At 1/28/10 02:26 AM, NewgroundsFails wrote:

It does get so so, but I havn't even listened to Agalloch for about 6 months. And honestly.......... Beethoven > Agalloch.

Why do you compare classical music to metal?
And I wouldn't say so anyway. Agalloch are like the musical gods of this era :)

Definitely, Agalloch aren't doom.

Yes they are

Btw, Ashes Against The Grain... The Mantle... both Doom Metal albums. No matter what you say :)

Blah they are not.

You fucking serious? You can listen to Limbs and Falling Snow and still be able to ignore the heavyness, the slowness and the melancholy in the doomish guitar riffs?
They may not be your typical doom metal band. But seriously, they are Doom Metal for sure.

Recommend me some bm without keys?

Balrog
Ulver
Wolves In The Throne Room

At 1/28/10 02:55 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

lookin' fer trip hop, electronic/hip hop type stuff right now.

You already know of Ulver's electro stuff I guess...

Beastwould be a good one... not the japan puke shit, the band from Quebec.

Digable Planets make some kind of Jazz Hop stuff. But you gottat love the Brooklyn attitude y'all! Cause these n*ggers can get annoying. Still the music is kind of good.

Get some Funki Porcini otherwise. I really like what this guy is doing :)

At 1/28/10 06:23 PM, EpicFail wrote: Amon Amarth is incredible, I can't believe you just listened to them.

Incredible is such a strong word to name a band like Amon Amarth.
Good? Yes. Outstanding? No.

But since they are Tolkien influenced... I couldn't imagine hating them.
No wait, wait... I listenned to that shit band named Ephel Duath. I was so dissapointed of seing a band use the name of the darkest fucking mountains of Mordor to name their band and play such an horrible pile of unrelated in anyway to Tolkien's universe crap.

At 1/28/10 07:28 PM, Nev wrote:

At 1/28/10 07:23 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: I'd say they have a variety.

And you'd be wrong.
They're Prog Death.
Any Black Metal influence is covered by the Prog bit.

Agreed. Black =/= Death. They have almost (or absolutely) no black metal influence.

At 1/28/10 10:06 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote: Is black metal ever progressive?

Progressive black metal is sort of a paradox. Black metal generally frowns upon virtuosity and all that, favoring simple riffs repeated over and over. It's hard to get an atmosphere going with WHEEDLEY WHEEDLEY WHEEDLEY everywhere. Black metal strays to the avant-garde far more than the progressive, just like death metal usually leans towards technical and prog rather than avant-garde. I'm not ruling out the possibility of progressive black, but I feel like it would sound really fucking weird. Feel free to correct me if there's a prog black band out there, though.

I think you can be Progressive in Black Metal if you're not a church burning, racist.

At 1/29/10 08:55 AM, Nev wrote: I think you can be Progressive in Black Metal if you're not a church burning, racist.

The comma misplacement makes it seem like you mean that black metal musicians are church burnings, and that you're calling me a racist.

At 1/28/10 06:22 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: They're fucking VIKING metal.

Good to hear you gave Amon Amarth a try before knocking it. They're a good band I have two of their albums. Twilight of the Thunder God is very nice.

At 1/28/10 10:37 PM, D3NTATUS wrote: Feel free to correct me if there's a prog black band out there, though.

What about these?

At 1/29/10 09:38 AM, D3NTATUS wrote: The comma misplacement makes it seem like you mean that black metal musicians are church burnings, and that you're calling me a racist.

Eek, so it does.
You know what I mean though... you racist :P.

At 1/29/10 10:04 AM, Bahamut wrote: What about these?

I would of said Deathspell Omega but its only really coming from the Opeth school of Prog where all you need is an acoustic section. And to me that kind of ties in with the whole atmospherical thing Black Metal has going on.

And for some reason I'm starting to dislike Opeth. It's probably just spite because everyone likes them and at the moment I'm really not seeing anything good about them. I've been to too many of their live shows and had too many boring evenings because of the shitty sets they play.

My friend got me to listen to Neurosis' "A sun that never sets"
And I had mixed feelings towards it at first, then it grew on me.
Anyone here like Neurosis? Can you recommend me some songs/albums?

I think the closest thing to Progressive Black Metal that doesnt stray too far from being "tr00" would be Atmospheric Black Metal.

At 1/28/10 06:22 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: I just listened to Amon Amarth! My friends kept telling me to listen to them and I just assumed it would be some death core band but I fucking love them. Amon Amarth- Twilight of The thunder god. They're fucking VIKING metal.

Well melodic death metal with lyrics revolving around Norse mythology :p

but yea I just call them viking metal, it's a wee bit easier to say :)

Check out their albums - Twilight of the Thunder God, With Oden On Our Side and Versus The World.

DEATH IN FIRE!

I must say that I'm positively surprised about the amount of useful discussion in here. Compared to what I read before I left in summer, this is pure bliss.

Nice job with keeping the thread clean, guys!

Also, have a look at my "custom" E-drumset; for all the drummers, these are my specs:

Steel rack
Alesis CP HiHat with stand
Two Traps single-zone cymbals
Roland CY-8 dual-zone ride w/ choke
Mesh-Head toms and snare
Yamaha DTXpress IV module
DW 7000 double-bass drum pedal

I love the shit out of it and I'm learning fast. Love the look of it, too ^^

I was going to get synthesizers, but I got screwed over on money. That's awesome though, do you have a real kit?

At 1/29/10 10:43 AM, Cavite wrote: Anyone here like Neurosis? Can you recommend me some songs/albums?

I do. I've only got Through Silver in Blood, so that is all I can recommend.

At 1/29/10 11:24 AM, ZpLiNtEh wrote:

DEATH IN FIRE!

Ahem?

At 1/29/10 01:38 PM, Goatchrist wrote: I love the shit out of it and I'm learning fast. Love the look of it, too ^^

That is beautiful! I'm fucking jealous, mine looks like crap (which I got fairly recently too... like 6 months ago recently). Mine is just an Alesis DM5 Pro. When I'm in the money I'll start beefing it up more, but for now I'm stuck with his ugly bugger :P:

Bruce Dickinson is talking to Pete and Summer from Baroness, this is quite cool I must say.
I would link it, but it's over soon. :#

Ok guyz I need some help...I would like to find some avant-Garde Metal...and Does anyone know the band Thyrfing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ISXTedSn 6o --» Love this drummer... He's my favorite :P

On this picture...this is what would the Pope be if he was NSBM

At 1/29/10 09:38 PM, LaggingOut wrote: Ok guyz I need some help...I would like to find some avant-Garde Metal...and Does anyone know the band Thyrfing?

*yawn*
Age of Silence
Kayo Dot
maudlin of the Well
Solefold
Ved Buens Ende
Virus

Others that are escaping my mind as I'm not on my PC. I'm sure Sensey will add plenty-a-more.

At 1/29/10 09:59 PM, Nev wrote:

At 1/29/10 09:38 PM, LaggingOut wrote: Ok guyz I need some help...I would like to find some avant-Garde Metal...and Does anyone know the band Thyrfing?

*yawn*
Age of Silence
Kayo Dot
maudlin of the Well
Solefold
Ved Buens Ende
Virus

Others that are escaping my mind as I'm not on my PC. I'm sure Sensey will add plenty-a-more.

Sigh and Arcturus and Blut Aus Nord and In Lingua Mortua and In The Woods... and Mirrorthrone.

As for Thyrfing, I'm aware of them. They're not bad.

At 1/29/10 02:51 PM, Nev wrote: Ahem?

DEATH IN CUSTARD!

:p

The Boy Will Drown - Dead Girls Don't Say No

At 1/29/10 10:32 AM, Nev wrote: And for some reason I'm starting to dislike Opeth.

Eh, your choice, although it's funny that now I have all their albums and I'm liking them more while you're liking them less.

Hey guys, do somebody here like In Flames a lot? Because I am checking them out and I'm liking it.

Real funny guys I still love you all. :p

. Even you pornos you stupid aussie bastard.

At 1/30/10 09:31 AM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: Hey guys, do somebody here like In Flames a lot? Because I am checking them out and I'm liking it.

They have a few decent songs, but I'm not really a fan.

At 1/30/10 09:31 AM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: Hey guys, do somebody here like In Flames a lot? Because I am checking them out and I'm liking it.

Yes, they are really good. The only problem is that i find them depressing sometimes because of the unhappy memories associated with their music.
I even like their newer work as much as their old stuff.

At 1/30/10 02:59 PM, DeIirium wrote:

At 1/30/10 09:31 AM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: Hey guys, do somebody here like In Flames a lot? Because I am checking them out and I'm liking it.

Yes, they are really good. The only problem is that i find them depressing sometimes because of the unhappy memories associated with their music.
I even like their newer work as much as their old stuff.

I like them, because they're melodic and heavy, which is my favourite combination, and I don't know any band, that sound similar to them, even if that band is a Melodeath band, well, there are some Soilwork musics I can find a bit similar but I don't really like them.

At 1/29/10 09:38 PM, LaggingOut wrote: Ok guyz I need some help...I would like to find some avant-Garde Metal...and Does anyone know the band Thyrfing?

No, but I found some other avant-garde metal artists like Iwrestledabearonce and Buckethead (yes, he's avant-garde metal).

At 1/30/10 09:08 PM, AkujinRuukasu wrote: No, but I found some other avant-garde metal artists like Iwrestledabearonce and Buckethead (yes, he's avant-garde metal).

I consider Buckethead to be simple Avant-Garde, as opposed to AV Metal. There's Metal stuff in his catalogue. It's debatable.
And iwrestledabearonce couldn't be any more Metalcore/Deathcore/Hardcore if they tried. Not Metal.

At 1/30/10 09:31 AM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: Hey guys, do somebody here like In Flames a lot? Because I am checking them out and I'm liking it.

In Flames? They're actually a good band. One of their songs, "Take This Life", appears as a bonus track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

Some other bands I like are All That Remains, Magane (pronounced "mah-gah-neh", sort of Japanese Cradle of Filth-like), Deathgaze, Girugamesh, Byzantine, Tool, and especially Dethklok. Also, you should check out Nylithia, especially if you like Super Mario Bros. Just a fair warning, the music video contains some flashes which may cause epilectic seizures.

At 1/30/10 09:19 PM, AkujinRuukasu wrote:

At 1/30/10 09:31 AM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: Hey guys, do somebody here like In Flames a lot? Because I am checking them out and I'm liking it.

In Flames? They're actually a good band. One of their songs, "Take This Life", appears as a bonus track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

Some other bands I like are All That Remains, Magane (pronounced "mah-gah-neh", sort of Japanese Cradle of Filth-like), Deathgaze, Girugamesh, Byzantine, Tool, and especially Dethklok. Also, you should check out Nylithia, especially if you like Super Mario Bros. Just a fair warning, the music video contains some flashes which may cause epilectic seizures.

I love All That Remains too (Even if this bad isn't metal....Core Music). For me In flames was a good band (old CD) but now their music and new style doesn't attract me.

So am I the only one who listens to Old-school death metal? I haven't heard you guys talk much about any of them, Morbid angel, Deicide, Massacre, Obituary.

At 1/30/10 10:29 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: So am I the only one who listens to Old-school death metal? I haven't heard you guys talk much about any of them, Morbid angel, Deicide, Massacre, Obituary.

No you are not.