The point of Things You Might Have Missed is to point out great records we didn’t cover in time, which wasn’t exactly the case with Tenacious D, but definitely is the case with Aeternam’s 2012 offering Moongod. We never received promo of this record ahead of time – but it appears to have been released […]
2012
Things You Might Have Missed 2012: The Songs of Townes Van Zandt – Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till & Wino
Steel Druhm sang the praises of an acoustic set by power metal heroes and now he’s back pimping out even more acoustic stuff. Maybe all that headbangin finally caused brain damage or maybe he’s good at finding acoustic stuff by metal guys. We report, you decide!
Things You Might Have Missed 2012: Tenacious D – Rize of the Fenix
So, let me start by saying that Jack Black isn’t funny. Now that we have that out of the way, you can take this little blurb for what it is: a reminder that this record did get released and that it didn’t eat a big fat dick. In fact, I’ve always had a really weird relationship to Tenacious D because while I think that Jack Black is really not funny even a little bit (no, I mean really, I never laugh at his stuff essentially ever), the music on these records is actually really solid, neo-classic rock. This is obvious from about a minute and a half into title and opening track “Rize of the Fenix,” where the pure Kansas riff and the chorus that evokes that sweet time in popular music when musicians could write songs, play instruments and be famous even if they looked like Steve Perry. It was a magical time we’ll never get back.
Things You Might Have Missed 2012: Kotipelto and Liimatainen – Blackoustic
Steel Druhm is back with more crap you might have missed due to the many distractions of your busy lives. This time, it’s an all-acoustic set by members of Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica. What? You don’t like acoustic sets? What kind of metalhead are you???
Saturnus – Saturn in Ascension Review
Saturnus is back after a six year hiatus to pummel us once again with their painstakingly sad and tragic variety of doom death. If having a dying bride is sad, these guys are more like My Dying Wedding Party and Flower Girl. Yeah, that sad! Steel Druhm got us this review before volunteering for 48 hour suicide watch. Don’t fear, they took his bullet belt.
Things You Might Have Missed 2012: Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats – Blood Lust
Time for all the stuff you might have missed!! Join us as we do our yearly round-up of shit that got overlooked, underrated, misplaced and otherwise blackballed, censored or buried. Steel Druhm kicks off the festivities with a weird one from the weirdly named Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. Do you like Ghost? How about old style doom? Well then pilgrim, you better read up!
Kamikabe – Aberration of Man Review
Tech death is a fickle mistress. Madam X is our less fickle mistress of evil, debasement and death. Join her as she examines the techy, deathy strew cooked up by Kamikabe. It doesn’t sound all that appetizing, does it?
Amenra – Mass V Review
Noctus is with us again to question Amenra’s Neurosis influence, sense of heaviness and their ability to us Roman numerals in an approriate way. Don’t get too upset about it, man, those things are confusing!
Destruction – Spiritual Genocide Review
Happy Anniversary to Destruction!! 30 long years in the thrashing biz and biz has mostly been good. To help celebrate, they delivered a brand new album for our listening enjoyment. Steel Druhm dons his party hat and tells us if Spiritual Genocide is a party thrasher or a party crasher.
Nominon – The Cleansing Review
We haven’t had any old school Swedish death for awhile, so here’s some of that! Nominon does that beloved, old school style, but with much more thrashing, crashing, bashing and harassing. It sure is speedy, but is it good?