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Re: Metal recommendations

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:42:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/15/2012 03:42

Tristiana is a very strong choice for epic euro metal

Re: Metal recommendations

Necharsian — Thu, 31 May 2012 23:38:44 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 06/01/2012 03:38

Borve Baunehoj wrote:

Immolation
I liked the sound, dark and heavy. I didn't find the song particulary interesting, but maybe they have done better?

Well critically, I think some of their other albums are more highly regarded that Unholy Cult. Dawn of Possesion, Here in After and Close to a World Below are all very very good. Unholy Cult is my favorite though.

Unwound's selections seem pretty ballin to me. I'll defs second Bergtatt by Ulver, The Mantle by Agalloch and Through Silver in Blood by Neurosis (amongst others).

I'm still not really sure what exactly you're looking for though; pure chaos? Can you give examples of the "heavy" stuff that you like?

Re: Metal recommendations

Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:29:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 21:29

Yourselfisntsteam wrote:

Holy crap, I just found coolest thing, and this thread is a perfect place to post it. Its some band called "Ved Buens Ende" who only released one album before dissapearing into obscurity. Wikipedia calls them avant-metal, prog metal and black metal......I'm not sure how to define it, weird chords, surreal vocals, fuzzy distortion and odd song structures. Whatever it is, its awesome, everyone listen to it NOW!!!!!

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Not bad. Sounds like slowed down Queens of the Stoneage.

Re: Metal recommendations

Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:35:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 20:35

Holy crap, I just found coolest thing, and this thread is a perfect place to post it. Its some band called "Ved Buens Ende" who only released one album before dissapearing into obscurity. Wikipedia calls them avant-metal, prog metal and black metal......I'm not sure how to define it, weird chords, surreal vocals, fuzzy distortion and odd song structures. Whatever it is, its awesome, everyone listen to it NOW!!!!!

Link

Re: Metal recommendations

Boogn1sh — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:33:46 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 05/31/2012 20:33

Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote:

Coincidentally, both are my favorite albums from Converge.

Definitely agree, You Fail Me has its moments though, just doesn't reach the fever pitch Jane Doe overall.

Re: Metal recommendations

unwound — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:20:56 GMT

Author: unwound

Posted: 05/31/2012 19:20

Here are my metal selections according to subgenre:

Death:
Amon Amarth - Once Sent from the Golden Hall; Versus the World
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Behemoth - Demigod
Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh
Bolt Thrower - War Master
Carcass - Heartwork; Necroticism...
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Gorguts - Obscura
Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction
Death - Symbolic; Individual Thought Patterns
Edge of Sanity - Spectral Sorrows; Purgatory Afterglow
Entombed - Clandestine; Left Hand Path
God Dethroned - Bloody Blasphemy
Immolation - Dawn of Possession; Harnessing Ruin
In Flames - The Jester Race
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness; Blessed Are the Sick
Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka; Annihilation of the Wicked
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Soilwork - The Chainheart Machine; Steelbath Suicide; Natural Born Chaos
Suffocation - Pierced from Within
Vital Remains - Dechristianize

Doom/Gothic:
Anathema - The Silent Enigma; Eternity
Candlemass - Nightfall
Cradle of Filth - Vempire; Dusk and Her Embrace
Cult of Luna - Salvation
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Katatonia - Discouraged Ones; Last Fair Deal Gone Down; Viva Emptiness
My Dying Bride - (All) The Angel and the Dark River; The Light at the End of the World
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
October Tide - Rain Without End
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Paradise Lost - Gothic; Icon
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
Saturnus - Paradise Belongs to You
Swallow the Sun - Hope
The Sword - Age of Winters
Theatre of Tragedy - Aegis
Tiamat - Wildhoney
Tristania - Widow's Weeds
Yob - The Unreal Never Lived

Thrash:
Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales; To Mega Therion
Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence
Destruction - Sentence of Death/Infernal Overkill
Kreator - Extreme Aggression; Terrible Certainty
Megadeth - Rust in Peace; Peace Sells...
Metallica - Ride the Lightning; Kill 'Em All
O.L.D. - Lo Flux Tube
Possessed - Seven Churches
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Slayer - Reign in Blood; South of Heaven
Testament - The New Order; The Gathering
Venom - Welcome to Hell; Black Metal

Black:
Agalloch - The Mantle; Marrow of the Spirit
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark; Blood Fire Death
Blut Aus Nord - 777
Burzum - Filosofem; Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Dark Tranquility - The Gallery
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Enslaved - Isa
Fleurety - Min Tid Skal Komme
Immortal - Pure Holocaust; Sons of Northern Darkness
Krallice - Diotma
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Rotting Christ - Non Serviam; Thy Mighty Contract
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
Ulver - Bergtatt

Metalcore/Prog-/Post-Metal:
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Botch - We Are the Romans
Candiria - 300% Density
Cave In - White Silence
Coalesce - Functioning on Impatience
Converge - Jane Doe; When Forever Comes Crashing; Axe to Fall
Cynic - Focus
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works; Miss Machine
Isis - Oceanic
Mastodon - Leviathan; Remission
Meshuggah - Nothing
Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood; Given to the Rising
Opeth - Blackwater Park; Ghost Reveries; Still Life
Poison the Well - You Come Before You
Today Is the Day - In the Eyes of God
Voivod - Nothingface
Zeni Geva - Freedom Bondage

Classic:
Black Sabbath - Paranoid; Master of Reality
Helloween - Walls of Jericho; Keeper of the Seven Keys
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga; Night of the Stormrider; Something Wicked...
Iron Maiden - Powerslave; Seventh Son of a Seventh Son; The Number of the Beast
Judas Priest - Painkiller; Stained Class; Defenders of the Faith
King Diamond - Abigail
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath; Melissa
Metallica - Master of Puppets; ...And Justice for All
Motorhead - Ace of Spades; Bomber
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven; Cowboys from Hell; Vulgar Display of Power
Savatage - Sirens, Hall of the Mountain King
Sepultura - Arise

Re: Metal recommendations

Facetious — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:39:44 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/31/2012 16:39

Boogn1sh wrote:

The first Converge track is off their latest album Axe to Fall, more polished (relatively speaking) than their earlier stuff. The second track is off of Jane Doe, an earlier album, it's brutal as all hell

Coincidentally, both are my favorite albums from Converge.

Re: Metal recommendations

Boogn1sh — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:38:36 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 05/31/2012 16:38

Borve Baunehoj wrote:

I'll say that Coverge is the most exciting thing that's been posted in this thread. That sounds intense as hell!

Re: Metal recommendations

Facetious — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:22:46 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/31/2012 16:22

Borve Baunehoj wrote:

I'll say that Coverge is the most exciting thing that's been posted in this thread. That sounds intense as hell!

Hey, you listened to Type O Negative or Electric Wizard's albums?

Re: Metal recommendations

Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:11:18 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 16:11

I'll say that Coverge is the most exciting thing that's been posted in this thread. That sounds intense as hell!

Re: Metal recommendations

Facetious — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:59:55 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/31/2012 15:59

Boogn1sh wrote:

I did preface my suggestions by saying metal purists will hate them. Of the 5 bands I mentioned only one is really "metal". I do think that Lightning Bolt would be on the fringe of metal though. If you follow their lineage back far enough eventually you'll end up at Black Sabbath. Half Japanese, while awesome, wouldn't really be described as hardcore or aggressive.

re suggestions: Yup.

re fringe: Maybe.

re Half Japanese: not aggressive exactly, but harsh and experimental in a different way.

Re: Metal recommendations

Boogn1sh — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:56:09 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 05/31/2012 15:56

Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote:

Yeah, but Borve was asking for metal that fit that description, not some random noise rock too.

Still, Lightning Bolt are still one of my favorite bands of the 2000s.

Re: Metal recommendations

Facetious — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:31:41 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/31/2012 15:31

And if you're gonna do noise rock too, then you can't go wrong with Half Japanese's first two albums.

But that's for another thread.

Re: Metal recommendations

Facetious — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:29:55 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/31/2012 15:29

Boogn1sh wrote:

Yea I definitely agree with that. I'm not really a big fan of metal I'm going more off of Borve asking for things that were "very heavy, harsh, expirimental or difficult in another way"

Yeah, but Borve was asking for metal that fit that description, not some random noise rock too.

Still, Lightning Bolt are still one of my favorite bands of the 2000s.

Re: Metal recommendations

Boogn1sh — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:24:02 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 05/31/2012 15:24

Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote:

Lightning Bolt? They are REALLY awesome, but aren't they more like noise rock than metal?

Yea I definitely agree with that. I'm not really a big fan of metal I'm going more off of Borve asking for things that were "very heavy, harsh, expirimental or difficult in another way"

Re: Metal recommendations

Facetious — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:38:53 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/31/2012 14:38

Boogn1sh wrote:

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Lightning Bolt? They are REALLY awesome, but aren't they more like noise rock than metal?

Re: Metal recommendations

Boogn1sh — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:37:17 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 05/31/2012 14:37

Also very interesting doc about Gorgoroth and Norwegian black metal for anyone who hasn't seen it

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Re: Metal recommendations

Boogn1sh — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:27:57 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 05/31/2012 14:27

Metal purists will hate these suggestions

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Re: Metal recommendations

Facetious — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:25:16 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/31/2012 14:25

lethalnezzle wrote:

aluminium

Now WHY didn't I think of THAT?

Re: Metal recommendations

Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:23:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 14:23

If you want sth weird, I can recommend a new album, MMXII by Mezarkabul: it's not just about riffs and growling, but oriental-melodic metal, so if you think anything melodic is not metal, don't listen:

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