Metalheads! Confess & Brag

[Nyaricus]

Roadrunner isn't hit or miss
Early catalog on Digipack:Rocks
What they put out now: Dog crap(for the most part)
Its that simple.

We were talking about the Roadrunner United project, not the label itself. What is so bad about it's recent releases, in your opinion, anyway? Just curious

cheers,
--N

 

[Nyaricus]

I meant hit and miss as in whether I like them or not. It seemed like there were a lot of different styles in the album I have, some of which weren't to my tastes.

Also, Kurashu: I have Thrice stuff (but I never play it, not sure what its like) and I've heard of Protest the Hero, I think my sister has the CD. But I will look into the others! Cheers guys!

Edit:

I've bee sloping round on last.fm and I found some clips of the songs. Most of the stuff like Mastadon is the sort of metal I don't like. Particularly 'I am Ahab'. Unearth was more promising, I really liked some of the guitar work but I disliked the vocals (I only listened to The Chosen). Same problem with Lamb of God, I dislike the vocals (also the guitar stuff wasn't my thing). The Shadows Fall clips didn't sound too bad though, 'Destroyer of Senses', 'Thoughts without Words' and redemption. Its much closer but I didn't fall in love with it (like I did with megadeth and some classic Iron maiden). I think its the metalcore element I dislike.

In Flames didn't go down well either, Soilwork is however a band I like. I need to hear more of them I think....I didn't bother looking for Trivium (disliked) or Avenged sevenfold (liked but got tired of, may go back to that). Strangely though, I like some Children of Bodom stuff.

I'm going to look at the other recommendations tomorow sometime.

Thanks guys!

Mastodon - the first time I heard them, which was on the Unholy Alliance Tour with Slayer and Lamb of God, I *hated* them. I randomly picked up their album 'Blood Mountain' to test my musical tastes, and found myself enjoying a decent amount of stuff on it. Agreed that it takes a very specific type of ear to enjoy it.

Unearth - I have their two newest albums, neither of which has the track 'the Chosen' on it, so I can't vouch for that. However, their song 'Giles' is a great track, and a good history lesson to boot Lie to Purify is another must-have by this band.

Lamb of God - too bad you didn't like 'em. They're likely my favourite band at this time Their sound has changed a bit over time - could you throw out some track names you listened to at all? Maybe I can guide you a bit with some choices. Their earlier stuff in particular was not very well-polished at all.

Shadows Fall - fairly solid band here. Destroyer of Senses is actually my fav track by them, so good on you for snagging that one. I also really like 'Ghosts of Past Failures', which is another powerful track by them.

Trivium is *very* hit or miss (and they were terrible when I saw them live). I simply threw them out there to see if you'd dig them at all. Personal favs by them are: 'Rain', Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr', 'Ignition' and 'Dying in Your Arms'. Other then those, they don't have much (I've personally found) which really sticks out.

Children of Bodom is pretty heavy (vocals-wise) but they have some awesome instruments. Anything from Follow the Reaper is *excellent* material by them, and by most of the people I've talked to about CoB, their best material they've put out.

cheers,
--N

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Been away for a while...

Friends, Shredders, Headbangers! Can't we all just wear our denim & leather and not worry about whether someone considers a particular genre of hard rock is or isn't "metal?"

C'mon...

One Nation Over 11!

As for some of the latest bands...I still don't care for many of the newbies of the past 4 or 5 years.

I'm slowly, slowly, slowly warming up to Mastodon.

And I'm beginning to hear similarities between early Anthrax and Shadows Fall that had eluded me before- IOW, despite previous pans of them, I'm warming up to SF as well.

The twin guitarists of Dragon Force intrigue me- they have two very different styles. Its like listening to a band with Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai trading licks.

Wolfmother and Black Stone Cherry are pure 70's style hard rock throwbacks, as is Early Man. The difference- the vocalists in the first 2 bands can stay on key consistently.

 

[Nyaricus]

I'm slowly, slowly, slowly warming up to Mastodon.

Do you have Blood Mountain? If so, what tracks are you liking on it?

cheers,
--N

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I did buy that album, largely on the strength of "Colony of Birchmen", but I can't tell you exactly which tracks I'm enjoying because I'm listening to it in my car- and since I've been driving 2 60+ yr old women around a lot lately, I haven't had time to really get into it. I usually don't look to see which track is playing to check its title or whatever, but I can say this:

While the instrumentals smack a bit of failed King Crimson pieces, I found "The Wolf is Loose" to be a solid opening track, with the next few keeping the energy pretty consistently, up to my fave ("Birchmen").

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

What people consider metal or hard rock is a very subjective opinion, so I try to just live and let live. But the next person that calls Poison metal is gonna get....ahem..anyway.

Lately, I've really come to like bands like Edenbridge, Lacuna Coil, Stream of Passion, Nightwish, and several other bands in this vein. Are they metal? Who cares? I dig 'em. I agree with Dannyalcatraz; One Nation Over 11! (man, I wish I'd thought of that).

Crank.
It.
Up.

Whatever "it" might be to you!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Poison is metal!

(Just kidding!)

The reason I started this thread was to see if my observations about my other metalhead buddies was true around the world.

You see, I have found that almost every metalhead I can name has some guilty pleasure that would get them ridiculed if their buddies knew about it. I'm not just talking about our New Wave, Jazz, or Big Band stuff- which was no lesser quality music than the metal we enjoyed- I'm talking about bands like the aforementioned Poison. The truly glam-rock/metal bands of the late 1970s-early 1990s.

The first time I really noticed it was when I hanging out with a guy who loved Motorhead & JP, etc., but was also a big fan of Winger. See, Kip Winger is actually a hell of a bass player who was mainly a highly demanded studio musician and...well he... :\

Then a buddy of mine who turned me on to bands like Rainbow & Yngwie started raving about Crimson Glory (think of Queensryche but with Costume Ball domino masks and lots of red spangles and rhinestones)...and others talked about White Lion and so forth.

Not like I had any reason to jeer, what with a complete collection of Europe's recordings...

The final impetus for this post came when I found out that another buddy of mine with a Masters in Jazz had once taught a class about the musical quality of Debbie Gibson.

(OK, so she's singing leads roles on Broadway now, so he knew his stuff, but C'MON!)

 

[D.Shaffer]

The final impetus for this post came when I found out that another buddy of mine with a Masters in Jazz had once taught a class about the musical quality of Debbie Gibson.

(OK, so she's singing leads roles on Broadway now, so he knew his stuff, but C'MON!)

...For what it's worth, as a teen I liked Debbie Gibson as well. But that for qualities OTHER then her music.

 

[Theron]

For some reason, the direction this thread took somewhat reminds me of this story from The Onion:

Metal Council Convenes To Discuss 'Metal Hand Sign' Abuse

 

[Fishbone]

Hahaha, The Grand Elder Lemmy line is great.