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apophenium posted:Trying to develop my death metal tastes some, so I come to you guys for recommendations. I enjoyed the new Artificial Brain record, but what I really like is Disma's album Towards the Megalith. I didn't go for Gorguts' latest too much, though it had some good songs. I'd like something not super technical, but still varied in tempos and stuff. Generally I'd prefer to listen to more recent stuff, but if there are some essential classics I'd be fine with that. Seconding Incantation and Funebrarum. Also check out Dead Congregation.
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Misogynist posted:It's been years since I've found a band this hilariously awful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd9FVBvEWHI That loving USB symbol, man. Still gets to me. Oh hey and speaking of goofy stuff, Edguy just released a song from their upcoming album. It is loving sweet and I can't wait to hear the rest of the album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5TfvbePk_w
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Henchman of Santa posted:Speaking of which, any newer thrash bands that nail the tech-thrash sound? I really dig bands like Watchtower, Realm, Believer, Coroner, etc. Black Fast's new album Starving Out the Light is really good tech-thrash.
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Mar 14, 2014 18:49
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New Aborted song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFIDFsfa3F4 Glad to say I'm not disappointed.
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Crossposting from the black metal thread:quote:Incoming shameless plug: I wrote a piece on the new book "Black Metal: Evolution Of The Cult" by Dayal Patterson:
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Mar 14, 2014 21:41
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Apparently Tom Fischer turned down 100k euro for Celtic Frost to play Wacken this year. http://thequietus.com/articles/14740-celtic-frost-reform-wacken
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I heard Babymetal for the first time today, am I the only one that thinks it doesn't actually sound very different from your by-the-numbers metalcore/melodeth grey area crossover band? If the voices were a slightly lower pitch I doubt I would be able to tell the difference.
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Mar 15, 2014 05:39
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Misogynist posted:It's been years since I've found a band this hilariously awful Eh, it's just pretty run-of-the-mill Manowar-worshiping macho power metal. This is on a completely different, transcendent plane of shittiness.
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Mar 15, 2014 06:34
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:I heard Babymetal for the first time today, am I the only one that thinks it doesn't actually sound very different from your by-the-numbers metalcore/melodeth grey area crossover band? edit: Woolie Wool posted:Eh, it's just pretty run-of-the-mill Manowar-worshiping macho power metal. This is on a completely different, transcendent plane of shittiness. edit: I would watch your video but there's no way I'm watching a 30 second ad to listen to a bad song
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Mar 15, 2014 06:55
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I think the worst metal is when you can hear a really talented person in a band that sucks. My friend always jokes that he wishes Van Canto would break up so we could get 3-5 new metal bands with decent vocalists instead of one mediocre band with a shitload of them. Good example would be Artas who are mediocre even for generic metalcore but they have a great drummer who really needs to get into a better band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqWOuRTJg_Y Also bad is bands that release good poo poo and then just sort of peter out. Like Ablazer released an awesome demo in 2010: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWSCH6GsfqA and then after that just released some new stuff but it wasn't very good, were briefly signed to a label that tried to make them metalcore for like four months then they left and released more new stuff but it all sounds very Cradle of Filth/Soundtrack to your Escape era In Flames and doesn't have the really forceful punch their early stuff had.
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Mar 15, 2014 08:10
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It's surprising to me that Gene Hoglan, as good as he is, has been in about fourteen thousand incredibly lovely albums.
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El Estrago Bonito posted:I think the worst metal is when you can hear a really talented person in a band that sucks. My friend always jokes that he wishes Van Canto would break up so we could get 3-5 new metal bands with decent vocalists instead of one mediocre band with a shitload of them. quote:Also bad is bands that release good poo poo and then just sort of peter out. Like Ablazer released an awesome demo in 2010: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWSCH6GsfqA and then after that just released some new stuff but it wasn't very good,
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Mar 15, 2014 09:04
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I had to check if anyone actually signed Messenger and of course it's fuckin Massacre records. I'm convinced they're a money laundering front or something because there's no way anyone actually keeps buying albums from the five hundred shoestring budget eurotrash bands on their roster.
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Mar 15, 2014 10:19
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I think the vocal work in Elvenking has more to do with symphonic metal fans eating that poo poo up. It's kind of like Nightwish in that I admit that the vocalist can sing well (I really like The Winter Wake barring like one or two songs) but it's clear he just doesn't do it all the time. It's also clear it's an artistic choice of some sort I just really don't like it (for the Nightwish example, Nemo sounds pretty awesome, Over the Hills and Far Away sounds silly to me in comparison).
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Mar 15, 2014 10:22
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El Estrago Bonito posted:I think the vocal work in Elvenking has more to do with symphonic metal fans eating that poo poo up.
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Mar 15, 2014 10:29
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John Magnum posted:It's surprising to me that Gene Hoglan, as good as he is, has been in about fourteen thousand incredibly lovely albums. I think he's just down to play anything so long as it's heavy.
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Mar 15, 2014 13:28
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Gene Hoglan has a devastating cheese burger habit to maintain.
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Mar 15, 2014 15:55
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Any of y'all in the mood for some melodeath, give the new Whispered album, Shogunate Macabre a go. This stuff sits somewhere around the Kalmah - CoB - Mors Principium Est - Wintersun axis, spiced with some Japan-themed stuff (no anime bullshit, don't worry), and some loving amazing Be'Lakor level melodic hooks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WNdYVM0rRA Pretty varied songs, too. Oh and one saxophone solo.
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Mar 15, 2014 18:28
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Triptykon's got two songs from their new album out. Hell yeah.
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Mar 15, 2014 19:32
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My copy of TTNBLD's Death just came in. God loving drat - AOTY so far.
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Mar 15, 2014 22:46
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If any of you are into metal with ten thousand extra folk instruments, Metsatöll have a new (nsfw) video out. It's, uh, somethin'. They had the whole album streaming on soundcloud a few days ago but I lost the link to the full playlist. This track is pretty cool.
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apophenium posted:Trying to develop my death metal tastes some, so I come to you guys for recommendations. I enjoyed the new Artificial Brain record, but what I really like is Disma's album Towards the Megalith. I didn't go for Gorguts' latest too much, though it had some good songs. I'd like something not super technical, but still varied in tempos and stuff. Generally I'd prefer to listen to more recent stuff, but if there are some essential classics I'd be fine with that. Never heard of Disma but that album is good and reminds me of Cosmic Atrophy a little. If you can enjoy some melody and lots of notes the new Unhuman is my favorite thing in a while. Those are recent, but also check out Disincarnate's Dreams of the Carrion Kind.
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edrith posted:If any of you are into metal with ten thousand extra folk instruments, Metsatöll have a new (nsfw) video out. It's, uh, somethin'. And a quote from their wiki: quote:Varulven had self-taught himself a number of ancient Estonian folk instruments and together it was realized that metal and old Estonian folk fit together perfectly Of course they do. That's why everybody does it right?
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Someone mentioned Vanden Plas a couple pages ago. Apparently they have a new album out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwKckeSE2ug From what I can tell of this song, it sounds exactly like their last two albums, but I'm okay with that.
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Hammer Floyd posted:And a quote from their wiki: I'm not familiar with Estonian folk music and I might just be a whore for bagpipes, but it seems to me Metsatöll are a lot more creative with their approach than most folk metal bands. They don't fall into the trap of repetitiveness or covers that are nothing but folk song but with guitar, which even the better folky bands do a great deal. I like Týr a hell of a lot, but you can't tell me that this is an especially ingenious reworking of this. edrith fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Mar 16, 2014 |
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A goon friend just linked me this video, saying, "Have you seen what Japan is doing to metal?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY 
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edrith posted:If any of you are into metal with ten thousand extra folk instruments, Metsatöll have a new (nsfw) video out. It's, uh, somethin'. The best part is when they swap from the whole medieval(?) something or other killing naked ladies theme and show a shed with a plastic rake hanging on it. WE WILL MURDER THIS GIRL WITH A TRIDENT, THEN TIDY UP YOUR LAAWWWWWWNNNNN IRQ fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Mar 16, 2014 |
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Bertrand Hustle posted:A goon friend just linked me this video, saying, "Have you seen what Japan is doing to metal?" This has been discussed ad nauseum. Assume that if your friend sent you something, it's probably already shown up here.
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IRQ posted:The best part is when they swap from the whole medieval(?) something or other killing naked ladies theme and show a shed with a plastic rake hanging on it.    Carving out a niche!
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IRQ posted:The best part is when they swap from the whole medieval(?) something or other killing naked ladies theme and show a shed with a plastic rake hanging on it.  This is the worst landscaping crew I've ever seen. edrith fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Mar 16, 2014 |
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On the topic of Japanese metal, would anyone here happen to know what I'm talking about when I say I'm looking for either a band or a song (can't remember which, but I'm leaning more towards it being the band) called something similar to Aburidako (that's what I remember it as, but clearly not what it actually is)?
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Oldstench posted:My copy of TTNBLD's Death just came in. God loving drat - AOTY so far. Mine arrives tomorrow and I'm so pumped. Agree, I dunno if I can see any metal release giving it a run this year. For those who haven't heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDmUagGCZX4
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Doctor Bishop posted:On the topic of Japanese metal, would anyone here happen to know what I'm talking about when I say I'm looking for either a band or a song (can't remember which, but I'm leaning more towards it being the band) called something similar to Aburidako (that's what I remember it as, but clearly not what it actually is)? Aburadako is a hardcore band, so better off asking in the hardcore thread, but here ya go anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s-LDVQfT1E
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Bertrand Hustle posted:A goon friend just linked me this video, saying, "Have you seen what Japan is doing to metal?" Japan has been doing terrible things to metal for a while now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo62K60iKGo
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El Estrago Bonito posted:Japan has been doing terrible things to metal for a while now: Counterpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxLccFvIP3Q
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Double counterpoint: Gallhammer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6balaHGQg38
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Jesus @ the power metal discussion a few pages ago, it was loving atrocious. Hating on German PM when bands like Stormwitch exist? Also, all Brocas Helm rules. And the new Teitanblood is loving killer. And I haven't seen any mention of the fact that holy loving poo poo a new Dead Congregation is coming officially.
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Oldstench posted:My copy of TTNBLD's Death just came in. God loving drat - AOTY so far. We're abbreviating single word band names now? 
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Morbid Florist posted:We're abbreviating single word band names now? Vowels are so 2013. Have we been talking about the new CFFNWRM album? It's fantastic, maybe my favorite of the year so far. You can stream the whole thing at their Bandcamp: https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/iv-i-viii e: for vowels
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Morbid Florist posted:We're abbreviating single word band names now? That's been an alternate spelling of their name for ages. 
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