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Not for me' date=' it isn't. The bad production doesn't help things. Coroner, Kreator, Anthrax and Exodus all tend to blur together. I thought I was going to like Forbidden but unfortunately they turned out a bit rubbish even on the album everyone said was their masterpiece. Maybe I should try Dark Angel, apparently they vary things a lot and wrote some really good riffs.[/quote'] Dark angel and death angel are good thrash bands, I like Heathen and Razor. Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk
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I never liked Death Angel' date=' they epitomize everything I don't like about old thrash. Still, I will be checking out Dark Angel today.[/quote'] The only Dark Angel album I could see you enjoying would be Time Does Not Heal. Their other albums are more raw, and TDNH is structured more progressively with an ever evolving onslaught of riffs. Did I ever recommend for you to check out Realm? They were an excellent technical speed/thrash metal band with Christian lyrics that you may dig. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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The only Dark Angel album I could see you enjoying would be Time Does Not Heal. Their other albums are more raw, and TDNH is structured more progressively with an ever evolving onslaught of riffs. Did I ever recommend for you to check out Realm? They were an excellent technical speed/thrash metal band with Christian lyrics that you may dig.
Maybe...I don't remember though. I did just listen to some of Darkness Descends, really didn't care for it at all. I'll give Realm a shot then.
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Maybe...I don't remember though. I did just listen to some of Darkness Descends' date=' really didn't care for it at all. I'll give Realm a shot then.[/quote'] Darkness descends is a very decent album, the recording quality isn't all that great but the riffs are mad. Also listen to the band Nuclear Assault and their Survive album from '88 Fight to be Free is a great track to listen to. Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk
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Re: Controversial Metal Opinions Here's a kinda controversial one, I think Ripper's albums with Judas Priest (live and studio especially Jugulator, which I did a review of on here) are brilliant he should've stayed a bit longer maybe another album, Angel of Retribution was a bit mediocre but Nostradamus is great.

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Maybe...I don't remember though. I did just listen to some of Darkness Descends' date=' really didn't care for it at all. I'll give Realm a shot then.[/quote'] Time Does Not Heal is pretty different. There's a different vocalist, and the songs and lyrics are more involved and intricate. I still prefer the brute force of Darkness Descends, but only slightly. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I think subgenres are getting a little out of hand. Shit like "heavy metal", "doom", "thrash", and even "blackened death" or "gothic doom" and etc. is okay, but stuff that sounds like it's completely made up, tom-foolery like "Prepubescent scientific viking disco glam metal" is just obnoxious, and quite pointless to me. Also, I can't stand Arch Enemy. Everyone that I know of that enjoys listening to metal is in love with them and thinks Angela Gossow's vocals are spot on. Personally, since this is a "safe zone", I think she is obnoxious, and has shite vocals. I often enjoy the music that's being played in the background, but cannot tolerate it when she chimes in. Matter of fact, when it comes to most female vocalists, I personally can't stand them. Excluding Tarja, some Within' Temptation, some Znowhite, Mythic, Draconian and very few others.

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Also' date=' I can't stand Arch Enemy. Everyone that I know of that enjoys listening to metal is in love with them and thinks Angela Gossow's vocals are spot on. Personally, since this is a "safe zone", I think she is obnoxious, and has shite vocals. I often enjoy the music that's being played in the background, but cannot tolerate it when she chimes in. Matter of fact, when it comes to most female vocalists, I personally can't stand them. Excluding Tarja, some Within' Temptation, some Znowhite, Mythic, Draconian and very few others.[/quote'] I have the exact same problem with Ram-Zet. I would love to listen to them but I'm not so sure I will since their vocals are just so grating. Not even all the vocals, just that one guy who sounds like Marilyn Manson. Their female vocalist is excellent, if they just had her and a decent growler, and refined their work a little more I would be a huge fan. Sharon del Adel is capable of doing excellent vocals, I still very much liked her performance on 'Stand My Ground'. Unfortunately, since then she's deteriorated. She was also not so great before then. Actually, maybe it's just The Silent Force that she did very well.
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I think subgenres are getting a little out of hand. Shit like "heavy metal", "doom", "thrash", and even "blackened death" or "gothic doom" and etc. is okay, but stuff that sounds like it's completely made up, tom-foolery like "Prepubescent scientific viking disco glam metal" is just obnoxious, and quite pointless to me. Also, I can't stand Arch Enemy. Everyone that I know of that enjoys listening to metal is in love with them and thinks Angela Gossow's vocals are spot on. Personally, since this is a "safe zone", I think she is obnoxious, and has shite vocals. I often enjoy the music that's being played in the background, but cannot tolerate it when she chimes in. Matter of fact, when it comes to most female vocalists, I personally can't stand them. Excluding Tarja, some Within' Temptation, some Znowhite, Mythic, Draconian and very few others.
It can be kind of fun when bands have their own name for their sound, Impaled Nazarene calling themselves "nuclear cyber-sex metal" is pretty amusing, but that doesn't make it a genre. But then I think people use genres in a backwards way, I prefer to think of them as inclusive rather than exclusive. And yes, Angela is an extremely weak vocalist, and sets a poor example of female vocals in general. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Speaking of female vocals I need a little help finding some good bands with female vocals, a friend of mine is curious as to why there don't seem to be many metal bands with female vocals and those that do generally sound like abba with electric guitars. Getting back on topic for a minute: There are two many bands using the alternating clean and harsh vocals routine. It's a gimmick that I don't like. Generally it doesn't add to the music and it seems that neither style is executed particularly well. Especially harsh male vocals coupled with clean female vocals a la Draconian. I like Draconian and think Lisa is a very good vocalist but that aspect of their music gets on my nerves a little bit.

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Lacuna Coil ruined the "Beauty and the Beast" approach for me. I don't think I've ever heard it done in a way that didn't sound juvenile and contrived. For clean female vocals in metal, I recall enjoying 3rd And The Mortal's "Sorrow" EP, and I still listen to The Gathering sometimes (hard to say their stuff with Anneke has a lot of "metal" left in it, though). I know I had this discussion with NTNR a while back, and there are a couple of bands either he or BAN mentioned that I need to check out. Transient and Fuck The Facts both have really good female vocalists, but I doubt their music would appeal to you.

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Speaking of female vocals I need a little help finding some good bands with female vocals, a friend of mine is curious as to why there don't seem to be many metal bands with female vocals and those that do generally sound like abba with electric guitars. Getting back on topic for a minute: There are two many bands using the alternating clean and harsh vocals routine. It's a gimmick that I don't like. Generally it doesn't add to the music and it seems that neither style is executed particularly well. Especially harsh male vocals coupled with clean female vocals a la Draconian. I like Draconian and think Lisa is a very good vocalist but that aspect of their music gets on my nerves a little bit.
There was a thread that I think Dave created where I posted some non-gothic metal bands with female vocalists. For heavy/power metal, Chastain, Original Sin, and Sentinel Beast are awesome. For thrash, Detente, Znowhite, and Holy Moses are some of the most vicious and excellent thrash bands out there. For death metal, try Acrostichon, Nuclear Death (death/grind), and Landmine Marathon. For doom/death, try Mythic, Derketa, Ashes You Leave (female vocals are clean, but deep), and Thorr's Hammer. For black metal, try Darkestrah, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, and Demonic Christ. As far as the male/female dual vocals discussion, I agree that it can come off as cheesy. I tend to prefer the heavier, more serious bands that use this technique, old Theatre of Tragedy, Tristania, Draconian, etc... seem to be better at making this work than more gothic/poppy bands. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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All of the 'Big Four' are overrated 100%. Anthrax and Megadeth I don't like at all' date=' I like Slayer up until Seasons In The Abyss and very little of Metallica I like.[/quote'] There were definitely far better thrash bands, the only one that would make my top 10 thrash albums list (or even top 20) would be Slayer with Hell Awaits. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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