Heavy Metal Madness!

[Jezebel]

Alright, I know heavy metal isin't exactly the most popular kind of music around (but that's a good thing cuz I'd hate to see what would happen if MTV got a hold of it) so i probably won't get to many replies.

So, who here is actually a heavy metal fan and what are the bands that you listen to the most?

Here's what's been playing in my CD player lately:

Cannibal Corpse- The Bleeding (1994)
Acid Bath- When The Kite String Pops (1994)
Dimmu Borgir- Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997)
In Flames- Clayman (2000)
Rammstein- Mutter (2001)
and
Cradle Of Filth- Lovecraft and Witch Hearts (2002)

So what do you think, and what's in your ears at the time?

[pedro]

I like a bit of metal, good metal that is.

Lately in my player;

Arch Enemy: Wages of sin, Burning Bridges

InFlames: Reroute to Remain (got all the others, and though different, this one ain't so bad)

Soilwork: Natural Born Chaos (don't really like this one as much as their previous efforts)

Pain: not sure the CD's name

that's been it. I can't wait for the new BLOODBATH cd to come out here!

[NuclearMisfit]

well right now whats in my cd player is : Frank Sinatras Greatest Hits Compilation but in my metal catagory of my cd case I have Type O Negative
Kittie
Wasp
Metallica
Iced Earth
Otep
Judas Priest
Poison
Motley Crue
Pantera
Meshuggah
Nine Inch Nails
and Alice N Chains.

I have alot more but it takes to long to list, my musical tastes go from Rock to Jazz and Metal.

[The Heart Collector]

Lately?

Cynic - Focus
Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
Burzum - Det Som Engang Var
Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall
Megadeth - Rude Awakening

Waiting for the new Opeth.

[Jezebel]

I just picked up Dio's Holy Diver today (I know im 19 years late) but that's all I've been listening to.
Best Songs: Holy Diver, Caught in the Middle, Rainbow in the Dark and Shame on the Night

[cereal killer]

The bands i've been listening to this week:

Cradle of Filth
Brujeria
Meshuggah
Black Label Society
Hatebreed
Skinless
Scar culture
Sepultura
Slayer
Metallica
Origin

[Jezebel]

Finally someone else who likes Origin :D

[cereal killer]

Yeah the are pretty kickass they have a concert coming up sometime this month in montreal I think.

[Corporal_Hicks]

Bump

Among the ones I am listening to currently are:

Nile
Meshuggah
Obituary
Fear Factory
Dissection
Dimmu Borgir
Sepultura

[Fettdog]

I love rock music!

On the CD player this week have been (draws breath....)

KISS, Motley Crue, White Sister, Bon Jovi, Skid Row, Dokken, David Lee Roth, Marilyn Manson, Sum 41, Disturbed, Puddle Of Mudd, Limp Bizkit, Bulletboys, Dogs D'Amour, Faster Pussycat, Enuff Z'Nuff, Supermint, Junkyard, Rammstein, WASP and Ratt.

[kidkre0le]

Currently in my cd player

Nothingface
Tool
Refused
Snapcase
Fear Factory
Zao
Faith No More

[Horror_Master3]

SLAYER
SLIPKNOT
1992
GHOUL

AND THE MAD NOOCH LOCAL BAND

HATCHETFACE!!!!!
FOR SOME MUSIC FROM THE CORONA'S FINEST MELODIC DEATH CORE BAND GO TO
www.hatchetface.cjb.net
these guys are awesome!

[thebloodfeaster]

Here's the last several albums I've listened to in the past couple days.

Septic Flesh - Mystic Places of Dawn 4/5
Obilveon - Cybervoid 3/5
Venom - Welcome To Hell 5/5
Murder Corporation - Tagged & Bagged 3/5
Voivod - Lives 3.5/5
Cradle of Filth - Damnation and a Day 4.5/5
Usurper - Twilight Dominion 3.5/5 (needs more listens)
S.O.D. - Bigger Than the Devil 4.5/5
Type O Negative - The Origin of the Feces 4.5/5

[Quiver]

Originally posted by Fettdog
I love rock music!

On the CD player this week have been (draws breath....)

KISS, Motley Crue, White Sister, Bon Jovi, Skid Row, Dokken, David Lee Roth, Marilyn Manson, Sum 41, Disturbed, Puddle Of Mudd, Limp Bizkit, Bulletboys, Dogs D'Amour, Faster Pussycat, Enuff Z'Nuff, Supermint, Junkyard, Rammstein, WASP and Ratt.

Alot of old school 80's metal there Fettdog! Good to see! I dont follow alot of the newer metal bands, but my all time faves are

Motorhead
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
Poison
Pantera

I also really like Nashville Pussy, though I havent been able to get their latest release yet

[NeuGenX]

Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Alcatrazz
AC/DC
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Rush
WASP
Waysted
Asphalt Ballet
Savatage
$ign of 4
Mogg/Way
UFO
Uriah Heep
Krokus
Thin Lizzy
Kingdom Come
House of Lords
Badlands
Sun Red Sun
Artension
John West
Royal Hunt
Queensryche
Stratovarius
Into Eternity
Jethro Tull
Blue Oyster Cult
The Cult
Accept
Quite a few others I can't recall at the moment, my tapes/discs are in the other room :)

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by NeuGenX

Savatage


If you like old Savatage, have you heard Doctor Butcher? It was a side project with Jon Oliva and Chris Caffery. It's really awesome, thrashier than Savatage. They only put out one self titled album, but they've had another one tentatively titled The Good, The Bad, and the Butchered written for several years now; they just haven't gotten around to finishing it up and releasing it.

[travis]

Originally posted by Jezebel

Dimmu Borgir- Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997)


Dimmu Borgir rules!

[thebloodfeaster]

Another recent playlist for me:


Tsjuder - Possessed 2/5
Mercyful Fate - In the Shadows 99999999999e9999999/5
Old Man's Child - Ill Natured Spiritual Invasion 3.5/5
Venom - Possessed 5/5
Ugly Kid Joe - Menace to Sobriety 3/5
Stryper - Against the Law 2.5/5
Usurper - Twilight Dominion 4/5
Candlemass - Nightfall 5/5
Diabolic - Vengeance Ascending 5/5
Deicide - Once Upon the Cross 4.5/5
Sodom - Outbreak of Evil 5/5
Sodom - Code Red 4/5
Autopsy - Torn from the Grave 4/5

[Jezebel]

I recently picked up:

Amon Amarth - Versus The World (2 disc set)
Old Man's Child - In Defiance Of Existance
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond & Imaginations From The Other Side
Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage

All of em are killer but my two favorites are "Versus The World" and "Somewhere Far Beyond"

[thebloodfeaster]

I never really could get into Amon Amarth, although their song Bleed for Ancient Gods really kicks ass. Blind Guardian and Bloodbath kick alot of ass though.

[SIREN30]

I like all types of heavy metal exept Black Metal. Some I like are Acid Bath(and Agents of Oblivion), Clutch (more of a rock band than metal), Paw (see Clutch), The Melvins, The Gathering, Sepultura, Voivod, Motorhead, Helmet (hardcore tinged), Black Sabbath, Type O Negative, older Fear Factory, The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, My Dying Bride, Kmfdm (if Rammstein is metal; so it KMFDM), Candiria, The Cult (really just a good loud rock band though), Faith No More (one of my all time favorite bands but once again, I don't really think they're metal), and Dillinger Escape Plan.

Right now I've been listening to Acid Bath-Pagan Terrorism Tactics, Voivod-Nothingface, and Helmet-Meantime. But it changes daily and metal is by no means the only genre I listen to...

[thebloodfeaster]

Let's keep this thread alive! This is what I've listened to since I last posted my playlist:


Armagedda - The Final War Approaching 3/5
Bathory - Nordland II 4/5
Infectious Grooves - The Plague That Makes Your Booty Groove 3/5
Messiah Prophet - Master of Metal 2/5
Madder Mortem - All Flesh Is Grass 5/5
Medulla Nocte - Dying from the Inside 2/5
Absurd Existence - Angelwings 3/5
Cathedral - VIIth Coming 4/5
Venom - Welcome To Hell 5/5
Venom - Black Metal 5/5
Masacre - Concierto 2/5
Annihilator - Double Live Annihilation 4.5/5
Antaeus - De Principii Evangelikum 3/5
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age 3.5/5

[SIREN30]

So, bloodfeaster, I have a question. I've noticed that your 'metal' tastes kind of favor black and doom metal w/ a few classic metal bands thrown in. Tell me, where do you draw the line between heavy metal and rock and roll? See, I would definitely say that Queens of the Stone Age are a 'stoner rock' band, as are Clutch. But alot of people classify them in metal. In my interpretation of the term, I don't really like that much 'Metal', but in alot of other people's opinions, the majority of bands I listen to are indeed metal. So what classifies someone as metal, in your book?


Could I SAY the word metal anymore? Sheesh! Sorry about that.:rolleyes:

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by SIREN30
So, bloodfeaster, I have a question. I've noticed that your 'metal' tastes kind of favor black and doom metal w/ a few classic metal bands thrown in. Tell me, where do you draw the line between heavy metal and rock and roll? See, I would definitely say that Queens of the Stone Age are a 'stoner rock' band, as are Clutch. But alot of people classify them in metal. In my interpretation of the term, I don't really like that much 'Metal', but in alot of other people's opinions, the majority of bands I listen to are indeed metal. So what classifies someone as metal, in your book?


Could I SAY the word metal anymore? Sheesh! Sorry about that.:rolleyes:

Yeah, I don't consider QotSA or Clutch metal either (although Clutch is perhaps a little closer to being metal at times); I just always keep a list of what I'm listening to and post it to a listserv I'm on anyway and I didn't really feel like editing non-metal things out of it when the vast majority of things in the list are metal anyway.

As for what does constitute metal in my opinion can be a bit complicated. It is a combination of both aesthetic and deeper artistic elements of the music. Aesthetically speaking it is music that is derived from the foundations set by the pioneers like Black Sabbath. Many other non-metal bands may have influence from Black Sabbath but lack the aspects that make it metal, whereas all metal contains a few core characteristics. I know what I'm talking about in my head in the form of sounds and such, but unfortunately my lack of technical knowledge concerning music theory prevents me from being able to express it in words. I have to rely on "I know it when I hear it," which I admit is a very insufficient explanation but it's all I can really offer up unless I sometime take classes in music theory in the future to learn the actual terminology for what I am hearing.

[Jezebel]

I just got back from a Soulfly concert. Though their albums are not anything special by any means, their live performance is stunning. It's good to see Max Cavalera still has all that energy! However, alot of Soulfly fans are dicks. There was an local Emo band playing as a substitute for a band that cancelled at the last minute, and they got no respect whatsoever (though they were playing in the wrong crowd). People were throwing shit at them and they eventually got booed off stage. I was never so embarassed to be a Soulfly fan in my life. Have some fucking respect people, these guys were doing their best.

Sorry about that rant but I had to get that out...

[NeuGenX]

Originally posted by thebloodfeaster
If you like old Savatage, have you heard Doctor Butcher? It was a side project with Jon Oliva and Chris Caffery. It's really awesome, thrashier than Savatage. They only put out one self titled album, but they've had another one tentatively titled The Good, The Bad, and the Butchered written for several years now; they just haven't gotten around to finishing it up and releasing it.

I'll definitely try it out. Have you ever heard John West? He and Chris Caffrey did a cover of Iron Maiden's Run to the Hills that's pretty wild on the 666 tribute albums. It does the rounds on Kazaa quite a bit ;)

As for Oliva, I love his Trans-Siberian Orchestra stuff. A friend bought the video-movie they did and got me hooked.

[EyesOfTheSouth]

dont take this the wrong way Jezebel, yo must not have been to that many metal shows cause that kind of stuff ... n worse... goes on all the time

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by NeuGenX
I'll definitely try it out. Have you ever heard John West? He and Chris Caffrey did a cover of Iron Maiden's Run to the Hills that's pretty wild on the 666 tribute albums. It does the rounds on Kazaa quite a bit ;)

As for Oliva, I love his Trans-Siberian Orchestra stuff. A friend bought the video-movie they did and got me hooked.

I'll do a search for that John West and Chris Caffrey song. Sounds pretty cool.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra is great. I haven't seen the dvd yet, but have the three cds.

[Jezebel]

Originally posted by EyesOfTheSouth
dont take this the wrong way Jezebel, yo must not have been to that many metal shows cause that kind of stuff ... n worse... goes on all the time

You're right, I have not been to very many, but I was still shocked at the indecency that these people showed towards that band...

[thebloodfeaster]

Candlemass - Ancient Dreams 5/5
Averse Sefira - Battle's Clarion 4/5
V/A - Darkthrone Holy Darkthrone 3/5
Candlemass - Tales of Creation 4.5/5
Root - 666 3.5/5
Cancer - The Sins of Mankind 4/5
Carpathian Forest - Morbid Fascination of Death 4.5/5
Satyricon - Volcano 4.5/5
Quo Vadis - Forever 4.5/5
Myriads - In Spheres Without Time 3.5/5

[thebloodfeaster]

Gravewurm - Dark Souls of Hell 4/5
At the Gates - Live 02-05-96 (bootleg) 3/5
Countess - Live In Leiden 1994 (bootleg) 4/5
Lugubrum - De Totem 4/5
Mayhem - Deathcrush 3/5
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas 4.5/5
Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath 4/5
Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me 5/5
Carnal Forge - The More You Suffer 3/5
Savatage - Dead Winter Dead 5/5

[thebloodfeaster]

Playlist for the last couple of days:

Savatage - Handful of Rain 4.5/5
Tyrants from the Abyss - Morbid Angel Tribute 3.5/5
Morbid Angel - Covenant 5/5
Soilent Green - A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down 4.5/5
Eria d'Or - The Black Well 2.5/5
In Extremo - Verehrt Und Angespien 3/5
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick 4.5/5
Morbid Angel - Domination 3.5/5
Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh 4/5
Morbid Angel - Gateways to Annihilation 5/5

[thebloodfeaster]

Haven't listened to a whole lot of music in the past week; but this is what I've been spinning.




Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness 4.5/5
Venom - Welcome to Hell 5/5
Darkthrone - Hate Them 4/5 (I kind of slammed this album before, but it clicked this time!... who knows, maybe next time I won't like it again :)
Anaal Nathrakh - Total Fucking Necro 4.5/5
Desaster - Divine Blasphemies 4/5
Dio - Killing the Dragon 3.5/5