Any Metal Fans Out There??!?!?!!???

[MaggotShroom]

Hola! I'm a hella hardcore Metal fan and i was just curious to know if their was anymore Metal fans out there? Or if there were some ppl who werent Metal fans but loved some Metal tunes...i got a huge ass list of bands that i like, but i was wondering what bands you all like...i like checking out new bands and such...

[LordSimen]

I'm a metalhead, for sure.

[Andrew Ratto]

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[deadguy76]

Hell yeah. I've seen Slayer 3 times. Hatebreed 4 X, Machine Head $X, but only Metallica once. :(

Screw Korn, Marilyn Manson, or Limp Bizkit. Death to false metal! Real Metal rules!!

[MaggotShroom]

Awesomeness, i'm pretty much into any kind of Metal...Forget about that stoopid emo shit...agh!!! KoRn definitely sold out, they aint that good anymore...I remember Monster Magnet. I really liked their Powertrip cd. Machine Head and Hatebreed are awesome bands also.

[Cronos]

im into all sorts of metal

Korn, Children Of Bodom, Trivium, In Flames, Megadeth, Pantera, Trail Of Tears, Static-X, Satyricon, Mithotyn, Dimmu Borgir and loads of others

[MaggotShroom]

Hells yeah!!! Those are kick ass bands...i aint heard of Trail Of Tears or Mithotyn before....i guess i better check them out huh lol....

Here a few that i personally cant get enough of....

Demon Hunter, DevilDriver, Shinedown, Slipknot, Mudvayne, Coal Chamber, Spineshank, Chimaira, Flaw, Lamb Of God, Disturbed, Five Bolt Main, Trivium, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, In Flames, Soil, Static-X, Hypocrisy, Otep, Arch Enemy, Nothingface...

I have a HUGE list but those are some.....

[countchocula]

I'm metal. My favorite bands include, but are not limited to, Opeth, Cannibal Corpse, Death, Control Denied, Suffocation, Pharaoh, Into Eternity, and casketloads more.

I won't be too specific here, but if you're a metalhead, you might want to click something below this post. It's a button that has three letters on it. It's one letter repeated three times.

Okay, I'll shut up now.

[MaggotShroom]

Cannibal Corpse is good band....how do you feel about Six Feet Under??? i aint into them too much but they still are good...

[countchocula]

CC incinerates SFU, but Haunted and Maximum Violence are solid records.

[HannibalGuy]

^ What he said. Cannibal Corpse are death metal gods, and Geroge "Corpsegrinder" Fisher is the god of DM vocals. I posted a metal thread ages ago, but it's good to see others that love metal here.

\m/

[Frank the Tank]

I feel I'm a metalhead, but I can't get into a lot of the bands mentioned here anymore. There are so many types of metal to get into. Hell, most of these have a subgenre within a subgenre

Stoner Metal/Drone/Doom/Sludge(A lot of it overlaps each other in some way):

Kyuss
Sleep
High On Fire
Electric Wizard
Pelican
Isis
Jesu (Old stuff)
Sunn O(((
Acid Bath
Eyehategod
Down (Better than Pantera in every way, honestly I can't really listen to Pantera at all anymore.)
Crowbar (Older)
Acid King
Melvins
Corrosion Of Conformity (Older)
Black Sabbath (Always essential)
Boris
My Dying Bride (First few albums are great)
Paradise Lost (Ditto)
Anathema
Amorphis (Older)
Mastodon
Iron Monkey
Kayo Dot
Fu Manchu
Clutch
Neurosis
Cult Of Luna
Dove
Fudge Tunnel
Pentagram
Cathedral (Older)
Agalloch

Mathcore/Grindcore/Metalcore/Hardcore/Crossover/Noisecore (All mashes together):

Botch
The Number 12 Looks Like You
Converge
Deadguy
Dillinger Escape Plan
Psyopus
The Red Chord
Ed Gein
Discharge
Cephalic Carnage
Nasum
Pig Destroyer
The Berzerker
Brutal Truth
Disfear
Shadows Fall (First two albums only)
Lamb Of God (First album only)
Darkest Hour (Guilty pleasure for me)
Between The Buried And Me
Cave-In
Coalsce
Burnt By The Sun
Today Is The Day
From A Second Story Window
The Chariot
S.O.D.
Suicidal Tendencies
Cryptic Slaughter
The Cro-Maggs
Municipal Waste

Death Metal:

Arch Enemy (Pre last two albums)
At The Gates
Behemoth
Bolt Thrower
Carcass
Cryptopsy
Dark Tranquility
Death
Demillich (Biggest what the fuck vocals ever, but I love them)
Dismember
Dissection
Edge Of Sanity
Entombed (Older)
Gorguts
Hypocrisy (Older)
Immolation
Incantation
Malevolent Creation
Morbid Angel
Necrophagist
Nile
Obituary
Opeth
Possessed
Quo Vadis
Sepultura (Pre Chaos A.D. is pure Thrash/Death gold and I used to love that album)
Suffocation
The Chasm
Vader

Industrial:

Strapping Young Lad
Fear Factory
The Axis Of Perdition
Jesu
Godflesh
Type O Negative (Somewhat Industrial)

Progressive Metal:

Rush (Yeah, there metal despite Geddy's vocals)
Queensyrche (First couple albums were freaking great)
Dream Theater (Showoffs and tons of guitar wankery, but I appreciate it)
Opeth
Symphony X
Liquid Tension Experiment
Death
The Devin Townsend Band
Edge Of Sanity
Into Eternity
Spastic Ink
Spiral Architect
Mastodon
Meshuggah
Cynic
Atheist
Watchtower
Pessimist

Power Metal: (Least favorite subgenre, most of these bands I like for cheese factor)

Iron Maiden (They still rule)
Iced Earth
Nevermore (So do they)
Helloween (Great guitars, funny vocals)
Dio
Dragonforce (See Helloween)

Black Metal/Viking Metal/Folk Metal:

Absu
Bathory
Borknagar
Burzum
Darkthrone
Dimmu Borgir (Older shit)
Emperor
Goatwhore
Immortal
Ulver
Venom
Finntroll

Thrash/Speed Metal:

Anthrax (I can't stand the John Bush albums anymore, and Belladonna's vocals were pretty grating, but damn was the music good)
Megadeth
Metallica (Pre Black Album)
Slayer
Motorhead
Exodus
Kreator
Testament
Sodom
Annihilator
Celtic Frost (Hell these guys went all over the place genre wise)
GWAR
Dark Angel

Other Shit: (This shit crosses over too many genres)

Faith No More
Mr. Bungle
Fantomas
Crotchduster
...Into The Woods

[one_crow_sorrow]

I like some metal. I listen to mostly Ayreon and Dream Theater, metal-wise. Sometimes I'll listen to Metallica or Opeth.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
Strapping Young Lad

The Devin Townsend Band
YES!!! Hevy Devy is the man. "The New Black" destoryes.

[LordSimen]

Man I love so much metal from so many genres it's not even funny. I'm not even going to bother to put them into sub genres, I'm just going to list most of them:

Arch Enemy, As I Lay Dying, Avenged Sevenfold, Ayreon, Between the Buried and Me, The Black Dahlia Murder, Black Label Society, Black Sabbath, Children of Bodom, Chimaira, Death, Devildriver, Devin Townsend Band, Dimmu Borgir, Disturbed, Dope, Dragonforce, Dream Theater, Drowning Pool, Edguy, Fear Factory, Fimbulwinter, Fozzy, God Forbid, Godsmack, The Haunted, Iced Earth, Ill Nino, In Flames, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Killswitch Engage, Korn, Kreator, Lacuna Coil, Lamb of God, Megadeth, Metallica, Mudvayne, Murderdolls, Mushroomhead, Opeth, Powerman 5000, Rammstein, Rob Zombie, Saliva, Seether, Sepultura, Serpent Underground, Sevendust, Shadows Fall, Slayer, Sonata Arctica, Stone Sour, Strapping Young Lad, Stratovarious, System of a Down, Symphony X, Tool, Type O Negative, The Union Underground, Velvet Revolver.


Some of these bands are hard rock and/or Nu-Metal but since the line between hard rock and light metal is very thin I included them anyway.

This is just off the top of my head, there are more that I probably didn't think about.

[Badbird]

Ugh. I can't stand hardcore.

I guess I'm not that hip, but I worked with a girl who kept talking about "Hardcore, Hardcore, Hardcore" all the time and I had no idea what she meant. Once I finally figured it out, I was like "So THAT'S the name of the music I can't stand!"

I prefer just straight up metal, power metal, industrial metal.

KMFDM, Pig, Iced Earth, Nightwish, Primal Fear, Blind Guardian, Judas Priest, Apocalyptica, Metallica, Megadeth, Athrax, Slayer, Grip inc, Gamma Ray, Kamelot, Rammstein, Megaherz, Dokken, Sister Machine Gun, Fear Factory, Bile, etc, etc.

[therealjohng]

Not a huge metal fan. Occasionally I like to crank it up and get some energy out.


But if I want my metal, I'm usually go to one band:

http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Tool-band-10k03.jpg

[Criminal Rock]

Originally posted by Badbird
Ugh. I can't stand hardcore.

when you say ‘hardcore’, what are YOU referring too?

[Ratlehed]

I'm into almost anything "metal".

A good concert coming up is the Gigantour 2006. It has some of my fave bands on it:Megadeth, Arch Enemy, and Overkill. Lamb of God and Opeth will also be on it, but I'm not into them.

My favorie metal album of the year so far is Ministry's Rio Grande Blood. But new Gwar, Slayer and Asesnio come out next month so I'll have to see if it still stands.

[MaggotShroom]

That makes me soooo happy that there are people here that like really good music....i aint into the whole Nu-metal scene to much meaning (Breaking Benjamin, Trapt, Three Days Grace etc)...but i can listen to some...as long as a band has lots of screams/shouts and what not, you can be sure that i'll like them....i just love it loud!

[thebloodfeaster]

Some of my favorites:

Mercyful Fate
King Diamond
Therion
Bal-Sagoth
Impaled Nazarene
Heretic
Darkthrone
Savatage
Nevermore
Graveland
Countess
Gorguts
Dismember
Morbid Angel
Judas Priest
The Lord Weird Slough-Feg
Bifrost
Candlemass
Immolation
Necramyth
Oathean

[Smeif]

I listen to a lot of metal, Ranging from the Clear and beautiful melodies of Sonata Arctica, to the brutal violent rantings of Cryptopsy. Here are a few Bands that i particularly love:

Sonata Arctica
Gamma Ray
Stratovarius
Blind Guardian
Luca Turilli
Wintersun
Cryptopsy
Skinless
King Diamond
Irom Maiden
Death
Ensiferum
FInntroll
Dream Theater
Opeth
Amon Amarth
Children of Bodom
Rhapsody
Emperor
Edguy
Yngwie Malmsteen
Hammerfall
Concerto moon

[The Heart Collector]

I can't believe so many people in this thread like Cannibal Corpse. I realize Cannibal Corpse was a shitty, shitty death metal band when I was like FOURTEEN, for fuck's sake. Go listen to some Suffocation.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

I loved metal when I was 13 but I've moved on since then. I still like bands that occasionally play different variations of metal, sorta the way Faith No More did.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by The Heart Collector
I can't believe so many people in this thread like Cannibal Corpse. I realize Cannibal Corpse was a shitty, shitty death metal band when I was like FOURTEEN, for fuck's sake. Go listen to some Suffocation.

Same with Six Feet Under and Napalm Death. Instead of those everyone should listen to Immolation and Cryptopsy.

[Mory's Wigs]

Did someone put Velvet Revolver as Metal? OK.........

One of the best metal shows out there is Soulfly! They are very tight live and Max Cavalera has an awesome metal voice!

Saw Slayer live with Hatebreed.......was disappointed. Hatebreed live is horrible compared to their cds. Much like the Deftones. Slayer wasn't good at all.....but maybe it was the sound that sucked.

Pantera was another awesome show...but that is no more. Superjoint Ritual is a good band...not sure how they are live?

[countchocula]

Frank, Heart Collector...guys, I love Immolation and Suffocation (I'll be seeing the latter in November), but CC's latest is just as heavy and technical as anything on Pierced From Within or Harnessing Ruin. Sure, the lyrics are one-dimensional, but who fucking cares?

[The Heart Collector]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
Same with Six Feet Under and Napalm Death. Instead of those everyone should listen to Immolation and Cryptopsy.

hahahaha OUCH, ok, Napalm Death deserves a bit more respect than fuckin' Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under, even if they've had more lineups than every other band in history combined.

[The Heart Collector]

Originally posted by Mory's Wigs
Saw Slayer live with Hatebreed.......was disappointed. Hatebreed live is horrible compared to their cds. Much like the Deftones. Slayer wasn't good at all.....but maybe it was the sound that sucked.

Slayer has been sucking for well over a decade.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by The Heart Collector
hahahaha OUCH, ok, Napalm Death deserves a bit more respect than fuckin' Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under, even if they've had more lineups than every other band in history combined.

Meh, they have maybe one album I can say I like out of 20 years(Harmony Corruption) which is one more than the other two.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by The Heart Collector
Slayer has been sucking for well over a decade.

Yes they have, and their latest album (Christ Illusion) does not change anything.

[jaw2929]

I like some metal... None of the hardcore garbage that some people would call "music"... But stuff like Metallica, Disturbed, Manson, Mudvayne, etc.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by Trail_Blazer
I like some metal... None of the hardcore garbage that some people would call "music"... But stuff like Metallica, Disturbed, Manson, Mudvayne, etc.
Thankfully, hardcore isn't considered a part of metal, but then again, most "tr00" metalheads would tell you that Disturbed and Mudvayne are "nu-metal" (I fucking hate the term)... Regardless, thank you for having taste.;)

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by countchocula
Frank, Heart Collector...guys, I love Immolation and Suffocation (I'll be seeing the latter in November), but CC's latest is just as heavy and technical as anything on Pierced From Within or Harnessing Ruin. Sure, the lyrics are one-dimensional, but who fucking cares?
Right. I live Suffocation and Immolation. "Kill" is one of the best releases this year. CC are extreamly talented musicans.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by countchocula
(I'll be seeing the latter in November) '
You seeing them with Fear Factory, Hyprocisy and Decapitation?

[bourahioro]

I ONLY listen to metal...but all the sub-genres of metal too (black/death/thrash/speed)

Groups I really like are:

PANTERA
Scum of the earth
White Zombie
Marilyn Manson
Slipknot
Metallica
Tool
Type O Negative
System of a down
Megadeth
Rob Zombie
Superjoint Ritual
OLD NIN
KoRn
Cradle of Filth
Deicide
Hatebreed
Ozzy
Black Label Society
Mushroomhead
Children of Bodom
Bathory

I could make a list like this for hours...these are just my faves...and pretty much in that order

[Badbird]

Originally posted by Tai Mai Jew
when you say ‘hardcore’, what are YOU referring too?

Bands like Trivuim, Atreyu, Hatebreed, As I Lay Dying, etc.

You know, the screamy-screamy verse with the pouty-emo whining chorus. Repeat, repeat, fade out.

[LordSimen]

Originally posted by Badbird
Bands like Trivuim, Atreyu, Hatebreed, As I Lay Dying, etc.

You know, the screamy-screamy verse with the pouty-emo whining chorus. Repeat, repeat, fade out.

That's actually Metalcore. It's kind of confusing at first, but let me explain: metalcore is a genre that has become popular latly. It is a fusion genre, which fuses Hardcore and Metal influences together into one musical form. Bands like Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, God Forbid and Lamb of God have been labeled the "New Wave of American Heavy Metal" because they have become the current pioneers of this genre and it is the first time America has put it's stamp on Metal since Thrash back in the 80's and early 90's.

The bands you mention are popular, yes, but they are actually much different from the pioneers I mention. Try taking a listen to the bands I mentioned- They're more Metal than they are Hardcore anyway.

[countchocula]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
You seeing them with Fear Factory, Hyprocisy and Decapitation?

Yep. It's going to kick almighty ass.

As for metalcore, the only bands I can tolerate are Shadows Fall, All That Remains, God Forbid, and maybe even Martyr A.D.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by countchocula
Yep. It's going to kick almighty ass.
Hell yes it's gonna be fuckin harsh! Im going to the show in MA.

[HannibalGuy]

It should also be stated that King Diamond rules all.

[deadguy76]

Originally posted by Trail_Blazer
I like some metal... None of the hardcore garbage that some people would call "music"... But stuff like Metallica, Disturbed, Manson, Mudvayne, etc. I don't consider Manson or Disturbed metal. Metallica used to be metal, only the first four albums though.

[therealjohng]

Early Manson was metal. Portrait of an American Family and Antichrist Superstar are some really good heavy albums. I would consider him more industrial, but those lines are pretty blurred. But think early on in his career he was metal.

[Badbird]

Hardcore, metalcore, emocore... it's all the same to me.

9 times out of 10 I prefer actual singing to screaming, as well as a real melody rather than mindless thrashing. Oh, and songs over three minutes long.

And Metallica is still metal. Marylin Manson is still metal. To me, everything is metal first, subgenre second. Manson may be more industrial now, but he's still metal. And better than ever in my opinion. And St. Anger rubbed me the wrong way at first, but I gave it more listens and it really grew on me. It's rediculously heavy. Unconventional? - yes. Metal? - very much.

Personaly, I think Metallica's first two albums are highly overrated and I don't even like them anymore. Puppets, Justice, and Black Album makes a great trilogy of sorts. But for my money, they were never more polished and fined tuned than during the Load/Reload era. I absolutely loved that sound.

[therealjohng]

Originally posted by Badbird
But for my money, they were never more polished and fined tuned than during the Load/Reload era. I absolutely loved that sound.


About damn time I find someone else who agrees with me. I think Load is a fucking fantastic record and their best production wise.

[HannibalGuy]

I think "Load" is a great record. True, it was way differant then anything they've done before that, but I think they put out a solid hard rock album. Didn't like ReLoad so much. As for St. Anger, well... Im not gonna lie, I like some of the tracks on it.

[therealjohng]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
I think "Load" is a great record. True, it was way differant then anything they've done before that, but I think they put out a solid hard rock album. Didn't like ReLoad so much. As for St. Anger, well... Im not gonna lie, I like some of the tracks on it.


Damn right dude, I don't like the album as a whole. But there are some stand out tracks. And yeah, Reload isn't very good. Again some stand out tracks. Fixxxer, Where the Wild Things Are, Attitude, Memory Remains. Love those tracks.

[Superplasmatron]

i like magadeath and ac/dc

[Frank the Tank]

Load is a huge guilty pleasure of mine. Load, Puppets, Justice, and Lightning are the only Metallica albums I can get into. I too think Kill Em' All is pretty overrated save for a few tunes.

[Badbird]

Reload is pretty uneven, but there are some real killer songs on there. Fixxxer is increadible. Aditude absolutely rocks and is my favorite track there. Prince Charming, Bad Seed, and Devil's Dance are good. Was never a big fan of Fuel, but it sure gets a lot of radio play.

Carpe Diem Baby, Low Man's Lyric, and Where the Wild Things Are get the skip button.

[LordSimen]

Glad there are more people like me in the world who love Load and Reload.

[dfd3657]

I love a little bit of everything when it comes to music, but metal has always been my passion. I love every type of metal. Some of my favorites are:

Kamelot
DragonForce
Iced Earth
Strapping Young Lad
Swarrrm (AWESOME Japanese grind band)
Pig Destroyer
Edguy
The Gathering (although their most recent CD isn't really metal)
Dog Fashion Disco (not really metal, but they're a harder band; they really can't be classified)
3 Inches of Blood
Behemoth
Cannibal Corpse
Summoning
Battlelore
Blind Guardian (can't wait for the new CD)
Beholder
Between the Buried and Me
Cattle Decapitation
Metallica
Black Sabbath
Tristania
Old Man's Child
Epica
Dying Fetus
Finntroll
Bal-Sagoth
Ensiferum
Vampire Mooose
In Flames
Borknagar
The Great Kat (that chick can SHRED)
Galneryus
Sex Machineguns
Flagitious Idiosyncrasy In The Dilapidation (kick ass all female grind from Japan)
Opeth
The Dillinger Escape Plan (Irony is a Dead Scene is brilliant)
Slayer
Fast Eddie
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Circle of Dead Children
Cryptopsy
Mod Flanders Conspiracy
Lamb of God
The Sword
Light This City
Killswitch Engage
Look What I Did
The Black Dahlia Murder
Dark Moor
Despised Icon
Falconer
Goratory
Intestine Baalism
Leng Tch'e
Nasum
Powerglove (speed metal covers of video game music, beotch)
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder
Thorr's Hammer

The only hardcore type band that I like is HORSE the band, but they're freakin' amazing. They play what they called Nintendocore, hardcore type music laced with Nintendo sounding keyboards. I recommend that everyone give them a chance.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by dfd3657

The only hardcore type band that I like is HORSE the band, but they're freakin' amazing. They play what they called Nintendocore, hardcore type music laced with Nintendo sounding keyboards. I recommend that everyone give them a chance.

That band is a freaking blast live too. They rule.

[HannibalGuy]

Horse the Band are fucking whacked, but I got into them. They're videos are hysterical. I saw one where the premise was all the flying monkies from the Wizard of Oz were out of work after the Witch died, and the video is just the monkies looking for jobs. Great stuff.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by dfd3657
Kamelot
Iced Earth
Strapping Young Lad
The Gathering (although their most recent CD isn't really metal)
Metallica
Black Sabbath
Finntroll
In Flames
Opeth
The Dillinger Escape Plan (Irony is a Dead Scene is brilliant)
Slayer
Iron Maiden
Lamb of God
Killswitch Engage
The Black Dahlia Murder
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder
It's nice to know we agree on that many bands:D
Although, I only like Dillinger when Patton does the vocals, and I only liked Jesse Leech-fronted Killswitch.

[therealjohng]

The more and more I listen to Dillinger Escape Plan, the more I love them. Great music, great energy. Supposedly their live shows are nothing short of brilliant. About 10 months ago Trent Reznor saw them live and told everyone to go see them. A lot of his fans asked him if he would get them to open for NIN on tour. His resonse, "There is no way I would come out after them." That's quite the compliment.


Has anyone here seen them live? I'd love to know what you guys think of them.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

D.E.P. are fucking great live. Even if you don't really care for their albums, I still recommend seeing them live.

Does anyone like A Life Once Lost? I love their album "Hunter" but after I lost my first copy I couldn't remember why I liked it that much and then I saw them at Ozzfest Saturday and instantly went to pick up their CD. Great band, great live show. Plus, I recommend any Lamb of God fans pick it up for Randy's guest vocals on "Vulture".

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
It's nice to know we agree on that many bands:D
Although, I only like Dillinger when Patton does the vocals, and I only liked Jesse Leech-fronted Killswitch.

I think that Miss Machine is a fucking great CD. Mike Patton DEFINITELY rubbed off on them a little bit. I can't wait for their next CD.

[therealjohng]

Have any of you guys heard DEP's Plagarism EP? That shit is awesome. Half the songs are covers, but great ones at that. But all around a good listen.

[countchocula]

DEP is okay, but they're overexposed. I'm sick of hearing about them. Horse the Band is pretty cool, though I wish the vocals were as imaginative as the music.

Every metalhead needs to get the new Anata and the new Into Eternity albums. They're the best bands that no one talks about.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by countchocula
Every metalhead needs to get the new Anata and the new Into Eternity albums. They're the best bands that no one talks about.
Into Eternity is great. When you say new album do you mean "The Scattering of Ashes?" cause I though it was due in October. Did it leak?

[countchocula]

No, but I've heard one song, and I just know that the entire album will destroy all that is holy.

Have you heard of Anata?

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by countchocula
Have you heard of Anata?
Yes. I've got "Under A Stone With No Inscription" and it's pretty good tech-death.

[HannibalGuy]

For old times sakes, My recent playlist:

Strapping Young Lad - The New Black 9/10. This just totally destroyes. DONT YOU FUCK WITH METAL! \m/

The Devin Townsend Band - Synchestra 9/10. Hevy Devy never fails, and DTB's new shit rocks.

Darkthrone - The Cult Is Alive 9/10. Indeed, the Cult is fucking alive! Darkthrone may have thrown in some punk into this one, but it's still Darkthrone, and they will always rule.

Burzum - Det Som Engang Var 10/10. Classic, mandatory black metal from the master Varg.

Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse 10/10. See Burzum.

DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage 10/10. Sue me, or call them gay but but I love DF. Incredible musicanship here, and the melodies get stuck in my head for days.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
For old times sakes, My recent playlist:

Strapping Young Lad - The New Black 9/10. This just totally destroyes. DONT YOU FUCK WITH METAL! \m/



I think this may be one of their best albums. At least neck and neck with City.

[Ratlehed]

I recently picked up the new GRAVE cd. Its pretty cool. Reminds of Death Spiritiula Healing and Entombed Left Hand Path. Though its not as good as either of those records. It does have a nice version of the Alice in Chains hit "Them Bones".

The new Slayer is pretty good. Better than God Hates Us All, but not as good as the "classic" stuff. The lyrics have alot to do with Satan so they come off as cheesy sometimes. The music kicks hard though.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy

DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage 10/10. Sue me, or call them gay but but I love DF. Incredible musicanship here, and the melodies get stuck in my head for days.

That CD is amazing. I love it. Through the Fire and Flames has been played a like a million times in my iTunes.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
I think this may be one of their best albums. At least neck and neck with City.
Agreed. City was incredible. Alien was just totally insane. I heard Devin stopped taking his biploar meds when he was writing Alien. I can totally believe that. Just read the lyrics to "Shitstorm".

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Agreed. City was incredible. Alien was just totally insane. I heard Devin stopped taking his biploar meds when he was writing Alien. I can totally believe that. Just read the lyrics to "Shitstorm".
You are correct, sir. Which is why "The New Black" sounds so calm and laid-back (in a good way) compared to "Alien".
Also, I sometimes feel like I'm the only one who likes Hatebreed (well, the only person I know of personally, the people who were there at Ozzfest seemed to love them as much as me), am I right in my feeling of loneliness? I can't see why more people don't dig on their "brutal, but uplifting" style.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
You are correct, sir. Which is why "The New Black" sounds so calm and laid-back (in a good way) compared to "Alien".
Also, I sometimes feel like I'm the only one who likes Hatebreed (well, the only person I know of personally, the people who were there at Ozzfest seemed to love them as much as me), am I right in my feeling of loneliness? I can't see why more people don't dig on their "brutal, but uplifting" style.

I just hate their style of music. It's so generic and watered down to me. I hate all the bands that play that style (Bury Your Dead, Throwdown, Sinai Beach, Terror, Madball, etc...)

[HannibalGuy]

Hatebreed are actually one of the few modern hardcore bands I like. These days, hardcore is so far up it's own ass it's not even funny. It's not about the music anymore. Now, it's all about who's in what crew, who is toughter, bla bla bla. It's just as bad as rap. Old school hardcore is where it's at. Black Flag, Agnostic Front, ect...

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Hatebreed are actually one of the few modern hardcore bands I like. These days, hardcore is so far up it's own ass it's not even funny. It's not about the music anymore. Now, it's all about who's in what crew, who is toughter, bla bla bla. It's just as bad as rap. Old school hardcore is where it's at. Black Flag, Agnostic Front, ect...
That's why I like Hatebreed. Like older hardcore bands, they're more about the music and you can tell from the lyrics (such as "You're Never Alone") that they really do care about their fans.

[Frank the Tank]

Converge is my favorite modern hardcore band. The most intense live show I've ever been too as well. Damn, the intensity of the albums totally matches the live show.

Also, the new Mastodon album has leaked and I'm listening to it. I'm on the fourth or so song right now and don't worry they still fucking rule despite being on a major label. Easily, one of the top metal albums of the year so far unless the rest of the album is horrible.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
Converge is my favorite modern hardcore band. The most intense live show I've ever been too as well. Damn, the intensity of the albums totally matches the live show.

Also, the new Mastodon album has leaked and I'm listening to it. I'm on the fourth or so song right now and don't worry they still fucking rule despite being on a major label. Easily, one of the top metal albums of the year so far unless the rest of the album is horrible.
Good to know. That'll make up for Lamb of God's "Sacrament" sucking so bad (for a LoG album, at least).

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
That's why I like Hatebreed. Like older hardcore bands, they're more about the music and you can tell from the lyrics (such as "You're Never Alone") that they really do care about their fans.
True. As far as integrity goes, they've got it. Another song that expresses it is "Live For This".

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
Good to know. That'll make up for Lamb of God's "Sacrament" sucking so bad (for a LoG album, at least).

Meh, I used to live on LoG. New American Gospel is still a damn good album, but then they went to shit. Their next two cd's sound exactly alike with every two song and what I've heard of Sacrament is even worst. Redneck is a horrible horrible song. If you want to ape Pantera's sound, that's fine. But, if you want to ape Pantera's sound from their last album that's just horrible.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
Meh, I used to live on LoG. New American Gospel is still a damn good album, but then they went to shit. Their next two cd's sound exactly alike with every two song and what I've heard of Sacrament is even worst. Redneck is a horrible horrible song. If you want to ape Pantera's sound, that's fine. But, if you want to ape Pantera's sound from their last album that's just horrible.
New American Gospel is my fav LoG album. That and Burn the Priest. I liked Palaces, but Ashes sounded way to rushed. I like "Redneck" and the guys took their time on this one, so I'm hoping it'll be good. With Redneck, they tried something different. See if the whole album is like that.

Speaking of trying something differnt, Satyricon's "Now, Diabolical" is a pretty sweet album. I like the direction they're going, despite some hardcores bitching about it. Their earlier black metal still is their best shit, but I liked the last 2 albums.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

I definately agree that "Now, Diabolical" is a good album. I've been listening to it and "Volcano" repeatedly lately.
But I still refuse to budge on the new Lamb of God. The sound is pretty much Randy trying to force Phil's "Reinventing the Steel"-era vocals into the LoG sound. And that's pretty much the entire album.:(
At least Stone Sour's "Come What(ever) May" (not metal, but still a great album), Mastodon's "Blood Mountain", and Hatebreed's "Supremacy" have made up for it. Plus Jamey Jasta's new project, Icepick, is pretty damn good. Not even Ice-T was able to ruin it.:p

[deadguy76]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Hatebreed are actually one of the few modern hardcore bands I like. These days, hardcore is so far up it's own ass it's not even funny. It's not about the music anymore. Now, it's all about who's in what crew, who is toughter, bla bla bla. It's just as bad as rap. Old school hardcore is where it's at. Black Flag, Agnostic Front, ect... I agree, I first got into hardcore when Earth Crisis, Vision of Disorder and Snapcase were the three biggest bands. None of those bands are around now. I've seen Hatebreed four times and they're the only band from the 90s that I still depend on for a good album.

[countchocula]

I find Hatebreed to be boring as fuck. Boring vocals, boring riffs, boring everything. If I'm looking for an adrenaline rush, I need something more extreme. Zao is one of the only hardcore bands I can stomach. They're the creepiest Christian band on the planet.

[HannibalGuy]

Got the new Slayer. It's WAY better then God Hates Us All thats for sure. There's some fucking sweet songs on it. "Flesh Storm" is killer.

[HannibalGuy]

2006 is half-over, what do you think are the best releases so far? My list (no way are these in order):

Darkthrone - The Cult Is Alive
Slayer - Christ Illusion
Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam (fucking GREAT album. terribly underrated BM band)
Strapping Young Lad - The New Black
The Devin Townsend Band - Synchestra
Ihsahn - The Adversary
Cannibal Corpse - Kill

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by countchocula
I find Hatebreed to be boring as fuck. Boring vocals, boring riffs, boring everything. If I'm looking for an adrenaline rush, I need something more extreme. Zao is one of the only hardcore bands I can stomach. They're the creepiest Christian band on the planet.
They're also affected by the curse of Christian music: They suck hardcore. The new Zao is one of the worst hardcore albums of the year.

And my best 2006 releases:
In no order:
Sepultura - "Dante XXI" (my favorite metal album of the year, hands down)
Stone Sour - "Come What(ever) May"
Hatebreed - "Supremacy"
Ihsahn - "The Adversary" (funny, because I can't stand Emperor)
Strapping Young Lad - "The New Black"
The Devin Townsend Band - "Synchestra" (even though it's not even half the album "Accelerated Evolution" was, it's still great)
In Flames - "Come Clarity"
Ephel Duath - "Pain Necessary to Know"
I'll propably be adding Mastodon's "Blood Mountain" to that list, but I'll wait till it comes out...

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Got the new Slayer. It's WAY better then God Hates Us All thats for sure. There's some fucking sweet songs on it. "Flesh Storm" is killer.

On second listen I like it a lot more than I did the first time I heard it. The lyrics are fucking horrid, but damn the music is good. Nothing close to Hell Awaits, Reign In Blood, Seasons, or South Of Heaven but on the level on Divine Intervention as a decent Slayer album. Way better than Diabolus and GHUA. I'll push my rating to it up to a 7/10. My favorite tracks are probably Flesh Storm, Jihad, Skeleton Christ, and Consfearacy (Man, I hate that song title.).

My Top albums in no order would be

Slayer - Christ Illusion - 7/10
Mastodon - Blood Mountain - 9/10
Strapping Young Lad - The New Black - 9/10
The Devin Townsend Band - Synchestra - 7.5/10
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage - 7/10
The Sword - Age Of Winters - 8/10
Amorphis - Eclipse - 7/10
Ihsahn - Adversary - 7/10
Boris - Pink - 9/10 (2005 or not, I think it was released here in early January.)

[HannibalGuy]

Good to see some more Ihsahn fans here. The guys great. Emperor is still one of my favorite bands.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Good to see some more Ihsahn fans here. The guys great. Emperor is still one of my favorite bands.
A friend of mine on the Elder Scrolls forum linked me to the video for "Invocation" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQyxaL_cD40) and told me to watch it even though he knew I didn't like Emperor, within a day I had a copy of it and I feel oligated to listen to it at least every week...

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
I definately agree that "Now, Diabolical" is a good album. I've been listening to it and "Volcano" repeatedly lately.
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Plus Jamey Jasta's new project, Icepick, is pretty damn good. Not even Ice-T was able to ruin it.:p


I have no idea who the hell Jamey Jasta is and have never heard of Icepick. But I love Ice-T so I'll have to check it out.

But, yeah, I liked Now, Diabolical. Satyricon may be selling out, but at least they're still writing good songs IMO. Let's just hope it lasts.

On a related note, The Cult Is Alive isn't that great. It's still a reasonably solid album by one of my favorite bands, but it simply lacks the excitement for me that I get from listening to their other albums. I like even Plaguewielder more.

The biggest surprise for me so far this year is how kickass the new Deicide album, The Stench of Redemption is. The Hoffman brothers are out and the new guitarists they got have filled the band with a new life and vigor. If you haven't liked Deicide in quite awhile, I heartily recommend this new one.

The latest Impaled Nazarene album is excellent, although I think I liked the last one, All That You Fear, a bit more.

The new GWAR, Beyond Hell shows the band still in the more straightforward metal phase they've been in since Violence Has Arrived. It kicks thrashy ass, but I do miss their more humor-laden ventures.

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
A friend of mine on the Elder Scrolls forum linked me to the video for "Invocation" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQyxaL_cD40) and told me to watch it even though he knew I didn't like Emperor, within a day I had a copy of it and I feel oligated to listen to it at least every week...

What do you not like about Emperor? All their works? While Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk is one of my top albums ever, I really didn't like Prometheus. I also wasn't overly crazy about Ihsahn and his wife's project Peccatum, so I had been avoiding his solo album. If you had to compare it to any Emperor album or to Peccatum, which would it be most like?

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
I have no idea who the hell Jamey Jasta is and have never heard of Icepick. But I love Ice-T so I'll have to check it out.




Jamey Jasta is the lead singer of Hatebreed. Ice-T does rule and I loved Body Count, but Jasta's suckiness edges out Ice-T's awesomeness IMO. So I won't check that out.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
What do you not like about Emperor? All their works? While Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk is one of my top albums ever, I really didn't like Prometheus. I also wasn't overly crazy about Ihsahn and his wife's project Peccatum, so I had been avoiding his solo album. If you had to compare it to any Emperor album or to Peccatum, which would it be most like?
Hm... I haven't heard Peccatum, I tried downloading it, but could never find anybody that had it. It definately is better produced than any of Emperor's albums, already taking away from it's kvltness. The main thing I don't like about Emperor is the drumming. Never before has drumming so perfectly kept me from liking music. But then again, I'm not the biggest black metal fan, so that's understandable.
That video I linked is a good indication of where the album goes, it's pretty much all over the place, power metal, black metal, thrash, etc.

[Badbird]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Got the new Slayer. It's WAY better then God Hates Us All thats for sure. There's some fucking sweet songs on it. "Flesh Storm" is killer.

I've read more than once from people who weren't thrilled with God Hates Us All - I thought it was great. I look forward to the new album (about time...), but I think at this point Grip Inc is better than Slayer. I think their last album Incorperated is better than anything Slayer ever did.

[chasingbanky]

Every Time I DIe anyone?

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by chasingbanky
Every Time I DIe anyone?
They're pretty good. "The New Black" is a damn good song...

[deadguy76]

Originally posted by countchocula
I find Hatebreed to be boring as fuck. Boring vocals, boring riffs, boring everything. If I'm looking for an adrenaline rush, I need something more extreme. Zao is one of the only hardcore bands I can stomach. They're the creepiest Christian band on the planet. Well, there's no accounting for taste. To me extreme means 'more noisy than anyone could possibly bear'. As far as Christian bands I'll listen to Living Sacrifice or old Overcome.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by deadguy76
Well, there's no accounting for taste. To me extreme means 'more noisy than anyone could possibly bear'. As far as Christian bands I'll listen to Living Sacrifice or old Overcome.
I forgot about Living Sacrifice. I change my mind, one "openly" Christian band that doesn't suck.:p

[Ratlehed]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Got the new Slayer. It's WAY better then God Hates Us All thats for sure. There's some fucking sweet songs on it. "Flesh Storm" is killer.

I was surprised on how good the new Slayer is. The lyrics come across as more cheesy than shocking. The music is great though and Tom can still sing. There best album since Seasons in the Abyss.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
But, yeah, I liked Now, Diabolical. Satyricon may be selling out, but at least they're still writing good songs IMO. Let's just hope it lasts.

The biggest surprise for me so far this year is how kickass the new Deicide album, The Stench of Redemption is. The Hoffman brothers are out and the new guitarists they got have filled the band with a new life and vigor. If you haven't liked Deicide in quite awhile, I heartily recommend this new one.

The latest Impaled Nazarene album is excellent, although I think I liked the last one, All That You Fear, a bit more.

The new GWAR, Beyond Hell shows the band still in the more straightforward metal phase they've been in since Violence Has Arrived. It kicks thrashy ass, but I do miss their more humor-laden ventures.

I really wouldn't say Satyricon have "sold out". But thats just me.

The new Deicide is pretty solid. When the Hoffman's left, I was very spectical, but Owen and the other dude (name escapes me at the moment) are a perfect fit. Owen ruled in Corpse and he rules in Deicide.

"Pro Patria Finlandia" fucking rules! But it's Impaled Nazarene, so thats to
be expected.

I'm a big GWAR fanatic, and Beyond Hell is fucking metal! Great shit.

[HannibalGuy]

I finally heard Dimmu Borgir's re-recording of "Stormblast" after all this time. Well, for the most part, I think it was a fucking disaster. First of all, why would they want to fuck with their best release, second to "For All Tid"!? Second, if they HAD to re-record the entire album, taking off the original "Sorgens Kammer" was a big mistake. Truth be told, "Sorgens Kammer Del II" is one of the tracks I actually like on the album, but why take off the original track, which was one of the best on the original Stormblast album? Who gives a fuck if the original was a ripoff? You'd think by now the band has made enough money to pay the composer for the rights.

Dont get me wrong, I like Dimmu. I didnt accuse them of being sell-outs for changing their shit up. I've stuck behind some of my favorite bands when they changed it up and still delieverd the goods (Satyricon and Enslaved come to mind). I liked Death Cult Armegeddon, but the "new" Stormblast just seemed like a money scheme to me.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

I have to add that now I've had a chance to finally listen to "Christ Illusion" a few times, I've got to hand it to Slayer. Quite a comeback. Not that I thought "God Hates Us All" was even a partially bad album, but five years is too long to wait :p
My favorite tracks are "Catalyst", "Jihad", "Catatonic", "Black Serenade", and "Cult".
8/10

[countchocula]

Christ Illusion is one of the most boring metal albums I've heard in a long time. Selling out is one thing; progressing (the act of adding new elements to a pre-existing core sound) is another. Slayer stopped progressing with Seasons. CI is a fast thrash record. Big fucking deal. They're beating a dead horse. And a live horse. They're beating a dead horse and a live horse.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by countchocula
Christ Illusion is one of the most boring metal albums I've heard in a long time. Selling out is one thing; progressing (the act of adding new elements to a pre-existing core sound) is another. Slayer stopped progressing with Seasons. CI is a fast thrash record. Big fucking deal. They're beating a dead horse. And a live horse. They're beating a dead horse and a live horse.
You recall to mind the time an interviewer (who was trying to tick him off) asked Angus Young what it was like to be in a band that had recorded the same album 12 times. Angus responded, "13 times." Some bands just aren't supposed to be progressing anywhere. The albums are there and you can either enjoy them or just not. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.:p But since I like all their albums, I'm guessing we're always gonna have different viewpoints, but I do repesct your opinion ;)

[HannibalGuy]

Lyric wise, I can totally agree with beating the dead hoarse thing. The lyrics on CI are pretty much the same anti-Christan stuff we've heard before. I do quite like the lyrics to Eyes of the Insane though, sue me.

[HannibalGuy]

RAISE YOUR SWORDS UP HIGH!!
SEE THE BLACK BIRDS FLY!!
LET THEM HEAR YOUR RAGE!!
SHOW NO FEAR!! ATTACK!!

Basically, what I'm saying is the new Amon Amarth song fucking rules, and so does Amon Amarth so listen to them. :)

[Frank the Tank]

20 years ago the lyrics on Reign In Blood were shocking and controversial. Now, the Slayer lyrics on Christ Illusion come off as really lame and cheesy. Hell, cheesier than most Power Metal albums. I listened to it for a third time and I think I'm just going to give it a rating right in the middle of 5/10. Lombardo being back is a treat and some of the riffs are damn good, but main the lyrics are just horrible. Lyrics like these are why I'm not a big fan of bands like Deicide.

And I've been listening to all of Death's albums again. What an amazing band they were is all I have to say.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
RAISE YOUR SWORDS UP HIGH!!
SEE THE BLACK BIRDS FLY!!
LET THEM HEAR YOUR RAGE!!
SHOW NO FEAR!! ATTACK!!

Basically, what I'm saying is the new Amon Amarth song fucking rules, and so does Amon Amarth so listen to them. :)
Where'd you get the new song? I recently just got finally got all of their albums (sans the early demos that I don't care much for), and I'm excited as hell for the new album.

[dfd3657]

I picked up Summoning's Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame album for 12 bucks when I was in New Hampshire, and it's fucking great. It's just two guys doing some awesome epic sound black metal. It's inspired by the works of Tolkein, and if you like fantasy stuff, I recommend checking it out. The song Farewell is fantastic.

[HannibalGuy]

YES! Finally, another Summoning fan! Those guys are great. I love all their works. dfd3657, I highly recommend Dol Gulder and Stronghold. IMO, those are their best albums. I've yet to hear the new one but I'm anxious as hell.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
Where'd you get the new song? I recently just got finally got all of their albums (sans the early demos that I don't care much for), and I'm excited as hell for the new album.
The new song is on AA's myspace page.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
The new song is on AA's myspace page.
Awesomeness. It does seriously rule. Can't wait for the new album.:D

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
Awesomeness. It does seriously rule. Can't wait for the new album.:D
Fuckin A dude. Ever see AA live? Killer live show, and great guys. Really friendly.

[dfd3657]

Dude. The new 3 Inches of Blood song kicks fucking ass.

http://media.roadrunnerworld.com/3InchesOfBlood/3InchesofBlood-GoatridersHorde.wma

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
YES! Finally, another Summoning fan! Those guys are great. I love all their works. dfd3657, I highly recommend Dol Gulder and Stronghold. IMO, those are their best albums. I've yet to hear the new one but I'm anxious as hell.

The album grows on me with each listen. At first, I thought it was just good, but now I freakin' love it. Farewell is the PERFECT closer for the album.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Fuckin A dude. Ever see AA live? Killer live show, and great guys. Really friendly.
No, but I'll try to see 'em on the tour for the new album. Considering my luck with meeting bands, it's a good chance I'll worm my way backstage or on the tour bus:p

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by dfd3657
The album grows on me with each listen. At first, I thought it was just good, but now I freakin' love it. Farewell is the PERFECT closer for the album.
It's def one of their strongest albums thats for sure. Check out the Lost Tales EP. It's just 2 epic songs with some audio clips from a radio broadcast of a Tolkein story.

[countchocula]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Fuckin A dude. Ever see AA live? Killer live show, and great guys. Really friendly.

Fuckin' AA. Sorry, I just wanted to do that.

Does anyone listen to Daylight Dies? They're an incredible doom band.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by countchocula
Fuckin' AA. Sorry, I just wanted to do that.

Does anyone listen to Daylight Dies? They're an incredible doom band.
Yeah! No Reply and Dismantling Devotion are great albums. Doom metal rocks.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
It's def one of their strongest albums thats for sure. Check out the Lost Tales EP. It's just 2 epic songs with some audio clips from a radio broadcast of a Tolkein story.

Will do. Listening to Summoning makes me want to watch all three LotR flicks back to back.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by dfd3657
Will do. Listening to Summoning makes me want to watch all three LotR flicks back to back.
Well those guys are Tolkein fanatics. I just read an interview with them in the new Metal Maniacs issue. Good stuff.

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
I really wouldn't say Satyricon have "sold out". But thats just me.


I think Satyricon's change in sound is a calculated effort to reach a broader audience, abandoning black metal in favor of a mid-paced thrash but keeping the same production sound they had with Rebel Extravaganza (what I consider to be their last black metal album).


I want everyone to know though, that I'm not slamming them. They don't have to be black metal for me to like them. I think they are writing great music in their current style, and I hope they continue to do so. I'm just pointing out that they are possibly on the path to becoming crap as their current style brings them more and more success, even if they are still great at the moment. I guess you could just say I was voicing a fear about their future. I hope I'm wrong, because they are one of the most enjoyable bands out there.

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
You recall to mind the time an interviewer (who was trying to tick him off) asked Angus Young what it was like to be in a band that had recorded the same album 12 times. Angus responded, "13 times." Some bands just aren't supposed to be progressing anywhere. The albums are there and you can either enjoy them or just not. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.:p But since I like all their albums, I'm guessing we're always gonna have different viewpoints, but I do repesct your opinion ;)

I agree with Angus. Many bands don't need to innovate. I don't need Slayer to show me a new and exciting style. New songs in their classic style makes me very happy. I do like to hear new things, but at the same time, I've never been one to complain about any band's new album sounding like a rehash of their masterpiece(s).

Mercyful Fate is my favorite band, and I love all of their albums, which have evolved over their career. However, I think they would still be my favorite band even if each album sounded exactly like Melissa.

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
The new song is on AA's myspace page.


I just went and listened to this. I have to admit, I haven't been a fan of Amon Amarth, but I like this song. So far that's only two AA songs I've gotten into, this and Bleed for Ancient Gods. I'll have to give the entire new album a listen when I can.


Hannibal-- We need to ressurrect our old recent metal playlist thread.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
Hannibal-- We need to ressurrect our old recent metal playlist thread.
That's why I posted my playlist here. All the metalhead's got a good thread going here so why not ya know? Oh, and I can see where your comming from with the Satyricon thing. Yeah, I'm somewhat worried that they might become shit. BUT, for now, they're not. Satyr and Frost havent stopped writing the good tunes.

[HannibalGuy]

Recent playlist:

Impaled Nazarene - Pro Patria Finlandia 9/10 (what did you expect, it's freakin IN!)
Summoning - Oath Bound 9/10 (Wow, just wow. GET IT!)
Tearstained - Homicidal Tendincies 10/10 (flawless BM)
Autopsy - Severed Survival 10/10 (totally underrated classic)
Slayer - Christ Illusion 9/10 (the more I listen, the more I like it)
Celtic Frost - Monotheist 9/10 (these guys are ledgends, and the new album is great)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage 10/10 (still cant stop listening to it)

[Tyler_Durden_208]

My recent playlist (the stuff I have on my PC, I'm too braindead to remember what I've been listening to elsewhere):
Amon Amarth
Between the Buried and Me
The Black Dahlia Murder
Black Stone Cherry
Devin Townsend
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Evergrey
Exodus
Fantomas
Iced Earth
Impious
Iron Maiden
Kalmah
Meshuggah
Mushroomhead
Obituary
Passenger
Satyricon
Sepultura
Slayer
Soilwork
Stone Sour
Strapping Young Lad
Tomahawk

[HannibalGuy]

Anyone heard the new Maiden track, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg? I like it, and cannot wait for A Matter of Life and Death.

ALL HAIL MAIDEN!

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Anyone heard the new Maiden track, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg? I like it, and cannot wait for A Matter of Life and Death.

ALL HAIL MAIDEN!
Hell yes. It sounds like Maiden's gonna complete another trilogy of great albums. "Brave New World", "Dance of Death", and "A Matter of Life and Death" will be a nice companion trilogy to their last great set of albums "The Number of the Beast", "Piece of Mind", and "Powerslave".

[dfd3657]

Anyone ever listened to The Great Kat? That bitch can SHRED.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v55/dfd3657/true_evil_the_bloody_great_kat.jpg

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Does anyone here like Evergrey? I just ask because I was listening to "When the Walls Go Down" again, and I'd like to vote it best use of spoken word by someone who's not the vocalist. Definately check it out.:D

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
I'd like to vote it best use of spoken word by someone who's not the vocalist. Definately check it out.:D
IMO, that honor goes to Henry Rollins for his part in Tool's "Bottom".

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
IMO, that honor goes to Henry Rollins for his part in Tool's "Bottom".
Well, this is a bit different, as it's a sound clip of a speech, from a film or something. You should try it though, bloody good.

[thebloodfeaster]

Danzig - I, Luciferi 1.5/5
Darkthrone - Goatlord 5/5
Darkthrone - A Blaze In the Northern Sky 4.5/5
Candlemass - Tales of Creation 5/5
Cannibal Corpse - Kill 4/5
Deicide - The Stench of Redemption 4/5
Eidolon - The Parallel Otherworld 3.5/5
Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger 5/5
Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall of Fame 4/5
Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains 4.5/5

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Recent playlist:

Tearstained - Homicidal Tendincies 10/10 (flawless BM)


I love what I've heard of this band, but haven't heard this one itself. Is it very different from Monumental In Its Sorrow?

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
I love what I've heard of this band, but haven't heard this one itself. Is it very different from Monumental In Its Sorrow?
Eh... in a way. Tearstained's first 3 albums were called the "depressive trilogy" or something like that. Meaning they had a very depressing sound, yet still had that raw BM feel. The new one is a totally pissed off (thats the way I'd put it) BM record. Needless to say, it's stil Tearstained, and if you liked Monumental then you should def check it out.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Have any of you guys heard Demiricous? I strongly urge anyone who likes thrash/death metal to check out "One (Hellbound)", it's only 10 bucks and it's one my favorite recent metal albums.
http://www.myspace.com/demiricous

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
Have any of you guys heard Demiricous? I strongly urge anyone who likes thrash/death metal to check out "One (Hellbound)", it's only 10 bucks and it's one my favorite recent metal albums.
http://www.myspace.com/demiricous
Great band. Someone from the Amon Amarth forum turned me onto them.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Great band. Someone from the Amon Amarth forum turned me onto them.
Finally another person who likes 'em. Sounds like those guys have great taste:p Every time I'd try to turn someone onto them from the Elder Scrolls forum, they'd write them off as a Slayer clone.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Well, the new Lamb of God isn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it's still too much of a Pantera clone for my tastes... I'd give it about a 7/10.

[dfd3657]

Recent Playlist:

Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame 10/10
Kamelot - The Black Halo 10/10
HORSE the band - THEMECHANICALHAND 10/10
Behemoth - Demigod 9/10 (IT'S T3H BROOTAL!!!!!)
Despised Icon - Consumed By Your Poison 8.5/10
Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery 11/10 (yes, it's that good)
Edguy - Hellfire Club 10/10
Lamb of God - Killadelphia 9/10 (great live album)
Mod Flanders Conspiracy - Take A Ride On My One-Wheeled Rickshaw 10/10
Sodom - Sodom 9/10
The Sword - Age of Winters 9/10

I've been listening to some quality stuff lately.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by dfd3657
I've been listening to some quality stuff lately.
Indeed. Summoning, LoG, Behemoth, SODOM (FUCK YEAH!!!)

[HannibalGuy]

Check out this hilarious interview (if you can call it that) with Mayhem from the film "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey". Necrobutcher is hammered and has a lot to say:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0HX8d3SKzA

[deadguy76]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
Well, the new Lamb of God isn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it's still too much of a Pantera clone for my tastes... I'd give it about a 7/10. Lamb of God is far heavier and more technical than Pantera. Plus Pantera's first album wasn't that great.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by deadguy76
Lamb of God is far heavier and more technical than Pantera. Plus Pantera's first album wasn't that great.
Everything about "Sacrament" is just taking Pantera and throwing it into the "Palaces"/"Ashes" LoG style. I like the album, but it isn't all that original or noteworthy, except for the ripping off of Pantera. And if you're referring to Pantera's power metal days I agree, but if you mean "Cowboys from Hell", I have to disagree, as that's a classic in my book.

[LordSimen]

While I love both Lamb of God and Pantera- I got to say that yeah, in my opinion Lamb of God is far more technechal than Pantera. Dimebag was a better shredder, however.

[Frank the Tank]

When I first heard Redneck by Lamb Of God, I was just dreading this album. It actually suprised the hell out of me. It's actually pretty good save for Redneck and a few other Pantera moments here or there. The guitars sound more technical then on Ashes Of The Wake which is a very good thing. I just don't like Randy's vocals anymore. Better than the fake Phil on Redneck, but I miss the raw intensity he displayed on New American Gospel.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
When I first heard Redneck by Lamb Of God, I was just dreading this album. It actually suprised the hell out of me. It's actually pretty good save for Redneck and a few other Pantera moments here or there. The guitars sound more technical then on Ashes Of The Wake which is a very good thing. I just don't like Randy's vocals anymore. Better than the fake Phil on Redneck, but I miss the raw intensity he displayed on New American Gospel.
Yeah, there are some moments from Randy on "Sacrament" that just make me wanna hurl. I think it's the outro to "Forgotten (Lost Angels)" where they're repeating the chorus or something over and over and then Randy does background vocals that keep say "burn" and it sounds horrible. The rest of the band puts in a great performance, but Randy's just "meh." Does anyone else think it's odd that they gave up on political songs and this is the result?

[deadguy76]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
And if you're referring to Pantera's power metal days I agree, but if you mean "Cowboys from Hell", I have to disagree, as that's a classic in my book. Come on, you have to admit Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven rank among the greatest metal albums of all time. They're just flat out better than CFH.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by deadguy76
Come on, you have to admit Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven rank among the greatest metal albums of all time. They're just flat out better than CFH.
I like them just about all equally. In fact, "CFH" has one that that "Vulgar" lacks: diversity. "Driven" has one or two out there slowed down tracks and "CFH" has the classic "Cemetary Gates", but "Vulgar" is just almost all thrashing. I like it, but it makes me want to stop listening to the album sooner. Regardless, all of Pantera's albums except for "Reinventing the Steel" are classics to me.

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by deadguy76
Come on, you have to admit Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven rank among the greatest metal albums of all time. They're just flat out better than CFH.


No, I like CFH better than both of those. VDoP is great too, but CFH just barely edges it out. Far Beyond Driven is just boring drivel as far as I'm concerned.

I like Great Southern Trendkill quite a bit as well.

I really think their first album with Phil, Power Metal, is a great underrated record. And all of their early albums are often unfairly lumped together with glam metal just because of their hair. The music is really more in the NWOBHM style.

Everybody who likes 2nd era Pantera should really listen to Exhorder - Slaughter In the Vatican. That album was the blueprint they used when they decided to "toughen up."

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by dfd3657
Recent Playlist:


Kamelot - The Black Halo 10/10


That's the only album of them that I think is really anything special, and I agree with you that it's an asskicker!

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by dfd3657
Anyone ever listened to The Great Kat? That bitch can SHRED.




She does have shredding skills, there's no doubt about that. And I always enjoy when a new publicity photo of her turns up. But since she never applies her talents to a good song, she's never really been anything other than a novelty act.

[HannibalGuy]

Pantera is, and will always be one of my favorite bands. CFH and Vulgar are classics, no doubt, but my favorite is Far Beyond Driven. Some call it boring, but I think it's crushing. That's one heavy ass record.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Pantera is, and will always be one of my favorite bands. CFH and Vulgar are classics, no doubt, but my favorite is Far Beyond Driven. Some call it boring, but I think it's crushing. That's one heavy ass record.
"Driven", to me, suffers from the same problem Meshuggah's "Nothing" gave me when I first listened to it: It's almost too heavy. It just bludgeons you into submission and doesn't let up. Now, after you've gotten used to it, it's a fucking great album, but the first few times, your ears just aren't ready for it.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
"Driven", to me, suffers from the same problem Meshuggah's "Nothing" gave me when I first listened to it: It's almost too heavy. It just bludgeons you into submission and doesn't let up. Now, after you've gotten used to it, it's a fucking great album, but the first few times, your ears just aren't ready for it.
Heh, I've heard it described like that before. It's defanitly the heaviest thing Pantera did. And aside from certin parts in Strength Beyond Strength and Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills, I love the lyrics. Personal shit from Phil, well done! Shedding Skin, 25 Years, ect... good stuff. and Use My Third Arm is a fucking massive song.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Heh, I've heard it described like that before. It's defanitly the heaviest thing Pantera did. And aside from certin parts in Strength Beyond Strength and Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills, I love the lyrics. Personal shit from Phil, well done! Shedding Skin, 25 Years, ect... good stuff. and Use My Third Arm is a fucking massive song.
Agreed. Like I said, when I first heard it, it was a workout to get past track 5 or 6, now I listen to the whole thing every time I get pissed off, it seems.

[countchocula]

The Great Southern Trendkill is their most underrated album, in my opinion. It should be ranked right alongide VDP and FBD, but for some reason, it's paired off with RTS. "Floods," "Suicide Note Pt. 2," and the title track are some of the best Pantera tunes ever. They didn't need hyper-technicality or hyper-speed to be badass.

That Mayhem interview was hysterical. Did you guys see the footage from this year's Wacken? Morbid Angel played an incredible set with Erik Rutan.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by countchocula
The Great Southern Trendkill is their most underrated album, in my opinion. It should be ranked right alongide VDP and FBD, but for some reason, it's paired off with RTS. "Floods," "Suicide Note Pt. 2," and the title track are some of the best Pantera tunes ever. They didn't need hyper-technicality or hyper-speed to be badass.
Exactly. GSTK is a awesome album. Add Suicide Note Pt.1 to that list of tracks too. It just sounds so depressing.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Exactly. GSTK is a awesome album. Add Suicide Note Pt.1 to that list of tracks too. It just sounds so depressing.
I'd also like to add "War Nerve" just for the lyrics. I could not help but feel like I wanted to punch somebody's face in when I heard "Fuck the world, for all it's worth. Every inch of planet Earth. Fuck myself, don't leave me out." Great stuff. Now, I think I'm gonna go listen to Pantera all night, lol.:D

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by countchocula
Did you guys see the footage from this year's Wacken? Morbid Angel played an incredible set with Erik Rutan.
You bet. I could go on forever on why Morbid Angel rules, but the music speaks for itself. The footage I saw with Erik was awesome, wish I could go this year.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by countchocula
The Great Southern Trendkill is their most underrated album, in my opinion. It should be ranked right alongide VDP and FBD, but for some reason, it's paired off with RTS. "Floods," "Suicide Note Pt. 2," and the title track are some of the best Pantera tunes ever. They didn't need hyper-technicality or hyper-speed to be badass.



Those are probably the only Pantera songs I still fucking love.

[Ratlehed]

I picked up the Arch Enemy: Live Apocalypse dvd. Its an awesome 2 disc set if you are a fan of the band. The live concert has 18 songs. Most from the Angela-era, but some old ones are thrown in for good measure. The sound and picture are great. There also some bonus live songs from other concerts on the disc. I didnt watch disc 2 yet. Its the normal videos and behind the scenes footage that most dvds have.

Off to see GWAR on Mon. They are playing on a stage thats the size of an old Caprice. It should be interesting.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Ratlehed
I picked up the Arch Enemy: Live Apocalypse dvd. Its an awesome 2 disc set if you are a fan of the band. The live concert has 18 songs. Most from the Angela-era, but some old ones are thrown in for good measure. The sound and picture are great. There also some bonus live songs from other concerts on the disc. I didnt watch disc 2 yet. Its the normal videos and behind the scenes footage that most dvds have.

Off to see GWAR on Mon. They are playing on a stage thats the size of an old Caprice. It should be interesting.
Arch Enemy kick ass. I used to not like Angela, but I've gotton used to her vocals.

Cant fucking wait, Im seeing my hero tomorrow HENRY FUCKING ROLLINS!

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by countchocula
The Great Southern Trendkill is their most underrated album, in my opinion. It should be ranked right alongide VDP and FBD, but for some reason, it's paired off with RTS.

Did you guys see the footage from this year's Wacken? Morbid Angel played an incredible set with Erik Rutan.

Amen, Trendkill is so different from the mediocrity that was RtS. Hell, it's quite a bit different from all of their other albums. Even RtS had a couple good songs too though.

Haven't seen that Wacken footage, but I saw Morbid Angel with Rutan several years back. Great fucking show.

[thebloodfeaster]

Abruptum - Evil Genius 4/5
Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame 3/5
Motorhead - Kiss of Death 5/5
Sabaton - Attero Dominatus 4.5/5
Vintersorg - Ödemarkens Son 4/5
Dark Funeral - Dark Funeral 3/5
Shub Niggurath - The Kinglike Celebration (Final Aeon on Earth) 3/5 (a band named after a Lovecraft deity has a duty to be better than slightly-above-average, so for that I'm disappointed in this)
Suffocation - Suffocation 4/5
High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings 3.5/5
Dissection - Reinkaos 4/5 (much better than I had been led to believe)

[deadguy76]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
I like them just about all equally. In fact, "CFH" has one that that "Vulgar" lacks: diversity. "Driven" has one or two out there slowed down tracks and "CFH" has the classic "Cemetary Gates", but "Vulgar" is just almost all thrashing. I like it, but it makes me want to stop listening to the album sooner. Regardless, all of Pantera's albums except for "Reinventing the Steel" are classics to me. The only thing that CFH has that the others don't is wimpiness. I'll agree that Reinventing the Steel is one of their weakest.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by deadguy76
The only thing that CFH has that the others don't is wimpiness. I'll agree that Reinventing the Steel is one of their weakest.
So just because an album isn't insanely heavy, it's wimpy? That's kind of an odd way to judge things.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by Ratlehed
I picked up the Arch Enemy: Live Apocalypse dvd. Its an awesome 2 disc set if you are a fan of the band. The live concert has 18 songs. Most from the Angela-era, but some old ones are thrown in for good measure. The sound and picture are great. There also some bonus live songs from other concerts on the disc. I didnt watch disc 2 yet. Its the normal videos and behind the scenes footage that most dvds have.

Off to see GWAR on Mon. They are playing on a stage thats the size of an old Caprice. It should be interesting.

The DVD's out? I had no idea. I'll definitely check it out.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by dfd3657
The DVD's out? I had no idea. I'll definitely check it out.
Yeah, I saw at the music store the other day... I need to pick it up so I can watch my future wife :p

[countchocula]

Originally posted by deadguy76
The only thing that CFH has that the others don't is wimpiness. I'll agree that Reinventing the Steel is one of their weakest.

If that's a wimpy album, then I'm a fucking wimp. You can't just listen to aural choas all of the time.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
Yeah, I saw at the music store the other day... I need to pick it up so I can watch my future wife :p

In terms of metal chicks, Simone Simons of Epica is definitely the hottest. And what a voice. <3 <3 <3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v55/dfd3657/MySpace/Epica3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v55/dfd3657/MySpace/simone-simons.jpg

[dfd3657]

I just found out about these guys called Destroy Destroy Destroy, and they're pretty badass. They remind me a bit of 3 Inches of Blood. Check 'em out.

http://www.myspace.com/destroydestroydestroy

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by dfd3657
In terms of metal chicks, Simone Simons of Epica is definitely the hottest. And what a voice. <3 <3 <3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v55/dfd3657/MySpace/Epica3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v55/dfd3657/MySpace/simone-simons.jpg
Yeah, shit is pretty hot, but of the two I've met, Angela Glasgow would be the one I'd go for. (the other was Cristina from Lacuna Coil, she's pretty damn cool, but she's a little too Italian, lol) Angela's cool, nice, sweet, lovely, can do metal vocals with ease, and gave me her contact info. Kickass:D

[Ratlehed]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster

Motorhead - Kiss of Death 5/5

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I really want to check out this album. Their last album "Inferno" kicked ass. It was a good blend of fast, slow, and heavy songs.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
Yeah, shit is pretty hot, but of the two I've met, Angela Glasgow would be the one I'd go for. (the other was Cristina from Lacuna Coil, she's pretty damn cool, but she's a little too Italian, lol) Angela's cool, nice, sweet, lovely, can do metal vocals with ease, and gave me her contact info. Kickass:D

That kicks ass man. Another good female extreme metal vocalist (Simone Simons isn't an extreme vocalist, just really fucking hot) is Laura Nichol of Light This City. They play melo-death in the vein of At the Gates and Black Dahlia Murder (although BDM is just another ATG clone). It's nothing new or original, but it still kicks ass. They have a new CD coming out in September.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by dfd3657
That kicks ass man. Another good female extreme metal vocalist (Simone Simons isn't an extreme vocalist, just really fucking hot) is Laura Nichol of Light This City. They play melo-death in the vein of At the Gates and Black Dahlia Murder (although BDM is just another ATG clone). It's nothing new or original, but it still kicks ass. They have a new CD coming out in September.
I'll spare you my wrath for call BDM and ATG clone, as somehow I like BDM, but never got into ATG (they're good, I just don't like them), but I'll try some Light This City, I'll just warn you the other extreme vocalist I know is the girl from Walls of Jericho (don't know here name) and that band is pretty much horrid.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
I'll spare you my wrath for call BDM and ATG clone, as somehow I like BDM, but never got into ATG (they're good, I just don't like them), but I'll try some Light This City, I'll just warn you the other extreme vocalist I know is the girl from Walls of Jericho (don't know here name) and that band is pretty much horrid.

That they are. All of the hardcore kids who went to my high school (when I was still there) were like, "d00d! Walls of Jericho has a chick vocalist! they are t3h aw3som3!" Yeah. I pretty much fucking HATED that crowd. Oh, and I like BDM, but it's a pretty well known fact that their biggest influence is At the Gates.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by dfd3657
That they are. All of the hardcore kids who went to my high school (when I was still there) were like, "d00d! Walls of Jericho has a chick vocalist! they are t3h aw3som3!" Yeah. I pretty much fucking HATED that crowd. Oh, and I like BDM, but it's a pretty well known fact that their biggest influence is At the Gates.
Yeah, but being influenced and being a clone are two different things, lol. :p No bad blood, just saying ;)

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by Ratlehed
I really want to check out this album. Their last album "Inferno" kicked ass. It was a good blend of fast, slow, and heavy songs.

It's every bit as good as Inferno. Motorhead is completely incapable of doing wrong! Hehe.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
It's every bit as good as Inferno. Motorhead is completely incapable of doing wrong! Hehe.
Well DUH!

Just got back from seeing Rollins Band. WOW what a fucking show! Henry live is fucking INTENSE

[thebloodfeaster]

Machine Head - Burn My Eyes 2.5/5
Dissection - The Somberlain 4.5/5
Morbid Angel - Covenant 5/5
Shub Niggurath - The Black Goatlike Arise-demo 4/5
Marduk - Opus Nocturne 2/5
Deicide - The Stench of Redemption 4.5/5 (this just keeps getting better and better)
Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation 5/5
Danzig - Danzig 4 4/5
Slayer - Christ Illusion 4/5
Dezperadoz - The Legend and the Truth 2/5 (WTF! The first album by Desperados, Dawn of Dying, was a completely brilliant wild-west thrash album, featuring Tom Angelripper on vocals. Truly one of a kind. This new album, which I was so excited to discover, is probably the biggest let down I've had in a very long time. Angelripper's gone, replaced by average standard heavy metal vocals which do not fit the theme at all. The music itself is
well played, but many songs do not have a wild-west feel to them at all save for song intros and random sound samples. The few songs that do have a thematic sound to them are generally weak and the vocals have no grit or edge to them. The lyrics have the same theme as before, but other than that, this is quite simply just crap. The fact that they changed the s's in their name to z's should have been an indication that they turned completely fucking lame. If Angelripper were involved, it would've at least been halfway decent. Whereas the first album was completely unique sounding, this is generic mainstream metal with out of place
wild-west sounds dropped on top, without a care to incorporate them into the song writing.)

[Frank the Tank]

Cattle Decapitation are a band that I'm listening to right now. I like them a lot actually and I figured I would hate them. I really don't like the cheesy porno goregrind sound that I guess the first album had which I haven't heard. But I did listen to Humanure and their latest and their both really good and technical as hell.

[deadguy76]

Originally posted by countchocula
If that's a wimpy album, then I'm a fucking wimp. You can't just listen to aural choas all of the time. Cartman what the hell are you talking about?!?! Who said I listened to aural chaos all the time ? I'm rotating live Rolling Stones, the Faces, and Free right now. Cowboys from hell is a weak album, that's all.

[dfd3657]

Wow. Just wow. Everyone needs to listen to the band Lykathea Aflame. They're fucking AWESOME. They're split up (although apparently they just changed their name and they're writing stuff for a new album), but holy shit, they're amazing.

http://www.myspace.com/lykatheaflame

[countchocula]

Originally posted by dfd3657
That kicks ass man. Another good female extreme metal vocalist (Simone Simons isn't an extreme vocalist, just really fucking hot) is Laura Nichol of Light This City. They play melo-death in the vein of At the Gates and Black Dahlia Murder (although BDM is just another ATG clone). It's nothing new or original, but it still kicks ass. They have a new CD coming out in September.

The best female extreme metal vocalist is the lewd lass from Estuary. Kitty from Decadence is pretty good, too. They both rape and murder Laura from LTC.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by countchocula
The best female extreme metal vocalist is the lewd lass from Estuary. Kitty from Decadence is pretty good, too. They both rape and murder Laura from LTC.

Damn, I completely forgot about Estuary. I stand corrected. Never listened to Decadence, though.

[thebloodfeaster]

Impaled Nazarene - Death Comes In 26 Carefully Selected Pieces 5/5
Darkthrone - Panzerfaust 4/5
Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Satanhas Gloriam 5/5 (Hannibal, you told me this was good and you were right!)
Celtic Frost - Monotheist 4.5/5
Disgorge - Cranial Impalement 3.5/5
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane 5/5 (pure perfection)
Mercyful Fate - Dead Again 5/5
Hellhammer - Death Fiend 3/5
Mercyful Fate - Melissa 5/5
Gorgoroth - Incipit Satan 4.5/5
Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy 5/5

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Satanhas Gloriam 5/5 (Hannibal, you told me this was good and you were right!)
Why yes, I was :)

Playlist:

Satyricon - Now, Diabolical 9/10
Dissection - The Somberlain 10/10 (RIP Jon)
Slayer - Christ Illusion 9/'10
Celtic Frost - Monotheist 9/10
Rollins Band - The End of Silence 10/10

[HannibalGuy]

The more I listen to Christ Illusion the more I love it. "Jihad" is a new favorite of mine. THIS IS GODS WAR!!!!!

[dfd3657]

Man, I just started listening to the album Back to Times of Splendor by Disillusion, and it's freakin' amazing (and I'm only on the first song). Anyway, here's what I've been listening to lately.

Light this City - Remains of the Gods - 8.5/10 (can't wait for the new CD)
Edguy - Hellfire Club - BIG FUCKING 10/10 HERE, BABY!
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris - HOLY SHIT/10
Destroyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves - I need to give it another listen before I can properly rate it
Slough Feg - Traveller - 9/10
Estuary - To Exist and Endure - 9/10 (that chick is INSANE)
3 Inches of Blood - Advance and Vanquish - 10/10
Despised Icon - Consumed By Your Poison - 10/10
Ensiferum - Ensiferum - 9/10
Goratory - Rice on Suede - 9/10

[TATU]

I know I'm a little late to this party, but I'm a metalhead too. And I listen to everything I can get my hands on.

Rob/ White Zombie- I don't care how mainstream he's become, if you like your metal with a dash of trance and psychadelia as well as a B-Movie inspired spirit- White/ Rob Zombie is for you.

Metallica- Classic metal. Their songs run the gamut of loud, simple, fun, and catchy metal tunes to message filled diatribes about the world at large--- and it's all fantastic.

Black Sabbath- The progenitors of metal. This thread wouldn't be here without them.

And then of course...... (in no particular order)

Pantera
Disturbed
Godmsmack
Seether
Carpathian Forest
Danzig
Queensryche
MudVayne
Slipknot
Static X
Napalm Death
Gorgoroth
Nine Inch Nails
Gorelord
Skid Row (Sabastian Bach is God)
Guns 'N Roses
Scum Of The Earth
Entombed
Cradle Of Filth
Calabrese
Mortician
Lacuna Coil
RamRod
Nightwish
Saliva
Fozzy
Alice Cooper and The Alice Cooper Band
Rush
Motley Crue
Motorhead
Nuclear Assault
Morbyd Angel
Slayer
Marilyn Manson (So sue me...... :p)
Garbage
Quiet Riot
Def Leppard
Ronnie James Dio
Megadeth
Iron Maiden
Edguy
Dragonforce
Avenged Sevenfold
Anthrax
The Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13
The Murderdolls
Velvet Revolver
Trapt
AC (*lightning bolt*) DC
System Of A Down
Venom
GWAR
King Diamond
Slaughter
Neurotica
Powerman 5,000
Drowning Pool
Dream Theater
Rasputina
Concrete Blond
Fear Factory
Coal Chamber
Mushroomhead
Il Nino
Spineshank
Chimaira
Killswitch Engage
Stone Temple Pilots
Rammstein
Rage Against The Machine
Monster Magnet
Kidney Theives
Judas Priest


Am I hardcore enough for 'ya?

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by dfd3657
Destroyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves - I need to give it another listen before I can properly rate it
DESTROYER 666 RULES \m/

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
DESTROYER 666 RULES \m/

I definitely like what I heard. Anyway....

Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor - another HOLY SHIT/10.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
DESTROYER 666 RULES \m/

XD

The cover for Of Wolves, Women and Waris fucking great.

[HannibalGuy]

It's SLAYER day for me:

Show No Mercy - 9/10. Killer debut.
Haunting the Chapel - 9/10. Chemical Warfare is one of the best songs EVER.
Live Undead - 8/10.
Hell Awaits - 10/10. It don't get any better then this. The entire album is classic.
Reign in Blood - 10/10. See above.
South of Heaven - 8/10. A bit slower, but damn it's good.
Seasons in the Abyss - 9/10. Classic, plain and simple.
Decade of Aggresion 8/10. Good live stuff.
Divine Innervention 9/10. Underrated IMO. Good stuff here.
Undisputid Attitude - 7/10. Cool song choices here.
Diabolous in Musica - 8/10. After listening to it again, I like it.
God Hates Us All - 7/10, see above.
Christ Illusion - 9/10. Like I said in a previous post, the more I listen, the more I like.

Slayer rules, plain and simple.

[Frank the Tank]

I'll rate the Slayer albums myself.

Show No Mercy - 8/10 (A fun fucking album)
Haunting The Chapel - 8/10 (Very badass EP)
Hell Awaits - 9/10 (Their first pure classic)
Reign In Blood - 10/10 (What hasn't been said here)
South Of Heaven - 9/10 (Incredible follow up with some sweet grooves on it.)
Seasons In The Abyss - 8.5/10 (Slower Slayer but done right.)
Divine Intervention - 7.5/10 (Lombardo's gone, but still solid.)
Diabolus In Musica - 4/10 (Very bad, but a decent track or two.)
God Hates Us All - 3/10 (Liked it on first listen, but I hate it more and more with each listen. Kerry was listening to too much Slipknot and Hatebreed here.)
Christ Illusion - 6/10 (Awful lyrics hold back a decent album.

[thebloodfeaster]

Morbid Angel - Gateways to Annihilation 4.5/5
Saber Tiger - Timystery 2.5/5
Nargaroth - Black Metal Ist Krieg 5/5
Memento Mori - Rhymes of Lunacy 4/5
Countess - Holocaust of the God Believers 5/5 (amazing)
Mayhem - Chimera 3.5/5 (I admit this is growing on me)
Immolation - Harnessing Ruin 5/5
Bathory - The Return... 4/5
Mercyful Fate - The Beginning 5/5
GWAR - America Must Be Destroyed 4/5
King Diamond - Them 5/5
God Dethroned - Bloody Blasphemy 5/5
God Dethroned - Ravenous 4.5/5

[countchocula]

I'm too lazy to do playlists, but I'm expecting Emperor's Prometheus and All That Remains' The Fall of Ideals in the mail.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by countchocula
I'm too lazy to do playlists, but I'm expecting Emperor's Prometheus and All That Remains' The Fall of Ideals in the mail.
Won't comment on Emperor, as most of you know they don't really agree with my ears, but I was really dissapointed with "The Fall of Ideals". Their last CD was pretty good, and this one was just "meh." And they were one of the least entertaining bands on Ozzfest, a hefty feet.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
Won't comment on Emperor, as most of you know they don't really agree with my ears
But I will cause I believe they rule ;) Prometheus is a good album, but IMO, Nightside is the best.

The new Countess totally rocks. "Columbine High Blues", killer killer (no pun intended :)) tune.

[Frank the Tank]

Emperor and Burzum are the only two black metal bands I truly love. I enjoy Immortal, Darkthrone, Satyricon, etc... but those two just feel more unique to me than the others.Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk is one of my favorite metal albums ever, so I do love Emperor. Although, Anthems as well as In The Nightside Eclipse are the only two albums by them I love the rest are pretty meh to me.

[HannibalGuy]

Burzum is great. Det Som, Hvis Lyset, Filosofem, ect... Varg made some great stuff.

[dfd3657]

Deicide's new album OWNS. I haven't heard any of their older material, though, so I can't make a comparison. But I've heard the last couple albums were pretty lackluster.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by dfd3657
Deicide's new album OWNS. I haven't heard any of their older material, though, so I can't make a comparison. But I've heard the last couple albums were pretty lackluster.
Scars of the Crucifix wasn't terrible, but Insineratehymn and In Torment in Hell wern't very good. I read an interview with Glen where he said that Roadrunner (their lable at the time) were fucking them pretty hard, so they just gave 'em 2 generic DM records. But then they signed with Earache which is great cause Scars was much better then the previous 2, and The Stentch of Redemption totally shreads.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
Scars of the Crucifix wasn't terrible, but Insineratehymn and In Torment in Hell wern't very good. I read an interview with Glen where he said that Roadrunner (their lable at the time) were fucking them pretty hard, so they just gave 'em 2 generic DM records. But then they signed with Earache which is great cause Scars was much better then the previous 2, and The Stentch of Redemption totally shreads.

Indeed it does. I'm not so hot on the whole "UBER-SATANIC" thing, but then again, who really listens to death metal for the lyrics? This album owns. Jack Owen owns! And so does Ralph Santolla.

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by dfd3657
Indeed it does. I'm not so hot on the whole "UBER-SATANIC" thing, but then again, who really listens to death metal for the lyrics? This album owns. Jack Owen owns! And so does Ralph Santolla.

You should check out the albums Deicide and Legion. Those are their best. I like the new one alot too though. Also, you might be interested in Vital Remains - Dechristianize. That's a truly outstanding album and Glen Benton from Deicide is on vocals.

[HannibalGuy]

Dechristianize is BRTUAL. Awesome album.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
You should check out the albums Deicide and Legion. Those are their best. I like the new one alot too though. Also, you might be interested in Vital Remains - Dechristianize. That's a truly outstanding album and Glen Benton from Deicide is on vocals.

I've been told Vital Remains is great. Anyway, anyone heard the new Suffocation?

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by dfd3657
I've been told Vital Remains is great. Anyway, anyone heard the new Suffocation?
No I havent heard the new Suffocation, but I want to. One of the best DM bands out there.

[thebloodfeaster]

Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death 3/5
God Dethroned - The Grand Grimoire 4.5/5
Dissection - Reinkaos 4/5
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick 4.5/5
Paradise Lost - Draconian Times 5/5 (this is a nostalgia trip for me)
Witchtrap - Sorceress Bitch 4/5
Gorgoroth - Pentagram 4/5
Incantation - Upon the Throne of Apocalypse 4/5
Megadeth - Youthanasia 3.5/5
Sodom - Sodom 4.5/5
Venom - Metal Black 3.5/5
Tormentor - Anno Domini 5/5

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by dfd3657
I've been told Vital Remains is great. Anyway, anyone heard the new Suffocation?

Yeah, I'm listening to the new Suffocation now. I liked Souls to Deny, but this blows that album out of the water. It's fucking great!

[thebloodfeaster]

Suffocation - Suffocation 4.5/5
Necronomicon - Escalation 3.5/5
Stiny Plamenu - Zelezo Krvaci 3.5/5
Immolation - Dawn of Possession 4/5
Bathory - Blood On Ice 4.5/5
Overkill - The Years of Decay 3.5/5
God Dethroned - Into the Lungs of Hell 4/5
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales 5/5
Burzum - Once Emperor 1.5/5
Sepultura - Arise 4/5
Gorgoroth - Under the Sign of Hell 4.5/5
Benediction - Subconscious Terror 2.5/5

[dfd3657]

God, this topic makes me remember how much I love metal. For awhile, I wasn't really listening to any. I kind of drifted away, and was listening to like Jrock and stuff. Then I bought Summoning's Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame, and I was like, "ZOMG. NOW I REMEMBER. METAL IS TEH PWNAGE." :cool: Anyway, I'm listening to the new Blind Guardian CD. Fly is like, the best fucking power metal song EVER. The chorus is infectious.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v55/dfd3657/3_logo.gif

ZOMGROFL.

[thebloodfeaster]

Burzum - Burzum/Aske 5/5
Sepultura - Morbid Visions/Bestial Devastation 4/5
Sodom - Code Red 4.5/5
Tormentor - Recipe Ferrum! 5/5
Sodom - Persecution Mania 5/5
Venom - Metal Black 3.5/5
Jon Oliva's Pain - 'Tage Mahal 4.5/5
Impaled Nazarene - All That You Fear 5/5
God Dethroned - Bloody Blasphemy 5/5
Cutthroat - Please Show Me Your Pussy 2.5/5
Cutthroat - Rape Rape Rape 3.5/5

[Tyler_Durden_208]

I'd like to vote up "Sacrament" to an 8/10, after getting in the mood (i.e. eating beef jerky and drinking with a heap of Southern agern), it's a solid album.
So that's
Burn the Priest - 7/10
New American Gospel - 8/10
As the Palaces Burn - 10/10
Ashes of the Wake - 9/10
Sacrament - 8/10

And, oh yeah, "Blacken the Cursed Sun" rules.

[HannibalGuy]

Lamb of God - Sacrament 8/10
Slayer - Christ Illusion 9/10
Slayer - Divine Innervention 9/10 (underrated)
Motorhead - Kiss of Death 9/10 (they can do no wrong)
Six Feet Under - 13 7/10
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 10/10

[dfd3657]

Suffocation - Suffocation (9/10)
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten (9/10)
Ghoul - Splatterthrash (8.5/10)
Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth (10/10)
Spawn of Possession - Noctambulant (8.5/10)
Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr (9/10)
Light This City - Facing the Thousand (9.5/10)
Wintersun - Wintersun (10/10) These guys are fucking amazing

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Well, I gave into pressure and listened to the advance press copy of Mastodon's "Blood Mountain" that my friend was sent. I was gonna wait for the majesty of opening the shrink wrap, drooling over the beautiful art (it is a Mastodon album after all), and popping the retail version into the CD player... Regardless, this album owns. Mastodon were fairly unknown to me in 2004, even after the release of "Leviathan" and all the praise it got, I had only heard "March of the Fire Ants", "Iron Tusk", and a live version of "Megalodon". Then I heard "Blood and Thunder" and pretty much begged my at the time girlfriend to loan me the money to get me a copy. She did and from that moment on, it's a rare thing when a week goes by that "Leviathan" doesn't enter my CD player. "Remission" is almost as good, but it lacks the diversity that makes "Leviathan" so great. "Blood Mountain", however, is "Leviathan"'s succesor and peer. In a recent interview with Alternative Press when asked about the change in label and the addition of even cleaner vocals if they were afraid of being labeled "sell outs", guitarist Bill Kelliher responded with "If I heard some kid call me a sellout, I'd punch his face in." And this is the attitude the album gives you. There are calmer parts, but right when you start to think the album's going soft on you, it kicks you in the nuts and rocks your face off. To give an example of how otherworldy this album can feel, most of it reminded me of the Elder Scrolls game, Morrowind, more specifically, it's expansion pack, Bloodmoon. The album gives the feeling of being somewhere familiar, but at the same time, somewhere frightening and dangerous. Mastodon is one of the few modern metal bands that transcend genres and almost become an art form unto themselves. "Blood Mountain" deserves to be heard by any fan of music at all, not just metal fans, but for those of who us who are listening and see everyone on MTV enjoying the current youth culture, we smile to ourselves knowing that they're missing out on what is undoubtedly to my ears, a masterpiece.
10/10
(Sorry for my lengthy review, but God, I just love this album.)

[HannibalGuy]

And we lose another one...

Jesse Pintado (Napalm Death/Terrorizer) died over the weekend in a Holland hospitil. RIP

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by HannibalGuy
And we lose another one...

Jesse Pintado (Napalm Death/Terrorizer) died over the weekend in a Holland hospitil. RIP
Aw, damn. R.I.P. dude, two great bands that I never listened to quite as much as they deserved. :(

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by dfd3657

Ghoul - Splatterthrash (8.5/10)


New Ghoul album? I love these guys!

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
Aw, damn. R.I.P. dude, two great bands that I never listened to quite as much as they deserved. :(
Napalm get a ton of credit, and they deserve it, but Terrorizer is a terribly underrated band. World Downfall is a killer death/grind album.

[countchocula]

I'm listening to The Fall of Ideals right now. It's infinitely inferior to its predecessor, but it's starting to grow on me. The formulaic arrangements drag the album down. Not every song needs a ball-less clean chorus.

Mastoden...meh. They're unique, but they don't really interest me.

[thebloodfeaster]

Haven't listened to the new Mastodon yet, but I really dug Leviathan.

[thebloodfeaster]

Slayer - Divine Intervention 4/5
Ophthalamia - Dominion 3/5
Dodheimsgard - Satanic Art 3.5/5
Necramyth - Unwritten Prophecy 4.5/5
Demilich - Nespithe 3.5/5
Sodom - Agent Orange 5/5
Sodom - Better Off Dead 4.5/5
Sodom - 'Til Death Do Us Unite 5/5
Vader - Impressions In Blood 2.5/5
Therion - Lepaca Kliffoth 4.5/5

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
Haven't listened to the new Mastodon yet, but I really dug Leviathan.
Then you should love it. I'm amazed that they can keep topping themselves.

Lamb of God - "As The Palaces Burn" 10/10
Lamb of God - "Ashes of the Wake" 9/10
Lamb of God - "Sacrament" 8/10
Mastodon - "Call of the Mastodon" 8/10
Mastodon - "Remission" 9/10
Mastodon - "Leviathan" 10/10
Mastodon - "Blood Mountain" 10/10

[Frank the Tank]

I'm listening to the new Suffocation album now. Really good stuff, so far.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
I'm listening to the new Suffocation album now. Really good stuff, so far.

Entrails of You pwns. "You are so beautiful, I bathe myself in entrails of you. Submerge myself in your blood and wear your flesh. You are so fucking beautiful."

[thebloodfeaster]

The whole album owns if you ask me. Definitely a step up from the ok, but only a little better than mediocre Souls to Deny.

[thebloodfeaster]

Sodom - Tapping the Vein 4.5/5
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath 5/5
Sodom - Agent Orange 5/5
Sanctuary - Refuge Denied 4.5/5
Sodom - In the Sign of Evil 5/5
Sodom - Obsessed By Cruelty 4.5/5
King Diamond - The Eye 5/5
Satyricon - Rebel Extravaganza 5/5
GWAR - Beyond Hell 3/5
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Down Among the Deadmen 4.5/5
Immolation - Failures for Gods 4/5
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill 4.5/5

[HannibalGuy]

Holy shit, everybody must but every album by the band Drudkh, especially they're new one Krov u nashykh Krynytsyakh (Blood in Our Wells).

[thebloodfeaster]

Armoured Angel - Mysterium 4.5/5
God Dethroned - The Toxic Touch 4/5
Impaled Nazarene - Pro Patria Finlandia 4.5/5
Seven Witches - Xiled to Infinity and One 3.5/5
Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer 4/5
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill 3/5
Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise 4.5/5
Gorgoroth - Destroyer 5/5
King Diamond - 1985 Demo 5/5
Mastodon - Blood Mountain 4/5
Venom - At War with Satan 4/5

[dfd3657]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v55/dfd3657/DVDs%20CDs%20and%20Games/64735.jpg

One of the best metal albums EVER recorded. That's ALL you need.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by dfd3657
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v55/dfd3657/DVDs%20CDs%20and%20Games/64735.jpg

One of the best metal albums EVER recorded. That's ALL you need.
It's pretty damn good, but I wouldn't say it's one of the best metal albums ever recorded. That's not really a knock against it, it's just I like other stuff far better.

[HannibalGuy]

Playlist:

Metallica - ... And Justice for All 10/10 (I forgot just how awesome this is)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss 10/10
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage 10/10
Drudkh - Krov u nashykh Krynytsyakh 9/10 (GET IT)
Deicide - The Stench of Redemption 9/10
Death - Spirtual Healing 9/10
Death - Human 9/10

[countchocula]

Emperor's Prometheus is kicking my ass all over the place. I am now committed to acquiring their other albums. I may also pick up some older Kreator. Extreme Aggression and Coma of Souls are delicious.

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
It's pretty damn good, but I wouldn't say it's one of the best metal albums ever recorded. That's not really a knock against it, it's just I like other stuff far better.

It definitely is the best album Kamelot ever recorded. Alot of their stuff is rather weak, but The Black Halo is actually really really good. I'd recommend to anyone with an interest in modern power metal.

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by countchocula
Emperor's Prometheus is kicking my ass all over the place. I am now committed to acquiring their other albums. I may also pick up some older Kreator. Extreme Aggression and Coma of Souls are delicious.

I never cared for Prometheus, but for me Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk is THE number one black metal album. No other can take me on a journey every time I listen to it quite like that cd.

[thebloodfeaster]

Ghoul - Splatterthrash 4.5/5
Incantation - Decimate Christendom 3.5/5
Necrodeath - Mater of All Evil 3.5/5
Slayer - Christ Illusion 3.5/5
God Dethroned - Bloody Blasphemy 5/5
God Dethroned - The Toxic Touch 4/5
Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death 4.5/5 (this really clicked with me more on 2nd listen than it did on 1st)
Gamma Ray - Insanity & Genius 3.5/5
Entombed - Left Hand Path 4.5/5
Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem 3.5/5
Vassago - Knights from Hell 4/5

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
It definitely is the best album Kamelot ever recorded. Alot of their stuff is rather weak, but The Black Halo is actually really really good. I'd recommend to anyone with an interest in modern power metal.
Well, I'll agree with you there, it's also the only album I can think of that Shagrath from Dimmu Borgir is on that I like.

[countchocula]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
God Dethroned - The Toxic Touch 4/5

Details! I'm really looking forward to this one.

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by countchocula
Details! I'm really looking forward to this one.
Yeah same. I've yet to hear it. White Worm was mint, so Im looking forward to hearing Toxic Touch.

[Badbird]

Jeez, this thread just keeps going and going.

Kamelot's The Black Halo is awesome. I just wish more stores would carry some of their other albums so I don't have to deal with online crap.

And for you guys who like Strapping Young Lad - you should check out Bile. Bile is the only band I can think of that is similar to the SYL style of crazy, over the top, super metal, though Bile has a more industrial flavor. www.bilestyle.com I saw them live with KMFDM and they played killer live.

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by countchocula
Details! I'm really looking forward to this one.


Well, it's good, but far from their best. It's better than Into the Lungs of Hell but nowhere near as good as Bloody Blasphemy, The Grand Grimoire, or Lair of the White Worm.

My problem with is it that the riffs are slightly more mellowed out and it almost sounds like they're approaching a more standard melodic death sound, which I don't care too much for. I love their melodic songs in the past (Soul Capture 1562 from Bloody Blasphemy is just about my favorite song ever) and they've always been a rather melodic band. It just sounds a bit more typical of other bands' sounds here. Luckily the songs ARE really well written. And it isn't completely modern gothenburg crap. The vocals are still excellent as ever. I love Henri's extreme and evil yet still understandable delivery. The riffs sound somehow less menacing than before though.

The album has a great collection of songs and I'm sure most people will love it. I love it myself, just not as much as most of their other output.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by Badbird
Jeez, this thread just keeps going and going.

Kamelot's The Black Halo is awesome. I just wish more stores would carry some of their other albums so I don't have to deal with online crap.

And for you guys who like Strapping Young Lad - you should check out Bile. Bile is the only band I can think of that is similar to the SYL style of crazy, over the top, super metal, though Bile has a more industrial flavor. www.bilestyle.com I saw them live with KMFDM and they played killer live.
I really didn't think Kamelot's other albums were worth the time to buy anywhere. I picked up The Black Halo at the CD store and then when I couldn't find any others, I downloaded them, and then deleted them off my hard drive.
And yes, Bile is pretty good. "I Reject!"

[dfd3657]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v55/dfd3657/Twistinmyth.jpg

Everyone should buy this CD RIGHT NOW. It's fucking awesome. Blind Guardian have firmly planted their position as one of the best power metal bands around.

[Badbird]

Originally posted by dfd3657
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v55/dfd3657/Twistinmyth.jpg

Everyone should buy this CD RIGHT NOW. It's fucking awesome. Blind Guardian have firmly planted their position as one of the best power metal bands around.

I'm listening to it right now. So far it doesn't sound as bombastic as A Night at the Opera. Fly took time to grow on me. At first I thought it was okay, but then I paid attention to the lyrics and realized what it was about and it took on a whole new meening.

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by dfd3657

Everyone should buy this CD RIGHT NOW. It's fucking awesome. Blind Guardian have firmly planted their position as one of the best power metal bands around.

You're right. I'm not even a big fan of power metal, but this is good stuff.

[thebloodfeaster]

Nocturnus - Threshold 4/5
Sodom - Get What You Deserve 3.5/5
Sodom - Masquerade In Blood 5/5
Overkill - From the Underground and Below 3.5/5
God Dethroned - The Toxic Touch 4/5
God Dethroned - The Grand Grimoire 5/5
Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh 4.5/5
Artillery - B.A.C.K. 4/5
Megadeth - The System Has Failed 4.5/5
Death SS - The Story of... 2.5/5
Blind Guardian - A Twist In the Myth 4.5/5

[HannibalGuy]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
The System Has Failed 4.5/5
I like this album a lot. IMO, it's got some filler and it's no Peace Sells or RIP, but it's a solid Megadeth record.

[Badbird]

Upon two listens

A Night at the Opera > A Twist in the Myth

I could have really done without that interview at the end. It's a good CD, just didn't blow me away like I expected Blind Guardian to.

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by Badbird
Upon two listens

A Night at the Opera > A Twist in the Myth

I could have really done without that interview at the end. It's a good CD, just didn't blow me away like I expected Blind Guardian to.

From what I can tell, most Blind Guardian fans believe it's the other way around. I think that ATITM is much better than ANATO. You could hardly hear the guitars half the time in Opera. But I still love it.