Will

Welcome to the forum.

I'm still getting acquainted so I haven't picked a favorite yet but I do like that one. Horns for Rings of Saturn.

A tragedy.

We don't "like" on this forum, we horns. This isn't Facebook, dammit, we're supposed to be metal!

Obscura: Cosmogenesis

Intro or Chorus from Lunatic of Gods Creation (Deicide), the riff(s) that first got me into death metal. Raining Blood (Slayer), Iron Man (Black Sabbath), Ace of Spades (Motörhead) how has no-one said any of these already? The verse riff from La Vie Est Prélude... (La Mort Orgasme) (Gorguts). A lot of riffs on Rust in Peace (Megadeth) such as the Tornado of Souls intro, the Hanger 18 sweeped riff and solo breahup riff, the Poison was the Cure main guitar riff and the Rust in Peace...Polaris verse riff alongside the Holy Wars... The Punishment Due riff @Requiem mentioned. Also the Peace Sells bassline/outro riff. The Haunting (Testament) main riff. I am a Viking intro riff (Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force) . Also, althoughit doesn't have the "classic" status of all of the others here, I really like the verse riff from Ending (Psycroptic).

Hello. Welcome. Your link is dead. It is kinda weird to try to get extreme music on popular radio... do you not have specialized metal stations or programs anywhere near where you live?

Do you think you could introduce me, or are they shy around new people? Fun.

Looks like you're on a streak. That is an ingenious alternative to tying hair back, I'll shave it off and put it back on when I need it. Awesome.

I'm sorry I don't mean to offend but I don't really understand what you're getting at here. I tried Googleing some key phrases (like "low vibrations cause depression") and all I could find was stuff the likes of which can be found on this sight https://raiseyourvibrationtoday.com/. Is this the kinda stuff you were talking about? Also, what does the salt/sugar test involve? I always find it hard to describe metal, I would start with something like "fast" or "aggressive" but when you include those criteria, doom metal is no longer metal. I would say generally, metal music is a form of hard rock music that often is less blues orientated and features loud distorted guitars, but that description is vague enough to include a lot of punk and grunge. Wikipedia characterises metal "Heavy metal is traditionally characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound, and vigorous vocals. Metal subgenres variously emphasize, alter, or omit one or more of these attributes." But yet again this can be applied to punk just as easily.

... Parasite, She...

Obscura: Cosmogenesis Carcass: Surgical Steel Celtic Frost: Morbid Tales (Resmaster) I coincidentally bought the last one yesterday, not today with meaningful intent. Not making a point, just clarifying as that would be my assumption.

Finally, someone gets it. Usually when I bring up this album I get weird looks.

Would have posted this yesterday, but had internet problems halfway through writing. The day before yesterday I attended the album release of the Album "Almagest" by Melbourne black-metal force Hybrid Nightmares, hosted at the Eastern Pub in Ballarat, a venue clearly designed with music in mind. Enough people arrived to fill the hall during the performance of the later three bands, ensuring enough energy and atmosphere to make for a very enjoyable night. As the idea behind this thread was mainly to promote local bands, I guess I'll begin linking bandcamps and things to these posts. Haunted Steel: An Energetic and clearly capable performance from Ballarat's own classic metal force, their single release "Hordes of Death" sounded exactly as recorded. Mixing was competent, although some lead licks got a little drowned out at times. These guys are clearly really into the music, playing first and staying throughout the rest of the night, with at least one of their members viable amounts the mosh pit or in the crowd for the remainder of the event. https://hauntedsteel.bandcamp.com/releases Agonhymn: The determined doom duo took stage second, performing their set consisting of a singular 20 minute song with an impressive sense of control and conviction. At the first entrance of the screamed vocals (I suspect using a quiet technique such as inhale screaming or vocal fry) no the front man was clearly performing vox of some sort but nothing of the sort was audible, this problem reoccurring with the screams but not with the clean vocals. I don't know if this was due to the fault of the mixer (although, as there was no vocals for a good early chunk of the song, I wouldn't really blame him for assuming the song was instrumental and silencing the mics to prevent noise or something) or due to ineffective mic technique. Still, overall a pretty interesting display. https://agonhymn.bandcamp.com/ Trigger: This band had a good amount of energy and stage presence while keeping the performance to a high quality standard, some vocal parts and solos became a little hard to hear at times, but this may well have been due to my placement in the hall. These guys started to bring up the energy levels of the crowd after the droning assault of their predecessors, unfortunately, this band's setlist was cut short due to time restrictions. https://triggerau.bandcamp.com/ Hybrid Nightmares: One of the best performance and one of my favourite bands of those I've seen over the last few months. These guys are the whole package, with a strong stage presence, effective audience interaction, a tight performance and great songs; the energy of the hall hit it's broad peak during their performance, with the crowd breaking into fits of moshing on multiple occasions throughout their setlist. As well as providing an engaging visage and an impressive musical vista, the band members were genuinely likeable, taking their time to make sure they thanked all of the opening bands and doing their best to ensure that the audience would stay for Requiems performance (even jumping on the stage to sing a verse and starting slam-dancing sessions to maintain energy levels). Their new album is definitely worth a listen. https://hybridnightmares.bandcamp.com/ Requiem: Hailing from Ararat, these guys delivered a pretty ferocious closing performance with some solid yet scathing thrash riffing being delivered, interspersed with awesome duel solo work, showing clear improvements from their previous releases, I'm eagerly awaiting the new album. https://requiemthrash.bandcamp.com/

It was at the Eastern in Ballarat. Will you be going to Blister Metal Festival next month (https://www.facebook.com/events/186552411880894/?acontext={"source"%3A3%2C"source_newsfeed_story_type"%3A"regular"%2C"action_history"%3A"[{\"surface\"%3A\"newsfeed\"%2C\"mechanism\"%3A\"feed_story\"%2C\"extra_data\"%3A[]}]"%2C"has_source"%3Atrue}&source=3&source_newsfeed_story_type=regular&action_history=[{"surface"%3A"newsfeed"%2C"mechanism"%3A"feed_story"%2C"extra_data"%3A[]}]&has_source=1&fref=mentions) or will you be to buggered from Wintersun 2 days earlier?

Hybrid Nightmares: Almagest Hybrid Nightmares: "The Ages" box set

Hi man, welcome to the forum. Mind if I ask what town or state your in?

Good to hear you're getting better. Welcome back, True Belief. Tonight I saw the Hybrid Nightmares (progressive black) "Almagest" album release show. Also featuring Haunted Steel (heavy with screams), Agonhymn (drone/doom/experimental), Trigger (more or less power) and Requiem (blackened thrash). Was gonna make a joke about the last one but I have nothing that's not complete trash. Was pretty fun, might wright a review thingy tomorrow.

I would add a tendency towards minor and diminished chords and intervals.

I was thinking this.

According to this page (https://web.archive.org/web/20090309071234/http://thetruemayhem.com/history.htm) on thetruemayhem.com (cited by Wikipedia) it was those two and Manheim in 1984.

Probably not, I don't really know the band.

Is it possible he's covering, touching, or nursing his missing rib?

Sorry to hear that. Isn't the main job of an after school supervisor to supervise the children and make sure that they don't come to harm?

Looking forward to it. I guess I should put up a picture of myself between now and then. Saying that, I'm pretty distinctive looking, male, long hair, jeans, black shirt with a spiky band logo. What are the odds they'll be anyone else like that in Melbourne that day?