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new metalheads thread
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Anyone got anything good from this year that they are listening to? Mostly looking for heavy / thrash / death / black / doom but i could listen to about anything if it was good.
Also omg Gammy Ray is my second favorite power metal band behind Helloween ;_;
Also omg Gammy Ray is my second favorite power metal band behind Helloween ;_;
i feel like you missed one important band in that power metal list. and that band is manowar. you want cheesy? welcome, friend. but they do rock the hell out ! i have a thing for live albums, and gods of war live pulls through for me.
I really can't stand power metal, Euro power metal anyhow. It is just so fruity and doesn't interest me. U.S. power metal on the other hand has quite some stuff I enjoy such as Manilla Road or Omen.
Gamma Ray's primary member is Kai Hanson, who is ex-Helloween. No clue if anyone else in Gamma Ray is from Helloween though. On the topic of power metal for the most part I agree, in general the less serious a power metal band takes themselves the better, the genre is just so (awesomely) cheesy and good bands know this and play to it.
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Surgo, I would recommend Ayreon (Possibly Avantasia as well), and maybe Symphony X (Dream Theater?), if the prog didn't bother you.
I'd also say Firewind if you want some Power Metal whose riffs grab you by the scrotum. Vocals aren't outstanding, but something about the band is appealing.
I'd also say Firewind if you want some Power Metal whose riffs grab you by the scrotum. Vocals aren't outstanding, but something about the band is appealing.
blehhhhhhhhhhhhhh power metal
Not a huge fan of the genre in general, but there is one band not on the list that I can't go without, and that's Blind Guardian. I don't really consider it cheesier than say, DragonForce, whose lyrics I consider at the forefront of genericness... but if you're really not a fan of the whole fantasy angle then you may not enjoy them, since most of their songs are based off of parts of epic fantasy lit like LOTR, The Wheel of Time, ASOIAF, etc etc. Still worth checking out though, imo.
as far as power metal goes, angra is pretty up there. and i will agree that kamelot are very good, i need to get more of their stuff. i'm also generally quite fond of the whole symphonic metal thing, but haven't really been listening to it much as of late. then there's also the powery prog metal stuff like communic and ayreon which are quite good.
acid witch - stoned is good death / doom.
blotted science - the animation of entomology is some cool instrumental prog death.
decapitated you already know about obviously.
shroud eater - thundernoise is pretty cool sludge / stoner metal.
ulcerate - the destroyers of all i have told you about but i'm not sure if you've listened to it all yet.
weedeater - jason... the dragon is cool stoner doom.
yob - atma is fucking excellent stoner doom.
40 watt sun - the inside room is a must.
hehe doom wants some doom.
acid witch - stoned is good death / doom.
blotted science - the animation of entomology is some cool instrumental prog death.
decapitated you already know about obviously.
shroud eater - thundernoise is pretty cool sludge / stoner metal.
ulcerate - the destroyers of all i have told you about but i'm not sure if you've listened to it all yet.
weedeater - jason... the dragon is cool stoner doom.
yob - atma is fucking excellent stoner doom.
40 watt sun - the inside room is a must.
Bastard Priest - Ghouls of the Endless Night (punky/crusty Swedeath worship)
Acid Witch - Stoned (doom with death metal and psychedelic keyboards)
Absu - Abzu (actually haven't listened to this yet but Absu is always top quality black/thrash)
Autopsy - Macabre Eternal (death metal)
Cianide - Gods of Death (death metal)
Deceased - Surreal Overdose (death metal)
Exhumed - All Guts, No Glory (deathgrind, Carcass worship)
Havok - Time Is Up (new wave thrash the good way)
Mammoth Grinder/Hatred Surge split (Mammoth Grinder is punky death metal, Hatred Surge is powerviolence)
Jesu - Ascension (pretty drone type shit- haven't listened to this much and not as good as previous material but eh)
Miasmal - Miasmal (crusties playing death metal)
Ulcerate - Destroyers of All (death metal)
40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room (somewhere between epic and Saint Vitus type doom metal)
Ghoul, Asphyx, and Immolation, who are deathgrind, death/doom, and death metal respectively, also have new albums later this year, and each rarely disappoints
new tracks by the first two:
http://downloads.tankcrimes.com/track/off-with-their-heads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_p8pWYsky0
Coffins also have a cover album where they cover sludge bands which is going to be out later this year; they've covered Eyehategod quite wonderfully before so i'm pretty excited
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evuJlKuFhbQ (horrible sound quality so unless you've heard the original song it might be a bit difficult to follow)
first two Blind Guardian albums + Sanctuary are all i'll ever need. and even Sanctuary wears thin on me at times.
i guess is should give some US power metal a few more tries if i like Sanctuary though, but can't be bothered. that said i consider bands like Manilla Road more traditional than anything, but that's a different argument entirely.
but anything symphonic in metal tends to be fucking awful.
on it's own topic i've been digging Master's first album the last few days. primitive as cave man shit.
I've been bro-ing out recently and listening to some brutal slam death bro metal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_VgX69M0Xw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_AsK3rv5so
Chapters of Repugnance might be the best album of 2010, real talk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_VgX69M0Xw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_AsK3rv5so
Chapters of Repugnance might be the best album of 2010, real talk.
new cynic song, sounding really good.
Top 5 Favorite & Least Favorite Heavy Metal (Sub)-Genres? In no particular order
Favorite:
Traditional Heavy Metal
Thrash Metal
Death Metal
Doom Metal
Stoner/Doom Metal
Least Favorite:
Deathcore
Metalcore
Power Metal
Progressive Metal
Folk Metal
Favorite:
Traditional Heavy Metal
Thrash Metal
Death Metal
Doom Metal
Stoner/Doom Metal
Least Favorite:
Deathcore
Metalcore
Power Metal
Progressive Metal
Folk Metal
You 100% forgot Black Metal -_-. I'm not even a guy who's picky about metal genres either, but come on :P.
Anyone else a Tool fan? They may be the only reason I like metal.
I like black metal here and there and would put it after the five favorites of mine mentioned.
Sorry to tell you this but Tool are not really a metal band.
Heh ivan, i misread your list and thought you were organizing ALL major metal genres from favorite to least favorite. My bad then.
No worries. I guess I'm no longer a metal fan, then. :)
Out of curiosity, what genre would you classify Tool as?
Most people classify Tool as alt rock and progressive rock, but I personally think you can make a case for Tool being progressive metal.
5 Favorite Metal Genres:
Black/Death Metal
Death Metal
Black Metal (redundant, no?)
Sludge/Doom Metal
Brutal Death Metal
Black/Death aka Blackened Death can really be classified as either/or I'd say. In that case I'd put Thrash Metal as the 5th.
Black/Death Metal
Death Metal
Black Metal (redundant, no?)
Sludge/Doom Metal
Brutal Death Metal
Black/Death aka Blackened Death can really be classified as either/or I'd say. In that case I'd put Thrash Metal as the 5th.
Yeah that news made me sad, one of my favorite bands of all-time and my favorite band from Sweden. I'm sadden that I will never have a chance to ever see them live, despite the chances of the band having ever come to Georgia today was very unlikely to begin with.
