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Gr31lly posted:Stench is the fairly obvious shout there. Other than that the thrashier of the old swedish bands like Merciless, Mega Slaughter, Traumatic. Thanks, these sound great so far
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Watched Metallica in Abu Dhabi a few weeks ago. Awesome show, made even more awesome by the fact that local death metal dudes Nervecell opened for them. Probably the only date with an opening like that. Check em out, they're in Europe now with Morbid Angel I believe. In other news, got the new Megadeth album. There seems to be a formula here. Two types of albums came out since Risk - type A and B, one after another. Type A: Couple of decent new songs, recycled old stuff, horrible/bad fillers. Type B: Awesome new stuff. Observe: World Needs A Hero (Type A): Besides 'Disconnect' there's nothing that really kicks rear end. 'Return to Hangar' and '1000 Times Goodbye' are both recycled/hark back to the past. Rest of the album is filler. The System Has Failed (Type B): Excellent album, best since Countdown. United Abominations (Type A): I only really like 'Gears of War'. Crap version of 'A Toute Le Monde' makes an appearance. Rest is crap. Endgame (Type B): Two really solid tracks, rest not bad either. Thirteen (Type A): Only fresh song I like so far is 'Sudden Death' (and even that's not so fresh). 'New World Order' and 'Deadly Nightshade' are excellent tracks but both are old. Here's me hoping there's another Type B on its way sometime. PS: the new Warbringer loving rules. The Capitulator fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Nov 8, 2011 |
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The Capitulator posted:Watched Metallica in Abu Dhabi a few weeks ago. Awesome show, made even more awesome by the fact that local death metal dudes Nervecell opened for them. Probably the only date with an opening like that. Check em out, they're in Europe now with Morbid Angel I believe. New Megadeth never really did it for me. I'd prefer it if they just released unheard live albums from 84 - 91 or so every year, and it'd probably be better than any of the new stuff. I get this overwhelming feeling with Endgame and Thirteen that even though there's some good songs on it, I don't really love it, and when it comes to listening to that or KimB I'd honestly rather put KimB on. I shouldn't be comparing old Megadeth to new, because new pails in comparison, but whatever. That's just my goony opinion.
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The Capitulator posted:Watched Metallica in Abu Dhabi a few weeks ago. Awesome show, made even more awesome by the fact that local death metal dudes Nervecell opened for them. Probably the only date with an opening like that. Check em out, they're in Europe now with Morbid Angel I believe. On a side note, Rudra does an amazing unplugged set. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJmrklsxdfg&list=FL1CZtDuCjWH3WvbgCeGVQ7A&index=3&feature=plpp_video
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Since the new single came out, I pre-empted the 'they aren't metal' debate by making a Nightwish thread here if you're brave enough to admit your guilty pleasure.
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The Capitulator posted:Watched Metallica in Abu Dhabi a few weeks ago. Awesome show, made even more awesome by the fact that local death metal dudes Nervecell opened for them. Probably the only date with an opening like that. Check em out, they're in Europe now with Morbid Angel I believe. Apparently while i was in Dubai this past eid I missed out on a concert with Iranian and Indian metal bands, that could've been interesting.
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:For those of us that still care... I'm all over this.
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Orbital Sapling posted:They're definitely a very unique band, their debut album is one of my favourite albums of all time. The closest I've come to them in terms of style would be Stolen Babies, they're not quite the same, but maybe they'll do the job for you. I remember reading that the dude who writes DSO's music is a big fan of them. quote:Diablo Swing Orchestra Holy loving poo poo. This stuff is amazing. More music to weird out my friends when they ride in my car.
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Stoat posted:Since the new single came out, I pre-empted the 'they aren't metal' debate by making a Nightwish thread here if you're brave enough to admit your guilty pleasure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g8ykQLYnX0&feature=related The music is good, but Anette's voice and performance are pretty bad.
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The Capitulator posted:United Abominations (Type A): I only really like 'Gears of War'. Crap version of 'A Toute Le Monde' makes an appearance. Rest is crap. Gotta disagree with this one. Blessed Are the Dead, You're Dead and Amerikhastan were all kind of eh but the rest of the tracks were pretty good (sans the A Tout le Monde track which I just mentally parse out because it does nothing new).
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:I was actually considering going but I don't like 80% of Metallica's stuff at this point and I was worried I'd get burned. Looking up the setlist now it actually seems like it was a good show, and Dubai/Abu Dhabi are obscure enough for metal that you have to take what you can get. I'm in Kuwait but people regularly fly to the UAE for various shows, people are already booking for a tiesto show in december :| I originally decided to go just for the 'tick mark' (so I can cross Metallica off my list of bands to see), especially judging by the YouTube videos of recent performances and was pleasantly surprised (must have been the beer and overall atmosphere). You probably missed one of the Metal Asylum shows (http://www.metalityuae.com cover the gigs in the region really well btw). Them plus a couple of other promoters in town mean there's literally at least 2 hard rock / metal shows every weekend. I heard a rumor of a big one in December (non-Metallica big 4 headlining) but its still under wraps for some reason.
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If anybody is interested, there's a pretty neat online metal radio called "Snake Metal Radio". http://www.snakenetmetalradio.com/default.asp I've discovered some artists there, even if they were very well known for the rest of the world (case in point: Nevermore). Anyway, today Listened to a band called Solfstafir. Pretty drat good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaKpvzvmNOI (bonus points for hilarious fan-made video featuring a buttertroll)
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If anyone else wants to watch one of the most cripplingly embarrassing things ever broadcast, Metallica and Lou Reed actually performed that Lulu stuff live last night on Later.. with Jools Holland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSQAvA64mss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rNpWwHcY3g ![]()
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Non Serviam posted:If anybody is interested, there's a pretty neat online metal radio called "Snake Metal Radio". http://www.snakenetmetalradio.com/default.asp Oh man, Snakenet's still around? Glad to hear it. That's how I initially got much deeper into metal after hearing a few bands (Sentenced, In Flames, Nevermore, Blind Guardian, Children of Bodom) on a CD my friend burned...ten, eleven years ago? Back then, Snake's favorite band was Opeth and he hated Blind Guardian with a fiery passion. I wonder if anything has changed.
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Rob Trujillo looks so loving pissed off. ![]() What a loving disaster.
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Well, Hetfield looks like he's having fun, at least.
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New Vallenfyre is out this week. It's awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibetDfGWOFo So is new Illogicist. They sound like late period Death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5K1Zjt8Qi0 e-links links links! thepitgoddess fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Nov 10, 2011 |
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That riff 35 seconds into the song from Illogicist is ripped straight from Death. ![]()
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Vintersorg posted:That riff 35 seconds into the song from Illogicist is ripped straight from Death. Yeah, there's a lot of Death in their music. It's a solid album though, no complaints here.
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Stoo posted:If anyone else wants to watch one of the most cripplingly embarrassing things ever broadcast, Metallica and Lou Reed actually performed that Lulu stuff live last night on Later.. with Jools Holland: The music on the first video is actually pretty good. The lyrics, however, are just awful.
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Holy loving poo poo $95 for Manowar. I remember seeing them with Rhapsody (of fire). Was an awesome night. I am jealous though.
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Non Serviam posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g8ykQLYnX0&feature=related Gotta agree. I hate her poppish waggling around, but at least they seem to be writing songs that fit her vocal style.
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The Capitulator posted:I originally decided to go just for the 'tick mark' (so I can cross Metallica off my list of bands to see), especially judging by the YouTube videos of recent performances and was pleasantly surprised (must have been the beer and overall atmosphere). band I'd really want to see it could be worth it. Hell if it was classic iron maiden I'd take days off of work.
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GreenAcidRage posted:Well, Hetfield looks like he's having fun, at least. That and they basically mixed Lou Reed's guitar tracks out of it. Can't hear him at all. (If only they had done that with the vocals ![]()
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Stoo posted:If anyone else wants to watch one of the most cripplingly embarrassing things ever broadcast, Metallica and Lou Reed actually performed that Lulu stuff live last night on Later.. with Jools Holland: ![]()
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It's a shame because White Light/White Heat is a really good Velvet Underground song. I just don't think Lou can "sing" like he used to. It seems like he's just having a hard time keeping up with the tempo in the Metallica version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9b6n9zneSQ
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Non Serviam posted:Anyway, today Listened to a band called Solfstafir. Pretty drat good Haha, Sólstafir are local legends here, at any metal gig like 20% of the attendees will have their Sólstafir hoodies on ![]() Another awesome local band is Skálmöld. They're not very similar (apart from being Icelandic) and I like them a lot more than Sólstafir, they really get the crowd going. Skálmöld - Kvaðning.
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Stoo posted:If anyone else wants to watch one of the most cripplingly embarrassing things ever broadcast, Metallica and Lou Reed actually performed that Lulu stuff live last night on Later.. with Jools Holland: Iced Honey is quite literally one riff. One. Riff.
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David Pratt posted:Haha, Sólstafir are local legends here, at any metal gig like 20% of the attendees will have their Sólstafir hoodies on Seconding Sólstafir's and Skálmöld, though for different reasons of course ![]()
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Vintersorg posted:That riff 35 seconds into the song from Illogicist is ripped straight from Death. Hahahaha. Yeah. Thats definitely ripped straight from Without Judgement.
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The Capitulator posted:Endgame (Type B): Two really solid tracks, rest not bad either. Out of curiosity, which two? I have two favorites myself (title track and the one right after it), but I really like all the tracks on the album and wouldn't necessarily call the ones I like "standouts" or anything. Neurosis posted:Gotta disagree with this one. Blessed Are the Dead, You're Dead and Amerikhastan were all kind of eh but the rest of the tracks were pretty good (sans the A Tout le Monde track which I just mentally parse out because it does nothing new). I've always hated A Tout Le Monde, but song for song, I like United Abominations much more than The System Has Failed. Sleepwalker, Washington Is Next, Play For Blood and You're Dead are all loving great. Happy national metal day, everyone! ![]()
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Seeing Gr31ly post in the other thread reminds me... his old post got me on a big retro/throwback/Cult Rock/whatever kick. I've been jamming a lot of Graveyard, Ghost, Blood Ceremony, The Devil's Blood, Jex Thoth, Withcraft, and, to a lesser extent, Year of the Goat (though I'm getting tired of them). What else should I check out? Or should I be in the stoner thread?
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QPZIL posted:Seeing Gr31ly post in the other thread reminds me... his old post got me on a big retro/throwback/Cult Rock/whatever kick. I've been jamming a lot of Graveyard, Ghost, Blood Ceremony, The Devil's Blood, Jex Thoth, Withcraft, and, to a lesser extent, Year of the Goat (though I'm getting tired of them). Gr31lly posted:Anyone who likes awesome music should like Jess and the Ancient Ones. Also try Vinum Sabbatum, Mountain Witch, Ashbury, Orchid, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Troubled Horse, and listen to trad doom (the proper stuff!) like The Lamp of Thoth (okay, that one's a bit cheesey, but they were good) & Reverend Bizarre. If people just want to trip there's always Liquid Sound Company. [edit] And since I always forget. 90% of these days' retro bands wish they were Roky Erickson, the other 10% suck. The Clit Avoider fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Nov 11, 2011 |
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Holy loving poo poo $95 for Manowar.
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Has anyone seen Cynic recently? I missed them last time they came through (I was leaving to drive across the country the next day, and didn't want to do it on 4 hours of sleep when I wasn't completely packed anyway), and they're touring for Carbon-Based Lifeforms. I love Focus, and like a lot of Traced in Air. Didn't like the new track I heard, though, and I hate the venue they are playing at. It's a place that cordons off an under 21 area from the bar area, and I'm not enamored with the idea of paying them to treat me like a second class citizen. That's what my university tuition is for.
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http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blog.aspx?feat=100db566-01e7-4dfd-9a46-4a744a92c4eb Black Sabbath are getting back together with all the original members. New studio album? World tour? gently caress yes. I'm so excited to see them live.
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Ive been blasting some good death metal tapes lately and most recently the new Vallenfyre album. Im in the mood for some more stuff with that sick chainsaw guitar tone like you hear in Bloodbath and Vallenfyre. Any suggestions? Some goon many pages ago posted his band "Cult of Endtime" which also has this guitar tone and I loving love it. poo poo owns for lifting weights. Preferably in the same style, tempo, etc. but im not picky. Defiant Sally fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Nov 12, 2011 |
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Gr31lly posted:Also try A very nice list! I would add Burning Saviours and also Whyte Ash (which largely consists of former members of Burning Saviorus).
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YeahTubaMike posted:Out of curiosity, which two? I have two favorites myself (title track and the one right after it), but I really like all the tracks on the album and wouldn't necessarily call the ones I like "standouts" or anything. 'This Day We Fight' and 'Right To Go Insane'.
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