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[Swedish Sensation]

SwedishSensation

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[Psycho]

So, I'd like to check out this Strapping Young Lad. Where should I start, dudes?

[Alex E]

SYL is playing 10 minutes away from me this week. :D

[NiMMERS]

Originally posted by PsychoSport
So, I'd like to check out this Strapping Young Lad. Where should I start, dudes?

'City' then 'No Sleep 'til Bedtime', then the latest one which is self titled and then get the debut 'Heavy as a really heavy thing'.

Sorted.

[J Feisty]

Start out with some "Oh my fucking God".....then some "Detox"....then some "Far Beyond Metal"....and end it with some "Satans Ice Cream Truck"

[Nemesis]

Man, I wish Dimmu Borgir had the release date posted for Death Cult Armageddon. I'm really excited for this one to come out.

[Black Eagle]

Just wondering if anyone has heard any of the following bands:

The Agony Scene
Underoath
7th Cross
Nightwish
Soultorn
Scars of Life
Man the Machine
Age of Ruin

I came across these bands, and downloaded a few of their songs. Most of it is thrash/metal and there are some quality tunes by each band. Scars of life is class.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Originally posted by Swedish Sensation
SwedishSensation

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[Nemesis]

Originally posted by Black Eagle
Just wondering if anyone has heard any of the following bands:


Nightwish




I've heard sereral of their songs. I guess it just wasn't my thing, with the mellower songs and the operatic vocals. :\

:chin: ...but I guess that's a contradiction right there, because I really like the newer Therion stuff. Their formula is really similar.

[SideburnZ]

I love operatic metal...

And yeah, I love Nightwish. I got their album "Oceanborn". Awesome stuff.

[SideburnZ]

Originally posted by Nemesis
Man, I wish Dimmu Borgir had the release date posted for Death Cult Armageddon. I'm really excited for this one to come out.


:eek: :drool:

I hadnt even heard about this. Awesome.

[NiMMERS]

Just picked up Mit Gas by Tomahawk and found Burning Japan by Arch Enemy. Fuck! Japanese imports are expensive.

[Swedish Sensation]

Originally posted by Megawozniak
SYL is playing 10 minutes away from me this week. :D

Just as a point of interest (okay, well, of mild interest), my friend's local band called Revolution (www.revolutionrocks.com)'s tour manager also works with SYL and they may be doing some small gigs with SYL in the near future. Just thought that was a cool point.

[NiMMERS]

You should try get some backstage priveliges and meet the SYL guys...they rock. Especially The Gene.

[Black Eagle]

I've seen a few guys around here mention Tomahawk, but i've never listened to any of their stuff. But the other day, i saw an advert promoting their tour down here. What music do they produce? Comparisons? Songs to download?

[SideburnZ]

Originally posted by Black Eagle
I've seen a few guys around here mention Tomahawk, but i've never listened to any of their stuff. But the other day, i saw an advert promoting their tour down here. What music do they produce? Comparisons? Songs to download?

Its another of Mike Pattons bands...whom you probably know from Faith No More. So I guess thats the best comparison...althought they're quite different.

Check out Pop 101, Flashback, Sweet Smells Of Success and Narcosis.

[Crabby]

Tomahawk is the project of Patton's that overall probably sounds most like Faith No More, at least in terms of vocals and the fact he sings a hell of a lot more.Atmospheric,weird heavy rock basically.The band also includes The Mark Of Cain drummer John Stainer.

And Tomahawk,Fantomas and most likely The Melvins will be touring Australia soon.Oh hell yeah.

Rhys,when/where did you see an ad for the tour? 'Cause the dates haven't been announced yet anyway.

[Black Eagle]

Down on Chapel st. There was a huge sign saying that they were touring. I was driving past, so i didn't get a close look, but it said the Tomahawks.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

WOOOOO!

Dave has played s single gig for a deceased friend.

Symphony of Destruction
Promises
A tout Le Monde

Well just those songs.


Megadeth.com
Former MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine has begun work on a solo release, tentatively due in early 2004 through Sanctuary Records. No further details are available at this time.

Hmmmmmmmm.

[Nemesis]

Hey...does Tomahawk sound enough like FNM's 'King For a Day...' that I would like them?

And Dave coming out with solo work= :headbang: x 3498764

I wonder if Junior will be on it, too, since he wrote the parts for Megadeth that Dave didn't. :chin:

Dammit, I referred to a band as "Dave." I really hope no Dave Matthews Band fans are looking at this...:scared:

[Aussie_Outlaw]

David is producing the WarMachine album but i havent heard word on that for some time. Also if you read the news it also says at the funeral/wake thing Dave was surprised David turned up and he said he looked well, which looks like Dave and David haven't spoken for awhile.

Plus wasn't David doing something Dan Spitz (ex-Anthrax) and Nicko McBrain (Maiden) but Nicko has a massive Maiden tour with the new album finished.

Yes the new album Maiden album is finished,

[Nemesis]

Originally posted by Aussie_Outlaw
Also if you read the news it also says at the funeral/wake thing Dave was surprised David turned up and he said he looked well, which looks like Dave and David haven't spoken for awhile.



:eek: Wow. That's pretty crazy. Junior always seemed second in command, so I'm surprised they haven't kept in contact. But then again, band status doesn't always dictate social status, I guess. :\

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Yeah it surprised me.

But still who would play on Dave's solo album?

[Nemesis]

That's what I was thinking.

It depends on what musical direction he takes, IMO. But Ellefson should be there, too. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT!

/me slams fist against desk

:cry:

[Aussie_Outlaw]

If it had Dave and David it would be Megadeth, even if the other two members were ring ins.

[Nemesis]

Considering their different line-ups throughout the years, I see your point.

[SideburnZ]

Can someone help me out?

I need the lyrics to Gorelords Force Fed On Human Flesh album. Cant find em anywhere.

[s-pac]

alot of sites are the official site has them, found a site that said it was official (http://209.150.104.196/horror/gorelord/) but it didnt have the lyrics, no luck.......

[Nemesis]

I thought I saw a site somewhere...

I have them in the booklet at my house. I you need them, I can e-mail them to you or something.

[SideburnZ]

If ya can PM them to me that'd rule. :heart:

[NiMMERS]

Anyone dig Lamb of God? I just bought 'As the Palaces burn' and damn does it rock hard. The mighty midas touch of Townsend is good!

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I got around to listening to damnation (had a dozen other things to listen to), and I can say it's awesome, especially when running those kind of records together, ie Promised Mind which I just finished.

[Ringo]

darklyrics.com?

[SideburnZ]

Dont see them there...

[Nemesis]

Lamb of God is pretty damn good, from what few songs I've heard of them. But I never think of looking for them when I'm buying CDs. :banghead:

I first heard of them on www.killuglytv.com a few years back, but haven't checked them out until about 6 months ago. I need to buy their CD.

[NiMMERS]

They use to be known as Burn the Priest and they released a debut under that name. But a few years back they released another under their current name Lamb of God by the name of New American Gospel which was produced by Steve Austin (of Today Is The Day fame, not WWE). I need to hunt the rest of that shit down, pronto!

Seriously reccomended.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Has the question: What would Dream Theater sound like in a video game ever plagued your thoughts for hours on end? I know it has confused me for eons.

So Stumbling around I found this.

http://www.geocities.com/psychocond...mtheaterNES.mp3

Dream Theater's Overture 1928 played on the Nintendo.

It should go to number one. :headbang:

[Crabby]

Nimmers, does your copy of Devin Townsend Band's "Accelerated Evolution" have the extra disc (It has a few extra tracks on it,all of which are quite lengthy)? 'Cause I've seen both the single and double-CD versions, and I'm just wondering if it's worth the extra cash (the two-CD one is around $40 around here) for the extra material. Rock.

[NiMMERS]

Yeah I ordered my digipack from HevyDevy and cost me like $33 or something. At J.B. it's reasonably priced. But is it worth $40? No. The EKO project is just Devin fucking round with a sampling program like Fruity Loops or Dance E-Jay. Electronic music is just not too my taste. But definitely for AE either way.

[Crabby]

I saw it in the 'Gong the other day for about $40 with the extra tracks,although I saw it in more than one place that was the only one with the bonus disc.I might just get the single disc when I do get around to buying it anyway.

[NiMMERS]

Yeah that'd be the way to go. As a huge Devy fan, I don't want any more music in the vein of EKO. Ich.

[Crabby]

I have to say that getting some more Maiden and Devy in my collection is definitely a priority ATM.Only problem is heaps of Devy's projects are damn hard to find.Strapping Young lad is the only one of his projects I actually own albums from so I'm keen to extend that.I'm also keen to get my hands on Symphony X's "The Odyssey".

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Are you metal enough?

http://homestarrunner.com/trogdor.html

Or should I post this in the asylum?

[Aussie_Outlaw]

In Flames: THE LATEST NEWS
2003/05/18 »
Hello all good people. Today we are leaving for Denmark to start the pre-production for our next album. Lots of ideas are starting to shape into songs and it´s gonna be a really creative time.

In the meantime watch out for the release of the EP for "Trigger", featuring one new song: "Watch Them Feed". The releasedate for "Trigger" is set to June 10th.

We´ll try and keep you updated during this period, until then, take care and we´ll see you all soon!! Björn,Daniel, Jesper,Anders & Peter.

December Release. Too Soon?

[Ringo]

Originally posted by Crabby
I'm also keen to get my hands on Symphony X's "The Odyssey".

Now That would be a good idea (y)

[Crabby]

Bought the new Deftones album today.On first impressions it's pretty good though maybe not quite as experimental as WP.

[Moz]

Hi Evil followers !

A mini cd with some previously unreleased songs and a video clip of Children of the night will be released in the near future.
More info will come as we get the release date from Century Media Records.

Dream Evil

[NiMMERS]

Originally posted by Crabby
I have to say that getting some more Maiden and Devy in my collection is definitely a priority ATM.Only problem is heaps of Devy's projects are damn hard to find.Strapping Young lad is the only one of his projects I actually own albums from so I'm keen to extend that.

Bar the Maiden and concentrate on the Devy :D
Depends on how good your local heavy music outpost is. I've seen pretty much every Devy solo release. If that fails, find a find with a credit card and order direct from HevyDevy. If ya do it often enough you get some stickers and personal notes from his wife and photocopied articles from mags on him which is cool.

[Crabby]

Not an Iron Maiden fan,Nimmers? I definitely plan to get Ocean Machine and the Devin Townsend Band albums damn soon.

[NiMMERS]

Do so. It's for you're own good.

Iron Maiden really are not my cup of tea. Never struck a chord with me like most people who like to explore innovators and pioneers of heavy music.

[Crabby]

I'm seriously in an Iron Maiden/Judas Priest obsession period ATM.The first time I heard them years ago I was a little indifferent but I gave them another chance soon after and absolutely loved them.

[NiMMERS]

I love JP. I saw Rob jamming 'Grinder' with pantera on the pants dvd and the rest is history.

[Crabby]

Which DVD was that?

Borrowed a mate's copy of the Fear Factory "Digital Connectivity", pretty impressive stuff.

[NiMMERS]

The 3 Vulgar Videos (all past 3 Pants home vids). Hunt it down, it's classic.

I've been looking for that but I can't find it anywhere? What's on it?

[Crabby]

I haven't watched it all yet, but it's pretty cool.Loads of videos,some cool live footage from the various stages of their career,interviews,etc.Plus some other interesting stuff like news footage of when a couple of hundred people rioted at UNSW after the band's gig there was cancelled without their knowledge.

The bonus multimedia stuff on the Audioslave album is also pretty damn cool,I must say.

And I'm seeing Cog again this Thursday.Even better is that it's free 'cause I'm a UOW student.They headed up your way again soon?

[Kris]

The Passage by Ephel Duath is amazing.

:drool:

This is my new favourite song.

[Ringo]

Crabby Do You like any of the Blaze material?? Personally i think 'Man On The Edge' From Virtual XI is 1 of their best songs.

[Crabby]

I don't mind the Maiden albums with Blaze but I'm not really in any hurry to rush out and buy them ATM.

Nimmers,do you have Fear Factory's "Concrete" or "Hatefiles"?

[NiMMERS]

Cool. I need to get my hands on that DVD. No idea on the Cog tour news.

Hatefiles and Concrete? I lost interest in FF when I heard Digimortal plus I was getting into alot of other stuff at the time.

[Crabby]

Both those albums don't sound much like Digimortal apparently.Concrete was their debut album produced by Ross Robinson that never actually got released (though a few of the tracks later ended up on SOANM and Demanufacture).

[NiMMERS]

Yeah that's true. Hatefiles is just b-sides,live and remixed material. Meh I say. There is bigger and better things out there for me.

[SideburnZ]

Has it been discussed that Children of Bodom are amazing?

Cuz if not...

:headbang: They are.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Never heard of em Burnz

[Nemesis]

I just found this pic of Dani Filth from Cradle of Filth.

http://www.thegrimoire.com/images/cradle1.jpg

:lol: This one cracks me up. I mean, just look at him. I never knew he looked like he was still in high school. :lol:

[SideburnZ]

I've seen other funny pics of him.

He's like 5 feet tall. Its great.

[Nemesis]

That reminds me...I have to see the video for "Her Ghost in the Fog." I heard it's funny how he dances around, and since he's so little.

[Crabby]

Went and saw Cog again last night, they were awesome.Support bands were pretty ordinary but they rocked damn hard.

[NiMMERS]

Cog have the goods. It's a question of when a major label decides to pick them up and give them the push they deserve.

WHOO! 'A Lethal Dose Of American Hatred' comes out in July! I eagerly anticipate it.

[Crabby]

The only problem is they still cop a little shit from some people who think they rip off Tool in a major way.Which IMO they definitely do not anyway.

[NiMMERS]

I've never heard anyone bag them for that. I can hear the resemblance in their sound but I don't like Tool at all. I find MJK's irritating to be honest.

[Crabby]

I love Tool's music and I can see the influence,but not much more than that is evident in Cog's sound in reality.

I have to get their other EP and new maxi-single as well.A few more CD's to add to my hitlist.

[NiMMERS]

I aint heard part 2 in entirety but I think I like part 1 more.

Whilst on aussie metal where is new Frankenbok? It's gonna rock very hard. I hope Adam B. Metal sounds as good on disc as he does live.

[Crabby]

Do they have a website? I'm trying to find out if they're playing in the 'Gong anytime soon.

Do you dig The Mark Of Cain?

Found this on Metalshop-

"PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has told MTV.com that although the band has not officially broken up, there are no immediate plans to work together.

"If five or 10 years down the way, [everyone] wants to get together and do more PANTERA music, then we'll see," Anselmo said. "Of course, it would take some soul searching from all of us."
Anselmo is focusing his attention on his hardcore metal band SUPERJOINT RITUAL, while guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul work on their new outfit, NEW FOUND POWER.
"I think each and every one of us needs to get some other pieces of music out of their systems," Anselmo said. "And I think that some of us need to take some time for ourselves to get on with life again instead of reliving the past over and over and over."
The singer also revealed that DOWN, his side-project band with PANTERA bassist Rex Brown, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY frontman Pepper Keenan, CROWBAR guitarist Kirk Windstein and EYEHATEGOD guitarist Jimmy Bower (who's also in SUPERJOINT RITUAL), may also be on indefinite hold.
"As much work and as much blood and sweat that we gave to those two records is how much we weren't given back or helped or even pushed a minute at all by our record label," he said. "It's basically sabotage and it's painful to take a knife in the back like that. They don't give a shit at all that DOWN is some people's favorite band. They don't care that the new METALLICA sounds a lot like DOWN. They don't care that Jack Osbourne, who's on the cover of People magazine, has a DOWN shirt on. No way. They're just telling us that this record's run its course and it's over with. So until a lot of business is taken care of with and between the record labels, it's very tough for a band like DOWN to function at all." SUPERJOINT RITUAL, whose sophomore album, "A Lethal Dose of American Hatred", is due on July 22 through Sanctuary Records, remains Anselmo's top priority at the moment. "Right now it feels absolutely thrilling to be playing back in smaller clubs and to have kids right dead in front of my face and be playing hard-ass-core music that people are reacting to violently," he said. "I fucking love that, and that is SUPERJOINT RITUAL."

[SideburnZ]

:hyper: I got Children of Bodoms Tokyo Warhearts and Hate Crew Deathroll.

Oh man. They are both great.:drool: Listened to them about 30 times already.


The cover of "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" by the Ramones is great.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Nevermore (Enemes of Reality)

July 29th.

Title Track
http://rx2.servebeer.com/Nevermore-Enemies_Of_Reality-rx2.mp3

Heavier than Dead Heart, but still remaining melodic, should be awesome.

[NiMMERS]

www.alifethatslesscynical.cjb.net for all your 'bok needs.

TMOC are pretty good. I use to listen to Ill At Ease a hell of alot back in the day. But they don't really do much for me these days.

[Nemesis]

Just got the new Anthrax yesterday. I think I've listened to the entire thing about 5 times already. I always knew Charlie was a good drummer, but I never realized he was that good. It's too early to say if this album tops Sound of White Noise, but it's up there. And what's up with "Black Dhalia?" I think that's the first time I've heard a blast beat (or something close to it) in an Anthrax song. It had me thinking, "what the fuck?!?" but had me enjoying it at the same time. Man, this CD kicks ass.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I reviewed it in the Album Review thread a few days ago.

Charlie gets better with age.

[Nemesis]

Outlaw, you have always been my Safe Home. :o

:p

[Charlotte]

Originally posted by The Ringmaster
Crabby Do You like any of the Blaze material?? Personally i think 'Man On The Edge' From Virtual XI is 1 of their best songs.

Actually that was on 'The X Factor'. Saw Maiden live last night and I'm still high from it so if anyone slags them off I'm likely to fly into a rage... Let that be a warning ;)

As for Anthrax I saw them a couple of months ago. Good gig, their new album seems to be a bit of a return to form as I hadn't been too impressed with them lately.

[GameOver!]

2 Things:

Marduk - World Funeral.

WOTBM... heard of em?

[SideburnZ]

I have Marduks - La Grande Danse Macabre. I was gonna order World Funeral, or one of the others today...but I got Behemoths latest instead.

Who is WTOBM?

[Nemesis]

Originally posted by SideburnZ
I have Marduks - La Grande Danse Macabre. I was gonna order World Funeral, or one of the others today...but I got Behemoths latest instead.



Heh heh...I just ordered World Funeral today actually, along with Dissection's Storm of the Light's Bane/Where Dead Angels Lie and the new Old Man's Child.

[Crabby]

Originally posted by NiMMERS
www.alifethatslesscynical.cjb.net for all your 'bok needs.

TMOC are pretty good. I use to listen to Ill At Ease a hell of alot back in the day. But they don't really do much for me these days.

You didn't like This Is This? One of my favourite albums, if you haven't heard it you're seriously missing out.By far the best of their albums so far. And they kick serious arse live.

[NiMMERS]

I've never heard This Is This in it's entirety. I heard a song and it didnt catch me.

[Crabby]

I'd definitely recommend you give the album a listen.

Bought Sepultura's "Nation" and "Against" cheap today, liking both of them though I prefer "Nation" ATM.

[Crabby]

I found this on the Metalshop site-

"Iron Maiden have announced that their 13th studio album will be titled ‘Dance Of Death’.

And it will feature the following tracks:

1. Wildest Dreams
2. Rainmaker
3. No More Lies
4. Montsegur
5. Dance Of Death
6. Gates Of Tomorrow
7. New Frontier
8. Paschendale
9. Face in The Sand
10. Age Of Innocence
11. Journeyman".

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Did you also find out that it'll be mixed in Dolby 5.1?

I don't think so.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Edguy's Burning Down The Opera was released today.

So I went into the city and was the first person in Australia to purchase it.

:)

Lemme just say the packaging rules. It's more like a book than a cd with two discs in the front and back.

[Crabby]

Deftones have covered Helmet's "Sinatra" as a B-Side for the "Minerva" single. I'm yet to hear it but it would be interesting.

[Black Eagle]

I have a fair list of CD's to buy, but for some reason, i can't find a shop that sells 'em. My uncle has ordered them in, but it will take a good few weeks. 'tis shit.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

It's fairly easy to find any sort of music in Melbourne.

I can't see how you can't find anything.

JB hi Fi has a fair bit.

[Crabby]

Apparently Machine Head will be producing their next album themselves.And they're still a trio ATM, I don't know when they plan to replace Ahrue Luster.

[Nemesis]

Holy shit, the CDs I ordered on Sunday already arrived today! But then again, I guess Utah isn't that far away from me...

They just gave me a CD-ROM with at least 30 mp3s on it. I'll have to check that out once I'm done listening to the stuff I got. I haven't heard of any of the bands on it (except Marduk), so this should be interesting.

Listening to Dissection right now. It's only on track 2, and it sounds badass.

[NiMMERS]

Originally posted by Crabby
Apparently Machine Head will be producing their next album themselves.And they're still a trio ATM, I don't know when they plan to replace Ahrue Luster.

Get with the program!
Ahrue got replaced a few months ago by ex-Violence guitarist Phil Demmel. They've been rehearsing for ages and now I hear they're ready to start cutting some tracks.

[Crabby]

I heard they were going to put Phil in Ahrue's place, but I didn't realise that he had actually formally taken his position.

[Nemesis]

:lol: Check it out:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/paulgray1.html

Drug-free my ass! :rofl:

[Crabby]

The tracklisting for the new Superjoint Ritual album, "A Lethal Does Of American Hatred"-

Drug Dealer's A Dick*
01. Sickness
02. Waiting For The Turning Point
03. Dress Like A Target
04. The Destruction Of A Person
05. Personal Insult
06. Never To Sit Or Stand Again
07. Death Threat
Her 6th Lesson In Life*
08. Permanently
09. Stealing A Page Or Two From The Armed And Radical Pagans
10. Symbol Of Nevermore
11. The Knife Rises
12. The Horror
13. Absorbed
Black Mood*

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Can I get a metal person's review of St Anger?

And NOT a pop review.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

:lol:

Yeah I'll burn the album off a friend prolly next week. Plus my brother is copying the first QOTSA album for me off his friend.

I've heard that song and yes I'd agree.

Plus I also hear the DVD mix is better than the cd, and not purposely. But you cant get much worse than the cd mix.

[Kris]

Does anyone like Ephel Duath, I've heard a couple of songs and I was wondering whether to get the new album, the reviews I've read basically say it's fucking awesome...

[Nemesis]

What do they sound like?

[Kris]

Metal and Fusion Jazz.

[NiMMERS]

The minions are buying St. Anger by the bucketload. I wouldnt really know but there was no copy at all at JB and just a huge empty space in the M section. So I bought the Killswitch Engage album. Damn awesome I says. Especially for something on Roadrunner.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Originally posted by Kris
Metal and Fusion Jazz.

Early Megadeth? KIMB?

[SideburnZ]

Originally posted by NiMMERS
The minions are buying St. Anger by the bucketload. I wouldnt really know but there was no copy at all at JB and just a huge empty space in the M section. So I bought the Killswitch Engage album. Damn awesome I says. Especially for something on Roadrunner.

Arent Type O Negative on RR?

They own.

[Alex E]

Originally posted by Aussie_Outlaw
Edguy's Burning Down The Opera was released today.

So I went into the city and was the first person in Australia to purchase it.

:)

Lemme just say the packaging rules. It's more like a book than a cd with two discs in the front and back.

I just got that too, along with Blind Guardian Live. The Edguy singer (forget his name) does a pretty good job between songs. "This is not an alien cockatoo invasion. This is Vain....Glory.....Operaaaaa!!!!!!" :lol:

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Tobias Sammet.

Also you'll notice before Avantasia he says:

"What do you want to hear now? You tell us what you want to hear and we'll play what's next on our setlist"

*Crowd yells what they want to hear*

"Well we haven't understood anything so we'll play AVAN-TAS-IA!"

Gotta love that.

And Tobias adding stupid lyrics in (3:10 of How Many Miles), funny as hell. And Picking on the upper tier section of the crowd also in How Many Miles.

The album is golden. The Edguy's are damn tight. The only thing better would be if there was a full version of All The Clowns instead of Headles Game from Prog Power III.

[NiMMERS]

Originally posted by SideburnZ
Arent Type O Negative on RR?

They own.

Nah not a huge fan of Type O at all.

[Nemesis]

Originally posted by SideburnZ
Arent Type O Negative on RR?

They own.

Yeah. So was Deicide and Obituary. :headbang:

Besides that and some others, Roadrunner is a shit label, and I hear they treat their artists like slaves.

...speaking of labels, what's everyones' favorite? I find myself buying more Century Media and Nuclear Blast CDs than anything else. This might have already been brought up in this thread, so disregard this if it has. :\

[NiMMERS]

I use to be a Roadrunner slut. With my fav bands at the time all being on Roadrunner like Sepultura, Fear Factory and Machine Head. Plus back in the day they awesome bands like Nemesis mentioned like Deicide and Obituary. But now they just cater for commercial metal loving 15 year olds.

I don't really focus on buying stuff from a particular label these days. If I like it, I buy it regardless of label.

[Nemesis]

:lol: I used to be the same with Roadrunner, too.

I don't really buy from particular labels, but I do notice that CM and NB seem to have the most bands that I listen to. Maybe that's a bad thing for the artists...

[WizoOzz]

As the moderator of the Listening Room, I command you all to buy Lamb of God's As the Palaces Burn...

...or you'll all be banned :shifty:

Or something like that, I dunno. Just buy it.

[Kris]

Originally posted by Aussie_Outlaw
Early Megadeth? KIMB?


It's like Metal with the occasional freeform Saxophone in the songs I've heard :\

[aenima]

Originally posted by Kris
It's like Metal with the occasional freeform Saxophone in the songs I've heard :\

Tonight, Radio 2, 9 o'clock.

[Kris]

WHAT WHAT WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!

Also if anyone wants to hear an Ephel Duath song AIM me and I'll send you it.

[aenima]

Go and have a look in the Radio Times you lazy sod.

[Kris]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

Dave Gilmour is a snooty cunt these days.

I'll listen anyway.

[Kris]

Originally posted by NiMMERS
I use to be a Roadrunner slut. With my fav bands at the time all being on Roadrunner like Sepultura, Fear Factory and Machine Head. Plus back in the day they awesome bands like Nemesis mentioned like Deicide and Obituary. But now they just cater for commercial metal loving 15 year olds.

I don't really focus on buying stuff from a particular label these days. If I like it, I buy it regardless of label.

I used to e-team for them :$

They sent me an limited edition advance of Heretic Song by Slipknot.

Does anyone want it?

I don't.

[Crabby]

I just read on Ipecac that the Geeks Australian tour dates will be announced by the end of June.

Tomahawk,Fantomas and The Melvins in one night,it doesn't get much better than that.

[NiMMERS]

Originally posted by Kris
I used to e-team for them :$

They sent me an limited edition advance of Heretic Song by Slipknot.

Does anyone want it?

I don't.

You can keep it.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Ringmaster wanted a 1 disc version of my 3 disc Megadeth greatest hits. Strangly Megadeth have a greatest hits already but hey who am I to argue? I'm sure he won't mind me posting it here to waste space.


Megadeth (1 Discs)
1. Killing Is My Business ... And Business Is Good
2. Wake Up Dead
3. Peace Sells
4. Anarchy In The UK
5. In My Darkest Hour
6. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
7. Hangar 18
8. Tornado of Souls
9. Symphony Of Destruction
10. Train Of Consequences
11. A Tout Le Monde
12. Angry Again
13. Trust
14. Almost Honest
15. Prince Of Darkness
16. Crush 'Em
17. Dread And The Fugitive Mind

(TOTAL TIME: 79:53)
Just missed out (She Wolf, Looking Down The Cross, Reckoning Day, Ashes In Your Mouth




oh and a question, I've noticed that two Megadeth songs, (Go To Hell and Mechanix) are very similar to Metallica songs.. The beginning of Enter Sandman and The Four Horsemen.. Am I right in saying this is Metallica copying Megadeth, to anger Mustaine or something?


It was a 3-disc since I have a 3 disc cd changer at home. But I'll cut it down to 1.

Four Horsemen is a Megadeth song (you'll notice Dave gets credit in the Metallica book for KeA for about 6 songs, 3 or 4 in RtL)

Dave originally wrote Mechanix and the Metallica boys changed it to go on KeA hence his intro on Rude Awakening: "There are two ways you can hear this next song,... There's Their way, and there's our way. This next song is MECHANIX!"

As for Go To Hell/Enter Sandman the only similiar bit is the prayer in the middle of both, and no-one knows who added that first. Megadeth have Go To Hell copyrighted for 1991 (released on Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey) and Metallica wrote Sandman as one of the last few tracks on their self titled 1991 release. The album was released on August 9th.

So it's hard to say who did their version first.

[Black Eagle]

Originally posted by Crabby
I just read on Ipecac that the Geeks Australian tour dates will be announced by the end of June.

Tomahawk,Fantomas and The Melvins in one night,it doesn't get much better than that.

I remember asking you about these guys a while ago, but i never got around to downloading it. Would i enjoy these guys? Recommendations to download?

On another note, did anyone go on my recommendation and download some 'scars of life'. I'm fucking hooked. Some of your more hardcore metal fans won't like, it's mixes an alternative sound with some heavy pieces. I suppose you can say they are in the similar mould to Deftones, but even that's a bit left field. have a listen with an opened mind, and let me know what you think.

[Crabby]

Tomahawk- Birdsong,Rape This Day,Flashback,God Hates A Coward.- They are basically heavy,atmospheric rock.

Fantomas- Rosemary's Baby,The Godfather (pretty much the whole DC album or the tracks on the self-titled album).- They basically blend various extreme metal elements.Some of their stuff is seriously heavy.

[Crabby]

Ordered my copies of Opeth's "Damnation" and "Morning Rise" today (got em' a little cheaper as well).Can't wait to receive them, I'm in a serious Opeth phase ATM.

And next on my hitlist is the new Devin Townsend Band.

[Ringo]

I'm looking for some bands...... If you could help me out I'm looking for bands that sound like one of the following....

1. Bands sounding like early Metallica, I've gone on The All Music Guide, yet they say similar bands to Metalica include Sepultura and Slayer.. This is not what I'm looking for, I love both Sepultura and Slayer, but right now I'm looking for something nowhere near as heavy... and albums like Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets are nowhere near as heavy as Slayer or Sepultura, mostly due to the singers singing style. And Don't say Megadeth or Anthrax.. I already know about them.

2. Some more Power Metal, wherever I look I always seem to find about 7 power metal bands but no more whatsoever, surely there arent just 7 in this genre, so I'm looking for stuff like Symphony X, Gamma Ray or Nevermore, but without getting to like Dream Theater, I don't know why but I hate Dream Theater so much. So not really progressive metal, more power.

3. Something like early Machine Head.... any other bands have songs like 'Davidian' or 'Old', and don't name Slayer or Sepultura, I want bands very similar to early Machine Head...

If you can recommend any bands that might be like any of these bands, it would be appreciated...

Thanks...................

[Crabby]

Power Metal- I know it's a cliche to say it,but Dave knows his stuff.He put me on to a great Aussie pm band called Dungeon,though- check em' out.

If you dig Machine Head you may also like Skinlab.I'm not a huge fan but they tend to get compared to MH a lot.

Progressive metal- Go check out Queensryche or Opeth.

[NiMMERS]

If you like early MH you should get into the old school Bay Area thrash scene. Bands like Testament, Exodus and Possessed are reccomended. Even Vio-Lence which is Rob Flynn's old band.

Hey Crabby, keep your ears out for an Aussie band by the name of Daysend. They feature members of the late Psi.Kore. They take influences from the Swedish and traditional sound of metal plus some modern touches. They tour fairly regularly but not enough and they have not cut anything onto CD.

[Black Eagle]

I was reading a review about a Queensland metal band called My Formula. Apparently they are meant to be a potentially huge metal band. Anyone heard any of their music?

[NiMMERS]

Never heard of them.

I wish I could go to Overcranked. I think it's on soon or maybe even been.

Mick Morley from Frankenbok recently has his wrist operated on will be out of action for a while. Tim their bassist says, "Young Mick has undergone a successful operation to fix the pain in his wrist which has been bothering him for over a year now and the doctors orders are to rest up and heal to ensure a life time of drumming, high fiving and slapping the salami.".

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Originally posted by The Ringmaster
2. Some more Power Metal, wherever I look I always seem to find about 7 power metal bands but no more whatsoever, surely there arent just 7 in this genre, so I'm looking for stuff like Symphony X, Gamma Ray or Nevermore, but without getting to like Dream Theater, I don't know why but I hate Dream Theater so much. So not really progressive metal, more power.


Are you sure you mean Power Metal? Power metal generally is more cheesy than the bands listed and usually is Edguy, Blind Guardian, HammerFall, Helloween, Dream Evil, Rhapsody and similiar artists. Avantasia The Metal Opera is like a combined Power Metal Opera as it uses people from most Power metal bands.

The bands you listed are Symphony X (Progressive Metal), Nevermore (Goth/Traditional/Heavy/Prog Metal, bit of a mix hard to describe), and Gamma Ray (Power Metal).

Dream Theater is Progressive Rock with some metal. More of a commercial Prog also. There is weirder prog like Spoks Beard, Transatlantic, Kings X, Therion, The Flower Kings. They take their influences from Rush and Yes and some etcentric Floyd, etc. (not heavy and not metal)

I could also start listing smaller Aussie bands which are awesome like Modus Vivendi who sound similiar to DT but are totally different at the same time. Dungeon are an awesome band who seem to have a sound mixed brilliantly between Megadeth's SFSGSW (ie 80's Thrash) and Power Metal. Awesomeness.

As for Queensryche, well as it is known I love Queensryche. The whole Mindcrime cd should be owned by everyone. As well as Rust In Peace!

Another Prog Metal band but with really weird time signatures is Pain of Salvation, it's not guitar driven like most music I listen to but sometimes driven by keyboard, it incorporates alot of different types of music, some just find it weird or say it's bad. They touch on sadder themes of music.

I guess there is also cross Power Prog bands like Stratovarius and BG. Kamelot kind of sit in Power metal but they're not as heavy but use more progressive influences.

And why hasn't anyone recommended Iced Earth?

I guess I've answered the 2nd part of the question well enough for anyone.


I guess I'll just list some bands mentioned with songs. I'll give a few word desc.

Edguy (Power cheese) - Jeresulam, No More Foolin, Headless Game, Fallen Angels, Save Us Now

Blind Guardian (ProgPower) - Into The Storm, Nightfall, Sadly Sings Destiny, Precious Jerusalem, Imaginations From The Other Side

HammerFall (Power cheese) - Hearts On Fire, Trailblazers, Riders Of The Storm, The Unforgiving Blade

Rhapsody (Power symphony) - Knightrider Of Doom, Power Of The Dragonflame, Emerald Sword, Warrior Of Ice, Triumph For My Magic Steel

Dream Evil (heavy trad Cheese) - Save Us, In Flames You Burn, Chasing The Dragon, Break The Chains, Children Of The Night, By My Side

Stratovarius (ProgPower) - Playing With Fire, No Turning Back, 4000 Rainy Nights, Eternity, Speed Of Light.

Queensryche (Early prog Metal) - Operation Mindcrime, I am I, Empire, Resistance, Breaking The Silence, Hit The Black, London, NM156

Spock's Beard (Prog Rock) - Day For Night, Crack The Big Sky, Flow, In The Mouth Of Madness, The Good Don't Last, Harm's Way, Goodbye To Yesterday

Pain Of Salvation (Weird Prog Metal) - Ending Theme, Fandango, Rope Ends, Dryad Of The Woods, Used, Ashes, Reconciliation

Kamelot (ProgPower) - The Spell, Wings Of Despair, Forever, Requiem For The Innocent

Avantasia (Power) - Reach Out For The Light, The Tower, The Glory Of Rome, Avantasia, Inside

Iced Earth (Heavy Power) - Burning Times, Last December, Pure Evil, Last Laugh, Watching Over Me, I Died For You, Damien

The Flower Kings (Prog Rock) - In The Eyes Of The World, Church Of Your Heart, Just This Once

[Crabby]

Originally posted by NiMMERS
If you like early MH you should get into the old school Bay Area thrash scene. Bands like Testament, Exodus and Possessed are reccomended. Even Vio-Lence which is Rob Flynn's old band.

Hey Crabby, keep your ears out for an Aussie band by the name of Daysend. They feature members of the late Psi.Kore. They take influences from the Swedish and traditional sound of metal plus some modern touches. They tour fairly regularly but not enough and they have not cut anything onto CD.

Yep, I've heard a little of them.I'd have to say I'm looking to get some Alchemist into my collection soon as well.

[Ringo]

Oh yeah, I forgot to name Iced Earth in the bands I already know about, yes Iced earth is the perfect example... More bands like Iced Earth.

[Ringo]

To clarify, bands like Iced Earth, Heavier Symphony-X (Inferno, King Of Terrors etc.) and Ride the Lightning/MOP era Metallica.
Thanks....

[WizoOzz]

Originally posted by The Ringmaster
Oh yeah, I forgot to name Iced Earth in the bands I already know about, yes Iced earth is the perfect example... More bands like Iced Earth.

Demons & Wizards is great. Onward isn't too bad. There are an assload of bands on Century Media that are power-ish.

I'm not a huge power metal person, but some of it ain't bad at all. I do really dig a lot of Iced Earth stuff.

As for bands sounding like early Metallica, pretty much anything out of the bay area in the early-mid 80's has that thrash type sound to it. Exodus is another example. Newer bands, give Shadows Fall a shot...they don't sound exactly like that style, but they're close.

And for Machine Head, good luck...there aren't many bands that sound like that IMO.

[NiMMERS]

Originally posted by Crabby
Yep, I've heard a little of them.I'd have to say I'm looking to get some Alchemist into my collection soon as well.

Alchemist are doing a tour soon so keep an eye out.

[Alex E]

Originally posted by Aussie_Outlaw




Edguy (Power cheese) - Jeresulam, No More Foolin, Headless Game, Fallen Angels, Save Us Now

Blind Guardian (ProgPower) - Into The Storm, Nightfall, Sadly Sings Destiny, Precious Jerusalem, Imaginations From The Other Side

HammerFall (Power cheese) - Hearts On Fire, Trailblazers, Riders Of The Storm, The Unforgiving Blade

Kamelot (ProgPower) - The Spell, Wings Of Despair, Forever, Requiem For The Innocent

Damn, man, you forget the best stuff!
Edguy-Babylon, Tears of a Mandrake
Blind Guardian-Mirror Mirror !!!!!!!!!!!
Hammerfall-Heeding the Call, At the end of the rainbow
Kamelot-All across the highlands, At the edge of Paradise.
Well, in my opinion those are better :P

[Crabby]

Originally posted by NiMMERS
Alchemist are doing a tour soon so keep an eye out.

I'm even more pissed now that I missed em' with Opeth.Hope they do some gigs in the 'Gong,though.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Originally posted by Megawozniak
Damn, man, you forget the best stuff!
Edguy-Babylon, Tears of a Mandrake
Blind Guardian-Mirror Mirror !!!!!!!!!!!
Hammerfall-Heeding the Call, At the end of the rainbow
Kamelot-All across the highlands, At the edge of Paradise.
Well, in my opinion those are better :P


But there's that much decent Edguy/BG you could pick any.

As for H and K well I don't own as much.

Also to his, their own I guess.

[Ringo]

Hmm... Thanks alot guys...

I don't know if this has been done before in this thread, if it has tell me, but I was thinking.....
there is that thread that i made, but thats lost now, and not everyone did it right, and I know for a fact that not all the people who post here are just into metal and only metal, so....

1. Name your top 20 Metal albums of all time...
2. Name Your top 10/20 Metal tracks over 8 minutes long...
3. Name Your top 20 Metal tracks under 8 minutes long..
4. The Best Metal album cover ever? (Silly doing this fot other genres, but there are many fantastic metal covers.)
5. The 5 Most Influential Metal bands there has been?
6. Best Vocalist in the metal genre?
7. Best Guitarist in the metal genre?
8. Best Drummer in the metal genre?
9. Most beautiful metal songs? hmm....

Feel free to answer as many of these as you wish......

[NiMMERS]

Some of those questions are too in depth for me to answer. But I'll answer the ones I want to as I'll be here for 1000 years otherwise :)

4. The Best Metal album cover ever? At the moment I like the cover of 'In The Pandemonium' by Celtic Frost. It's a painting of what looks like a volcano erupting and all the humanity scrambling around it. The title totally fits it. Also the cover to Lamb of God's 'As The Palaces Burn' is awesome. It has a transparent plastic sheet of electrical schematic shit and the cd sleeve is cleverly created to bring out what looks like a face...totally awesome.
5. The 5 Most Influential Metal bands there has been? Black Sabbath of course. Slayer. Mayhem for their contributions to black metal. Couldnt be stuffed going on :)
6. Best Vocalist in the metal genre? Devin Townsend. His versatility and individuality cannot be replicated.
7. Best Guitarist in the metal genre? Christ. Check out any guitarist in any progressive metal band and they're gonna be damn good. Personal fav would be Devy.
8. Best Drummer in the metal genre? HOGLAN!
9. Most beautiful metal songs? Metal is ugly!

[Ringo]

1. later
2. later
3. later
4. No World Order by Gamma ray is pretty damn good, yep, Into The Pandemonium as well.... some of those cannibal corpse ones are pretty good too. ...And justice for all I think is great. Tribute to the Godz from Iced Earth. And a bunch of Iron Maiden ones of course.
5. what you said, plus Metallica and Dream Theater maybe.
6. Russell Allen, James Hetfield or Tom Araya.. Rob Flynn aswell.
7. Romeo surely...
8. No idea...
9. Ummm.... Inferno by Symphony-X has this really nice part.. I'll think of some more later.

[Crabby]

I'll answer a few as well-

4.I always love Devin Townsend's artwork for some reason.Sepultura's always have cool stuff as well.

5.Probably would be Black Sabbath,Judas Priest,Iron Maiden,Slayer and Metallica.

6.My favourite vocalist would have to be Bruce Dickinson.

7.Hmmmm, impossible for me to name just one.

8.Dave Lombardo,Mike Portnoy or Gene Hoglan.

9.A lot of the stuff on Opeth's "Damnation" album, and a lot of Dream Theater's material.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

1. Roughly, changes every now and then.

1. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
3. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
4. Edguy - Mandrake
5. Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat is Real
6. Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
7. Stuck Mojo - Declaration of a Headhunter
8. Dream Theater - Awake
9. Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
10. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What!
11. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
12. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
13. In Flames - Colony
14. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
15. Anthrax - Persistance Of Time
16. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
17. Motley Crue – Shout At The Devil
18. Dream Theater - Images And Words
19. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
20. Children Of Bodom - Something Wild

5. Sabbath, Motorhead, Maiden, Motley, JP. DT hasn't been around long enough to find a massive amt bands under them.
6. This is hard. Tobias Sammet Bruce Dickinson Geoff Tate, Sir Rusty Allen John Bush
7. Romeo, Petruii, Alexis, Mustaine.
8. Benante, Felix Bohnke (Edguy), Lombardo
9. DT - Space Dye Vest (really a Kevin Moore song but he did it in DT), Pain Of Salvation - This Heart of Mine (I pledge), 'Deth - A Tout Le Monde


Might do the rest later.

[Stocky]

I Don't Listen to much Metal But i do like the Music Style Like i've told people I like all types of music but if i had to choose from the bands i know that do heavy metal it would have to be Black Sabath even though a few months ago i said i hated ozzy :shifty: but some of there songs are pretty awesome.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Metal is about as big as the pop industry. So it's kind of hard to say I like the metal music style. What you really mean is I like the big metal acts which are generally Heavy/Thrash metal.

And yes Ozzy is greatness.

[FatElvis]

Originally posted by Stocky
I Don't Listen to much Metal But i do like the Music Style Like i've told people I like all types of music but if i had to choose from the bands i know that do heavy metal it would have to be Black Sabath even though a few months ago i said i hated ozzy :shifty: but some of there songs are pretty awesome.
Ozzy rules!
:cool:

[Aussie_Outlaw]

If Bruce never left maiden would Maiden have gotten back as big as they had with BNW and with the new album?

Or was the seperation necessary?

Personally I think Maiden needed a lul with Blaze as singer, and they got it, like Corabi and Motley, it was a necessity. With Bruce returning the media got back on side and with the awesome live album RiR, the band now has a buzz back they haven't had for about 10 years. In this state Maiden could easily reach 2008-2010.

Plus from what I've heard the new Maiden is old yet still remaining forward. Everony expected BNW to be a stepping stone like 'Deth's TWNAH and it was. People expect this new record to be more like PowerSlave/BYDTTS, back in those days.

September is going to be a good month.

They just transcend time.

[Ringo]

Well..... Oh My God, I've had a number of Anthrax songs downloaded on my comp for awhile now, including "Only", but although I thought it was quite good, getting into Anthrax was the least of my priorities, in terms of music. But today, I saw "The Collection" for £3.99 in HMV, and buying that along with Dark Saga, Damnation and A Nick Cave album seemed to round off nicely with little change, so I thought why not, and bought it. When I got home I was pleasantly surprised and The album is ace, songs like "In My World", "Keep It In The Family" and "AIR" are incredible.... but now I want to get one of their studio albums, in what oredr should I get them do you think?

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Well 2 of those tracks are from Persistance of Time which is my 3rd favourite Anthrax album (still rocks), there are that many Anthrax albums which rule.

Plus the 3 songs you named are from 'old Anthrax', the Joey era and not the John Bush era. They changed singers in 1989-1993.

As for me. It's always good waking up at 2pm (5 minutes ago) and finding a burnt copy of Metallica's St Anger on my bedroom floor. Always good having friends around. I knew he was going to burn it today but I didn't expect I wouldn't have to leave my room.

I guess I'll give a review of it when I've heard it a few times. (Tonite or in the next day.)

[Aussie_Outlaw]

.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

St Anger review done by moi. Very long. A good read IMO. considering I wrote it. Which makes it automatically shite.

http://www.rajahwwf.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=1662930#post1662930

What do you think?

[SideburnZ]

:yes:

[Nemesis]

Well shit, there's another album I won't buy.

The thing that pissed me off was how some Swedish guy reviewed it and said it was going to be Metallica's rebirth, telling about tons of energy, possessed vocals, and near blast beats from Lars. But come to think of it, only a crack-induced fairy tale could bring Metallica back from the dead.

/me wonders why he was even excited about the prospect of Metallica being good again in the first place

[Aussie_Outlaw]

And you think I bought it :angelic:

As I said, I just found it on my bedroom floor 2 days ago.

[Nemesis]

Yeah, I read about that above.


Maybe I can go listen to some old-school Testament, and that'll compensate for Metallica being so shitty. :)

[NiMMERS]

HEY!

I bought it:)
The DVD compensates for the shitness of the CD. But it still isnt a rebirth of any sort.

[WizoOzz]

A_O's review of the Metallica album is without a shadow of a doubt one of the best in the Reviews thread...period, end of story. I couldn't have reviewed that album any better...

But I'm not telling you guys anything you didn't already know...:evilgrin:

[Aussie_Outlaw]

It is a fairly long album, which means I can essentially write as I hear each song and still get it to be a decent length. Hell I could probably make it better by adding a few things but I think I'll just let it be.

[Crabby]

I'll give credit where it's due, Dave, a great review there.

I'm still trying to find out the Australian release date for Sepultura's "Roorback". Wish I could find out really.

Received Opeth's "Damnation" and "Morning Rise" today, holy shit what great albums. They always deliver something you don't expect and some of their stuff is just heavy as fuck."Damnation" is definitely one of my albums of the year.

And supposedly Opeth will definitely be back for the "Damnation" tour in December.Supposedly the band and their management have both confirmed this.For those of us who couldn't make it to their shows a few months back, that is great news.

[QuietStorm]

I am going to order Opeth's album in the next few days and then the next metal album I plan on getting this summer is Nevermore's.

[QuietStorm]

And yes, great review there Dave. I downloaded the whole thing and have no plans on buying. It's the next thing after a load of crap in my opinion.

[Crabby]

Originally posted by QuietStorm
I am going to order Opeth's album in the next few days and then the next metal album I plan on getting this summer is Nevermore's.

Which Opeth album are you planning on ordering?

And anyone know if the Black Label Society DVD is any good?

[QuietStorm]

I am gonna get "Damnation". All the reviews on Amazon speak very highly about it.

Dunno about the Black Label Society DVD but since Zakk Wylde is such a crazy bastard it is probably is pretty awesome.

[Crabby]

I wouldn't rate "Damnation" as their best album at this stage but it's not a bad place to start with such an amazing band.I'm already planning to get the rest of their back catalogue- they are a truly incredible band.

[QuietStorm]

Well I have "Still Life" and "Blackwater Park" downloaded plus many other random songs by them so it is harldy a start. And yeah...they rule.

We haven't talked on MSN for a while Brendan. Should do it one of these days.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I know how much you've been waiting.

http://www.anthrax.com/html/ANTHRAX_videoMain.htm

Anthrax video for Safe Home. Streamed. I'll find a downloadable link soon enough though.

OK I got it off the site anyway.
http://www.anthrax.com/SafeHomeVideo/safe_home_small.mov (10MB)
http://www.anthrax.com/SafeHomeVideo/safe_home_large.mov (34MB)

[Nemesis]

I think I'm buying Burzum next. Yeah, Varg is kind of a Nazi, but I'll buy his CDs as long as the music's good. I've been listening to some of his early shit and it's awesome.

I need to check out the Safe Home video too, as soon as I get to another comp with better capabilities. :ashamed:

[Crabby]

Originally posted by QuietStorm
Well I have "Still Life" and "Blackwater Park" downloaded plus many other random songs by them so it is harldy a start. And yeah...they rule.

We haven't talked on MSN for a while Brendan. Should do it one of these days.

Definitely, I've just been busy with uni assignments the last few days.Phew.

I should check out the new Iron Maiden DVD, looks like there;s some killer stuff on there.Rock.

[NiMMERS]

Picked up the latest Children of Bodom album today as well as their second one, Hatebreeder.

I'm 4 songs in and it's rockin'. The second track 'Sixpounder' sounds like Pantera with keyboards almost. Awesome.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Yeah Hate Crew is awesome. The video for Needled 24-7 is pretty cool also.

[NiMMERS]

Never seen any COB vids.

I downloaded the new Superjoint track. It's pretty decent but it's only a reworking of a really old song of theirs which I think is a demo included on 'Use Once and Destroy' or it's off the 97 demo.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

You can get all the CoB vids from their proper website.

And othersand they're not really hard to find if you're looking.

[Charlotte]

I wouldn't get Opeth's 'Damnation'. It's a good album but it's not very typical of them and I personally think it falls a little flat without the heavier aspects surrounding the melody. 'Deliverance', 'Blackwater Park' and especially 'Morningrise' are your best bets.

Crabby - the Maiden DVD is great! Some of the videos are so bad they're funny ('Holy Smoke' has to be seen to be believed) and the extras are cool.

[Nemesis]

I just got around to listening to the sampler I got a while back. Some good stuff on there. Ambassador of Anguish sounds pretty good...sounds like they use a drum machine, but it's pretty good black metal.

And I recommend Body Part Trophy Case to any Pantera or old school Machine Head fans. Good stuff.

[NiMMERS]

The fact that 'Damnation' not being very typical is the beauty of it. It exclaims Opeth's more finer, peaceful and soulful moments. After all, it is the 7th Experimentation int it?

Body Part Trophy Case? Never heard of them. The last time somebody told me of a band that sounded like Pantera and Machine Head circa 94 I listened to Pissing Razors and was a bit let down by the single dimensionality of their sound.

[Black Eagle]

Reading a music mag today i noticed an add for a discount CD shop in the city. I went there and was able to purchase the following items:

Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
In Flames - Clayman
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction

Those CD's were $10 each. Fucking cheap. I noticed that pretty much every CD was around 10-15 bucks, while most CD shops retail them around $30. 'Around the Fur' was 15, while i bought it for $28.

[Crabby]

Some info from Blabbermouth on the new Machine Head album-

"MACHINE HEAD have set "Through The Ashes Of Empires" as the title of their fifth album, tentatively due in Europe on October 13 through Roadrunner Records.

The follow-up to 2001's "Supercharger" will be recorded at Sharkbite studios in Oakland, California, with lead singer/guitarist Robert Flynn at the production helm along with additional assistance from Andy Sneap.

Sneap, who had previously worked with the group on 1997's "The More Things Change..." , will be present for the initial stages of tracking but will be unable to oversee the entire process due to prior commitments. Sharkbite studio owner Mark Keaton will engineer the recording and legendary producer Colin Richardson will step in to mix the effort in late July/early August at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire, England.

MACHINE HEAD's sixth official release (including the group's recently issued live album, "Hellalive"), "Through The Ashes Of Empires" will mark the recording debut of the band with guitarist Phil Demmel, who joined the group in early April.

Demmel has assisted the band in re-writing a small chunk of the ten new songs that were completed before his addition to the group.

"Phil being in the band has been incredible," drummer Dave McClain said. "Having two guitarists with similar talents has opened up a lot of things that the band hasn't explored in years. To say we're excited about this album would be an understatement. I think when people hear what we've been up to they'll be blown away!"

Among the tracks set to appear on "Through The Ashes Of Empires" are the following:

01. Bite The Bullet
02. All Fall Down
03. Left Unfinished
04. In The Presence Of My Enemies
05. Descend The Shades Of Night "



I also found this on Metalshop.Personally I think it's more evidence that Zakk Wylde takes the whole metal lifestyle a little too seriously-

"Ozzy Osbourne/Black Label Society guitarist Zakk Wylde has spoken to Guitar World Magazine about the forthcoming Ozzy Osbourne album.

The outspoken one said, "I'm telling you right now, there ain't gonna be no faggot-ass songwriters comin' in writing gay-ass fuckin' songs for the old man. Not on my fuckin' watch. I love that guy too much. The reason he has such great memories of making records with Randy Rhoads is that they were fun. And he had so much fun making 'No More Tears'. But the last couple of records we did turned into fuckin' day jobs for him, and that's bullshit because he doesn't deserve that."

Let’s hope the 2004 offering from Ozzy and co. is as staunch as Zakk’s latest BLS masterpiece ‘The Blessed Hellride’."

[NiMMERS]

Zakk has some serious 16 year old-itis going on.

I see you joined the Devy forum as well, it's a piece of shit...much like all official forums.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Reading a music mag today i noticed an add for a discount CD shop in the city. I went there and was able to purchase the following items:

Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
In Flames - Clayman
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction

Those CD's were $10 each. Fucking cheap. I noticed that pretty much every CD was around 10-15 bucks, while most CD shops retail them around $30. 'Around the Fur' was 15, while i bought it for $28.


:headbang:

Symphony of Destruction? Don't you mean Countdown to Extinction? Or did you get the Symphony single?

Also Cryptic Writings is awesome, and thats why Trust hit number one in the Us in 1997. If Clayman (that and Jester Race are the only 2 I don't own) are anything like Colony it's awesome.

And I haven't bought a cd since I went in the city on the 3rd to get Edguy's Burning Down the Opera on its release date.

New Nevermore soon anyway YAY.

[NiMMERS]

You need Jester Race and Clayman. Stat!

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Yeah I have half of Jester, and Supposedly a certain someone was supposed to send me Clayman over 6 months ago but never got around to it.

[Crabby]

Zakk has some serious 16 year old-itis going on.

I see you joined the Devy forum as well, it's a piece of shit...much like all official forums.

I joined there a while ago,but I don't post there very often.Like you said,it's not a very good forum.

Also, check out my Fozzy,Hatebreed and Fear Factory reviews that I just posted in the Album Review thread.

[Nemesis]

Body Part Trophy Case? Never heard of them. The last time somebody told me of a band that sounded like Pantera and Machine Head circa 94 I listened to Pissing Razors and was a bit let down by the single dimensionality of their sound.

Well, that's the closest thing I could think of, since nobody on here has heard Malicia (a local band in my town), and they sound a lot like them.

But yeah, I could see how Pissing Razors could be a bit of a letdown. The first track from Cast Down the Plague sounds like something stolen from Pantera. In fact, until recently, PR has always sounded like a Pantera tribute band. :\

[SideburnZ]

You need Jester Race and Clayman. Stat!

I have them and all, I'd say Clayman is their best. Definitely.

[Nemesis]

The Jester Race is near-perfection. If it weren't for that Wayfarer song...

[NiMMERS]

Talk about no promotion! I nabbed up Sepultura's 'Roorback' this morning. Got it spinning now and it sounds pretty decent. Also picked up Anthrax's newy as well, it rocks extremely hard. Picked up a greatest hits by The Police.

[WizoOzz]

The Jester Race is near-perfection. If it weren't for that Wayfarer song...

WHAT?!!!

Wayfarer is one of the best metal instrumentals ever recorded...it's the main reason why I even gave In Flames a chance when I was a strictly power-metal guy. The rest of the album is fantastic, but Wayfarer is, if anything, just another highlight on the album...

...and Burnzy, Clayman is no where near Colony.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I've been flicking through my albums again and even though I thought it was a fairly cool album when I first listened to it about 3 months ago I cannot say just how brilliant Kamelot's Karma is.

The first 3 tracks (track 1 is an intro) are perfect. Hell the whole album is brilliant.

But what actually surprised me is this is an American band. It sounds like something out of the middle of Europe so it surprised me when I saw that the band was from Florida.

Download: The Spell, Forever, Wings Of Despair.

Nice melodic Power Metal.

[Crabby]

Talk about no promotion! I nabbed up Sepultura's 'Roorback' this morning. Got it spinning now and it sounds pretty decent. Also picked up Anthrax's newy as well, it rocks extremely hard. Picked up a greatest hits by The Police.

I heard a little of it on FMR the other night, it sounded pretty impressive.The distinct lack of promotion it received (hell, I only found out about a week ago when it was going to be released here) would have to be mainly due to the fact Sepultura aren't on Roadrunner anymore.

BTW,did you get a bonus EP with the album? I hear the Aussie release has one,I was just wondering what it was like.

[NiMMERS]

Nah I did not see the digipak version of it with Revolusongs. Maybe it was there and I didnt see it.

[Crabby]

Here's a pretty amusing Metallica-related page-

http://www.melodicrock.com/metallica.html

[Ringo]

Bought "Alive In Athens" from Iced earth yesterday, and it's great. 3 cd's, most of their stuff before 1999, it's well worth the money, so yeh. And I never realised how incredible "War Ensemble" is.. anyone else really love this song?

[HandInGlove]

Right lads...I've just started listening to some of the more gothicky metal bands and wondered if there was any stuff you could recommend to me.
Specifically the best albums by Burzum and Cradle of Filth.
This is new ground for me and I'd appreciate your advice.

Also - does anyone know a decent website for tracklistings and album covers etc?

[Sane]

Anyone heard of GodHead and what is your thoughts on them i think there an awesome band. There songs like Break you down, Eleanor Rigby, and Reckoning. I like there style which is unlike most popular metal bands of see how loud you can get and spew out nonsense lyrics.

Another band that has caught my eye is Soil i think there awesome as well, especially Halo and Breaking me Down.

What are your thoughts about these two bands???? Im curious??

[Nemesis]

WHAT?!!!

Wayfarer is one of the best metal instrumentals ever recorded...it's the main reason why I even gave In Flames a chance when I was a strictly power-metal guy. The rest of the album is fantastic, but Wayfarer is, if anything, just another highlight on the album...



I thought it was pretty poor compared to Dialogue With the Stars, or even The Jester's Dance. And that happy-sounding part on there annoys me for some reason. :\

[Nemesis]

Right lads...I've just started listening to some of the more gothicky metal bands and wondered if there was any stuff you could recommend to me.
Specifically the best albums by Burzum and Cradle of Filth.
This is new ground for me and I'd appreciate your advice.




Try the Burzum/Aske CD.

As for CoF, I recommend Cruelty and the Beast over everything else.
Even though I don't care for it much, you should also check out the Dusk and Her Embrace album, since it's widely regarded as their best.

[NiMMERS]

And I never realised how incredible "War Ensemble" is.. anyone else really love this song?

Is that a cover of the song originally written by Slayer? If so then I'd be interested to hear it.

Godhead? I don't think many of the regulars of this great thread care for their style of goth/industrial efforts to be honest. We're all more or less underground metal fans :)

[Crabby]

Godhead are too Marilyn Manson-ish and samey for mine.

Picked up Devin Townsend's "Physicist" today, I must say it rules.

BTW,man,what's the new Sepultura like? I've heard a few tracks but not the whole album yet.

[NiMMERS]

New Seps is interesting. It's like 'Nation' except more metallically refined. There is no guests, no instrumentals...just full on songs executed with finesse and quality. I think the mix is a bit too clean though. They need to dirty it up some.

[Crabby]

I think they mix their albums like that to compensate for Max no longer being there to play rhythm guitar,so they can pull it off live in a better fashion.I'm tempted to import their covers EP as well,I've heard a few of em' and they rock.

Heard the new Alchemist today as well,pretty impressive.

[NiMMERS]

Yeah that's true. They've well and truly moved on as a band, unlike Gloria's little bitch.

Havnt been much inclined to check out Alchemist to any great depth. Never really clicked with me. Im spewin'! Alchemist was here on the weekend with the awesome Daysend! I missed it.

[Crabby]

Did you import their covers EP?

I've never really followed Alchemist a whole lot either,but their new album sounds better than any other material of theirs that I've heard.

And as I said,picked up Physicist today and loving it.Bought Nailbomb's "Point Blank" last week as well and it's a fucking awesome album.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

I got bored.

So I started downloading video clips off a German website.

And lets just say the World lost nothing when Machine Head's Crashing Around You was pull off before it was shown on tv. It's just marketed towards the teen market and basically is crap.

Stratovarius' Eagleheart is a weird one. It's done really well but the movements are really stiff for some unknown reason. Still like the effects though.

Edguy's All the Clowns (finally downloaded all of it) is great. Tieing up Tobias (lead singer) during the Solo for acting like an idiot is damn funny. And then leaving him in the warehouse after the performance.

Also the fact they're playing in an inch of water with electric guitars. Priceless.

Oh and I almost forgot Rhapsody's Holy Thunderforce. What can I say it's brilliant. Fits the music and theme beautifully. The band plays infront of an old Victorian style building with knights jousting and swordfighting and stuff. It's beautiful.

[HandInGlove]

Try the Burzum/Aske CD.

As for CoF, I recommend Cruelty and the Beast over everything else.
Even though I don't care for it much, you should also check out the Dusk and Her Embrace album, since it's widely regarded as their best.

:yes: Ta.

[Sane]

[
Godhead? I don't think many of the regulars of this great thread care for their style of goth/industrial efforts to be honest. We're all more or less underground metal fans

I'll admit im not no major when it comes to what is underground and what isnt....so what are some of these great underground bands.

[-Kang-]

Anyone hear about the cancellation of Overcranked 3? I saw it on the Rockinghorse website a few days ago. Apparently it has been cancelled by the Brisbane City Council.

I am so pissed about this. I've booked flights, accomodation etc.

They are having another show at the QUT Guild bar with Skinlab and Alchemist but that hardly compares to the Overcranked line up.

[Crabby]

Yep,it sucks.MFTB,Grounded and now Overcranked all get cancelled for similar reasons within a year.Something should be done about it really.

[Crabby]

Fucking awesome news,people-

Soilwork Aussie tour confirmed.Rock.(Children Of Bodom are rumoured to be announced as a support).

They're playing the Gaelic Club in Sydney on September 13,other dates- Thurs 11th - Brisbane Arena, 12th-Melbourne 14-adelaide.

And in other news.Ahrue Luster has joined Ill Nino.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Wait wait wait.

CoB are supporting Soilwork?

It should be the other way around.

Do you have the places they're playing?

Still Its a damn fine gig to go to.

[Crabby]

Wait wait wait.

CoB are supporting Soilwork?

It should be the other way around.

Do you have the places they're playing?

Still Its a damn fine gig to go to.

COB aren't confirmed as of yet,but are strongly rumoured to be announced soon.Soilwork definitely are and the dates have been set.I have no idea where they're playing in Melbourne,though. Still,should be a grea show.

[Nemesis]

Damn. Just found out that the new Dimmu Borgir won't be out until September 8th. The US date could be later, but they're trying to release it here at the same time.

...oh well. I'm just happy that I found Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia at a used CD store. My original got stolen from my car. It had the wrong track listings on the back cover and everything. :lol:

Nearly 2 DAMN YEARS I've been without this CD. That's how long I've been holding out for a used one. :ashamed:

[NiMMERS]

[

I'll admit im not no major when it comes to what is underground and what isnt....so what are some of these great underground bands.

You'd have to ask all the people what they think personally. I can only speak for myself. Devin Townsend is a bit of an underground legend but his popularity has been on the rise with every new release he produces.

Soilwork and maybe COB in Oz? I'm so there!

[Crabby]

Frankenbok have scored one of the suuport slots for Soilwork.Cool stuff.

[QuietStorm]

I heard Departure Plan by Soilwork today. I liked it a lot. Might buy that album.

[Crabby]

Metallica tour confirmed.Check Metallica's site.The band will be playing BDO plus side shows.Damn cool.

The dates are (so far)-

January 16 Auckland, New Zealand
January 18 Gold Coast, Australia
January 23 Sydney, Australia
January 26 Melbourne, Australia
January 30 Adelaide, Australia
February 1 Perth, Australia

Plenty of time for a number of side-shows in Sydney and Melbourne at least.Rock.

BTW,Dave,I'm fairly certain the Melbourne Soilwork gig as at the Hi-Fi Bar.Cheers.

[NiMMERS]

Frankenbok have scored one of the suuport slots for Soilwork.Cool stuff.

Sweet! I'm keen to hear their new album which should be out soonish. Last I heard it was being polished up and ready to be unleashed.

[Crabby]

Are you planning to go to the Sydney gig? I'm pretty certain I'll be there.I imagine it'll be $30-$40.But the 'Bok will rock as a support.

[NiMMERS]

I'll be there for sure.

[Crabby]

We'll have to meet up and I'll shout you a beer.No idea about ticket info yet,though.

[NiMMERS]

I'm probably gonna take a day trip down Sydney one weekend soon and pick up my ticket. I know they go on sale July 4th.

For sure we'll have a brew!

[Crabby]

No news on COB yet.Though on Metalshop people are saying the promoters have stated that they are strongly interested in getting them.

[NiMMERS]

I got my doubts about COB coming over here for some reason. But I'm still fully stoked Soilwork are trekking down here as well dragging Frankenbok around with them.

[-Kang-]

I don't know if I should be posting this here but what the hell. I was wondering if anyone here was interested in trading any cd's. I have the following titles for trade:

Black Funeral - Moon of Characith
Sacrilege - Turn Back Trilobite
Ryker's - Life's a Gamble
Old Man's Child - Ill Natured Spiritual Invasion
Nailbomb - Point Blank
Godflesh - Slavestate (Holepunch)
Mayhem - Grand Declaration of War
Dub War - Pain
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Helmet - Aftertaste
Channel Zero - Black Fuel
Vio-lence - Oppressing the Masses
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines
Down - Nola
Hard-Ons - Dickcheese
Janes Addiction - Nothings Shocking

If anyone's interested just e-mail me.

Cheers.

[Nemesis]

Nailbomb and Old Man's Child...:chin:

...I'm not yet sure if I have anything I want to get rid of, though...

[NiMMERS]

I don't trade my CD's anymore. I made that mistake years ago. I don't know why you'd want to trade some of those CD's anyway.

[s-pac]

Just got back from Anthrax last night at the Garage (Glasgow)...

Amazing show,

I was right at the front where the baricade was coming away. Bush jumped just behind me, got 2 of Scotts picks, one from the floor and one landed in the back of my mates T-Shirt ( my mate got one anyway ). My ears still haven't recovered yet though ( the right ear is echoing like a motherfucker ), hope they recover soon:(, got my booklet for WCFYA signed by the guys and they promised they were coming back to Glasgow later this year.

My hoodie stinks aswell, covered in beer and absolutely caked in sweat.

Set List was along the lines of ( not in any the correct order except songs 1, 2 and 3 ).....

1. Contact
2. What Doesnt Die
3. Black Dahlia
4. Caught In A Mosh
5. Got The Time
6. Be all, End All
7. Metal Thrashing mad
8. Only
9. Bring the noise
10. I am the law (finished with I am the Law)
11. Indians
12. Madhouse
13. Whole Lotta Rosie
14. Antisocial
15. Crush
16. Parasite
17. N.F.L
18. Safe Home (edit)
19. Black Lodge (edit)

Quite a different set from when they played the Barras back in March, the boys really mixed it up.

Great Night! :yes:

[NiMMERS]

Nice.

I hope Anthrax come down to Australia. We've Come For You All Is Easily one of the best heavy albums released this year.

[s-pac]

Its an amazing album.

Australia seems to get a pretty raw deal when it comes to bands touring, Anthrax have been in the UK three times in the last 8months :\

[NiMMERS]

The last big metal bands to tour here were Opeth and The Haunted. Soiwork are coming soon and fuck dead I won't be missing that one.

We do get the occasional big band but it's always a long time between drinks.

In places like America and the UK/Europe there is always a distinguished band doing the rounds. It's not to say I don't like our scene down here but regular notable bands wouldnt go astray....in terms of heavy music that is.

[Crabby]

As far as international tours go,Soilwork are on their way soon,Metallica early next year and The Geeks Tour (Tomahawk/Fantomas/The Melvins) hits here later in the year.Plus Opeth are said to be back in December and Igor said on FMR the other night they will hit Australia on this tour.

Plus Skinlab are touring next week,but I'm not a fan really.

And BTW,Nimmers,"Biomech" fucking rules.

[GeezaTap]

For someone who only knows a couple of Iron Maiden songs and Motorhead's 'Ace Of Spades' (of course:D.), where does one start with metal?

[Kris]

Go back to Black Sabbath and revel in where it all began.

[Nemesis]

For someone who only knows a couple of Iron Maiden songs and Motorhead's 'Ace Of Spades' (of course:D.), where does one start with metal?

Here's some good bands to start out with:

Thrash - Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Slayer, old Metallica
Power Metal - Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Hammerfall
Nu-Metal-ish type stuff - Stuck Mojo, Nothingface, One Minute Silence

And you can never go wrong with some Pantera. :yes:

...and I'm not sure if you'd like death or black, if you're just getting into metal, but Cannibal Corpse and Vader are good death metal to start with, and same with Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth for black metal (whether these two are actually black metal, I don't really want to get into that debate).

[Bent]

I'm seeing Opeth in two weeks in New York.

Also, Hellfest this year has tens and tens of metal bands. I'm not going, but my brother got in for free.

[Nemesis]

It sounds cool. There's a whole lot of bands I've never heard of that are playing, and that would be awesome (or maybe bad...).

I'm just waiting for Cradle of Filth to come to Kansas City, though. :\

[NiMMERS]

I say Immortal, Mayhem and Emperor be named above DB and COF.

[Crabby]

For someone who only knows a couple of Iron Maiden songs and Motorhead's 'Ace Of Spades' (of course:D.), where does one start with metal?

Tough one.

It's probably best to start with a few classic albums from bands like Iron Maiden,Judas Priest,Slayer,Megadeth and a few others.

And listen to some bands that are in some of the various sub-genres-heavy,thrash,death,industrial,etc, to better gain an indication of what type of heavy stuff you might dig the most anyway.

[Nemesis]

I say Immortal, Mayhem and Emperor be named above DB and COF.

Yeah, but I was listing bands that were easier to get into, especially if you're new to that kind of music.

[QuietStorm]

The Anthrax video is great Dave. Thanks for showing me the way to it:yes:. I'll be getting the album next week for sure.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Told ya.

Awesome song too.

Everyone should have that album.

And there's some wanker in the crap bands thread who thinking Megadeth are crap. So I gave him what for.

Hmm havent posted in this thread for about two weeks.

[Black Eagle]

Dave, i don't have any Iron Maiden albums, but i'm keen for a few. The songs i like are:

Run to the Hills
Fear of the Dark
22 Accacia Avenue
The number of the beast

I'm going to buy the Number of the Beast album, but what else should i get?

[Aussie_Outlaw]

Maiden are infinitely better live.

It's a fact that can't be argued with. Seriously.

So get Rock In Rio, a damn fine double disc released in 2002. Bruce's return live album, a trio of guitars and bass and over 250,000 screaming brazilians.

Plus 3 of the tracks you listed are on that album.

Fucking amazing.

Yeah NOTB is great, and since you already love 3 tracks on the album. Prisoner is awesome, but the greatest song on that album is Hallowed By Thy Name.

You'll like.

[Crabby]

Dave, i don't have any Iron Maiden albums, but i'm keen for a few. The songs i like are:

Run to the Hills
Fear of the Dark
22 Accacia Avenue
The number of the beast

I'm going to buy the Number of the Beast album, but what else should i get?

If you're going for studio albums,definitely get NOTB first.If you dig that,then get Powerslave,Piece Of Mind and then maybe Seventh Son.

BOTB is a pretty good compilation,though,if you don't want to get all their studio albums.

[Black Eagle]

Well i've tried a few more bands as of late:

Kamelot
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
One Minute Silence
Testament
Soilwork
Tomahawk

I'm liking Kamelot a lot, and just read that they are touring Japan with Dream Evil, which would be awesome. Iron Maiden are class, so is Judas. Soilwork is a tad heavy, though One Minute Silence and Testament are solid bands. I can't seem to get into Tomahawk, though i'll keep listening.

With these bands in mind, any others you can recommend?

[Crabby]

Ocean Machine.
Devin Townsend's "Physicist".
Motorhead.
Nailbomb.
Meshuggah.
Black Label Society.
Fozzy.
Refused.
Queensryche.
The Dilinger Escape Plan.
Symphony X.
Will Haven.
Voivod.
Edguy.

[Nemesis]

A sample from the new Dimmu Borgir is here (http://www.nuclearblast.de/events/dimmu/index.htm).

[Bent]

Well i've tried a few more bands as of late:

Kamelot
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
One Minute Silence
Testament
Soilwork
Tomahawk

I'm liking Kamelot a lot, and just read that they are touring Japan with Dream Evil, which would be awesome. Iron Maiden are class, so is Judas. Soilwork is a tad heavy, though One Minute Silence and Testament are solid bands. I can't seem to get into Tomahawk, though i'll keep listening.

With these bands in mind, any others you can recommend?

Tomahawk's one of the best bands in the world. Keep listening.

[NiMMERS]

E-Teaming at it's best.

Damn I gotta hurry up and get my Soilwork ticket.

Damaged, Daysend, Sakkuth and my mates band on Thursday night. Should be awesome.

[SideburnZ]

A sample from the new Dimmu Borgir is here (http://www.nuclearblast.de/events/dimmu/index.htm).

NICE.

Anyone get Type O Negatives new album?

I want it it. :(