Testament
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Flobby said:I think Slayer is the only metal band whose albums have never disappointed (unlike Metalica...)
Divine Intervention and Undipsuted Attitude, at least in my books, beg to differ.
Flobby said:I think Slayer is the only metal band whose albums have never disappointed (unlike Metalica...)
really?!? I mean ... REALLY?!?Flobby said:I think Slayer is the only metal band whose albums have never disappointed (unlike Metalica...)
I applaud you for the South Park reference.warlord said:Slayer is only good for killing infestations of hippies.
AnonymousOne said:3.) Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient
2.) Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
Nyaricus said:Dark Tranquility - Fiction
I think this is a great CD from one of the classic MDM bands, and still shows that despite In Flames becoming more like an alt rock band with each new release, some Gothenburg bands still have cojones I REALLY dig the track 'Misery's Crown' on this album; I hear it's the first time in years the vocalist has used clean vocals on an album, and I LOVE it.
Machine Head - The Blackening
This album, while displaying quite a bit of that NWoAHM metalcore influence, struck me as being something very mature and never, ever boring. The album dangerously starts off with a behemoth of a 10 minute track, and never let's go. I saw these guys in concert supporting Lamb of God, and having never heard anything by them before, I was immediately impressed and bought this album. It's mature, it's heavy, and it's even a bit experimental, and really gives the listener a feeling of how hard the band is trying to grow.
--N
Nope, MH's The Blackening was released on March 27th of this year, so it definitely did count And yes, Mr. Flynn was an awesome showman, really what any frontman worth his salt should be like. I'll have to check out Through the Ashes of Empires since you're rec'ing itTestament said:The Blackening was released last year IIRC, so I didn't count it. Really built on the return to form that Through the Ashes of Empires was though, although I think TtAoE was better. I saw these guys live too, as I've said, and Rob Flynn is just THE MAN live. Sad fact is though that everything they will ever do will be held against Burn My Eyes.
Dark Tranquility's latest, otoh, I disagree with. Violently. For me that album just confirmed that the Gothenburg scene's been going downhill ever since At The Gates disbanded, and this album marks DT hitting rock bottom. Honestly, if the keyboards were any more overused, I'd think they merged with Dimmu Borgir....
But yeah. In Flames suck almost as hard as Soilwork do these days