As we all know, metal is the greatest and purest form of music. I've been 'eadbanging for 30 years now, ever since I first heard One by Metallica. I've had religious experiences at both a Black Sabbath and a Judas Priest concert, and I lost my virginity to the tender sounds of Korn. When I was at my lowest, struggling with suicidal depression, I found solace in the naked emotion of Strapping Young Lad. My 14 year old son can be a real dumbass at times, but we can always agree that Ghost are both the dog's bollocks and the cat's arse.
I'm currently getting psyched for Max Cavalera to come to my little town and play Nailbomb's brutal masterpiece Point Blank.
I'm a big fan of Sepultura too, so this will be a treat.
Later in the spring grind/melodeath pioneers Carcass are touring. I saw them years back with Suffocation and 1349 and they KILLED.
In the fall I will finally get to see Finnish prog/folk/whathaveyou metallers Amorphis. I have been super into these guys ever since the metal gods saw fit to gift me a promo copy of their album Elegy.
One thing I know though, Europeans are spoiled when it comes to metal festivals. I'm super jealous.
That is awesome you are gonna get to see Max. Sepultura is amongst my favorite metal bands. Saw Cannibal Corpse at a small venue in my home town in South Texas when I was a teenager. Pantera after that, Phil Anselmo came out and downed a bag of shrooms, and by the time he got to Cemetary Gates he was pretty well incapable of doing much.
My go to has always been American punk rock though. I am sure there is gonna be a brit here saying there was no such thing, but damnit NOFX, Fugazi, and Sloppy Seconds are still where I get taken back to past memories of childish deviance fondly.
I've currently been listening to a lot of doom metal and hard stoner rock.
Things like Dopesmoker by Sleep, High on Fire, Fu Manchu, Electric Wizard (especially dopethrone. It's one of my favourite albums.) And many others.
Strapping young lad are pretty baller, as well as a lot of things that Devin Townsend has touched. Ziltoid is hilariously funny and heavy.
When I'm in the mood for variety, Ihsahn is pretty good considering he started out with the Black metal band emperor. And progressive metal, despite the giggles it gets. Bands like Myrath, Circus Maximus, Threshold and Dream Theater.
Yeah, Phil is troubling for me. I idolized him in high school, Far Beyond Driven is still one of my favorite albums. But he is such a colossal dbag, with his "joke" white power and sieg heil stuff, to sometimes showing up to the gig too messed up to perform. I have to say, I've seen Down live three times and each time he was in top form though.
I prefer american to brit punk, too. Apart for Never Mind the Bollocks, of course. NOFX, Op Ivy/ Rancid and Bad Religion were on heavy rotation, especially at parties. Chicks will put up with NOFX but not Naplam Death
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welshhoppo wrote: I've currently been listening to a lot of doom metal and hard stoner rock.
Things like Dopesmoker by Sleep, High on Fire, Fu Manchu, Electric Wizard (especially dopethrone. It's one of my favourite albums.) And many others.
Strapping young lad are pretty baller, as well as a lot of things that Devin Townsend has touched. Ziltoid is hilariously funny and heavy.
When I'm in the mood for variety, Ihsahn is pretty good considering he started out with the Black metal band emperor. And progressive metal, despite the giggles it gets. Bands like Myrath, Circus Maximus, Threshold and Dream Theater.
May the metal be pure forever!
But also accepting of change.
Here is stoner/doom band I am very excited about: The Necromancers, from France.
Best show moment: Blind Guardian (with Gravedigger opening), maybe 5' back from the stage, in a tiny venue in my tiny home town. It's probably the only tour shirt I'll ever have with Carrboro, NC on the back. And what a show it was...
I like power metal. Sabaton and Manowar are probably my favorites. Saw Metallica live a couple times, that's always a good time. I liked Gojira better live than recorded too.
Iron_Captain wrote: I like most genres of metal, but I am really fond of folk metal.
There's few genres I don't like, as long as there's some idea behind it. Say brutal death metal - if it's just off-key riffs, drumming and growls it's not my thing, but if it's something like Nile with an idea behind it then wow!
The classics are ofc always good, I'm not complaining if someone wants some Black Sabbath, Dio, Iron Maiden, Metallica or Gamma Ray. It's a good way to get more people into the scene where they can discover more exotic things. Finland is also full of bands, some claim we have the highest amount of metal bands per capita. Many of them are good too. Amorphis - a damn good band btw - was already mentioned. Stratovarius is a no-brainer if you like German-styled heavy metal.
So something else. You all know Nightwish, but maybe a few still don't know Marco Hietala was in a somewhat succesful band long before it along with his brother. Tarot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD1q21dr8tw
Or if people like folk metal stuff one of the first succesful ones was founded when two hungover guys worked it off by beating out some tunes. I give you Finntroll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkVwA__Fk9g
Of course, Sweden always put more money into supporting starting bands so they still outsell us. And to be fair many of their bands are also damn good!
The issue isn't really what we call metal, it's finding time to check it all out and deciding which new band to listen to. There's a lot, and we need to sleep and work and have other hobbies...
edit: but we shouldn't forget the Norwegians. They've had bad history with "black metal", where a lot of idiots burned churches and some even committed murder to make themself more cred in the scene - but it also spawned some really majestic music. Satyricon wasn't involved in the crimes, and they have even been featured in national events like playing at sporting events and getting to play with the national opera choir!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GhFL0OWq8
One of my 5 year old daughter's favorite things to do is have me look up music on youtube. One of her favorites is the "zombie song", which would be Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden. She calls it that because of the picture of Eddie from the album which is the video image for the song. She's breezed through a bit of their catalogue and clocks in Fear of the Dark, Wicker Man, and Ryme of the Ancient Mariner as some of her favorites. She didn't think too highly of Morbid Angel, though.
Years ago my uncle heard me listening to Into the Void by Sabbath and turned me onto Lucifers Friend, a german band from the ‘70’s. I highly suggest anyone into metal, particularly Black Sabbath, check out their first, self-titled album. Especially the songs Toxic Shadows, Ride the Sky, and Everybodys Clown.
I got my 3rd row tickets for the final Slayer tour.
I listen to just about every genre of metal. Examples would be Amon Amarth,Austrian Death Machine, Baphomet, Behemoth, Bolt Thrower, Burn the Priest, Candlemass, Death, Dimmu Borgir, Dying Fetus,Immortal, Manowar, Nile, Racer X, Power Trip, Steeler, Savatage, Dokken, and Pagan Altar.
Really enjoying Power Trip - Nightmare Logic and Pagan Altar - The Room of Shadows.
Rock solid foundations. Judas Priest is probably my favorite band of all time, if I was pressed to choose.
Can't stand Metallica though.
Fair enough, not every band is for everyone. Have you listened to this one though? It's their homage to Lemmy.
Just don't get their appeal.
Ya lost me here, bud. If you like Motorhead, you can see why a hundred million people like Metallica.
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Deathklaat wrote: I got my 3rd row tickets for the final Slayer tour.
Feth yeah! War Ensemble is one of the best metal songs ever recorded.
Really enjoying Power Trip - Nightmare Logic and Pagan Altar - The Room of Shadows.
Both these records were on Banger.TV's 2017 best albums of the year. Pagan Altar are incredible.
Fun fact, I went to junior high with Sam Dunn. He was a couple years older than me, so my only interaction with him was being pushed up against the locker for daring to be an 8th grader in the same hall as the grade 10s
Metallica is the greatest band in the entire fething universe. Their first five records are among the very best metal has to offer. I also love Iron Maiden, Pantera, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, and Death. I've never really strayed too far from thrash metal, just never really got into the other genres as much.
creeping-deth87 wrote: Metallica is the greatest band in the entire fething universe. Their first five records are among the very best metal has to offer. I also love Iron Maiden, Pantera, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, and Death. I've never really strayed too far from thrash metal, just never really got into the other genres as much.
You list those bands, but have you listened to coroner and dark angel.
Coroner are one of, if not the best, thrash metal bands ever.
creeping-deth87 wrote: Metallica is the greatest band in the entire fething universe. Their first five records are among the very best metal has to offer. I also love Iron Maiden, Pantera, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, and Death. I've never really strayed too far from thrash metal, just never really got into the other genres as much.
You list those bands, but have you listened to coroner and dark angel.
Coroner are one of, if not the best, thrash metal bands ever.
Peregrine wrote:No no, my signature is not at all relevant here:
Best show moment: Blind Guardian (with Gravedigger opening), maybe 5' back from the stage, in a tiny venue in my tiny home town. It's probably the only tour shirt I'll ever have with Carrboro, NC on the back. And what a show it was...
Rock solid foundations. Judas Priest is probably my favorite band of all time, if I was pressed to choose.
Can't stand Metallica though.
Fair enough, not every band is for everyone. Have you listened to this one though? It's their homage to Lemmy.
Just don't get their appeal.
Ya lost me here, bud. If you like Motorhead, you can see why a hundred million people like Metallica.
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Deathklaat wrote: I got my 3rd row tickets for the final Slayer tour.
Feth yeah! War Ensemble is one of the best metal songs ever recorded.
Really enjoying Power Trip - Nightmare Logic and Pagan Altar - The Room of Shadows.
Both these records were on Banger.TV's 2017 best albums of the year. Pagan Altar are incredible.
Fun fact, I went to junior high with Sam Dunn. He was a couple years older than me, so my only interaction with him was being pushed up against the locker for daring to be an 8th grader in the same hall as the grade 10s
To my ears, Metallica are just adding ‘ah’ to the end of each word.
If you enjoy them, fair dos.
Me? I think they suck, and very much suck. Too much style over substance.
A lot of my disdain comes from James Hetfield wanting to be a singer instead of just a vocalist. I just can’t stand all the yea yeas, the whoa whoas and the hey hey heys.
And then I watched some kind of monster. And the disdain deepened.
Ah wait, you saw them as they toured as heaven and hell. Not on the heaven and hell tour.
I technically could have seen that Heaven and Hell tour too, but my parents weren't into Black Sabbath and they probably wouldn't have brought a baby anyway
feeder wrote:Top 5 metal albums from the year I was born.
Spoiler:
Judas Priest, Van Halen, Judas Priest, Rainbow, Rush.
All great bands that I love.
No wonder I became such a metal head.
I was giving your list validity even with Van Halen listed as "metal" until I saw Rush on there. Rush is about as far from metal as you can get. Prog rock. Totally different thing.
Around 20 years ago, mate and I were in the shopping centre (Mall, if your colonially inclined).
He was using the bogs, and I hung around outside. Spotted £20 on the floor. Picked it up, hung around for a while, just in case anyone came looking. They didn't.
Into the 2nd hand record store. Picked up a copy of Ace of Spades (album, not single) on Vinyl. Got it home, and found it also had a Killed By Death picture disc vinyl included!
I don't really go to shows anymore (ears can't take it), I've been to lots over the years, but the last and best concert for me was in 2000, Rob Halford, opening for Queensryche, who opened for Iron Maiden. I ordered the tickets the minute they went on sale. Got 2nd row
Going to a Catholic school in Guelph it was really common to hear other kids insist they listened to Korn, or Slipknot, or Manson to prove they were tough. Most of them didn't but I think it left most of us with the impression that heavy metal (always referred to by its whole name) was noisy, dissonant, and generally unpleasant. I wasn't really musically aware as a kid, I'd been raised on a diet of Harry Chapin and the occasional Bon Jovi and as soon as my little sister could talk the house was all Spice Girls all the time.
Anyway, in 9th or 10th grade I was reading about the Silmarilion (LotR fever was in full effect) and stumbled upon a reference to Nightfall in Middle Earth, looked it up, and was overwhelmed. I can't stress enough how ignorant I felt, I'd written off this entire genre of music and here was this album; energizing, punchy, full of cohesive melodies and these massive harmonies, and it told a story! That last part was a big deal for me, again because I had been raised on Harry Chapin and appreciated the idea that you could have a 5-10 minute song that tells you about the tribulations of some guy who doesn't exist. I rode out high school listening to Blind Guardian, occasionally branching out on a song by song basis, mostly because I didn't know the terminology, download speeds were slow and I'd only occasionally luck out and find something good. (Disposable Heroes was a major highlight.)
I only really started to grasp that there was an entire genre out there when I started to branch out in College. I distinctly remember sharing Blind Guardian with someone (might have been Battlefield? I don't remember) and instead of clamming up like people would do in high school they sent me Nightwish.
I only got into Sabaton four or five years ago, I had heard Primo Victoria before and thought it was allright, but it was actually Carolus Rex that made me sit up and notice. Weirdly enough I was listening to another song of theirs while reading over the track list of Holy Diver, literally hearing 'the Rainbow in the Dark is shining' as I read the track name its referring to. It was like a sign. That got me into Dio, vicariously into Richie Blackmore, and some more modern bands like the Sword that try to maintain that kind of sound.
Rambling aside, I'm firmly in the power metal camp, though I occasionally sneak out over the wall to visit the symphonic metal camp. Nightwish' more recent stuff has been a little too nightwishy for me, and I haven't really jumped at Blind Guardian since Night at the Opera but I still go back to them. Sabaton still holds strong for me and Civil War is like this weird splinter off of that, but you can't mistake them for each other due to very different lead vocals. I rather like Epica because of their extremely over produced sound, rather than despite it.
Most recently I found Apex (the album) by Unleash the Archers, which was a great motivator to work on my Sylvaneth. (And let them take over my signature, apparently), and Dragonslayer by Dream Evil, which is another one of those albums everybody knows one song from, but is actually full of gems.
feeder wrote:Top 5 metal albums from the year I was born.
Spoiler:
Judas Priest, Van Halen, Judas Priest, Rainbow, Rush.
All great bands that I love.
No wonder I became such a metal head.
I was giving your list validity even with Van Halen listed as "metal" until I saw Rush on there. Rush is about as far from metal as you can get. Prog rock. Totally different thing.
I think "as far from metal as you can get" is a wee bit of an exaggeration. In the video, Martin Popoff talks about the inclusion of Rush. Heavy metal in the 70s was a different beast, Judas Priest's Sad Wings of Destiny is a prog album. Rush is not metal by today's standards, but they are definitely proto-metal. Alex Lifeson is a bon fide guitar hero and he influenced countless shredders. Plus, Rush are amazing!
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Happy Metal Memory.
Around 20 years ago, mate and I were in the shopping centre (Mall, if your colonially inclined).
He was using the bogs, and I hung around outside. Spotted £20 on the floor. Picked it up, hung around for a while, just in case anyone came looking. They didn't.
Into the 2nd hand record store. Picked up a copy of Ace of Spades (album, not single) on Vinyl. Got it home, and found it also had a Killed By Death picture disc vinyl included!
Ah, I love it when the metal gods reach down and bestow us with gifts Killed by Death is a cracking tune!
Necros wrote:I don't really go to shows anymore (ears can't take it), I've been to lots over the years, but the last and best concert for me was in 2000, Rob Halford, opening for Queensryche, who opened for Iron Maiden. I ordered the tickets the minute they went on sale. Got 2nd row
Awesome lineup! I saw Halford open for Ozzy a few years ago. Halford still has it. Ozzy, not so much.
NOFX, Op Ivy/ Rancid and Bad Religion were on heavy rotation, especially at parties. Chicks will put up with NOFX but not Naplam Death
Bad Religion - do what you want was the creedo of my high school years. Come to think of it, how did I do so well in the Army lol.
Bad Religion is my all-time favorite band. I’ve seen them seven times (maybe eight... I’ve honestly lost count) and Greg Graffin once (he did an acoustic set as part of his most recent book tour). I also had the pleasure of meeting him and he’s a super nice guy. I also have a Bad Religion tattoo.
I don’t listen to as much metal as I used to. I went from punk to hardcore to metal to post-metal in my teens to early twenties. I still listen to some metal when the mood strikes, especially stoner/doom metal and heavy post-metal (Pelican, Isis, Alcest... that sort of thing). I still love Iron Maiden because as a once-bass player, Steve Harris is my musical idol.
If I had to pick, I’d say my favorite metal band is Kalmah; I’ve been really into them since Swamplord came out in 2000.
Captain Joystick wrote: Most recently I found Apex (the album) by Unleash the Archers, which was a great motivator to work on my Sylvaneth. (And let them take over my signature, apparently), and Dragonslayer by Dream Evil, which is another one of those albums everybody knows one song from, but is actually full of gems.
UtA is from my hometown! My buddy's band played with them a few times around the scene here. They are pretty rad.
My favorite power metal band right now is Gloryhammer. Their epic album Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards is a homage to all things 40k and DnD.
A band that I recently saw and quickly became a favorite of mine is Avatar. Their earlier stuff is not very notable, pretty generic really, but starting in 2012 with "Hail The Apocalypse" they really grew in quality.
feeder wrote:I think "as far from metal as you can get" is a wee bit of an exaggeration. In the video, Martin Popoff talks about the inclusion of Rush. Heavy metal in the 70s was a different beast, Judas Priest's Sad Wings of Destiny is a prog album. Rush is not metal by today's standards, but they are definitely proto-metal. Alex Lifeson is a bon fide guitar hero and he influenced countless shredders. Plus, Rush are amazing!
Do you know who else is amazing and influenced generations of shredders? Pink Floyd, specifically David Gilmour. Still not metal. Not even by past standards.
You have to remember, Black Sabbath started it's existence in the very late 60's. That sets the bar for what is metal, since I think we can all agree that Sabbath is the first true metal band. Even something as raw and in your face as Working Man isn't on the same level as ANYTHING Sabbath did as far as heaviness goes. It's like calling King's X metal.
Automatically Appended Next Post: And to actually add to the OP, I've fallen in love with some of the more melodic "slow" metal bands out there now. Hurt. Tool. Breaking Benjamin. Stuff moves me more than Venom could ever hope to...
I enjoy metal quite a bit. I l tend to prefer power metal and folk metal with clean vocals and sci-fi/fantasy themes. More recently I've been listening to more doom metal and progressive metal. I've been enjoying High on Fire, Gojira and Oceans of Slumber.
I really like this cover of Solitude by Candlemass that Oceans of Slumber did, even though the lyrics are depressing:
I think my favorite live show has been Iron Maiden when they were at Ozzfest.
Iron_Captain wrote: I like most genres of metal, but I am really fond of folk metal.
There's few genres I don't like, as long as there's some idea behind it. Say brutal death metal - if it's just off-key riffs, drumming and growls it's not my thing, but if it's something like Nile with an idea behind it then wow!
The classics are ofc always good, I'm not complaining if someone wants some Black Sabbath, Dio, Iron Maiden, Metallica or Gamma Ray. It's a good way to get more people into the scene where they can discover more exotic things. Finland is also full of bands, some claim we have the highest amount of metal bands per capita. Many of them are good too. Amorphis - a damn good band btw - was already mentioned. Stratovarius is a no-brainer if you like German-styled heavy metal.
Spoiler:
So something else. You all know Nightwish, but maybe a few still don't know Marco Hietala was in a somewhat succesful band long before it along with his brother. Tarot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD1q21dr8tw
Or if people like folk metal stuff one of the first succesful ones was founded when two hungover guys worked it off by beating out some tunes. I give you Finntroll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkVwA__Fk9g
Of course, Sweden always put more money into supporting starting bands so they still outsell us. And to be fair many of their bands are also damn good!
The issue isn't really what we call metal, it's finding time to check it all out and deciding which new band to listen to. There's a lot, and we need to sleep and work and have other hobbies...
edit: but we shouldn't forget the Norwegians. They've had bad history with "black metal", where a lot of idiots burned churches and some even committed murder to make themself more cred in the scene - but it also spawned some really majestic music. Satyricon wasn't involved in the crimes, and they have even been featured in national events like playing at sporting events and getting to play with the national opera choir!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GhFL0OWq8
A lot of my favorite metal bands are from Finland, thanks for the links!
Anyone listen to Black Metal or Death Metal? In the past few months I've listened to over 300 Black Metal albums. There's no way I can remember each one, but a few favorites stuck out. I really like the melodic stuff such as Dissection and Sacramentum. I like melodic death, too. Dark Tranquility, At the Gates and Omnium Gatherum have been long time favorites.
Luciferian wrote: Anyone listen to Black Metal or Death Metal? In the past few months I've listened to over 300 Black Metal albums. There's no way I can remember each one, but a few favorites stuck out. I really like the melodic stuff such as Dissection and Sacramentum. I like melodic death, too. Dark Tranquility, At the Gates and Omnium Gatherum have been long time favorites.
Its Like 2 of my favourite genres. And melodic death is up there too.
And bands like Wintersun are worth checking out. And Cattle Decapitation are one of the heaviest bands I know.
Luciferian wrote: Anyone listen to Black Metal or Death Metal? In the past few months I've listened to over 300 Black Metal albums. There's no way I can remember each one, but a few favorites stuck out. I really like the melodic stuff such as Dissection and Sacramentum. I like melodic death, too. Dark Tranquility, At the Gates and Omnium Gatherum have been long time favorites.
Dark Tranquility is touring later this year with Amorphis and Omnium Gatherum. I'm definitely gonna go to that.
welshhoppo wrote: Its Like 2 of my favourite genres. And melodic death is up there too.
And bands like Wintersun are worth checking out. And Cattle Decapitation are one of the heaviest bands I know.
Wintersun are sick.
I still think Emperor is the gold standard when it comes to black metal though.
I've been listening to Terror Universal a lot today - I saw them on my amazon music recommendations, thought I'd give it a shot, didn't expect much, but it's really, really good.
Got former members of il nino and machine head.
Best sounding band I've heard in a while.
Ded was also pretty good, found them a couple weeks ago.
Kap'n Krump wrote: I've been listening to Terror Universal a lot today - I saw them on my amazon music recommendations, thought I'd give it a shot, didn't expect much, but it's really, really good.
Got former members of il nino and machine head.
Best sounding band I've heard in a while.
Ded was also pretty good, found them a couple weeks ago.
Nice, I'll check them out. I was a big fan of Machine Head back in high school.
Machinae Supremacy. These guys are the soundtrack to my soul.
Greatest band in the universe. Robert is a poet. I got into them in the noughties, when they were unsigned, and basically just put all their stuff up for free, and there's hours worth there. Stuck with them ever since.
And there's no one else out there that sounds quite like them. Imagine slash on guitars and a Mega drive instead of keyboards.
Check out 'player one' (recorded when they were unsigned and zero budget, but still utterly epic), or 'rogue world asylum' (recorded ten years ago, but with the current political climate it is terrifyingly relevant). And listen to 'oki Kumas adventure', 'remnant' and 'the last march of the undead' - that song will break your hearts.
'Winter storm', 'kings of the scene' and the three 'sidology' song say give a great account of their signature sound.
Kap'n Krump wrote: I've been listening to Terror Universal a lot today - I saw them on my amazon music recommendations, thought I'd give it a shot, didn't expect much, but it's really, really good.
Got former members of il nino and machine head.
Best sounding band I've heard in a while.
Ded was also pretty good, found them a couple weeks ago.
Nice, I'll check them out. I was a big fan of Machine Head back in high school.
Machine head has a new album out, now that you mention it. My favorite song was just called 'psychotic'. It's decent, though I honestly liked the sound of terror universal better.
Extremities are a Dutch band playing sort of a proggy metalcore sound. I vary between really really enjoying parts and waiting for them to get back to the really really good parts. Promising young band.
In my school years, I enjoyed metal. but now I'm as an old man "make your noises quieter!" blublabla". I can not listen to disgusting husky growls. Only power metal with pure vocals or folk metal without satanic/paganic growlubbish. In general, I listen more to classic rock or new wave now.
Sabaton on thursday, Nightwish on saturday. Going to be a good week for \m/! Too bad I don't think I can afford to take the time off work to fly up to DC and catch Judas Priest next week, or my life would really be complete.
Edit: on second thought, \m/. Airplane rental booked, let's see if this works out and I can make it 3/3.
Peregrine wrote: Sabaton on thursday, Nightwish on saturday. Going to be a good week for \m/! Too bad I don't think I can afford to take the time off work to fly up to DC and catch Judas Priest next week, or my life would really be complete.
Edit: on second thought, \m/. Airplane rental booked, let's see if this works out and I can make it 3/3.
That is one fine heavy metal triple play! Judas Priest were phenomenal when I saw them touring with Testament a few years back.
Peregrine wrote: Sabaton on thursday, Nightwish on saturday. Going to be a good week for \m/! Too bad I don't think I can afford to take the time off work to fly up to DC and catch Judas Priest next week, or my life would really be complete.
Edit: on second thought, \m/. Airplane rental booked, let's see if this works out and I can make it 3/3.
That is one fine heavy metal triple play! Judas Priest were phenomenal when I saw them touring with Testament a few years back.
Brand new Judas Priest:
it looks like a good album so far. Very painkilleresq.
And did you see them with Megadeth? Because I too saw Judas Priest and Testament.
Two down, one to go. Sabaton was fun, Nightwish was unbelievable. This is a show I'd been waiting ~15 years to see, and it was every bit as great as I had hoped for. The music was amazing, and I'll just let this pic speak for itself:
Rivers of Nihil just put out a new album, and I quite like it. I have their first 2, and the third follows the thematic elements of the previous ones (their debut album's theme was Spring, Monarchy, their second represents summer, and this current one represents autumn) The third album went a little more "soft" in a way that reminds me of Gojira actually. . . But, it's pretty damn good.
Pretty soon I'll probably be placing an order at my local shop to more fully flesh out my collection. I'm thinking of getting Death's Human and Spiritual Healing albums.
I've also been enjoying the hell out of Watain's latest album, Trident Wolf Eclipse.
There's very little metal that I don't like. Usually, I steer well clear of Varg and Gaahl just as a rule.
Ensis Ferrae wrote: Rivers of Nihil just put out a new album, and I quite like it. I have their first 2, and the third follows the thematic elements of the previous ones (their debut album's theme was Spring, Monarchy, their second represents summer, and this current one represents autumn) The third album went a little more "soft" in a way that reminds me of Gojira actually. . . But, it's pretty damn good.
See, this is why I love talking metal. I had not listened to Rivers of Nihil before and now Monarchy is crushing me right now! I do hear shades of Gojira in this. That's a good thing.
Pretty soon I'll probably be placing an order at my local shop to more fully flesh out my collection. I'm thinking of getting Death's Human and Spiritual Healing albums.
Death are incredible. I'm kicking myself I didn't go see them when I had the chance.
There's very little metal that I don't like. Usually, I steer well clear of Varg and Gaahl just as a rule.
Yeah, those guys are good examples of odious personalities that overshadow anything musical they have to offer.
Flew into DC to catch Judas Priest last night, because \m/. Firepower tour, indeed. One hell of a show, and so worth the $1000 hole in my bank account.
Peregrine wrote: Flew into DC to catch Judas Priest last night, because \m/. Firepower tour, indeed. One hell of a show, and so worth the $1000 hole in my bank account.
Awesome! I'm really digging the new album and will definitely catch them when they come by here.
Peregrine wrote: Flew into DC to catch Judas Priest last night, because \m/. Firepower tour, indeed. One hell of a show, and so worth the $1000 hole in my bank account.
Awesome! I'm really digging the new album and will definitely catch them when they come by here.
Peregrine wrote: Flew into DC to catch Judas Priest last night, because \m/. Firepower tour, indeed. One hell of a show, and so worth the $1000 hole in my bank account.
Awesome! I'm really digging the new album and will definitely catch them when they come by here.
Do it. Age has not slowed them down much.
Did Tipton take the stage or was it all Faulkner and Sneap?
Congrats to sorta-local metallers Anciients for winning the much coveted (ha!) Juno this year! Quality prog metal with extreme elements. If you like Blackwater Park-era Opeth, this is for you.
Eldarain wrote: My favourites of late:
Death
Necrophagist
Decapitated
Strapping Young Lad
Behemoth
Solid list Death are gods.
Not content with inventing the Grindcore subgenre, English legends Carcass switched gears in 1993 and created the blueprint for every melodic death metal band to follow. This is one of the best metal albums ever.
After Carcass, guitarist Mike Amott would go on to form Arch Enemy. Most of Carcass reformed to tour with Suffocation and 1349 in 2007. I saw them in Vancouver and it was neck-breakingly good.
Five years ago today, we lost one of the absolute all time greats: Jeff Hanneman of Slayer. Here is my favorite song featuring his amazing guitar work.
I tried to get my 5 year old daughter to listen to some female vocalists, expand her horizons. She entertained for less time than it takes to qualify on a bull ride. I threw on "Seasons in the Abyss" and Reign in Blood", and she sat through the whole thing.
My sister is still mad at me for introducing my nephew to Iron Maiden. He's 17 now, but when he was in kindergarden he sang Number of the Beast to his teacher. Sis got quite that talking-to from the principal that day.
Necros wrote:My sister is still mad at me for introducing my nephew to Iron Maiden. He's 17 now, but when he was in kindergarden he sang Number of the Beast to his teacher. Sis got quite that talking-to from the principal that day.
True story. We have a youtube loop we run through. The Zombie Song (Phantom of the Opera), the Mummy Zombie Song (Rime of the Ancient Mariner), the Space Zombie Song (Alexander the Great), the Devil Zombie Song (Hallowed Be Thy Name), and the Tree Zombie Song (Fear of the Dark). The last song in the rotation is The Wicker Man, and that one is the balloon song because of the video.
Xenomancers wrote:Which is better? Real questions!
Those two are equal, honestly. Now, had you asked me to compare "Don't Tread On Me" against "My Friend Of Misery", that'd be a harder question.
With this, Deathspell Omega, Blut Aus Nord, and Aosoth I think I'm more likely to associate Black Metal with France than Scandinavia these days.
Blut Aus Nord took me a while to 'get'. But I really dig them now.
zerosignal wrote:Some good stuff coming out of France now - Gojira are really, really solid.
Gojira are absolutely amazing and one of the best bands playing today. I saw them open for Metallica last summer and they blew me away. Went from a casual fan to a hardcore booster in one night!
Death are gods.
