[Mr. Sandman]

Apparently after Metallica films their 3D movie in Vancouver, all of their new stage set-up is going into storage for several years. I was hoping they would do a wide tour with it all.

[HammerOfThor]

That sucks! So was I :'(

[MetalGuardian]

I'm finally moving ahead with my metal website, and I now need a logo. I've never commissioned anything like this before, so I don't really know where to begin. Does anybody know of a good place that does well-designed logo for a reasonable price? What I'm looking for isn't very elaborate or large, so I'm hoping it won't cost too much.

[SpartanForce]

Baroness involved in tour bus crash in England. http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/08/15...our-bus-crash/ Hopefully the injuries aren't serious.

I hope Baizley recovers soon.

[spink]

Apparently after Metallica films their 3D movie in Vancouver, all of their new stage set-up is going into storage for several years. I was hoping they would do a wide tour with it all.

they should put themselves in storage while they're at it

[beyond_death]

been bumping a heap of Blut aus Nord lately This fucking track right here

Such an amazing band. Procession of the Dead Clowns is probably one of the most amazing things I've ever heard.

[cacophony]

The Chariot - in

I fucking love this band

[DieNgamers]

So Matt Pike is out of rehab, Sleep release an awesome promo photo hinting at...something? High on Fire announce a few dates in Australia...so maybe there will be european gigs soon? :O Good times to be a fan! :) There's also a bad-ass official new video for their song "Fertile Green":



>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq1gb...layer_embedded

[spink]

that Sleep picture is awesome.

[Ixion]

Ixion, please keep doing your mini reviews! It's interesting seeing someone on a metal journey discovering new albums, and your format is compact and digestible. I'm thoroughly enjoying them.

Indeed! Please join me on my quest, as I travel through the forests of Black Metal...




the mountains of Power Metal...




the oceans of Post-Metal...




the factories of Industrial Metal...




the underworld of Death Metal...




the deserts of Stoner Metal...




the malls of Metalcore...




and beyond!

[PushingButtons]

Terrible news about Baroness. Satan, drugs, women are all doable. The tour bus is the true enemy of metal. ALSO: I saw Agalloch on their L.A. date. Man, these guys are great live. I don't know why, but I was surprised at how fucking tight and energetic they were.

I was at the gig too, and it was probably the best performance I've seen them put on in the 5 times I've seen them.

[DrM]

I just discovered Korpiklaani. They have a song about Vodka, a song about Tequila, and a song about Pints of Beer. They are awesome.

Best band for wild drinking parties

[Melchiah]

I dunno how many are interested in these, but here's a load of old & rare pics of (in)famous Black Metal figures.


Dead/MayheM




Fenriz/Darkthrone


Aldrahn & Vicotnik/Dodheimsgard in the front, Shagrath/Dimmu Borgir in the back.



Blasphemy (Black Winds in the latter pic)





Quorthon/Bathory


Ihsahn/Emperor


Arioch/Funeral Mist (Mortuus/Marduk)


Euronymoys & Dead/MayheM (when Dead's dead)



Euronymous/MayheM & Vikernes/Burzum

[jmdajr]

Indeed! Please join me on my quest, as I travel through the forests of Black Metal... the mountains of Power Metal... the oceans of Post-Metal... the factories of Industrial Metal... the underworld of Death Metal... the deserts of Stoner Metal... the malls of Metalcore... and beyond!

Nice Post

[Giant Robot]

Indeed! Please join me on my quest, as I travel through the forests of Black Metal... the mountains of Power Metal... the oceans of Post-Metal... the factories of Industrial Metal... the underworld of Death Metal... the deserts of Stoner Metal... the malls of Metalcore... and beyond!

great post, but you forgot Thrash Metal!

[blahness]

live stream of Vektor starting in a few minutes

http://livedetroit.tv/mobile/RitzMobile.html

[Gr1mLock]

To celebrate Randy's release from prison I marathoned through LOG's records in chronological order.

[Flynn]

I was at the gig too, and it was probably the best performance I've seen them put on in the 5 times I've seen them.

Nice. I'm trying to up my metal show attendance in LA. I ALMOST went to see Agalloch that time they played in Long Beach but it was raining pretty hard.

[blahness]

New Tombs song "Ashes"

http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=...w_artwork=true

[vatstep]

Fuck yes! Sunn O))) just added a Boston show to their east coast tour. I'm psyched now. It's gonna be at this really cool, old theatre — the atmosphere should be amazing.

[Giant Robot]

Fuck yes! Sunn O))) just added a Boston show to their east coast tour. I'm psyched now. It's gonna be at this really cool, old theatre — the atmosphere should be amazing.

I'm kicking myself for not going to the show they did at the "haunted" restaurant/hotel here a few years ago.

[Mr. Sandman]

Fuck yes! Sunn O))) just added a Boston show to their east coast tour. I'm psyched now. It's gonna be at this really cool, old theatre — the atmosphere should be amazing.

I'm still not sure if I want to see Sunn 0))) live. I don't know if I could listen to their music for that long, but it would surely be a hell of an experience.

[Flynn]

Fuck yes! Sunn O))) just added a Boston show to their east coast tour. I'm psyched now. It's gonna be at this really cool, old theatre — the atmosphere should be amazing.

Atmosphere is a huge contributor. When a saw the Altar show they did it at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. They lit the theater so that it looked like pitch darkness behind their amps, like the band was playing on the edge of an abyss and that they were channeling the sound of that abyss out into the crowd. At least that's where my mind went with it.

[Spectacular Dr Dawg]

pics

Great pics.

Blasphemy are badasses haha.



Best black metal pics award goes to Masters Hammer.

[choodi]

New Katatonia is good. I've only listened to it a couple of times, but it is giving me good vibes.

Only problem so far is that there doesn't seem to be any "standout" tracks, which might make it less likely for me to go back to after the initial rush.

[Greg]

New Katatonia is good. I've only listened to it a couple of times, but it is giving me good vibes. Only problem so far is that there doesn't seem to be any "standout" tracks, which might make it less likely for me to go back to after the initial rush.

If you loved Night Is the New Day, this one will grow on you as well.

There aren't too many standout guitar moments, so it all falls on the vocal arrangements and the programming/keyboards (a lot which isn't that apparent considering the quality of the rip that's out isn't great).

[choodi]

My favourite is Viva Emptiness, but this album is pretty good. Will definitely be purchasing.

[Ixion]

Saw this posted on another forum...

This is the situation. There's a beautiful princess trapped in a castle guarded by a dragon. Here's the end of the story with different kinds of metallers... POWER METAL: The protagonist arrives riding a white unicorn, escapes from the dragon, saves the princess, and makes love to her in an enchanted forest. THRASH METAL: The protagonist arrives, fights the dragon, saves the princess, and fucks her. HEAVY METAL: The protagonist arrives on a Harley Davidson bike, kills the dragon, drinks some beers, and fucks the princess. FOLK METAL: The protagonist arrives with some friends playing acordeons, violins, flutes and many other weird instruments, the dragon falls sleep (by all the dancing), then everyone leaves....without the princess. VIKING METAL: The protagonist arrives in a ship, kills the dragon with his migthy axe, cooks and eats it, rapes the princess to death, steals everything in the castle, and burns the whole place before leaving. DEATH METAL: The protagonist arrives, kills the dragon, fucks the princess, kills her, and then leaves. BLACK METAL: The protagonist arrives at midnight, kills the dragon and impales it in front of the castle. Then he sodomizes the princess, drinks her blood in a ritual before killing her, and then impales her as well. GOREGRIND: The protagonist arrives, kills the dragon, spreads its guts in the front of the castle, fucks the princess, and kills her. Then he fucks the dead body, slashes her belly and eats her guts.....then he fucks the carcass for the third time, burns the corpse and fucks it for the last time. DOOM METAL: The protagonist arrives, sees the size of the dragon and thinks he could never beat him. Then he gets depressed and commits suicide. The dragon eats his body and the princess as well. PROGRESSIVE METAL: The protagonist arrives with a guitar and plays a solo for 26 minutes, the dragon kills himself out of boredom, the protagonist arrives at the princess' bedroom, plays another solo, the princess escapes looking for the Heavy Metal protagonist. GLAM METAL: The protagonist arrives, the dragon laughs at his appearence and lets him enter. He steals the princess' make-up and tries to paint the castle in a beautiful pink color.

[HammerOfThor]

Saw this posted on another forum...

Those are awesome.

[Schobeleth]

Saw this posted on another forum...

First time posting in OT, figured it should be something I love, possibly even more than gaming - METAL. I remember reading/seeing something similar to that somewhere else as well, I love the stereotypes that are associated with various sub-genres of metal.

I primarily listen to progressive, orchestral and industrial but I tend to switch genres way too much. I also love doom, death, power hell even glam and 80s junk. My favorite person from the metal scene is most definitely this guy though:



I was curious what your guys' thoughts on him were, if you're enjoying his newer stuff or not. I'm still debating on whether or not I preorder all the junk for his upcoming album.

[jmdajr]

So I got this amazon coupon.
3.00 off any 5.99+ mp3 album.

Any recommendations welcome!

[Mr. Sandman]

So guys......



This is happening November 6th.

[Gr1mLock]

First time posting in OT, figured it should be something I love, possibly even more than gaming - METAL. I remember reading/seeing something similar to that somewhere else as well, I love the stereotypes that are associated with various sub-genres of metal. I primarily listen to progressive, orchestral and industrial but I tend to switch genres way too much. I also love doom, death, power hell even glam and 80s junk. My favorite person from the metal scene is most definitely this guy though: I was curious what your guys' thoughts on him were, if you're enjoying his newer stuff or not. I'm still debating on whether or not I preorder all the junk for his upcoming album.

I tried really hard to get into his stuff and i just couldn't . Something just doesn't click with me. Addicted felt like an industrial pop record. There wasn't much to sink your teeth into.

[Fxp]

So guys...... http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...02824161_n.jpg This is happening November 6th.

Yay, new album!!! And Witchcraft is releasing new album this year as well (most anticipated by me).

[Ixion]

First time posting in OT, figured it should be something I love, possibly even more than gaming - METAL. I remember reading/seeing something similar to that somewhere else as well, I love the stereotypes that are associated with various sub-genres of metal. I primarily listen to progressive, orchestral and industrial but I tend to switch genres way too much. I also love doom, death, power hell even glam and 80s junk. My favorite person from the metal scene is most definitely this guy though: I was curious what your guys' thoughts on him were, if you're enjoying his newer stuff or not. I'm still debating on whether or not I preorder all the junk for his upcoming album.

I've only listened to Strapping Young Lad so far (as you can tell from my album reviews), and I really enjoy that band, but I haven't gotten around to the solo stuff yet. I will soon!

[Charmicarmicat]

I tried really hard to get into his stuff and i just couldn't . Something just doesn't click with me. Addicted felt like an industrial pop record. There wasn't much to sink your teeth into.

That was the point of Addicted in a way though. It works well in context to the four albums it was a part of. Is that the only album you checked out? If so I would recommend Ocean Machine and Infinity, some really amazing stuff there.

[strafer]

I say damn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ocJ5...layer_embedded

[HammerOfThor]

I say damn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ocJ5...layer_embedded

Its nice to know this still master whatever covers they do.

I can't wait to here the Dio cover the do.

[Gr1mLock]

That was the point of Addicted in a way though. It works well in context to the four albums it was a part of. Is that the only album you checked out? If so I would recommend Ocean Machine and Infinity, some really amazing stuff there.

I listened to Ocean Machine but not infinity. I still have the same lukewarm feelings about it. I think i just don't like industrial.

[Mr. Sandman]

October 16th :)

[Schobeleth]

I listened to Ocean Machine but not infinity. I still have the same lukewarm feelings about it. I think i just don't like industrial.

From what I've read/heard, people tend to either love Devy's work or hate it. His style really does vary from album to album it seems, especially with his solo work - case in point are the "Band" albums versus the "Project" albums.

I tend to think the DTB albums are way more orchestral/progressive, while DTP albums tend to be more concept albums IMO. Addicted was definitely meant to have a pop-y sound while Deconstruction generally kind of sounds really eclectic and crazy. Epiccloud is supposed to be heavy but with lyrics and themes typically not associated with heavy stuff.

Overall I think his style has always been wacky and eclectic, it's just been a lot less depressive and cynical since the SYL days (back when he did a lot of stuff..), which I personally love. I can't wait for Epiccloud and eventually Ziltoid 2. If it isn't obvious, I absolutely love Devy:


(That's me and him)

[Flynn]

So guys...... This is happening November 6th.

Excellent news!

[Flynn]

There's about 100+ hard rock and metal records on sale for $5 at Amazon. Some weird stuff in there if you dig.

[HammerOfThor]

WTF is this real?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqM3Z3rWlAI

[Mr. Sandman]

WTF is this real? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqM3Z3rWlAI

Sadly yes. I had successfully forgotten about that till now. Thanks.

However, this new Metallica cover of Deep Purple is also real:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APIY8...layer_embedded

and it is good.

[MetalGuardian]

There's about 100+ hard rock and metal records on sale for $5 at Amazon. Some weird stuff in there if you dig.

Between finding out that I can now purchase Disturb's masterpiece 10,000 Fists for a Lincoln...

WTF is this real? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqM3Z3rWlAI

... and hearing this funky gem for the first time, I can now hang up my metal hat and get out of the game. I've seen the pinnacle, and that's all I'll ever need.

[Mr. Sandman]

There's about 100+ hard rock and metal records on sale for $5 at Amazon. Some weird stuff in there if you dig.

If you like Doom, I recommend Attention Deficit Domination.

[MetalGuardian]

Hey, cool



"[Silverthorn] will also be their third concept album, based on a story about a little girl who dies at the hands of her twin brothers."

I just found out about this minutes ago. Releasing in October

Poetry for the Poisoned was enjoyable, and I'm anxious to see the new direction of the band now that Khan is gone

[Mr. Sandman]

Concept album you say?

I'm always up for a good concept album.

[RDreamer]

Heard the new Devin Townsend Project album, Epicloud. He put up commentary with the album playing in full onto youtube yesterday and I listened twice. It was neat hearing him talk about everything while listening. The album itself is amazing. Simply amazing. I was kind of weary after Lucky Animals. It was a good song, but it was an odd direction. In context it makes sense, and the rest of the album just rocks. I was pretty correct that it's a sort of combination of Addicted and Synchestra. It's a bit more simplified, but what it lacks in complexity it seems to make up for in just being big and, well... epic. It sounds huge. It also flows really really well. There are nice interludes and breaks when needed, and the pacing is great. I can tell it'll be way up in my top 10 this year.