A track from their next album has gone up on YouTube, sounding great. Very interested to see how they follow up Exercises.
https://youtu.be/e0ryOwlXkP4
Sounds decent. Fairly similar to the more recent stuff. I wonder if they'll be changing it up much or sticking to a similar sound for the whole album
Sounds good looking forward to the full release .
Whatever they do with the riffs, that don't seem to be taking any new path (thankfully!!!), I hope they don't change a single notch on their tones... loving this new track.
Sweet deal. Looking forward to new material. They were ace playing here in June!
Not sure I'll bother to check this out, despite being a big fan for most of this decade.
The recent gig here was probably the final nail in the coffin and the magic for me is gone. Rammed in surrounded by people whooping, dancing and holding up their phones.
Aura of the band shattered.
I'll never watch them live again but maybe over time if I just listen to their records I can build up that connection again as in the early pre-live era they were a brilliant coherent package. But for now I associate them with frivolous displays of humanitarian joy which is obviously fine in context but Mgla is the wrong context.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :abbath:
Quote from: Grim Reality on August 09, 2019, 01:45:16 PM
Not sure I'll bother to check this out, despite being a big fan for most of this decade.
The recent gig here was probably the final nail in the coffin and the magic for me is gone. Rammed in surrounded by people whooping, dancing and holding up their phones.
Aura of the band shattered.
I'll never watch them live again but maybe over time if I just listen to their records I can build up that connection again as in the early pre-live era they were a brilliant coherent package. But for now I associate them with frivolous displays of humanitarian joy which is obviously fine in context but Mgla is the wrong context.
Go on out to the forest and find yourself a nice big log, sit down and have a nice cry.
There there........
Great tune, albeit sonically identical to Exercices.
Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on August 14, 2019, 04:10:19 PM
Quote from: Grim Reality on August 09, 2019, 01:45:16 PM
Not sure I'll bother to check this out, despite being a big fan for most of this decade.
The recent gig here was probably the final nail in the coffin and the magic for me is gone. Rammed in surrounded by people whooping, dancing and holding up their phones.
Aura of the band shattered.
I'll never watch them live again but maybe over time if I just listen to their records I can build up that connection again as in the early pre-live era they were a brilliant coherent package. But for now I associate them with frivolous displays of humanitarian joy which is obviously fine in context but Mgla is the wrong context.
Go on out to the forest and find yourself a nice big log, sit down and have a nice cry.
There there........
Ah, you're right there, Kurt, it can be upsetting when someone else's experience of a band isn't identical to your own. I'd recommend having a sit down and a nice cry.
Thanks for the advice. Any nice forests down your way buddy?
None at all, Nixer.
Quote from: Grim Reality on August 09, 2019, 01:45:16 PM
Not sure I'll bother to check this out, despite being a big fan for most of this decade.
The recent gig here was probably the final nail in the coffin and the magic for me is gone. Rammed in surrounded by people whooping, dancing and holding up their phones.
Aura of the band shattered.
I'll never watch them live again but maybe over time if I just listen to their records I can build up that connection again as in the early pre-live era they were a brilliant coherent package. But for now I associate them with frivolous displays of humanitarian joy which is obviously fine in context but Mgla is the wrong context.
so you're saying you won't bother listening to the new material because the show you were at was crowded and people use their camera phones?
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 14, 2019, 07:54:57 PM
None at all, Nixer.
Nixer? Lolz, that's me well and truly put back in my box then. Hahaha... :abbath:
Quote from: Necro Red on August 14, 2019, 11:35:16 PM
Quote from: Grim Reality on August 09, 2019, 01:45:16 PM
Not sure I'll bother to check this out, despite being a big fan for most of this decade.
The recent gig here was probably the final nail in the coffin and the magic for me is gone. Rammed in surrounded by people whooping, dancing and holding up their phones.
Aura of the band shattered.
I'll never watch them live again but maybe over time if I just listen to their records I can build up that connection again as in the early pre-live era they were a brilliant coherent package. But for now I associate them with frivolous displays of humanitarian joy which is obviously fine in context but Mgla is the wrong context.
so you're saying you won't bother listening to the new material because the show you were at was crowded and people use their camera phones?
Not quite, Einstein.
I probably won't get the new record because I don't really believe in the band anymore. Their activities in recent years have invalidated their early aesthetic, which I felt a connection with, but that appears to be gone for now.
Quote from: Grim Reality on August 09, 2019, 01:45:16 PM
Not sure I'll bother to check this out, despite being a big fan for most of this decade.
The recent gig here was probably the final nail in the coffin and the magic for me is gone. Rammed in surrounded by people whooping, dancing and holding up their phones.
Aura of the band shattered.
I'll never watch them live again but maybe over time if I just listen to their records I can build up that connection again as in the early pre-live era they were a brilliant coherent package. But for now I associate them with frivolous displays of humanitarian joy which is obviously fine in context but Mgla is the wrong context.
Not grim and frostbitten enough for ya. You're right though. People enjoying themselves at a gig just takes the joy out of gigs.
This goes back to a point I made before. Certain bands lose part of their mystique or identity by performing live. Or maybe all bands do, but some bands gain from the transition and others lose out from it. Dead Congregation are a great example of a band who have carved a niche making excellent, dark, atmospheric death metal and who manage to take things to another level of intensity on stage, whereas Dødsangel are captivating on CD but become utterly banal when experienced in the flesh. Everyone will have their own opinion on who benefits or loses, depending on their biases and I have seen Mgła live a few times and enjoyed them, but I can understand how the misanthropic facade they present through their music and lyrics could be regarded as being at odds with the drunken party vibe of a gig.
Of course flinging out the old 'grim and frostbitten' insult just highlights that you don't get BM.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 15, 2019, 10:58:38 AM
Of course flinging out the old 'grim and frostbitten' insult just highlights that you don't get BM.
Lol. Actually I'll bite. How do I not get black metal.
Quote from: Ollkiller on August 15, 2019, 11:13:19 AM
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 15, 2019, 10:58:38 AM
Of course flinging out the old 'grim and frostbitten' insult just highlights that you don't get BM.
Lol. Actually I'll bite. How do I not get black metal.
How many Vietnam veterans does it take to change a Black Metal record?
You wouldn't know man, you weren't there!
Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on August 15, 2019, 12:13:58 PM
Quote from: Ollkiller on August 15, 2019, 11:13:19 AM
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 15, 2019, 10:58:38 AM
Of course flinging out the old 'grim and frostbitten' insult just highlights that you don't get BM.
Lol. Actually I'll bite. How do I not get black metal.
How many Vietnam veterans does it take to change a Black Metal record?
You wouldn't know man, you weren't there!
:abbath: :abbath: :abbath:
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 15, 2019, 10:58:38 AMEveryone will have their own opinion on who benefits or loses, depending on their biases and I have seen Mgła live a few times and enjoyed them, but I can understand how the misanthropic facade they present through their music and lyrics could be regarded as being at odds with the drunken party vibe of a gig.
I think what's perplexing is what would seem to be someone blaming a band for how the audience were behaving at one of their gigs. Apparently, in the abstract, there was no problem with them playing live, otherwise Mr.Reality surely would have had the common sense simply not to attend himself. So, once the gig was happening, and the audience were behaving in a way "contrary to the aesthetic of the band" (or whatever), what would Mr.Reality have wished to happen? That the band stop the gig? I wonder what his post-mortem of the concert would have been if Mgla had stopped playing and announced, "Sorry scum, we cannot keep playing - you people are ruining our image!"
I wonder do the lads keep their faces obscured in work too? I'd imagine, as a fan, it'd be a real buzz kill to recognise the voice of Paul MGLA asking if you wanted fries with that and see he was just a regular bloke underneath it all.
Says it all really.
I think the metal scene has become so normal that the people who are making up the scene now expect things to be perfectly normal and treat anything that attempts to pervert the norms or achieve something slightly left of field with suspicion or bland derision. The prospect of engaging with a gig on a level that doesn't simply equate with a typical Friday night pints with the lads scenario is beyond the pale. That a crowd might go and watch a band who put forward a misanthropic and mysterious image and hope to engage with the music on another level than they might by watching Buns N Noses or whatever rock tribute act is playing in their local boozer is beyond the realms that the too cool for school, cynical social media age allows. Go to gig, take selfie throwing devil horns, video half a song and upload it to Instagram. Cult! The entire black metal movement was a reaction against the same blandification that they felt was eroding their scene back then. The question might actually be, should black metal gigs actually happen at all or should the scene sink back into the shadows? I'm a dreamer so I'll go with the latter option, but it seems too good to be true.
It is possible to exist in the space between the can-crushingly moronic and the pompously preposterous. Getting upset that the reality of a group of musicians doesn't quite match the illusion and mystique their carefully manipulated image portrays is hard to fathom. Every band releasing anything is saying "LOOK AT ME!!!" no matter how kvlt they try to be about it, often especially when they're making out they're mad mysterious and aloof. If you buy into it and get a kick out of it, great, but if the music loses its appeal once the bullshit disappears, you have to wonder what it was you actually liked in the first place.
That's true. The music has to do the talking, and that should hold up in the end but what is wrong with allowing yourself to get swept up in the experience and taking it for what it is? A huge part of what makes BM so potent (if you are into it) is that it takes itself seriously and views itself as being elitist to and separate from the frivolous aspects of the rock and metal scene. When I say someone doesn't get it, I'm not saying they are incapable of making a deeper connection with the music as such, I'm saying they are perhaps too cynical to allow themselves to get lost in the experience. All of the baggage that comes with black metal is part of its charm.
And that includes the naughty aspects that Kim Kelly and her cohort are so desperate to expunge from the scene. It is what it is.
Your logic follows perfectly Andy, but it's fairly ironic that it leads you to the most cynical ones being those who are left outside of BM, rather than those inside it!
And as I said above, it's one thing turning your back on a band who "sabotage" their own image, quite a different thing to turn your back on a band because of a live audience committing some kind of "sacrilege" towards it!
You could argue that emotion is a separate beast to logic.
And that irony occurs in the mating of the two?
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 15, 2019, 06:59:31 PM
That's true. The music has to do the talking, and that should hold up in the end but what is wrong with allowing yourself to get swept up in the experience and taking it for what it is? A huge part of what makes BM so potent (if you are into it) is that it takes itself seriously and views itself as being elitist to and separate from the frivolous aspects of the rock and metal scene. When I say someone doesn't get it, I'm not saying they are incapable of making a deeper connection with the music as such, I'm saying they are perhaps too cynical to allow themselves to get lost in the experience. All of the baggage that comes with black metal is part of its charm.
Nothing wrong with that at all. The music and aesthetic are part of the whole experience, no doubt about it. It's as true for the likes of Chic or Duran Duran as it is for any BM band. When being exposed to the human reality of a band or genre and it doesn't match the fantasy you have in your head or the image the band have contrived to project, however, and this affects your ability to enjoy the music you believed you loved in the first place, that's just a little funky to me.
Quote from: Ollkiller on August 15, 2019, 10:23:30 AM
Quote from: Grim Reality on August 09, 2019, 01:45:16 PM
Not sure I'll bother to check this out, despite being a big fan for most of this decade.
The recent gig here was probably the final nail in the coffin and the magic for me is gone. Rammed in surrounded by people whooping, dancing and holding up their phones.
Aura of the band shattered.
I'll never watch them live again but maybe over time if I just listen to their records I can build up that connection again as in the early pre-live era they were a brilliant coherent package. But for now I associate them with frivolous displays of humanitarian joy which is obviously fine in context but Mgla is the wrong context.
Not grim and frostbitten enough for ya. You're right though. People enjoying themselves at a gig just takes the joy out of gigs.
You've missed my point. I'm certainly not an adherent of the 'grim and frostbitten' black metal clichés. Corpse paint and bands grimacing in photos and other such nonsense. Quite the opposite in fact. I like bands expressing a coherent aesthetic and vision. It's a difficult thing in black metal as the pitfalls are numerous and the whole thing is so often close to parody. For example a faceless, impersonal, nihilistic band playing to whooping, dancing millenials.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on August 15, 2019, 01:57:38 PM
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 15, 2019, 10:58:38 AMEveryone will have their own opinion on who benefits or loses, depending on their biases and I have seen Mgła live a few times and enjoyed them, but I can understand how the misanthropic facade they present through their music and lyrics could be regarded as being at odds with the drunken party vibe of a gig.
I think what's perplexing is what would seem to be someone blaming a band for how the audience were behaving at one of their gigs. Apparently, in the abstract, there was no problem with them playing live, otherwise Mr.Reality surely would have had the common sense simply not to attend himself. So, once the gig was happening, and the audience were behaving in a way "contrary to the aesthetic of the band" (or whatever), what would Mr.Reality have wished to happen? That the band stop the gig? I wonder what his post-mortem of the concert would have been if Mgla had stopped playing and announced, "Sorry scum, we cannot keep playing - you people are ruining our image!"
No Chris. I'm not blaming the band for how the audience behaved. I'm blaming them for playing in the first place and continuing to undermine their original aesthetic (in my opinion of course). In reality a few select gigs here and there in the right setting and context I think would be fine for a band like Mgla as the music does translate well live. But in recent years they are never off stage and play every support and mixed bill fest going. It just cheapens their vibe for me.
I was actually not arsed about going to this on the day, as I sort of expected it to be how it was, but decided to go in the end to confirm or deny how I was starting to feel about the band. I've seen them numerous times since their live debut around 2012/13 and I just feel they've lost it a bit in the intervening period. It's been coming a while and the Dublin gig was certainly no revelation or shock that would see me wishing for the gig to be stopped or something FFS :laugh: :laugh:
Look its not a biggie, the band aren't doing it for me anymore and I move on. There's shit tons of bands out there and you have to have standards lads not tap your toe and bop your head to every little riff you hear.
McLove knows the score but that's not surprising, I've met the man a few times and he knows the craic.
Quote from: Juggz on August 15, 2019, 08:01:03 PM
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 15, 2019, 06:59:31 PM
That's true. The music has to do the talking, and that should hold up in the end but what is wrong with allowing yourself to get swept up in the experience and taking it for what it is? A huge part of what makes BM so potent (if you are into it) is that it takes itself seriously and views itself as being elitist to and separate from the frivolous aspects of the rock and metal scene. When I say someone doesn't get it, I'm not saying they are incapable of making a deeper connection with the music as such, I'm saying they are perhaps too cynical to allow themselves to get lost in the experience. All of the baggage that comes with black metal is part of its charm.
Nothing wrong with that at all. The music and aesthetic are part of the whole experience, no doubt about it. It's as true for the likes of Chic or Duran Duran as it is for any BM band. When being exposed to the human reality of a band or genre and it doesn't match the fantasy you have in your head or the image the band have contrived to project, however, and this affects your ability to enjoy the music you believed you loved in the first place, that's just a little funky to me.
Look, the music itself is still great but the overall aesthetic is weakened so the whole package suffers. They were one of the few bands with a coherent presentation for me and a bit of that is gone now so they are just gone back to the pack like any other band with some good aspects and some shitty aspects.
Despite the criticism over their "aesthetics", they still keep writing the best fucking lyrics anyone into BM has seen. This is so fucking good... definitely the work of a highly educated person. I was highly impressed with the Cioranian references on EiF and the fact he lifted a whole line out of "Taxi Driver" on WHTN and fit it perfectly, but for fuck sake, wherever he took this level of nihilistic cynicism from, I want to read it...
"The stench of zeitgeist
Is the incense of discarded shrines
As the corpses put on powder and rouge
So that the hoax can proceed, ever sidewards
A cheaped out incarnation into a shopworn sarx
The soul congeals into a grimy lump
Substance of the world, dreary and pale
At the feet of a spirit detached
Between the grinder and the abattoir
Such are the landscapes of grief
Grayness and glitz
Glitter and gehinnom
Between tedium and fright
Such is the song of the nether world
The hissing of rats
And the jarring chants of angels
A sacrifice to the gutter gods
Squandered redemption, misplaced grace
As an ailing mole burrowing in Eden
Living breathing downfall
Between the grinder and the abattoir
Such are the landscapes of grief
Grayness and glitz
Glitter and gehinnom
Between tedium and fright
Such is the song of the nether world
The hissing of rats
And the jarring chants of angels
It's a land of sun gone down
In a comical grandeur
A sluggish danse macabre
Hyenas waltzing about
Would a new flood please finally come
A real rain and an assortment of plagues
And when all is said and done
Even the Devil won't care enough to spit in the mud"
Yeah, his lyrics are fantastic.
Quote from: O Drighes on August 16, 2019, 12:09:37 PM
Despite the criticism over their "aesthetics", they still keep writing the best fucking lyrics anyone into BM has seen. This is so fucking good... definitely the work of a highly educated person. I was highly impressed with the Cioranian references on EiF and the fact he lifted a whole line out of "Taxi Driver" on WHTN and fit it perfectly, but for fuck sake, wherever he took this level of nihilistic cynicism from, I want to read it...
"The stench of zeitgeist
Is the incense of discarded shrines
As the corpses put on powder and rouge
So that the hoax can proceed, ever sidewards
A cheaped out incarnation into a shopworn sarx
The soul congeals into a grimy lump
Substance of the world, dreary and pale
At the feet of a spirit detached
Between the grinder and the abattoir
Such are the landscapes of grief
Grayness and glitz
Glitter and gehinnom
Between tedium and fright
Such is the song of the nether world
The hissing of rats
And the jarring chants of angels
A sacrifice to the gutter gods
Squandered redemption, misplaced grace
As an ailing mole burrowing in Eden
Living breathing downfall
Between the grinder and the abattoir
Such are the landscapes of grief
Grayness and glitz
Glitter and gehinnom
Between tedium and fright
Such is the song of the nether world
The hissing of rats
And the jarring chants of angels
It's a land of sun gone down
In a comical grandeur
A sluggish danse macabre
Hyenas waltzing about
Would a new flood please finally come
A real rain and an assortment of plagues
And when all is said and done
Even the Devil won't care enough to spit in the mud"
Yea, loved the use Emil Ciorans nihilistic aspect on the previous record. I mean, the lyrics are just bloody brilliant!
The thing about the band though, and I'm referring to the discussion here is that Black Metal probably isn't paying their bills.
I reckon that's why they are playing as frequently as they are which as said above has ruined the mystery/ aesthetic of the band.
I understand the argument completely, still a band has to make money though and put bread on the table.
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I was listening to MGLA and Kriegsmaschine "Apocalypticists" cropped up on you tube which at first listen reminded me MGLA until I saw there is ex members in that band also.
Some cool drum beats.
Quote from: Blizzard Beast on August 26, 2019, 09:56:53 PM
I was listening to MGLA and Kriegsmaschine "Apocalypticists" cropped up on you tube which at first listen reminded me MGLA until I saw there is ex members in that band also.
Some cool drum beats.
Not Ex members just a side project of M and Darkside ( Legend of a drummer ) Apocalypticists is a belter of a release..
Quote from: Abandon All Hope on August 26, 2019, 11:07:42 PM
Quote from: Blizzard Beast on August 26, 2019, 09:56:53 PM
I was listening to MGLA and Kriegsmaschine "Apocalypticists" cropped up on you tube which at first listen reminded me MGLA until I saw there is ex members in that band also.
Some cool drum beats.
Not Ex members just a side project of M and Darkside ( Legend of a drummer ) Apocalypticists is a belter of a release..
True, so is Enemy of Man. Between these two releases and last two Mgła albums I probably listened to the latter pair much more. At the same time, somehow I consider Kriegsmaschine latest output to be crowning achievement of everything M has ever done (starting with the killer material from split with Infernal War really). Its just last two Mgła recordings I can listen on earphones while jogging for example. Kriegsmaschine is just a bit more challenging listen.
Full album just uploaded on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03woJbLrgA
That's 4 flawless albums...not many bands can claim that, can they? Age of Excuse VI raises another bar...
Quote from: Melmoth on September 02, 2019, 05:23:47 PM
Full album just uploaded on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03woJbLrgA
Oooh, I'm on it.
Love the initial YT comments too LOL.
"Their music is literally a luxury to my ears."
"Too late to explore the world, too early to explore the universe, but just on time to enjoy Mgla releases."
"I would rate this album a modest 11 points out of 10."
"Sorry PornHub but Mgła has new album out"
"My favourite track is Age of Excuse"
Quote from: O Drighes on September 02, 2019, 06:21:19 PM
That's 4 flawless albums...
3 flawless albums if, like me, you think the new one sounds exactly the same as the last. I still can't decide whether that's praise or criticism though.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 03, 2019, 05:39:52 PM
Quote from: O Drighes on September 02, 2019, 06:21:19 PM
That's 4 flawless albums...
3 flawless albums if, like me, you think the new one sounds exactly the same as the last. I still can't decide whether that's praise or criticism though.
Equal in tone, riffs are different...but I get what you mean, it's no departure. Was there any departure in their career though? The drums get complex each album, other than that riffs are different within the same scales, it's the essence of their sound. The only song I think that could actually be part of EiF is "Age of Excuse II", but in fairness I think that they just can't afford having the element of surprise to their music anymore, we all know what it's going to be about. Despite the hype I think they still deliver.
The tones are so similar, on every instrument, you'd swear the songs were from the same session. With Hearts definitely "sounds" different to Exercises.
Not really liking this so far just sounds like songs that didn't make the cut for the EIF.
Typically now getting much better with each listen. I was just use to how easy EIF was to get into whereas this is more like Groza or WHTN and will take time. III and IV are great.
Just listening to it again on headphones. Drums are always mental from WHTN on, but this album has far more complex guitar work than others. Wasn't from the tones it wouldn't sound like EiF at all.
On the other hand, lyrics are fukking brilliant, but I enjoyed vocal placement way more on WHTN and EiF, this new album vocals sound a lot more obvious and done purposefully catchy than others.
Quote from: O Drighes on September 06, 2019, 04:01:56 PM
Just listening to it again on headphones. Drums are always mental from WHTN on, but this album has far more complex guitar work than others. Wasn't from the tones it wouldn't sound like EiF at all.
On the other hand, lyrics are fukking brilliant, but I enjoyed vocal placement way more on WHTN and EiF, this new album vocals sound a lot more obvious and done purposefully catchy than others.
I know what You mean about vocals. This is one of the things that struck me. In general the latest Mgla's record bears all the signs of a work of a band that's done some touring and is expecting to do some more. The experience of playing live surely helped to shape this one up. And I dont mean it as an insult, as in my opinion, too, it is a grower and I'm liking it more with each listen.
Definitely an album that gets better with each listen. I think all the nuances in the drum playing really add to the enjoyment of repeated listens.
As said, his lyrics are on a whole other level of their own
Quote from: Melmoth on September 09, 2019, 07:50:18 PM
Definitely an album that gets better with each listen. I think all the nuances in the drum playing really add to the enjoyment of repeated listens.
As said, his lyrics are on a whole other level of their own
Watching Darkside live is just mesmerising....
https://youtu.be/wcsTJ1n2jkE
Anyone get a copy from no solace yet? I've no nails left waiting on it...
Quote from: Scáthach on September 09, 2019, 09:58:32 PM
Anyone get a copy from no solace yet? I've no nails left waiting on it...
Nope...... but in in Sydney so migh take bit longer :P :P
Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on September 09, 2019, 08:59:17 PM
Quote from: Melmoth on September 09, 2019, 07:50:18 PM
Definitely an album that gets better with each listen. I think all the nuances in the drum playing really add to the enjoyment of repeated listens.
As said, his lyrics are on a whole other level of their own
Watching Darkside live is just mesmerising....
https://youtu.be/wcsTJ1n2jkE
Fantastic viewing
Their first few releases, including 'Groza', were quite striking; most recent output is fairly interchangeable.
There is a new song up on YouTube but it's an old one apparently, didn't make a cut for "EiF".
https://youtu.be/VlB38hoJVm0?si=8DJ42kJH0wxRKIAv
Thanks lads.......any chance of a new album though? It's been six years!
Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on September 09, 2019, 08:59:17 PMQuote from: Melmoth on September 09, 2019, 07:50:18 PMDefinitely an album that gets better with each listen. I think all the nuances in the drum playing really add to the enjoyment of repeated listens.
As said, his lyrics are on a whole other level of their own
Watching Darkside live is just mesmerising....
https://youtu.be/wcsTJ1n2jkE
Its so fucking good. Went to Dolans and they didnt disappoint. When this started I got right up the front to get a good view. The fecker uses marching sticks as well for a lot of tunes. I'm actually learning it for the craic. The fluidity of the technical elements (paradiddles, double paradiddle and doubles) over the constant bass drum is just crazy.
I was checking out the next morning from the Limerick City Hotel at the same time as the Mgla lads. I didn't say anything as I wasn't sure how they'd take being out of their personas, and then having to engage or deny :laugh:
Twas a bit strange really, especially as I was itching to get some vinyl that they probably hoarded after selling out of the allocated vinyl the night before, and was probably in their transport in the same car park! Must get some vinyl yet...
But yeah, awkward! Anyway, they seem to be concentrating on Hauntologist, which I haven't checked out yet properly - worth checking out?
For me, I think Mgła are a one album band. With Hearts Towards None or Exercises In Futility are all you need. Both are interchangeable to my ear, but both are enjoyable. I always enjoyed them live I have to say, but I can't see myself ever buying any more of their albums.
Groza and the EPs don't sound like anything that came after them. The bad thing about Mgla is just like Revenge, Gorgoroth and a few other bands they never change the setlist live with the exception of adding a new song or 2 if a new album has been released. Overall I think Kriegsmaschine are the better band.
Quote from: Snare on September 08, 2025, 11:27:02 PMI didn't say anything as I wasn't sure how they'd take being out of their personas, and then having to engage or deny :laugh:
They don't try to hide what they look like. Most times that I have seen them they will come out without the masks for the sound check. They have said the reason for the masks is so people will focus completely on the music. The drummer has loads of videos of himself up on youtube without the mask playing through different songs.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on September 09, 2025, 12:08:37 AMFor me, I think Mgła are a one album band. With Hearts Towards None or Exercises In Futility are all you need. Both are interchangeable to my ear, but both are enjoyable. I always enjoyed them live I have to say, but I can't see myself ever buying any more of their albums.
In 100% agreement.
I'd call Exercises the perfecting of WHTN rather than just interchangeable. Age of Excuse added absolutely nothing though alright. Groza is a bit different, but at the same time very clearly already on the same "perfecting" trajectory through the next two; hadn't come into their own yet, the influences more obvious, etc. Not familiar enough with the EPs to comment.
Quote from: koper on September 07, 2025, 02:53:20 PMThere is a new song up on YouTube but it's an old one apparently, didn't make a cut for "EiF".
https://youtu.be/VlB38hoJVm0?si=8DJ42kJH0wxRKIAv
Just listening now. Great tune! Not surprising a leftover from that session would be this good.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 09, 2025, 04:03:02 PMNot familiar enough with the EPs to comment.
I find "Mdłości" EP to be their best achievement, part two especially. It's much rawer than everything from "WHTN" onwards.