Metal: The heaviest of threads

[King3567]

Here it is, the ultimate METAL thread. Feel free to suggest other bands to people and discuss your favorite headbanging riffs. Oh yeah, and feel free to question a person's sexual orientation when you disagree with them.

Note: If you post youtube videos, please state the artist and the song of the band in it. Example

Agalloch-Not Unlike the Waves

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Here's some other stuff to break the ice:

Warbringer-At the Crack of Doom
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Baroness-Wanderlust
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Iron Maiden-Wasted Years

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Amon Amarth-Twilight of the Thundergod

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Happy Headbanging! :D

Oops posted this in the wrong thread...can a mod please move this?

[PlusOne]

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

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This thread is brutal!

[Rogue_hunter]

I guess this is the siren call for Smoof to come and say "That's not metal" or "That's not metal enough" ?

[KingGorilla]

Speaking of, isn't Slipknot due for a new release soon? I swear I saw their last tour 3, 4 years ago.

[Sandman]

Speaking of, isn't Slipknot due for a new release soon? I swear I saw their last tour 3, 4 years ago.

Slipknot just came out with a new one I think.


I get to see Baroness with Opeth this month.

[fitbabits]

Testament - Over the Wall

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[Aggort]

Speaking of, isn't Slipknot due for a new release soon? I swear I saw their last tour 3, 4 years ago.

Came out August 24th. I saw them at RockStar's Mayhemfest and it was a hell of a performance, I'd never seen drums that moved around like these did, upside down and all.

The new album is titled All Hope is Gone (http://www.last.fm/music/Slipknot/All+Hope+Is+Gone). It's pretty good, but it has a weak and sometimes sloppy middle. So it comes in great and leaves great but the middle just isn't their best. All Hope is Gone, the single, is fucking sweet though. Still think Vol. 3 might be their best.

[fitbabits]

Meshuggah - Bleed

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[fitbabits]

Slayer - Eye of the Insane

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[CES]

Speaking of, isn't Slipknot due for a new release soon? I swear I saw their last tour 3, 4 years ago.

They're touring for it either now or in the next few months (they have a series of gigs in December in the UK with Children of Bodom as the opening act)

[Scaryfaced]

Body Count - Born Dead
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All hail the cop killers.
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[KingGorilla]

Slayer - Eye of the Insane

Nay, New Faith.
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[The Iron Weasel]

Speaking of, isn't Slipknot due for a new release soon? I swear I saw their last tour 3, 4 years ago.

It's out and its their most varied release to date. A lot of people aren't really enjoying it, but I personally like it quite a bit. Joey's (Drummer) work on it is easily the best he's ever done.

As for some bands I enjoy as of late.

Protest the Hero (obligatory from the weasel):
Progressive Metal
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Opeth:
Progressive Metal Titans
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Beneath the Massacre:
Technical Death Metal with a mild Hardcore influence
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Aborted
Death Metal with quite a bit of melody without being melodic death
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Ensiferum
Folk-Metal
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Wintersun
Folk/Power Metal (Vocalist/Guitarists/Bassist is Ex-Ensiferum)
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Misery Signals
Metalcore
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The Absence
Melodic Death Metal (from North America!)
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Goatwhore
Blackened Death Metal
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Behemoth
Blackened Death Metal Titans
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That's all I can really think of right now.

[Sandman]

I'd enjoy and post videos to this thread if youtube wasn't messed up on this computer.

Instead I'll just remind everyone that I get to see the best band in this thread so far on October 21st : Opeth.

[The Iron Weasel]

I'd enjoy and post videos to this thread if youtube wasn't messed up on this computer.

Instead I'll just remind everyone that I get to see the best band in this thread so far on October 21st : Opeth.

I saw them on September 29th. It was the greatest 2 hours of my life.

[Sandman]

I saw them on September 29th. It was the greatest 2 hours of my life.

What was the set like? Did they have any kind of merch?

[The Iron Weasel]

What was the set like? Did they have any kind of merch?

Their setlist was utterly fantastic:

Heir Apparent
The Grand Conjuration
Serenity Painted Death
Hope Leaves
The Lotus Eater
Bleak
The Night and the Silent Water
Deliverance
Demon of the Fall

To top it off the encore:
The Drapery Falls

They had lots of merch, but it was all really expensive, you'd be better off ordering it online.

[Scaryfaced]

Legacy of a Tyrant (http://http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=246184458)

My buddy's new band. They've only been playing together for a little over a month now, but it's pretty kickass. If all goes according to plan, they'll be writing some new stuff over the next few months and hopefully put an album together. I'm pretty sure all the stuff on their MySpace is new.
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[Sandman]

Their setlist was utterly fantastic:

Heir Apparent
The Grand Conjuration
Serenity Painted Death
Hope Leaves
The Lotus Eater
Bleak
The Night and the Silent Water
Deliverance
Demon of the Fall

To top it off the encore:
The Drapery Falls

They had lots of merch, but it was all really expensive, you'd be better off ordering it online.

I don't know about that....their online store deals in Euro or pounds doesn't it? Also they don't tend to have XXL online.

[The Iron Weasel]

I don't know about that....their online store deals in Euro or pounds doesn't it? Also they don't tend to have XXL online.

I've never paid 30 bucks for a t shirt at a show, and I'm not going to start now lol. You can find different online shops from North America that will sell you them for a more reasonable price.

[Sandman]

I've never paid 30 bucks for a t shirt at a show, and I'm not going to start now lol. You can find different online shops from North America that will sell you them for a more reasonable price.

Eh...I've paid $25 for a t-shirt before, that's not a far cry from $30. If they have a tour specific t-shirt I might get that.

[Sandman]

Cradle of Filth

Club Firestone, Orlando, FL
Sat, Feb 21, 2009 07:00 PM

This show is tempting....I like COF's last few albums and probably will enjoy their new one.

[Evewalker]

Great to see the Agalloch mention... in the same vein:

Eluveitie - Inis Mona

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Wolves in the Throne Room - The Cleansing

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[King3567]

Evewalker, have your heard the vinyl version of cleansing? It's got a longer intro and kicks ass. Also on the vinyl is a new 17 minute song called To Reveal, that too kicks ass. I saw Eluveite and Ensiferum and Pagan Fest with many others. I also got to see Iced Earth's first show with Matt back and the return of Testament at Chicago Power Fest :)

I'm very tempted to see Amon Amarth next week as they are with both Ensiferum AND The Absence. Very tempting...

[Evewalker]

Evewalker, have your heard the vinyl version of cleansing? It's got a longer intro and kicks ass. Also on the vinyl is a new 17 minute song called To Reveal, that too kicks ass. I saw Eluveite and Ensiferum and Pagan Fest with many others. I also got to see Iced Earth's first show with Matt back and the return of Testament at Chicago Power Fest :)

I'm very tempted to see Amon Amarth next week as they are with both Ensiferum AND The Absence. Very tempting...

Whoa, no, I haven't heard the vinyl version. I'll have to check that out.

Eluveitie is incredible live. I would love to see Iced Earth, but I haven't had the chance to. And yeah, I was *really* happy to hear that Barlow returned. It just wasn't the same without him.

[TheEpicOfTyler]

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[Spectre-7]

Shouldn't this thread be in Screen, Page and Song? (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/forumdisplay.php?f=12)

[King3567]

Shouldn't this thread be in Screen, Page and Song? (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/forumdisplay.php?f=12)

Yeah, I noticed that too a while ago and asked mods to move it in the OP.

Amon Amarth-Live for the Kill

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Favorite song of their new cd. Man, it gets me pumped and helped me finally reach Rank 30 on Halo 3 last night XD

6 days till the concert/my birthday!:D

Edit: Anyone know if The Absence is still doing their deal with Trivium shirts?

[mightbe]

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[King3567]

Anyone getting the new Psycroptic?

[Dorkandproudofit]

Rhapsody--Emerald Sword, with scenes from the Legend of Zelda games. And I must say, it's very fitting music.

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[Scaryfaced]

Anyone getting the new Psycroptic?

Thats a new one to me, so probably not. Hook us up with a song recommendation and I'll look into them.

I just upped my metal library substantially the other night, so I'm pretty content on new music. I've gotta sort through something like 30 albums worth of random tracks. All complete discographies, so I'm finding some interesting stuff. I wont list them all, but I picked up Blood Has Been Shed, Body Count, Cannae, Celtic Frost, Chimaira, Municipal Waste, Kingdom of Sorrow, blah blah blah.

Whatever. Music time

Warbringer - Road Warrior
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Napalm Death - Necessary Evil
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Municipal Waste - Headbanger Face Rip
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Job For A Cowboy - Knee Deep
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[King3567]

Thats a new one to me, so probably not. Hook us up with a song recommendation and I'll look into them.



Psycroptic-Immortal Army of One
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Bonded By Blood-

(watch it and see for yourself what they're playing)
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Mirrorthrone-A Scream to Express the Hate of a Race
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Unexpect-Novae
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Municipal Waste-Sadistic Magician
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That's it for now ladies and gentleman!

By the way, new Cynic at the end of the month. Fuck Yes! :D

Edit: ...And if any mods are reading, PLEASE move this to screen, page, and song?

[pomeroy]

No "The Metal" by the D?

FOR SHAME.

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[King3567]

No "The Metal" by the D?

FOR SHAME.



I hate the D as a band, but find their shows/movie funny.

[Johan]

Not quite metal, but as close as I get:

DC Talk - Jesus Freak

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[Pureboy]

Here it is, the penultimate METAL thread.Nah, I'll wait until the last one :D Someone needs to get the word out that penultimate means "second to last," not "really freaking ultimate."

I'm not posting videos, but-
I caught Opeth on their three-stop Chronology Tour in NYC, very sweet to see the evolution of their sound on stage.

Seen Megadeth a bunch of times, but my first `Deth concert was Marty Friedman's last gig, in LA. He would bust out note-perfect solos such as Tornado of Souls with the guitar behind his head and just look... bored. Fun to watch!

Got to see some awesome/historic Metallica gigs- Lollapalooza in Irvine, CA with Jerry Cantrell joining for Bellz, and Lemmy singing Overkill. The free concert in the Philly Spectrum parking lot for the Re-Load tour. S&M in NYC (horrible acoustics, but worth it for the experience). One of the Fillmore St. Anger rehearsal shows in San Fran, also free (third Trujillo show, first time playing St. Anger besides San Quentin), and just saw the LA Silverlight benefit show, with Flea joining them on Fight Fire with Fire. Saw em two more times in NY (and almost one more in Dublin), but those were the standouts. I hope I can catch them in the Death Magnetic tour.

Seen Apocalyptica (classically-trained Norwegian cellists playing metal) twice- great performers.

Buckethead- he's Metal sometimes, bizarre all the time, and extraordinarily talented. Worth seeing live.

Testament- Got into them when Low came out, finally saw them on tour for the ReUnited tour a few years ago. Great band, loved each step of their evolution besides Demonic. Disciples of the Watch, Dog Faced Gods, and DNR are their best songs.

Dream Theater- super pretentious prog-metal, but a seriously talented bunch of live musicians. Singer is a hair metal throwback that clearly takes himself way too seriously. Saw them twice, including their greatest hits concert at Radio City in NYC.

Black Sabbath- for such a tremendously influential band, with so many great albums... they are pretty bad live nowadays. Especially after a long, draining Ozzfest. Should not be festival headliners anymore.

Ozzy- Saw him on his Black Rain tour, walked out after 2 or 3 songs. Dude can't even carry a tune anymore, he needs to retire. Clearly had serious voice modulation when the album was recorded.

Heaven & Hell- fan-frikking-tastic. Guess thats what happens when you take a has-been like Ozzy out of a band and replace him with Dio who is still going strong. Fantastic live.

Best band names: Goatwhore, Cattle Decapitation, Excrementory Grindfuckers

Worst gig I ever went to: Genitorturers- I am not easily offended, but that band pushed enough buttons that I walked out. Couple that with the fact that the power failed on opener Uranium 357 (or some number), and you get a crappy gig.

[TheKeck]

Nah, I'll wait until the last one :D Someone needs to get the word out that penultimate means "second to last," not "really freaking ultimate."
I just came here to post this. Carry on. :p

[divinechaos]

I like to think my band is Metal. We play mostly Thrash and Prog. Check us out at

www.myspace.com/divinechaos1

[Disgustipated]

Metal: The most overblown of threads.

[King3567]

Metal: The most overblown of threads.

Seriously, what is your problem?

Also, mods can you please move this thread?

I changed penultimate to just ultimate (though penultimate sounds cooler ;))

[Disgustipated]

Seriously, what is your problem?

Also, mods can you please move this thread?

I changed penultimate to just ultimate (though penultimate sounds cooler ;))

There is no problem. This is a forum. I am expressing my opinion.

:)

[pheriannath]

Thread moved.

Agalloch sent my wife and I a wedding present, no lie.

[King3567]

Thread moved.

Agalloch sent my wife and I a wedding present, no lie.

Thanks a bunch :)

What did you get? I believe you as I have met many band members on last.fm and they've been kind enough to send me stuff.

[King3567]

There is no problem. This is a forum. I am expressing my opinion.

:)

Sorry if I sound like a douche. It just feels like ever since I posted about the 20 free DLC songs in Rock Band I am attacked everywhere I post, especially by pomeroy.

[pheriannath]

Friend of ours is a really good friend of theirs who has done some collaborative work with 'em in the past, so we're acquainted that way. They sent some swag and a copy of the White EP (appropriate) signed by everyone with well-wishes on our big day.

[King3567]

Friend of ours is a really good friend of theirs who has done some collaborative work with 'em in the past, so we're acquainted that way. They sent some swag and a copy of the White EP (appropriate) signed by everyone with well-wishes on our big day.

Nice! That's a great cd that becomes more fitting with each passing day as the weather changes. I just wish that all of their merch didn't cost an arm or a leg on eBay or was impossible to find!

[pheriannath]

I'm lucky enough to be from Portland, and they toured in DC a while back. I've gotten all my merch direct.

My favorite concert shirt is actually theirs from the Heathen Winter Tour back in '04. Along with November's Doom, they opened for The Gathering, which may not be metal (now), who put on a mindblowing set.

[King3567]

I'm lucky enough to be from Portland, and they toured in DC a while back. I've gotten all my merch direct.

My favorite concert shirt is actually theirs from the Heathen Winter Tour back in '04. Along with November's Doom, they opened for The Gathering, which may not be metal (now), who put on a mindblowing set.

I'll have to keep that in mind when they "tour" again, you can buy some merch for me :D. I like November's Doom even though all my friends hate them.

[Disgustipated]

Sorry if I sound like a douche. It just feels like ever since I posted about the 20 free DLC songs in Rock Band I am attacked everywhere I post, especially by pomeroy.

It's probably true... No worries. Watch out for pomeroy, he's pretty fuckin' crazy.

[Dorkandproudofit]

Metal: The most overblown of threads.

BLASPHEMY!!!! :eek:


String him up! String him up! BURN the heretic!

[Smoof]

This thread is only about 10% fail. I approve.

[King3567]

It's good to have your endorsement smoof.

So what's everyone's vote for metal album of the year?

Mine is probably either Arsis' We Are the Nightmare or Cynic's Traced in Air.

[divinechaos]

This thread is only about 10% fail. I approve.

I hope my band is not included in that 10%.

[Smoof]

It's good to have your endorsement smoof.

So what's everyone's vote for metal album of the year?

Mine is probably either Arsis' We Are the Nightmare

Too many to call it yet and I've been lapsing on my Metal lately. With a significant cut in my free time, gaming has taken precedence over other hobbies, so it's been difficult to keep up.

But I would agree with Arsis.

Also Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
and Warbringer - War Without End

I'd say Merciless Death - Realm of Terror, but I really hate what they did to their vocals. Had they kept everything the way it is, but kept the vocals like their first album, it would have been perfect.

[Smoof]

I actually just picked up a bunch of albums last night because I've been growing bored of my collection. It's just gotten stale, because it's been in limbo for about a year or so now, with the occasional addition every few months, which is very rare for me. Among the ones I can name off the top of my head:

The Berserker - The Reawakening
Caina - Temporary Antennae
Crom - Hot Sumerian Nights
Dark Quarterer - Symbols
Evergrey - Torn
Fullmoon Bongzai - Noisense
Funebre - Indictment About the World
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh (Listening to this now. It's badass, I was stoked when I saw Gojira had a new album out, one of my favorite bands)
Gravehill - Metal of Death
Hexen - State of Insurgency
High on Fire - Discography
Hour of Penance - The Vile Conception (Eager to listen to this. Pageantry for Martyrs was a fucking excellent Brutal Death album)
Kluas - The New Dark Age
Massemord - Discography
Red Sparowes - Aphorisims
Taake - Taake
Tyr - Land (Fuck yeah!)
Virus - The Black Flux
Zonaria - The Cancer Empire

Got about another ten or so queued up. I'm eager to get the new Weeping Birth as well.

I could also go see Horna tomorrow, but I'm feeling energetic enough to go to a show...for a band I'm only mildly interested in. Plus I literally can't spare the $5, because I have absolutely no money.

[King3567]

Fuck! I forgot about Warbringer! Damn this year has had some great releases that I keep forgetting about. I also haven't been listening to that much metal lately (except Agalloch since its that time of year again) but mostly because the releases are starting to dry up. Don't forget Gangrene by Mirrorthrone. That albums slays.

[King3567]

Holy shit! The New Faceless cd is good!

[TheEpicOfTyler]

Listen to Iron Thrones!
http://myspace.com/ironthrones

[Kojak]

Hm Guess I'll just post a few of this years albums. My friend and I do a big yearly wrap up, takes a lot of work and a lot of arguemnts between us too. Starting a podcast but I wont spam and namedrop it but yeah metal is a passion for me more than playing games even

In terms of heavy metal Grand Magus certianly put out an enjoyable album even if it doesnt really do anything new
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Manilla road also returned with a very good album indeed
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Unleashed managed to vastly surpass Amon Amarth's Twilight of the thuder gods which while it had a few good tracks filler was quite evident on it
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As far as thrash metal goes even the decent warbringer album is overtaken by Toxic Holocaust's 'An Overdose of death'
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I'll close off with proof that Blaze Bayley was not the reason Iron Maiden became a terrible band during the 90's with this extremely solid album. Listen for the solo in this particular track.
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Thats enought for now.

[fitbabits]

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[Kojak]

ah voivod, that album was so good (Dimension Hatröss) though was kind of different to the more thrash orientated stuff they had put out before. Dont care much for their new stuff though its not terribly bad.

[TheEpicOfTyler]

http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=2713

Iron Thrones - For fans of awesome metal.

[Smoof]

http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=2713

Iron Thrones - For fans of awesome metal.

It's not bad, but:

This band wants to be Blackwater Park era Opeth SOOOO bad.

They also could use a new vocalist, he sounds like he's sucking air.

[The Iron Weasel]

Holy shit! The New Faceless cd is good!

Its fucking pure win. Fantastically put together album.

[Adam Blue]

I've just got into Liege Lord.

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And thanks to YouTube, I now know Kill the King is originally from Rainbow. Liege Lord does the best cover.

[Squidbot]

How did I miss this thread? :confused:
I'd not heard Agalloch before, I like it. But they are clearly extremely influenced by Fields of the Nephilim.

[Slack3r78]

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[Smoof]

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Always a fun video, even if you don't care for the band (me).