I used the search function and didn't find anything along these lines so I figured I would make one.
My two favorite bands are easily Nirvana (duh) and Tool.
I like Nirvana mainly because me and Mr. Cobain think alike and have mostly the same views. Im sure some of you know how much I love the man =3
I like Tool because they have the best music of all time. Listen to Tool with with headphones in, a dark and quiet place, and an open mind. I got mind F***ed. I just got their album 10,000 days and feel like Mr. Keenan inserted his genitalia into my brain. I bought Lateralus sometime last year and immediately fell in love once again.
Feel free to post your opinions but please no flaming ;)
Quote from: Kbob32 on April 27, 2010, 08:30:27 PM
I like Nirvana mainly because me and Mr. Cobain think alike and have mostly the same views. Im sure some of you know how much I love the man =3
I like Tool because they have the best music of all time. Listen to Tool with with headphones in, a dark and quiet place, and an open mind. I got mind F***ed. I just got their album
Something about Nirvana just bugs the Hell outta me. I'm not a fan. I'll give 'em that they were revolutionary in bringing the end to hair metal and started the grunge era with "Smells like teen spirit", but they just don't hit the spot with me. I'm not all that much of a grudge fan anyways, but if I had to pick a favorite grudge band, it would undoubtedly be Sound Garden. If I'm not mistaken, they had way many more hits than Nirvana (albeit Kurt being unstable and suicidal, thus killing off the band). But if I had to compliment Nirvana of one thing and one thing only, I'd say that the only man with any talent in that band was Dave Grohl.
Quote from: Scotty on April 27, 2010, 08:37:12 PMBut if I had to compliment Nirvana of one thing and one thing only, I'd say that the only man with any talent in that band was Dave Grohl.
While I don't necessarily agree with your opinion of Nirvana, I do agree with the fact that Dave Grohl is awesome. Foo Fighters is one of my favorite bands. Also, if anyone isn't aware, he is in a new band Them Crooked Vultures (love that name btw) with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. So yea.
I enjoyed Nirvana growing up, but nowadays I've lost interest. Still enjoy listening to them on the radio every so often. I love listening to all of the bands listed so far, Foo Fighters, Sound Garden, Tool, but other times I'm more in a Disturbed or System of a Down mood. SOAD's vocals are amazing, but sometimes the extremely strange lyrics bother me. Occasionally I go through phases of listening to only classic rock, like ACDC, Guns&Roses, Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin. Recently I've been listening to a lot of Techno, I love the uplifting feeling you get from listening to some crazy techno at max volume while mowing people down in Call of Duty, hahaha.
I can't say I have any "favorites", I'll listen to anything really... unless it's horrible mainstream punk rock, rap, or country.
*edit* I'm listening to a few songs from Them Crooked Vultures, thanks for mentioning them Lingus.
I can't really say I have a favorite type of music. But I prefer rap. (Yes, rap...) And I'm not talking about most garbage now a days. Raps from back then had well written poetry and great messages. I love the beats too. Some of my favorite rappers are DMX, Tupac, Eminem and Nas.
I love SOAD as well. I don't care too much for Foo Fighters but I will definatly check out Them Crooked Vultures. I have only listened to one song by Soundgarden, Black Hole Sun, and thought it was pretty good. I will check out more of them.
While we are on the subject of 90's bands, I also like Alice in Chains. Sad to see Layne die but im glad they are back. New stuff is pretty good IMO. I like Pear Jam's ten and thats about it for them =/
Not too into rap though, I like Eminem fairly good, although half of his songs sound the same.
I mostly listen to rock/metal. Some of my favorite bands are Shinedown, Disturbed, ACDC, Metallica, Bullet for my Valentine, SOAD, Eagles, some Bon Jovi, and many others but these are most of my top favorites. I also will listen to just about any type of music, no matter the genre, as long as it has good beat/lyrics.
EDIT: Oh and I used to listen to a lot of hip-hop/rap. Eminem, Jay z, and Ludacris were a few of my favorite rappers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtPluXq_hko
ALL I DO IS WIN WIN WIN NOMATTA WHAT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErCAOMi5EGM
PICK THE WORLD UP AND DROP IT ON YO !@#$IN HEAD.
Yeah you get the idea. I like pretty much any beat that I get a new max to in weight training for football. I used to like metal but have grown less fond of it now. Sounds like just a bunch of whiny old men screaming while gargling on jizz...just my opinion though. If it counts though, I like some songs by Korn. I honestly don't care a whole lot about music though...so just anything that sounds good on the radio will do for me.
problem is i have a ton of favs. making me choose is hard but ill say journey, queen, ozzy as my top 3
Techno. Most of the ones I have on my WMP playlist are indie techno artists. I also like Muse.
Quote from: Lingus on April 27, 2010, 08:58:50 PM
he is in a new band Them Crooked Vultures (love that name btw) with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.
I heard about this a couple of months ago when they first became known. All I have to say is...
SOMEONE GIVE ME A "WHAT THE !@#$!!!"
John Paul Jones?!? Are you !@#$ING SERIOUS!?! Talk about the next power-band!!! That's just about as jaw dropping as having Mike Portnoy go and play for Avenged Sevenfold! Seriously!
As for what I listen to, it's been brought up in every previous music topic ever made, but if it isn't fast, and angry, and causes my gas mileage to drop from its typical 19/21 to about 16 avg, I don't listen to it. I even find some of it arousing. Case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS-YHJbmAXs&hd=1 I dunno why, and I'm not even joking when I say this, I would totally do Angela, and she quite frankly terrifies the ever-living and slightly smelly piss out of me when I think about spreading her legs. It's frackin' weird, but I'd totally tap it! She has one of the best and most athletic bodies I've seen. Hell, just look at her lats, they're freakin' huge! She could seriously gnaw on my femur and I'd let her. Hell, I'd pay for it!
And KBob, here's some Soundgarden for ya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWkbFKJZB0k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHy5tFI05js&feature=PlayList&p=1291261BCEEFA406&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mML2NhjyLyU&feature=PlayList&p=1291261BCEEFA406&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiSkyEyBczU&feature=PlayList&p=1291261BCEEFA406&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1
I'm not such a fan of grunge as I said before, but Chris Cornell was at his finest with Soundgarden.
Quote from: Kbob32 on April 27, 2010, 10:10:04 PMI like Pear Jam's ten and thats about it for them =/
Have you heard their new single? It's so weird hearing Pearl Jam playing a happy, upbeat song. All of their old stuff is so utterly dark and depressing (which was good). It's not a bad song, it's just kinda weird.
Quote from: EpicPhailure on April 27, 2010, 10:30:40 PM
I also like Muse.
Yea Muse is good. It's kinda crazy how similar the lead singers of Muse and Radiohead both sing. Sometimes when one of their songs come on (that we haven't heard yet) me and my brother try to guess which band it is.
Quote from: Scotty on April 28, 2010, 12:47:46 AM
Chris Cornell was at his finest with Soundgarden.
Definitely. Audioslave was alright, but definitely not as good.
Muse's new album failed though. It leagues behind their others.
Yea, I don't so much like it either. I think Knights of Cedonia is one of their best.
Minus the slightly disturbing desire to bang someone who probly snacks on unborn fetus's for breakfast, I'm pretty much in the same general category of music taste as Scotty. As in, mostly Metal. I absolutely love fast and impressive guitar playing, as well as a nice blend of harsh/scream vocals and whatnot. My favorite bands typically do end up still being highly melodic though, and typically for me to really like them they usually have (at least to some extent) a mix of both the harsh vocals as well as clean ones. I'm also not quite as into the real low gutteral/growl vocals as scott is, as compared to your typical blood curdeling scream, but yeah :P. Some of my favorite bands include: Bullet For My Valentine, Sonic Syndicate, In Flames, Atreyu (mostly before their two latest albums Lead Sail Paper Anchor and Congregation of the Damned... Hugeee sell-outs), Threat Signal, Disarmonia Mundi, In This Moment, among others.
I want some feedback on this...I understand completely how Metal is awesome for it's guitar shredding drum blasting elements. That's actually the reason I used to like it. What I don't understand is how screaming whilst gargling flem is a musical element. Not trying to bash anybody, but I am completely serious. I don't see how blood-curdling screams are anymore musical than me shoving a microphone up my ass and farting. Though if somebody could explain me otherwise be my guest...
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on April 28, 2010, 05:45:40 PM
I want some feedback on this...I understand completely how Metal is awesome for it's guitar shredding drum blasting elements. That's actually the reason I used to like it. What I don't understand is how screaming whilst gargling flem is a musical element. Not trying to bash anybody, but I am completely serious. I don't see how blood-curdling screams are anymore musical than me shoving a microphone up my ass and farting. Though if somebody could explain me otherwise be my guest...
Kindof hard to explain effectively. To start, I honestly consider it as more of an vocal "instrument" rather than actual "singing." But either way there is certainly bad forms of it and good forms in regards to what I and many other people like. I myself for instance am not a big fan of any types of it that could be considered "gargling flem." Either way, it certainly may not be for everyone, but one of the main reasons I personaly like it is because it adds a ton of intensity to the music and really gets your addrenaline pumping (at least it does for me). What better way to show sheer aggression then the most animalistic and brutal sound one can make? And kindof like how a song you really really get into might make a gayer person want to sing along or perhaps "bust a move," a nicely done intense scream might make a person want to bang their head a bit, or maybe join a mosh and !@#$ some people up. I suggest taking a day when your a bit pissed off, chugging a couple energy drinks, and then listening to some good old Waking The Demon or Ashes of the Innocent by Bullet For My Valentine and maybe then you will understand =) As with pretty much any type of music, one of the main things they do is to promote a certain feeling or emotion to its listener, and for screaming in metal that emotion/feeling just typically tends to be RAAGGGEE.
As I said, screaming can be good to emphasize aggression, intensity, as well as a number of other things. "Farting into the microphone" on the other hand probly wouldn't do much of anything other than gross people out a lot and maybe make a few more childish people laugh. The only feeling or emotion that it would really emphasize would be uhhh... Having gas? Also remember that even if with some of the metal bands it's difficult to understand what they are screaming (many others it's easy), at least they are still doing real lyrics where as the fart thing? Not so much...
Now, if metal simply dosn't do any of this for you (or anything else that would make you like it) then thats fine. But at least now you might hopefully understand a bit better why others may like it.
i guess im in the same boat as mr pwnage about metal, i dont like the screaming or guttural throat churning. most of the time i love the band and the drum beat but the singer just makes me spew. but the thing is is that heavy metal wasnt always about that screaming and guttural throat churning. i think the guttural throat and screaming became a type of fad with the style of music and once it caught on for some unknown reason beyond my comprehension, they made it more into a contest of who can sound more like a dog hacking up half digested frog. and yes i do like some heavy metal bands except i try to stay away from the screaming and gut churning in favor of power and vocal control.
Quote from: Meiun on April 28, 2010, 06:05:18 PM
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on April 28, 2010, 05:45:40 PM
I want some feedback on this...I understand completely how Metal is awesome for it's guitar shredding drum blasting elements. That's actually the reason I used to like it. What I don't understand is how screaming whilst gargling flem is a musical element. Not trying to bash anybody, but I am completely serious. I don't see how blood-curdling screams are anymore musical than me shoving a microphone up my ass and farting. Though if somebody could explain me otherwise be my guest...
Kindof hard to explain effectively. To start, I honestly consider it as more of an vocal "instrument" rather than actual "singing." But either way there is certainly bad forms of it and good forms in regards to what I and many other people like. I myself for instance am not a big fan of any types of it that could be considered "gargling flem." Either way, it certainly may not be for everyone, but one of the main reasons I personaly like it is because it adds a ton of intensity to the music and really gets your addrenaline pumping (at least it does for me). What better way to show sheer aggression then the most animalistic and brutal sound one can make? And kindof like how a song you really really get into might make a gayer person want to sing along or perhaps "bust a move," a nicely done intense scream might make a person want to bang their head a bit, or maybe join a mosh and !@#$ some people up. I suggest taking a day when your a bit pissed off, chugging a couple energy drinks, and then listening to some good old Waking The Demon or Ashes of the Innocent by Bullet For My Valentine and maybe then you will understand =) As with pretty much any type of music, one of the main things they do is to promote a certain feeling or emotion to its listener, and for screaming in metal that emotion/feeling just typically tends to be RAAGGGEE.
As I said, screaming can be good to emphasize aggression, intensity, as well as a number of other things. "Farting into the microphone" on the other hand probly wouldn't do much of anything other than gross people out a lot and maybe make a few more childish people laugh. The only feeling or emotion that it would really emphasize would be uhhh... Having gas? Also remember that even if with some of the metal bands it's difficult to understand what they are screaming (many others it's easy), at least they are still doing real lyrics where as the fart thing? Not so much...
Now, if metal simply dosn't do any of this for you (or anything else that would make you like it) then thats fine. But at least now you might hopefully understand a bit better why others may like it.
Actually I completely understand that. Probably the best explanation you could give really. Also as for bullet for my valentine, I wouldn't consider them the "flem gargling" genre. I actually really enjoy several of their songs, including waking the demon. Reason being I wouldn't throw them into the flem gargling catagory is because the singer actually sings, and sings well. Such as "All these things I hate". I guess I am more or less referencing things such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMGpcjzb67Q . Makes me really wish you could get instrumental versions because the guitar is so awesome. Though I suppose if your going for a moshpit, that probably suits that type of person....
Oh, yeah. That type of "screaming" more qualifies as the low gutteral stuff that I was saying I'm not really a huge fan of. Never really have been. When I use the word scream I more mean the type of stuff you'd hear from Bullet (although All These Things I Hate is a pretty mild example). There really are a lot of different styles of harsh vocals, so you can't really lump them all together and make a judgement on the whole genre until you've heard a variety. But yeah, although Arch Enemy definitly does have some epic guitar and all that, not a huge fan of that style of vocals, its really more of a growl than a scream anyways.
A couple examples of the type I like most are:
Bullet For My Valentine - Hand Of Blood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0SrxSMHDmE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0SrxSMHDmE)
Threat Signal- Counterbalance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu7AA7OIw3M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu7AA7OIw3M)
Atreyu - The Crimson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDtxDRvFRdo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDtxDRvFRdo)
Bullet For My Valentine - Waking The Demon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaksTCdW5P8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaksTCdW5P8)
Sonic Syndicate - Denied: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0FGyhB6C8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0FGyhB6C8)
Sonic Syndicate - Rebellion In Nightmareland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxQbs9v8FYk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxQbs9v8FYk)
Oh, and while it may not be quite as heavy in terms of metalness, I can't resist posting it since the album just came out yesterday and it's a sweet song.
Bullet For My Valentine - Your Betrayal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz6IMjdthr4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz6IMjdthr4)
Ah Sonic Syndicate, they are extremely unique. They combine metal with some techno, love it. "Jack of Diamonds" is my favorite song by them. Atreyu is awesome too. I love "Bleeding Mascara" by them...I find the long scream in the beginning acceptable. :) Almost everything by bullet in naturally awesome...yeah I don't mind that kind of screaming. Most of these bands just exaggerate sentences more or less, while that arch enemy video I posted is more my distaste as far as screaming goes.
i think if i want to listen to metal ill stick with dio, night wish, or ozzy or some other i cant remember. although night wish is more of a cross between metal,opera, and Celtic if that makes sense.
and i did try listening to those links you posted meiun but they arent for me :) i guess im a new age retro hippie all this new stuff you young-ins listen to confuses my sometimers riddled mind hahaha
Sonic definitely doesn't have any "techno", but if you mean the fact that they use a synth in a few of their songs along with a hell of a lot of energy then yeah. Either way, they are pretty badass.
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on April 28, 2010, 05:45:40 PM
I want some feedback on this...I understand completely how Metal is awesome for it's guitar shredding drum blasting elements. That's actually the reason I used to like it. What I don't understand is how screaming whilst gargling flem is a musical element. Not trying to bash anybody, but I am completely serious. I don't see how blood-curdling screams are anymore musical than me shoving a microphone up my ass and farting. Though if somebody could explain me otherwise be my guest...
It's just a different style. My preference for it is no different than the preference of one who likes rap or opera. I find talent in the fact that a properly trained vocalist who resorts to extreme methods of brutalizing his throat in a mush without actually destroying it utterly fascinating. Granted, time and time again have I seen these types of vocalists have to cut out from tours due to not taking care of themselves. Hell, the second time I went to see All That Remains when they opened for In Flames, Phil announced the day after the concert that they had to cancel the rest of the tour because he blew out his voice. I could tell listening to him that he was worn more than a woman who mistakes her reproductive organs for a clown car. Holy hell were fans pissed when all they wanted to see was them and couldn't get a refund!
I would've echoed a lot of what Meiun said as I think he pretty much hit it spot on. I'm a man that appreciates musical talent. This is my definition of musical talent. I'm not going to ignorantly say that I don't agree that there are other forms and methods of talent out there, as that would just be stupid. Hell, look at Dream Theater! Albeit the vocalist who just bugs me, that band is quite possibly composed of the most talented musicians to grace their instruments. Every one of them (again, minus the singer, hell, Pettruci almost fired him for not contributing as much as the others). Other examples of extreme talent would be Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Tarja Turunen, I'll even swallow my pride and admit that Eminem's vocal abilities (nothing more) to rattle off words at the speed that he does is astounding. I don't like his music, or any rap for that matter, but I'll respect the fact that he can leave an auctioneer in the dust at the speed of his voice. Another man of often overlooked talent is Zakk Wylde. That man opens for Ozzy, playing a full set with Black Label Society, doesn't even get off the stage, then plays a full set with Ozzy. If there are any guitarists here (even better if you know his style of play), you can't not appreciate the fact that he can play a guitar for 2-3 hours straight, flawless. I could never fathom playing two of his guitar-intensive songs in a row, let alone two whole different sets!
Another example of truly astonishing would be Alexi Laiho. He plays lead guitar and lead vocals for his metal band "Children of Bodom". Most men are incapable of breathing and thinking at the same time, we are such awful multi-taskers, but this guy puts even the most talented multi-tasking woman to shame. Hell, they all did a concert where he was hyped on painkillers and booze because he broke a toe on stage, and he was still spot-on with his intense playing and vocals. That man is seriously the second coming of Satan (or actually, first-coming, since he's older than I). Hell, he's SO good that he actually brought his childhood role-model guitarist into his band, as his second. That's HOW GOOD he is! Check out this performance (skip past the first 1:20, fould language warning): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bqIdoh5IPo He's blasted, and wasted from the booze and pills on this concert, yet he's doing all sorts of riffs and sweeps while singing. Almost every band out there in this situation has the singer/guitarist doing power chords or something easy while they sing. Not Alexi. I swear, if this man stopped singing, and just played his guitar at these concerts, I would not be surprised if the earth started rotating the other direction.
As far as some other favorites of mine aside from Children of Bodom, Arch Enemy, and just about everything that Meiun mentioned:
The Agonist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZo4bOZf3B4) (I'm gonna have to do Alissa. It's my destiny, I can't fight it. I just hope I don't have to pick up the bill for her inevitable reconstructive surgery to her genitalia that will follow in stride with what I'm gonna do to it.)
All That Remains (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW99VlM_7Wo&hd=1)
Dark Tranquillity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkhv1MUV9yQ) (The complexity of their songwriting is dumbfounding)
Amon Amarth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eABVwEgzIss)
Darkest Hour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cn3RQAeGh8)
Deadlock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqeg5T4WYkw)
Luna Mortis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTKgsSUrEfc) (Vocalist, while smokin' hawt, is meh, but they got some catchy tunes!)
Nightrage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpSE3sX5kk0)
Norther (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yQ-REfn6Ao)
Raintime (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfS46BjqYFc)
Scar Symmetry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebSi4PDC34) (Christian is quite possibly the most talented vocalist of the genre)
Sinergy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0afpsXj5dsk) (Alexi Laiho's previous project, no vocalist, all guitar, all awesome!)
Soilwork (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKZBFts4lPo)
Story Of The Year (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LyaJY_dVUQ) (These guys can put on one hell of a show, I've never been to a concert where I've seen more tits than theirs! I don't care who they are, or what they sound like, I'll go just for that!)
Oh, and a new favorite of mine: Munity Within. Check these guys out Pwnage, if you can like Bullet and some Sonic Syndicate, I think you'll like these guys. The vocalist is freakin' amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PS8t9jrccU
German folk metal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsh4a3ACNg8), anyone? :3
Despite folk metal being the "comic relief" of the Metal genre of music, there will always be a soft spot in my heart for it. Though I do listen to some melodic death metal bands such as Skyfire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8wap5z6Lew), Insomnium (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K003TNG40P8), and Kalmah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUEa1ySlLwM), I still enjoy folk metal simply because it's more diverse with its instruments. Instead of the usual guitars, bass, drums, and occasional keyboard, some of the bands I listen to incorporate the violin, viola, mandolin, mandola, hurdy-gurdy, flute, panpipe, bagpipe, uilleann pipes, glockenspiel, and gaita in their songs. It's definitely an odd line-up, but I immensely enjoy the orchestral aspects these instruments bring to the table.
For me, the perfect song incorporates a nice melodic composition, a fast-paced beat, and topped off with some powerful vocals. Most melodeath/folk metal bands achieve this quite nicely, so I listen to 'em.
EDIT: I also agree 100% with Scotty and Meiun about the vocals. They pretty much hit the nail on the head.
Quote from: Scotty on April 28, 2010, 09:25:48 PMSteve Vai, Joe Satriani
You forgot Jeff Beck.
Btw, I find it interesting that these topics always tend to gravitate towards metal. Probably has a lot to do with Scott's influence. I'm not sure I know anyone else who is quite as into his music. It's cool. I'm really not that passionate about the music I listen to. I like really good mellow kinds of stuff, but I don't care too much what it is or who's playing it. If it's interesting and unique, I'm into it. A lot of old school jazz is that way, but there's also some very few cases of modern music that fits the bill. Radiohead is probably the best example. They always have some kind of new sound going on. Thom Yorke's solo stuff is also really good.
Oh, and for the record, just to join the group of metal enthusiasts, I used to listen to Pantera non-stop back in high school.
Quote from: Trogdor on April 28, 2010, 09:33:12 PM
German folk metal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsh4a3ACNg8), anyone? :3
Despite folk metal being the "comic relief" of the Metal genre of music, there will always be a soft spot in my heart for it. Though I do listen to some melodic death metal bands such as Skyfire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8wap5z6Lew), Insomnium (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K003TNG40P8), and Kalmah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUEa1ySlLwM), I still enjoy folk metal simply because it's more diverse with its instruments. Instead of the usual guitars, bass, drums, and occasional keyboard, some of the bands I listen to incorporate the violin, viola, mandolin, mandola, hurdy-gurdy, flute, panpipe, bagpipe, uilleann pipes, glockenspiel, and gaita in their songs. It's definitely an odd line-up, but I immensely enjoy the orchestral aspects these instruments bring to the table.
For me, the perfect song incorporates a nice melodic composition, a fast-paced beat, and topped off with some powerful vocals. Most melodeath/folk metal bands ahieve this quite nicely, so I listen to 'em.
Dude, Kalmah gives me a hard-on. I wasn't such a fan of that specific album, but every time I hear songs like Outremer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCrOTpJ2XTY), Dead Man's Shadow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ImXNbXOUR8) Hades (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jmj_ochRjk) (OMG AWESOME!) and Heroes To Us (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRsdU-kh_pw), I seriously turn myself into my own little self-induced boy-toy to these guys. When the time comes that I go to jail for maxing my car out at 155MPH, it'd BETTER be this band that I'm listening to while hanging half way out the window screaming my throat out of my nose.
Quote from: Lingus on April 28, 2010, 09:40:06 PM
Probably has a lot to do with Scott's influence. I'm not sure I know anyone else who is quite as into his music. It's cool. I'm really not that passionate about the music I listen to.
That is funny, as I likely am the most vocally passionate person on these forums about my music. Hahaha!
Quote from: Lingus on April 28, 2010, 09:40:06 PM
I like really good mellow kinds of stuff, but I don't care too much what it is or who's playing it. If it's interesting and unique, I'm into it.
I'm not that far off from you, as it all depends on my current state of attention deficit. Here, I'll step away from death metal for a minute. Take a look at these two acoustic guitarists. Downright amazing to watch and listen to!
Rodrigo y Gabriela (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5VFWA2YKdo)
Seriously, the first time I heard these two, my jaw hit the floor. I was astonished that this was even a possibility. Mad respect for these two to be able to pull this off. Another band that turns me on... surprisingly is Nightwish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W39WaGTPnvg). It's an odd ball for sure, but Tarja and her talent is without a doubt one of the most beautiful things I've listened to. Hell, the Scorpions even brought her on for their single (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajjwNvHVKps) off their final album. Something about her voice just seriously makes that bulge in the middle hemisphere get a little bigger. She's the perfect example of a woman that you might look at and think she's cute if you walk by her on the street, but it's once you see her on stage performing that you are determined that you will go to jail if that is the cost of her spreading the legs. Oh, and yes, I will say that the Scorpions, going on 30 some years, still sound f'n awesome!
EDIT: Hurray for all the double postings! Who's gonna be the first to point the finger at me?
EDIT 2: Another band that a lot of you "Don't like the screaming type of metal but still like metal" would like, if you haven't heard of them, is Symphony X. They've played a lot of neo-classical (which I find absolutely awesome, hence Kalmah) power metal, all up until their most recent album "Paradise Lost". This was more or less a straight balls to the wall melodic power metal. Here's a good song by them: Set The World On Fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUn4jXZko5E). Another good song by them that is a lot more melodic (and extremely technical in the musicianship) is the title track off the album: Paradise Lost (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSobR1dhRps)
Quote from: Scotty on April 28, 2010, 09:41:39 PM
Dude, Kalmah gives me a hard-on. I wasn't such a fan of that specific album, but every time I hear songs like Outremer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCrOTpJ2XTY), Dead Man's Shadow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ImXNbXOUR8) Hades (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jmj_ochRjk) (OMG AWESOME!) and Heroes To Us (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRsdU-kh_pw), I seriously turn myself into my own little self-induced boy-toy to these guys. When the time comes that I go to jail for maxing my car out at 155MPH, it'd BETTER be this band that I'm listening to while hanging half way out the window screaming my throat out of my nose.
Heh, you were the one to turn me on to Kalmah in the first place, as well as Arch Enemy. I'll have to go through that list you made in one of your earlier posts of all the bands you listen to. Who knows, I might find some more I like.
Quote from: Scotty on April 28, 2010, 09:56:42 PM
Rodrigo y Gabriela (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5VFWA2YKdo)
They can't top the Yoshida Brothers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ron17xFNBf0)!
I wanted to ask if any one here dislikes any music gender that starts with "smooth".
Quote from: Scotty on April 28, 2010, 09:56:42 PMQuote from: Lingus on April 28, 2010, 09:40:06 PM
I like really good mellow kinds of stuff, but I don't care too much what it is or who's playing it. If it's interesting and unique, I'm into it.
I'm not that far off from you, as it all depends on my current state of attention deficit. Here, I'll step away from death metal for a minute. Take a look at these two acoustic guitarists. Downright amazing to watch and listen to!
Rodrigo y Gabriela (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5VFWA2YKdo)
Yea, I'm pretty sure I've heard of them and listened to one or two of their songs. Btw, I thank Pandora for that. They show up on the same station as Jeff Beck and Joe Satriani as well as some others I have never heard of but really enjoy. It's really a great way of finding out about new stuff.
Quote from: Trogdor on April 28, 2010, 10:10:20 PM
They can't top the Yoshida Brothers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ron17xFNBf0)!
Wow, that was really cool. I like that.
Quote from: Lingus on April 28, 2010, 09:40:06 PM
Btw, I find it interesting that these topics always tend to gravitate towards metal..
Though metal is one of my favorite genre's, I listen to a lot of classic and soft rock etc.. once in a while you gotta listen to some calming music haha. It all really depends on my mood which type of music I go to first.
Also the songs I pick to listen to usually have something to do with how im feeling. (Basically relating to the lyrics.)
Quote from: Scotty on April 28, 2010, 09:33:05 PM
Oh, and a new favorite of mine: Munity Within. Check these guys out Pwnage, if you can like Bullet and some Sonic Syndicate, I think you'll like these guys. The vocalist is freakin' amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PS8t9jrccU
Damn. That vocalist is !@#$ing great. Nice find. In many ways with combining a synthesizer and awesome guitar its a lot like sonic. Are these guys Swedish?
Quote from: ARTgames on April 28, 2010, 10:11:19 PM
I wanted to ask if any one here dislikes any music gender that starts with "smooth".
Forgot to answer this. Hell yea I do. "Smooth" Jazz. What the crap is that? I don't think they should be allowed to use the term jazz for that.
I don't know of anything else that starts with smooth.
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on April 29, 2010, 05:26:01 PM
Quote from: Scotty on April 28, 2010, 09:33:05 PM
Oh, and a new favorite of mine: Munity Within. Check these guys out Pwnage, if you can like Bullet and some Sonic Syndicate, I think you'll like these guys. The vocalist is freakin' amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PS8t9jrccU
Damn. That vocalist is !@#$ing great. Nice find. In many ways with combining a synthesizer and awesome guitar its a lot like sonic. Are these guys Swedish?
Negative. If I'm not mistaken, they are from Florida, but the vocalist is British.
Favorite bands
Brand New
Coheed and Cambria
Rufio
Blackfield
Katatonia
The Human Abstract
@first post.
I do think Nirvana has some good songs, but not good in general as a band imo. It's a shame that he killed himself.. but at the same time.. Greatness did come out of it. Foo Fighters imo is a MUCH better band.
On the topic of Nirvana, I don't think you can discount them that easily. For the type of music, it was the greatest of its time. I agree that Foo Fighters is a great band, but they were newer and doing different things by then. When it comes to the grunge genre, Nirvana was, and will always be, the epitome of that style.
Quote from: Lingus on April 30, 2010, 04:32:12 PM
On the topic of Nirvana, I don't think you can discount them that easily. For the type of music, it was the greatest of its time. I agree that Foo Fighters is a great band, but they were newer and doing different things by then. When it comes to the grunge genre, Nirvana was, and will always be, the epitome of that style.
So does that mean I shouldn't discount the hobo on the side of the street and his drunken wailing he calls music? :P
Ah I forgot to mention a few bands...
Sublime, Seether, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, Foo Fighters, Tool, Black Label Society, Alice in Chains... All awesome bands..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSdKmX2BH7o
Quote from: Meiun on April 28, 2010, 07:58:31 PM
Oh, yeah. That type of "screaming" more qualifies as the low gutteral stuff that I was saying I'm not really a huge fan of. Never really have been. When I use the word scream I more mean the type of stuff you'd hear from Bullet (although All These Things I Hate is a pretty mild example). There really are a lot of different styles of harsh vocals, so you can't really lump them all together and make a judgement on the whole genre until you've heard a variety. But yeah, although Arch Enemy definitly does have some epic guitar and all that, not a huge fan of that style of vocals, its really more of a growl than a scream anyways.
A couple examples of the type I like most are:
Bullet For My Valentine - Hand Of Blood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0SrxSMHDmE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0SrxSMHDmE)
Threat Signal- Counterbalance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu7AA7OIw3M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu7AA7OIw3M)
Atreyu - The Crimson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDtxDRvFRdo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDtxDRvFRdo)
Bullet For My Valentine - Waking The Demon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaksTCdW5P8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaksTCdW5P8)
Sonic Syndicate - Denied: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0FGyhB6C8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0FGyhB6C8)
Sonic Syndicate - Rebellion In Nightmareland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxQbs9v8FYk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxQbs9v8FYk)
Oh, and while it may not be quite as heavy in terms of metalness, I can't resist posting it since the album just came out yesterday and it's a sweet song.
Bullet For My Valentine - Your Betrayal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz6IMjdthr4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz6IMjdthr4)
waking the demon my fav song lol
I completely forgot about my liking for Stratovarius.
My favorite song of theirs is currently Stratosphere (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPZ47_qMqYA).
Well, music is my specialty. So I'm going to share the very extensive list of bands that I enjoy listening to, though I might miss a lot of them.
A Day To Remember, A Plea For Purging, All Time Low, Anarbor, Anberlin, Angels & Airwaves, As Blood Runs Black, As I Lay Dying, As Silence Breaks, Asteria, Attila, Austrian Death Machine, Brand New, Between The Buried And Me (which I think Scotty would like), Blink-182, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Born Of Osiris, Bullet For My Valentine, Coheed and Cambria, Dashboard Confessional, Despised Icon, Drake, Eminem, Emmure, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fall Out boy, Farewell, Foo Fighters, Forever The Sickest Kids, Four Year Strong, From First To Last, Greeley Estates, Hit The Lights, I See Stars, I Set My Friends On Fire, It Dies Today, Job For A Cowboy, Just Surrender, Killswitch Engage, Less Than Jake, Like A Movie (local), My Favorite Highway, New Found Glory, NOFX, Our Last Night, Paramore, Parkway Drive, Patent Pending, Plain White T's, Protest The Hero, Punchline, Recon, Rise Against, Say Anything, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Set Your Goals, Sing It Loud, Stick To Your Guns, Sum 41, Team Goldie, Texas In July, The Acacia Strain, The Audition, The Devil Wears Prada, The Format, The Friday Night Boys, The Maine, The Offspring, The Secret Handshake, The Starting Line, The White Tie Affair, Throwdown, Tokyo Rose, Valencia, Versa Emerge, Waking The Cadaver, We The Kings, Whitechapel, With Blood Comes Cleansing, Years Spent Cold, Yellowcard, Dr. Acula, Hoods, For The Fallen Dreams, Wisdom In Chains, Know The Score, Linkin Park, Sea of Treachery, Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash, Third Eye Blind, 30 Seconds To Mars, Boxcar Racer, +44, Pierce The Veil, Bayside, Secondhand Serenade, Chase Coy, Miss May I, The Morning Of, Incubus, Goo Goo Dolls, Kesha (yes I listen to her music), The Early November, Taylor Swift, Breaking Benjamin, Biggie Smalls/Notorious B.I.G (whatever you want to call it), The All-American Rejects, I Killed The Prom Queen, Bury Your Dead, Have Heart, First Blood, All Shall Perish, Beneath The Sky, Black My Heart, Blood Stands Still, Casey Jones, Death Before Dishonor, Fight Everyone, For Today, Jedi Mind Tricks, Lionheart, My Children My Bride, Suffokate, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Bracewar, The World We Knew, Norma Jean, City and Colour, Self Against City, Hey Monday, Motion City Soundtrack, Between The Trees, Cartel, Panic At The Disco, A Rocket To The Moon, The Scene Aesthetic, Stephen Jerzak, Amber Pacific, Taking Back Sunday, Matchbook Romance, Relient K, Sherwood, Boys Like Girls, Something Corporate, Bedlight For Blue Eyes, Brighten, Sienna Skies.
But that's just off of the top of my head, and what I had sitting on my desktop (which is why half of it is in alphabetical order). There are definitely more that I'm forgetting right now. As you can see, I mainly listen to pop, punk, pop punk, metal, hardcore, metalcore, and acoustic. However, I'm very open about music and I'll listen to a lot more.
And Scotty, the reason I think you might like Between The Buried And Me is because they have some insane instrumentals and riffs that you may or may not like. In my opinion, their album "Colors" is pure orgasm.
Quote from: VolcomPunk on May 01, 2010, 05:26:45 AM
Well, music is my specialty. So I'm going to share the very extensive list of bands that I enjoy listening to, though I might miss a lot of them.
A Day To Remember, A Plea For Purging, All Time Low, Anarbor, Anberlin, Angels & Airwaves, As Blood Runs Black, As I Lay Dying, As Silence Breaks, Asteria, Attila, Austrian Death Machine, Brand New, Between The Buried And Me (which I think Scotty would like), Blink-182, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Born Of Osiris, Bullet For My Valentine, Coheed and Cambria, Dashboard Confessional, Despised Icon, Drake, Eminem, Emmure, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fall Out boy, Farewell, Foo Fighters, Forever The Sickest Kids, Four Year Strong, From First To Last, Greeley Estates, Hit The Lights, I See Stars, I Set My Friends On Fire, It Dies Today, Job For A Cowboy, Just Surrender, Killswitch Engage, Less Than Jake, Like A Movie (local), My Favorite Highway, New Found Glory, NOFX, Our Last Night, Paramore, Parkway Drive, Patent Pending, Plain White T's, Protest The Hero, Punchline, Recon, Rise Against, Say Anything, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Set Your Goals, Sing It Loud, Stick To Your Guns, Sum 41, Team Goldie, Texas In July, The Acacia Strain, The Audition, The Devil Wears Prada, The Format, The Friday Night Boys, The Maine, The Offspring, The Secret Handshake, The Starting Line, The White Tie Affair, Throwdown, Tokyo Rose, Valencia, Versa Emerge, Waking The Cadaver, We The Kings, Whitechapel, With Blood Comes Cleansing, Years Spent Cold, Yellowcard, Dr. Acula, Hoods, For The Fallen Dreams, Wisdom In Chains, Know The Score, Linkin Park, Sea of Treachery, Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash, Third Eye Blind, 30 Seconds To Mars, Boxcar Racer, +44, Pierce The Veil, Bayside, Secondhand Serenade, Chase Coy, Miss May I, The Morning Of, Incubus, Goo Goo Dolls, Kesha (yes I listen to her music), The Early November, Taylor Swift, Breaking Benjamin, Biggie Smalls/Notorious B.I.G (whatever you want to call it), The All-American Rejects, I Killed The Prom Queen, Bury Your Dead, Have Heart, First Blood, All Shall Perish, Beneath The Sky, Black My Heart, Blood Stands Still, Casey Jones, Death Before Dishonor, Fight Everyone, For Today, Jedi Mind Tricks, Lionheart, My Children My Bride, Suffokate, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Bracewar, The World We Knew, Norma Jean, City and Colour, Self Against City, Hey Monday, Motion City Soundtrack, Between The Trees, Cartel, Panic At The Disco, A Rocket To The Moon, The Scene Aesthetic, Stephen Jerzak, Amber Pacific, Taking Back Sunday, Matchbook Romance, Relient K, Sherwood, Boys Like Girls, Something Corporate, Bedlight For Blue Eyes, Brighten, Sienna Skies.
But that's just off of the top of my head, and what I had sitting on my desktop (which is why half of it is in alphabetical order). There are definitely more that I'm forgetting right now. As you can see, I mainly listen to pop, punk, pop punk, metal, hardcore, metalcore, and acoustic. However, I'm very open about music and I'll listen to a lot more.
And Scotty, the reason I think you might like Between The Buried And Me is because they have some insane instrumentals and riffs that you may or may not like. In my opinion, their album "Colors" is pure orgasm.
Okay.. bolded = good. I stopped when I saw Dr. Acula.
But with a quick glance there is still some in there that aren't terrible. like.. Something !@#$ing Corporate.
Colors = Vast amount of WIN
As for Escape the Fate, I hope you like Ronnie over Craig.
also.. i saw acoustic.. and get my hopes up because my brain thought Instrumental.. now I'm upset.
It's true, this is my opinion, and we are all entitled to our taste. But, I will argue that Metalcore isn't music.
but.. I'm soo glad there is people here like Coheed. Maybe I'll show how much i like them.
EDIT: I like Coheed and Cambria
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Maybe a bit to much.
Quote from: NotSoCheerios on May 01, 2010, 06:27:56 AM
Quote from: VolcomPunk on May 01, 2010, 05:26:45 AM
Well, music is my specialty. So I'm going to share the very extensive list of bands that I enjoy listening to, though I might miss a lot of them.
A Day To Remember, A Plea For Purging, All Time Low, Anarbor, Anberlin, Angels & Airwaves, As Blood Runs Black, As I Lay Dying, As Silence Breaks, Asteria, Attila, Austrian Death Machine, Brand New, Between The Buried And Me (which I think Scotty would like), Blink-182, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Born Of Osiris, Bullet For My Valentine, Coheed and Cambria, Dashboard Confessional, Despised Icon, Drake, Eminem, Emmure, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fall Out boy, Farewell, Foo Fighters, Forever The Sickest Kids, Four Year Strong, From First To Last, Greeley Estates, Hit The Lights, I See Stars, I Set My Friends On Fire, It Dies Today, Job For A Cowboy, Just Surrender, Killswitch Engage, Less Than Jake, Like A Movie (local), My Favorite Highway, New Found Glory, NOFX, Our Last Night, Paramore, Parkway Drive, Patent Pending, Plain White T's, Protest The Hero, Punchline, Recon, Rise Against, Say Anything, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Set Your Goals, Sing It Loud, Stick To Your Guns, Sum 41, Team Goldie, Texas In July, The Acacia Strain, The Audition, The Devil Wears Prada, The Format, The Friday Night Boys, The Maine, The Offspring, The Secret Handshake, The Starting Line, The White Tie Affair, Throwdown, Tokyo Rose, Valencia, Versa Emerge, Waking The Cadaver, We The Kings, Whitechapel, With Blood Comes Cleansing, Years Spent Cold, Yellowcard, Dr. Acula, Hoods, For The Fallen Dreams, Wisdom In Chains, Know The Score, Linkin Park, Sea of Treachery, Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash, Third Eye Blind, 30 Seconds To Mars, Boxcar Racer, +44, Pierce The Veil, Bayside, Secondhand Serenade, Chase Coy, Miss May I, The Morning Of, Incubus, Goo Goo Dolls, Kesha (yes I listen to her music), The Early November, Taylor Swift, Breaking Benjamin, Biggie Smalls/Notorious B.I.G (whatever you want to call it), The All-American Rejects, I Killed The Prom Queen, Bury Your Dead, Have Heart, First Blood, All Shall Perish, Beneath The Sky, Black My Heart, Blood Stands Still, Casey Jones, Death Before Dishonor, Fight Everyone, For Today, Jedi Mind Tricks, Lionheart, My Children My Bride, Suffokate, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Bracewar, The World We Knew, Norma Jean, City and Colour, Self Against City, Hey Monday, Motion City Soundtrack, Between The Trees, Cartel, Panic At The Disco, A Rocket To The Moon, The Scene Aesthetic, Stephen Jerzak, Amber Pacific, Taking Back Sunday, Matchbook Romance, Relient K, Sherwood, Boys Like Girls, Something Corporate, Bedlight For Blue Eyes, Brighten, Sienna Skies.
But that's just off of the top of my head, and what I had sitting on my desktop (which is why half of it is in alphabetical order). There are definitely more that I'm forgetting right now. As you can see, I mainly listen to pop, punk, pop punk, metal, hardcore, metalcore, and acoustic. However, I'm very open about music and I'll listen to a lot more.
And Scotty, the reason I think you might like Between The Buried And Me is because they have some insane instrumentals and riffs that you may or may not like. In my opinion, their album "Colors" is pure orgasm.
Okay.. bolded = good. I stopped when I saw Dr. Acula.
But with a quick glance there is still some in there that aren't terrible. like.. Something !@#$ing Corporate.
Colors = Vast amount of WIN
As for Escape the Fate, I hope you like Ronnie over Craig.
also.. i saw acoustic.. and get my hopes up because my brain thought Instrumental.. now I'm upset.
It's true, this is my opinion, and we are all entitled to our taste. But, I will argue that Metalcore isn't music.
but.. I'm soo glad there is people here like Coheed. Maybe I'll show how much i like them.
EDIT: I like Coheed and Cambria
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Maybe a bit to much.
I actually don't listen to Dr. Acula that much anymore. I'm sure if you continued reading the list after that, you would find more bands that you like. For example, if you like Blink-182, then you might like Boxcar Racer or +44, which is after Dr. Acula. The last part of my list is mostly softer music and acoustic music. I'm not really into many instrumental bands, except Between The Buried And Me.
All Time Low
Blink 182
Boys Like Girls
Evanescence
Flyleaf
Green Day
Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
Newfound Glory
Panic! at the disco(old music)
Papa Roach
Paramore
Rise Against
Secondhand Seronade
Skillet
Sum 41
The Used
3 Days Grace
30 Seconds to Mars
We the Kings
Yellowcard
I'm sure there's a lot more that I can't think of right now...
Anyways, I listen to mostly rock, punk, punk/pop, etc. Although I listen to many different kinds of music and like certain songs from most genres.
Quote from: VolcomPunk on May 01, 2010, 04:21:25 PM
Quote from: NotSoCheerios on May 01, 2010, 06:27:56 AM
Quote from: VolcomPunk on May 01, 2010, 05:26:45 AM
Well, music is my specialty. So I'm going to share the very extensive list of bands that I enjoy listening to, though I might miss a lot of them.
A Day To Remember, A Plea For Purging, All Time Low, Anarbor, Anberlin, Angels & Airwaves, As Blood Runs Black, As I Lay Dying, As Silence Breaks, Asteria, Attila, Austrian Death Machine, Brand New, Between The Buried And Me (which I think Scotty would like), Blink-182, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Born Of Osiris, Bullet For My Valentine, Coheed and Cambria, Dashboard Confessional, Despised Icon, Drake, Eminem, Emmure, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fall Out boy, Farewell, Foo Fighters, Forever The Sickest Kids, Four Year Strong, From First To Last, Greeley Estates, Hit The Lights, I See Stars, I Set My Friends On Fire, It Dies Today, Job For A Cowboy, Just Surrender, Killswitch Engage, Less Than Jake, Like A Movie (local), My Favorite Highway, New Found Glory, NOFX, Our Last Night, Paramore, Parkway Drive, Patent Pending, Plain White T's, Protest The Hero, Punchline, Recon, Rise Against, Say Anything, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Set Your Goals, Sing It Loud, Stick To Your Guns, Sum 41, Team Goldie, Texas In July, The Acacia Strain, The Audition, The Devil Wears Prada, The Format, The Friday Night Boys, The Maine, The Offspring, The Secret Handshake, The Starting Line, The White Tie Affair, Throwdown, Tokyo Rose, Valencia, Versa Emerge, Waking The Cadaver, We The Kings, Whitechapel, With Blood Comes Cleansing, Years Spent Cold, Yellowcard, Dr. Acula, Hoods, For The Fallen Dreams, Wisdom In Chains, Know The Score, Linkin Park, Sea of Treachery, Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash, Third Eye Blind, 30 Seconds To Mars, Boxcar Racer, +44, Pierce The Veil, Bayside, Secondhand Serenade, Chase Coy, Miss May I, The Morning Of, Incubus, Goo Goo Dolls, Kesha (yes I listen to her music), The Early November, Taylor Swift, Breaking Benjamin, Biggie Smalls/Notorious B.I.G (whatever you want to call it), The All-American Rejects, I Killed The Prom Queen, Bury Your Dead, Have Heart, First Blood, All Shall Perish, Beneath The Sky, Black My Heart, Blood Stands Still, Casey Jones, Death Before Dishonor, Fight Everyone, For Today, Jedi Mind Tricks, Lionheart, My Children My Bride, Suffokate, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Bracewar, The World We Knew, Norma Jean, City and Colour, Self Against City, Hey Monday, Motion City Soundtrack, Between The Trees, Cartel, Panic At The Disco, A Rocket To The Moon, The Scene Aesthetic, Stephen Jerzak, Amber Pacific, Taking Back Sunday, Matchbook Romance, Relient K, Sherwood, Boys Like Girls, Something Corporate, Bedlight For Blue Eyes, Brighten, Sienna Skies.
But that's just off of the top of my head, and what I had sitting on my desktop (which is why half of it is in alphabetical order). There are definitely more that I'm forgetting right now. As you can see, I mainly listen to pop, punk, pop punk, metal, hardcore, metalcore, and acoustic. However, I'm very open about music and I'll listen to a lot more.
And Scotty, the reason I think you might like Between The Buried And Me is because they have some insane instrumentals and riffs that you may or may not like. In my opinion, their album "Colors" is pure orgasm.
Okay.. bolded = good. I stopped when I saw Dr. Acula.
But with a quick glance there is still some in there that aren't terrible. like.. Something !@#$ing Corporate.
Colors = Vast amount of WIN
As for Escape the Fate, I hope you like Ronnie over Craig.
also.. i saw acoustic.. and get my hopes up because my brain thought Instrumental.. now I'm upset.
It's true, this is my opinion, and we are all entitled to our taste. But, I will argue that Metalcore isn't music.
but.. I'm soo glad there is people here like Coheed. Maybe I'll show how much i like them.
EDIT: I like Coheed and Cambria
(http://j.imagehost.org/0274/Image3.png)
Maybe a bit to much.
I actually don't listen to Dr. Acula that much anymore. I'm sure if you continued reading the list after that, you would find more bands that you like. For example, if you like Blink-182, then you might like Boxcar Racer or +44, which is after Dr. Acula. The last part of my list is mostly softer music and acoustic music. I'm not really into many instrumental bands, except Between The Buried And Me.
Also something I want to point out, when it comes to my heavier selections, a good bass drop can, and will, make me cream.
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Baby Baby Baby Ohhh!
@volcom
Betweent the buried and me = instrumental? since when??
They are Progressive Metal
As for instrumentals, Check out Note. They are a little difficult to find. But.. Worth every second.
Quote from: NotSoCheerios on May 02, 2010, 12:54:52 AM
@volcom
Betweent the buried and me = instrumental? since when??
They are Progressive Metal
As for instrumentals, Check out Note. They are a little difficult to find. But.. Worth every second.
My bad, I didn't actually mean it as in instrumental music. I was sort of going along the lines of trying to say a band with very detailed and complex instrumentals, which would be prog metal. :P
Quote from: VolcomPunk on May 02, 2010, 06:24:28 AM
Quote from: NotSoCheerios on May 02, 2010, 12:54:52 AM
@volcom
Betweent the buried and me = instrumental? since when??
They are Progressive Metal
As for instrumentals, Check out Note. They are a little difficult to find. But.. Worth every second.
My bad, I didn't actually mean it as in instrumental music. I was sort of going along the lines of trying to say a band with very detailed and complex instrumentals, which would be prog metal. :P
You should check out some Melodic Death metal, It's fantastic
Probably the most well known is In Flames, but check out Disillusion. Primarily the album Back to the Times of Splender.
Quote from: NotoriousM4^ on May 01, 2010, 09:57:36 PM
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Baby Baby Baby Ohhh!
I hope you know that I lost all respect for you... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvSoGW1U20s
Uhh, Del, I'm pretty sure he was just kidding, ;) probably since almost every guy in the known universe hates him.
~Looperpuck
Quote from: Looperpuck on May 02, 2010, 02:23:22 PM
Uhh, Del, I'm pretty sure he was just kidding, ;) probably since almost every guy in the known universe hates him.
~Looperpuck
And at least one girl >_>
Del, In that video.. the girl is 15.
Makes me sad.. I gotta ask for ID before picking up girls now.
They need to REALLY stop maturing so early.
Quote from: Looperpuck on May 02, 2010, 02:23:22 PM
Uhh, Del, I'm pretty sure he was just kidding, ;) probably since almost every guy in the known universe hates him.
~Looperpuck
Yeah I was kidding :P Del probably was too though
Quote from: Delicious on May 02, 2010, 02:13:55 PM
I hope you know that I lost all respect for you... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvSoGW1U20s
Ahh, that's the dude that does that sick Taylor Swift cover. :D
Quote from: Delicious on May 02, 2010, 02:13:55 PM
Quote from: NotoriousM4^ on May 01, 2010, 09:57:36 PM
(http://gossip.whyfame.com/files/2010/03/justin_bieber.jpg)
Baby Baby Baby Ohhh!
I hope you know that I lost all respect for you... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvSoGW1U20s
http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=910580
Quote from: Pat on May 04, 2010, 04:25:13 AM
Quote from: Delicious on May 02, 2010, 02:13:55 PM
Quote from: NotoriousM4^ on May 01, 2010, 09:57:36 PM
(http://gossip.whyfame.com/files/2010/03/justin_bieber.jpg)
Baby Baby Baby Ohhh!
I hope you know that I lost all respect for you... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvSoGW1U20s
http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=910580
lol Awesome.
Yea, I was only kidding about that. Anyways, there is some funny stuff going on about Justin. This is among the funniest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCm8tdHkfI -
Sorry for getting off-topic.
Quote from: DarkTrinity on May 01, 2010, 07:23:14 PM
All Time Low
Blink 182
Boys Like Girls
Evanescence
Flyleaf
Green Day
Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
Newfound Glory
Panic! at the disco(old music)
Papa Roach
Paramore
Rise Against
Secondhand Seronade
Skillet
Sum 41
The Used
3 Days Grace
30 Seconds to Mars
We the Kings
Yellowcard
I'm sure there's a lot more that I can't think of right now...
Anyways, I listen to mostly rock, punk, punk/pop, etc. Although I listen to many different kinds of music and like certain songs from most genres.
Bolded favorites of mine, completely forgot about these bands... so many favorites :P
90's rock ftw. Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, RATM, STP, and Chili Peppers are among my favorites. Grunge all the way.
Scar Symmetry just released a music vid for (at least what is my opinion) their greatest song every written:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJ01A28qS8
Other then Nirvana and Tool, some of my favorite bands would be (In no particular order)
A perfect Circle (Has the same lead singer as Tool)
Staind
Red Hot Chili Peppers
System of a Down
Alice in Chains (Old and new stuff)
Breaking Benjamin
Caramell
Hollywood Undead (Some good stuff)
Linkin Park
The Offspring
Seether
Skillet
I like a bunch of others but those are some of my faves.
Btw, I dont care much for Foo Fighters. They are alright but dont compare to Nirvana in my book. To poppy for my taste. They do have some good songs though.
In my opinion most of Foo Fighter's stuff is not pop. They do have some songs that are, but that's obviously the songs they play most on the radio. In fact, that's how it is for some really good artist. John Mayer for instance. Of course, everyone knows him for songs like No Such Thing or Your Body Is Wonderland, but he's done some really great blues inspired stuff. In reality, he's far better live than any of his studio albums. Anyways, my point is you can't really judge a band based on their most popular work. A lot of the times it's not their best.
That's where live performances come into play. Seriously, take Dragonforce. Those guys can't play for shit live. They sound like ass. Which makes it VERY apparent that their studio albums are one-offs, where they cut and edit songs likely 40-50 times to get it just right for the album.
When I see a band live, I want to see them perform like they do on their album, and I want to see them put on a show. Take Megadeth for example. Dave stood there, right foot on the amp in front of him, playing with his head down the entire concert. Sounded great, but that's all he did, after the show, he threw up the horns and walked off stage. I stood there dumbfounded that he wasted my time. It was good in that it sounded great, but at that point, I might as well just put an album on and listen to that vice paying tickets and have some 16 year old think he can crank across the face for nothing more than songs that sound great, but have no performance value to them.
Then on the polar opposite side, you have In Flames. They sound utterly fantastic live, just as good, if not better than their albums, and damn can they put on a show. I remember the crowd going nuts when In Flames was playing Eraser and out comes Phil from All That Remains to sing along with Anders. Quite possibly the most bad-ass moment of the night! Whoever they hired as their sound guy is AMAZING!
Quote from: Lingus on May 06, 2010, 08:45:32 PM
In my opinion most of Foo Fighter's stuff is not pop. They do have some songs that are, but that's obviously the songs they play most on the radio. In fact, that's how it is for some really good artist. John Mayer for instance. Of course, everyone knows him for songs like No Such Thing or Your Body Is Wonderland, but he's done some really great blues inspired stuff. In reality, he's far better live than any of his studio albums. Anyways, my point is you can't really judge a band based on their most popular work. A lot of the times it's not their best.
I agree with you for the most part. I'm just curious as to what your favorite Foo Fighters song is. My mother bought me their Greatest Hits album for christmas and I liked most of it. But it wasnt great IMO.
As for Scotty, You are defiantly right. Bands should be able to perform just as well live as in an album. I have not listened to In Flames yet but I will check into them. As for putting on a show I can agree with you, but maybe Dave was letting the music flow through him and that is how he reacted to it.
Quote from: Scotty on May 06, 2010, 10:59:24 PM
That's where live performances come into play. Seriously, take Dragonforce. Those guys can't play for shit live. They sound like ass. Which makes it VERY apparent that their studio albums are one-offs, where they cut and edit songs likely 40-50 times to get it just right for the album.
When I see a band live, I want to see them perform like they do on their album, and I want to see them put on a show. Take Megadeth for example. Dave stood there, right foot on the amp in front of him, playing with his head down the entire concert. Sounded great, but that's all he did, after the show, he threw up the horns and walked off stage. I stood there dumbfounded that he wasted my time. It was good in that it sounded great, but at that point, I might as well just put an album on and listen to that vice paying tickets and have some 16 year old think he can crank across the face for nothing more than songs that sound great, but have no performance value to them.
Then on the polar opposite side, you have In Flames. They sound utterly fantastic live, just as good, if not better than their albums, and damn can they put on a show. I remember the crowd going nuts when In Flames was playing Eraser and out comes Phil from All That Remains to sing along with Anders. Quite possibly the most bad-ass moment of the night! Whoever they hired as their sound guy is AMAZING!
!@#$ YES!
In Flames when I saw them blew my mind. They were outstanding. COB was pretty good.. Didn't compared to Inflames though.
But.. A Local band that played with them. A Life Once Lost, Pretty outstanding stage performance. Music was pretty good.. Didn't really listen to them.. Was more interested in moshing. Assholes broke my phone lol. First time in a Wall of Death.. Two words.. My God..
Quote from: Scotty on May 06, 2010, 10:59:24 PM
That's where live performances come into play. Seriously, take Dragonforce. Those guys can't play for shit live. They sound like ass. Which makes it VERY apparent that their studio albums are one-offs, where they cut and edit songs likely 40-50 times to get it just right for the album.
When I see a band live, I want to see them perform like they do on their album, and I want to see them put on a show. Take Megadeth for example. Dave stood there, right foot on the amp in front of him, playing with his head down the entire concert. Sounded great, but that's all he did, after the show, he threw up the horns and walked off stage. I stood there dumbfounded that he wasted my time. It was good in that it sounded great, but at that point, I might as well just put an album on and listen to that vice paying tickets and have some 16 year old think he can crank across the face for nothing more than songs that sound great, but have no performance value to them.
Then on the polar opposite side, you have In Flames. They sound utterly fantastic live, just as good, if not better than their albums, and damn can they put on a show. I remember the crowd going nuts when In Flames was playing Eraser and out comes Phil from All That Remains to sing along with Anders. Quite possibly the most bad-ass moment of the night! Whoever they hired as their sound guy is AMAZING!
I could name so many bands I've seen live that sounded great, but just didn't put on a great performance or weren't very enthusiastic. Or that put on a great performance, but sounded horrible. When you go to Warped Tour, you see so many bands that do this. I can honestly say the only big band I've seen that was able to totally impress me was Blink-182.
Quote from: Kbob32 on May 06, 2010, 11:17:05 PM
Quote from: Lingus on May 06, 2010, 08:45:32 PM
In my opinion most of Foo Fighter's stuff is not pop. They do have some songs that are, but that's obviously the songs they play most on the radio. In fact, that's how it is for some really good artist. John Mayer for instance. Of course, everyone knows him for songs like No Such Thing or Your Body Is Wonderland, but he's done some really great blues inspired stuff. In reality, he's far better live than any of his studio albums. Anyways, my point is you can't really judge a band based on their most popular work. A lot of the times it's not their best.
I agree with you for the most part. I'm just curious as to what your favorite Foo Fighters song is. My mother bought me their Greatest Hits album for christmas and I liked most of it. But it wasnt great IMO.
I think right now it's the new one Wheels, but I haven't listened to any of the new album besides that. The thing about that song is it came out as a single, they played it a few times here and there, and now I don't hear it on the radio at all.
Aside from that, Floaty is good as is For All the Cows. Actually, most of the songs on their first album. The Deepest Blues Are Black on In Your Honor is also one of their sleeper hits in my opinion. It's rarely played, but I think it has a great sound. Then you have Everlong of course, but the acoustic version is superior to the album version in my opinion. And also from that album Walking After You. Check out Lonely as You and Disenchanted Lullaby. A lot of stuff on Disc 2 of In Your Honor is good like Razor, On The Mend, and Virginia Moon. But of course, this is all based on opinion. If you just don't like Foo Fighters then you don't like them and that's fine. I'm just saying for me, it's not even their "popular" songs that I necessarily like the best.
sorry, havent posted yet. i can say i listen to a little of everything, but mostly metal, and a wide array of it as well. from all that remains and amon amarth (i love guardians of asgaard and cry of the black birds the most) to as scotty lists scar symmetry and a few others. i don't like that heavy ass screaming as to where i can't understand anything, but i listened to sonic syndicate as meiun posted and i liked it. but i also have found some rap songs i like, mostly cause of the beat or something else to it that i like, not the artist, such as kanye wests' stronger team up with daft punk. or this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJsePXol4Ac tetris remix. i just don't like a ton of slow songs. i like the fast paced. and metal mostly fits that thirst.
I rediscovered Pendulum. I'm liking their In Silico album more than their Hold Your Colour. It feels like I'm being a traitor to DnB, but In Silico strikes a better chord inside of me.
Lingus I listened to a few Them Crooked Vultures songs. I listened to New Fang and Mind Eraser (No Chaser).
They were pretty good. not exactly my taste. They sound a little poppy too me. Don't get me wrong, they are pretty good, just not my kettle of fish.
Yea, I'm not sure if I'm entirely sold on the band either. It's just an interesting combination of artists.
By the way, to any System of a Down fans here, check out Serj Tankian, and Scars on Broadway. They have the same feel as SOAD, and strange lyrics with awesome vocals, obviously because they're both bands made from SOAD members. Serj Tankian with, well, Serj Tankian (No, really?), and Scars on Broadway with Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan.
Soilwork is coming out with a new album in 20 days, and Oh. My God. I cannot be happier that Peter Wichers is back with them doing the song writing and guitar playing. Hearing this song by them seriously put an ear-to-ear grin on my face. Not anything I would ever expect to hear from them, yet I couldn't be happier!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xpQHSQ5V80
(http://www.sok.org/board/images/smilies/icon_rockon.gif)
i am finally going on a add music spree to my ipod. i have over 100 gbs left to fill on it. name any good metal and a song, if i like the song, i will probably download the whole discogrophy. i already downloaded all that remains, amon amarth, and soilworks.
edit:
here is a list of what i have downloaded:
all that remains: behind silence and solitude, the fall of ideals, overcome, this darkened heart
Amon amarth: Once sent from the Golden Hall, Sorrow throughout the nine worlds, Thor Arise (demo), twilight of the thunder god, versus the world (bonus included), with oden on our side. some of these are from when amon amarth was known as scum.
As i lay dying: Frail words collapse (i don't like their style too much)
Majesty: Shadows EP
Killswitch Engage: Random songs my friend gave me
Scar Symmetry: Pitch Black Progress, Symmetric in Design, Holographic Universe, Dark Matter Dimensions.
Quote from: DivineLegend on June 09, 2010, 02:57:20 PM
name any good metal and a song, if i like the song, i will probably download the whole discogrophy.
Can never go wrong with some "Pure !@#$ing Metal", ala Arch Enemy. Albums I'd recommend are:
Doomsday Machine, highlight song would be "Nemesis" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH12rSBGf28)
Anthems of Rebellion, highlight song would be "Dead Eyes See No Future" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ovtMtxFdGY)
Wages of Sin, highlight song would be "Enemy Within" (OMGMAZING guitar work on this song, only bettered by their live performance of it!) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sPUl-8MwM8)
Tyrants of the Rising Sun, highlights would be the entire album (no kidding, drop dead, no pun intended, amazing album, I'm not exaggerating), as a sample: "Blood On Your Hands" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33U3bGZOcX8) (One of the top 3), "I Will Live Again" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfzGO3-LAIA), "Revolution Begins" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PuD3XrF9Hg), "The Day You Died" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxboYVglHsM) (One of the top 3), and "Vultures" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiRCqEoJRD4) (One of the top 3, excellent guitar solo by Chris, very catchy!)
Tyrants of the Rising Sun, their most recent live album, contains all their great hits on it. All above live performances are videos of songs on this album. Absolutely amazing live performers, couldn't ask for anything more spectacular.
Not sure if Arch Enemy twiddles your pooter or not. As I've demonstrated before, I could spend 3 hours typing up an essay of a post containing reasons why I find each band of mine unique and amazing in so many ways, so if you're interested in more, I'd be more than happy to continue, I just don't have the time right now at work to post all of it, I can do more later if you're interested.
Edit: I'm not one to condone piracy publicly, but I will admit I have done it in the past. Why do I say this now? This band is honestly one that has earned my respect and love, enough so, that I've actually taken it upon myself to go out and buy their albums because I find them
that great! Plus I wanted FLAC, and would rather not DL 6-8GB worth of music. What can I say, I'm not only reforming, I'm also impatient! ;D
EDIT #2: Being that I am a huge guitar fanatic, One of the reasons I love the band is because of the Amott brothers (guitarists) in the band. Honestly, there isn't another band that I've found to have such talented brothers both playing guitars (although I am not opposed to some other recommendations, not even particularly picky regarding style). They both had solo songs on Tyrants of the rising sun, here are some demonstrations of their sheer awesome!:
Chris's Solo, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzXYV5aJNNE)
Michael's Solo/Intermezzo Libert? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlEtMxfkcS0) (Mike seriously is in the top five for best use of legatos on the guitar)
i will check them out. i will probably download the whole discogrophy if i can. i am trying to fill my ipod. but it won't be till i am on lunch from work that i start downloading. got two movies going right now.
It's my theory (only amplified by her live performances) that if Angela were born 40 years earlier, her lats alone could lay Ali out for the count. Another reason for such love for the band. There's scream induced abortions (aka dinner), and then there's Angela!
EDIT: By the way, excellent selection thus far! In case you need a bit more better produced As I Lay Dying, check out the singles off their album "An Ocean Between Us", the album you listed is probably one of their worst.
kk. i believe it was nemesis that i listened to on youtube, and i liked it. she sounded manlier than justin beiber ever will. kinda sad. though even my brother sounds manlier than him, and hes 3. i think i am also gonna download some songs from SoaD, and disturbed (only cause its my friends favorite band and they're alright) my friend also suggested epica, if anyone has heard of them.
edit: currently downloading
Contains:
arch enemy
Studio Albums:
Black Earth [1996]
Stigmata [1998]
Burning Bridges [1999]
Wages of Sin [2001]
Anthems of Rebellion [2003]
Doomsday Machine [2005]
Rise of the Tyrant [2007]
EPs:
Revolution Begins [2007]
Bonus Discs:
A Collection of Rare & Unreleased Songs from the Arch Enemy Vault (Wages of Sin) [2001]
i need an external hard drive. my laptop doesn't have enough hard drive space T.T
Quote from: DivineLegend on June 09, 2010, 04:20:05 PM
kk. i believe it was nemesis that i listened to on youtube, and i liked it. she sounded manlier than justin beiber ever will. kinda sad. though even my brother sounds manlier than him, and hes 3. i think i am also gonna download some songs from SoaD, and disturbed (only cause its my friends favorite band and they're alright) my friend also suggested epica, if anyone has heard of them.
edit: currently downloading
Contains:
arch enemy
Studio Albums:
Black Earth [1996]
Stigmata [1998]
Burning Bridges [1999]
Wages of Sin [2001]
Anthems of Rebellion [2003]
Doomsday Machine [2005]
Rise of the Tyrant [2007]
EPs:
Revolution Begins [2007]
Bonus Discs:
A Collection of Rare & Unreleased Songs from the Arch Enemy Vault (Wages of Sin) [2001]
i need an external hard drive. my laptop doesn't have enough hard drive space T.T
Epica has only one song that I'll listen to, and it's more of a guilty pleasure since it's sort of out of the realm of what I normally listen to. They resemble the style of Nightwish more than anything. It's a shame, because the band just doesn't have good song writing, yet the singer is A) Drop dead gorgeous (I do love me some talented red-heads) and B) has a (God Hawt) damn talented voice, their song writing just sucks.
i have nightwish as well, though i don't listen to it much. were you talking about nightwish with the hotty? or epica?
Quote from: DivineLegend on June 09, 2010, 10:08:55 PM
i have nightwish as well, though i don't listen to it much. were you talking about nightwish with the hotty? or epica?
Nightwish-planet hell
Epica, from what little I gather of them, is similar in the metal opera style that Nightwish perfected, only Epica can't seem to go anywhere with it. The band essentially consists of your basic lineup, with an opera singer who is drop dead gorgeous and has an amazing voice, with the rest of the band being mediocre at best. I really wish the singer would find a different gig, because I honestly want to enjoy her more, but I can't when she's in a band that can't write lyrics to save their careers. Honestly, when Tarja left Nightwish, I think this girl would have been the best replacement possible, but there's all sorts of politics and such that would have made that an impossibility. As far as the only song of theirs I can listen to, it's called "Never Enough" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQKzMy_-CwA) (I think the best vocals start at 4:04 all the way to the end, seriously, 4:30 never fails to send shivers from brow to toes every time). The only real upside I would give them over Nightwish, is that, in my personal opinion, the guitarist supplementing with the aggressive growls does more for me than the awkward vocals of Nightwish's bassist.
Don't take my word for your own though, give 'em a shot, and who knows, I might be full of shit for opinions with 'em. God knows I haven't really given them a good and thorough chance, just that I've only heard one of about a dozen that I actually liked. You can feel free to call me a liar and formulate a different opinion of them, and in honesty, it might steer me in the right direction with 'em. And for the naysayers who think her tone and pitch are all computer aided, eat shit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaoh9lwzmM)!!!
EDIT: The reason I think Epica's vocalist, Simone, would do much better in a more talented band could be backed by her performances with Kamelot. Kamelot is one of Nightwish's "competitors" for the title of best and most influential symphonic metal, and Simone is engaged / married to Kamelot's keyboardist (lucky bastard). She's done several tracks with them, providing backing vocals as well as went on tour with them. A fine example would be "The Haunting" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-jDgpc4bx4&hd=1). Sure, her talent may not shine as true when she's doing songs with Kamelot, but none the less, it'll get her better known and I'm sure if she was full time with them, she'd have a better career, and they'd have to accommodate the fact that she has an amazing voice.
Well I have to say that so far this year, it's been a rather interesting year for death metal (both American and abroad). Out of all the bands that I looked forward to seeing a new album from, only two actually delivered something other than crap, or are about to release what I am quite certain will be crap (I'm sorry Sonic Syndicate, you're not looking good this time 'round). So far, Soilwork's new album "The Panic Broadcast" reigns supreme by far, very much by far! In fact, they've changed their style, and successfully created a masterpiece in doing it. Much respect for Peter Wicher's writing and producing with the album. It seriously gives me a hard-on to listen to this album:
Two Lives Worth Of Reckoning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqGovxxanwo) (Turn it to 480p, otherwise it's bloody awful to listen to)
The Thrill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEUraclR5yM) (Speed's vocals in this make me want to pay him to play "catcher" for just one night)
Let This River Flow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSxMiIYuvwo) (Speed's vocals in THIS track make me want to have a sex change so I can have 43 of his babies)
Another album that came out a while back earlier this year is Dark Tranquillity's new album: We Are The Void. I'm also thoroughly impressed with this album, as it has a lot of unique sounds to it. It honestly reminds me of their Haven album (which, it's my opinion that that album was their best, or at least my favorite). Quite a few good tracks off that album. The technical reasons behind why this album differs from the last couple, is that the last seemed rather... Straight forward with maybe one track that deviates in style per album. They seemingly have begun to stray more towards the "Hit fast, hit hard, and throw in a keyboard for giggles" without really concentrating much on the melody of melodic death metal. Granted, I'm all for it, I love it, I loved their previous work, this album just brings up a LOT more variety, which I think is spectacular!:
Shadow In Our Blood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqHj9Q8thw)
I Am The Void (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJxhTVBO40g&feature=related)
Iridium (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFtTYkG1hYE) (Very VERY dark, yet extremely powerful and deep, I love it!)
In fact, this year has been so sucky for so many bands I had such high hopes for, that I'm having to go back to bands that I wished I never left. Take As I Lay Dying for example. Every freaking album they come out with gets better and better and better (seemingly incrementally). Seriously, I think they are the last remaining thrash/death metal band from America I care to listen to anymore:
Parallels (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLd6h5td8G4) (Dear God, give me a chainsaw and 30 death-wishing emo kids, heads are gonna roll!)
I got bored here at work as I finish up my last hour before heading down to throw back some cold ones with my company, and youtube'd "Christian Alvestam". Anyone who listens to death metal should recognize that name as being one of the most talented vocalists in the genre, most notably with Scar Symmetry (not their most recent album though) amongst many other bands, quite a few as guest vocals. Well now he is providing guest vocals for a band that quite frankly gave my mid-region a stiffy to listen to:
Christian recording for Universum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI5yyCGhSpc)
The band Universum has one album out already, here's the single off that album, and I must same, I can no longer talk trash about Australia, finally something good came from it!:
UNIVERSUM - "LETO DESTINATUS" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulG3MRh6cIo&feature=related)
EDIT: Oh, and of course, Rachael, their keyboardist has made it on my "Bag it & Tag it (aka Santa's)" list. I swear, my zipper must be on every woman's bucket list!
I've been going through a Christian Alvestam fit as of late, as he is going to be doing guest vocals on the next Universum album. I know that he is a big proponent of guest acts with a lot of other bands, much like Speed from Soilwork, so one has to wonder what other acts he has done, and how bad-ass does his presence morph these songs. I'll demonstrate.
His primary acts he's with:
Solution .45 - Gravitational Lensing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXJxtp8inWg)
Miseration - World Lethality (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKIWhLh3WQQ) (for the desperate, the bad-ass'ery kicks in at 2:03)
A few other acts he's had guest appearances:
Deadlock - Dying Breed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWaMW7PhoQA) (His vocals are at 3:58, IMHO, his best guest performance to date, gives me the shivers to listen to)
Unmoored - Final State Part III (Posthumous Writings) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pifzp6K0nlQ)
Demon Hunter - Just Breathe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dLOBx_3bmE)
Some crap DJ featuring Christian ?lvestam - Now And Forever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCVl1gCEbR4)
For those of you who don't like metal, but want to hear his clean vocals, first (if you're a guy), grab a tape measure, you'll want to measure the size of your erection after listening to this, females, take off your bras (sending pictures would be nice), the nipples might tear a hole in the bra:
The second half of this ridiculously long song: Solution .45 - Clandestinity Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBwBmSJcq1Q)
I personally don't know of a more talented vocalist in his genre of music. The problem with vocalists in any derivative of death metal (especially melodic death metal), is that all too many times do they sound superficial. Seriously, there's no emotion, they're just doing what their vocal coach teaches them to not blow out their voice. Few do what is necessary to put emotion into it, which may in fact cause your voice to shit the bed (see All That Remains or Nightrage). Even some of the popular ones just sound... fake, and not from the heart... Examples are Johannes Prem, Richard Sjunnesson, Alexi Laiho (PHENOMENAL guitarist, not so much on the vocals), Alissa White-Gluz, Maria Brink, a lot of 'em... Christian is just phenomenal in every way imaginable...
Come on December 15th!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztIiYZGv6EU
Seriously, I haven't been this excited for an album release ever. I'm not exaggerating, I normally find out about albums after they've been released, or right before they are, not allowing me to build up the enthusiasm, or care. This on the other hand, I have been looking forward to since I first discovered them back in September (see previous post, since I'm the only one keeping this thread alive).
Christian.
Is.
A.
God.
I like all kinds of music, yes, including country and rap, so I'll just say what kind of music makes me go "nope" and leave. Damn I'm boss.
-Romance music, especially containing the word "baby". I like Justin Beiber though.(which is like 80%, unfortunately. However, 20% of all music is a shit load)
-Screaming
-Rap that is just a guy talking over a beat
-Songs with intros that are 20+ seconds
-Long periods of times in songs that is just a single sound, like a guy breathing or cars driving or something. Way to put effort into your music, jackass
-Pretentious music
-Abuse of the word "you" in music
-Over-repetitive music
-Unnecessary guitar
-Instruments louder than the vocals
That's it really. Half my library contains one of these things, but the other aspects are good enough that I can ignore the bad parts. I have:
-mewithoutYou
-Kid Cudi
-Lady Gaga
-Blu and Exile
-The Postal Service
-Arcade Fire(The Suburbs is ace, my friends)
-Kanye West
-Coldplay
-The Devil Makes Three
-Johnny Cash
-The Lonely Island
-The Dodos
-Eminem
-Modest Mouse
Scotty, I think half the music on my mp3 is from you. If you keep this up I'm going to run out of room, as I can only hold like 120 songs... (http://handkservices.com/images/PlayerMain.jpg)
Anyways, no kidding about Christian. His growls for some reason remind me of Johan Hegg from Amon Amarth, which is definitely not a bad thing. The clean vocals are okay; I'm just satisfied they don't sound like a Nickelback knock-off like Noumena's. At any rate I'm glad you're still keeping this thread alive!
Quote from: Trogdor on December 11, 2010, 06:38:00 PM
Scotty, I think half the music on my mp3 is from you. If you keep this up I'm going to run out of room, as I can only hold like 120 songs... (http://handkservices.com/images/PlayerMain.jpg)
Anyways, no kidding about Christian. His growls for some reason remind me of Johan Hegg from Amon Amarth, which is definitely not a bad thing. The clean vocals are okay; I'm just satisfied they don't sound like a Nickelback knock-off like Noumena's. At any rate I'm glad you're still keeping this thread alive!
Growls? What genre of music is this again?
I'm feeling like DnB and Dubstep these days. Not Pendulum though.
-B-Complex
-Incontext
-Dubba Jonny
Oh yeah.
Quote from: Yankyal on December 11, 2010, 08:12:49 AM
-Over-repetitive music
-Instruments louder than the vocals
I 100% agree with the first one. That stupid "I whip my hair back and forth" song... I'd like to gouge me ears out. Along with "i like a punk rock chick"... Insanely repetitive. I could name more, but I'm sure you all get the idea. I absolutely hate overly repetitive songs....
The second part I mostly agree with, if it's the entire song, that would be obnoxious, but if it's a small section of the song, I'm good with it.
Recently I've been listening to Avenged Sevenfold more often. I've always liked their music but I've been listening to them more often. Just kinda sad to think they might not make anymore music though... :/
So I discovered a guy named Paul Wardington by way of hearing his guest appearance on Universum's new album (see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Yb9347SHE&feature=player_embedded). What caught my attention was the squeelies you hear at 0:18-0:24 in the video, quite frankly I think some of the best guitar work on the album, alongside Sum of the Universe with Nightrage's guitarists.
Anyways, I didn't pay him much attention because on the guest list for the album, everyone had their associated acts that they played with listed. Paul didn't have anything listed, but then I saw via Universum's RSS feed that they posted a video of him playing his part (above video), and that he had a solo act, so I checked him out, and boy was I glad I did!
He apparently has a solo album coming out "soon", and it's all instrumental. It has hints of metal in the tone, but there are no vocals at all (so far as I can tell at least). It is very melodic in tone, and is definitely the next album I am keeping my eye on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRUAlh9JJxE
So being the New Year and all, I figure I'd recap the albums I purchased last year, and the order of how I rate them in order from best to... absolute worst and I can't believe I wasted my money on it (being the last album). Mind you my order is purely subjective to my tastes, and I welcome any constructive criticism:
- Solution .45 - For Aeons Past
- Soilwork - The Panic Broadcast
- Universum - Mortuus Machina
- Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void
- Kalmah - 12 Gauge
- Bullet For My Valentine - Fever
- Sonic Syndicate - We Rule The Night (and homosexual tendencies)
- In This Moment - Star Covered (would rather type that I can't remember the rest of the album's title than go on Amarok and figure it out for myself, it's that bad)
As far as 2011 albums that I look forward to, here are some of the bands that I know are coming out with albums in 2011, or so the bands claim:
- In Flames' new album
- Children of Bodom's new album (first album they've used a producer for, should be interesting)
- Angela from Arch Enemy claims they have a new album in the works for release in May, holy bat-shit melodic death metal Batman!!!
- Anterior is supposedly coming out with a new album, and their first album still gives me a raging guitar hard-on to listen to!
- Amon Amarth's Surtur Rising
- The Agonist claims they are releasing a new album in 2011, and I'm still destined to bone the lead singer as an FYI
- Nightwish has a tentative album scheduled for release in 2011... I think... Alongside with Symphony X, I hope...
Quote from: Scotty on January 01, 2011, 02:17:57 AM
So being the New Year and all, I figure I'd recap the albums I purchased last year, and the order of how I rate them in order from best to... absolute worst and I can't believe I wasted my money on it (being the last album). Mind you my order is purely subjective to my tastes, and I welcome any constructive criticism:
It's sad how rare this is.
Quote from: Yankyal on January 01, 2011, 02:32:24 AM
Quote from: Scotty on January 01, 2011, 02:17:57 AM
So being the New Year and all, I figure I'd recap the albums I purchased last year, and the order of how I rate them in order from best to... absolute worst and I can't believe I wasted my money on it (being the last album). Mind you my order is purely subjective to my tastes, and I welcome any constructive criticism:
It's sad how rare this is.
When compared to how many people actually purchase albums, as well as the fact that I have a very selective and acquired taste in the music that I listen to, I'd say my morals in supporting bands' efforts far supersede much of today's society.
Quote from: DarkTrinity on December 26, 2010, 01:13:54 PM
Recently I've been listening to Avenged Sevenfold more often. I've always liked their music but I've been listening to them more often. Just kinda sad to think they might not make anymore music though... :/
Looks like they're back to square one:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike_portnoy_to_split_from_avenged_sevenfold.html
Not too surprising, as this was the plan from the get go, and all the fans, while ignorant and hopeful that he'd stay, shouldn't be shocked.
EDIT: Although, I don't see this as A7X throwing in the towel, he says they are continuing on without him, likely looking for a replacement.
I need some new music reccomended to me.
I like bands like Rise Agaisnt, Three Days Grace, All That Remains, Four Year Strong, A Day To Remember.
Basicly looking for heavy rock or metalcore.
Anything that has screamed vocals I approve of.
My favourite bands are:
Melodic-Death:
- Amon Amarth (Although being quite Viking Metal-y to)
- Children of Bodom
- In Flames
- Dark Tranquility
Death Metal:
- Death
- Six Feet Under
- Kataklysm
- Nile
- Behemoth
Christian Metal:
Black Metal:
- Immortal
- Bathory
- Burzum
- Darkthrone
- Emperor
- Graveland
Folk/Pagan Metal:
Deathcore:
- Whitechapel(Although they combine elements of Mathcore, I would still put them into the Deathcore category.)
- Suicide Silence
Metalcore(The list is so vast, I'll mention my top 5):
- Sylosis
- Parkway Drive
- Trivium
- Chimaira
- Killswitch Engage
Thrash:
- Anthrax
- Annihilator
- Sodom
- Sepultura
- Slayer
- Heathen
- Overkill
- Evile
Heavy Metal:
- Iron Maiden
- Saxon
- Magnum
- Megadeth
- Motorhead
Top 5 bands:
- Pantera
- Lamb of God
- Sodom
- Parkway Drive
- AC/DC
Yeah, sorry the list is so huge, I like music a bit to much xD I would continue but by now you people are probably bored of my ramblings.
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I have a new friend!
BTW, don't know if I mentioned them before, I got Trog listening to these guys last night. They only have one album out, but they are supposedly releasing their second album this year. The band is Anterior. A few good songs of theirs:
Scar City (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBDZ5O9q7i0)
The Silent Divide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6pcJOS_vTE)
Stir of Echoes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHL2Ky7t288&feature=related)
I am a bit hesitant to admit to it, but I honestly think this band has some of, if not the best guitar technicality in their genre. Dare I commit sacrilege by saying they rival the Amott brothers in some respects? There are no clean vocals, only screams, which is great because it maintains a constant aggression throughout the majority of the album, always up-beat, always intense, and makes for a great album to listen to when you feel like driving from point A to point B in a hurry!
Listening to Anterior now, they are epic, might have to go and purchase one of their albums next time I'm in town ;D
By the way Scotty, have you heard of Scar Symmetry? They are probably to your taste :P
How in the hell did this wind up on page 8!? Did people quit listening to music!?
Anyways, to legitimize my necro-post, I provide to you the strangest yet one of the coolest newest bands out there, that has a lot to offer from many genres of music all combined into one. People who know me and know what I listen to might wonder if I've gone one level deeper from the already (lacking) sane state from what I listen to, I promise it's rewarding. I've already shared it amongst a few members of this community and so far the general reception has been either "Awesome!" or "Unique, but catchy".
The band's name is Amaranthe, and they've finally released an album in the past month, after doing a single EP, touring with Kamelot (where they'd play several songs off their newly release album), and countless other ways to remind their soon-to-be fans that they haven't forgotten them. I'll cut to the chase and first provide you with their first single while I rant about why I find them awesome:
Amaranthe - Hunger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y25snz83ms)
The reason I find it very refreshing to listen to them is their diversity. They have intensive amounts of keyboards, harsh vocals, and a (drop-dead gorgeous) female pop vocalist. Wait... Pop vocalist?! Has Scotty lost his mind? !@#$in'-A right I have, but I lost that long ago, this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who knows me. There's so much variety in this band. There's intense and guaranteed impressive guitar work thanks to the guitarist in the band (Orlof what's-his-nuts-last-name who plays with Nightrage, as well as more guest appearances than Osama birthed children, including Disarmonia Mundi, Universum, etc...). Never before have I seen this much variety all bundled into one. You have a phenomenal clean vocalist, a very talented pop vocalist (yes, they do exist, I'll explain in the next paragraph), an intense and very raw sounding harsh vocalist, great guitar, and over-abundance of keyboard/synthesizer in the music, all wrapped into one.
Regarding the most awkward part of the band, the delicious in appearance female vocalist, I'm thoroughly impressed. I think I'm impressed because one, I never expected to see that (seriously, it took me about 3-5 listens of the above video to finally realize that it is a dangerous yet bad-ass concept) in a metal band, and two, she is genuinely as talented as she sounds. Make no mistake, the above video involves a lot of manipulation regarding vocal tone, but honestly, who didn't know that when it comes to pop-style vocals? Think of any pop artist you want, and think about how much goes into getting their tone perfect for the album, and if you had an ear for their tone on the album, you think to yourself "I'd never go see them live". Elise, the female vocalist defies all that. After perusing their crappily recorded live performances on youtube, I can honestly say if she performed anything like how she performs live, in bed, I'd birth three dozen of her children and gladly pay support. Her vocals live don't have the ever redundant pop tone, and start to resemble that of a human being. Check it out for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLEVlf_V9yo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqeUnco8B7I
Anyways, let me know if you cared to take a look, and what you think.