Yeah, I went to Bestbuy this morning and bought the CD+Blu-ray version. Got to have that surround sound Blu-ray Opeth.
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The Metal Thread |OT2| All Riffs, No Gifs
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Yeah, I went to Bestbuy this morning and bought the CD+Blu-ray version. Got to have that surround sound Blu-ray Opeth.
Bitanator
Member
Always amazing Rigor Mortis, Mike shreds the fuck out of this song
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
New Obituary? Hell yes.
Giant Robot
Member
I would say the Hidden Treasures EP, but that spans everything up to that point which was Youthanasia.
Hard cutoff would be Countdown To Extinction plus a couple of songs off Cryptic Writings
nailbombxx
Member
That Rigor Mortis song was kind of weaksauce, I can't lie.
H.Cornerstone
Member
not sure if this belongs here, but Royal Blood's first album came out today and i am really digging it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_d_C5b-BD4
No. Title
1. "Out of the Black"
2. "Come On Over"
3. "Figure It Out"
4. "You Can Be So Cruel"
5. "Blood Hands"
6. "Little Monster"
7. "Loose Change"
8. "Careless"
9. "Ten Tonne Skeleton"
10. "Better Strangers"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_d_C5b-BD4
No. Title
1. "Out of the Black"
2. "Come On Over"
3. "Figure It Out"
4. "You Can Be So Cruel"
5. "Blood Hands"
6. "Little Monster"
7. "Loose Change"
8. "Careless"
9. "Ten Tonne Skeleton"
10. "Better Strangers"
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
The new Obituary is really good.
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
You and I have some similar tastes. Here are a few off of the top of my head.
At the Gates, Watain, Dark Tranquility, Behemoth, The Crown, Sylosis, The Haunted, Goatwhore, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Dark Funeral.
Old Man's Child and Dimmu Borgir aren't really death metal but, I'd give them a go based on your tastes.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Good stuff. Bolt Thrower!
Anyway, have you listened to Effigy of the Forgotten? My favorite Death Metal album of all time. I've listened to it constantly for more than eight years and I never get tired of it.
obin_gam
Member
Basically I'm looking for evil brutal death, but with a hint of, I dont know... groove? in the songs?
Sylosis and Goatwhore sounds interesting so will check them out, thanks!
Also yes, Bolt Thrower is probably the best death metal band in the world. Or at least, the most brutal.
Watain, Dark Tranquility, Behemoth, The Crown and The Haunted I already listen to
Sylosis and Goatwhore sounds interesting so will check them out, thanks!
Never heard of it, will check it out!
Also yes, Bolt Thrower is probably the best death metal band in the world. Or at least, the most brutal.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Behemoth, Luciferion, Morbid Angel's first three albums.
Yep.
Ummm nope.
Giant Robot
Member
Yes and yes.
Asphyx - M.S. Bismarck
Morbid Angel - Immortal Rites
Maze of Torment - Death Strikes
Luciferion - Rebel Souls
Maze of Torment is one of my favorite underrated bands. Basically sounds like if Hell Awaits was a death metal album.
I posted Luciferion a few pages back. Basically a Swedish version of early Deicide.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
That Maze of Torment song is pretty good. I'll have to check that band out.
nailbombxx
Member
Here comes the deluge of OSDM namedrops.
I'll give you some of the most seminal releases, as well as a couple personal faves. These are albums you should listen to if you have any interest in death metal at all.
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
I consider this to be the crown jewel of the whole death metal genre. Sample
Autopsy - Severed Survival
Another 1989 masterpiece, like Altars, this album was integral to the future of the death metal genre. Sample
Cianide - The Dying Truth
Prepare to hear some of the heaviest OSDM out there. Make sure to crank up the volume to 11 for this one. Sample
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
Incantation are one of the most iconic in bands in the death metal world. Their sound is super heavy, cavernous and sinister. Bands today still adopt the style they pioneered.Sample
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
Pioneers of the "brutal death metal" style, you can't go wrong with Suffocation. Sample
Immolation - Close to a World Below
One of the best albums, 2000 and on-wards. Heavy as all hell. Sample
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Technical death metal famous for including some jazz influences in their music. Mandatory listening. Sample
Demilich - Nespithe
You will constantly hear people rave about this one, and for good reason. Weird, technical, froggy vocals, amazing. Sample
Eucharist - A Velvet Creation
Perhaps one of most favorite Swedish DM bands. Beautiful yet heavy. Sample
The Chasm - The Spell of Retribution
Fuck it, just listen to any album by these guys, it is all top tier mystical death metal with impeccable songwriting and eclectic influences. Sample
NEW ANAAL NATHRAKH TRACK is more Vanitas but I'm okay with this
postcyberpunk
Banned
MezzoForte
Member
DEAD BY DAWN.
postcyberpunk
Banned
Giant Robot
Member
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
I love the riffs on The Stench of Redemption.
What do you guys think of this album?
Miracle Man, Fire in the Sky and Demon Alcohol are good times.
nailbombxx
Member
What do you guys think of this album?
I dropped my sister and her friend off at the theater so she could see Ozzy play for this record. I think maybe Suicidal opened.
teruterubozu
Member
What do you guys think of this album?
It's the best Zakk Wylde Ozzy album song-for-song. Dude was only 20 yrs old and playing his ass off. No Rest For the Wicked gave Ozzy new life - The Ultimate Sin (Jake E. Lee's last album) was pretty shitty. Zakk was the new injection of youth for Ozzy and gave his sound more ballz. Plus Randy Castillo was a monster on this album.
Hesemonni
Banned
Too clean. The chorus reminds me almost of Soilwork.
...this coming from a guy who thinks their best song is Forging Towards the Sunset
postcyberpunk
Banned
I have; I still like Deicide better.
New Morgoth, anyone?
God Is Evil
About Ozzy - No Rest, last good album from him in my opinion. Played the hell out of that cassette forever ago.
God Is Evil
About Ozzy - No Rest, last good album from him in my opinion. Played the hell out of that cassette forever ago.
postcyberpunk
Banned
Opinions, etc.
MezzoForte
Member
Altars is very, very good and indeed mandatory but Deicide's first two are also untouchable.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
All this Morbid Angel talk makes me want to listen to Altars again.
MetalGuardian
Banned
So it turns out Pentacle is fucking awesome. $24 for the ticket -- not terrible, considering I can get drunk off my own supply beforehand and take public transportation to the venue. Several beers at the hall + a patch and/or shirt + jovial merriment with my IRL metal bros = d'awww, hell yeah senpai ^_^
To loop the stupid inebriated paragraph above into something slightly more worthwhile, how many of you particularly enjoy a metal show while in a bad mood? I've had an uncommonly shitty week, and I always find that when I'm going through a rough patch that metal shows can become near-transcendent. I sure do love headbanging, but come on -- how intense do I actually headbang when I'm just listening to metal on my iPod or speakers at home? It's some mild neck movement at best. When I'm at a concert though, it becomes part of the ritual. I've never not had an incredibly sore neck for at least the next 48 hours following a good metal show. I love it - such a great way to work out all those bad feels.
To loop the stupid inebriated paragraph above into something slightly more worthwhile, how many of you particularly enjoy a metal show while in a bad mood? I've had an uncommonly shitty week, and I always find that when I'm going through a rough patch that metal shows can become near-transcendent. I sure do love headbanging, but come on -- how intense do I actually headbang when I'm just listening to metal on my iPod or speakers at home? It's some mild neck movement at best. When I'm at a concert though, it becomes part of the ritual. I've never not had an incredibly sore neck for at least the next 48 hours following a good metal show. I love it - such a great way to work out all those bad feels.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Man, you at least have a designated driver with you, right?
I think plenty of Metal can help you feel better. Metal indeed helps relieve stress, at least for me.
I think plenty of Metal can help you feel better. Metal indeed helps relieve stress, at least for me.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
I hope you are just joking here man.
Seriously, don't drink and drive. It's not something to take lightly, it's dangerous as fuck. Safety first. Not chastising you, I do care.
MetalGuardian
Banned
Of course I don't drink and drive, ya doofus
In fact, I saw Brocas Helm perform that song live before and I actively booed them afterwords because I find the message of the song to be so disgustingly shitty. I DO appreciate the concern though, my metal brotha \m/
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Of course I don't drink and drive, ya doofus
I DO appreciate the concern though, my metal brotha \m/
Welp. I missed that.
But yes, glad to hear you take public transportation.
Giant Robot
Member
All this Morbid Angel talk makes me want to wear my Morbid Angel shirt to work tomorrow.
nah, i see it - forging toward the sunset had growls underpinning the clean vocals and more dissonant chords rather than a guitar riff that's a step removed from melodeath tremolo picking. i dig it because i think it's the logical move from vanitas if you're into the contrast of "anaal nathrakh insanity during most of the song with clean choruses" which i think is still an effective trick.
MezzoForte
Member
vintage tour shirts are so sick. Very nice.
Last year I had a particularly terrible day at work. This is saying a lot, considering that I usually like my job and feel fortunate to be in a position to do what I do. But the shit that I was going through had me seriously close to quitting.
That very night, I went to Skeletonwitch and Black Dahlia. It was such an emotionally liberating experience. I just rocked the fuck out for a few hours and felt so much better at the end of the night.
Next day, things got smoothed over and I'm still working there.