So I've gotten my cd and vinyl copies of the new Red Fang album.

I don't know how exactly to describe it but outside of the few songs they've officially released prior to the full album release I don't really "feel it" after listening through it a couple of times. There are a few tracks that feel like they could either be trimmed down and added to another track or just taken off and it wouldn't change a ton about the album but make it flow a little better. Like the first track doesn't need to be there at all but it flows into the second track. You could cut it in half, take out the weird vocals, then add it onto track two and it would be better overall.

For sure, Down Among the Dead Men is banger of an album. Loved it coz they based on the mythology that inspired the Slaine comics. Found out about this band through Slaine actually which is no surprise haha.

But yeah, for me it's that album and Hardworlder that really sealed the deal for me.

Again, going off Slough Feg, check out this fucking insane line up.

I wish I could go, but alas, getting to the US is quite the mission for me haha

I'd probably put a good bit of this line up in my top 25 lol

So, it looks like my first post-covid concert will be in November. Judas Priest and Sabaton? That's a good way to return. I just hope Halford's voice is better than the last time I saw him in 2015.

And confirmed to be seeing Priest/Sabaton. Going with a metal friend of mine (we've seen way too many concerts together) and my Sabaton fan dad. Here's hoping it actually happens.

It's been out for a few days and I can't get enough out of it. Helloween'a new album with the reunion lineup really knew what to do and there I was fearing all along this was gonna be overhyped. Luckily that's not the case with all the songs showing passion and energy and the band really giving it all they can.

I'm willing to go as far as saying this is their best work since the Keepers albums and easily my album of the year. 🤘🤘

The artwork is fucking rad as well. Will probably give the album a spin sooner or later

This might not be strictly related to Metal, but some subgenres of Prog Rock might fit pretty well with the metalheads. I've been obsessed with the genre since early 2010s, and one of my treasured finds (and one that I believe will retroactively blow up in the future) is the Zeuhl subgenre, kickstarted in the early 70s by a band named Magma, and whose band leader (the drummer Christian Vander) codified many of the Zeuhl tropes - such as singing/jaz scatting in a made up language (to which he named Kobaian) , heavy Jazz and Opera references (Vander himself was heavily inspired by John Coltrane and Carl Orff). Mainly known in the French underground, Magma still managed to get some big names in the fandom, such as Johnny Rotten and the snooker John Davis. It's also probably one of the few Rock bands in the world to have been invited in both Jazz and Metal events!

And with that said, Here's their most famous work (a live version if it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obbb29GqzM0&t=131s

On an unrelated note: I would LOVE to see a Magma themed Friday Night Funkin mod. considering the amount of Kobaian jazz scatting in his work, it should be easy to pick up his best lines to implement in-game. Here's the best song eligable for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfprrYtvzRI

Ayo, I hope it's alright to post this here.

Did this illustration for a swedish band called 'Pain Divine' for their new single 'Evil I am' which just came out.

I'd sorta describe their music as thrash with a lot of OG swedish melodeath sprinkled all over it.

I legit was pretty excited to work with these guys after listening to a few of their songs. They have that classic melodeath feel, i'd recommend them for people who like In flames(early), gates of ishtar, at the gates, desultory, etc.

Don't die Metal Hell! This is the greatest thread on the internet!

Was listening to In the Nightside Eclipse by Emperor last night and started getting so much nostalgia.

I'm no musician but My favorite band of all time is Iron Maiden and I mainly listen to other bands like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Motor Head, Rob Zombie and the like.

To think it's not long until I'm seeing bands play on stage again. Come Wednesday I'll be heading to Bloodstock with a fair number of bands I want to see despite how much the line-up had to change due to travel restrictions. In any case, Devin Townsend, Kreator and Judas Priest make three fine headliner choices for sure! 🤘🤘

I'd like to see Kreator again. Last saw them when they played here in New Zealand with Vader a few years back. First time concert that blew out my ears haha, and the wall of death was insane.

Also glad good ol Rob Halford still kickin it on stage :]

I could have posted this slightly earlier but...

https://youtu.be/V462IsOV3js

Thoughts? I'm impressed. They all still have it in them. I hope their upcoming Brooklyn concert doesn't turn into a COVID super spreader event, especially of Delta or another dominant variant of that time period. You just never know these days.

It was my first time seeing Kreator and two words came to mind: Extreme aggression! I got caught in the wall of death twice with the first one against my own will as I was trying to finish off my beer. 😂

Well made up seeing them as well as Devin and Priest who both I have seen previously but always a treat to see them. Best set of headliners I've seen to date!

He still did a really good job given his age. A 2 hour set list was justified and was filled with goodies including first ever played songs live (One Shot at Glory and Invader) and songs not played in decades.

So far I'm liking this. Hope the rest of the album holds up well as I've found post-Portnoy Dream Theater to have been hit and miss. Not bad, just not quite as gripping as anything beforehand, although self-titled is a still well made album.

Hard to say with any upcoming potential troubling variants but I have been hearing from last weekend's events of a fair number of positive tests. Just can't be 100% Covid secure even with vaccine notes and negative test proofs. I still went while accepting to myself the potential risks.

I had a ticket to see Gojira again spring of 2020 with Deftones which I also love but the show was pushed to this last weekend because of covid. Not bad timing being the weekend of my birthday, but it got pushed yet another year to march 2022. Probably for the best, though. I just met this drummer and his girl who both had caught covid from a show despite getting vaccinated.

Still super hooked on Obscure Sphinx. They're a favorite now. Intronaut, too, probably. Such good rhythm. Been real into Lord Mantis lately. New to me as far as metal is Vokonis. Not always in the mood for metal, though.

Wow, Kai Hansen is back. I ought to check it out. Used to be huge into them as a kid. Walls of Jericho was always my favorite.

I'm digging it. Didn't even know about it, honestly.

hey metalheads i'm trying to listen to more bands, what are the best? i listen to rammstein.

Your taste of music can't be predicted only by one band that can be listened even if you don't really like metal music

Here are some bands I could suggest "blindly":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeqGuaAl6Ic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZm4zseMok0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTYIR75kEEc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSuyuVEHby8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyLOw29VJIA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8ZqFlw6hYg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG3JZ5vGJsk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEqsfYLRqDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOZX-lhwcTg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joj7U1S-sT4

Sorta things came in my mind when I thought on the style of Rammstein

I love the songs. Thanks :D

Any time :P <3

You could also venture down the Neue Deutsche Harte rabbit hole for similar German bands.

Because I'm a melodeath dork, a day where there's new Insomnium is a good day.

Sweet classic :3

I can't wait to listen to the whole album

A friend of mine sent this over to me. Synthwave and power metal? Hell yeah, this owns.

Kinda cool band I like it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N4tXf3Ensw

Beast in Black have a really infectious energy to pretty much all their songs that I always found appealing. These aren't hugely similar in terms of instrumentation or anything, but they do sort of vaguely remind me of BiB in that they have quite a fun & upbeat tone:

I've seen Unleash the Archers live. They're a good time.

And in new music today, we have 1914's newest release about Messines Ridge, "Pillars of Fire". They're more or less "what if Sabaton, but death metal?" which I dig. The Blind Leading the Blind was a god damn amazing album.

And for the melodeath enthusiasts among us, new Omnium Gatherum today too!

At first when I heard them I thought the singer is a woman :P

This is more psychedelic/stoner metal, but I still really enjoy it. Purson was sorely underrated. I saw them open for Ghost a few years ago and greatly enjoyed them.

Speaking of bands I miss, here's Quo Vadis with the absolutely phenomenal "Silence Calls the Storm". Sad I never got to see them live.

Yeah...I know I went in two completely separate directions here, but whatever. Both songs rule.