Throckmorton
Well-Known Member
+1 for Iron Maiden... the "thinking man's metal". Check out YouTube for recent shows. Bruce Dickenson's voice is terrific... better than some of the 80's tours.
My god.. I only read through a few pages of this post and I can't believe what I saw. METALLICA??? REALLY??? They never were and never will be metal. If they are metal then Flavor Flave is metal. Sabbath started it all because the guitarist finger got cut off or something and he played chords that were called the devils chords (?) and metal was born. Led Zep is not metal. They are no genre. They will never be duplicated. Korn? dammit! Stop listening to the radio and go find some real music.
Between the Buried and Me- My God they are good
Converge- If you like fast and loud, you have never heard faster or louder
The Human Abstract- WOW
Protest the Hero- Awesome guitars, Awesome vocals
Killswitch Engage- Only bad thing about these guys is too many bands tried to duplicate them---- and failed
I Wrestled A Bear Once- Thrash metal with some of the most amazing female lead vocals in metal.. ever...PERIOD
August Burns Red, Haste the Day, Parkway Drive, Genghis Tron. SO many out there. This is but a fraction of a fraction of what is good now. The old stuff is good but really dated compared to what is happening now. By the way Slayer still kills.
I prefer punk most of the time but these newer metal bands have me listening. ME LIKEY
Most of those bands are hot-topic mallcore not metal.
lol @ mallcore
Soulfly are way up there
I envision you as the metalhead version of comic book guy when I read that.
In Europe, the don't do this lameass separation of music into miniscule subgenres.
don't kid yourself - they do - lol
They might classify things that way, but it doesn't prevent them from going to ALL of the heavy shows anyway. The kids over there are like "Is it heavy? Cool, I'm going!"
it's just a system of classification, it doesn't really mean anything in regards to quality.
I think I get where he's coming from on the over classification thing though, it does get kind of annoying when its over done. Personally I like a few genres of metal Death Metal, Grindcore, Blackened Death Metal. I might talk about the questionable subgenres with someone when we're discussing similar bands eg ( Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Blackened Death Metal ) but there is a definite tendency to take that too far.
I know I kind of kicked it off with the mall-core remark, but I basically reserve that for trendy fake faux-metal as loved by the combover hot-topic scenesters - you know the kids that discovered metal when they turned 14 last year and put their makeup on after they've left the house so mommy don't see, on the way down to hot topic to be seen with their friends, cut themselves, and shop for colored hair spray.
I think I get where he's coming from on the over classification thing though, it does get kind of annoying when its over done. Personally I like a few genres of metal Death Metal, Grindcore, Blackened Death Metal. I might talk about the questionable subgenres with someone when we're discussing similar bands eg ( Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Blackened Death Metal ) but there is a definite tendency to take that too far.
I know I kind of kicked it off with the mall-core remark, but I basically reserve that for trendy fake faux-metal as loved by the combover hot-topic scenesters - you know the kids that discovered metal when they turned 14 last year and put their makeup on after they've left the house so mommy don't see, on the way down to hot topic to be seen with their friends, cut themselves, and shop for colored hair spray.
"emo"-metal, eh?
i hate to say it but seeing all the emo crowds around, i actually miss goth.
So I take it you don't like Dimmu Borgir?
I mean, ok, they're not mall-metal kids, but I just have ZERO respect for a metal band with a gimmick, except Slipknot. Metal bands with gimmicks is why I started listening to hardcore and thrash.
Last time I checked Molly Hatchet was Southern Rock...
Speaking of metal bands with a gimmick - how do you feel about GWAR ??
Gwar rocks. some of the funniest **** ever...i missed my chance to see them and was so dissapointed, i hear they put on quite a show. slipknot failed at trying to rip off thier costume idea...the first cd was "ok" but nothing special. and i'm from iowa.
Word. Every time I see SlipKnot I burst out laughing. At least when KISS did it it was new.Yeah, but see their gimmick was that they had a gimmick.
All these metal bands that wear make-up to look evil make me want to punch them
Yeah, but see their gimmick was that they had a gimmick.
All these metal bands that wear make-up to look evil make me want to punch them
Most of those bands are hot-topic mallcore not metal.
I really jammed on Du Hast
did i miss napalm death? damnit...i guess there are too many good ones out there. a lot more crap, tho.
Atreyu?? really? never heard of them...but any band that names themselves after a character in the neverending story deserves a listen
ok, how about best pirate metal band?.
Yeah we allready brought up Napalm Death. But Napalm Death isn't really a Metal band, they're a grindcore band and proud of it. Had a convo with Barney about it just last year..
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