I present Solitary Mass, From Leeds. Also, the guitarist with the long dark hair on the extreme left (spends half the video out of frame) Is my old housemate. Who also happens to be a Dentist, and one of the most chilled out, mild mannered dudes I've ever met, and is currently taking care of my kittens. The drummer at the back is a london boy, who I always call either Jack, London, Or southern filth.
So, lately, I've been listening to more and more post-black infused black and/or death and/or blackened death metal. This has led me to give more thought to exploring noise stuff a bit more.
Sunn O))) isn't my thing. I've tried to like them - I want to, really - but it just doesn't do it for me. I think it's maybe the combination of noise and drone that kills it; the music doesn't move enough, though it is plenty heavy.
However, I've heard about this band called Portal, from Australia. It's pretty cool. It's much more aggressive than Sunn O))), and the music is pure hell. I'm really digging this sort of thing a lot. Triptykon, Skitliv, the newest Dark Fortress...they all have this experimental/noise quality to them.
Can you guys recommend anything else like Portal? Keep in mind that I need something a bit more aggressive to keep my interest; Skitliv and Swallow the Sun are about as slow as I like to get, at least as far as more ferocious metal is concerned. The only drone I've ever liked is Earth, and I think it's less drone-y than most other stuff.
Do you like Lightning Bolt? Their most recent album carries a lot of metal/sludge influences.
[Edit] I know this is not strictly what you wanted, but aggressive metal with noise/experimental influences that is not drone or black metal is a tall order to fill.
I haven't liked any of their stuff that I've heard, but those two songs were pretty decent. It lacks a certain ferocity, though. I like a good bit of ferocity in whatever I'm listening to - some kind of fierceness. I like it when my music roars. The noise elements in those two songs were used nicely, and I really dig the sludge. These sound more like sludge rock with a noise influence. But, it's also closer than anything else has been yet.
I'm definitely less of a fan when noisy music has no traditional musical structure. I find that I like some traditional structure to form a foundation, and then I like noise on top of that, peppering the music.
aggressive metal with noise/experimental influences that is not drone or black metal is a tall order to fill.
That it is. I'm already listening to Skitliv, Triptykon, and Nachtmystium; I'm going to be adding Portal to that mix now. I love the stuff so much, and I want a whole lot more of it, but it seems really really hard to find.
I actually like this new Cradle of filth song, what's wrong with me? XD
Nothing. That's actually a pretty cool song.
I haven't really actively listened to CoF since Midian. I've been told that they're actually still good; perhaps I'll look into this more.
Last.fm just introduced me to a new Finnish supergroup: Barren Earth. They feature the vocalist from Swallow the Sun, and the rest of their members are drawn from current or former members of Moonsorrow (drums and guitar), Kreator (lead guitar), and Amorphis (bass and keyboards). They're pretty neat. They sound a lot like old Amorphis, and a bit like Opeth.
It always makes me happy to see this thread get re-revived. Got a lot to listen to tomorrow. Been really digging Diablo Swing lately, though you (should) already know about them.
I am so over Necrophagist. Akercoke is my new thing.
Yeah, Necrophagist feels really overproduced and dry. I admire their bassist's technical proficiency (that bass sweep-picking is crazy) but stylistically they're pretty meh.
Also, I hear their frontman is a HUGE douche. But, this is metal, what else is new.
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Also, I believe the proper term in this case is "xenocide."
From the movie Avatar
I present Solitary Mass, From Leeds. Also, the guitarist with the long dark hair on the extreme left (spends half the video out of frame) Is my old housemate. Who also happens to be a Dentist, and one of the most chilled out, mild mannered dudes I've ever met, and is currently taking care of my kittens. The drummer at the back is a london boy, who I always call either Jack, London, Or southern filth.
Metal as fuck.
And here's the full 7 minute tour de force:
Sunn O))) isn't my thing. I've tried to like them - I want to, really - but it just doesn't do it for me. I think it's maybe the combination of noise and drone that kills it; the music doesn't move enough, though it is plenty heavy.
However, I've heard about this band called Portal, from Australia.
It's pretty cool. It's much more aggressive than Sunn O))), and the music is pure hell. I'm really digging this sort of thing a lot. Triptykon, Skitliv, the newest Dark Fortress...they all have this experimental/noise quality to them.
Can you guys recommend anything else like Portal? Keep in mind that I need something a bit more aggressive to keep my interest; Skitliv and Swallow the Sun are about as slow as I like to get, at least as far as more ferocious metal is concerned. The only drone I've ever liked is Earth, and I think it's less drone-y than most other stuff.
[Edit] I know this is not strictly what you wanted, but aggressive metal with noise/experimental influences that is not drone or black metal is a tall order to fill.
I'm definitely less of a fan when noisy music has no traditional musical structure. I find that I like some traditional structure to form a foundation, and then I like noise on top of that, peppering the music. That it is. I'm already listening to Skitliv, Triptykon, and Nachtmystium; I'm going to be adding Portal to that mix now. I love the stuff so much, and I want a whole lot more of it, but it seems really really hard to find.
I actually like this new Cradle of filth song, what's wrong with me? XD
That's more like it.
I haven't really actively listened to CoF since Midian. I've been told that they're actually still good; perhaps I'll look into this more.
Last.fm just introduced me to a new Finnish supergroup: Barren Earth. They feature the vocalist from Swallow the Sun, and the rest of their members are drawn from current or former members of Moonsorrow (drums and guitar), Kreator (lead guitar), and Amorphis (bass and keyboards).
They're pretty neat. They sound a lot like old Amorphis, and a bit like Opeth.
Also, I hear their frontman is a HUGE douche. But, this is metal, what else is new.