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Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (2012) Katatonia - Brave Murder Day (1996)

Bon jour Ari. Every morning you come and I think maybe I should listen to some French bands. Never realized how many French metal bands there actually were 'til you showed up here. I've noticed tonight that all 3 of these bands are from various towns in the eastern part of France, not far from Switzerland. Would you say this is probably just a coincidence, or are the people from eastern French just more grindy for the most part? I know they have to grind the mustard to make dijon (the only type of mustard I'll eat) maybe that grinding mentality has spilled over into their music. You're down in the southwest part of France near Bordeaux right? I love looking at European maps and seeing all the various names of places we've adopted here in America. I see you have a Bayonne over there in Aquitaine, we have one too right here in New Jersey, also a port city. And even "Jersey" is the name of a place in France. We're practically brothers! It's funny my ex's father was French so she used to always ask if we could go to France one day. And I always told her no because I never had any desire to see France. We hear stories here in the states about how the French hate Americans because we come over there acting all loud and pompous and entitled and uncouth and idiotic and none of us speak a word of French, we just expect you guys to cater to us. Shit, I don't want to be one of those stupid Americans. I've always wanted to see Spain or Greece or Scandinavia or even the UK could be cool, but never France. But now that I've found all these French bands I've become a little bit curious about France. Not gonna ask my ex though, she got tired of waiting for me and finally made it to France with her sister a couple of years ago. Chiens - Vultures Are Our Future, crust/grind from Nancy France Warfuck - Diptyque, grindcore from Lyon France 2023 Whoresnation - Dearth, deathgrind from Besançon France 2022

Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos

Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse Opeth - Orchid

Crowbar - S/T

Hi @GoatmasterGeneral 🤘 Thanks for your long post! 👌 I don't know if all the bands from Eastern France are as pissed off as the 3 you posted, but you have to admit that for them, Germany isn't far away and when it comes to extreme metal, it's not a soft country over there 😅 Yes, I used to live in Paris, but now I live in the south-west of France. Bayonne is famous for its smoked hams, which are simply delicious. I didn't know about Jersey. Where I live, in Charente-Maritime, we're best known for our Pineau (a liqueur wine drunk as an aperitif) and our galette charentaise (a shortcrust cake with pieces of angelica inside, a plant used to make candied fruit). And Bordeaux, with all its luscious wines, is just over 60 miles away. My favorite French bands are few and far between, but I listen to them regularly: ADX (melodic speed), Daemonium/Akhenaton/Sangdragon (symphonic black, 3 bands but only one person behind the helm), Eros Necropsique (gothic without electric guitar, just vocals, bass and drums), Hexecutor (thrash), Kalisia (sci-fy metal, author of a magnificent album, Cybion, but very difficult to access), The Last Tomb (Coroner-style thrash), Les Enfants de Dagon (black), Les Vieilles Salopes (the old sluts, punk), Loudblast (a little), Massacra (death), Mercyless (Eastern death), Misanthrope, Nemo (aggressive prog rock), No Return (thrash/death), Paydretz (black), Sortilège (heavy), Undead Prophecies (old school death), Voight Kampff (thrash). Some of these bands no longer exist, but I like some of their records. Gojira isn't really my thing. In the 80's, Metal in France was limited to a few bands and was considered as an old-fashioned music (even though the style was not so popular). Now, the bands number in the thousands and the scene is not ridiculous.

Wyrms - Sarkhral Lumænor, France 2022 Merrimack - Of Entropy and Life Denial, France 2006 I most certainly do! Ramones were the best American pure rock & roll band ever afaic. We take them for granted now, but Johnny Ramone while an asshole personally, was a fucking genius on his $50 guitar. No one had heard riffing like that before 1976. But of course it's the shredders like Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhodes who get all the accolades. There ya go big guy, I can account for my taste, can you account for yours? The Ramones - It's Alive! The legendary concert was held at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, London, on December 31st, 1977. Rock music doesn't get any better than this! Timeless.

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Orden Ogan - "Gunmen" Exodus - "Persona non Grata"

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Morningrise was where I discovered Opeth. Love it to pieces, but BWP is their pinnacle which extends through the twins of Deliverance and Damnation. @markm, id hesitate to reconsider your back catalog rule with any other band, but Opeth is different. Everything they did from the first album through Ghost Reveries is worth your time. My Arms and Orchid both have some real gems. The Baying of the Hounds, Face of Melinda, The Moor... just so many great tunes.