Metal Discussion Thread

[Kunt 4 Life]

whats this i hear about slayer thinking of calling it a day soon?

Could be worse, could be maiden! think i might have to consider suicide if that happened.

[Nemesis]

Sorry to have a go, because you seem to like some good stuff, but what is there about Napalm that is even slightly likeable? Listening to them is like listening to a wall of noise.



It's something that quite a few people probably wouldn't like the first time around. For me, grindcore is just something you eventually progress to. I thought Napalm Death sounded like noise at first too, but I like them quite a bit now. Sometimes you'll find heavier stuff incorporated in albums you like, and that can help you enjoy the heavier side of metal a little more. It's just like how I thought blast beat drumming sounded mindless and disorienting at first, and stuff like Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth sort of got me to appreciate it.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

New names for Avantasia: Kiske (SHOCK HORROR), Alice Cooper and Rudolf Schenker

That makes the current line up so far: Sascha Paeth, Henjo Richter, Eric Singer, Miro, Michael Kiske, Jorn Lande, Bob Catley, Amanda Somerville, Alice Cooper, Rudolf Schenker & Tobias himself

Also, Avantasia are headling Wacken! I want to go :mad:

Credit: Tobias the rascal Sammet.com



And it's called Lost in Space I & II.... :wtf:

It's like Pink Bubbles all over again.

[James Colorado]

Yeah Nemesis, I don't think anyone would like grindcore the first time they hear it. It's like death metal, all you hear is noise until you can actually appreciate the nuances and subtleties of the genre. That's when you can begin to tell the difference between bands like obituary and suffocation, as they are quite different (saw them both this year, both played killer concerts- suffocation had one of the most brutal pits ever- seem to attract some pretty deranged fans).

[Tempest]

And it's called Lost in Space I & II.... :wtf:

It's like Pink Bubbles all over again.


Don't act like you don't want to be a heavy metal hamster

I gather you mean the single?

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Yeah the two EPs out in a few months.

[blackening]

The new DevilDriver is heavy and the drums are pretty crazy. It's pretty good stuff though I can't understand most of the stuff Dez says and it the songs sound similar. I'll have to give it some listens.

[James Colorado]

MOTORHEAD ARE COMING TO MY NECK OF THE WOODS!!!! YEEESSSS!! SORRY TO SHOUT LIKE THIS, BUT I'M HYPED!!!!

[Nemesis]

Damn, that sounds awesome. I missed going to Freakers' Ball here when Motorhead headlined. I had to work...really wanted to see them, too.

[James Colorado]

I missed them in 2005. They opened for Motley Crue. I wanted to go for them both, as I am a massive fan of both bands- but the ticket price was more than I could afford ($120AUD- I think that's roughly $90USD, but my calculations may be off). Problem was they didn't play their own show here, but they did in New Zealand, so at least those guys got lucky. Also, in his autobiography Lemmy talks about how he passed out after getting blown by three groupies in a row! That's good, but it's got nothing on the Crue's book (The Dirt, for anyone in the world who didn't know [all three of you]- highly recommended).

[James Colorado]

Saw marduk on Friday night. They were quite good live, which was reassuring as I remember reading in Terrorizer that they weren't quite sold on them yet. Morgan and Magnus headbanged a lot, but could have moved around a bit more- but Mortuus wis an awesome frontman. They know how to build up the suspense too- Morgan, Magnus and Lars came out and took their places (M & M with their backs to the audience) and just stood there for a good two minutes while the crowd went sick, before Mortuus came out and they launched into The Levelling Dust.

Set was very good, but they played a lot of their slower stuff (could have done more from panzer division). Also, they played Wolves during the set, not as the encore, which I found annoying. They finished with panzer division marduk, and then encored with The Black..., which was good as I do like bands encoring with something from their first album (they also did Still Fucking Dead during the set, so that's another old shooler).

Problem was the songs they didn't play- no Throne of Rats, Burn My Coffin...

[James Colorado]

More on my end- the Giantour is returning to Oz!
Line-up: Megadeth (ooooh yeah, the best there is!)
Devil-Driver (YAWN!)- that should get some of you fired up!
Static-X (they're still around?)
Lacuna Coil (music's a bit mellow for my tastes, but Christine Scabia is easily one of the most beautiful women on the planet, so I'll be front and centre for their set).

[Pete Cash]

that is perhaps the worst line up i have ever heard of and i quite like megadeth

[Glen]

Fucking hell. I didn't realise Static-X were still around.

[blackening]

Yep, they released a new CD a few months back.

[James Colorado]

that is perhaps the worst line up i have ever heard of and i quite like megadeth

Tell me about it, I thought this was supposed to be a metal fest. Megadeth are one of my favourites, and Lacuna Coil have one obvious quality, but devildriver I do not like, and I find Static X to be boring. Guess I know when to go to the bar...

[Tempest]

Are Symphony X not there again? Because they could cure the horrendous case of boringitus

[Axewhipe]

Fucking hell. I didn't realise Static-X were still around.

I don't like Static-X...

[James Colorado]

No, Symphony X only did Gigantour 1, in North America. What we get is a concert with four bands, as Australian audiences probably wouldn't flock to an actual metal festival with two stages.

I hope you weren't referring to Megadeth in that boringitis comment...

[Nemesis]

I'm planning on seeing GWAR in October. Finally they're playing here on a Saturday, so it won't be a hassle to go. I'm also looking forward to seeing Cradle of Filth then (I still like them, surprisingly). CKY and some band unknown to me are also playing, but meh.

Hey James, what Marduk songs would you recommend? I have World Funetal and Le Grande Danse Macabre, and that's it. I actually like quite a bit of their slower stuff, but then there's a few of the fast songs, like Baptism By Fire, that are awesome. Do they have any melodical stuff, like in the middle of Night of the Long Knives? That song was excellent.

[James Colorado]

GWAR would be killer live! I doubt they'd ever tour down here though...

As for marduk, I'd actually recommend their earlier stuff. As far as melody, the ones you already have are probably the most melodical. My favourites are the stuff off panzer division marduk (but if you prefer the melodical stuff, this album may be a bit much- it's just a constant blur of blasting- which is why it's awesome!) and their first albums, as stuff like Wolves, The Black... and Still Fucking Dead are killer, and when you hear them live, you feel like you've been violated. A good place for you would be Warshau, the live album. Also what I've heard off the new album is very good- I can't get Cold Mouth Prayer out of my head, and The Levelling Dust was a very good concert opener.

As for Cradle of Filth, I'm not a big fan (too many keyboards for my liking, that's why I prefer marduk, mayhem, etc), but I've heard they put on a good live show. You should enjoy them, and I would probably even go if they came down here. How fucked up is the video for Babalon A.D.? That is just disturbing...

[James Colorado]

Can I get everyone to give Cactus Lem a massive round of applause? He mentioned Municipal Waste a few posts back. Now Terrorizer had their song "headbanger face rip" on a cover CD, and I can tell you, when this man recommends, he knows what he's talking about!- so take a rep point. Not only does the title kill, but the song sounds like a cross of DRI and early Anthrax- in short, awesome (there's even a riff in the middle that reminds me of slayer). Cactus actually mentioned seeing them live, so hopefully I'll get the opportunity to, as they have won me over already, and I've only heard one song. Problem is, they're still small time, and won't tour here unless they can get a support slot for someone famous. Good thing is that they're young, so time is on our side.

Heard the new behemoth song "prometherion". The intro riff seemed a little samey, but the song becomes quite good, and they even throw in a hint of melody. I'm not going to go as far as some did after they released "demigod" and consider them a full death metal band, as I can still hear substantial elements of black metal, so for now I'll stick with the blackened death metal label for them, and of course there is nothing wrong with that.

[James Colorado]

When I went to get my Motorhead ticket, I was informed that the concert had sold out. Cue depression. This lasted for the half a second it took to be told that they have added a second show. So I got my ticket. Deep breath now...

I GOT MY MOTORHEAD TICKET! I'M GOING TO MOTORHEAD! YEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!

[blackening]

The new Arch Enemy album is online. About to give it a listen, I really hope it's good.

[Axewhipe]

post a link for me please, you guys got me hooked...

[blackening]

I downloaded it as a torrent, but I could upload it tomorrow. It's only 84 MB. I guess there's some watermarks or something in the music though.

This is the torrent I downloaded:

http://isohunt.com/download/23926858/arch+enemy

[Axewhipe]

thanks a lot, can't wait to listen...

[blackening]

So, are you going to download the torrent? Because I'd actually be uploading it today, not tomorrow, as it's 1:45 am.

[Axewhipe]

I am uploading it right now and it is 3 am here...

It doesn't matter if I don't finish as I can stop downloading the torrent and continue later if I don't finish tonight...

[Axewhipe]

It was a good torrent, so I got it relatively fast. So far there is some kick ass shit on it. Gonna fully listen tomorrow as it is quite late here...

The cover song (the tyrant's rise) is good as well. It is basically the only song I fully listed to...

[blackening]

I'd say it's good. A little disappointing, but I had really high hopes since I listen to Doomsday Machine everyday. Same thing happened with the Lamb of God and Trivium albums.

Angela is a little easier too understand, the awesome guitar playing is still there, but I'm not hearing as much of the brutal double bass drums I loved on the last album though, and I think Doomsday Machine was heavier.

[eugenespeed]

Anyone here heard of Fexomat?

He is a gabba style d.j but does mixes with metal tracks.

I've been listening to some of his stuff over the weekend and really like it.

You can hear it here: http://fexomat.thoughtbludgeon.com/sets.html

Any opinions?

[Tempest]

Ooooh Helloween are in London for January. Methinks I might have to head down for that 'un. Should be a fun show, with Axxis supporting (I know Gamma Ray are supporting them on the tour, but I don't think they'll be doing London aswell)

Still umming and ahhing about a couple of gigs.
Want to see 'Ryche again obviously, but i'm not really arsed with Thin Lizzy. I suppose i'll go if i've got the spare cash come the time.

Pretty sure i'll be seeing Symphony X, even though they're not headlining...supporting for a band that bore the ever living piss out of me, Dream Theater. But really, there are no excuses not to go seeings as it's about 15 minutes from my house and, you know, Russell fucking Allen.

Loving the new Queensryche track, too. Possibly has something to do with CHRIS DEGARMO playing on it, but it's a real grower.

[Pete Cash]

helloween couldnt be gayer these days if it were you fronting the group

[Tempest]

How did I know you would comment in such a manner. I realise that they are as gay as Christmas, but I still imagine they'll be great live. Plus I liked Keeper 3 :p

[Pete Cash]

yeah i would see them too, i was listening to keeper 2 just today. cause i rule.

[blackening]

The new Arch Enemy album is growing on me. There's some beautiful music on there.

I'm liking Angela's vocals a lot more than on Doomsday Machine. Blood On Your Hands, The Last Enemy, I Will Live Again, The Day You Died, and Night Falls Fast are all awesome.

[Axewhipe]

I like the easy to understand lyrics i seek in most metal songs, that is probably why I might like it more than you...

[blackening]

:confused:

I said I like the vocals better than on Doomsday Machine. She's easier to understand and her voice sounds more emotional.

[Nemesis]

Damn. Now I think I'll be seeing two shows back-to-back. I'll still be seeing GWAR and Cradle of Filth in October, but Dark Funeral and Naglfar play in Lawrence the next night, which is about 50 miles from where I live. I was thinking, fuck it, one concert for the weekend is enough, but I realized that I can get into the venue they're playing at for free. So I think I'll check it out.

Holy shit, that'll be one crazy weekend.

[Axewhipe]

:confused:

I said I like the vocals better than on Doomsday Machine. She's easier to understand and her voice sounds more emotional.

So you mean like, heavier emotion, gotcha...


I have never been to a metal concert...:(

[blackening]

I mean that she doesn't sound like a machine, her voice actually sounds different at times and she sounds like a human being.

Well, I've seen Anthrax when they opened up for Rob Zombie and I've seen Distubed. :$

[Axewhipe]

Damn, I've always wanted to go to a Disturbed concert...

[blackening]

They were good, tons of fire and shit. Saw them on the Music As A Weapon tour a few months ago. People went crazy for Down With The Sickness. Their greatest improv. was during their cover of Land of Confusion:

There's too many men, not enough pussy!

[Axewhipe]

Sounds like a joke they must have come up with while writing the song, and they decided that it would be fucking awesome to say in concert.


I can only imagine the reason people would go crazy for Down with the Sickness. Those killer drums in the beginning always get me hyped. I tried watching some of their stuff on youtube, but I guess it's not the same thing. I am gonna see them some day...

I don't know if they should really classify Disturbed as metal anymore, they even said it themselves. Down with the Sickness and Believe are Heavy Metal, but 10,000 fist is definitely a little bit lighter than Down with the Sickness. I like 10,000 fists, but I think that Down with the Sickness is better, because you can kinda feel it a bit more...

[Tempest]

I wouldn't call any of it metal, but I do like the first album

[James Colorado]

Not big Disturbed fan, but they don't make me scream in horror when they come on.

Into the new Nile album right now. It hasn't grabbed me as much as Annihilation of the Wicked did, but I'll give it a few more listens before I give it a final judgement. Very good so far, and I think Dallas has becoem one of the premier vocalists in death metal. They played a killer show down here a few months back, better than when I saw them in 2005 (they played a lot of slower stuff, this time it was fast- BLAST BEATS!!!!), and the 2 new songs they played got a good reaction.

But I liked the conceptual element of Annihilation, and the instrumental opening then into Cast Down the Heretic was absolutely brilliant- on the new album, What Can Be Safely Written is an excellent track (nice epic sound, variations in tempo, blasting, excellent solos, etc), but the aforementioned combination of acoustic guitar into blast beats on Annihilation is impossible to top as a way to open an album.

[blackening]

I can only imagine the reason people would go crazy for Down with the Sickness. Those killer drums in the beginning always get me hyped. I tried watching some of their stuff on youtube, but I guess it's not the same thing. I am gonna see them some day...

The drummer was doing a drum solo, and went right into that song and people flipped out. I think they like doing the "ooo ah ah ah ah" or whatever stuff Draiman does just as much.


I don't know if they should really classify Disturbed as metal anymore, they even said it themselves. Down with the Sickness and Believe are Heavy Metal, but 10,000 fist is definitely a little bit lighter than Down with the Sickness. I like 10,000 fists, but I think that Down with the Sickness is better, because you can kinda feel it a bit more...
I think 10,000 Fists was probably heavier than Believe, which was pretty gay. Maybe, I don't have either and have only listened to the songs played on the radio. Yeah, like you said, Draiman said they're more hard rock than metal these days, but one of the members said the new album is going to be balsier than the others.

[fear is the mindkiller]

Damn, the new Iced Earth album snuck up on me...didn't know it was out in less than 2 weeks. I only hope Ripper's vocals aren't as cheesy on it as they were on The Glorious Burden. I miss Barlow...:(

[Axewhipe]

I wouldn't say that Believe was gay, after all look at the lyrics to Liberate. I definitely think that it was lacking compared to their other albums. A matter of fact I would go as far to say that compared to their other stuff it is complete shit compared to the others.

My question is when are they gonna come out with their new album. I have a feeling that I am gonna be disappointed like I was with the new Linkin Park album. (though they have nothing to do with metal)

[blackening]

2008

I meant it was gay because of stuff like Prayer, Believe, Remember, etc compared to Ten Thousand Fists~!!!!

The new Arch Enemy is good shit.

[Axewhipe]

I hate remember, I forget how it goes, but I know I just always get bored listening to it.

[Pete Cash]

Hey guys, thrash metal is pretty cool.

[Ringo]

Hey lads, Machine Head's 'The Blackening' is fucking class.

[blackening]

Looks at forum name, yeah it's pretty awesome.

[James Colorado]

Napalm Death touring this week- its gonna be fucken violent!

[Nemesis]

Damn, Job For a Cowboy and Behemoth are coming up around here in November.

The next two upcoming months are going to kick ass.

Also, I need to purchase some Enslaved. Another awesome band that I haven't gotten around to buying any albums yet. And I've been listening to them for a year. :$

[cactusmaac]

I'll be in Manchester tomorrow for High On Fire at Jabez Clegg.

[C-Dic]

..but one of the members said the new album is going to be balsier than the others.

If I had a penny for every "metal" band that ever said that about their next album. It's a cover up for the fact they haven't made anything original in almost 5 years.

[James Colorado]

I'll be in Manchester tomorrow for High On Fire at Jabez Clegg.

I would love to see High on Fire. Think they'll get around to playing any Sleep (imagine doing all of Jerusalem live!)? Not likely, but you never know...

[Jobber to the stars]

Damn, the new Iced Earth album snuck up on me...didn't know it was out in less than 2 weeks. I only hope Ripper's vocals aren't as cheesy on it as they were on The Glorious Burden. I miss Barlow...:(

Iced Earth has a new album coming out? Man, I wish I had money.

And Glorious Burden was great.

[Pete Cash]

just download it comrade

[Alex E]

Any good metal come out lately that isn't blatantly obvious? (Nightwish, Arch Enemy, etc)?

In the span of two weeks, I'll be seeing Nightwish, Therion, Sonata Arctica, After Forever, Primal Fear, Arch Enemy and a bunch more. I shudder to imagine my bank statement after October...

[Aussie_Outlaw]

MAIDEN IN OZ :panic:

[Axewhipe]

Iced Earth has a new album coming out? Man, I wish I had money.

And Glorious Burden was great.

Who are Iced Earth?

[Tempest]

Power metal. They're a good enough band, but you have to fight not to tune out quite often.

Prefer DEMONS & WIZARDS

[Jobber to the stars]

just download it comrade

I would except that I only have my laptop and am relying on the internet wireless connection which isn't very good in my apartment and they frown on us downloading shit at my university since it drains the network or something.



Power metal. They're a good enough band, but you have to fight not to tune out quite often.

Prefer DEMONS & WIZARDS


Yeah, I like Demons & Wizards better than Iced Earth (and Blind Guardian for that matter) but both bands are still pretty great.

[James Colorado]

MAIDEN IN OZ :panic:

I AM FUCKING PSYCHED FOR THAT!

ALSO THEY'RE RECREATING THE POWERSLAVE TOUR!!! (well sort of...)

Went to Napalm Death last night. It was every bit as violent as I thought it would be. I'm actually surprised I didn't piss blood when I got up today, as I took that many shots to the kidneys. A very old school style pit. I actually fell over in the pit for the first time in 6 years but I got myself up without any help, so that kinda made up for it.

Set list was excellent, the new stuff went down well, but they also did a lot of early stuff, including a few off Scum (and none of the current line-up was even on that album- i was wondering if they'd introduce it as "from our first album", but Barney referred to it as "the first Napalm Death album", so it made sense). And putting in their cover of a certain Dead Kennedys song was fucken class...

Opening bands: Captain Cleanoff I didn't get to see much of, as I arrived near the end of their set. They impressed me when they opened for Suffocation earlier this year, but I wanted to see how they'd progressed as a live band.

Blood Duster were sufficiently drunk and disgusting (this was actually the first time I've been close to sober seeing them live), and they played the bogan anthem drink!fight!fuck! which worked the crowd well.

[Axewhipe]

I gotta wait a couple years to go to a concert like that...

[Pete Cash]

I would except that I only have my laptop and am relying on the internet wireless connection which isn't very good in my apartment and they frown on us downloading shit at my university since it drains the network or something.



Yeah, I like Demons & Wizards better than Iced Earth (and Blind Guardian for that matter) but both bands are still pretty great.

*palm mute*

demons and wizards are great, but i mean you wouldnt wear a shirt with demons and wizards on it would you.

[James Colorado]

People, I have a quandary. The Black Dahlia Murder is touring later this year. No problem I hear you say, they suck, just ignore them and they'll leave and hopefully never return. Well, what doesn't suck is that Cephalic Carnage is on the same bill. Now, I could see Cephalic Carnage, and just leave after their set, but the problem is, I can be pretty damn tight. Which means that if I do go, I will rock out to Cephalic Carnage, but I know I will hang around for Black Dahlia just to get my money's worth. So you can see the bind I'm in. In order to see an awesome band, I have to see an atrocious one, Just cause I'm tight.

[Matthew]

I bout a pipe from Cephalic Carnage.

I enjoyed the Black Dahlia Murder though too that night.

[Nemesis]

People, I have a quandary. The Black Dahlia Murder is touring later this year. No problem I hear you say, they suck, just ignore them and they'll leave and hopefully never return. Well, what doesn't suck is that Cephalic Carnage is on the same bill. Now, I could see Cephalic Carnage, and just leave after their set, but the problem is, I can be pretty damn tight. Which means that if I do go, I will rock out to Cephalic Carnage, but I know I will hang around for Black Dahlia just to get my money's worth. So you can see the bind I'm in. In order to see an awesome band, I have to see an atrocious one, Just cause I'm tight.

Do it. I'm a tightwad, too, because I'm poor at the moment, but I'll be seeing GWAR/Cradle of Filth and Dark Funeral/Naglfar/Daath on back-to-back days, which is unheard of for me. And so I guess those are two totally different sitouations, but I'm drunk. Sue me. Seriously though, do it.


I bout a pipe from Cephalic Carnage.



Hahahahaha, not much of a surprise at all. :p On both counts.

[cactusmaac]

Iced Earth has a new album coming out? Man, I wish I had money.

And Glorious Burden was great.

Yeah, I liked that one.

[eugenespeed]

Has anyone heard the new Down album (Down III), what were your thoughts on it?

[eugenespeed]

Can I ask what your thoughts are on this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzztVo7x_ow

the singer is a friend of mine.

Cheers

- ES

[Ringo]

Didn't realise Down III had leaked. I'll get to that right away.

Many weren't too high on Down II but I fucking love it.

[KsEdge]

Down are fucking awesome, I mean I fucking hate Phil Anselmo, but I have to give the guy his props where props are due, he's a great vocalist.

Maybe not "the best vocalist of any genre ever" as he once claimed he was, but he's definitely a talented guy.

That said, for my money, no song by Down will ever be as good as "Stone the Crow", that was just amazing.

Speaking of good vocalists, Alter Bridge have their new CD out next month that I'm pretty psyched for. The last one had some really good tracks, and Myles Kennedy...Kennedy... has one of the best voices in the business today in my opinion.

There's a couple of new tracks from it on their Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/alterbridge and I highly recommend the song "Ties That Bind".

Awesomeness!

[Nemesis]

Down are fucking awesome, I mean I fucking hate Phil Anselmo, but I have to give the guy his props where props are due, he's a great vocalist.



Hahaha, that perfectly describes my love/hate relationship with the guy. He's a great, influential vocalist, but man, as a person...he's an absolute shithead. Total white trash scum.

I am interested to hear the new Down, though. Although II wasn't quite as good, I still like them. NOLA was unbeatable. It was like hearing a local band live, but one that was actually good. They lost that vibe with II.


That said, for my money, no song by Down will ever be as good as "Stone the Crow", that was just amazing.

No arguments from me.


Dammit, I'm still hooked on I. Greatest side project ever. I'm still convinced they're like a "lite" version of Immortal, but that in itself is great.

Also, how can you think of a better stage name than "Ice Dale?" I dare you. It's impossible not to laugh at that.

[TheMagnum]

People, I have a quandary. The Black Dahlia Murder is touring later this year. No problem I hear you say, they suck, just ignore them and they'll leave and hopefully never return. Well, what doesn't suck is that Cephalic Carnage is on the same bill. So you can see the bind I'm in. In order to see an awesome band, I have to see an atrocious one, Just cause I'm tight.


Just watch them. I saw them a few days ago and they weren't half bad. Besides, what else do you have to do?

Wait, are the headlining or supporting? I wouldn't really want to see them if they were headlining. I see your point.

[blackening]

Speaking of good vocalists, Alter Bridge have their new CD out next month that I'm pretty psyched for. The last one had some really good tracks, and Myles Kennedy...Kennedy... has one of the best voices in the business today in my opinion.

There's a couple of new tracks from it on their Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/alterbridge and I highly recommend the song "Ties That Bind".

Awesomeness!
Sorry, but I think they really suck. They're not metal either.

Don't care too much for Down either.

[KsEdge]

Sorry, but I think they really suck. They're not metal either.

Don't care too much for Down either.


To each his own I suppose, I knew they weren't metal when I posted that though, but Rock and Metal, two distinctly different genres with their own even more diverse sub-genres, are getting more and more alike as the years go by.

It's pretty weird, the Rock bands seem to be getting heavier and the metal in some cases seems to be getting lighter. A lot of the melodic metal out there at the moment could be classified as rock really in some cases.

That said, I concede to your point about Alter Bridge, even though I disagree with your statement that they suck. Creed sucked, Alter Bridge are awesome in my humble opinion.

Not liking Down though...that hurts your cred somewhat ;):p

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Do it. I'm a tightwad, too, because I'm poor at the moment, but I'll be seeing GWAR/Cradle of Filth and Dark Funeral/Naglfar/Daath on back-to-back days, which is unheard of for me. And so I guess those are two totally different sitouations, but I'm drunk. Sue me. Seriously though, do it.

Bastard, I want to see Gwar, and I've fallen in love with America must be destroyed again.

[Pete Cash]

Metal is such a silly genre. I will start with power metal, more genres to come.


Blind Guardian-Mr Sandman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDFmNgmaEe0)
Demons and Wizards- Terror Train (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dhYrLQmRlQ)
Rhapsody of Fire-Rain of a Thousand Flames (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsVhgcu3wOY) WARNING CONTAINS A BOOB
Symphony X- Serpent's Kiss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twSdQGif1Kw)
Dragonforce- Through the Fire and the Flame (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3M2X4ZAH_w)
Edguy-Lavatory Love Machine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SYjvmYkbPA")
Angra-Wishing Well (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ4PIHHbiwU)
Dream Evil- The Book Of Heavy Metal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-pN8qAiZhQ)
Black Majesty-Silent Company (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCq5zQe8KeY)
Helloween- Dr Stein (”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RofupcSD1e0”)
Nightwish-Nemo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAKf1gTx7qM)
Tad Morose-Anubis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5he4GmKUGmA)
Savage Circus- Evil Eyes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-82HMzbjEo)
Sratovarius- Black Diamond (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNLdTfwx5ZQ)
Nevermore-Believe in Nothing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxUm1hzYWCA)
Running Wild-Conquistadors (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RhJ2hBNerc)
Kamelot- The Haunting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNWu0CV9Ro)
Jag Panzer- Take To The Sky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRfiDuvkU6o)
Gamma Ray-Eagle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL1YeKjW7k4)
Iced Earth-Declaration Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWrlwzfFzk)

I've probably left some groups off but I can't be bothered. You people may wonder why I started with power metal, because power metal being the silliest form of metal they would have the silliest video clips, oh my friends you would be mistaken.

I will do either doom or death metal next I think.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Anything heavier than power / prog isn't really metal anyways. It's hardcore.

[Tempest]

Just heard the new Soilwork track. Sounds...softer...more mainstreamy. Not sure what to make of it just yet.

Downloading new Helloween album too for a wee listen. Should be fun - I bet it's mincing gay :D

EDIT: Yes, yes it is. Nah it's no Bubbles or Rabbit that's for sure.

It's pretty cool actually. But it really annoys me how sometimes Deris sounds like he's a Pet Shop Boy

That said, there's no way i'm missing them when they come on over.

[Cactus Lem]

I AM FUCKING PSYCHED FOR THAT!

ALSO THEY'RE RECREATING THE POWERSLAVE TOUR!!! (well sort of...)


If they bring the Powerslave set back I'll go fucking crazy. Love that set to bits.

I take it by re-creating Powerslave you mean playing stuff only from their fifth, sixth, seventh albums or whatever?

[Axewhipe]

Just out of curiosity, since all of you like metal, how many of you like Daft Punk? I am just trying to see if there is a connection...

[Tempest]

Some of their stuff is alright...

[James Colorado]

If they bring the Powerslave set back I'll go fucking crazy. Love that set to bits.

I take it by re-creating Powerslave you mean playing stuff only from their fifth, sixth, seventh albums or whatever?

I'm not quite sure what they meant myself. Bruce Dickinson said they were bringing the Powerslave set, but said it's not gonna be a pastiche of that tour, but they will be playing stuff they hadn't in years. So, the Powerslave set but maybe some songs after that period. I then ehard from a friend that they will be playing stuff up until when bruce left the band, but nothing from the Blaze or Bruce Part 2: The Revenge eras. But it's Maiden, in Australia, so what u gonna do?

[blackening]

There's a new song on the In Flames MySpace page (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=4253228).

I don't know if it's new or was just previously unreleased, but it sounds like the songs on Come Clarity. I like it though.

[WizoOzz]

Anything heavier than power / prog isn't really metal anyways. It's hardcore.

Not true.

I don't have any defenses, but I felt compelled to argue with you, Dave.

:D

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Not true.

I don't have any defenses, but I felt compelled to argue with you, Dave.

:D

You acknowledge that there is no defenses to my foolproof hypothesis.

Thus I now crown Hammerfall the heaviest metal band in the history of Metal.

[Nemesis]

Bastard, I want to see Gwar, and I've fallen in love with America must be destroyed again.

I'm still surprised that I'll actually get to see them this time, since there's always been something that has kept me from going. They seem to come through KC a lot, though. It only seems like a few months ago they were last here.

And Dark Funeral is the night after. :headbang:


I went to Vintage Stock and bought a Dimmu Borgir album on vinyl last week. And it was signed by Shagrath and Silenoz. $20. I don't know who it is who keeps selling autographed black metal albums near me (I bought a signed Dimmu Borgir CD from another store down the street a while back), but it's their loss, I guess. There are more vinyls there I'll have to go back for. Another Dimmu Borgir (unsigned) and Mayhem's Grand Declaration of War.

[Tempest]

You acknowledge that there is no defenses to my foolproof hypothesis.

Thus I now crown Hammerfall the heaviest metal band in the history of Metal.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/tempestofthereich/emot-xd.gif

[Alex E]

Those who don't know Therion, check this out. They're taking a break for a couple years after this tour, so SEE THEM WHILE YOU CAN
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9fczXXU1ZGE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZuiV_LvlVbk&mode=related&search=
http://youtube.com/watch?v=atSqqHLahws&mode=related&search=

So fucking good.

[Crabby]

People, I have a quandary. The Black Dahlia Murder is touring later this year. No problem I hear you say, they suck, just ignore them and they'll leave and hopefully never return. Well, what doesn't suck is that Cephalic Carnage is on the same bill. Now, I could see Cephalic Carnage, and just leave after their set, but the problem is, I can be pretty damn tight. Which means that if I do go, I will rock out to Cephalic Carnage, but I know I will hang around for Black Dahlia just to get my money's worth. So you can see the bind I'm in. In order to see an awesome band, I have to see an atrocious one, Just cause I'm tight.

Simple- go to the show. I've seen BDM twice and they're good live, Cephalic Carnage will be damn good and the very cool Five Star Prison Cell are opening the show.

Speaking of CC, I interviewed their singer last week and he sounded a little stoned, and also encouraged all of our readers to bring their joints to the show. Their lyrics make a little more sense now methinks! :cool:

[aBBy]

ANyone heard Arch Enemys new album yet? I brought a copy today and just finished listening to it. I have to see, its totally wicked!

Angela's voice is slightly more demonic, but they still have that same awesome sound.

I definetly recommend it if your an Arch fan :)

[blackening]

Yeah, I downloaded it a while ago and posted my thoughts. I love the album.

I actually thought the opposite about Angela's voice. It's less brutal and she's sound more human and emotional than on Doomsday Machine and Anthems of Rebellion. I like it a lot better now, actually. Maybe on the next record we'll get some clean singing.

Any favorite songs yet?

I love Blood On Your Hands, I Will Live Again, and Night Falls Fast.

Are the lyrics printed in the booklet? I can't find them anywhere on the internet.

[James Colorado]

So Maiden tix for Oz tour went on sale today. At 9 AM. Which is way before my usual get up time. I got up at 9, and arrived at the ticketmaster at Knox CIty at 9:30ish, saw a monstrous line, and was informed by some very kind souls that the show was sold out- now I knew the show would sell out on the day, and that all of the pre-sale tix were long gone, but to be informed that Maiden sold out in minutes was a little unexpected (I haven't been to a gig at the Rod Laver Arena in 6 years; what I normally listen to tends to attract smaller venues with a very discerning clientele). These same kind people informed me that they already had their tix, but were waiting for a second show to be announced. So I wandered off to JB Hi-Fi to get my mother a birthday present, and killed time in the metal section. To my surprise, the helpful punters from ticketek actually found me, told me they had been looking for me, and informed me that a second show had just gone on sale. So, I got my Maiden tix.

I doubt those two gentlemen will read this, but my sincerest thanks for your assistance today. I actually went back to JB after I got my tix to see if I could thank you again, and see if I could get you some shots, but you weren't there and I'm probably the only person fuckwitted enough to drink hard liquor at 10 AM. But my appreciation stands.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Why would anyone buy tickets in person?

Internet is the easiest way and pretty much the only way since shows sell out ridiculously quickly.


Oh and Operation Mindcrime sucks.

[James Colorado]

I have to buy in person, cos I dont have a credit card! Thats right, all my transactions are conducted in cash! Sometimes it may look a bit dodgy, but it's all strictly legit.

And Operation Mindcrime rules.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Here I am.

Rock you like a hurricane.

[Tempest]

Why would anyone buy tickets in person?

Internet is the easiest way and pretty much the only way since shows sell out ridiculously quickly.


Oh and Operation Mindcrime sucks.


http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/tempestofthereich/emot-xd.gif I GET IT

Pssst, Out Of Mind > Damaged

[Aussie_Outlaw]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/tempestofthereich/emot-xd.gif I GET IT

Pssst, Out Of Mind > Damaged

Disconnected is still best though ;)


My driving playlist for tomorrow. You can guess the theme.


1. Anthrax - God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols Cover) (3:02)
2. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer (4:08)
3. Boston - Peace Of Mind (5:05)
4. Cheap Trick - Surrender (4:12)
5. Danzig - Mother (3:24)
6. Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (4:52)
7. Faster Pussycat - Bathroom Wall (3:53)
8. Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle (4:33)
9. Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight (6:04)
10. Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming (5:07)
11. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (2:23)
12. Lynard Skynard - Freebird (9:07)
13. Megadeth - Anarchy In The UK (Sex Pistols Cover) (3:00)
14. Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart (4:43)
15. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades (2:51)
16. Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn (4:21)
17. Quiet Riot - Come On Feel The Noise (4:49)
18. Ratt - Round and Round (4:25)
19. Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane (4:14)
20. The Clash - London Calling (3:23)
21. Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock (3:05)
22. Van Halen - Panama (3:31)
23. Warrant - Cherry Pie (3:20)


Awesomeness. Any more suggestions for awesome 80's rock tracks?

[Tempest]

You are driving to your penisectomy?

Rite

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I've reported your post. You're gonna get the mods on you.

[Tempest]

More like the clods mate

[James Colorado]

I've just got to comment on Aussie's last track here- and I'm blatantly ripping this off from somewhere, but can't remember where, so can't give them credit- but that's a band that somehow managed to dumb down cock rock, that's right, they found a way to do that.

Going to the more extreme end of things, did anyone else notice that Sigh have released a new album? I've been way out of the loop on their end for a while, but the fact that they're still releasing albums has really taken me by surprise. Problem is I still tend to associate them with DSP, so can't get used to their new style and continued existence. Can anyone tell me if the album's any good?

[James Colorado]

Swingin in the living room
Swingin' in the kitchen
Most folks don't
Cause they're too busy bitchin'
Swingin' in there
Cause she wanted me to feed her
So I mixed up the batter
And she licked the beater

I scream, you scream,
We all scream for her
Don't even try
Cause you can't ignore her



Damn it Aussie, look what you just made me do! I haven't been able to get this stupid song out of my head all day now!

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Ahaha. As I always say everyone should take life a little less seriously. Not everything is meant to be all serious.


:heart: 80's glam.

[James Colorado]

Fucken' Ratt are touring. After all this glam discussion, I'm probably gonna have to go now.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

:panic:


ROUND AND ROUND!!!

[James Colorado]

What goes around comes around, I don't know why, it happens everytime!

[Cactus Lem]

I think Ratt are one of the only Glam bands that I really can't stand. Give me some Poison or some Crue anyday.

[James Colorado]

Crue own, but I'm not sold on Poison totally. Def Leppard had some good stuff though.

GOING TO MOTORHEAD IN 2 DAYS!

[Alex E]

I saw Sonata Arctica, After Forever, Primal Fear, Pagan's Mind, Redemption, Threshold, Raintime, Communic, Virgin Steele, Firewind, Freak Kitchen, Arch Enemy in the states this weekend. Sonata Arctica was a bit flat. Arch Enemy was great as usual. I also saw 3 inches of blood at the beginning of the week, possibly in my top 3 shows ever (which also includes Therion and Guardian, high quality stuff).

So if you ever get the chance to see 3iob, see them. I'm not usually a heavy mosher, but the music was so awesome it inspired me to stagedive and go nuts.

[Pete Cash]

Speaking of which, James Colorado you mentioned you saw Blind Guardian when they toured Australia. What night was it?

Cause I was there on the Saturday night. Great gig, but so fucking hot.

[Cactus Lem]

The new Pagans Mind album is very good.

[Hero!]

Don't know if any of you guys dig 'em too, but the dillinger escape plan released a new song on their myspace page, wh00t.

[blackening]

If anyone is interested:

Children of Bodom - cover of Iron Maiden's 'Aces High'
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E9PKAJAO

Children of Bodom - cover of Britney Spears' 'Oops I Did It Again'
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZND7QPL0

Both uploaded by me.

I think the Aces High cover is good, but if you don't like CoB you're still probably not going to like it.

I think the Britney Spears cover is quite funny really.

:heart: CoB

[Nemesis]

Wow, never knew CoB covered Aces High. I heard the Britney cover though, and I can't stand it.

To me, they're hit-or-miss with cover songs. I liked Somebody Put Something in My Drink, Silent Scream, Don't Stop at the Top, and Bed of Nails, but I can't think of anything else that I really like.

Overall, they're still awesome, though.

[blackening]

Indeed, they are awesome. Just downloaded Are You Dead Yet? :yes:

I actually really like the Britney Spears cover. :$ Britney needs double bass drums.

Are you gonna give the Aces High cover a listen?

[Aussie_Outlaw]

The title track for the Avantasia EPs has been leaked :panic:



oh and tracklisting...

Lost in Space pt. 1:

1. Lost in Space
2. Lay All Your Love on Me
3. Another Angel Down
(featured Jorn Lande)
4. The Story Ain't Over
(featured Bob Catley ∧ Amanda Somerville)
5. Return to Avantasia
6. Ride the Sky
(featured Eric Singer - vocal)
7. Lost in Space
(video)
8. Lost in Space
(making of the video clip)
9. Photo Gallery and Poster

Lost in Space pt. 2:

1. Lost in Space
2. Promised Land
(featured Jorn Lande and Michael Kiske)
3. Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
4. Scary Eyes
5. In My Defense
6. Lost in Space
(live at Gate studio, featured Amanda Somerville)
7. The Road to Avantasia
(studio report with interview)
8. slideshow


It's a slow rock ballady track. Not quite what I was expecting, but it's wonderful none-the-less.


Cheers for it gaydave.

[Tempest]

It is and isn't what I expected. I had a feeling it wasn't going to sound like the old Avantasia, but what it is did surprise me a little.

However, I bloody love it! Promised Land sounds nice too from the brief clip i've heard.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

It's almost scifi ish so I adore it.

[Pete Cash]

how could i know i would get lost in space :wtf:

[Pete Cash]

its shit

[Tempest]

You would get lost in space trying to show how wide your love for Tobias runs

[Nemesis]

Got back from seeing GWAR and Cradle of Filth tonight.

GWAR was awesome. They killed the Pope, George W. Bush, Don Vito, and another guy (didn't catch who he was...had long arms and was talking about not having a band and smoking crack?). They played Go to Hell, Bring Back the Bomb, Saddam A-Go-Go, Horror of Yig, Immortal Corruptor, Baby Dick Fuck, Krosstika, and another song from Beyond Hell that I didn't know (and no Sick of You...what the hell?). They were awesome, and even threw in a Trent Green joke for good measure.

Cradle of Filth were suprisingly good. Dani Filth sang his ASS off. They played all of their good stuff, too. But why the hell were they headlining over GWAR? I have no idea. The crowd liked Cradle of Filth, but it was painfully apparent that GWAR were who everyone came to see.

Damn, I wished I would've gotten those Dark Funeral tickets so I could go tomorrow, though. Figured 2 shows in one weekend were too much. Silly me.

Now I'm waiting for the Behemoth/Job For a Cowboy show in November. And I 'm thinking about tickets for Danzig between now and then. Fucking Danzig! That's incredible. Though it's on a Thursday, so I'm not sure if it'll work out. :(

Alright, I'll shut up now.

[cactusmaac]

I'll be seeing Heaven and Hell, with Iced Earth and Lamb of God in support, in Manchester.

Also High On Fire and Pelican in Sheffield the next week.

[Alex E]

I saw Therion last night.

I've seen Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Edguy, Kamelot, Slayer, Arch Enemy, Heaven and Hell, Finntroll, Sonata Arctica, Symphony X, Angra, Iced Earth, Children of Bodom and more live - all of them added together don't equate to how amazing Therion was. It was the best show I've seen in my life, and I'm debating whether I even want to go see Nightwish tomorrow, since they're not Therion. Holy fuck, words can't even describe.

[aBBy]

Black Crusade concert coming up this Wednesday! Im excited for it! Finally get to see Machine Head and Arch Enemy live! And I will get too see Trivium again which should be good. Hopefully they play Master Of Puppets in full this time :)

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I have the new Avantasia Lost in Space video clip.

I won't post it as I wanna keep teasing gaypest until he asks me for it and then will owe me badly cos I'm so fucking awesome.

[Tempest]

What a jerk you are.

Just got my hands on the new 'Ryche covers album.

Welcome To The Machine is fantastic, loving Innuendo, Syncronicity II and Neon Knights too.

Only thing I don't like is that Tate's voice sounds too distorted sometimes, like he's singing through an announce system.

T'is pretty cool.

[aBBy]

BLACK CRUSADE CONCERT WAS AWESOME!

I missed half of Arch Enemy which Im still annoyed about because I really wanted to see them! I atleast got to hear them play Nemesis. Man, these guys are so awesome live! Angela is freakin immense!

Trivium were really good too but I was slightly disappointed with their setlist. Hoped they had played more of their better songs, but they still worked it and Heafy is just beautiful :)

Machine Head tore the roof off the place! Totally worked the crowed. Me and my friend got shoved and pushed because we were close to the mosh pit, but damn...it was worth it in the end!

Top show, and Im ready for another metal concert :)

[Nemesis]

I saw Behemoth live this past Saturday, and HOLY SHIT!! They had one of the best live shows I've ever seen, easily. It was fucking awesome!

I'm not sure whether they were just as good or better than Immortal, and Immortal was unbelievable.

Job For a Cowboy was kind of ridiculous, though. They had what looked like a Powerpoint presentation of various images and effects on a huge screen behind them. It was retarded. I like what few songs of theirs I've heard previously, but I just couldn't get into them, effects screen notwithstanding.

[1_Pablo_Angel]

lads, have a goose at VALLENBROSA... their .com website is decent, but search for them on youtube and listen to still breathing/the hessian... fucking TOP metal songs, loads of fans, bit cheesy but they're my best mates and its incredible seeing how far they've come from when i watched their first few gigs.

Seriously, theyre fucking good guys, you'll thank me for this...

[Adamy]

Here's an interesting challenge for all you good metal folk: rate, on a scale of 1 to metal, how metal are the following band/artists.

1) Meat Loaf (and Jim Steinman)

2) Glenn Branca

3) Hawthorne Heights

4) The Misfits

5) Orchid

6) Deathlok

7) The Insane Clown Posse

8) Led Zepplin

9) James Brown

10) Dio


I am very interested in hearing your answers.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

9 - Dio
7 - The Misfits
6 - Led Zepplin

4 - Meat Loaf (and Jim Steinman)
3 - The Insane Clown Posse
2 - Orchid
2 - Hawthorne Heights
1- James Brown

That'll do.

[Adamy]

9 - Dio
7 - The Misfits
6 - Led Zepplin

4 - Meat Loaf (and Jim Steinman)
3 - The Insane Clown Posse
2 - Orchid
2 - Hawthorne Heights
1- James Brown

That'll do.

Interesting. Branca is a little obscure, but I included him for my own curiosity. Why so low on Orchid, Hawthorne, and James Brown, and why so high on the Misfits, if you don't mind my asking?

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Cos I hate anything which is made after 1985. ;)

Brown I just plain don't see as metal, in image or content from what I've heard. Then again there may be a completely other side I dont know.

I guess I include Misfits so high partly because there are a lot of heavy metal type things which are also included around them. Plus with the Danzig who does pretty much do metal a fair bit.

I just plain don't like scremo/hardcore type nonsense. And see them as fundamentally different to the awesomeness of metal. Hawthorn Heights just come off as pop-punkish to me rather than metal with different structure/themes/style.

Then again I'll draw a fairly odd line on what metal is since I can sit Motley Crue right next to Children of Bodom and be fine with it, but will make claims Blind Guardian aren't metal because they're fucking pathetic and useless and don't have a true metal bone in their body.

[Adamy]

Cos I hate anything which is made after 1985.

Fair enough, I guess... but does that make it any more or less metal?


I just plain don't like scremo/hardcore type nonsense. And see them as fundamentally different to the awesomeness of metal. Hawthorn Heights just come off as pop-punkish to me rather than metal with different structure/themes/style.

Then again I'll draw a fairly odd line on what metal is since I can sit Motley Crue right next to Children of Bodom and be fine with it, but will make claims Blind Guardian aren't metal because they're fucking pathetic and useless and don't have a true metal bone in their body.

Metal is a tough genre to pin down, obviously. Some bands incorporate the sound or image but just aren't metal, for some reason. I'm interested to hear what other people think.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I was joking with the 1985 comment. :p

I like to think there's a basic underpinning opening, verse chorus, verse chorus, solo chorus structure or at least something similiar and I'll basically discount anything which doesn't use the idea song structure. Of course there can be additions like many more verses, bridges (oops should have included them, ah well its a rushed bit anyway) but some bands just completely ignore basic song structure which is fairly consistant through a lot of metal.

Plus I find there's a fair amount of boldness in metal which is missing from a lot of genres, also it could be said a lack of whiney emotion and a fair amount of political nonsense/fantasy which are strong themes.

[Pete Cash]

Dio is the only real "metal" on that list, but there are a few groups that hit pretty close in Zeppelin and the punk groups. The Misfits had a huge impact upon Thrash Metal though which probably gives them bonus metal points.

Dave is just trolling me with that Blind Guardian comment because they are obviously a metal group. Probably the only power metal group that is worth listening to in anyway.

[Nemesis]

Here's an interesting challenge for all you good metal folk: rate, on a scale of 1 to metal, how metal are the following band/artists.



I am very interested in hearing your answers.

I omitted the ones I haven't heard enough of.

3) Hawthorne Heights - 4

4) The Misfits - 8

5) Orchid - 7

7) The Insane Clown Posse - 2

8) Led Zepplin - 5

10) Dio - metal

So...there's a band named Deathlok? I thought that was Dethklok for a second.

I did something similar to this on another forum, and the answers were pretty varied. Maybe I'll have to find that one.

[aBBy]

Dio is the only real "metal" on that list, but there are a few groups that hit pretty close in Zeppelin and the punk groups. The Misfits had a huge impact upon Thrash Metal though which probably gives them bonus metal points.

Dave is just trolling me with that Blind Guardian comment because they are obviously a metal group. Probably the only power metal group that is worth listening to in anyway.

NEVERMORE!

[Aussie_Outlaw]

BODOM!

HAMMERFALL!

HELLO.... nah

[aBBy]

Bodom arent power metal! :p

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Bodom are. They exhibit a LOT of power metal facets and have said that they consider themselves power metal with the type of music they play. It's more of an extreme brand like Dragonforce and such though.

[aBBy]

Hrmm...never would of considered them a power metal band...but OMG please dont compare them to DRAGONFORCE coz Bodom shit all over them!

I hate Dragonforce!

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I like them and I don't like black/death so they must be power ;)

[Pete Cash]

CoB are power metal, they aren't especially good powermetal though ;)

Yeah Nevermore are a good group too.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Pete's favourite band DREAM THEATER are coming downunder...

January
25th Perth Showgrounds
27th Adelaide Showgrounds
29th Melbourne Festival Hall
30th Sydney The Horden
February
1st Brisbane Riverstage

[aBBy]

Amon Amarth are coming down in Jan too....

Killswitch Engage are part of some rock/metal festival which will take part end of February...I really hope they do there own show here too because I wont be going to that festival but I want to see them live!

[Pete Cash]

i might see amon amarth if i can find someone to go with me

[aBBy]

I'd go with u if we lived in the same state! :)

[The Wilf]

Someone recommend me a few bands I probably haven't heard of/much of please. I like old skool metal and some latest stuff, much of which would probably be unpopular on here or classed as rock.

Anywho, I'm gonna listen to whatever I'm recommended and let you know my UNCUT thoughts of them.

[Tempest]

Download the NEW Avantasia EP's :D

Promised Land is just, just :hyper:

[The Wilf]

Are they on Limewire/torrents?

[blackening]

They exhibit a LOT of power metal facets and have said that they consider themselves power metal with the type of music they play.

I'm pretty sure they haven't said that (atleast not in a long time) and they prefer to be called simply 'metal'.

“Every fuckin’ band makes their own label and style of music or whatever. I just call it metal and that’s that.”

[Pete Cash]

Alexi the cock said that IT IS ANYTHING BUT POWER METAL.

it is power metal though

[Pete Cash]

Someone recommend me a few bands I probably haven't heard of/much of please. I like old skool metal and some latest stuff, much of which would probably be unpopular on here or classed as rock.

Anywho, I'm gonna listen to whatever I'm recommended and let you know my UNCUT thoughts of them.


What do you mean by old school metal.

[The Wilf]

What do you mean by old school metal.

I never know what's classified as what but examples of stuff I like that could be classified as metal are: Alice Cooper, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, KISS, Scorpions, Dokken, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, LA Guns, Winger and Quiet Riot.

Some of them can be said to be rock or even hair metal I guess. But yeah, them sort of bands.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

You just listed 5 different metal genres.

I'd say this sits more in my style though.

Bon Jovi, GNR, Led Zep, Van Halen, Anthrax (Sound of White Noise onwards), Poison, Ratt, Twisted Sister, WARRANT


oh and oblig Fozzy reference.

[The Wilf]

Yeah those bands all fall into varying metal genres and some into rock.

I always considered Bon Jovi as a rock band really although they're late eighties stuff was hair metal.. I think Poison and Warrant are both hair metal bands too.

GNR and Twisted Sister I think are really hard rock and Ratt I'd say were probably glam metal bordering on Rock.

I've never heard any Anthrax songs I don't think, well not any I can remember offhand.

You have great music taste, similar to me really.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I'm just listening bands which are similiar to yours.

I could run off other types of bands but you most likely wouldn't like.

Blind Guardian are another rock band who gets cited as a metal band all the freaking time.

[The Wilf]

Oh, I have a ridiculously wide ranging taste in music but this is a metal thread.....

[Ricky]

I'm going to see Ozzy in December.

:cool:

I feel obligated to download some albums, though.

[blackening]

With Rob Zombie?

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Download the NEW Avantasia EP's :D

Promised Land is just, just :hyper:

And the covers are really swishy too. :p

[Cactus Lem]

I'm going to see Ozzy in December.

:cool:

I feel obligated to download some albums, though.

Aren't you into Gangsta Rap? I never had you down as an Ozzy fan.

[Ricky]

I have pretty diverse likes.

I'm into pretty much anything.

[Pete Cash]

I'm just listening bands which are similiar to yours.

I could run off other types of bands but you most likely wouldn't like.

Blind Guardian are another rock band who gets cited as a metal band all the freaking time.

could you please stop doing it, you are a mod and should know better. If a band has a page on metal archives they are a metal group.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I'm sorry continuing a little joke with you Pete.

[Pete Cash]

hehe who is to say i wasnt joking ;)

[Crabby]

I interviewed Lacuna Coil while they were in Sydney. Enjoy-

http://www.pyromusic.net/index.php?p=interviews_interview&interview=Lacuna_Coil&id=62

[blackening]

In Flames and Children of Bodom are supposed to be on 2008's Gigantour.

On the last two U.S. Gigantours, they came to Milwaukee. So I'm guessing they'll come again next year.

If so, I so have to fucking go. In Flames, Children of Bodom, and Megadeth on 1 night.

[Alex E]

Initial dates have been released for the “Pagan Fest USA” North American tour next year that will feature ENSIFERUM, TURISAS, TYR, and ELUVEITIE:

April 25 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
April 26 - Montreal, QC @ Medley
April 27 - Worchester, MA @ The Palladium
April 28 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
April 29 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
May 5 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
May 10 - Orange County, CA @ California MetalFest
May 15 - Fort Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater
May 16 - San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit

A European version of the tour will also take place and will feature ENSIFERUM, KORPIKLAANI, MOONSORROW, TYR, and ELUVEITIE.

[Cactus Lem]

I went to the Black Crusade tour in London last night, really good show, one of the best overall gigs I've been too in a long time.

Shadows Fall opened up, and I was amped to see them. Been one of my favourite bands for the past few years, and they rarley come to the UK. Seen them once before at Download in 2006, and they were one of the best bands that weekend, so I couldn't wait to see them again. Shame it took fucking ages to get people into the venue, doors opened late, but they were on by 6pm. Only got to see their last three and a half tracks, missed half of the set, and was majorly let down :( What I saw was tight though, really tight. They so need to do a headline tour at some point here, as they can easily fill 400-600 capacity venues.

Arch Enemy were the least enjoyable band of the night. I don't mind them, but they were bloody noisey. Angela Goscow is nowhere near as hot as she's made out to be either, nice head of hair, but horrible clothes, and a face that resembles Missy Hyatt.

I haven't listened to Dragonforce in ages. Went through a brief phase of loving them, but I'm not that into them any more, must be over a year since I last laistened to them properly. Good set though, some really humorous moments, the Bass Player and Guitarist swaped instruments mid song at one point (not Herman Li the other guy) which was interesting. Only got five songs in, but they chose them well.

Was my sixth time of seeing Trivium. They've always been at their best both times I've seen them at Donnington, really living up to the big occasion, and each indoor show I've seen them at, they've been very average. That changed last night though, as they were damn good. Really stepped up the pace, seemed motivated, and stormed through an awesome set.

Machine Head have to be one of the most solid live bands around, Rob Flynn is really great as a live front man, does a great job of really getting people into things, and they structure they're sets incredibly well. Really good performance, and was really glad to see a decent bit of the new stuff live.

[The Gooch]

R.I.P Kevin DuBrow.

You may have written Thunderbird for Randy Rhodes, but now I will also listen to it in memory of those great times in the 80's you provided.

[aBBy]

In Flames and Children of Bodom are supposed to be on 2008's Gigantour.

On the last two U.S. Gigantours, they came to Milwaukee. So I'm guessing they'll come again next year.

If so, I so have to fucking go. In Flames, Children of Bodom, and Megadeth on 1 night.

OMG I hope this is true! I really want to see IN FLAMES live and Children of Bodom are freakin awesome :)

[cactusmaac]

Going to be seeing Maiden at Twickenham.

Discovered a pretty decent Aussie prog metal band.

http://www.myspace.com/alchemistau/

[aBBy]

That website didnt work...is it spelt right?

[aBBy]

Initial dates have been released for the “Pagan Fest USA” North American tour next year that will feature ENSIFERUM, TURISAS, TYR, and ELUVEITIE:

April 25 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
April 26 - Montreal, QC @ Medley
April 27 - Worchester, MA @ The Palladium
April 28 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
April 29 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
May 5 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
May 10 - Orange County, CA @ California MetalFest
May 15 - Fort Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater
May 16 - San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit

A European version of the tour will also take place and will feature ENSIFERUM, KORPIKLAANI, MOONSORROW, TYR, and ELUVEITIE.

Ensiferum are pretty cool I must say and Im not even much of a folk metal fan.

[cactusmaac]

That website didnt work...is it spelt right?

Corrected.

[aBBy]

They're not bad but Ive heard better Aussie metal bands.

Daysend for example and The Furor :)

[Cactus Lem]

Going to be seeing Maiden at Twickenham.


That show sounds really great. Very tempted. How much did you pay for your ticket?

[Tempest]

Seeing Symphony X headline at the Astoria in March. Oh what a grand day that will be :heart:

Also bought me tickets to see Queensryche again - They're doing the double Mindcrime show in Wolverhampton, so it'd be criminal for me to miss that. Confused as to whether or not they're going to be seating us though. The allocation makes it look that way, but we'll see.

[cactusmaac]

They're not bad but Ive heard better Aussie metal bands.

Daysend for example and The Furor :)

I'll check them out.


That show sounds really great. Very tempted. How much did you pay for your ticket?

£85 from Ebay for a standing one. Worth it though, bunch of mates will be there.

[Cactus Lem]

£85 from Ebay for a standing one. Worth it though, bunch of mates will be there.

Has standing sold out!? Bugger.

Not many of my mates are that into Maiden to pay that sort of price.

A mate of mine lives is doing a year work placement in Germany and wants me to go to Wacken with him. I'm not into Metal anywhere near as much as I used to be, but the festival is a relativley cheap affair, plus I really wanna see Maiden on this tour, and German Beer is awesome. I'm considering it.

Tempest, isn't that Ryche show a support slot for Thin Lizzy? I'm thinking they'll get a greatly reduced set, which puts me off the Southampton Guildhall show.

[Tempest]

Nah, Ryche pulled out of the Lizzy duo tour - Not exactly sure why, they just said personal reasons. They're back in May/June next year to do the full Mindcrime tour they've been doing in America.

I hadn't bothered with the Thin Lizzy tour either to be honest and i'm even more glad I didn't now I know they'd pulled out.

Here you go:
http://www.livenation.co.uk/search/intermediateSearch/searchstring/queensryche/

:: 11.26.07 ::
UK GETS MINDCRIME IN ITS ENTIRETY
:: 10:37 ::

Good news for you British folk...

This will be a FULL PRODUCTION with actors, film, etc. Soon we'll be offering a special Fan Club VIP package on our website, so stay tuned. Until then, here are the new dates:

06.13.2008 Glasgow Academy UK
06.14.2008 Newcastle City Hall UK
06.15.2008 Leeds University UK
06.17.2008 Manchester Academy UK
06.18.2008 Wolverhampton Civic Hall UK
06.20.2008 Norwich UEA UK
06.21.2008 Cambridge Corn Exchange UK
06.22.2008 London Indigo UK
06.24.2008 Bristol Colston Hall UK
06.25.2008 Southhampton Guildhall UK

[Cactus Lem]

That's pretty fucking cool. Mindcrime's gotta be a Top 20 album of all time for me, and with them playing in my hometown there is no way I'm missing that.

[The Wilf]

I'm loving classic "Never Enough" by LA guns.


I'm still living in the eighties I'm sure of it.

[Alex E]

It came out in January of this year, but my album of the the year has to be Therion - Gothic Kabbalah. It's been almost a year and nothing touches it for being able to put it on and enjoy it start to finish. If you listen to metal and haven't heard this, get on it.

[Pete Cash]

i didnt really like it

also on the aussie metal stuff from earlier, I think ive seen live every major aussie metal act besides destroyer 666.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Anthrax named their new singer, Dan Nelson. Basically unheard of, so it'll be interesting with what the next album sounds like.

[aBBy]

Has anyone had a chance to get their hands on Soilworks new album?

I had a listen to it and its not too bad, but their older stuff is much better.

I need some new metal music!

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I haven't listened but for me soilwork peaked with NBC.

[Alex E]

i didnt really like it


Why not?

Also, if you downloaded it you're missing out on some stuff. I enjoyed the album when I got the torrent, and then when I bought it there was a bunch of pieces filled in musically, i.e. guitar solos. I have no idea why the torrents don't have the full thing properly ripped, maybe the one that had the most seeds was an early promo copy and that gained steam.

[cactusmaac]

The Cavalera brothers are releasing a new album.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86802

edit: I bought Soilwork's Stabbing The Drama a couple of weeks ago and it's allright, though the songs get a bit samey.

[1_Pablo_Angel]

I've posted about my mates band in here before, to absolutely no response I as I recall :D but in a shameless act of promotion I'm going to do it again.

They're called Vallenbrosa, they're bloody brilliant, they supported Sepultura this year and they're in some competition thingie to support megadeth next year. Check them out here

http://www.vallenbrosa.com

and

http://www.myspace.com/vallenbrosaofficial

and if you like 'em, chuck a vote their way here

http://www.theliveline.com

:yes:

[Crabby]

Has anyone had a chance to get their hands on Soilworks new album?

I had a listen to it and its not too bad, but their older stuff is much better.

I need some new metal music!

The new one is basically their third album in a row of rehashing NBC, only with less memorable songs.

[Nemesis]

Anthrax named their new singer, Dan Nelson. Basically unheard of, so it'll be interesting with what the next album sounds like.

No Bush makes me cry.

Okay, maybe weep instead. A man is still socially allowed to weep silently, right? :(

[KsEdge]

Not sure if they've been mentioned before, but I recently was pointed in the direction of a band called Silent Civilian, anyone here heard their CD "Rebirth of the Temple" yet? Came out in 2006 so it's not too recent.

It's not bad, has a few emo-ey moments though which severely drop it down in quality, but all in all it's not a bad CD. Some pretty good guitarwork and the vocalist is the guy who was the former lead singer of Spineshank.

Whether that's a good or bad thing is down to the individual I suppose...

Anyway, despite my hatred of Myspace and all of it's clones, they have a page at http://www.myspace.com/silentcivilian

Worth a listen

[blackening]

They're pretty good and I like Spineshank.

[aBBy]

Not sure if they've been mentioned before, but I recently was pointed in the direction of a band called Silent Civilian, anyone here heard their CD "Rebirth of the Temple" yet? Came out in 2006 so it's not too recent.

It's not bad, has a few emo-ey moments though which severely drop it down in quality, but all in all it's not a bad CD. Some pretty good guitarwork and the vocalist is the guy who was the former lead singer of Spineshank.

Whether that's a good or bad thing is down to the individual I suppose...

Anyway, despite my hatred of Myspace and all of it's clones, they have a page at http://www.myspace.com/silentcivilian

Worth a listen

I like I like!

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Anyway, despite my hatred of Myspace and all of it's clones,

You must really hate mobile telephones as well and email and other forums and many other multiple communication devices.

:(

[KsEdge]

Hehe, it's not communication that bothers me, it's the whole scene aspect of Myspace that I really hate. It's all uninteresting people posting uninteresting blogs, meeting and adding other people as friends, 90% of which they've never met in real life and likely never will, yet counting their number of friends as some sort of worth amongst the other Myspace posters.

I've never had a Myspace account and I never will. Maybe I'm missing out, but for now I'm happy in my ignorance :D

The only good aspect of Myspace, really, is for lesser known and unsigned bands to get some exposure. I'm all for that, because there are a lot of really talented people out there and the more exposure they get, the better it is for any music fan.

That said, I'm a total fecking hypocrite because I do have a Facebook account, but that was to keep up with University mates after graduation, and I don't treat it with anything other than a quick graffitti to take the piss out of a mate for something or just to see if there's a get-together planned for any time soon.

Anyways, time to get this derailed train back on the tracks!

Not sure if they've been mentioned here yet, but Five Finger Death Punch are pretty good. Their new CD is astonishing from front to back. The guitarwork is excellent, as would be expected from Darrell Roberts from W.A.S.P. and a chap by the name of Zoltan Bathory (Candidate for the best name ever, I must say! :) ). The frontman Ivan Moody has a pretty wicked growl on him, and he's a decent singer too.

http://www.myspace.com/ffdp

I recommend listening to Ashes first, as that's most indicative of their style. The Bleeding is a more accessible song (it's the first single) and while it's good, it's not the best song on the album by a long shot. In my opinion, that would be this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ouX_mM23o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID3_X_L69lE) (White Knuckles)

[Simmo Fortyone]

OK, as part of my semi-regular "expansion of music tastes" I've been getting into some metal lately, largely stemming from repeated failures of Raining Blood and Through The Fire And Flames on Guitar Hero III. Here's the albums I've got so far...

Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Blind Guardian - ....shit, I forgot which one. I think it's A Twist In The Myth

Anyways, I like the Iron Maiden and Dragonforce albums, Dream Theater's was a bit meh and I haven't really listened to Blind Guardian yet. I'm going to get Judas Priest and Motorhead next (dunno what albums yet). Any recommendations for me? I'm very open to suggestion here.

[Pete Cash]

I would have gotten imaginations from the otherside for Blind Guardian.

Images and Words is alright for a dream theater album. I don't really like Iron Maiden though.

[Ringo]

Get Mastodon's Leviathan and listen to it from start to finish. If that doesn't leave you speechless then I don't know what will. Definitely go for Imaginations.. by Guardian also. It's the best.

Also, what's all the fuss about Baroness' Red Album? It's the only metal album I've seen popping up on year end best of lists. Anyone heard it?

I haven't listen to much metal this year to be fair. Therion's Gothic Kabbalah, Machine Head's The Blackening and SymX's Paradise Lost are about the only ones.. so they're my top 3. :)

[Aussie_Outlaw]

My favourite albums of 2007 (that I found, not released in 2007)

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Nightmare of You - Nightmare of You
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Though none are really metal, they're still awesomeness.

[Ringo]

BIG thumps up on the last two. :yes:

[Alex E]

Anyways, I like the Iron Maiden and Dragonforce albums, Dream Theater's was a bit meh and I haven't really listened to Blind Guardian yet. I'm going to get Judas Priest and Motorhead next (dunno what albums yet). Any recommendations for me? I'm very open to suggestion here.

What is it you like about maiden and DF? I can give you good suggestions once you tell me your taste in vocals, heaviness, theme, etc.

[1_Pablo_Angel]

Cowboys from Hell.

POWER GROOVE :headbang:

[Bad Obsession]

Woods of Ypres' new album is finally out: http://rockbox.psychocydd.co.uk/details.php?id=9f61b4504896c6350f5b1a4876e944e68e7 11084

Only torrent I could find for it. I have it ordered so I just grabbed the first thing I could find before it gets here. I think you all should get it.

Only listened once so far but I like it a lot. Bit of a different sound but the Woods sound is still very much there. This is going to be all I play for the next week.

[Adamy]

OK, as part of my semi-regular "expansion of music tastes" I've been getting into some metal lately, largely stemming from repeated failures of Raining Blood and Through The Fire And Flames on Guitar Hero III. Here's the albums I've got so far...

Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Blind Guardian - ....shit, I forgot which one. I think it's A Twist In The Myth

Anyways, I like the Iron Maiden and Dragonforce albums, Dream Theater's was a bit meh and I haven't really listened to Blind Guardian yet. I'm going to get Judas Priest and Motorhead next (dunno what albums yet). Any recommendations for me? I'm very open to suggestion here.

Holy Diver by Dio.

[aBBy]

Not sure if they've been mentioned here yet, but Five Finger Death Punch are pretty good. Their new CD is astonishing from front to back. The guitarwork is excellent, as would be expected from Darrell Roberts from W.A.S.P. and a chap by the name of Zoltan Bathory (Candidate for the best name ever, I must say! :) ). The frontman Ivan Moody has a pretty wicked growl on him, and he's a decent singer too.

http://www.myspace.com/ffdp

I recommend listening to Ashes first, as that's most indicative of their style. The Bleeding is a more accessible song (it's the first single) and while it's good, it's not the best song on the album by a long shot. In my opinion, that would be this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ouX_mM23o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID3_X_L69lE) (White Knuckles)


Yes Ive heard these guys. They're music aint too bad. I love 'The Way Of The Fist' - I was listening to their music a fair bit when I was going through something...it definetly got me pumped!

[Pete Cash]

you metal faggots should vote for me in the POTTY thread...

Has anyone else (maybe alex) heard a russian thrash metal group called vicious crusade. I quite like what I have heard so far it is a bit samey but its interesting. Speaking of Russia though I still really rate Forrest Stream. They apparantly have a new album out this year which I am looking forward to. (Demo here: http://www.myspace.com/foreststreamband)

The new Orphaned Land album should be out sometime soonish as well I hope. Could be a decent year.

EDIT

Oh also I went out to the local "rock" pub last night and there was this metal group which obviously was quite folky in nature. Anyway the singer/guitarist would also play the flute during songs which I thought was quite the novel touch. Nothing makes me rock out harder than a flute.

[Pete Cash]

Woods of Ypres' new album is finally out: http://rockbox.psychocydd.co.uk/details.php?id=9f61b4504896c6350f5b1a4876e944e68e7 11084

Only torrent I could find for it. I have it ordered so I just grabbed the first thing I could find before it gets here. I think you all should get it.

Only listened once so far but I like it a lot. Bit of a different sound but the Woods sound is still very much there. This is going to be all I play for the next week.

Have they sorted out the issues they had with the recording, I could hear the guys moving their fingers on the fretboard on the one you uploaded and it sounded awful at times.

also while im posting like a crazy person, everybodies favourite mesh trucker hat wearing vocalist warrel dane is recording a solo album

[blackening]

I was pretty pissed that I couldn't go to the Hellyeah/Machine Head/Nonpoint show on Feb. 12 because one my classes started that night. I really wanted to see Machine Head, but tonight I found something out that makes up for it.

The Gignatour with In Flames, Children of Bodom, and Megadeth is coming to Milwaukee on May 7th. I'm looking into buying tickets tomorrow.

[aBBy]

I hope we get that Gigantic Tour lineup here but I doubt it!

I really want to see In Flames and Children Of Bodom live.

[Kev]

Think about how much you want to see Children of Bodom live instead, I can tell you Abby that In Flames are really average live.

I mean they're a good band, but when I saw them they were just really lethargic and had no interest in playing the large crowd up. I don't really buy the excuse of "ah, jet lagged" or whatever, because you all pay a certain amount to get in and hear these blokes and you expect a decent show.

Thankfully one of the opening acts absolutely smashed 'em, and only because they were willing to play along with the audience.

[aBBy]

Yeh but they're one of my favourite bands so I wanna see 'em.

But yes, Children Of Bodom will be extra-awesome Im sure!

[eugenespeed]

When looking for some bands to play on air, I've been recommended a band called Stormwarrior and was sent a track called Lindisfarnel.

On first listen, it is basically an Iron Maiden rip off, but on repeated listens, it is actually a great track.

So, has anyone else heard of these guys and if so, can you recommend any of their stuff to me?

Many thanks

- ES

[Cactus Lem]

Our Gigantour is rubbish, Megadeth obviously, but then shite like Job For A Cowboy, and some other band I really couldn't care less about.

[Ringo]

Yeah, it's pretty pants. The States get In Flames and CoB for fuck sake.

I don't even like Megadeth all that much though, so wouldn't be much point in me going anyway.

[blackening]

Think about how much you want to see Children of Bodom live instead, I can tell you Abby that In Flames are really average live.

I mean they're a good band, but when I saw them they were just really lethargic and had no interest in playing the large crowd up. I don't really buy the excuse of "ah, jet lagged" or whatever, because you all pay a certain amount to get in and hear these blokes and you expect a decent show.

Thankfully one of the opening acts absolutely smashed 'em, and only because they were willing to play along with the audience.
This will be their first tour after taking time off to record their new record, so hopefully they'll be more excited this time around.

Yeah, you guys get fucked when it comes to Gigantour. We got a kickass lineup.

[Ringo]

Hadn't seen the Download line-up for this year.

KISS/Offspring/Prophets/Priest/Motorhead/HIM/Rise Against.

Hmmm.. Sounds like a lot of fun to be honest.

[Cactus Lem]

I think it looks poor. Doesn't interest me in the slightest.

Lets hope the Reading rumours of Rage Against the Machine and Metallica are true.

[Ringo]

I wouldn't fork out the cash to go or anyhing, but I'm sure I could find enjoyment in all of the bands (apart from HIM obviously), even if the Prophets are the only one I'm really much of a fan of.

Rage and Metallica would be out of this world.

Well, Rage would.

[aBBy]

We got Rage Against The Machine last month for the Big Day Out. A couple of friends of mine went and said they were really awesome live.

Quick question for the Aussies, anyone going Soundwave? Im not going but it looks like an OK line up.

Im disappointed Killswitch Engage arent doing their own show here in Melbourne. Apparently they're doing one in Sydney though!

[Kev]

I would've gone to Soundwave specifically for Killswitch but I'd much rather see Dear Hunter for more than half the price of Soundwave.

Though a girl I know can shave about thirty or forty off the ticket prices for Soundwave...

[Dubya]

i saw Killswitch w. Lamb of God, DevilDriver, and Soilwork about a month ago.. the lights went out during Lamb of God's set. they played in the dark for like 5 minutes before they got the stage lights on.

Killswitch was badass.

[blackening]

There are two songs from the new Children of Bodom album on the internet.

'Banned from Heaven'
http://www.myspace.com/childrenofbodom

'Blooddrunk'
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E0OLgIB7FlY

[Beer-Belly]

Anyone heard of The Sword? They are from Austin, Texas and their new leaked album is currently rocking my face in all sorts of different directions.

[Dubya]

dude, The Sword are badass. what is the new album called?
Age of Winters was great, so i'd really be interested in this.

[Adamy]

I found out today that prior to releasing "The Final Countdown", Europe was kind of a diesel metal band.

[Matthew]

Anyone heard of The Sword? They are from Austin, Texas and their new leaked album is currently rocking my face in all sorts of different directions.
Freya is on Guitar Hero 2. Immense song that is.

[Beer-Belly]

dude, The Sword are badass. what is the new album called?
Age of Winters was great, so i'd really be interested in this.

Gods of the Earth. I enjoy it more than Age of Winters.

[eugenespeed]

Has anyone else heard Trollfest's Willkommen Folk Tell Drekka Fest!! album.

I've had it constant rotation since I got it a few days ago.

[cactusmaac]

I'll be seeing Megadeth live in Manchester tomorrow.

Also looking forward to the Cavalera Conspiracy album after I heard the two tracks at Roadrunner's site.

[Dubya]

Gods of the Earth. I enjoy it more than Age of Winters.

listening to it now, and you're right.. this is better than Age of Winters


I'll be seeing Megadeth live in Manchester tomorrow.

Also looking forward to the Cavalera Conspiracy album after I heard the two tracks at Roadrunner's site.

amen to that. i can't wait for that cd, either. bout time the brothers Cavalera got back in the studio together.

p.s. Megadeth was the first band i ever saw live. well, technically i guess Static-X was, but it was a Megadeth show. they destroyed KC on that cold, halloween night.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

My top 10 songs for the last month or so is just strange or so my winamp tells me so.

The Smiths - This Charming Man
Van Halen - Panama
Stone Roses - Driving South
The International Noise Conspiracy - A Small Demand
Refused - Summerholidays vs Punkroutine
Avantasia - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Ok Go - There's A Fire
Manic Street Preachers - Rendition
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
The Clash - London Calling

There's like one metal song there and it's a 80's pop cover. :$


My first gig was Slayer/Machinehead.

[Tempest]

I'm seeing Symphony X in ONE WEEK

Seriously, I could pee everywhere.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Is Paradise Lost any good? Better than Odyssey or even V?

I guess a better question is have they reinforced the stage for Russell Allen and his entourage of cheeseburgers? Or is he no longer pretending to be Santa Claus?

[Pete Cash]

Romeo is the fat one, Russell Allen isn't thin but he is no Michael Romeo

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I think I'm losing my mind. They're still the FATTEST BAND ON THE PLANET!!!

[Tempest]

Russell isn't fat you tossbox. Allen is likely thinner than you, FAT PETE.