The Metal Thread \m/

[Shiver]

Hello everyone. While I have been on/off again on this website I have become obsessed with music. And since I noticed that the last thread essentially died a while ago I figured 'why not'? My tastes have changed greatly, back in 2004 all I listened to was Post-Hardcore music like Glassjaw, Thrice, etc. Ever since then I have picked up the guitar and branched out to all kinds of unique and fantastic music (beyond just rock and metal even). So here I share with you some of my favorite Rock/Metal bands, most underrated and of course overrated:

My taste is rather diverse, check my Sputnik music piechart: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/profile.php?name=shiver44


Favorite

Tool - Both Lateralus and Aenima are a near flawless combination of 90s hard rock with 70s progressive rock. Danny Carey's almost tribal drumming style shows a lot of sheer technicality, but that technicality is tempered and controlled so that he doesn't play anything that doesn't fit with what the rest of the band is doing. Maynard James Keenan is the ideal hard rock vocalist in my opinion and can hold notes for a very long time. Both the guitar and bass riffs are engraved in my brain. I could go on and on.

Opeth - Never have I heard a band that could produced the heaviest music I've heard with the most beautiful, sometimes in the same song. Mikael Akerfeldt's vocal range is beyond human and his guitar playing incorporates atypical chords, scales and structures. I have a hard time decided which album I like the most; I say it is a toss-up between Still Life and Ghost Reveries although most would say Blackwater Park.

Underrated

Cynic - This is a recent find of mine. I saw that Traced In Air was metal record of the year all over the net, and yet I couldn't find it anywhere. I was intriqued because they have only made two albums that were 15 years apart. So I ordered it off of Amazon and I was amazed, then I got into Focus which was just as good. I am not sure how to descripe their music, so I suggest you look for yourself.

Anathema - This band went from being a Doom metal band in the early 90s to a sound that sounds like a Roger Waters led Pink Floyd, only darker. Get Judgement, you won't be disappointed.

Dredg - El Cielo is a masterpiece, a concept album based on sleep paralysis. Unusual instrumentation and soaring vocals are what make this album, not to mention that all the songs were produced seperately, so each song has a distinct flair. Think of them as an Alt/Art rock equivalent to Tool.


Abstract

Godspeed You! Black Emperor's F# A# * - This is the soundtrack to the end of the world. The perfect album for a long road trip by yourself. My favorite post-rock album by a mile.

Ulver's Bergatt - A unusual combination of Norwegian black metal and folk music. If you can get past the foreign language then you will enjoy it.

Ophaned Land's Mabool - Progressive metal mixed with female vocalists, middle eastern instruments like the Oud, with vocals sung in English, Hebrew, Arabic, Yemenite and Latin, and songs that progress a story... You can't make this stuff up.

Overrated

Radiohead - While I thought that The Bends, Ok Computer and In Rainbows were good (not great) albums, I think they have earned far too many accolades. Kid A/Amnesiac are an impressive divergence from popular music, but compared to other progressive rock albums are fairly boring. And give me Jeff Buckley's Grace and Dredg's El Cielo over Ok Computer any day. And the thing that kills it for me is Thom Yorke's slurred, mostly unintelligble "singing."

Metallica - I really liked them, but once I delved more into metal I liked them a lot less. I found bands that had better lyrics, better vocalists, faster guitars, talented drummers, etc. Ditch Metallica, get into Nevermore and you won't regret it.

That is my say, but really anything that has a guitar in it is up for discussion from here on out.

[TitleTown088]

Why did you leave Shiver? Why?

[etk]

Metallica's never been the most talented band...you can't really hate on them for it. They make easy-to-listen-to metal for the mainstream. I do wish they had a better drummer.

Can't disagree with Radiohead being overrated though. I never understood why they became so popular.

Nice chart by the way...I'm probably the same if I had to rank the genres.

[scottyboy]

Old school Rise Against and the Killing Tree ftw!!

[Jvig43]

Old school Rise Against and the Killing Tree ftw!!

ummmmmm what?

EDIT: Ill update a list of Bands in a bit.

[scottyboy]

ummmmmm what?

EDIT: Ill update a list of Bands in a bit.

I guess making sense isn't a post requirement anymore...*sigh*

[CashmoneyDrew]

Lars Ulrich is basically the only reason I can't listen to Metallica anymore. I'd love them otherwise. Such an untalented waste of a drummer's spot.

[Jvig43]

Favorite:

System of a down Toxicity is to this day the most influential Cd ive ever had the pleasure of listening to. System has been classified as Nu-metal as of late, but I still consider them to be metal. Their guitar is all very simple but Daron really makes it work, and the drumming is just out standing.

Metallica- I might agree with your statement, they may be a little overrated. However my first Cd was AJFA.... and Blackened took me and threw me into a path of music that ive stayed with since I can remeber. Master of Puppets was easily their best Cd, and although most people would rank Ride the Lightning next, I'd personally put kill'em all is above it. It dosent surprise me that they decided to try something different with the Black album which I feel is still a good rock CD, its just wasnt the Metallica many were accustomed to, and for many unfortunately, different automatically means bad. Their later stuff is crap, and I hate Lars.

Always a good listen:

Children of Bodom- Ive yet to hear alot of their new stuff but a friend assured me blood drunk was a good song. Living dead beat is my favorite song from these guys, and bodom beach terror offers some pretty creepy stuff towards the end of that song. Very dark history to these guys.

In Flames- Trigger. Most people are going to throw out Take this life from guitar hero or what not, but Trigger just gets my blood pumping everytime I hear it, and Dead end is just an amazing piece of music. Leeches is a short one, but short and sweet always works for me.

Between the Buried and Me- Its really too bad that the Rock band/ Guitar hero have shunned alot of great songs. My friend and I listen to their CD everytime we go for a long car ride. Its like one continous song that is just flat out amazing. Ill look at the track list one minute, and then next time i look up itll be four songs ahead and you couldnt even tell the difference. I remeber a friend commenting on Prequel to the Sequel, saying how 8 mins is too long for a song, too bad he wasnt aware its actually somewhere around 14 mins long.

Black Dahlia Murder- Nocturnal live by these guys is just amazing. With some of the riffs these guys come up with, its amazing that they get it to sound just as good on stage, a sign of a truly great band.

Metal core: Kind of become a hated genere and frowned upon, but there are some pretty good bands.

All that Remains- A friend of mine sent me a few of their songs, and what stood out the most for me was the drumming. They do a great job with the vocals as well.

A7X- I used to really really like these guys. Sounding the seventh Trumpet was a good start, and Waking the Fallen is still one of my fav CDs. City of Evil sadly didnt live up to expectations, and their new CD was better imo, but still this band has yet to live up to the standards of their sophmore effort, yet continue to flourish.

Bullet For my Valentine- Included them because they impressed me live, sound wayyyy to emo for me, but if they continue to work and make their work sound more like their new stuff their on a smart road.

Modern:

RATM- Morrello is one of the most creative guitarists ive ever seen, and the infusion with the whole rap/metal genre had never sounded better. Keep your fingers crossed they decide to put out a new CD which they keep denying :(

Overrated:

AC/DC- I just had to include them even tho this thread dosent really belong to them. I appreciate what they did for music, yet ive never understood why these guys get all the love they recieve. Vocals are horrible, and the guitar has never impressed me. Not really a reason why I hate them but selling their new Cd exclusively at Walmart really bothered me. I had to put this in here just to vent about how much I hate this band.

I play a Schecter c-1 hellraiser Fr, been playing for about a year now. I was originally a drummer, tried guitar, then went to Bassist, gave bassist to a friend so we could start a band and went back to studying guitar. I also dabble with Sax, and am hoping to get into the Musicions institute of LA in two-three years.

[Jvig43]

Old school Rise Against and the Killing Tree ftw!!

Rise against is a ***** band for girls that have never been metal, ever. Which was the reason for my ummmmmm what, because this isnt the I wear black eye liner and swing life away thread.

[Job]

Well it's the rock/metal thread, and they must at least qualify as rock.

[CashmoneyDrew]

I enjoy Rise Against.

[A Perfect Score]

Rise against is a ***** band for girls that have never been metal, ever. Which was the reason for my ummmmmm what, because this isnt the I wear black eye liner and swing life away thread.

Dude...thats so naive of you to say. First off, the fact that music itself is incredibly subjective, and if he wants to listen to Rise Against, let him enjoy it. In fact, maybe if you didnt have such a closed mind and werent so easily influenced by others around you and the different images presented and associated with certain bands, you could open up your mind and try listening to some new music. Rise Against may not be a technically incredible band like some of the other bands that have been mentioned, but they produce good music with a good political message, and not to mention, they are all awesome guys. I met Tim McIlrath in a basement party a while back, and he was so chill and not at all like some of the prima donnas you see in the music industry nowadays. For you to sit here and say that his taste in music is narrow minded and ignorant. Wake up man.

[Jvig43]

Dude...thats so naive of you to say. First off, the fact that music itself is incredibly subjective, and if he wants to listen to Rise Against, let him enjoy it. In fact, maybe if you didnt have such a closed mind and werent so easily influenced by others around you and the different images presented and associated with certain bands, you could open up your mind and try listening to some new music. Rise Against may not be a technically incredible band like some of the other bands that have been mentioned, but they produce good music with a good political message, and not to mention, they are all awesome guys. I met Tim McIlrath in a basement party a while back, and he was so chill and not at all like some of the prima donnas you see in the music industry nowadays. For you to sit here and say that his taste in music is narrow minded and ignorant. Wake up man.

I agree that last post was uncalled for, a **** move on my part. Im used to kids wearing hot topic clothes try and tell me good charolette and Panic at the disco are hard core, so I get a little defensive about stuff like that. And I actually tend to keep a very open mind with things, but when it comes to emo bands and the likes, I immediately get up in arms.

[AkiliSmith]

Killswitch Engage is my favorite band. Also like Pantera quite a bit.

[Shiver]

I play a Schecter c-1 hellraiser Fr, been playing for about a year now. I was originally a drummer, tried guitar, then went to Bassist, gave bassist to a friend so we could start a band and went back to studying guitar. I also dabble with Sax, and am hoping to get into the Musicions institute of LA in two-three years.


This is my guitar:

http://www.guitarsam.com/parkerpix/PM10_P%7E1.png

I am saving up to get a half-stack, because right now my amp sucks. I use 11-50 strings, tuned to C standard (C, F, Bb, Eb, G, C). I really love playing neo-classical metal.

[CashmoneyDrew]

Killswitch Engage is my favorite band. Also like Pantera quite a bit.

I love Killswitch Engage. Easily my favorite concert I've ever been to. Some of my other favorites right now include August Burns Red and Sevendust.

[Jvig43]

This is my guitar:

http://www.guitarsam.com/parkerpix/PM10_P%7E1.png

I am saving up to get a half-stack, because right now my amp sucks. I use 11-50 strings, tuned to C standard (C, F, Bb, Eb, G, C). I really love playing neo-classical metal.

Tuning in C and C# is what my band goes with now, we started with Drop D. Yeah im in need of a new amp as well, but im being really picky about which ones i go with, (plus im broke right now). You in any bands shiv?

[diabsoule]

Favorites
My favorite Opeth album is a toss up between Deliverance and Ghost Reveries, however, all of their albums are incredible.
Recommended Songs: The Lotus Eater, Bleak, The Baying of the Hounds, Reverie/Harlequin Forest

Between the Buried and Me are one of my favorite bands to listen to due to their technicality.
Recommended Songs: Mordecai, Selkies: The Endless Obsession, All Bodies, Sun of Nothing

Isis was a band I started listening to several years ago and they have gradually progressed into being of my favorite. The music is beautifully complex and they keep getting better with every album.
Recommended Songs: Wills Dissolve, Wrists of Kings, Not in Rivers but in Drops, Syndic Calls

Agalloch mixes folk tunes, thrash and progressive metal with dark, brooding vocals that mixes together amazingly well.
Recommended Songs: As Embers Dress The Sky, A Desolation Song, Not Unlike The Waves

Acid Bath can best be described I guess by calling it swamp metal. They blend so many styles together and were one of the bands that really got me into metal.
Recommended Songs: The Blue, God Machine, Toubabo Koomi, Grave Flower

Intronaut is another band I got into around the time of Isis. Very complex, bass-driven progressive metal with a dual-vocal attack. Very groove laden and technical.
Recommended Songs: Fragments of Character, They (As In Them), Teledildonics, Any Port

Meshuggah is another great import from Sweden. Some of the finest progressive metal out there and insanely brutal. One of my favorites.
Recommended songs: I, Combustion, Dehumanization, Rational Gaze

Mastodon. Can't go wrong with progressive Southern metal, especially when they make a concept album around Moby Dick.
Recommended Songs: Seabeast, March of the Fire Ants, Sleeping Giant, This Mortal Coil

Always A Good Listen
Glass Casket Brutal speed/grind metal that has two members of BTBAM in its ranks.
Recommended Songs: Pencil Lead Syringe, Post Traumatic Death

Every Time I Die Just a fun band to listen to and you can feel the energy and excitement. Not for everyone but a particularly fond band of mine.
Recommended Songs: Ebolarama, The New Black, Buffalo Gals, L'Astronaut

Clutch A fun, Southern, bluesy band that puts on a hell of a live show.
Recommended Songs: Spacegrass, Mr. Shiny Cadillacness, Texan Book of the Dead, Mice and Gods

Tool What can be said about Tool that hasn't already been said?
Recommended Songs: The Pot, Opiate, Flood, Vicarious

The Ocean I just love this band. Progressive, technical, thoughtful, amazing.
Recommended Songs: Statherian, Stenian, Rhyacian

Will continue later...

[Jvig43]

Tools Bassist is pretty good, plays that one bass line a little bit too much imo.

[AkiliSmith]

I can't stand Tool's singer. He sounds very much like an annoying girl.

[fenikz]

57 Days until Crack The Skyes is released

[ImBrotherCain]

I like to think of myself as a Metal Connoisseur. Its practically the only genre i listen too. I have 300+ Albums in my collection and 95% are not part of today's terrible music scene and there for are not played on the radio

[Jvig43]

I like to think of myself as a Metal Connoisseur. Its practically the only genre i listen too. I have 300+ Albums in my collection and 95% are not part of today's terrible music scene and there for are not played on the radio

See I hate that, I always look for more metal bands, but always have trouble finding new stuff because of how little the radio plays the genre. I put Metal genre in my Pandora app on my iphone and the first song was Breaking Benjamin.

[GB12]

Lars Ulrich is basically the only reason I can't listen to Metallica anymore. I'd love them otherwise. Such an untalented waste of a drummer's spot.
And a douche that helped bring down Napster.

[ImBrotherCain]

See I hate that, I always look for more metal bands, but always have trouble finding new stuff because of how little the radio plays the genre. I put Metal genre in my Pandora app on my iphone and the first song was Breaking Benjamin.

Give me a list of bands/ types you like ill hook you up with some great ones.

This goes for anyone looking for something new :)

[scottyboy]

Rise against is a ***** band for girls that have never been metal, ever. Which was the reason for my ummmmmm what, because this isnt the I wear black eye liner and swing life away thread.

first off, this says "rock/metal thread" and I suggest you listen to the early Rise Against and more importantly the Killing Tree.

[Jvig43]

Give me a list of bands/ types you like ill hook you up with some great ones.

This goes for anyone looking for something new :)

I love system of a down, but for heavier bands I like In flames, Black daliah murderer, Between the buried and me, I enjoy anyhting with great guitar work, thats the most important thing to me right now.

[ImBrotherCain]

I love system of a down, but for heavier bands I like In flames, Black daliah murderer, Between the buried and me, I enjoy anyhting with great guitar work, thats the most important thing to me right now.

-Scar Symmetry-
Mind Machine

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-Into Eternity-
Diagnosis Terminal

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-Evergrey- * I always push Evergrey cause they are by far my Favorite!
Monday Morning Apocalypse

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[awfullyquiet]

i salute this thread's resurrection.

[Brodeur]

Not enough Mars Volta in this thread.

[CashmoneyDrew]

i salute this thread's resurrection.

I salute your resurrection.

[Jvig43]

Good stuff Cain, Ill throw you some rep after tonight, threw too much out during our eli and the giants suck party today.

[EvilMonkey]

Going off what other people have said in this thread:
Tool is by far my favorite band. Everything that needs to be said about them already has been so I'll leave it at that. They just kick so much ass, hope to get a new album from them in like 3 years or so.

I'll also agree with everyone who feels Metallica is overrated. Their old stuff was just awesome but from the black album on, their sound changed and got more mainstream and as a result worse. 80s Metallica kicks ass, since then they're ok at best.

My other favorite bands:
Rage Against the Machine - Morello is just insane on guitar and I personally think De La Roca is a douchebag but he was a great fit in this band. Getting to see them reunited a couple years ago was probably the best concert I've ever been to.

Local H - Underrated, not as heavy as other bands in here, but they have some awesome stuff. Hit up youtube and listen to High-Fiving MF, Bound for the Floor, User, Bag of Hammers, and many others if you havent heard of them. Have a lot of albums and tour all over still, great live band as well.

Queens of the Stone Age - Just another great band. Josh Homme is an absolute beast and I love all their stuff. All of the old Kyuss stuff is sweet too.

Toadies - maybe more alternative than hard rock but they got some good stuff. Love listening to them when I'm relaxing. Everyone knows Possum Kingdom but Backslider is my personal favorite. Another great live band btw.

Jimmie's Chicken Shack - similar to Toadies, not the heaviest but I love just sitting around listening to them. High, Milk (opening line kills me every time i hear that song), and Dropping Anchor are great songs to check out if you havent heard of them.

old school Alice in Chains - my #2 favorite, just awesome, enough said.

and my guilty pleasure, Rammstein - I have no idea what they're saying but i love hitting up youtube and watching their kick-ass videos they always have. Considering I dont know what they're saying, it says how much I love how they sound.

[CashmoneyDrew]

Going off what other people have said in this thread:
Tool is by far my favorite band. Everything that needs to be said about them already has been so I'll leave it at that. They just kick so much ass, hope to get a new album from them in like 3 years or so.

I'll also agree with everyone who feels Metallica is overrated. Their old stuff was just awesome but from the black album on, their sound changed and got more mainstream and as a result worse. 80s Metallica kicks ass, since then they're ok at best.

My other favorite bands:
Rage Against the Machine - Morello is just insane on guitar and I personally think De La Roca is a douchebag but he was a great fit in this band. Getting to see them reunited a couple years ago was probably the best concert I've ever been to.

Local H - Underrated, not as heavy as other bands in here, but they have some awesome stuff. Hit up youtube and listen to High-Fiving MF, Bound for the Floor, User, Bag of Hammers, and many others if you havent heard of them. Have a lot of albums and tour all over still, great live band as well.

Queens of the Stone Age - Just another great band. Josh Homme is an absolute beast and I love all their stuff. All of the old Kyuss stuff is sweet too.

Toadies - maybe more alternative than hard rock but they got some good stuff. Love listening to them when I'm relaxing. Everyone knows Possum Kingdom but Backslider is my personal favorite. Another great live band btw.

Jimmie's Chicken Shack - similar to Toadies, not the heaviest but I love just sitting around listening to them. High, Milk (opening line kills me every time i hear that song), and Dropping Anchor are great songs to check out if you havent heard of them.

old school Alice in Chains - my #2 favorite, just awesome, enough said.

and my guilty pleasure, Rammstein - I have no idea what they're saying but i love hitting up youtube and watching their kick-ass videos they always have. Considering I dont know what they're saying, it says how much I love how they sound.

Ahh, I love QOTSA but I haven't recently been keeping up with them. Any news on a new album soon?

[Jvig43]

Queens of the stone age are sweet, so chill.

[etk]

Modern:

RATM- Morrello is one of the most creative guitarists ive ever seen, and the infusion with the whole rap/metal genre had never sounded better. Keep your fingers crossed they decide to put out a new CD which they keep denying :(


RATM is by far my favorite band, but I'm not holding my breath over a new album. Their debut is probably my favorite album of all time, Evil Empire was pretty good, and then Battle of Los Angeles was just okay. Renegades was a bunch of covers. Their music has gotten progressively worse but their early content is still relevant which is one of the reasons why they won't be recording new **** any time. I just hope they come to Toronto soon and it better be as live as the youtuve videos I see of their concerts in the mid-90s.

There's more to the band than Morello though...Brad Wilk is a solid drummer, although you might get the impression that he's not because their hit songs are the weakest for drumming imo. Commerford has some awesome bass lines like Take the Power Back. De la Rocha is a huge douche but he's passionate and flows really well with the band. It's refreshing to see a rapper in a rock band who doesn't try to take over with lyrics....he likes repetitive verses and chants which works well.

If they did put out a new album, I'd hope for longer, more progressive songs with more shredding solos instead of the funky solos he's burnt out over the past couple albums. Pretty much a repeat of their self-titled debut would be nice.

I agree that Metallica sucks post 1990, but Death Magnetic is actually really good. Some will find it cheesy because they pretty much tried to copy their old formula, but it works for the most part. The fact that they're still putting out 8-9 minute epic thrash metal songs is pretty incredible.

Ulrich is more than just an overrated douche who tried to bring down Napster. He also pretty much runs the band...telling all the other members what to play, what to name the songs, etc. He's the ****** who thought it was a good idea not to have solos on St. Anger and tries to hold back the band from progressing all the time.

[CashmoneyDrew]

I tried to like Death Magnetic like everyone else but it might just be Lars Ulrich's worst drumming to date and that's saying something. The drums sound bad. I'm not talking about the drumming but the actual drums themselves. They just sound out of tune. Not to mention all of the drum playing sounds the same.

[etk]

I like the sound....they wanted the album to sound as loud as possible so that's how the drums turn out. AJFA had a similar sound.

If you wanna hear the songs without the audio "problems" go watch some youtube videos of the songs in Guitar Hero 3. They don't have the tuning oddity.

[A Perfect Score]

RATM lead singer Zak De La Rocha released an EP with the old Mars Volta drummer, whatever his name is...Band name is called "One Day As A Lion". Its pretty good stuff. Definately worth a listen.

[bored of education]

Killswitch Engage is my favorite band. Also like Pantera quite a bit.

KILLSWITCH's version of Holy Diver ftw!

[Jvig43]

I tried to like Death Magnetic like everyone else but it might just be Lars Ulrich's worst drumming to date and that's saying something. The drums sound bad. I'm not talking about the drumming but the actual drums themselves. They just sound out of tune. Not to mention all of the drum playing sounds the same.

The drumming wasnt bad, the production was. The drums were tunred up waaaaay to high. The production as a whole was very sloppy. It was an ok CD in my opinion.

[Shiver]

Tuning in C and C# is what my band goes with now, we started with Drop D. Yeah im in need of a new amp as well, but im being really picky about which ones i go with, (plus im broke right now). You in any bands shiv?

No, none of my friends play music that interests me. They are heavily into the "Pitchfork" indie scene. You know, junk.

Favorites
My favorite Opeth album is a toss up between Deliverance and Ghost Reveries, however, all of their albums are incredible.
Recommended Songs: The Lotus Eater, Bleak, The Baying of the Hounds, Reverie/Harlequin Forest

Between the Buried and Me are one of my favorite bands to listen to due to their technicality.
Recommended Songs: Mordecai, Selkies: The Endless Obsession, All Bodies, Sun of Nothing

Isis was a band I started listening to several years ago and they have gradually progressed into being of my favorite. The music is beautifully complex and they keep getting better with every album.
Recommended Songs: Wills Dissolve, Wrists of Kings, Not in Rivers but in Drops, Syndic Calls

Agalloch mixes folk tunes, thrash and progressive metal with dark, brooding vocals that mixes together amazingly well.
Recommended Songs: As Embers Dress The Sky, A Desolation Song, Not Unlike The Waves

Acid Bath can best be described I guess by calling it swamp metal. They blend so many styles together and were one of the bands that really got me into metal.
Recommended Songs: The Blue, God Machine, Toubabo Koomi, Grave Flower

Intronaut is another band I got into around the time of Isis. Very complex, bass-driven progressive metal with a dual-vocal attack. Very groove laden and technical.
Recommended Songs: Fragments of Character, They (As In Them), Teledildonics, Any Port

Meshuggah is another great import from Sweden. Some of the finest progressive metal out there and insanely brutal. One of my favorites.
Recommended songs: I, Combustion, Dehumanization, Rational Gaze

Mastodon. Can't go wrong with progressive Southern metal, especially when they make a concept album around Moby Dick.
Recommended Songs: Seabeast, March of the Fire Ants, Sleeping Giant, This Mortal Coil

Always A Good Listen
Glass Casket Brutal speed/grind metal that has two members of BTBAM in its ranks.
Recommended Songs: Pencil Lead Syringe, Post Traumatic Death

Every Time I Die Just a fun band to listen to and you can feel the energy and excitement. Not for everyone but a particularly fond band of mine.
Recommended Songs: Ebolarama, The New Black, Buffalo Gals, L'Astronaut

Clutch A fun, Southern, bluesy band that puts on a hell of a live show.
Recommended Songs: Spacegrass, Mr. Shiny Cadillacness, Texan Book of the Dead, Mice and Gods

Tool What can be said about Tool that hasn't already been said?
Recommended Songs: The Pot, Opiate, Flood, Vicarious

The Ocean I just love this band. Progressive, technical, thoughtful, amazing.
Recommended Songs: Statherian, Stenian, Rhyacian

Will continue later...

Good stuff. How come I don't remember you talking about this stuff? Hmmm...

57 Days until Crack The Skyes is released

It should be good. Mastodon is one of the best pure, unadulterated Metal bands out there.

[Shiver]

As for Death Magnetic: at first I liked it, because it wasn't like St Anger and was more in line with their 80s material. But they basically became a caricature of what they used to be like. The whole thing seem uninspired, especially Kirk Hammett's solos. Seriously, that guy really never learned any new tricks. In the 80s it was cool, but now the guitar skill of the even average Metal bands has past him by.

[SuperMcgee]

KILLSWITCH's version of Holy Diver ftw!

Nothing tops Dio. Got it?

[ElectricEye]

Favorites


Isis

Agalloch



Those are my two favorite bands in the world(Hell, my signature is Agalloch inspired), along with Neurosis. Awesome, awesome taste. I'm glad to see I'm not the only guy here who is into post-metal(or whatever) type stuff. Intronaut is really great as well. I've had problems getting into them though.


I'm an absolutely MASSIVE metal head, but I really don't know how to start off talking about music. I'll try the list thing.

Favorites

-Isis
I love this band. They play my favorite style of metal the best it can be played. Every single release they have brings something new and interesting to the table and it's always done with top quality musicianship. Been listening to them for going on four years now. Popped by postmetal/sludge cherry and I haven't looked back since.

-Hammers of Misfortune
San Fran guys who play a variety of metal that's pretty hard to pin down. Every single song by them is absolutely amazing. The guitar works can be hard to follow at times, not because of speed or anything cheap like that, but just because of how good it is and how well it mixes with the Hammond Organ they use in a lot of their work.

-Agalloch
Agalloch sounds like a walk through the woods on a grey day. Very folky, very heavy at times, and just overall a great great band.

-Maudlin of the Well
Boston band that released three albums before selling their souls to musical wankery and becoming Kayo Dot. All of the albums are amazing. Progressive arty metal with death metal vocals at it's best. The soundscapes they create are relaxing as they are harsh.

-Neurosis
The Eye of Every Storm might just be the best album I've ever heard. Through Silver in Blood is absolutely incredible as well. Another band that just brings it every single release. Nothing is boring or feels the same. They're never content with their sound. Kind of a band thing sometimes, but their music is absolutely amazing. The atmosphere to each song really stands out. I love the vocals as well.

-Wolves in the Throne Room
Pretty much the only good current USBM band. Draws a lot of lofty comparisons to Weakling because of where they're from, but they're a much different band. A lot of post rock elements are incorporated in their latest release, but it sounds really great, unlike most black metal bands that have tried things like that. Best black metal band out there right now.

Don't really feel like typing more.


Oh, and speaking of Weakling, the first three minutes of this song might be the most beautiful piece of music ever. JxZU-vRbvcg

[bored of education]

Nothing tops Dio. Got it?

Ok sorry sir. I will never diss Dio again!

[ElectricEye]

Ok sorry sir. I will never diss Dio again!

Dio>Ozzy.

Without question.

[Jvig43]

I'm gonna have to throw this out there

Crazy Train > Rainbow in the dark

[themaninblack]

RATM lead singer Zak De La Rocha released an EP with the old Mars Volta drummer, whatever his name is...Band name is called "One Day As A Lion". Its pretty good stuff. Definately worth a listen.

I'm in the process of acquiring this as we speak. The drummer you speak of is Mr. Jon Theodore. Anyway, this looks like some pretty interesting stuff and I love their name n where it came from.

[ElectricEye]

I'm gonna have to throw this out there

Crazy Train > Rainbow in the dark

Not at all. Ozzy Osbourn is the most overrated metal singer in history. His solo stuff is absolutely awful.

[Shiver]

I'm gonna have to throw this out there

Crazy Train > Rainbow in the dark

Only because of Randy Rhoads; who happened to die in a very metal way.

[Jvig43]

Not at all. Ozzy Osbourn is the most overrated metal singer in history. His solo stuff is absolutely awful.

Zack Wylde would like a word with you my friend.

[themaninblack]

Only because of Randy Rhoads; who happened to die in a very metal way.

Randy may very well be my favorite guitar player of all time.

[diabsoule]

Zack Wylde would like a word with you my friend.

At least Zack Wylde can shred. Who cares if he can't sing?

[Jvig43]

At least Zack Wylde can shred. Who cares if he can't sing?

His singing sucks, I wont argue with anyone on that one.

[ImBrotherCain]

His singing sucks, I wont argue with anyone on that one.

For some odd reason i love his singing.... But then again i love Dave Mustaine's voice too

[Shiver]

Dave Mustaine's voice is unbelievable terrible. I can't stand it. I wish I could take it out of the mix and just listen to Holy Wars, Hangar 18, and Tornado of Souls instrumentally. The only song I like him in was Peace Sells.

[Jvig43]

Dave Mustaine's voice is unbelievable terrible. I can't stand it. I wish I could take it out of the mix and just listen to Holy Wars, Hangar 18, and Tornado of Souls instrumentally. The only song I like him in was Peace Sells.

I was just talking to a friend about how much better he is when hes not playing/singing hammered. He sent me a couple videos and the differences were noticable. And holy wars is an awesome song.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

Mustaines singing? Jesus, it's metal. His singing is what it gives it the distinct Megadeth sound. I'm with brothercain, I love his singing.

[ImBrotherCain]

I was just talking to a friend about how much better he is when hes not playing/singing hammered. He sent me a couple videos and the differences were noticable. And holy wars is an awesome song.

Idk... i just like the different style i guess. Im also a huge King Diamond fan. If anyone knows who he is

[slightlyaraiderfan]

Idk... i just like the different style i guess. Im also a huge King Diamond fan. If anyone knows who he is
King Diamond rules, I'm a big fan of his..aswell as Mercyful Fate.

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[Jvig43]

A couple years ago Megadeath was playing at a six flags on halloween, and six flags had all kinds of things going on that day...... shoulda went to that thing

[ImBrotherCain]

King Diamond rules, I'm a big fan of his..aswell as Mercyful Fate.

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jRBxx51MqVo


Tied for my 1st favorite band ever... Have all of his CDs his newest is my favorite

[r0ger]

Uhh, I don't if I'm the only one but does anyone think that King Crimson is the greatest band ever... hell even Tool admits to ripping off King Crimson. If you haven't ever heard of this band I suggest you give them a listen a.s.a.p they will destroy your mind.
Mastodon is the best prog-rock band imo because no drummer can top Brann Dailor.
Matts/Morgan band - a crazy swedish jazz fusion consisting of a blind keyboardist Matts, and another simply mind blowing drummer named Morgan Agren (he did the drumming to Sol Niger Within, Fredrick T from Meshuggah solo album.)
If you guys are into a crazy mix of something I can't even explain listen to Tera Melos. A lot of polyphonic tapping guitar original line of had 2-3 guitar players and no singer.
I have a lot more to share but it is getting late.

[r0ger]

Oh yeah Mars Volta is lame because it broke up At the Drive-in

[r0ger]

BTW I lullaby Thule to sleep with Sea beast.

[thule]

He doesn't lie

Too make this thread useful....I want to have Craig Owens babies...one of the prettiest vocals I listen too on a daily basis.

What is A.J Minette doing now that he is no longer in the human abstract?

[Jakey]

I love Megadeth...mainly because Marty Friedman is one of my fave guitarists of all time...but i like Mustaines vocals aswell, about as unique as you can get!

[fenikz]

\m/ (>.<) \m/

[the dude]

I love Megadeth...mainly because Marty Friedman is one of my fave guitarists of all time...but i like Mustaines vocals aswell, about as unique as you can get!

qft, marty is awesome, this is my favorite of his solos

bVR0WyZ2E_I

[r0ger]

Criag Owens is trash to me because Chiodos is now the new the Used imho.
A.J. pzed tHA because he felt that he couldn't play metal anymore. He is a classical player which you can tell by the Album Nocturne. If anything he might release a traditional classical album with a 7 string acoustic.
http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=33688

[Shiver]

I adore Nevermore. Hopefully I am not the only one who does.

[awfullyquiet]

Mustaines singing? Jesus, it's metal. His singing is what it gives it the distinct Megadeth sound. I'm with brothercain, I love his singing.

exactly. the vocals have to fit the style, and mustaine is what megadeth is. it's like you can't remove hetfield from metallica, if metallica didn't have hetfield singing, it wouldn't sound like it did, that quasi-soulful over emphasized... well. how can i explainnnnnnnnn-ah it. i think i just did. points if you get what i mean.

[awfullyquiet]

Uhh, I don't if I'm the only one but does anyone think that King Crimson is the greatest band ever... hell even Tool admits to ripping off King Crimson. If you haven't ever heard of this band I suggest you give them a listen a.s.a.p they will destroy your mind.
Mastodon is the best prog-rock band imo because no drummer can top Brann Dailor.
Matts/Morgan band - a crazy swedish jazz fusion consisting of a blind keyboardist Matts, and another simply mind blowing drummer named Morgan Agren (he did the drumming to Sol Niger Within, Fredrick T from Meshuggah solo album.)
If you guys are into a crazy mix of something I can't even explain listen to Tera Melos. A lot of polyphonic tapping guitar original line of had 2-3 guitar players and no singer.
I have a lot more to share but it is getting late.

King Crimson is WAY legit. They're in that realm of super influential but never talked about. Kinda like Zao, At The Gates, and Social Distortion.
Mastodon is something Fenikz would talk about. Well, because Fenikz is awesome, and so is Mastadon. Leviathan was awesome.

Oh yeah Mars Volta is lame because it broke up At the Drive-in

No. Cedric and Omar's dope problem broke up ATDI. One of my co-workers here has Guitar Hero:WT and i played it for the first time the other day and was shredding to one armed scissor. For the record, relationship of command is simply a mindbogglingly good album. L'Via L'Viaquez though is an absolutely destructive song. If you know which one that is (track three on the real version of frances the mute), you will know that it is the sexiest song in prog existence.

Criag Owens is trash to me because Chiodos is now the new the Used imho.

Craig Owens hits on everything with tits that moves. He is a creepy mother ******. I would also take his voice to Anthony Green and Dallas Green (no relation), just by the virtue that it's slightly more creepy and urgent. Chiodos is the new the Used. But the difference between chiodos and the used is that the used was never good. The similarities are there though that speaks to their congruence. Like both lead singers are major douchebags. They're both sellouts. They both suck now.

That being said. I still can't wait for the new coheed album with chris pennie playing drums. Best thing that could have happened to them. if you don't know chris pennie. go listen to old dillenger escape plan.

or here it is conveniently for you.

live
-aFPAHvZgC8

[Jakey]

I adore Nevermore. Hopefully I am not the only one who does.

Pure power metalzzz! :D

Yeah i like Nervermore too...again mainly because of Jeff Loomis...i have a major boner for guitarists!

[ImBrotherCain]

I adore Nevermore. Hopefully I am not the only one who does.

I love them too. Warrel's new album "Praises to the War Machine" is my album of the year

Pure power metalzzz! :D

Yeah i like Nervermore too...again mainly because of Jeff Loomis...i have a major boner for guitarists!

Whoa Whoa Whoa back the train up. Nevermore is not power metal. Blind Guardian, Sonata Arctica and Stratovaraus are Power Metal... Big Difference.

Nevermore is almost impossible to classify but i think they are very doom metal sounding

[Donno]

Slayer > All

[Shiver]

Slayer > All

They are phonies, one of them is even a catholic! The real brutal people are in black metal. They actually live up to their music. (burning churches, killing people, etc.) :eek:

[Jvig43]

They are phonies, one of them is even a catholic! The real brutal people are in black metal. They actually live up to their music. (burning churches, killing people, etc.) :eek:

Idk if you saw but there was some Lead singer in an Italian death metal band that stabbed the lead guitarist for messing up a solo...... during rehearsal.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

A lot of those newer Norwegian black metal bands who live up to their music and burn churches suck though.

[themaninblack]

Ya, and who cares if you live up to your music as though that is admirable? Killing people, seriously?

[Jvig43]

Ya, and who cares if you live up to your music as though that is admirable? Killing people, seriously?

You'd be surprised.......

[BeerBaron]

A Metal thread lasted this long without me having input!? Damn me and my "User CP" using ways....missing all the new threads, lol.

And hey Cain, I assume you've picked up Loomis' solo album yes? The man abuses your face with metal shredding....godly.

[BlindSite]

Overrated:

AC/DC- I just had to include them even tho this thread dosent really belong to them. I appreciate what they did for music, yet ive never understood why these guys get all the love they recieve. Vocals are horrible, and the guitar has never impressed me. Not really a reason why I hate them but selling their new Cd exclusively at Walmart really bothered me. I had to put this in here just to vent about how much I hate this band.



The guitar isn't necessarily impressive by today's standards, but that's like saying an Rx3 isn't impressive next to an rx8. In its day's it was one of the most impressive racing platforms ever and revolutionized the way racing cars are defined...

Sure The ol' school boy doesn't compare to modern gods like Tom Morello, Dimebag Darrell, or Oslo but in his day he was amazing, he was one of the fist to do what he did.

Favorites

Clutch A fun, Southern, bluesy band that puts on a hell of a live show.
Recommended Songs: Spacegrass, Mr. Shiny Cadillacness, Texan Book of the Dead, Mice and Gods



Extremely underrated band.

They are phonies, one of them is even a catholic! The real brutal people are in black metal. They actually live up to their music. (burning churches, killing people, etc.) :eek:

They might not be "real" as in, religion haters, but they are a great band, especially live.

Favorite bands:

Slipknot: Of their four Albums there's probably only five or six songs I don't really care for. The band has its moments of greatness but recently hasn't gelled as a creative unit and for that reason All Hope Is Gone, might be referring to the band's longevity. A friend of mine interviewed Shawn Crahan before their world tour and his toughts echoed my own, the album wasn't cohesive and was too much in different directions. That said, excellent drummer, guitarists and vocals.

In Flames: Old In Flames>>>>>>>>>>> New In Flames, don't get me wrong Come Clarity isn't a bad album and neither is their latest offering, but Whoracle was a modern freakin' master piece. Seeing them in a month

KillSwitch Engage: Brilliant band

Soilwork: Probably the best band to come out of Sweden, their sound is unique and fits nicely in the genre, Older albums are great for those that love more thrash, newer albums fit more in with the new wave of american metal and more progressive sounds.

Reccomend: Wherever Thorns may Grow, Stabbing the Drama, Follow the Hollow, Departure Plan/

Lamb Of God: Probably the best pure Heavy Metal band out there right now, their music doesn't preach ********, the vocals are heavy yet compliment the music and their guitarists and drummers would probably be up in the upper echelon of talent, cohesion and writing right now. They are the push that makes the new wave of american metal move. Wrath comes out in under a month.

If you haven't heard of this band I'd recommend: Laid to Rest, Omerta, Walk With me in Hell

[themaninblack]

You'd be surprised.......

I'm not surprised that it does happen, rather, that it is admired.

[diabsoule]

The guitar isn't necessarily impressive by today's standards, but that's like saying an Rx3 isn't impressive next to an rx8. In its day's it was one of the most impressive racing platforms ever and revolutionized the way racing cars are defined...

Sure The ol' school boy doesn't compare to modern gods like Tom Morello, Dimebag Darrell, or Oslo but in his day he was amazing, he was one of the fist to do what he did.



Extremely underrated band.



They might not be "real" as in, religion haters, but they are a great band, especially live.

Favorite bands:

Slipknot: Of their four Albums there's probably only five or six songs I don't really care for. The band has its moments of greatness but recently hasn't gelled as a creative unit and for that reason All Hope Is Gone, might be referring to the band's longevity. A friend of mine interviewed Shawn Crahan before their world tour and his toughts echoed my own, the album wasn't cohesive and was too much in different directions. That said, excellent drummer, guitarists and vocals.

In Flames: Old In Flames>>>>>>>>>>> New In Flames, don't get me wrong Come Clarity isn't a bad album and neither is their latest offering, but Whoracle was a modern freakin' master piece. Seeing them in a month

KillSwitch Engage: Brilliant band

Soilwork: Probably the best band to come out of Sweden, their sound is unique and fits nicely in the genre, Older albums are great for those that love more thrash, newer albums fit more in with the new wave of american metal and more progressive sounds.

Reccomend: Wherever Thorns may Grow, Stabbing the Drama, Follow the Hollow, Departure Plan/

Lamb Of God: Probably the best pure Heavy Metal band out there right now, their music doesn't preach ********, the vocals are heavy yet compliment the music and their guitarists and drummers would probably be up in the upper echelon of talent, cohesion and writing right now. They are the push that makes the new wave of american metal move. Wrath comes out in under a month.

If you haven't heard of this band I'd recommend: Laid to Rest, Omerta, Walk With me in Hell

Their last album defined crap. I loved Laid To Rest but Sacrament defined the phrase "deep throat".

[Shiver]

Idk if you saw but there was some Lead singer in an Italian death metal band that stabbed the lead guitarist for messing up a solo...... during rehearsal.


That is the most metal news I have ever read.

In other news I must find some way to drive to Des Moines to see Meshuggah and Cynic. Why does Des Moines get them and Kansas City doesn't? ***.

[Shiver]

Greatest show on television:

http://www.damntoys.com/images/metalocalypse.jpg

That is all.

[ElectricEye]

Uhh, I don't if I'm the only one but does anyone think that King Crimson is the greatest band ever... hell even Tool admits to ripping off King Crimson. If you haven't ever heard of this band I suggest you give them a listen a.s.a.p they will destroy your mind.



I love King Crimson. In The Court of the Crimson King is probably my favorite prog record ever. Tool isn't the only band that rips them off. Extremely, extremely underrated. They basically invented the sound a lot of people identify as prog rock, even if they weren't the first band to actually play it.

[BlindSite]

Their last album defined crap. I loved Laid To Rest but Sacrament defined the phrase "deep throat".

It depends on what you like in a metal band, but that being said, I didn't exactly love Sacrament, but it had its moments. Its a middle of the road album and yes Laid to Rest is the ****.

[etk]

Greatest show on television:

http://www.damntoys.com/images/metalocalypse.jpg

That is all.

Is that Jared Zabransky, 2nd from right?

[Shiver]

I love King Crimson. In The Court of the Crimson King is probably my favorite prog record ever. Tool isn't the only band that rips them off. Extremely, extremely underrated. They basically invented the sound a lot of people identify as prog rock, even if they weren't the first band to actually play it.


Tool did not "rip off" King Crimson. In fact they share very little in common, other than they both have long songs. Don't take my word for it:

I happen to be a Tool fan. The members of Tool have been generous enough to suggest that Crimson has been an influence on them. Adam Jones asked me if I could detect it in their music, and I said I couldn’t. I can detect more Tool influence in King Crimson, than I can hear King Crimson in Tool.

That was from Robert Fripp.

[Shiver]

I'm not surprised that it does happen, rather, that it is admired.

As I said: Black Metal fans and bands are truly evil, or crazy, or both.

[djp]

Favorites
My favorite Opeth album is a toss up between Deliverance and Ghost Reveries, however, all of their albums are incredible.
Recommended Songs: The Lotus Eater, Bleak, The Baying of the Hounds, Reverie/Harlequin Forest

Between the Buried and Me are one of my favorite bands to listen to due to their technicality.
Recommended Songs: Mordecai, Selkies: The Endless Obsession, All Bodies, Sun of Nothing

Isis was a band I started listening to several years ago and they have gradually progressed into being of my favorite. The music is beautifully complex and they keep getting better with every album.
Recommended Songs: Wills Dissolve, Wrists of Kings, Not in Rivers but in Drops, Syndic Calls

Agalloch mixes folk tunes, thrash and progressive metal with dark, brooding vocals that mixes together amazingly well.
Recommended Songs: As Embers Dress The Sky, A Desolation Song, Not Unlike The Waves

Acid Bath can best be described I guess by calling it swamp metal. They blend so many styles together and were one of the bands that really got me into metal.
Recommended Songs: The Blue, God Machine, Toubabo Koomi, Grave Flower

Intronaut is another band I got into around the time of Isis. Very complex, bass-driven progressive metal with a dual-vocal attack. Very groove laden and technical.
Recommended Songs: Fragments of Character, They (As In Them), Teledildonics, Any Port

Meshuggah is another great import from Sweden. Some of the finest progressive metal out there and insanely brutal. One of my favorites.
Recommended songs: I, Combustion, Dehumanization, Rational Gaze

Mastodon. Can't go wrong with progressive Southern metal, especially when they make a concept album around Moby Dick.
Recommended Songs: Seabeast, March of the Fire Ants, Sleeping Giant, This Mortal Coil

Always A Good Listen
Glass Casket Brutal speed/grind metal that has two members of BTBAM in its ranks.
Recommended Songs: Pencil Lead Syringe, Post Traumatic Death

Every Time I Die Just a fun band to listen to and you can feel the energy and excitement. Not for everyone but a particularly fond band of mine.
Recommended Songs: Ebolarama, The New Black, Buffalo Gals, L'Astronaut

Clutch A fun, Southern, bluesy band that puts on a hell of a live show.
Recommended Songs: Spacegrass, Mr. Shiny Cadillacness, Texan Book of the Dead, Mice and Gods

Tool What can be said about Tool that hasn't already been said?
Recommended Songs: The Pot, Opiate, Flood, Vicarious

The Ocean I just love this band. Progressive, technical, thoughtful, amazing.
Recommended Songs: Statherian, Stenian, Rhyacian

Will continue later...

I saw Isis open for Tool in 2006 at the Target Center. Good band.

Lateralus live was one of the highlights of my life. Especially the epic ending. Absolutely incredible. Vicarious also kicked ass.

I have quite a spectrum of bands that I like... not quite a metal fan but not quite a rock fan either...

Tool, Muse, Led Zeppelin, Clapton, Hendrix, Incubus, Buckethead, Queen, Metallica, RHCP are some of my favorites..

[Shiver]

Best Buckethead song is Nottingham Lace, in my opinion, with Jordan being the runner up.

[djp]

Best Buckethead song is Nottingham Lace, in my opinion, with Jordan being the runner up.

Nottingham Lace is a solid song.

My favorite Buckethead song is easily Soothsayer. I absolutely love that song. I could listen to it all day.

I feel like I've heard Jordan too many damn times because of GH2. My roommate always played that song.

[PACKmanN]

what type of bands out there that are like AC/DC, not looking into the heavy metal stuff, just some rock.

[etk]

Nottingham Lace is a solid song.

My favorite Buckethead song is easily Soothsayer. I absolutely love that song. I could listen to it all day.

I feel like I've heard Jordan too many damn times because of GH2. My roommate always played that song.

I agree. I agree with the whole post.

[themaninblack]

Greatest show on television:

http://www.damntoys.com/images/metalocalypse.jpg

That is all.

dude on the far left looks like the guy from The Doobie Brothers. ha.

[BeerBaron]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/BeerBaron/metalocalpyse.jpg

Seems pretty reasonable to me.

Also, there was this disclaimer:

"Please note, this is an early sketch of the characters done by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, in which Pickles the Drummer has a much stronger resemblence to Devin Townsend than he does in the production version of Metalocaplyse"

[themaninblack]

William Murderface= http://noted.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/tomjohnstonstill.jpg

[BeerBaron]

William Murderface= http://noted.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/tomjohnstonstill.jpg

I don't think he's real metal though...

[themaninblack]

that's why its kind of funny. he's not metal at all.

[the dude]

any lamb of god fans? i just listened to the first single from their new album and its pretty good

[Shiver]

what type of bands out there that are like AC/DC, not looking into the heavy metal stuff, just some rock.


Hard Rock is pretty much extinct.

[BlindSite]

any lamb of god fans? i just listened to the first single from their new album and its pretty good

I gotta get that, I've heard there's leaked copies of the whole thing rolling around.

I'll get the first live performance of their tracks off the album since they play out here a few days after its released.

[etk]

what type of bands out there that are like AC/DC, not looking into the heavy metal stuff, just some rock.

Nickelback? lol idk....good luck finding a good "just some rock" band. I can't even distinguish one from another because they all sound the same.

Research into subgenres of rock and you'll find something you like.....guaranteed.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

what type of bands out there that are like AC/DC, not looking into the heavy metal stuff, just some rock.

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[Bengals78]

any lamb of god fans? i just listened to the first single from their new album and its pretty good

Lamb of God is a kick a$$ band. Was supposed to see them not too long ago but I had scheduling conflicts at the time.

[ImBrotherCain]

s1WZtZNfo58

Fireball Minestry.... Love em!


Also if your looking for hard rock look at bands like

Wolf Cant find anything in youtube


Or

Bang Camaro
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and one of my personal favorites

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[themaninblack]

what type of bands out there that are like AC/DC, not looking into the heavy metal stuff, just some rock.

Wouldn't say they're like AC/DC but they are certainly a pretty straightforward rock band aside from their latest album really. I've been pimping them everywhere but here's a few of their songs:

Off the Record:
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One Big Holiday:
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actually, when I think about it they are quite diverse but they probably have some stuff you'd like.

[CashmoneyDrew]

PACKmann: Go with Wolfmother.

[djp]

Bang Camaro kicks ass.

here's one of my favorite classic rock songs..

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[themaninblack]

PACKmann: Go with Wolfmother.

Black Keys, too.

[diabsoule]

One of my favorite songs right now:

Textures - Awake
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That entire album by Textures is awesome. Do yourself and check out Silhouettes esp. if you dig bands like Meshuggah.

Also, I've just recently been listening to the band Bring Me The Horizon. Pretty cool stuff.

It's about damned time to mention this band since I haven't. Check out Gojira. Their album From Mars to Sirius is just flat out excellent. I saw them in Memphis and it was one of the most brutal pits I've ever been a part of. Here's two videos from FMTS:

Gojira - The Heaviest Matter of the Universe
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Gojira - To Sirius
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And here's one from their latest album

Gojira - Vacuity
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And here's one last band to check out. It's like Mastodon and Isis got together and had a baby and then Meshuggah and Neurosis got together and had a baby and those two babies got together and had sex. Complete awesomeness... Just get the ******* album.

Hollow Corp. - Thujon
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[ImBrotherCain]

Diab.... That Textures song, in the softer spots sounds like Devin Townsend sooo much.

Heres Some good Devin. This guy has one of the greatest voices i have ever heard PERIOD!

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I know people already know Devin from SYL and dont get me wrong i love SYL but i think his solo stuff is so much better.

[djp]

I'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been

[Shiver]

It is the 40th anniversary of Led Zeppelin. I love them, the best 'old' band by far in my opinion. My favorite album by them is III.

[CashmoneyDrew]

I <3 John Bonham. Easily the greatest influence on me as a drummer.

[diabsoule]

Anybody else love the song Bland Street Bloom by Sikth?

[fenikz]

http://i38.tinypic.com/35ir88p.jpg

[awfullyquiet]

that guitar sucks fenikz.

i was dissecting the finer points of nu metal. i haven't played anything in a while but i wandered into a shop, and then thought to myself. wait a second. you tweak this rhythm a little bit and you turn an disturbed song into a tool song. cool!

[fenikz]

that guitar sucks fenikz.

i was dissecting the finer points of nu metal. i haven't played anything in a while but i wandered into a shop, and then thought to myself. wait a second. you tweak this rhythm a little bit and you turn an disturbed song into a tool song. cool!

For someone of her playing ability a Epiphone is fine, Gibson's are crap unless they are $2000+, all you are doing is paying for the name

[awfullyquiet]

For someone of her playing ability a Epiphone is fine, Gibson's are crap unless they are $2000+, all you are doing is paying for the name

gibsons are crap if they've been made in the past 30 years and aren't completely re-done. gimme a gretsch of the same price over a gibson. i mean the les paul has one of the sick fattest tones of all time, but thrown in some EMG active pickups and you have a sex machine.

that being said. who the hell is that?

[fenikz]

gibsons are crap if they've been made in the past 30 years and aren't completely re-done. gimme a gretsch of the same price over a gibson. i mean the les paul has one of the sick fattest tones of all time, but thrown in some EMG active pickups and you have a sex machine.

that being said. who the hell is that?


That is my 16 year old Pedo love child

I've never been a fan of EMGs, they are great if you play metal only, but they don't have enough warmth for classic rock

[awfullyquiet]

That is my 16 year old Pedo love child

I've never been a fan of EMGs, they are great if you play metal only, but they don't have enough warmth for classic rock

that delish chunky gain that i love? yeah i'd hit it. for classic rock though... not so much.

i do think the fender twin reverb is the most underrated guitar amp. period. and i know how highly it's rated. it's still that much underrated. **** that. no. seriously. she's a creeper. who is she?

[fenikz]

that delish chunky gain that i love? yeah i'd hit it. for classic rock though... not so much.

i do think the fender twin reverb is the most underrated guitar amp. period. and i know how highly it's rated. it's still that much underrated. **** that. no. seriously. she's a creeper. who is she?

She is Selena Gomez

I really need to go and get some new guitar stuff

[awfullyquiet]

She is Selena Gomez

I really need to go and get some new guitar stuff

Yes. yes you do.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

speaking of guitars....

should i get one of these:

http://www.patguitar.com/images/Fender_Telecaster_258320/Fender_Telecaster_258320_01.jpg

or pay off my speeding ticket.

which????

[CashmoneyDrew]

speaking of guitars....

should i get one of these:

http://www.patguitar.com/images/Fender_Telecaster_258320/Fender_Telecaster_258320_01.jpg

or pay off my speeding ticket.

which????

Buy the guitar. Become a famous rockstar. Become incredibly wealthy. Pay off your ticket years later. Hire a driver so you never have to drive again.

[themaninblack]

that delish chunky gain that i love? yeah i'd hit it. for classic rock though... not so much.

i do think the fender twin reverb is the most underrated guitar amp. period. and i know how highly it's rated. it's still that much underrated. **** that. no. seriously. she's a creeper. who is she?

The twin reverb is underrated in the sense that everyone and their grandmother seems to want a Mesa or a Marshall stack. I prefer Fender tones over those two personally.

I absolutely LOATHE EMGs but thats probably because I'm not into metal all that much. Sure, they are great for metal but they are pretty much limited to that. I like a more versatile PUP really.

[HawkeyeFan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o9tj-xH1qU


Love this song...

[awfullyquiet]

The twin reverb is underrated in the sense that everyone and their grandmother seems to want a Mesa or a Marshall stack. I prefer Fender tones over those two personally.

I absolutely LOATHE EMGs but thats probably because I'm not into metal all that much. Sure, they are great for metal but they are pretty much limited to that. I like a more versatile PUP really.

I'm so sick of the dual rec tone... or the new plexi tone from marshall.

I have a 85 JCM800 that i LOVE, the gain on that makes me feel that I could really play guitar (which i can't... at all. i'm pretty much able to functionally play). mmm.

Fenders have hellaciously overrated guitars though.

[themaninblack]

I'm so sick of the dual rec tone... or the new plexi tone from marshall.

I have a 85 JCM800 that i LOVE, the gain on that makes me feel that I could really play guitar (which i can't... at all. i'm pretty much able to functionally play). mmm.

Fenders have hellaciously overrated guitars though.

I'd still take a lot Fenders(esp. USAs) over Gibsons just because Gibbys are soo over priced.

[fenikz]

My friend has one of the Eric Clapton Fenders, the neck on that thing is so fast its amazing, I have often considered buying a cheap strat or tele and pimping it out

[Shiver]

I don't like Fenders, my brother has one. I would take a Gibson every day. But that is probably because of my playing style.


But PRS > everything...

[awfullyquiet]

I don't like Fenders, my brother has one. I would take a Gibson every day. But that is probably because of my playing style.


But PRS > everything...

really though, it's a case by case model, depending on what you're playing, the tone you're looking for, and what not.

i should also note, my brother finally finished mixing the 4 tracks we did with my sister and a friend. slowest time ever. sounds good though. if you'd ever fancy to hear some craziness. let me know.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

i should also note, my brother finally finished mixing the 4 tracks we did with my sister and a friend. slowest time ever. sounds good though. if you'd ever fancy to hear some craziness. let me know.
are those the recordings you told me about a million years ago? i'd like to give it a listen...

[awfullyquiet]

are those the recordings you told me about a million years ago? i'd like to give it a listen...

yeah. it was. when i get home i'll put them on mediafire or somethin like that.

you'll even get to hear me sing!

[slightlyaraiderfan]

yeah. it was. when i get home i'll put them on mediafire or somethin like that.

you'll even get to hear me sing!
sweet, but isn't it another million years before you get back?

[Paranoidmoonduck]

http://www.superpage.com/riffs/warwick_230.jpg MUST...RESIST...URGE...TO...BUY...GAAAAH
******* Warwicks and their sexiness.

Oh, and perhaps this isn't Rock, but I just listened to The Books for the first time a couple days ago, and now I'm hooked. Anyone else familiar?

[awfullyquiet]

sweet, but isn't it another million years before you get back?

home meaning not at work.

[themaninblack]

But PRS > everything...

PRSs are great and everything, but for some reason whenever I pick one up I feel like I should put it down before I break it.

[themaninblack]

really though, it's a case by case model, depending on what you're playing, the tone you're looking for, and what not.

i should also note, my brother finally finished mixing the 4 tracks we did with my sister and a friend. slowest time ever. sounds good though. if you'd ever fancy to hear some craziness. let me know.

I remember you PMing me about this. I WANT.

[diabsoule]

I'm listening to the new Mastodon song and it's pretty badass.

[Shiver]

PRSs are great and everything, but for some reason whenever I pick one up I feel like I should put it down before I break it.


I want to buy the 600$ one and pimp it out.

[Shiver]

Albums ranked:

Tool

1. AENIMA
2. Lateralus
3. 10,000 Days
4. Undertow
5. Opiate

Opeth

1. Ghost Reveries
2. Still Life
3. Damnation
4. Blackwater Park
5. My Arms, Your Hearse

Led Zeppelin

1. III
2. House of the Holy
3. IV
4. II
5. Physical Graffiti

NIN

1. The Downward Spiral
2. Year Zero
3. The Fragile
4. With Teeth
5. Pretty Hate Machine

Iron Maiden

1. Somewhere In Time
2. Powerslave
3. Piece of Mind
4. Number of the Beast
5. Brave New World

Metallica

1. Master of Puppets
2. Ride the Lightning
3. And Justice for All
4. Black Album
5. Kill Em All

Random rankings....

[BlindSite]

Just heard two tracks off Wrath from Lamb Of God and they were fuggin awesome.

[awfullyquiet]

new american gospel was legit.
chris adler is a fuggin good drummer

[BeerBaron]

Albums ranked:

Metallica

1. Master of Puppets
2. Ride the Lightning
3. And Justice for All
4. Black Album
5. Kill Em All



I like Kill Em All more than the Black Album...and And Justice for All prolly 2nd ahead of Ride the Lightning.

Master of Puppets is #1 no question though....Like, half my top 10 of favorite songs by them come off of that album alone.

[etk]

I like Kill Em All more than the Black Album...and And Justice for All prolly 2nd ahead of Ride the Lightning.

Master of Puppets is #1 no question though....Like, half my top 10 of favorite songs by them come off of that album alone.

I'd have to go...

1. AJFA
2. Master of Puppets
3. Death Magnetic
4. Kill Em All
5. Ride the Lightning

[BeerBaron]

I'd have to go...

1. AJFA
2. Master of Puppets
3. Death Magnetic
4. Kill Em All
5. Ride the Lightning

Really?

And Master of Puppets not first? You can't really go wrong with any of their first 4 albums, and I do like AJFA...but Master is just classic, like....otherworldly epic.

[etk]

Really?

And Master of Puppets not first? You can't really go wrong with any of their first 4 albums, and I do like AJFA...but Master is just classic, like....otherworldly epic.

I like MoP a lot, but AJFA is otherworldly epic classic to me. Blackened, One, AJFA are 3 of my favorite songs period. To Live is to Die is awesome prog metal. I love the beat on Harvester of Sorrow. There are 2 meh songs on AJFA but the awesomeness of the other ones make up for it.

The 1st 4 tracks on MoP are pretty awesome though.

Oh and I just realized you bolded Death Magnetic. I love that new album. The songs are long and fast and it's almost like the return of AJFA. I'd have it higher but Hammet's solos kind of suck and Hetfield's singing is annoying on 1/2 the album. The songs themselves are really enjoyable though.

[fenikz]

1. Kill Em All
2. Master of Puppets
3. ...And Justice for All
4. Ride The Lightning

after that they just made radio friendly singles

[BeerBaron]

1. Kill Em All
2. Master of Puppets
3. ...And Justice for All
4. Ride The Lightning

after that they just made radio friendly singles

I do agree. There are a few songs sprinkled throughout their later albums that I like, but they are annoyingly bad for the most part....not really Metallica anymore.

[fenikz]

I do agree. There are a few songs sprinkled throughout their later albums that I like, but they are annoyingly bad for the most part....not really Metallica anymore.


yes, but the albums as a whole just don't stack up

[Butch Peefington]

Death Magnetic was a lot better than their albums post black. At least they tried to sound like Metallica in it. I will say I only like 2-3 of the songs and some of them are pretty bad.

Part of it can't be helped though, after all the years of belting out notes and getting wasted Hetfield's voice just isnt the same.


1. Master of Puppets
2. And Justice For All
3. Ride the Lightning
4. Kill em All
5. Black album (which i actually think is a better overall album than Kill em all, but it isnt a better METAL album & this is a metal thread)

Oh and Orion gets the nod as my favorite all time Metallica track.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

1. Kill Em All
2. Master of Puppets
3. ...And Justice for All
4. Ride The Lightning

after that they just made radio friendly singles

That's how i would probably stack up as well, probably just switching 3 with 4.

[etk]

1. Kill Em All
2. Master of Puppets
3. ...And Justice for All
4. Ride The Lightning

after that they just made radio friendly singles

Radio friendly singles is a bit of an overstatement. Did they go more commercial/soft? Yes, but I'd hardly call it radio friendly.

I don't see what's not to like about DM. It's metal and radio friendly. Hardcore Metallica fans probably despise everything past AJFA, which I understand, but you have to listen with an open mind. I agree with what Butch said, except I like 5-6 songs a lot, not 2-3.

[Shiver]

Death Magnetic saw Metallica go from awful (St Anger) to just boring. That album was them being a caricature of what they were back in the 80s. It wasn't bad, but I didn't think it was that good. The really good 80s revival is Iron Maiden, both Brave New World and A Matter of Life and Death were fantastic, up to their old standards.

[BlindSite]

Say what you want about St Anger, at least the band decided to try something a bit different.

2 weeks till I see Lamb of God, In Flames, Devil Driver, 36 Crazy Fists and Blood Hound Gang, all in one day. BOOM

[the dude]

puppets
lightning
justice
kill em all
black album

even though i think death magnetic was much, much better than st anger, it still was very meh. I listened to it once, thought it was alright, and haven't listened to it since

orion and master of puppets are my to fav songs, but i cant decide which one i like better. kind of like the grudge and lateralus.

[etk]

Death Magnetic saw Metallica go from awful (St Anger) to just boring. That album was them being a caricature of what they were back in the 80s. It wasn't bad, but I didn't think it was that good. The really good 80s revival is Iron Maiden, both Brave New World and A Matter of Life and Death were fantastic, up to their old standards.

Boring in the sense that it's cliche and resembles old Metallica too much? Or the songs are actually boring?

[themaninblack]

I have really disliked Metallica for a very long time but when I saw them at Bonnaroo they were fantastic. I didn't even want to go see them at all until I could hear that they were playing older stuff. They were really top notch and seemed to be enjoying themselves. I don't like Death Magnetic very much but it is good to see them stop trying to be something that they are not. I wouldn't really go out of my way to see them again but they can still really bring it live even though James' voice is not what it once was.

EDIT: it was Creeping Death into For Whom the Bell Tolls and Ride the Lightning that got me to go see them at Roo.

[etk]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QrRvLLyBOPs

This from the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game. Double bass FTW.

[themaninblack]

For anyone who cares, the initial Bonnaroo lineup was just announced:

* Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
* Phish (2 shows)
* Beastie Boys
* Nine Inch Nails
* David Byrne
* Wilco
* Al Green
* Snoop Dogg
* Elvis Costello Solo
* Erykah Badu
* Paul Oakenfold
* Ben Harper and Relentless7
* The Mars Volta
* TV on the Radio
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs
* Gov't Mule
* Andrew Bird
* Band of Horses
* Merle Haggard
* MGMT
* moe.
* The Decemberists
* Girl Talk
* Bon Iver
* Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
* Rodrigo y Gabriela
* Galactic
* The Del McCoury band
* of Montreal
* Allen Toussaint
* Coheed & Cambria
* Booker T & the DBTs
* David Grisman Quintet
* Lucinda Williams
* Animal Collective
* Gomez
* Neko Case
* Down
* Jenny Lewis
* Santogold
* Robert Earl Keen
* Citizen Cope
* Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
* The Ting Tings
* Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
* Kaki King
* Grizzly Bear
* King Sunny Adé
* Okkervil River
* St. Vincent
* Zac Brown Band
* Raphael Saadiq
* Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
* Crystal Castles
* Tift Merritt
* Brett Dennen
* Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
* Toubab Krewe
* People Under The Stairs
* Alejandro Escovedo
* Vieux Farka Touré
* Elvis Perkins in Dearland
* Cherryholmes
* Yeasayer
* Todd Snider
* Chairlift
* Portugal. The Man.
* The SteelDrivers
* Midnite
* The Knux
* The Low Anthem
* Delta Spirit
* A.A. Bondy
* The Lovell Sisters
* Alberta Cross

[El Peefs?????]

Not that I have anything against Bonnaroo, but thats about as far from metal as you can get.

[themaninblack]

Not that I have anything against Bonnaroo, but thats about as far from metal as you can get.

its a rock/metal thread. I also didn't feel like making a new thread.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

That's a pretty sweet list of bands. Here is the line up for this years Coachella, the so cal's equivalent of a Bonnaroo. Rumor is the Killers won't headline the 2nd night, which of course they shouldn't...might be Bruce, who is in the area during that same time...

http://www.coachella.com/images/mainPoster.jpg

[El Peefs?????]

Holy crap, the Cure is still together and Amy Winehouse hasnt OD'd yet!?

[themaninblack]

Coachella's is pretty sweet this year. I'm going to make the trip out there someday.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

Holy crap, the Cure is still together and Amy Winehouse hasnt OD'd yet!?
April is still a ways away, I doubt she makes it!

Coachella's is pretty sweet this year. I'm going to make the trip out there someday.
This years lineup is extra sweet from years past. I've gone to single nights, this year might be diff and I might have to attend all 3 days..thanks to the new layaway plan!

[themaninblack]

This years lineup is extra sweet from years past. I've gone to single nights, this year might be diff and I might have to attend all 3 days..thanks to the new layaway plan!

I am really digging Bonnaroo's lineup this year compared to the last few years and I don't even consider myself a fan of Phish or Bruce.

The thing that makes the festival for me is staying there for four days camping out and stuff. The only thing I don't really like about Coachella is the fact that it ends at a certain time each night and there aren't real late night sets. Thats really the funnest part seeing bands around the clock. NIN and TMV will be sick if they are both late nights.

[El Peefs?????]

April is still a ways away, I doubt she makes it!


This years lineup is extra sweet from years past. I've gone to single nights, this year might be diff and I might have to attend all 3 days..thanks to the new layaway plan!

i notice you on your computer making posts and not being in irc. h8'er imo


And i was looking through those set lists for the two music festivals and I know a total of like 10 of the performers.

[diabsoule]

RZ5SVDYBNrY

[etk]

billy talent = fail

[Shiver]

I have a question: how do NIN get that fuzzy guitar tone? I would love to utilize that in my own playing.

[Shiver]

Biggest douchebags in music:

http://www.webruler.com/artellephant/Axl_Rose2.jpg

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/lars_ulrich-gal-villains.jpg

http://www.zmemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dave_mustaine1.jpg

[El Peefs?????]

Lol Dave Mustaine isnt that much of a d-bag. I mean I don't hold it against him that he was basically removed from Metallica and spent the rest of his career trying to do Metallica, but better. Sure hes a bit bitter but I can think of bigger a-holes.

[BeerBaron]

Mustaine is a bit of a d-bag.....but I still loves me some Megadeth, heh

[Paranoidmoonduck]

I have a question: how do NIN get that fuzzy guitar tone? I would love to utilize that in my own playing.

Can you post a link to some sort of example? I might be able to figure it out.

[fenikz]

Ya wouldn't call Mustaine a douche at all

what did he do that qualifies him as douche worthy?

Be better then Metallica?

[slightlyaraiderfan]

Ya wouldn't call Mustaine a douche at all

what did he do that qualifies him as douche worthy?

Be better then Metallica?
Probably because Shiver doesn't like the way Mustaine sings? Who knows...

Mustaine rulez.

[awfullyquiet]

Can you post a link to some sort of example? I might be able to figure it out.

i'm also assuming it has to do with a pedal that beings with 'fuzz' group of distortion... like a big muff... or sovtek muff pi, or anything with a tube in it.

what amp are you using Shiv?

two additional things:

mustaine rulez.
the number twelve looks like you is also very very very good.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

the number twelve looks like you is also very very very good.
yes, saw them in december with fall of troy. killed it. they also brought up some kid and found a girl to give him his first kiss ever. cutest thing i've seen at a metal show <3

[thule]

Great or greatest?

I actually like Selkes more...but this so is pretty deep.
STh01Fwb6-M

[diabsoule]

Great or greatest?

I actually like Selkes more...but this so is pretty deep.
STh01Fwb6-M

I love that song but Selkies might be their most impressive song to date.

[fenikz]

Great or greatest?

I actually like Selkes more...but this so is pretty deep.
STh01Fwb6-M

wow that sounded terrible, you would love the arizona metal scene

[thule]

wow that sounded terrible, you would love the arizona metal scene

I actually am not into a lot of music like this. but BTBAM is just on another level. If you fast forward about half way through the song....to day 2 it is pretty impressive...and you don't have to deal with the hard screaming at the beginning.

[El Peefs?????]

Lamb of God >>>>>>>>> Between the Buried & Me

EGT0I9YBLnM

[diabsoule]

Lamb of God >>>>>>>>> Between the Buried & Me

EGT0I9YBLnM

Big wrong. Lamb of God has gone from very good to good to average to suck in a short period of time. BTBAM has just gotten better with every album they've produced.

[awfullyquiet]

Big wrong. Lamb of God has gone from very good to good to average to suck in a short period of time. BTBAM has just gotten better with every album they've produced.

unfortch true.

I'll still say arsonist is a great btbam song. although i can only listen to so much btbam in one sitting. meaning less than an album. it's too. i don't know. clingy.

[themaninblack]

Ha, just realized wrong thread.

[Shiver]

Mustaine is a bit of a d-bag.....but I still loves me some Megadeth, heh

i'm also assuming it has to do with a pedal that beings with 'fuzz' group of distortion... like a big muff... or sovtek muff pi, or anything with a tube in it.

what amp are you using Shiv?

two additional things:

mustaine rulez.
the number twelve looks like you is also very very very good.

I have a Peavey Valveking 112. I think I need to pimp it out though, the stock speakers aren't that great. But it's the best budget tube amp I could find.

Oh, I love Mustaine as a player. But come on, he is pretty much just a douchebag. There isn't a band, or anyone for that matter, that he hasn't gotten into a feud with.

[awfullyquiet]

I have a Peavey Valveking 112. I think I need to pimp it out though, the stock speakers aren't that great. But it's the best budget tube amp I could find.

Oh, I love Mustaine as a player. But come on, he is pretty much just a douchebag. There isn't a band, or anyone for that matter, that he hasn't gotten into a feud with.

shoulda got the 5150...

go try out muffs. add some phasers and delay and you got win.

[themaninblack]

shoulda got the 5150...

go try out muffs. add some phasers and delay and you got win.

5150 is prolly the only Peavey I would actually buy.

[awfullyquiet]

5150 is prolly the only Peavey I would actually buy.

ditto.

and not the new EVH ones...

[Brent]

So, I've had this Jackson since I was 13 but I dont know what kind it is. It's a total metal guitar. There is a Jackson factory in Ft. Worth, which where I took this to for refurbishing when I found it in a pawn shop but I cant remember what they said it was worth.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/idiotnumbr3/myguitar.jpg

[Shiver]

I wish more cool concerts came to KC. The last show I went to was last year, when I saw Thrice. Freaking Omaha gets Cynic/Meshuggah and we don't. It is stupid.

[El Peefs?????]

Big wrong. Lamb of God has gone from very good to good to average to suck in a short period of time. BTBAM has just gotten better with every album they've produced.


Meh. Hate the BTBAM vocals with a passion. They sound absolutely awful.

Also, Chris Adler > * (well, not Danny Carey)

[BlindSite]

Big wrong. Lamb of God has gone from very good to good to average to suck in a short period of time. BTBAM has just gotten better with every album they've produced.

They're very different bands in a lot of ways, and Lamb of God are a better band in many ways.

Sure there's a few songs I'd remove from their works and overall the group would be better for it, but they're probably the forerunners in the New Wave Movement.

[fenikz]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Cracktheskye.jpg
3-23-2009

[diabsoule]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Cracktheskye.jpg
3-23-2009

The first song off of that album is really good. I can't wait to hear what the rest sound like.

[phlysac]

Just thought I'd throw a couple bands that hadn't been mentioned in this thread yet as far as I can remember. Tried to drop a few that were very different from one another.

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0jF2VFn9up0

RmOR1I2Q-OI

[Shiver]

Russian Circles is pretty cool. Enter is a really good instrumental metal album.

[fenikz]

Russian Circles is pretty cool. Enter is a really good instrumental metal album.

AQ showed me that album, its like a more melodic Mastodon without vocals

[BeerBaron]

Iced Earth has really been seeing some play by me lately....I have to be in the right mood but I love em when I am.

[fenikz]

Iced Earth has really been seeing some play by me lately....I have to be in the right mood but I love em when I am.


All i know from them is The Reckoning, i'm sure i would like them if i actually gave them a listen

[HawkeyeFan]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GIUo0VzFv14/SKmI4LyPymI/AAAAAAAAAMM/GrQr_MXA1us/s320/Winds+Of+Plague+-+Decimate+The+Weak.jpg

[BeerBaron]

All i know from them is The Reckoning, i'm sure i would like them if i actually gave them a listen

Ten Thousand Strong is a good one by them for like, highway driving if you follow me. Good, fast....I like it. Makes me want to drive recklessly, lol

[El Peefs?????]

On the subject of a bit lesser known but still quality bands. One of my favorite metal bands here. Unfortunately they broke up about a year ago, but their previous works were quite tasty. The other band is a bit newer, but they have a totally different sound than the majority of newer bands. Both are French Canadian if Im not mistaken.

OgnLPhjK5LY


HVQisoHbTEo

[HawkeyeFan]

I am currently listening to

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x226/Souldemise/SuicideSilence.jpg


And I love it!

[diabsoule]

For those of you who haven't, you need to check out The Ocean.

[phlysac]

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jLOz22NDxjI
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[HawkeyeFan]

God damn I can't wait for this show, and it's only $25!

May 9th: 4 of the bands are going to play some new stuff.


Disturbed
Killswitch Engage (NEW**)
Lacuna Coil
Chimaira (NEW**)
Suicide Silence (NEW**)
Bury Your Dead (NEW**)
Spineshank
Crooked X

[diabsoule]

God damn I can't wait for this show, and it's only $25!

May 9th: 4 of the bands are going to play some new stuff.


Disturbed
Killswitch Engage (NEW**)
Lacuna Coil
Chimaira (NEW**)
Suicide Silence (NEW**)
Bury Your Dead (NEW**)
Spineshank
Crooked X


Their coming to the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans and I'm passing. Disturbed almost made me throw up in my mouth the last time I saw them. Bury Your Dead is pretty much rubbish live. Spineshank put on a good show about 8 years ago. I'd like to hear Chimaira and KSE but I hate the crowd that those bands attract.

[the dude]

j-cro_l8HLY

[CashmoneyDrew]

Slipknot, Trivium and Coheed are in Nashville today. I'm not going since I have school and I've already seen Coheed.

[Shiver]

My guitar setup:

Parker PM-10

http://www.parkerguitars.com/images/press/pm10b.jpg

Peavey Valveking 112

http://media.zzounds.com/media/feed/large/PEVVKING112.jpg


MXR EVH Flanger

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Ibanez Tube Screamer

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Dunlop Classic Wah

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Biggest guitar influence: Marty Friedman (Cacophony, Megadeth)

[fenikz]

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Guitar: Washburn X50-QPRO
Amp: Peavey Ultra 120
Cab: Avatar 2x12 both Celestion V30s

and I got it all for cheap

[El Peefs?????]

Biggest guitar influence: Marty Friedman (Cacophony, Megadeth)

So you play crazy speed metal!?

[diabsoule]

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[slightlyaraiderfan]

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[diabsoule]

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I had no idea they were from Louisiana.

[Shiver]

So you play crazy speed metal!?


I try. LOL

[BeerBaron]

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maybe a little old but I love it, haha

[El Peefs?????]

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maybe a little old but I love it, haha

Is that Micheal Phelps after a bong bowl!?

[Shiver]

So you play crazy speed metal!?



Speaking of which: Yngwie Malmsteen, great or pretentious, or both? I tend to think he is great and that the criticism of him is unwarranted.

[fenikz]

Speaking of which: Yngwie Malmsteen, great or pretentious, or both? I tend to think he is great and that the criticism of him is unwarranted.

I think he is a huge douche, who happens to play guitar

[El Peefs?????]

I think he is a huge douche, who happens to play guitar very very well

Ya he is pretentious, definitely has an ego. Not sure how his fat fingers move that fast. But he is pretty damn good.

[tEk]

anyone here listen to hed pe?

[diabsoule]

anyone here listen to hed pe?

I used to when I was in high school which was 8-10 years ago.

[djp]

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[BeerBaron]

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Solid stuff. A favorite of a friend of mine, he's gotten me to listen to them a few times before.

[El Peefs?????]

Ya Buckethead can really play. Went to see him awhile back and we went to KFC and asked for a bunch of empty chicken buckets; they made us buy a drink too. I love how Buckethead doesnt want attention he just loves to play the guitar.

[awfullyquiet]

his three fingers (2-3-4 in guitar) are faster than my five fingers. maybe ten.

[El Peefs?????]

his three fingers (2-3-4 in guitar) are faster than my five fingers. maybe ten.

Shouldnt your fingers be fast so that you can be better than everyone at video games?

[HawkeyeFan]

www.myspace.com/undisclosedrocks

What do you guys think of them?

[phlysac]

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[awfullyquiet]

zao was the most influential band in my life.

period.

nothing came close to how i felt about zao...

[diabsoule]

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I really like Candiria and Zao.

[diabsoule]

www.myspace.com/undisclosedrocks

What do you guys think of them?

They're pretty craptastic.

[El Peefs?????]

They're pretty craptastic.

So is that crappy or fantastic!? I mean when I think of craptastic i think of a bunch of people slinging dung around; and that is quite awesome. So you must have really liked it.

[Shiver]

I've already talked about my favorite bands, but now time for my top-5 guitar bands.

1. Megadeth
2. Children of Bodom
3. Nevermore
4. Opeth
5. Iron Maiden

[El Peefs?????]

I've already talked about my favorite bands, but now time for my top-5 guitar bands.

1. Megadeth
2. Children of Bodom
3. Nevermore
4. Opeth
5. Iron Maiden

Not exactly a band, but its pretty damn hard (impossible) to beat G3 when it comes to guitar acumen.

[Young Nasty Man]

1. Iron Maiden
2. Iron Maiden
3. Judas Priest
4. Def Leppard
5. Iron Maiden

[The_Dude]

_Et6BSDMNLY

I'm embarrassed to admit that i have never heard Buckethead before. That song was AMAZING!!!

According to Wikipedia, he has a ton of **** out there.

I'm looking for suggestions of where to start.... Help me out, please!

[diabsoule]

I have Mastodon in April in New Orleans to go to and Opeth in Memphis in June. It's going to be so awesome \m/

[Beans]

I don't know if one would consider Foo Fighters as rock or alternative but I'd say they count as rock so I'll give them a mention here.

They are my favorite band forever

[etk]

1. Iron Maiden
2. Iron Maiden
3. Judas Priest
4. Def Leppard
5. Iron Maiden

Pretty good list except Def Leppard. Not a fan.

I don't know if one would consider Foo Fighters as rock or alternative but I'd say they count as rock so I'll give them a mention here.

They are my favorite band forever

Foo Fighters are on the track list for Guitar Hero: Metallica. I'm pretty sure Metallica had input in the bands/songs in the game so...go right ahead.