At 7/6/10 11:20 PM, AniMetal wrote:

I actually gave some of their stuff a list and while the songs are waaaaaaaaaaay too long I actually thought they were kinda cool. (not an arctic pun)

A lot of people seem to think that they are a joke band...
I have downloaded some of their "songs" if they can be called songs. And strangly, the only image that came up to my mind while listenning to their "songs" was a volcano. While bands like Agalloch, If These Trees Could Talk and Ulver are building up forests and shores ambiences with their music, these guys make me feel like I'm in a Volcano...

Not Unlike the Waves - Agalloch

At 7/6/10 11:30 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 7/6/10 11:20 PM, AniMetal wrote:

I actually gave some of their stuff a list and while the songs are waaaaaaaaaaay too long I actually thought they were kinda cool. (not an arctic pun)

A lot of people seem to think that they are a joke band...
I have downloaded some of their "songs" if they can be called songs. And strangly, the only image that came up to my mind while listenning to their "songs" was a volcano. While bands like Agalloch, If These Trees Could Talk and Ulver are building up forests and shores ambiences with their music, these guys make me feel like I'm in a Volcano...

Similar, only rather for me more like in a desert at night.

I think everything behind the band(story, influences, location of recording, etc.) is a joke however I think the music itself, is kinda serious.

At 7/7/10 12:23 AM, AniMetal wrote: I think everything behind the band(story, influences, location of recording, etc.) is a joke however I think the music itself, is kinda serious.

I guess you'd have to be sort of serious to have to dedication to make songs 2+ hours in length.

At 7/6/10 02:48 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Hey, fuck you.

But uh, give me some bands.

Toad, Blue Cheer, Chicken Shack, Frijid Pink, Randy Holden (more 60s proto-doom than fuzzed out, but let's go with it anyway), Finchley Boys, Firebird (Grand Union).

That's all I can remember right now, I know there's a lot I'm forgetting, but fuck it. Also I highly recommend checking out everything Firebird has. They're solid and consistent in quality. Also, Bill Steer is their axeman/vocalist. So that should be reason enough to check them out.

At 7/6/10 10:28 PM, AllMightyBruce wrote: You know how much I hate shit like kvlt and tr00 and brutal and all that bollocks. Its annoying.

Vaguely related, but I can't use the terms brutal or true when describing music without cringing. Anybody else like this?

At 7/6/10 11:20 PM, AniMetal wrote: (not an arctic pun)

I love Ambient and Dark Ambient and Drone, but I really can't say I liked their songs. Like I love minimalistic stuff and long songs, but there is a limit to what I can enjoy.

At 7/7/10 02:43 AM, Dalnaki wrote: Vaguely related, but I can't use the terms brutal or true when describing music without cringing. Anybody else like this?

I try as hard as I can to keep genre descriptions as simple as I can. Unless I'm talking to someone whom I know understands metal I usually just keep it to Black, Death, Doom ect.

At 7/6/10 11:20 PM, AniMetal wrote: I only own one Whiplash album: Power And Pain, and I actually thought that was really boring as well.

Do whiplash have any albums that are, you know, better than that?

Insult to Injury is supposed to be pretty good.

In other news, I've discovered the epicness that is Absu.

At 7/7/10 02:43 AM, Dalnaki wrote: I can't use the terms brutal or true when describing music without cringing. Anybody else like this?

'Brutal Death Metal' is a label I use for bands like Hour of Penance, Kronos and Skinless etc.

Using the term 'Technical' I try and avoid when classifying though. Just feels weird; categorising music on it's level of difficulty.

Well Foobar decided to stroke out so I spent the last hour and a half restoring all the custom shit I had done and all my settings to where they were. I lost all my playlists and some of the tagging data too. The tagging part is weird because I use an external application and write it straight to the song itself so how having Foobar wiped affected that I have no idea.

I love Vikernes...

At 7/6/10 08:01 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Also, I know you are interrested a lot by Melodic Death Metal and Melodic Metalcore.
You might want to check these two bands out if you don't already know them.
Blind Witness

BLAAAARGH! BOOMBOOMBOOBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM! BLARGH! BLARGH! BLARGH! CHUG NOTE CHUG NOTE CHUG NOTE CHUG NOTE CHUG NOTE CHUGCHUGACHUGACHUGCHUGACHUGA! DASH! DASH! CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG! DASH DASH! CHUG CHUG CHUG!

Basically.

Not that bad, there are some interesting riffs, I liked the solo, but I think I've listened to this one million times before, this is typical Metalcore not Melodic Metalcore. But it was a good listening because I'm feeling a little bit angry right now. I would mosh. I used to like shit like this but it isn't my cup of tea anymore.

What the fuck is going on?? That was disgusting and unnecessary...

Kalmah

Lovely,

At 7/7/10 09:13 AM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: I love Vikernes...

You should watch Until The Light Takes Us, he explains everything about how he only took part in one church burning and the reason why he smiled to everyone when he was sentenced.

At 7/6/10 07:34 PM, AniMetal wrote: But it still doesn't change the fact it's boring and unmemorable as fuck.

I can understand all of that except for this: Surely Raining Blood and Angel of Death are exempt to the unmemorable part. Those are iconic metal songs.

At 7/7/10 11:11 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 7/6/10 07:34 PM, AniMetal wrote: But it still doesn't change the fact it's boring and unmemorable as fuck.

I can understand all of that except for this: Surely Raining Blood and Angel of Death are exempt to the unmemorable part. Those are iconic metal songs.

Rainning Blood is a very memorable song, i'll give you that.

But personally, I prefer this version of it WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY over the original.

At 7/7/10 12:23 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote: And Slayer was smart to make Angel of Death the first song and Raining Blood the last. Too many bands put all of their good songs at the beginning of their albums.

Not really, it REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEALLY depends on the band.

Often times the best song on the album is the very last track.

I like Gorgoroth... yeah...

At 7/7/10 03:02 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: I like Gorgoroth... yeah...

Great job.

At 7/7/10 03:34 PM, D3NTATUS wrote:

At 7/7/10 03:02 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: I like Gorgoroth... yeah...

Great job.

Thank you very much, my good sir.

At 7/6/10 03:01 PM, TheSporkLord wrote:

At 7/6/10 02:48 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Black Sabbath was bluesy doom metal/heavy metal from the start.

Blues rock .

Or first stoner doom metal band?

Sorry son, but this 'aint no blues rock over here.

If you want to listen to blues rock, maybe put on some Led Zep?

At 7/6/10 07:52 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: Give me some Trve Norwegian Black Metal!

Taake! TRUE NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL!

And Blut Aus Nord are my favourite black metal band at the moment so check them out.

At 7/7/10 03:02 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: I like Gorgoroth... yeah...

Under the Sign of Hell is a great album.

At 7/7/10 08:47 PM, PenisClown wrote: If you want to listen to blues rock, maybe put on some Led Zep?

i just laughed so hard

Under the Sign of Hell is a great album.

I fully agree.

Oh glorious guardians of the metal underworld, I appear before you today for progressive metal band recommendations.

Opeth are one of my favourite bands if it's any help.

At 7/7/10 09:23 PM, JaY11 wrote: Oh glorious guardians of the metal underworld, I appear before you today for progressive metal band recommendations.

Gojira
Cynic
Gonin-Ish

S'all I've got.

At 7/7/10 09:23 PM, JaY11 wrote: Oh glorious guardians of the metal underworld, I appear before you today for progressive metal band recommendations.

Opeth are one of my favourite bands if it's any help.

None of these are really similar to Opeth, but they're good prog bands nonetheless and you should check them out.

Angra is my favorite; they're power/prog
Cynic are prog/tech death
Devin Townsend/Devin Townsend Band are prog but hard to classify
Dream Theater. Need I say more?
Symphony X. In my eyes, Dream Theater and SX are like the quintessential progressive metal bands of our era.

There are people in this club who have way better prog taste than I, so wait for them I say.

Dream Theater are so progressive, they shit time signatures. You can't go wrong with them.

Thanks, seeing as though you both recommended Dream Theatre, what would you say is their best album for a beginner? I've heard only a few of their songs.

At 7/7/10 08:47 PM, PenisClown wrote: Or first stoner doom metal band?

yup yup.

If you want to listen to blues rock, maybe put on some Led Zep?

Now there's a good blues rock band.

And Blut Aus Nord are my favourite black metal band at the moment so check them out.

Have you heard Memoria Vetusta II? was pretty good

At 7/7/10 09:23 PM, JaY11 wrote: Oh glorious guardians of the metal underworld, I appear before you today for progressive metal band recommendations.

Opeth are one of my favourite bands if it's any help.

As Nev said, Gojira, Cynic, and Gonin-Ish are all awesome, though I admit Gonin-Ish may rub some people the wrong way, but eh, fuck 'em. If you like Dream Theater, you may like Vanden Plas. I recommend the albums Christ.0 and Far off Grace. Also, 3 members of Dream Theater teamed up with the extremely awesome bassist Tony Levin to form the instrumental prog metal project, Liquid Tension Experiment. Psychotic Waltz is a crazy freakin' awesome prog metal band that all prog fans just have to hear. Apokatastasia makes absolutely beautiful, mostly instrumental music, especially songs like LSD and Schizophriend. Blotted Science is really good instrumental prog metal with a definite death metal sound. Nanonuclear Cyborg Summoning by Behold...the Arctopus is another really good instrumental prog metal album, though I haven't heard such good things about the album that followed it. Another good band is Spastic Ink. very technical stuff. Quantum by Planet X is a nice groovy instrumental prog metal album. I dunno about the rest of the Planet X discography, though. still haven't heard. Scale the Summit, yet another instrumental band, is quite good. And the Norwegian band Winds is pretty good, as long as you can appreciate violin in your prog music. Vintersorg is great, especially the albums Cosmic Genesis and Solens Rotter. Operation Mindcrime and Empire are both awesome albums by Queensryche. Pain of Salvation is also quite good. My favorite song by them is New Years Eve. And Symphony X is kickass. Zebulon Pike is some good progressive sludge metal. Death's later albums are considered progressive death metal, and they're amazing. And since you like Opeth, there's a band called Dark Suns that is heavily inspired by them, though I don't really know if they're that good.

I see I've created a wall of text and I don't feel like changing it now cuz I'm going to bed.

At 7/7/10 11:36 PM, JaY11 wrote: Thanks, seeing as though you both recommended Dream Theatre, what would you say is their best album for a beginner? I've heard only a few of their songs.

In my opinion, their best albums are

Images and Words
a Change of Seasons
Awake
Metropolis pt II: Scenes From a Memory

Also, thanks for the blues rock recs, Dal.

At 7/7/10 11:36 PM, JaY11 wrote: Thanks, seeing as though you both recommended Dream Theatre

Don't spell it wrong. I shoot n*ggers for less.

At 7/8/10 03:38 AM, PenisClown wrote:

At 7/7/10 11:36 PM, JaY11 wrote: Thanks, seeing as though you both recommended Dream Theatre

Don't spell it wrong. I shoot n*ggers for less.

He spelled it the ye olde way, so he gets bonus points. Also, funniest reply in Metal Hell, el em ay oh.

At 7/7/10 09:23 PM, JaY11 wrote: Oh glorious guardians of the metal underworld, I appear before you today for progressive metal band recommendations.

Opeth are one of my favourite bands if it's any help.

I'll try to avoid giving the same bands as the other guys. But I didn't read all the answer posts. So here is a few prog bands you should listen to.

Spastic Ink
Blotted Science
Death (I know their latest work is Prog Death, while their earlier work is Death Metal)
Liquid Tension Experiment
Mastodon

and while some of the guys have already listed these two... I will still put them in my post, cause these two are definitely amongs the best prog bands you will ever hear:
Dream Theater
Symphony X

At 7/8/10 04:45 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: Death (I know their latest work is Prog Death, while their earlier work is Death Metal)

Definitely. I love how they are one of those few bands that evolved a little and got better every album. They started out as raw death metal and on The Sound of Perseverance their sound is so tight, so original, fierce, cutting like a knife. The musicianship is astounding and Schuldiner's vocals are chilling.

At 7/7/10 09:23 PM, JaY11 wrote: Oh glorious guardians of the metal underworld, I appear before you today for progressive metal band recommendations.

Opeth are one of my favourite bands if it's any help.

Yakuza.