Have you heard about "Killer Be Killed" or am I late? It's a supergroup formed by the mighty Troy Sanders, Max Cavalera, Greg Puciato from The Dillinger Escape Plan and Dave Elitch from The Mars Volta. Interesting line-up but I had my expectations up high and they came out with this.

Not really my thing to be honest, some interesting parts in the songs but I thought it would be a little bit more experimental and fresh. Just sounds like a mash-up of Sepultura, Mastodon and some boring metalcore/alternative metal to me. Maybe I was just expecting something so different that I was unable to really enjoy this, especially judging by the cover. What are your thoughts about it?

At 5/1/14 01:27 AM, Viper wrote:

At 4/30/14 09:02 PM, Vnzi wrote:

At 4/29/14 01:37 PM, Viper wrote: Mastodon have revealed the art for Once More Round The Sun, the track list, AND the release date.
It is set to be released June 24th.
I may end up buying both the CD and vinyl just for that artwork.

So now should be the time I get into Mastodon?

I guess? I'd personally suggest starting with something like Blood Mountain or The Hunter. Unless you're into heavier and more aggressive vocals. Then start with Remission then go in chronological order from there.

Just listen to Crack the Skye and Blood Mountain.

At 5/1/14 02:03 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: Yes yes. Except for Within The Ruins which is a metalcore band I don't know

A friend of mine is a fan of Within the Ruins. From what he showed me, they seem alright.

At 5/1/14 02:03 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I've been tempted to buy it myself. It looks great and it is most likely awesome material :)

Well if you wanna listen to it for yourself before you buy it someone posted the entire album on YouTube.
Here
I think one of the top comments on this really describes the album VERY well.
"The dreamy psychedelia of modern Ulver, but applied in the heavy, monolithic style of Sunn O))). It's dark and haunting, but also warm, uplifting, and beautiful, somehow all at the same time. Amazing. This is definitely something to listen to in my bed at night in the darkness before I crash."

I don't think there is a single track on Heavy Rocks (2002) that isn't amazing. Though Heavy Friends, Death Valley and Korosu are fucking masterpieces. But 鐘 (The Bell Tower of a Sign) is an amazing track two. It even inspired me in a painting I'm working on :)

I will admit. 鐘 (The Bell Tower of a Sign) is a pretty good song. And I have to agree that all of the tracks off of Heavy Rocks (2002) are incredible. Hell I don't think there was ever a time where I didn't want to listen to the entire album from beginning to end and not decide to "cherry pick" through the songs that are on there.

Some of their most recent stuff isn't quite on par with what they did in the 90's and 2000's. New Album and Attention Please are something completely different. It's not bad per say, but it isn't Absolutego or Pink. Otherwise, the album Präparat is pretty interesting, but not a masterpiece like the albums Heavy Rocks, Absolutego, Amplifier Worship, Altar and the likes.

Yeah I gotta agree with this. They're not bad but I personally feel they could have been better.

At 4/29/14 10:38 PM, mothballs wrote: I saw Dying Fetus last year, and I just saw Goatwhore last week (along with Behemoth and 1349).

Metal Alliance tour? My gf went to that on the 25th because she won two tickets off of Indiemerch and went with her cousin.
It was the worst concert experience of her life because some dude behind her was being a creep and kept grabbing at her. So she proceeded to kick and elbow the dude til he finally left her alone.

I'm auditioning to be Mael Mórdha's new singer tomorrow.

Wish me luck doods.

At 5/2/14 04:53 AM, Vnzi wrote: And to top that off they look like they haven't aged a day. So really there's nothing bad about this band at all and they are literal perfection.

You know. I've noticed this too. Are Boris a bunch of vampires or something? Because they don't look like they've aged at all for the past 20 or so years.....not that theres anything wrong with that. But I've tried looking up to see how old they are and never get an answer. So who knows. Maybe they're immortal or something.

At 5/2/14 06:46 AM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: I'm auditioning to be Mael Mórdha's new singer tomorrow.

Cool. Let us know how it goes.

Wish me luck doods.

Good luck.

At 5/2/14 06:46 AM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: I'm auditioning to be Mael Mórdha's new singer tomorrow.

Wish me luck doods.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

At 4/24/14 07:28 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 4/24/14 04:04 PM, CMTKingMacar wrote: Hey sup brothers ?
I'm currently listenning Amon Amarth ,Legion of the damned and Sabaton ...you should really check the two last bands they are awesome.

I know both Amon Amarth and Sabaton, but not Legion of the Damned. But I'm pretty picky when it comes to death metal, these days.

Talking about death metal, I'm pretty happy that there will be a majority of death metal bands on the Summer Slaughter Tour 2014 edition. They made pretty poor decisions before, but this year, it's basically what I expect from a tour that is promoted as a death metal tour. The last few years it was saturated by shitcore bands like Whitechapel and others like them.

Here's a link to one of my fav songs of the LOTD band :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qghsYmeW-dI

At 5/2/14 04:53 AM, Vnzi wrote: Well at least they still remain fresh throughout the years and enter all sorts of new styles, unlike some bands I know. They never really made a bad album so far, at least from what I can tell. And to top that off they look like they haven't aged a day. So really there's nothing bad about this band at all and they are literal perfection.

My point was definitely not to suggest that they shouldn't have explored more genres. Not that they actually did need to explore more genres, especially considering how versatile they were even before trying to do anything dreampop or pop rock. They were already exploring and helping drone, stoner rock, sludge and doom metal evolve with their 90's and 2000's material. I'm happy they did explore these other genres, I'm just saying the final product isn't as amazing as some of their better stuff, that's all.

At 5/2/14 06:46 AM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: I'm auditioning to be Mael Mórdha's new singer tomorrow.

Wish me luck doods.

Good luck, son! Be sure to tell us if you get the job!

At 5/2/14 12:25 PM, Viper wrote: You know. I've noticed this too. Are Boris a bunch of vampires or something? Because they don't look like they've aged at all for the past 20 or so years.....not that theres anything wrong with that. But I've tried looking up to see how old they are and never get an answer. So who knows. Maybe they're immortal or something.

Far East Asians are often like that. They look pretty much the same age from their early 20's to their mid 40's and sometimes early to mid 50's. Just do the test whenever you come across someone who looks Japanese, Chinese or Korean. Try to guess their age. Sometimes it's quite easy, but the musicians from Boris, even though you can tell their are older then they were in the 90's, still don't look a lot older.

At 5/4/14 08:24 AM, CMTKingMacar wrote: Here's a link to one of my fav songs of the LOTD band :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qghsYmeW-dI

This is pretty neat. Nice death/thrash indeed :)

At 5/3/14 09:54 PM, Vnzi wrote: Downloaded all of Mastodon's discography, might give my opinions of albums here if I get greenlighted.

I bought Blood Mountain on CD yesterday and am looking to get Leviathan and Remission on CD as well. They'll be pretty easy to get. I can get both on relapse.com for relatively cheap.

Thanks for the well-wishes guys!

I don't think it went too badly. I was starting to run out of steam near the end though, singing is pretty hard, as it turns out!

At 5/6/14 01:49 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: Thanks for the well-wishes guys!

I don't think it went too badly. I was starting to run out of steam near the end though, singing is pretty hard, as it turns out!

Your welcome. When will you find out how things went?

At 5/4/14 04:51 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Far East Asians are often like that. They look pretty much the same age from their early 20's to their mid 40's and sometimes early to mid 50's. Just do the test whenever you come across someone who looks Japanese, Chinese or Korean. Try to guess their age. Sometimes it's quite easy, but the musicians from Boris, even though you can tell their are older then they were in the 90's, still don't look a lot older.

I feel I'd get slapped or something if I suddenly went up to an Asian person and asked if I could guess their age....

At 5/6/14 01:49 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: Thanks for the well-wishes guys!

No prob dude. I thought it was pretty cool to hear that someone from here was going to try out for that.

I don't think it went too badly. I was starting to run out of steam near the end though, singing is pretty hard, as it turns out!

When are they going to say anything about it? Or would they have already contacted whoever got the gig?

Oh hey. Extended artwork from the vinyl edition of Once More Round The Sun.
The top half is the outside of the sleeve and the bottom is the inside.

At 5/4/14 04:51 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 5/2/14 04:53 AM, Vnzi wrote: At 5/2/14 12:25 PM, Viper wrote: You know. I've noticed this too. Are Boris a bunch of vampires or something? Because they don't look like they've aged at all for the past 20 or so years.....

Far East Asians are often like that. They look pretty much the same age from their early 20's to their mid 40's and sometimes early to mid 50's.

It's like they all have a Dorian Gray thing going on, but they all look at their portrait when they turn a certain age and the painting has gotten really bad by then.

At 5/6/14 06:59 PM, Viper wrote:

At 5/6/14 01:49 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: Thanks for the well-wishes guys!

No prob dude. I thought it was pretty cool to hear that someone from here was going to try out for that.

I was pretty psyched when the opportunity came up. They're one of my favorite bands and I was just a two hour drive away, so.

I don't think it went too badly. I was starting to run out of steam near the end though, singing is pretty hard, as it turns out!

When are they going to say anything about it? Or would they have already contacted whoever got the gig?

At 5/6/14 05:36 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: Your welcome. When will you find out how things went?

They said they've never done this sort of thing before and there are about 20 people auditioning so they said to give it like a month or so.

Now I play the waiting game.

At 5/7/14 03:08 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: They said they've never done this sort of thing before and there are about 20 people auditioning so they said to give it like a month or so.

Really? I would have expected there to be more people there than that.

Now I play the waiting game.

Indeed.

At 5/9/14 11:14 AM, Indeks wrote: The name sounds awesome but how do i join

Could you name at least ten metal bands you like?

1.Parkway drive
2.August Burns red
3. Slayer
4.Metallica
5.I killed the prom queen
6. Suicide Silence
7.Iron Maiden
8.ac/dc
9.Motorhead
10. Machine head

I get some of those might not count as real metal....but atleast it falls onto some of those catagories and what not

At 5/9/14 02:14 PM, Indeks wrote: 1.Metallica
2.Iron Maiden

Yes

3.Megadeath

Megadeth*

4.Judas Priest
5.Slayer
6.Anthrax

Yes

7.System of a down

Nu-Metal. Not really fitting.

8.Pantera
9.Black Sabbath
10.Quiet Riot

All good!

Your list is alright, brother! Welcome to the Metal Hell!

And if you want to explore some more stuff. I have some recommendations based on what you like.

If you like Judas Priest or Iron Maiden, you might like bands like Ghost, Mercyful Fate, Gamma Ray or Accept.

Ghost - Con Clavi Con Dio
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space
Accept - Balls To The Wall

And if you like thrash metal, you might like stuff like Demolition Hammer, Morbid Saint, Kreator or Sodom

Demolition Hammer - Human Dissection
Morbid Saint - Crying For Death
Kreator - Enemy Of God
Sodom - Tired And Red

And if you like Black Sabbath, I'll recommand my favorite doom metal bands, Bongripper and Electric Wizard.

Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis
Bongripper - Reefer Sutherland

Tell me if you like these !!!

At 5/9/14 02:44 PM, BioSlade wrote: 1.Parkway drive
2.August Burns red
3. Slayer
4.Metallica
5.I killed the prom queen
6. Suicide Silence
7.Iron Maiden
8.ac/dc
9.Motorhead
10. Machine head

I get some of those might not count as real metal....but atleast it falls onto some of those catagories and what not

Parkway Drive, I Killed the Prom Queen and August Burns Red are metalcore bands. Suicide Silence is a deathcore band and AC/DC is a rock band. I won't pronounce myself on Machine Head, but I've always felt that there are kind of the verge between being a metal band and not being one.

Motorhead, Metallica, Slayer and Iron Maiden are all metal pioners, though.

I'd recommand sticking around if you are interested in metal music. We won't tell you what to like and not to like, but we don't discuss metalcore, deathcore and nu-metal a lot, around here. So if this is what you are looking for, you might end up being dissapointed.

I've recommanded some bands a little earlier today, you might want to check these out. They are bands I would also recommand you, based on what you listed.

At 5/9/14 06:49 PM, Vnzi wrote: I'm trying to remember this one band I found on last.fm when i used it, I think the band was called anacrusis? Maybe? I don't know but I remember really liking one of their songs and wanting to hear more.

Well a band with the name Anacrusis does exist, if that's the band you are talking about....

Yeah, Anacrusis is good thrash. I think it was Dalnaki who recommended them to me a while ago.

My Favorite Metal bands right now are:
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Metallica
System of a Down
Manilla Road

Anybody have anything to recommend me?

At 5/11/14 03:52 AM, CentOhPede wrote: My Favorite Metal bands right now are:
Black Sabbath

Saint Vitus, Pentagram, Trouble, Rainbow, Heaven & Hell, Dio, Sleep, Orchid, Cathedral, Candlemass, Sir Lord Baltimore, Witchcraft, Count Raven, Electric Wizard, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, The Sword, Ogre, Windhand, Acid King, & Black Pyramid.

Iron Maiden

As HeavenDuff said earlier: Ghost (aka Ghost BC), Mercyful Fate, Gamma Ray, and Accept. And along with that maybe Budgie.

Metallica

Go with the other members of the "Big Four" so: Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. As well as some other Thrash bands like Overkill, Exodus, and Testament.

Manilla Road

Cirith Ungol, Slough Feg, Brocas Helm, DoomSword, Cloven Hoof, Isen Torr, Angel Witch, Manowar, and Legend.

Anybody have anything to recommend me?

Depends on what "era" for some of them.
For example theres the Ozzy, Dio, and Tony Martin era Sabbaths.
And older and newer Metallica and a lot and I mean A LOT of people prefer the first 4 'tallica albums and maybe The Black Album.
I don't know much about SOAD but I'll try for the others.

At 5/9/14 02:14 PM, Indeks wrote: Metallica
Megadeath
Slayer
Anthrax

At 5/11/14 03:52 AM, CentOhPede wrote: Metallica

Some highly recommended thrash metal albums.

Coroner - No More Color
Coroner - Mental Vortex
Annihilator - Alice in Hell
Annihilator - Never, Never Land
Vektor - Black Future
Vektor - Outer Isolation
Disaster (Chile) - Criaturas del Mal
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Sodom - Agent Orange
Sodom - M-16
Kreator - Extreme Aggression
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Megadeth - Rust in Peace

At 5/12/14 09:47 AM, Indeks wrote: Really nice one i listend to Megadeth-Rust in peace and it was awesome
here is one you should listen to JudasPriest-Painkiller

Megadeth is old, but JudasPriest is really old school medal. Very nice.

Chuck Schuldiner would have been 47 today.

RIP, brother.

Anyone else here hear the new Mastodon song Chimes At Midnight?
Listening to it now and I like it a lot more than High Road. The quality isn't super great because at the moment it's only available as fan recorded footage from shows they've played it at.

Got my copies of
Windhand - Soma
and
Red Fang - Whales & Leeches
in the mail finally. I was almost a month since I initially ordered em so woo! They were supposed to be here about a week or so ago but Relapse's warehouse misplaced my order.....they did something similar when I pre-ordered my copy of Yellow & Green. But in that instance they accidentally sent my copy to someone else and sent me a new copy to replace the one I was supposed to get.

Anyone here listens to Lamb Of God? If not you should check out there album "Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake - Full Album"