I'd go for that line-up, then again I'm a corefag so there's probably a large discrepancy between the opinions of myself and other users here.

At 4/6/12 03:25 PM, DeIirium wrote: I'd go for that line-up, then again I'm a corefag so there's probably a large discrepancy between the opinions of myself and other users here.

I'd go for Day 1. Between The Buried And Me, Origin, Fleshgod Apocalypse are all great :) Then System Of A Down, Cannibal Corpse, Goatwhore, The Faceless and Exhumed are all somewhat interresting to me.

Mägo De Oz - El Que Quiera Entender Que Entienda

At 4/6/12 12:08 PM, Spilda-Bongwata wrote: LOL are you guys still playing guitar? that is so passe

the EWI is the future of heavy metal

Is your only purpose here to come up with crappy non-contributive comments? If so, please don't come back.

Anybody heard the new High On Fire's album ?

At 4/6/12 07:24 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Anybody heard the new High On Fire's album ?

Yeah, picked it up a couple days ago. It was phenomenal. Really pumped to see them live this summer!

At 4/6/12 09:26 AM, Haggard wrote: Believe it or not, I actually have all the Running Wild albums on my Hard Drive (one of my friends is a huge Running Wild fan, so he gave them to me; but even my friend admits that Running Wild should've disbanded after Black Hand Inn, lol) and I listened to all of them. So my opinion about Running Wild is not just some uneducated ranting, haha.

I think their later albums should have been merged. Have all the best tracks from two albums and then scrap the fillers. Would be a whole lot better but nothing will save Shadowmaker. You can hear the samples on Amazon now. Pure garbage it is.

Pile of Skulls is just like a cover version of the other albums.

Treasure Island, motherfucker!

Especially with the first sentence I can only agree. I think I said it before, but you could take any song from almost any Running Wild album and throw them together on a mix tape. Nobody would get the idea that all the songs are taken from different albums. Some might say that this is "quality", but I say that it is uninspired bullshit.

I would only really struggle from Masquerade to the rest, unless it's one that does stand out.

Now, don't get me wrong. Running Wild does have some good albums (Black Hand Inn and Under Jolly Roger, for example), but there really isn't any noticable progress in style or songwriting on their albums. And this is why I pick on Running Wild so often. ^^

Do that all you want with Shadowmaker. Infact, DragonForce showed SOME progress in style with the new album. Running Wild on the other hand, they're going to be laughed off.

At 4/6/12 07:24 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Anybody heard the new High On Fire's album ?

I brought it up a while ago and yes, I do like it. Still have it pre-ordered.

At 4/7/12 04:39 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/6/12 09:26 AM, Haggard wrote: Pile of Skulls is just like a cover version of the other albums.

Treasure Island, motherfucker!

Sorry, this doesn't change anything. The album still should've been called "Pile of Crap".

Now, don't get me wrong. Running Wild does have some good albums (Black Hand Inn and Under Jolly Roger, for example), but there really isn't any noticable progress in style or songwriting on their albums. And this is why I pick on Running Wild so often. ^^

Do that all you want with Shadowmaker. Infact, DragonForce showed SOME progress in style with the new album. Running Wild on the other hand, they're going to be laughed off.

I didn't find the songs on amazon, but on metal.de (where they played back the previews from amazon, wtf?). Rolf said he ran out of ideas for fast songs... then I don't get why he feels the need to release an album with only mid-tempo songs?
Anyway, previews aren't that good to judge an album, especially when they are only a few seconds long. But to be honest: I couldn't even listen to all the previews, I stopped the playback after 8 songs or so.

At 4/7/12 04:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: I brought it up a while ago and yes, I do like it. Still have it pre-ordered.

I guess I didn't care much about it back when you did.

Anyway. I really like atmospheric, spacey, minimalist, ambient, droning or soundscaping music. These words cannot describe perfectly the various artists and bands I want to talk about, so let's just make a list of these artists I'm listenning to a lot right now.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Musk Ox
Morton Feldman
Boris
Sunn O)))
Alcest
Max Richter
John Cage
Agalloch

I have also downloaded a free Split album named Heliophagia V recently. This EP includes music by five different bands, which are AOTA, Panacea Enterpainment, ÄEUv Ux, Otzepenevshiye and Paracore. These artists musical influences ranges from Funeral Doom to Dark Ambient and from Drone to Noise.

I really like the apocalyptic, melancholic, numbing or immersive feeling of such music. Godspeed You! Black Emperor is by far my favorite, though.

I was wondering if anybody in here shared this particular "kind of taste" in music with me. And if so, if anybody would like to share any music like this with me. I know this isn't just about metal, but I feel it shares enough with metal to be discussed in here.

At 4/7/12 11:53 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: I really like the apocalyptic, melancholic, numbing or immersive feeling of such music. Godspeed You! Black Emperor is by far my favorite, though.

I was wondering if anybody in here shared this particular "kind of taste" in music with me. And if so, if anybody would like to share any music like this with me. I know this isn't just about metal, but I feel it shares enough with metal to be discussed in here.

I've actually been interested in finding music like what you have described here for quite some time, but I haven't searched enough to find much. Agalloch is the only artist I am familiar with on your list, so I'm gonna check out the others. I feel like I might have heard of Sunn O))) before, but it was probably when my interests were limited to metalcore only.

This song has just about nothing to do with metal, but it's probably the only one I know about that is close to this sort of soundscape music. I don't know if you like electronic ambient music, but if you do, Delerium is pretty good imo (but obviously not metal so I'll leave it at that).

At 4/8/12 12:02 AM, Tremulos wrote: I've actually been interested in finding music like what you have described here for quite some time, but I haven't searched enough to find much. Agalloch is the only artist I am familiar with on your list, so I'm gonna check out the others. I feel like I might have heard of Sunn O))) before, but it was probably when my interests were limited to metalcore only.

Sunn O))) might not be an easy ride, but the more you listen, the more you can understand what makes them so fantastic. I highly recommand the album they wrote in collaboration with Boris. It is named Altar and it mixes the best elements of both bands music. It's a masterpiece. By the way, I have written reviews for material of both bands on Metal Archives if you are interrested :)

This song has just about nothing to do with metal, but it's probably the only one I know about that is close to this sort of soundscape music. I don't know if you like electronic ambient music, but if you do, Delerium is pretty good imo (but obviously not metal so I'll leave it at that).

Pretty interresting so far. What I'm hearing right now is quite satisfying. At 6:30 starts a beautiful section in the track, and by 7:30 I feel like this music somewhat ressembles some music made by Loreena McKennitt. The whole thing is rather spacey, progressive and quite enjoyable. I will look for more of their stuff. Thanks for the recommandation.

At 4/8/12 12:19 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: Sunn O))) might not be an easy ride, but the more you listen, the more you can understand what makes them so fantastic. I highly recommand the album they wrote in collaboration with Boris. It is named Altar and it mixes the best elements of both bands music. It's a masterpiece. By the way, I have written reviews for material of both bands on Metal Archives if you are interrested :)

I'll be sure to check that one out especially. I've read a few of your reviews on Metal Archives actually, good reads!

Pretty interresting so far. What I'm hearing right now is quite satisfying. At 6:30 starts a beautiful section in the track, and by 7:30 I feel like this music somewhat ressembles some music made by Loreena McKennitt. The whole thing is rather spacey, progressive and quite enjoyable. I will look for more of their stuff. Thanks for the recommandation.

I really wish they had more like that song. I haven't checked out all of their earlier stuff, but most of their music is techno-beat driven and whatnot. Still enjoyable as far as I'm concerned, but not quite in the vein of that one song. For other specific songs of theirs, I would suggest Tectonic Shift, Lumenis, and Angelicus.

At 4/8/12 12:26 AM, Tremulos wrote: I'll be sure to check that one out especially. I've read a few of your reviews on Metal Archives actually, good reads!

Thanks :) I hope you will like the album.

I really wish they had more like that song. I haven't checked out all of their earlier stuff, but most of their music is techno-beat driven and whatnot. Still enjoyable as far as I'm concerned, but not quite in the vein of that one song. For other specific songs of theirs, I would suggest Tectonic Shift, Lumenis, and Angelicus.

I know what you mean. I'll still give them a chance.

So on Thursday I got to see Opeth in Boston with Mastodon co-headlining and Ghost opening!

Sadly I got to the show late, so I missed the first half of their set but luckily this ended up on youtube.

Their setlist:
01. Con Clavi Con Dio
02. Elizabeth
03. Prime Mover
04. Death Knell
05. Satan Prayer
06. Ritual

They were fun, of course. I just wish... they did more. I feel like if I saw them headlining, they'd have much more going on to entertain the crowd instead of just playing and dancing a bit. haha

Also, it's worth noting that I was pretty much hypnotized by their drummer. it wasn't so much what he/she was playing, but just HOW precisely and powerfully it was played that impressed me and kept me staring at that one member specifically.

A single Explosions In The Sky song later over the intercom, and Mastodon were on.

Now, I saw Mastodon once before. They were the headliner on the first day of the two-day New England Metal & Hardcore Festival in April 2010. At this point in time, I was a fan of Mastodon, but I wasn't a big fan.

Now after seeing Between The Buried And Me, Baroness, Valient Thorr, The Cro-Mags, Doomriders, Howl and Black Pyramid all earlier that day... needless to say, I didn't really care about seeing Mastodon. So i pretty much cuddled/made out with my girlfriend(at the time) and just only kind of watched their set. But what I specifically remembered about their set was that the vocals were all BUTCHERED and that the drumming was all, for some reason, horribly off time. But I also remember that they had an amazing atmosphere and were one of the few bands I ever saw who made GOOD USE of pyrotechnics, stage lighting, smoke machines, giant TV screen backdrop, etc. to enhance the show and the vibe.

Now this was my second time seeing Mastodon and I didn't really have high expectations. I expected maybe some trippy Crack The Skye moments, but that was it. I got something totally different.

Mastodon's setlist with some videos from the show:
01. Black Tongue
02. Hand of Stone
03. Crystal Skull
04. Dry Bone Valley
05. Thickening
06. Stargasm
07. Blasteroid
08. The Hunter
09. Octopus Has No Friends
10. All the Heavy Lifting
11. Spectrelight
12. Crack the Skye
13. Bedazzled Fingernails
14. Curl of the Burl
15. Aqua Dementia
16. Blood and Thunder
17. Creature Lives (This was PARTICULARLY fun live, I can't not watch this video without getting a huge smile. :D)

This time, there was no smoke machine or pyrotechnics. And instead of a giant TV with changing images and scenes, it was just a cloth backdrop with an image of the album cover of The Hunter. There was also a considerable LESS emphasis on lighting. I have no idea if Mastodon like to drastically change their performance, stage setup, etc. between tours OR if this was due to the venue being owned by tightasses or what, but it most certainly surprised me.

Bill and Brent's guitar playing was, I don't want to say spot-on, but they definitely got the job done. Honestly, I don't remember much about either of them - neither did anything improvisational or anything like that, but neither really did any noticeable messups or anything either. As for stage presence, they were both just kind of there. Eh. I hardly noticed either of them. hahaha

Brann's drumming was phenomenal, and unlike the first time I saw Mastodon, was definitely 100% ON TIME. haha Nothing more to say about him, other than that he really does deserve all the praise and drummer awards/nominations that he receives.

The real star of the show was Troy though, on bass. Like the rest of the band, his playing was tight. But it was his presence that made him unique. Awesome stage humor, he integrated tons of hand motions and such between hitting notes which really gave the feel that their was never a moment where he wasn't trying to play a great show and he also would do things like skank around on stage, do little dances, etc.

The vocals delivered by Brent and Brann were decent, not horribly bad like the first time I saw them but still not quite on par with their album vocals. Troy's voice was incredible live, and he could even pull off Scott Kelly's guest vocals in "Crack The Skye" quite well.

Now, here's the kicker. Twelve of the seventeen songs played were off The Hunter. My least favorite Mastodon album thus far. They also only played the title track off Crack The Skye, which is my favorite Mastodon album. Now, you'd think normally this would have enraged me. Well, it kind of did, but Mastdon SOMEHOW made all the songs off The Hunter super enjoyable and amazing to see live - for the first time, it feels like they wrote songs MEANT to be played live as opposed to on a record player.

Mastodon easily stole the night and I hope to see them many more times.

Then Opeth came on... it took like 30 minutes of soundchecking and such, which surprised me because a single 10 minute EITS song is all it took for Mastodon to get on after Ghost finished.

Opeth's setlist:
01. The Devil's Orchard
02. I Feel the Dark
03. Windowpane
04. Slither
05. Burden
06. The Lines in My Hand
07. Folklore
08. The Grand Conjuration
09. Deliverance

Now, I have seen Opeth five times before this show. I saw them with Nevermore and Into Eternity in either 2005 or 2006. I saw them with High on Fire and Nachtmystium in 2008. I saw them with Enslaved in 2009. I saw them in New York City for their live album shooting in 2010. I saw them with Katatonia last September.

Each Opeth concert was a somewhat-unique setlist from the others, an amazing experience, a long journey of emotions and atmospheres and of course, made me leave with some sort of revelation regarding either music or my life or both.

I don't know how, but Opeth failed me for the first time.

There was a major lack of caring or energy from Axe, Frederick or Mendez. They all played flawlessly, I guess, but they were just so unenthusiastic about it and all seemed like they'd rather be playing something else. (Mikael and the new guy on keyboards made up for that though)

Now, the setlist itself, it kind of bugged me that they played all the same Heritage songs as they played in September with only one difference. (The difference being that they played Lines In My Hand instead of Nepenthe) Now I get that they want to promote the new album, but I feel that they should've swapped out some of the Heritage songs with other Heitage songs.

Another setlist problem I had was... the last two songs. Why couldn't they have a full clean set like they did in September? Instead they destroyed the prog. rock atmosphere they had going on to please some elitists. And the songs sounded like shit as well, between the venue being a seated venue and the mixing being FOR A ROCK BAND and not a metal band. (Although, it was cool to see the keyboardist add bongo drums to The Grand Conjuration, added a cool sound to the song)

The only songs they played which I haven't seen live before were Burden and The Lines In My Hand, which were also coincidentally the songs I enjoyed by them BY FAR the most.

Still, most disappointing Opeth set i've seen AS WELL AS the shortest.

At 4/6/12 03:20 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

BTBAM
Kataklysm
Goatwhore
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Origin
Exhumed
Suicidal Tendencies
Overkill
High On Fire
Protest The Hero
Cancer Bats

All of these bands are awesome and therefore worth seeing in my opinion. :)

At 4/7/12 07:09 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/7/12 04:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: Treasure Island, motherfucker!

Sorry, this doesn't change anything. The album still should've been called "Pile of Crap".

Black Wings of Death? Whirlwind? I think it's pretty clear I like them more than you do but that's no contest.

Anyway, previews aren't that good to judge an album, especially when they are only a few seconds long. But to be honest: I couldn't even listen to all the previews, I stopped the playback after 8 songs or so.

The previews do say it all about the new album, though. Not sure if I'll go ahead and review it, though but the new DragonForce album gives me enough motivation to get off my lazy ass.

At 4/7/12 11:53 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 4/7/12 04:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: I brought it up a while ago and yes, I do like it. Still have it pre-ordered.

I guess I didn't care much about it back when you did.

I'm generally more immediate on such things whenever they show up on Twitter feed. I do what I can to find updates of new releases as soon as possible.

At 4/8/12 03:32 AM, AniMetal wrote: So on Thursday I got to see Opeth in Boston with Mastodon co-headlining and Ghost opening!

Now that's a show that sounds really awesome but admittedly Opeth's recent shows have been iffy so it's hard to determine if I wanted to see them recently or not. Then again, I saw them at the Royal Albert Hall and I'm not sure if they can top that. As for Mastodon, I would have liked to have seen them but my friend's fundings were very low at the time.

Saw Pelican live last night, it was the heaviest fucking thing I've ever seen. Their sound was just immense, not even comparable to the sound on record. Setlist was

Ataraxia
Lathe Biosas
Ephemeral
The Creeper
Dead Between the Walls
Strung Up From the Sky
Parasite Colony
Far From Fields
An Inch Above Sand
Last Day of Winter

Encore:
Mammoth

Parasite Colony is one from the new EP, first time they've played it live that night. For Mammoth the place just erupted, if you've ever heard the song you'll know why.

tl;dr if you like really fucking heavy music go see Pelican.

At 4/8/12 03:32 AM, AniMetal wrote: So on Thursday I got to see Opeth in Boston with Mastodon co-headlining and Ghost opening!

Cool review, Ani :)

At 4/6/12 03:20 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

BTBAM
Kataklysm
Goatwhore
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Origin
Exhumed
Suicidal Tendencies
Overkill
High On Fire
Protest The Hero
Cancer Bats

All of these bands are awesome and therefore worth seeing in my opinion. :)

It sucks that Protest The Hero and High On Fire are playing on Sunday. The second day really just doesn't have as many bands who are worth it, plus... my buddies really want to see Between The Buried And Me. My hope right now is that Origin, Fleshgod Apocalypse and Between The Buried And Me won't be playing at the same time...

At 4/8/12 09:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm generally more immediate on such things whenever they show up on Twitter feed. I do what I can to find updates of new releases as soon as possible.

I am not a fan of High On Fire but I did check out two of their previous albums. I was not particularly hooked by the music, while the musicians really are good. But I've heard great things about the last album and this is why I started caring about the band again. Now, this might just be the best opportunity to get into their music.

here you guys go
New side project with a friend of mine playing Guitar, synths and drums
My vocals
Black Metal....first try at it
hope you like it
Infinite Torture-Message to a Forgotten Dream

Keep it HEAVY
peace

At 4/8/12 08:41 PM, BillPatton wrote: here you guys go
New side project with a friend of mine playing Guitar, synths and drums
My vocals
Black Metal....first try at it
hope you like it
Infinite Torture-Message to a Forgotten Dream

I wouldn't describe this as Black Metal, though. The guitar (if that's what I'm hearing :P) doesn't play metal riffs. This is more like Dark Ambient/Noise, and I think this is pretty interresting. If you write anything else, let us know :)

Hey my favourite metal band is Cirith Ungol. I don't know much current metal.

How do you guys feel about Christian metal?

Cool shit bill. Can't wait to see more.

Listening to Cryptopsy again lately, and damn is the nostalgia good. Mutant Christ is prett much THE SONG that got me into death metal. I remember blasting None So Vile over and over again. Kind of a shame how DiSlavo era stuff and Once Was Not are so overlooked. I think Slavo is a prime example of how hardcore vocals can work in death metal. Go listen to Cold Hate Warm Blood, and tell me he doesn't make the breakdown the most brutal thing ever. Once Was Not is esp. good in my opinion, lots of good industrial and experimental elements. Morbid Angel could have taken some hints. Let's just pretend the last album didn't happen and look for a better future.

Duff, you're pretty obligated to know this band at least decently. Aren't they supposed be like, Quebec's crowing metal achievement (at least what every Canadian tells me)

At 4/8/12 11:33 PM, JBKalso wrote: Hey my favourite metal band is Cirith Ungol. I don't know much current metal.

Cool.

How do you guys feel about Christian metal?

I listen to pretty much anything that sounds good to me. So I have bands like Kansas who sing about how cool God is, and also bands like Mayhem, who aren't quite as positive about mister God in my library. Musical themes have to be highly disturbing for me to just avoid the music because of it.

By the way, if you want to join the Metal Hell you have to list 10 metal bands :)

At 4/8/12 11:37 PM, Tobi wrote: Listening to Cryptopsy again lately, and damn is the nostalgia good. Mutant Christ is prett much THE SONG that got me into death metal. I remember blasting None So Vile over and over again. Kind of a shame how DiSlavo era stuff and Once Was Not are so overlooked. I think Slavo is a prime example of how hardcore vocals can work in death metal. Go listen to Cold Hate Warm Blood, and tell me he doesn't make the breakdown the most brutal thing ever. Once Was Not is esp. good in my opinion, lots of good industrial and experimental elements. Morbid Angel could have taken some hints. Let's just pretend the last album didn't happen and look for a better future.

None So Vile is a fantastic and unique album in the Death Metal genre. These guys have opened doors for other bands to explore the genre in another direction. I still haven't heard their first album, which is a shame, considering how much I liked None So Vile.

Once Was Not is not really my cup of tea. Not that it is bad by any means, it just doesn't have much appeal to me. I like a few tracks from their later work, but no album stands out as a whole to me.

The Unspoken King was a big mess :P Haha. But why they aren't releasing anything anymore is kind of weird. I remember one of my friends talking to me about their next album, something like 2 years ago. He said he had a chat with their new guitarist and he said the album would be a Death Metal album rather than a Deathcore album like TUK. But I haven't heard anything by them since...

Duff, you're pretty obligated to know this band at least decently. Aren't they supposed be like, Quebec's crowing metal achievement (at least what every Canadian tells me)

Well, considering we also have Voivod and Quo Vadis, which are both quite popular, I don't think even Quebecers would come to an agreement as to which metal band is the greatest of our Province. We also have a quite decent underground metal scene, especially when it comes to black metal. Bands like Chasse-Galerie, Forteresse, Monarque, Gris and more. You wouldn't want to miss out on these bands either. I remember John Haughm from Agalloch asking us if there were any members of the band Gris in the room when they played in Montreal. I guess he liked them :)

But yes, Cryptopsy is a pride for a lot of Metalheads here in Quebec, even though they kind of... changed...

By the way, Godspeed You! Black Emperor is from Montreal. They are not metal, but they are amazing !

At 4/8/12 04:25 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 4/8/12 09:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm generally more immediate on such things whenever they show up on Twitter feed. I do what I can to find updates of new releases as soon as possible.

I am not a fan of High On Fire but I did check out two of their previous albums. I was not particularly hooked by the music, while the musicians really are good. But I've heard great things about the last album and this is why I started caring about the band again. Now, this might just be the best opportunity to get into their music.

Snakes for the Divine has been a miss for some but I really like it. How can I ignore those gigantic riffs?

At 4/8/12 11:37 PM, Tobi wrote: Let's just pretend the last album didn't happen and look for a better future.

First Cryptopsy will have to prove they have indeed moved away from that particular album. They might say they're doing that but I better not get fooled. At least they want to do that unlike Morbid Angel who will insist this techno/dubstep nonsense for their modern times.

I'm going to assume all genres of metal discussion is allowed here. Myself, love melodic death metal and am really digging Chaos Injection atm.

Anyone care to suggest some awesome melodic death metal bands?

All ears.

At 4/9/12 08:06 AM, Bahamut wrote: First Cryptopsy will have to prove they have indeed moved away from that particular album. They might say they're doing that but I better not get fooled. At least they want to do that unlike Morbid Angel who will insist this techno/dubstep nonsense for their modern times.

They do seem to be changing. This, as lo-fi as it is, doesn't sound deathcore at all. Plus, they never play Unspoken songs anymore. The vocalist is trying to dump deathcore vocals. I intend on seeing them live soon. Apparently the vocalist can actually do Worm and DiSlavo vocals really well. Now that Jon Levasseur is back, you can expect him to clean it all up. Even if they fail again, I respect them for trying. It's really hard to earn respect again once you've lost it all.

Checking out Worm's other project, Rage Nucleaire. Not bad, but it's a little boring. Worm is really gurgly for a BM vocalist. I don't mind his black metal vocals, but it doesn't have the charm of his death metal ones. He's not puking out inconceivable sounds or barking into the microphone. I'll admit, he has gained more rhythm though.

I love telling my Christian mother that death metal influenced me to read the bible. Shit, my mom even kind of likes Cryptopsy.

I do wonder to myself why I never made the effort to look into Pelican. Listening to City of Echoes right now and so far I'm digging it. If there's something I wouldn't mind seeing more, it's instrumental bands.

At 4/9/12 08:59 AM, FallenMartyr wrote: I'm going to assume all genres of metal discussion is allowed here. Myself, love melodic death metal and am really digging Chaos Injection atm.

We exclude nu-metal and death/metalcore genres but that's about it.

At 4/9/12 10:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: I do wonder to myself why I never made the effort to look into Pelican. Listening to City of Echoes right now and so far I'm digging it. If there's something I wouldn't mind seeing more, it's instrumental bands.

Listen to Russian Circles too then.

Also What We All Come To Need by Pelican is just a fantastic album start to finish, full of crushing riffs and great soundscapes. Like I said, when they play them live as well they are just earth shattering, not even comparable to the record.

Running Order for the Rock Hard Festival:

Friday, 25. May
15:00 - 15:35 DEATHFIST
15:55 - 16:40 JEX THOTH
17:00 - 17:45 RAM
18:15 - 19:15 KRISIUN
19:45 - 21:00 KVELERTAK
21:30 - 23:00 TURBONEGRO

Saturday, 26. May
12:45 - 13:25 DR. LIVING DEAD!
13:45 - 14:25 MOTORJESUS
14:45 - 15:25 PORTRAIT
15:50 - 16:35 HELL
17:00 - 17:45 UNLEASHED
18:15 - 19:15 TANKARD
19:45 - 21:00 PSYCHOTIC WALTZ
21:30 - 23:00 BOLT THROWER

Sunday, 27.May
12:00 - 12:40 ALPHA TIGER
13:00 - 13:40 ´77
14:05 - 14:45 HIGH SPIRITS
15:10 - 15:55 GRAVEYARD
16:15 - 17:10 GIRLSCHOOL
17:40 - 18:40 MAGNUM
19:45 - 21:00 UNISONIC
21:30 - 23:00 W.A.S.P.

So, what do you guys think? Saturday is the absolute killer line up. I guess I will skip Hell, though. Portrait and Psychotic Waltz I am not so sure about either. But Dr. Living Dead!, Motorjesus, Unleashed, Tankard and Bolt Thrower? Oh my god, I don't know how I can survive this day...

At 4/8/12 09:24 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/7/12 07:09 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/7/12 04:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: Treasure Island, motherfucker!

Sorry, this doesn't change anything. The album still should've been called "Pile of Crap".

Black Wings of Death? Whirlwind? I think it's pretty clear I like them more than you do but that's no contest.

I respect them for their work. They definitely influenced a shitload of other bands. But sadly Rolf destroyed his own legacy.

Anyway, previews aren't that good to judge an album, especially when they are only a few seconds long. But to be honest: I couldn't even listen to all the previews, I stopped the playback after 8 songs or so.

The previews do say it all about the new album, though. Not sure if I'll go ahead and review it, though but the new DragonForce album gives me enough motivation to get off my lazy ass.

Tomorrow (or Wednesday) I should recieve my order from amazon. Sadly I didn't order any new albums. But I got Master of Reality and Paranoid. I guess I will then skip forward in the discography to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and then Heaven and Hell. After that I can concentrate on a different band.

At 4/9/12 04:36 PM, Haggard wrote: Saturday, 26. May
19:45 - 21:00 PSYCHOTIC WALTZ
21:30 - 23:00 BOLT THROWER

You'd be crazy if you didn't go.

16:15 - 17:10 GIRLSCHOOL
17:40 - 18:40 MAGNUM
19:45 - 21:00 UNISONIC
21:30 - 23:00 W.A.S.P.

Go just for Unisonic, but Sunday is killer!

At 4/9/12 08:59 AM, FallenMartyr wrote: I'm going to assume all genres of metal discussion is allowed here. Myself, love melodic death metal and am really digging Chaos Injection atm.

Anyone care to suggest some awesome melodic death metal bands?

Won't name too much, long lists are annyoing to go through.

Let's just start with Kalmah, which is one of my all time favorites and one of the most original bands I know.
I also like Nightrage, it's pretty standard melodic death metal, but their riffs on Descent Into Chaos and Sweet Vengeance are very cool and somewhat catchy.
Next in line is Wintersun. A great Power Metal/Melodic Death Metal project we pretty much all like in here. They are fantastic and have diversified kinds of tracks.
And finaly I'll throw Darkane in. These guys play a great brand of Melodic Death Metal by mixing Thrash Metal elements with their melodeath sound. Pretty fucking awesome, agressive and straight to the point.

Tell me if you like these guys :)

At 4/9/12 09:01 AM, Tobi wrote: They do seem to be changing. This, as lo-fi as it is, doesn't sound deathcore at all. Plus, they never play Unspoken songs anymore. The vocalist is trying to dump deathcore vocals. I intend on seeing them live soon. Apparently the vocalist can actually do Worm and DiSlavo vocals really well. Now that Jon Levasseur is back, you can expect him to clean it all up. Even if they fail again, I respect them for trying. It's really hard to earn respect again once you've lost it all.

With Jon Levasseur back in the band, what did you expect ? He won't drop into that lame-ass deathcore trend. This guy wrote masterpieces on various of Cryptopsy's albums. He is a beast :) Don't under-estimate the guy !

Checking out Worm's other project, Rage Nucleaire. Not bad, but it's a little boring. Worm is really gurgly for a BM vocalist. I don't mind his black metal vocals, but it doesn't have the charm of his death metal ones. He's not puking out inconceivable sounds or barking into the microphone. I'll admit, he has gained more rhythm though.

I will check them out :)

At 4/9/12 02:30 PM, SomaGuye wrote:

At 4/9/12 10:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: I do wonder to myself why I never made the effort to look into Pelican. Listening to City of Echoes right now and so far I'm digging it. If there's something I wouldn't mind seeing more, it's instrumental bands.

Listen to Russian Circles too then.

City of Echoes was all I could find but I'll scout around on YouTube for their other stuff.

At 4/9/12 04:36 PM, Haggard wrote: So, what do you guys think? Saturday is the absolute killer line up. I guess I will skip Hell, though. Portrait and Psychotic Waltz I am not so sure about either. But Dr. Living Dead!, Motorjesus, Unleashed, Tankard and Bolt Thrower? Oh my god, I don't know how I can survive this day...

I'm sure Hell will be worth seeing as well, even if they've unleashed one of the cheesiest metal music videos ever made.

At 4/8/12 09:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: Black Wings of Death? Whirlwind? I think it's pretty clear I like them more than you do but that's no contest.

I respect them for their work. They definitely influenced a shitload of other bands. But sadly Rolf destroyed his own legacy.

I won't defend Rolf for heavily burning out the band later on but I will say plenty of good stuff can be found on most albums. Victory and Rogues en Vogue have yet to be heard.

Tomorrow (or Wednesday) I should recieve my order from amazon. Sadly I didn't order any new albums. But I got Master of Reality and Paranoid. I guess I will then skip forward in the discography to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and then Heaven and Hell. After that I can concentrate on a different band.

Vol. 4 is still worth listening to but has some oddballs to it. I would say you're safe with getting everything from debut album to Mob Rules excluding Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die.

At 4/9/12 10:30 PM, AniMetal wrote: Go just for Unisonic, but Sunday is killer!

I can understand Unisonic being worth seeing for Michael Kiske and Hai Hansen on stage but is their music any good? I tried listening to the song Unisonic but found it to be uninspiring. Can't say I'm excited to hear the rest.