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The Metal Thread
- Thread starter Diseased Yak
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forknknife
Banned
MezzoForte
Member
R.I.P.
np: Slayer - Hell Awaits
np: Slayer - Hell Awaits
I'm listening to every Slayer vinyl tonight in his honor from start to finish. I have signed by him on vinyl : when I met them in 1994 : Hell Awaits, Reign in Blood, Seasons in the Abyss, South of Heaven and Divine Intervention.
Drinking beers in honor of a metal LORD.
/m\
Reign forever.........
Drinking beers in honor of a metal LORD.
/m\
Reign forever.........
TOM f'N CRUISE
Member
RIP 
HammerOfThor
Member
Just saw Dillinger Esc Plan on Golden Gods. Holy shit they are so fucking awful. The singer was trying waaaaaaay to hard
^ lol you mean the kids in his dad's back?
edit: I want whatever Manson is on lol
^ lol you mean the kids in his dad's back?
edit: I want whatever Manson is on lol
It made me sad.
HammerOfThor
Member
Halford needs a cane?
Halford needs a cane?
I think most of tonight's acts need a cane
The singer looked insane.
And Manson was on other planet.
Halford needs a cane?
He looked like a metal pimp.
Halford needs a cane?
Yeah, the last two times I have seen him he has been more hunched and lumbering. He's got some health issue going on. So sad.
Snarfington
Member
That news about Jeff is the shittiest thing to wake up to. RIP.
Well, I know what's playing all day. Legend.
Well, I know what's playing all day. Legend.
Christberg
Member
I caught them on the Death across America tour shortly after Obscura was released. Steeve Hurdle was not only a mountain of a man but he had the most ridiculous rat tail dreadlock I've ever seen. Super nice guy. Tought me a crazy handshake thing.
Still one of the best shows I've ever seen some 15 years or so later. Nile, Cryptopsy and Gorguts. FFFUUUUU
Found out this morning before Jeff Hanneman that he died from surgical complications last May.
Really appalling how many of my heroes are dead :/
HammerOfThor
Member
Metallica opening with Disposable Heroes is a nice treat.
Edit: Did Kirk NOT wah a solo
Edit: Did Kirk NOT wah a solo
ComputerMKII
Banned
RIP Jeff
Just played with Power Trip again last weekend in Chicago, and they are one of the tightest live bands that I've seen. Have you had a chance to check out their previous releases?
http://powertriptx.bandcamp.com/
And a link to a song off their upcoming Southern Lord release is here - http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15272-power-trip-manifest-decimation/
Power Trip is interesting.
I was sad to hear about Hanneman's passing, RIP. Another metal musician dies, RIP.
I was sad to hear about Hanneman's passing, RIP. Another metal musician dies, RIP.
1. Megadeth - Rust in Peace (11 picks, 1 honorable mention)
2. Judas Priest - Painkiller (5 picks, 2 hms)
3. Sleep - Dopesmoker (5 picks)
4. Opeth - Ghost Reveries (4 picks, 1 hm)
5. (all with exactly 4 picks)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness, Metallica - Master of Puppets, Metallica - Ride the Lightning, Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth, Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
10. (all with exactly 3 picks)
Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare, Opeth - Still Life, Opeth - Blackwater Park, Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East,
Judas Priest - Stained Class, In Flames - Jester Race, Entombed - Left Hand Path, Anthrax - Among the Living
18. (all with exactly 2 picks and 1 hm)
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains, Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell, Autopsy - Mental Funeral, At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Favorite bands:
1. Black Sabbath (14 picks, 1 hm)
2. Judas Priest (11 picks, 4 hms)
3. Megadeth (12 picks, 1 hm)
4. Opeth (11 picks, 1 hm)
5. Metallica (11 picks)
6. Iron Maiden (7 picks, 3 hms)
7. Blind Guardian (8 picks)
8. Dark Tranquility (7 picks)
9. In Flames (6 picks)
10. Death (5 picks, 1 hm)
11. Sleep, Morbid Angel (5 picks)
13. Entombed (4 picks, 1 hm)
14. Agalloch, Sonata Arctica (4 picks)
Some extra stats:
35 users voted
25 albums had 2 picks and no honorable mentions
Dio - Holy Diver had the most honorable mentions (3) but no picks
2. Judas Priest - Painkiller (5 picks, 2 hms)
3. Sleep - Dopesmoker (5 picks)
4. Opeth - Ghost Reveries (4 picks, 1 hm)
5. (all with exactly 4 picks)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness, Metallica - Master of Puppets, Metallica - Ride the Lightning, Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth, Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
10. (all with exactly 3 picks)
Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare, Opeth - Still Life, Opeth - Blackwater Park, Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East,
Judas Priest - Stained Class, In Flames - Jester Race, Entombed - Left Hand Path, Anthrax - Among the Living
18. (all with exactly 2 picks and 1 hm)
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains, Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell, Autopsy - Mental Funeral, At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Favorite bands:
1. Black Sabbath (14 picks, 1 hm)
2. Judas Priest (11 picks, 4 hms)
3. Megadeth (12 picks, 1 hm)
4. Opeth (11 picks, 1 hm)
5. Metallica (11 picks)
6. Iron Maiden (7 picks, 3 hms)
7. Blind Guardian (8 picks)
8. Dark Tranquility (7 picks)
9. In Flames (6 picks)
10. Death (5 picks, 1 hm)
11. Sleep, Morbid Angel (5 picks)
13. Entombed (4 picks, 1 hm)
14. Agalloch, Sonata Arctica (4 picks)
Some extra stats:
35 users voted
25 albums had 2 picks and no honorable mentions
Dio - Holy Diver had the most honorable mentions (3) but no picks
I'll be honest, I don't see the appeal in Nightfall in Middle Earth. If you like bombastic Blind Guardian Imaginations from the Other Side is a lot better, and neither are as much fun as speed metal era Blind Guardian from Tokyo Tales.
Why is Nightfall so frequently listed as a favorite? All the lame spoken word and melodic passages plus filler?
Why is Nightfall so frequently listed as a favorite? All the lame spoken word and melodic passages plus filler?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
The songwriting on Nightfall is amazing, dude. I don't even care for the spoken word filler at all, but songs like Into the Storm, Nightfall, Mirror Mirror, or Time Stands Still, are among BG's best.
Thanks for the link to the new track. Yeah, I've checked out some of their old stuff and this album has been the release I've been looking forward to this year.
Power Trip sounds like that band out of the 80s you never heard of that was just as good as Metallica or any other thrash bands coming out of that era. They have potential to be big.
Hydranockz
Member
So the new COB song has been put on Youtube by Nuclear Blast with a hilariously bad lyrics video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNYu2Ro06Y
It's a cool enough song but I dunno if I'll get the album after the later attempts they've had.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNYu2Ro06Y
It's a cool enough song but I dunno if I'll get the album after the later attempts they've had.
Giant Robot
Member
Yea, i don't completely understand either. Feels like an entire filler album, but I guess it was the complete transformation towards the over the top style.
Great list of picks though, I own all of those albums except Ghost Reveries.
Metal bands just don't need to do lyric videos, period.
Giant Robot
Member
AstroZombie
Banned
A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time comes with an special edition of Nightfall in Middle-Earth that has no spoken passages and is 75% better as a result. However it remains nowhere near as good as Imaginations.
ya same here, minus Shitwater Park.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Well, I never understood the love people have for that band.
forknknife
Banned
You guys know what's cool? Burnt by the sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRhE2GnzE0
AstroZombie
Banned
If by cool you mean terrible, I agree.
Here is a full recent set from Power Trip:
http://vimeo.com/64962521
If you like good thrash, this is clearly a band to watch.
http://vimeo.com/64962521
If you like good thrash, this is clearly a band to watch.
Excellent CD. I've always been a fan of all their releases, but people who haven't enjoyed them since A Celebration of Guilt should check it out because it's a return to that sound.YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS.
And the fact that they put the Sunglasses at Night cover right in the middle of the CD is great.
You're crazy. I didn't see the performance in question, but they put on great live shows. Puciato is one of the best live vocalists because his energy is on another level.
I can understand if you just aren't a fan of that style of music, but that doesn't make them awful.
Yeah I'm not a fan of that sub genre, but that performance was pretty intense.
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
Just found these guys. Great modern instrumental metal, prog/djent with a very definite old school vibe, especially in the solos.
http://divinerealm.bandcamp.com/album/mor-t-ality-ep
http://divinerealm.bandcamp.com/album/mor-t-ality-ep
Broder Salsa
Banned
The performane wasn't the greatest to be fair, but they did play two of their new songs and a cover of Behind the Wheel with Chino.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4VUI0AHPRM
The audience is also stone fucking dead. But yeah, Greg is fucking awesome.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
choodi
Banned
I think it is less about hating the band and more about hating some of the overzealous "fans" that will hijack any conversation about metal and inject some garbage about Opeth being better than whatever band happens to be the subject of the conversation.
I haven't seen it much here, but it is similar to how Radiohead fans will hijack any conversation about rock/pop music with the same crap.
There is nothing wrong with Opeth, or most of their fans, but there is definitely something wrong with a small minority of Opeth fans that makes many people hate the band and the rest of the sane Opeth fans just on principle.
The conversation normally goes something like this:
person 1: Hey man, have you heard the new Immortal album?
person 2: Hell yeah, I loved it. It's probably my favourite album of the year.
person 1: Yeah, I love it too.
Opeth fan: Excuse me, I heard you talking about the new Immortal album. It's ok, but Opeth are better.
person 2: Dude, we're not talking about Opeth...
Opeth fan: Yeah, but Opeth are better
person 1: They are not even in the same sub-genre man
Opeth fan: Yeah, but if Opeth were in the same sub-genre, they would make Immortal their bitch. They are such better musicians and Mikael Akerfeldt is a much better songwriter
person 1 and person 2: Look mate, fuck off, Opeth are shit, we hate them.
Opeth fan: You just don't get Opeth, they are too complicated for your tastes
person 1 and person 2 proceed to beat the living shit out of the Opeth fan and vow to never listen to anything Opeth ever release ever again
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