Metal Thread VI: We're So Kvlt, We Have Frostbite On Our Devil Horn Fingers

[Triscuitable]

I AM NO MAN

I AM THE TABLE (I am also very, very sorry)

[Makensha]

I AM THE TABLE (I am also very, very sorry)

I AM

Anyone know a song just titled I? Or just says I a lot?

[grimbold]

I AM THE TABLE (I am also very, very sorry)

every time the Sellouttallica fans start raving about how Kirk Hammet is so cool i start singing that at them :P

[WhamBamSam]

I AM

Anyone know a song just titled I? Or just says I a lot?

I! I! I!R.I.P. Dio

[godspit]

I! I! I!R.I.P. Dio

IA! IA! IA!

Also there's Meshuggah's "I", but it's over 20 mins long. It's one of the few Meshuggah songs I legitimately like (as opposed to ironically like to annoy pretty much everybody).

[Triscuitable]

OI! OI! OI! OI! OI! OI! OI! OI!There are no I's in Australian rock, but dammit, I'm putting this up.

[grimbold]

IA! IA! IA!

Also there's Meshuggah's "I", but it's over 20 mins long. It's one of the few Meshuggah songs I legitimately like (as opposed to ironically like to annoy pretty much everybody).

you are wrong
all meshuggah is good
i am sorry


whatevs
i can understand why you might not really like them
they're one of the least accessible reasonably popular metal bands...

[eyeofsaulot]

The usual DT fan would probably brand me a heretic for having a slight preference for Train of Thought over Scenes from a Memory.

Heretical* or not, you're at least consistent. From my perspective, that falls well in line with your NotB preference. I see Train of Thought as the rocker and Scenes from a Memory as the journey. I'm probably simplifying this, though, as I'm sure your set of reasons in each case are different. *shrug* I will concede that ToT is definitely underrated.

*Not that there's anything wrong with a little heresy.

I should give Chemical Wedding another shot. When last I heard it, it came off as a weaker version of A Matter of Life and Death, and I ended up gravitating toward Accident of Birth which has more of a classic Maiden vibe, and hence was more what I was looking for at the time.

Hm, I don't see the connection between Chemical Wedding and AMoLaD (or really any Maiden album). Roy Z's guitar tuning and riffs don't sound like Maiden at all. Not to mention how CW is a lot darker than anything Maiden ever did. I'd be curious to see if you feel the same way after giving it another listen.

I've said this before, but In the Name of God is one of the best things I've ever heard.

Four words: "A Change of Seasons"

Also, new Borknagar album out. I've heard it's close to The Olden Domain, so that sounds promising. Also, ICS Vortex is back. Report to follow.

Lemme know when Garm rejoins.

[godspit]

Compared to other mainstream metal they are fantastic, and they are very skilled muscisians. I have nothing but the utmost respect for them.

They just aren't my style.

Addendum: I guess on further introspection that I like them more than I thought. I am a bigger fan of Gojira in that genre, but it comes to taste. "Bleed" is one of my favorite songs to play on bass. It's a ton of fun.

[ex cathedra]

Lemme know when Garm rejoins.

It bums me out that Kristoffer "Fiery G. "Garm" Maelstrom" Rygg and Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnæs never made babies existed in the same band at the same time. The universe might have exploded; Norway should've, at least.

[Faulty]

I AM THE TABLE (I am also very, very sorry)

You should be very, very sorry. God that is terrible.

OI! OI! OI! OI! OI! OI! OI! OI!There are no I's in Australian rock, but dammit, I'm putting this up.

Nein.



Speaking of Garm, I haven't listened to a whole non-black metal Ulver album. trollface.jph

[eyeofsaulot]

It bums me out that Kristoffer "Fiery G. "Garm" Maelstrom" Rygg and Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnæs never made babies

I'd listen to Tepid M. Charybdis.

Speaking of Garm, I haven't listened to a whole non-black metal Ulver album. trollface.jph

How about giving one of their soundtracks a shot?

[WhamBamSam]

Heretical* or not, you're at least consistent. From my perspective, that falls well in line with your NotB preference. I see Train of Thought as the rocker and Scenes from a Memory as the journey. I'm probably simplifying this, though, as I'm sure your set of reasons in each case are different. *shrug* I will concede that ToT is definitely underrated.

*Not that there's anything wrong with a little heresy.

That's certainly part of it. I think I also like ToT because it's a bit more personal. While I love the narrative aspect of Scenes and all the nuance and intricacy that the music brings to that narrative, it's sort of refreshing to have DT come right out with what's on their respective minds. Of course it's all being expressed through the usual wankery and complexity - I'd be disappointed if it weren't - but there's a very clear direction to the progression.

Four words: "A Change of Seasons"

Four more words: "The Count of Tuscany." I love that song, arbitrary 3 1/2 minute sad piano section, Portnoy faux-growling, and all. Actually, Black Clouds and Silver Linings is an interesting specimen with regard to the point I was trying to make, in that it sort of sits at the intersection of the things I was contrasting. Most of the songs on the album come from personal experiences and inner feelings, but its all being expressed in a way which is significantly more theatrical than on ToT.

Also, that pattern of favoring the "rocker" album tends to invert itself when it comes to my tastes in extreme metal, see my preference for the last four Death albums over the first two.

Hm, I don't see the connection between Chemical Wedding and AMoLaD (or really any Maiden album). Roy Z's guitar tuning and riffs don't sound like Maiden at all. Not to mention how CW is a lot darker than anything Maiden ever did. I'd be curious to see if you feel the same way after giving it another listen.

Yeah, you're right. I don't know what I was thinking. Best I can guess is that I was really intent on finding a Maiden connection, and AMoLaD, being the darkest musically and most thematically grim of the Maiden albums, was the best I could come up with.

[Space Admiral]

Let's just say I'm the biggest fan of Metallica you'll meet for a long time.

So was I when I was your age.

And then I listened to thrash.

[grimbold]

So was I when I was your age.

And then I listened to thrash.

thats what i say to my metallica listening friends :P

how does one help someone advance from metallica to slayer?

(asides from screaming SLAAAAAAYER at them all the time )

[Faulty]

How about giving one of their soundtracks a shot?

I plan on listening to Shadows of the Sun first. Sounds up my alley.

thats what i say to my metallica listening friends :P

how does one help someone advance from metallica to slayer?

(asides from screaming SLAAAAAAYER at them all the time )

After you advance to Slayer, you advance to Whiplash and Artillery.

I don't know a ton about thrash, but there are a few bands I f'ing love.


So Leslie Feist and Mastodon released a split, where Feist covers a Mastodon song and vice versa. Now, I'm normally not the type to give a **** about whether something is (in)appropriately metal, but that is horribly unmetal.

[grimbold]

when was this split released?

[Faulty]

Today, as well as a split with The Flaming Lips.

[godspit]

Merry National Record Store day!

Got a free copy of Blizzard of Oz on vinyl.

how does one help someone advance from metallica to slayer?

Mercyful Fate, Sodom

I'm not a huge Thrash fan, but there's some stuff I like.

[Hawkfrost000]

NIGHTWISH!

WHY YOU NO COME TO VANCOUVER!?!

And Kamelot is opening for them too.

Damn, time to convince my parents to take me to Seattle

DM

[grimbold]

NIGHTWISH!

WHY YOU NO COME TO VANCOUVER!?!

And Kamelot is opening for them too.

Damn, time to convince my parents to take me to Seattle

DM

life happens :(

i'm trying to catch glorior belli in may

[Faulty]

I will most likely be seeing Watain and Behemoth next month. On non-metal notes, probably also St. Vincent, and hopefully Refused this summer.

[Space Admiral]

I might be seeing Meshuggah/Baroness/Decapitated, but I'm rather hesitant because it is $40 and I am not really a fan of Meshuggah.

What I definitely will be seeing is Origin/Cattle Decapitation/Decrepit Birth/Aborted/Rings of Saturn (whew). I'm still amazed by the fantastic lineup of this tour.

And finally, I am planning on finally attending Summer Slaughter. May I ask if there are any others who plan on going?

[godspit]

I'm going for Cerebral Bore.

[Moff Chumley]

On non-metal notes, probably also St. Vincent, and hopefully Refused this summer.

St Vincent is dual heading with tUnE yArDs in a few days and I can't afford it.

This has been: the least metal post in metal thread history!

[Faulty]

St Vincent is dual heading with tUnE yArDs in a few days and I can't afford it.

This has been: the least metal post in metal thread history!

tUnE yArDs are coming here soon. They're good?

[grimbold]

they're very hipstery to say the least

[Moff Chumley]

They're terrific. Merrill's a hell of a singer, and supposedly they put on a really great show. Check 'em out, you'd probably like 'em.

And grimmy, they're too sincere to be hipsters.

[Triscuitable]

And grimmy, they're too sincere to be hipsters.

Hipsters are a strange kind. I don't know how, but I can somehow tell a hipster by being within range of them. I must give off this mainstream aura, because some of their heads explode in my presence.

[Faulty]

Hipsters are a strange kind. I don't know how, but I can somehow tell a hipster by being within range of them. I must give off this Metallica aura, because some of their heads explode in my presence.