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  1. 12 hours ago, StefSabbath said:

    Jeezo, it's been an absolute lifetime since I listened to Black Stone Cherry. Only heard a few songs but I enjoyed them. Can't say for the album you mentioned but glad you have that for yourself. Enigma? Can't say I've heard them. Time for a Google search

    Enigma is a group founded by a guy named Michael Cretu. The style is new age. Their most recognized song is probably Sadness Pt. 1, followed by Return to Innocence. Both have been used in many movies. He travels the world and samples different sounds and rhythms creating his music. 

  2. I agree. As long as it makes sense and adds to the music. Bands like Maiden, Slipknot and even Ghost have lived and thrived from the theatrics and chaos they incorporate into the live show. It adds to the music and is entertaining. 

    On the other hand, when I see things like what In This Moment did with their last tour, I just shake my head. It was completely irrelevant and did nothing for the music. 

  3. On 6/15/2020 at 9:59 AM, MacabreEternal said:

    Hi welcome, hope you enjoy it here.

    Based on your list in terms of thrash I would suggest going for some Exodus (debut album especially), Overkill, Testament, Death Angel, Megadeth and Vio-lence.

    +1 on Overkill, Exodus and Testament. 

    Overkill - Taking Over and Years of Decay

    Exodus - Bonded by Blood, Fabulous Disaster, Impact is Imminent, Blood in, Blood Out

    Testament - The Legacy, The New Order, Practice What You Preach, Titans of Creation

  4. On 7/22/2020 at 10:21 AM, Primal_Enigma said:

    In the case of Metallica, a lot of people talk about St Anger as a bad album but I think many are maybe in denial, the true champion of awfulness is Lulu. I have tried listening to it a few times, but I can't listen to just one whole song. It's a major cringe. What's interesting is that people love to hate St Anger, but very few talk about Lulu, like they want to forget it ever happened. 

    I had to go back and look that up. Didn't even know it existed. 

  5. So, by my own fault I was unaware that the boys from the Bay Area had released a new album when I stumbled upon this. 

    I immediately made my way to Amazon Music (love this app) and found the disc. 

    This my friends, is the album I have been waiting for since "The Ritual". Now don't get me wrong, "Low" was good. It sounded like Testament but didn't have the Testament sound if you what I mean. 

    "Demonic, The Gathering and Dark Roots of Earth" were solid albums and "Brotherhood of the Snake" put them back into that Testament sound I spoke of earlier. 

    However, this album may shoot up to one of my favorites along with "Nee Order" and "Practice". Put it this way, I have only had the album less than a week and have listened to it 5 times already. 

    From track one "Children of the Next Level" a gripping song about the "Heaven's Gate" cult that was formed in the late 80's and ended with a mass suicide involving 39 people in California, to the final track "Curse of Osiris" (the final listed track "Catacombs" is an instrumental) this album draws you in an just punches you in the face, repeatedly. 

    If you are a Testament fan or even so-so on this band, pick this album up. You won't be disappointed. 

  6. I have had Trooper and Hallowed from Maiden, like them both. Hallowed slightly more though. Also have had A Toute Le Mond from Megadeth. Not bad but more bitter than I prefer. I have been trying to get my hands on some of the Slipknot whisky but none of my local stores stock it and they will not ship to OK. 

  7. Welcome to the forum. Nothing to be ashamed of being a metal head. I personally listen to all genres of music but hard rock/heavy metal being my main listening pleasure. As far as suggesting bands, what kind of metal do you prefer? Thrash, death, black, speed etc. I myself am not big into the real heavy hardcore stuff like "Job for a Cowboy" and the likes. My catalog ranges from Slayer to Korn and most everything in-between. My faves are -

    Slayer

    Iron Maiden 

    Black Sabbath

    Korn

    Megadeth

    Metallica - before the attitudes 

    Anthrax

    Judas Priest 

    Plus a ton of the 80's stuff Crue, Poison etc........

    Rock out and lift the horns high and proudly ?

  8. 3 hours ago, MacabreEternal said:

    With you on most of your list but this is actually one of my favourite modern-Slayer releases (well in fact the only one I like after Seasons in the Abyss).  I can see how it isn't for everyone but I love its punky attitude and slight variance from what we had come to expect from the band at this point.  By no means their best but still a good record to me.

    Completely understand. I still dig it out occasionally but it is not in the Slayer rotation. Slayer is always a good listen............?

  9. Man, oh man where do I start. 

    St. Anger - Metallica

    Poorly written, poorly recorded and has a terrible mix and sound. Considering that the band feels this took them back to their roots, I think they missed the mark - by a mile. 

    Criptic Writings and Risk - Megadeth

    Simply not Megadeth caliber albums. To "smooth" and "poppy". Not their best. 

    X Factor - Iron Maiden

    I grade this one on a curve due to it being Blaze's first album with band, but they still had the same writers. Don't know if Harris was trying to not sound like a Bruce led Maiden, but that is what was accomplished with this album. It's good, but not IM good. Virtual IX brought back some of the Maiden sound and feel, but still not the same. 

    Path of Totality - Korn

    I know a lot of people didn't like this album. It's not that I don't like it, there  are some really good songs on here, but it is definitely my least favorite of their discography. I feel the band lost a little of their sound and musical identity when Brian left, but there is some good stuff in there on the four albums without him. 

    I believe they found themselves again in "Serenity of Suffering" and just reinforced it with "The Nothing"  the latter being probably one of their heaviest albums. 

    Undisputed Attitude - Slayer

    Simply put, this is an album Slayer didn't need to do...........

  10. 2 hours ago, GorboGorboze said:

    I love Maiden's eponymous debut, and the opening track might be my favorite because of it's position. There are several tunes on the album I like just as well, but it's a great start. I'm no Dickenson detractor per se, though in my way I am. The vocalist on the debut is my favorite. Was he only on that first album, or did he do others?

    I listen to Preist a fair amount, but almost never British Steel, literally I've listened to the entire album through fewer than five times in the past, well... let's say 40 years. Why you may ask? Well I'm going to tell you. It's the cover, it makes me intensely uncomfortable. That freaking razor, it creeps me out just writing about it. I recall some film where someone attempts suiside in the bath tub with a razor like that, and they break the thing in half. There are lots of Preist album with covers I love, so maybe I'm missing out on some fabulous tunes, but what's to be done about it. Apparently I have a delicate psychological condition. 

    The cover on the first Maiden album, by the way, is one of my favorite album covers of all time so there is that.

    Paul Di'anno was the original vocalist and recorded the the first two albums before being removed and replaced by Bruce. 

  11. Yep, several.

    When I first heard Testament it was during the New Order era. Loved that album and its successor Souls of Black. When Practice What you preach came out, I was underwhelmed. It now, however is in my top three from them.
    Low was a similar reaction. I thought that it was such a different sound from them and nothing like their previous album, The Ritual. It has grown on me and now I have several songs that I listen to in a regular basis.

    Another one was Maiden's Seventh Son album. After being exposed to them via the Somewhere in Time album, SS was a strange composition to me. Not just the concept part but the writing arrangement etc. After leaving it alone for quite some time, I revisited it and really enjoy that album now.

    Slayer's Devine Intervention was in the same boat. Once you get past the ridiculous first track Killing Feilds, the rest of the album is really good.

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