At 1/16/11 12:00 PM, Bahamut wrote: My interests for 2011 releases include:

Where do you get to learn about future releases? I really don't know where to look.

At 1/16/11 07:26 AM, PenisClown wrote: I had an insane weekend.

Psychedelics are pretty great. I've done acid three times, but none of my trips were like that; here, we usually wander around in the forest rather than go to parties. We usually try to avoid the indoors as much as possible 'cause the dorms can be oppressive on psychs. The only problem with that is you can't listen to music outside with your friends, and music is awesome on drugs. I remember listening to a Beck song and thinking about how the 3 minute song was like a fucking musical odyssey or some shit. Incidentally, I'm doing shrooms for my first time today!

At 1/16/11 12:20 PM, Zodir wrote: Symphony X and Megadeth are definately on my want list, but Artillery, Testament, Sigh, Jag Panzer, Ex Deo, Agent Steel, Panzerchrist, Dragonlord, Gojira, and Devin Townsend are all releasing (supposedly) an album this year (Devin's releasing two!).

Yeah, add Agent Steel to the list as well. I'd say Dragonlord and Devin Townsend but I really need more of their stuff.

At 1/16/11 02:37 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 1/16/11 12:00 PM, Bahamut wrote: My interests for 2011 releases include:

Where do you get to learn about future releases? I really don't know where to look.

News articles about the bands. Best places to look are Metal Underground and Blabbermouth (despite constant garbage about Phil Anslemo and Dave Mustaine). Keeping track of your favourite bands on Twitter and Facebook also helps.

Those are predicted 2011 releases and ones that I'm sure will be out this year. Not 100% sure that they will be out this year, though.

Just heard that Manilla Road might be releasing another album in 2011. Adding that to my list of albums I'm anticipating.

At 1/16/11 07:09 PM, Zodir wrote: Just heard that Manilla Road might be releasing another album in 2011. Adding that to my list of albums I'm anticipating.

Any good album by them? I heard you guys talking about them quite a few times in the past. Just wondering where I should start.

At 1/16/11 07:09 PM, Zodir wrote: Just heard that Manilla Road might be releasing another album in 2011. Adding that to my list of albums I'm anticipating.

Not much has been said yet but releasing one this year would be good. However, they really need a decent website since their "official" one looks like it was made in the late 90s as well as not mentioning the Voyager album. I get the feeling I'll overlook news info on their new album.

Hammers of Misfortune are meant to be releasing a new album this year as well. I imagine they will since they signed to Metal Blade last year and clearly stated a new album for 2011. The only thing I wonder about the new album is the direction they take. The albums they've made so far all sound different to each other so they could take any path with the new album.

At 1/16/11 07:57 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 1/16/11 07:09 PM, Zodir wrote: Just heard that Manilla Road might be releasing another album in 2011. Adding that to my list of albums I'm anticipating.

Any good album by them? I heard you guys talking about them quite a few times in the past. Just wondering where I should start.

Start with Crystal Logic. That's the most well known Manilla Road album as well as being the easiest to get into. They have other great albums such as Atlantis Rising and The Courts of Chaos and there's plenty more for me to discover. I'd recommend the album Metal solely for Cage of Mirrors.

Damn crazy event !!

Can't even think about missing this !!!

At 1/14/11 12:14 AM, PenisClown wrote:

At 1/13/11 08:29 PM, Dalnaki wrote: You guys should listen to the Demilich demos, if you haven't already.

Are they different songs?

yep. I think Nespithe is better, but the demo stuff is cool.

At 1/14/11 06:17 PM, ExplosiveOrange wrote: It's been a long time since I posted here. So, I'll list my top ten bands in no particular order:

once a member, always a member

At 1/16/11 12:00 PM, Bahamut wrote: Einherjer

They're back together? could be good. Blot was cool.

Megadeth
Opeth
Symphony X

I didn't know these bands had upcoming releases.

At 1/16/11 12:00 PM, Bahamut wrote: Question to any Cathedral fans out there. I ALMOST picked up The Ethereal Mirror from HMV today but wasn't sure if this was the right album to start with. Any recommendations for Cathedral's albums will be appreciated.

The Ethereal Mirror is a great album, Cathedral only get less doomy from there. I would get The Ethereal Mirror AND their following album The Carnival Bizarre, the album I started with. They're both golden.

Forest of Equilibrium, the album before those two, is the most doomy.

Havn't listened to their latest album...

I've actually listened to Dopethrone when drunk and it's actually better than usual.

That makes sense too. I think it suited acid because of the guitar and bass tone on the album, so fuzzy, and fuzzy noises are intense when you're trippin'.

I love Dopethrone's fuzz :)

At 1/16/11 02:43 PM, D3NTATUS wrote:

At 1/16/11 07:26 AM, PenisClown wrote: I had an insane weekend.

Psychedelics are pretty great. I've done acid three times, but none of my trips were like that; here, we usually wander around in the forest rather than go to parties.

No shit we were talking about wandering around in a forest and how awesome that would be. And Ghoul told me hiking on acid is better then chillin' out inside.

We usually try to avoid the indoors as much as possible 'cause the dorms can be oppressive on psychs.

Ah, I live in a house with trippy shit it in so it kinda works out.

The only problem with that is you can't listen to music outside with your friends, and music is awesome on drugs. I remember listening to a Beck song and thinking about how the 3 minute song was like a fucking musical odyssey or some shit.

Fuck yeah, I never thought about listening to Beck, that would rock on trips. Fatboy Slim was an odyssey for me too :S

Incidentally, I'm doing shrooms for my first time today!

HELL YEAH me and my friends keep talking about how we all want to do shrooms, we just don't have the connections to buy them. LET ME KNOW HOW YOUR TRIP GOES BROTHER

At 1/16/11 09:00 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Damn crazy event !!

Can't even think about missing this !!!

Eww you couldn't pay me to go to that.

Only 1 and a half months until Melvins, High on Fire, The Sword, Primus, Iron Maiden, Kylesa, Queens of the Stone Age, Monster Magnet, and Saxon. Slayer are playing too, but I've seen them live before. I probably will have to miss out on one of these bands but I want to see all of them.

But check out all the shitty bands that are going that I'm not going to watch haha.

One Day As A Lion? Wtf? Bullet For My Valentine, Murderdolls, Bring Me The Horizon, Sum 41, Dimmu Borgir, Coheed and Cambria, DevilDriver, The Amity Affliction, Protest the Hero, 36 Crazyfists, Il Nino, Polar Bear Club, Asking Alexandria, All That Remains, Dommin (They look so god damn gay), Bless The Fall (So do they), Breathe Carolina, There For Tomorrow,

ITS A WHOS WHO OF SHITTY BANDS

With a handful of kick arse ones thrown in for good measure. It's weird like that.

At 1/17/11 12:24 AM, PenisClown wrote:

At 1/16/11 09:00 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Damn crazy event !!

Can't even think about missing this !!!

Eww you couldn't pay me to go to that.

Yeah right... cause Symphony X and Nevermore are so Ewwww.

Only 1 and a half months until Melvins, High on Fire, The Sword, Primus, Iron Maiden, Kylesa, Queens of the Stone Age, Monster Magnet, and Saxon. Slayer are playing too, but I've seen them live before. I probably will have to miss out on one of these bands but I want to see all of them.

And you think that's any better than Symphony X? I'd take that show over any of those you listed, any day. From what you listed, only Primus and Maiden are of some kind of interest for me. QotSA are pretty good two, but they only have a couple good songs, surrounded by filler songs.

But check out all the shitty bands that are going that I'm not going to watch haha.

One Day As A Lion? Wtf? Bullet For My Valentine, Murderdolls, Bring Me The Horizon, Sum 41, Dimmu Borgir, Coheed and Cambria, DevilDriver, The Amity Affliction, Protest the Hero, 36 Crazyfists, Il Nino, Polar Bear Club, Asking Alexandria, All That Remains, Dommin (They look so god damn gay), Bless The Fall (So do they), Breathe Carolina, There For Tomorrow,

I can't believe your still making posts like these... You list a few bands you like and waste the rest of your time whinning about bands we don't even discuss in the Hell...

At 1/16/11 07:57 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Any good album by them?

All of them.

So I found this joke of a videoand thought I'd share it just for the laughs.

I'm trying to get more into Opeth because I've heard Beneath the Mire a few times and I liked the mix in that.

So far though I haven't found anything particularly interesting other than that on my own. Albeit I haven't looked that hard, but regardless.

Any suggestions?

At 1/17/11 01:16 AM, GhoulRa wrote: So I found this joke of a videoand thought I'd share it just for the laughs.

Damn...

At 1/17/11 02:12 AM, Gobblemeister wrote: I'm trying to get more into Opeth because I've heard Beneath the Mire a few times and I liked the mix in that.

So far though I haven't found anything particularly interesting other than that on my own. Albeit I haven't looked that hard, but regardless.

Any suggestions?

Listen to Ras Algethi instead. Much better. If they sound similar to Opeth, it's because Opeth ripped them off and then watered it down.

At 1/17/11 12:38 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I can't believe your still making posts like these... You list a few bands you like and waste the rest of your time whinning about bands we don't even discuss in the Hell...

Why are you such a dick?

ALL of the songs from Jets\ n guns gold.

PS:im joining.

At 1/16/11 07:57 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 1/16/11 07:09 PM, Zodir wrote: Just heard that Manilla Road might be releasing another album in 2011. Adding that to my list of albums I'm anticipating.

Any good album by them? I heard you guys talking about them quite a few times in the past. Just wondering where I should start.

All of them are really good, but I suggest Crystal Logic, Atlantis Rising, or Open the Gates.

Also, found a pretty cool early metal band from Canada called Cirith Ungol. I suggest checking them out.

I also finally got around to posting my Top 10 Metal Albums of 2010. I would like if you guys read it, gave me any thoughts you had on it, and maybe suggest some great albums I missed.

Week 3 for Metal Monday!

At 1/16/11 09:54 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 1/16/11 12:00 PM, Bahamut wrote: Einherjer

They're back together? could be good. Blot was cool.

Yep, they're due to release a new album sometime in Spring after signing up for another label.

Megadeth
Opeth
Symphony X

I didn't know these bands had upcoming releases.

News about a new Megadeth album have been confirmed ever since their exclusive song on the latest Guitar Hero game. As for Opeth, they entered the studio this album and are aiming for a Fall release. Symphony X have been working on their new album for a while now. They were going to release it last year but they need more time working on it.

At 1/17/11 12:24 AM, PenisClown wrote:

At 1/16/11 12:00 PM, Bahamut wrote: Question to any Cathedral fans out there. I ALMOST picked up The Ethereal Mirror from HMV today but wasn't sure if this was the right album to start with. Any recommendations for Cathedral's albums will be appreciated.

The Ethereal Mirror is a great album, Cathedral only get less doomy from there. I would get The Ethereal Mirror AND their following album The Carnival Bizarre, the album I started with. They're both golden.

Damn, now I wish I picked it up for £8. Ah well, I should be in Manchester in a few weeks time and chances are it might still be sitting on the shelves.

At 1/17/11 02:12 AM, Gobblemeister wrote: Any suggestions?

Blackwater Park! Best album to start off with.

At 1/17/11 09:09 AM, Zodir wrote: Also, found a pretty cool early metal band from Canada called Cirith Ungol. I suggest checking them out.

I've heard of Cirith Ungol a few times now. They're actually high priority on my bands to listen to list right now, mainly because I keep coming across them when I browse around for Slough Feg, Manilla Road and Brocas Helm.

I also finally got around to posting my Top 10 Metal Albums of 2010. I would like if you guys read it, gave me any thoughts you had on it, and maybe suggest some great albums I missed.

Nice list. I like the choices you've made. Some of these albums I will need to listen to. I do have one suggestion for your list, though, It'd be great if you shared an input for each album in your top 10 so we get a bit of background on your favourite albums of the year.

Which band should I start listening?

At 1/17/11 04:06 AM, PenisClown wrote:

At 1/17/11 12:38 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I can't believe your still making posts like these... You list a few bands you like and waste the rest of your time whinning about bands we don't even discuss in the Hell...

Why are you such a dick?

He was always a walking penis with ears.

My metal songs/works in progress

Alright guys, I know it's been a fucking long time, but I've been recording some tracks of late (some post metal, some melodic death metal) and I just want you guys to check out the tracks. Yeah the drumming is really fucking bad on all of them, but I can't afford EZdrummer right now, so I'm programming everything in Garageband/Fruity Loops.

At 1/17/11 03:23 PM, Floofs wrote: Which band should I start listening?

It depends, what are you looking for in particular?

At 1/17/11 04:06 AM, PenisClown wrote:

At 1/17/11 12:38 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I can't believe your still making posts like these... You list a few bands you like and waste the rest of your time whinning about bands we don't even discuss in the Hell...

Why are you such a dick?

And why do you hate on Symphony X and Nevermore?

At 1/17/11 06:56 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: My metal songs/works in progress

Alright guys, I know it's been a fucking long time, but I've been recording some tracks of late (some post metal, some melodic death metal) and I just want you guys to check out the tracks.

Cool bro, I'm liking it. The melodeath isn't even band, and it really reminds me of Marko's recordings. The Post-Metal is the best though, it's gnarly.

At 1/17/11 07:45 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: And why do you hate on Symphony X and Nevermore?

I don't, they're fine, I'm just not a fan.

Idiosyncratic - "A Sight To Behold" > Symphony X

Djentlemen...

Untruth - Army Of Drones, from Melbourne, Australia.

At 1/17/11 07:20 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote:

At 1/17/11 03:23 PM, Floofs wrote: Which band should I start listening?

It depends, what are you looking for in particular?

I´m looking for bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden.

At 1/17/11 10:17 PM, Floofs wrote:

At 1/17/11 07:20 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote:

At 1/17/11 03:23 PM, Floofs wrote: Which band should I start listening?

It depends, what are you looking for in particular?

I´m looking for bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden.

Well, since you like Metallica, you could listen to the other three of what they call the "Big Four" of thrash metal: Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer. For Anthrax I recommend the album Among the Living, Rust in Peace for Megadeth, and Reign in Blood for your first Slayer album. Now Iron Maiden I'm not sure of. Probably Judas Priest is a good band sort of like them.

At 1/17/11 10:17 PM, Floofs wrote:

At 1/17/11 07:20 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote:

At 1/17/11 03:23 PM, Floofs wrote: Which band should I start listening?

It depends, what are you looking for in particular?

I´m looking for bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden.

Seriously? Maybe Anthrax... Megadeth... Sodom... Testament... if you like Metallica...
And maybe.... Judas Priest... Halford... Edguy... maybe...

Dunno bro...

Thanks, CapnCrunchDaPimp and HeavenDuff, I´ll try these bands.