Death/Black/"Extreme" Metal

oldgentlovecraft · Sep 24, 2007, 01:01 PM

1349 and Aborted best in the bunch, what's this for? Not an actual lineup is it, the bands don't mesh too well.

Juicy Fruit · Sep 24, 2007, 07:21 PM

Yeah it's a real line-up for a one-day indoor festival in Leeds (that's in the UK).

4th Eye · Sep 24, 2007, 09:58 PM

Amen and Raging Speedhorn are something I'd like to see and of course Kreator though I'm not too familiar with their stuff. I'd say go for it, I know I would.

Anyone heard the new Arch Enemy? Listened to it today and it sounded good but nothing really stood up.

Oldnewtype · Sep 28, 2007, 07:51 PM

Hey I bought Opeth's Ghost Reveries a few months ago and I fucking love it, what or some other Opeth albums I might like. I got Damnation and its great but I want to hear some more of their heavier music.

yoda on mars · Sep 28, 2007, 07:54 PM

Quote from: 4th Eye on Sep 24, 2007, 09:58 PM
Anyone heard the new Arch Enemy? Listened to it today and it sounded good but nothing really stood up.

upload?

4th Eye · Sep 29, 2007, 02:03 PM

Quote from: yoda on mars on Sep 28, 2007, 07:54 PM
Quote from: 4th Eye on Sep 24, 2007, 09:58 PM
Anyone heard the new Arch Enemy? Listened to it today and it sounded good but nothing really stood up.

upload?

http://rapidshare.com/files/56371657/ARCH_ENEMY_-_2007_-_Rise_Of_The_Tyrant.zip

Password: www.3warez.com

Not my upload.

Quote from: Oldnewtype on Sep 28, 2007, 07:51 PM
Hey I bought Opeth's Ghost Reveries a few months ago and I fucking love it, what or some other Opeth albums I might like. I got Damnation and its great but I want to hear some more of their heavier music.

Blackwater Park & Deliverance.

Other bands I'd recommend: Agalloch (album: The Mantle) & Swallow The Sun (Hope).

yoda on mars · Sep 30, 2007, 09:00 AM

Quote from: 4th Eye on Sep 29, 2007, 02:03 PM
Quote from: yoda on mars on Sep 28, 2007, 07:54 PM
Quote from: 4th Eye on Sep 24, 2007, 09:58 PM
Anyone heard the new Arch Enemy? Listened to it today and it sounded good but nothing really stood up.

upload?

http://rapidshare.com/files/56371657/ARCH_ENEMY_-_2007_-_Rise_Of_The_Tyrant.zip

Password: www.3warez.com

Not my upload.

well, thanks anyway sir

I listened to their old stuff just yesterday. They've got some great songs. I used to listen to them like 4-5 years ago.

oldgentlovecraft · Sep 30, 2007, 12:41 PM

I could never get into the melodic death, it seems to me that a style of music meant to sound much darker and sinister shouldnt have that softer edge to it. Makes it weak. Arch Enemy have some good songs, but that's it.

4th Eye · Oct 02, 2007, 01:53 PM

Quote from: oldgentlovecraft on Sep 30, 2007, 12:41 PM
I could never get into the melodic death, it seems to me that a style of music meant to sound much darker and sinister shouldnt have that softer edge to it. Makes it weak. Arch Enemy have some good songs, but that's it.

I'm probably the opposite. The melody makes it more varied and interesting. I like me some brutal death metal every once in a while but I need some melody in there that I can actually listen to it more than an hour. Like in grindcore, I like when there's some slower parts in between.

oldgentlovecraft · Oct 02, 2007, 04:15 PM

I completely agree with variety, and in grind I'm the same. A breakdown, some groove or anything for a contrast helps. MD is just one of the subgenres I don't quite get. I can listen to At the Gates or Children of Bodom, but even then I get bored easily. To each their own though, metal's metal and I still try to find good aspects of it all.

Velvet Tongue · Oct 03, 2007, 01:28 PM

Quote from: Oldnewtype on Sep 28, 2007, 07:51 PM
Hey I bought Opeth's Ghost Reveries a few months ago and I fucking love it, what or some other Opeth albums I might like. I got Damnation and its great but I want to hear some more of their heavier music.

Blackwater Park and Still Life are the most similar to Ghost Reveries, and they're also my two favorites. My Arms. Your Hearse is also incredible, and a must have. and then check out their first two for a more unpolished approach.

i second the rec for Swallow the Sun: Hope. top ten for 2007.

and i would say get Ashes Against the Grain instead of The Mantle.

also check out Dark Suns: Existence.

oldgentlovecraft · Oct 03, 2007, 02:17 PM

All Opeth is amazing.

goldpony · Oct 03, 2007, 10:38 PM

has anyone heard about the new early man?

tarkil · Oct 04, 2007, 03:37 AM

Quote from: oldgentlovecraft on Oct 03, 2007, 02:17 PM
All Opeth is amazing.

not

theis · Oct 04, 2007, 09:36 AM

opinions are awesome

tarkil · Oct 04, 2007, 10:06 AM

Quote from: theis on Oct 04, 2007, 09:36 AM
opinions are awesome

not

oldgentlovecraft · Oct 04, 2007, 01:40 PM

to each their own

4th Eye · Oct 19, 2007, 06:37 AM

Dimmu Borgir's "In Sorte Diaboli" might currently be my favorite album. Been listening to it a lot. Also, I've been lately digging viking/folk metal such as Amon Amarth, Turisas, Finntroll...last week it was death metal and before that I was really into power/speed metal. I wonder what phase is up next....r'n'b?

yoda on mars · Oct 19, 2007, 08:36 AM

Quote from: 4th Eye on Oct 19, 2007, 06:37 AM
Dimmu Borgir's "In Sorte Diaboli" might currently be my favorite album.

Is it? I might listen to it if I find it.

I'm into Gorgoroth a lot right now.

oldgentlovecraft · Oct 19, 2007, 11:30 AM

Quote from: 4th Eye on Oct 19, 2007, 06:37 AM
Dimmu Borgir's "In Sorte Diaboli" might currently be my favorite album. Been listening to it a lot. Also, I've been lately digging viking/folk metal such as Amon Amarth, Turisas, Finntroll...last week it was death metal and before that I was really into power/speed metal. I wonder what phase is up next....r'n'b?

I do that all the time. I've actually been digging Ulver pretty hard lately, the bm trilogy and all of their experimental stuff.