Speaking of metal that DOES kick ass (holy triple post), I just found out maybe an hour ago that !T.O.O.H.! (which stands for !The Obliteration of Humanity!) have reformed, and they've gone back to the core duo lineup. For their major label release,
Order and Punishment (released by Earache), they were a four-piece band, and the album had a fully fleshed out sound and it was great, but I like the more punk, DIY sound of their earlier work more.
Compare:
"old"
!T.O.O.H.! - Aura & Ziata"new"
!T.O.O.H.! - Analyza ZáhnědyThat second track officially translates to "Analysis of the Shitstain", by the way. Fu.Cking.Righteous.
By the way, despite how kick-ass their last album was, Earache fucking dropped the band on their ass almost right away and the album went out of print within a couple months. Balls bogus, my friends.
So they fell apart and were silent for several years, but now they've reformed, and I couldn't be more excited. New album in the works with six or seven tracks done, promise of merch (T-shirts, hopefully reprints of past albums, dildos, etc.), and a "by the end of the year—hopefully" release, and I am one happy camper.
To make things like five billion times better, they go and release the most amazing promo pic ever made.
Love these dorks. Can't wait. They should do a synth pop album next.
Oh yeah, and if I weren't already nerdgasming enough, they upload a previously unreleased demo with exclusive songs that are super badass, and they also uploaded all the previous demos in high quality with good scans of the artwork, all linked from their Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/tooh-info-pages/169543943151221And their artwork—oh fuck, THEIR ARTWORK! The painting for the
Pod vládou biče ("Under the Reign of the Whip") album is a spectacle.
NSFW, kiddies.Bliss. I want to own the original piece, buy a nice ritzy house, and then hang this in my living room in the most prominent, eye-catching place.