’, and maybe too US, for my taste), but this new one seems pretty good so far: https://krallice.bandcamp.com/album/go-be-forgotten

(also recently listened to Krallice ft Dave from Neurosis, which was decent but actually is too ‘technical’ for me!)

What does everyone else think about Krallice? Any album recommendations etc.?

#276

Krallice are one of those bands that just dropped off my radar so will have to check this out. First two albums are brilliant.

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#277

Anyone else enjoying the new Adult Swim single from Code Orange? Quite different to stuff of Forever to my ears.

An expanded UK headline tour would be great. Really not up for a Trivium gig at Brixton Academy just to see Code Orange.

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#278

They’re doing three dates on the off days of that tour. Portsmouth, Newcastle and Nottingham.

#279

Yeah, I did see those. Selfishly, I was hoping that they might add a date or two closer to where I live. I’d like to see them, but not in Brixton with Trivium.

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#280

That new song is brilliant, it seems to even heavier on the weird samples and the ‘jumpy’ sections.
So tempted to go to Nottingham, even if I’m already seeing them with Trivium.

#281

Hot take, Code Orange have been dreadful since dropping the Kids from their name, and are little.more than a marketing machine

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#282

Sayng that, might go see Trivium with them and Venom Prison

#283

but hats off to 'em for trying to bring nu-metal back!

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#284

Not a 2017 album…but repressed this year - I got my repress of Eater of Birds by Cobalt yesterday. Fuck it’s good. Not quite Gin in my opinion but still excellent. Talking of which,

Gin is just phenomenal. I admittedly am not a fan of a fair bit of USBM but Cobalt do stand out as being one of the best bands. They do sound like an american band doing black metal and not just by putting a banjo in!

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#285

Not really a hot take. Very accurate. Still like the first record though.

#286

Oh aye, saw them supporting Circle Takes The Square in a pub and they were ace. Just odd how theyre now renting adverts in Times Square and doing remxes with Alt J

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#287

That wrestling thing was the final straw for me. Havent been able to finish the last album, too corny.