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2. Any form of rock music and / or listener, sporting a mullet, eye makeup, hairspray, tight acid washed jeans and hi-top Reeboks.
Don't ask me - the title comes from the fey will of the mods above.
Welcome to the Grand Battalion Nekrokreuz Sigma Save the Avanc Bakesale: Convocation at Tain Hollow (aka let's talk about cool music and satan and stuff). You may have entered a hesher, but you'll leave on a screaming motorcycle driven by wings of liquid fire. From hell.
Thank you for joining us. At this time, we'll have a field report from top fairies Sirenia:
Over the seven seals of fate
A thousand miles away
Your destiny awaits
Over the seven seals of fate
Your free will lies asleep
Behind the fortune's gates
At the market in town just for two coins a yellow little bird my father bought for me.
But here comes the cat
and eats the bird
that in the market
my father bought for me.
At the market in town
there was a dog
that bit the cat
that eats the bird
my father bought for me.
But here comes the water
and wets the dog
that bites the cat
that eats the bird
that in the market
my father bought for me.
At the market in town
there was a horse
that spilled the water
that wet the dog
that bit the cat
that eat the bird
But here comes the man
that whips the horse
that spills the water
that wets the dog
that bites the cat
that eats the bird
my father bought for me.
At the market in town just for two coins a yellow little bird my father bought for me.
But the angel of death
visits the man
that whipped the horse
that spilled the water
that wet the dog
that bit the cat
that eat the bird
that in the market
my father bought for me.
Thank you for that, Sirenia. You have truly blessed the world with your ethereal creations.
HELLELUJAH - 2008 IS DEAD
It was a year of evil, with a plentiful black metal harvest offset by severe funeral blights. Here are our top album picks for the year for you squabble over and pick apart.
Spoiler:
META'S AWESOME TOP 20 THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE EVER
1. Lifelover - Konkurs
2. Gloomy Grim - Under the Spell of the Unlight
3. Mar de Grises - Draining the Waterheart
4. Cynic - Traced in Air
5. Septic Flesh - Communion
6. Hail of Bullets - ...Of Frost and War
7. Necrovation - Breed Deadness Blood
8. October Falls - The Womb of Primordial Nature
9. Satyricon - Age of Nero
10. Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
11. Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
12. Dark Fortress - Eidolon
13. Tyr - Land
14. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
15. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
16. Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
17. Draugnim - Northwind's Ire
18. Helheim - Kaoskult
19. Isole - Bliss of Solitude
20. Vacant Coffin - Sewer Skullpture
AUTO AND THE LIST OF DOO...KRIEG!
The Top 20 Metal Albums of 2008
01. Darkthrone (No) - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
02. Enslaved (No) - Vertebrae
03. Pharaoh (US) - Be Gone
04. Hammers of Misfortune (US) - Fields/Church of Broken Glass
05. Gojira (Fr) - The Way of All Flesh
06. Obtest (Lt) - Gyvybes Medis
07. Blood of the Black Owl (US) - A Feral Spirit
08. Lifelover (Se) - Konkurs
09. Hail of Bullets (Nl) - Of Frost and War debut of the year
10. Horn (De) - Naturkraft
11. Amon Amarth (Se) - Twilight of the Thunder God
12. Stormlord (It) - Mare Nostrum
13. Cynic (US) - Traced in Air
14. Falconer (Se) - Among Beggars and Thieves
15. Paradox (De) - Electrify
16. Týr (Fo) - Land
17. Horna (Fi) - Sanojesi Äärelle
18. Anthem (Jp) - Black Empire
19. Marshall Law (UK) - Razorhead
20. Blood Ceremony (US) - Blood Ceremony
ADRENALINE'S TIP TOP TIPPETY TWENTY
01. Hail of Bullets - ...Of Frost and War
02. Cynic - Traced In Air
03. Outcast - Self-Injected Reality
04. Pharaoh - Be Gone
05. Septic Flesh - Communion
06. Ophiolatry - Transmutation
07. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
08. Lifelover - Konkurs
09. Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
10. Horn - Naturkraft
11. The Faceless - Planetary Duality
12. Necroblaspheme - Destination: Nulle Part
13. Enslaved - Vertebrae
14. Severed Savior - Servile Insurrection
15. Blood of the Black Owl - A Feral Spirit
16. Den Saakaldte - Øl, Mørke og Depresjon
17. Pyramids - Pyramids
18. Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
19. Janvs - Vega
20. Aeon of Horus - Embodiment of Darkness and Light
FRANK HATES YOU AND DOESN'T EVEN POST HERE
01. Satyricon - The Age of Nero
02. Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
03. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
04. Stormwarrior - Heading Northe
05. October Falls - The Womb of Primordial Nature
06. Pest - Rest in Morbid Darkness
07. The Ugly - Slaves to the Decay
08. Enslaved - Vertebrae
09. Eluveitie - Slania
10. Gravdal - Sadist
Narian likes cuddling, chocolate pudding, and is our reigning hesher
01. Keep of Kalessin (No) - Kolossus
02. Metallica (US) - Death Magnetic
03. Stormwarrior (Ge) - Heading Northe
04. Kalmah (Fi) - For the Revolution
05. Dark Empire (US) - Humanity Dethroned
06. Amon Amarth (Se) - Twilight of the Thunder God
07. Firewind (Gr) - The Premonition
08. Ayreon (Nl) - 01011001
09. Testament (US) - The Formation of Damnnation
10. Gojira (Fr) - The Way of All Flesh
MORGENSTERN STOP FUCKING THE TREES
01. Draugnim - Northwind's Ire
02. Black Lotus - Harvest of Seasons
03. SIG:AR:TYR - Beyond the North Winds
04. Forefather - Steadfast
05. Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky
06. Horn - Naturkraft
07. Kampfar - Heimgang
08. Askival - Eternity
09. Battle Dagorath - Eternal Throne
10. Coldworld - Melancholie
S0UP REALLY JUST LISTENS TO SLAYER
1. Amon Amarth - Twilight of The Thundergod
2. Opeth - Watershed
3. Vader - XXV (A reissue album of their greatest hits? Brilliant!)
4. Pain - Cynic Paradise
5. Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
6. Kalmah - For The Revolution
7. Meshuggah - obZen
8. Gojira - The way of All Flesh
9. Dismember - Dismember
10. Enslaved - Vertebrae
Llama of the Shifting Lists
1. Amon Amarth - Twilight of The Thundergod
2. Hail of Bullets - ...Of Frost and War
3. Týr - Land
4. Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky
5. Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
6. Enslaved - Vertebrae
7. Meshuggah - obZen
8. Agalloch - The White (don't hurt me)
9. Equilibrium - Sagas
10. Kalmah - For the Revolution
11. Falchion - Chronicles of the Dead
12. Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags (hiking metal punks? how can you not love it)
13. Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom
Rhan9 remembers these fondly
1. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
2. SIG:AR:TYR - Beyond the North Winds
3. Eluveitie - Slania
4. Ayreon - 01011001
5. Opeth - Watershed
6. Dark Empire - Humanity Dethroned
7. Lifelover - Konkurs
8. Stormlord - Mare Nostrum
9. Kalmah - For the Revolution
10. Obtest - Gyvybes Medis
Futt Bucker's list is the quick dicks
1. Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
2. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
3. Tyr - Land
4. Gloomy Grim - Under The Spell Of The Unlight
5. Arghoslent - Hornets Of The Pogrom
Welcome to Crazy Larry's Emporium of Total Metal Madness!
1. Ihsahn - AngL
2. Cynic - Traced In Air
3. Darkthrone - Dark Thrones And Black Flags
4. Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
5. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
6. Hail of Bullets - ...Of Frost and War
7. Moonspell - Night Eternal
8. Meshuggah - obZen
9. Falconer - Among Beggars and Thieves
10. Pharaoh - Be Gone
11. Dark Empire - Humanity Dethroned
12. Motorhead - Motorizer
13. Testament - The Formation Of Damnnation
14. Benedictum - Seasons Of Tragedy
15. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
Honorable Mention - Van Canto
Yakul Calls the Shower-Shaker
1. Obtest - Gyvybes Medis
2. Darkthrone - Darkthrones and Black Flags
3. Pharoah - Be Gone
4. The Sword - Gods of the Earth
5. SIG:AR:TYR - Beyond the North Winds
6. Kurgan - And Green Grasses Are Freezing Slowly
7. Lifelover - Konkurs
8. Opeth - Watershed (extra points given for no embarrasing front lawn photos)
Blakout with his cock out
1. Transcending Bizarre? - The Serpent's Manifolds
2. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
3. Kalmah - For the Revolution
4. Artefact - Ruins
5. Cynic - Traced in Air
6. Protest the Hero - Fortress
7. Opeth - Watershed
8. Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
9. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
10. Ihsahn - AngL
11. In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
12. Meshuggah - ObZen
13. Hail of Bullets - Of Frost and War
14. Murderplan - Let's Roll
15. Svartediket - Svartediket
16. Enslaved - Vertebrae
17. Metallica - Death Magnetic
18. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
19. Svafnir - The Heathen Chapters
20. Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk
Best Metallica album of 2008: Master of Puppets
Ah_Pook has something to say top tier shit
Machetazo - Mundo Cripta
Dead Congregation - Graves Of The Archangels
Coffins - Buried Death
Kill The Client - Cleptocracy
Origin - Antithesis
really good shit
Brain Drill - Apocalyptic Feasting
Captain Cleanoff - Symphonies Of Slackness
Gruesome Stuff Relish - Horror Rises From The Tomb
Dead Infection - Corpses Of The Universe
Hooded Menace - Fulfill The Curse
Flagitious Indiosyncrasy In The Dilapidation - s/t
Hate Eternal - Fury And Flames
Destructive Explosion Of Anal Garland - Cutterclit
Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
All you other deadbeats better follow suit or we won't let you into our awesome magic fairyland full of yellow birds and hot guys on motorcycles when you die.
So what does 2009 have in store? I'd like to reserve this space for this year's releases, whether they're pending or released, and review links if available:
Some basic guidelines for people just joining up with us:
we know that dethklok are the brutalest
we know that Dragonforce are the noodliest
we know that Opeth is some craaaazy shit, dog
we do, in fact, not look down upon Between the Buried and Me
we do, in fact, look down harshly upon Killswitch Engage
Please keep in mind - kvlties just wanna have fun. If you can dig that, bring your black leather and come masturbate with us to the butteriest riffs this side of the gulf of Darien.
And, when you're itching for some more meat in your metal, follow this lovely portal of a picture for all the reviews you could shake a cock at.
Well, here's my top 10 for 2008. I didn't really listen all that much stuff that was released in 2008, so I had maybe 12 albums to put into a list. Anyhow, my top 10 is based strictly on the highly analytical rubric of "which do I remember listening the most?".
1. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
2. SIG:AR:TYR - Beyond the North Winds
3. Eluveitie - Slania
4. Ayreon - 01011001
5. Opeth - Watershed
6. Dark Empire - Humanity Dethroned
7. Lifelover - Konkurs
8. Stormlord - Mare Nostrum
9. Kalmah - For the Revolution
10. Obtest - Gyvybes Medis
Interesting interview about that Asmegin album. Turns out that they've got a sequel to their first album that they're slowly working on, but Napalm records pushed them to release something this year, so they decided to make something easy to do quickly and keep working on the other album over a longer period. They recorded and mixed the whole thing from june to august, fuck.
ha, I guess that makes sense, then. I still dig it, though. I'll be interested to see what they do with the next full length.
DUE, I think if you haven't liked recent Satyricon material, The Age of Nero probably won't change your opinion much. I think it's a fun sing-along album with catchy, restrained music. Here's the best song from it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FEbEWnnQRo
I've added a list of 2009 albums to the op. It's far from extensive, but I'll add anything you guys are looking forward to, and definitely anything that gets reviewed.
dream a little dream or you could live a little dream
sleep forever if you wish to be a dreamer
1. Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
2. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
3. Tyr - Land
4. Gloomy Grim - Under The Spell Of The Unlight
5. Arghoslent - Hornets Of The Pogrom
I was going to post my lowest scored review yet in the blog, of Doro's new album, but I couldn't bring myself to waste any more time on this horrendous pile of shit.
Could we possibly put Adren's blog banner in the OP? And mention the review site (I know there are a few links to specific reviews).
As the last god on Earth, I ask for a whiskey. The floodwave took it all, life up here is risky. What can I tell you, the giants pulled us under. A sky-high tsunami, black walls of thunder. .
Alrighty, I know this is the metal thread and bringing up poppy metalcore bands is bad karma, but I'm going to anyway.
A few months ago I picked up Of Love and Lunacy, the first album by Still Remains. I was pleasantly surprised. There was an interesting, variable atmosphere generated by some heavy handed instrumentals and musical diversity. The vocals involved more death metal than I was expecting, and I can still successfully listen to the album to this day without being bored.
I then made the mistake of assuming the next Still Remains album, The Serpent, would also be pleasantly surprising. I HATE it when I do that... They went for a "cleaner" sound that showed "their growth as musicians". It felt more like regression into a one-note, repetitive tracks with borderline infuriating vocals.
Out of curiosity, how do you guys feel about Unearth? I really love the guys, but I know there is animosity between the different types of metal. I want just want to see if the general PA public opinion of them is high or not.
Out of curiosity, how do you guys feel about Unearth? I really love the guys, but I know there is animosity between the different types of metal. I want just want to see if the general PA public opinion of them is high or not.
Unearth is from my state, I used to know Ken a little. He used to go to one of my old band's shows, or vice versa. They are definitely a legitimate band who have been working hard at what they do long before the term 'metalcore' was a household name. It's hard not to be proud that they made a success of themselves. That said, on a musical level, their albums don't do it for me.
As far as the different types of metal, they are all welcome to be discussed here. There is no real consensus of opinions in these threads, we are all a little different (okay, maybe the few MET highlighted in the OP are sort of consensual). There is good metalcore and there is bad metalcore, just like good and bad black metal, thrash, power metal, etc.
Hell, I was listening to Fastway's On Target earlier in my car. It's total 80s cheese hard rock/metal with keyboards. But I love it. I guarantee almost everyone would make fun of me. But then there might be that rare person who didn't, and to that person I'd give a manly kiss on the mouth. If it was cool, of course...
As the last god on Earth, I ask for a whiskey. The floodwave took it all, life up here is risky. What can I tell you, the giants pulled us under. A sky-high tsunami, black walls of thunder. .
With In Flames I still get suckered in by a false sense of hope, that somehow, somewhere, they will release another good album.
They did. Listen to it again.
As the last god on Earth, I ask for a whiskey. The floodwave took it all, life up here is risky. What can I tell you, the giants pulled us under. A sky-high tsunami, black walls of thunder. .
Hey look it's my favorites of the year (that I can remember):
1. Transcending Bizarre? - The Serpent's Manifolds
2. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
3. Kalmah - For the Revolution
4. Artefact - Ruins
5. Cynic - Traced in Air
6. Protest the Hero - Fortress
7. Opeth - Watershed
8. Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
9. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
10. Ihsahn - AngL
11. In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
12. Meshuggah - ObZen
13. Hail of Bullets - Of Frost and War
14. Murderplan - Let's Roll
15. Svartediket - Svartediket
16. Enslaved - Vertebrae
17. Metallica - Death Magnetic
18. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
19. Svafnir - The Heathen Chapters
20. Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk
Let me know if you have any other questions I can help you with.
As the last god on Earth, I ask for a whiskey. The floodwave took it all, life up here is risky. What can I tell you, the giants pulled us under. A sky-high tsunami, black walls of thunder. .
Hey look it's my favorites of the year (that I can remember):
18. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
YES
People, I would like to be far more into metal than I am right now
Where should I start
Start with the more accessible varieties first, and slowly try to work your way into the other varieties of metal. Eventually you might start to enjoy the growly vocals and stuff that most people don't really like at first hearing.
I have only relatively recently started to enjoy Melodeath, and have difficulty getting into black metal and less melodic death metal, but it's all pretty much an acquired taste.
Varieties with cleaner vocals or more mainstream appeal might be the way to go. Power metal, trash metal, and the like. Blind Guardian pretty much single-handedly got me into metal, with some Metallica, Therion and Iron Maiden influence.
Mastodon is a pretty unique band, and an excellent one. They blend quite a few styles into one.
Try Gojira maybe, but keep in mind they aren't as musically proficient or as heavy (well, in their own way).
As the last god on Earth, I ask for a whiskey. The floodwave took it all, life up here is risky. What can I tell you, the giants pulled us under. A sky-high tsunami, black walls of thunder. .
Mastodon is a pretty unique band, and an excellent one. They blend quite a few styles into one.
Try Gojira maybe, but keep in mind they aren't as musically proficient or as heavy (well, in their own way).
mm, i've been meaning to try gojira.
i am basically looking for that somewhat-prog sound while maintaining the intensity and heaviness of something like Blood and Thunder. I prefer tracks like that one to the more noodly shit like Capillarean Crest or whatever it's called.
Most really heavy bands are non-melodic and percussively boring to me (I love Mastodon's drums); most prog bands are noodlier than a bowl of spaghetti. Both are unsatisfactory, and I've only found the right mix in Mastodon, for the most part.
Out of curiosity, how do you guys feel about Unearth? I really love the guys, but I know there is animosity between the different types of metal. I want just want to see if the general PA public opinion of them is high or not.
Unearth is from my state, I used to know Ken a little. He used to go to one of my old band's shows, or vice versa. They are definitely a legitimate band who have been working hard at what they do long before the term 'metalcore' was a household name. It's hard not to be proud that they made a success of themselves. That said, on a musical level, their albums don't do it for me.
That's so cool. I really like to think that the guys are pretty cool to hang out with. I don't know what it is, but their music is just enthralling to me. If I hear a song by them I normally get really pumped up.
People, I would like to be far more into metal than I am right now
Where should I start
80's trash is pretty much most peoples "gateway" into metal. Hit up some Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Athrax, Slayer, Motorhead, Pantera, Death, Iron Maiden, Sepultura, and Black Sabbath for a nice starting point.
Man, Earth is an awesome band. I've liked Sunn O))) for a long time now, and I checked out Earth's newest album when I heard that they were an inspiration for Sunn O))). It's good, but not really metal at all, so I got some of their earlier, drone doom stuff and I'm loving it.
This is probably not news to anyone since I get the impression that Earth is pretty well known among drone fans.
Wait, there's new Hammerfall due out this year? Why did no one tell me this? With this and Grave Digger coming out, it looks like it should be a good year for Power Metal. If we get new Blind Guardian too I'll be in heaven.
You guys might want to check out the new Woe Of Tyrants, since I seem to recall some of you really liking their first release. I'm kind of ticked that I missed their cd release party, and they don't play anywhere near me again for a while.
Also, I wasn't going to do a list, but no one mentioned Moonspell in any of their's so I had to rectify that.
1. Ihsahn - AngL
2. Cynic - Traced In Air
3. Darkthrone - Dark Thrones And Black Flags
4. Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
5. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
6. Hail of Bullets - ...Of Frost and War
7. Moonspell - Night Eternal
8. Meshuggah - obZen
9. Falconer - Among Beggars and Thieves
10. Pharaoh - Be Gone
11. Dark Empire - Humanity Dethroned
12. Motorhead - Motorizer
13. Testament - The Formation Of Damnnation
14. Benedictum - Seasons Of Tragedy
15. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
Honorable Mention - Van Canto
One of these years ima gonna keep a notepad of all the albums as I listen to them.
Top
1. Obtest - Gyvybes Medis
2. Darkthrone - Darkthrones and Black Flags
3. Pharoah - Be Gone
4. The Sword - Gods of the Earth
5. SIG:AR:TYR - Beyond the North Winds
6. Kurgan - And Green Grasses Are Freezing Slowly
7. Lifelover - Konkurs
8. Opeth - Watershed (extra points given for no embarrasing front lawn photos)
It was their best album of 2007, too, strangely enough.
As the last god on Earth, I ask for a whiskey. The floodwave took it all, life up here is risky. What can I tell you, the giants pulled us under. A sky-high tsunami, black walls of thunder. .
I'll admit I don't listen to Darkthrone enough, but one time the missus caught me singing Dungeon Shaker in the shower and I had some explain to do.
If she didn't sex you up right on the spot, curb her.
As the last god on Earth, I ask for a whiskey. The floodwave took it all, life up here is risky. What can I tell you, the giants pulled us under. A sky-high tsunami, black walls of thunder. .
What would you recommend for someone who has such an obsession and wants to spread it around more evenly?
Baroness.
“Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war.” - Loren Eiseley
I 100% agree with this and I was contemplating putting this on my blog post at the end because save for "Always & Never" and maybe "My Antichrist" the album is not good.
What would you recommend for someone who has such an obsession and wants to spread it around more evenly?
Baroness.
Ooh, these guys sound interesting. I'm gonna grab an album. Thanks for the recommendation!
Check out Kylesa and Torche as well. They might be your thing too.
“Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war.” - Loren Eiseley
While searching around for big new releases this year, they came up, but I can't find any concrete details on it. Sooo, they go in the question list. But it makes sense, they haven't made anything in a couple years.
Did anyone listen to their Hindsight release from 2008? It's all non-electric remakes of their own songs, seems like it's worth checking out.
dream a little dream or you could live a little dream
sleep forever if you wish to be a dreamer
For $4 used I found Gloomy Grim'sBlood, Monsters, Darkness at the local record store. This morning's pitch black drive to work was extra terrifying because of it.
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1. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
2. SIG:AR:TYR - Beyond the North Winds
3. Eluveitie - Slania
4. Ayreon - 01011001
5. Opeth - Watershed
6. Dark Empire - Humanity Dethroned
7. Lifelover - Konkurs
8. Stormlord - Mare Nostrum
9. Kalmah - For the Revolution
10. Obtest - Gyvybes Medis
"Oh, He's dead. Can't complain. He had his chance and, in modern parlance, blew it."
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That Volcano business was awful.
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
DUE, I think if you haven't liked recent Satyricon material, The Age of Nero probably won't change your opinion much. I think it's a fun sing-along album with catchy, restrained music. Here's the best song from it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FEbEWnnQRo
I've added a list of 2009 albums to the op. It's far from extensive, but I'll add anything you guys are looking forward to, and definitely anything that gets reviewed.
dream a little dream or you could live a little dream
sleep forever if you wish to be a dreamer
1. Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
2. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
3. Tyr - Land
4. Gloomy Grim - Under The Spell Of The Unlight
5. Arghoslent - Hornets Of The Pogrom
I didn't really get much this year.
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
Could we possibly put Adren's blog banner in the OP? And mention the review site (I know there are a few links to specific reviews).
Also...this! Right on!
A few months ago I picked up Of Love and Lunacy, the first album by Still Remains. I was pleasantly surprised. There was an interesting, variable atmosphere generated by some heavy handed instrumentals and musical diversity. The vocals involved more death metal than I was expecting, and I can still successfully listen to the album to this day without being bored.
I then made the mistake of assuming the next Still Remains album, The Serpent, would also be pleasantly surprising. I HATE it when I do that... They went for a "cleaner" sound that showed "their growth as musicians". It felt more like regression into a one-note, repetitive tracks with borderline infuriating vocals.
/rant /rant
Unearth is from my state, I used to know Ken a little. He used to go to one of my old band's shows, or vice versa. They are definitely a legitimate band who have been working hard at what they do long before the term 'metalcore' was a household name. It's hard not to be proud that they made a success of themselves. That said, on a musical level, their albums don't do it for me.
As far as the different types of metal, they are all welcome to be discussed here. There is no real consensus of opinions in these threads, we are all a little different (okay, maybe the few MET highlighted in the OP are sort of consensual). There is good metalcore and there is bad metalcore, just like good and bad black metal, thrash, power metal, etc.
Hell, I was listening to Fastway's On Target earlier in my car. It's total 80s cheese hard rock/metal with keyboards. But I love it. I guarantee almost everyone would make fun of me. But then there might be that rare person who didn't, and to that person I'd give a manly kiss on the mouth. If it was cool, of course...
They did. Listen to it again.
1. Transcending Bizarre? - The Serpent's Manifolds
2. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
3. Kalmah - For the Revolution
4. Artefact - Ruins
5. Cynic - Traced in Air
6. Protest the Hero - Fortress
7. Opeth - Watershed
8. Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
9. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
10. Ihsahn - AngL
11. In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
12. Meshuggah - ObZen
13. Hail of Bullets - Of Frost and War
14. Murderplan - Let's Roll
15. Svartediket - Svartediket
16. Enslaved - Vertebrae
17. Metallica - Death Magnetic
18. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
19. Svafnir - The Heathen Chapters
20. Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk
YES
People, I would like to be far more into metal than I am right now
Where should I start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV6noHEd6XE
Let me know if you have any other questions I can help you with.
Start with the more accessible varieties first, and slowly try to work your way into the other varieties of metal. Eventually you might start to enjoy the growly vocals and stuff that most people don't really like at first hearing.
I have only relatively recently started to enjoy Melodeath, and have difficulty getting into black metal and less melodic death metal, but it's all pretty much an acquired taste.
Varieties with cleaner vocals or more mainstream appeal might be the way to go. Power metal, trash metal, and the like. Blind Guardian pretty much single-handedly got me into metal, with some Metallica, Therion and Iron Maiden influence.
I love Mastodon, unhealthily
I listen to them every day, quite literally
What would you recommend for someone who has such an obsession and wants to spread it around more evenly?
Try Gojira maybe, but keep in mind they aren't as musically proficient or as heavy (well, in their own way).
mm, i've been meaning to try gojira.
i am basically looking for that somewhat-prog sound while maintaining the intensity and heaviness of something like Blood and Thunder. I prefer tracks like that one to the more noodly shit like Capillarean Crest or whatever it's called.
Most really heavy bands are non-melodic and percussively boring to me (I love Mastodon's drums); most prog bands are noodlier than a bowl of spaghetti. Both are unsatisfactory, and I've only found the right mix in Mastodon, for the most part.
That's so cool. I really like to think that the guys are pretty cool to hang out with. I don't know what it is, but their music is just enthralling to me. If I hear a song by them I normally get really pumped up.
80's trash is pretty much most peoples "gateway" into metal. Hit up some Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Athrax, Slayer, Motorhead, Pantera, Death, Iron Maiden, Sepultura, and Black Sabbath for a nice starting point.
This is probably not news to anyone since I get the impression that Earth is pretty well known among drone fans.
You guys might want to check out the new Woe Of Tyrants, since I seem to recall some of you really liking their first release. I'm kind of ticked that I missed their cd release party, and they don't play anywhere near me again for a while.
Also, I wasn't going to do a list, but no one mentioned Moonspell in any of their's so I had to rectify that.
1. Ihsahn - AngL
2. Cynic - Traced In Air
3. Darkthrone - Dark Thrones And Black Flags
4. Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
5. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
6. Hail of Bullets - ...Of Frost and War
7. Moonspell - Night Eternal
8. Meshuggah - obZen
9. Falconer - Among Beggars and Thieves
10. Pharaoh - Be Gone
11. Dark Empire - Humanity Dethroned
12. Motorhead - Motorizer
13. Testament - The Formation Of Damnnation
14. Benedictum - Seasons Of Tragedy
15. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
Honorable Mention - Van Canto
Top
1. Obtest - Gyvybes Medis
2. Darkthrone - Darkthrones and Black Flags
3. Pharoah - Be Gone
4. The Sword - Gods of the Earth
5. SIG:AR:TYR - Beyond the North Winds
6. Kurgan - And Green Grasses Are Freezing Slowly
7. Lifelover - Konkurs
8. Opeth - Watershed (extra points given for no embarrasing front lawn photos)
Best Metallica album of 2008: Master of Puppets
Agreed!
It was their best album of 2007, too, strangely enough.
Also Kill Em All almost got the edge this year it was close
If she didn't sex you up right on the spot, curb her.
Baroness.
Ooh, these guys sound interesting. I'm gonna grab an album. Thanks for the recommendation!
I 100% agree with this and I was contemplating putting this on my blog post at the end because save for "Always & Never" and maybe "My Antichrist" the album is not good.
Check out Kylesa and Torche as well. They might be your thing too.
Did anyone listen to their Hindsight release from 2008? It's all non-electric remakes of their own songs, seems like it's worth checking out.
dream a little dream or you could live a little dream
sleep forever if you wish to be a dreamer
For $4 used I found Gloomy Grim's Blood, Monsters, Darkness at the local record store. This morning's pitch black drive to work was extra terrifying because of it.
dream a little dream or you could live a little dream
sleep forever if you wish to be a dreamer