Chavez Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 So the wife was pissed off at me last night, but the upside was I got to watch Headbanger's Ball for the first time in quite a while. Now, I love metal as much as the next guy, but so many of these new bands (yeah, I know I'm sounding like an old fart here) sound interchangeable - same tempo shifts, same Cookie Monster on PCP vocals, etc. Not that I didn't love the riffing and heaviness, but I just couldn't see throwing down good coin for an entire album of more of the same. The two standouts I REALLY liked were Avenged Sevenfold and Downfall. Anyone got any more? Or, feel free to discuss favorite old-school metal acts; as long as it's about the metal in this thread, it's all good. :bang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 fresh out of neu metal. Can't stand most of it. You'd know most of the bands I'd list anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted September 18, 2005 Author Share Posted September 18, 2005 Actually, the whole rap/rock nü-metal movement has pretty well fallen off the map; now the bulk of the stuff on HB was sort of a psuedo-grindcore/sub-Pantera sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Actually, the whole rap/rock nü-metal movement has pretty well fallen off the map; 1000137[/snapback] And thank goodness, one of the oldies that are still around and making something worthwhile are Corrosion of Conformity. I really haven't listened to many of the new bands for reasons you already posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 From Autumn to Ashes is a band I've been pimping lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 And thank goodness, one of the oldies that are still around and making something worthwhile are Corrosion of Conformity. I really haven't listened to many of the new bands for reasons you already posted. 1000169[/snapback] Saw C of C on the Motorhead bill earlier this year. They weren't half bad. I do find most recent metal tedious, just bands trying to outdo each other on what loyal Satan slaves they are. : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Row Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Saw Judas priest locally , they still are great live. Small venue was mind numbingly loud. Can't help but think how long ago it was when they were new . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Hey Chavez, you ever seen Bongzilla? Must be the worst band I've ever seen, completely unintelligible. Apparently they're out of Madison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thews40 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I swore when I was 16 that I still be listening to Aerosmith till the day I died… not too insightful. I don’t listen to head banging music unless I’m working out, but Tool and Rage against the machine make the list. Still a big fan of early grunge, and while you can slam it, the lyrical content in Pearl Jam and Nirvana are excellent. Bands like Poison and Cinderella were more show than anything, and I’d really like to catch a live show when a bunch of washed up metal bands come to town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehand Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 (edited) As a long time metalhead, there are 2 groups of modern metal I really dig: The Swedish scene: I am a sucker for loud cruchy guitars with melody, and these band's fit the bill In Flames - Only for the Weak is a tremendous tune. Dark Tranquility Soilwork Arch Enemy and on the harder/faster/for aggro side The Entombed Hypocrisy The Haunted The Biker/Stoner metal scene Clutch - the absolute Kings! Black Label Society Corrosion of Conformity Sixty Watt Shaman (great but now defunct) Mastodon - Latest album Leviathan, a Moby Dick concept album (I know!) absolutely rules. Check 'em out. Edited September 18, 2005 by Bonehand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 saw Mastodon open for Clutch. Worst band I've ever seen. Couldn't tell one song from another and they were too long. Just noise. Now Clutch on the other hand, rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehand Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 saw Mastodon open for Clutch. Worst band I've ever seen. Couldn't tell one song from another and they were too long. Just noise. Now Clutch on the other hand, rocks 1000627[/snapback] Hmmmm. How long ago was it? That's very different from my experience. I'll admit their songs are long & somewhat jam-my, but I find them fairly varied in style. Also, I saw them this summer at the Seattle Ozzfest, and they were one of the top bands on the second stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slambo Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 (edited) Well, this is the pile of CD's thats sitting here next to me: Carnivore - old Peter Steele (Type-O Negative) Black Sabbath Vol. 4 Bad Brains, Quickness - Rasta metal S.O.D, Speak English or Die - Has all the riffs original HB'ers Ball used for their crashing building promos and such Coroner, Mental Vortex...these guys are tight. No More Color is a great album by them Sick of it All, 3 or 4 different albums....I like them, NY hardcore D.R.I., 4 of a Kind punkish thrash skateboarder music Obituary, Cause of Death... yea, there is some death metal I like Meshuggah, None....Interesting stuff Primus, Frizzle Fry....their best album IMHO Pitchshifter, www.pitchshifter.com (thats the name of the album) Industrial metal Stuck Mojo, Rising... some of their stuff I really like, some I don't Suicidal Tendencies, Lights..Camera...Revolution , no metal collection is complete without some Suicidal "All I wanted was a pepsi" Rollins Band, The End Of Silence good ole Henry Rollins Prong, Cleansing Exhorder, Slaughter in the Vatican sort of a heavier and more brutal Pantera Scatterbrain, Here Comes Trouble they do a great cover of Cheech & Chongs, Earache My Eye, theres also a great song entitled Don't Call Me Dude, definately worth a listen. Lead singer is Tommy Christ(was in Ludichrist) AC/DC Back in Black & For Those About To Rock not metal, but classic Testament, The New Order Bolt Thrower, Warmaster grindcore also in the mix is some Hendrix, Slipknot, King's X, Reel Big Fish, Dance Hall Crashers, and a few others. Edited September 19, 2005 by slambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slambo Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 The Swedish scene: I am a sucker for loud cruchy guitars with melody, and these Check out Unleashed if you haven't, includes former members of Entombed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Of the above, Bad Brains and SOD are bands I like.....althought Scott Ian is somewhat of a liberal spokesman "Speak English or Die" is a CD that the most diehard conservatives here would love.... "They hijack all our planes, they raise our oil prices, let's kill them all and have a ball and end their f*!cking crisis." Acutally, that makes more sense then the policy we are using now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Itals Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Right now, I'm digging progressive metal bands with women lead singers. Check out Lacuna Coil and Nightwish. Queensryche is coming to the Cites on the 24th and are doing the entire Operation: Mindcrime show plus other classics. I'm way beyond pumped to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehand Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Check out Unleashed if you haven't, includes former members of Entombed 1001742[/snapback] Cool! I will check them out. Thanks, Slambo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 sorry bonehand, it was High on Fire that sucked ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAH! Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Right now, I'm digging progressive metal bands with women lead singers. Check out Lacuna Coil and Nightwish. Queensryche is coming to the Cites on the 24th and are doing the entire Operation: Mindcrime show plus other classics. I'm way beyond pumped to see it. 1001874[/snapback] I am into the more melodic metal (grew up on Iron Maiden and still love em!!) and I just discovered Nightwish a few weeks ago. They are definitely worth a listen. As well as Iced Earth, and Children of Bodom. And for something a bit darker, Cradle of Filth RAWK!!! They do a version of Maiden's Hallowed be Thy Name that is just plain gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehand Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 sorry bonehand, it was High on Fire that sucked ass. 1002133[/snapback] Loaf, that's hilarious! I saw High on Fire open for Motorhead a couple of years ago & thought they sucked a$$ as well! Good call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehand Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 (edited) I am into the more melodic metal (grew up on Iron Maiden and still love em!!) and I just discovered Nightwish a few weeks ago. They are definitely worth a listen. As well as Iced Earth, and Children of Bodom. And for something a bit darker, Cradle of Filth RAWK!!! They do a version of Maiden's Hallowed be Thy Name that is just plain gross. 1002220[/snapback] Children of Bodom! New album in a couple weeks... They do a great cover of Maiden's Aces High as well. Edited September 19, 2005 by Bonehand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfish Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Right now, I'm digging progressive metal bands with women lead singers. Check out Lacuna Coil and Nightwish.1001874[/snapback] I'm with GI on the chick from Lacuna Coil. The voice gives me chills. The music is only so-so. I've been digging on Dream Theatre and catching up on all the old Fates Warning. Solid stuff. Still, nothing has forced me to take the Tool out of the 6-CD changer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeleryJello Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 (edited) Right now, I'm digging progressive metal bands with women lead singers. Check out Lacuna Coil and Nightwish. 1001874[/snapback] If you are into these progressive bands, then you should listen to the girl fronting Epica (albums "The Phantom Agony" and "Consign to Oblivion"). The music is not as crunchingly metal as LC or Nightwish, but a great addition to this brand of excellent music. Edited September 19, 2005 by CeleryJello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slambo Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Right now, I'm digging progressive metal bands with women lead singers. If you can find'em, check out Fear of God, fronted by Dawn Crosby, late 80's early 90's. I think they only put out a couple of albums. I have Within The Veil. She passed away in 1996. I wouldn't call them progressive but definitely worth a listen, here's a website for more info Dawn Crosby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flypaste Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 (edited) check out Decibel Magazine. It is pretty great and has actually renewed my fascination with the 'heavier' metal bands. Edited September 20, 2005 by Flypaste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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