Hey guys, new Jesu LP "Ascension" is out and it kicks ass. Check it

At 5/11/11 04:13 PM, SineRider wrote: Hey guys, new Jesu LP "Ascension" is out and it kicks ass. Check it

That cover is so Metal, I want to listen to this.

Agalloch - The Melancholy Spirit

At 5/11/11 04:24 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: That cover is so Metal, I want to listen to this.

Playgrounds are metal as fuck!

At 5/11/11 04:26 PM, SineRider wrote:

At 5/11/11 04:24 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: That cover is so Metal, I want to listen to this.

Playgrounds are metal as fuck!

Especially that kind of playground. Especially considering there is not real limit to the speed this kind of thing can reach.

I really was talking of the whole thing though. The background, the trees, the colors, the fog, the playground...

I don't really know their work... but that kind of cover could easily fit Ambient, Atmospheric Metal (stuff like Agalloch) or Neofolk, Post-Rock and pretty much any kind of music with a strong focus on the ambiences.

Control Denied - Consumed

At 5/11/11 04:36 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

I don't really know their work... but that kind of cover could easily fit Ambient, Atmospheric Metal (stuff like Agalloch) or Neofolk, Post-Rock and pretty much any kind of music with a strong focus on the ambiences.

Yup. Cool how you can nail the sound from the album cover.

At 5/11/11 05:59 PM, SomaGuye wrote:

At 5/11/11 04:36 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

I don't really know their work... but that kind of cover could easily fit Ambient, Atmospheric Metal (stuff like Agalloch) or Neofolk, Post-Rock and pretty much any kind of music with a strong focus on the ambiences.

Yup. Cool how you can nail the sound from the album cover.

Can't say that it's always that easy. But my girlfriend and I have also came to the conclusion that an album with a skull or a skeleton will most likely be a deathcore or a metalcore album. Proof:

At 5/11/11 11:37 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 5/5/11 03:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: Blackwater Park is always a safe one to start off with. See what you think when you listen to Bleak.

Lol BWP is Opeth's worst album.

And by worst, I mean least awesome.

Yet it's the album that most click on to. It's better to give new listeners their most accessible album to work their way through.

At 5/5/11 12:05 PM, Bahamut wrote: Slough Feg tickets: BOOKED!
Judas Priest tickets: BOOKED!

I hope you fall off a bridge.

If it makes you less jelly, I'll be seeing Maiden at the end of July. And besides, who's the one that went to 70000 Tons of Metal? :P

At 5/9/11 08:57 AM, Bahamut wrote: Sepultura

Sepultura was never thrash metal. They're straight up oldschool death metal.

But oldschool death metal and oldschool power metal both heavily border on thrash metal, so I guess I can see why you'd say that.

Yeah, I always thought there was a strong thrash feel to Sepultura. Maybe pre-Beneath the Remains shows the rawer style of the band that I still need to check out.

Covering Weedeater's Bull and Time Served back to back as a medley. Well only half of Bull.

Sounding pretty wicked.

Haven't heard much good about the new album Jason... The Dragon but I am yet to listen to it.

Thanks for giving me that Le Kraken album Bruce, I only just listened to it today and it's really unique.

Since everyone here seems to be jizzing over Animals As Leaders lately, maybe this will make you guys happy:

Animals As Leaders
Dead Letter Circus
Intronaut
Last Chance To Reason
+ one more band TBA

North america tour this july!

At 5/11/11 09:39 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote: Weird, Judas Priest is the band that has the boring bass lines.

Steve Harris aside, because that is a totally low blow, Judas Priest is way better.

At 5/12/11 01:50 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yet it's the album that most click on to. It's better to give new listeners their most accessible album to work their way through.

It's because it's their most bland and generic album.

As we've learned from every metal band that turned from great to mediocre, the mediocre stuff is always more popular.

If it makes you less jelly, I'll be seeing Maiden at the end of July. And besides, who's the one that went to 70000 Tons of Metal? :P

Yes, but 70 tons didn't have either of those bands. ;D

Yeah, I always thought there was a strong thrash feel to Sepultura. Maybe pre-Beneath the Remains shows the rawer style of the band that I still need to check out.

Yeah, Beneath The Remains is the closest they had to thrash. Their first two albums + Bestial Devastation are way rawer, check out "Troops Of Doom."

At 5/12/11 10:56 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 5/12/11 01:50 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yet it's the album that most click on to. It's better to give new listeners their most accessible album to work their way through.

It's because it's their most bland and generic album.

As we've learned from every metal band that turned from great to mediocre, the mediocre stuff is always more popular.

Would you be happy if they found it to be "bland and generic" later on? :P

If it makes you less jelly, I'll be seeing Maiden at the end of July. And besides, who's the one that went to 70000 Tons of Metal? :P

Yes, but 70 tons didn't have either of those bands. ;D

Yeah but 70000 Tons had tons of big metal bands. I would have done so much just to go a metal cruise festival and even be along with all those musicians. Not that I'm complaining about the shows I'm going to see but 70000 Tons is a much bigger event than everything I've attended put together.

Yeah, I always thought there was a strong thrash feel to Sepultura. Maybe pre-Beneath the Remains shows the rawer style of the band that I still need to check out.

Yeah, Beneath The Remains is the closest they had to thrash. Their first two albums + Bestial Devastation are way rawer, check out "Troops Of Doom."

And I mostly considered Beneath the Remains when I mentioned Sepultura. I find Arise to be thrashy as well but I suppose the earlier stuff is truly death metal.

At 5/12/11 11:50 AM, Bahamut wrote: Would you be happy if they found it to be "bland and generic" later on? :P

Yes. Bleak is the only GREAT song on it. haha

Yeah but 70000 Tons had tons of big metal bands. I would have done so much just to go a metal cruise festival and even be along with all those musicians. Not that I'm complaining about the shows I'm going to see but 70000 Tons is a much bigger event than everything I've attended put together.

True. I'm hoping to go next year as well, especially considering I currently don't have the funds to go to Maryland Deathfest or Progpower USA.

And I mostly considered Beneath the Remains when I mentioned Sepultura. I find Arise to be thrashy as well but I suppose the earlier stuff is truly death metal.

Arise has it's thrashier moments, but it's definitely death metal.

In fact, Arise is probably one of my all tiem favorite death metal albums right up there with Individual Thought Patterns

So, my review for Toxik's Think This is now up. CC, as always, is welcome!

At 5/12/11 05:47 PM, Zodir wrote: So, my review for Toxik's Think This is now up. CC, as always, is welcome!

"Cons:
-Distracting ads"

You fail at life. All the "ads" in that album were directly related to the song topics and were used to create irony.

Toxik is one of the greatest progressive thrash metal bands though. Definitely worth checking out both their albums.

At 5/12/11 03:33 PM, AniMetal wrote: True. I'm hoping to go next year as well, especially considering I currently don't have the funds to go to Maryland Deathfest or Progpower USA.

Those are also out of the question for me. I'd be happy enough going to Heidenfest again. I do want to go to Bloodstock but more needs to be planned for that such as getting a nearby hotel.

In fact, Arise is probably one of my all tiem favorite death metal albums right up there with Individual Thought Patterns

Individual Thought Patterns is a very interesting choice. I find myself enjoying that album more and more as I listen to it again and again. There's so many riffs to hear in one album that it gives the listener enough to remember.

At 5/12/11 05:47 PM, Zodir wrote: So, my review for Toxik's Think This is now up. CC, as always, is welcome!

Just wondering, are you still working on reviewing all the Manilla Road albums? I'm looking forward to your review for Mystification if you're still doing it.

At 5/12/11 01:50 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/11/11 11:37 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 5/5/11 03:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: Blackwater Park is always a safe one to start off with. See what you think when you listen to Bleak.

Lol BWP is Opeth's worst album.

And by worst, I mean least awesome.

Yet it's the album that most click on to. It's better to give new listeners their most accessible album to work their way through.

I listened to Blackwater Park the other day and can't say that I liked it a whole lot. I'm not saying it is bad, as I can appreciate Opeth's talent, but it just wasn't something that I could really get into.
I will have to listen to a different album then.

At 5/12/11 06:05 PM, Bladebound wrote: I listened to Blackwater Park the other day and can't say that I liked it a whole lot. I'm not saying it is bad, as I can appreciate Opeth's talent, but it just wasn't something that I could really get into.
I will have to listen to a different album then.

Yeah, it really is their weakest album.

Here's my favorite song off each Opeth album.

Orchid
Morning Rise
My Arms, Your Hearse
Still Life
Blackwater Park
Deliverance
Damnation
Ghost Reveries
Watershed

At 5/12/11 05:54 PM, Bahamut wrote: Bloodstock but more needs to be planned for that such as getting a nearby hotel.

Do it, I would cut off a limb to go to bloodstock 2011.

Individual Thought Patterns is a very interesting choice. I find myself enjoying that album more and more as I listen to it again and again. There's so many riffs to hear in one album that it gives the listener enough to remember.

ITP is my favorite Death album and probably my all time favorite oldschool death metal album.

I don't see why it ISN'T more critically acclaimed, to be honest.

At 5/12/11 05:51 PM, AniMetal wrote:

At 5/12/11 05:47 PM, Zodir wrote: So, my review for Toxik's Think This is now up. CC, as always, is welcome!

"Cons:
-Distracting ads"

You fail at life. All the "ads" in that album were directly related to the song topics and were used to create irony.

Toxik is one of the greatest progressive thrash metal bands though. Definitely worth checking out both their albums.

I love them, and I know that the ads were a major part to the theme of the album. However, how they are handled disrupt the flow of the album and distract me. As always, reviews are very subjective, so, I personally, found that disrupting the flow of songs distract me. And detracts from the overall cohesiveness of the album.

At 5/12/11 05:54 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/12/11 05:47 PM, Zodir wrote: So, my review for Toxik's Think This is now up. CC, as always, is welcome!

Just wondering, are you still working on reviewing all the Manilla Road albums? I'm looking forward to your review for Mystification if you're still doing it.

Yeah, I'm still working on it. I just saw that Think This had no review, so I decided to do a quick one. My rate of posting reviews will also be slowed because my PC is very iffy at the moment, so I don't have access to word processing as often.

Also, I found this old school death metal band, Mortification. I suggest checking them out. So far I'm really liking them, especailly Scrolls of the Megiloth.

At 5/12/11 03:33 PM, AniMetal wrote:

Would you be happy if they found it to be "bland and generic" later on? :P

Yes. Bleak is the only GREAT song on it. haha

fuck outta here. Drapery Falls is a great song. Actually, that and the Moor from Still Life are like the only songs by Opeth I really like a lot. I'm not too into Opeth, though. I have My Arms Your Hearse, Blackwater Park, and Still Life. I still haven't listened to Blackwater Park all the way through, but the other two albums didn't really do much for me. They weren't bad at all, but I didn't find much of them memorable. I'll listen again sometime, probably, and see if they grow on me.

At 5/12/11 05:47 PM, Zodir wrote: So, my review for Toxik's Think This is now up. CC, as always, is welcome!

That there's a pretty cool album. I have that and World Circus.

2011 Ozzfest canceled!!

At 5/12/11 06:44 PM, AniMetal wrote: Here's my favorite song off each Opeth album.
Morning Rise

Morningrise is seriously one of the best albums I've ever heard.

To Bid You Farewell is beautiful to say the least.

Hey guys, my brother just got DJ Hero and has been playing remixes of Flava Flav all day. Luckily I have my headphones, twice the strength of the old ones.

Been listening to a lot of Anthrax lately (just the Among The Living album so far) and I like it a lot more than I used to. Also, Clarion Call. Falconer. Yes.

At 5/12/11 07:36 PM, smeagol1 wrote: 2011 Ozzfest canceled!!

Eh, not to say Ozzy sucks, but I don't think this is too big of a deal. IMO. Out of the Black Sabbath singers, I always choose Dio.

At 5/12/11 11:31 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote:

Most of the bands playing were probably shit, anyways.

Not to mention he's in millions of dollars of debt to the IRS.

At 5/12/11 06:44 PM, AniMetal wrote: Here's my favorite song off each Opeth album.

Well, since that failed I'll rely on your backup. You've made some good choices for each album, especially the first three.

At 5/12/11 05:54 PM, Bahamut wrote: Bloodstock but more needs to be planned for that such as getting a nearby hotel.

Do it, I would cut off a limb to go to bloodstock 2011.

I should but I'll just wait and see. I've got a funny feeling I will be going.

Individual Thought Patterns is a very interesting choice. I find myself enjoying that album more and more as I listen to it again and again. There's so many riffs to hear in one album that it gives the listener enough to remember.

ITP is my favorite Death album and probably my all time favorite oldschool death metal album.

I don't see why it ISN'T more critically acclaimed, to be honest.

Probably because Symbolic and The Sound of Perseverance are more critically acclaimed.

At 5/12/11 07:36 PM, smeagol1 wrote: 2011 Ozzfest canceled!!

And nothing of value was lost.

At 5/12/11 10:04 PM, joeyjoah wrote: Also, Clarion Call. Falconer. Yes.

Hell fucking yes. The moment I heard that song from Falconer I knew there was something special about them. The track Svarta änkan from the new album is very impressive and I hope the rest will live up to its expectations.

At 5/13/11 01:44 AM, Bahamut wrote: Probably because Symbolic and The Sound of Perseverance are more critically acclaimed.

I can't listen to Sound of Perseverance all the way through yet. I get bored.

Today I listened to lots of Boris (Absolutego, Rainbow, and Pink) and The Sword.

The Sword are gnarly.

At 5/12/11 07:36 PM, smeagol1 wrote: 2011 Ozzfest canceled!!

Lol that gives me more money for warped tour and mayhem fest herp derp!

At 5/12/11 07:34 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Drapery Falls is a great song.

The only Opeth song I ever found boring.

the Moor from Still Life

<3 The Moor haha

are like the only songs by Opeth I really like a lot. I'm not too into Opeth, though. I have My Arms Your Hearse, Blackwater Park, and Still Life. I still haven't listened to Blackwater Park all the way through, but the other two albums didn't really do much for me. They weren't bad at all, but I didn't find much of them memorable. I'll listen again sometime, probably, and see if they grow on me.

You're just a lameo. That or progressive death metal isn't your thing. Whatever. haha

At 5/12/11 07:56 PM, SineRider wrote: Morningrise is seriously one of the best albums I've ever heard.

I love every Opeth album more or less. haha

To Bid You Farewell is beautiful to say the least.

Yeah, I could listen to that song forever. I was tempted to post that link, but I decided against it since the rest of the album is totally different.

At 5/12/11 10:04 PM, joeyjoah wrote: Been listening to a lot of Anthrax lately (just the Among The Living album so far) and I like it a lot more than I used to.

ATL is pretty amazing. haha

Anthrax is one of the few bands where their most popular album(Among The Living) is actually my favorite album.

Check out Spreading The Disease, that album is also pretty amazing. (Well everything with joey belladonna on vocals is amazing actually)

Also, Clarion Call. Falconer. Yes.

I approve. :)

At 5/12/11 07:36 PM, smeagol1 wrote: 2011 Ozzfest canceled!!

Eh, not to say Ozzy sucks, but I don't think this is too big of a deal. IMO. Out of the Black Sabbath singers, I always choose Dio.

At 5/13/11 05:12 AM, PenisClown wrote: I can't listen to Sound of Perseverance all the way through yet. I get bored.

Death is a band that if i'm not in the proper mood for, I can't listen to at all. But if I am then I LOVE them.

The Sword are gnarly.

Indeed, i'm seeing them in september in New York City opening for the mighty KYUSS on their first US show since 1995! Six hour drive and 40 dollar tickets well worth it.

At 5/13/11 07:41 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 5/13/11 05:12 AM, PenisClown wrote: I can't listen to Sound of Perseverance all the way through yet. I get bored.

Death is a band that if i'm not in the proper mood for, I can't listen to at all. But if I am then I LOVE them.

Excuse me, but how can you NOT be in the mood for Death? It's about the only Death Metal Band I can listen to all day, lol.

At 5/12/11 07:34 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

Drapery Falls is a great song.

The only Opeth song I ever found boring.

the Moor from Still Life

<3 The Moor haha

That's one of my least favourites of Still Life.

Moonlapse Vertigo and Serenity Painted Death are by far my favourites of the album.

At 5/12/11 10:04 PM, joeyjoah wrote: Hey guys, my brother just got DJ Hero and has been playing remixes of Flava Flav all day. Luckily I have my headphones, twice the strength of the old ones.

I want to get a new pair of ear muff type headphones. I used to have a pair, but they broke somehow. It's probably from sleeping with them on, but then, I'd totally do that with a new pair. I still have my super cheap $5.00 headphones that rest in your ear, and my nicer (dunno the price) headphones that suck into your ear. You know the kind? They like, stick inside your ear instead of resting softly in your ear. sound quality is great, and cancels out outside noise pretty well, but it's kinda uncomfortable at first. After a while, you kinda forget, though. I prefer hearing my music through good speakers, though. I have a pretty good set of speakers with a subwoofer, but the subwoofer could be more powerful. I like lying on my bed and laying the speakers on either side of my head, with the subwoofer balancing above my head on the headboard. I think I might save up for a really good, floor shaking set. play some Ufomammut on that shit. WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAH.

Been listening to a lot of Anthrax lately (just the Among The Living album so far) and I like it a lot more than I used to. Also, Clarion Call. Falconer. Yes.

That album is good, as well as Spreading the Disease. Persistence of Time and State of Euphoria are good, too. But Fistful of Metal is a pretty underrated album, I think.

Eh, not to say Ozzy sucks, but I don't think this is too big of a deal. IMO. Out of the Black Sabbath singers, I always choose Dio.

The stuff with Dio was great and all, but I think their best stuff was from the self titled album, Paranoid, Master of Reality, and Volume 4.

At 5/12/11 11:31 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote: No, it would be a low blow if I criticized Judas Priest for having a pedophile as their drummer. Iron Maiden has solid guitar work and bass lines, Judas Priest only has solid guitar work.

wait, what? Their drummer is a pedophile?

At 5/12/11 07:36 PM, smeagol1 wrote: 2011 Ozzfest canceled!!

Most of the bands playing were probably shit, anyways.

Yeah, from what I've seen from past lineups, as far as I can remember, anyway, (not that I've paid that much attention, though) Ozzfest doesn't seem to get that many bands that I'd think are worth seeing.

At 5/13/11 07:41 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 5/12/11 07:34 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Drapery Falls is a great song.

The only Opeth song I ever found boring.

really? I think that's just weird. I find a lot of their other songs are fine, but they loose my attention, but that's one that I really get into and enjoy a lot.

You're just a lameo. That or progressive death metal isn't your thing. Whatever. haha

Nah, I dig prog death.

I'm listening to the songs you posted, for now, anyway. We'll see if I have the attention span right now. That song from Morningrise had some nice bass in it. It's cool. Even the song I'm listening to now, Moonlapse Vertigo, is kinda new to me, even though I've listened to Still Life before. It kinda lost my attention.

At 5/13/11 04:39 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote:

At 5/13/11 03:34 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 5/12/11 11:31 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote: No, it would be a low blow if I criticized Judas Priest for having a pedophile as their drummer. Iron Maiden has solid guitar work and bass lines, Judas Priest only has solid guitar work.

wait, what? Their drummer is a pedophile?

The one who performed on British Steel and Screaming for Vengeance is. He tried raping a 17-year year old who was recieving drum lessons at his house.

The word "pedophile" describes the sexual interest in children who haven't reached puberty yet, so Dave Holland is NOT a pedophile.
Nevertheless, he still is an asshole... :/

At 5/13/11 04:59 PM, Haggard wrote: Nevertheless, he still is an asshole... :/

Not to mention a shitty drummer.

I got Blind Guardian's first album, Battalions of Fear, a few days ago. I knew it was meant to be different to their later stuff, but I didn't realise how different it would be. It reminds me of early Helloween.