2016重磅金属乐队来袭（二）

2016重磅金属乐队来袭（二）

大家好，这里是YOYO聊音乐第五集。在元旦假期里，YOYO跟大家聊了近期呼声极高，业界认为有望在2016再次引发金属狂潮的几支乐队，并和大家分享他们的成功之作。今天，我们继续聊聊这些重磅金属乐队。

The playlist: metal – Megadeth, Vektor, Heck and more

Veteran thrash titans unleash fiery new material, noisecore legends set the airwaves rampaging and anthemic Norwegians bring the big choruses

Dom Lawson

Vektor – Ultimate Artificer

Eschewing the now well-worn retro thrash ethos in favour of a wilfully eccentric and proudly demented approach that marks them out as heirs to Voivod's skewed prog metal throne, Vektor are simply one of the most feted bands in the underground right now. Conceptually tethered to the darkest of sci-fi conceits and clearly disinterested in toning things down to lure in mainstream metal fans, the Canadians' forthcoming third album promises to be a bit special, the unhinged intensity of Ultimate Artificer pointing to an increasingly uncompromising vision and a sense of urgency that few contemporary bands can match. Evil cosmic thrash... yes, it's a thing.

Shotgun Rodeo – Up In Smoke

In metal circles, Norway is known primarily for its grim and shadowy black metal scene, but Shotgun Rodeo are audibly hell-bent on altering that focus. A masterful blend of old school bombast and ferociously modern crunch, the Trondheim gang's forthcoming World Wide Genocide album is so unashamedly joyful and anthemic that it's easy to imagine these songs being performed in arenas. While many latter-day students of Priest and Maiden stick rigidly to a reverential template, Shotgun Rodeo somehow make their giant choruses and elaborate, virtuoso arrangements sound utterly fresh and timely. Big, bold and belligerent heavy metal with soaring melodies, plenty of lyricalbite and a sense of fun that will surely prove to be infectious.

Heck – The Breakers

The band formerly known as Baby Godzilla may have had to negotiate a change of identity, but the sublime madness that drives their flailing noisecore missives remains as potent as ever. Recreating the untamed pandemonium of the quartet's near-legendary live shows is never going to be a straightforward task, but The Breakers nails it in three-and-a-half barking mad and brilliantly bellicose minutes. Raw, rampaging and always teetering on the edge of chaos, this is heavy enough to engage curious metalheads and noisy enough to give Thurston Moore a splitting headache.

YOYO聊音乐

Retro thrash

如果大家对 Retro style 不陌生，应该不难猜测什么是 Retro thrash 了。Retro style 实际上是对“怀旧风”或者“复古风”的一个泛称，具体到不同领域，可以有衣着、家居、模式甚至态度的 retro。

这里大家可能会问，究竟 retro 怀的有多“旧”，复的有多“古”呢？其实也许远没有你想象得那样久远——一般也就是回溯15至20年的光景。说到这儿，大家可以推算一下 retro thrash 大概是起源于什么年代的金属风潮了。

不过 retro thrash 似乎并没有它的前辈 thrash 那样受欢迎。首先，这一波怀旧风中涌现的乐队实在是良莠不齐，而且貌似莠的比良的多得多。其次，相当一部分的所谓“新作”充其量只能算是“模仿”（演奏技巧上尤其如此），更遑论那些画虎不成的作品（相比之下，前辈们的演奏技巧还真是杠杠的难以超越啊）。再次，说好些，回潮乐队的精力全花在夸张作秀（showmanship）上了。也难怪不少乐迷认为这是一次极为失败的回潮。

但是，但是，但是——优秀的乐队，光芒总是万丈——Violator, Lich King 以及 Municiple Waste 的很多作品还是棒棒的。

prog metal

大名 Progressive metal，中文名前卫金属，也是 heavy metal 的一个 sub，起源于上世纪70年代的英国和美国。看名字不难猜出它的双亲：一边是 heavy metal，沿袭了吉他主导金属乐的张力；另一边是 progressive rock，继承了更为复杂的演奏和作曲技法，以及随之而来的更强的音乐性。
                                                                                    
Forests of Legend
                        
Vektor - Black Future

Vektor, Sci-fi Thrashers Terminal Redux, Ultimate Artificer

来看一下文中第三位出现的 Vektor 乐队——这也是YOYO本人钟爱的一支乐队。如果要给这支美帝（文中说是 Canadians，其实是四个老美在美国成立的）乐队贴上标签的话，那么至少应该有三个：thrash metal，prog metal 和 sci-fi。前两个大家通过YOYO的介绍应该已经有所了解，那第三个到底是什么呢？

其实这里的 sci-fi 指的是音乐主题。Vektor 是一支很特别的乐队，他们的作品经常以科幻为主题。

比如他们即将在2016年发行的新专辑‘Terminal Redux’（文中推荐的 Ultimate Artificer 这支单曲，实际上是这张专辑的第五首歌），就又是一张概念专辑，它讲述了一个完整的音乐故事，情节大致是：在某个时空中，天琴座政权正一统全宇宙。在这个星座上的我们的主人公用尽各种手腕登上权利巅峰后，却发现权利其实只不过是一种幻象罢了（Judas Priest

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