Hey guys, I am aware there are already a few failed metal threads, but I thought I'd try lumping them all together and making this. Just wondering if there's any other metal/core fans in here besides me. Rules:

1.) Be accepting of others' viewpoints on bands, and nice enough to realize that even though you like Deicide and they like BMTH, neither of you is wrong to like either of them.

2.) No band bashing. I like both metal and core music, but do not like certain bands due to their sound or message.

3.) No flaunting being an elitist. The Big Four are not the only good metal bands in the world, and even if someone doesn't like them (such as me, I only like Slayer from them) there is no excuse to make fun of or belittle them. That just makes you look like an asshole.

4.) Have fun and post links to your favorite songs/bands if someone comes asking about them! :D

My favorites are Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, earlier Senses Fail, Nekrogoblikon, whitechapel, In Flames, IWABO, Thy Art Is Murder, Northlane, and Rings of Saturn, among others. Yes, I mostly dig core, it happens.

What's YOUR favorite bands/songs, and why?

Im up for the thread, its whether others will be. The metal threads have never kicked off unfortunately.
Im not a huge Metalcore fan, and I'll try my best not to band bash. I prefer straight up-your-ass Metal, Grindcore and Hardcore Punk related genres/sub-genres.
Are you Australian Ao? I wouldn't think many people outside Aus would know Northlane.
I hate this whole 'its uncool to like the Big 4' thing. I will just go ahead and say Metallica are my absolute favourite band, whether it be for their music or the nostalgia I get out of it. Shout outs to Megadeth and Slayer though.
Glad there is a regular who's into this stuff. Yata likes alot of it actually, but we seem to only talk about Indie and Emo bands ahahaha

I guess I could list a few bands I like as to 'spark up conversation'.

Metal -
Metallica
Trivium
Machine Head
Megadeth
Slayer
Cannibal Corpse
Obituary
Power Trip
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Motorhead
Unearth
(All fairly generic I know...)

Hardcore -
Black Flag
Minor Threat
Expire
Trapped Under Ice
Cold World
Rotting Out
Turnstile
Down To Nothing
Infest
Ceremony
Harms Way
Champion
Have Heart
Cruel Hand
Disengage
Youth Of Today

Other/Indie/Emo (That are often affiliated with the Hardcore scene) -
Title Fight
Touche Amore
Endless Heights
Tigers Jaw
Citizen
Balance & Composure
The Story So Far (guilty pleasure)
Such Gold


Grind, Sludge, Doom -
Napalm Death
Insect Warfare
Pretty Little Flower
Code Orange Kids
AcxDC
Brutality Will Prevail

Official metal/core music thread is official. Good OP.

As for why we don't really talk metal much Bulma, that's cause I'm not particularly knowledgeable about most metal and other genres just appeal to me more. lol

That aside, here's stuff I do enjoy. My post-hardcore list would dominate most of it and I've talked about those groups elsewhere so I'll try keeping this to metal.

Animals as Leaders: Tosin Abasi. Nuff said.

Atomship: kinda more like alt metal with some proggy elements but holy fuck Chad Kent's drumming. All the yes.

Barrow: great scramz with some sludgy post-metal influence (and in their earlier work, post-rock). Made a thread for em a while back, got minimal response. You guys should check it.

Boris: This group has done nearly every genre known to man and their metal/stoner rock stuff is supposed to be quite good. Haven't gotten around to most of it yet cause their discog is humongous but I'm sure it's solid.

Chevelle: Alt metal/hard rock. Have a huge soft spot for these guys.

Cloudkicker: Also made a thread for this dude. Instrumental metal that drills its way into your head in equal amounts of hypnotic and headbang. Check out Beacons, it will blow you away.

Cyclamen: Djapanese Djent. Dude's vocals are hit or miss but when they hit they hit hard. His falsetto is fucking amazing.

Defeater: Okay, I included some hardcore. "Cowardice" is probably one of the most emotional vocal performances I've ever heard.

Glassjaw: Worship and Tribute is a perfect album. There is not a single flaw on any moment of that record. Ya dig?

Haken: quirky prog metal/prog rock

La Dispute: Again, have a soft spot for this stuff. "Said The King to the River" and "The Last Lost Continent" are fantastic songs. Have yet to check out Wildlife and I suppose I'll have to do that soon.

Maximum The Hormone: Changing genres from nu-metal to punk to cheesy electronic J-pop effortlessly and in an instant, this band is a must listen. Prepare to party hard and have fun. Song topics range from pedophiliac ghosts named Louisiana Bob and the love of sperm.

O'Brother: Great group. Vocals may be iffy for some, but they're damn good.

Periphery: Yatabro is an obnoxious Periphery fan and I will not deny that the "djent" thing got out of control awhile back....doesn't mean I like it any less though. lol

Scale The Summit: More instrumental metal. Fantastic riffs and great use of layering, though I'd argue some of their compositions need a bit more work.

System of a Down: I was never a huge SOAD fan, but I do like their stuff.

The Chariot: Band is nuts. Don't usually care for this stuff but I bought One Wing on a whim last year and it has huge replay value. Sucks to see them break up right when I find out about them.

Thrice: Thrice is my favorite band, hands down. Their early stuff was post-hardcore with metal-inspired riffs. See The Illusion of Safety for instance. Great album.

Thursday: Again, wasn't a huge fanboy of these guys, but I do like them quite a bit.

Tool: Made the Tool thread for the BBS too. Amazing compositions and musicianship.

yay formatting errors

I'm too tired for this shit. lol

>>3 Been meaning to check out both Animals As Leaders and Glassjaw for a LONG time, where do I start?
Besides 'Said The King To The River' and their tracks with Touche Amore on their split with the same band, I could never deal with La Dispute. To whiney for me.
Never got to see The Chariot either, mental band.

>>5
For AAL I'd suggest starting with their self-titled debut album. Definitely start with Worship and Tribute for Glassjaw. Both are great first listens and also have humongous replay value.

I haven't heard of half of these bands xD. I'm not australian, but my vocalist mentor liked them and told me to check it out for good fry examples. Its not that I don't like the big 4, I just like other bands more. Unfortunately I can only use false chord and tunnel throat growl techniques, and hope to figure out how to use ny arhetinoids (sp?) And put some sort of power to it. Are we the only 3 metal fans here?

Post-hardcore:
SF

Metal/death metal/black metal:
Nekrogoblikon
Cannibal Corpse
Death
Cannabis Corpse
In Flames

Metalcore/deathcore:
Whitechapel
We Butter The Bread With Butter
Iwrestledabearonce
Bring Me The Horizon (occasionally)
Chelsea Grin
Death of a Tyrant
Winds of Plague

I'll probably think of more later. Again. Ill have to check out some of these guys. Anybody else know of Machinehead?

>>3 Wow, it's not often I see someone mention Thrice and Thursday. Right on.
>>7 I used to listen to Machinehead alot during the "Through the Ashes of the Empire" days. Although the only song of theirs I really listen to now is The Blood,The Sweat, The Tears. I guess I was just more of an Avenged, Atreyu, Bleeding Through, It Dies Today guy haha. But yah.. iwrestledabearonce is bloody awesome, I have no Idea how it took me so long to listen to them.

>>8 the thing with iwabo that kind of upsets me is that krista had to leave. Don't get me wrong, being a mother is WAY more important than being lead vocalist in a band, but I'm sad she left nonetheless. Hopefully courtney (new vocalist) will be able to do cool stuff too. I didn't much get into MH but I did like Beautiful Mourning a few years back. Its been a while. It took me a long time to look up IWABO as well xD any favorites by them?

>>9 My definite favorite from IWABO would have to be "See You In Shell" or "You Know That Ain't Them Dog's Real Voices" Because it is absolutely off the wall haha Screaming, downtuned guitars, then Bam! Jazz interlude. Just awesome stuff. I do know that even though I have only listened to them since last year, that I do prefer the first vocalist, it just feels like her screams were more refined, no hate to the new one because she is a pretty good vox herself.

>>10 agreed xD those are some pretty good ones. If you listen closely, you can hear an almost inaudible change in the sound consistancy of Krystas screaming. She alternates inhales and exhales. When I found that out I bout shat two and a half bricks. That's difficult to do for just about anyone. And to perform with it? Like dang. While inhales are considered a joke version of screaming, I still think its a cool ability (I learned exhales first and I can't do it at all xD) to have. Agreed, with Courtney its cool, but it feels like they made too big a shift. The spontaniety (if that's even a word) of it feels lost. Ulrich Firelord, Breaker of Mountains for example, versus the new Firebees. Its just... meh.

Anybody got any good death/black/slam metal groups I can check out?

>>7 The Blackening is a fucking killer album, no doubt my favourite MH album.

>>12 Ive never been into black metal or anything related but I did take a liking to Children Of Bodom at one point. There first 3 or so albums are fairly solid, especially if you're into widdly diddly guitar leads/solos. Dimmu Borgir aren't too bad either but Ive found Black Metal and such isnt my thing. There is another band called Silencer. You're gonna have to read up about this bands history because the vocalist is actually really interesting.....but fucked up interesting.

Since this is a Metal thread I goota talk about Metalocalypse/Dethklok. Anyone like it/them?

>>13 yeah xD they're alright. I don't normally go out of my way to listen to them but that show was hilarious. The only two episodes I was awake enough to remember though was something about the new DethPhone being too spiky and the Blues episode

>>14 Dood, you gotta watch it. Not only is it totally hilarious the Dethalbum and II and III are solid metal records

a7x hail to the king

Check out Nails
Unsilent Death is a killer album

The Black Dahlia Murder is a good band

>>18 no lie

>>17 is nails the name of a band or an album?

Bring me the horizon is an awesome metal band

>>19 Nails is the band name, Unsilent Death is their debut album. They have a new one out called Abandon All Life. These guyts dont fuck around around. Their albums are all killer no filler from the get go.

>>20 BMTH aren't a metal band Im sorry ok? I just have to say that

>>21 ill check em out, thanks man

Motionless in White. ^^

>>23 any suggested songs?

Check out Power Trip

The have a load of stuff for free on the page Ive linked, but the full version of their debut full length isn't there. Possible contender for album of the year (Manifest Decimation).

asdfgsfgjh

Bump because Machine Head rule

>>27 My all time favourite metal band. The Blackening is just too fucking good. XD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zarv_ODmAaY

Can't be fucked really linking it, but to me, this is the epitome of metal. It just doesn't get any better than this. I would literally kill to have been in that crowd.

IT IS TIME FOR THE EPIC FOLK/VIKING METAL!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cp3JOMt1xU
YOU ARE WELCOME!!!!!

Favourite Iron Maiden album?
Piece Of Mind for me

>>30 I've always been especially fond of Somewhere in Time, although Piece of Mind does come in at a close second.

Also, Number of the Beast is a brilliant album, but since there was a period where I was literally listening to nothing else, I can't really listen to it anymore. I just want to give it some credit for defining a part of my life.

>>31 Somehwere in Time is killer man! NOTB too. Im the exact same. Listened to NOTB way too much back when I was first getting into metal.

Guysssssssssss

>>32 >>31 Their live album Rock in Rio gave me eargasms when I first heard it. Especially their performance of Fear of the dark. I love the reaction of the crowd. To me that is the best live album I will ever hear. Plus, the vocals were spot on.

>>34 Wooooo oh wooo oh wow oh woo oh wow oh oooh ah ohhh waaaa ohhhh
*Tries to turn Fear of The Dark intro into text*

I like Avenged Sevenfold.

Anybody hear or hear of a band called Black Tongue? All I know is they hail from UK. What are they like?

ONE OK ROCK

Anyone on here heard of or enjoyed Burzum's music?

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I still have yet to learn just how many subgenres there are in the "rock" category of music, including the core & metal genres. Probably like hundreds, right? I dunno.

Can somebody name a few?

I only know of:
Heavy metal
death metal
brutal death metal
black metal
slam metal
technical death metal
melodic death metal
speed metal
thrash metal
metal
classic metal

metalcore
mathcore
deathcore
technical deathcore
post-hardcore
I suppose pop punk would go here too, in a way
easycore

...and that's it o.o

>>45 there's post-metal/post-rock which mayormay not be like post-hardcore idk.

anyways, in terms of metal/rock type music, i've been listening msotly to pg.lost and french teen idol

>>45 Heh, you're missing:

Groove Metal
Glam Metal
Prog Metal
Speed Metal
Power Metal
Symphonic Metal
Neo-classical Metal(not quite the same as Symphonic Metal)
Doom Metal
Folk Metal
Funk Metal
Nu Metal
Rap Metal
Alternative Metal
Experimental Metal
Avant-garde Metal
Gothic Metal
Post Metal
Sludge Metal
Viking Metal
Pirate Metal

...and since we're goin' there...

Grindcore
Gorecore
Powerviolence
Crust Punk (no, it's metal)
Melodic Hardcore

...and, Djent. Maybe.

And probably a whole bunch more. So much metal, so little time.

>>47 ah yes, the ever-glorious metal of great influence. There's also some other... graphic ones, and that can be taken multiple ways. I always considered Djent a technique, but I could be wrong. I wonder if anybody has ever taken the time to count them all. That'd be nuts.

And for future reference, BVB and BOTDF are not metal. BVB willingly admits they're glam rock, and BOTDF is a sick child rapists' terrible talentless attempt at electronica with adult themes and gobbled up by prepubescent girls. I welcome neither here. Just thought id put that out there.

Anybody know of any good local bands near them? I've got a progressive death metal/deathcore band near me, Death of a Tyrant (not Death Tyrant or Tyrant of Death) whose youtube channel is called doatnc. What do you guys think?

>>46
I'd say post-metal/post-rock are quite different from post-hardcore, but that doesn't mean there aren't bands out there who can blend them well.

Ao and Neige covered all the metal subgenres I know.

>>47 >>45

Thrash
Thrash Hardcore (Crossover)
Dubcore/Trancecore
Screamo (I hate that name)
Noise Punk
Emo ( Iguess could go under this if were putting Pop Punk in here)
Emotional Hardcore
Down-Tempo Hardcore
Sludge Hardcore
Doom Hardcore

Okay Im done. Ao and Neige have covered all basis.
There is this website that is set out shows all these genres branching of each other. If I can find it I'll post it here.

>>50 that would be absolutely amazing, thanks Bulma. Thanks for covering allthose others

What subgenre would you classify Japanese band Dir en Grey as? I'm not sure what to call it. Example at the top of the youtube list:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tYW1AIJ4P3c

Word of warning: its kinda graphic. Blood vomiting, chopped limbs, boobs, etc.

Cmon guys please, I need it for my book index. Can somebody please answer >>52 ?

>>53 Have you tried any music sites? Or do you need to restrict it to just one genre? Because then I can't help you because haha I suck at distinguishing them.

>>52 Reminds me a little bit of Deftones.

I'd say alternative/experimental metal. Either one works well enough.

I've finally found them. The best death metal band since Opeth.

Edge of Sanity, people.

Oh, and this has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Dan Swana plays guitar the same way that I do...

>>56 and how would that be? (Laymens terms please, I do not know much about guitar)

>>57 Left-handed and upside down.

So the higher strings are on top?

Isn't that the same as playing a right-handed guitar leftie-style?

>>59 Pretty much, yeah. But with a left-handed guitar, it's easier to find a comfortable shape, and the knobs'd be in the right place.

Not to say that left-handed guitars are easy to find. -_-

>>60 ah yes. The leftie situation as a whole.

Lookin at it from the outside in, it seems to me lefties are stuck attempting to adjust to ambidexterous things because the world (for some strange reason) is seemingly built towards right-handed people. Which sucks.

But I see what you mean now xD

While I like stuff like BVB (hate BOTDF though, ask Ao), BMTH, etc... I do like metal. My favorite bands are Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Guns n' Roses, Poison, Motley Crue, Led Zeppelin, Marylin Manson, and Black Sabbath. Don't really listen to deathcore much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7bk5MFkQG4#t=73

Just a reminder to people that there is still hope in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAZDUjy1XXE

And a music history lesson for those who care

CHELSEA GRIN and ATTILLA have to be my top two favourites sick bands i have hope to see them live and i reccomend these bands to everyone who likes metalcore :3

...and then there was this.

It's been a while since I've tried that, if it doesn't work, ridicule at will.

>>66 GODDAMMIT

Fuck it, have this

http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/musikalit/what-kind-of-metal-head-are-you/

Mine is

You Scored as DEATH/BLACK METAL!!

You are DEATH/BLACK METAL!! You love gore, violence, and death in your lyrics. You probably like metal that is not very melodic, and is all about the aggression and the anger in the words. You might enjoy Dimmu Borgir or Cannibal Corpse.

DEATH/BLACK METAL!!
85%
NU-METAL!
55%
SYMPHONIC METAL
55%
DOOM METAL
50%
HEAVY METAL!!
50%

>>67 Heh, I'm fairly happy with mine.

You Scored as DOOM METAL
You are DOOM METAL! You like slower paced, spookier metal rather than all that screaming! You think that if you are going to listen to music about death and darkness, it makes much more sense for it to be slow and mournful!

DOOM METAL
85%
SYMPHONIC METAL
65%
HEAVY METAL!!
65%
DEATH/BLACK METAL!!
60%
NU-METAL!
30%

Well then. Here's Katatonia. \m/

Scored a Nu metal, witch is kinda accurate I guess.
I'm listening to Converge right now.

>>69 I'm not a fan, but it was pretty high on my list anyway. Don't know why. I guess not everything is 100% accurate or something.

WHITECHAPELLLLLLLLL
http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=hUqJ4F2EVw4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J13waIPkjCQ

New discovery leaves my ears very pleased.

Guys. between the buried and me. nuff said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNdRh2un5eg

^^^

I'm not really a Korn fan, but this song is fucking brilliant. I love his vocals so much - reminds me of what a chained animal trying desperately to break free, and failing, might sound like.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sWKR7uLa77A

I kinda wanna learn how to do warthog vocals, just kuz its awesome. Any idea where I can learn?

>>75 Youtube.

What are warthog vocals, though?

Metal thread rebirth? I think yes.

ANyone here into bands like Napalm Death, Insect Warfare and Margudergrind? Grindddddd til the end

>>77 I never could get into grind, not that I really tried too hard. I didn't like Napalm Death, so I assumed that I wouldn't like the rest it either. Was I wrong?

>>78 Very wrong Mr. Niege. Grind will preavail.

Ooh, grind?

Puig Destroyer.
All the Puig Destroyer.
/o/

>>77 quite enjoyable.

And warthog vocals are a nickname I saw somebody else give to the style of the Awaiting the Autopsy album I posted a while back. So I just picked it up and went with it, I guess.

Recently discovered Kreator. I must say Im very impressedwith the album Coma Of Souls

Grind is good.
http://youtu.be/2AIJuRGYmWk

>>78 Why do we have to not see eye to eye?

>>82 That album is awesome. You should also check out Pleasure to Kill - one of the best pure thrash albums ever, in my opinion.

Also, Enter the Grave by Evile.

And ...and Justice for All. To some degree.

>>83 Because so far we've only interacted with each other in regard to one topic that we both disagree on. And grind, which I currently have no real opinion on. I'd be happy to give it another try if you have anything else to recommend?

>>84 Quite familiar with Metllica already but I'll give Evile a shot

>>85 I figured. It's just one of my favourites.

>>84 The thing about grind is that it's not supposed to be "good."

Also, if you don't like it, you probably won't.

So let's move on.

Kuma had mentioned Burzum forty some posts ago, so...Burzum guys?

http://youtu.be/CFC9TXzd8Zc


Also, Electric Wizard.

http://youtu.be/lVvNCgFSW9A

>>84 Try Insect Warfare and Margudergrind. It either clicks or it doesnt and if it doesnt you're not missing out terribly because you dont understand what you're missing out on ahahaha

>>87 I mean, Grind is supposed to be good...

>>88 Is it though?
Is it supposed to be "good?"

Because good is bretty subjective.

>>89 I find it 'good'. The speed, tightness and ferocity make it so. If it was all sloppy and out of time all over the place it would be a lot less interesting and I guess 'not good'.

>>90 Alright.
Fair enough.

For the record, I think it's good too.
But I think that it's a different kind of good.

Yeah? Yeah?

>>92 Hell. Fucking. Yes.

>>92 Favourite track?

>>94 Aesthetics Of Hate or Clenching The Fists Of Dissent (just for that ten minutes of crushing riffage)

Gimme Gimme....GIMME SOME MOREEEEE

>>96 Have you heard Trivium's newest album yet? This ain't really a recommendation, but have you?

>>97 I haven't actually..might listen to it this weekend. Quick spoiler? Is it any good?

>>98 I was disappointed, but that doesn't mean you'll be. I thought it was incredibly generic, but it's still definitely Trivium.

It has kinda been growing on me lately, though.

>>99 I thought In Waves was petty average, but nothing appeals more to me than Ascendancy so I doubt I'll like it

Recently found a friend iin Infant Annihilator

Anyone into Mastodon?

I've been listening to Remission non-stop for the last couple of days. You know how sometimes you kinda neglect a band's earlier albums because you love their new stuff so much, but then when you've over-listened to their new stuff you listen to their old stuff and you love it and it's awesome and you fall in love with the band all over again?

Yeah. That's me and Mastodon right now.

>>102 Ive be meaning to check out The Hunter and its pre cursor albums (Im aware these are there best?) since when I was first introduced to Mastodon my music range was pretty limited and Id be up to giving them another go.

is it Crack the Sky thats the album everyone raves on about? (Play Crack The Sky by Brand New is a tuneeee)

>>104 Crack the Skye is the one people tend to rave about, but for you, I'd recommend starting with Remission or Leviathan, seeing as you seem more into the heavier side of things, and their discog get's increasingly light as you go on.

All of their work is gold though, so choosing which one you think is the best is more opinionated - compared to a lot of other bands, anyway - and you could start anywhere, really. 2 years ago I would've chosen The Hunter As my favourite, but now I'm not too sure.

Anyway, I think you'll love them.

>>105 Im not just into heavy full on metal, Im really into alot of indie, emo, eltroc, shoegaze, trance and pop acts as well.
Nevertheless (Im done beating my own horse) I shall set off on a journey of my own Mastodon adventure. Wherever it takes me, I shall tell tales when I return

TERROR ZONEEEE!
Kreator's been getting a few plays recently

Make Them Suffer's album Neverbloom has one of the best deathcore intros I've ever heard. Piano, add vocalization, sudden pause for tension build... delivery.

>>108 This completely.

Got to play Metallica at work today. Today was a good day.

In the mornings, I have class. If you can call it that. The class in question is closer to a series of bland videos that lead into an equally boring set of questions. The questions are supposed to be teaching, but don't do all that great of a job. To spice things up a bit, I play music in the background of the unappealing voices.

Considering I was right next to a swarm of freshmen, it felt like a good time for Infant Annihilator while I listened to some chick talk about parabolas and overly long equation. Not bad for math. Kind of a reward, I suppose, for not lighting myself on fire. But it's Monday here, and under the blue sunshine, Ao remains a hermit.

Found some bands worth looking into while exploring SoundCloud the other day. Just a couple. They're all deathcore though so that may limit interest.

Heart in Hand
Bleed from Within
Obsek

It is indeed a sad day for metalhead's everywhere. I was never really a huge GWAR fan, but you didn't really need to be one to love this guy. Thank god I got to see him decapitate Tony Abbott at Soundwave before this happened. Also he killed a dinosaur. All while giving us the gift the gift of sweet, glorious metal.

RIP Dave "Oderus Urungus" Brockie. May you decapitate angels in Alien Overlord heaven.

^ http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/report-gwar-frontman-dave-brockie-found-dead/

>>113 'Tis a sad day indeed

WOW. I didn't know there were many people into anime and metal

>>108 Meh, the intro was great, but but imo the clean vocals in some of the album (title track for instance) are mediocre. After Soulfallen I have a high standard for bands that mix vocals like that.

>>117 Agreed, mixing vocal types like that is a difficult thing to pull off, especially with romantic poetry with no rhyme scheme (the vast majority of Neverbloom). I haven't heard of this Soulfallen of which you speak, however I will investigate when possible. Thanks! :D

Sexdrome anyone?

Sexdrome is a dirty, mix of Raw Black Metal and Punk out of the great Copenhagen, Denmark.

Dig.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxmgnykLXbo

>>119 This seems really interesting Im might just have to go check it out and report back

Single Mothers anyone?

I've been exploring around some, and found this. Not sure what to think of it. What do you guys think?

^

I think I've begun falling in love with Orchid, and not the doom metal band you're probably thinking of. The link is to the wiki page since I can't access any of their songs right now but nonetheless these guys are worth looking into (shout out to Bulma, Yatahaze, and Xephlrek)

>>123 Sounds brilliant I'll have to check it pout tommorrow although I hate that word; 'screamo'

>>124 I as well, but unfortunately it'll probably be around for a long time to come.

Emo revival is official tho lol

>>126
this

I've been digging System of a Down lately, particularly their self-titled. That album is officially one of my all time favourites.

>>126 good. Will there be an official Emo music thread, for things everywhere from Senses Fail's "Negative Space" to Orchid's "Epilogue of a Car Crash"?

>>129 My threads are fairly basic so I was hoping Yata, yourself or someone else would do it. I would constantly be posting on there though, that is for sure.

Anyone heard of Cerce? They're really fucking cool (girl fronted hardore punk)

>>130
I've heard of them but haven't really checked them out before. What would be a good starting place?

>>130 I'll see what I can do when I update my OS. Going heree at school isn't safe anymore. On a phone right now, and it sucks.

In the meantime, I'm gonna dig up some more info on stuff. Just post some do's and don+'s on this thread for now and ill give it an attempt afterward, if that's cool.

Anyhow, anybody have any good bands to losten to? Of any kind, really

Listen* >>132

>>131 They have a self titled 7" thats free on Bandcamp, start there I guess. Quite alot of their stuff is actually free there

Been giving Loma Prieta quite a few listens recently. Not sure if I dig it or not, but I keep going back for more. Anyone heard of them?

Pelican anyone?

Gave Sun O))) my first listen today. I....dont.....get it?

>>136 ...What?! You need to try and appreciate the sounds of Sun O))).

>>136>>137 I also like Sun O)))

>>136
I've heard some Pelican here and there and nothing's really impressed me.

Still gotta check Sunn O)))

>>138 >>137 I might have been listening to the wrong stuff or the bad side of them but I was just confused as to what was going on and thought I musn't 'get it'



>>139 I will admit some Pelican is boring but some of it is really really cool

Anybody here a fan of Brutality Will Pravail?

They came to Australia last May and they played to about 100 and still ripped the place to shreds. Old faithfuls like Warbrain and Shackles made an appearance before hand and I was little nervous to see what BWP could pull off next, following those brilliant acts. But ripping straight into a classic opener of Metalica - For Whom The Bell Tolls it was clear who were kings here.

The band itself I like although I couldn't get into the first album (Forgotten Soul) and their latest one either. Root Of All Evil and Scatter The Ashes on the other hand I can listen to over and over and still get that evil and content feeling you get after a Behemoth record (which I quite enjoyed doing).

Anyone into Triptykon, or, by short extension, Celtic Frost?

Admittedly I don't know a lot about the latter (other than one of my friends describing the album Mega Therion as "weird and repetitive"), but after listening to about half of Triptykon's (whose founder, Thomas Gabriel Fischer used to be part of Celtic Forst, Hellhammer and Apollyon Sun) newest album Melana Chasmata during a media class, I went home and downladed their self-titled debut, and, admittedly speaking as a former metalhead who's since ventured elsewhere in the music world, it's gotta be one of the best metal albums I've heard in quite a while.

They're like this amazing blend of doom metal and groove metal, and also to some extent, black metal. Crushingly slow/mid pace riffs, a really dark atmosphere and some elements of some more mellow genre's such as opera and ambience in there as well. It somehow manages to come off as evil and moody, but not melodramatic or cheesy or over-the-top, which is pretty awesome considering how much cheese there is in a lot of extreme metal these days.

So yeah, I highly recommend. And if anyone is into Celtic Frost here, where would you recommend I start?

So Code Orange (formerly Code Orange Kids) are releasing a new album called 'I Am King'. I must say, although the fron cover looks kinda silly, Im super excited for its release. Only the cover art and tracklisting has been revealed so far but Deathwish dont put out bad records, Im trusting Code Orange on this one.

*Makes joke about Code Orange no longer being kids hence the name change*

Deafhaven, need I say more?

Rumours floating around of a Pantera reunion, interesting thought that. I dont know about everyone else but Id love to get the chance to see tunes like Domination and Floods live.

THE DEBATE -
Who would they get to fill in on guitar? Why? and why would that be good/bad?

I think it'd be cool to get Kerry King or someone like Matt Heafy/Rob Halford to do it just as a real 'tribute' to Dime (RIP). Kerry King would also put an interesting twist on the songs Dime wrote, which would be awesome

There's one great band in my country, which is not pretty popular, it's called Scrath The Floor, Deadlock is their the most popular song, feel free to check it out if you want

Recently got back into the melodic death metal scene again. Starting it off with In Flames, but I'll venture deeper.

I've really been digging this album called "...And They Shall Take up Serpents" by a band called Byzantine.

I'mma call it melodic thrash, but it's also been labelled as groove metal and prog metal. They don't really follow genre conventions, though, but their music is very noticeably thrash influence. I particularly like their melodic solos and occasional clean singing.

It generally satisfies all of my basic metal needs; heaviness, technicality, and melody.

>>148 Byzantine is one of my favorites.
/o/

Punk's my favorite genre (hence the name xD) , but I also love metal.I'm more into the core genres (metalcore especially,but some deathcore bands too).
Miss May I,Trivium,A7X,Unearth,Suicide Silence,BMTH (fuck sempiternal),Job for a Cowboy,BFMV,As I Lay Dying,Of Mice and Men (fuck restoring force),Beartooth and others.
I also like oldschool bands like Megadeth,Motorhead,Anthrax,Motley Crue and Metallica (in their good years,not the lulu shit they're making now lol).
Also,I'm a big fan of local bands,the romanian underground scene being pretty awesome,in my opinion.
Here some bands that I'm sure you'll enjoy :
Cap de Craniu (deathcore/grindcore)
Breathelast(metalcore)
Negative Core Project (groove/deathcore).
They're worth a try,trust me :D

>>149 And as of recently, one of mine. That album just gets better with every listen.

Any similar bands you know of?

Dethklok, Metallica, Disturbed, Three Days Grace (Pre-Adam leaving), and Rob Zombie.

Okay so I gave Sunn O))) another crack, a different album this time, and understood why I was so confused on my first listen. The album I had been listening to was alot of etheral and minimal feedback, not the low end drone of typical Sunn. La Mort Noir Dans Esch/Alzette is so haunting, heavy and beautiful. Its guitar tone heaven. I would be really interested in seeing them perform live as the stories Ive heard of and about their live shows are insane. Supposedly you have to wear industrial ear muffs at all times and things can shake and fall over from the sheer noise they make. Good stuff

>>153 The Sunn O))) album I've heard is Black One, and I thought it was awesome.

They're a band I definitely need to hear more of.

Dethklok,Disturbed,atari terror (from my country) , hentai corporation (veird trash rock n roll) Eluviete , týr. .. and so many other bands :D (ps.this is my first post there(except test post))

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I've been getting back into full on death metal lately, mostly Deicide, Bloodbath, Immolation, Death, Carcass and Edge of Sanity. I'm downloading Testament's and Possessed's discog tonight, maybe Decapitation's as well.

Should be fun.

>>156 I used to like a little death metal, mainly Obituary, Cannibal Corpse and Death.

Been listening to alot of thrash metal recently though and need more bands similar to Slayer, Power Trip and Kreator. Any recommendations?

>>157 In that category, Testament's The Gathering is one album I've heard that's definitely worth a recommendation. Their debut The Legacy is a pretty decent little thrash album too, if you don't mind a bit of 80's cheese.

Enter the Grave by Evile is one of my all time favourite thrash albums - it just weirdly does 80's thrash better than any 80's band ever did, in my opinion. Their subsequent albums aren't nearly as good, pretty much shameless (but kinda awesome) rip-offs of old-school Metallica.

There's also a band called Warbringer that is just straight up thrash goodness, and another called Vektor that plays what could probably be described as "progressive thrash," strange as it sounds, but mostly I'd recommend Enter the Grave and The Gathering.

Never heard of Power Trip, by the way. I'll probably download an album or something soon.

Been meaning to check out Testament and Evile for some time now, thanks for the suggestion. Power Trip are a sort of Hardcore/Thrash Crossover band but they write songs that sound pretty metal to me. Check out their debut Manifest Decimation or their EP Armageddon Blues if you feel so inclined.

>>158 OOPS

Bump.

Machine Head's new album fucking kills.

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He-hey, my old thread. Almost survived to 2015.

So I've recently been suggested a band named Broken Flesh. I like the song they sent me, but are they consistent in their sound? Just curious if anyone else has heard about them and like them

I know this is my own thread from a hella long time ago, but I gotta ask; would emoviolence fit here?

Orchid - 'Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow!' EP

Bump because music board is criminally lacking in metal.

Current favourite metal bands:

Electric Wizard
Dissection
Ne Obliviscaris
Protest the Hero
Type O Negative

Also I'm definitely seeing Insomnium, Opeth and Machine Head over the next few months.
Hoping to see Anathema too. They apparently played for the first time last year, but I couldn't go. This year they're coming back (pretty soon, but who's complaining) to do an acoustic thing. Awesome.

>>166 Eelctric Wizard are kings!

I feel without more than two or three of us this thread doesn't work so well so i'm going to try put some effort into posting more often. Recently i've gotten into alot of stoner rock stuff which I guess (in some instances) counts under the term 'metal'. Some of these include:
Sleep
Om
Electric Wizard
Windhand
Earthless
Graveyard
Dead Meadow
The Shrine

also been listening to alot of Converge, Jane Doe hyas been on repeat as well as Axe To Fall

>>166 >>167 Electric Wizard thread please.
We've all sort of taken an interest to stoner rock recently. I'm just curious as to why this is.

>>168 A little something called weed :))

I'm not smoking weed.
I just happen to like stoner rock lately.

>>169 haven't seen you in a while. Good to have you back, mate.

>>>169 vouch

Kreator's Pleasure to Kill is amazing.
It's like, thrash. But also death.
And it's glorious.
That is all.

Bump.

i like, there are alot of band that i love and some that i dislike, i would say the one that i'm hearing more right now is Eluveitie, Soilwork, godsmack and maybe dar tranquility

Bump.

I doubt anyone will now that it's here, but if you want to talk about metal, do it here.

>>173 I've heard good shit about Eluveitie, but I've never thought to check them out. They kinda sound like a power metal band, and I'm not really too open to that at the moment.

I saw Godsmack live at Soundwave this year.
I wasn't a fan when I went in, and I wasn't one when I left. But they definitely weren't bad.

Eluveitie is a straight folk metal band, with some melodeath in some songs... Amazing band check them out bro

In no particular order:

La Dispute
Periphery
Fall of Troy
The Used
Slipknot
System of a down
Escape the Fate
NOTHING MORE
ummmm a bunch of others that I forget cause I listen to so much music and I literally just love everything. All the music /o/

>>176 I saw nothing more at a festival earlier this year. I didn't know them, but they absolutely blew me away live. There were mounted bassists, custom drums, mallets and extended percussion jams. It was glorious.

I didn't really think much of the songs they played, but they were obviously very talented musicians, and they put on a hell of a show!

Acid Bath?
https://soundcloud.com/acidbath/acid-bath-bleed-me-an-ocean

>>177 My brother showed me a single they made last year and I was hooked. Now the radio here plays them sometimes and its awesome. Mr. Mtv is a great song.

>>170 Good to be back as well

>>168 Would definetly post lost on this thread if it were to happen

I dont really know where to post about psych bands but I feel like most people into stoner and such will enjoy some of these bands;
Tame Impala (however poppy they are as well)
Causa Sui (Danish instrumental psychedelic rock)
Fuzz
Dead Meadow

Also if anyone could reccomend something in the same sort of genre (psychedlic/blues rock) that would be great as im looking for more influence into some music I've been writing

>>180 I recently found Truckfighters. It may be what you're looking for.

>>181 Cool stuff, will defintely have to give them a few more listens.

Really digging the stoner rock still with bands like Witch, Naam, Colour Haze, Electric Wizard's alvum Come My Fanatics as well as the s/t and way too much Om

I need a band EXACTLY or very similar to Om to listen to. For some reason Om (and Naam to an extent) helps me sleep/meditate when I attempt to astral project or lucid dream. Something about the resonation of the bass and the scales it moves through makes me very calm...

Between the buried and me anyone? they released a new album recently..

>>183 I still haven't finished listening to it, but it reminds me a lot of Dream Theater so far.

A lot of Dream Theater.

Apparently Ned Flanders themed metal - "nedal" - is a thing now.

At least it's cooler than Babymetal.

The Odious.

A fantastic groove-metal band from (Washington?) who write fantastic stories with their music.

>>186 I searched and found a prog metal band from Portland, Oregon.

Your description doesn't fit, but if this is the band you're talking about they're fucking awesome.

Yo, here's our established metal/core thread, for all your heavy metal and core discussion needs. Quite making or posting in shitty threads.

New Iron Maiden. Awesome, right? Probably the only band who could write an album while simultaneously recording and somehow have the result not be a mess. *cough*st anger*cough*

Also probably the only band who could get me so excited for a fucking 90 minute record. I can barely get through Tool albums in one sitting, but this one is amazingly listenable. Probably favourite track

Other than that, my current obsessions are Downfall of Gaia and Melbourne's own Hope Drone. I knew that post-black-metal existed, but fuck if I didn't dismiss it as pretentious as same-y. Nope. It's amazing.

The new Fuzz album (Fuzz II) is absolutely incredible, have you heard it? If not what have you been listening to all this time!

There are too many threads on the music board that could easily fall right into this one.

Guys, if you wanna talk about your shitty scenecore fagster music, do it here. I won't judge. You fucking twelve-year-old noobs.

Anyways, Alithia, Caligula's Horse and Sydonia tomorrow night. The main act is Dead Letter Circus, but I'm mostly going for the supports. And the night after, Metal Obsession's 5th birthday gig . Looking forward to Myridian, Ornithologist, Feralian and Greytomb. I bet you haven't heard of any of them. So kvlt.

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Opeth and Porcupine Tree fans, here's Caligula's Horse.

Also, fuck reCAPTCHA. I'm just gonna keep saying this until a mod notices

^and now it looks like links aren't working.

https://youtu.be/3C5qnG0GLfI

Just started listening to I See Stars. They're very electro-metal. They're sick and seriously amazing live!

Bump

So I'mma see Sunn 0))) in March.

I'll probably come home deaf.

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I'm usually into Disturbed, 5FDP, Slipknot, Metallica, Facloner and Black Veil Brides as metal that I listen to. It's cool to see that other people listen to metal

>>196 Where? They're playing in Aus at an art festival...thinking about going

Yeah, they were playing with Magma at the Adelaide Arts Festival. I'll be seeing them in Melbourne.

>>200
God they make me wet. Sadly I've never seen them live. Much jealousy.

I haven't been to a sick metal concert in like a year now I neeD TO PARTY aksjdksyxhsaizkqkzjdmdm.

Sunn O))) was... interesting. There were hooded cloaks and a trombone. Also smoke. Lots and lots of smoke.

And thank god the venue provided earplugs. The whole fucking venue was vibrating like crazy.

Parasite Inc.
Great metal for when you just wanna kill people

>>204 Obviously you've never listened to Crpytopsy

Best april fools joke

Im seeing the legendary POWER TRIP play in London in a few days! Very excited - these dudes are about the best crossover thrash has to offer these days (check out Manifest Decimation)

Think we decided punk and hardcore bands fit under this thread, so heres my Girl Power playlist -

1. Avengers - Fuck You (Live)
2. White Lung - Take The Mirror
3. X - Sex and Dying In High Society
4. Brain F/ - Symptom Set
5. Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
6. Blondie - Dreaming
7. Sonic Youth - My Friend Goo

Bought tickets to see Infest in Leeds this November...GET ME OUTTAAAA HERE! I CANT FUCKIN TAKE THIS!

So, thoughts on new Metallica? Im very very excited as I am a massive 'tallica fan and have been for fair few years

>>210 Hardwired was alright, the other one seemed to be better, but I only listened to it in the background and didn't pay much attention to it at all. Metallica news doesn't really excite me that much anymore. I guess I'll listen to the album when it comes out. Similar with Opeth's new album, although I'll definitely be giving that a listen - I was pretty iffy about the track's that they released, but I'm hoping I'll be able to enjoy them more in the context of the full album.

I am really looking forward to Alcest's new album, and I'll probably be going for the debut album launch for a Tasmanian blackened doom (maybe) band called Departe - at first mostly for the epic lineup they've put together for it, but after I actually gave the teaser track's a listen I found that they actually sound awesome. Other than that I can't think of any metal release I'm particularly pumped for.

Oh. I think Colossvs are releasing a new one soon. Gonna be cool to see how they are with their old vocalist.

Gotta check out Neurosis' new album, too. Might be interesting. Maybe.

anyone here listen to waylander or stormwarrior?

Alestorm (*cough* did hangover better than Taio Cruz *cough*) or Sabaton?

>>213 Haven't listened to a lot of Sabaton, but based on the little I have heard I think I can comfortably go for Alestorm here.

Anyone listen to Death?

>>215 Love Death. The Sound of Perseverance, Human and Symbolic are three of my favourite albums of all time. The other's are really great too. The band's legacy is absolutely untouchable.

>>216 The Sound Of Perseverance is definitely my favorite of their albums.

what's ur favorite metal songs?

So on the 15th and 16th of this month Im going to Antwerp, Belgium - to attend Desertfest 2016. Some of the bands on the line-up include Colour Haze, Cough, Elder, Goat, Joy, Monkey3, My Sleeping Karma, Pentagram, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Weedeater and Yob.

Pretty excited for the weekend, loads of bands playing Im not entirely familiar with which makes it even more exciting. Smoke dope, ave santanas

http://www.desertfest.be/

>>219 Looks like it'll be a great festival, man. Jealous you're seeing Cough, Yob and Elder.

>>220 Was a fucking blast man, Goat blew me away! Weedeater, Elder and Uncle Acid were mental as well.

Also, saw Infest in Leeds back in November - fucking hell, what a band and what gig to be lucky enough to go to.

Also also, saw Earth(!) which was the slowest my brain has ever operated. They played with Nuerosis which were also pretty good, but not my highlight of the night.

In other news, new Metallica was 'meh' except for the remastered ...and justice for all versions on Youtube for Atlas Rise and Moth to Flame which were epic! A must listen for early Metallica fans

>>221 oh man, so far this year it looks like I'll definitely be seeing Neurosis (with Dispossessed, missed them a few weeks ago), and possibly Cough with some band called Windhand. There've been some seriously great tours announced so far. Latest was Alcest, which I'm really, really fucking hyped for. Also possibly Devin Townsend, too, because Transcendance was great and sleepmakeswaves is supporting.

I can only imagine what Earth would be like live, I hope I get a chance sometime soon. Apparently they did tour Australia a few years back, but I would've still been in high school at the time, so yeah.

I didn't hate Metallica's new one. It was alright. Tbh I was uninterested in it completely.

>>222 I'll be going to that Windhand/Cough tour. Im a big Windhand fan, their album 'Soma' is fantastic,as well as the self titled debut. Ill be back in the country a matter of hours before the gig in Brisbane.

Earth will probably come out with Boris or Sunn O))), maybe even Sleep/Om? They were extremely loud and the whole old Victorian theater was rumbling and resonating in an amazing 'drone'

Saw Windhand, was very very loud!

Can someone recommend me some alternative/nu/progressive metal bands?

I've recently started to get into metal and I really want to find some other bands I can listen to.

Right know I only really know of and listen to System of a Down and Slipknot.
(I'm sorry I know so little)

>>225 Shit, I dunno... Disturbed, maybe? They got a solid cover of Land of Confusion, and Down with the Sickness is alright, I guess. Give 'em a shot.
Oh and if you like Slipknot, try Stone Sour. One of the members of Slipknot fronts it.

>>225 If you want prog metal bands Mastodon and Baroness are pretty cool. When I think of System of a Down I always think of Limp Bizkit, KoRn and Disturbed - so check them out if thats your niche.

Ah shit, didn't realize they wanted prog recs, too. In that case, Protest the Hero is a decent choice. And who could forget the quintessential prog metal band, Dream Theater? If you like instrumentals, I think you might like Animals as Leaders, as well.

>>227>>228
Wow thanks guys, I'll look into them!

Sleep have announced they're writing a new record. Been getting pretty hyped up for its release after 'The Clarity' and some interesting things said in an interview with Matt Pike - I have a good feeling they've created a masterpiece of some sort. It impossible to fail, Al Cisneros is a genius + Matt Pike and Jason Roader are such great musicians...big things to come Weedians

Get scared is pretty cool, the Demons album is great for fans of stuff like slipknot etc.

Does Sabaton count?

I just listened to Dragonforce after a long time. Most of it's just pretty okay, but they used to really kill it with the power ballads. Starfire and Trail of Broken Hearts are fucking great tunes.

>>233 Always had a guilty pleasure for Heroes of our Time! Actually a tune...

Got tickets to see the almighty SLEEP (again) !!! Really excited for this one.

Gonna try scalp a ticket when the Melvins play next month, otherwise I'll have to sneak in through the air shaft on the roof or somethin'

>>234 Man, they're playing the Gasometer right on my birthday... Miut I couldn't get tickets.

Good luck, dude.

Might see ya at Sleep. It's gonna be sick.

So, we're nearly at the end of 2017 - and what a year its been for music. I haven't listened to so many new albums (that I enjoyed) in a long time. Outside of the 'heavy metal' bracket, there have been some fantastic releases that have really caught my attention, most notably Deafcult (a shoegaze band from Brisbane) and quite out of my spectrum, Buzz Kull (electronic darkwave stuff). I guess these things happen as your music taste expands, but I never thought that these artists would be competing for my albums of the year.
In terms of 'heavy metal' (bracket) releases, there has been no shortage of fantastic albums - from King Gizzard's three (excluding the lame collaboration) LP's in one year; to the blistering follow up to Power Trip's debut. Below I've written a short list of LP's I enjoyed (and remembered) at this time:

P.S if I've missed anything, or you have listened to something worth sharing (from 2017) - I'm keen to hear new things! Enlighten me!

Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
Thrash revivalists, a fantastic 2nd album from an ever consistent modern band

Elder - Reflection of a Floating World
I've already spoken about this one, I dont feel like it needs much more to be said about it. It's self explanatory, and probably going to be my AOTY.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Microtonal, Murder and 'xxxx'
I'm calling the final LP 'xxxx' at this stage as a single for ANOTHER new record was released and very well received. I expect big things. Microtonal and Murder were both amazing - Sketches not so much.

Idylls - The Barn
FFO Converge amongst other aspects of noise rock and chaotic hardcore. I can't boast about this bands prestige enough, one of the tightest (and yet so loose) bands I have ever been fortunate enough to see. This new albums rips, I highly recommend checking out their work

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
I feel like these don't fit in anywhere in particular, but they have been associated with the likes of Sunn and Earth before so I assume their worlds have collided at one time or another. I must admit, Im new to GY!PE (or whatever the acronym fans use) but I found this album very soothing and interesting

Big Brave - Andor
Again, at a loss for words as to where these guys would fit into the spectrum of genre, post-rock with elements of doom or ambient? This band shares GY!BE's hometown, it seems there is something in the water up in Montreal... another serious contender for AOTY

Hobo Magic - The World Today
Groove, tone and riffs. Hobo Magic are a band I was lucky enough to stumble across at a gig a long time before this album was released - and always knew they had the potential to do something massive. This is it, the world today, stoner rock at it's finest.

Zong - S/T
This one is still digesting for me, but so far I've been taken on a wild ride with each listen and gaining more appreciation for it. Will definitely be seeing these guys with Hobo Magic later this year.

Yet to be released is a Causa Sui LP (hyped!) and Sleep's new album, but maybe we'll have to wait until next year? Hopefully before they play in Australia...

>>235 Will definitely see you at Sleep man!

Bullet for my Valentine.
Albums: Scream Aim Fire, Fever
Listen if you already haven't.
You will enjoy I'm sure

>>236 GOAT Taste. Godspeed are a top tier drone band.

>>231

I love Get Scared so much. They also put on a hell of a live show. I've seen them twice.

They're also awesome dudes off-stage. I've met them on many occassions.

i have seen Cannibal Corpse live,and after that show i wanted to die

>>238 speaking of Godspeed You! Black Emperor

I just bought tickets for their gig in Melbourne next year. It's a present to myself, the day before my 21st birthday! They're playing in a recital centre, which I had to book tickets that were allocated to a SEAT within the venue. I've never been to something quite like this, it seems the centre is used for mostly classical music and theatre - which makes me even more excited as the acoustics will be fantastic!