The heavy metal thread

Zadius · Post by **Zadius** » 2007-10-11 01:26am

Some of my favorites, mostly folk-black/viking metal.

Finntroll - Svartberg
Equilibrium - Met <--love it
Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
Amon Amarth - Death In Fire

Pretty much anything from those bands is good.

Superman wrote:And Metallica is the most overrated shit-stain music ever.

plz die

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2007-10-11 01:28am

I prefer classic metal

Feil · Post by **Feil** » 2007-10-12 01:28am

I am a big fan of Otep. Black/Nu metal at its razor-edged best, with intelligible and meaningful lyrics.
Otep : Ghostflowers
Buried Alive

I also love Powerman 5000's older stuff from before they became Just Another Metal Band.
Powerman 5000 : Nobody's Real
When Worlds Collide

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2007-10-17 04:55pm

I saw Static-X in concert this past weekend, and I must stress the my original statement: they are insanely loud. Louder than Gwar. Louder than Manson. Louder than Disturbed. Louder than Korn. Louder than Disturbed. It's awesome, but for the love of bob, bring ear protection!

Also, Shadows Fall and Three Inches of Blood are surprisingly good. I recommend seeing them, too.

NomAnor15 · Post by **NomAnor15** » 2007-10-17 06:51pm

Alferd Packer wrote:I saw Static-X in concert this past weekend, and I must stress the my original statement: they are insanely loud. Louder than Gwar. Louder than Manson. Louder than Disturbed. Louder than Korn. Louder than Disturbed. It's awesome, but for the love of bob, bring ear protection!

Also, Shadows Fall and Three Inches of Blood are surprisingly good. I recommend seeing them, too.

Oh man, you think Static-X is loud....I saw them at Ozzfest, and would have agreed, had I then left. But right after Static-X was Lamb Of God....which was without question the loudest thing I've heard in my life.

EDIT: Does this mean you've seen Disturbed live? You lucky, lucky bastard.

ArcturusMengsk · Post by **ArcturusMengsk** » 2007-10-18 04:06pm

Holy. Fuck.

The new Exodus album is available for streaming.

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2007-10-18 05:00pm

NomAnor15 wrote:Oh man, you think Static-X is loud....I saw them at Ozzfest, and would have agreed, had I then left. But right after Static-X was Lamb Of God....which was without question the loudest thing I've heard in my life.

EDIT: Does this mean you've seen Disturbed live? You lucky, lucky bastard.

While I don't dispute this, I can only cite my personal experience. I've seen Static-X four times live (three in the past year alone, lucky me), and were in not for ear protection, I would've been completely deaf after each. As it stands, I was only without ear protection once, and indeed, I couldn't hear anything less than a shout until the next morning.

And yes, I had the ridiculous pleasure of seeing Disturbed, back in December of 2005 and in August of 2003. They're great live, but by no means did they damage my hearing. Nevertheless, the 2005 show was nothing short of amazing, and they closed the show with Pantera's Walk. Beeeeeaaaauuutiful!

How long have they been working on their album now? A year? Can't wait for them to get touring again.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2007-10-22 07:36pm

Reposting from a different board, I found some cool black metal songs that need to be shared:

Arty stuff:

Arcturus - The Chaos Path

Arcturus - Ad Absurdum

On the more industrially side of things:

...and oceans - tears have no name

Aborym - Mental Stricken Terror Action

Dimmu Borgir - Puritania

And my favourite song: Anaal Nathrakh - When Humanity is Cancer

And the orchestral stuff:

Dimmu Borgir - Mourning Palace

Anorexia Nervosa - Enter the church of fornication - probably the best orchestral black metal band, imho.

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2007-10-23 05:02pm

Dimmu Borgir is great; they sometimes play them on the Sirius Heavy Metal station. I really like their cover of "Burn In Hell", as well as "The Serpentine Offering."

Another good metal group which I don't think has been mentioned is Scum of the Earth. Think PM5K and Rob Zombie mashed together, because that's exactly what they are. Actually, now that I think about it, their second album was released today. I'm gonna have to go order it!