Requiem

Yep, Melbourne. I've got everything released by Paradise Lost (I think), and yeah 'Sweetness' is a great song both on the EP and the DVD you mentioned. It's great to see another Paradise Lost fan around here (Melbourne). Did you go to Katatonia weekend before last? It was pretty good. We probably know each other in real life as it's a small scene hahaha.

Too many Melbourne people around. I came here to get away from the scene hahaha.

Thanks, and nice country by the way as I'm in Australia too. I see from your profile pic that you've got excellent taste in music - I love the 'Seals the Sense' EP. I love 'Icon' too. What a great era in music. As for the name, when 'In Requiem' came out a friend of mine commented that it was like my username from another site I post at. Clearly Paradise Lost taking influence from me hahaha.

There's no way Euronymous killed Dead. Why on earth would he do that? He went to great lengths to get Dead over from Sweden, had huge plans, played great shows. It's just too random and it doesn't make any sense. Then he had a hard time getting his replacement over from Hungary. Plus there is no evidence for it at all, and I'm sure the police would have gone through it pretty closely.

It's no surprise that this is a very quiet thread, and it's even rare to find gothic metal threads on forums these days. Personally I love the best bands in this genre and I will to the day I die. There's obviously a bit of cross-over between gothic metal, doom metal, dark rock etc but some of my favourite bands and releases from the broader gothic metal genre: Paradise Lost - Draconian Times Type O Negative - October Rust Theatre of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear My Dying Bride - Like Gods of the Sun Anathema - Alternative 4 Tristania - Widow's Weeds Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace Moonspell - Irreligious The 69 Eyes - Devils Sentenced - The Cold White Light To/Die/For - Epilogue The 1990s were in particular an amazing era for me, being in my teens and just being amazed by all this great music. They're still some of my favourite albums to this day.

'De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas' simply slays 'INRI', although Sarcofogo have a definitely atmosphere to them. But comparing them to possibly the greatest black metal album of all time is a pretty unfair fight.

Tarja is definitely my preferred Nightwish vocalist, although the albums that Annette appears on are amazing monuments. But yeah, Annette's voice never really captured the Nightwish atmosphere like Tarja (and then Floor).

This is a really hard decision for me. Let's see: Norway: Emperor, Darkthrone, Mayhem, Satyricon, Burzum, Theatre of Tragedy, Tristania, Arcturus, Ulver, Borknagar etc. Sweden: Katatonia, Bathory, Dissection, At the Gates, Opeth, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity etc. I'll go with Norway.

I'm definitely going with Amon Amarth. I wouldn't say I love them, but I have all their albums and find a lot to be entertained. Obituary are pretty cool I guess but don't have the staying power for me that AA has. I feel personally closer to AA as well, like an old comfort blanket, if you get me.

A lot of weird posts in this thread. I'm going to vote leather, because it has a lot more potential and appeals more broadly. Denim is a bit more specific and represents a style of music I'm not super keen on.

The great debate! For me it's definitely Black Sabbath with Ozzy that wins out. Those first 6 albums are amazing for me, musically, atmospherically and historically. Obviously 'Paranoid' is a brilliant album, but as others have mentioned, albums like 'Sabotage' are first class. Throw into the mix the understanding that they're practically inventing heavy metal and it's pretty hard to beat. I'm also a massive Ozzy solo fan, so I'm pretty biased. The Dio stuff is definitely awesome but apart from 'Heaven and Hell' it doesn't come close to the Ozzy material. Even 'Dehumanizer' doesn't live up to the hype. It also has a very strange drum sound - has anyone else noticed it? I love all Black Sabbath though and they're one of my favourite bands - I even love the Tony Martin era, but for me there is only one Sabbath, and it's got Ozzy Osbourne in it!

This is a pretty cool album, but after several months of living with it, I'm not sure I love it as much as I used to. I almost feel that people were a little carried away with it when it first came out. I definitely rate it highly, and 'Empire of the Clouds' is a great song.

I love these guys, although looking at their humour now I realise it's 90% sexual harassment 'jokes'... It's a little uncomfortable to watch hahaha.

Humour can sometimes have a place in metal, but for me not often. It works really well in a rock band like Steel Panther, who are simply hilarious and surprisingly engaging, but I always found the joke stuff in Type O Negative as fairly annoying, especially late in their career. Give me 'October Rust' over the god-awful 'Dead Again' any day. But yeah, I don't think humour should be entirely excluded. Certainly there's a lot about metal that's funny - as has been pointed out in this thread.

Interesting topic. For me there is no doubt that music has a spiritual aspect to it. It's not just background noise or something to listen to in the car for me - like it is for a lot of other people. There is something transcendent about certain types of metal. Whether it's Dissections 'Storm of the Light's Bane' or Anathema's 'Alternative 4', music contains aspects of the luminous that I would describe as spiritual. I get this from classical music as well. Having said this, however, there is certainly a lot of metal that is less emotionally based and it doesn't really do a lot for me when it comes to spiritual responses etc.

I go back to tape days as well, but I really can't remember the very first 'metal' album I ever got. I remember when I was 10 in 1990 listening to Motley Crue's 'Dr Feelgood', which isn't exactly extreme metal, but certainly them with Guns n Roses and Skid Row had a huge impact on my future music exploration. I think Metallica's 'Black Album', Megadeth's 'Countdown to Extinction' - both around 1992 for me, were probably the first of what you would call metal. Around 1992/1993 there was a lot of tape trading going on at my school, with most of the gateway bands, Iron Maiden etc. That's where this glorious journey began.

Hi Everyone, I'm new too, clearly. I've loved forums for about 16 years now although for the last few years with the rise of social media I drifted away from them. Having rejected the profound narcissism of facebook and the like I'm back and exploring what i consider to be a much more refined and effective way of talking about music. I'm going to give this forum a shot and see what comes of it. Looks like quite a few people around which is a cool thing these days. I'm going to go and post a whole lot and see what happens to decide whether I'm going kick on with it or not!