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Takes No Damage posted:Uh oh, the frontman had his own horn holster thing on his belt and downed several 'ales' with the crowd throughout the show, have I been deceived has it all been a lie All that fun you thought you were having? An illusion. A sham.
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Defiant Sally posted:I have been summoned. As resident Swole Dude, here's a good list of bands that provide some incredible gym tapes: Im not even a huge Death fan, but Symbolic gets me going at the gym too. Also seconding Be'lakor.
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Stoat posted:I saw them years ago, 2005 or 2006 or so, and from where I was standing I watched as the guitarist filled his ale horn with bottled water at the back of the stage, then come to the front, lift it to the crowd and down the "beer" inside. Well it's good to stay hydrated under stage lights, and alcohol's a diuretic.
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Stoat posted:I saw them years ago, 2005 or 2006 or so, and from where I was standing I watched as the guitarist filled his ale horn with bottled water at the back of the stage, then come to the front, lift it to the crowd and down the "beer" inside. You ever try playing guitar shitfaced?
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Morbid Florist posted:You ever try playing guitar shitfaced? EVH tried and bombed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnYvIfG9Vb4
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Jan 22, 2014 16:20
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I was at the Amon Amarth show last night, it was definitely not all beer, but I really don't blame him. I'd be swapping liquor for water after a while too. It's one thing to play buzzed at a concert but it gets really hard to keep the music tight if you're completely drunk.Defiant Sally posted:I have been summoned. As resident Swole Dude, here's a good list of bands that provide some incredible gym tapes: I recommend Testament for gym metal as well, most of it is good but I prefer the albums Formation of Damnation and The Gathering the most.
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Jan 22, 2014 16:23
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In the end just drink a light beer if you dont want to be wasted. Drinking 101. Anyways, Soulfly hitting up my city in a couple weeks - any idea of how much the set is good Sepultura stuff? In fact, no Soulfly stuff would be nice. Fear Factory posted yesterday about their metal cruise ship and playing the entirety of Demanufacture - wish they would take that on tour (or maybe they will??). This is the most 90's post now.
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Johan Hegg engaging in some witty banter during the San Antonio show. Note the water-filled alehorn in the holster.
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Jan 22, 2014 17:56
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He's a big dude, slamming a couple cans of beer over a 60 minute set sweating your rear end off onstage shouldn't get anyone 'wasted', maybe they just don't like lovely American beer  Belphegor's Bondage Goat Zombie is pretty consistently intense blackened death, ideal for powering through a set of powerlifting or better yet skullcrushers  
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Jan 22, 2014 20:05
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Synchronized headbanging takes full coordination man.
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I did notice that he tended to bang more side to side rather than straight up and down, so we got a nice goatee whip effect in addition to the head hair. Hell I'd probably puke trying to do that sober, metal is a young man's game 
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So I saw Ghost last night. Simultaneously awesome and...annoying. I reckon Ghost are loving awesome when they're being Ghost and they're poo poo and annoying when they're being deliberately "retro". Songs like Year Zero and Elizabeth and Ritual are loving great. Yes the influence is on the sleeve but they do have their own spin on it (I think they manage to be more Black Sabbath than Black Sabbath). But then you have songs like Zombie Queen (which has one of their best choruses) paired with loving surf rock. No spin on it, nothing interesting, just a blatant: "Hey! Remember when they used to do this? We do this too because all of our stuff comes from this time!" It's like they're simultaneously the coolest Doom band and the most Dad Metal band on the planet. The show was kickass though.
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My favorite song of theirs' is actually Zombie Queen so I don't know what you're talking about. Ghost is retro is retro. Maybe I'm missing the live element to be annoyed. Anyway, I can't wait to hear the thread's reaction to this zombie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRr1RELgho
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Hammer Floyd posted:So I saw Ghost last night. I saw Ghost last March and thought they were great, and my only regret from the show was that they didn't play Zombie Queen (which I think is one of the best from their latest)... but to each his own.
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Destrage is an Italian band that sampled peter from family guy speaking Italian for the beginning of one of their songs but for some reason I still like them e: also they got Mattias Eklundh to do a guest solo on their first album so that's really cool too
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The world needs more crunchy, gothic-tinged doom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSDv3W6iBP0
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Blasphemy is by definition THE metal lifting music. If that's not nuts enough for you, Bestial Warlust. I always liked Demoncy though.
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Morbid Florist posted:You ever try playing guitar shitfaced? Drink at practice so you can play live drunk.
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I've got some ridiculously swedish black metal from a band called Wolfheart for anyone who is currently snowed in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzxkBoeNG4A Got caught in a snowstorm on the way home a few weeks back, the album was pretty good for the drive.
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Thanks for all the sci-fi recommendations, plenty of good stuff in there. I'm almost embarassed by how much I like Keldian. It's like Sonata Arctica with better pop sensibilities.
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:I've got some ridiculously swedish black metal from a band called Wolfheart for anyone who is currently snowed in: They're not swedish, they're not black metal and I'd rather freeze to death than sit in a car and endure an entire album from Saukkonen.
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I was only joking about caring about them drinking water you guys. I'm not really a blabbermouth poster. 
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m-o-o-n posted:They're not swedish, they're not black metal and I'd rather freeze to death than sit in a car and endure an entire album from Saukkonen. Swedish as in more melodic. I'm sorry it wasn't recorded in a graveyard at night by a murderer. What 6 word sub genre would you prefer then?
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:I'm sorry it wasn't recorded in a graveyard at night by a murderer. Me too.
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DeusExMachinima posted:My favorite song of theirs' is actually Zombie Queen so I don't know what you're talking about. Zombie Queen was also my instant favorite when I first heard the new record. I hope they play it when they do the US tour with In Solitude this May. 
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:What 6 word sub genre would you prefer then? I'm honestly not trying to nitpick but here's a list of all the characteristics that song shares with black metal: - overdriven guitars - guttural vocals
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m-o-o-n posted:I'm honestly not trying to nitpick but here's a list of all the characteristics that song shares with black metal: Fair enough! I prefer to use broader terms because I will occasionally catch myself saying things like American progressive technical death metal and feel like a total doofus. I'm old enough that I saw most of these categories develop. Strangely enough, for the longest time Opeth referred to themselves as a black metal band.
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dxt posted:Drink at practice so you can play live drunk. This is how you do it.
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:Fair enough! I prefer to use broader terms because I will occasionally catch myself saying things like American progressive technical death metal and feel like a total doofus. I'm old enough that I saw most of these categories develop. The guy behind the band, Tuomas Saukkonen, has put out a pretty crazy amount of stuff, and I guess Wolfheart is a kind of amalgamation of all his previous bands. If you liked that song, try some Before the Dawn, which is my favourite of all the stuff he's done. EDIT: 02-6611-0142-1 posted:Thanks for all the sci-fi recommendations, plenty of good stuff in there. I'm almost embarassed by how much I like Keldian. It's like Sonata Arctica with better pop sensibilities. Nordick fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Jan 23, 2014 |
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Yeah that Wolfheart song reminded me of Insomnium-style doomy melodic death metal more than anything else.Gumbel2Gumbel posted:Strangely enough, for the longest time Opeth referred to themselves as a black metal band. Also, I didn't know this, but it makes sense to me. I always thought that the production, the riffs, and Mikael's style of growling on the earlier Opeth albums sounded pretty black metal at times.
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Nordick posted:To use a broad term and and still be pretty accurate, just call Wolfheart basic melodeath. That's what I'd label it as, and I'm not that anal about genres. I'd agree with that, actually. This will probably get me shouted out of here, but did anyone else find the new Amon Amarth a little boring, especially the drums? A lot of the drumwork is really, really basic, especially during the guitar solos. Reminded me of pop rock drumming at some points. It's a good enough album, but if you listen to it back to back with stuff like the new Kalmah or Mors Principium Est it really suffers in comparison.
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Hulk Krogan posted:Yeah that Wolfheart song reminded me of Insomnium-style doomy melodic death metal more than anything else. He said it fairly recently as well, though this was before that full on prog monstrosity they released last time around. I think we all knew it was coming after hearing the lotus eaters off watershed though.
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What's funny is that I really, really liked Watershed (and the Lotus Eaters in particular), and really don't mind the idea of Opeth going full 70s prog in theory. I listen to plenty of retro throwback stuff in that vein already. The problem is that, in practice, Heritage was just boring as gently caress.
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:I'd agree with that, actually. I listen to both Amon Amarth and Kalmah and I don't think their new album is boring.
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:
It shouldn't - their 2011 album is boring and poo poo. I haven't heard the new one yet but if it's more the same then gently caress it.
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I just got an email saying Motorhead will be playing in San Fran on April 18. I feel as if it is my life's purpose to see this show.
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OK saw the Amon Amarth concert last night. Skeleton Witch was ok but Enslaved was epic live.
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darthzeta88 posted:OK saw the Amon Amarth concert last night. Skeleton Witch was ok but Enslaved was epic live. That's disappointing, Skeletonwitch has been one of my go to albums for the last month or two.
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Hulk Krogan posted:What's funny is that I really, really liked Watershed (and the Lotus Eaters in particular), and really don't mind the idea of Opeth going full 70s prog in theory. I listen to plenty of retro throwback stuff in that vein already. Same here. Before I heard Heritage everyone was telling me that because I loved Burden I'd love the album. If only the songs on Heritage were as good as Burden though.
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