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The song sample video that was floating around when Avalon was billing itself as "the NEW metal opera" didn't really get my hopes up. Just more buttfighter dragonlord wankery from Tolkki that has the misfortune of being performed by a few vocalists that I actually like. Yes, I'm still bitter about Symfonia too. The weird apparent attempt to cash in on Avantasia seems to be, for better or worse, in name and marketing only. As far as Avantasia goes...hey, I liked Sleepwalking. It's the best U2 song Tobias has ever written  In all seriousness though I've been impressed by all I've heard from The Mystery of Time and only wish I could get my hands on a copy of the LE 2CD+Earbook that didn't cost an arm and a leg and cross-the-ocean shipping. Thanks for that one, Nuclear Blast.
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I find I'm just not able to get into a rock opera other than The Who's Tommy. I met Jennifer Sowle years ago at a Sonata Arctica concert in Fort Worth, we were in the same spot in line to get in. She was very nice, and was on a first name basis with Jens from Stratovarius, which I think helped get her into this side project of Timo's a year or two later. I didn't have the heart to say I didn't care for it, but I thought it was pretty cool that she got into a project like that. I didn't realize metal operas were such a recurring pursuit of his. We all hung out after the show, and the ladies in our group got us all onto Sonata's bus by showing some skin. We got absolutely trashed with the band and had an amazing time. Also, thanks to this thread, I am in love with Nekrogoblikon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryD8bPwFaAM Their music is just so drat fun and catchy. There's a poll online to get them into the guest spot on this year's Summer Slaughter tour. The tour has several dates in Texas, so I'm going to try to go, especially if they get on (though it doesn't look likely at the moment). The Ferret King fucked around with this message at 12:32 on Mar 26, 2013 |
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I'd like to thank the people who wouldn't shut up about Grand Magus for a while a few months ago. I came across I The Jury somehow this weekend and I haven't stopped listening to them since. I wish he did the stoner Halford voice a bit more but this band is loving sweet.
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Morbid Florist posted:I'd like to thank the people who wouldn't shut up about Grand Magus for a while a few months ago. I came across I The Jury somehow this weekend and I haven't stopped listening to them since. I wish he did the stoner Halford voice a bit more but this band is loving sweet. I was on a huge GM kick last summer while making poo poo out of wood in my garage with power tools and nails. I sense it's going to make a return this year.
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Nordick posted:EDIT: I've listened to Jess and The Ancient Ones - More Than Living for an obscene amount of times today and for gently caress's sake I'm running out of hyperlatives here, there's just no loving sense in how bloody amazing this song is. It's quite literally, no hyperbole, the single best goddamn song I have heard in YEARS. I just listened to it and  Coulrophobia posted:buttfighter dragonlord wankery There's the metal thread I know
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This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!
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666 posted:gently caress me if the new svart crown isnt gonna be the best blackened death record of 2013 I've heard of these guys before but hadn't gotten around to checking them out. God drat this owns. I love the mix of the bleak, Deathspell Omega style black metal with that glassy guitar tone and groovy death metal.
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Hulk Krogan posted:I've heard of these guys before but hadn't gotten around to checking them out. God drat this owns. I love the mix of the bleak, Deathspell Omega style black metal with that glassy guitar tone and groovy death metal. It almost sounds like a new Immolation track, but one that they produced after listening to too much Ulcerate. Either way, I just listened to it six times in a row. Optimum Gulps fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Mar 26, 2013 |
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Hulk Krogan posted:I've heard of these guys before but hadn't gotten around to checking them out. God drat this owns. I love the mix of the bleak, Deathspell Omega style black metal with that glassy guitar tone and groovy death metal. the production really is something else, it's so loving layered and full without becoming dense or muddy. love it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mETqQjkuKhU This was released recently and it is awesome.
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New Satan track http://youtu.be/9y-T-K5ehwI Digging it I must say.
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CRIP EATIN BREAD posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mETqQjkuKhU I'm liking it too. Gonna pick up the album on payday.
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Hulk Krogan posted:I've heard of these guys before but hadn't gotten around to checking them out. God drat this owns. I love the mix of the bleak, Deathspell Omega style black metal with that glassy guitar tone and groovy death metal. After this description I absolutely have to hear it. So far I think my favourite death metal of the year is the new Tribulation record. The weird, proggy twists it makes in songs like Suspiria have me hooked. I still have so much to check out from this year, but from what I have heard, nothing comes close to Tribulation or Light Bearer so far. With a few more spins, Wardruna might be up there. I definitely need to get on the Inter Arma and Intronaut releases. What have people been digging so far this year? My copies of the new Kvelertak and Voices albums should arrive tomorrow. I've been meaning to listen to Voices for ages but the incorrect tagging on spotify stopped me because I am a last.fm obsessive.
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It's not metal (gently caress you, if we're talking Ghost...), but the new Clutch album is loving fantastic.
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Great Horny Toads! posted:Yeah, Blodsvept is not bad. Lots of Jaktens Tid, Nattfodd, and Visor Om Slutet in there, and Vreth has managed to encompass the vocal stylings of the former vocalists, as well. He finally sounds like a proper troll. And yes, I thought Visor om slutet was great too, I never understood the disdain that some fans had for it when it came out (ten years ago...).
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Not Very Metal posted:I searched and didn't see anything mentioned about King Parrot, but they're a new-ish grind band from Australia. I just picked up Bite Your Head Off, and it's pretty sweet. I can't really think of an apt comparison as I'm not terribly familiar with grind. The record is really fun, great riffs, and the vocalist is a loving nut. I'm really enjoying King Parrot. I don't know if you are Australian/are aware of Blood Duster, but they share members so that explains the sound a bit.
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nomapple posted:After this description I absolutely have to hear it. So far I think my favourite death metal of the year is the new Tribulation record. The weird, proggy twists it makes in songs like Suspiria have me hooked. I still have so much to check out from this year, but from what I have heard, nothing comes close to Tribulation or Light Bearer so far. With a few more spins, Wardruna might be up there. I definitely need to get on the Inter Arma and Intronaut releases. What have people been digging so far this year? My copies of the new Kvelertak and Voices albums should arrive tomorrow. I've been meaning to listen to Voices for ages but the incorrect tagging on spotify stopped me because I am a last.fm obsessive. The new Tribulation is loving killer. It was talked about a few weeks (?) ago and I didn't give it much thought at that time, but absolutely should have. I've got one metal-oriented friend who had never heard of them, and totally flipped his poo poo when I played it for him. When the Sky Is Black with Devils is the standout track for me, but its just phenomenal riffs from start to back. Same thing goes for the new Intronaut, different than what I had expected, but in a really, really good way. Primitive Man's record Scorn is really good, but should probably be in the Stoner/Sludge thread. Howling's A Beast Conceived is pretty rad too. Big Willy Style posted:I'm really enjoying King Parrot. I don't know if you are Australian/are aware of Blood Duster, but they share members so that explains the sound a bit. I am neither Australian nor aware of Blood Duster, but will definitely check them out. Thanks! I have listened to that King Parrot record probably a dozen times since I've gotten it, and can't see myself stopping. It's got all the elements - crazy blastbeats, great riffs, groovy tempo changes, excellent vocals. Love it. Not Very Metal fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Mar 27, 2013 |
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Noumena album dropping April 18th. Have an album trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2QRTt-xAbs Also, thanks to whoever posted Necrogoblikon. I may have to blow money on a shirt depicting a goblin riding a stegosaurus or bear.
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That noumena teaser sounds awesome, i've never liked their vocals but they seem much better now. Looking forward to it.
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:The Scion Rock Fest this year has a few bands I'd like to see I'm amazed that this is free, are the beers like 30 bucks? Also do you guys get band shirts from any site in particular or just the labels/bands?
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Great Horny Toads! posted:Noumena album dropping April 18th. Have an album trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2QRTt-xAbs Oh holy poo poo, I thought these guys had gone totally inactive. And yes, the vocals all around sound much improved. Very excited for this now.
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JamesWestfall posted:I'm amazed that this is free, are the beers like 30 bucks? Hells Headbangers is awesome.
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Coulrophobia posted:So Therion released a music video to a 15-minute cut of Adulruna Rediviva and  I thought it was a lot of fun. I think you guys are all just too uptight. I mean, Snowy Shaw was basically born to be a grizzled steampunk airship captain. This video was just the engine for that to finally happen.
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Not Very Metal posted:The new Tribulation is loving killer. It was talked about a few weeks (?) ago and I didn't give it much thought at that time, but absolutely should have. I've got one metal-oriented friend who had never heard of them, and totally flipped his poo poo when I played it for him. When the Sky Is Black with Devils is the standout track for me, but its just phenomenal riffs from start to back. Same thing goes for the new Intronaut, different than what I had expected, but in a really, really good way. You have good tastes. Scorn is a ripper album and tore my balls off. Blood Duster is a pretty veteran grind/stoner rock/nu metal band (don't be put off by the nu metal tag). I got my first chance to see them last year and they put on the most ridiculous show. 50 minutes of weird, groovy grind core with people jumping in unison in the crowd and the singer insulting everything and carrying on like a pork chop Drink Fight gently caress and Porn Store Stiffi are killer tracks and show off a lot of what they are about.
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Big Willy Style posted:Blood Duster is a pretty veteran grind/stoner rock/nu metal band (don't be put off by the nu metal tag). I got my first chance to see them last year and they put on the most ridiculous show. 50 minutes of weird, groovy grind core with people jumping in unison in the crowd and the singer insulting everything and carrying on like a pork chop Blood Duster was def up there in my favorite sets of MDF 2010...and that was a hell of a year. Birdflesh, Blood Duster, Rompeprop were all fun as gently caress goofy sets.
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Snowy was awesome in it. Actually the acting was generally pretty decent, especially him, Lori and Cristofer. My biggest issues with it were mostly the WE'RE SO STEAMPUNK WE poo poo POCKET WATCHES outfitting, some of the goofy makeup, and some icky-looking camera work sometimes...plus most of the singing parts were being lipsynced by people who didn't even sing the parts originally. It was weird seeing Mats Leven's voice coming out of both Snowy and Thomas on different occasions. I looked at some of the behind the scenes stuff though and by the look of it a lot of the work was done by students so I don't want to be too hard on it anymore, I was in that position once upon a time too and that considered they did a decent job  It was silly, but it was fun, and they had fun making it.
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I finally got round to listening to Meir and I think it's really good. I think the reviews I've seen so far have been unnecessarily harsh, or put the debut up on some ridiculous pedestal. I like the debut a lot, but I definitely felt like it was top heavy. I'm glad to see Kvelertak deliver on their sophomore album. Bruane Brenn is as good as anything off the s/t IMO.
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JamesWestfall posted:I'm amazed that this is free, are the beers like 30 bucks? Are we going to do this again? It's free because it's a massive write-off for Scion. Beers are whatever price beers at that venue normally are.
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Noumena just posted a full song from their upcoming album yesterday, it's pretty drat good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoVCnCze64M
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Gonna bring back the Ghost discussion a bit, since they released a new video a few days ago. http://youtu.be/zWP1ID1nt9A
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You know what, Ghost have some mixed opinions here, but I really like their stuff. Their first album was awesome, and all three tracks from the upcoming Infestissumam all sound great. Sure, they might sound like worship from the old occult/metal/rock genre that's been said and done, but it's good poo poo and sufficiently different from a lot of the metal I've heard lately.
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That's a bitching song. They're not the second musical coming of Christ (or Satan...?) but they do write some pretty great songs.
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Spinal Pap posted:Gonna bring back the Ghost discussion a bit, since they released a new video a few days ago. How did they get Bryan Cranston for their video?
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Enough about Ghost. Het and I saw this band tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX_R9-KH9M0 They're called Possessor and they were awesome.
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So I'm not even sure where they belong anymore, but Keep of Kalessin released a new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3qb5jf1nE4 I didn't even know Thebon had left the band, but apparently Obsidian Claw (Arnt) is doing vocals now (clean and harsh). It can't be as bad as Reptilian, right? I mean, it won't be Armada, but I can't have everything. Edit: They are also signed to some Indian label with three bands (including them, the other two being Indian). Who hosed that up? Ugh, so we won't see a tour for awhile unless they saved up their money.. thehouseplant fucked around with this message at 08:41 on Mar 31, 2013 |
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