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That Dude With The Shades

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  1. Possibly the greatest stoner metal band ever; these guys personify what metal and hard rock is supposed to be like. They're first album has production problems, but beyond that, their first four albums are completely flawless. Later stuff is pretty good, though I think that their riffs have declined in quality.
  2. I was thinking of starting a thread about these guys; one of my favorite bands. Forest of Equilibrium, Ethereal Mirror Carnival Bizarre are amazing. Supernatural Birth Machine and Caravan Beyond Redemption were about half good, half mediocre. Endtyme and The VII Coming were a return to form, while their last two albums have not been very good.
  3. Not your favorites, or what you think are the best, but what do you think are the most historically important albums for metal? Here's what comes to mind for me: Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath - first metal album ever Black Sabbath: Paranoid - solidified the metal sound Judas Priest: Hell Bent for Leather - further development of metal style, beginning of biker image Iron Maiden: Self-titled - arguably first NWOBHM album Van Halen I - first pop metal album, introduced two-handed tapping Quiet Riot: Metal Health - first metal album to go #1 in US Metallica: Kill 'Em All - first full thrash album Motley Crue: Shout at the Devil - solidified glam metal sound and image Slayer: Show No Mercy - beginning of thrash style that influence death metal Venom: Black Metal - first time the term "black metal" is used, maybe considered the first black metal album Bathory: Self-titled - first true black metal album Candlemass: Epicus Doomicus Metallicus - set the formula for many subsequent doom bands Guns n Roses: Appetite for Destruction - last big-selling classic, seventies-style heavy metal album, restarted the Sunset Strip scene Judas Priest: Painkiller - arguably the most important speed metal album ever, tied with Megadeth 's Rust in Peace Megadeth: Rust in Peace - See above Cannibal Corpse: Eaten Back to Life - it and subsequent albums were hugely influential on the stylistic and creative development of death metal Death: Human - very influential in the development of technical death metal Skid Row: Slave to the Grind - viewed as the pinnacle of pop metal Metallica: Self-titled - brought thrash metal to the masses, best selling metal album of all time Pantera: Cowboys from Hell - popularized groove metal Kyuss: Blues for the Red Sun - create stoner rock as a distinct sub-genre White Zombie: Astro Creep 2000 - popularized industrial metal Neurosis: Through Silver in Blood - created sludge metal, seen as an archetypal album Rage Against the Machine: Self-titled - archetypal rap metal album Korn: Self-titled - first nu-metal album Mastodon: Leviathan - greatly expanded sludge's popularity and exposure Killswith Engage: End of Heartache - biggest metalcore album
  4. Wow, and he wasn't even that young. Not to detract, but this guy also died: Peter Banks Dead: Original Guitarist From Yes Dies At Age 65
  5. Chazz: Whose side did you take in the big David Lee Roth/Van Halen split? Chris Moore: What? Marcus: What kind of question is that? Chazz: Who's side did you take, Halen or Roth? Chris Moore: Van Halen. Ian: He's a cop.
  6. Anyone else here love this movie? It's pretty funny, and really shows the solidarity that metalheads have with each other. Also:
  7. Their stuff with Corabi on their self-titled album is really underrated and really good. Also, Kickstart my Heart is one of my favorite songs.
  8. Motley Crüe To Split After One More Album & Tour ? Latest news at theMusic.com.au
  9. Thanks. There's a folk metal band from either Lithuania or Latvia that is very similar to Heidevolk. I forgot it's name, though. Have you ever listened to Behold the Arctopus? They're a really cool progressive jazz metal band, all instrumental.
  10. I completely agree. I think that the sludge scene has been pretty solid, but it's starting to get stale. Screamo got really old really quickly. Retro-thrash bands often seem more intent on pretending that it's 1986 rather than putting out innovative music. Metalcore is been there, done that. Female-fronted gothic metal has some winners, but again, nothing too innovative. Post-metal is still going strong, but yet again, not much evolution. What I would love to see is funk metal. Not like Red Hot Chili Peppers, but pure heavy metal with lots of funk and other psychedelic influences. Also, incorporating some dance rhythms would be cool. I'm not saying make it into club music, but maybe have some old school rock and roll or Aerosmith-inspired riffs. Also, I'd love to see a return to trippy, bizarre lyrics ala White Zombie or Cathedral. Much of the song-writing in modern metal is severely lacking.
  11. I actually like some songs by those terrible southern rappers like Rich Boy and Soulja Boy. Don't get me wrong, they are horrendous, but they are so horrendous that they're hilarious. Just check out Soulja Boy's song Report Card. Also, I love all teh qwens of flop:
  12. They were shit (their vocalist died in 2011), but I think that was the point. I've heard their live shows were incredibly fun for all the wrong reasons. Also, I find it hard to hate a band with song titles like One Man Ghetto, Hitler Was a Sensitive Man, I Snuck A Retard Into A Sperm Bank, I Ate Your Horse, Windchimes Are Gay, You Look Adopted, Limp Bizkit Think They're Black But They're Just Gay, and so much more.
  13. From my experience, metalheads tend to more tolerant on issues of race and sex than fans of other rock genres.
  14. Yes, except those skinhead metal bands. Fuck those people.
  15. Alot of that American heavy metal slang actually comes from surfer talk, probably inspired by Bill and Ted and the fact that a good number of the important 80s metal bands were from California. Few metalheads actually talk like Bill and Ted, though.
  16. Def Leppard Skid Row Neurosis Aerosmith Candlebox
  17. Throbbing Gristle is cool. If you like industrial, you should check out Front Line Assembly; their albums Hard Wired and Implode are amazing. I actually got a VIP pass at one of their concerts; got to talk to their frontman, Bill Leeb.
  18. I'll be brutally honest, I like alot of pop. Mariah, Christina, Britney; love them all. I also like a fair bit of hip-hop, most notably Nas, 2Pac, DMX, Eminem, Biggie, Nelly, Gang Starr, Snoop Dogg.
  19. Check out Ozric Tentacles and Shpongle; they will expand your mind in so many ways. Also, Aphex Twin.
  20. This song doesn't make me cry, but very close to crying: y1o52t-LMqA&list=PLF8B0CA3EF44A6E06
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