New Video....

From Pelican.... They can be pretty boring, but this is decent enough:

Tuesday's Metal Releases

3 - Revisions (Metal Blade)
36 Crazyfists - Underneath A Northern Sky DVD (Ferret)
The Abominable Iron Sloth – Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Heaviness (Blackmarket Activities)
Agathodaimon - Phoenix (E1)
Atreyu - Congregation Of The Damned (Hollywood)
Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect (Victory)
Bride - Tsar Bomba (Retroactive)
Dir En Grey - Average Blasphemy DVD (The End)
Graveworm - Diabolical Figures (E1)

Isis, Pelican and Tombs at Irving Plaza, 6/2/09

Last night was full of doomy droney downtuned avant garde metal.  The show began at 9 with Relapse charmers, Tombs who played for a solid 30 minutes.  The crowd remained still has they blasted out slow heavy chords.  This band is definitely driven by their drummer, which isn't a bad thing.  They took the crown for heaviest band of the night.

Up next was Pelican.  They began the set around 9:45 and played for an hour on the dot.  The Chicago instrumental 4-piece proved to be two things- sludgey and melodic.  They covered an Earth song, which was almost too fitting.  Imagine a band like Pelican that is so set on not playing hooks cover a Ramones song?  Now that would be interesting.  But what can I say, they were dead on and their lighter and more melodic sound worked well after Tombs heaviness.  Still after an hour of drone and sludge it did get a tiresome and the crowd grew a bit restless.

There was another 15 minute break or so before Isis hit the stage.  Don't get me wrong, Tombs and Pelican can certainly play (and I particularly love Tombs), but it was a breath of fresh air to see Isis hit the stage simply for the fact that they had a vocalist.  It was nice to be able to focus in on a frontman during the set and have a voice to sing (or moan) along to.  The boys played for about an hour and a half with a bonus 15 minute encore.  For the first time in the evening the moshing didn't seem completely silly as Isis picked up the tempo a few knotches.  

To sum up, all the bands sounded tight but this may not have been the best night for me to chose not to drink.

New doom metal compilation

Tonight I will be engaging is some gloom and doom and DRONE with Tombs, Pelican and Isis at Irving Plaza. Funny that just today I should read some info Relapse Records who are putting out a compilation of all their sleepy prodigies.  The Album is called Contamination 2009, and I can honestly say that after living in NYC and going to metal shows, I have seen all these bands.  Long live NYC metal!

01. BARONESS - "Isak"
02. GENGHIS TRON - "I Wont Come Back Alive"
03. TOMBS - "Gossamer"
04. COALESCE - "Wild Ox Moan" *
05. THE END - "The Never Ever Aftermath"
06. BURIED INSIDE - "V"
07. ZOMBI - "Orion"
08. BURNT BY THE SUN - "Inner Station"
09. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "Dead As History"
10. DON CABALLERO - "Lord Krepelka"
11. MASTODON - "Mother Puncher"
12. KINGDOM OF SORROW - "Free The Fallen"
13. PIG DESTROYER - "Loathsome"
14. GRAVES OF VALOR - "Bridles Of Incitatus"
15. NECROPHAGIST - "Seven"
16. OBSCURA - "Incarnated"
17. TOXIC HOLOCAUST - "Wild Dogs"
18. HIGH ON FIRE - "Turk"
19. ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY - "Void Of Harmony"
20. PENTAGRAM - "Forever My Queen"
21. AMORPHIS - "Better Unborn"
22. BRUTAL TRUTH - "Evolution Through Revolution"
23. ORIGIN - "The Aftermath"