They had 2 NYC dates on this tour and I went to the first one. This chick I went there with had quite a few drinks and kept asking me, "Why are you so cute?"

Besides the pure thrashiness of the show itself (this was one of the few shows where I watched from above and wasn't in the pit), I want to briefly go back to the girl, who at the time I saw for a few months. I already am cute but I guess it's even more obvious when you're wasted.

We fooled around a bit in the back of a cab, went to my place (but not before I rang someone else by accident)...the rest is history.

It's been a while since I posted in here, so here's a KMFDM song for shits and giggles.

I've been seeing a lot of memes in the various metal shitposting groups I'm in on Facebook about Oxygen Destroyer. So I went to check them out. Holy crap, they rule. Do yourself a favour and also check them out.

On power metal kick yet again, heres some all time classics

Fun fact: I caught a drumstick during Falconer's set at Wacken 2015. Ended up slipping and falling in the mud, but it was 100% worth it. It is my most prized object I've ever come away with at a concert. Mainly because of where I got it.

Oh hey. Time to post a couple songs, because metal is fun.

Gonna mix up metal and opera with this adaptation from Madame Butterfly that still captures the sadness and longing that the original aria has. It's an absolutely beautiful song.

And now some symphonic stuff from Skalmold that is just awesome.

I really do miss being able to go to the symphony or opera. Hopefully I can get back again soon. If you've never been, you owe it to yourself to go at least once.

Video below isnt opera, but I do love it when bands get a full orchestra type thingy for their performances

Love this performance to bits,

Also, I've tried searching for videos of Nightwish performing with a full orchestra, to my surprise I havnt found any :/

this was the thing that got me into metal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIeVnN9cFmw&ab_channel=Bloodbath-Topic

Power metal lends itself very well to an orchestral accompaniment.

Then of course, there's stuff like Apocalyptica's Metallica by Four Cellos. I was lucky enough to see it performed live back in 2017 and it was amazing. Even my non-metal liking wife went with me and enjoyed it. You haven't lived until you've seen Battery performed on a cello.

Talk about jumping into the deep end lol. I dig Bloodbath, but don't really know too much about them apart from the random song that pops up on either my Spotify or YouTube feeds. I did see them live once, but it was at a festival and I wasn't really paying too much attention at the time.

Because we're supposed to get hit with a snowstorm tonight

How do I join the clan.

I'd recommend you give Romanian band "Phoenix" a try.

If you're looking for some Lorraine, Blind Guardian is the band you're looking for. They have an entire album basically narrating the events of the Silmarilion, kind of like a musical.

A lot of the time, those of us in the metal community tend to take ourselves and the music way too seriously. I'm looking at you, "TRVE KVLT" black metal fans.

Happily though, there are some bands that absolutely do not take themselves too seriously and try to have a bit of fun. My favourite example of this is Arnocorps. They're a band that sings only about Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. Shockingly, they're not the only Arnold themed band out there with Austrian Death Machine also proving that you can't keep a weird idea down. Personally, I prefer Arnocorps to Austrian Death Machine, but I suppose that's a matter of personal preference.

Anyway, here are two fantastically hilarious songs from Arnocorps to lighten your day.

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Oh please, just post. Who cares about the old routine anymore?

Agree. Metalheads make it too much of an identity thing and the gatekeeping gets silly.

That riffage is pretty sweet for such a goofy idea. Speaking of Commando, I made this stupid shit which people seemed to like. I LIED!

Cool of you to keep this thread alive, 'Tato.

Not metal per se but RIP Meatloaf

https://youtu.be/C11MzbEcHlw

Sometimes, you just want a silly, over the top power metal song. Today is one of those days.

Hey I'd like to join! Including some subgenres too.

I like Iron Maiden, Metallica, Sielunvihollinen, Cannibal Corpse, Slayer, System of a Down, Korn, Black Sabbath, Rammstein, Slipknot, and Imperial Circus Dead Decadence.

Welcome! Post metal, have fun!

Never heard them before. From checking out a song on Spotify, they seem pretty interesting.

Japanese symphonic power/death metal? Hell yeah.

Hell yeah man! Thanks :D I've never been in a club beforeee...so what do I do do I just post on here?

That's all there is to it. Just talk about heavy metal or post videos. Easy peasy.

So the other day when I was listening to that Dragonland song, I got thinking about concept albums. It's kind of a rare thing to come across in the metal world. Dragonland is actually a great example as they've released two concept albums that follow the same story. Probably the most famous concept album is Tommy from The Who.

But we're not here to talk about famous stuff. Nah, we gotta go a bit more obscure. Did you know that Christmas stalwarts, Trans-Siberian Orchestra released a concept album about Beethoven matching wits with the devil over his unfinished Tenth Symphony? It exists, it's awesome and is one of my favourite albums.

I give you, Beethoven's Last Night. I would kill to see a stage production of this.

Another great concept album is Jomsviking by Amon Amarth. The Way of Vikings owns super hard.

Sweet, will do!

Can anyone tell me more about this? I found this while google image searching “king diamond andy laroque” I’m guessing it’s the cover to a old tab book or something in that vein. Whatever it is, I want to know more about it. A, I love King Diamond. B, it’s just a glorious image. C, the title makes this so much better.

Googling “In the gothic mode by danny mccue” didn’t get me anything. The Pinterest page the image linked to just had it in a subcategory of “promotional material” and “training” (not that I know how to use Pinterest). Reverse image searching just gave me the Pinterest link again. Figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask around. I apologize if there’s something simple I could’ve done.

After some cursory Google and Amazon searching, I also couldn't really find anything about the book. I agree that it does look like a guitar tab or practice book. Hell, I couldn't even really find anything about Danny McCue.

Though I did find this hilarious IMDB link to a Hulk Hogan movie that some guy named Danny McCue was in, so I guess not all is lost.

The Secret Agent Club

Never say I don't give you guys anything

Sometimes, bands or artists get tired of doing the same thing over and over. To scratch the itch of wanting to do something new and outside of their established band and without alienating their fanbase, they form side projects. Whether it be a member of band going solo, starting their own band or even the band itself doing something new, side projects are always interesting.

One of my favourite side projects unfortunately didn't last too long. Back in the mid 90's, Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera (who has done more side projects than anyone, I think) created Nailbomb. Nailbomb only released one studio album, 1994's Point Blank, but holy shit does it rule.

In 2007, Rammstein guitarist Richard Kruspe decided he wanted to do something a bit different and gave us Emigrate. He still retained some of the Neue Deutsche Harte sound, but created something completely apart from Rammstein. In Rammstein's latest albums (LIFAD and Rammstein), you can actually hear Richard's Emigrate influence coming through. Which is neat.

Yo guys, you are hella active!

Just read Tom Fulp's name in a near-ancient e-mail in my inbox, so I thought I should come back after a while and ask:

What's up people? Welcome to the new guys around here lately, cool to see that there's still interest in heavy music around this place.

For music news, check out this melodic black metal band from Germany, a pretty awesome debut album right here: