At 11/2/08 09:13 AM, Nev wrote:

At 11/2/08 06:07 AM, mrdurgan wrote: favourite metal guitarist is matt pike, but the best guitarist ever in my own humble opinion is either frank zappa

Didn't Vai do most of Zappa's guitar work? Or was that a later part of his career or something?

vai joined zappas band during the late 70's or early 80's, cant remember exactly. he was basically vai's mentor during that time. he's said in interviews that it improved his playing more than anyone else he'd worked with.

got more albums

dot(.) - RAWHEAVYGREEN
dot(.) - Smoking
dot(.) - dot(.)
This is Past - Ugly Music
This is Past - Alice in Uglyland

dot(.) is pretty good stoner/sludge. I haven't yet listened to the This is Past albums, though. I just know it's supposed to be some kind of experimental black metal.

Best drummer now!

Id say Hellhammer.

At 11/2/08 06:54 PM, smeagol1 wrote: Id say Hellhammer.

I'd go for something like Charlie Zeleny or Max Duhamel.

At 11/2/08 06:54 PM, smeagol1 wrote: Best drummer now!

Id say Hellhammer.

I'd also say Hellhammer. And Bobby Jarzombek, Mike Portnoy, and Charle Zeleny. As for non-metal, Bill Bruford, Carl Palmer, Neal Peart, and Danny Carey.

At 11/2/08 07:11 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Neal Peart

Neil, that is. I got the spelling of his name mixed up with that of Neal Morse.

Hey guys, I know I may sound noobish, but I don't really know all the drummers you have named (or even guitarists)
I have to say that I rarely go and check the name of all the members of a band, so most of the time I don't know the guys you are talking about.

So, em, if you want to be really kind, could you just name the guy and the band he's playing in, so I can learn a little more about those bands :)
thanks a lot boys.

At 11/2/08 07:27 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: thanks a lot boys.

Hellhammer has been in a lot of bands in the Norweign Black Metal/Avant-Garde scene. Arcturus, Age of Silence (bands I like), and stuff like Mayhem, Immortal and lots of other stuff I don't particularly know much about.
Bobby Jarzombek who Sensey mentioned in is Spastic Ink with brother Ron, who I mentioned for guitarists.
Charlie Zeleny is in Behold... The Arctopus and Blotted Science (another Ron Jarzombek band).
Mike Portnoy is Dream Theater's drummer and arguably the most famous of good Metal drummers.
Max Duhamel is from Kataklysm.

At 11/2/08 07:45 PM, Nev wrote:

At 11/2/08 07:27 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: thanks a lot boys.

Hellhammer has been in a lot of bands in the Norweign Black Metal/Avant-Garde scene. Arcturus, Age of Silence (bands I like), and stuff like Mayhem, Immortal and lots of other stuff I don't particularly know much about.

meh, from what I heard, Mayhem and Immortal really aren't the kind of music I like.

Bobby Jarzombek who Sensey mentioned in is Spastic Ink with brother Ron, who I mentioned for guitarists.
Charlie Zeleny is in Behold... The Arctopus and Blotted Science (another Ron Jarzombek band).

Jarzombek brothers em?
ok, what kind of music are they playing?

Mike Portnoy is Dream Theater's drummer and arguably the most famous of good Metal drummers.
Max Duhamel is from Kataklysm.

I already knew about those two, but thanks anyway.

Thanks Nev.

At 11/2/08 07:54 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Jarzombek brothers em?
ok, what kind of music are they playing?

Spastic Ink are really cool. Like Prog Metal mixed with bits of Jazzy, Funky and all sorts. Check them on last.fm, lots of full tracks on there :).
Spastic Ink

Blotted Science are Tech Death.

Best drummer in the world would have to be Lar-

No seriously, in my opinion, Shaun Drover, and Tommas Haake are my favorites.

At 11/2/08 08:09 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: No seriously, in my opinion, Shaun Drover, and Tommas Haake are my favorites.

Nev forgot Haake. He be silly!

And Menza > Drover!

Luke Jaeger from Sleep Terror.
AWESOME GUITARIST.

At 11/2/08 08:18 PM, Kiddmeizter wrote: Luke Jaeger from Sleep Terror.
AWESOME GUITARIST.

Indeed, but there are better. And he is incapable of linking riffs together. Every song has about 10 stop-starts.

At 11/2/08 08:12 PM, Nev wrote:

At 11/2/08 08:09 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: No seriously, in my opinion, Shaun Drover, and Tommas Haake are my favorites.

And Menza > Drover!

Agreed !!
Rust in Peace forever !!!

At 11/2/08 08:33 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 11/2/08 08:12 PM, Nev wrote:

At 11/2/08 08:09 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: No seriously, in my opinion, Shaun Drover, and Tommas Haake are my favorites.

And Menza > Drover!

Agreed !!
Rust in Peace forever !!!

Yes yes, i also agree with this. May as well just add both to my list then.

At 11/2/08 08:49 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote:

At 11/2/08 08:33 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 11/2/08 08:12 PM, Nev wrote:

At 11/2/08 08:09 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: No seriously, in my opinion, Shaun Drover, and Tommas Haake are my favorites.

And Menza > Drover!

Agreed !!
Rust in Peace forever !!!

Yes yes, i also agree with this. May as well just add both to my list then.

I really do like Megadeth and all the stuff they recorded during their Thrash Metal years,
but my favorite drum is and probably will always be Vitek, for Winds of Creation with the band Decapitated.
(Rest in Peace Vitek)

as long as we're talking about drummers, Inferno, of Behemoth, is pretty good. Not the best, but he's good.

Now, who has the best beard?

At 11/2/08 09:59 PM, Nev wrote: Now, who has the best beard?

Impossible to decide.

At 11/2/08 10:07 PM, D3NTATUS wrote: Impossible to decide.

ur no fun!

At 11/2/08 10:20 PM, Nev wrote:

At 11/2/08 10:07 PM, D3NTATUS wrote: Impossible to decide.

ur no fun!

i'll say this: they're probably in a folk metal band.

At 11/2/08 10:29 PM, D3NTATUS wrote: i'll say this: they're probably in a folk metal band.

Kerry King?

Say what you like, he's got a hell of a beard!

At 11/2/08 09:59 PM, Nev wrote: Now, who has the best beard?

Garm and certain members from these bands.

At 11/2/08 10:45 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 11/2/08 09:59 PM, Nev wrote: Now, who has the best beard?

Garm and certain members from these bands.

I was going to say Garm but the guy on the right in the Grand Magus pic wins.

At 11/2/08 09:59 PM, Nev wrote: Now, who has the best beard?

probably the singer of Amon Amarth or the bassist of Nightwish.

so, best vocalists...

Garm
Vintersorg
James Labrie
Geoff Tate
Vortex (I'm basing this one solely on his guest vocals for the Chaos Path by Arcturus, which is among the best vocal performances I've ever heard)

best non-metal vocalists...

Greg Lake
Maynard
Ian Gillan (listen to Child in Time by Deep Purple. holy shit)

At 11/3/08 12:18 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: Ian Gillan (listen to Child in Time by Deep Purple. holy shit)

Actually, that shouldn't be under "non-metal" seeing how Deep Purple's heavy metal/hard rock and he was briefly in Black Sabbath. whatever.

At 11/2/08 08:12 PM, Nev wrote: And Menza > Drover!

Seconded.

At 11/3/08 12:18 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: so, best vocalists...

Garm

Garm is the best vocalist in the world. Ever. Number one.

Vintersorg

Ugh. Vintersorg is a good singer. He's really good. Vintersorg's music sucks. It's weak and lame. And I hate it. Grrr.

James Labrie

Very good. I'd say that's a pretty good top 3 right there.

HOLY SHIT

I sent a friend request to Woods of Ypres, telling them they were a great inspiration for me, and David fucking Gold sent me this message:

Thank you very much for the kind words! Hearing that makes my day. :)

We are actually trying to book a tour of Australia for 2009...please spread the word out there!

Thanks for listening! Be heavy!

David Gold.

I'm shitting my pants man.