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The Metal Thread |OT2| All Riffs, No Gifs
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Melchiah
Member
To my recollection, Argento's and Bava's Demons also had several heavy metal songs. It wasn't perhaps that out of place there, but it was still cheesy.
Brian_FETO
Banned
It fits Demons though because that movie is the epitome of 80s dumb and it knows it. Fast As A Shark was made for a dude riding a dirtbike around a movie theater slicing demons with a katana
Whereas Phenomena is a weird horror movie about murders and bugs
I don't touch anime fighters.
On Slain itself, I'm still waiting for that Wii U version they said was coming.
Killer Queen
Banned
Listening to Giraffe Tongue Orchestra's 'Blood Moon' right now and its pretty damn good. Just hope it doesn't hinder the next Mastodon album though I hear the writing for that is already completed.
https://youtu.be/DbSoAXm6oX4
More on the rocking side of things but damn, Duvall was a perfect choice for vocals on this band too.
https://youtu.be/DbSoAXm6oX4
More on the rocking side of things but damn, Duvall was a perfect choice for vocals on this band too.
HarryHengst
Member
This is really good. Its last album was pretty mediocre but this is promising.
Melchiah
Member
Yeah, it wasn't as unfitting as usual, but still made the movie even cheesier. There were also some horror movies in the turn of the century that featured metal or hard rock, like Marilyn Manson in Blair Witch 2, to unintentional increase of lameness.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I agree metal music wouldn't fit in a "serious" horror movie/game, such as something like Silent Hill, or The Shining.
But Slain is a metal album cover art, such as the likes of Necrolord, Kris Verwimp, Chris Moyen, etc. come to life. From the game's vivid art to its soundtrack to its dialogue, which pretty much reads like what you'd find in the lyrics of an over-the-top epic metal concept album, to its protagonist called "Bathoryn"... if you think a headbanging boss-defeating animation is out of place here, you don't understand what makes metal fun and awesome and also I don't like you.
But Slain is a metal album cover art, such as the likes of Necrolord, Kris Verwimp, Chris Moyen, etc. come to life. From the game's vivid art to its soundtrack to its dialogue, which pretty much reads like what you'd find in the lyrics of an over-the-top epic metal concept album, to its protagonist called "Bathoryn"... if you think a headbanging boss-defeating animation is out of place here, you don't understand what makes metal fun and awesome and also I don't like you.
Melchiah
Member
Personally, I find those kind of references lame and tiresome, particularly the headbanging, which is exactly what I thought about Brütal Legend as well. I understand metal just fine, after being involved with it for about three decades.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
It's a fundamental expression for all metal fans, it's part of our subculture.
Melchiah
Member
I haven't headbanged since 1999, when I shaved my head. =D I think the last time I did so was in the early 90's, when I was a teenager. It's not something that occurs onstage that often these days either, particularly on Black Metal gigs. Personally, I just find it a bit comedic, when a singer does it all the time inbetween the vocal parts.
DieNgamers
Member
In many ways Bloodborne is more metal than most actual metal in its uncompromising self-confidence to be that dark, unique and iconic!
I have a question because I thought about it lately. What band actually made metal "click" with you? I always have a hard time imagining people liking thrash metal when they first get exposed to it. It's just unpleasant in a way...like beer when you first taste it. So to me it was a journey from 60s/70s heavy rock to the more modern versions.
I know it's totally cliche but I vividly remember the exciting feeling when listening to Master of Reality it was my first metal album ever and I bought it after my father showed me the vinyl a day before, haha. I remember him calling it "downer rock" and describing it as "music like flowing lava".
It sounded really new to me in every way and maybe unconsciously reminded me of the grandeur and rudeness of some classical march music (my grandfather was the director of an orchestra).
So anyways, MoR opened up a lot of music for me even though few bands actually lived up to that first impression. I lived in a bubble for a long time because I didn't have internet back then and (mostly) grew up on my parent's music.
Sometimes I get flashbacks when I listen to it and that sense of wonder is still there. <3
I have a question because I thought about it lately. What band actually made metal "click" with you? I always have a hard time imagining people liking thrash metal when they first get exposed to it. It's just unpleasant in a way...like beer when you first taste it. So to me it was a journey from 60s/70s heavy rock to the more modern versions.
I know it's totally cliche but I vividly remember the exciting feeling when listening to Master of Reality it was my first metal album ever and I bought it after my father showed me the vinyl a day before, haha. I remember him calling it "downer rock" and describing it as "music like flowing lava".
It sounded really new to me in every way and maybe unconsciously reminded me of the grandeur and rudeness of some classical march music (my grandfather was the director of an orchestra).
So anyways, MoR opened up a lot of music for me even though few bands actually lived up to that first impression. I lived in a bubble for a long time because I didn't have internet back then and (mostly) grew up on my parent's music.
Sometimes I get flashbacks when I listen to it and that sense of wonder is still there. <3
choodi
Banned
Finally got a chance to listen to some more of the recommendations I asked for.
Hadn't heard either of those and I loved both.
In Vain was great. Good production, solid songwriting and a great sound all round.
I liked Daughter as well. I have a thing for chilled out female-fronted groups, so this was really up my alley.
Definitely adding both to the rotation.
Hadn't heard either of those and I loved both.
In Vain was great. Good production, solid songwriting and a great sound all round.
I liked Daughter as well. I have a thing for chilled out female-fronted groups, so this was really up my alley.
Definitely adding both to the rotation.
Melchiah
Member
Agreed on Bloodborne.
WASP was the first metal band I discovered in the 80's, and I still love their first album. Kreator was the first thrash band that appealed to me, mostly due to the vocals. I was never a fan of the usual style of vocals, or riffs, in the genre.
choodi
Banned
Wow, that Pax Cecilia album is really cool. Definitely going to need to listen a few more times to explore all the tracks properly.
Not a big fan of the other album. A little too much experimentation. I just wanted them to break out into a proper song a bit more instead of the soundscapes. I think I'll give it another go when I am more relaxed.
As a kid in the mid 80's I got into music. Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin, Foghat, Black Sabbath. Basically top 40 classic rock. I listened to music ranging from classical to country to rap to whatever but I got into metal when And Justice For All hit the airwaves and MTV. After that it was Rust In Peace, Painkiller, Cowboys From Hell, and Maiden. Followed by Bolt Thrower, Massacre, and Decide in college along with alt stuff like Alice In Chains and Korn because my roommates pushed me in that direction.
That's why my metal tastes are all over the place. Thrash is my go to but I love the serious, angry type more than the party kind. The thing about metal for me is that it does blend such a wide variety of styles and instruments so nothing seems out of place. Here's some banjo in a song or operatic singing. Somehow it all works.
That's why my metal tastes are all over the place. Thrash is my go to but I love the serious, angry type more than the party kind. The thing about metal for me is that it does blend such a wide variety of styles and instruments so nothing seems out of place. Here's some banjo in a song or operatic singing. Somehow it all works.
Royal_Flush
Member
I got exposed to rock/blues through my dad (AC/DC, Joe Cocker, Kid Rock, Bon Jovi, etc). I really liked Bon Jovi (and still do, don't judge me, lol). I also had a thing for epic scores back in the day, so in my mid teens a friend introduced me to Nightwish and later Hammerfall which I really liked as a combination of the two things I listened to anyway. On my search for more "bands like Nightwish" I stumbled across Epica which really stood out amongst all those generic Symphonic Metal bands around. I'd say I rather tolerated the occasional harsh vocals more than I embraced them. I saw them live for the first time when I was 17 or 18 and holy shit did these live growls blow me away. It was a whole new experience unless anything before. I guess that's what I would call my key moment in entering metal. I owe that band so much for opening up a whole incredibly rich genre for me. From there on I quickly branched out into Melodeath and Folk-metal, later into Deathcore and Athmospheric Black Metal...
HarryHengst
Member
Smashing pumpkins was my starting point to metal. Back when i was like 13 there was a local music station that played hardrock and metal clips once a week at like 11 pm and i saw a clip for the song Bullet with Butterfly Wings and that sounded pretty cool. So i talked to a few classmates who i knew liked that kind of music and one of them gave me a Cradle of Filth cd which was not really something i was prepared for. :lol
But as it was the late 90s nu-metal was in full swing so it was through Deftones and Korn and Limp Bizkit i started really diving into metal. Napster being around at that time really helped too, as it allowed me to download pretty much anything i read about in local metal magazines.
Brian_FETO
Banned
I had grown up listening to rock radio (The Loop in Chicago) so I already had the foundation for bands like Ozzy, Def Leppard, etc. I was way into "X-Games" type action sports, both watching and playing games of it. Usually the soundtracks were more on the punk side of things but it all kind of pushed me more in that direction
I guess band-wise Metallica is the easy answer. I had heard their radio type stuff beforehand and liked it but wasn't a huge fan. Heard Battery in middle school and it changed a lot for me. That was still when I was getting things from Limewire (lol)
Killswitch Engage were also an early band for me. I still enjoy their older stuff but I haven't dug their last two/three albums. I never got big into metalcore but I liked some of the "new wave" bands that dominated mainstream metal and festivals (Lamb Of God and friends)
I was lucky enough to start actively getting deeper into it in middle school between 2005 and 2008 right when Youtube was really taking off so by like 2007/8 I started stumbling onto more obscure thrash and such which would be the foundation for most of my taste in metal.
I went through the process of initially absorbing everything throughout middle school and listening to a bunch of stuff, then basically figuring out what I liked in high school and purging the stuff that didn't stick
and becoming an elitist piece of garbage
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
Bloodborne is horror...
Come on guys.
Come on guys.
H.Cornerstone
Member
Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side is 10 years old today.
Where has the time come?
Where has the time come?
Technically Rammstein. I was listening to them before any other 'metal' really. After that, though a grouping of Opeth, Soilwork, and In Flames really did it.
Thanks for the reminder on this, will be giving this a focused listen tomorrow when I'm travelling.
New Dark Tranquility track is pretty good.
New Allegaeon album as well which I've been really excited for, god damn. Great day today.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1203157811/hebi-metal-san-a-documentary-film-about-marty-frie
Marty Friedman documentary on kickstarter
Marty Friedman documentary on kickstarter
Killer Queen
Banned
I checked out the Giraffe Tongue Orchestra album and I'm pretty disappointed. Blood Moon is such an amazing track and there's nothing else on the album like that and everything is just kinda middling prog rock.
teruterubozu
Member
It doesn't even sound proggy to me. Just bad throwback rock.
Killer Queen
Banned
I guess there are prog elements to it in the way that it's musically unconventional, at least every other track that isn't Blood Moon. Unless you meant Blood Moon
New Torrid Husk/End split out today as well. They even have the album on cassette. How black metal.
Summer Haze
Banned
Welp...turns out Havok and Megadeth had a dispute and now Havok aren't coming to the UK this year.
Lionheart1827
Member
I was introduced at a young age from one of my brothers. We used to share a bedroom and at night he would play Metallica's Ride the Lightning. I have very very strong memories of hearing the intro Ride the Lightning and always loved the chorus to that song. Ever since those days(I was in kindergarten!) I've been a fan of metal and RTL is still my favorite Metallica album.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
So again... nofunallowed.gif
Huh?
Ohhhh
Now everything is explained. xD
Bitanator
Member
To be fair I always laugh at people headbanging with no hair, since it looks like they have a water in their ears. I have done it with no hair and hair down past my ass and it is still as satisfying though, having long hair helps in my opinion for some reason
Killer Queen
Banned
A little lttp but yeah. Havok didn't like the contract they were dealt despite it being fairly standard (according to a MetalSucks guest band manager)Welp...turns out Havok and Megadeth had a dispute and now Havok aren't coming to the UK this year.
It wasn't so much Havok and Megadeth but Havok and Dave Mustaine's son.
parrotbeak
Member
I headbanged for about 10 seconds when I was 15, got a headache, and never did it again.
Killer Queen
Banned
I headbanged and broke my dishwasher and dresser on two separate occasions
I think I did it for a little bit when Blind Guardian played Fly at one of their shows.
Otherwise I just do more of a circular motion so I don't give myself a minor concussion.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Haven't had time to listen to it yet, but I'm happy to hear that. I will say that the packaging/presentation of the book/album is nicely done. Took some quick pictures, please excuse the quality:
DieNgamers
Member
I certainly don't need a reminder for that! <3 What is your favourite Album?
teruterubozu
Member
I think every metalhead has had at least one intense headbanging session resulting in painful whiplash. I haven't done it since.
There used to be a sweet video of me on youtube headbanging while watching Decapitated play a set. That video is gone now it seems. I was on the rail and the guy filming was standing right behind me. Sadly, I don't have the long hair anymore so headbanging isn't nearly as fun.
woah....
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
I keep doing it. But also, learn proper technique!
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Never had whiplash. Just a slightly sore neck. Y'all doin' it wrong or something!
parrotbeak
Member
MezzoForte
Member
years ago my friends and I would go to Straw Hat Pizza after band practice, mostly during times when it was slow so it'd usually just be us. While waiting for our food my bassist and guitarist would, without fail, challenge each other to headbanging contests, last man standing wins. It was funny and sad. Couldn't fathom how shitty it made them feel afterwards lol. They looked to be having a good time at least.