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[Snoopycat]

There could be a thread for every genre within metal but it's probably best just to have one. So why not post stuff from your favourite metal bands, whether it's Winger or Mayhem. Dio or Behemoth.

For me metal begins and ends with Slayer. My uncle is a big metal fan and he used to play stuff when he come round. I thought some of it was ok but nothing really clicked until one day he put Slayer on and it all made sense.



Motorhead was the first metal concert I went to when I was a kid and they've been a constant part of my record collection since. No Remorse, Orgasmatron, Ace Of Spades. You can't go wrong with them.



Steel Panther proper take the piss, but how can you not like a band who sing about glory holes and fat chicks?

 

[haxan7]

I got into metal back in the late 90s as a teenager because of these two bands:

Slipknot


Soulfly


While my tastes have expanded dramatically, I still listen to both of them regularly. Saw them both (separately) in concert in 2016.

 

[Dark Star]

 

[Bodom78]

Sepultura, Arise. Still get's me fired up today!

 

[Dark Star]

 

[Dark Star]

 

[Airola]

Seeing as the first video is Slayer, let's go with the ultimate subgenre of metal, thrash! As an added twist, it's the best of Christian versions of thrash metal.

Here's Deliverance with Prophet of Idiocy (1991):


Here are a couple songs from Deliverance's latest album The Subversive Kind (2018):



Next one is Living Sacrifice with Violence (1991):


And as this is gaming forum it's appropriate to have Believer with Sanity Obscure (1990) here.
Why? Well, one of the music tracks in the original DOOM is said to be inspired by this song:

Here's a comparison video to point it out:

 

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[DiscoJer]

I've started listening to a lot of NWOBHM

Diamond Head - Am I Evil?


Tokyo Blade - Sunrise in Tokyo


Angel Witch - Devil's Tower


Tranzzam - End of the Day


Wikkyd Vikker - Black of the Night

 

[Snoopycat]

Sepultura, Arise. Still get's me fired up today.

I don't think I've heard Arise but I've been rebuilding my cd collection and bought Beneath the remains a few weeks back. It still sounds great.

 

[Bodom78]

I don't think I've heard Arise but I've been rebuilding my cd collection and bought Beneath the remains a few weeks back. It still sounds great.

If you get a chance then give it a listen, amazing album start to end and a worthy addition to any collection.

 

[J-Roderton]

Not sure if I'm really digging the new Behemoth album yet.

 

[Cybrwzrd]

Sabaton - The Last Stand



Babymetal - The One



Band Maiko (Band Maid) - secret MAIKO lips

 

[Dark Star]

 

[Loke]

Meshuggah is all I need to function properly.

 

[Snoopycat]

Not sure if I'm really digging the new Behemoth album yet.

I listened to some tracks but I wasn't hooked. The new High on Fire record is good though

 

[Woffls]

I was looking at Steel Panther tickets and they were £35! They're great but I'm not paying that.

Cool shit:



From today's listening:

 

[Airola]

Hey, cool you put Cross Examination here!
I have that album on my cd collection. I'm not that much into crossover thrash or modern thrash bands in general (I love thrash but haven't been able to get into the retro thrash revival almost at all) but I love Cross Examination. Dan's vocals is the hook for me with this band. Too bad he has changed his vocals into something more safe for his vocal cords. I mean, good for him, but sadly that change takes quite a bit of the feeling out of the songs.

Here's another great one from them:


And another:

 

[Airola]

Hey Snoopycat , have you heard of Cyclone Temple or Znöwhite? Greg Fulton (also known as Ian Tafoya) formed both bands and is the guitarist and main songwriter in them. Thought you might be interested in the band representationwise as Fulton is a fellow black man and, in my opinion, one of the best songwriters and guitar players I know. Dude has some serious riffing skills!
Even though the debut album of Cyclone Temple (I Hate Therefore I Am) came in 1991 and I've been a huge thrash fanatic for the past 23 years or so I hadn't heard of this band until about 5 years ago. The album instantly became one of my all time favorite thrash albums.

Here's the opening track. It's about a school shooter.


Here's an official music video from another song on that album:
(the song on the album is longer and a bit better - the music video version has been cut a bit)



Fulton's former band before Cyclone Temple was Znöwhite (1982-1989) - a thrash band with female vocals.
It's another forgotten classic thrash band.
Here the opening track of their last album released in 1988:

 

[brap]

Hey, cool you put Cross Examination here!
I have that album on my cd collection. I'm not that much into crossover thrash or modern thrash bands in general (I love thrash but haven't been able to get into the retro thrash revival almost at all) but I love Cross Examination. Dan's vocals is the hook for me with this band. Too bad he has changed his vocals into something more safe for his vocal cords. I mean, good for him, but sadly that change takes quite a bit of the feeling out of the songs.

Here's another great one from them:


And another:

I'm not really a fan of thrash at all but I LOVED his angry Spongebob vocals lol. Their new stuff is pretty decent too even though he sounds different.

 

[Dark Star]

 

[Snoopycat]

Hey Snoopycat , have you heard of Cyclone Temple or Znöwhite? Greg Fulton (also known as Ian Tafoya) formed both bands and is the guitarist and main songwriter in them. Thought you might be interested in the band representationwise as Fulton is a fellow black man and, in my opinion, one of the best songwriters and guitar players I know. Dude has some serious riffing skills!
Even though the debut album of Cyclone Temple (I Hate Therefore I Am) came in 1991 and I've been a huge thrash fanatic for the past 23 years or so I hadn't heard of this band until about 5 years ago. The album instantly became one of my all time favorite thrash albums.

Cheers. There's never been a lot of black guys in the metal scene. There's plenty of fans but not actual bands. I always wondered why that was until I watched a documentary a few years back about the birth of rap. Kool Herc was interviewed and he said that when he was a kid the guys he knew couldn't afford the instruments needed to start a band and rap was born out of that. Makes sense.

 

[Halo is Back]

I will always love Megadeth

 

[Halo is Back]

I also want to mention Wolf since they are such a un-know band hope you guys enjoy

 

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[augmental]

Conan - Existential Void Guardian

 

[Airola]

I will always love Megadeth

That's the remaster with new vocals.

The original version is way better:

 

[Halo is Back]

That's the remaster with new vocals.

The original version is way better:

meh don't really se how its "way better" the remaster sounds a lot more clean to me. But I understand why someone who was first exposed to the original would like it more. Megadeth is still Megadeth

 

[Airola]

meh don't really se how its "way better" the remaster sounds a lot more clean to me. But I understand why someone who was first exposed to the original would like it more. Megadeth is still Megadeth

It sounds too clean to me and less aggressive, plus the snare drum sound is worse than in the original. In any case, you are absolutely correct that Megadeth is still Megadeth and the song is still up there as one of the greats even if it's the remaster. Megadeth is my second favorite metal band after Tourniquet.

What comes to the remasters I'm one of those elitist assholes who even thinks the new Killing Is My Business remaster is worse than the original release, so what do I know

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Thread needs more Vomitory.







So obviously a little Cut Up.




And finish with a little easy listening. LIK.

 

[Porcelain Veins]

Anyone going to any of the european The Armed shows?











Come get drunk with me

 

[Halo is Back]

I love this band soooo moody I feel my soul move with the music

 

[Thing on a Spring]

 

[Duellist]

It sounds too clean to me and less aggressive, plus the snare drum sound is worse than in the original. In any case, you are absolutely correct that Megadeth is still Megadeth and the song is still up there as one of the greats even if it's the remaster. Megadeth is my second favorite metal band after Tourniquet.

What comes to the remasters I'm one of those elitist assholes who even thinks the new Killing Is My Business remaster is worse than the original release, so what do I know

I agree, love this album to deth bought it when it first came out and is probably in my top 3 metal albums of all time. Cant vouch for the remasters though. Horrible in my opinion.

 

[Duellist]

Also for all you who mentioned Steel Panther. Going to see them tonight! First time. Brought my Fight war of words Inlay in Hope's of running into Russ Parrish(satchel). Be killer if he would sign it.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

 

[Spheyr]

 

[Snoopycat]

 

[Redneckerz]

Who is fancied for some otherworldly acts? I have a huge ass list if anyone wants to.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Some badass new school Danish thrash.



And a badass bass intro from same.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Apologies for monopolising this thread. There's a connection here. I mean besides rocking.

 

[Halo is Back]

 

[Snoopycat]

 

[crobb991]

iron maiden is GOAT

 

[Viliger]

I like a wide range, from my personal favorite SID-metal, Machinae Supremacy (shame what happened with them after Rise Of A Digital Nation, while Phantom Shadow was great, Into The Night World was mostly trash aside from finally finishing March of the Undead, but I guess not a lot of people can deliver the same quality of both music and lyrics for almost 20 years).

Spoiler: MaSu

I like melodic death metal, the kind that Disarmonia Mundi and Soilwork do. Once again, shame that vocalist of DM left and instead we have Speed, who is almost everywhere in this genre.

Spoiler: Soilwork

Spoiler: DM

Symphonic metal is also something that I thought I liked but nothing ever came close to Nightwish when Tarja was there. After that it all went downhill.

Spoiler: Nightwish

Some goofy power metal with the likes of Grailknights and Dream Evil is fun, even tho Grailknights go way to far sometimes and just become a joke. That's generally the problem of some power metal bands, they just go on and on how awesome the metal is and how they are the warriors of metal. I like high fantasy tones in heavy/power metal, but sometimes it just comes off as insecurity over other genres.

Spoiler: Power metal

Oh, and Dethklok. Because they are hilarious.

 

[Duellist]

Great Canadian band from Edmonton. These from the album City of Gold.

 

[Duellist]

My favorite power metal release of the past probably 10 years. If you have not heard or seen this video watch it. If your at all interested in power metal check out unleash the archers album called Apex. Great Canadian power metal.

 

[Snoopycat]

 

[Dark Star]

doesn't get much better than this

 

[5secondrulesucks]