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Ivar Bjørnson is one of the nicest musicians I have ever met. He looks mean, but he isn't. One of the guitar players in Ghost and Matt loving Pike were also really cool and awesome to talk to. I love it when guys in bands I like aren't total dicks.
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MrBling posted:It's almost as if Iced Earth really isn't that good. Maybe, but goddamn do I need a new Demons & Wizards album.
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Weaponized Cum posted:Murder Construct has a new album and it rules well cya Ahh thanks for this. Very nice. Here's a fun track about trendy-core music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la-H6BVZhSU Turk February posted:I forgot how awesome Karl Sanders is. This interview done at Bloodstock just showed how laid back he was and it makes me like him and Nile even more. Karl is rad. I got to see Nile during Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka in a small bar in Raleigh NC. There were 30 people there tops. Nile was lugging around a PC with a CRT monitor for their samples. The stage was about 6 inches to a foot tall. I stood right in front of Karl because I wanted to see this poo poo up close and he basically watched me watch him shred guitar that night. The dude just stared me down the whole time. In spite of that, he's very chill and approachable. Edit: his forearms are like legs. UFOTacoMan fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Sep 2, 2012 |
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Sep 2, 2012 00:02
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Does he still work at Pizza Hut?
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BGrifter posted:Maybe, but goddamn do I need a new Demons & Wizards album.
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DEAR RICHARD posted:Ivar Bjørnson is one of the nicest musicians I have ever met. He looks mean, but he isn't. I had the exact opposite experience with Ghost. In their get up, they were nice. After the show though, they were total dicks. There are a handful of really unpleasant metal people I've met, but most are really loving cool, even to sweaty dudes who mob them after they just walked off stage.
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The new The Faceless album just keeps getting better. I just learned that the guy who did the Sexy Sax Man thing played the guest saxophone solo in Deconsecrate. Old news but holy poo poo that's amazing
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I was so sad when I couldn't get the new Murder Construct and Krallice on Spotify, but then yesterday I found them. Makes no sense, but hooray! Then my list collaboration buddy noticed that I didn't add the latest Locust album. September is shaping up well already.
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ChickenArise posted:the latest Locust album The what now?
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Christopher Irvine posted:The what now? I think he might mean the compilation that just came out--"Molecular Genetics from the Gold Standard Labs"
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The new Dyrsrhythmia album is so good. In heavy rotation for me, specially love the production. Now, The Locust? gently caress The Locust. 
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Weaponized Cum posted:Insect Warfare Murder Construct has had me revisiting some of my old grindcore flings today and this is the perfect end to it. I had no idea.
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Can anyone point me toward some clean, melodic stuff? I realize I'm pretty much living up to the Flower Metal stereotype here, but man, screw it, I just like my metal to be pretty, is that really so wrong. Current top albums for me would be Avantasia's Angel of Babylon (all Avantasia is good, but anything from the Wicked Trilogy is especially good,) Symphony X's The Divine Wings of Tragedy and/or V: The New Mythology Suite, Masterplan's Aeronautics, Angra's Holy Land and/or Temple of Shadows, Symfonia's In Paradisum, and absolutely anything by Allen/Lande. Conversely, I get turned off by bands I like for their prettier stuff going too harsh (Helloween's 7 Sinners, most newer Symphony X) though admittedly I do love Blind Guardian. Those guys can be hard and still retain the melodic aspect, as just about anything on At the Edge of Time will attest.
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Kjorteo posted:Can anyone point me toward some clean, melodic stuff? I realize I'm pretty much living up to the Flower Metal stereotype here, but man, screw it, I just like my metal to be pretty, is that really so wrong. The first most obvious recommendation is Hangar. Their drummer is Aquiles Priester who was in Angra for a bit and is phenomenal. This is about as heavy as they get: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYrCf7L67gM and here's their normal stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL4GJckDYGg Other than that here's some other stuff you didn't list that you may already know, may not like, whatever: Iced Earth (read the last page or 2 to get the feel for them), Demons and Wizards (Iced Earth / Blind Guardian collaboration), Kamelot, Rhapsody (of Fire!), Ancient Bards, Shaman, Edguy is always fun, Falconer, Stratovarius, Epica, Pagan's Mind, Seventh Wonder... Katatonia is really good too but a lot more on the more dark / depressing sort of stuff. I really like their new album (this is also probably their "heaviest" track off their new album): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u79MohYXcl4 Also if you like good melodic music, basically listen to anything by Steven Wilson.
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Kjorteo posted:Can anyone point me toward some clean, melodic stuff? I realize I'm pretty much living up to the Flower Metal stereotype here, but man, screw it, I just like my metal to be pretty, is that really so wrong. Kamelot are pretty much as sleek and smooth as metal can get. One of the best power metal bands around, or at least used to be. A good album to start with is Karma. If you want bigger stuff with more orchestra and choirs and stuff, try The Black Halo. If you want more regular power metal, The Fourth Legacy. Twilightning did a couple grade A melodic power metal albums before going a bit weird and then disbanding. Namely, Delirium Veil and Plague-House Puppet Show.
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UFOTofuTacoCat posted:Murder Construct has had me revisiting some of my old grindcore flings today and this is the perfect end to it. I had no idea. If you like them listen to Maruta and Wormrot!
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Kjorteo posted:Can anyone point me toward some clean, melodic stuff? I realize I'm pretty much living up to the Flower Metal stereotype here, but man, screw it, I just like my metal to be pretty, is that really so wrong. Have you heard Fates Warning's "The Spectre Within" and "Awaken the Guardian"? They're quite a different from their later stuff that seems to get more attention. Lethal's "Programmed" is hard to not fall in love with. Razorwyre have rough guitars and a pretty vocalist. Not to name too many obvious ones, but make sure you've heard Helstar's first four, Crimson Glory's first two or three, and Malice's "In The Beginning". If you want it to be straight up cheesy 80s power metal, listen to Rage of Angels. If you want something that's more flowery than Avantasia and cheesier than Dragonforce, listen to Pathfinder. I think they're even flowerier than Fairyland.
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Also try dragonland, Neal Morse, Judas Priest,Andromeda, Arwen, Hammerfall, At Vance(though you can find better stuff on youtube but I'm lazy), Ayreon, Dezperadoz (hehe), Freedom Call. Some of these might bit a bit on the heavy side, can't really remember.
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Got my copy of Agalloch's new EP Faustian Echoes in the mail today and it's pretty rad
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Kjorteo posted:Can anyone point me toward some clean, melodic stuff? I realize I'm pretty much living up to the Flower Metal stereotype here, but man, screw it, I just like my metal to be pretty, is that really so wrong. To add to everyone else's suggestions, you might give the following a try: Pain of Salvation - Entropia, One Hour by the Concrete Lake, The Perfect Element Part I, and Remedy Lane. 12:5 is a live acoustic album with completely rearranged songs that is sonically just plain perfect, and then they put out sort of a pretentious (but good) metal opera album after that called Be. Everything else since then (2004-present) has been tremendously disappointing. Pain of Salvation is more straight-up prog, rather than "powerprog" (the mixture of power metal and progressive metal that you obviously prefer), but they're so drat excellent there's no reason to not at least give them a chance. Redemption - This Mortal Coil (Ray Alder of Fates Warning's other band, might be a little on the dark end of what you'd like) Anything Arjen Lucassen has collaborated with other artists on, specifically Ayreon and Star One Ark - Burn the Sun (I assume you've heard this already since it's Jorn Lande) Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating By the Stars both Myrath albums (the first ever metal band from Tunisia signed to a label, lyrics in English and Arabic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9V-AxS2kao And by the way, I totally agree with you. Those are the two best Symphony X albums by a mile. edit: poo poo, forgot Lost Horizon. Cheesy as hell, but I'll be damned if the Highlander song isn't unbelievable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OffF0e2h4TU Optimum Gulps fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Sep 6, 2012 |
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Apparently, Wintersun is now on tour. In the US. I want to go just for curiosity's sake.
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Optimum Gulps posted:
In this vein may I also suggest Subsignal's second album Touchstones, also no one has suggested Dream Theater's Images and Words which is a god damned amazing album.
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Power Metal Guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbseMiDe00
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Weaponized Cum posted:Power Metal Guy: My favorite Heavenly song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymfrq4RrFtU THAT INTRO edit-- and now if we're talking about power metal intros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOHUVC9aTIg wheeeeeere doooo iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ...... ...... GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Count Thrashula fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Sep 6, 2012 |
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Optimum Gulps posted:edit: poo poo, forgot Lost Horizon. Cheesy as hell, but I'll be damned if the Highlander song isn't unbelievable. I also have this annoying nagging feeling that I'm forgetting some painfully obvious recommendation, but it's eluding me.
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:The first most obvious recommendation is Hangar. Their drummer is Aquiles Priester who was in Angra for a bit and is phenomenal. Just chiming in to agree whole-heartedly with this. Katatonia is amazing. And even more amazing live. Get all their albums. All of them. And see them live. Lots of times see them live.
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Anyone going on the Sweden Rock double cruise in October? I'm only going on the 2nd half, but it looks like the better half with Satyricon, Amorphis and Finntroll! (http://www.swedenrockcruise.com/index.cfm?lg=2)
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I know there are some people in here from Chicago. I stopped by Reckless Records today and even they didn't have what I was looking for. What are the good metal record stores in this city? e: phone posting sucks Full Collapse fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Sep 7, 2012 |
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Qu Appelle posted:Apparently, Wintersun is now on tour. In the US. I want to go just for curiosity's sake. A Pittsburgh date? Sick. Going to have to try and get to this
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Also here's a cool new sports center commercial that is relevant here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USHZZ5bwASU
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Minto Took posted:I know there are some people in here from Chicago. I stopped Reckless Records today and even they didn't have what I was looking for. What are the good metal record stores in this city? Not much since Metal Haven closed I'd say your best bet will be the record store at Reggies Rock Club...Logan Hardware also has a small metal collection, but its not much and pretty expensive. Really without metal haven there isnt much else.
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New Nekrogoblikon video owns bones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMKOx6fumc
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First the Fertile Green video and now this. I thought metal videos were supposed to suck.
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e: wow I should have read two posts above me
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Minto Took posted:I know there are some people in here from Chicago. I stopped by Reckless Records today and even they didn't have what I was looking for. What are the good metal record stores in this city? Honestly there isn't much. The aforementioned smallish store at Reggie's is OK, but there is no other reason to go to that area of town, at least for me (I don't really need to buy heroin or anything), so I only am able to browse when I go to a show. I typically just end up buying my music online, unfortunately. Usually directly from the band if possible.
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Feast of Burden posted:New Nekrogoblikon video owns bones. This is amazing. Hahaha. Also that ESPN commercial is probably the best commercial ever made.
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Roasted Donut posted:Also here's a cool new sports center commercial that is relevant here  ESPN makes the best commercials.Feast of Burden posted:New Nekrogoblikon video owns bones. This also owns.
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Feast of Burden posted:New Nekrogoblikon video owns bones. Now that's doing metal right.
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Feast of Burden posted:New Nekrogoblikon video owns bones. I came on here earlier to post this. Their guitarist was my best friend in high school. They've really come a long way since back when I used to invite myself on stage:  72_525586163987_5581_n by LargeHadron, on Flickr To be honest though, I love the song but the video itself just doesn't do it for me.
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