Metalheads! Confess & Brag

[rjs]

Wow Mark, we have similar tastes.

Just to chime in-->

Brags (?): Vader, Opeth, My Dying Bride, Slayer, Death, Amorphis, Sepultura, Sammael, Mortuary Drape, King Diamond, Dio, Maiden, Black Sabbath (Dio era), Arch Enemy, Katatonia, Kyuss, Priestess, Soulfly, Bruce Dickenson, Bolt Thrower, Strapping Young Lad, Ministry, Soilwork, Diablo, Demirous, Paradise Lost, Windir, Obituary, Cynic, Merciful Fate, Corrosion of Conformity (new album is very sexy), Monster Magnet, and on and on.

Shame: Static-X, Hed PE, Queensryche, Danzig

Over the last few years, my tastes have gotten substantially darker and heavier... surprise!

 

[Mark Hope]

Heh, I really like Static-X and Queensryche as well (they're not so awesome post-Empire but still not bad). Maiden are kings of metal (and Bruce's solo stuff is killer) and I've got a lot of time for Slayer too. Early Metallica (Justice and earlier) are great but god knows what has happened to them in recent years. I loved Jason Newstead's take on the whole therapy thing: "Really f***ing lame and weak". Preach it, brother bass-man!

Any Skyclad fans here? I haven't bothered with them since Walkyier left, but they are one of my all-time faves...

 

[rjs]

True about Queensryche, but if you compare Empire to Rage for Order, man, they're worlds apart. I saw Static-X a few years (well several I suppose) at Ozzfest. They were one of the best bands on the second stage, better even than Rob Zombie, who cut his set short.

As for Skyclad, I couldn't get in to them. Their first disc was pretty good (1992-ish, yes?), but I never followed them after. Metallica... they blow. Their public image has even sullied their good work imho: ...And Justice backwards. I'm clinging to the faint hope that Rick Rubin can kick their arses into shape and make something heavy for their new disc.

Anyone pick up the new Type O Negative? I'm planning to, but not for a week or so. Opinions?

Also, for Vader fans (I know you're out there), the band just entered the studio to re-record their old material for their 25 year anniversary disc. Personally, this is awesome since I've had the hardest time finding any of their older discs. I go back as far as Litany, but then I hit a wall.

Last, Diablo, the Finnish doom band, released Mimic 47 last year . Anyone have any links to picking up imports from a reputable site? Here's the link to their video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYa9814SHtk

 

[The Thayan Menace]

Query

What is this "metal" that you speak of?

-Samir

 

[Nyaricus]

What is this "metal" that you speak of?

-Samir

*THWACK*

BAD SAMIR! BAD, BAD SAMIR!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Empire took some time to grow on me, but I think its just as good an album as Mindcrime in its own way. Mindcrime is Queensryche's The Wall, but Empire is their Dark Side of the Moon- its the album of theirs that most people will have.

As for Static-X, I like the spin they've taken on Prong's work, keeping techno-influenced metal alive.

King Diamond? I bought a couple of albums- Them and Abigail, listened to them for about a year, then got tired of the storylines and sold them at Apple Records in San Antonio, along with the first 2 Danzig albums (same reasons)...but I did just buy the Best of KD last month.

Kyuss was simply awesome, especially Welcome to Sky Valley, and I've been a big fan of QOTSA since Kyuss broke up. (Slo-Burn also kicked a$$, but 1 EP in 10 years does not bode well...)

Jamiroquai Rocks! No, really! I love that band.

 

[Nyaricus]

As for Static-X, I like the spin they've taken on Prong's work, keeping techno-influenced metal alive.

I'm a big fan of Static-X; they have a sweet industrial metal sound to them, and I'm slowly growing some rivethead parts Wumpscut and CombiChrist are both wicked Industrial bands.

For anyone who likes Static-X, have you heard of Crossbreed? I have their album Synthetic Division, and it's as amazing fusion of indutrial sounds (with keys and a dj) and a full metal band (vox, beats, bass and strings).

Also, Spineshank is another good Static-Xish band. Some great potential in their sound; too bad their old vocalist left...

cheers,
--N

 

[Thurbane]

Along with industrial and punk, metal is some of my favorite music. I'd say at least 80% of my large(ish) CD collection is metal.

Bands like Slayer, Anthrax, Manowar, Kreator, Sepultura, Blind Guardian, Metal Church, Dio, Black Sabbath, Testament, Candlemass, Sleep, Grand Magus, Orange Goblin, Biohazard, Fear Factory, Exodus, Overkill, Coroner...

..and the greatest of them all...

DETHKLOK

 

[D.Shaffer]

DËTHKLØK

Fixed it for you.
"We will make everything metal. Blacker than the blackest black times infinity. "

 

[BLACKDIRGE]

This may be shocking to some of you, but yes, I am, in fact, into heavy metal.

I like the extreme end of metal, death, grindcore, and thrash mostly. I have a real fondness for the discordant, down-tuned Swedish stuff, especially Entombed and Flesh Crawl. Some of my favorite bands are as follows:

Morbid Angel (my favorite)
Bolt Thrower
Entombed
Six Feet Under
Devildriver
Cannibal Corpse
Slayer
Monstrosity
Gorguts

BD