Upcoming in 2023

[nukeabuse]

Just gonna go to NS. Line-up is savage.

Made the financial error of knocking the lady up a few months back so dunno if I'll be able to justify the splurge. Might have to start playing her bands to show what I'd be missing but doubt that would win any votes

[open face surgery]

Congrats and/or condolences. Ya, December as well so doesn't bode well for ya. I'm sure there'll be one in 2041.

[Eoin McLove]

Yup. Congrats on the sprog but in my experience it was 4 years before I went out to a gig after my young lad arrived. To be fair I was burnt out on gigs at that point anyway and was more than happy up retire for a bit. Going to gigs almost weekly for years, it lost its appeal for me, but now the odd gig here and there has become an event again.

[nukeabuse]

Thanks, was unexpected but should be all good. The final stage of acceptance will be when I close all the tabs open on my phone with holidays, records and shirts I was planning on buying!

[Pentagrimes]

Congrats!ah you'll be grand,but yeah id hold off any any major purchases for a bit..but next thing you know you'll be 46 and they'll be 19 and talking to you about Type O Negative lyrics 

[nukeabuse]

Haha I'm sure its a fun time explaining what 'inserted her diaphragm before she left' means

[Pentagrimes]

"Here dad, you know what Wolf Moon is about right?"

Anyway I see Astral Tomb (the local one) were in the studio with young Shauny of late, looking forward to whatever comes of that. Hopefully it's accompanied by a name change..

[Eoin McLove]

Cosmic Grave. All the lads in flares around a space bong.

[open face surgery]

Cosmic Grave is a better name. Looking forward to seeing what they come up with anyway.

[Eoin McLove]

It is. And it's still shite.

[Pentagrimes]

Didn't realise there's a new Horrendous out on Friday!? Full thing streaming here, so that's this afternoon sorted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_-RhCiA3TA

[mickO)))]

On the back the stargazer EP I see they are playing never surrender fest in Dec, as are volahn who have been very quiet for the last few years. Any word of either band playing elsewhere in Europe? Would love to see either band but dunno if the fest is feasible

Doesn't seem to be any other Stargazer dates and from what I remember the last time they did a small tour of Europe a few years ago the shows didn't do great numbers. A band I would really like to see but I will wait for a headline show were I know they will get a decent set time.

[Thorn]

Didn't realise there's a new Horrendous out on Friday!? Full thing streaming here, so that's this afternoon sorted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_-RhCiA3TA

Didn't realise there's a new Horrendous out on Friday!? Full thing streaming here, so that's this afternoon sorted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_-RhCiA3TA

Yeah, had it on 3 times at work last night, it's another notch up from Idol and that's saying something. So easy to hit the replay button at the under 40 running time too. Wish more bands could condense their output a bit more like this. Pure quality throughout. Was straight on to the SoM site this morning to order it.

[Pentagrimes]

Didn't quite grab me,can't quite put the finger on why just yet..it felt a bit more 80s influenced or something. Definitely appreciate the fact they're very much doing their own thing and moving forwrd a little with each album rather than repeating themselves though.

[Danny]

I think the new Horrendous is savage. The Title track is the standout for me, what a fucking sick opening riff. The previous track Exeg(En)Esis is  very different and interesting too, kinda proggy/spacey shit. With the death metal scene flooded with new releases and new bands I find it hard most the time to find and pick shit worth giving time to check out, over listening to so fucking many archetype releases I already know are brilliant.

But Horrendous are quality enough and stand out enough to have me hooked for a full album listen and buy every time they put one out. One of the better and more well rounded newer death metal bands easily. I think they have a bit of that magic that Morbus Chron/Sweven had/have, like death metal; progressive in the way of where else can we go with this that's not really been explored a lot, over like, just constantly trying to be more brutal or whatever.