new rule: if you don't vote 5 for everything Star Syndicate I will cast you out

lmao

At 7/8/06 08:51 PM, duffeknol wrote: new rule: if you don't vote 5 for everything Star Syndicate I will cast you out

lmao

Good thing I'm already out, cuz I've zero-voted more SS flashes than chicks Gene Simmons has slept with.

Could anyone recommend some good metal / metalcore (even though its not really talked about in here) instrumentals?

At 7/9/06 01:03 AM, _Jambi_ wrote:

At 7/8/06 08:51 PM, duffeknol wrote: new rule: if you don't vote 5 for everything Star Syndicate I will cast you out

lmao

Well I guess I'm out then.

Yeah me too. =[ Bye

At 7/9/06 01:30 AM, CowsCanBark wrote:

At 7/8/06 08:51 PM, duffeknol wrote: new rule: if you don't vote 5 for everything Star Syndicate I will cast you out

Yeah me too. =[ Bye

You suck, Duffy.

There's a new Belphegor album on it's way, the guys just need a new label to publish it. Can't wait to hear what these freaks are up to

At 7/9/06 12:08 AM, LamboFactor wrote: Could anyone recommend some good metal / metalcore (even though its not really talked about in here) instrumentals?

Metallica - Orion
Metallica - The Call Of Ktulu
In Flames - Man Made God
Dream Theater - Erotomania
Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons - its not instrumental, but its like 18 minutes of instrumental/5 minutes of vocals.
Opeth - Madrigal - Short but sweet.
Opeth - Epilogue
Devin Townsend - Vampolka (WIN!)

Thats all I have, but check out bands like Dream Theater and guitar virtuosos like Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Angelo Batio.
And John Petrucci's Dream Theater side project: The Liquid Tension Experiment - I've never heard them yet, but I can imagine they're rather good.

Since you're all listing your CDs, I may as well list mine (excluding nu metal, metalcore and artists with genres like that):

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (Whenever it gets delivered to my door, which should be today or tomorrow)
Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?
Cradle of Filth - Damnation and a Day
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine
DragonForce - Valley of the Damned
DragonForce - Sonic Firestorm
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory
Fear Factory - Soul of a New Machine
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Fear Factory - Digimortal
Fear Factory - Archetype
HammerFall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden - The X Factor
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empires
Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What!
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Megadeth - Youthanasia
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - ...And Justice for All
Metallica - Metallica
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Rhapsody - Rain of a Thousand Flames
Sepultura - Roots

However, I have tons more CDs to try and get.

At 7/7/06 12:48 PM, -Casualty- wrote:

*Arch Enemy - (Melodic) Death Metal

they suck

But WHYYYYYY!?

I don't like Arch Enemy much. They're ok, just not a very interesting band to me. I'm probably not listening to some other songs of theirs. And the vocal, she sounds like she's gurgling water. XP I probably should give them another listen to.

At 7/9/06 08:05 AM, Bahamut- wrote: Since you're all listing your CDs, I may as well list mine (excluding nu metal, metalcore and artists with genres like that):
Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empires
Sepultura - Roots

You forgot to exclude those 2. both albums are Nu-Metal.

At 7/9/06 12:18 PM, Kronik_The_Hedgehog wrote: You forgot to exclude those 2. both albums are Nu-Metal.

I don't know about Through the Ashes of Empires, but Roots, I do agree with it being nu metal, but it's the only Sepultura album I have so far. :| I've heard the older Sepulutura albums are better, so I will try and get those albums soon.

i haven't posted for a while, but i just bought the new Ministry (Rio Grande Blood) and i preordered a the new Strapping Young Lad album (The New Black).

Rio Grande Blood is probably one of Ministry's Most Metal and Least Industrial albums ever released. Now there is a guitar solo in 80% of the songs, and Tommy Victor has some interesting riffs to add to the sound. Although i have some qualms with Joey Jordinson (Slipknot *vomits*) being the drummer. Otherwise it's a pretty good album.

JULY 11th Will be the best day of my life (and i'm going to ozzfest where SYL will be there, although too many metalcore and mallcore bands will be there)

At 7/9/06 12:28 PM, Bahamut- wrote: I don't know about Through the Ashes of Empires, but Roots, I do agree with it being nu metal, but it's the only Sepultura album I have so far. :| I've heard the older Sepultura albums are better, so I will try and get those albums soon.

Well, you can blame Road Runner Records for Sepultura's Roots Album, and Machine Head's Nu-Metal albums. Every Metal band that Has a road Runner record label is forced to do that.

At 7/9/06 01:53 PM, Kronik_The_Hedgehog wrote: Well, you can blame Road Runner Records for Sepultura's Roots Album, and Machine Head's Nu-Metal albums. Every Metal band that Has a road Runner record label is forced to do that.

They gayed up Opeth too.

At 7/9/06 02:03 PM, -Nev- wrote:

At 7/9/06 01:53 PM, Kronik_The_Hedgehog wrote: Well, you can blame Road Runner Records for Sepultura's Roots Album, and Machine Head's Nu-Metal albums. Every Metal band that Has a road Runner record label is forced to do that.

They gayed up Opeth too.

Yeah, very true, and their responsible for the abomination that is COAL CHAMBER.

At 7/9/06 02:21 PM, -Hellraiser- wrote: music in general is slowly going downhill, metal is getting weaker and weaker and bands are getting either gayer or becoming more political. fuck, the music industy pisses me off.

Music's far too much a broad area to be able to say its all going downhill.

Mainstream is going down hill for sure, but theres still some great things happening - mainly in the Prog area (Mars Volta, Tool, Coheed)... but thats not for this place.

And if metal is going downhill; Devin will save us!

At 6/30/06 10:21 AM, Goatchrist wrote: Hey guys, I've been to sportweek with school, so I wasn't here. How are you doing?

My gig is TODAY. I'm nervous and my soundcheck is in 50 minutes. We play at 8:30 local time. Wish me luck!

youll be fine. belive in oyur self, thats all.no realy dont get your self nervous then youll mess up. so just dont think just play.

They gayed up Opeth too.

Yeah, very true, and their responsible for the abomination that is COAL CHAMBER.

wait is that a good thing or a bad thing.

I started liking Annihilator even though I don't like thrash metal. Wtf.

At 7/9/06 05:24 PM, lamehorse wrote: I started liking Annihilator even though I don't like thrash metal. Wtf.

Well, they sound pretty unique to me, that's probably why you like them :)

At 7/9/06 04:31 PM, DnX_Danefex wrote: wait is that a good thing or a bad thing.

Its awful. Opeth are great.

At 7/9/06 05:24 PM, lamehorse wrote: I started liking Annihilator even though I don't like thrash metal. Wtf.

You like SYL, they're part thrash.

At 7/9/06 06:06 PM, -Nev- wrote: You like SYL, they're part thrash.

@_@

I never knew, I thought they were pure industrial. I suck.

At 7/9/06 06:09 PM, lamehorse wrote:

At 7/9/06 06:06 PM, -Nev- wrote: You like SYL, they're part thrash.

@_@

I never knew, I thought they were pure industrial. I suck.

Hell yeh you fucking suck.

At 7/9/06 06:10 PM, -Nev- wrote:

At 7/9/06 06:09 PM, lamehorse wrote:

At 7/9/06 06:06 PM, -Nev- wrote: You like SYL, they're part thrash.

@_@

I never knew, I thought they were pure industrial. I suck.

Hell yeh you fucking suck.

bah, that song is lame, ruined the New Black for me.

For those of you who haven't seen...

Niko Kaartinen of Finland's Imperiumi webzine recently conducted an interview with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend. A few excerpts from the chat follow (translated from Finnish by Mike Portnoy forum member "tommidt"):

Imperiumi: "The New Black" is STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's fifth and final record for Century Media. Is this the last record of SYL's career?

Devin: "I hope so. I believe so. I signed a five-album deal with Century Media and this is now the fifth. There you have five records; they are very happy with that and I've done my job. Next! (laughs)"

Imperiumi: What did the Century Media people think when you told them that you were going to take rest of the year off to be with your family? Wouldn't this be the best time to promote SYL [seeing as you have a new record coming out]?

Devin: "Well, this might get me in trouble, but I couldn't care less. Should I be on tour while I have a newborn baby at home? My wife is pregnant, so should I be far from home drinking booze and pretending that I care about heavy metal? In how many different ways I can say that I don't care? In how many ways I can say that I'm through with this thing? I said I'd make five records, [and] I did them. We are now doing a European tour, playing some big shows. Fine. We'll do Ozzfest; those are big shows too. We don't need anything else, in my opinion. . . You can keep 'The New Black', I don't care anymore. Keep the rights to the band, do what you want. I don't care anymore, and I think it is just stupid. The manager, the band and record company look at me now just like I am the enemy, because I feel this way. But what can you do? You can't just keep going like this anymore. I have done this for a several years now."

Imperiumi: But still, it is about your life. You want to be able to control it.

Devin: "Exactly, if you are not able to control it, you are wasted. You'll end up being a junkie or an alcoholic who ends up cheating your wife. Or you'll end up a fake rock star, thinking you actually are one."

Imperiumi: Is the the gap between SYL and your solo material becoming closer?

Devin: "It feels like I'm less and less angry all the time. Even THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND will put out softer stuff in the future, so the SYL material feels even harder now compared to my solo material. My next recordings will probably be something like this (points out the beautiful nature of Finland's Provinssirock festival), something [representing] beautiful scenery. Beautiful things. I don't have to be hard/tough (heavy) anymore. I'm 34 years old, I'm already old."

Imperiumi: How do you want SYL to be remembered?

Devin: "As a big middle finger! How else?"

Imperiumi: Does Gene (Hoglan, SYL drummer) know yet that this is the last record?

Devin: "Umm... I don't know. I don't think anyone knows that. I just HOPE this is the last one, because I don't have anything to say with this band anymore. Who knows what the future will bring? Now I just hope that I can do other things."

At 7/9/06 06:17 PM, lamehorse wrote: bah, that song is lame, ruined the New Black for me.

I like it. I doubt its meant to be anything more than a cheap filler. Its a still great laugh though.

At 7/9/06 06:51 PM, -Hellraiser- wrote: Hatebreed

Lol

At 7/9/06 06:51 PM, -Hellraiser- wrote: i recently found out about these bands which i think are pretty good.

Deicide

Deicide are fucking ace, I proudly wear a Deicide patch on my jacket's left breastpocket, kickass songs.

Greatest picture ever!

At 7/9/06 08:46 PM, -Nev- wrote: Greatest picture ever!

zOMG t3h lolz!!!

well, ok i think i'll join.

hair metal rules all

motley crue is the best

their best song is shout at the devil.

w00t, I'm in hell