At 10/4/13 03:53 PM, Entice wrote:

At 10/3/13 01:55 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: psychedelic stoner doom metal? Ufomammut. Lucifer Songs and Snailking are especially good albums.

Already heard of them but need to check out more of their stuff.
I love Eve

You might like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBsvz4A0sG0

Here is a link for my review of the album Oracles by Fleshgod Apocalypse.
The finest death metal opera - 98%

Tell me what you guys think!

At 10/4/13 10:58 PM, PenisClown wrote: cawk

Hey Ponos! Long time no see!

At 10/4/13 10:58 PM, PenisClown wrote: You might like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBsvz4A0sG0

Where you been?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTDzE_Gv1-A
If this hasn't been brought up already you're all welcome.

At 10/7/13 01:21 PM, Shade wrote: Bands I've been listening to recently (it's all power metal).

Highland Glory: Celtic power metal. I like them quite a bit but there first album runs for about $4,000 on Amazon.
Hammerfall
Falconer
Lost Horizon

Can anyone recommend some similar bands?

I think you might like these albums.

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Queensryche - Empire
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Dream Theater - a Change of Seasons
Dream Theater - Awake
Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake
King Diamon - THEM
King Diamond - Abigail
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Helloween - Helloween
Helloween - the Walls of Jericho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJH0eBtnbcs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToWpMiN5a3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VhReCHPbVY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSrGoMKdkrE

At 10/7/13 01:21 PM, Shade wrote: Bands I've been listening to recently (it's all power metal).

Highland Glory: Celtic power metal. I like them quite a bit but there first album runs for about $4,000 on Amazon.
Hammerfall
Falconer
Lost Horizon

Can anyone recommend some similar bands?

Tell me if you like these :D

Labyrinth - Return to Heaven Denied
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Axenstar - The Final Requiem
Stratovarius - Visions
Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space
Voyager - I Am the ReVolution
Edguy - Theater Of Salvation
Edguy - Hellfire Club
Eidolon - The Parallel Otherworld
Sonata Arctira - Winterheart's Guild
Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica
Altaria - Divinity
Angra - Angels Cry

So lately I have been listening to alot of Electric Wizard, and from there I started getting into Stoner metal/rock, Retro rock and space metal/rock, Similar to The Machine, Sleep, Om, Stoner Kebab, Monkey3, My Brother The Wind and the like. Can anybody recommend bands similar to any one of these bands?

At 10/7/13 07:45 PM, twistex wrote: So lately I have been listening to alot of Electric Wizard, and from there I started getting into Stoner metal/rock, Retro rock and space metal/rock, Similar to The Machine, Sleep, Om, Stoner Kebab, Monkey3, My Brother The Wind and the like. Can anybody recommend bands similar to any one of these bands?

I assume you already know about Boris. If you don't then you need to listen to their albums Pink and Heavy Rocks (2002) and Smile.

Otherwise, you might like Bongzilla, Truckfighters and especially Bongripper. If you haven't heard their album Satan Worshipping Doom, you need to get it and fast! Their albums Hate Ashbury and Hippie Killer are also rather good :)

ISIS - Altered Course

Exciting news for anyone who is a fan of Slayer.
Tom Araya has announced that there is a good possibility that material which Jeff Hanneman was working on may end up on their new album.

At 10/7/13 07:45 PM, twistex wrote: Can anybody recommend bands similar to any one of these bands?

Lets see....other Electric Wizardesque bands would be:
- Windhand (especially their newest album)
- if you somehow haven't listened to them before Reverend Bizarre
- Acid King
- Ufomammut
- Belzebong
- Cough
- Church Of Misery
- Sons Of Otis
- Black Pyramid (Seriously, listen to their new album. It is one of my favorites albums that came out this year.)
Here is a link for Adversarial
Best songs (in my opinion) would be Swing The Scimitar and Onyx & Obsidian. The album opener and closer.

"Retro" bands could include stuff like:
- Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
- Jex Thoth
- Witchcraft
- Graveyard
- Blood Ceremony
- Ghost
- Hour of 13
- Castle
- The Gates Of Slumber
- The Devils Blood
- and I guess The Sword could fit in there too. Same with Wolfmother since you're asking about "Retro Rock".
- And I guess if you wanna go with more Spacey Retro Rock you could try Electric Moon or The Cosmic Dead. When it comes to those I'd say their best stuff would be on Inferno for Electric Moon and

At 10/7/13 09:40 PM, Viper50 wrote: When it comes to those I'd say their best stuff would be on Inferno for Electric Moon and

Ah crap....I thought I finished that sentence.
For The Cosmic Dead I'd say go with either The Cosmic Dead, The Exalted King, or Psychonaut. Then again I love pretty much all of their stuff so it's a little hard to choose, haha.

If any of you guys are interested, I'd like to discuss both Sigh and Death. Why these two you ask? Well, because both of these bands have had prolific careers (in the case of Sigh they aren't done yet!) and also because both bands have evolved a lot through their career musicwise and have done so while keeping a good quality to their music. What I mean is that I do not want to discuss bands that started off great and ended up sucking badly. I wanted to discuss bands that evolved a lot through their career but still managed to stay good.

I'd like to know your opinions on their evolution, career, line-ups, favorite and least-favorite albums and why, etc. If you feel like doing so, you could also rank their albums from favorite to least favorite and explain why. Hopefully we could have a nice discussion in here :)

Death - Spirit Crusher

At 10/8/13 06:00 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:
I'd like to know your opinions on their evolution, career, line-ups, favorite and least-favorite albums and why, etc. If you feel like doing so, you could also rank their albums from favorite to least favorite and explain why. Hopefully we could have a nice discussion in here :)

I love any chance to talk about Death. I haven't heard enough from Sigh to comment (I've only listened to the debut album... what's it called...), but I can certainly speak about what is (IMO) the best death metal band, ever.

For starters, I can safely say I like all of Death's albums. I can also state that Leprosy is above all my favorite. I hear a lot of people criticize the "excessive" blast beats on Leprosy, but I disagree. I feel that the drums are in no way excessive, no more so than the album's greatness is excessive.

That being said, my least favorite album would have to be Symbolic. The best track (again, IMO) has to be Crystal Mountain, but even that pales in comparison to other tracks off any album. In my opinion (a lot of this being opinion based), Symbolic lacks the feeling, the emphasis, dare I say the emotion of the other albums, especially Leprosy and The Sound of Perseverance.

The Sound of Perseverance is another topic I could go into entirely, but I'll keep it brief. From what I've seen, it gets a lot of crap for it's vocals (which I happen to enjoy greatly). It's different, I'll give them that. But I think it's not necessarily a "bad" different. To me, the Sound of Perseverance has a more, excuse me for using this buzzword, "epic" feel to it. Tracks that come to mind are The Flesh and the Power it Holds, The Scavenger of Human Sorrow, and Spirit Crusher. Gone were the days of the "excessive" (their words, not mine) blast beats, and in are the days of high pitched vocals, and strong power chords. And that's okay.

In the end, Death obviously had a phenomenal career. Most of the criticisms I see for the band (either by album or just in general) aren't purely bad things. The change in vocal styles across each album may bother some, but it's better than releasing a series of albums that don't differ at all. I guess it's all a matter of perspective.

I regret that I was not nearly old enough to ever see the band live (being 5 years old when the band disbanded). But, I guess in a way it's better that it ended on a high note, rather than a downward spiral.

R.I.P. Chuck.

At 10/8/13 08:37 PM, SaltshakerClock wrote: I love any chance to talk about Death. I haven't heard enough from Sigh to comment (I've only listened to the debut album... what's it called...), but I can certainly speak about what is (IMO) the best death metal band, ever.

The first Sigh album would be Scorn Defeat. And it's an amazing album. I gave it a 96% rating on my Metal Archives review.

For starters, I can safely say I like all of Death's albums. I can also state that Leprosy is above all my favorite. I hear a lot of people criticize the "excessive" blast beats on Leprosy, but I disagree. I feel that the drums are in no way excessive, no more so than the album's greatness is excessive.

Leprosis is the only album I haven't heard yet. I'm trying to download it on the internet, while I'm trying to find original copies of Human and Scream Bloody Gore.

Otherwise, I've read some reviews suggesting that Individual Thought Patterns is the worst Death album. A guy described it as unfocused and lacking in riffs. As far as I'm concerned, I also think that's the one I like the least. It's also the one I've listened to the least (apart from Leprosis).

That being said, my least favorite album would have to be Symbolic. The best track (again, IMO) has to be Crystal Mountain, but even that pales in comparison to other tracks off any album. In my opinion (a lot of this being opinion based), Symbolic lacks the feeling, the emphasis, dare I say the emotion of the other albums, especially Leprosy and The Sound of Perseverance.

Symbolic seems to be the favorite album of a lot of Death fans. I've not felt this lack of emotions you are talking about. I'll try to understand why you could think that the next time I give it a spin.

The Sound of Perseverance is another topic I could go into entirely, but I'll keep it brief. From what I've seen, it gets a lot of crap for it's vocals (which I happen to enjoy greatly). It's different, I'll give them that. But I think it's not necessarily a "bad" different. To me, the Sound of Perseverance has a more, excuse me for using this buzzword, "epic" feel to it. Tracks that come to mind are The Flesh and the Power it Holds, The Scavenger of Human Sorrow, and Spirit Crusher. Gone were the days of the "excessive" (their words, not mine) blast beats, and in are the days of high pitched vocals, and strong power chords. And that's okay.

I really like The Sound of Perseverance but there is something about it that bothers me a little. Because of the lack of a better word I can possibly think of, I'd say it's the more "poppish". The musicianship is fucking amazing and the riffs are great for sure. And I really don't hate the vocals either. There is just a little something about the song structures that will bug me a little at times. Also, I find the album to be a little too lenghty. I think I still prefer the raw and thrashy death metal of Scream Bloody Gore to the cleaner, more progressive and polished aspects of The Sound Of Perseverance. Though I understand why the band would like to evolve in that direction.

In the end, Death obviously had a phenomenal career. Most of the criticisms I see for the band (either by album or just in general) aren't purely bad things. The change in vocal styles across each album may bother some, but it's better than releasing a series of albums that don't differ at all. I guess it's all a matter of perspective.

This is why I wanted to discuss this band. As opposed to others with a productive career, Death are one of these bands who explored and managed to do so with successful results.

I regret that I was not nearly old enough to ever see the band live (being 5 years old when the band disbanded). But, I guess in a way it's better that it ended on a high note, rather than a downward spiral.

The sad part is that it ended because of Chuck's death... Not only did we lose a great musician, but it gets us wondering what would have come next... especially considering how different TSOP was compared to their previous albums.

Just got my pre-ordered copy of the Deluxe Edition of Red Fang's new album Whales and Leeches today.
A whole 5 days before its set release date. Which is awesome to me.
But yeah it's actually a pretty good album. They keep a lot of the high energy from their previous albums but also included a few slower songs in there too that actually fit in pretty well. And Mike Scheidt's vocals on "Dawn Rising" are pretty good as well. Though I felt like I've heard singing almost exactly like his so I asked my sister and she said his singing sounded a lot like William DuVall(new singer for Alice In Chains who replaced Layne Staley)'s live singing.

Well, it's been like two or three months since I've posted here. Might as well try to make a comeback before I succumb to obscurity entirely.

I haven't been listening to much any new stuff really. I've mainly been listening to a lot of crust/grind lately, and lots of experimental punk stuff. Nothing new, or t least by new bands. Anyone have some recs, to get the engine going?

Death and Sigh? tbh, though I love Sigh, I haven't listened to any full albums, and I'm not sure about the chronological order of their music. I guess I'll have to get that soon.

As far as Death goes, although I like almost everything they did, early Death tops the list. Scream Bloody Gore remains one of my favorite albums to this very day. It, in addition to Autopsy's Mental Funeral, was what got me into death metal. Leprosy was also excellent, but the drumming isn't as exciting as that of SBG. Spiiritual Healing suffers the same problem, but to a more noticeable extent, and some of the slower parts of the album feel very plain and deflated. Certainly a masterpiece though, and the album featured some of Death's better lyrics, not to mention more progressive songwriting. Human is probably my favorite tech-era Death album. It feels to be their last album with really brutal riffs, after this they traded that for melody (not that that's bad, but you know). Steve's bass playing and Gene's drumming really give the album the best rhythm section of any Death album. That, and the masterpiece Cosmic Sea. Individual Thought Patterns was good, but there is something missing from it to me, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Overall, the harmonized guitar parts are really good. Symbolic and TSOP are good, but they are really just too poppy for me. The last three albums also have really cheesy lyrics I have to say. When I was still getting into Death metal, I thought they were deep and philosophical, but now that I'm a bit older, I find them cheesy. They really harp on the whole "humans are insensitive assholes" thing to the point of banality.

And now I tire of writing.

Yes.

At 10/14/13 10:41 PM, Tobi wrote: I haven't been listening to much any new stuff really. I've mainly been listening to a lot of crust/grind lately, and lots of experimental punk stuff. Nothing new, or t least by new bands. Anyone have some recs, to get the engine going?

I know a band that really just doesn't get the attention it should. They're named Leeches Of Lore and they mix heavy, stoner, thrash, doom metal, space rock and western music in a very unique way. This band needs exposure. Attack the Future and Frenzy, Ecstasy are amazing albums.

Death and Sigh? tbh, though I love Sigh, I haven't listened to any full albums, and I'm not sure about the chronological order of their music. I guess I'll have to get that soon.

Here you go!

Scorn Defeat (1993)
Infidel Art (1995)
Ghastly Funeral Theatre (1997)

I've included this EP because it is part of their SIGH thingy they do with their album titles.

Hail Horror Hail (1997)
Scenario IV: Dread Dreams (1999)
Imaginary Sonicscape (2001)
Gallows Gallery (2005)
Hangman's Hymn (2007)
Scenes from Hell (2010)
In Somniphobia (2012)

As far as Death goes, although I like almost everything they did, early Death tops the list. Scream Bloody Gore remains one of my favorite albums to this very day. It, in addition to Autopsy's Mental Funeral, was what got me into death metal. Leprosy was also excellent, but the drumming isn't as exciting as that of SBG. Spiiritual Healing suffers the same problem, but to a more noticeable extent, and some of the slower parts of the album feel very plain and deflated. Certainly a masterpiece though, and the album featured some of Death's better lyrics, not to mention more progressive songwriting. Human is probably my favorite tech-era Death album. It feels to be their last album with really brutal riffs, after this they traded that for melody (not that that's bad, but you know). Steve's bass playing and Gene's drumming really give the album the best rhythm section of any Death album. That, and the masterpiece Cosmic Sea. Individual Thought Patterns was good, but there is something missing from it to me, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Overall, the harmonized guitar parts are really good. Symbolic and TSOP are good, but they are really just too poppy for me. The last three albums also have really cheesy lyrics I have to say. When I was still getting into Death metal, I thought they were deep and philosophical, but now that I'm a bit older, I find them cheesy. They really harp on the whole "humans are insensitive assholes" thing to the point of banality.

We seems to have pretty much similar tastes when it comes to Death's discography. I highly appreciate both Scream Bloody Gore and Human for the reasons you have stated (while I still haven't heard anything from Leprosis), and I two have problems with Individual Thought Patterns. There isn't much standing out from it, IMO.

And when it comes to TSOP, we are pretty much agreeing on this two. It feels more commercial to me, though the riffing is still fucking amazing and provides material I would surely consider if I had to make a compilation album of Death. I wouldn't consider Symbolic on the same level though. Symbolic to me is somewhat similar to Human, but it lacks the Sean Reinert, Paul Masvidal and Steve DiGiorgio... plus it's also more melody-focused and puts less attention on the sick riffing that makes me love Death so much.

My favorite Sigh albums are Infidel Art, Imaginary Sonicscape, and Hangman's Hymn. My favorite Death albums are Human, Symbolic, Individual Thought Patterns and the Sound of Perseverance. I love all the albums by both bands.

At 10/17/13 02:31 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: My favorite Sigh albums are Infidel Art, Imaginary Sonicscape, and Hangman's Hymn. My favorite Death albums are Human, Symbolic, Individual Thought Patterns and the Sound of Perseverance. I love all the albums by both bands.

I was just listening to all of my Death albums again. I love the last solo on Zero Tolerance (off Symbolic).

I've never heard of Sigh. Guess I will be checking out some new music tonight.

At 10/17/13 07:55 PM, BrenTheMan wrote: I've never heard of Sigh. Guess I will be checking out some new music tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaBYon1cFJ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rG3yFNIRQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DG55zt3X7k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_CG5fUE3po

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPRKVUFtjic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DhSjx_D0lI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8rOmPKcoMs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9qADW1Zqc8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMgrqWnWfEk

At 10/17/13 10:38 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 10/17/13 07:55 PM, BrenTheMan wrote: I've never heard of Sigh. Guess I will be checking out some new music tonight.

Links

Your lack of Scorn Defeat is disturbing.

Brendon Small and the rest of the people in charge of Metalocalypse have premiered a track from the upcoming Metal Opera that will close out the series which is titled Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem.
Here is the track which was premiered.
Blazing Star

At 10/18/13 03:58 AM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 10/17/13 10:38 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 10/17/13 07:55 PM, BrenTheMan wrote: I've never heard of Sigh. Guess I will be checking out some new music tonight.

Links

Your lack of Scorn Defeat is disturbing.

I was only listing my favorite songs.

At 10/18/13 05:32 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: I was only listing my favorite songs.

A lot of Imaginary Sonicscape, I see. Good stuff :)

Just out of sheer curiosity does this sound like an Earth song to anyone?

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  Aspin

  by Viper

  Recorded this out of sheer boredom.

  Song

  Heavy Metal

  809 Views

  PLAY

I was bored and decided to record anything and ended up with that and 3 other things.

One of which is a 7 1/2 minute cover of Sunshine Of Your Love.

fyi the name "Aspin" is an intentional misspelling of "Aspen". don't ask. i don't feel like explaining.

I've finaly decided to give Dio era Black Sabbath a shot. On the same occasion, I'll listen to some Rainbow. I've never really given a toughtful listening to their material, and just thought that now was the good time :)

Cannibal Corpse - Entrails Ripped From A Virgin's Cunt

New High On Fire

I've ordered two albums a week ago. The first one is Satan Worshipping Doom by Bongripper and the second is Frenzy, Ecstacy by Leeches Of Lore. I've praised these two bands a lot in the Metal Hell! If any of you guys haven't heard of one or both of these bands, you should definitely give them a chance!

The hour long Metalocalypse Rock Opera thingy is going to be on really soon.
I just hope they're able to close out the series on a high note instead of having something thats overall kinda sub par.

That Soulfly, Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Mars Volta supergroup has revealed their band's name as well as info regarding their debut album.

The bands name is Killer Be Killed and their debut album is confirmed to be released sometime next year.
Also a bit of an fyi if you haven't heard about this yet
The group consists of Max Cavalera of Soulfly, Greg Puciato from Dillinger Escape Plan, Troy Sanders from Mastodon, and Dave Elitch who was a former drummer of Mars Volta.
And they described their sound as "a bit of Sabbath-y doom, a bit of thrash, a bit of hardcore and punk."

Reaaaally not interested in that supergroup.

At 10/21/13 08:43 PM, Viper50 wrote: New High On Fire

Sweet.