Sorry that I haven't posted at all in like the past month, i've been busy with real life.

Anyway I thought you guys would like to know that my girlfriend and I got off a place two and a half hours ago in Miami.

Tomorrow we will be embarking on the 70 tons of metal cruise FINALLY. :D

Anyone else going?

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At 1/22/11 05:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: Aren't Suicidal Tendencies metalcore? I haven't listened to them before but I have heard the association of their music with metalcore a few times now. Care to enlighten me on this?

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

They're like DRI or Cro-mags or Pro-Pain or Municipal Waste.

A.K.A. punk with thrash metal influences. (But metalheads who hate to admit that they're punk call them "crossover metal")

At 1/23/11 11:11 AM, AniMetal wrote: Tomorrow we will be embarking on the 70 tons of metal cruise FINALLY. :D

I hate you for this!

Anyone else going?

I wish. This is like a once in a lifetime chance. You and your girlfriend are extremely lucky for going. I don't know how much you needed to spend for this but... DAAAAMN!

At 1/23/11 11:22 AM, Bahamut wrote: I wish. This is like a once in a lifetime chance. You and your girlfriend are extremely lucky for going. I don't know how much you needed to spend for this but... DAAAAMN!

In total, just a little over 4,000 bucks. (For both tickets to a two person ocean view room, for air travel, for tonights hotel room and for general spending money we'll have with us which we most likely will spend all of)

So yeah... it was a bitch to pay for, luckily abby pay for a good 3/4's of it i'd say. XD

Expect lots of pictures + stories in a week. :D

My schedule.

Feel free to make any suggestions or comments if you guys feel like criticizing my taste in music or something. haha

At 1/23/11 07:49 AM, Bahamut wrote: There, that clears up my confusion on what Suicidal Tendencies are. Of course, I know there's a difference between metalcore and crossover thrash/punk-thrash.

I really should give Suicidal Tendencies a try, though.

Definitely. Just avoid their newer shit. It gets very close to alt/nu metal, at one point, then back to hardcore/thrash. Their earliest stuff sounds the punkiest imo.

Damn :)

I wish you have a shitload of metal fun on that boat, Ani !!!

At 1/22/11 02:19 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote: Does anyone here know Fractal Gates?

They're a damn fine Melodic Death Metal from France. Their shit is beautiful.

Seriously, listen to Fractal Gates! Stop ignoring me!

I feel this is my duty, to share some music from my own nation, Quebec.

You guys listen to

Métal Noir Québécois by the band Forteresse (Atmospheric Black Metal)
La Seigneurie Des Loups by Neige Et Noirceur (Black Metal/Dark Ambient/Drone)
Il était une forêt... by Gris (Depressive Black Metal)

Then, and only then, shall you become a trve metalhead

Forteresse - De Sang Et De Volonté

So how many of you like Brazilian thrash?

At 1/23/11 03:09 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote:

At 1/22/11 02:19 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote: Does anyone here know Fractal Gates?

They're a damn fine Melodic Death Metal from France. Their shit is beautiful.

Seriously, listen to Fractal Gates! Stop ignoring me!

You need to get used to it buddy. It seems people only notice posts in here when they want to start an argument.

At 1/23/11 03:09 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote:

At 1/22/11 02:19 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote: Does anyone here know Fractal Gates?

They're a damn fine Melodic Death Metal from France. Their shit is beautiful.

Seriously, listen to Fractal Gates! Stop ignoring me!

OKAY GET OF MY BACK GODDAMN

*listens*
I'm not much of a Melodeath fan, but I actually like this.

Also, apparently "fractal" means "a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry".

In 2010 was released the album Der Wanderer über Dem Nebelmeer by various artists. It's an amazing album so far. I love it :)

Main genres: Neofolk, Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient.

Artists who contributed to the album:

Fen
October Falls
Äldresjäl
Nechochwen
Musk Ox
Nachtreich
Agalloch & Mathias Grassow
Vindensång
Gallowbraid
Nebelung
Enmerkar
Oskoreien
Stroszek
Thayer Cabin
Dämmerfarben
Kehrä
Kauan
Quellenthal
Spectral Lore
Wandar
Carved in Stone
Schwarze Heimat
Underjordiska
Velnias
A Death Cinematic

Most of these bands deliver a solid performance. A must for neofolk, dark ambient and atmospheric black metal fans. I felt like a Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog through the entire listenning of this album. Awesome stuff :)

Dämmerfarben - Oktobersturm

Zomg!!! Preveiw of new Amon Amarth album, I just came!
http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/374/2 0905/New-Amon-Amarth-cover-includes-fire .html

Week 4 for Metal Monday starring Motörhead!

At 1/24/11 10:56 AM, smeagol1 wrote: Zomg!!! Preveiw of new Amon Amarth album, I just came!
http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/374/2 0905/New-Amon-Amarth-cover-includes-fire .html

I thought it was almost impossible for them to top the album cover for Twilight of the Thunder God but lo and behold they did. The artwork is badass on the highest level.

Hey guys, I started writing reviews for a site called sputnikmusic. I've written a couple metal ones, including Voivod's Katorz, Fleshgod Apocalypse's Mafia, and Kreator's Renewal. I would like to hear what you guys think of them, and give me some good constructive criticism, and maybe suggest albums I should review. Any help would be appreciated!

If I was into mixtapes/mix cd's:
I35 - Aborted
Slut - Benighted
Grind Wit - Benighted
Eye Licker - Blood Red Throne
Deliberate Carnage - Blood Red Throne
Wretched Idolatry - Deivos
Colour Your World - Devin Townsend
Vampira - The Devin Townsend Band
The Curse of Woe - Dragonlord
Sins of Allegiance - Dragonlord
Post-Enlightenment Executor - Fleshgod apocalypse
Mental Illness - Fleshwrought
Weeping Hallucinations - Fleshwrought
Guilty of Dispersal - Gorod
Warpath - Hypocrisy
Blooddrenched - Hyporcisy
Valley of the Damned - Hypocrisy
Solar Empire - Hypocrisy
Unter Bäumen - Klabautamann
The Wolf is Loose - Mastodon
March of the Fire Ants - Mastodon
Divinations - Mastodon (fun fact: they played this song in Pittsburgh at the Steelers vs. Jets game)
Bleed - Meshuggah
War - Meshuggah
Terminal Liberation - Mors Principium Est
The Unborn - Mors Principium Est
Goodbye Sober Day - Mr. Bungle
Bungle Grind - Mr. Bungle
The Anticosmic Overload - Obscura
Universe Momentum - Obscura
Infinite Rotation - Obscura
Centric Flow - Obscura
Manimal Instincts - Origin
Inhuman - Origin
Portal - Origin
Finite - Origin
Antithesis - Origin
An Experiment in Transience - Psycroptic
(Ob)Servant - Psycroptic
Immortal army of One - Psycroptic
Anatomy of the Unknown - Red Harvest
Wormz - Red Harvest
Kuolinjulistus - Sotajumala
Paratiisin Kutsu - Sotajumala
Room 101 - Terminal Function
You Can't Win - Tomahawk
Residue in the Void - Withered
... The Fated Breath - Withered
Gnosis Unveils - Withered

Obviously this would be a plush 4-disc set with lots of foldouts, band bios, the whole nine yards.

I'd buy it for a dollar...

Well guys... I don't know what the fuck is going right now... but I've been sharing hundreds of band names and recommandations for new albums, and no one even gives a fuck about replying to what I'm writting. What's the big deal? You guys don't like to learn about new artists or listen to some new albums? Or maybe you guys are just too lazy to reply to my posts?

Jeez... I know I'm going to get some replies saying how butthurt I am (probably with a useless picture from smeagol). But it's true guys... What could I possibly do if I want to share my thoughts on some great stuff I recently heard of... I don't all my stuff to fall into deaf ears...

At 1/24/11 09:43 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Well guys... I don't know what the fuck is going right now... but I've been sharing hundreds of band names and recommandations for new albums, and no one even gives a fuck about replying to what I'm writting. What's the big deal? You guys don't like to learn about new artists or listen to some new albums? Or maybe you guys are just too lazy to reply to my posts?

Jeez... I know I'm going to get some replies saying how butthurt I am (probably with a useless picture from smeagol). But it's true guys... What could I possibly do if I want to share my thoughts on some great stuff I recently heard of... I don't all my stuff to fall into deaf ears...

Hey man, before you rant about this you should check out my Brazilian thrash post. And that Jag Panzer song I posted a while back.

At 1/24/11 09:43 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Well guys... I don't know what the fuck is going right now... but I've been sharing hundreds of band names and recommandations for new albums, and no one even gives a fuck about replying to what I'm writting. What's the big deal?

It's like the "listening to...?" threads, people just come in to post shit real quick, and leave. Comprende now holmes?

At 1/24/11 09:43 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

Jeez... I know I'm going to get some replies saying how butthurt I am (probably with a useless picture from smeagol).

You jelly?

At 1/24/11 10:35 PM, Dalnaki wrote: Hey man, before you rant about this you should check out my Brazilian thrash post. And that Jag Panzer song I posted a while back.

I've listenned to most of the things you recommanded in here, and also commented on most of them. I know I have suggested at least 10 artists no one ever mentionned in the Metal Hell before, and it seems that nobody gives a fuck about artists they don't already know, anymore...

At 1/25/11 12:53 AM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 1/24/11 10:35 PM, Dalnaki wrote: Hey man, before you rant about this you should check out my Brazilian thrash post. And that Jag Panzer song I posted a while back.

I've listenned to most of the things you recommanded in here, and also commented on most of them. I know I have suggested at least 10 artists no one ever mentionned in the Metal Hell before, and it seems that nobody gives a fuck about artists they don't already know, anymore...

Nobody cares about anything new or adventurous. Nobody really pays much attention to anything if it doesn't already interest them. I can name dozens of musicians that people have never heard of. I can definitely name some that don't fit any particular label. And yet, people tend to only want to hear what they want. If this weren't true, you'd hear shit like mr. bungle on the radio.

To sum that all up: most people don't really "listen" to music, much less understand it. They just want some catchy jingle playing in the background while they search the web, or do dishes.

At 1/25/11 01:03 AM, WallofYawn wrote:

At 1/25/11 12:53 AM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 1/24/11 10:35 PM, Dalnaki wrote: Hey man, before you rant about this you should check out my Brazilian thrash post. And that Jag Panzer song I posted a while back.

I've listenned to most of the things you recommanded in here, and also commented on most of them. I know I have suggested at least 10 artists no one ever mentionned in the Metal Hell before, and it seems that nobody gives a fuck about artists they don't already know, anymore...

Nobody cares about anything new or adventurous. Nobody really pays much attention to anything if it doesn't already interest them. I can name dozens of musicians that people have never heard of. I can definitely name some that don't fit any particular label. And yet, people tend to only want to hear what they want. If this weren't true, you'd hear shit like mr. bungle on the radio.

Who are you exactly...?

You don't know the guys from the Metal Hell... I've been a member for the last 4 or 5 years or so, and I've learned and shared a lot of music with these guys. All I'm saying is that lately, my posts on new albums or unknown artists to my fellow metal hell members, seem to have been ignored.

I have to admit that the place as been rather calm lately. Nev and Denta are not posting quite often enough and most of our most ancient members seem to be busy elsewhere.

Don't go too hard on people you don't know...

Kalmah - Withering Away

At 1/25/11 12:53 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I've listenned to most of the things you recommanded in here, and also commented on most of them. I know I have suggested at least 10 artists no one ever mentionned in the Metal Hell before, and it seems that nobody gives a fuck about artists they don't already know, anymore...

I have some troubles when it comes to discovering new bands. If I find too many in a short amount of time I'll want to get several albums at once. I already have many albums to get right now so I try to keep artist discoveries to a minimum, unless I REALLY want to find new bands. The one band I'm looking into right now is Melechesh after hearing about the latest album from several sites.

At 1/25/11 01:34 AM, HeavenDuff wrote:
Who are you exactly...?

I joined metal hell a few years ago, but I travel a lot which means i don't get online much.

You don't know the guys from the Metal Hell... I've been a member for the last 4 or 5 years or so, and I've learned and shared a lot of music with these guys.

That's cool.

All I'm saying is that lately, my posts on new albums or unknown artists to my fellow metal hell members, seem to have been ignored.

My friends and everyone in my life, ignore me in general. Not because i'm boring or anti-social, but because i'm just not important or relevant to them. Consider yourself lucky, bro.

I have to admit that the place as been rather calm lately. Nev and Denta are not posting quite often enough and most of our most ancient members seem to be busy elsewhere.

Seems to be the case with every website I go to now. It's weird, but it's like all these people just dissapeared off the face of NG. Shit just isn't the same as it used to be here....

Don't go too hard on people you don't know...

When was I being hard, or rude, or offensive in any such way? I was just making idol conversation, and expressing my opinions. I thought we were on some kind of mutual waveleangth, but I guess not.

Kalmah - Withering Away

I'll be sure to check it out.

At 1/25/11 01:34 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: Don't go too hard on people you don't know...

What the fuck is wrong with you man. Your butthurtness gives me no choice but to ignore you even more.

Made a skate video today, using the song "Hexe" by Elder. Great metal song, goes pretty well with the vid eh?

Duff, I hear what you're saying. The only thing I have to say in return is that a lot of the time you mention bands that either A) I already know about or B) That you've mentioned before and which I just haven't commented on. I don't really get on a whole lot so I'm liable to not add comments and whatnot on bands that you say/new bands that I've discovered for a while after the fact.

Oh, and on what you were saying about tech death bands a while back: Seems like pretty much 90% are stuff like Beneath the Massacre, Within the Ruins, the sort of shit that people with a taste for variation like yourself and I can't stand. Then there are the gems, which I won't list because we both know the same ones anyways.

The upside is that once you find a good one it never gets old. :D

this song By Isengard is awsome! I wish I could understand Norwegian though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-ccAFrK3 Hs&feature=related

At 1/25/11 12:53 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I've listenned to most of the things you recommanded in here, and also commented on most of them. I know I have suggested at least 10 artists no one ever mentionned in the Metal Hell before, and it seems that nobody gives a fuck about artists they don't already know, anymore...

Alright, well as you should know. Atmospheric black metal isn't really my thing, sorry brah.