I need more metal. Plastic provided me with a list of songs/bands in the off topic thread, but alas, I forgot to check them and now I can't be bothered to find the post again.
These are all bands I recommend, not necessarily all I have on the listed devices etc. (some artists on my phone/zune I don't know enough about to recommend fully)
Off the top of my head: Megadeth Slayer Testament Armored Saint Death Iced Earth Down Powerman 5000 White Zombie Rob Zombie Mastodon Nevermore Sonata Arctica In Flames In This Moment (my first dance with my wife was to a song from this band....METAL!) Pantera Type O Negative Woods of Ypres Alice in Chains Helmet Tool All That Remains Godsmack X Japan Dir En Grey Erase The Gray Viking Skull Danzig MD. 45 (Dave Mustaine side project, make sure to get the original release with Mr. Boddy from Clue doing lead vocals) Mudvayne Cold Systematic Hatebreed Spinal Tap Judas Priest Korn Soundgarden Tad (although Greasebox is the only song I really love) Avantasia (they wrote a trilogy of albums about me) Seether Shinedown Prong Monster Magnet Henry Rollins Band Body Count Five Finger Death Punch Apocalyptica Lamb of God Acrassicauda Snake River Conspiracy
From my phone: A Perfect Circle Agnostic Front Alice Cooper Anthrax As I Lay Dying Black Label Society Blue Oyster Cult (some songs are pretty metal) Breaking Point Corrosion of Conformity Damageplan Deep Purple (again, some songs are pretty metal) Dimmu Borgir Dio, Rainbow, Black Sabbath (anything with Dio) Epica Exodus Faith No More Fear Factory Brujeria Flaw Galadriel Hank Williams III Insomnium Korpiklaani Kyuss Lacuna Coil Maylene & The Sons of Disaster Meshuggah Moonspell (earlier work is the best) Muse NESkimos Minibosses Primus Reverend Horton Heat Sepultura Soulfly Shadows Fall Amorphis The Sword This or the Apocalype Twisted Sister Uncle Junkie Vildhjarta Volbeat
Zune: American Head Charge Amy Lee/Evanescence Between the Buried and Me Clawfinger Coal Chamber Dillinger Escape Plan Disturbed Dope Dream Theater Flotsam and Jetsam Flyleaf Glenn Tipton (I HIGHLY recommend his version of Paint it Black) Ill Nino Jackyl Johnny Cash (his American Classics albums at the end of his life have some awesome covers of metal songs, Rusty Cage is amazing) Kasabian Killswitch Engage Kittie Life of Agony Limozeen Ministry The Misfits Orange Goblin Queens of the Stone Age Sevendust Soil Stahlhammer (YOU CAN'T TOUCH DIS) Static-X Suicidal Tendencies Superjoint Ritual (only one or two good songs in my opinion) Taranchula Trivium The Union Underground Voivod
....I'll be back later to add to this this maybe. I still would have to look at my CD collection and backup hard drive to get a full list of what I have.
Sorry (not really) for the double post but I think it's time I bring this to the forums......
I will warn there's a text wall ahead. I call it, my Metallica vs. other metal thesis paper
So, being a big metal fan for at least two decades now I've often heard (far too often) about the "greatness" of one Metallica (they're so mainstream that their band name is not considered incorrect by spell check apparently). You might have noticed that I did NOT include them on my list of recommended bands.
Now, I do not intend to start a war since this can be divisive so I'll just say that I personally enjoy a wide variety of music including the Cardigans and many many non-metal bands. So to hopefully not cause a war on this, I definitely want to add, you like what you like. You're free to like/love/worship Metallica as you see fit.
Now to my point here. I do not like them (some songs from the first few albums are good). Most of this feeling for me is a recognition of how overhyped they are (again in my opinion). I don't see the level of talent other bands have. I don't see the creativity in song writing etc.
I've had this conversation with many friends and acquaintances and of course, loving evidence like I do, always brought up a story to illustrate my point. Here goes:
As many metal fans are aware, Dave Mustaine, founder/frontman/lead heroin addict for Megadeth was also in the lineup for Metallica before they made their debut album. He was justifiably kicked out for his substance abuse and fights (sometimes physical) with bandmates. When he left, he made a request. Don't use my songs. Look at the liner notes for Metallica's first album. They used some of his songs (but did give him credit).
I used to have both of these songs on my phone at all times to illustrate my point:
Exhibit A: Four Horseman by Metallica. Pay close attention to the guitar especially
Exhibit B: Mechanix by Megadeth. Pay even closer attention to the guitar.
Yup. Same guitar pretty much. Some thoughts on this from me. I used to be able to play the entire rhythm part of Four Horsemen along with the song. I have never been able to play along with Mechanix, despite it being near identical. The pacing killed me. Same thing, different talent level entirely. Also, Hetfield often plays rhythm and sings. He is pretty talented actually, I will admit. Mustaine often plays lead and sings. Acknowledged that neither is a terrific singer however. Finally, I have been to concerts for both. I have studied their guitar work live in addition to the recorded tracks as well as their stage presence and overall metal quotient. Hands down, Megadeth is the winner. I would also rate a good number of other artists higher on my list (Rob Zombie and Prong jump out)
My conclusion, while I do believe Metallica is a band of talented individuals who have had some good songs, I place them squarely in the overrated and not recommended by Skarekrow category.
densetsushun wrote:I need more metal. Plastic provided me with a list of songs/bands in the off topic thread, but alas, I forgot to check them and now I can't be bothered to find the post again.
Spoiler:
I think my favorite band is Darkest Hour right now, and for the last year or two. They're awesome. If you're going to check them out listen to Deliver Us and Undoing Ruin. They're probably my favorite albums by them. They're death metal, but the further back you go the harder it gets, and the more recent stuff is getting softer and softer. Those two albums are a perfect mix of the hard stuff and the more melodic stuff IMO.
I listen to In Flames a lot also. That's actually where my profile name is from. They're last album, A Sense of Purpose, wasn't very good, but everything before that is. Everything from Clayman, Colony, Come Clarity, Soundtrack to Your Escape, and Whoracle is worth listening to. They're Scandinavian death metal.
Umm. I'll just list the rest of the stuff that's on my phone, because that's a pretty good representation of what I'm listening to now.
Sworn is pretty great. They're also Scandinavian death metal. Not very well known. Their first album, The Alleviation, is pretty awesome.
Unearth, American death metal. Listen to anything off The Oncoming Storm. There's a few good songs on In the Eyes of Fire too.
Light this City is a band I'm just getting into recently. The only album I've got by them is Facing the Thousand, and I like it. They've got a female vocalist with a crazy voice.
Poison the Well is one of my favorites. Start with Opposite of December and if you like it then get the next one.
Got some Deftones on there, which I'm sure you know about if you like metal. If you don't, then get on that.
All That Remains, but only The Fall of Ideals. I don't really like anything else by them.
Then for some lighter metal I've got Clutch, which is a fantastic band. They're somewhere between metal, classic rock, and jam bands. It's really good stuff. Start with the Elephant Riders and Pure Rock Fury.
The last thing I've got is At the Drive-In, which isn't really metal, it's more grungy, but is kinda hard to classify. I like it.
^ I like old Metallica. I don't really listen to it much anymore, but I still have all of it. Everything before Load, and then even more everything before Cliff Burton died.
Also, you should all go download Austrian Death Machine. It's spectacular. Get anything off Total Brutal. The vocalist from As I Lay Dying plays every instrument recorded separately over Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions for vocals. So awesome. I'll try to find a video.
I'll have to check those out EeAyEss. Neither ring any sort of bells.
Mildred....I listed all those bands as well. Are you implying that I'm old too?
Plastic...I always expected Cookie Monster was metal. I'm surprised no one came to see why I was laughing in my office. The Trivium one is even more funny since I really like the song he's making fun of.
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A plot of my 90 most frequently scrobbled artists in the past 12 months follows. Yes, there's some non-metal stuff on there. Font size is proportional to frequency.
It's just updating your profile at last.fm, a website that keeps track of your music listening habits. Basically you just install their plugin to your Winamp/iTunes/etc. and it will keep a record of everything you listen to (mine goes back to 2006).
They also have an internet radio based on your preferences, which is less popular than Pandora but in my opinion better for metal.
by EeAyEss Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:20 am
