What's your first thought when you hear this?

While some of us are lacking Y artists, how about Z artists?

At 2/1/12 02:56 PM, Haggard wrote: Metal-ABC: O - Orphaned Land.

Oh yeah, I finally got around posting the next letter.

Now this is a band I want to get into. I did ask Mabool for Christmas but my dad wasn't able to get it.

At 2/1/12 03:12 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 2/1/12 03:49 AM, Bahamut wrote: eBay helps tons for the rarer albums. However, when it came to Manilla Road, I was better off getting their albums from metal distros.

it does
but you have to bid on the stuff so theres still a chance you wont get the albums

I've been lucky to have just gone for the Buy It Now options.

I would go on a hunt for albums but I should hold on for a week or two before I pick up more. :P

what are you looking to get?

My considerations right now are Baroness, Orphaned Land and Red Fang. Of course, I've heard their stuff before but it's a matter of actually getting the albums. I don't know why but I keep holding off Baroness so it's about time I went and obtained Blue Record.

At 2/1/12 04:52 PM, AniMetal wrote: Helloween are pretty amazing live, can't say about Stratovarius yet though because i've yet to see them.

And you're the one that opposes Derisween? I'd like to hear your defence on the matter.

At 2/1/12 09:31 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Yngwie Malmsteen

Does he really count? I count as him under M for his surname.

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: While some of us are lacking Y artists, how about Z artists?

Zimmer's Hole is pretty good, it's basically Strapping Young Lad (it has 3/4 of the members) with more of a sense of humor. Znowhite is also pretty good, female fronted thrash metal.

At 2/1/12 02:56 PM, Haggard wrote: Metal-ABC: O - Orphaned Land.

Oh yeah, I finally got around posting the next letter.

Now this is a band I want to get into. I did ask Mabool for Christmas but my dad wasn't able to get it.

Album is beyond amazing. Try to pick it up asap.

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: While some of us are lacking Y artists, how about Z artists?

Zonata, great power metal starting with Z, and Zimmer's Hole - great thrash.

And you're the one that opposes Derisween? I'd like to hear your defence on the matter.

I hate the music Andi Deris writes, but live they're awesome. But then again, the one time I saw them I COULD NOT hear the vocals whatsoever, so all the classics they played weren't ruined for me. :P

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: While some of us are lacking Y artists, how about Z artists?

Zozobra
Zoroaster

Huh that's all I got.

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: While some of us are lacking Y artists, how about Z artists?

ZZ Top and Zoroaster for me

At 2/1/12 03:12 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 2/1/12 03:49 AM, Bahamut wrote: eBay helps tons for the rarer albums. However, when it came to Manilla Road, I was better off getting their albums from metal distros.

it does
but you have to bid on the stuff so theres still a chance you wont get the albums

I've been lucky to have just gone for the Buy It Now options.

yeah buy it now tends to be good at some points...

I would go on a hunt for albums but I should hold on for a week or two before I pick up more. :P

what are you looking to get?

My considerations right now are Baroness, Orphaned Land and Red Fang. Of course, I've heard their stuff before but it's a matter of actually getting the albums. I don't know why but I keep holding off Baroness so it's about time I went and obtained Blue Record.

i was going to buy Blue Record but i ended up getting Black Masses and Age Of Winters instead
but they had a bunch of copies left when i went there
i was hoping they'd have Red Album but they didnt :/

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: While some of us are lacking Y artists, how about Z artists?

Zebulon Pike
Zoroaster
Zemial
Zero Hour
Zandelle
Zippo

Zu
Zamla Mammaz Manna (also spelled Samla instead of Zamla)
Zaar
Zoambo Zoet Workestrao

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: Does he really count? I count as him under M for his surname.

In that case, I'll add Frank Zappa to the Z's.

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 2/1/12 02:56 PM, Haggard wrote: Metal-ABC: O - Orphaned Land.

Oh yeah, I finally got around posting the next letter.

Now this is a band I want to get into. I did ask Mabool for Christmas but my dad wasn't able to get it.

Sadly I missed them when they played live at Rock Hard Festival. And I don't even know WHY I missed them.

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: While some of us are lacking Y artists, how about Z artists?

With Z:
Zero Degree
Zonata
Zombie Holocaust

I'm surprised I forgot about Zombie Holocaust, Zoroaster and ESPECIALLY Zero Hour.

Zero Hour is absolutely incredible.

Ulcerate - Omens

While we're on this letter thing, I need bands that start with an X - that is, if there's even any to begin with.

Xentrix is the only band that comes to mind for me.

At 2/2/12 05:10 PM, AniMetal wrote: While we're on this letter thing, I need bands that start with an X - that is, if there's even any to begin with.

Xentrix is the only band that comes to mind for me.

What about Xcaliber, a 80s heavy metal band.
Also X-Tinxion,I think they are a thash metal band.

At 2/2/12 05:10 PM, AniMetal wrote: While we're on this letter thing, I need bands that start with an X - that is, if there's even any to begin with.

Is X Japan OK for you? I have an X band thanks to them. Sound production for Blue Blood sucks but it's hard to deny good songs came out from it.

At 2/2/12 05:10 PM, AniMetal wrote: While we're on this letter thing, I need bands that start with an X - that is, if there's even any to begin with.

what about X (the band)

At 2/2/12 05:10 PM, AniMetal wrote: While we're on this letter thing, I need bands that start with an X - that is, if there's even any to begin with.

Xentrix is the only band that comes to mind for me.

Xenomorph. This band kicks so much ass. Too bad they only released the one album. BUT PICK IT UP NOW!!!!

At 2/2/12 05:10 PM, AniMetal wrote: While we're on this letter thing, I need bands that start with an X - that is, if there's even any to begin with.

Xantossa
Xasthur
Xenophobia
XII Boar
XIV Dark Centuries
XXX Maniak

ok, um, let's see...
my favorite bands are system of a down, slipknot, red hot,ramstein, bullets for my valentine, iron, and metalika and some dubstep :D

Gotta look into all these bands. I'm starting to see Friday as a good day to try out new things so I'll see how it goes today.

At 2/2/12 09:16 AM, Zodir wrote: Album is beyond amazing. Try to pick it up asap.

The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR is £7 on Amazon. How does that compare to Mabool?

At 2/2/12 01:37 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: I've been lucky to have just gone for the Buy It Now options.

yeah buy it now tends to be good at some points...

You could probably get things much cheaper via auction but I feel it's safer to simply buy them straight away.

My considerations right now are Baroness, Orphaned Land and Red Fang. Of course, I've heard their stuff before but it's a matter of actually getting the albums. I don't know why but I keep holding off Baroness so it's about time I went and obtained Blue Record.

i was going to buy Blue Record but i ended up getting Black Masses and Age Of Winters instead
but they had a bunch of copies left when i went there
i was hoping they'd have Red Album but they didnt :/

Baroness' albums are generally expensive at HMV. Why pay £19 when they're only £8 or so on Amazon? I shouldn't complain about CD prices too much now that I've seen how much vinyls can go for at times.

At 2/3/12 12:44 AM, xrandomkill wrote: ok, um, let's see...
my favorite bands are system of a down, slipknot, red hot,ramstein, bullets for my valentine, iron, and metalika and some dubstep :D

Sorry, your application is way off. Bands like SOAD (although I still enjoy them), Slipknot, BFMV and Red Hot Chilli Peppers do not belong in this place. Dubstep is an entirely different genre but there is the Jungle/Dubstep/DnB Club for that. The only accepted bands from your list are Iron Maiden and Metallica. We're willing to provide you with many metal artists for you to try out and adapt to the genre even more.

On another note, please refrain from picture spamming. There's generally no point in randomly throwing a Madness picture in the Metal Hell. Only post an image if it's relevant to your post.

At 2/1/12 06:04 PM, Zodir wrote: Well, this is really nagging me. When I look at my archive of bands, I don't have any bands that start with the letter Y. Anyone have any good suggestions for me to check out to fill this hole?

Metal stuff?

Yngwie Malmsteen has already been named.

Not Metal stuff?

Yasunori Mitsuda is a great Japanese composer. He wrote the music of video games such as Chrono Trigger. He is amazing :)

Yann Tiersen is a French composer, if my memory is correct. He plays various instruments and wrote the soundtrack Amélie for the movie Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulin. Which is a great movie, and the soundtrack is amazing !

Yo-Yo Ma is a composer, born in Paris from Chinese parents. He his a cellist, and a great one. Fantastic classical music !

At 2/1/12 07:05 PM, AniMetal wrote: Yes.

The band Yes.

Seriously, one of the greatest prog. rock bands ever.

One of my buddies promised me to borrow me one of their albums something like 3 months ago. Haven't heard anything about that since >:( I'm pissed !!

They're also known for doing oldschool death metal covers live from bands like Death, Sepultura, Cynic, Atheist, Obituary and i'm sure others as well - so if you end up going to that tour, i'd imagine you'd probably see a DM classic. :)

Interresting. There isn't enough bands doing covers. It's always cool to see a band playing tracks they like from other bands live.

Yeah, Morbid Saint got back together - they were just confirmed for Maryland Deathfest, as well as various European metal fests this summer, and are recording a new album to be released sometime this year. :)

So they really aren't touring... They just do festivals... I don't like that. But a new album, if it sounds like their old stuff, it will be one of the best albums of the year. If they try to "get modern" and play some semi-thrashing semi-heavy-chugging... then I will hunt them down, kill them and destroy every single copy of the album... physical and digital.

Sepultura:
80's Sepultura = pretty good oldschool death metal, bordering on thrash.
Arise(1991) and Chaos A.D.(1993) = Oldschool death metal MASTERPIECES
Roots(1996) = Very bizzarre and weird, but still pretty good - especially if you enjoy really strange music. Also had guest appearances of people like Les Claypool, Mike Patton and some of the guys from Korn.
POST-Roots Sepultura = Not even worth listening to. Basically they were NU metal for a few albums, and their most recent stuff is just HORRIBLY generic death metal failing to recreate their original sound.

Thanks for the info. That's always useful when getting into a band with a wide discography. Thanks.

Death Angel: Classic thrash metal band, their first three albums are classics(Act III is my favorite of them), and they've released three albums in the 00's - but all three of them are horribly generic and boring IMO.

K.

Havok: Newschool thrash metal band, one of the few REALLY worth listening to. Along with Vektor, Diamond Plate, Lich King, Warbringer, Mantic Ritual, etc.

What do you mean exactly by Newschool? Something like Modern Thrash Metal, I suppose. I'll check them out :)

Ulcerate: I can't describe these guys, so i'm going to use a quote I found to describe them...

This is probably the one I am going to start with. I kind of grew out of Death Metal for some reason... or maybe it's just a phase. But anyway, if there exist bands with a very unique touch in the genre, I would really like to get into them.

Thanks for the infos, brah!

At 2/1/12 08:27 PM, BillPatton wrote: since Duff asked I will try to explain.

Tell us if you get a chance to talk to her. I'd like to know how things turn out for you.
Good luck with all that's going on in your life right now.

At 2/1/12 10:06 PM, Gein wrote: What's your first thought when you hear this?

I'm not impressed. But for a chugcore band, they aren't as annoying as I thought they would be. In fact, I'm surprised emo with fringes like them. They do not even inhale scream like angry 13 years old twats, they don't pig sqeal, they don't get into silly build-ups that leads to generic breakdowns... or maybe that's just cause you chose the best of their songs. I will check them out a little more sometime soon to see if they have interresting material.

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: While some of us are lacking Y artists, how about Z artists?

I only have two bands with a name starting with Z in my library. In fact, I only have one song by each, and I don't even listen to these frequently. One is named Zyklon, which is according to Metal Archives, an Industrial Death/Black Metal band. Whatever the fuck that means :P And the other band is one of the bands who took part into the tribute album to Ulver named My Own Wolf - A New Approach to Ulver. The band is named Zweizz, a name that would give you a shitload of points if you played Scrabble (and before some douche tells me proper names aren't allowed in Scrabble... I know!) The band plays Ambient music.

At 2/1/12 09:31 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Yngwie Malmsteen

Does he really count? I count as him under M for his surname.

I'd say yes. While he's an individual, didn't the band tour under his name? If the name represents the whole band, would that make it count?

At 2/2/12 05:10 PM, AniMetal wrote: While we're on this letter thing, I need bands that start with an X - that is, if there's even any to begin with.

Same here. I only know of Xasthur.

At 2/3/12 12:44 AM, xrandomkill wrote: ok, um, let's see...
my favorite bands are system of a down, slipknot, red hot,ramstein, bullets for my valentine, iron, and metalika and some dubstep :D

I will complete the post of my comrade Bahamut. System Of A Down, Slipknot and Rammstein, all fall under a genre named Nu-Metal. Which is for various reasons, not considered Metal, at least by people from the Metal Hell. Bullet For My Valentine is Metalcore band. all "core" genres and sub-genres do not fit our requirements. Red Hot Chili Peppers is a Funk/Rock band, but Metallica and Iron Maiden both fit the requirements. If you have 8 more actual metal bands to list, we will accept you in. Otherwise, I think you should either lurk around and try to listen to some of the bands we discuss or join clubs that fit your personnal tastes better. There is an Iron Maiden club, a Metallica club (is there... not sure anymore...), there is a Nu-Metal/Metalcore Crew and a Dubstep club. More than enough clubs that fit your tastes can be found on Newgrounds.

Kansas - Magnum Opus

At 2/3/12 07:22 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 2/2/12 01:37 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 2/2/12 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: I've been lucky to have just gone for the Buy It Now options.

yeah buy it now tends to be good at some points...

You could probably get things much cheaper via auction but I feel it's safer to simply buy them straight away.

yeah
well last night i bought an old bowler hat on eBay
there was like 15 minutes left and only 1 bid on it and i decided to bid on it and won and probably made someone REALLY mad :D

My considerations right now are Baroness, Orphaned Land and Red Fang. Of course, I've heard their stuff before but it's a matter of actually getting the albums. I don't know why but I keep holding off Baroness so it's about time I went and obtained Blue Record.

i was going to buy Blue Record but i ended up getting Black Masses and Age Of Winters instead
but they had a bunch of copies left when i went there
i was hoping they'd have Red Album but they didnt :/

Baroness' albums are generally expensive at HMV. Why pay £19 when they're only £8 or so on Amazon? I shouldn't complain about CD prices too much now that I've seen how much vinyls can go for at times.

well the ones that i was looking at weren't that expensive
like $15-$20

and i finally got a copy of The Hunter today :D

At 2/2/12 05:10 PM, AniMetal wrote: While we're on this letter thing, I need bands that start with an X - that is, if there's even any to begin with.

Xerath. Their first album admittedly could have been better but their latest is a pretty fucking sick one. Just listen to this.

At 2/3/12 07:22 AM, Bahamut wrote: Baroness' albums are generally expensive at HMV. Why pay £19 when they're only £8 or so on Amazon? I shouldn't complain about CD prices too much now that I've seen how much vinyls can go for at times.

I know what you mean man, I bought Blue Record for £15 purely because I was so blown away by it that I just had to buy it when the opportunity came up.

p.s apologies for double post.

So Bill Ward is being a douchebag and has issued a public statement that he will not be part of the Black Sabbath reunion tour or album unless he's paid more money.

So now it's Ozzy, Iommi and Geezer with a drummer to be announced.

So much for the original lineup...

Shakira - Whenever, Wherever

So, when I was searching for bands beginning with Y (Thanks for the suggestions guys!) I stumbled upon a couple interesting bands:

Yyrkoon: A weird, death/thrash/powerish metal band from France. I suggest checking 'em out.

Shining: A proggy black metal band with really depressing lyrics.

Also, Blaze Bayley kind of rocked outside of Maiden. Check him out.

At 2/1/12 07:05 PM, AniMetal wrote: Sepultura:
POST-Roots Sepultura = Not even worth listening to. Basically they were NU metal for a few albums, and their most recent stuff is just HORRIBLY generic death metal failing to recreate their original sound.

What u talking bout bro? Against was like a really good Roots sequel to Roots, and Nation was pretty decent. Everything else kind of sucks, but those two albums were cool. Course Max Sepultura will always be the best Sepultura.

I'm not sure how you guys feel about post metal but this mash up has reduced me to tears more than once.

Hey guys, I'm somewhat new to the forums here. Are there any requisites for joining this most exclusive club, or do I just jump into the conversation?

At 2/3/12 11:12 PM, Tremulos wrote: Hey guys, I'm somewhat new to the forums here. Are there any requisites for joining this most exclusive club, or do I just jump into the conversation?

you have to give us a list of bands you listen to
then we'll gauge whether or not you'd fit in here

At 2/3/12 11:12 PM, Tremulos wrote: Hey guys, I'm somewhat new to the forums here. Are there any requisites for joining this most exclusive club, or do I just jump into the conversation?

Kind of a mixture.

You can get rejected from the club if your taste isn't "metal" enough, but eh.

Just list fifteen or twenty bands you like that are metal, or "metal-esque", and if about ten of them are actually metal then you are officially in.

If you're accepted, great, jump in on any convo that you want. If you're rejected, oh well, you can still stick around and ask for questions / recommendations.

Mastodon - Crack The Skye

At 2/3/12 11:17 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 2/3/12 11:12 PM, Tremulos wrote: Hey guys, I'm somewhat new to the forums here. Are there any requisites for joining this most exclusive club, or do I just jump into the conversation?

you have to give us a list of bands you listen to
then we'll gauge whether or not you'd fit in here

Ah, alright. Metal bands, I assume. Let's see, what is the most metal music I listen to...

Linkin Park
Limp Bizkit

I'm joking. Alright, seriously this time, in no particular order:

Watain
Facebreaker
Agalloch
The Project Hate MCMXCIX
Bloodbath
Decapitated
Blood Red Throne
Vomitory
Torture Division
Vader
Dark Funeral
Candlemass
Draconian
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Amon Amarth
Wolves in the Throne Room
Symphony X
Dimmu Borgir (although not necessarily their 3 most recent releases)
Strapping Young Lad
Witchery
Ram-Zet
Witchbreed
Satariel
Meshuggah
Megadeth
Keep of Kalessin
Jungle Rot
Dissection
Kalmah
Emperor

Is that enough?

At 2/3/12 11:26 PM, Tremulos wrote:

At 2/3/12 11:17 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 2/3/12 11:12 PM, Tremulos wrote: Hey guys, I'm somewhat new to the forums here. Are there any requisites for joining this most exclusive club, or do I just jump into the conversation?

you have to give us a list of bands you listen to
then we'll gauge whether or not you'd fit in here

Ah, alright. Metal bands, I assume. Let's see, what is the most metal music I listen to...

Linkin Park
Limp Bizkit

I'm joking. Alright, seriously this time, in no particular order:

Watain
Facebreaker
Agalloch
The Project Hate MCMXCIX
Bloodbath
Decapitated
Blood Red Throne
Vomitory
Torture Division
Vader
Dark Funeral
Candlemass
Draconian
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Amon Amarth
Wolves in the Throne Room
Symphony X
Dimmu Borgir (although not necessarily their 3 most recent releases)
Strapping Young Lad
Witchery
Ram-Zet
Witchbreed
Satariel
Meshuggah
Megadeth
Keep of Kalessin
Jungle Rot
Dissection
Kalmah
Emperor

Is that enough?

hmm
seems like a pretty decent list
although i liked Abrahadabra D:
and would that be counting their re-recording of Stormblåst?
or would that be Death Cult Armageddon?