Metal Thread

OzzyOzbourne wrote:

Meh, a bunch of scrawny distance runners trying to look tough by listening to demonic "music."

Speak for yourself, dude. I’m a damn beast.

Tron wrote:

...

I'll check out Apophis...always open to checking out new bands

FYI, the Apophis album i'm talking about is 20 years old :D . (Heliopolis).

It came at maybe the worst time for it to come out, which is well after Death Metal had "peaked" and the first wave was played out.

VFL wrote:

...

I think that Northern Chaos Gods returns Immortal to their early sound. Thoughts?

I'm not a huge thrash fan, but I can always listen to Slayer.

I am a huge Maiden fan and like listening to their imitators as well, especially Helloween, Liege Lord, Attacker.

This thread has led me to a bunch of new (to me) music. Keep them coming. I have Harakiri for the Sky on repeat.

I think NCC fits perfectly between Blizzard Beasts (the last with Demonaz on guitar) and At the Heart of Winter. The song structure and production is right between those releases. The first and last tracks are excellent, the rest of the album is mediocre. I think if Abbath was still around and they had a dual guitar attack and some of Abbath's epic riffing that the album would have been better off (maybe keep Demonaz on vocals this time though).

It could be me getting old though. I've listened to metal in all it's forms for 30+ years now and the last couple years I've really seen my preferences for day to day listening change.

Alright, just found this thread existed. I'll try to keep this somewhat short:

Metal albums I'm listening to that were released in the last 12 months or so:

- Sleep: The Sciences. Solid stoner-metal revival album. Guitarist Matt Pike is also the frontman for High on Fire. It's slower and more meditative than a lot of what's been suggested on here but it's top notch and my favorite album of 2018.

- Portal: Ion. Creepiest tech-death album I might have ever heard. Took a bit of time to warm up on me but the effects and production are otherworldly and I haven't heard anything like this album ever.

- Primitive Man: Caustic. Doom-Noise(Feedback) metal album, one of the heaviest albums released in a while and by far the best thing they've put out. Great for workouts.

- Behemoth: ILYAYD. Not as good as The Satanist (a masterpiece) but still above-average

- Eagle Twin: The Thundering Heard. Another great stoner/doom metal band. If you like this I'd also suggest The Unkindness of Crows which is their best

- Power Trip: Nightmare Logic. Best thrash album of 2017.

Other older albums I'm listening to

- Indian: The Unquiet Sky. Literally discovered them last week. INCREDIBLE album combining doom and noisey feedback guitars.

- Vektor: Terminal Redux. In my opinion, the best modern thrash metal album ever. An epic concept album with some groundbreaking ideas for the genre (choral vocals, ballads and movements)

- Rwake: If You Walk Before You Crawl You Crawl Before You Die. One of my favorite doom/stoner metal albums ever from this Arkansas band. Their entire discography is pretty solid too

- Lunar Aurora: Elixir of Sorrow. My favorite old-school black metal band. Their entire discography is amazing

- Sunn 0))): Monoliths and Dimensions. They also have an amazing catalogue available to listen to on their bandcamp

- Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats: The Night Creeper. Some great modern Sabbath-worship

- Rings of Saturn: Lugal Ki En. Tech death / deathcore band with some good albums

Others- Neurosis: Enemy of the Sun. Electric Wizard: Dopethrone (although all their albums are good). High on Fire: De Vermis Mysteriis and Luminferous (last album was OK). Deafheaven : Sunbather (last album was OK). Dr.Livingdead: Crush The Sublime Gods (Modern Thrash). Sieges Even: Lifecycles (old-school technical thrash). Razor: Shotgun Justice (old school thrash).

Guarantee the moment I post this I'll remember others I missed haha

Guess I'll give the new Sleep a try. I love High on Fire but never could really get into Sleep too much before.

I go in and out with Neurosis and Isis.

Guilty pleasure album: Shout at the Devil by the Crue. I kind of like Ratt and WASP, too. It's not as "cool" as most of the music on this thread, but it's fun to listen to.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Finntroll, and nothing else.

There's a lot else...but Finntroll is pretty badass.

Wire

What's Modern Behemoth like...haven't listened to their last 4 albums after growing tired of them

Agreed on Vektor as best modern thrash. I like the Outer Isolation Album

This has been my go to song the last week or so...Nothing ground breaking and not even their best album but this song is a nice Doomy black metal track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fVwqH3utu4

Two current favorite go-to songs.

My favorite AC/DC.

https://youtu.be/kkjKCf7_L_Q

Domkraft.

https://youtu.be/yi_E4_uE3m4

While in high school, guitar hero got me into classic rock and then metal, which branched me into all sorts of different metal. My favorites back then were Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Megadeth. I also enjoyed stuff from All That Remains (especially ‘Six’).

Nowadays, my favorite stuff is the progressive metal from Dream Theater. Their Images and Words album never gets old for me along with songs like Panic Attack.

They're not "metal", but Killing Joke. If you're reading this thread and haven't heard them, I beg you to. They influenced so many metal bands and are one of the few groups recognised as actually important. Musically they're somewhere between metal, industrial, and post-punk.

I grew up with them then moved on to other things for 20 years. 2 years ago I wondered if they were still going and saw they'd released a new album (Pylon). Expecting it to be weak, tired or stale (they started in 1979 and this is now 2016 - bands that go for that long get dull af and you only listen out of sympathy or loyalty), I was blown away. The sound is different now than then, but it's amazingly good and incredibly they haven't lost any of their apocalyptic energy. Coincidentally, I went to the same school as Jaz Coleman.

this is letsrun, after all...

https://youtu.be/d1nqunBWa8w

Kick ass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU2hy0L5lgg

Ben Barrows wrote:

While in high school, guitar hero got me into classic rock and then metal, which branched me into all sorts of different metal. My favorites back then were Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Megadeth. I also enjoyed stuff from All That Remains (especially ‘Six’).

Nowadays, my favorite stuff is the progressive metal from Dream Theater. Their Images and Words album never gets old for me along with songs like Panic Attack.

All That Remains just released a new album, haven't listened yet but saw favorable reviews.

Going to make an assumption that all of us have a sweet spot for Dream Theater. Train of Thought was the first album I heard from them, which is pretty heavy. Just such a solid discography they have.

I've been jamming a lot of Swallow the Sun lately. Specifically their trio album Songs from the North.

That is a link to disc III but you can find I and II. I is more melodic, II is all acoustic, and III is straight slow heavy doom style. It's 3 hours of pure beauty.

Haven't listened to much Swallow the Sun since their Ghost of Loss Album...kind of forgot about them so nice reminder. So far I like what I hear from this link. Thanks!

Do you listen to any other doom? I don't have a lot but like Ahab, Esoteric, Isole...and sometimes Evoken