Irish metal thread

[Carnage]

I thought they were a poor man's Mastodon TBH. But good luck to them anyway.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Listened to the album last night. A lot of it is really great, couple of passages are genuinely weak, and overall, yeah, their seemingly one and only influence is worn a little too blatantly on their sleeve, right down to the song titles. A band to keep an ear out for though, if they can strike off and mark out a path of their own.

[son of the Morrigan]

fuck me!, I actually pretty much agree with BSC on something, thats a first.
I think there's massive potential there.
I don't think its fair to write them off as a "poor mans Mastodon", they do have their own thing going on too like.
Sure if we all took that attitude we would say, (enter modern death/black metal band name here) is just a poor mans (enter old-school death/black metal band name here), nothing new would have any value and we'd all just listen to Death and Venom and poo-poo all newcomers.
Anyway, I think its a banger of an album, fair fucks to them.

[ochoill]

Yeah the album is decent and I saw the lads on the release show in Limerick for it, they were in excellent form and are great live too.

[astfgyl]

I saw Grey Stag at the Siege last Halloween. Highly enjoyable, must check out the album.

Saw em at the Templemore metal fest a few years back and thought they were decent hopefully I'll remember to try the album

[Barrytron]

Bodydrinkers have a limited run of tapes out here from Fiadh Productions:
https://fiadh.bandcamp.com/album/swamp-hammer

Heres a new tune from last night:

[Kos]

Imperial Demonic LP coming out soon.
Members of Overoth, Darkest Era, Alestorm...

https://imperialdemonicblacklion.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-crimson-eclipse

Label has a January Sale running out...  50% off.
Use code ' blacklion50 ' at checkout.

Went to their gig last Friday at Fibbers without any expectations as I was craving for raw blastbeats and enjoyed them a lot. Dark Funeral influence is very obvious which might or might not be everyone's cup of tea but they delivered it 100%. Also first time at Fibbers in like 15 years and despite everyone saying it turned into shithole, I found it clean and well organized. Ticket at the door (doesn't exist anymore for Dublin gigs post covid), for a tenner for 3 bands (), small venue, only about half full which is even rarer these days, pretty much top quality headliner... Couldn't ask for more, full mid-late 00's experience. Also the majority of audience despite being quite young overall was very engaged with the performance which was great to see.

[John Kimble]

Sure if we all took that attitude we would say, (enter modern death/black metal band name here) is just a poor mans (enter old-school death/black metal band name here), nothing new would have any value and we'd all just listen to Death and Venom and poo-poo all newcomers.

I think there's a bit of a difference with the death/black comparisons.those are fairly wide ranging sub-genres, whereas Mastodon, love them or loathe them, have always been a fairly unique entity in metal. I would have dismissed Grey Stag on the same basis, as the influences are worn a bit too blatantly on their sleeves, but that said I wouldn't have any issue being proved wrong. By the same token, if we're talking about DM etc, I have no real need to listen to Gruesome when I can just listen to Death instead.

[Anton Arcane]

Sure if we all took that attitude we would say, (enter modern death/black metal band name here) is just a poor mans (enter old-school death/black metal band name here), nothing new would have any value and we'd all just listen to Death and Venom and poo-poo all newcomers.

I think there's a bit of a difference with the death/black comparisons.those are fairly wide ranging sub-genres, whereas Mastodon, love them or loathe them, have always been a fairly unique entity in metal. I would have dismissed Grey Stag on the same basis, as the influences are worn a bit too blatantly on their sleeves, but that said I wouldn't have any issue being proved wrong. By the same token, if we're talking about DM etc, I have no real need to listen to Gruesome when I can just listen to Death instead.

I think one of the best explanations I've heard for metal reaching a creative cul de sac, is that every possible chapter has already been mapped out so bands now go and fill in the blank pages. Gruesome are obviously total Death fan fiction, and that's fine by me. I'm not listening to them for innovation and reinvention of a genre but as more of something that I already love. It works because they are completely open and honest about it.

[John Kimble]

Well yeah, I suppose in fairness to Gruesome they're pretty much upfront about being a Death tribute. Maybe Grey Stag come across as being more derivative, given that they present as a Mastodon clone without explicitly acknowledging this. I dunno, I could be doing them a disservice here. I haven't checked out their stuff in enough depth and maybe I'm just going on a gut reaction.

[astfgyl]

Bodydrinkers have a limited run of tapes out here from Fiadh Productions:
https://fiadh.bandcamp.com/album/swamp-hammer

Heres a new tune from last night:

This was actually decent craic. I see it's from 2023 but yeah tis grand

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Bodydrinkers have a limited run of tapes out here from Fiadh Productions:
https://fiadh.bandcamp.com/album/swamp-hammer

Heres a new tune from last night:

This was actually decent craic. I see it's from 2023 but yeah tis grand

You should definitely check their newest release if you haven't already, it's great

[astfgyl]

I think I checked them out ages ago but I'm really bad to follow up on things. I may throw it on this evening and see

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Was out in January this year, delightfully lean and replayable
 
https://bodydrinkers.bandcamp.com/album/birthed-of-filth

[DISRUPTER]

Hollywood Mayhem

We recorded this a few months ago