** Metal ** The Thread! II

[Gee]

I decided to skip them on this tour even though I haven't seen them since Dead End Kings or Fall of Hearts (I forget which tour). Love the band but they have been on a downward spiral for me and I think their newest one is their weakest album (sadly) and City Burials is their 2nd weakest. Sky Void of Stars was slightly better but still in the bottom third of their discography.

It's a shame because their earlier stuff is so great and I consider Last Fair Deal > Viva Emptiness > Great Cold Distance > Night is the New Day > Dead End Kings to be such a great run.

Great Cold Distance is probably the last album I listened from them. It sounded like a mix of Tool and Opeth. I'll have to give it another listen.

First two albums are easily their best for me.

 

[Zantera]

Brave Murder Day is wonderful but it feels more like a weird Opeth collab than a Katatonia album to me (I guess for obvious reasons). I like the debut too but the band doesn't really feel like Katatonia until they start morphing their sound leaving those death metal roots behind and become more of that doomy alternative metal with strong melancholic goth vibes.

 

[Gee]

Brave Murder Day is wonderful but it feels more like a weird Opeth collab than a Katatonia album to me (I guess for obvious reasons). I like the debut too but the band doesn't really feel like Katatonia until they start morphing their sound leaving those death metal roots behind and become more of that doomy alternative metal with strong melancholic goth vibes.

I'll have to give another listen to their albums between BMD and TGCD.

 

[Zantera]

I'm seeing Lacuna Coil live next week so currently in binge mode. While I do like their newer albums it feels like a crime not to play anything before Shallow Life. I got into the band through Unleashed Memories, Comalies and Karmacode and not getting anything from them feels a bit... RIP.

 

[Gee]

I'm seeing Lacuna Coil live next week so currently in binge mode. While I do like their newer albums it feels like a crime not to play anything before Shallow Life. I got into the band through Unleashed Memories, Comalies and Karmacode and not getting anything from them feels a bit... RIP.

Yeah I enjoyed their early albums when they used to play gothic metal. I jumped off the train when they started their alternative metal era after Karmacode.

Enjoy the show! I saw them for the first time opening for Machine Head earlier this year. Cristina still has a rocking voice.

 

[:eek:]

DREAM THEATER, GHOST, SLEEP TOKEN And SPIRITBOX Among 2026 GRAMMY AWARDS 'Best Metal Performance' Nominees

DREAM THEATER, GHOST, SLEEP TOKEN, SPIRITBOX and TURNSTILE have been announced as the "Best Metal Performance" nominees at the 68th annual Grammy Awards, which will broadcast live on February 1, 2026 from Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles on the CBS television network and streaming live...

blabbermouth.net

 

[Gee]

DREAM THEATER, GHOST, SLEEP TOKEN And SPIRITBOX Among 2026 GRAMMY AWARDS 'Best Metal Performance' Nominees

DREAM THEATER, GHOST, SLEEP TOKEN, SPIRITBOX and TURNSTILE have been announced as the "Best Metal Performance" nominees at the 68th annual Grammy Awards, which will broadcast live on February 1, 2026 from Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles on the CBS television network and streaming live...

blabbermouth.net

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Poppy announces new album, Empty Hands

Poppy has revealed details of her seventh studio album Empty Hands, featuring ‘industrial elements’, ‘pop sensibilities’ and even her ‘surrealist roots’.

www.kerrang.com

 

[Gee]

Honestly? Poppy has been growing on me. Maybe I'm just old now...

I'll probably catch her on her next tour here.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Honestly? Poppy has been growing on me. Maybe I'm just old now...

I'll probably catch her on her next tour here.

I'd rather live in a world where Poppy and Electric Callboy are around doing their genre mashups than having to listen to Sleep Token and some other milquetoasts win awards.

 

[:eek:]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Evanescence teases December 1 announcement with Spiritbox, Poppy, and K.Flay, who Amy Lee has all collaborated with in the past.

Most recently Evanescence just finished a tour of Australia with Metallica. And Poppy was touring South America with Linkin Park.

“After the show, they handed me what is to this day one of my most prized possessions”: Jim Carrey remembers Chris Cornell and Soundgarden’s generous guitar gift as he inducts them into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Soundgarden played on the night with Mike McCready and Jerry Cantrell, while Olivia Rodrigo honored The White Stripes, the Tedeschi Trucks Band covered The Beatles, and Flea performed with Stevie Wonder

www.guitarworld.com

Seattle Times - Soundgarden Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction was an emotional tribute

 

[Gee]

Oh damn... Haven't listened to AE since the Angela Gossow years.

Arch Enemy - Part Ways With Alissa White-Gluz

The Swedish metal institution Arch Enemy shared a brief statement on going separate ways with long-time vocalist Alissa White-Gluz. Alissa was part of the band since 2014.

metalstorm.net

Evanescence teases December 1 announcement with Spiritbox, Poppy, and K.Flay, who Amy Lee has all collaborated with in the past.

Most recently Evanescence just finished a tour of Australia with Metallica. And Poppy was touring South America with Linkin Park.

I'd be down with an Evanescence + Poppy + Spiritbox tour.

 

[Breogan]

Ignacia Fernández Death Metal perfromance at Miss World Chile 2025...

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..wins contest

She founded and leads the DM band Decessus.