**HEAVY METAL** Official Thread.

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by six6econds, Jun 6, 2009.

  1. Joe_Pesci

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    I think we would get along. I love that more subdued sound. Actually, I prefer it. There are a bunch of bands that are trying to emulate that sound, but Ghost and In Solitude are the only two that I really like. And I love In Solitude. I sold my In Solitude ticket at the last minute because the one friend I convinced to come with me backed out (not sure what your college buddies are like, but the only knock on most of my close friends is that their taste in music is narrow as fuck), and I still regret it. No doubt they'll never come to the West Coast again :loldog:

    I've tried and tried -- the heaviest bands I like are like... Morbid Angel, Opeth, At the Gates, etc. I can appreciate like the early, raw black metal bands, but beyond that, it's pretty much a crapshoot. One of my friends is really into stuff that's abrasive as fuck... Job for a Cowboy and the like. I can't get into that.

    just don't try to tell me the stuff I like isn't metal

    Not sure how much you guys follow labels, because I don't at all. But Metal Blade seems to have a lot of good, varied acts. Typically I've found new music by looking up who my favorite bands/artists liked, or through What.CD collages, but this is a new angle that seems alright.
     
  2. AlexanderTheGreat

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    Any way to hook a brother up?
     
  3. eHo

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    Kind of the same - I used to find new bands by reading their interviews in guitar world. I picked up my first Meshuggah cd after reading that Adam Jones from Tool was inspired by them. Also got to like some bands by hearing them as opening acts. I still have some weird CDs I picked up at shows- orange 9mm, will haven, downset.

    Internet has changed almost all of that though.
     
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  4. Joe_Pesci

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    No invites currently. But show me that you actually understand the concept of keeping a ratio on a torrance site, and I'll hook you up with one when I have a spare invite.

    Unless you just meant album lists, because I can do that
     
  5. Emma

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    Being the only metalcore fan here, I like Miss May I's album At Heart.
     
  6. Joe_Pesci

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    I doubt you're the only metalcore fan, since it seems like it has a bigger following than tech death and stuff like that
     
  7. Emma

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    Outside of TMB, maybe. You guys seem to like all the same type of music. Megadeth, Opeth ect ect. I'm all for The Devil Wears Prada, As I Lay Dying, Apostate, Mychildren Mybride, Machine Head ect ect.
     
  8. Joe_Pesci

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    i don't think we necessarily all like the same stuff. personally i can't get into the brutal death metal that some people in here like

    do you know the band Across the Sun? they're from Portland. Portland has a decent-sized metalcore scene, but most of the bands are awful. i saw them live at some shithole theater downtown, and they were pretty good.
     
  9. Emma

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    Negative. Good band though? I'm in the mood for new music.
     
  10. eHo

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    I definitely slant toward prog metal, but it has nothing to do with the heaviness. I love super heavy stuff; I just loathe those bands with the "breakdowns."
     
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  11. Joe_Pesci

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  12. Joe_Pesci

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    I lean the same way. It's really opened me up to all sorts of different music.

    I'm not into breakdowns, either, really
     
  13. Emma

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    Much appreciated. Just downloaded their discography.
     
  14. AlexanderTheGreat

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    Yeah, I'm not new to this p2p thing. Between my newsgroups days and now migrating to torrance, I've learned that sharing is caring.
     
  15. Joe_Pesci

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    That's good to hear. I mean, I don't really care what kind of ratio you keep, as long as you don't get banned from the site. I've invited too many people who couldn't control themselves, and got themselves banned in like 2 or 3 weeks. I just don't have any invites now. I'll pm you when I do.
     
  16. snowfx2

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    Maiden's setlist on current North American tour

    1. Moonchild
    2. Can I Play With Madness
    3. The Prisoner
    4. Two Minutes To Midnight
    5. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
    6. The Trooper
    7. Number Of The Beast
    8. Phantom Of The Opera
    9. Run To The Hills
    10. Wasted Years
    11. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
    12. The Clairvoyant
    13. Fear Of The Dark
    14. Iron Maiden

    Encore
    15. Aces High
    16. The Evil That Men Do
    17. Running Free
     
  17. AlexanderTheGreat

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    Blackwater Park is one of my all time favorite CDs
     
  18. Heavy Mental

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    I prefer death metal as my genre of choice, but I like some metalcore when it is well done. I think Parkway Drive's most recent record was amazing and I listen to it all the time. I dunno, if it's heavy music and it's good, I'll listen to it. I hate people who eliminate entire genre's from their listening scope because of some media-generated genre tag.
     
  19. Heavy Mental

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  20. Odin

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    Bumping with some thoughts.

    I love metalcore. Just saying. Trivium will always be one of my favorites. They're the reason I listen to metal.

    Also, let's discuss best metal covers of non-metal songs. Or just best metal covers.
     
  21. eHo

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    I love Metallica's cover of "Breadfan."
     
  22. Odin

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    I really enjoyed that
     
  23. Popovio

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  24. Odin

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    All great. Here's some of my favorites:

    You can't really cover Queen, but I really like this one



    Possibly the GOAT



    Fuck Transformers, but this is awesome



    I fucking loved this entire album.



    This is just random awesome noise



    Don't dismiss it until you listen

     
  25. Odin

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  26. Odin

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    Devin Townsend is a god.

     
  27. Joe_Pesci

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  29. TC

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    Used to love metal but been out of it for a while. All the bands I like are at least 10 years old. Can yall post like a top 5 list of artists you currently listen to?
     
  30. Odin

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    I heard this on liquid metal a few weeks ago and loved it. So awesome.
     
  31. Heavy Mental

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    What is your tolerance for screamed/growled vocals?
     
  32. Odin

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    This is the most important part.
     
  33. TC

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    It's not automatically out for me if they scream the whole time; I do enjoy a little melody here and there though :blush:

    Sometimes I don't even care about the vocals at all if the music is really badass. I am a guitar player so I always notice music more than vocals right away. Some of my favorite bands, I don't even know the lyrics to the songs that well. I don't just like technical shredding stuff though. I really like badass drummers and bands that play together as a unit.

    Just tell me what you guys like; I will prob like it too
     
  34. Odin

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    Between the Buried and Me
    Mastodon
    Opeth
    Dillinger Escape Plan
    Protest the Hero
     
  35. Joe_Pesci

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  36. Odin

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    Btbam's Colors is a great album to start with.

    Here's a sample:

     
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  37. TC

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    Yeah I really need to check out BTBAM because I've heard a lot of people say they're awesome. What song/album should I check out first? EDIT: And you answered before I could finish typing my post :thumb:

    I have listened to Mastodon and Opeth some. I haven't heard anything by Dillinger I could fuck with; it was just like sheer brutal noise from what I heard. What's a song you really like by them?

    And I haven't heard of Protest the Hero at all
     
  38. Odin

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    I get what you're talking about with Dillinger. These 3 are the ones I listen to most.





    The beginning of this one is pretty crazy, but don't give up on it.
     
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  39. TC

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    Damn I'm 4:30 in and this has already gone through like 5 badass sections
     
  40. Odin

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  41. Odin

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    Yeahhhhhhhhhh. They don't really have what you would call "structure" but they're all unreal musicians and Tommy Giles Rodgers is one of my favorite vocalists of all time. He can just do so much. They can just do so much.
     
  42. Joe_Pesci

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    you might like the band Riverside also. their vocals are hit and miss, but they have a trilogy of instrumental songs that's pretty awesome. Reality Dream I, II, and III
     
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  43. Heavy Mental

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    Here's some bands that I really like off the top of my head, with song recommendations. I tried to keep it heavy, but on the more accessible side of extreme metal. They are in descending order of accessibility, imo.
    • Isis
      • Not In Rivers, But In Drops
      • In Fiction
      • Syndic Calls
      • From Sinking
    • At The Gates
      • Slaughter Of The Soul
      • Terminal Spirit Disease
      • Need
      • World Of Lies
      • Fevered Circle
    • Opeth
      • The Night And The Silent Water
      • The Moor
      • Forest Of October
    • Lamb Of God
      • Laid To Rest
      • Desolation
      • As The Palaces Burn
      • Omerta
    • Bolt Thrower
      • ...For Victory
      • The Killchain
      • At First Light
      • Those Once Loyal
    • Meshuggah
      • Rational Gaze
      • Pravus
      • Bleed
      • Combustion
     
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  44. TC

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    Thanks for the reccs metal bros \m/
     
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  45. Odin

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    No problem dude. I always enjoy talking about how awesome btbam is.
     
  46. Odin

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    Not sure if you're familiar with Animals as Leaders or the awesomeness of Tosin Abasi, but here:



    No vocals, but really, they aren't needed.
     
  47. Heavy Mental

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    White Walls is the best track by BtBAM, imo. Shit is mental.

    Love love love that band.
     
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  49. eHo

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    Meshuggah
    Mastodon
    Ghost
    Kyng
    and I'm just getting into Baroness