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Charles Parnell was partial to a bit of black metal, so I've heard

Having not had a modern console since the Xbox 360, I just bought a new Xbox today. Partially as a way to connect with some friends back home, and partially because I want to play the new GTA (and Baldur's Gate). Now I have to try and figure out what has happened in gaming after a 15yr absence...

Are you gonna fork out for the Game Pass? It's gone up in price quite a bit over the years but I still think it's worth it, and there's a huge library available.
If not, there's still loads you can pick up for quite cheap in its physical format, such as Red Dead Redemption 2. The Resident Evil 4 remake is still amazing and holds up well, even if you played the original to death.

Yeah I have the middle tier one right now, seem like good shit.

I've played a bit of Fortnite and Cyberpunk so far, both great craic. Was surprised at how adult Cyberpunk is, someone threw out a "cunt" in practically the opening scene. Things have changed since Mario and Yoshi 

I fuckin' hate this mindset that's prevalent now where absolutely anything that causes discomfort needs to disappear completely for them to feel ok, and developing a thicker skin or having a more nuanced take is completely out of the question. It's the same thing as the statue removal crowd who discover in modern times that some Important Person of the past was also a bit dodgy, so now need anything to do with them removed.

And in Alberta they've just passed Bill 28, which prohibits anyone under the age of 16 from reading certain books and those books need to either be removed from libraries, or at least moved to a restricted area, like behind the desk.

So we're getting it from both the left and the right these days, and when we meet in the middle it'll be Brave New World where everyone is a drone devoid of personality or culture, but blankly happy, right? I'm ranting a bit, and I know that won't happen, but jesus christ I wish these people would grow up.

That Callous Master album was class

Megaton Sword I wasn't 100% sold on the vocals, but the riffing and guitar work was badass.

For some annoying reason my screen grab has stopped working, but here's the text of the post (also confused me for a moment with AI, i was like huh? Did someone say somewhere it was made by AI??):

"I don't normally get upset over Death Metal Lyrics and but I got tagged into a post about a band who played with some of my best friends Benediction in Dublin last week
I known the Benediction guys going on 40 years and they did not have a clue about the support band and no way they would have shared the stage with this support band had they known.
But the promoter who booked them needs to know that this does not fly and is unacceptable
The band was Abaddon Incarnate
They have a song called Verithrax
Ive never been so angry about a song in my life
This is not some edgy horror death metal lyrics this is full on homophobic hate so far beyond what is acceptable
They need to be removed from the metal scene and never again be allowed share a stage with any band !!!"

The post also includes pics that include the lyrics.

That Abaddon FB post was some pretty good cognitive dissonance. That brand of online performance has reached the point of being utterly off-putting almost no matter what the topic is. But at the same time, the lyrics genuinely are repulsive  I wonder if it will blow up at all. The pitchfork mob will neither know or care that it was 30yrs ago.

Yer man Geordie Greep (formerly of Black Midi) was doing a show in Vancouver a couple of days ago. Some guy was passing out flyers at the show saying "Geordie Greep is a RAPIST". Apparently he tried to kiss some girl the night before at a party and it was unwelcome. There are conflicting stories that she may have been asleep at the time, which obviously is an entirely different situation. Definitely sexual assault if that is true, though not exactly rape. Of course the usual FB hysteria has absolutely exploded over it over here and again, even in a situation where you can agree it's definitely wrong, the social media blowup and all the performance is infuriating.

I wouldn't mind having a muck about on one at some point. I reckon I could do with some new gear.

I picked up a Darkglass Anagram recently. Really small little thing that runs the NAM captures. Great when you're gassing for an amp, you can just try it out instantly. It sits on the arm of my chair plugged into a monitor on the ground beside the chair. The ultimate lazy bastard solution 

Yeah I don't want to get a quarter way into Baldur's Gate and then have to stop to start playing GTA along with everyone else. I suppose I could dick around with things like Fortnite or the Marvel one in the meantime. Saw a pirate game that looks pretty fun for banter with your mates, Sea of Thieves?

Either way, open to suggestions!

And yeah Cyberpunk looks awesome from the couple of videos I watched.

Having not had a modern console since the Xbox 360, I just bought a new Xbox today. Partially as a way to connect with some friends back home, and partially because I want to play the new GTA (and Baldur's Gate). Now I have to try and figure out what has happened in gaming after a 15yr absence...

Listened to Bloody Kisses last night for the first time, it was awesome. Kind of more goth metal on a full listen. It's also interesting the way they have very long songs that kind of have movements rather than traditional structures.

I do love the vocals and lyrics. I know he was known to take the piss, but it makes it hard to establish whether he's taking the piss some of the time, or all of the time, and something about that is pretty appealing 

Both those songs are grand. I find it harder to get into this stuff these days though. At this point this style and similar have been done to death, from pro bands right down to every 3rd band in local scenes, so there's just nothing new or exciting to be gleaned from it.

Theo Vandenhoff

They're kind of gothy postpunk new wave. The singer sounds exactly like Andrew Eldritch.

Siousxie and the Banshees - Juju

Top quality stuff, every track is good. Great guitar playing too, kind of a proto johnny Marr.

I've barely ever listened to them bar one or two songs (which I've liked). Guess it's the time of year to give them a proper go now. Especially considering I've been in a real post-punk/goth phase of late.

Read through this thread and gave The Green Man a quick go in work. It was great but not what I was expecting at all. If I'd heard that in the background in a pub and wasn't paying attention to it, I'd have sworn it was Alice in Chains or Stone Temple Pilots. I know they're considered industrial/goth, but they sound very much of the early-mid 90s too!

I have a whole bunch of CDs and demos that I'll go through again any time I'm back home. Most of the stuff has been mentioned already. I also love how mid-late 2000s this thread is, really takes me back to that era.

Off the top of my head some of the recordings I have at home that I like are (and this is way more northern biased...):

Sorrowfall - Prayers of the Faithless (didn't quite live up to their live performance, but the songs are excellent)
Overoth - Pathway to Demise (nice and brutal)
War Iron - can't remember the name but nice and heavy. Also enjoyed Baggy's comedy band. Lesshelp or something, was it?
Honey For Christ - The Darkest Pinnacle of Light
Riffmaster General - Again forget the title, but very fun
Fatality - That thrash album they advertised on MI one time as like "12 songs! 200 riffs! 95 solos! [etc etc]"
Triggerman - The first two EPs. Holy shit they were heavy live though.
Arcane Suppression and 99 Miles of Bad Road - Think they shared members. More groove orientated stuff, but very enjoyable