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Thats awesome! I've been grinding to get some new stuff going too.

That's awesome! I'm in the process of forming a possible band. We're just a few friends that like the same stuff, but hopefully something comes of it.

Sounds like a plan I'm appreciative of food.

My thoughts exactly. There's no one quite like Dave right now

The content of this post doesn't seem to fit any section very well, but I thought it would be most appropriate to post it here. I just wanted to let everyone in the forum know that I really appreciate how kind and welcoming you all are. I only have one good friend who's into metal, but I don't get to see him often, so this forum is a bit of a safe haven for me, being pretty much the only place I can talk about metal with fellow metalheads. So, to sum up, thank you everyone for letting me, and many others, feel so welcomed here. Your kindness is greatly appreciated. Have a great day

Nice. I was listening to some of "Eaten.." earlier too

Couldn't have said it any better myself. You sure do know your stuff. Yeah I totally see where you're coming from.

Megadeth- "Peace Sells"

I am aware that it's similar, but my aim was to list albums that impacted and influenced metal musicians, rather than albums that simply are important to listen to. I know many albums that I'm fond of and would recommend to others as a must-listen but are, at the same time, rather uninspired and not influential. Of course these overlap, but I find the aim of each of these to be different.

What do you think the most influential metal albums are? Whether you want to name just one or multiple, I'm interested to hear what everyone thinks. Myself, I would list mine as follows: Black Sabbath- "Paranoid" Judas Priest- "Hell Bent For Leather" Iron Maiden- "Iron Maiden" Venom- "Black Metal" Mercyful Fate- "Don't Break The Oath" Metallica- "Kill 'em All" Bathory- "Bathory" Possessed- "Seven Churches" Slayer- "Reign in Blood" Death- "Scream Bloody Gore" Napalm Death- "Scum" Morbid Angel- "Altars of Madness" Autopsy- "Severed Survival" Suffocation- "Effigy of the Forgotten" Carcass- "Heartwork" Mayhem- "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" Gorguts- "Obscura" Necrophagist- "Onset of Putrefaction"

Dismember- Like an Everflowing Stream Mercyful Fate- "Don't Break The Oath" King Diamond- "Abigail"

With their previous release, "Deathless", Revocation truly found their identity and put out an exceptional record, using diverse styles along the way. "Great Is Our Sin" has taken Revocation's brand of music to an even higher level. It's progressive, it's technical, it's melodic, it's heavy; it's everything you could ask for from a metal band. For the most part, the songs have very complex structures, using melodies in every which way possible, taking progressive breaks at appropriate times, and using various rhythms to get the most out of the music. But, more importantly, the songs are not repetitive in sound or palette at all. Dave Davidson and Dan Gargiulo drew from their many influences, including jazz, blues, thrash metal, death metal, and much more, and carefully put together this album. Also, Brett Bamberger and Ash Pearson held together the rhythm section, using the creative freedom they had in order to complement the guitar playing of Davidson and Gargiulo masterfully. To really put the icing on the cake, Davidson's soloing, once again, blew my mind and brought me to places I have never been. He really has a gift for taking a song and using every aspect of it to his advantage in composing a solo, and he never ceases to further his technical ability and creative genius. Beyond the instruments, Davidson's vocals are as powerful as ever, firing a barrage of chilling screams and deep growls throughout the entire album. Furthermore, the lyrical content stayed interesting, as always. The lyrics mainly criticize contemporary society, exploiting social class prejudices, greed, mass ignorance, and an overall corrupt people. However, there are odd nods in the direction of religion and history throughout the album. Overall, I find this to be a nearly perfect album. I know Revocation still has more potential and room for improvement, but I would recommend it to any fan of metal. It really impressed me.

Revocation- "Great is our Sin"

Goatwhore- A Haunting Curse

Allman Brothers- Blue Sky

Yeah, he could definitely be a dick. I'm a big fan of Friedman and Poland too, but I personally prefer Mustaine.

Trivium- Ascendancy Putrid Pile- Collection of butchery Death- Leprosy Morbid Saint- Spectrum of death Just some of the albums I've been listening to tonight.

Hey, welcome to the forum! That's great that you're getting passionate about metal again. Good luck with your projects I hope you enjoy the forum

I have to take a three-way tie between Jeff Hanneman, Dave Davidson, and Dave Mustaine. Hanneman's songwriting alone is enough to make him one of the greatest. He wrote all of the biggest hits from "Reign in Blood", "South of Heaven", and "Seasons..."! But he's also got the chops to back it up, and he was constantly practicing and trying to write better and better songs. I'll probably get crap for this, but Dave Davidson blows me away. He's got every tool and more on his belt in terms of thrash and death metal, he incorporates a lot of jazz and blues into his playing, he writes masterpieces like nobody's business, he can shred with the best, and he just plainly knows what the hell he's doing. He went to school for this stuff. And, lastly, Dave Mustaine is one of my personal favorite guitar players and one of the greatest to me. He couples melody and heavy music better than anyone I've ever heard, and he still does so to this day. I may be partial to his style cause I'm a big classic rock and blues fan boy, and that's obviously a big influence on him, but it's part of what makes him so great. He takes his influences and pulls them together to make a blend of melodic thrash as unique as they come. And, more importantly, he's not afraid to try something new or different. He's always brought nothing but the best and most creative music he could think up, whether it was similar to the classic megadeth formula or something a little different. I've got nothing but respect for the guy, and, opinions aside, he'll go down as one of the greatest to ever do it.

Very cool!

Ah, thank you! Excuse my ignorance, I didn't realize there was an "Other Music Talk" area.

Hello, everyone. I wanted to take a quick sidestep and ask: who are your favorite non-metal acts? I enjoy a lot of various artists and groups who wouldn't label themselves as metal, but my favorites would be The Allman Brothers Band, Hiroshima, Wu Tang Clan, Public Enemy, Ruby Braff, Mozart, Bach, Joni Mitchell, Kenny Loggins, Billy Joel, Gravediggaz, T-Bone Walker, Mobb Deep, Cat Stevens, and Jeff Beck. These musicians mean a lot to me, musically, and they've even impacted my metal taste and showed me aspects of music that I had never thought of before. But, anyway, enough about me; let's hear some of your favorites!

I was actually thinking this exact same thing when I was listening to "Great is Our Sin" earlier this week. I think Dave is absolutely reminiscent of Chuck. Dave definitely has more jazz and blues influence in his playing, but I see him as the "Chuck Schuldiner" of this era, if I had to make a comparison. I don't mean to compromise the style of each guy, but I do see a connection.

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