Addicted to Metal

It's everyone's fault here for pushing Metallica and Dethklok on me, I've been listening to a lot of Metallica's songs recently, Ride the Lightning, Fuel, Whiskey in the Jar, Ecstasy of Gold (priceless btw), then I found Megadeth (don't know why i never listened to them before) and I'm listening to Die Dead Enough and Symphony of Destruction nonstop. I'm also getting into heavier music as a reaction to this, and I watch a bit more Metalocalypse, and I'm liking the music now, especially, AWAKEN --AWAKEN-- MUSTAKRAKISH, that episode rocks!! But I still don't think I have an aptitude for bands like Slayer and Lamb of God. I guess I could try them out.

Here's another band I bet most of you haven't heard, Anew Revolution, with Rise (aka, Stand the F**K Up and Rise), Saddest Song, and Cave In. They're nowhere's near as technical as 90's metal but the songs are good.

That's a GOOD thing. Just discovered a new band called Threat Signal after hearing them on Sirius. I can't stop listening to them. They're like old-school Fear Factory back in the Demanufacture days. It's a great album. Check them out if you get a chance.

Threat Signal is solid. I got their new album a while ago and it's pretty sweet.

As far as other good thrash bands, check out Anthrax and Testament...you'll probably like them if you're liking Metallica and Megadeth.

AH Metal.

It starts off just as Metallica, then it gets more progressive :-) You have many, many years to catch up on. We all do in a sense :D

Solid bands:

Nevermore
In Flames
Opeth
Sevendust (oldschool)
Trivium
Disturbed
Dark Tranquility
Chimaira (fuck yeah!)
Iced Earth
Pantera

It's all good.

Metallica and Megadeth is like mainstream thrash. Slayer is thrash, too, but heavier, maybe you'd like something like Anthrax. Listen to earlier Anthrax, as the new vacalist is the guy from Slipknot... oh no. Davo's right about Nevermore, too, they have a lot of thrash influence, as well as power and death. Another thrash band you should check out is a german band called Kreator, they're fucking great. Moving more into a hard-core background, but something i still consider metal, try out Mastodon, i love 'em. Check out songs like March of the Fire Ants, Blood and Thunder, Crystal Skull. Also, blindside mentioned Fear Factory, listen to their older stuff, you may enjoy that a lot, too. (Threat Signal was pretty good, personally never got into 'em though)

Dethklok is very much death metal inspired, i mean, Nathan Explosion is based off Corpsegrinder from Cannibal Corpse, lol. Check out that band, songs like Gallery of Suicide, Fucked with a Knife, Skull Full of Maggots. If you like intense death metal from america like that, also check out Nile. Another good death metal band that is easy to get into is Amon Amarth, they're from Sweden, very cool viking metal band singing about wars and battles and cool shit like that. Check out songs like Death in Fire, In Persuit of Vikings, Fate of Norns. The Skwisgaar solo's are actually Jeff Loomis in the earlier episodes, so songs like the Coffee Jingle and Mustakrakish have the guitarrist from Nevermore, a second reason for you to check out that band.

Anthrax is good but I'm really getting into Nevermore, they've got a really great sound. I Like some songs by In Flames but some are too heavy screaming, for instance, I listen to Take this life and think it's awesome but Scream is too much screaming. That's just how I feel about it.I'll give everything a chance now though.

Pantera is pretty sweet! Check out The Great Southern Trendkill or Far Beyond Driven. Their live album is pretty sweet too. Metallica was my favorite band growing up; I still consider them a favorite today. But my appreciation of Metallica led me to Pantera, so you need to listen to them.

Vinny's right about Amon Amarth...fucking awesome. Saw 'em at Sounds of the Underground a couple weeks ago and they slayed.

Another decent newer thrashish band is Shadows Fall, especially their older albums. Check 'em out if you get a chance.

And along the lines of Scandinavian bands, The Haunted, Arch Enemy and Children of Bodom are all worth checking out.

If you want to hear stuff from any of these bands, PM me and I'll hook you up with some of their stuff.

same as 93, if you want any of the songs i've mentioned, just pm me. You know, i'm listening to Kreator right now, you'd really like 'em if you liked Megadeth. You should listen to the album Violent Revolution.

Check out Machine Head too (don't know if they've been mentioned yet). Their new album, The Blackening, is thrashtastic. I've been listening to it non-stop since it came out.

What, no exodus? Blasphemy! Fucking hell, everybody forgets about exodus!

Exodus > the likes of metallica and megadeth

On the topic of thrash, check out melechesh- blackend thrash metal

On the topic of in flames, IMO they went from bad to worse

Okay now here's what I want to know, why do most metal fans say slipknot sucks? I like their sound, that's why I'm asking.

Who the F#^K are the Eagles of Death Metal? The lead singer reminds me of the guy from the village people.

The Melvins

Anthrax is good but I'm really getting into Nevermore, they've got a really great sound. I Like some songs by In Flames but some are too heavy screaming, for instance, I listen to Take this life and think it's awesome but Scream is too much screaming. That's just how I feel about it.I'll give everything a chance now though.


The album you've taken those two songs off isn't the best to start on.

Look up album tracks from Whoracle, Colony, and perhaps Jester Race and download some random tracks, you'll be suprised how much they have changed (Come Clarity if their latest; the album with those two songs on it).

How come no one mentioned Nightwish?! Oceanborn, Wishmaster and Once are all headbanging albums, but oh well....they are power metal though!

and btw Dethklok is the shit!!! I love Metalocalypse but seriously I would have to say my favorite song of all the series is the Duncan hills jingle. Just because of the fact that it begins with the question: DO YOU FOLKS LIKE COFFEE!!!! REAL COFFEE!!! *headbangs*

sorry, lost myself there, anyways, they rule and can't wait for their album to come out!

peace!

raysoh is right about exodus, you'd like 'em. Also, check out Annihilator, Jeff Waters is a great thrash guitarrist.

As for In Flames, imo, Whoracle was the album to listen to. Really, Clayman was the last album i liked. Not to say they got worse, they are still amazing band, but i've lost taste for them, they've moved in a direction i'm not diggin.

also, WOW!! Melechesh is FUCKING GREAT!! its more technical/melodic Black Metal, but they are great.

Umm, as for Slipknot, i was never a fan. In high school, my friends would show me songs like "wait and bleed" and i'd think, "wow, this is metal? ...it sucks." I don't like their sound, their image, or their presence. I do hear they put on a great show, but then, there are a few bands who don't these days. Like slipknot, i have no love for bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium, Shadows Fall, Norma Jean, Hatebreed... Lamb of God is good, i can't get into 'em. They need Phil Anselmo on Vocals. Speaking of, check out the band Down.

If you don't know 'em already, check out classic metal bands like Manowar, Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, and Blind Guardian. Its a different sound, but who knows, you might like it. Some of it is, won't lie, bery cheesey, like kinda nerdy (singin' about dungeons and dragons, lord of the rings, etc.) but fun none the less.

Alright now that I have my iPod in front of me, check out these bands:
3 Inches of Blood (Power metal, they have a new album out, it's solid)
Alabama Thunderpussy (Southern rocky, really catchy)
Amon Amarth (Viking death metal)
Amorphis (Hard to classify...ambient metal? Unique...check it out)
Artimus Pyledriver (Southern rock...awesome)
At the Gates (Founders of grind...great band)
Black Label Society (The lead singer/guitarist is the lead guitarist for Ozzy...mix this with a bit of a souther twang, and you have BLS)
Blind Guardian (Thrashy power metal...their latest album is great)
Carcass (Helped found the grind movement)
Children of Bodom (Thrashy/poppy Finnish metal band...listen to their older stuff first)
Chimaira (Newer thrashy band, can be lumped in with Lamb of God and Devildriver...I'm a bit partial here because they're from my hometown)
Daath (Technical death metal band)
Dark Tranquility (Swedish melo-death metal)
Death (Technical death metal...any album is gold)
Death Angel (California thrash)
Demiricous (New band, heavy Slayer influence)
DevilDriver (Nu-thrash, similar to LOG and Chimaira)
Dew-Scented (German thrash, Kreator influence)
Exodus (Original thrash band)
Fear Factory (Industrial metal)
God Dethroned (Awesome European thrash band)
Gojira (Really weird, yet awesome, technical metal band from France)
The Haunted (Swedish metal, a couple guys from At the Gates play for 'em)
Iced Earth (Power metal to the extreme)
Impious (Straight up death metal)
In Flames (Swedish death metal...listen to their older stuff)
Into Eternity (Progressive metal...any album is solid)
Iron Maiden (English power metal)
Judas Priest (One of the founding metal bands)
Kreator (As previously mentioned, great German thrash band)
Lamb of God (Nu-thrash)
Machine Head (Thrashy type band, although they go accross a few genres...check out Burn My Eyes, Through the Ashes of Empires and The Blackening)
Mastodon (Progressive metal)
Megadeth (One of the first thrash bands)
Melechesh (Look at the other dude's description)
Morbid Angel (One of the original death metal bands)
Motorhead (Come on...it's Motorhead)
Municipal Waste (Newer thrash band, but they don't really fall into the same category as LOG and the rest)
Nevermore (Amazing)
Opeth (Really technical melo-death type band)
Overkill (Old thrash band)
Pantera (Needs no explanation)
Sadus (Thrashtastic)
Sanctity (Nu-thrashy, but with clean vocals)
Saxon (Power metal)
Scar Symmetry (Swedish melo-death, similar to Soilwork)
Sepultura (Brazilian thrash, see also: Soulfly)
Shadows Fall (Nu-thrash...their lead guitarist is awesome)
Slayer (Thrash...'nuff said)
Sodom (Thrashtastic)
Soilwork (Swedish melo-death)
Strapping Young Lad (Insane industrial-death metal...Devin Townsend is the man)
Testament (Old thrash band)
This Ending (Newer death metal band)
Threat Signal (Already discussed in this thread)
Trivium (Nu-thrash, but again with clean vocals)
Unleashed (Death metal)

Again, any or all can be provided upon request. Enjoy!

^Nice list. Definitely check out BLS, you'd like it.

just some additions to that, and all previously listed bands, that you should really check out:

Deep Purple (classic heavy-metal)
Dio (the never-dying demon of Sabbath)
Dream Theater (Progressive Metal Kings)
Kyuss (Stoner Metal... disbanded, and now Queens of the Stone Age)
Primus (Funk-Metal)
Venom (New Wave of British Heavy Metal, with thrashy rhythm and black-metal lyrics)

If you find lamb of god etc heavy, nile, cryptopsy, dying fetus, and necrophagist will crush your skull. Might be too early to get into that stuff, but keep those names at the back of your head. One fine day, you will listen to them, and just go "WHOA".

off topic: Nile has released a new album! Go check it out

I used to go see Nile when they were nobody's starting out playing at Zapata's before it was changed to the first Ground Zero behind the police station. Now Ground Zero is on Howard Street and I've seen Nile there among many other bands. Nile is pretty damn old now though. I remember rocking their cassettes back in like 95' or something... haha.

93 rollaracer has a good list.
I used to get into Pantera, Six Feet Under, Korn (when they were actually good like 10-13 years ago), Obituary, Slayer, Deicide, etc. etc.

off topic: Nile has released a new album! Go check it out

I already have it, know what I think?

"WHOA"


:smokin:

Is Chief still doing vocals for Nile? I used to like the foot pedal effects the stringy long haired lead guitarist used to play. It's been awhile since I've seen them though...
EDIT: I haven't listened to any of the last 6 Nile albums... Haha.

I left some of the heavier death metal out of there so the beginners can get their feet wet with this stuff before we crush their skulls.

On the subject of Nile, they're coming to town Thursday and I will be there headbanging along. Should be a good time.

93 rollaracer has a good list.
I used to get into Pantera, Six Feet Under, Korn (when they were actually good like 10-13 years ago), Obituary, Slayer, Deicide, etc. etc.


Korn is still good, they've just "evolved" a bit. They are, however, not as good as they were. A lot of people criticized Issues but that album was a kickass album, Untouchables had some really good ones on it, so did See You On The Other Side. Take A Look In The Mirror was kind of shitty I thought, especially the song with Nas. Their new cd is still in the mail, should be here tomorrow and I'll give it a listen but I'm not expecting anything too great. I just wish J. Davis would do stuff on his own and for the band not to care so much about selling cds...I think they're putting too much effort into them. They have enough talent their own they don't need help from other bands(NIN). Then again I'm a die hard Korn fan and don't care what their sound is now days, I'll like them no matter what.

On a side note: 93 rollaracer does have good taste in metal.

On a side note: 93 rollaracer does have good taste in metal.

Heh...and that's not nearly half of the metal collection. That's just the "So you want to get into metal..." list.

A good thing to try out is to go to a video store that has a video compilation, like "Monsters of Metal" which will have evreything from Kyuss, to Deicide, to Emperor, to Hatebreed. just note the bands you really liked and head on over to Tower and get a metal cd album. :ylsuper:

EDIT: Also, i just remembered about sampler cd's from record labels. Occasionally labels will circulate a mix cd with all upcoming songs from bands on their label. I found out about a band called Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum from a cd like that from The End Records. I've fallen in love with the band! you should see if The End, Nuclear Blast, Metal Edge, or Road Runner is doing that, always a good opportunity to expand metal taste.

Yeah, I got into some of the heavier stuff by buying a complilation cassette many many years ago. That's where I first heard Pestilence (f*cking badass). I've been into Sepultura, Pantera, Obituary, etc. since high school. Then it was onto Nailbomb, Clutch, Soulfly, Six Feet Under, etc. Then I got into Korn and was the biggest Korn freak. I'm sorry but Korn is just a method band now. I actually own Untouchables. I didn't even realize that until I looked the other day. I thought Issues was okay. I guess I just prefer industrial or metal moreso these days then the drop-d 7 string stuff... haha.


Vinny, do you go to the Tower Records in NYC? I haven't been there in like 11 years. If I ever get up to NJ to see my siblings and my sister is serious about taking us to NYC we're definitely going to Tower Records.

Right on Broadway, up about 10 streets from Times Sq. There actually used to be a Tower Records right here in Rockland, (Suburb county adjacent to the city) which was only 5 minutes from me but they went out of business... saddest day of my life.

Century Media does a lot of those samplers. Every time I order something from those guys they send me a couple of them.

Anybody in here mention Mudvayne yet??

Ryknow on bass FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evillol:

Earache Records usually has some nasty metal compilations.

I love Mudvayne. I also like most of the other bands mentioned. My GF hates metal.

My GF hates metal.

so did most of my ex's.

My GF hates metal.

This is standards. Just make them deal with it, and if they whine, turn it up to 11.

turn it up to 11.
ha, havn't seen that in years!

ha, havn't seen that in years!

Tis a classic. Oh and by the way, add Spinal Tap to that list I posted.

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EDIT: don't drink tequila, kids.

making up for that post, add Celtic Frost to your list. Morbid Tales and other early works is very thrashy, but they're evolved a lot; their last album, Monotheist, is very doom metal. fucking awsome band, though.

Opeth are on my playlist at the moment, I have all their albums now, and the one that sticks out is "Still Life" and "Blackwater Park".

These guys are the Dream Theater/Pain of Salvation of death metal. I've never been so relaxed listening to metal before since Master of Puppets.

Opeth is one of my favorite artists in metal, ever. Those two are also my favorite albums; Blackwater Park really is their finest work.

did anyone buy dethalbum?

did anyone buy dethalbum?

yep, day it came out. Gene is fucking phenomenal.

First off disturbed isnt meta I dont care what anyone says.

But 93 mentioned most of my favorite bands and for a new one to check out
MOONSPELL is definatley my favorite metal band
And off the beaten path DRAGON FORCE has awsome instrumentals as well with there lyrics is something lots off people end up loving.

So I purchased this Korn industrial tribute cd (mostly dj private benjamin) and it motivated me to buy the three Korn LPs that I did not own. So I picked up the new one... Untitled, which I didn't particularly like at first but it is growing on me... See You on the Other Side, the wife really likes "Coming Undone" and I think losing Head to Jesus only made Korn fucking more hardcore... and Take a Look in the Mirror, don't know why I never picked that one up, really kicks ass. I haven't listened to them all enough to pick out favorites yet but the song Somebody Someone gets me going :lol:

Edit: Disturbed may not be metal but they sure as shit aren't emo like most of these new suck bands... :lol:

I havn't listenend to Korn since "Issues" came out in middle school. In my opinion, they've only gone down hill. Their somewhat funk rock approach is completely lost, too. I dunno, i don't like their goth/industrial take on pop-rock at all.
Disturbed is another band I never really liked too much. The hard rock scene is flooded with "ok" bands in my opinion, only several shine through, like Soundgarden, Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave (a hybrid of the last two), The Mars Volta, Velvet Revolver, Stone Temple Pilots, and a little bit of Queens of the Stone Age.

If you are into an industrial sound like Korn or Rammstein, but need something heavier, check out a metal band called Samael. A good album to try out is "Passage" or their newest "Solar Soul". Another band that has had a major influence on the genre is Celtic Frost, one of my favorite bands. Check out their album "Into the Pandemonium"

Celtic Frost is a very variable band through the years, starting off as a Thrash/Black metal band, touching Glam/Hair metal (their worst album, imo), and their latest effort being a very satanic-doom metal peice of art. My favorite albums are their first and last, "Morbid Tales" and "Monotheist" Since this thread started off with thrash, check out Morbid Tales.

Middle School? Haha. Damn I'm old. But Issues was a kickass lp...

I really like Industrial Hard stuff. I don't really get into too much thrash, grindcore or black metal these days. But if I did I would listen to Nile or Meshuggah. Malevolent Creation and Slayer are some of my favorite speed/grind/heavy shit...

I like those grundge bands you posted but I think their time has come and gone as well. STP has always been a favorite though.

I just had an operation on one of my ears so I can hear again... I don't want to go and fuck up my hearing again not yet anyway... :lol:

Dont forget about alice in chains. Definatley my favoite band.

Opeth is one of my favorite artists in metal, ever. Those two are also my favorite albums; Blackwater Park really is their finest work.

Damnation and Deliverance is where it's at

^Love it all :)

off of metal a bit into Progressive Rock, ever hear of Porcupine Tree?

heard OF them, never heard them

You would really enjoy them. Try getting "Deadwing", its a cool album. I think their single off of it is called "Shallow", but don't go off just the single, its a very diverse album, from a very progressive rock band. Read up on 'em on Wiki, its pretty cool.

Edit: I'll shoot a pm your way when i get a chance, i'm headin' out for now.

Porcupine Tree is awesome for the times when you don't want to listen to something that will make you kill things. I'm quite a fan of theirs.