.Metal. [Archive] - Page 7

Khiempossible

07-24-2008, 11:59 AM

Lists sell, but who's buying? List no prisoners. Into the lists of hell. Fuck, somebody get me out of here...

let me... list in peace.

lol

Everyone go listen to Altars of Madness. I always knew how good this shit was, but then I read the insert for the first time last and I quote:

'Morbid Angel's message is about thinking for yourself. To be a force that loosens and helps to tear down the conditioned limiting paradigms which enslave mankind by blocking the realization, flow and manifestations of Spirit in their lives. To interrupt the mass hypnosis that hinders one's pursuit of their dreams and causes the illusion of separation from the Higher Self. To promote clarity and to quiet the clamoring of those treacherous ones who seem only to wish confusion and belittlement upon mankind by influencing us to willingly receive and find comfort in these shackles presented to us all by the falsifiers. To shine some light, which removes the shadows and illusions, so we all may reach the potential that is ours by birthright. And it's not about destroying those who try to manipulate for they are already their own worst enemy, but rather to remove within ourselves the fear induced confusion which would give nourishment to their unskilled influences and ultimately give aid to those disconnected ones as to help free themselves from their own sufferings and "sin". Only once this dilapidated "unreal" foundation is cleared away can the individual witness the Affluence of the Living Continuum and utilize the magic that is deep within each and everyone of us, always.'

- Trey Azagthoth, 1989

Azagthoth is fucking smart. He describes everything I believe in different words.

BudaFuka

07-24-2008, 12:23 PM

I don't mind that genre name actually. Think rock vs. avant garde rock.

A lot of the music I like seems to be described by that avant garde term.

Anyways, for all the other avant garde fans out there (as in the genre, not the band) Dodheimsgard's 666 International was fucking brilliant:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=T_5KRUSBOvk

You know, I had about 4 paragraphs worth of arguments about how the Avant Garde label gets thrown around too often...

Around the 5th paragraph, I was thinking how pointless the entire thing was and started listening to Slayer instead...:rock::rock:

Etcetera

07-24-2008, 02:18 PM

I just read about the exhumed to consume tour, and I am incredibly jealous of anyone that has it coming through their city. Lineup includes just to name a few Aborted, Necrophagist, 1349 (Who I really want to see live one of these days, bonus points if Frost is drumming too), Suffocation, and headlining is Carcass.
Holy Shit.

Azagtoth

07-26-2008, 04:34 PM

Azagtoth is fucking smart.

Fixed for you. :wgrin:

From what I know about him (Trey), the guy does seem pretty cool.

Fuck, here I am doing the genre thing. 'Scuse me while I go hang myself.

Baited. :rofl:

Maybe some people find it easy shorthand, but it just further confuses me. Every fucking post hardcore band adds "Progressive" as one of their genres on myspace and everyone just assumes that means "better than something that isn't Progressive."

I mean, if it works for some of you guys, great, but I don't get it.

The name does have it's own conventions genre-wise, but most of those kids have the very mindset you mentioned and think listing themselves as progressive when they're just like every other post-hardcore band will make them look musically enlightened somehow. I'll be the first to admit I'm not all that familiar with the genre, but it's not that difficult to discern when they're bullshitting/misguided.

goodm0urning

07-26-2008, 04:44 PM

My band signed up for MySpace as "progressive/experimental" because we pretty much have no other idea what we should list ourselves as. Get four guys into a room with four very different sets of influences and have fun figuring out what to call it.

So, whatever. Yay progressive music.

Debaser

07-26-2008, 05:34 PM

Need moar death metal recommendations por favor. I like Nile DG.

Khiempossible

07-27-2008, 11:12 AM

Need moar death metal recommendations por favor. I like Nile DG.

death - all their albums
morbid angel - altars of madness
morbid angel - blessed are the sick
cryptopsy - none so vile
entombed - left hand path
entombed - clandestine
darkthrone - soulside journey
possessed - seven churches
obituary - cause of death

I like to kick it oldschool. sorry?

BudaFuka

07-27-2008, 11:46 AM

death - all their albums
morbid angel - altars of madness
morbid angel - blessed are the sick
cryptopsy - none so vile
entombed - left hand path
entombed - clandestine
darkthrone - soulside journey
possessed - seven churches
obituary - cause of death

I like to kick it oldschool. sorry?

Death is all he needs for life.

DarkGiygas

07-27-2008, 12:19 PM

anyone listened to the new Gridlink album? (jon changs new band)

shit is just ridiculous...11 tracks, 12 minutes

Khiempossible

07-27-2008, 12:49 PM

anyone listened to the new Gridlink album? (jon changs new band)

shit is just ridiculous...11 tracks, 12 minutes

is it grindcore? cause reminds me pig destroyer's prowler in the yard:

22 tracks 36 minutes

or better yet, diabolical masquerade (apparently this was the sound track to movie that was never released) did death's design.

61 tracks 42 minutes.

I can vouch both these albums to be excellent.

Shazay

07-27-2008, 12:55 PM

Sigh is awesome. I love Imaginary Sonicscape and Hangman's Hymn.

I really hope they play Inked In Blood (http://youtube.com/watch?v=nsjQ3Suof3k&feature=related) when I see them. I wonder how well they can pull this stuff off live D:

DarkGiygas

07-27-2008, 12:57 PM

yea, grind or thrash-grind i guess (lol genres)

http://www.myspace.com/gridlink

theres a sample track on there

Gasp

07-27-2008, 02:55 PM

new gridlink is good reminds me of discordance axis (of course) and birdflesh

fallot

07-27-2008, 03:07 PM

Canto

07-27-2008, 05:13 PM

Bored with metal ?! Check out Symhony X's album V.. some amazing shit going on there.

What does everyone think of Matt Barlow coming back to Iced Earth? I personally like Iced Earth a lot but when they got that new singer I was dismayed and confused.. I really liked Barlow's vocals.. but now hes coming back!!!! But will it be the same again? I actually like some of their songs with Owens and that new promo CD with Barlow singing sounds real good.

I have hopes, but I'm not sure if the lyrics will all be that great again. Latley its been about southern wars and setians and shit lol.

Gasp

07-27-2008, 05:42 PM

Its Shadows, by Creepmime. I'm a little sad that the first thing I've enjoyed listening to for a long time comes from 1993, but yeah, thought I'd pass it on.

i like it
check out necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence and this is a maybe but Coffins - The Other Side Of Blasphemy, slow sludgy 90s metal

Khiempossible

07-27-2008, 05:44 PM

I'm really bored with metal; almost everything seems to be 100% style and no substance. Stupid myspace bands and mediocre stuff abounds :(

However, I was recently introduced to an album which I'm listening to almost constantly. Its Shadows, by Creepmime. I'm a little sad that the first thing I've enjoyed listening to for a long time comes from 1993, but yeah, thought I'd pass it on.

Besides the recommendations you already got. Gorguts - Obscura. Difficult listen but well worth the time!

Bored with metal ?! Check out Symhony X's album V.. some amazing shit going on there.

What does everyone think of Matt Barlow coming back to Iced Earth? I personally like Iced Earth a lot but when they got that new singer I was dismayed and confused.. I really liked Barlow's vocals.. but now hes coming back!!!! But will it be the same again? I actually like some of their songs with Owens and that new promo CD with Barlow singing sounds real good.

I have hopes, but I'm not sure if the lyrics will all be that great again. Latley its been about southern wars and setians and shit lol.

symphony x and iced earth are probably the last things this guy wants to hear. Even I am familiar with being bored of metal.

albums made in the last 5 years (sorta metal, but not really) that I would actually recommend as interesting.

Earth - Hex Or Printing In The Infernal Method
Isis - In the Absence of Truth
Boris - Pink
Khanate - capture/release
Nasum - Helvete (they've since done 4 other albums, but I haven't heard them)
Ulver - Blood Inside
Upland - Obliterated

so basically nasum is the only real metal on there. and it's death/grind. The rest of my list is really interesting though.

Debaser

07-27-2008, 06:25 PM

Gorehound

07-27-2008, 07:10 PM

possessed - seven churches

Nobody can call themselves a Metalhead if they don't own this album!!!!

Torn Apart

07-27-2008, 10:32 PM

Need moar death metal recommendations por favor. I like Nile DG.

Khiempossible already recomended some good ones, but here are some more to check out:

Dismember
Grave
Edge of Sanity
Asphyx
Blood Freak
Frightmare
Autopsy
Paganizer
Demilich
Pestilence
Malevolent Creation

fallot

07-27-2008, 11:26 PM

pherai

07-27-2008, 11:28 PM

Big lists are nice and all, but you should really take your time with this stuff. Some of these bands are great, and deserve your undivided listening attention. Its erudite stuff, you don't want to brush it superficially and pass on to the next one.

Yeah, I give and take one recommendation at a time. It takes me a while to digest albums so I can't go out and grab 3 or more albums and be listening to them all at the same time.

Gasp

07-28-2008, 01:21 AM

wow

http://a262.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/23/l_79fcf496604260ab33dbbca15322150d.jpg

Khiempossible

07-28-2008, 04:29 AM

Yeah, I give and take one recommendation at a time. It takes me a while to digest albums so I can't go out and grab 3 or more albums and be listening to them all at the same time.

I disagree, I like to have music available. My music taste is variable with my mood, I'm not going to take a death metal recommendation and then listen to it until I digest it. It's in all likelyhood gonna sit there until I'm ready to listen to it. Then it's going to wait til I'm in that mood several times, until I've listened to it enough to digest it. This can take years.

Sometimes, I just get on bouts of music. For instance I just recently went through a trance phase and downloaded several gigs of trance music. I gave them all several cursory listens, picked out the tracks/artists I liked and then listened to them even more.

Filtering music to your tastes is a long laborious process. I'm never gonna just listen to one album and take it for granted. I fully understand that every album NEEDS to be digested, it's just that I'm going to eat it while I'm shopping.

pherai

07-28-2008, 09:11 AM

To each his own. I never meant to say my way was right. I've just found whenever I grabbed 5 albums at a time I ended up never listening to 4 of them, and it usually takes me at least 10-20 listens to an album before I start to hear everything thats going on. It makes it fucking hard to keep up when everyone else is spinning 30+ new albums a year.

Gorehound

07-28-2008, 12:36 PM

Khiempossible already recomended some good ones, but here are some more to check out:

Dismember
Grave
Edge of Sanity
Asphyx
Blood Freak
Frightmare
Autopsy
Paganizer
Demilich
Pestilence
Malevolent Creation

YES!!, especially Frightmare and Blood Freak, but I never got into Malevolent Creation, they do great live sets but I couldn't get into them.

wow

http://a262.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/23/l_79fcf496604260ab33dbbca15322150d.jpg

Damnit, I want to be there but Eyehategod only do one off shows and mostly in the Louisiana area!!!

Great news!!!

Carcass just announced a 9/18 Los Angeles date, sucks that its at the Hollywood House of Blues :arazz:

TheSix

07-28-2008, 09:39 PM

I am VERY upset that Quo Vadis has disbanded. It just doesn't seem real.

I just might kill myself.

:cry:

Gasp

07-29-2008, 11:21 PM

so uh for doom sludge fans, i found one an album on my old hd

Toadliquor - The Hortator's Lament

i highly recommend you grab it

its one of the heaviest ugliest albums i've ever heard grab it dogs

Tetsu

07-30-2008, 03:30 AM

anyone know a good site to track tours?(mainly of death and black, i am a genre whore)

That carcass and 1349 show is going to be fucking badass, and suffocation still rocking.To bad the nearest place they are playing is 5 hours away. Any other good tours out there this year?

south FL always gets the same bands. Can't complain though nothing like seeing 1349 and king diamond. Though deicide and cannibal corpse is starting to be a bore. I see them atleast 6 times a year. Cannibal corpse seems to play alot of gig in FL.

Khiempossible

07-30-2008, 08:30 AM

don't you have a local record store?

I just go to my local indepedant record store. The guys who own the store, book and promote the shows. they have their own site: http://www.punkottawa.com/shows/index.shtml which shows the listings for basically all the punk/metal/hardcore/indie shows in ottawa.

Just find out who promotes the shows nearby. Promoters will always be obliged to give you the low down on anything interesting happening.

Azagtoth

07-30-2008, 10:59 AM

south FL always gets the same bands. Can't complain though nothing like seeing 1349 and king diamond. Though deicide and cannibal corpse is starting to be a bore. I see them atleast 6 times a year. Cannibal corpse seems to play alot of gig in FL.

Get on the mailing list for Culture Room and Revolution if you haven't already. Most of the decent metal shows we get end up being there, Miami itself doesn't get much (we got Progressive Nation, at least).

If you find a good site, let me know.

Biolink

07-30-2008, 11:05 AM

Can anyone here recommend me some Van Halen?

Khiempossible

07-30-2008, 12:05 PM

Can anyone here recommend me some Van Halen?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5t5GukrWOU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpX3NhpRGdE

BudaFuka

07-30-2008, 12:24 PM

Can anyone here recommend me some Van Halen?

Just get the "Best Of Both Worlds", its got the essentials. Although it is a little biased towards Hagar than Roth...

goodm0urning

07-30-2008, 02:40 PM

Can anyone here recommend me some Van Halen?My three favorite Van Halen albums (three of my all-time favorite albums, in fact) are:

Van Halen

This is the album with the bulk of their biggest tunes from their club days in the 70s. It's nothing terribly sophisticated, but it rocks with its balls out. The production is unique among Van Halen albums, especially Ed's guitar--it's very trebly and high gain (for those days) with that cool slow motion phasing that he loved back then. This is the album that earned him his reputation for batshit crazy guitar solos.

Tunes to check out on this one: "Eruption" (natch), "On Fire," "Runnin' With the Devil," "I'm the One," "You Really Got Me"... pretty much all of it.

Fair Warning

This seems to be the bastard child of early Van Halen albums, but I fucking love it. It has tunes that introduce elements of blues, reggae, and funk, while keeping one foot solidly planted in rock territory. Ed's playing is actually pretty rhythm-heavy on this one, but it has some of his most interesting lead work as well.

Tunes to check out on this one: "Mean Streets" (oh, those solos), "Unchained," "Sinners Swing," "Hear About It Later" (maybe their poppiest tune from these days)

1984

To me, the production on this album is the quintessential Van Halen song. Mike's bass is full but unobtrusive, Al's drums are absolutely perfect and miles above the freeze-dried drum tones of the 80s, and Ed's guitar is at the apex of its tone. He turned his gain down and trusted his hands to produce the sound, which is very organic. The songs are at their most economical and riffy. Ed played like a kid in a candy store on the earlier albums, but here he plays like the master that he is.

"No duh" tunes: "Jump," "Panama," "Hot For Teacher"

Less obvious, but equally great tunes: "Top Jimmy," "Drop Dead Legs," "House of Pain" (apparently a castoff from the very first album, for some crazy reason)

You've probably noticed, but I have a huge soft spot for Van Halen. Ed has always been my favorite guitarist, and I credit him with turning me onto both the electric guitar and music in general.

BudaFuka

07-30-2008, 04:13 PM

I LUV Van Halen!!!!

No love for Sammy Hagar?

NegroNinja

07-30-2008, 04:19 PM

No love for Sammy Hagar?

Solo stuff hell yeah.

goodm0urning

07-30-2008, 04:31 PM

No love for Sammy Hagar?5150 definitely hangs with the earlier albums, but when I'm going strictly by my personal favorites, I don't feel the need to be inclusive to all VH singers. 5150 isn't as definitive or good as the ones I previously mentioned, and the production is a huge letdown after the quintessential sound of 1984. The rocking tunes are a little bland, but the poppier songs are great. It's not as good as VH2, but it's probably better than Women and Children First, and much better than Diver Down.

OU812 has some good moments as well ("Cabo Wabo," "Finish What Ya Started," "When It's Love"), but to me, this was the beginning of Serious Van Halen. Not that the previous albums weren't Serious in some respects, but this was Serious Van Halen that took itself way too Seriously. Some bands, like Rush, are good at Serious. Van Halen don't do Serious well.

By the F.U.C.K. album, they had gotten so Serious that their lighter side--previously their bread and butter--actually started to suffer. I wouldn't recommend any of the 90s albums. I wouldn't change the station if the songs came on the radio, but I wouldn't go out of my way listen to them for personal enjoyment. They're just not very good.

BudaFuka

07-30-2008, 05:00 PM

5150 was the only album I was surprised you left out, but after seeing your reasoning, I can understand why.

OmegaX

08-06-2008, 08:24 PM

Not exactly metal but I saw Blue Oyster Cult almost a week ago. They were playing a free show in my downtown area and I thought why the hell not, they have an ok rep and it's free. Not a big BOC fan, only recognized two songs, but the extended guitar solo in the middle of their set was pretty good.

UFO ended up playing the day after with some local band and an AC/DC cover band opening for them but I didn't have time to go the festival that day. Allegedly this was the only show UFO was going to play in the US this year and that my city/town shelled out some cash to fly them over here and have them play. Hopefully the city decides to book popular bands again next year, maybe something a little harder this time.

BudaFuka

08-06-2008, 08:34 PM

^^I heard BOC always does at least fifteen minutes of Godzilla, did they do that there?

OmegaX

08-06-2008, 08:43 PM

It was the best song of the night IMO. It was the second to last song of their set, one of the singers/guitarists starts on some spiel about some monster and everyone knows whats next. Didn't recognized the bassist but he apparently used to play bass for Quiet Riot and Whitesnake. During the middle of Godzilla they paused from the song and played some parts from a Whitesnake song, can't remember if they did any QR stuff, and a bit of Crazy Train (Randy Rhoads reference) then finished Godzilla.

goodm0urning

08-07-2008, 01:08 PM

NeoBlood

08-07-2008, 02:25 PM

MagnetGenocide

08-07-2008, 03:49 PM

Anybody else looking forward to the new All That Remains album? Theyve put up 2 tracks from it on their myspace page and it sounds pretty good. Sounds like the lead singer is going for more of a death growl than a core scream/growl but hes done that before in a few songs.

Yeallz yeah im sooo stoked to see them at warped in a few weeks. And yes
the new tracks sound hot!!! :rock:

Im also looking forward to seeing "Bring Me The Horizon" for the first time.
I haven't hardcore dance in a while but i'll be getting down in the pit.

Azagtoth

08-07-2008, 05:00 PM

Anybody else looking forward to the new All That Remains album? Theyve put up 2 tracks from it on their myspace page and it sounds pretty good. Sounds like the lead singer is going for more of a death growl than a core scream/growl but hes done that before in a few songs.

Honestly I used to be a huge fan of them when I was more into American metalcore stuff, but it doesn't sound like they want to grow out of their role of being the other Shadows Fall/KSE/whatever band, so I dunno. First song was generic (singy chorus that they did on almost every song on the last album, cool solo though), the second was boring, and they've shown they can easily do much better than this.

MezzoForte

08-07-2008, 05:11 PM

I haven't hardcore dance in a while but i'll be getting down in the pit.

I personally don't like a lot of metalcore, due mainly in part because of the sound obviously; however, one thing that always bothered me about the metalcore scene was the hardcore dancers lol. You said it yourself, you're going into the pit (kudos to anyone who just got the Testament reference), so you're going there to mosh, not karate chop peoples' heads off :rofl:.

This is my first post on SRK, so I just wanted to start off with a few rec's that I think have not been given yet (sorry, the thread is just so old that I decided not to go thoroughly into it just to give some rec's). It's mostly oldschool and some traditional, technical death.

Anata - Dreams of Death And Dismay*
Decapitated - Winds of Creation
Deeds of Flesh - Mark of The Legion
Dehumanized - Prophecies Foretold
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Desultory - Into Eternity
Dying Fetus - Destroy The Opposition
Morpheus Descends - Ritual of Infinity
Ripping Corpse - Dreaming With The Dead
Therion - ...of Darkness
Vader - Litany

* The Anata listed has one of my favorite songs in techdeath history, which would be The Enigma of Number 3. YOU MUST LISTEN TO IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!

NegroNinja

08-07-2008, 05:12 PM

Uh WTF? Snot's back with a new song? (http://www.myspace.com/snot)

I'm not surprised it sounds the way it does, even though I'm sure this new singer can do the old songs...what's up with the unfunky sound? Beh...

And yes I dug old snot, them and Static X were pretty much the best two bands to come out of the 'nu metal' scene.

MagnetGenocide

08-07-2008, 05:36 PM

I personally don't like a lot of metalcore, due mainly in part because of the sound obviously; however, one thing that always bothered me about the metalcore scene was the hardcore dancers lol. You said it yourself, you're going into the pit (kudos to anyone who just got the Testament reference), so you're going there to mosh, not karate chop peoples' heads off :rofl:.

But it's really really fun. People always talk shit about it till they do it themselves.
sorry i didin't like it before till "one summer" i fought with the invisible ninjas for
the very first time, been doing it ever since...........

MezzoForte

08-07-2008, 07:56 PM

Fair enough if you find it fun, it's just not for me. I always thought that, you know, hardcore dancing would stay with the actual hardcore of the mid-90's. People who hardcore dance during traditional DM sets get pounded on, though :wgrin:.

Soooooo... anyone in the metal thread play any instruments?

goodm0urning

08-07-2008, 08:16 PM

Soooooo... anyone in the metal thread play any instruments?I'm in a band. I attempt to operate a guitar.

OmegaX

08-07-2008, 08:26 PM

Rudy Sarzo?

Looked enough liked him when I saw him but I was at a distance so it could have been a roadie on bass for all I knew. Also didn't know this guy played bass for Ozzy as well during the Randy Rhoads era so while he was mentioned, it wasn't as much of a reference as I thought.

NeoBlood

08-07-2008, 09:30 PM

Honestly I used to be a huge fan of them when I was more into American metalcore stuff, but it doesn't sound like they want to grow out of their role of being the other Shadows Fall/KSE/whatever band, so I dunno. First song was generic (singy chorus that they did on almost every song on the last album, cool solo though), the second was boring, and they've shown they can easily do much better than this.

Yeah I definitely feel where you are coming from. I got into them with Fall of Ideals, but This Darkened Heart made me a fan. That album is crazy good and catchy without being sing songy.

MagnetGenocide

08-07-2008, 11:34 PM

Soooooo... anyone in the metal thread play any instruments?

Guitar......... wish i was just better at it.

hawaiigamer142

08-07-2008, 11:43 PM

I play guitar too. I'm not that great either, but I'll murder (in a good way) some Killswitch Engage songs. Heh.

MezzoForte

08-08-2008, 08:51 AM

Cool stuff. I also play guitar, even if I consider myself a drummer. This January I picked up this miniature Vee by Epiphone (appropriately titled the 'VeeWee') and it's pretty sick for a small-scale axe. The pickup is NICE. I usually use it to mess around with leads because you need to tune it up a few steps for it to stay in tune at all :rofl:. I can't sweep, but I like to think that I know my scales enough to create somewhat neoclassical leads.

I wish I could post some stuff. I made a bunch of metal riffs that I've been meaning to turn into songs but was always too lazy to organize them.

Khiempossible

08-08-2008, 01:24 PM

i play...

piano.

\m/ I'm so grim \m/

lol

Azagtoth

08-08-2008, 01:43 PM

I'm in a band. I attempt to operate a guitar.

Likewise, and this is probably going to get repeated a few thousand times.

SRK bands represent. Post your myspaces dammit!

www.myspace.com/ridthedisease

pherai

08-08-2008, 01:47 PM

I think most metal fans are just so-so at guitar. I fuck around on guitar and sometimes piano. I used to be a somewhat competent brass player (trumpet, euphonium etc.) but it's a bit harder to find groups where horns fit in outside of academia.

PanderanGambler

08-08-2008, 01:49 PM

I can bust some guitar riffs.

Was trying to Learn how to play Jordan by Buckethead but gave up. I cant keep up with most of the songs i try to play.

MezzoForte

08-08-2008, 02:06 PM

Azagtoth your group is sick. It has a much more interesting direction than most of today's bandwagon -core fest (it makes ACTUAL use of melody, rather than riding At The Gates' and In Flames' dicks :rofl:). I'm a drummer, but I don't have a developed foot to keep up with blasting and I've never owned a double pedal lol. Still, I try to keep up drumming with the likes of Dark Angel and other speedy thrash outfits.

Anyone here know of a Japanese melodic death metal band named Intestine Baalism? If you don't I suggest you GET OFF YOUR ASS AND GOOGLE THEM.

Two bands that I can recommend to people who try to keep it with the likes of Sabbath (and specifically Sabbath) are Reverend Bizarre and Saint Vitus.

Azagtoth

08-08-2008, 02:08 PM

Azagtoth your group is sick. It has a much more interesting direction than most of today's bandwagon -core fest (it makes ACTUAL use of melody, rather than riding At The Gates' and In Flames' dicks :rofl:). I'm a drummer, but I don't have a developed foot to keep up with blasting and I've never owned a double pedal lol. Still, I try to keep up drumming with the likes of Dark Angel and other speedy thrash outfits.

Thanks, glad you enjoy it. I just wish it was actually a group and not just "me at a computer." :(

MagnetGenocide

08-08-2008, 02:38 PM

Likewise, and this is probably going to get repeated a few thousand times.

SRK bands represent. Post your myspaces dammit!

www.myspace.com/ridthedisease

Good Stuff Azagtoth!! not my cup of tea im one of those "Core Guys" Especially Deathcore but i do appreciate what you play.

NegroNinja

08-08-2008, 03:13 PM

I play guitar, or rather used..haven't done it much lately, people said I was good but I'm my own worst critic and think everything I do sounds like crap.

{PFH}-Lake

08-08-2008, 04:51 PM

anyone have any more power metal bands? Ive been listing to nightwish and kamelot

pherai

08-08-2008, 05:02 PM

I mostly listen to power metal. I've been diggin Blind Guardian lately.

Armo

08-08-2008, 05:18 PM

I mostly listen to power metal. I've been diggin Blind Guardian lately.

"NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHTFAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!" :rock:

MezzoForte

08-08-2008, 05:46 PM

pshhh FORGET NIGHTFALL. It's all about Imaginations, man.

OmegaX

08-08-2008, 07:49 PM

I play drum, though I haven't been practicing lately and I've gotten kinda shabby

Thanks, glad you enjoy it. I just wish it was actually a group and not just "me at a computer." :(

Do you create sections for other instruments on some computer program? I had a friend who did this but I never got into it. I think he only programmed some drum part that did blast-beats at like 250 bpm for some uber amount of time, just sounded to artificial.

Azagtoth

08-08-2008, 11:28 PM

Do you create sections for other instruments on some computer program? I had a friend who did this but I never got into it. I think he only programmed some drum part that did blast-beats at like 250 bpm for some uber amount of time, just sounded to artificial.

Yeah. Everything outside of the guitars is VST. I only do it out of necessity, I would much rather have actual people, but I gotta get shit done. =P

-SuGaR-

08-08-2008, 11:32 PM

Anyone hear anything about Mudvayne's new ablum?

NegroNinja

08-10-2008, 03:31 AM

So uuuh new metallica song, any thoughts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfms8L6lK5A

Goin on record as saying it's the best stuff they've in a while..but reserve judgment til I hear the whole abum.

TheSix

08-10-2008, 03:38 AM

Anyone hear anything about Mudvayne's new ablum?

Nada.

If the song on the fan compilation is an early indication, it will sound like Lost and Found.

Which would bring them much more commercial success. But man do I miss the old freaky LD50/EOATTC stuff.

Whatever. Martinie is god.

Kayin

08-10-2008, 03:38 AM

Likewise, and this is probably going to get repeated a few thousand times.

SRK bands represent. Post your myspaces dammit!

www.myspace.com/ridthedisease

Sick shit, dude, you need to be in an actual band.

-SuGaR-

08-10-2008, 04:07 AM

Nada.

If the song on the fan compilation is an early indication, it will sound like Lost and Found.

Which would bring them much more commercial success. But man do I miss the old freaky LD50/EOATTC stuff.

Whatever. Martinie is god.
I honestly can say I enjoyed Lost and Found but it was because of songs like IMN, Just and RAIN. SUN. GONE. not Happy? and Forget to Remember(even thought I really like Forget to Remember). However, L.D. 50 is easily their best.

Oh, and yes, Ryan Martinie is one of the best bass players out there today, maybe of all time.

OmegaX

08-11-2008, 08:58 PM

So uuuh new metallica song, any thoughts:

Goin on record as saying it's the best stuff they've in a while..but reserve judgment til I hear the whole abum.

Sounded okay, I sorta imagined some of the solos from the album to sound like that from what I've read about the upcoming album. I'll wait for a studio version of the song to able to hear it clearer.

Dencore

08-11-2008, 11:04 PM

Any Forbidden fans?

"Through Eyes of Glass" (LIVE) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aWtBIBjTj4)

"Step by Step" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpyZHXzChfU&feature=related)

"Infinite" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5oxXsfB0sM)

goodm0urning

08-13-2008, 05:52 AM

So uuuh new metallica song, any thoughts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfms8L6lK5A

Goin on record as saying it's the best stuff they've in a while..but reserve judgment til I hear the whole abum.Sounds like they're pandering to people who still get a boner over ...And Justice For All. Meh.

Shaft Agent

08-13-2008, 06:13 AM

Sounds like they're pandering to people who still get a boner over ...And Justice For All. Meh.

as one of the few guys that actually seem to not hate songs off of ...And Justice For All, i'll say that if you took out Hetfield's singing, the song would sound like one of those "stock" songs that they play on clip shows like Max X- you know, the ones that kind of sound like a song you've heard before, but the chord progression was reversed so they wouldn't get sued...

but since it is Metallica, i'll listen to the album when it comes out to make a fair judgment.

goodm0urning

08-13-2008, 06:37 AM

fallot

08-13-2008, 06:40 AM

Any Forbidden fans?

Surprised I'd never heard of this band before. After listening to them, I think I can unfortunately see why :(

It does make me optimistic that the current trend of mediocrity will also disappear into history, eventually. That's the best that came out of "Twisted Into Form" for me. Do they have better stuff?

pherai

08-13-2008, 07:42 AM

Metallica is just fresh out of ideas now. I think 99% of bands who write a great album in their career kind of stumble upon that greatness on accident. It's no genius at work. I'm starting to lump Metallica into that group now except that they were able to continue to write new songs in the same style for several albums. Maybe at one point they were creative, but they've boxed themselves in, so the only way anyone will say anything positive about them is if they cannibalize their old stuff. I'll take Judas Priest rehashing over Metallica rehashing.

goodm0urning

08-13-2008, 07:58 AM

Metallica were a great band once. Their energy and technique on Kill 'Em All is still impressive. 25 years later, they still have the technique, but the energy is gone. It happens to the best of them and there's nothing wrong with it, but you do have to accept sooner or later that they can't possibly replicate what they used to have at this point.

It helps that they were in the right time and place to be part of an exploding social movement, which ended in the same way as any social movement: capitalized on by corporations and beset with endless imitators. For further reference, see just about any noteworthy rock band of the 60s and early 70s.

BudaFuka

08-13-2008, 03:09 PM

So, anyone know some good folk metal bands?

pherai

08-13-2008, 03:22 PM

So, anyone know some good folk metal bands?

folk metal is one of those really ambiguous labels, but I think the standards are...

Finntroll
Ensiferum
Korpiklaani

Finntroll has some really catchy songs, although I think Ensiferum has the best good song batting average.

Also, I'm not sure if they qualify, but Silent Stream of Godless Elegy kicks major ass too.

BudaFuka

08-13-2008, 03:29 PM

I knew it would be all over the place, just trying to see whats out there. Thanks for the recommendations.:tup:

Azagtoth

08-13-2008, 05:01 PM

So, anyone know some good folk metal bands?

Moonsorrow god dammit.

Seriously though they're amazing. Turisas and Falkenbach are good as well.

For something that isn't Finnish try Arkona or Eluveitie.

pherai

08-13-2008, 05:18 PM

Eluveitie.

They definitely kick ass. I don't suppose you checked out Pagan fest?

Moonsorrow is cool, but the songs are so damned long. Sadly I don't get many opportunities to listen to 15 minute songs.

BudaFuka

08-13-2008, 05:21 PM

Eluveitie is actually the band that got me interested in this. Thanks again guys.:tup:

BBQ

08-13-2008, 05:27 PM

So, anyone know some good folk metal bands?

Vintersorg! You can also go on youtube and search "top 10 folk/viking metal"
and see what you like out of the videos.

Khiempossible

08-13-2008, 05:41 PM

I liked everything by Falkenbach up to and including his first album. Then he went all weaksauce.

I need folk metal with a punch.

seriously though, hands down best folk metal album ever

Ulver - Kveldssanger

the Ukranian band Drudkh is also pleasant to my ears.

and how have we forgotten the infamous Amon Amarth?

Wait that's viking/death.

Joy to labels.

goodm0urning

08-13-2008, 07:11 PM

Shazay

08-13-2008, 07:37 PM

Folk Metal?

Try Agalloch (The Mantle and Ashes Against The Grain are very good).

the T1AN

08-13-2008, 08:25 PM

^ I wouldn't call them folk, but...

I love Ashes Against the Grain. Great album.

pherai

08-13-2008, 08:30 PM

How many of you guys rep the long hair?

BudaFuka

08-13-2008, 09:25 PM

Finntroll

Moonsorrow

Ulver - Kveldssanger

Agalloch

:pray::pray::pray::pray:

BBQ

08-13-2008, 10:07 PM

How many of you guys rep the long hair?

It's a work in process, I was a q-tip in febuary and that was the last time I had my hair cut. Hopefully I won't have any more surgeries so I can head bang proper.

Khiempossible

08-14-2008, 01:07 PM

How many of you guys rep the long hair?

I had 15 inches of it back in high school, cause I thought long hair made me more metal, but really, image has nothing to do with being metal.

so for about 4 years now I've kept it short, and I'm more metal than I ever was in high school.

I don't dress in black (actually I prefer dressing in white)
I don't wear corspsepaint.
I don't wear jewelry (bracelets/bullet belts etc.)
I don't even wear metal shirts.
But am I any less metal?

Fuck that I'm the biggest elitist here lol.

the T1AN

08-14-2008, 07:27 PM

Anyone got any recommendations for good bands that don't sing in English? I'm hoping to find some French ones but Finnish is cool too.

I'm pretty open genre wise so just throw whatever at me.

pherai

08-14-2008, 07:52 PM

I've heard of people liking music for silly gimmicks, but never for the language spoken :rofl:

Also, metal is all about image in the sense that being an ugly long haired nerd is metal

OmegaX

08-14-2008, 08:54 PM

as one of the few guys that actually seem to not hate songs off of ...And Justice For All, i'll say that if you took out Hetfield's singing, the song would sound like one of those "stock" songs that they play on clip shows like Max X- you know, the ones that kind of sound like a song you've heard before, but the chord progression was reversed so they wouldn't get sued...

but since it is Metallica, i'll listen to the album when it comes out to make a fair judgment.

You ever see that cop car chase show on Spike. The guy who played T-1000 in Terminator 2 narrates it. Probably the best background music for those type of shows.

Anyone got any recommendations for good bands that don't sing in English? I'm hoping to find some French ones but Finnish is cool too.

I'm pretty open genre wise so just throw whatever at me.

Brujeria and Asesino though I really haven't listened to either one lately, I won't go into labels since thats not my thing.

As far as Metallica thing goes I agree genius and talent cant be recreated. They still have the talent (some less than others) but they just don't have the right mindset anymore. Times change and so do ideas and bands just sometimes put out shitty albums, but that doesn't diminish old ones. There are also other points to why where they are today but too much to discuss over and internet board IMO.

MagnetGenocide

08-14-2008, 09:06 PM

How many of you guys rep the long hair?

I do but it's not traditional long hair. I have scene hair. :rock:

BudaFuka

08-14-2008, 11:01 PM

My genetics don't allow me to rep the long hair, not that I would want to, seems like to much of a hassle to maintain.

Anyone got any recommendations for good bands that don't sing in English? I'm hoping to find some French ones but Finnish is cool too.

I'm pretty open genre wise so just throw whatever at me.

About half the bands mentioned on the last page don't sing in English.

Debaser

08-14-2008, 11:08 PM

Real men roll with a braided goatee.

MezzoForte

08-14-2008, 11:41 PM

I used to have it just below shoulder level, but it was so 'dead' that I had to slash it off. Hopefully next time it'll grow out neatly and healthy. I WANT BEAUTIFUL HAIR DAMN IT.

Let's get some black metal in here guys.

Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Windir - Arntor

Azagtoth

08-14-2008, 11:46 PM

I still rep the long hair. I had it down to my ass before I trimmed it a tad. \m/

They definitely kick ass. I don't suppose you checked out Pagan fest?

I seriously wish I could have. I completely missed it when it came through. :(

Moonsorrow is cool, but the songs are so damned long. Sadly I don't get many opportunities to listen to 15 minute songs.

Their older stuff (pre-Verisakeet) is a lot more reasonable as far as song-times, but they've changed their sound a fair bit since those days.

General Deamond

08-15-2008, 12:02 AM

My genetics don't allow me to rep the long hair, not that I would want to, seems like to much of a hassle to maintain.

I rep. the long hair. And yes, it is a major pain in the ass to maintain.

fallot

08-15-2008, 12:08 AM

Averse Sefira - Advent Parallax: Wore me out in the start but I'm glad I persisted. Supergood second half. Track 5 onwards is the best black metal I've heard for ages :(

Edit: "Serpent Recoil" is powerful.

pherai

08-15-2008, 12:14 AM

You kind of need to get in touch with your feminine side and condition that shit to keep your hair from turning into hay. Not washing it everyday helps too. It's worth it when you're headbanging at shows though. As stupid as it may sound, I think it enhances the experience. Feels weird to be able to carry on a conversation with a hair stylist, but w/e, good ice breaker?

Their older stuff (pre-Verisakeet) is a lot more reasonable as far as song-times, but they've changed their sound a fair bit since those days.

Changed in a bad way? I've known a couple Moonsorrow fans and they swear by everything, but won't ever really give me a specific idea of what to expect.

Azagtoth

08-15-2008, 12:26 AM

Changed in a bad way? I've known a couple Moonsorrow fans and they swear by everything, but won't ever really give me a specific idea of what to expect.

As best as I can explain it, they started out more along the lines of black metal (Metsa + Tama Ikuinen Talvi demos), developed a more overtly folky sound (Suden Uni, Voimasta Ja Kunniasta, Kivenkantaja), and then the folk influences became more subtle and they put a lot more emphasis on giving the music more atmosphere as well as a bigger, more epic feel (Verisakeet and onward).

IMO everything they do is great but go ahead and check out Kivenkantaja if you haven't already, and two of the songs from the old demos were rerecorded for the Tulimyrsky EP, so check those out as well.

Kayin

08-15-2008, 01:49 AM

How many of you guys rep the long hair?

I haven't cut my hair in six years, it's all the way down my back and everything.

I plan on keeping it long as long as possible.

Torn Apart

08-15-2008, 02:13 AM

How many of you guys rep the long hair?

ive my hair about mid chest length for about a year. now im growing it out to about below my chest (nothing too long).

and seconding that its a major pain in the ass. especially when you try to keep it nice looking.

anyone like Wolves in the Throne Room?

TheSix

08-15-2008, 02:27 AM

Real metalheads fadebang.

......:shake::shake:

EmptyJumpThrow

08-15-2008, 05:34 AM

Khiempossible

08-15-2008, 07:52 AM

My hair is as short as it can be without shaving your head. Hair doesn't mean shit. Long hair doesn't mean you listen to anything I don't have on my computer. I think that is the way metal is evolving too. People from all walks of life can enjoy it, its not for social outcasts. You should see the looks on the faces of my coworkers at 5:15 when we lock up the bank to go home and I jump in the car, take off my tie, and crank that General Surgery or whatever. They just about shit. Metal needs to lose the cheesy image and be recognized as a legitimate form of music. Leave the chains and parachute pants for the Slipknot fans. They can have them. Real metal is about the music. That said, I still <3 you guys, and I'm going to see Motorhead and Priest for the first time together tonight. Only a few bands left I need to see after that to die a happy man. Also...motherfucking Carcass is coming to town. I've been waiting for this for longer than most of you have been listening to metal. Hahaha. Stay metal.

christ you wrote that and I figured you for 35 like the og sfers here, but fuck man, you're only 23.

In terms of Black Metal I don't call Windir, Drudkh or immortal's pure holocaust album black metal, I'm gonna pull the elitist and call it norsecore. That said, as i've already previously mentioned, I enjoy norsecore, but to me it's important to distinguish the difference in sounds (and it's a gross stylistic difference: fuck you naysayers and listen harder).

I'm gonna recommend my favourite BM albums:

Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Sabbat - Evoke
Carpathian Forest - Morbid Fascination of Death

My favourite norsecore albums include:

Burzum - Burzum/Aske
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
Taake - Nattestid...

LOL. EmptyJumpThrow you have the best name ever.

pherai

08-15-2008, 09:47 AM

Leave the chains and parachute pants for the Slipknot fans.

Who said anything about that garbage? :rofl:

I'd never say you need to look a certain way to be metal, but when I'm out and about and see a long hair I'll always give them a nod of approval. There is a sense of brotherhood. But most my metal friends are rockin the short hair, and they are metal as fuck too. It's all good.

Stay metal.

:rock:

Warpticon

08-15-2008, 10:43 AM

I just accidentally discovered I fucking love Galneryus.

Shazay

08-15-2008, 11:42 AM

anyone like Wolves in the Throne Room?

Haven't heard their first album but Two Hunters is pretty good.

MezzoForte

08-15-2008, 11:50 AM

In terms of Black Metal I don't call Windir, Drudkh or immortal's pure holocaust album black metal, I'm gonna pull the elitist and call it norsecore. That said, as i've already previously mentioned, I enjoy norsecore, but to me it's important to distinguish the difference in sounds (and it's a gross stylistic difference: fuck you naysayers and listen harder).

I was not even aware of the term norsecore up to this point :rofl:. I guess it's because I haven't explored the world of black metal as much as I have death and thrash. Will take note of the term now, but regardless the albums rec'd are great listens.

pherai

08-15-2008, 11:57 AM

I guess it's because I haven't explored the world of black metal as much as I have death and thrash.

Consider yourself lucky. Only difference between death and black metal is shittier production and corpsepaint anyway.

Khiempossible

08-15-2008, 12:01 PM

I was not even aware of the term norsecore up to this point :rofl:. I guess it's because I haven't explored the world of black metal as much as I have death and thrash. Will take note of the term now, but regardless the albums rec'd are great listens.

i agree they're solid listens

except windir, it's good, but windir doesn't work it for me. None of the melo black gets me going. I think borknagar did some good stuff, but all the cradle/dimmu/100 spin off melo blacks bore me to tears.

the synth melodies+clean vox choruses kinda get to everyone's ears eventually.

like all the double bass on genuine pulse kills the song. until it breaks into the chorus and you say: shit this is awesome. then it goes back to shit.

goodm0urning

08-15-2008, 12:39 PM

I had long hair in high school, but my head is too large for it to really look good on me. The natural largeness of my cranium is amplified by my thick hair when it reaches an appreciable length. I then tried shaving it, which was possibly worse because I looked like a light bulb balanced on a poseable action figure.

These days, I have a rather conservative short cut, and I've also ditched the "all black, all the time" shit I used to wear. These days, you don't know I'm metal until I pick up a guitar, inform you that your taste in music is for pussies, or rep the Anselmo face (you know, the furrowed brow, exaggerated frown, and scrunched up chin and nose).

I found out today that Paul Gilbert came out with another instrumental album earlier this year, and was pissed that it went for so long beneath my notice. I'm listening to it on YouTube now and the tunes are pretty damn good.

Azagtoth

08-15-2008, 02:55 PM

I just accidentally discovered I fucking love Galneryus.

I liked them much better for Advance to The Fall. The newer stuff is hit or miss, especially when they go into generic j-rock stuff.

Despite the fact that my wardrobe literally consists of work clothes, jeans, and metal shirts, I agree with Emptyjumpthrow as far as that whole "fuck the image" statement.

DarkGiygas

08-15-2008, 08:41 PM

advance to the fall and flag of punishment are pretty good albums, dont really like the new stuff that much either although the new bass player is a monster

MezzoForte

08-15-2008, 10:39 PM

New Galneryus I thought I liked a lot for a while, but then I was like forget this and I went back to blasting United Flag. Syu is an amazing shredder, and tasteful at that.

OmegaX

08-16-2008, 04:32 PM

Has anyone ever scared themselves. I did once at this motel. I didn't get any sleepm and I hadn't showered in 3 days so I looked like some heroin fiend with my hair really unkempt with bags under my eyes etc. Anyways was about to walk through a door that had a window and as I looked through the it I thought there was some crackhead on the other side waiting to rob me, but it was just my reflection. My hair is hardly ever nice, I usually look like a bum.

goodm0urning

08-17-2008, 08:55 AM

Has anyone ever scared themselves. I did once at this motel. I didn't get any sleepm and I hadn't showered in 3 days so I looked like some heroin fiend with my hair really unkempt with bags under my eyes etc. Anyways was about to walk through a door that had a and as I looked through the window I thought there was some crackhead on the other side waiting to rob me, bit it was just my reflection. My hair is hardly ever nice, I usually look like a bum.One time, I was listening to Tool's Lateralus album in bed with headphones on. It was late at night and I was so tired, nearly asleep. Then "Faaip de Oiad" came on and scared the hell out of me.

OmegaX

08-17-2008, 02:37 PM

Just got a ticket to metal masters, sadly it isn't a pit ticket, lawn seating. It was too little to late for me and I really couldn't afford one. Shows coming through IL. on Tuesday.

Torn Apart

08-17-2008, 04:17 PM

One time, I was listening to Tool's Lateralus album in bed with headphones on. It was late at night and I was so tired, nearly asleep. Then "Faaip de Oiad" came on and scared the hell out of me.

ive had that happen to me before, but i was listening to Ahab's Call of the Wretched Sea. The first track starts of really dark and dreamy, then all of a sudden the guitars and drums come in at full force. Made me jump the first time i heard it.

pherai

08-19-2008, 05:11 PM

This has to be a band of an SRK member...

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=40882325

Azagtoth

08-19-2008, 05:50 PM

Lol @ "Ouroboros is broken."

Shaft Agent

08-19-2008, 06:08 PM

lol Earth has been around forever. the lead singer was Kurt Cobain's best friend and they'd guest star on each other's songs during concerts IIRC.

Dencore

08-19-2008, 11:39 PM

Surprised I'd never heard of this band before. After listening to them, I think I can unfortunately see why :(

It does make me optimistic that the current trend of mediocrity will also disappear into history, eventually. That's the best that came out of "Twisted Into Form" for me. Do they have better stuff?

:rofl: Talk about harsh. No biggie can't rack on your own opinion.

Well look at some of their stuff from "Forbidden Evil".

OmegaX

08-20-2008, 12:06 AM

Khiempossible

08-20-2008, 10:58 PM

This has to be a band of an SRK member...

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=40882325

lol, but no.

I find it shocking that people dont know who these guys are. I could never crack a joke like that. They're like gods to me.

pherai

08-20-2008, 11:09 PM

I listened to like 1 minute of a track and it's not the kind of stuff I dig, but I give them points for the song title.

Gasp

08-20-2008, 11:47 PM

earth<3
any one into that 90's avant garde noise rock nonsense like godheadsilo?

maxx

08-20-2008, 11:51 PM

zack de la rocha collab wit jon theodore ex mars volta member.
http://www.myspace.com/onedayasalion

Shion

08-21-2008, 02:04 PM

earth<3
any one into that 90's avant garde noise rock nonsense like godheadsilo?

A little bit, never checked out godheadsilo though. Lightning Bolt (inspired by godheadsilo I heard) and Ruins is my shit.

Rave

08-22-2008, 02:22 AM

Hey all. My iPod is getting stale, I need some new metal to listen to. Recommend me something you like.

Sonata Arctica is my favorite metal band, but the vocals don't have to be clean.

I love Follow the Reaper, but it's the only COB album I can really listen to.

I'd also like to recommend Lost Horizon to anyone who hasn't heard them. I can't think of a cheesier metal band, but they're pretty talented, especially their vocalist.

Khiempossible

08-22-2008, 01:16 PM

Recommend me something you like.

isis

pherai

08-22-2008, 01:21 PM

If you like Sonata Arctica, check out Stratovarius' Visions.

MagnetGenocide

08-22-2008, 01:43 PM

Hey all. My iPod is getting stale, I need some new metal to listen to. Recommend me something you like.

Doubt u guys like any of these bands but IMO these albums are awesome.

The Faceless - Akeldama

A Breath Before Surfacing - Death Is Swallowed In Victory

All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence (HIGHLY RECOMMEND) :lovin:

Knights of The Abyss - Juggernaut

Through The Eyes of the Dead - Bloodlust

Veil Of Maya - All Things Set Aside

Winds Of Plague- A Cold Day In Hell

From Exile - Crushing Reality (Non Core Metal but still good IMO lol)

Beneath the Sky - What Demons Do to Saints (NOT SRK Material)

Catherine - Rumour Has it Astaroth Has Stolen Your Eyes

It Dies Today - Forever Scorned

My Bitter End - The Renovation (Fucking awesome) :lovin:

The Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma

Gorehound

08-22-2008, 01:58 PM

Just got back from Metal Masters. All in all it was okay. Testament had a really short set, five songs in all. Motorhead was badass, would of been better if it weren't for the sun being in my eye the whole time, Orgasmatron and Overkill were my faves of their set. Lemmy couldn't speak to save his life, slurred all his sentences in between songs. Heaven and Hell were boring IMO, long epic songs that lead to nothing, no Black Sabbath stuff sadly. Seeing Dio was cool though, hearing his voice on the recordings does no justice to hearing his voice live. Priest stole the show. Tipton and Downing hands down one of the best guitars duos ever. Only song I thought was missing was Living After Midnight

That sucks that Testament's setlist is short, I bet a majority of the crowd don't even know who they were.

Motorhead's setlist sucks at Metal Masters, if he was going to choose two other songs from the Overkill album it shouldn't be those he chose to play live. I hope Motorheads setlist improves during his solo tour.

I prefer the Dio era over Ozzy era, even though I love the Ozzy era but its just too overrated, they have more awesome songs than just Paranoid and Iron Man.

Last year, it looks like Tony Iommi was having more fun with Heaven and Hell since he smiled more, I guess he doesn't have to think "Oh great, here I go and play Iron Man for the 17,000th time" anymore.

There is a reason why they named themselves Heaven & Hell, so Ozzy era fans won't start whining that they are not playing Paranoid or N.I.B., its all Dio era songs.

I'll be seeing them next sat 8/30.

DarkGiygas

08-22-2008, 02:18 PM

Through The Eyes of the Dead - Malice

Veil Of Maya - The Common Man's Collapse
fixed those ones for you :wink:

Azagtoth

08-22-2008, 03:44 PM

Hey all. My iPod is getting stale, I need some new metal to listen to. Recommend me something you like.

Moonsorrow god dammit.

Also, Swallow The Sun.

I love Follow the Reaper, but it's the only COB album I can really listen to.

No love for Hatebreeder?

At any rate, you should probably also check out Wintersun.

Torn Apart

08-22-2008, 04:13 PM

fixed those ones for you :wink:

IMO TCMC is no where near as good as ATSA. TCMC feels kinda soulless to me. Still a good album though, just doesnt feel the same as ATSA.

BTW new Bleeding Through album leaked.

Gorehound

08-24-2008, 09:02 PM

Holy Shit!

I was at the Anal Cunt/Anal Blast/Meat Shits show on Sat. at the Knitting Factory, and the Knitting Factory announced a couple of bands confirmed for the LA Murderfest 2009.

General Surgery
Gruesome Stuff Relish

I wonder what other surprise bands are to be announced :bgrin:

Dirt Mc Girt

08-24-2008, 09:12 PM

dunno if metallica is really considered metal anymore, but i just heard the day that never comes on the radio

pretty good

hope the whole album is like this

MagnetGenocide

08-24-2008, 09:18 PM

IMO TCMC is no where near as good as ATSA. TCMC feels kinda soulless to me. Still a good album though, just doesnt feel the same as ATSA.

BTW new Bleeding Through album leaked.

Yeah i get the same feeling as well.

Kang Do

08-24-2008, 11:00 PM

My hair is as short as it can be without shaving your head. Hair doesn't mean shit. Long hair doesn't mean you listen to anything I don't have on my computer. I think that is the way metal is evolving too. People from all walks of life can enjoy it, its not for social outcasts. You should see the looks on the faces of my coworkers at 5:15 when we lock up the bank to go home and I jump in the car, take off my tie, and crank that General Surgery or whatever. They just about shit. Metal needs to lose the cheesy image and be recognized as a legitimate form of music. Leave the chains and parachute pants for the Slipknot fans. They can have them. Real metal is about the music. That said, I still <3 you guys, and I'm going to see Motorhead and Priest for the first time together tonight. Only a few bands left I need to see after that to die a happy man. Also...motherfucking Carcass is coming to town. I've been waiting for this for longer than most of you have been listening to metal. Hahaha. Stay metal.

I know this post is old but QTF forever.

Many don't think it of me for a second (especially when my hair is having it's shorter moments) until they snatch my MP3 player and have a big WTF moment. There are also shocks from people I know who see me at Opeth and Dark Tranquility concerts. I've heard of fans lately who now make a big deal about image or don't respect people who don't follow it and that makes me sick. I think that turns away a lot of people too who could potentially accept and even like it. I don't listen to it because I'm angry at the world or socially unaccepted. I do because it's just awesome.

:rock:

maxx

08-24-2008, 11:07 PM

any arch enemy fans?

BudaFuka

08-24-2008, 11:08 PM

any arch enemy fans?

A few songs here and there.

Gasp

08-25-2008, 01:02 AM

Ruins

thanks

gonna see melvins on friday with negative approach

:pray:

Canto

08-25-2008, 05:12 AM

When my hair is long it doesn't go down, it goes up. It becomes a giant curly afro.. so I keep my hair short. Plus, the girls smile at me more often when its short.

Arch Enemy? No.

Azagtoth

08-25-2008, 10:52 AM

Anyone else hear the new Amon Amarth? It's pretty solid (nothing new of course) and the singer sounds a fair deal more harsh than usual.

BudaFuka

08-25-2008, 11:00 AM

^It's out already?

Gorehound

08-31-2008, 01:25 PM

Appease the Beast 2 has now been announced, So Cali Metalheads must attend this Fest!

Sunday, October 26, 2008
Knitting Factory, Hollywood CA
20+ bands on 3 Stages

Confirmed bands

Nifelheim (Sweden)
Master (only West Coast appearance)
Macabre (only West Coast appearance)
Estuary
Hirax
Sadistic Intent
Morbosidad
Mictlantecuhtli
and many more!

Holy Shit, that Fest is going to fucking rule, all those bands kick ass!!!

I can't wait for more surprise bands to be announced!!

Be there!!!

Gasp

08-31-2008, 01:35 PM

Nifelheim (Sweden)
Master (only West Coast appearance)
Macabre (only West Coast appearance)

there

Gorehound

09-01-2008, 11:04 PM

More great Underground Metal news!!!

REVENGE (Canada) is going to play at The Black Castle in California on 11/8 :bgrin:

And here is a rumor that my friend who has ties with Metal Promoters told me.....

He said that AMEBIX is going to play in So Cal in Jan. 2009 at the AWS Outdoor venue :pray:

My friend was right about Appease the Beast and Revenge, I hope he is right about AMEBIX!!!

OmegaX

09-12-2008, 02:16 PM

Just got back from buying the new Metallica. Only heard the first two songs so far on my car ride back. First song surprised me a bit. Sounds like ...And Justice For All mixed with some Black Album with just a hint of St. Anger in there. More melodic than I expected especially with the solo. Some great harmony in there too and Ulrich actually does some technical stuff (technical for him at least). Got me excited, second just sounds like mid to early 90s Metallica, greaty harmony on the solo though. Going to listen to the rest of the album but I cant help but feel they still have that intense hard rock sound that teeters with metal, hope I'm wrong about that though.

NegroNinja

09-12-2008, 02:44 PM

Shazay

09-17-2008, 05:41 PM

Gorehound

09-17-2008, 06:30 PM

Went to a Sigh show the other night. Their Venom covers were too awesome. Its also great to know that Dr. Mikannibal is actually quite the skilled musician and not only in the band because Mirai is fucking her.

I saw SIGH in Anaheim a few weeks ago, awesome as hell show, got to meet all the member and took pics with them too!

It sucks that the bass player couldn't make it, but we got the next best thing, the bass player/singer for Abibail/Barbatos took over :bgrin:

Dr. Mikannibal is quite talented, there is a reason why she changed her name to Dr. Mikannibal, she recently got her PhD, so she added a "Dr." in front of her name.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08087.jpg

Carcass tomorrow :tup:

Shazay

09-17-2008, 06:40 PM

Dr. Mikannibal is quite talented, there is a reason why she changed her name to Dr. Mikannibal, she recently got her PhD, so she added a "Dr." in front of her name.

Yeah, A PhD IN PHYSICS WTF. Here I am dying in Physics II lol.

Carcass, man luckyyy. I didn't get to see them D: D:

Khiempossible

09-17-2008, 08:06 PM

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08087.jpg

jesus.

PanderanGambler

09-17-2008, 09:58 PM

I saw SIGH in Anaheim a few weeks ago, awesome as hell show, got to meet all the member and took pics with them too!

It sucks that the bass player couldn't make it, but we got the next best thing, the bass player/singer for Abibail/Barbatos took over :bgrin:

Dr. Mikannibal is quite talented, there is a reason why she changed her name to Dr. Mikannibal, she recently got her PhD, so she added a "Dr." in front of her name.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08087.jpg

Carcass tomorrow :tup:

jeeeez

im in love

Debaser

09-17-2008, 10:04 PM

Smart, talented, and willing to publicly expose herself? I'm in love too.

Gorehound

09-17-2008, 10:22 PM

Glad you all like Dr. Mikannibal

Here are some more pics I took of Dr. Good n' Sexy on stage

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08074.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08093.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08095.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08096.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08097.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08098.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08099.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/SIGH08115.jpg

After the candle drip, she breathes fire :bgrin:

She also let me take a pic with her :lovin:

PanderanGambler

09-17-2008, 10:28 PM

shoulda gotten more somehow.

Good stuff though

Gorehound

09-17-2008, 10:30 PM

shoulda gotten more somehow.

Good stuff though

I have a lot more, but I uploaded those because the rest will fill up a lot of space on my account, I think I took over 100 pics of SIGH live.

Debaser

09-17-2008, 10:32 PM

That is no excuse! We need picks of you trying to cop a feel right in front of her boyfriend. NOW.

Gorehound

09-17-2008, 10:45 PM

That is no excuse! We need picks of you trying to cop a feel right in front of her boyfriend. NOW.

Alright,
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/MeandMikannibal.jpg

Actually, it looks like she is trying to cop a feel on me :lovin:

pherai

09-18-2008, 12:35 AM

Chain reaction licks balls, but looked like a fun show. Nice pic dude :rock:

-SuGaR-

09-18-2008, 04:48 AM

Anyone like Bring Me The Horizon?

Still no news on the new Mudvayne album?

Debaser

09-18-2008, 12:54 PM

Alright,
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/AlphaFredo/sigh08/MeandMikannibal.jpg

Actually, it looks like she is trying to cop a feel on me :lovin:

YEESSSHH. Mission accomplished soldier.

MagnetGenocide

09-18-2008, 01:22 PM

Anyone like Bring Me The Horizon?

Me!! Fuck the haters!!! :rock:

I was a bit disappointed with the sound of their new album. I've heard 3 tracks on it and
it don't sound nothing like the CYB album.

Canto

09-18-2008, 01:31 PM

New Metallica?

Personally I don't like it. Maybe one or 2 listenable tracks but other than that its not very good.

Pasteycracker

09-18-2008, 01:42 PM

New Metallica? Personally I don't like it.

I'm with you there. Metallica just isn't the same for me anymore.

Sucks because I used to like Metallica... a lot... *shrugs*

Gorehound

09-18-2008, 01:50 PM

Chain reaction licks balls, but looked like a fun show. Nice pic dude :rock:

It's a small and hot as fuck venue and parking is a bitch, lucky it wasn't packed that night.

YEESSSHH. Mission accomplished soldier.

(plays Metal Slug Mission Complete song)

:bgrin:

Not really metal, but I can't wait for AC/DC's new tour this Winter :tup:

DarkGiygas

09-18-2008, 08:49 PM

new gojira!

:lovin:

MagnetGenocide

09-19-2008, 10:19 AM

Anyone going to see austrian death machine today @ Rancho???

OmegaX

09-21-2008, 02:07 AM

Not really metal, but I can't wait for AC/DC's new tour this Winter :tup:

I'm still on the fence about it. It's pretty pricey and I'm trying to save up for Metallica this November (and January) and Snot in December.

new gojira!

:lovin:

Better song titles? That's the only problem I had with the last album

Anyone going to see austrian death machine today @ Rancho???

I heard like two tracks off the one album. Is the rest good? Schwarzenegger and Metal, I'm surprised the two are just paring up now.

Kayin

09-21-2008, 02:40 AM

New Metallica?

Personally I don't like it. Maybe one or 2 listenable tracks but other than that its not very good.

Shit sucks, sounds like the same boring nu-metal they've been pulling out since the '90s.

DarkGiygas

09-21-2008, 09:07 AM

Better song titles? That's the only problem I had with the last album
haha i dunno, they're still pretty weird

this ones just hilarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ykstfcOVs

MagnetGenocide

09-21-2008, 09:44 AM

I heard like two tracks off the one album. Is the rest good? Schwarzenegger and Metal, I'm surprised the two are just paring up now.

yeah it's pretty good there are a lot of brutal rifts and solos. Tim made it so it would be a semi-joke album. IT's supposed t piss off people that take Brutally TOO seriously. But it's definably enjoyable. :rock:

Gorehound

09-21-2008, 03:04 PM

I'm still on the fence about it. It's pretty pricey and I'm trying to save up for Metallica this November (and January) and Snot in December.

I was going to go see Metallica as well, until I saw the recent setlist, I don't like it at all, no Crepping Death = no Metallica this time.

Not to mention the scalpers beat us to the best tickets first.

I just got my ticket for AC/DC at the Forum, it was pricey and hard as fuck to get the ticket, floor tickets sold out in less than 1 min, but it will be worth it :lovin:

I'm planning to see Overkill next month!

Canto

09-21-2008, 03:21 PM

@ Pasteycracker

I still like Metallica a lot, I'm just not going to listen to that album at all lol.

@ Kayin

I'd call Load and Reload more countrish more than Nu-metal, still Load's heavier tracks are def. metal. St. Anger can be nu-metal yes. Black album is in no way nu-metal, that album is quite heavy.

Azagtoth

09-21-2008, 04:14 PM

Black album is in no way nu-metal, that album is quite heavy.

GENRE POLICE

I don't get this. You realize nu metal isn't called nu metal because it's somehow not heavy or whatever right? Fear Factory's Demanufacture is "heavier" than just about anything Metallica's ever done.

I like Load Metallica as a different entity entirely (IE a hard rock band and not a metal band), but I also think Thrash Metallica are a little too overrated and it's good to know most people have moved on to better things.

maxx

09-21-2008, 04:50 PM

is the new metallica as bad as st.anger?

NegroNinja

09-21-2008, 04:55 PM

I think it's the best they've done since Justice.

Canto

09-21-2008, 05:09 PM

@ Azagtoth

I shouldn't have even tried lol. I hate genre name calling in general, its as subjective as opinion itself.

@ NegroNinja

Load and Reload were not bad albums, they were just not as metal as Metallica used to be! But I could share that opinion, except I would say best since Black, but its not a compliment to the new album at all.

Azagtoth

09-21-2008, 07:02 PM

I shouldn't have even tried lol. I hate genre name calling in general, its as subjective as opinion itself.

It's not really that subjective at all (IE Metallica's never done anything remotely close to nu metal stylistically, especially when you get past the even more subjective "claim nu metal as a insult to metal cred" thing that people love to use), but okay. :wgrin:

Note that I'm not defending nu-metal as a legitimate genre, I'm just a music nerd.

Dencore

09-21-2008, 07:07 PM

Any Airdash fans in here?

Khiempossible

09-21-2008, 07:12 PM

I think it's the best they've done since Justice.

Funny, I thought AJFA was a shit album.

Metallica's best work is still hands down symphony. No one else has made all those bland songs listenable.

Does anyone think seeing apocalyptica is worth $20? and being over tired and/or sick and/or failing a test the next day?

it's on wednesday night and I have to wake up for work the next day at 6am. followed by an in class test.

:confused:

goodm0urning

09-22-2008, 08:59 AM

Funny, I thought AJFA was a shit album.

Metallica's best work is still hands down symphony. No one else has made all those bland songs listenable. I get maybe two songs into the poo that is S&M (including the symphony by itself doing "The Ecstasy of Gold") before I have to turn it off. It's like somebody invited a keyboard player who doesn't know when to stop noodling around. Metallica needs an orchestra like Kerry King needs a barber.

TheSix

09-22-2008, 09:17 AM

I was going to go see Metallica as well, until I saw the recent setlist, I don't like it at all, no Crepping Death = no Metallica this time.

Not to mention the scalpers beat us to the best tickets first.

I just got my ticket for AC/DC at the Forum, it was pricey and hard as fuck to get the ticket, floor tickets sold out in less than 1 min, but it will be worth it :lovin:

I'm planning to see Overkill next month!

Scalpers > wallet

....but my friends and I still paid $250 per ticket for decent seats.

Metallica > wallet > :shake:

Not that I blame them. Soon as Hanna Montana tours again, I'll be doing the same.

pherai

09-22-2008, 10:07 AM

I first heard S&M in like middle school, and like many of the things I listened to then, I have a soft spot in my heart for it, and can't look at it objectively. I will say that all the shit post AJFA I had never heard before that CD, so when I heard their original versions I was extremely disappointed, not that crap like Until It Sleeps was listenable in any version. But No Leaf Clover was a nice by product of that CD.

Canto

09-22-2008, 10:22 AM

S&M is pretty cool and lots of tracks are great to listen to. My beef with it is that Kirk uses the wah wah in every song and it gets annoying. Also, James constant HEYYYYYYYYY OHHHHHHHHHHHH WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH MOTHER FUCKERRRRRRRRRRRR YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH OHHHHHHHHHH WAOH WAOH OHW OHWAHWHAO WAOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
gets annoying

goodm0urning

09-22-2008, 08:30 PM

Not strictly metal, but this is my band. (http://www.myspace.com/tyrannovoxband)

OmegaX

09-22-2008, 08:38 PM

I
I'm planning to see Overkill next month!

Same here barring any unforeseen circumstances. One of my friends band is going to open for them here. They opened for Testament last month.

Death Magnetic was an okay album. Definitely a step up from St. Anger, not that I didn't enjoy that album either. There are some good songs on the new album, some that even remind me of the old days, but like I said before the album just sort of blends some of their old former self that they want to recapture with their current hard rock sound that they just don't want to give up. I personally think if you combined St. Anger with the new album you'd had have a great album.

S&M really isn't good. Other than two or three songs, the music doesn't blend well, the orchestra just throw the songs way off kilter. I still slightly enjoy the album in doses but that's it.

S&M is pretty cool and lots of tracks are great to listen to. My beef with it is that Kirk uses the wah wah in every song and it gets annoying. Also, James constant HEYYYYYYYYY OHHHHHHHHHHHH WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH MOTHER FUCKERRRRRRRRRRRR YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH OHHHHHHHHHH WAOH WAOH OHW OHWAHWHAO WAOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
gets annoying

The Hett wouldn't be The Hett if he didn't say YEAHHH! Just one of those things that isn't imitable though I would like to hear him snarl like the old days.

pherai

09-22-2008, 09:32 PM

Not strictly metal, but this is my band. (http://www.myspace.com/tyrannovoxband)

Pretty cool so far. Which one is you?

goodm0urning

09-22-2008, 10:04 PM

Pretty cool so far. Which one is you?The really grimy, ugly-sounding guitar. We recorded with one mic, and unfortunately, I was too quiet, so we messed with the EQ to balance the guitars out. End result: you can here me, but my precious tone sounds like 90s grunge shit. [/egomaniacal guitar player]

If you're looking for me in the tunes, I have the solo at the beginning of "Wild Desert Bikers," the first solo in the outro of "Crooked House," and the chromatic licks in "2131." I pretty much stick to rhythm in "Clockwise," even though I wrote most of it and should be playing all the bitchin' leads. [/egomaniacal guitar player, for serious this time]

Dencore

09-22-2008, 10:33 PM

Not strictly metal, but this is my band. (http://www.myspace.com/tyrannovoxband)

You sound different, not my type of style though.

pherai

09-23-2008, 12:20 AM

I pretty much stick to rhythm in "Clockwise," even though I wrote most of it and should be playing all the bitchin' leads.

Haha that one is very chill. I'm kind of in the same boat with stuff I write since I can rarely play it I have to delegate to someone who actually practices. The bass work is solid. Not enough people are bold enough for bass lines that aren't just following progressions, or the same riff the guitar is playing.

goodm0urning

09-23-2008, 07:19 AM

Haha that one is very chill. I'm kind of in the same boat with stuff I write since I can rarely play it I have to delegate to someone who actually practices. The bass work is solid. Not enough people are bold enough for bass lines that aren't just following progressions, or the same riff the guitar is playing.Yeah, Galen's awesome. He would come up with that shit on the spot. It sucks that he's left, since it's rare to find musicians who just know exactly what to play.

SeñorTapatio

09-23-2008, 07:54 AM

Thought Id plug in my friends band here Black Chapel (http://www.myspace.com/blackchapel)

If you like their stuff please support them when they come to a town near you.

Shaft Agent

10-06-2008, 09:39 AM

hahah finally something from my neck of the woods that's win. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFTR9fucr8)

OmegaX

10-06-2008, 09:09 PM

^^^

Never liked them, don't dig the sound and they remind me too much of Tim & Eric. It's all about personal taste at the end of the day though. Also hate to sound like a drum nerd but the drummer is doing gravity rolls which is a cheap way some people use to blast.

Khiempossible

10-06-2008, 09:17 PM

hahah finally something from my neck of the woods that's win. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFTR9fucr8)

fucken awesome.

I saw book of black earth, withered and watain just now.

what a waste of 15 bucks. as if people are still fascinated by tremelo picking.

pherai

10-06-2008, 09:19 PM

Yeah wasn't feeling them either, and don't dig the girl singer gimmick.

Torn Apart

10-06-2008, 09:27 PM

hahah finally something from my neck of the woods that's win. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFTR9fucr8)

not bad, but Louisiana has WAY better bands IMO.

Gorehound

10-06-2008, 09:36 PM

fucken awesome.

I saw book of black earth, withered and watain just now.

what a waste of 15 bucks. as if people are still fascinated by tremelo picking.

Screw the other bands, did Watain used animal blood and carcasses on stage like last years tour?

We in California got fucked over from the tour since Watain didn't tour Cali.

pherai

10-06-2008, 10:10 PM

Definitely not metal, but I saw Leo Kotke last friday, and that dude shreds like very no one I've ever heard. Very distinct style.

Shaft Agent

10-06-2008, 10:16 PM

i should clarify. "win" in this case means "not a Jimmy Buffet cover band/jam band." i live in northern Louisiana, not where all the metal is happening. if i go out to see a friend's band it's always some jam band. every time i hear "jam band" i automatically think of a bunch of people that refuse to acknowledge a riff sucks, and play it for 7 minutes straight while everyone in the audience eats it up except me. now, a few years ago there was a big metal scene about 20 miles west of where i live where pretty cool concerts were happening (haunted house during October, concert hall the rest of the year) (http://www.edgeofmadness.com). but i think they stopped all that. i was surprised more than anything that a heavy band that sounds like Ghengis Tron was round here.

and i think the video is hilarious.

and screw you pherai. just cause she's a girl doesn't mean she's a gimmick :rofl: (could do without some of the sing parts though). do you think Arch Enemy is a gimmick also (serious question)?

---------------------
EDIT: Aspiration is pimp imo (http://www.myspace.com/aftertheburial)

pherai

10-06-2008, 10:45 PM

do you think Arch Enemy is a gimmick also (serious question)?

Most definitely. I'll admit, there are gimmicks that I enjoy from time to time, and I'm not here to bash anything anyone likes, but I know Arch Enemy can contribute a significant part of their success to having a female singer. I can't prove it, but having seen way too many obnoxious sluts being tolerated by severely undersexed metal heads has convinced me of this truth. Her voice is indistinguishable from most male metal singers, and I am skeptical of her being in the band just cause she's some chill dude.

Shotokan Symphony

10-06-2008, 10:53 PM

hahah finally something from my neck of the woods that's win. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFTR9fucr8)

That girl sounds like she deepthroats footlong kelbalse for half an hour before each show.

Can I get a number?

Sev

10-06-2008, 10:57 PM

Definitely not metal, but I saw Leo Kotke last friday, and that dude shreds like very no one I've ever heard. Very distinct style.

Leo is a god amongst us fingerstyle guitar types. He pretty much the only one I've heard that can make a 12-string sound decent in that style.

Gorehound

10-06-2008, 11:55 PM

Most definitely. I'll admit, there are gimmicks that I enjoy from time to time, and I'm not here to bash anything anyone likes, but I know Arch Enemy can contribute a significant part of their success to having a female singer. I can't prove it, but having seen way too many obnoxious sluts being tolerated by severely undersexed metal heads has convinced me of this truth. Her voice is indistinguishable from most male metal singers, and I am skeptical of her being in the band just cause she's some chill dude.

Yeah, metal women are just eye candy sex objects on stage :razzy:

I remember there was another band called Archenemy from California that was before the other Arch Enemy and they were better too.

Azagtoth

10-06-2008, 11:56 PM

Her voice is indistinguishable from most male metal singers, and I am skeptical of her being in the band just cause she's some chill dude.

Actually, I find her voice to be very distinguishable, just not in a good way. It's very shrill a lot of the time, even when she's trying to be guttural, it just doesn't come out the right way.

I wouldn't say it's so much a gimmick in the purely musical sense (technically, she's a fair bit better in many ways than the dude she replaced from the pre-Wages of Sin albums; if the rest of the band didn't subsequently drop the ball on the songwriting, they wouldn't be half bad now), but moreso a gimmick in that she's an attractive female and actively works that angle to her advantage.

MagnetGenocide

10-07-2008, 12:09 AM

hahah finally something from my neck of the woods that's win. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFTR9fucr8)

ah good shit thx man. :rock:

OmegaX

10-07-2008, 07:20 PM

I still haven't decided if I consider frontwomen as a gimmick for band to differentiate just for the sake of. Just because a band has a female vocalist doesn't mean she doesn't fit the musical style of said band. On the other hand I do consider a band like Kitty to be gimmicky up the ass. I'd like to say I don't like gimmick bands but I can't since I like GWAR, County Medical Examiners, and have been trying to start a band who doe's videogame covers, sadly I don't anyone who's into both metal and videogames.

Also just a quick rant. I hate people with superficial knowledge of subjects, in this case metal, and try to act as if they know everything. I especially hate it when you correct someone on faulty knowledge and they still cling to their original standpoint after being proven wrong. I'm not a dick, I don't correct people to make myself look better, I do it so they don't go about spouting wrong info. Long story short, I went to go see the guitar center drum off today explained to someone the differences between certain styles of drumming and was just brushed off. If I hear on how "badass" Joey Jordison or Chris Adler are from some 14 year old kid again (or even worse a 24 year old) I'm gonna have to pull a Misery and hobble them. Their good drummers but dammit they don't represent the entire drumming community in heavy metal and certainly aren't the cream of the crop. Just had to get that off my chest.

PanderanGambler

10-07-2008, 07:38 PM

Metallica suuuucks.

krost

10-07-2008, 07:49 PM

Lurker of Chalice is great

pherai

10-07-2008, 08:38 PM