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Re: Name suggestions Livermore P. Finklehurst

Re: gaming Just downloaded a bunch of NES games for my Wii since my sister took the damn NES when she moved out some years back.

Re: How was your day? In five words or less Never ending nightmare from hell.

Re: What Are You Listening To? Solitude Aeturnus - Adagio Solitude Aeturnus - Alone Within Temptation - Enter Within Temptation - Silent Force Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything Within Temptation - The Unforgiven

Re: Death Regardless of what you think of Death, they were a billion times better than Control Denied.

Re: What Are You Listening To? Draconian - The Burning Halo

Re: Not heard much of this Fear Factory is all filler to me. They have 1 good song on any of their albums with two being alright and the rest being painfully lame. I used to have all their albums up to Digimortal but traded them for Star Wars toys. I'm not sure why I ever listened to them in the first place...

Re: Live Albums You're right, I had completely forgotten about MDB's first live album 'Voice of the Wretched'. That is an excellent live album as well. I haven't heard anything live from Amorphis however.

Re: How was your day? In five words or less Big fat bag of shit.

Re: Jackyl Actually they are different. The Glam acts were typically heavier (and creepier in appearance) than the Pop acts. I will agree to disagree however.

Re: Funeral Doom Oh I'm familiar with all their material. Not sure how you're comparing death growls to weak core vocals but in any event he does have a different voice. The deceased vocalist for Iron Monkey had some crazy vocals as well. Although I don't recommend that band, they redefined suck.

Re: Jackyl

Re: suggestions They are now, but in their beginnings they were considered Symphonic Black Metal. To be honest I don't consider anything that doesn't sound like Venom real BM. The stuff from Scandinavia is melodic Metal to my ears due to their obscene lack of bottom end and palm muting. Also since they all tune to standard. I was offering suggestions based on popular opinion. I don't think they come more Power Metal than Manowar.

Re: Cannibal Corpse Either way they beat the hell out of Six Feet Under.

Re: What Are You Listening To? I haven't listened to that in a long time. I'm going to have to dust it off and rock it tonight. NP: My Dying Bride - As the Flower Withers

Re: Manowar

Re: Bal-Sagoth

Re: Funeral Doom Marco Kehren (from Deinonychus) was the Bethlehem for that album (and a couple of others). He sounds like he's being raped every time he opens his mouth. The music is very strange as well. Great Dark Metal, or at least they were before jumping ship and becoming industrial rock. Stabat Mater is heavy Funeral Doom. The song above is creepy and evil and the sounds of some one being tortured are heard throughout the song. Abruptum is more or less Black Noise.

Re: Funeral Doom Not sure why that would scare you but if you want some really trippy/fucked up stuff check out the following: Bethlehem - Sardonischer Untergang im Zeichen Irreligiöser Darbietung (aka S.U.i.Z.i.D.) Worship/Stabat Mater (split single) Abruptum - Obscuritatem Advoco Amplectére Me

Re: Funeral Doom Khanate are firmly placed in the Sludge camp, a style that is seemingly getting more and more popular these days. Eyehategod and Noothgrush are better examples IMO and take less effort to enjoy.

Re: band t'shirts! Well I do know EVERYTHING after all.

Re: band t'shirts! White Zombie was Metal where as Rob Zombie is simply modern rock. Ask anyone above the age of 24 and they'll tell you. There is nothing heavy about Rob's solo offerings. He could arguably be lumped in with the Nu-Metal crowd (which is neither new or Metal for that matter). You are still a kid, most of the people that frequent this board are, and as a result your views on what makes a band Metal aren't always correct. This isn't to say there is a lack of intelligence by any means, but rather a lack of knowledge. Just because someone was in a Metal band and they carry on in another "rock" based band doesn't make them Metal. Take Soil for instance. If memory serves, the bassist from prominent underground Death Metal band Sindrome created Soil sometime after their demise. They are a simplistic modern rock band lacking ALL that made Sindrome Metal. The first Bruce Dickinson solo album was pure hard rock, absolutely nothing metallic about it, the same goes for his Skunkworks recording as well. Ian Gillian from Deep Purples' first solo effort was Jazz (which upset countless fans causing him to start making metal/rock albums until he blew his vocal chords). Sean Yesult (the bassist from White Zombie) went on to various horror punk and alternative outfits after White Zombies untimely demise. The point is, just because someone from a Metal band has created another band doesn't make it Metal. Distorted guitars, shouted lyrics, big drums (some electronics in Zombies case) are the formula for anything from country to rock to gothic to Metal. You kids these days!!!!

Re: What Are You Listening To? My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans

Re: band t'shirts! Nice MM but Motley and Zombie aren't Metal.

Re: suggestions Depending on what you consider as Black Metal I'd suggest: Venom, Mercyful Fate & Bathory. For the modern Scandinavian intrepretation I'd avoid Dimmu Borgir (way overrated) for starters. These are what you'd do well by: Immortal, Satyricon, Marduk, Graveland, Cradle of Filth, Dark Funeral & Borknagar. For Viking: Vintersorg, Tyr, Amon Amarth, Moonsorrow & Turisas Power is pretty broad (and no Stratovarius isn't Power, they're Prog/Power!) and depending on your tastes: Manowar, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Hammerfall, Iron Savior, Blind Guardian, Metalium, Steel Attack, Nevermore, Dream Evil.