>>3772

Sleep, Bongzilla and Fu Manchu

Thrashfag reporting.

I do love a lot of the NWOBHM, I'd say it's essential listening for any metalfag.

Also I really should get round to doing another set on Radiofa.gs

Picture very much related. If you don't know who they are you're not a metalfag.

I know how elitist that sounds.

All metal is shit. This is indisputable.

(A good day to you Sir!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00r600m/b00r5zbx/Heavy_Metal_Britannia/

I thought you lads, might like this.

>>3776

Ah... no metal thread is complete without this post.

>>3776

oh do piss off.

>>3776
not all metal is shit, just a large amount of it, plus its fans are elitist cunts.

I dislike metal as much as the next sane person, but really, is there any need to make this thread, just like all the others about metal, descend into raging about metal's inherent shitness? The hide button is there for a reason. All I ask is that the metalfags confine all their failure to one thread, so I may safely ignore them at my leisure.

(A good day to you Sir!)

>>3782

>descend into raging about metal's inherent shitness?

You mean people not even putting up a good arguement and are most likely just trolling?

Anyway, to those interested, Maiden's rumoured final album is coming out in summer sometime.

>>3772

I used to be heavily into it. Still have a lot of old albums as well. NWOBHM's Tank, Diamond Head, Warfare (highly recommend their tune Dance of the Dead). Some old Thrash, early Black. Some new school along the lines of Slough Feg, Hibria, The Sword*.

Slowly, I lost interest, due to the overproduced sound of the newer bands. You can only listen to the same albums so many times.

I like some Doom metal and Stoner metal. But most metal is crap.

At the moment my favourite type of metal is the 'post-black ambient/atmospheric' variety; and this style is best exemplified by Wolves in the Throne Room.

The best British version of this style comes from Fen and Wodensthrone, both of these bands released astonishing albums last year that easily made my top 10 of the decade.

A mate of mine has recently taken over the UKThrash podcast, if any of you fancies a fix of decent modern British metal. Listen here:

http://www.ukthrash.co.uk/podcast/mp3/UKT-Podcast-2010-03-02.mp3

Also shameless self plug, England's (or at least Leed's) best modern band-

http://www.myspace.com/vindicatorthrelodeath

I feel the age of metal is over, due to the shitness of emo music, ruining metals image, So that people see emo music (screaming about your feelings in a high pitch voice) with heavy metal, (shouting/singing about hurting people in a low voice) and think that they are the same.

>>3790

Yeah. I kind of feel the same, but not for all the same reasons. There're too many genres, too many imitators, and it's too orderly.

The moment that Metallistic styles became categorised, it died. Back in the mid/early eighties, it was Metal (or soft metal like Ratt and Crue) and that was it. Hell, even Crue were considered pretty Metal.

Now, the production is too clear, the themes are tired, and I haven't heard one classic album with variably-tempo'd songs since the late nineties.

Bands need play something that isn't a mindless shred-fest. I don't wanna hear bland shredding and monotonous growling about the Devil or mucus anymore. I don't want boyband voices and singing about unicorns and solar systems; I want neck-breaking riffs with raw or operatic vocals singing about . . . whatever every other Metal band isn't already talking about.

After all, every band which pushed Metal forward essentially said "fuck you" to everything that was already out. And that's not happening anymore.

>>3794 I could'nt agree with you more. Even the old metal bands, such as maiden and sabbath say that metal is now be comming to corporate and boring. A new type of metal is needed, one that breaks the mold once more, and the bands that are truely satan orientated, can't accknowledge that the satan references in older bands where just to match the dark and heavy music, that was unheard of back in those days, and it wasn't suposed to be taken to heart.

>>3782>>3776 Also Thanks mods.

>>3790
which is no different to how metal heads speak of and react to people who like dance music or rap.
dont lament on the injustice of such things when your crowd are the first to do it.

>>3805

>dont
>Lack of capital letters.

http://www.youtube.com/v/hzGg5zMVYWU

Good god some of the stuff in this thread makes me facepalm.

How about we listen to some good shit and shut the fuck up?

>>3808 Not a fan of Maiden then? Also thank you for introducing me to that artist.

>>3806
oh you. do try harder.

but the point stands.

>>3816

I was referring to all the petty bickering and trolling.

How is it that every time we have a metal thread, the trolls come out in force? It's not like the lukewarm home-made dubstep that litters this board is high art by comparison, yet I show enough respect to let people discuss the music they enjoy.

And you're welcome, I highly recommend you check out their material between Restless And Wild and Russian Roulette.

>>3822
it could be that on an anon board is the only place people feel able to voice their opinons on the matter....

Also: there you go again, assuming it's trolls, I'm the one who said about metal and it's social atitudes - and as an FYI I'm a massive napalm death and soilwork fan - I was, dare I say it - atempting to have a frank and open discusion about music with you. I really should of known better

>>3822
>>3823
For Satan-worshipping black-leather-wearing hardcore screaming heavy metal listeners... you certainly do whine a lot.

>>3823

>assuming it's trolls
>should of

You would assert it's not?

Moreover, you would assume that my post refers to you at all?

Assumptions indeed.

>>3827
im saying My comment was not trolling, and that the whole assume bull shit shows you for the close minded 14 year old angst ridden here today gone tomorrow metal fag you really are.

Right...

I say again, let's cut the bullshit and talk about some kickass metal. Preferably British.

With that in mind...

http://www.youtube.com/v/TkGnOMjOqXs

http://www.youtube.com/v/49noOAFsG8

http://www.youtube.com/v/2zUKo1Enmis

http://www.youtube.com/v/JmVoY2XLwIw

http://www.youtube.com/v/5irMYN8muLg

>>3833
in that case, Sylosis.

So all of these are Swedish although half of them wore Union Jack clothing, it's like NWOBHM got lost.
[yt/]c6I3PWOildw[/yt]
http://www.youtube.com/v/NiUE9SQMH5s
Rubbish Quality but whatever, good song:
http://www.youtube.com/v/2SZhJIASPew
http://www.youtube.com/v/isEt9gbObAc
http://www.youtube.com/v/a410OBbgUp0

Forgive my tag failure
http://www.youtube.com/v/c6I3PWOildw

>it's like NWOBHM got lost

I lol'd.

Reminds me of this song (apologies for going back to a band already mentioned, but they DO kick fair amounts of ass).

http://www.youtube.com/v/LjvrLbmmi40

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/6music/

Friday night rock, hosted by Bruce Dickinson.

>Sylosis

No.

Allow me to acquaint you with the absolute best of modern British metal:

http://www.youtube.com/v/6XzX4T1RlRQ

I would like to direct this thread to Tesseract, No Made Sense, Imicus and Dryll for their investigation.

They sound like they have potential. They're all relatively different styles of music, but still

My new favourite band! Any other fans? Princess of the Night is an amazing song.

>>3915

Their most recent album really took me by surprise. Very few of the classic metal bands have kept their edge into the modern era, but Saxon can still show a lot of these newer bands how it's done.

Good one op.
I've been listening to lot of Iron maiden and Metallica recently and this thread has inspired me to get some more bands albums.
Got some Diamond head, Angel witch, Saxon and Motorhead stuff to check out. That Allmusic review site has helped choose some good ones.
Check out the intro to this one, damn badass. Rest of their 1st album seems mint too.
http://www.youtube.com/v/mbgv587ooNM

No one mentioned Budgie in a thread about classic British Metal... Oh wow..

Burn - Deep Purple
http://www.youtube.com/v/BxgVpSVpH6Y
Aces High - Iron Maiden
http://www.youtube.com/v/GghCs_C65v0
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
http://www.youtube.com/v/akt3awj_Ah8

>>3933
Arch Enemys cover of Aces High was better.

>>3942

Hhahahahahahahah

Oh wait you must be trolling.

Man I love Arch Enemy, but their cover of that song was god damn awful.

My band plays Powerslave and Aces High as rehearsal (albeit in C# death-thrash mode), but never would we dare cover it live or on record. Powerslave is just an untouchable album, people shouldn't even attempt to cover it.

I have a fairly generic list of favourite bands to most metalfags, but I don't care, I love them.

Machine Head
Arch Enemy
Gojira
Mastodon
Neurosis
Dryll
Bring Me the Horizons latest album (Fuck off, it's terrible songwriting but I can't stop listening to the bugger for some reason)
In Flames


yaaay mainstream.

>>3942 Don't be silly lad. Also Motorhead.

>>3943

Don't be a pussy, nothing is untouchable.

They're not British, but Mercyful Fate are so goddamn good I like to think of them as NWOBHM anyway. Over the last week I've been completely binging on them for some reason.

It's a shame, but most people seem to get tied up with King Diamond's solo work instead; which is great, don't get me wrong, but he never wrote anything else quite like Nuns Have No Fun or Satan's Fall. Mercyful Fate's first three releases (the EP, Melissa and DBTO) are some of the finest heavy metal in existence.

There's a bit towards the end of this song that just makes me jizz every time I hear it. It's a small part that most people would probably dismiss, but it's subtleties like that that really MAKE music for me. Listen out between roughly 4:00 - 4:10 and see what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/v/5YPcs6MNil0

Recently I've found it to boring to listen to plain Heavy Metal. That is why I prefer Dickinson's solo projects to Iron Maiden for one.

Also, Progressive Metal, anyone?

>>4033 I don't understand that as a genre, I wikied it and it came up with quite a lot of classic metal and NWBHM. Care to explain?

>>4044
Are you familiar with progressive rock (King Crimson, Genesis etc.)? It's pretty much the same but considerably heavier. Probably with thrash metal elements along with complex jazz-like sections. Space rock touch is also allowed. You should listen to Rush, Queensryche and Dream Theater to get the idea.

>>4033 Bruce's solo stuff sucked, really badly. As a huge maiden fan I was extreamly disapointed by it, so I strive to avoid it as much as possible.

Apart from this...
http://www.youtube.com/v/51NziNUoaJQ

>>4046

Wait a second. He crosses himself! I thought he is an atheist.

>>4033
Prog Metal?
Like Athiest or something?
You got loads of stuff like that, Cynic, Death etc etc

More recently there are a lot of bands on Williowtip records pushing absolutely mind boggling tech prog, like Gorod, Neuraxis and Sickening Horror, theres also a couple of weird things on Willowtip like Crotchduster which seem to exist just as a joke side project or something...
I have to say the female drummer from Gorod is truly insane, she must have biceps like a female bodybuilder or something...

>>4078
>Like Athiest or something?
Well, Cynic and Atheist are more toward progressive death metal, which is good too, though. But I was thinking more along the lines of above-mentioned Dream Theater or Ayreon. But I'll sure give a try to those "mind boggling" bands you got there.

>>4136
If you like dream theater you may not be aware of the side project Liquid Tension Experiment

>>4157
Sadly, I'm aware of any side project of any ex and present DT musician, lol. I even got into Neal Morse because of Portnoy.

http://www.youtube.com/v/ss46iEaBc2g

New song.

All good bands come from Sweden.

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>>4200 Sweden, Finland and the other place all do very good metal, I personally put it down to Viking decent.

>>4186

Ehhh.... I'm undecided overall. It really has it's moments but it hasn't got me excited the same way I was the first time I heard The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg, for example. The vocals are really quite poor, which is a surprise from Dickinson, although I suppose he' getting on a bit.

The production bugs me a little bit, too; from a band as established a Maiden I don't expect the music to sound as though it was recorded in a garage. I'm by no means a production whore, although admittedly I am rather an audiophile; it's just that I really hate a half-arsed recording that lacks atmosphere.

With luck it isn't a final mix, but luck isn't something I trust. It might just take a few listens before I start to feel it, perhaps.

Think what you like of the game, but Brütal Legend soundtrack anyone?

>>4247

It has Angel Witch on it, and thus has my vote.

>>4248 White witch is my favorite Angel Witch song, what's yours my friend?

>>4279

The very same, good sir! I applaud your fine taste.

Incidentally, I'd give my left nut to write guitar harmonies as epic that song contains.

>>4280 I was given a 1990 EP of that album, I have it lying around some where.

http://www.youtube.com/v/IrJAwCBbnuc Some Swedish power metal.

http://www.youtube.com/v/iI7227GHvQY

You have to watch this.

>>4310
Oh look-it's the Warhammer 40k Imperial Guard theme.

Any Venom fans abouts lads?

>>4333

Course.

You should like this:

http://www.youtube.com/v/T5TNyV_p9bE

Power Metalheads should like this:

http://www.youtube.com/v/hCFKR9cvvJA

And just to be traditional, some early Thrash:

http://www.youtube.com/v/mxwAiGRcaCw

>>4338

Yuck, I can't stand Overkill. Horrid vocals especially.

Anyway, I wouldn't really call any of the pre- Kill 'Em All/Show No Mercy "thrash" releases thrash at all. Most of them are pretty much pure speed metal, with clear NWOBHM influences. Some of those early demos are pretty awesome though:

http://www.youtube.com/v/MfHMcctrKWA

I seriously have no words to say about how horrid this is.
http://www.youtube.com/v/ObPUiMPyPps

>>4340

Catchy. I like it.

>>4339

Weird, isn't it. Only a few can stand Overkill's vocals. Well, not weird, just preference.

A new band for Maiden fans:

http://www.youtube.com/v/4QPoDeEkTqI

One of their corny videos. But the song is pure Trad Metal:

http://www.youtube.com/v/FfnIBnz2_zw

There really does seem to be a New Wave of Trad/Thrash Metal bands. So strange, as they're actually good, unlike the rare droplets of goodness over the last years, and there're loads of them.

New band for the Thrash heads:

http://www.youtube.com/v/X-zOUxQB9xc

>>4343


There was a full on thrash revival over the period of 2007-2009. It's dropped off a bit now, and most of the major leading bands (Evile, Warbringer, etc) have abandoned ship and are now busy pretending to be the new Death, resolutely keeping silent about their involvement.

However, this is not a bad thing. A vast majority of these revivalist bands were utter, utter shite. Derivative and unoriginal dross. See: Merciless Death, Fuelled By Fire, Bonded By Blood, and a whole host of shitty L.A. bands. The good bands to come out of it are few and far between, but of very high calibre. Mutant, Skeletonwitch, Vektor, Municipal Waste, Gama Bomb, and Hospital Of Death are a few that come to mind.

Oh, and Vindicator (UK). *NOT A SHAMELESS SELF PLUG*

>>4344

Spot on. I noticed that most of the ones from the late 00s produced one album and then flopped. These, coincidentally, were ones embellishing their acts with gimmickery.

What I've heard of Municipal Waste (and Hexen) actually surprised me. Liking the revival so far. Cheers for the band list.

I can't say I'm too impressed with a lot of the thrash revival bands, apart from Gama Bomb. I think a big part of this is that I'm old enough to remember the glut of generic sounding cut and paste thrash bands that were about during the late 80's early 90's. A lot of the recent bands do seem a bit too tongue in cheek with lots of knowing references to other bands/songs, or they go the other way and try to hard to be "true thrash" and don't really add any other influences to their sound.

One for the ladies. You know who I'm talking about; the ones who like Metal, but can't handle the death and violence-obsessed subject matter, and who quake at the sound of double bass and manly vocals.

Hair Metal, but modern and not bad:

http://www.youtube.com/v/wFvJDo2Hb2o

>>4344
>>4349

Also, it'd be interesting to know what you two Thrashilites think of Holy Grail. I've been pointed in their direction, but haven't heard more than one tune. Vocalist is former High Speed GTO-era White Wizzard (not the same one as in the WW vids I posted).

this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfMMfNQWcL0

This is my friends thrash band, they've played with Gama Bomb, Cannabis Corpse (Municipal wastes bass players OTHER band) and lots of other quite big bands. Check it out.

>>4360

Cheers.