At 1/14/12 09:23 PM, AnarchistAthiest wrote: I am a huge metal fan but I am also sorta into stuff like Skrillex and Deadmau5, is there people like that or am I unique.

No one's ever unique.

At 1/14/12 10:31 PM, SomaGuye wrote:

At 1/14/12 09:23 PM, AnarchistAthiest wrote: I am a huge metal fan but I am also sorta into stuff like Skrillex and Deadmau5, is there people like that or am I unique.

No one's ever unique.

On the contrary! Everybody's always unique!

At 1/15/12 08:13 AM, NL-Courage wrote: I really like "No Love" by Simple Plan (yep, Emo gerne)

Get out now.

So, I was talking to a friend who I introduced to Slough Feg. He really dug the couple of songs I showed him, and he was wondering where he should start with them. I said their three best are Ape Uprising, Down Among the Deadmen, and Traveller. And then he asked me in what order that was in. It took me a while, but I ended up ranking Traveller as the best. What is your guys' favorite Slough Feg album?

Hola my compadres,

I know it's been a while, but I'm here to show you guys what I've been up to as of late. Basically, I discovered metallic hardcore, and while I'm still a metalhead at heart, I've noticed similarities between the two, namely a love of Slayer, Crowbar, and Entombed. So I leave you with two pre-production demos I have on my bandcamp. These demos have been remastered but I'm not going to release them until the entire album is ready which will be a while.

Byzantos. (Coincidentally the Greek word for Byzantium)

At 1/15/12 08:28 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/15/12 08:13 AM, NL-Courage wrote: I really like "No Love" by Simple Plan (yep, Emo gerne)

Get out now.

^what he said

At 1/15/12 12:06 PM, Zodir wrote: So, I was talking to a friend who I introduced to Slough Feg. He really dug the couple of songs I showed him, and he was wondering where he should start with them. I said their three best are Ape Uprising, Down Among the Deadmen, and Traveller. And then he asked me in what order that was in. It took me a while, but I ended up ranking Traveller as the best. What is your guys' favorite Slough Feg album?

I'm always torn apart between Traveller and Down Among the Deadmen. Both hook you all the way through the records from the very first track and both are full of golden metal songs. I think Deadmen goes slightly above Traveller for featuring Warriors Dawn, the Heavy Metal Monk / Fergus Mac Roich / Cauldron of Blood trio and Death Machine.

Although the title track is by far one of the greatest heavy metal songs ever written, the album itself probably isn't one I'd recommend to new listeners. I say once a new Slough Feg fan is settled with Deadmen and Traveller, they can go with any other album of their choice. None of them are bad and even if you pick the weakest one, there's still plenty to embrace.

At 1/15/12 12:48 PM, TheCrimsonWidow wrote: Sign me up, this club needs some sex appeal!

I approve of this as well as your favourite metal bands, especially Brocas Helm!

At 1/15/12 12:06 PM, Zodir wrote: What is your guys' favorite Slough Feg album?

For me, that is very hard to say. Like Bahamut, I'd say it's between Down Among the Deadmen and Traveler....but if I had to decide,I guess I'd go for Down Among the Deadmen, just because....

MANAMANAAAAA

And with this post, I'm suddenly reminded of Dent, Nev, and Ponos....
:Ponos, y u no post as much anymore

Oh, and Alex, I neglected to mention what I thought of that song. I think it sounds awesome.

At 1/15/12 02:20 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Oh, and Alex, I neglected to mention what I thought of that song. I think it sounds awesome.

Sensey, it's been too long man. Too long. Thanks a lot, though I appreciate it.

How's the club looking nowadays? I just started catching up when all the drama happened.

Whoa...Idio bro, kick ass.
Ponos be busy working on new material and editing vids and setting up more gigs..man doing it right and gonna be big.
A LOT happened past couple days..really cool shit going down this year, going to be on a few comps it looks like now. Meeting quite a bit of famous musicians that remember me from my Death Squad days.
Looks like i had more fans than i thought back then lol..and now as well.
Too early to name names but looks like i may be doing some collaborations as well...fukkkkkkkk yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
made 15 vids within a weekend lol...more to come soon.
Anyone om facebook feel free to add me and join us in Metal Hell FB....have some really cool members and Admins...really cool and may surprise some of you all...family and friends :)
Officially out of retirement as of yesterday..yepper.

will be posting a few new bands for you all later today...friends of mine/family of friends and other stuff..lil bit of something for everyone and then some.
And if you check my family out on my page you can see something else official now...Angela is now listed as my partner...yepper, call me the luckiest fukkkkkkka around yeahhhhhhhh boyyyyyyyyyyy.

Why batman64 had to go..A TON OF SHIT was going on at the time, way too much i do not want to talk about. Things got tossed into some of my posts that should not have been posted...i had to delete, no other option. I stand by my choice..and still feel no need for Horsemen and would like to put it up for vote. Democracy. so i'm putting it out there.

Idio bro..stay in touch..have a few friends and labels that would be interested in your work.
working with Ponos and a few other bands these days an would be proud to have ya aboard.
weller i gots me a bizzzzzzzzzzzzzy day so see yahs all laterz.

ps..Lucifer's Lightbulb has been confirmed...first rays arrive this summer
Keep it HEAVY

I can't download music anymore. I don't have WinZip sor I can't open .rar files anymore. Fawk! I wanted to get that Iraqui black metal album one of you guys mentionned recently. I still need to get Arch / Matheos album and newest Alcest album... And I can't find a way...

At 1/14/12 09:23 PM, AnarchistAthiest wrote: I am a huge metal fan but I am also sorta into stuff like Skrillex and Deadmau5, is there people like that or am I unique.

I have both of these artists on my charts... We all listen to stuff that isn't metal...

At 1/15/12 08:13 AM, NL-Courage wrote: Hey, I like Metal music, so I'll hang around temporarily.

I really like "No Love" by Simple Plan (yep, Emo gerne), a really nice and somewhat emotional song. (Eh, no link because I'm too lazy :P)

Lame trolling attempt...

At 1/15/12 02:25 PM, TheCrimsonWidow wrote: Oh, almost forgot to put the creators, Black Sabbath. In fact, why haven't people the Sabbath on their favs that much?

Enough metal on your list. Welcome in :)

At 1/15/12 04:43 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: I can't download music anymore. I don't have WinZip sor I can't open .rar files anymore. Fawk! I wanted to get that Iraqui black metal album one of you guys mentionned recently. I still need to get Arch / Matheos album and newest Alcest album... And I can't find a way...

i downloaded the newest Alcest album
i can try to find a way to send it to you if you want...
like email or something

Can I join even though I only like a few genres of metal? I'm really into the few I like, though.

Anyone knows good new folk metal bands like Ensiferum or Korpiklaani?

At 1/15/12 08:13 AM, NL-Courage wrote: I really like "No Love" by Simple Plan (yep, Emo gerne)

What? Emo genre.... :l

At 1/15/12 06:36 PM, rockereaper wrote: Anyone knows good new folk metal bands like Ensiferum or Korpiklaani?

you can try Týr or Eluveitie i guess...

At 1/15/12 07:06 PM, Viper50 wrote: you can try Týr or Eluveitie ?

I also listen to Eluveitie, they are awesome, i have the album "Eerything remain as it never was".

Just now i´m listening Týr - "By The Sword In My Hand" and it´s so epic.

At 1/15/12 06:36 PM, rockereaper wrote: Anyone knows good new folk metal bands like Ensiferum or Korpiklaani?

Check out Heidevolk and Equilibrium. Falkenbach is also a must.

At 1/15/12 07:44 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/15/12 06:36 PM, rockereaper wrote: Anyone knows good new folk metal bands like Ensiferum or Korpiklaani?

Check out Heidevolk and Equilibrium. Falkenbach is also a must.

Now I'm gonna look up%uFEFF some more songs of Heidevolk

At 1/15/12 05:30 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 1/15/12 04:43 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: I can't download music anymore. I don't have WinZip sor I can't open .rar files anymore. Fawk! I wanted to get that Iraqui black metal album one of you guys mentionned recently. I still need to get Arch / Matheos album and newest Alcest album... And I can't find a way...

i downloaded the newest Alcest album
i can try to find a way to send it to you if you want...
like email or something

If you have a good audio quality on it, and that sending it to me via e-mail won't affect the quality, sure :) I will send you my e-mail adress via the PM system.

Thanks :)

Just thought it would be interresting to see how my library of music is composed based on release year for albums. And this is how I scored from 1970 to 2011. I have a lot of albums from 2001 to 2009. It's kind of strange that it goes down from there. I have very little stuff from 2010 and 2011. I have a few theories on why it is so. The first one would be that I always get some new albums on my own and then get those recommanded by friends and websites, explainning the delay. Second theory would be that the 2000 were great for music, and that I wasn't impressed by the albums released in 2010 and 2011. But I doubt this theory is right... And third theory is that I started my bachelor degree in january 2010, and I haven't had as much time as before to check out some new music. Last theory is... that maybe I just don't give a fuck about getting new record anymore, but I doubt it :)

2011 - 19
2010 - 17
2009 - 53
2008 - 67
2007 - 66
2006 - 49
2005 - 59
2004 - 47
2003 - 42
2002 - 44
2001 - 41
2000 - 22
1999 - 26
1998 - 22
1997 - 24
1996 - 14
1995 - 9
1994 - 14
1993 - 9
1992 - 9
1991 - 10
1990 - 2
1989 - 7
1988 - 7
1987 - 2
1986 - 4
1985 - 1
1984 - 3
1983 - 2
1982 - 3
1981 - 1
1980 - 0
1979 - 2
1978 - 0
1977 - 1
1976 - 2
1975 - 2
1974 - 2
1973 - 2
1972 - 0
1971 - 0
1970 - 1

1928 - 1
1940 - 1
1942 - 1
1973 - 1
1979 - 1
1981 - 3
1982 - 2
1984 - 8
1985 - 12
1986 - 12
1987 - 19
1988 - 33
1989 - 29
1990 - 41
1991 - 34
1992 - 50
1993 - 47
1994 - 53
1995 - 59
1996 - 67
1997 - 72
1998 - 82
1999 - 100
2000 - 98
2001 - 119
2002 - 187
2003 - 168
2004 - 254
2005 - 277
2006 - 301
2007 - 391
2008 - 168
2009 - 136
2010 - 208
2011 - 81

Not all metal, of course. There's a bunch more 2011 stuff I haven't added to my library yet, though so that number isn't entirely accurate.

Just recently became friends with Stanislav, the guitarist vocalist, we met out of mutual respect.
Good band..check it out.

YAR METAL BAND

I love Tyr and Falkenbach. I only really listen to Korpiklaani when I'm drinking with some friends.

Hey, Bill, which guy are you in the pic on Death Squad's MA page? I think I remember you saying you were the guy with the mohawk, but I'm unsure. It was quite a long time ago.

At 1/15/12 02:25 PM, TheCrimsonWidow wrote: Oh, almost forgot to put the creators, Black Sabbath. In fact, why haven't people the Sabbath on their favs that much?

I love Sabbath.

At 1/15/12 02:34 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: How's the club looking nowadays? I just started catching up when all the drama happened.

The club has been fine. plenty of new members. some good recs now and then. Other than the argument between Bill and a few people, there's not been much drama lately. Bonemill made a brief post. Apparently, he's finally going to visit Iceland like he wanted to. Gendo popped in to make a few comments in the anime club, but didn't come here. lame.

My standings:

1963: 2
1964: 2
1965: 2
1966: 1
1967: 4
1968: 3
1969: 5
1970: 10
1971: 12
1972: 6
1973: 12
1974: 11
1975: 9
1976: 14
1977: 7
1978: 10
1979: 13
1980: 15
1981: 12
1982: 11
1983: 16
1984: 17
1985: 19
1986: 15
1987: 22
1988: 21
1989: 19
1990: 21
1991: 15
1992: 22
1993: 14
1994: 18
1995: 17
1996: 23
1997: 16
1998: 23
1999: 22
2000: 20
2001: 33
2002: 27
2003: 25
2004: 24
2005: 31
2006: 26
2007: 22
2008: 27
2009: 28
2010: 34
2011: 41
2012: 1

2011 is a clear winner for mine and it would have been crazier if I put every single album I had heard online onto my library. It would be at 70. I wonder if 2012 will be even bigger. Also, looking at this makes me realise how little of 60s albums I have considering the years 1963-1966 are nothing but Beatles.

At 1/16/12 09:09 AM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 1/15/12 02:34 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: How's the club looking nowadays? I just started catching up when all the drama happened.

The club has been fine. plenty of new members. some good recs now and then. Other than the argument between Bill and a few people, there's not been much drama lately. Bonemill made a brief post. Apparently, he's finally going to visit Iceland like he wanted to. Gendo popped in to make a few comments in the anime club, but didn't come here. lame.

Gendo? I haven't talked to that motherfucker in a while. Sadness. I don't know how much I'll be posting here because I'll be busy with work, but I'll try harder to stop by more often.

Yepper..that is me with a Mohawk...I was a METAL HEAD with a MOHAWK.
We were kinda different than the rest...we were ALWAYS a Metal/thrash/crossover band but since I chose to wear a Mohawk and stage dive, mosh, and climb on Speaker stacks to scream at the crowd before diving off into them..we got tagged Punk by some.

I was part of Chicago's crossover scene spearheaded by Barry Stern and his band Zoetrope before that so i guess it rubbed off a bit.. Was part of Chicago's crossover scene from the VERY beginning and attended the first shows Barry set up...In fact I will give ya guys some Trivia which I can back up with witnesses.
The first ever crossover show that Barry set up in an upstairs club off Belmont Ave..the first meeting between the punks and Metalheads..i was there with Karl and friends.
Show was starting great..killer band and music but the crowd did not know how to react.
I was kinda drunk and suddenly found myself screaming loud while standing on a railing.
Band played on..everyone looked at me..then I dove into the crowd and started a pit.
I was the first to get Punks and Metal Heads moshing together at the same show...yepper.

Like i been trying to tell you guys the past 7 years...i been around a while..been a part of 2 big music scenes of the 80's..Chicago's Metal/Punk of the early.mid 80's..and the Punk/Metal scene of The Twin Cities mid 80's..i brought chicago's style to St.Paul, MN....why I ended up playing a few Midwest Metal Massacres. in the early years. Donald 'Sean' Decker was a good friend of mine..Met him when Impulse Manslaughter and Death Squad played the Varsity Theater in one of the First Massacres.

Knew Decker for years..He played me the VERY FIRST demo recording of Anal Splash after Death Squad did a Massacre in Mpls with EyeGouger (Ron-Testicle Pounder, is a close personal friend from Chicago..close friend of Bryant's, my guitarist brother) he said Bill, always liked you guys and Impulse...even though I think Gary (my guitarist) needs more distortion in my opinion. Here's a tape I made of me and friends..really want your opinion man.

I listened..laughed my ass off at the lyrics and banter..and loved how brutal it sounded.
Let him know i liked it and saw Decker smile brighter than i ever did before or after.
listened to a bunch of killer metal as he made business calls left and right and listened a few more times to his demo.

kept asking me..Bill, sure you like us? we are alright then?
Kept telling him the same..hell yeah, brutal and funny, people gonna love it.
within a very short time after that Gary and I were on the guest list for the very First Anal Splash gig and now Decker and the boys are a part of Metal history..Don(Fat Fuck)Decker (R.I.P)....and the one who started it in Chicago..Drummer/Vocalist crazy whiteboy with an afro who I met when he worked in a record store and was just recording with Zoetrope..who ended up drumming for Trouble..Barry (Mr. Afro) Stern (R.I.P).

Lost 2 legends..friends of mine..to cancer.
Now i'm doing what i can now to speed up finding a damn cure finally.
Besides living costs all monies I shall begin receiving this year are going towards finding a cure..tired of losing friends and family to a disease that should have been cured decades ago..

I have now befriended a bunch of bands around the world as well as artists and other real cool people..South America, Canada, all over the USA, england, Italy, France, Mid-east, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Russia, The Ukraine, and Japan and others..bands that kick ass and remember me or currently enjoy my work..planning a lil world tour within 3 years..gonna be fun and killer...and done right like Ponos bro knows it's all gonna pay for itself :)...plan on bringing a bunch of bands along for the ride.

Shiiiiiiiii...i gotta run..later.

At 1/16/12 09:09 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: I love Tyr and Falkenbach. I only really listen to Korpiklaani when I'm drinking with some friends.

Admittedly, I can't really get into Korpiklaani apart from the popular songs. Shame, really since they do look like the band that could offer one hell of a party.

At 1/16/12 01:40 PM, TheCrimsonWidow wrote: WOAH, I did not expect to be that out of the know. You guys are posting awesome sounding bands, while I'm stuck on a loop between Broas Helm albums that I listened to a thosand times (no joke, computer says 1152 times) .

Are you on Last.fm by any chance?

Any good band that I can ease into before hitting the heavy stuff?

I don't think the bands meet that criteria for you but have you looked into Slough Feg and Manilla Road before? Seeing as you're enjoying Brocas Helm a lot, those two bands sound like they're right down your alley. Additional recommendations along with them are Omen, Longings Past and Cirith Ungol if you like the former mentioned ones.

Well. It is finally here. My next entry in the Manilla Road discog review! The mighty...Atlantis Rising! CC welcome!

At 1/16/12 05:26 PM, Zodir wrote: Well. It is finally here. My next entry in the Manilla Road discog review! The mighty...Atlantis Rising! CC welcome!

Been waiting for this one. I do agree with the review on how the concept is handled. It's a weird concept but it's a metal one and that's what counts. I know for a fact that Spiral Castle is one of your favourite releases from them so I'd like to see how much you talk about it.

On another note, I forgot to mention it on my previous post but I did write a review for Steelwing's new album. I had initial doubts but the full length release made it a whole lot better for me.