At 7/22/11 10:30 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 7/22/11 09:12 AM, Bahamut wrote: Heh, UK missed out on Paganfest this year for some odd reason. Because of that, I feared Heidenfest would miss out on the UK as well, especially the turnout for some of the bands from last year. However, with Turisas, Finntroll and Alestorm playing, the place should be packed.

I swear, folk metal bands should realize that the only way they'll succeed in the US market is to have fest tours. They're popular enough by themselves in europe...

Especially Korpiklaani. They headlined Paganfest america part II, where most shows sold out.

Then the next year they did a headline tour with Tyr, Swashbuckle and White Wizzard and the tour was a massive flop, only getting a hundred or so people at each show. GEE I WONDER WHY. >.<

For a folk metal festival with Swashbuckle AND White Wizzard? It was odd enough seeing Swashbuckle there. Hate Alestorm all you want but at least they fit at Heidenfest.

What if we were talking about Blotted Science or Agalloch? :P

He would like it, then unlike it just so he could like it again.

Seems fair.

With support act Pain of Salvation. Hopefully they're good.

PoS are pretty great.

My only problem with Pain Of Salvation is that both them and Mindflow are SOOOOOOOOO fucking close in sound that since I discovered Mindflow first it feels like PoS is just ripping them off and has better production.

Ripping off or not, how are PoS' albums?

For this show, I better stand back from the stage for once. :P

Hehe, what you don't want hot wind from the speaker blown on you every time the bassist hits a note? ;D

Surely I'd lose my hearing from it. :P I'll take extra procedures for once. They can't be called the world's loudest band for nothing.

Hopefully Queensrÿche are good here. They were better than what I expected at Manchester.

From what I understand, Queensryche has a habit of playing a TON off their latest album and then the rest basically all being 80's/1990 classics.

Maybe if they're the main act. If they're playing as a support act, they'll just stick to the classics and maybe throw in a new song or two.

The Fourth Legacy - Masterpiece, one of my favorite albums. Anyone who likes power metal should listen to this. Of the first four kamelot albums which DO NOT follow the well known kamelot sound this is the only album worth checking out.

That's one I'll check out whenever I get round to it.

I'm glad it's not just me. :P

Oh? About sabaton being boring?

Yeah. Nothing about them has clicked on for me.

I'd go just for Ghost, haha.

Heh, i'm going just for Alcest. I saw Enslaved once before, opening for opeth back in 2009. And I honestly find Ghost boring after listening to them for ten minutes. :P

Oh well. At least there's still Enslaved.

Psychostick, Diamond Head, Primus and Dream Theater are all ALSO playing shows in september but I don't know if i'll do those for sure yet. (Primus and DT are both expensive bands to see, Diamond Head is playing in NYC so it's kind of a long drive, and psychostick tours a lot)

Best cutting back a bit, haha.

At 7/22/11 05:48 PM, batman64 wrote: Victim of Changes and Beyond the Realms of Death are my 2 fave Judas Priest songs
Glad you got to hear em live too Bahamut bro

Yep, Victim of Changes was great to hear live. :D

Got to hear em myself 31 years ago LOL

Did you ever get the chance to hear The Ripper or Run of the Mill live?

At 7/22/11 06:12 PM, JaY11 wrote: Opeth, Pain of Salvation

Aren't you considering the Manchester show for them? If so, you might see me there.

At 7/22/11 06:32 PM, JaY11 wrote:

At 7/22/11 06:22 PM, SomaGuye wrote:

At 7/22/11 06:12 PM, JaY11 wrote: TesseracT, Chimp Spanner
Kvelertak, Trap Them
Textures, The Ocean, Aliases

I wasn't planning on going to these shows but I might just to annoy you.

Why would this annoy me if I'm going too?

Because I will be seeing them at a better venue with a better crowd.

Opeth / Pain Of Salvation and BTBAM / Animals As Leaders = go
Those other three = mih

At 7/23/11 06:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: For a folk metal festival with Swashbuckle AND White Wizzard? It was odd enough seeing Swashbuckle there. Hate Alestorm all you want but at least they fit at Heidenfest.

Alestorm is really shittie power metal.
Swashbuckle is really generic, but technical, thrash metal. That's fun live and the members have a sense of humor.

I prefer swashbuckle any day, live or on recording. :P

Ripping off or not, how are PoS' albums?

Amazing yo, The Perfect Element Part I is particularly amazing.

Surely I'd lose my hearing from it. :P I'll take extra procedures for once. They can't be called the world's loudest band for nothing.

Haha true that!

Maybe if they're the main act. If they're playing as a support act, they'll just stick to the classics and maybe throw in a new song or two.

Ah, you seeing them on a fest or something? That would explain it.

Psychostick, Diamond Head, Primus and Dream Theater are all ALSO playing shows in september but I don't know if i'll do those for sure yet. (Primus and DT are both expensive bands to see, Diamond Head is playing in NYC so it's kind of a long drive, and psychostick tours a lot)

Best cutting back a bit, haha.

Yeah, i'm probably not going to any of those four shows. haha

At 7/23/11 06:15 AM, Bahamut wrote:

Aren't you considering the Manchester show for them? If so, you might see me there.

I am indeed. If I can get my ticket soon anyway. This will be my first time seeing them, I believe you've already seen them? I really hope don't play too much new material, I want to hear some classics.

At 7/23/11 08:44 AM, AniMetal wrote: Opeth / Pain Of Salvation and BTBAM / Animals As Leaders = go
Those other three = mih

Why not Textures/The Ocean? Two of the finest modern metal bands imo.

At 7/21/11 05:41 AM, DrAwesomeSauce69 wrote: Favourite band is Nirvana, grunge rock. But favourite song is this calling by All That Remains, I like Lamb of God some of their stuff, and Atreyu is amazing. As I lay Dying is in top ten too.

What? My cock just exploded.

At 7/21/11 03:47 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: From what I understand the point is to make rhythm-less music and repeat it for some long time? In my book that kind of falls under " I have no musical talent " but I could be wrong. I dunno.

Yeah that's not a very decent description of drone metal. Drone is about

1. Being heavier than everything that has currently existed.
2. Creating an atmosphere of heavy darkness

Boris have done drone, and even drone dripping with mucusy post-rock. They've done stoner rock too, they're just that fucktastically spazzed.

So Boris, Sunn O))) and Impia.

Also you should check out Kroda if you haven't already. They're the whole " folk black metal thing that really isn't folk." music.

I will keep this in mind.

At 7/22/11 07:43 AM, AniMetal wrote: The only REAL pure drone band I listen to is Sunn O)))

Between their seven albums, and their split album with Boris, that's enough drone to last me forever.

COLLABORATION album with Boris :)

Lesbian is also kind of drone. Well actually that's a lie. Lesbian is an orgasmic mix of black metal and drone, with progressive elements thrown in as well.

Fucking jack crackin' donkey schlong, Lesbian are great.

Hey you guys? Did you notice I said "drone" and not "drone metal"? Yeah, just because I enjoy

Dicks.

Or at least, I think so.

I know so :D

At 7/22/11 05:48 PM, batman64 wrote: and the music is like a schizoid nightmare on acid

I am so there.

Victim of Changes and Beyond the Realms of Death are my 2 fave Judas Priest songs
Glad you got to hear em live too Bahamut bro
Got to hear em myself 31 years ago LOL

Diamonds and Rust is my favourite... Wonder how that was as a ballad, Bahamut?

so yeah think i will go back to listening to some old stuff
keep it HEAVY
peace

Peace brother.

At 7/22/11 11:25 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: I would kill to see these bands, especially Kvelertak

I didn't dig their album but maybe live I'd dig it more.

and Trap Them. I saw Trap Them live in a really small venue here in NYC, and I left with my mind blown and a new found appreciation for sludgy hardcore/crust punk. Honestly, that's all I've been listening to now.

I've not heard Trap Them, so I'll get on that. Rec some other sludgy hardcore/crust punk? I like hardcore and I rarely hear it fused with sludge.

Shit my post is probably so long no one will read it.

At 7/23/11 09:43 AM, PenisClown wrote:

At 7/22/11 11:25 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: I would kill to see these bands, especially Kvelertak

I didn't dig their album but maybe live I'd dig it more.


I've not heard Trap Them, so I'll get on that. Rec some other sludgy hardcore/crust punk? I like hardcore and I rarely hear it fused with sludge.

A lot of these bands aren't metal per se, but whatever: check out

KEN ModeTrap ThemAll Pigs Must DieBlack TuskBison BC (not all of their songs have an overt hardcore influence but this one does)16

At 7/22/11 12:03 AM, TheSporkLord wrote: Probably late to the party but just in case, Decapitated's new album Carnival Is Forever is out. Anyone get it yet? I still need to. Wondering if it's worth it. I can't enjoy any of their other albums since I listened to Winds of Creation.

I also think it's their best album. I can't seem to really enjoy anything else they did afterward.

Also, more drone so I may form an opinion please.

You already know about Sunn O))) of course. Maybe you don't know about Boris, but we discuss them quite a lot two. They are a Stoner Rock/Metal and a Drone Doom band. Just dig around for their Drone material and you might just find what you are looking for.

You could also try bands like Ascend or the band Earth. They are also pretty good. But I can't say I'm much of a reference when it comes to Drone.

At 7/22/11 07:43 AM, AniMetal wrote: The only REAL pure drone band I listen to is Sunn O)))

Don't know what you mean by "pure drone"...

Between their seven albums, and their split album with Boris, that's enough drone to last me forever.

I actually tried to find some other good Drone, but I've been kind of unsuccesful with that. Maybe that's because they are way too good for the other bands to stand out. Boris are great though. Dunno if they are quite on par with Sunn O))), but they deliver.

Lesbian is also kind of drone. Well actually that's a lie. Lesbian is an orgasmic mix of black metal and drone, with progressive elements thrown in as well.

I know what you think of MA, but they classify them as a Progressive Doom/Stoner Metal band...

Hey you guys? Did you notice I said "drone" and not "drone metal"? Yeah, just because I enjoy a genre of music doesn't mean it's metal... maybe it's way more metal live, but on recording it's closer to ambient or something then metal.

I don't think we ever classify it as "Drone Metal". Most of the time people call it simply Drone or Drone Doom.

First time I saw them was january '10 which was BTBAM/Cynic/Devin/Scale The Summit and the second was october '10 which was just Devin/TesseracT.

I can't believe I missed that gig... Cynic... Between The Buried And Me... Scale The Summit... Devin Townsend... HELL! that must have been a good fucking show!

I could never get into Motorhead, they've always bored the hell out of me. Why people worship Lemmy is beyond me.

I guess it's like the stupid worshipping for Dimebag Darrel.

As for shows i'm going to:

August 31st: Kamelot with the legendary Fabio on vocals! ...and three total shitfests opening. (Alestorm, The Agonist, Blackguard)

Why would you ever want to see this band without Roy Khan? And the opening bands are not really impressive either... Blackguard was better when they were Profugus Mortis...

September 26th: Enslaved, Ghost, Alcest and a couple local bands TBA.

I want to go to that show... It's going to be fucking awesome :) I also really like how they mixed different genres for the gig. I love it when there are tons of different emotions and ambiences on the same gig. I don't know Ghost a lot, but Enslaved and Alcest are both great enough to convince me to go :)

At 7/22/11 10:29 PM, AniMetal wrote:

At 7/22/11 06:32 PM, JaY11 wrote: Why would you be planning on going to these boner reducing gigs?

Fixed.

Kvelertak is fucking great. Dunno about the other bands.

Decapitated - The Eye Of Horus

Also, gigs I'd like to attend :)

August 10th: Maybe the Summer Slaughter Tour... but it's such a cuntcore gig, I can't say if I'd really be willing to waste so much of my time just to see Fleshgod Apocalypse. Even if they are great.

August 15th: Gifts From Enola

September 4th: Grave, Blood Red Throne, Pathology and Gigan.

September 29th: Enslaved, Alcest, Ghost

October 14th: Firewind, Nightrage, Arsis, White Wizzard

October 18th: Yngwie Malmsteen (fuck yeah!)

At 7/22/11 07:14 AM, SomaGuye wrote:

At 7/22/11 12:03 AM, TheSporkLord wrote: Probably late to the party but just in case, Decapitated's new album Carnival Is Forever is out. Anyone get it yet? I still need to. Wondering if it's worth it. I can't enjoy any of their other albums since I listened to Winds of Creation.

How can you not enjoy Organic Hallucinosis. It's so groovy.

I was digging it until the vocals came on. They need to get Sauron back.

Also, more drone so I may form an opinion please.

Earth
Sunn O)))

Kay

Anvil is coming back into the metal world it seems. They released their new album back in May, Juggernaut of Justice. Going to be playing a gig on Tuesday, going to see it. Playing in a bad part of town, should be interesting.

At 7/23/11 01:48 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Don't know what you mean by "pure drone"...

I don't even know what I meant. haha

Lesbian is also kind of drone. Well actually that's a lie. Lesbian is an orgasmic mix of black metal and drone, with progressive elements thrown in as well.

I know what you think of MA, but they classify them as a Progressive Doom/Stoner Metal band...

Lesbian are too hard to classify.

Black metal vocals and drumming, but very proggie doom metal instrumental for the rest. But they have some really long drone sections in some of their songs. It's enough of an element, that it warrants a "drone" in their genre somewhere. haha

I can't believe I missed that gig... Cynic... Between The Buried And Me... Scale The Summit... Devin Townsend... HELL! that must have been a good fucking show!

You're telling me. Spencer was retarded then.

My logic at the time:
"Scale the summit? Probably a metalcore band. Devin Townsend? Solo projects tend to suck. And BTBAM suck, i'll show up late and leave early"

So I missed STS and the first half of devin's set. And while I did watch BTBAM, I didn't enjoy them as much as I should've cause I was stubborn about how "they're core, they HAVE to suck"

I'm kicking myself more and more for not seeing the whole show and enjoying the whole thing. XD

August 31st: Kamelot with the legendary Fabio on vocals! ...and three total shitfests opening. (Alestorm, The Agonist, Blackguard)

Why would you ever want to see this band without Roy Khan?

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FABIO LIONE IS THE FUCKING GUEST VOCALIST.

This will be my third time seeing kamelot, and i've never been so excited to see them before. Why?

1.) Fabio is one of my all time favorite vocalists.
2.) Unlike khan, who is known for either being REALLY good live or REALLY bad live, fabio is ALWAYS really good.
3.) Khan's voice has dropped two octaves over the years, fabio never has gotten less highpitched. MEANING Kamelot will be playing lots of songs from BEFORE Ghost Opera for once.

Nights of arabia
Center of the universe

And the opening bands are not really impressive either... Blackguard was better when they were Profugus Mortis...

Alestorm = Total shitfest, one of the most boring and uninspired power metal bands ever.
The Agonist = LOLOLOL CORE, LOLOLOLOL ARCH ENEMY INSPIRED VOCALIST
Blackguard = Suck on recording, and have sucked live after the second time i've seen them.

I want to go to that show... It's going to be fucking awesome :) I also really like how they mixed different genres for the gig. I love it when there are tons of different emotions and ambiences on the same gig. I don't know Ghost a lot, but Enslaved and Alcest are both great enough to convince me to go :)

Indeed. It's sad though, I only know a FEW people going for enslaved. Everyone I know going to that gig here is going for either Ghost, Alcest or the two local bands. I know like one or two people going JUST for enslaved. I'm going for them all though.

August 10th: Maybe the Summer Slaughter Tour... but it's such a cuntcore gig, I can't say if I'd really be willing to waste so much of my time just to see Fleshgod Apocalypse. Even if they are great.

Sadly, I HAVE to work that day. And since I work mornings and early afternoons, and the city where the venue is will be an hour from the place I work if I DID go then i'd miss all the bands i'd want to see. (I want to see Six Feet Under, Powerglove, Fleshgod Apocalypse and I want to OBSERVE Dying Fetus despite not being a real fan of there's)

September 29th: Enslaved, Alcest, Ghost

Fuck yeah.

October 14th: Firewind, Nightrage, Arsis, White Wizzard

That tour is coming here to, but the venue closest to me is two hours away and a HORRENDOUS venue with some of the worst sound quality and security i've ever seen. So i'm not going.

Hopefully, all those bands will be back.

October 18th: Yngwie Malmsteen (fuck yeah!)

Didn't even know they were touring. haha

What about Opeth/Katatonia and Kyuss's first north america tour in 16 years? Interested in either of those?

At 7/23/11 02:42 PM, AniMetal wrote: FABIO LIONE IS THE FUCKING GUEST VOCALIST.

This will be my third time seeing kamelot, and i've never been so excited to see them before. Why?

1.) Fabio is one of my all time favorite vocalists.
2.) Unlike khan, who is known for either being REALLY good live or REALLY bad live, fabio is ALWAYS really good.
3.) Khan's voice has dropped two octaves over the years, fabio never has gotten less highpitched. MEANING Kamelot will be playing lots of songs from BEFORE Ghost Opera for once.

Ok, whatever. The guy is a great vocalist for sure. But if you'd tell me Tony Kako was going to be the guest vocalist for Kamelot... I'd still go "wtf"... Why? Because Khan was not just a vocalist who sang with the band for a couple years and recorded a few albums with them. He was a big part of the band, a part of the soul of the band, and I think it really just won't feel right to see the band with any other vocalist. I could compare this to having someone else than Dave Mustaine singing Megadeth tracks or someone else than Russel Allen singing Symphony X tracks...

You get my point now? I'm not questionning Fabio Lione's talent.

But maybe you are right, if Khan really wasn't doing the job properly anymore, than maybe it really was time to move on.

Indeed. It's sad though, I only know a FEW people going for enslaved. Everyone I know going to that gig here is going for either Ghost, Alcest or the two local bands. I know like one or two people going JUST for enslaved. I'm going for them all though.

What's so sad about what I said? I said I'd like to go to see both Alcest and Enslaved :O

October 14th: Firewind, Nightrage, Arsis, White Wizzard

That tour is coming here to, but the venue closest to me is two hours away and a HORRENDOUS venue with some of the worst sound quality and security i've ever seen. So i'm not going.

Sucks for you dude, but I really need to see Nightrage at least once in my life :)

What about Opeth/Katatonia and Kyuss's first north america tour in 16 years? Interested in either of those?

I don't really know these bands a lot, to say the thruth, and haven't been really interrested in their work either... I guess I really should try to get into each of these three bands as they are some of the most acclaimed metal bands in the community.

Abigail Williams - Procession Of The Aeons

Btw Ani, what Rhapsody album should I start with if I want to get into this band? (I think Bahamut likes them two... but not too sure, so I'm asking your first)

At 7/23/11 05:38 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Btw Ani, what Rhapsody album should I start with if I want to get into this band? (I think Bahamut likes them two... but not too sure, so I'm asking your first)

I'll catch up on the other responses later but I'd like to say Dawn of Victory and The Frozen Tears of Angels are the best albums to look into first to get a good feel of their music. AniMetal can say otherwise if he wishes and if he has other stuff to recommend, hey, the more the merrier.

At 7/23/11 05:38 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Btw Ani, what Rhapsody album should I start with if I want to get into this band? (I think Bahamut likes them two... but not too sure, so I'm asking your first)

Personally, the best for NEW Rhapsody fans is The Symphony Of Enchanted Lands part 1.

I wouldn't say it's their best, but it's probably the best to start off with purely because it has so many of their signature classics. OH, and it has Emerald Sword - which is Rhapsody's one TRUE hit.

At 7/23/11 05:33 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: You get my point now? I'm not questionning Fabio Lione's talent.

I see your point, but you don't have to be all like "LOL WHAT'S THE POINT OF SEEING THEM WITHOUT KHAN?"

What's so sad about what I said? I said I'd like to go to see both Alcest and Enslaved :O

Nah, nothing about what you said is sad. What is sad is that I don't know more then one or two people going to that show for Enslaved, and they're the headliner. ha

Sucks for you dude, but I really need to see Nightrage at least once in my life :)

They're the one band I don't know on the tour, aren't they melodic death?

I don't really know these bands a lot, to say the thruth, and haven't been really interrested in their work either... I guess I really should try to get into each of these three bands as they are some of the most acclaimed metal bands in the community.

Do it up, nig. I definitely recommend both shows, even if you aren't huge into them... yet. ;D

At 7/23/11 08:44 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 7/23/11 06:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: For a folk metal festival with Swashbuckle AND White Wizzard? It was odd enough seeing Swashbuckle there. Hate Alestorm all you want but at least they fit at Heidenfest.

Alestorm is really shittie power metal.

I actually find them to be a lot better than that. At least they do something that's fresh for power metal. The only power metal band you could compare them to is Running Wild and they were more traditional metal.

Swashbuckle is really generic, but technical, thrash metal. That's fun live and the members have a sense of humor.

Don't worry, I have acknowledged their sense of humour when I saw them. I just didn't think they were a suitable band for Heidenfest.

Ripping off or not, how are PoS' albums?

Amazing yo, The Perfect Element Part I is particularly amazing.

That's one I'll look into then.

Surely I'd lose my hearing from it. :P I'll take extra procedures for once. They can't be called the world's loudest band for nothing.

Haha true that!

I'm glad we agree on that.

Maybe if they're the main act. If they're playing as a support act, they'll just stick to the classics and maybe throw in a new song or two.

Ah, you seeing them on a fest or something? That would explain it.

No, I already saw them live as a support act for Judas Priest. I just assumed that was their format if they were a support act and not the main act of the show.

At 7/23/11 08:56 AM, JaY11 wrote:

At 7/23/11 06:15 AM, Bahamut wrote:

Aren't you considering the Manchester show for them? If so, you might see me there.

I am indeed. If I can get my ticket soon anyway. This will be my first time seeing them, I believe you've already seen them? I really hope don't play too much new material, I want to hear some classics.

I'll have to see what my friend thinks of the Opeth show. I'm sure he'll go and hopefully the new tracks will be great to hear live. Some are weary about the direction Opeth are taking with the new album but I honestly feel it's still within their territory. Well, how they described the album sounds like it anyway.

At 7/23/11 05:58 PM, AniMetal wrote:

At 7/23/11 05:38 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Btw Ani, what Rhapsody album should I start with if I want to get into this band? (I think Bahamut likes them two... but not too sure, so I'm asking your first)

Personally, the best for NEW Rhapsody fans is The Symphony Of Enchanted Lands part 1.

Oddly enough, I find this to be one of the weaker Rhapsody releases. Why I don't like this album as much as the next guy is because the album seems to lose focus on the second half. The tracks don't seem to flow that well. For example, I feel The Dark Tower of Abyss has some great moments but the song structure doesn't seem natural.

I wouldn't say it's their best, but it's probably the best to start off with purely because it has so many of their signature classics. OH, and it has Emerald Sword - which is Rhapsody's one TRUE hit.

I will give you that simply because the first half is fantastic.

At 7/17/11 12:28 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: All japanesse animation movies I suppose :)

Baccano!
Steamboy
Akira
Spirited Away
Cowboy Bebop
Outlaw Star
Nausicaa
Castle in the Sky
Tokyo Godfathers
Princess Mononoke
Samurai Champloo
Paranoia Agent
Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Tekkon Kinkreet
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Kemonozume
Last Exile
Dead Leaves
Paprika
the Animatrix
Boogiepop Phantom
Now and Then, Here and There
Texhnolyze
Grave of the Fireflies
Golgo 13 the series
Golgo 13: the Professional
Cromartie High School
Genius Party
Genius Party Beyond
Howl's Moving Castle
Black Lagoon
Mind Game
Heat Guy J
Fist of the North Star
Fist of the North Star the movie
Neo Tokyo
Pom Poko
Mushishi
Metropolis
Darker Than Black
Berserk
Hellsing Ultimate
Porco Rosso
Crayon Shin Chan
Lupin III
Battle Angel Alita
Trigun
Serial Experiments Lain
Afro Samurai
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
FLCL
Ninja Scroll
Roujin Z
Armitage III: Polymatrix
Armitage III: Dual Matrix
Millenium Actress
Perfect Blue
Read or Die
Read or Die the OVA
Great Teacher Onizuka
Ninja Nonsense
Blue Gender
Detective Conan
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Mobile Suit Gundam WIng
G Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team
Fullmetal Alchemist
Sword of the Stranger
Cat Soup
Cat Shit One
Highschool of the Dead
Slayers
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
Android Kikaider
Blood: the Last Vampire
Crying Freeman
BAOH
Violence Jack
Angel Cop
Mad Bull 34
Wicked City
Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma

And there's a really awesome and hilarious Korean animated movie called Aachi wa Ssipak. I recommend that as well. I'll read the other posts and reply later.

Has anybody checked out Hell's Human Remains? I bought it yesterday, and I'm really liking it. The only downs to it are the sometimes cheesy theatrical vocals, and that the Nuclear Blast preview sample is the worst song on the album (but is still good imo).

Fun to think how much hell this would have raised if it were released, say 25 years ago, with the PMRC and all.

At 7/22/11 06:12 PM, JaY11 wrote: On the subject of metal gigs, if everything goes according to plan I'll be seeing from now to december:

TesseracT, Chimp Spanner
Opeth, Pain of Salvation
Kvelertak, Trap Them
Textures, The Ocean, Aliases
Machine Head

All of those bands are win. I hate you for being able to go see them :(

So far my concerts for the year are:

Periphery & TesseracT

That's it :( Hoping they re-announce No Sleep Till' again, though.

At 7/25/11 12:17 AM, Tobi wrote: Has anybody checked out Hell's Human Remains? I bought it yesterday, and I'm really liking it. The only downs to it are the sometimes cheesy theatrical vocals, and that the Nuclear Blast preview sample is the worst song on the album (but is still good imo).

I saw Hell live a few days ago. The singer puts on a great performance on stage, he has a lot of charisma. I was in the front row and I watched them do their soundcheck and everything. I think the theatrical vocals are important for the atmosphere of the album.

At 7/24/11 10:49 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: And there's a really awesome and hilarious Korean animated movie called Aachi wa Ssipak. I recommend that as well. I'll read the other posts and reply later.

You really need to learn the meaning of "less is more"

If you're recommending something to someone, NEVER recommend more then five or six AT most of that thing. Whether it's bands, books, anime, etc.

Why? Because if you give someone a list of 50 fucking movies/shows, chances are they're not going to check out any.

At 7/24/11 08:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: I actually find them to be a lot better than that. At least they do something that's fresh for power metal.

If Alestorm are fresh for power metal, then Morbid Angel's new album is "fresh" for death metal.

The only power metal band you could compare them to is Running Wild and they were more traditional metal.

Not only that, but Running Wild were actually good.

Don't worry, I have acknowledged their sense of humour when I saw them. I just didn't think they were a suitable band for Heidenfest.

Nah, but they're still fun.

I'll have to see what my friend thinks of the Opeth show. I'm sure he'll go and hopefully the new tracks will be great to hear live. Some are weary about the direction Opeth are taking with the new album but I honestly feel it's still within their territory. Well, how they described the album sounds like it anyway.

I don't get why everyone worships the hell out of Damnation, but everyone thinks the new Opeth will suck. People are just retarded.

And Opeth will be amazing, go.

Oddly enough, I find this to be one of the weaker Rhapsody releases. Why I don't like this album as much as the next guy is because the album seems to lose focus on the second half. The tracks don't seem to flow that well. For example, I feel The Dark Tower of Abyss has some great moments but the song structure doesn't seem natural.

I know what you mean, ESPECIALLY about the seemingly terrible flow(especially in the title track itself) but I think as a whole it's an epic experience nonetheless.

I will give you that simply because the first half is fantastic.

EEEEEEEETERNAL GLORY.

Hopefully at least one of you has heard of Legend (from Connecticut) before. If not, now's a good time to discover this gem.

At 7/25/11 12:17 AM, Tobi wrote: Has anybody checked out Hell's Human Remains? I bought it yesterday, and I'm really liking it. The only downs to it are the sometimes cheesy theatrical vocals, and that the Nuclear Blast preview sample is the worst song on the album (but is still good imo).

The vocals seem to be hit and miss amongst metal fans but I personally enjoy them. If there's anything that's wrong with the album, it's the padding with some of the intro tracks. Still, it's a pleasure to hear this album after being lost in the metal world for almost 30 years.

At 7/25/11 03:59 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 7/24/11 08:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: I actually find them to be a lot better than that. At least they do something that's fresh for power metal.

If Alestorm are fresh for power metal, then Morbid Angel's new album is "fresh" for death metal.

The difference is that Alestorm is damn enjoyable while Morbid Angel's new album just shits on their legacy. The only other album that comes close to the badness of Illud Divinum Insanus from 2011 releases is Queensrÿche's Dedicated to Chaos. It's an incoherent piece of shit with some utterly laughable lyrics (they actually sing about YouTube and apps) but at least they didn't make their fans wait 8 years for a new album.

The only power metal band you could compare them to is Running Wild and they were more traditional metal.

Not only that, but Running Wild were actually good.

How can I deny that? :D

I'll have to see what my friend thinks of the Opeth show. I'm sure he'll go and hopefully the new tracks will be great to hear live. Some are weary about the direction Opeth are taking with the new album but I honestly feel it's still within their territory. Well, how they described the album sounds like it anyway.

I don't get why everyone worships the hell out of Damnation, but everyone thinks the new Opeth will suck. People are just retarded.

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I personally found Damnation to be the weakest Opeth album (except for possibly Orchid) but I'll still give the new album a chance. I'm still curious as to how the "1978 vibe" will work out for the new record. My guess is it'll be heavier than Damnation but lighter than the rest. If anything, that sounds like a nice balance.

Oddly enough, I find this to be one of the weaker Rhapsody releases. Why I don't like this album as much as the next guy is because the album seems to lose focus on the second half. The tracks don't seem to flow that well. For example, I feel The Dark Tower of Abyss has some great moments but the song structure doesn't seem natural.

I know what you mean, ESPECIALLY about the seemingly terrible flow(especially in the title track itself) but I think as a whole it's an epic experience nonetheless.

Now that's one thing I agree with. The title track certainly has a bad flow to it. I wouldn't mind writing a review for this album. Hopefully MA accept it with no fuss. There is another album I really want to review but I've still got my Metal Monday to work on.

At 7/25/11 03:59 AM, AniMetal wrote: Why? Because if you give someone a list of 50 fucking movies/shows, chances are they're not going to check out any.

But I wouldn't be impressed with his knowledge, have a reference of good anime to watch, or be able to compare what he has seen and what I have seen and what we both have seen.

So lasdkfjl;asdkfl;as.

Time for metal..... WOOOAAAOOOOAAAOOOAOOO MONA LISAAA

New Mastodon song leaked!

At 7/25/11 10:01 AM, PenisClown wrote:

At 7/25/11 03:59 AM, AniMetal wrote: Why? Because if you give someone a list of 50 fucking movies/shows, chances are they're not going to check out any.

But I wouldn't be impressed with either his copy pasta skill OR his lack of a life

I fixed your statement. :P

At 7/25/11 07:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: The difference is that Alestorm is damn enjoyable while Morbid Angel's new album just shits on their legacy. The only other album that comes close to the badness of Illud Divinum Insanus from 2011 releases is Queensrÿche's Dedicated to Chaos. It's an incoherent piece of shit with some utterly laughable lyrics (they actually sing about YouTube and apps) but at least they didn't make their fans wait 8 years for a new album.

Haha ohhhhhhhh Queensryche.

Hopefully they don't play TOO much new stuff when I see them on saturday XD

How can I deny that? :D

You can't. haha

It sucks, Running Wild only did one north america tour EVER. And it was in 1987 opening for motley crue.

Apparently they were SO hated on that tour, that they never once returned to the states or canada. Shame really.

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I personally found Damnation to be the weakest Opeth album (except for possibly Orchid) but I'll still give the new album a chance. I'm still curious as to how the "1978 vibe" will work out for the new record. My guess is it'll be heavier than Damnation but lighter than the rest. If anything, that sounds like a nice balance.

Really? I love damnation AND Orchid

1.) Still Life (Perfection)
2.) My Arms, Your Hearse (Perfection)
3.) Watershed (Amazing)
4.) Orchid (Amazing)
5.) Morning Rise (Great)
6.) Damnation (Great)
7.) Ghost Reveries (Decent)
8.) Deliverance (Decent)
9.) Blackwater Park (Shit, "Bleak" aside)

That's my personal rankings and opinions of each.

At 7/25/11 03:11 PM, JaY11 wrote: New Mastodon song leaked!

Amazing.

At 7/25/11 03:11 PM, JaY11 wrote: New Mastodon song leaked!

Never got to hear it.... it's been taken down.

At 7/25/11 03:11 PM, JaY11 wrote: New Mastodon song leaked!

Listened to it earlier, loved it.

You know, I still can't like Leviathan. Listened to it many times, just no. I thought Crack The Skye was a great album though. Haven't really listened to the rest yet.

Don't know if anybody remembers me... But here I am.

At 7/25/11 03:11 PM, JaY11 wrote: New Mastodon song leaked!

I have pretty crappy headphones and no speakers today, so I don't know if what I heard was in good fidelity or not. Based on what I did hear, I was kind of unimpressed. The vocal were kind of boring, the riff was too repetitive, and I never got a chance to hear it but once (and with really crappy headphones that render lead guitar tracks near inaudible). I know Mastodon likes to experiment, but they seem to be pushing the limits. It might just need to settle in, because Oblivion didn't impress me until after the release of Crack in the Skye.

I just hope the whole album won't sound like that. Knowing Mastodon it probably won't.

Jag Panzer have called it a day. I never discovered all their stuff but I was hoping they would re-release Ample Destruction at some point. Hopefully that still goes through despite the split-up.

At 7/25/11 03:11 PM, JaY11 wrote: New Mastodon song leaked!

This is good stuff. I'm satisfied until the end of September.

At 7/25/11 03:11 PM, AniMetal wrote:

At 7/25/11 07:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: The difference is that Alestorm is damn enjoyable while Morbid Angel's new album just shits on their legacy. The only other album that comes close to the badness of Illud Divinum Insanus from 2011 releases is Queensrÿche's Dedicated to Chaos. It's an incoherent piece of shit with some utterly laughable lyrics (they actually sing about YouTube and apps) but at least they didn't make their fans wait 8 years for a new album.

Haha ohhhhhhhh Queensryche.

Hopefully they don't play TOO much new stuff when I see them on saturday XD

They'll probably play Get Started at least. Thankfully that's the least offensive song on the new album. It actually sounds better live.

How can I deny that? :D

You can't. haha

It sucks, Running Wild only did one north america tour EVER. And it was in 1987 opening for motley crue.

Heh, I'll never get the chance to see them live. I think it was as soon as I started picking up more Running Wild albums when Rock 'n' Rolf called it a day. Running Wild was one of my first bands for hunting down rare CDs.

Really? I love damnation AND Orchid

I think you can understand why Damnation goes at the bottom for me but Orchid, I think that does need an explanation. I just feel it's far too unpolished and the song structures don't feel engaging enough but the album still has its moments.

At 7/25/11 10:51 PM, K2LU wrote: Don't know if anybody remembers me... But here I am.

Don't worry, I remember you.

At 7/25/11 10:51 PM, K2LU wrote: Don't know if anybody remembers me... But here I am.

Aren't you the girl from Norway? Nah, I didn't forget you. Welcome back :)

At 7/23/11 05:42 PM, Bahamut wrote: I'll catch up on the other responses later but I'd like to say Dawn of Victory and The Frozen Tears of Angels are the best albums to look into first to get a good feel of their music. AniMetal can say otherwise if he wishes and if he has other stuff to recommend, hey, the more the merrier.

Soooo it's Dawn of Victory, then Frozen Tears of Angels. Thanks :)

At 7/23/11 05:58 PM, AniMetal wrote: Personally, the best for NEW Rhapsody fans is The Symphony Of Enchanted Lands part 1.

I'll also try this one.

I see your point, but you don't have to be all like "LOL WHAT'S THE POINT OF SEEING THEM WITHOUT KHAN?"

Sorry I hurt your butt ;)

Sucks for you dude, but I really need to see Nightrage at least once in my life :)

They're the one band I don't know on the tour, aren't they melodic death?

They are a Melodic Death Metal band, indeed. One of the few I still listen to.

At 7/25/11 03:59 AM, AniMetal wrote: If Alestorm are fresh for power metal, then Morbid Angel's new album is "fresh" for death metal.

New Morbid Angel doesn't even qualify as death metal... You think your comparison still works?

At 7/25/11 11:38 PM, Tobi wrote: I just hope the whole album won't sound like that. Knowing Mastodon it probably won't.

I don't get all the hype for Mastodon...

At 7/26/11 10:24 AM, Boxxy wrote: I joined this club who knows when so hopefully I can still post here. Well anyways, I need recommendations for albums.

Can you guide us a little on what you are looking for?

Mastodon - The Czar