my favorites include

children of bodom
einherjer
strapping young lad
fear factory
ministry
marduk
dimmu borgir
rammstein
dark tranquility

4/1/2005 1:47:27 AM

Cattle Decapitation tickles my fancy.

4/1/2005 11:31:56 AM

as much as i've tried i just cant get into DT and in flames, or at least as much as everyone else seems to be. i guess the gothenburg sound just doesnt do it for me as far as creativity goes. i have DT's "damage done" and "character" and most of in flames' albums (not the last one), and they're decent.. old in flames is pretty good, but it's just not anything that special in my opinion...if i'm gonna listen to melodic death, i'm gonna listen to arsis et. al.



[Edited on April 19, 2005 at 7:19 PM. Reason : ]

4/19/2005 7:17:35 PM

some more to check out

Primordial - folkish blackish metal.......i think they're from ireland

Orphaned Land - middle eastern folkish deathish metal......some clean vocals and some death vox
the instruments have that awesome middle eastern vibe
its mostly in english as well

both bands are considerably progressive, of course

4/19/2005 8:04:55 PM

i've heard of both of them, havent heard anything by either i dont think...i'll check them out

4/19/2005 8:07:47 PM

emperor
slayer
iron maiden
motorhead
dragonforce
rhapsody
death angel
creation is crucifixion
in flames
iced earth
carcass
napalm death
death
at the gates
cannibal corpse
testament
vader
despised icon
bodies in the gears of the apparatus
darkest hour
red chord
dying fetus
cephalic carnage
pig destroyer
nasum
origin
psyopus
premonitions of war
nile
belef
cryptopsy
behemoth
vehemence
cattle decapitation
capharnum
circle of dead children
blind guardian
anal cunt
arsis
dimmu borgir
fuck im dead
employer, employee
skinless
ion dissonance
discordance axis
birdflesh
unholy grave
robot has werewolf hands
skinless
spawn of posession
deeds of flesh
phobia
carnal forge
blood duster
brutal truth
incantation
benumb
uphill battle
the end
cannae
suffocation
mastadon
isis
exhumed
neurosis
cranial impalement
devourment
coalese
converge

wow i could go on all night...

[Edited on April 20, 2005 at 1:25 AM. Reason : .]

4/20/2005 1:17:31 AM

creation is crucifixion is nasty

4/20/2005 1:24:39 AM

^^oh dude, I just bought the Behemoth DVD, it is so fucking good...demonic as shit they are

[Edited on April 20, 2005 at 1:25 AM. Reason : ]

4/20/2005 1:24:46 AM

haha i heard about that nick i love their music and image so much

4/20/2005 1:26:01 AM

am i the only person who listens to 400 Blows?

4/20/2005 1:31:31 AM

ehe, oh yeah.

Thyrfing

Some good viking metal for ya.

4/20/2005 9:58:37 AM

I'm going to reiterate...anyone who's even mildly a fan of Children of Bodom MUST check out Kalmah. Antti Kokko is underrated and every bit as good as Alexi Laiho, in my opinion. They never got very big and I don't understand why

4/20/2005 2:30:55 PM

oh yeah, and Soilwork, DT, Hypocrisy, and Mnemic at Ziggy's this Friday

4/20/2005 4:02:26 PM

firt ten that came to mind:

sabbath
maiden
neurosis
thorr's hammer
sleep
eyehategod
floor
khanate
baroness
otesanek

4/20/2005 4:44:40 PM

someone played me some floor one time and i could never find their stuff again.

so where do I find it.

4/20/2005 4:51:51 PM

^^ baroness is awesome i saw them at fort asshat in gboro one time, they are all awesome guys and sound alot like high on fire and mastadon mixed

4/20/2005 5:05:41 PM

you, sir, have an awesome t-dub name

4/20/2005 5:33:02 PM

cdeez, they were on no idea records, and you can order their stuff from http://www.noidearecords.com. the guitar player/singer started a new band that's very similar called torche who are about to release something on robotic empire records (http://www.roboticempire.com). both are great bands.

fuckshit, baroness is playing at my house on the 29th of this month with kylesa(ex-damad, used to be on prank records, fucking brutal sick), d'amore(philly three piece hardcore emo), and towers (like older isis sped up). 8:00 pm. six bucks. 2211 everett avenue. it's across from the harris teeter in cameron village. i'll be running around drunk and will probably get arrested. so the story goes. come out and meet me.

4/21/2005 1:13:55 AM

hell yes im there kylesa is rad ive seen them a bunch

4/21/2005 10:29:07 AM

others i forgot to name

Kataklysm
Dark Funeral
Immortal
Hate Eternal
Arch Enemy
Immolation
Fleshgrind
Gorgoth
Bloodbath
Severe Torture
Plague Spitter
Malebolgia <-- sweet
Misery Index
Commit Suicide
Bolt Thrower
Black Dahlia Murder

4/21/2005 11:34:08 AM

good call on bolt thrower.

that sounds excellent. it's going to be a show to remember. last time baroness played was INSANE. the opening picture on their website is from that one.

there is a show this friday, but it's not metal...more hardcore/emo stuff. should be fun though.

4/21/2005 11:56:52 AM

NEUROSIS

4/22/2005 1:54:56 AM

In Flames
Metallica
Crematory
Nightwish
Finger Eleven(Tip and Greyest of Blue Skies, not their new shit)
Deftones
Lumsk <-- fucking awesome
Moonspell
Battlelore
Pantera

also like: Tool/A Perfect Circle, Tiamat, Iron Maiden

4/22/2005 5:25:57 AM

Metallica
Ozzy (Black Sabbath)
Godsmack
SOAD
Sevendust
Tool
Limp Bizkit
Korn
Rage Against the Machine
Disturbed

4/22/2005 8:42:43 AM

^ goddamnit...this thread made 5 pages without someone bringing that shit in here

[Edited on April 22, 2005 at 9:08 AM. Reason : guess i should be thankful it got that far]

4/22/2005 9:07:56 AM

^^Thats great. BUt only 2 of those bands have any buisness whatsoever being called Metal .

4/22/2005 9:45:40 AM

im listening to Obituary, how bad ass am I.

4/22/2005 2:53:54 PM

HELMET

from a second story window
tony danza tap dance extravaganza
the red chord
symphony in peril
on broken wings
the acacia strain
the number twelve looks like you
porphyria
darkest hour
PREMONITIONS OF WAR

and my current favorite...ION DISSONANCE

[Edited on April 22, 2005 at 3:59 PM. Reason : .]

4/22/2005 3:43:23 PM

SPINAL TAP!!!!

4/22/2005 4:50:39 PM

i have been listening to a life once lost nonstop the last few days...i used to hate them

4/25/2005 10:04:14 PM

alol is one of my favs their new stuff is what i like their old shit is trendy boring metalcore

4/26/2005 1:02:03 AM

^open your mouth for the speechless is fucking awesome, as is the fourth plague and a great artist...what I have heard of Hunter is badass too

hell I just love ALOL

4/26/2005 1:46:50 AM

I love Hypocrisy...I've been listening to a lot more of them than I used to since the show the other night, and now I'm wondering why I wasn't as into them before

^I'll have to hear this ALOL

4/26/2005 1:57:53 AM

^ yes do immediately, and ion dissonance has been playing non stop for me lately as well

4/26/2005 3:10:02 AM

July 9th at the Milestone in Charlotte

Ion Dissonance
From a Second Story Window
Reflux

4/26/2005 4:11:07 AM

what kind of music are they? (alol and ion diss.)

4/26/2005 10:50:22 AM

ion dissonance and alol are insane...that's the kind of shit you blast when you want people to leave you the hell alone

they might be a little too close to the hardcore-style (production- and riffage-wise) for me to get too heavily into them, but i definitely like their respective sounds 100x more than any hardcore i've ever heard. chaos, but with balls (which is what puts them above hardcore, IMHO)


[Edited on April 26, 2005 at 2:12 PM. Reason : found some]

4/26/2005 1:56:10 PM

i heard from a second story window had a tough time at chaos fest in milwaukee with some hardcore guys...got their equipment smashed up and a few got put in the hospital

[Edited on April 26, 2005 at 2:05 PM. Reason : ,]

4/26/2005 2:05:12 PM

I dont think anyone has mentioned Karp in this entire thread.

and Big Business (who has Jared Warren from Karp on bass and vocals) is playing with the Blood Brothers in charlotte some time in may.

4/26/2005 8:44:09 PM

Quote :

"July 9th at the Milestone in Charlotte Ion Dissonance From a Second Story Window Reflux "

fuck charlotte and all the charlotte local hxc kids, they are all wastes of life.

4/26/2005 10:00:38 PM

driving to charlotte is like losing humainty. what a terrible place. wow i dislike charlotte alot. and i will never go see a show again there.

4/26/2005 10:03:57 PM

CHARLOTTE XHXCX MOOOOOFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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4/26/2005 10:37:12 PM

^^ BOY YOU DISSIN MY DISTRIC', SON

704 HOLLA HOLLLAAA

4/26/2005 11:13:57 PM

i mentioned this in one of my other threads.

a life once lost is complete shit. they are a complete rip-off of meshuggah and lamb of god. the worst part is they suck at it.

honestly, this band does not need to be mentioned.

4/28/2005 3:14:35 AM

^listen to "open your mouth for the speechless"...they sound nothing like Meshuggah on that...I think they are great...or well, you wouldn't like it anyway but whatever

in regards to the Charlotte comments, I don't really care what people think because we get all the damn shows here. (along with Ziggy's and Brew Ha Ha's) I have many many friends in Charlotte who are not assholes, but I have a few that are. Whatever, I could care less about the "scene" aspects of a given city, all that matters is whether there are worthwhile shows to attend...and there are.

Winston-Salem and Greensboro have some serious fucking assholes/pussies too...those kinds of people are everywhere.

4/28/2005 3:39:27 AM

i didnt get that at all...if they're honestly influenced but meshuggah, they misssssssed. i was thinking more DEP

4/28/2005 3:39:43 AM

^they definitely are reminiscent of Meshuggah...but how is that a bad thing?

4/28/2005 3:49:08 AM

being influenced by meshuggah is not a bad thing in the least (now trying to copy them would be)...but i just dont think they sound too much like meshuggah. i mean they do use funky time sigs and a lot of time-dynamics, but to say that that alone is meshuggah-like is kindof a stretch. i'm not saying ion diss. isn't, i haven't listened to them long enough to get a feel for their creative minds...but the minds behind meshuggah are pure trained, mathematical madness that i don't think can be easily modeled.

4/28/2005 5:08:41 AM

MetalRed tipped me off to Kamelot's new album, and i've been loving it.

also in the power metal vein, has anyone else heard Wuthering Heights? i'd never heard of them but picked up an album of theirs called Far From the Madding Crowd, and it's pretty hot.


other than that, has anyone heard much about Tristania's new album, Ashes? is it good? Beyond the Veil is one of my favorite metal albums, just curious how it compares.

4/29/2005 8:45:21 PM

bttt

5/1/2005 8:30:12 PM