Those alleged "old farts", how old are you, actually? Just curious to see where I fit in... XD
Its not metal..but damn the last qotsa puts me in a trance.
GOOD EARLY MORNING, METAL GAF ASTERISK
ASTERISK, I MAY HAVE HAD A STROKE WHILE CHOOSING THE SONG TODAY
love dat bass
CAN YOU FEEL TIME SLIPPIN' DOWN YOUR SPINE? EWWW YOUR TRYNA TRYNA IGNORE!
But you can hardly swallow your fears and pain. When you can't help but FOLLOW!! It putsya right back where you caaaaame
Dude, Queens of the Stone Age kick ass. Songs for the Deaf has Grohl's best performance ever. Rated R is excellent as well.
Do you like Kyuss, btw? I was wondering if there were any other Kyuss lovers here. Welcome to Sky Valley and Blues for the Red Sun are classics.
Dude, Queens of the Stone Age kick ass. Songs for the Deaf has Grohl's best performance ever. Rated R is excellent as well.
I'm Aerocrane and I'm from Finland. I've been listening to metal ever since I was a kid, but I'm only 19 so I guess I still am a kid?Who's the youngest here? I'm 23 as of right now, but I imagine some of us here are even younger.
Oh man, Sonic Adventure has not aged well. I loved it when I was a kid, but I tried playing it again lately, and holy fuck it's terrible. The music theme songs are pretty bad as well. Open your Heart makes me cringe.
I'm Aerocrane and I'm from Finland. I've been listening to metal ever since I was a kid, but I'm only 19 so I guess I still am a kid?
When did you start listening?
Twelve years ago if I had to guess. Started off with Metallica and Judas Priest. I didn't actually start listening to the sub-genres with harsh vocals until a few years ago. Black metal still really isn't my thing.
Jeeze, since you were seven? My musical taste at that age was fucking godawful.
If I wanted to get into Iced Earth, which albums do you guys suggest I start with?
I was a little lukewarm on the vocals of Night of the Stormrider on first listen, seemed a little Jag Panzer-ish.
Framing Armageddon seemed to be more my speed, but I have a whole catalog here and no idea where to start, suggestions welcome.
When I was 16, my favourite was Burnt Offerings. That's hardly a glowing recommendation, but it's the best I can offer.If I wanted to get into Iced Earth, which albums do you guys suggest I start with?
My parents don't listen to metal, I can thank my friend's brother for introducing me to metal. I didn't actively seek out new (to me) metal until I was 13 or so. My parents listen to lots of classic rock & pop, Beatles, Queen, Elton John and the like so I guess you could say I listened to that stuff too. Outside of those three artists I just mentioned their music tastes really didn't stick on me. I just kind of listen to whatever I find interesting, regardless of genre.
Nobody introduced me to Metal, to this day I'm not quite sure why it's my favorite genre. Nobody else in my family enjoys it, and some of them outright revile it and have a very low opinion of the genre as a whole. It's a shame, really.
If I wanted to get into Iced Earth, which albums do you guys suggest I start with?
I was a little lukewarm on the vocals of Night of the Stormrider on first listen, seemed a little Jag Panzer-ish.
Framing Armageddon seemed to be more my speed, but I have a whole catalog here and no idea where to start, suggestions welcome.
Those alleged "old farts", how old are you, actually? Just curious to see where I fit in... XD
I was just listening to Fucked with a Knife and Vaginal Skin yesterday! Hammer Smashed and The Bleeding are definitely their best. Barnes >>>>>>> FisherI'm 36.
Anyway, I've been on an early Cannibal Corpse kick lately.
Those first four tracks on The Bleeding are the epitome of their career.
Too bad the rest of that album is filler garbage otherwise it would have gone down as an all time classic of the genre.
I'm 30, but have been listening to metal for as long as I can remember thanks to my metalhead brother, who is 10 years older. I can remember being 6 or 7 and running around with a Bon Jovi cassette that had paper jammed into the tabs so music could be recorded over it. That tape had Fade to Black, Judas Priest, Maiden, Queensryche, and GNR recorded from the local rock radio station. I wore it out on my yellow Sony sport boom box.
Considering the vocalist carousel that has gone on in Iced Earth you've got a few options. Moving forward with Stu Block in the band, it makes sense to check out the latest albums Dystopia and Plagues of Babylon, which I think are great.
I actually loved Tim 'Ripper' Owens in the band too, and still think Gettysburg is arguably the best stuff they've done and I think Glorious Burden is solid. (Framing Armageddon being a Tim Owens album)
But for most the classic Iced Earth sound will involve Matt Barlow, and for that case, it's easy to recommend just checking out the Days of Purgatory album which is essentially a best of with Barlow on vocals redoing the two albums that Gene Adams and John Greely did. And basically everything with Barlow on vocals is top notch too.
ONLY ANALOG IS REAL.
I'm kinda like a Neo Geo AES head when it comes to this band, that is: fucking insane. Analog collector roll call? There's bound to be at least one other. It would be nice to see some other collections in general.
I've usually stuck with CDs for my format, although for a long time I've had to deal with shitty compressed music on burned albums (now that I have a job, I can happily pay for my music...and it doesn't cost me a lot either). Nice collection, for sure. I have a couple of friends who swear by Vinyl.
Anyway, Metal-GAF, what audio equipment do you use when listening to Metal? I have a pretty nice pair of AKG Headphones, as well as a cheaper, but still very good pair of Sennheiser headphones. I don't really have much stereo equipment, probably because headphones are my preference. Where I live, I can't really blast loud music anyway.
Horrendous cheap earbuds. I have a horrid track record for headphone survival.
You don't have to pay a huge amount of money for decent headphones, though. Sennheiser makes some great headphones for less than a 100 dollars.
How hard is it to take care of your headphones? Provided that you don't use them in high wear situations and use, they should last a long time. I also recommend buying a cheap pair; use these as an alternative to your main headphones for activities that would shorten the life of your main headphones.
Oh, btw. Fuck Bose.
Yeah, I know I should get actual decent ones that don't lstray far from my desk. I'm just generally clumsy if I use them while moving about or exercising.
I've usually stuck with CDs for my format, although for a long time I've had to deal with shitty compressed music on burned albums (now that I have a job, I can happily pay for my music...and it doesn't cost me a lot either). Nice collection, for sure. I have a couple of friends who swear by Vinyl.
Anyway, Metal-GAF, what audio equipment do you use when listening to Metal? I have a pretty nice pair of AKG Headphones, as well as a cheaper, but still very good pair of Sennheiser headphones. I don't really have much stereo equipment, probably because headphones are my preference. Where I live, I can't really blast loud music anyway.
I have a bunch of cassettes and vinyl. All cassettes are in storage since I don't have a cassette player anymore. These are my prized vinyls, all first pressings:
I've usually stuck with CDs for my format, although for a long time I've had to deal with shitty compressed music on burned albums (now that I have a job, I can happily pay for my music...and it doesn't cost me a lot either). Nice collection, for sure. I have a couple of friends who swear by Vinyl.
Anyway, Metal-GAF, what audio equipment do you use when listening to Metal? I have a pretty nice pair of AKG Headphones, as well as a cheaper, but still very good pair of Sennheiser headphones. I don't really have much stereo equipment, probably because headphones are my preference. Where I live, I can't really blast loud music anyway.
I've usually stuck with CDs for my format, although for a long time I've had to deal with shitty compressed music on burned albums (now that I have a job, I can happily pay for my music...and it doesn't cost me a lot either). Nice collection, for sure. I have a couple of friends who swear by Vinyl.
Anyway, Metal-GAF, what audio equipment do you use when listening to Metal? I have a pretty nice pair of AKG Headphones, as well as a cheaper, but still very good pair of Sennheiser headphones. I don't really have much stereo equipment, probably because headphones are my preference. Where I live, I can't really blast loud music anyway.