At 12/28/11 11:47 AM, Tobi wrote: So guys, after a bit of lurking on YouTube, I found this death metal band named Graal, and they make some pretty weird shit.

weird thing is...
im about 98% sure ive heard that before

I didn't ask for any Metal gifts for Christmas. My mother did get me an album though. She bought me an album of some of Maurice Ravel's compositions played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa. It is absolutely fantastic. One of my favorite classical compositions is on that album. Le Bolero de Ravel.

Here you have the whole tracklist of the album

I will post the album cover at the end of my post.

If anybody likes classical music or le bolero, I suggest you listen to this interpretation. It sounds absolutely great :)

At 12/27/11 04:17 PM, AniMetal wrote: V: The New Mythology Suite (total voters: 2656)

Rediscovery pt. II - The New Mythology (1380-16%)
Communion and the Oracle (1349-16%)
Egypt (1272-15%)
Evolution (The Grand Design) (1232-14%)

I think... I voted for these four tracks exactly. Or maybe I didn't pick Rediscovery... I don't remember. But the other three are fantastic tracks and it's obvious that I voted for these.

The Odyssey (total voters: 3191)

The Odyssey (2017-19%)

What a surprise!

Accolade II (1968-19%)
Awakenings (1606-15%)
Inferno (1534-15%)

I also voted for Accolade II and Inferno. I don't remember if I voted for Awakenings though.

Paradise Lost (total voters: 2758)

Set the World on Fire (The Lie of Lies) (1460-15%)
Paradise Lost (1455-15%)
Revelation (Divus Pennae ex Tragoedia) (1192-13%)
The Walls of Babylon (1132-12%)

Makes a whole lot of sense. Set The World On Fire and Paradise Lost are masterpieces!

Iconoclast (total voters: 2859)

Iconoclast (1681-16%)
When All is Lost (1428-14%)
The End of Innocence (994-10%)
Electric Messiah (967-9%)

Good selection :)

At 12/27/11 10:54 PM, C-Ward wrote:

At 12/26/11 01:23 AM, HeavenDuff wrote:

Kreator - Enemy Of God
Meanstreak - Roadkill
Watchtower - Asylum
Morbid Saint - Lock Up Your Children
Sodom - Agent Orange

Tell me if you like my recommandations or not :

I thought that Sodom, Morbid Saint, and Kreator was pretty badass. Meanstreak was good too and Watchtower was okay. I'll look around for a couple more thrash bands abd update my list :)

I knew you would like Sodom and Kreator. But I'm really happy you like Morbid Saint. They are not like the bands you listed first.

It's kind of sad that you don't like Watchtower. There is no and there won't ever be any Progressive Thrash Metal like what these guys recorded! And that bass! Damn!

I really like Meanstreak two. Too bad you don't like them more :P

At 12/28/11 07:31 AM, Bahamut wrote: May as well save your money on better albums. I've already got a few bad apples in my CD collection.

Same here...

And we really shouldn't buy LuLu... Nobody should even for the lulz. If nobody buys this shit, maybe Metallica will get the message...

At 12/28/11 11:28 AM, AniMetal wrote: I lol'd at Watchtower being the band you enjoyed the least.

Sad :(

They're not the only band to avoid their biggest hit live. Primus almost never plays My Name Is Mud, before 2010 Dream Theater used to only play Pull Me Under every so often, etc.

Dream Theater should play all the Images And Words album, and that's all that matters to me :P

At 12/28/11 04:57 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Dream Theater should play all the Images And Words album, and that's all that matters to me :P

They did that for the 15th anniversary of the album back in 2007. But yeah. :P

At 12/28/11 04:57 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

I knew you would like Sodom and Kreator. But I'm really happy you like Morbid Saint. They are not like the bands you listed first.

It's kind of sad that you don't like Watchtower. There is no and there won't ever be any Progressive Thrash Metal like what these guys recorded! And that bass! Damn!

I really like Meanstreak two. Too bad you don't like them more :P

Its not that I didn't like them, I just liked the other ones better.

Also, one of my friends uploaded a cover to Megadeath's Holy Wars. I think its pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxDpSOVWy qw

I made a rage comic.
Metally Retarded.

At 12/28/11 11:30 PM, Anti-pie wrote: I made a rage comic.
Metally Retarded.

god i hate it when people say stuff like that
it seriously ticks me off
i mean seriously where do they get the nerve to call good music absolute shit?
i mean honestly the only things worse than screamo bands are fucking justin beiber's "singing" and nails on a chalkboard.

At 12/28/11 11:30 PM, Anti-pie wrote: I made a rage comic.
Metally Retarded.

How does that make you rage? Willfully ignorant people like that make me laugh.

At 12/28/11 11:28 AM, AniMetal wrote: They're not the only band to avoid their biggest hit live. Primus almost never plays My Name Is Mud, before 2010 Dream Theater used to only play Pull Me Under every so often, etc.

And Iron Maiden avoided Run to the Hills and The Trooper for some shows. I know you don't like them but you may find that fact interesting. They played The Trooper at Manchester so that satisfied my friend.

At 12/28/11 04:57 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 12/28/11 07:31 AM, Bahamut wrote: May as well save your money on better albums. I've already got a few bad apples in my CD collection.

Same here...

And we really shouldn't buy LuLu... Nobody should even for the lulz. If nobody buys this shit, maybe Metallica will get the message...

Correction: Lou Reed AND Metallica. And besides, why pay for the album when you can hear it online offered by THEM?

At 12/29/11 02:27 AM, Viper50 wrote: i mean honestly the only things worse than screamo bands

Now you're generalising like the guy in the comic.

There's good 'screamo', you just have to look for it. Just like if someone judged all of metal by Slipknot and Bullet for my Valentine they would be well justified in saying all metal is shit.

So....I got a metric ton of video games for Christmas. So......you guys probably won't see me for a while. I will be to busy delving into the magical world of Skyloft. ZELDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At 12/29/11 10:08 AM, Zodir wrote: So....I got a metric ton of video games for Christmas. So......you guys probably won't see me for a while. I will be to busy delving into the magical world of Skyloft. ZELDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey dude, i have it too

At 12/29/11 10:06 AM, SomaGuye wrote:

At 12/29/11 02:27 AM, Viper50 wrote: i mean honestly the only things worse than screamo bands

Now you're generalising like the guy in the comic.

There's good 'screamo', you just have to look for it. Just like if someone judged all of metal by Slipknot and Bullet for my Valentine they would be well justified in saying all metal is shit.

you have a point...there CAN be some good screamo bands
i dont like bullet for my valentine and im not a big fan of slipknot either. not really my thing...
im more into Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Viking Metal, Stoner Metal, Black Metal, and Heavy Metal. sometimes i listen to Folk Metal, Progressive Metal, and Avant-Garde Metal.

At 12/29/11 01:26 PM, Viper50 wrote: you have a point...there CAN be some good screamo bands
i dont like bullet for my valentine and im not a big fan of slipknot either. not really my thing...

I was using them as examples of shit 'metal'.

At 12/29/11 02:16 PM, SomaGuye wrote:

At 12/29/11 01:26 PM, Viper50 wrote: you have a point...there CAN be some good screamo bands
i dont like bullet for my valentine and im not a big fan of slipknot either. not really my thing...

I was using them as examples of shit 'metal'.

ah okay gotcha

At 12/29/11 02:16 PM, SomaGuye wrote:

At 12/29/11 01:26 PM, Viper50 wrote: you have a point...there CAN be some good screamo bands
i dont like bullet for my valentine and im not a big fan of slipknot either. not really my thing...

I was using them as examples of shit 'metal'.

Dafuq are we going at? Lol

Bullet For My Valentine are barely metal. Their background is mainly metalcore, and there are far worst examples of bad metalcore out there. You actually picked a band we can easily defend. And Slipknot, well... they were never metal, so why use them as an example?

At 12/29/11 08:32 AM, Bahamut wrote: Correction: Lou Reed AND Metallica. And besides, why pay for the album when you can hear it online offered by THEM?

Yeah well, I didn't even knew who was Lou Reed before they said they were going to release an album with him. So I didn't have huge expectations... But Metallica... I'm not going to be a "the first four albums or nothing else" geek and admit that I like some of their latest material, but... are they even trying with that shit?

And em, people still buy the hard copy, especially Metallica fans and/or people who don't listen to a lot of music in general because they don't get ruined buying albums :P

And em... on a more metal note... or em... on a more good metal note...

I'm really digging that Arch Matheos album you guys mentionned earlier this week. It's fantastic prog. It kind of reminds me of the heavier albums by Dream Theater but with an even better song-writting. I need to get that album :)

Btw guys, it sucks that we don't have anybody in the Nu-Metal/Metalcore Crew. If you like Metalcore, Deathcore, Nu-Metal and the likes, join the Nu-Metal/Metalcore Crew.

It's kind of weird that we don't have some active people in this crew, especially considering how many core fans ask to join the Metal Hell...

Right, so I know you guys didn't list Taake (I even know how to pronounce it right. :P Nah, I'm just teasing. I still do though.) in your Black Metal recs, but I've become pretty addicted to them the last week or so. Favorite album being Hordalands Doedskvad. I do actually quite like their newest album as well.

Anyway, I'm working my way through your recommendations and I'll keep you posted on what I liked and what I didn't like.

List of bands because you people seriously constantly talk about the same shit over and over.

Black metal:
Infestus
Arckanum
Enthral
Negative Plane
Lust- Genesis of a satanic race ( awesomely awesome)
Ravencult
Sacrementum
Averse Sefira

Death metal:
God Macabre
Imprecation
Rippikoulu
Morpheus Descends
Father Befouled
The Wakedead Gathering
Innumerable Forms

At 12/29/11 06:06 PM, K2LU wrote: Right, so I know you guys didn't list Taake (I even know how to pronounce it right. :P Nah, I'm just teasing. I still do though.) in your Black Metal recs, but I've become pretty addicted to them the last week or so. Favorite album being Hordalands Doedskvad. I do actually quite like their newest album as well.

I can hum Hordalands Doedskvad from start to finish. Taake are black metal supreme.

I wana lick your bum

At 12/29/11 07:31 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: List of bands because you people seriously constantly talk about the same shit over and over.

I recommended bands for everyone a while ago. You're wasting your time, bro. Nobody pays attention.

Some guy who listens to metal at my gym saw my immortal shirt and asked, "What is that on your shirt? Is that a band?" I said, " Yeah, they are black metal." He goes, "Black metal? Is that new?"

LOL!!!!

This guy was older then me and didn't know of black metal. I would assume those who listened to metal would have heard of black metal. It's not like black metal is really underground anymore.

When I start talking about metal to people in my school (especially power metal), they usually just call me gay.

i don't even know what gay means anymore

At 12/30/11 12:30 AM, Dalnaki wrote:

At 12/29/11 07:31 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: List of bands because you people seriously constantly talk about the same shit over and over.

I recommended bands for everyone a while ago. You're wasting your time, bro. Nobody pays attention.

What's that? Metal Hell goes emo?

Stop whinning bitches. The bands we often discuss are bands a few or most members really enjoy. If you're the only one to like a band or if there isn't enough people who like them in here to hold a good discussion, it's kind of useless to bring them up all the time.

I tried to introduce you guys to a few bands lately. Infernal Stronghold, Forteresse and Chasse-Galerie. My post went pretty much ignored. Or maybe people listenned to them and didn't give me any feedback. See, I do check out some of the bands you guys recommand. And I do it as often as I can.

At 12/30/11 06:04 AM, CoCo wrote: When I start talking about metal to people in my school (especially power metal), they usually just call me gay.

i don't even know what gay means anymore

That's because Hammerfall, Labyrinth, Stratovarius are all gay names. If you want to avoid being gay, you should listen to bands like The Devil Wears Prada, Bless The Fall, Black Veil Brides and other bands with hardcore and manly names like these.

Wait what...

As someone who loves power metal, even I can admit that it's pretty gay. hahaha

Btw, i'm compiling my list of top albums for 2011. I don't know what any will be except number 1. And it's funny because my number 1 album will probably be the only nonmetal album on it. haha

At 12/30/11 06:43 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: you should listen to bands like The Devil Wears Prada, Bless The Fall, Black Veil Brides and other bands with hardcore and manly names like these.

A single word in this sentence in this makes this piss me off to unmeasurable levels.

It's "hardcore" if you couldn't tell.

Atheist - Third Person

At 12/29/11 05:10 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 12/29/11 08:32 AM, Bahamut wrote: Correction: Lou Reed AND Metallica. And besides, why pay for the album when you can hear it online offered by THEM?

Yeah well, I didn't even knew who was Lou Reed before they said they were going to release an album with him.

Surely you will have heard some of his hit songs somewhere. I was sad when I found that out.

At 12/30/11 12:30 AM, Dalnaki wrote:

At 12/29/11 07:31 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: List of bands because you people seriously constantly talk about the same shit over and over.

I recommended bands for everyone a while ago. You're wasting your time, bro. Nobody pays attention.

It may not be much but the traditional metal bands you recommend I do check out, especially Dark Quarterer and Longings Past.

At 12/30/11 06:04 AM, CoCo wrote: i don't even know what gay means anymore

That word lost its meaning long ago...

At 12/29/11 05:10 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Dafuq are we going at? Lol

Bro I was saying him saying screamo is shit based on the few bands he heard is like someone saying metal is shit after listening to slipknot and bfmv. You get me blud, cause they aren't representative of the genre as a whole.

Listening to Accept's I'm A Rebel is really hilarious if you're Scandinavian. It basically sounds like they're saying "I'm an asshole".

At 12/30/11 12:21 PM, K2LU wrote: Listening to Accept's I'm A Rebel is really hilarious if you're Scandinavian. It basically sounds like they're saying "I'm an asshole".

im like 1/3-1/4 Norwegian
does that count?

At 12/29/11 07:31 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: List of bands because you people seriously constantly talk about the same shit over and over.

Sacrementum

Hey l hear Sacramentum, an awesome band it´s like combination of melodic death metal and black metal.

At 12/30/11 01:25 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 12/30/11 12:21 PM, K2LU wrote: Listening to Accept's I'm A Rebel is really hilarious if you're Scandinavian. It basically sounds like they're saying "I'm an asshole".

im like 1/3-1/4 Norwegian
does that count?

Not unless you know the language, but good for you.