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Post by tommyred on Aug 21, 2013 19:40:01 GMT
Anyone heard Avenged Sevenfold's new album? it's available to stream for free on itunes at the moment. Good shit. Do they still think they're a GOFF Guns n Roses? Kinda. I dig them as a modern day GnR though. |
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Post by tommyred on Aug 22, 2013 11:44:21 GMT
It's actually not as ballady as the last one. It's more of a typical metal album if anything. Some of it is almost Maiden-esque.
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Post by stilgar on Aug 23, 2013 7:45:01 GMT
Anyone heard Avenged Sevenfold's new album? it's available to stream for free on itunes at the moment. Good shit. I listened one or two tracks from their first album a couple of years ago and I didn't like it, so I wasn't interested since then. But the posts here made me curious. You're right, this is quite good. The singer isn't at the top level but good enough. The music is good hevy stuff, and there is one or two flawless track. Thanks for the recommendation! |
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Post by jimbonda on Aug 28, 2013 20:59:08 GMT
need to catch up on metal bad. haven't listened to much new for a good few years someone give me a top 5 or 10 metal albums of the last 5-10 years? and bo, keep your obscure stuff with female screamers to a minimal pal  |
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Post by tommyred on Aug 28, 2013 23:08:03 GMT
need to catch up on metal bad. haven't listened to much new for a good few years someone give me a top 5 or 10 metal albums of the last 5-10 years? and bo, keep your obscure stuff with female screamers to a minimal pal Can't do a top 10 but here's some I really like: Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death (2006) Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache (2004) Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005) Dream Theater - Train of Thought (2003) Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011) Trivium - Ascendancy (2005) Megadeth - Th1rt3en (2011) Metallica - Death Magnetic (2008) Lamb of God - Sacrament (2006) Machine Head - The Blackening (2011) Actually that's 10. That was just off the top of my head though and there's loads more. If you need more recent ones let me know as you've probably heard a lot of these. Unfortunately most of the albums coming out that I like are by bands that have been going 15-20 years or even 30 years! Even the "new school" metal bands I like like Killswitch, Avenged Sevenfold and Trivium have been going for a decade or close to it! There don't seem to be many good new bands. |
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Post by ginger18legend on Aug 29, 2013 6:57:39 GMT
Nice recommendations tommyred. Most of those bands you mentioned have been influential in shaping my musical preferences. Here are some of my own - Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
Alcest - Ecailles De Lune Amorphis - Silent Waters Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh Dark Tranquillity - Fiction Daylight Dies - Lost To The Living Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli Drudkh - Handful Of StarsEluveitie - Slania Enslaved - Ruun Insomnium - In The Halls Of Awaiting Katatonia - Dead End KingsLes Discrets - Ariettes Oubilees Ne Oblivscaris - Portal of I
Nile - Annihilation of The Wicked Novembre - The Blue
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Pain of Salvation - Road Salt 1 and 2 Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die Tesseract - One Tool - 10,000 Days Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters jimbonda - Couldn't limit it to 10. Sorry. I've bolded out the ones you absolutely MUST check out. Also, left out my favorite band Opeth because Tommy recommended arguably their best album already. |
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Post by jimbonda on Aug 29, 2013 14:45:43 GMT
tommo you're right mate I have heard most of them apart from one or two I can check out. yeah even recent releases of bands that have been around a while will be good recommendations if you've got a few.
ginge, I've not heard of the bulk of your list mate. will check out the bolded ones. agree on ghost reveries, the album that got me into opeth. never seen them live
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Post by ginger18legend on Aug 29, 2013 15:24:19 GMT
tommo you're right mate I have heard most of them apart from one or two I can check out. yeah even recent releases of bands that have been around a while will be good recommendations if you've got a few. ginge, I've not heard of the bulk of your list mate. will check out the bolded ones. agree on ghost reveries, the album that got me into opeth. never seen them live Hope you enjoy them. Look forward to your feedback. |
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Post by tommyred on Aug 29, 2013 21:42:28 GMT
Dead End Kings is awesome. Every Katatonia album is. Not sure if I'd call them metal though.
Tool's 10,000 Days is one of the best albums of the decade but I was hesitant about calling that metal too.
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Post by Tatty on Aug 29, 2013 21:49:43 GMT
Deafheaven - Roads to Judah
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Magic Circle - Magic Circle
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Post by tommyred on Aug 29, 2013 21:59:44 GMT
Agree with Dimmu's In Sorte Diaboli too but don't know if you're into black metal much Jim?
All Soilwork's recent albums are pretty good.
Symphony X - Paradise Lost and Iconoclast
As I Lay Dying - Awakened
Fear Factory - Mechanize and The Industrialist
Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet? Blooddrunk and Relentless Reckless Forever are all catchy as fuck
I'll be back with more if and when I think of them.
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Post by ginger18legend on Aug 29, 2013 22:33:44 GMT
Dead End Kings is awesome. Every Katatonia album is. Not sure if I'd call them metal though. Tool's 10,000 Days is one of the best albums of the decade but I was hesitant about calling that metal too. I see where you're coming from. I call everything I listen to metal. Katatonia - Doom metal. I thought Dead End Kings raised the bar. Even by Katatonia's own standards. Agree that all their albums are amazing though. Tool - Everything metal  On Dimmu - Actually I dig Dimmu's earliest albums the most - Stormblast and For All Tid. Their last album was a pile of shit though. |
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Post by tommyred on Aug 29, 2013 22:36:46 GMT
I actually prefer their middle stuff. Spiritual Black Dimensions is my favourite one. In Sorte Diaboli was great though, but yeah I didn't like the last. Different band now though aren't they since some key members departed.
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Post by ginger18legend on Aug 29, 2013 22:45:36 GMT
Yep. That was a decent album. As was Enthrone Darkness Triumphant. Mourning Palace is one fuck awesome song and video.
On videos - Dimmu probably make the best videos. Although there is an argument to be made about how corny they can get. I remember getting goosebumps when I first watched the video of Progenies of the Great Apocalypse.
In Sorte Diaboli owes a lot to Hellhammer. He was majestic in that album.
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Post by jimbonda on Aug 30, 2013 11:12:17 GMT
not into much black metal tommo but always will give a recommendation a try.
listened to that children of bodom album a lot, fan.
bo, or anyone else, heard of a black/death metal band called meta-stasis?
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