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MrBling posted:Desaster are still around? I thought they had disappeared around five years ago. The German black metal band? I get the impression that Desaster are lot like Inquisition (Columbia now US?). They've both been around for a while but really haven't released anything innovative or fresh in years. So does this new Desaster break that mold? Speaking of which, has anyone else heard more than one track from the new Cattle Decapitation album, Monolith of Humanity? I was lucky enough to get my hands on a promo copy of the album and I must say, it's pretty drat outstanding. I mean, I've kinda caught glimpses of greatness on their last few releases that caught my attention, but this one really caught me off-guard. It's a blend of death/grind/gore/tech that fits without coming across as super pretentious or just plain out contrived. It's got lots of tempo changes and well produced. Travis Ryans vocals are... well, kind of un-human. At first I didn't know if I liked all the screeching/singing vocals he does in contrast with deep growls, but upon repeat listens, I think it actually fits. Almost makes you skin freaking crawl. I'd also like to thank Rob Arnold and Kevin Talley for bringing Six Feet Under back to being a relevant death metal band again for the first time since 1999's Maximum Violence. Thank you!
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:The German black metal band? I get the impression that Desaster are lot like Inquisition (Columbia now US?). They've both been around for a while but really haven't released anything innovative or fresh in years. So does this new Desaster break that mold? They moved to USA from Colombia before they recorded their first album. I dunno if anything they released is innovative, but I love every album Inquisition has put out, and they are the best live black metal band I've ever seen(and probably my favorite set at Maryland Deathfest last year) They put out a new album in 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN-K27yiVrk&feature=related EDIT: Also just in general my favorite black metal band Wyzt fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:The German black metal band? I get the impression that Desaster are lot like Inquisition (Columbia now US?). They've both been around for a while but really haven't released anything innovative or fresh in years. What the gently caress? Aside from their first demo and EP, Inquisition are completely unique in their sound and every album they've put out is stellar.
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I just wanted to reply to the earlier Borknagar inquiry. I just finished listening to the album twice and it's really grown on me. They seem to have toned down the aggression somewhat and added some more of the traditional Borknagar styled clean singing, but it's done really well. Nature is definitely mentioned several times, and there's a song about cities or something (The Beauty of Dead Cities.. a little different but still pretty good.) Earthling is a little silly I thought with several mentions of existentialism and so on. Overal though I really enjoyed the album as a whole. (Oh, except for the Metallica cover, thought that was totally out of place.) So that's my (probably unhelpful) opinion.
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The Clit Avoider posted:What the gently caress? Aside from their first demo and EP, Inquisition are completely unique in their sound and every album they've put out is stellar. Oh yeah?!?!? Someone would like to have a word with you...  I'm not saying that I don't like Inquisition, but they're pretty straight forward Immortal worship. This isn't a bad thing, but it's not gonna separate you from THAT very large pack.
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I have no idea how the hell that's all you're hearing. Inquisition are far more than "immortal worship".
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Apr 24, 2012 20:20
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With all this Summer Slaughter talk, how is The Faceless now since they got a new lead singer?
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Taco_Fury posted:With all this Summer Slaughter talk, how is The Faceless now since they got a new lead singer?
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The Clit Avoider posted:I have no idea how the hell that's all you're hearing. Inquisition are far more than "immortal worship". Seriously. Apart from the corpsepaint and a few riffs that are reminiscent of the first two Immortal records they have nothing in common.
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:The German black metal band? I get the impression that Desaster are lot like Inquisition (Columbia now US?). They've both been around for a while but really haven't released anything innovative or fresh in years. The latest Inquisition album wasn't good? But Six Feet Under is 'going to be relevant' again? Oh ok. Weaponized Cum fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Wow, I'm gonna have to check this out again or something. The Inquisition that was from Columbia, right? The one that's singer sounds a whole hell of a lot like Abbath?
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Apr 24, 2012 21:18
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I never understood why people like Inquisition so drat much. Just sounds like typical black metal we have all heard before.
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Apr 24, 2012 21:23
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Taco_Fury posted:With all this Summer Slaughter talk, how is The Faceless now since they got a new lead singer? He's great live as well, sounds a lot like Derek.
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That reminds me that it's been a while since The Faceless put out their last album. I looked it up and they have a new one due in the fall supposedly. I really dug the stuff on 'Planetary Duality' but I'm kind of scared of getting a lamer and more "progressive" new record. I hope to be wrong. Here's a pre-production version of a song from the new album  : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HtNlISxBwSwThat being said they were great when I saw them a couple years ago when they came through with Cannibal Corpse. Edit: It looks like they got a different guitar player since. I really liked Steve Jone's style and thought he added a lot to the live show. 
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Taco_Fury posted:I'm loving the new Sigh, by far the most different and original thing I've heard in a while. Could I get some recommendations for another one of their albums that stands out? They've got a pretty big discography and I'm not too sure where to start. Yes. Also, George and Alex are super super nice and will probably be wandering around.  Good luck!
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Killsion posted:I never understood why people like Inquisition so drat much. Just sounds like typical black metal we have all heard before. Typical black metal with some of the shittiest vocals in the league, dude sounds like a limp frog-teen recording in his bedroom fearing that his parents will hear him
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Apr 24, 2012 23:55
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New Fear Factory song from the new album: http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=173021 It's not bad, but not terribly good either. I thought their last album was pretty killer, so I have high expectations for this one. Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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Apr 25, 2012 00:18
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The Summer Slaughter tour looks about as good the Metal Alliance tour. edit: just okay.
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The upcoming Diablo Swing Orchestra album just got leaked. I haven't listened to it, BECAUSE THAT'S WRONG MMKAY?, but I'm looking forward to it  http://www.diabloswing.com/
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Non Serviam posted:The upcoming Diablo Swing Orchestra album just got leaked. So did Storm Corrosion. This is a great day for musical weirdness, I've been waiting for these two releases for awhile now. edit: The last minute of the Diablo Swing album may or may not have been influenced by dubstep velvet milkman fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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Apr 25, 2012 03:19
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:New Fear Factory song from the new album: I liked it, but I have a soft spot for Fear Factory. Demanufacture, Archetype and Mechanize get pretty heavy rotation for me.
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:By great Odin's Raven, Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates is the best thing i have heard in months. I should have asked about this AGES ago. Morbid Florist posted:If you like that song Lamb Of God should be right up your alley
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Valk posted:Couldn't ever really get into Lamb of God. It just feels all similar and wholly uncreative. It's got no soul mang! Just conjecture though. In my opinion, Lamb of God took up the mantle of Pantera without doing anything better or different than Pantera did. Like, on a technical level some of what LoG does is better than Pantera (Chris Adler is a better drummer than Vinnie Paul, but Mark Morton and Willie Adler are no better than Dimebag and sorely lacking in the solo department), but as a whole they're a modern Pantera. My biggest problem with LoG is Randy Blythe, actually. Phil Anselmo in his prime was a fantastic vocalist (and wasn't bad when I saw Down), but Randy just...doesn't have it, I guess. I was sorely disappointed in Resolution (except for Ghost Walking) for a multitude of reasons, namely because it didn't do anything different from LoG's older stuff and to an extent, nothing different from Pantera. The same complaint (that is, everything sounds the same) can be extended to Pantera of course, but 1992 was a hell of a lot different musically than 2012.
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co199 posted:In my opinion, Lamb of God took up the mantle of Pantera without doing anything better or different than Pantera did. Like, on a technical level some of what LoG does is better than Pantera (Chris Adler is a better drummer than Vinnie Paul, but Mark Morton and Willie Adler are no better than Dimebag and sorely lacking in the solo department), but as a whole they're a modern Pantera. You articulated all of my opinions on Lamb of God deftly and succinctly. I was never a big fan of Pantera either for the reasons listed, and also because i was born around when they released Cowboys from Hell - Well into their homogenous period. I don't know, they had the punch but nothing else, whereas the bands i most enjoy keep the kickass but manage to keep it interesting. EDIT: Also, best Insomnium album, go! Valk fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:Speaking of which, has anyone else heard more than one track from the new Cattle Decapitation album, Monolith of Humanity? I was lucky enough to get my hands on a promo copy of the album and I must say, it's pretty drat outstanding. I mean, I've kinda caught glimpses of greatness on their last few releases that caught my attention, but this one really caught me off-guard. It's a blend of death/grind/gore/tech that fits without coming across as super pretentious or just plain out contrived. It's got lots of tempo changes and well produced. Travis Ryans vocals are... well, kind of un-human. At first I didn't know if I liked all the screeching/singing vocals he does in contrast with deep growls, but upon repeat listens, I think it actually fits. Almost makes you skin freaking crawl. They've got three new songs officially released online, and most of the rest are available in recordings of live sets. I'm so pumped for the release. The vocals have always been Cattle Decap's strongest asset, and it's great to hear Travis Ryan continuing to push himself to ever more insane and inhuman levels. Also, they seem to be upping the number of slow, emotional, progressive parts, which is great - the epic-melodic interludes on The Harvest Floor were fantastic, and it adds a ton of character to the band. I'm really interested in hearing "The Carbon Stampede", which apparently has "gang vocals" from every member of Cephalic Carnage. The idea of a multitude of grind vocalists in an allegory about stampedes is so perefectly fitting that I don't even want to spoil it by listening to the live version.
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Re: the new Borknagar. I really loved Universal, and I don't think this one quite matches that album, but it's really drat good. I don't really care for the first track myself (though Borknagar albums tend to grow on me with time), but some of the other tracks (namely The Earthling and Frostrite) are really drat good (assuming you like modern Borknagar, which I would define as Epic and later). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q90kByHUtlQ
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Valk posted:Couldn't ever really get into Lamb of God. It just feels all similar and wholly uncreative. It's got no soul mang! Just conjecture though. Black Dahlia Murder is unique and creative? 
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Morbid Florist posted:Black Dahlia Murder is unique and creative? I saw them at Ozzfest in I think 05, their lead singer was a fat annoying nerd and they were god-awful. And after listening to the 'album trailer,' I couldn't agree more with the thread title. It's a shame, Ecliptica is still one of my favorite albums.
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I've got Reckoning Night and bust it out every now and then. I never liked it enough to give any of their other albums a shot, though.
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CornHolio posted:I've got Reckoning Night and bust it out every now and then. I never liked it enough to give any of their other albums a shot, though. You should, the earlier ones are better.
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Trees and Squids posted:So did Storm Corrosion. This is a great day for musical weirdness, I've been waiting for these two releases for awhile now. I'm just finishing the album and, honestly, I think it's great. It has more "soft" songs than. And yes, there's definitely a weird electronic ending to this album. I saw someone on last.fm saying that it shows that they sold out, but I doubt that 30 seconds, out of 51 minutes, closing the whole album is a sign of "ZOMG DIABLO SWING IS JUST LIKE KORN" (actual last.fm comment). I'd say it's just another example of DSO doing, you know, odd stuff. Also, sorry if I missed it if it was posted before, but Kreator covered The Number of the Beast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xiUrXfGOznE Redrum and Coke fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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big mean giraffe posted:I saw them at Ozzfest in I think 05, their lead singer was a fat annoying nerd and they were god-awful.
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Misogynist posted:I have no problem with a singer being fat if they just keep their loving shirt on. My favorite fat metal singer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-41bacw2H-E
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:My favorite fat metal singer. 
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Valk posted:EDIT: Also, best Insomnium album, go! They're all good, Across the Dark is my favorite, but their most recent is their weakest, in my opinion. Seriously though, all of their albums are worth listening to if you like Melodic Death Metal. They pretty much picked up where In Flames left off in 2000. Also if you want more melodeath check out The Absence, Amon Amarth, Be'lakor, Ensiferum (Iron) Defiant Sally fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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New Kreator song, Phantom Antichrist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeDqeWtUH9M Owns.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW_Lv0r-l4c Some more Fat Metal EDIT: In case you're new to the genre, the defining charactaristics are: -Shrieked vocals -Fast tempo -Tremolo picking -Fat -Listing only "My Kids and World of Warcraft" as your passions in life while tagging on "My wife of course" as an afterthought Stay Safe fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ueThSCIr4 "This music is slow and fat."
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:My favorite fat metal singer. Always amazes me they have 3 vocalists who all have distinct death growls, love it.
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Defiant Sally posted:They're all good, Across the Dark is my favorite, but their most recent is their weakest, in my opinion. Seriously though, all of their albums are worth listening to if you like Melodic Death Metal. They pretty much picked up where In Flames left off in 2000. Hell yeah on the Be'Lakor, pretty criminally underrated. As far as melodeath goes, Carcass' Heartwork is pretty mandatory. Definitely up there with Slaughter of the Soul as far as all the classics go. But it's a pretty big departure from Carcass' other work (not that any of their other albums sound similiar). And I love Trevor Strnad, I don't get the hate.
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