Comments on: MOVE OVER GOJIRA — 1980 ARE THE NEW NEW FRENCH TECH-DEATH METAL HEROS

By: Dan Wolfson

Dan Wolfson — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:53:37 +0000

Why does everyone hate this?

By: Vaspacian

Vaspacian — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:15:14 +0000

These guys are fantastic! Thanks for the post.

By: JRTME

JRTME — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:09:00 +0000

I should elaborate that it’s a keyboard that sounds like a “vibraphone”

More then likely it’s not a real vibraphone because they are expensive and more difficult to record then a keyboard.

By: JRTME

JRTME — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:00:46 +0000

It’s not a “bell” It’s a keyboard.

By: xxfalc0rexx

xxfalc0rexx — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:06:18 +0000

Really boring. It started well enough but hearing a fucking bell solo is a bit of a stretch.

By: groverXIII

groverXIII — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:37:20 +0000

I’ll be impressed if these guys are good enough to replace Gorod… Gorod’s new album is fucking fantastic.

By: groverXIII

groverXIII — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:36:19 +0000

Exivious is badass… these guys seem more like tech-prog than tech-death, really… I’m checking out their album now, but they seem more along the lines of Gordian Knot, Exivious, and the like.

By: o0Stacey0o

o0Stacey0o — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:26:07 +0000

Very…interesting.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:12:57 +0000

Yeah Ollie, Ulcerate rule. You should definitely help them out by going to see them when they are on tour and buying their shit. They are the closest thing you’ve got to Gorguts in the 21st century. We gotta support bands like these because critical acclaim from metal blogs doesn’t just put money in their pockets.

By: Reaper-X

Reaper-X — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:02:04 +0000

You guys are late…as fuck

Also, this band replaces GOROD, not Gojira.

By: godmoney

godmoney — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:08:56 +0000

Tech might be pushing it on the labeling, but this is definitely prog metal. Same but different.

And you don’t tell Gojira to move over. Ever.

With that said it’s not bad. A little too proggy for my taste, but definitely a nice diversion from the everyday.

Devin Townsend’s Ki just came out on pre-order. Let’s talk about that instead OK? He shaved the skullet for chrissakes!!!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:07:36 +0000

You also reported on Centaurus-A – who deserve to be showcased more.

By: Conor

Conor — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:03:21 +0000

Gojira aren’t tech death and no one’s pretending otherwise. Kip always has approached genre classification like some mystic divination ritual, where the scrying of the cracks in the oracle bone ultimately serve merely to randomize human behavior, yet seem to have more meaning.

Plus, these guys blow. It’s like the worst parts of Freak Kitchen and Genghis Tron mushed into one mess of aural boredom. Yet another band you can’t even pretend to like unless you’re stoned out of your mind.

By: BAY AREA METAL

BAY AREA METAL — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:00:08 +0000

“Move over Gojira” MY ASS.

By: OllieDrew

OllieDrew — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:23:04 +0000

@Joe

Thanks! Just checked out Ulcerate, and just like you said, they’re fucking awesome, already downloaded the album and it’s one of the best things I’ve heard all year.

As for 1980, not that great. Not bad, but they certainly are not of the same calibre of Gojira.

By: Cisco

Cisco — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:11:59 +0000

Kip, what the heck? What about the new Mars Volta that is about to drop in couple of weeks? What’s the word?

By: Cy Sperling

Cy Sperling — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:03:32 +0000

Amazing. Do want…

By: rancidcorpse

rancidcorpse — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:50:05 +0000

this is gay

By: Brock

Brock — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:33:09 +0000

It’s hard for me to get into bands that don’t have vocals. I know its very techy and probably hard to come up with vocal patterns, but if they do it, it just sounds better. I really dig the music though. Same opinion about Behold…the Arctopus and Scale the Summit.

By: Russell

Russell — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:13:35 +0000

What about Exivious? This is quite similar. I’m enjoying those two songs though. Will have to give it more listens.