Metalheads! Confess & Brag

[Kurashu]

Someone sent me a song by Dimmu Borgir once, my response? Scary!

I need to start writing down the bands I've been advise to go find! Then plan what to do next!

Dimmu's alright from what I've heard of them. My friend has For All Tid.

[homer]mmmmmm, Headbangers Ball[/homer]

I've been disappointed with Headbanger's Ball lately. It's just been a let down to me. It went to metal/metalcore to anything that sounded remotely metal (Kutless? Seriousky.)

I just got back from a Dimmu Borgir, Unearth, DevilDriver and Kataklysm show. I'll post a full detail of it tomorrow!

I'd say that's an eclectic group, but the Dragonforce/He Is Legend/Chimria/Killswitch tour made me scratch my head. Iunno. I seem to think that tours that have bands that are similiar are better, not that variety is bad but some things make go "What?" Like when Zao was going to do a tour with Story of the Year and Hawthrone Heights (I believe that was the other band).


I might be going to see Despised Icon, The Faceless, As Blood Runs Black, & Animoisty tonight. The details are still fuzzy, so I don't know. I might not be able to go because stupid Baccalureate (I don't even care that I butchered that word).

Stupid graduation. Seniors should just show up one day and our teachers just say "Go home. It's over. Don't come back. Here's your diploma and awards, leave."

That's a different subject.

 

[Nyaricus]

Dimmu's alright from what I've heard of them. My friend has For All Tid.

They were fairly impressive, from what I saw last night. But I'll get into it more when I post a reveiw of the concert in a bit.

I've been disappointed with Headbanger's Ball lately. It's just been a let down to me. It went to metal/metalcore to anything that sounded remotely metal (Kutless? Seriousky.)

Heh, I have a Kutless album. They are hard alternative rock at their heaviest

I'd say that's an eclectic group... I seem to think that tours that have bands that are similiar are better, not that variety is bad but some things make go "What?"

Yeah, these tour organizers are really trying to throw together some different elements as of late, ie:

Lamb of God's Sacrament Support Tour
Gojira - progressive death/doom/groove metal
Machine Head - groove metal/half-thrash
Trivium - metalcore/thrash
Lamb of God - groove metal/metalcore

Dimmu Borgir's In Sorte Diaboli Support Tour
Kataklysm - death metal
DevilDriver - death metal/groove metal, some elements of nu metal
Unearth - metalcore
Dimmu Borgir - symphonic black metal

But in any case, I saw both of those line-ups, and they were amazing shows. The variety is nice though, since I'm a big metal fan of all its' sub-genres, and I love Unearth, DevilDriver and the Dimmu I've listened to beforehand. So it was alright with me

cheers,
--N

 

[Kurashu]

I can see the Lamb of God tour. That makes sense to me. But the other one, no not so much. However, if it exposes people to new bands/genres, I'm not complaining.

 

[Nyaricus]

I can see the Lamb of God tour. That makes sense to me. But the other one, no not so much. However, if it exposes people to new bands/genres, I'm not complaining.

I'm basically in agreement with your sentiments; the Dimmu tour did have a bit of a mash-up of genres (Esp. considering Unearth, a metalcore band, were the direct-support band )

But it's definitely a good thing to get people into new bands and genres. I was just last year exposed to metalcore (well, "pure" metalcore, since Lamb of God was a fav of mine for a couple years before that, and they have elements of that sub-genre in their music) for the first time, and now it ranks amongst my favourite metal sub-genres (right alongside death and groove metal).

cheers,
--N

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That's why I loved the Lollapalooza tours.

Simply Awesome!

 

[Kurashu]

Just got the new Becoming the Archetype album The Physics of Fire. I love it. It's amazing. It's a definite shift from Terminate Damnation, a shift towards a more progressive death metal sound. The songs are not only bound by a common story (the end times as told by the Bible) but as well as a common theme (redemption of a people) and the overwhelming presense of fire imagery.

Brett's and Alex's vocal styles fit nicely together. Duck's drumming is intense as ever. The guitar and bass work is awesome.


Between this, The Fiancee (The Chariot's new album), and ABR's new album (Messengers), Solid State may be experience a remdemption of their past (before LS started to suck and Zao left). Hopefully Twelve Gauge Valentine can keep pace with these bands. Norma Jean, eh. I could care less, after Scogin left they started to suck. Redeemer was a decent album, but not enough to keep me interested in another one.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Just thought I'd put in a plug for the Black Sabbath "Dio Years" compellation.

Heck, I've keep pressing the buttons to listen to "Children of the Sea," "Voodoo" and "Mob Rules" [Dio]over and over and over again![/Dio]

 

[Nyaricus]

Well, it's been a week, and I don't think I'm goign to do a full reveiw of the conert anymore, but here are some thoughts:

Kataklysm - 4/5. Great showmen and good DM songs; I liked them. And they promised to come back

DevilDriver - 3/5. Crappy showmen I was really expecting more. Played a new song off their upcoming album. Sounds good. Hope they come back to a bigger stage, so there's room to mosh; maybe they'd be in their element more.

Unearth - 4/5. Great crowd-pleasers and I really wasn't expecting them to be so good - but their live show is *much* better then their albums. They really kept the crowd moving and moshing, and their songs were top-notch live and all stood out. Great guys, great show.

Dimmu Borgir - 3.5 (almost a 4) /5. Well, these guys were pretty scary looking metalheads, but I was honestly expecting more from the headliners. I said 3.5 because I felt like they really didn't try to get the crowd going throughout their time on stage, and the singer, I felt, honestly brought the band down. Maybe it was just the acoustics live. Not sure. Their bassist however, sang some clean vocals which were amazing - and he was an amazing bassist to boot - those fingers FLEW over the strings. The drumming was intense, and the keyboardist was really good and atmosphereic as well. So somewhere between a 3.5 and a 4.

Oh, and one more thing about Dimmu Borgir's drummer - he's kinda famous in his own right. You see, he is Hellhammer, the fellow who used to drum in Mayhem, the band with Varg Vikernes et al. And *I* caught one of his drumsticks Now that is a keeper.

cheers,
--N

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That is probably a +2 Unholy Paladinbane Drumstick!

 

[Nyaricus]

That is probably a +2 Unholy Paladinbane Drumstick!

Yeah, and it got beat the out of too - might do slashing damage too I know I already got a splinter from this thing, haha

And, I got some pics, too:

HellHammer's Hellhammer (with Unearth's III: In the Eyes of Fire and DevilDriver's The Fury of Our Maker's Hand Re-release:

Hellhammer Detail (looks blurry, but quite sharp-edged IRL:

cheers,
--N