At 11/9/09 07:45 PM, mothballs wrote: Gonna ask for some recommendations for some melodic death bands, it's pretty much the genre I most frequently listen to. Here are the bands that I currently listen to, just so you don't recommend me something I already know:

Insomnium (My current favorite)
Kataklysm
In Flames
Arch Enemy (heard somewhere they are melo death)
Meshuggah

That's about all I know (at least, the ones I listen to most) so someone please recommend me others.

The Absence, Scar Symmetry, are my two favorite melodic death metal bands. Definitely check them out.

At 11/4/09 06:03 PM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: I want to listen to moar Viking Metal than Amon Amarth, give me some bands to listen to!

You do realize though, that Amon Amarth isn't gonna be like most of the other bands on that list, right? Most of the bands on that list are folk metal.

At 10/30/09 08:11 AM, DeIirium wrote:

At 10/30/09 04:06 AM, jew193 wrote:

At 10/29/09 02:13 PM, DeIirium wrote: Orphaned land kicks ass.
Israeli metal ftw.

I've been saying that for awhile. Which album did you get by them?

None, i listen to their stuff online. Mostly to the album Mabool. I really like the elements from arabic music.

Yeah, that's the album I bought from them. It's pretty much the album that got me into folk metal, even though there are really no other folk metal bands like them. I haven't really heard any stuff from their other albums though. Are they any good?

At 10/29/09 02:13 PM, DeIirium wrote: Orphaned land kicks ass.
Israeli metal ftw.

I've been saying that for awhile. Which album did you get by them?

At 10/17/09 10:47 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote:

At 10/17/09 10:28 PM, AllMightyBruce wrote: A cute little goldfish. Says a lot about my girlfriend. Haha.

Wait, so your girlfriend's decapitated scalp is on your desk?

Or her really great boobs?

At 10/15/09 10:15 PM, D3NTATUS wrote: Rediscovered Om today. I love their music, but the songs are so damn long that it discourages me from listening to them. You sort of need to have a designated time to listen to them, I feel.

Don't you like Opeth though?

At 10/7/09 03:44 PM, Nev wrote:

At 10/7/09 01:51 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Because they're obviously bad examples and they're all you think of when folk metal comes up.

Its cause the only other examples I know of are Bergtatt and Skyforger.

And my friends who are into Metal all love yer Korpik-folk bands, so I'm exposed chatter about them often :(.

I don't remember if I've mentioned Orphaned Land, or if I have I don''t remember peoples' reactions. They are really the only Oriental folk metal band I know of. And they kickass.

At 10/5/09 10:26 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 10/5/09 10:12 PM, jew193 wrote: DID ANYONE NOTICE THAT IN PONOS' PICTURE OF THE BLACK METAL. SERIOUS BUSINESS. THE GUY IS WEARING A DRAGONFORCE SHIRT?!?!?!?!?

I think that it actually was the point :P

I thought it was just cuz it was so deadpan and serious. Meh.

DID ANYONE NOTICE THAT IN PONOS' PICTURE OF THE BLACK METAL. SERIOUS BUSINESS. THE GUY IS WEARING A DRAGONFORCE SHIRT?!?!?!?!?

At 10/5/09 07:48 PM, mothballs wrote: Yeah man, In Flames is great. I bet they're awesome live as well. They're probably number 2 on my list for melodic metal bands, 1 being Kataklysm.

I saw In Flames live, and was really unimpressed. Anders was especially bad live

At 10/5/09 11:42 AM, PenisClown wrote: This gets me every time:

Hahahaha, is he wearing a Dragonforce shirt?

At 10/4/09 05:39 PM, mothballs wrote:

At 10/4/09 11:04 AM, TheUnwisePoet wrote: Wow dude, I loved that, the girl is just so badass as the Arch Enemy vocalist, and there is also Walls of Jericho, that girl kickass!

Yeah, both of them are awesome, but this one is FUCKING HOT.

Kinda hard to tell from the video. Another link, maybe to a picture that's not grainy as hell

At 10/3/09 11:01 AM, Nev wrote:

At 10/3/09 08:57 AM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: Where are his legs?

On a sandwich?

It looks more like a fetus, so maybe it's legs haven't formed yet.

At 9/29/09 05:49 PM, Nev wrote:

At 9/29/09 05:45 PM, AniMetal wrote: What are you on?

Opeth really push the amount of times they repeat their riffs to the limit.

Doesn't black metal do that?

At 9/29/09 01:06 PM, batman64 wrote: All this talk of having shit thrown at you onstage has me thinking.
I, myself, would kill the fucker.
That's just me though.

And, of course, that makes you a pussy.

At 9/28/09 09:45 AM, greensucksbluerules wrote:

At 9/28/09 07:43 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/27/09 02:43 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote: He's a little girl because he took the beer throw like a bitch. He should have been thankful that someone gave him a free beer.

Would you like it if someone did the same thing to you?

Probably not, but the beer thrower's goal was the proke Dickinson and he suceeded.

So because the thrower was trying to provoke Dickinson, because Dickinson actually did get mad that means he's a little bitch?

At 9/27/09 06:36 PM, SomaGuye wrote: They're Prog of some sort. I don't think they have enough Death influence to be called Progressive Death personally, but I can see why they would call themselves that. Also compared to Opeth, I much prefer Gojira. Not just because they are one of two Whalecore bands, but because They don't have a damn acoustic break in every song.

What's wrong with an acoustic break when it's motherfucking awesome?

Apparently motherfucking is a legit word, as this doesn't say it's spelled wrong.

Did you get your name from the novel Brave New World?

At 9/27/09 03:55 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote:

At 9/27/09 03:38 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: I couldn't see him fight back like Dickinson did...

"Yes you! The guy who's pointing a gun at my head. Yeah you! You are a fucking dickhead!"

While Dickinson hopes the gunman doesn't realize he shat all over himself.

Are you really getting angry about this?

I never really got into Iron Maiden. My favorite metal band was Metallica when I was younger, but I haven't listened to them nearly as much as I used to.

At 9/26/09 11:37 PM, AniMetal wrote:

At 9/26/09 11:34 PM, jew193 wrote: You can't forget to add Martin Lopez. Though I guess that's kind of a given... Seeing as he's definitely up there with the best.

I honestly feel opeth's new drummer is much more innovative and original than Lopez.

I disagree. I mean, I'm not a drummer, and I haven't heard Martin Axenrot drum on six separate albums, but Martin Lopez seems like a much better drummer. To me, on Watershed, it sounded like Axenrot used the same technique/fill (I don't know what it's called) in a lot of the songs. Not to say he's not a good drummer, but not as good as Lopez in my opnion.

Speaking of which, do you guys think there album Damnation was tremendously hated by people who listened to it expecting death metal?

I don't really know that many people who are into Opeth, and everyone I know who is liked Damnation.

At 9/26/09 11:22 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote:

At 9/26/09 09:34 AM, greensucksbluerules wrote: So you're not a drummer, but you're saying people who aren't drummers don't know what they're talking about. Think about that for a second

I can sort of drum, I'm not amazing or anything but I can kind of keep a beat. I'm a lame drummer but I have a ear for good musicians, and drummers like Neil Peart, Buddy Rich, Dave Weckyl, and Dave Lombardo are way better than him

You can't forget to add Martin Lopez. Though I guess that's kind of a given... Seeing as he's definitely up there with the best.

At 9/25/09 07:15 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote:

Terrible, sluggish drummer who people who don't really drum at all think is awesome.

That didn't make any sense.

He's saying that only people who don't know how to drum, and therefore can't accurately judge good drumming, say that Pantera has good drumming.

At 9/25/09 12:59 AM, Oppugnant wrote: Like this. Mostly.

It was meh.

At 9/24/09 09:27 PM, AniMetal wrote: You know, this may or may not come as a surprise but i've never listened to a single song by Machine Head in my life(That I realized was Machine Head)

I haven't either. What do they sound like?

At 9/24/09 12:26 AM, D3NTATUS wrote: Thrash leads away from the dragons part with a "no." What's more confusing is that it claims power metal does not have songs about dragons, which is woefully inaccurate.

No it doesn't. It says that power metal has dragon lyrics without violins, which sets them apart from folk metal.

At 9/23/09 05:48 PM, Nev wrote: It's both rolf and funny... and accurate.

Except for the fact that quite a bit of folk metal has growled/screams vocals.

At 9/23/09 07:56 AM, DeIirium wrote: I can only go to a few concerts every year, so if i only bought shirts at venues i wouldn't have enough shirts.

I don't know about other places, but here in Finland, the shit they sell at concerts is overpriced as hell. Hoodies are usually 60-80 euros, shirts are 30-40. I would understand if they were shirts exclusive to the concert, but often they are the same stuff the band sells online on their website.

Same here. When I saw Opeth, their shirts were like $40. I don't know how that compares to euros, but I think it's pretty close. Anyway, it's been that way for every concert I've been to.

At 9/22/09 09:40 PM, AniMetal wrote: In my opinion, there are three types of porn in music:

1.) YOU GOT A PENIS, I GOT A DICK. LET'S FUCK! - And other blatant, have sex for the fuck of it, songs. A lot of rap and brokeNCYDE stuff like this. Haha

2.) PornoGrind....Need I say more?

3.) Unlike the other two, this one can actually be done really artistically. It's not about the insanity of some people(2.) or about having sex just for sex(1.) it's used to describe sex in a romantic way and how it's natural and whatnot - And very rarely, if ever, uses such sexual terms as "Sex, vagina, tits" etc, etc. Usually it's metaphorical in terms of the lyrics, where you could interpret as just another love song, or a deep song about the romantic and natural parts of sex.

Like this? For the third category, or course.

And thanks to everyone who recommended some doom metal bands.

Can someone suggest some doom metal bands for me. I know of a few, like Swallow the Sun, and I'd like to hear some more good doom metal bands.

Deadly Nightshade, Swallow the Sun

At 9/21/09 10:46 PM, AniMetal wrote:

At 9/21/09 10:09 PM, TakeNoPrisoners wrote: So how'd you guys like that new episode of House? I loved it.

House sucks.

Unless it was related to Metal in some way.

I saw ads for it. Does being locked in an asylum count as being metal?