Metal Discussion Thread

[Aussie_Outlaw]

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

You missed the conversation the other day. Pete was complaining he couldnt do Guitar Hero on Hard due to his TINY HANDS!

I'm gonna get in trouble now.

[Tempest]

He can't even do the YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH tongue action because of his deformity.

[Pete Cash]

hey im supposed to be the troll around here

[Pete Cash]

although some would mistake jimmy's face for a trolls lol

[Tempest]

I will post a picture of your trollish face in a minute.

I kid of course, it is more impish than it is that of a troll.

I will ask Russell Allen to laugh at fat Pete WHEN I SEE HIM NEXT WEEK

[Pete Cash]

he will be like oh that pete cash fellow hes pretty cool. cooler than you are anyways, as you appear to have cancer

[Aussie_Outlaw]

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v196/72/32/532770206/n532770206_2172970_6460.jpg

Trolls.

[Tempest]

At least I appear to have cancer in a country with no sun. Unlike some big fat stinkers with burns part of the heritage and still managing to look like a sickening creature.

[Pete Cash]

i cant stand any kind of mean posting so im leaving this negative stuff for you two jerks :(

[Bad Obsession]

Ringo (and any other Agalloch fans) have you listened to The White yet?

[Dubya]

I found the new Cavalera Conspiracy cd on isohunt last night. It's fuckin' awesome. It's a good mix of old and new school metal. "terrorize" is my favorite track, so far.

http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/34298970/cavalera+conspiracy?tab=summary

[Adamy]

I have been huge into French death metal lately. I love the way these bands take the black/death template and throw in this really great My Bloody Valentine influence.

Right now I'm looking for something that is heavier than Alcest (who are really more of a post-rock outfit along the lines of Jesu or Caspian) but not as heavy as Eikenskaden (who are basically death metal with a screaming vocalist instead of a growler, but covered up by layers and layers of blissed-out fuzz). Something that falls between the two would be exactly what I'm looking for.

If anyone can help a brotha out, it would be much appreciated.

[Tempest]

Jesus, Symphony X BLEW me away.
I figured it'd be a good gig but I really didn't expect it to be tnat good. I was oddly shocked at how good of a showman Allen is. I figured he'd be quite quiet, but he was brilliant, as was his vocals

The PERFECT encore aswell: Immigrant song, into Eve Of Seduction, OUT OF THE ASHES and then Sins And Shadows.

I spazzed out and then some to say the least

[Dubya]

Symphony X doing 'immigrant song'

Interesting..

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Jesus, Symphony X BLEW me

Your kind disgusts me. I'd expect it from Judas Priest, but not SyX.

[Tempest]

Symphony X doing 'immigrant song'

Interesting..


It's Allen's favourite band and he had a rather spiffing Zeppelin t-shirt on, so it wasn't that much of a shock when they belted it out.


Your kind disgusts me. I'd expect it from Judas Priest, but not SyX.


I knew i'd get that off you or Pete. Faster to the finish line as ever

XD

[Dubya]

I just meant it sounds like an interesting cover.

[blackening]

I received my Gigantour tickets in the mail. Too bad the concert isn't for another 2 months. :(

[aBBy]

Ur so luckkkyyy!!

I hope we get the same lineup here but I doubt it...

:(

[Pete Cash]

agalloch are so awesome pass it on

[Aussie_Outlaw]

agalloch aren't awesome pass it on, purple monkey dishwasher.


sorry pete, message got distorted somewhere along the line.

[Bad Obsession]

I seriously can't stop listening to The White. Even though it's not up there with The Mantle, Ashes Against The Grain and Pale Folklore it's still absolutely amazing.

Summerisle Reprise is ridiculously beautiful. Birch White is probably my favourite track, though.

Agalloch are definitely the best band on the planet. Fuck it, maybe ever for me.

[Pete Cash]

I listen to limbs about a thousand times a day.

[blackening]

Ur so luckkkyyy!!

I hope we get the same lineup here but I doubt it...

:(
There were only a few UK dates. They are all passed and it was Megadeth, Job for a Cowboy, and Evile performing. Doesn't mean there won't be any more UK shows though.

I admit that I've only heard a few Agalloch songs. But, they're pretty awesome. Been listening to the songs on their MySpace page. I really like 'Not Unlike the Waves.'

[aBBy]

Im from Australia :)

But we wont get Gigantic Tour till the end of the year anyway so lineup is sure to change...

[blackening]

Im from Australia :)
My bad, I thought you from the UK.

I guess Alexi said that Bodom is only getting 40 minutes on Gigantour. :no:

[Pete Cash]

So I have gone vinyl mad lately. Thanks to the weak US dollar it is about a thousand times cheaper for me to buy records from the states and bring them into Australia.

Anyways, I just ordered some Isis, Cult of Luna, Explosions in the sky, Jesu/Eluvium split and Daughters.

The trick is to get the records from the labels because they tend to be cheaper and they toss in free stuff sometimes.

I also seriously regret not paying the 100 dollars the guy was asking for on Ebay for the pressing of Agalloch's the mantle. Oh well that will be one to watch out for in future.

[Throb]

I enjoy the vinyl sound immensely, but there's just something about Isis on vinyl that sounds a million times better than anything else. Which albums did you get?

[Bad Obsession]

Hopefully Oceanic. :heart: that album more than anything.

If you got The Mantle on vinyl it would be worth so, so much in a few years I'm guessing. Agalloch usually don't usually put a lot of stuff out there. $100 seems like a steal to me.

I don't think I've ever heard a vinyl. The youth of today, eh?

[Pete Cash]

Isis -In the Absence of Truth
-Panopticon
Daughters- Hells songs
Cult of Luna-Somewhere Along the Highway
Jesu/Eluvium split
Explosions in the sky-Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
-All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

[Synth]

Ha, I'm such a noob. I couldn't find this thread but glad to see it's here! :D

I'll just add to this thread that my favorite bands are Helloween, Elvenking, Steel Attack, Nightwish, Tarot, Dark Moor, Edguy, Gamma Ray, Falconer, Wuthering Heights, Dreamtale, Sonata Arctica, Galloglass, Olympos Mons, Persuader, Derdian, Rhapsody Of Fire, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Logar's Diary, Iron Fire, Iron Savior, Primal Fear,.....and so much more!

[eugenespeed]

Attempting to go through the Manegarm back catalogue before I go to bed tonight.

Finished Nordstjärnans Tidsålder and about just under half way through Havets Vargar.

Still 4 and a half albums to go, still, enjoying it so far.

[Adamy]

Daughters- Hells songs

Daughters are amazing.

[Hero!]

Ha, I'm such a noob. I couldn't find this thread but glad to see it's here! :D

I'll just add to this thread that my favorite bands are Helloween, Elvenking, Steel Attack, Nightwish, Tarot, Dark Moor, Edguy, Gamma Ray, Falconer, Wuthering Heights, Dreamtale, Sonata Arctica, Galloglass, Olympos Mons, Persuader, Derdian, Rhapsody Of Fire, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Logar's Diary, Iron Fire, Iron Savior, Primal Fear,.....and so much more!


Welcome, and congrats we like 2 of the same bands. (Iced Earth & Maiden)

[eugenespeed]

Ha, I'm such a noob. I couldn't find this thread but glad to see it's here! :D

Helloween, Nightwish, Edguy, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest,

Hello :)

Just edited to quote to leave the bands on your list that we both like. You have a good taste in music.

Welcome to the boards.

If you like Nightwish, have you heard of Within Temptation?

Last Manegarm album has just started, I'm gonna do it :yes:

[Anaconda Sniper]

Daughters are amazing.


Hell yeah they are! Check out As the sun sets they are way more heavier and brutal. Its them before they became Daughters.

[Synth]

Hello :)

Just edited to quote to leave the bands on your list that we both like. You have a good taste in music.

Welcome to the boards.

If you like Nightwish, have you heard of Within Temptation?

Last Manegarm album has just started, I'm gonna do it :yes:

Yes I heard of Withing Temptation, however I havent given them enough listenes to make any fair comments on them. From what I heard, I havent anything negative but still only heard them a couple of times.

[Adamy]

Hell yeah they are! Check out As the sun sets they are way more heavier and brutal. Its them before they became Daughters.

ATSS was really just Lex and Jon, I think. I'm not a huge fan of them; it's pretty much grindcore-by-numbers. I never thought Lex was all that good at screaming, to be honest. I'm really glad he's doing the Nick Cave-meets-Elvis thing now.

[TRO]

So. I know NOTHING about metal. I'm a big fan of indie rock and underground rap. And I'm rapidly running out of good material to listen to. Can anyone tell me, what is the Spoon of metal? Or the J Dilla? I mean, does metal have an equivalent? Is there something between metal and pop?

I've listened to a little Agalloch and they're OK, for what they are, but does anyone have some recommendations for a metal-illiterate?

[Ringo]

Isis, Mastodon & Agalloch. They're all you'll ever need.

Otherwise it's hard to say though, because I don't know what you're into. I'd struggle to think of the 'Spoon' or 'Dilla' of Metal. Like, what would you be looking for? What kind of vocals? guitars? lyrics? themes? etc.

[eugenespeed]

Yes I heard of Withing Temptation, however I havent given them enough listenes to make any fair comments on them. From what I heard, I havent anything negative but still only heard them a couple of times.

I'd highly recommend The Silent Force album as a good starting point.

[TRO]

Isis, Mastodon & Agalloch. They're all you'll ever need.

Otherwise it's hard to say though, because I don't know what you're into. I'd struggle to think of the 'Spoon' or 'Dilla' of Metal. Like, what would you be looking for? What kind of vocals? guitars? lyrics? themes? etc.

Well, like the SATs where they say ambiguous is to certain as dichotomous is to straight-forward. Spoon is to the Fall Out Boy as _____ good metal band is to ______ popular metal band? Does that make sense? Like I said, I have no bearing on metal whatsoever. I like Agalloch, I've listened to a little Pantera and Misfits/Danzig and Black Sabbath. I'll have to give Isis and Mastodon a listen. Anything else?

Like, if I were to say, what are the best rock and roll bands ever, and you said the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Radiohead, what are the metal allegories for those bands?

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Metal is too fractured to give three bands unfortunately. Especially since some of the influential bands put out a lot of rubbish & poorly produced albums. I'm looking at you Iron Maiden.

[TRO]

Well, I like Agalloch, give me a few bands like Agalloch? I will look into Isis and Mastodon. :beer:

[Pete Cash]

Yeah, as outlaw said it would depend on the genre. For every good metal group there are about 20,00 terrible ones.

For early metal its hard to go past Helloween and Blind Guardians early stuff for nerdy typical metal. However, thats not always for everyones taste. I still love it because I like very fast guitars.

Also there are the german thrash metal groups (Sodom, Celtic Frost, Bathory and Mekong Delta) those are pretty good. Death metal in the early days was a genre worth having a look at. Death (the group) is especially worthwhile. Black metal was always a bit silly til it started to move more folky elements in (agalloch) although if you do like agalloch you probably should have a look at the black metal genre. It started with the german metal groups like your Celtic Frosts and Bathory which was all well and good. It takes a turn for the silly with the Norwegian group led secondwave with the antics of Mayhem, Burzum and Darkthrone with players of the scene burning down churches and murdering each other. What crazy nerds. Most of the songs from these groups are either about nazis, religion sucking, or the shit crazy paganism that they followed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_metal#Historical_events_in_black_metal ahaha still makes me laugh.

The modern wave of black metal is pretty good though.

Orphaned Land- "Mabool (folky-death metal with an obvious middle eastern twist- They are from Israel after all), Forest Steam "Tears Of Mortal Solitude" (black metal with a very slow melodic structure. The most depressing music I have ever heard), Nevermore- "This Godless Endeavor" (Trash metal with power metal influences with a pinch of death in places), Cult of Luna "Somewhere Along The Highway" (doomy, sludgey metal) are all albums released in the last few years that are rather fucking awesome and from a pretty diverse range of metal.

[Pete Cash]

Also I am aware that Celtic Frost are in fact from Switzerland, but they were a part of the German scene so to speak.

[Pete Cash]

Daughters are amazing.

Yeah, I quite like them. Also it came with a nifty poster which I thought was nice. Aaron Turner did set up a pretty sweet record label really.

[TRO]

Well thanks, I'll keep those names in mind. When I decided I wanted to give jazz a try, it took me about six months of tracking down Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, etc albums, I might as well give metal the same rundown.

It seems to me that if there are so many metal fans who are so gung-ho about the genre, I should give it a shot.

[Pete Cash]

Its like searching for gold in a river of shit.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

It seems to me that if there are so many metal fans who are so gung-ho about the genre, I should give it a shot.

We're all gung ho about different areas.

If you want a quick rundown of the "major acts" who are highly listenable you may as well cover

Thrash
Metallica - early (Puppets, Ride, Kill, Black, S&M)
Megadeth - (Rust in Peace, Countdown, Youthanasia)
Anthrax (1993 onwards especially; more Hard Rock I guess)
Pantera (Vulgar Display, Cowboys)

Heavy
Iron Maiden (Number of the beast, Powerslave, Piece of Mind)
Judas Priest (British Steel, Ram it down)
Bruce Dickinson (The Chemical Wedding)

Power
Blind Guardian (Imaginations, Nightfall)
Edguy (Mandrake, Rocket Ride, Hellfire)
Nightwish (Once, Century Child)
Avantasia (The Metal Opera)

Progressive
Dream Theater (Awake, Train of Thought)
Porcupine Tree ( In Absentia, Deadwing)
Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime, Empire, Promised Land)
Symphony X (V: New Mythology Suite)

Glam/Hair
Motley Crue (Greatest Hits, Dr Feelgood)
Guns N Roses (Appetite for Destruction)
Dokken ( Back for The Attack)
Poison (Greatest Hits)

Melodic Death
In Flames - (Whoracle, Colony, Clayman, Jester Race)
Soilwork (Natural Born Chaos, Figure Number Five)
Children of Bodom (Something Wild, Follow the Reaper)


I should probably throw an Opeth album in there and Nevermore's Dead Heart but everything listed there is phenomenal.

[Pete Cash]

What kind of list would have Edguy, Avantasia and Nightwish over Helloween, Gamma Ray and let us say Iron Savior.

[Tempest]

There are better Symphony X albums to recommend than that :p

Divine Wings is the most accessible to newcomers and i'd say the new album is possibly their best effort to date.

...and you can't have Avantasia without The Seven Angels

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Helloray? Never heard of them. You're such an ape sometimes. Go play with your bubbles

[Pete Cash]

Proper power metal is the melodic version of thrash metal combined with speed metal. What Outlaw listed is mostly homosexual metal.

[Pete Cash]

ahah those three groups I listed are all Kai Hansen groups. It just strikes me as odd that you list power metal groups and no Kai Hansen bands. Considering he is probably the most defining power metal musician.

[TRO]

This is all going over my head, but thank you guys for the recommendations.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Just because they're defining doesn't make it good. Look at tempest, he's not defining or good. Wait, that doesn't help my cause.

Umm... look at Deep Purple, what a load of suck, can't believe such a shit band would turn into a legendary band in Whitesnake.

[Ringo]

Try and find Blind Guardian's Live

Pop it into the old walkman, go to the nearest forest with a flask of cider and listen to it the whole way through.

After the first couple of songs, I'd be very surprised if you aren't standing triumphantly with your fist raised belting out every word like your life depended on it.

[eugenespeed]

Also I am aware that Celtic Frost are in fact from Switzerland, but they were a part of the German scene so to speak.

Dethroned Emperor (or Downthroned Eperrer as Tom Warrior sings) is an awesome track.

[Ringo]

GUARDIAN GUARDIAN! GUARDIAN! GUARDIAN!

[Pete Cash]

I bought a fucking sweet little 1970s Sansui amp and I connected my mp3 player up to test what worked on it and I played nightfall in middle earth.

It was awesome.

[Hero!]

Hello, Metal-heads. What do you guys like to blast when driving around? I mean really blast, not just listen to.

I love blasting my Pantera mix when driving through "da hood" or my school's parking lot. Nothing like a bunch of hoodlums staring at you while your stereo shouts "Fucking Hostile!" at them.

[eugenespeed]

Hello, Metal-heads. What do you guys like to blast when driving around? I mean really blast, not just listen to.

I love blasting my Pantera mix when driving through "da hood" or my school's parking lot. Nothing like a bunch of hoodlums staring at you while your stereo shouts "Fucking Hostile!" at them.

I can't drive, but on long journeys a bit of Fear Factory normally has me sorted.

or Trollfest, I love that album, in a crazy sort of way.

[Adamy]

This is all going over my head, but thank you guys for the recommendations.

Get the song "Hail and Kill" by Manowar.

MAY YOUR SWORD
STAY WET!
LIKE A YOUNG GIRL
IN HER PRIME!

[eugenespeed]

Get the song "Hail and Kill" by Manowar.

MAY YOUR SWORD
STAY WET!
LIKE A YOUNG GIRL
IN HER PRIME!

Nah, get Achilles,Agony And Ecstasy in Eight Parts.

See if you can survive all 28 and a half minutes.

[Adamy]

Doomriders are awesome. Give them a try as well.

[Beer-Belly]

So. I know NOTHING about metal. I'm a big fan of indie rock and underground rap. And I'm rapidly running out of good material to listen to. Can anyone tell me, what is the Spoon of metal? Or the J Dilla? I mean, does metal have an equivalent? Is there something between metal and pop?

The Sword is really good. You should give that a try.

[Alex E]

I'd shoot myself in the ears if I had to listen to Isis and Mastodon. Generic sludge to my ears.

I agree with both Pete and Aussie on the majority, minus Edguy's Rocket Ride being power metal. If you want a slightly more glorious and epic twist on the folk metal of Orphaned Land, check out Eluveitie and Ensiferum
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iijKLHCQw5o
http://youtube.com/watch?v=915gr5iWhJc

Children of Bodom's album Follow the Reaper and Hatecrew Deathroll are a good intro to heavier stuff...it has happy keyboards and guitars and death vocals. I wouldn't listen to the latest stuff though, imo it's shit.

So I'm making my first Europe trip this summer...I have tickets to
Hellfest
Wacken
Metalcamp
Graspop
So bands I'll see include Maiden, Kiss, Priest, Avantasia, Gamma Ray, Nightwish, Bodom, In Flames (don't like the latest stuff), Iced Earth, Ensiferum, etc. I think over 50 different bands.

Anyone else going to these?

[Ringo]

I'd shoot myself in the ears if I had to listen to Isis and Mastodon. Generic sludge to my ears.


Listen more closely then. There's nothing 'generic' about Mastodon.

[Alex E]

Listen more closely then. There's nothing 'generic' about Mastodon.

I've seen them live many times, it's not like I haven't given them a chance. I'm not saying they're bad, but I just wouldn't listen to them.

[cactusmaac]

Hello, Metal-heads. What do you guys like to blast when driving around? I mean really blast, not just listen to.

I love blasting my Pantera mix when driving through "da hood" or my school's parking lot. Nothing like a bunch of hoodlums staring at you while your stereo shouts "Fucking Hostile!" at them.

Rust In Peace by Megadeth.


So. I know NOTHING about metal. I'm a big fan of indie rock and underground rap. And I'm rapidly running out of good material to listen to. Can anyone tell me, what is the Spoon of metal? Or the J Dilla? I mean, does metal have an equivalent? Is there something between metal and pop?

I've listened to a little Agalloch and they're OK, for what they are, but does anyone have some recommendations for a metal-illiterate?


It's hard to say given how varied the genre is. Aussie Outlaw's list is a good place to start. I'd add Black Sabbath, High On Fire, Slayer and Sepultura to that though. You could also try listening to Porcupine Tree and the Mars Volta since they attract an indie and metal audience.

[Crabby]

The new Meshuggah is fucking awesome. That is all.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

The new Meshuggah is fucking awesome. That is all.

I WANT YOUR BABIES :panic:

[Ringo]

:yes:

I 'acquired' it yesterday. Immense.

[Crabby]

Dave has always wanted me. It's more than a tad unsettling.

I'm interviewing Jamey Jasta this week. If you have any (serious) questions you want answered, post away.

[Ringo]

Does he really want to 'kill the niggers'?

[Hero!]

Ask him how it feels to be quite possibly the only famous metal/hardcore band to come out of Connecticut.

And how he got his job at Headbanger's ball

[Adamy]

Ask him how it feels to be quite possibly the only famous metal/hardcore band to come out of Connecticut.

With Honor is from Connecticut. Not really famous but they're better than Hatebreed.

A better way of phrasing the question would be, "How does it feel to be from the same town as Michael Bolton?"

[Bad Obsession]

I have an iPod now which has a ridiculous amount of space that I need to fill. Good excuse to find some new music. It's been a while since I actively looked for new bands to listen to so it would be nice to spend a few weeks listening to some new stuff. I'm looking at people like Ringo and Cash here since they seem to have similar tastes.

Favourite bands: Agalloch, Cult of Luna, Isis, Woods of Ypres, Porcupine Tree, Winds, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 65daysofstatic, Explosions in the Sky, Drudkh, Mogwai, Emperor, Ulver... etc. You get the idea.

I guess I'm looking for more obscure stuff since I know most of the biggest bands in the scene. I've been looking at a few labels like Avantgarde Music to see if I can spot anything I like but a nudge in the direction of a few cool bands/labels would be top. :yes: Doesn't have to be strictly metal, just posting here since it's where I'm most likely to get the best results. Any post-rock or anything is cool.

[blackening]

http://www.therave.com/myspace/posters/gigantour_08.jpg

Tomorrow night!

:hyper:

[Alex E]

Bodom's new stuff is shit to my ears, not liking it at all. I've managed to get through the new In Flames, but I imagine it coming off a bit dull live. The two opening bands I could never get into and never wanted to. It's a shame, Gigantour is rolling through Winnipeg as well, but I have no desire to go. I loved seeing Bodom right after HCD came out though.

I'm in the middle of nowhere in the prairies, but in the span of 3 weeks we get Maiden, Nightwish, Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquility, Firewind, Gigantour, and more.

I may have posted this a while ago, but is anyone going to Wacken, Graspop or Metalcamp? I'm going to Europe for the first time this year, solo.

[takerson]

Metallica's 2 new songs in perfect quality if you haven't heard them. Actually not bad, miles ahead of the "St. Anger" album. If the whole new album is like this, then I can't wait. The first half-way-decent Metallica since 1991.

New Song -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0_U7LutCbQA

New Song II -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GNMzWCOEFfU

[Hero!]

:headbang:

[Cactus Lem]

Metallica's 2 new songs in perfect quality if you haven't heard them. Actually not bad, miles ahead of the "St. Anger" album. If the whole new album is like this, then I can't wait. The first half-way-decent Metallica since 1991.

New Song -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0_U7LutCbQA

New Song II -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GNMzWCOEFfU

Hardly new, old news more like.

I was there live for one of them, and I thought it sucked.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

There was no decent metallica in 1991. Been no decent Metallica since 1983.

[blackening]

Bodom's new stuff is shit to my ears, not liking it at all. I've managed to get through the new In Flames, but I imagine it coming off a bit dull live. The two opening bands I could never get into and never wanted to. It's a shame, Gigantour is rolling through Winnipeg as well, but I have no desire to go. I loved seeing Bodom right after HCD came out though.
I like new Children of Bodom album, it's the new In Flames' album I don't like. Plus they are playing like 3 songs from their new album in their set, In Flames that is.

I don't care about High on Fire or Job for a Cowboy at all. Not looking forward to sitting through them.

[takerson]

There was no decent metallica in 1991. Been no decent Metallica since 1983.



Kill 'Em All IS a fantastic album... Yeah. I'm just a Metallifanboy I guess. I don't know why I just am. SHUT UP! STOP LAUGHING AT ME! :lol:

[cactusmaac]

I have an iPod now which has a ridiculous amount of space that I need to fill. Good excuse to find some new music. It's been a while since I actively looked for new bands to listen to so it would be nice to spend a few weeks listening to some new stuff. I'm looking at people like Ringo and Cash here since they seem to have similar tastes.

Favourite bands: Agalloch, Cult of Luna, Isis, Woods of Ypres, Porcupine Tree, Winds, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 65daysofstatic, Explosions in the Sky, Drudkh, Mogwai, Emperor, Ulver... etc. You get the idea.

I guess I'm looking for more obscure stuff since I know most of the biggest bands in the scene. I've been looking at a few labels like Avantgarde Music to see if I can spot anything I like but a nudge in the direction of a few cool bands/labels would be top. :yes: Doesn't have to be strictly metal, just posting here since it's where I'm most likely to get the best results. Any post-rock or anything is cool.

Try Red Sparowes, the Mars Volta, High On Fire, Pelican, This Will Destroy You.

I'll be seeing the Cavalera Conspiracy at the Astoria in June. Thought about seeing Dio there too but I have other things going on at the end of May.

[Nemesis]

I like new Children of Bodom album, it's the new In Flames' album I don't like. Plus they are playing like 3 songs from their new album in their set, In Flames that is.

I don't care about High on Fire or Job for a Cowboy at all. Not looking forward to sitting through them.



Damn, I knew CoB had a new album, but In Flames, too? Shit, I need to keep up with music again. :$

I saw Job For a Cowboy when they toured with Behemoth (fucking awesome band, BTW). And I like Knee Deep and, to a lesser extent, Entombment of a Machine, but good god, they fucking suck live. Their vocalist sounds like a 6-year-old girl when he screams, and they had some annoying Powerpoint presentation for a background...I guess it was supposed to be edgy, but it just all ended up being really fucking annoying.

At least you'll enjoy the spectacle, though. It's kind of funny, I guess.

[blackening]

Like I mentioned, I went to the show last night.

High on Fire and Job for a Cowboy sucked. I couldn't wait for them to be done. Everyone was pretty much bored. All the songs sounded the same and you couldn't make out any of the words (especially Job).

Each band only had a picture in the background with their name.

Children of Bodom was awesome, too bad they only got 8 songs.

In Flames was awesome as well. They had some cool lights set up in these two walls they put up and were probably the best of the night. The crowd was probably most into them.

Megadeth was really good, but the microphone seemed to be fucked up. We couldn't hear a lot of what Dave was singing, but maybe it was him.

Overall, it was a really good show for my first metal concert. It was worth it, probably spent about $200 total and 3 hours of driving.

The new In Flames album isn't that good.

[Tempest]

Saw Queensryche last week - Was a bit disappointed to be honest.
Seated metal gigs just don't work for me. I thought it really killed the atmosphere and wasn't a patch on the crowd I saw them with first (...Worst part being I recognised most of the people there from the time before!)

Boy Tate is hanging on to his voice. He could do with ending this full Mindcrime tour. He's fine on the newer stuff, but at times it honestly sounded like he'd hit a note and that'd be the end of it. He still sounded good, don't get me wrong. But it was a strain. Wasn't so impressed when he was clearly miming a bit of the chorus in Empire.
Pamela was so much better than the last time at least.

They looked utterly pissed off with each other all night I thought. Seemed like they'd just had a massive row.

Also, has anyone heard this Revolution Renaissance stuff? I'm quite liking it. But I always like it when Michael Kiske puts down his glass of poor wine and takes off his beret to sing a bit of the ole' metal.

[Pete Cash]

Michael Kiske is not only overrated as a metal vocalist but almost everything he has touched has turned to shit.

How many good albums has he sung on as a lead vocalist... Two Helloween albums he had no impact on besides writing like one song and three lyrics. What a stand out career!

[Pete Cash]

Favourite bands: Agalloch, Cult of Luna, Isis, Woods of Ypres, Porcupine Tree, Winds, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 65daysofstatic, Explosions in the Sky, Drudkh, Mogwai, Emperor, Ulver... etc. You get the idea.



I'm listening to a heap of neofolk lately. Sol Invictus are pretty cool, Agalloch do a fucking awesome cover of "Kneel To The Cross"

You listed most of your big name groups, but I should point out that I am really listening to a lot of Ulver and at this point in time Agalloch is my favourite band. I really like anything that is kind of folky.

Both Nest and Empyrium are both pretty cool groups you should be able to get/download albums of easily enough.

Also, Forest Stream while a little more black metal is damn fine music, one of the best finds I had on the old metal torrents... that and Orphaned Land.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ONP60L3J This looks to be the forest stream album.

[Alex E]

So over the past few weeks I've seen Maiden, KISS, Priest, Def Leppard, Avantasia (recording a dvd!), Whitesnake, Sabaton, Arch Enemy, Immortal, Iced Earth, In Flames, Apocalyptica, Eluveitie, Within Temptation, Saxon, etc.

I have to say, I'm not a big Iced Earth fan at all, but the show they put on in Slovenia last week had to have been in my top 3 ever...it was brilliant. Also, everyone should check out Eluveitie.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Hey gaydave, Edguy's next album is to be released in November.

Why haven't you told me?

And it has a really silly name.

[Tempest]

I figured you would already know. It is a rather saft name, but I did enjoy Tobi's utterly arrogant description of it.

[Pete Cash]

Its going to suck

[Dubya]

If you don't know.. now you know..

Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal
(tim from As I Lay Dying's side band.. I believe the singer from Rembering Never does the vocals. killer metal music with Arnold Swarzeneggar dubs throughout the album.. each track title is taken from one of his movies)
http://www.smnnews.com/WP/wp-content/australian-death-machine.gif

It's funny because the songs are clearly jokes, but they actually come out pretty good.. I kinda thought it was a waste of some good metal at first with all the Arnold stuff, but it's really growing on me. Good stuff. Sounds like As I Lay Dying with the singer from Remembering Never.. singing about Arnold movies.. in a nutshell.
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/47896928/austrian+death+machine?tab=summary

[Dubya]

Source: theprp.com

According to Metal Injection (http://metalinjection.net/latest-news/lamb-of-god-to-enter-studio-in-september-turn-down-huge-tour), Lamb Of God will be entering the studio in September to begin recording their new album. In addition, the band turned down the opportunity to tour with Metallica in order to keep the album on schedule.

---

Balls.

[Hero!]

Mayhem fest next week. :hyper:

Mastodon (:panic:)
The Red Chord
Walls of Jericho
DragonForce
SlipKnoT
Disturbed
Machine Head (:drool:)
and some other bands that I don't know.

Anything good coming up for anyone else?

[Second City Saint]

I skipped that myself. Seeing Mastodon again would be tremendous, but it really wasn't worth it to be honest. But I'll be damned if I miss Mastodon's (Czarist Russia album) tour next year.

[Hero!]

Why do you say it isn't worth it?

This is my first time seeing Mastodon and I quite like a few of the other bands so I was all over this as soon as I heard about it.

[Second City Saint]

Why do you say it isn't worth it?

This is my first time seeing Mastodon and I quite like a few of the other bands so I was all over this as soon as I heard about it.It would have cost me about $40 and I would've had to drive an hour for one 30 minute set of a band playing material no different than the last time I saw them. Not to mention that on top of that I'd have to endure being around Hot Topic kids for the duration of the show.

But don't let my crankiness ruin it, have a good time. Do tell how awesome Mastodon was when you get back though.

[Hero!]

Oh I'll definitely enjoy it and "mark" silly when Mastodon comes on. I'll try to take pics and stuff too.

[Second City Saint]

Be on the look out for this

http://www.munkone.com/images/MSRASPUTIN.jpg


I saw a poster on a trash barrel at Warped with that image on it.

[Anaconda Sniper]

Mayhem fest next week. :hyper:

Mastodon (:panic:)
The Red Chord
Walls of Jericho
DragonForce
SlipKnoT
Disturbed
Machine Head (:drool:)
and some other bands that I don't know.

Anything good coming up for anyone else?


Make sure you check out Suicide Silence...they are the reason I might be going.

[The_New_Rock]

I went to the mayhem fest in Pittsburgh and holy shit if Machine Head wasn't absolutly amazing.

[Hero!]

Be on the look out for this

http://www.munkone.com/images/MSRASPUTIN.jpg


I saw a poster on a trash barrel at Warped with that image on it.

What's that?


Make sure you check out Suicide Silence...they are the reason I might be going.

Alright, but if they suck I'm coming after you.


I went to the mayhem fest in Pittsburgh and holy shit if Machine Head wasn't absolutly amazing.

:hyper: YESSS. Awesome. Good to know one of my favorite bands kicks ass in concert.

[blackening]

Anything good coming up for anyone else?
I'm going to see Children of Bodom again on October 2nd.

They're touring with the Black Dahlia Murder and Between the Buried and Me.

[Hero!]

Sounds good, I'm not too big on CoB anymore, but the other two are phenomenal bands.

[blackening]

I've heard a few songs from both and they're both okay. I'm not a huge fan of straight death metal though and it's not fun to sit through live. I sat through Job For a Cowboy at Gigantour a few months ago and it sucked. The style can get very annoying.

[Nemesis]

I just bought tickets for Danzig and Dimmu Borgir this Halloween. Extremely excited.

Coincidentally, I picked up The Lost Tracks of Danzig a few weeks back. Awesome stuff. Love their Cat People cover.

[Hero!]

:hyper: Mayhem fest tomorrow.

Apparently I'm only gonna get there at about 5 so I'll only catch the major acts, which sucks 'cause I wanted to see Red Chord and Walls of Jericho, but oh well at least I'll still get to see Machine head, MASTODON, Disturbed, DragonForce, and Slipknot.

[Second City Saint]

I'm going to see Children of Bodom again on October 2nd.

They're touring with the Black Dahlia Murder and Between the Buried and Me.Gah, CoB & BtBaM are touring? I really hope they come to Boston.

Palladium show :irked:


What's that?

Viral advertising for the new Mastodon album. It's 'Mastodon' written in the beard of Rasputin.

[Hero!]

I didn't even notice that, the clever little bastards, When is that new album supposed to drop anyway?

[Dubya]

Mayhem fest next week. :hyper:

Mastodon (:panic:)
The Red Chord
Walls of Jericho
DragonForce
SlipKnoT
Disturbed
Machine Head (:drool:)
and some other bands that I don't know.

Anything good coming up for anyone else?

Make sure you check out 36 Crazyfists cuz they're badass.

ANYWAY... Wes Borland has joined Marilyn Manson.
source: theprp.com

Black Light Superstar - wookubus (wookubus@theprp.com)
(1:39 PM PST 05/31/2008)
Wes Borland (Black Light Burns, ex-Limp Bizkit) has joined Marilyn Manson as their guitarist. Speaking on his addition, Marilyn Manson himself had the following to say:
"We have a new guitar player that's gonna play for the first time tomorrow; it's the first time we'll play on stage. His name is Wes Borland and he used to be in a really terrible band that he left because he felt that it was a destructive force in art, and he has his own band, Black Light Burns, but now he is in Marilyn Manson. We don't know how permanent that is, but starting tomorrow will be the first step. So this will be the most indestructible Marilyn Manson."
Borland himself had the following to offer on the matter:
"I am joining MM for the time being, but as I said before, Black Light Burns is still going strong and I have no problem operating in 2 bands. MM is playing a show here in Korea, where I am now, in about 8 hours and then I'm on the way back home to start doing some guitars with Nick on the next BLB record."

[Hero!]

Ya, I like 36CF despite that lame name.

Borland...in Marilyn Manson? Fuck the whaaaat?

[Second City Saint]

I didn't even notice that, the clever little bastards, When is that new album supposed to drop anyway?January, I believe.

[Dubya]

What's that?



Alright, but if they suck I'm coming after you.



:hyper: YESSS. Awesome. Good to know one of my favorite bands kicks ass in concert.

Cool for that dude if he likes Suicide Silence, but I think they're fuckin' terrible. I can't stand the cookie monster vocals. Machine Head, on the other hand, could very easily steal that show. They're a fuckin' awesome live band. I saw them blow Trivium, Lamb of God, and Gojira off the stage in one night. Great band. Cool guys. You're likely to see them just wandering around, as they're all about hanging out and meeting their fans. Robb and Phil espescially.

[Anaconda Sniper]

Wes Borland...I remember him being in From First to Last there for awhile..that was just weird and awkward.

At least Manson fits him better.

[Dubya]

Yeah, and it could potentially really help Marilyn Manson if he actually gets to work on an album instead of just being a touring guitarist. Borland is a really creative guitarist. I loved the first Black Light Burns album and the new covers cd has a lot of great covers of songs that most bands wouldn't cover and he uses really old vintage recording equipment to make the album sound a little more like it was actually recorded during the times of the songs, as most of them are older songs. Plus, Manson really needs someone to come in and lay down some killer guitars cuz its just not that good without John 5 on guitar. Borland isn't John 5 by any means, but he's a suitable replacement.

[eugenespeed]

Are there any other Five Finger Death Punch fan on here?

I've just got their "Way of the Fist" album and love it.

[Hero!]

Lost my voice and my neck hurts pretty damn bad, but Mayhem fest was awesome.

I caught a bit of The Walls of Jericho's set, man Candace sounds awesome live, but I only watched for a little while, had to get in close as possible for MASTODON.

Got there and saw Mastodon, who fucking rocked, but the crowd SUCKED. they went on waaay too early, IMO, and it felt like no one in the crowd over at the main stage really cared aside from me and this one group of dudes who were all singing along and went fucking nuts went they started playing March of The Fire Ants.

After Mastodon I went over to the Jagermeister stage which was right next to the Hot Topic stage that Underoath was playing on while they set up for Machine Head and the whole time UnderOath was on everyone in the crowd at the Jagermeister stage was chanting "We want Head" so loud that you could barely hear Underoath (which is a good thing).

Machine Head fucking kicked ass. Robb was cool as shit and kept throwing full cups of beer into the crowd which had become just one giant pit. The only thing that sucked was that too many people were busy moshing and only I and a handful of others around me were really singing along to anything other than Davidian.

After that I walked back over to the main stage where Draggonforce was finishing up their set (they went on earlier than they were supposed to) with Through the Fire and the Flames. They sounded terrible. After a half hour break Disturbed came on and fucking owned the place. I'm not kidding when I say that David Draiman had the crowd in the palm of his hand. Every song, pretty much everyone sang along and Disturbed sounded great. Good fun right there.

Slipknot was cool too. Nice stage show, they sounded pretty cool, but the crowd was beat after Disturbed. Still good fun, little ticked that they didn't play wait & Bleed, I've always wanted to hear that one live. Oh well.

All in all, good time.

[Dubya]

So uh.. for those who haven't seen my avatar in the past week or so.. the new Human Abstract cd, Midheaven, comes out tomorrow and if it's ANYWHERE NEAR as good as the last one, it will be great. A seriously great metal band, that more people should check out. Their first cd, Nocturne, is a great metal cd. Riffs, solos, double-bass.. Very technically sound band. Very skilled musicians they are.

[Hero!]

Nocturne was awesome, I loved that one song, "Vela, yadda yadda".

Annnd for anyone who cares (although I doubt anyone will) Slipknot's new album drops on the 26th. They may not be the greatest band, but I loved them back when I was 13 or so and that love has just never gone away.

[Dubya]

I've always liked Slipknot. I think all 3 of their cds are great, each for different reasons. I like how raw the debut is, and then I like how they really took that rawness and channelled it on the second cd, into something totally different.. yet quite similar. The 3rd one threw me for a loop at first, I think it was mainly just the spotless production. It just sounded to clean to be Slipknot. It's an amazing cd, but it just doesn't have that raw, dark feel.. that the other 2 have. I hope the new one is great and look forward to seeing them whenever they come through KC. I've seen them like 7 times probably. They always tour with good bands, so it makes for a good show.

[Hero!]

I like Vol. 3 the most. The self titled on is good for the Raw power of it, but I found IOWA kind of boring. All Hope is Gone should be good based off the 2 songs they already released.

Interesting fact: I met a 70-year-old maggot ('knot fan) at mayhem fest. He knew the words to every song and said he's seen them every time they come to CT.

[Dubya]

I saw Slipknot play a show @ the Bottleneck in Lawrence w. Kittie before they blew up.. it was crazy cuz it's not a big place (maybe 500 or so..) just historic (in that pretty much every band in the world has played there) and small. Anyway.. there's 9 guys on this tiny ass stage. It was funny. I remember the drummer headbutted his crash symbal and ended up busting his skull open. He mustve hit it just right or something cuz he was bleeding a lot. He just kept playing, tho. I guess it was towards the end of the show.. but still..

[Hero!]

I believe it. First night of touring and Sid wilson (the DJ) broke both of his heels so at Mayhem fest he was rolling around on stage in a wheelchair. :lol:

They were awesome live, I hope to see them again.

So to try to breathe some life into this thread:
What's everyone currently listening to too much/really into right now/obsessing over?

After seeing them live I've been in a mood to listen to pretty much nothing, but Mastodon. I've listened to Blood Mountain like 5 times today and couldn't stop singing "The Wolf is Loose" at work today. My manager had to tell me to shut up.

[blackening]

I used to be a huge fan of Slipknot back in the day.

I'm really happy to see they actually have guitar solos in their new stuff. The two songs I've heard on the radio have pretty much shit on their old stuff.

Disturbed was really good when I saw them last year.

[Hero!]

I used to be a huge fan of Slipknot back in the day.


Same here, I had my wall covered in their posters. Over the years most of them have come down, but I still have one of the band on my ceiling, it's pretty cool.

[Dubya]

I been really into Soulfly's new cd, Conquer, lately. I think it's their best. Maybe not Max's best, but it's definitely up there with Roots and Chaos.

I can't stop listening to the new Bury Your Dead cd. I always liked them, but their new cd is so far ahead of everything they did before it. They've incorporated some melody and it pays off very well.

I really like the new Misery Signals cd a lot, too. It's a lot better than their last one, but not as good as the first. Of Malice and the Magnum Heart is one of my fav cds, tho.

The new Norma Jean cd, The Anti-Mother, is also really good. It's the most listenable-to album they've made, but it's still utterly brutal. The song with Chino from the Deftones is great. So is the one before and after it.

Other than that, I'm waiting to get the new Human Abstract and I just DLed the new Motorhead cd, so that should keep me busy this week.

[Hero!]

Can you up the Bury your dead CD for me, DUB? Pretty please :angelic:

[Dubya]

Workin' on it..

[Anaconda Sniper]

Ive been waiting for the new Bring me the horizon cd. I cannot wait for this any longer.

[Dubya]

What's it called ?

[blackening]

Same here, I had my wall covered in their posters. Over the years most of them have come down, but I still have one of the band on my ceiling, it's pretty cool.
I had a few posters and a bunch of t-shirts. I remember listening to People = Shit on the school bus everyday on the way to school. I actually had a black light in my room with a Slipknot poster that glowed from the light. :$

This one to be exact:

http://www.123posters.com/images/b-slipknot1.gif

I'm sure as hell glad I've grown out of that stuff, but I'll always check up on the bands I used to love. I'll probably download the new Slipknot album, to see how it sounds.

[Dubya]

Speaking of the new Slipknot album..


http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/49365413/all+hope+is+gone?tab=summary
:cheers:

[cactusmaac]

I been really into Soulfly's new cd, Conquer, lately. I think it's their best. Maybe not Max's best, but it's definitely up there with Roots and Chaos.


Yeah, I lost interest in Soulfly a while ago but with this and the Cavalera Conspiracy album, Max has returned to form. I really like Touching The Void.

I got the Black Tide's debut. Somewhat pedestrian but good enough for the odd listen.

[darkhorse]

The new album from The Haunted ("Versus") leaked a few days ago. Aside from a few hints of "The Dead Eye" here and there, the band has returned to their thrash sound. I recommend checking it out.

[GMH]

Just downloaded Dragonforces new album.
The only way to describe it
awesome

[Cactus Lem]

Ive been waiting for the new Bring me the horizon cd. I cannot wait for this any longer.

Bring me the Horizon are one of the worst bands the world has ever seen.

[Dubya]

Ya know what band everyone else seems to love, but I just don't get..

The Blood Brothers.

Seen them twice, once with Eighteen Visions and Underoath and then again with Coheed and Dredg.. I have no idea why they were at the Coheed show, but it was the worst 45 minutes of my life. Thank god Dredg and Coheed had utterly amazing shows.

[blackening]

I don't think I've ever even heard of that band.

I'm not sure if I'm going to the Bodom show or not.

Metallica has announced dates for their tour. They're playing in Milwaukee on January 12th and I plan on going. I'm not even that big of a Metallica fan.

[Hero!]

Metallica has announced dates for their tour. They're playing in Milwaukee on January 12th and I plan on going. I'm not even that big of a Metallica fan.

I'm pissed that they're just skipping CT and hitting NY and NJ (Twice!! Fucking NEW JERSEY) instead. I'll probably still go to the NY show though.

[Second City Saint]

I'm pissed that they're just skipping CT and hitting NY and NJ (Twice!! Fucking NEW JERSEY) instead. I'll probably still go to the NY show though.pfff. Unearth is playing with Protest the Hero and the closest show to me is NYC. Unearth is from Massachusetts too so it makes no sense to me.


Would've really liked to have gone to that show.

[Adamy]

Is Unearth from Worcester? I've never been able to pin that down.

[Adamy]

Ya know what band everyone else seems to love, but I just don't get..

The Blood Brothers.

Seen them twice, once with Eighteen Visions and Underoath and then again with Coheed and Dredg.. I have no idea why they were at the Coheed show, but it was the worst 45 minutes of my life. Thank god Dredg and Coheed had utterly amazing shows.

They used to be just a good, weird grindcore band, but got progressively No Wave-ier as time went on. You might like some of their early stuff if you're into weird grindcore.

[Second City Saint]

Is Unearth from Worcester? I've never been able to pin that down.The Boston area, actually. Winthrop if I'm not mistaken.


Worcester's all about Four Year Strong any way.

[Hero!]

Turns out this lovely group of people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWAR) is coming to CT in October:

http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/Gwar.png

I think I may just have to check it out.

[Second City Saint]

Isn't Dillinger playing that same festival? I'd forgo the puppet show to go see those guys...even if it is 2008.

[Anaconda Sniper]

The Boston area, actually. Winthrop if I'm not mistaken.


Worcester's all about Four Year Strong any way.

FYS is where its at.


I'm so sad that the tour with them, NFG and ADTR isn't coming to Indiana at all. Actually a lot of bands skip Indiana and I don't blame them.

The only time I really see the bands I like is at Warped or just somehow they randomly play a show here..and then they never come back.

[Second City Saint]

I'm seeing that show but I've gotta get up really early in the morning to travel back to school for class.

It'll be soooooo worth it though.

[Anaconda Sniper]

Damn dude you are lucky. I've seen FYS and NFG both live but never in the same building that place will explode..and you got ADTR there too dude that place will blow up.

[Second City Saint]

I've never seen A Day to Remember so I'm really stoked about them as I've been listening to their latest album nonstop (Since U Been Gone is my text message alert :cool:). I've seen Crime in Stereo and Four Year Strong before but that's always great times.

Oh, and I'm going to see Chiodos in that same building the night before so my weekend is come home, go to providence, come home, go to providence, come home, go back to school. Maybe I can sneak a ride into Boston that Sunday night. :chin:

[Dubya]

They used to be just a good, weird grindcore band, but got progressively No Wave-ier as time went on. You might like some of their early stuff if you're into weird grindcore.

It wasn't so much the music as it was the vocals for me.. I didn't understand why they had 2 singers if they both just scream their heads off, completely incoherently.. Granted, the album may be better than the show.. I was just really annoyed with the singers. I could barely hear the music over them. I dunno, I just wasn't really diggin' it when I saw them. I like a lot of weird shit, but I just couldn't get into Blood Brothers.

On another note, the new Human Abstract cd is.. good, but not as good as the first. You can really tell that the main guitar player left. It's a good cd, it's just not as.. adventurous as the first one.

[Adamy]

The Boston area, actually. Winthrop if I'm not mistaken.


Worcester's all about Four Year Strong any way.

There's maybe eight people in Worcester that like hardcore, and I'm one of them.

[Dubya]

Found the new UnderOath cd, if anyone wants it..

http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/49567897/underoath?tab=summary
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61yzwJjXg-L._SL160_AA115_.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Sound-Separation-Underoath/dp/B001D25MT8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1219974112&sr=8-1)

[Second City Saint]

There's maybe eight people in Worcester that like hardcore, and I'm one of them.Get fucking serious dude, there's plenty. Go see Jumping Ship if you can. I saw them in like February when they played with some of my friends and they weren't bad for high school kids.

[Anaconda Sniper]

I've never seen A Day to Remember so I'm really stoked about them as I've been listening to their latest album nonstop (Since U Been Gone is my text message alert :cool:). I've seen Crime in Stereo and Four Year Strong before but that's always great times.

Oh, and I'm going to see Chiodos in that same building the night before so my weekend is come home, go to providence, come home, go to providence, come home, go back to school. Maybe I can sneak a ride into Boston that Sunday night. :chin:


Yeah I've never seen ADTR either but they are amazing anyways. Isn't New Found Glory's side project International Superheroes of Hardcore playing too..that will be fun.

Chiodos is really good I seen them a couple years back and they were amazing then so they are probably way better now. You have one hell of a weekend coming up.

[Adamy]

Get fucking serious dude, there's plenty. Go see Jumping Ship if you can. I saw them in like February when they played with some of my friends and they weren't bad for high school kids.

I don't think I've been to a good hardcore show here since Youth Attack broke up... I'll check them out if I see them around.

[Second City Saint]

I don't think I've been to a good hardcore show here since Youth Attack broke up... I'll check them out if I see them around.Aren't there shows at the QVCC frequently? Surely I Rise and the like play there every once in a while.

[blackening]

Source: theprp.com

According to Metal Injection (http://metalinjection.net/latest-news/lamb-of-god-to-enter-studio-in-september-turn-down-huge-tour), Lamb Of God will be entering the studio in September to begin recording their new album. In addition, the band turned down the opportunity to tour with Metallica in order to keep the album on schedule.

---

Balls.
This doesn't appear to be the case. I checked the Metallica dates on Ticketmaster. Each show has The Sword supporting; while Down, Lamb of God, and Machine Head each tour with Metallica for about a month.

The Milwaukee date has Machine Head supporting. :yes: This makes me even more excited for the concert. Though I would have liked to see Lamb of God just as much. Glad it's not one of the early dates with Down.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/Metallica-tickets/artist/735647?start=1&rpp=20&list_view=1

[Dubya]

I get the early date with Down, but that's ok because I've seen Lamb of God and Machine Head a few times each. I wouldn't mind seeing The Sword, tho.

[blackening]

I've never even heard of The Sword.

Edit: General admission tickets for Metallica are $75! :eek:

Don't think I'm going to the Bodom concert anymore. But I am going to see Trivium/All That Remains on October 7th in Green Bay.

[Anaconda Sniper]

So I just found out Bury Your Dead will be playing in a town close to me next month...so that's pretty sweet. For the fallen dreams will be with them... they are not that great but passable I guess for a decent show.

[Dubya]

Bury Your Dead's new cd is probably my favorite cd of this year so far.

In other news.. the video for "Get to the Choppa" by Austrian Death Machine:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=41996405

[Hero!]

Death Magnetic is better.

[Dubya]

I haven't heard it yet, but the local station is gonna have the World Premeire of the entire album in about 10 minutes, hosted by the Foo Fighters.. so I'll let ya know.

[Hero!]

Just download it you boob.

[Dubya]

I will.. I will.. but I wanna hear Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins present it to me before I download it.

:heart: Foo Fighters

[Dubya]

Eh.. I like the Bury Your Dead cd better. I really only liked about 3 of the songs they played. The rest just didn't really seem to go anywhere.

[Second City Saint]

The only good thing I've ever heard BYD involved with was this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4HsmbiaJ24

[Dubya]

Bury Your Dead's new cd is a lot different than all of their other cds. They added actual singing to the music and actual melody and it .. actually sounds good. Really good, I think. It's still brutal, but some of it is quite melody-based and some of it has a nice groove to it. It's not just straight ahead Hatebreed-style hardcore like they were doing on the other cds. They have a new singer and he can actually sing. He's still got the hardcore scream and bark down, but he knows how to sing decently, too.. kinda reminds me of Unearth's The Oncoming Storm cd with some of the vocals. It's really a lot better than their first 3 cds and quite a bit different.

[Dubya]

I downloaded Brian 'Head' Welch's new EP and his first one, too.. The first one is an instrumental guitar album and quite awesome. The new EP is like .. heavy industrial music, like Ministry meets Korn.. I dunno.. It's better than the last Korn album and it only has 6 songs.

[Dubya]

Eh.. I like the Bury Your Dead cd better. I really only liked about 3 of the songs they played. The rest just didn't really seem to go anywhere.

I would like to take that statement back. After listening to it in my car, with proper stereo sound, it's quite amazing. Of the 10 songs on the cd, I'd say that 6 are fuckin' awesome, while 2 are decent and 2 are kinda shit. I really like, 'The Unforgiven III' a lot. The instrumental track is like a giant riff salad and easily the standout of the album.

[xizor]

I'd have to agree with that. That Was Just Your Life and Judas Kiss are definately skippable. My apocolypse and The End of The Line are tolerable but I still find myself skipping them. From Track 3 to 7 is just badass. The Unforgiven III is probably my favorite followed by All Nightmare Long. Suicide and Redemption has some great moments in it. The album is awesome to cruise around with. Definately going to go see them in Concert now. Getting my tickets the 13th.

[Dubya]

See, I had that opposite of you. 'Judas Kiss' an "That Was Just Your Life' were the 2 I thought were decent, but 'My Apocolypse' and 'The End of the Line' were the 2 I didn't like. 'Unforgiven III' is my favorite song, other than the instrumental..

[fear is the mindkiller]

Everyone is talking about Death Magnetic, perhaps rightfully so...I haven't heard any of the songs yet, but I can't wait until the 9th which is when Iced Earth's new one comes out. Be interesting to hear Matt Barlow back on vocals.

[Crabby]

Bury Your Dead are fucking awful.

On the other hand, the new Psycroptic album is fantastic.

[Dubya]

OLD Bury Your Dead is pretty bland, but they go in a totally different direction on their new, s/t cd. I didn't like em' all that much til' one of my buddies made me listen to their new cd. Now it's like stuck in my cd player.

[N.E.R.F.]

the newest Nightwish is quite good. they don't need whatsherface.

[Pete Cash]

Bury Your Dead are fucking awful.

On the other hand, the new Psycroptic album is fantastic.

When I saw Psycroptic I was doing the whole fascist raised fist thing and the lead vocalist punched my fist in METAL BROTHERHOOD and it actually hurt my hand :(

[blackening]

I've heard 3 songs from Trivium's new album, Shogun. They all sound really good. Kirisute Gomen kicks my ass.

I went back and downloaded their last album The Crusade and found I liked it a lot more this time.

[Dubya]

Do the vocals sound like shit like on The Crusade? I really liked the music on that cd, but the vocals really blew ass on most of the songs. I saw them with Lamb of God, Machine Head, and Gojira.. and yea.. they should not have played any of their new stuff because it made their set look very weak, when shoved in between those bands. If you're playing with Lamb of God and Machine Head, you gotta bring your best shit cuz they're both killer live bands. Gojira was badass, too. I'd never heard them til' that show. Crazy show. Was sold out for weeks, then.. when I got there.. they were selling tickets at the door.. and I'm not sure where these people were going cuz that place was fuckin' packed. It was like a scene from a movie, just wall-to-wall people everywhere in the club. You could barely move.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

When I saw Psycroptic I was doing the whole fascist raised fist thing and the lead vocalist punched my fist in METAL BROTHERHOOD and it actually hurt my hand :(

It was probably just a small fist bump wasn't it you big girl.

[blackening]

Do the vocals sound like shit like on The Crusade? I really liked the music on that cd, but the vocals really blew ass on most of the songs.
The choruses and other parts are song similar to The Crusade, but the screaming from Ascendancy has been brought back.

Kirisute Gomen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYKNm4qMJTc

Into The Mouth Of Hell We March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ccl8fIloo

Down From The Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=112pn0egU2o

Into the Mouth... is the weakest song, as the chorus is really gay.

[Myron Hardy]

I like Vol. 3 the most. The self titled on is good for the Raw power of it, but I found IOWA kind of boring. All Hope is Gone should be good based off the 2 songs they already released.

Interesting fact: I met a 70-year-old maggot ('knot fan) at mayhem fest. He knew the words to every song and said he's seen them every time they come to CT.

WRONG FUCKING OPINION! That's their best album, BY FAR!

[Dubya]

While I agree that it's their best cd, it can't really be a 'wrong' opinion.. as that's not possible. Great thing about opinions really.. everyone gets one.

[Torn]

WRONG FUCKING OPINION!

:wtf: Blimey

[Tempest]

Vol 3 is the only one I can stand, to be honest.

[Ringo]

Aye, same here.

[Dubya]

I like Vol.3 a lot, but at the same time.. I dunno, I just like the raw power of the other 2. Vol.3 kinda comes off too polished for me at times, but It's still brilliant.

[Hero!]

WRONG FUCKING OPINION! That's their best album, BY FAR!

Nah, iowa was boring as fuck.

[Dubya]

Getting back on the subject of the new album.. I really like the new Slipknot after a few listens. It's different, but in a good way. Organized chaos is a good thing.

[Hero!]

I've only given it one listen since I've been busy working/in school so the only thing I've been listening to lately is death magnetic.

[Dubya]

I've been on a steady rotation of Metallica, Slipknot, and the new Theory of a Deadman (very un-metal, I know.. )

[Myron Hardy]

People=Shit
Disasterpiece
My Plague
Everything Ends
Heritic Anthem
Left Behind
The Shape
I am Hated
New Abortion
Metabolic

The whole fucking CD is soooooooooo awesome, I loved Vol. 3 too, but after finally listening to all Slipknot, Iowa is their best CD. Fuck your wrong opinions.

[Tempest]

I sure have been told. Fucked all the way to IOWA, who'd have thunk it.

[Dubya]

Yeah.. burn.. or something.

EDIT: The new ALL THAT REMAINS cd.. is great. Just passing that along..

[aBBy]

Some really good metal out there this month!

I cant wait for Trivium's new album :)

[Dubya]

I cant wait for Trivium's new album :)

Speaking of..

http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/50627925/trivium+shogun?tab=summary

[blackening]

Some really good metal out there this month!

I cant wait for Trivium's new album :)
I can't wait to see them. 18 more days.

Edit: I downloaded the new Trivium and listened to it a few times. I think it's pretty damn good. I wish all the songs were like Kirisute Gomen, as some of the songs are kind of weak.

[Dubya]

All in all, I like the new Trivium cd more than the Crusade and Ember to Inferno, but not as much as Ascendancy. That one's probably one of my fav metal cds ever. Doubt they'll top that, but I wouldn't mind if they did..

[thetony]

Anyone else been digging 'Death Magnetic'? I swear I listened to it front to back four times in a row. Crazy shit.

[Dubya]

I've listened to it quite a bit since I got it. I like it all except for 'that was just your life' and 'my apocalypse'. I just can't get into those songs at all.

[blackening]

All in all, I like the new Trivium cd more than the Crusade and Ember to Inferno, but not as much as Ascendancy. That one's probably one of my fav metal cds ever. Doubt they'll top that, but I wouldn't mind if they did..
I've never heard anything from Ember to Inferno.

I really like Ascendancy. Very solid, despite some gayness - Like Light to Flies, Dying in Your Arms.

I liked The Crusade so much more after downloading it again and having not listened to it in a few months. I love Becoming the Dragon. Really like Detonation and Ignition. Good overall.

I love Kirisute Gomen, Down From the Sky, and Shogun from the new album. There are some other good songs, but it is pretty weak I think. :\

[Alex E]

Never got the Trivium hype. All the fans I've seen in my city have Trivium hoodies and hang out with their acne at the mall. I had to sit through them at some festival this summer and literally fell asleep on the grass. If I had been given an unlabelled cd at first maybe I'd dig it, but their image has been corrupted by the sort of people that go to their concerts in my city.

The new Metallica would be pretty swell if it trimmed the fat from some songs. Only listened to it straight through once.

Saw Immortal and Gorgoroth this summer...I don't like black metal on cd but it was pretty hilarious to see Gaahl shrieking like a 10 year old girl amidst naked crucified people and bloody animal heads.

[blackening]

If I had been given an unlabelled cd at first maybe I'd dig it, but their image has been corrupted by the sort of people that go to their concerts in my city.
I think that's a shame. Maybe you would have hated them, but I think that is a bad reason not to like them.

5 more days until I get to see them live.

[firewall]

Saw Immortal and Gorgoroth this summer...I don't like black metal on cd but it was pretty hilarious to see Gaahl shrieking like a 10 year old girl amidst naked crucified people and bloody animal heads.

I used to be big into BM. Now, I'm just into bits of it, Immortal being one of the bands that I've always thought produced some damn fine albums. Satyricon, Mayhem, Dark Funeral...there are some good ones out there, but I'm balls'd if I know about any new black metal. My horizons spread as far as music goes and I can't keep up with shit.

[blackening]

Just got back from the concert.

The Human Abstract was pretty blah. Couldn't hear anything the singer said.

36crazyfists is better, but you couldn't hear what the singer said either.

Trivium was fucking awesome. Some mic and guitar issues, but they were great. Matt has brought the screaming back. Got to shake the hands of one of the guitarists, but just missed Heafy. Crazy time.

All That Remains got to headline. I don't like them, I listened to a few songs and left early.

Trivium was worth the $20 and the drive.

Ears are still ringing.

[Nemesis]

Saw Immortal and Gorgoroth this summer...I don't like black metal on cd but it was pretty hilarious to see Gaahl shrieking like a 10 year old girl amidst naked crucified people and bloody animal heads.

I thought Gorgoroth had some good old stuff, but Gaahl just ruins it for me. That guy is seriously fucked in the head. And the stuff they do live has always seemed pretty stupid to me, same with Mayhem.

But I have nothing bad to say about Immortal. Love them. Immortal and Behemoth are probably the two greatest shows I've ever seen.

[Dubya]

Just got back from the concert.

The Human Abstract was pretty blah. Couldn't hear anything the singer said.

36crazyfists is better, but you couldn't hear what the singer said either.

Trivium was fucking awesome. Some mic and guitar issues, but they were great. Matt has brought the screaming back. Got to shake the hands of one of the guitarists, but just missed Heafy. Crazy time.

All That Remains got to headline. I don't like them, I listened to a few songs and left early.

Trivium was worth the $20 and the drive.

Ears are still ringing.


How do you not like All That Remains? Espescially live.. they're badass live. Anyway.. that sounds like the best line-up I've heard of in a while. I love all 4 of those bands. I'd cream my pants if that show came here. That's the best line-up I've heard of since I saw Lamb of God & Killswitch w/ Soilwork & DevilDriver..

Oh and.. you should download Ember to Inferno.. great cd. It's not hard to find, but I could only find it in a discography file.. so I had to DL their other cds with it and delete them cuz I already had them.. but I got the cd so thats all that matters. Good stuff, tho. More like Ascendancy than the others.. little heavier.

[blackening]

How do you not like All That Remains? Especially live.. they're badass live.
I think their music is very generic. Even live. I really don't like how the lead singer goes from screaming to overly gay singing in the chorus. The singing bugs me.

I do like Cihron though.

[Nemesis]

I guess I'm going to see Metallica this Saturday. My sister got tickets through her work, so I'll get to see them for free. I've never seen them live, so I don't know what to expect. I've heard they still put on good live shows, though...

Then next Friday is Danzig, Dimmu Borgir and Moonspell. I'm dressing as a ninja.

[King101]

Metallica are awesome live and have been on great form this year so you should enjoy it.

Their latest setlist was;
That Was Just Your Life
The End of The Line
Creeping Death
For Whom The Bell Tolls
One
Broken, Beat and Scarred
Cyanide
Sad But True
Until It Sleeps
No Remorse
The Day That Never Comes
Master of Puppets
Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
----
Die, Die My Darling
Stone Cold Crazy
Seek and Destroy

[Dubya]

True story..

Having a baby girl soon.. like real soon.. For the 4th time while my girlfriend is in the car with me and I'm listening to metal, the baby starts playfully kicking like crazy. Usually, I'll let her listen to whatever cuz I don't really care that much.. I like everything but country and techno, to be honest. Anyway, sometimes I wanna listen to what I wanna listen to and I wanna listen to metal and everytime she's in the car when I do it.. the baby goes nuts apparently. :D Makes me smile. She's gonna be a little metal head. Tonight it was Metallica, and I went around the block to finish so I could finish the song. I told my gf that I was bonding with the baby. :lol: Over the weekend, I was listening to Trivium .. last week, it was Atreyu (not really metal, but still..), and a couple weeks ago it was Killswitch. It doesn't happen whenever any other music is on.. :yes:

I know that's not super-metal or anything, but hey.. fuck you. I think it's pretty cool.

[WizoOzz]

True story..

Having a baby girl soon.. like real soon.. For the 4th time while my girlfriend is in the car with me and I'm listening to metal, the baby starts playfully kicking like crazy. Usually, I'll let her listen to whatever cuz I don't really care that much.. I like everything but country and techno, to be honest. Anyway, sometimes I wanna listen to what I wanna listen to and I wanna listen to metal and everytime she's in the car when I do it.. the baby goes nuts apparently. :D Makes me smile. She's gonna be a little metal head. Tonight it was Metallica, and I went around the block to finish so I could finish the song. I told my gf that I was bonding with the baby. :lol: Over the weekend, I was listening to Trivium .. last week, it was Atreyu (not really metal, but still..), and a couple weeks ago it was Killswitch. It doesn't happen whenever any other music is on.. :yes:

I know that's not super-metal or anything, but hey.. fuck you. I think it's pretty cool.

Just wait, man...my baby girl used to do (well, she still does when prompted, but she used to do it out of the blue) a death metal growl that had me rolling. My little boy has started being corrupted - he loved Kiss a year or two ago, and only wants to listen to "daddy's music" (my wife listens to the rap/r&b stuff that I can't stand). Within reason, he gets just that.

There's nothing more metal than li'l kids digging metal...or hard rock as it were.

[Dubya]

Yea, my girl just said.. 'well it's definitely your kid' cuz she doesn't listen to metal at all.. tho, I'm slowly turning her. Started off with some Zombie cuz it's not really metal by any means, but still pretty heavy and there's a lot of groove to it and it's usually catchy. She really liked Zombie, so I'm trying to figure out where to go next with it.. she usually listens to emo-punk crap or country (gag me) stuff.

[Hero!]

Disturbed should probably be your next move, dubya.

[Dubya]

I was actually thinking either Disturbed or Godsmack, just something more straight-forward with the rock. It has to have some groove to it and it has to be at least somewhat catchy or she prolly won't give a shit.. that shouldn't be that hard, tho. I think I can eventually get her into some Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine, maybe some Atreyu.. stuff like that. I don't expect to get her listening to Mastodon or anything like that.. tho, it would be fuckin' hot.

[Dubya]

Just read this.. sad news.. hope he's ok..

Deftones Bassist In A Coma Pt. 2 - wookubus (wookubus@theprp.com)
(4:58 PM MST 11/04/2008)
Deftones bassist Chi Cheng is currently in a coma following a car crash in Santa Clara, CA yesterday. Initial details are sketchy, but band frontman Chino Moreno has confirmed the situation to the "The Sacramento Bee", who have more details available here (http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/1370452.html). Band frontman Chino Moreno has now made a formal statement on the situation, saying:
"It deeply saddens me to inform you all that our brother Chi Cheng was involved in a terrible car accident last night. He is currently in a Northern California Hospital in serious, but stable condition. I am on my way up North right now to be by his side along with the rest of our band mates and family. Chi is one of the strongest people I know, and I'm praying that his strength will get him through this. Please say a prayer for him as well.
-Chino"

[Dubya]

An update ..

An Update On Chi - wookubus (wookubus@theprp.com)
(2:00 PM MST 11/06/2008)
Deftones frontman Chino Moreno has checked in with another update regarding the condition of band bassist Chi Cheng, who is currently said to be in a coma following a car accident earlier this week. Here's what Moreno had to say:
"Hello Everyone,
I am back from up North visiting our brother Cheng. His condition remains the same - serious, but stable. We, along with the entire Cheng family, would like to extend our gratitude to everyone that's said a prayer or sent out their positive thoughts to Chi. Your support means more than you know.
During his recovery process, Chi's mother has asked that each day we spread a little bit of good in his name. So each day Deftones will be posting what you can do to help Chi recover. Today, she has asked that you all remember to buckle your seat belts, and remind those you love to buckle up. By doing something so little in his name, you will be helping him find the strength to recover.
Thank you, and please check back daily.
-chino"

[Xhex]

I was actually thinking either Disturbed or Godsmack, just something more straight-forward with the rock. It has to have some groove to it and it has to be at least somewhat catchy or she prolly won't give a shit.. that shouldn't be that hard, tho. I think I can eventually get her into some Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine, maybe some Atreyu.. stuff like that. I don't expect to get her listening to Mastodon or anything like that.. tho, it would be fuckin' hot.

The new Atreyu album is actually very un-screamo.

Really catchy stuff on it. If you haven't already, check it out. It's a new sound that I wasn't expecting.

Also did you hear Alter Bridge's latest album released late last year?

[Dubya]

The new Atreyu cd took a couple listens to really click with me. I like a lot of it, but some of it.. I really don't. Won some pit passes (they take out the first 5 rows and let the radio winners chill there) to Family Values last summer and got to see them. Pretty crap show, tho. Atreyu, Trivium, and Droid were really the only good things about the show.. but I didn't have to pay.

I really like the new Alter Bridge cd. I didn't like the first one very much, but the new one has been in my cd player a lot. Some really good solos on that cd. Not very metal, but pretty badass. Tremonti is a killer guitar player. That's another band my soon-to-be-born daughter seems to like. :D

[Xhex]

Well its not surprising! They are awesome. The number of times I've listened to the new Alter Bridge album is bordering on obsessive, I honestly don't think there's any track on that album I dislike! The melodies are really catchy too, they just stick in your mind and don't leave. I hadn't heard much of them till that album and now I can't get enough :p

[Dubya]

Yea, I never really liked the first album to much.. but the new one is A LOT better. I hope Myles doesn't join Zeppelin for a while and tour cuz people seem to think that means that Stapp could get back with the guys for like one big ass tour.. I don't think they will, tho. I don't think there's enough money in the world for those guys to have to put up with Stapp's shit again. Myles is a weird choice for Zeppelin, tho. He has the voice and the range, no doubt.. but most people don't know who he is..

[Dubya]

For those interested..

Mudvayne - The New Gamehttp://isohunt.com/torrent_details/53108775/mudvayne+the+new+game?tab=summary

[blackening]

I have to be honest and say, like Slipknot, I was a big fan of Mudvayne back in the day when I used to like that shit.

But they've played the exact same shit since Lost and Found when they started to suck. Every song sounds the same from that point on - including their 2 new songs from the "new" album on their MySpace page.

[Dubya]

I haven't actually listened to it yet. I enjoyed their first 2 cds a lot. The End of All Things to Come is probably one of my favorite cds. Lost and Found was decent, but not on the level of the other 2. I'll have to listen to the new one this weekend before I can say anything, tho. I was just posting it for anyone who wanted it.

EDIT: Yea, it's pretty terrible.
1. Fish Out of Water - pretty good song. heavier.. i like the frantic picking in the chorus. good way to start the cd.

2. Do What You Do - starts off really soft.. and never really picks up.. it just kinda goes in circles.. even the guitar solo is kinda 'blah'.

3. A New Game - a lot heavier than the first two, but it almost sounds forced.. like they're just playing fast becuz they weren't a second ago.. but it actually gets better as it slows down in the middle and towards the end. lyrics are pretty shit, tho.

4. Have it Your Way - this song is OK, but it just sounds like the first song, to be honest. i like the bass line in the chorus. again.. terrible lyrics. falls short of the song it sounds like.

5. A Cinderella Story - probably the best song on the cd. not too heavy, but not soft at all.. somewhere in the middle. catchy chorus, but not annoyingly catchy.. nice guitar riff and GOOD lyrics.

6. The Hate in Me - starts off pretty heavy and slows down to a groovy little metal number with some of the killer bass they're capable of, that's been missing from the other songs. Goes back and forth between fast heavy riffs and chunky groovy riffs. gets better as it goes along.

7. Scarlett Letters - a pretty weak, slow, string chorus to smooth heavy guitar-song. it has some nice guitars in it.. but the lyrics don't do the music justice.

8. Dull Boy - the 'not so new' track. still a great song, tho. a welcome addition, as it's better than most of the actual new songs.

9. Same Ol? - boring, chugga-chugga guitar riff song that just goes in circles through the entire song. Boring, boring, boring.

10. Never Enough - easily the worst song they've ever made. it's like that 'world so cold' song on End of Things, but falls way short. this song is the most generic piece of crap they've ever made. this cd should've been called 'circles' cuz that's the only place most of these songs are going.

11. We the People - terrible. boring wannabe political-rant song about nothing, really. again.. just goes in circles.

I don't get it. Mudvayne was once a good band. They had crazy bass lines and chunky guitar riffs, laced with funky drum beats.. all being destroyed by the singer's raspy, but honest voice.. the first and second cds are great.. totally different, but a nicer studio can do that. This cd is terrible. There are only 3-4 songs worth listening to. I liked most of the last cd, even tho it was more radio-friendly. It was still heavy and had good lyrics and sounded like some time was spent on it. This cd sounds like it was made in 2 days. It sounds totally rushed. There's no substance to it at all. It's just generic, slow-to-fast chug riffs. They used to be so much better, which is what makes this cd so terrible. 1.5/5

[blackening]

I liked 'The End of All Things to Come' but you pretty much described the band right here:

This cd sounds like it was made in 2 days. It sounds totally rushed. There's no substance to it at all. It's just generic, slow-to-fast chug riffs.

[Just Do It]

The new Six Feet Under is pretty good. A lot better than their previous couple of albums.

[Dubya]

Didn't know Six Feet Under had a new one out.. what's the title?

[blackening]

It's called Death Ritiuals.

I had Maximum Violence at one point, but I gave it away.

I think they suck, but some songs can be listened to.

[Hero!]

Bringer of blood was pretty cool when i was 13 or so.

[Nemesis]

Metallica are awesome live and have been on great form this year so you should enjoy it.

Their latest setlist was;
That Was Just Your Life
The End of The Line
Creeping Death
For Whom The Bell Tolls
One
Broken, Beat and Scarred
Cyanide
Sad But True
Until It Sleeps
No Remorse
The Day That Never Comes
Master of Puppets
Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
----
Die, Die My Darling
Stone Cold Crazy
Seek and Destroy

Yeah, they were excellent. Besides what I'm assuming were Death Magnetic songs that I wasn't familiar with, here's what they played:

Harvester of Sorrow
Until it Sleeps
One (pretty nice looking pyro during this one)
Enter Sandman
Nothing Else Matters
Sad But True
Ride the Lightning
Wherever I May Roam
Master of Puppets
Fight Fire With Fire
Last Caress
Motorbreath
Seek and Destroy

I wasn't sure going in whether I would like the concert or not, but I was thoroughly impressed with it all. The only bad thing was that I had to sit next to some guy who was doing air punches the ENTIRE TIME.







Danzig and Dimmu Borgir were awesome.

I could've sworn Hellhammer was there on drums, since it looked like him on stage, but I heard somewhere he had a neck injury. Anyway, it was nice seeing an awesome live show from Dimmu Borgir, since they had sound problems at Ozzfest a few years back and played for about 20 minutes. If their setlist would've only included Tormentor of Christian Souls and Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny, it would've been absolutely perfect.

Danzig wasn't bad at all. He seemed out of breath the whole time (maybe he should add some cardio to his workout regimen), but his voice sounded awesome. I'm not sure why his voice sounded so blown out on his last several albums, but he sounded perfect here. He played 2-3 songs from each album (except for 5, naturally), but only played one unreleased song, Satan's Crucifixion. Was kind of hoping to hear When Death Had No Name instead, but I digress. Excellent show. And Danzig is also going bald.

I wanted to see Moonspell that night, too, but I got voted down and we had some early drinks at a nearby bar instead.

And with it being Halloween night, I was dressed in a ninja costume. Walking past the smokers outside, I hear, "Power Ranger motherfucker! I'll kick your fucking ass!!" and I'm thinking it might be an interesting night. But everyone who approached me about my costume were really cool to talk with, and were kind of intrigued (really? Nobody dresses like a freaking ninja on Halloween?).

Just don't ever use a costume that involves duct tape on your arms and legs if you're really hairy. Fuck.

[Dubya]

New Slayer song: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=109448 It's at the bottom. There's a live version and a studio version. Pretty good stuff if you like Slayer and you should because..

http://www.hoovesarmy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/GodListensToSlayer.jpg

[blackening]

Except for Dead Skin Mask, I always thought Slayer was shit. Even before I was a Christian. Boring.

[Beer-Belly]

I was actually thinking either Disturbed or Godsmack, just something more straight-forward with the rock. It has to have some groove to it and it has to be at least somewhat catchy or she prolly won't give a shit.. that shouldn't be that hard, tho. I think I can eventually get her into some Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine, maybe some Atreyu.. stuff like that. I don't expect to get her listening to Mastodon or anything like that.. tho, it would be fuckin' hot.

Fuck that mess. Any girl who is even remotely into hard rock should be listening to Queens of the Stone Age.


Kings would be too macho. The Kings of the Stone Age wear armor and have axes and wrestle. The Queens of the Stone Age hang out with the Kings of the Stone Age's girlfriends when they wrestle, and also it was a name given to us by Chris Goss. He gave us the name Queens of the Stone Age. Rock should be heavy enough for the boys and sweet enough for the girls. That way everyone's happy and it's more of a party. Kings of the Stone Age is too lopsided.

[Ringo]

Decibel's top 40 Metal albums of the year, if anybody's interested...


40. Coffins, Buried Death (20 Buck Spin)
39. Withered, Folie Circulaire (Prosthetic)
38. Graveyard (Tee Pee)
37. North, What You Were (Cavity)
36. Decrepit Birth, Diminishing Between Worlds (Unique Leader)
35. Witch, Paralyzed (Tee Pee)
34. Aura Noir, Hades Rise (Tyrant Syndicate)
33. Cynic, Traced in Air (Season of Mist)
32. Meshuggah, obZen (Nuclear Blast)
31. This Comp Kills Fascists Vol. 1 (Relapse)
30. Samothrace, Life's Trade (20 Buck Spin)
29. Blacklisted, Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God (Deathwish, Inc.)
28. Bloodbath, The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)
27. Testament, The Formation of Damnation (Nuclear Blast)
26. 5ive, Hesperus (Tortuga)
25. Hennes Siste Host, Host (Init)
24. Gridlink, Amber Gray (Hydra Head)
23. Trap Them, Seizures in Barren Praise (Deathwish, Inc.)
22. Hour of 13 (Shadow Kingdom)
21. Hail of Bullets, Of Frost and War (Metal Blade)
20. Intronaut, Prehistoricisms (Century Media)
19. Gods and Queens (Robotic Empire)
18. Toxic Holocaust, An Overdose of Death (Relapse)
17. Esoteric, The Maniacal Vale (Season of Mist)
16. Enslaved, Vertebrae (Nuclear Blast)
15. Gojira, The Way of All Flesh (Prosthetic)
14. Pyramids (Hydra Head)
13. Amon Amarth, Twilight of the Thunder God (Metal Blade)
12. Krallice (Profound Lore)
11. Harvey Milk, Life . . . the Best Game in Town (Hydra Head)
10. Disfear, Live the Storm (Relapse)
9. Made Out of Babies, The Ruiner (The End)
8. Wetnurse, Invisible City (Seventh Rule)
7. Origin, Antithesis (Relapse)
6. Rotten Sound, Cycles (Spinefarm)
5. The Gates of Slumber, Conqueror (Profound Lore)
4. Opeth, Watershed (Roadrunner)
3. Genghis Tron, Board Up the House (Relapse)
2. Nachmystium, Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Century Media)
1. Torche, Meanderthal (Hydra Head)

Of this list, I've only heard five (Torche, Genghis, Harvey Milk, Opeth and Meshuggah). Torche and Harvey Milk are immense obviously, I liked the Genghis as well, but not as good as I'd hoped. I also enjoyed the Opeth and Meshuggah upon first listen, but I'm not really overwhelmed by either anymore. Both decent albums though.

[blackening]

I've only heard of a few of those bands, much less an entire album.

I've heard a few songs from Amon Amarth's Twlight of the Thunder God and thought they were good.

[Dubya]

I don't know who most of those bands are, but that Intronaut cd is amazing.. instrumental metal is the shit.. the Amon Amarth cd is great from start to finish, Blackening.. check it out.

That Gojira cd is pretty badass, too.. not quite as good as their previous stuff, but still.. better than most other bands.

Other than those, I think Esoteric and Opeth are the only other ones I picked up.. never been a big Meshuggah fan.

Oh and Beer-Belly, I got her into QOTSA a while ago. She digs em' for the most part. She doesn't go for the long-tripped-out stuff as much as their quarky, bouncy songs. You got their Live in London DVD? I think I watched that DVD about 5-6 times before it left my DVD player.

[Dubya]

Chi's Condition - wookubus (wookubus@theprp.com)
(3:47 PM MST 12/09/2008)
Deftones bassist Chi Cheng remains in a coma following a car accident early last month. The latest update on his condition from the Deftones camp can be found below:
"Chi remains in a coma, and as of this morning there's been no significant change in his condition. Last week he was moved out of the Intensive Care Unit and transferred to a brain rehabilitation hospital in Northern California. The hospital specializes in the care and management of traumatic and non-trauma related brain injuries with a team of highly skilled therapists, nurses and consultants. He's in great hands.
Please continue to pray for our brother, and thank you all for your love and support."

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I know it's not metal, but there's no ramble thread in the music forum..

This shit is really sad.. I keep reading updates and nothing gets better. I grew up on deftones, man. Adrenaline was one of the first 10 cds I bought and I played the shit out of it. I've seen them live 6 times and every time it was different and awesome. I've met them twice (Abe actually remembered me. I couldn't believe it.) and chatted a couple of them up for a good hour once (Abe and Chi) and they're super-cool guys. I just really hope something happens and Chi gets better. It just doesn't sound good and it hasn't sounded good since it happened. Seriously, this just breaks my heart to read. I can't imagine what his family is going through. It's terrible. They just have to wait.. wait and see if he dies or lives.. and to have to wait this long.. that's absolutely horrible.

Also..

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Benefiting Chi - wookubus (wookubus@theprp.com)
(4:38 PM MST 12/08/2008)
More details have been revealed for the second benefit show planned for Deftones bassist Chi Cheng, who is said to still be in a coma following a car crash early last month. The show, which will take place at Harlow's in Sacramento, CA on December 09th, will feature an impromptu set by Tinfed with Deftones drummer Abe Cunningham, Tim Mccord (The Revolution Smile and Evanescence) and more rounding out the bands line-up. Furthermore, DJ sets from Deftones sampler Frank Delgado and Team Sleep's DJ Crook are also on the bill, plus performances from Last Angels, Eightfourseven, Death Valley High and Will Haven - complete with a special appearance from their original frontman Grady Avenell. All proceeds from the show will go towards Cheng and his family.

[WizoOzz]

Since I've been lurking - a few comments. I've badmouthed Deftones in the past, but since have become a major fan (thanks to a good friend of mine who doesn't belong to the boards), I saw them live in Philly, and they were awesome. They blew the hell out of me (considering I'd seen them at a non-impressive Ozzfest performance). I seriously am hoping for the best with Chi's condition. I need to see them again. Seriously.

Also Amon Armarth for best metal album of 08. Bar none. Except the Opeth and Bloodbath ablums. Then again, I'm ghey for Akerfeldt.

[Dubya]

Ya know, I'm really digging the new Unearth cd. I didn't really like it as much at first, but it's really grown on me a lot over the last couple weeks.

[Pete Cash]

Amon Armarth are still knocking about.

I've actually at the very least listened to most of those albums. I might download them all. I am falling behind on the metal, which is a shame considering how good the genre has been since the turn of this century.

[Dubya]

You should check out Unearth's new cd, The March. It currently has a vicious stranglehold on my car stereo.

[Dubya]

Cheng's Condition Remains The Same - wookubus (wookubus@theprp.com)
(4:04 PM MST 12/26/2008)
Deftones drummer Abe Cunningham recently checked in to thank fans for their support with bassist Chi Cheng's ongoing recovery from a car crash which has left him in a coma since early November. He revealed that Chi's condition still remains "about the same." The previous update from the Deftones camp specified that Cheng had been moved out of ICU and into a brain rehabilitation hospital. For now, you can read the entire update here (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=769597&blogID=458859419).

[Nemesis]

Anyone heard of Belphegor? I'm liking their latest one...bought it with an iTunes gift card from Christmas. They're the first band described as "blackened death metal" (a stupid label in the first place) that actually sounds like such. I like Behemoth, and to a lesser extent, Zyklon, but neither one of them fit the label anymore...just pure death metal to me. Anyway, they rule. And I always love a band with horribly stupid song titles, like Sexdictator Lucifer.

[Nemesis]

Crap.