They actually had Flemming Rasmussen who produced Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, and ...And Justice for All.

Neat.

Have you heard TX?

God that is one killer track, these guys don't get enough cred. I got back into them in 2009 when this album came out.



I'll give Evile another whirl. If they are the band I'm thinking off, I think they may have had a song I liked when they were signed to Earache records. Anyone know of some standout killer Warbringer songs?

I think Warbringer only ever did decent German thrash worship, but nothing to set the world afire.

I like Vektor, and most of the other bands that we've mentioned (a couple I'm not really familiar with), but I just don't like any of them quite as much as I like Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth or Slayer.

I certainly love progressive stuff, and a couple folks will recall that progressive rock influences are a defining characteristic of metal overall in my view, but what matters the most to me is that compositions have a combination of catchiness and emotional resonance via tensions and releases, pushes and pulls via melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, timbral etc. content.

One often-frustrating thing with metal for me is that the vocals often remove a lot of potential melodic content. Other features can make up for this, and it's not as if I don't like quite a few unusual vocalists who aren't exactly opera singers in terms of melodic content,but Vektor is an ideal example where I'd like them more with different vocals.

To be honest, I think the big four is fine as is. Maybe voivod could replace one I dunno.

If that's the case I probably won't review their stuff again. I've never bothered to listen to Sodom, but I just can't get into any of Kreator's landmark albums (Pleasure to Kill) ect. Does nothing for me.

Sodom is fantastic.

That is pretty good, Can't say I'm a big fan of the vocals on first listen, but they definitely have a crossover thrash sound & image going for them.

Yeah I definitely wouldn't say they had a crossover image. The sound def has a heavy hardcore influence, but I'd call them more early extreme metal.

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Oh the image, I was just referring to the military gear on the covers, that's often a punk thing.

Yeah like I said, they have a pretty close link to hardcore and crust punk. But war was always a big theme in thrash, and especially for Sodom. I'd say that if it weren't for Venom and Hellhammer they could have easily just been a crust band.

Good music knows no time

this is why i primarily listen to doom metal....the vocals tend to be secondary to the music....if there are vocals at all

The dude holding the cross looks like he was taken out of 8th grade social studies class, put into a costume, and told to try to look menacing.

In other news, man, too bad this thread seems to have died without JGuy.

Yeah bowl cuts don't exactly scream "metal".

Yeah we didn't pick a new genre to vote on Friday. Thought Frownland was taking it over.

You can't trust Frownland to do anything, you know this.

No one needs you to get this thread anywhere.

It isn't about you.

Did anyone tally the votes for thrash?

You want to do it?

Go ahead tally those votes for us.

I would, but I have a bunch of stuff to do for the metal battle. I can't add this on top of it. I'd like to get around to playing my guitar at some point today.

I got it, give me a second.

Top 4 as of now

Slayer: 10
Metallica: 7
Megadeth: 6
Anthrax: 4

Other bands with multiple votes:

Suicidal Tendencies: 3
D.R.I.: 3
Exodus: 3
Voivod: 2
Vektor: 2
Kreator: 2

I'm semi surprised by this. I thought Anthrax would have gotten beat by Exodus or Suicidal Tenedncies. Alright. Can a mod put this in the winners archive?

Anthrax still managed to sneak by lol.

Oh ****, the battle is done? I didn't even realize. That sucks, I like Anthrax but the fact that we ended up with the actual big four kind of blows.

I'm pretty sure the battle is over. So, what are we doing next?

I'm calling a mutiny on Frown and I say as new leader of the Big Four thread I will give you what you all want. The Big Four of female pop singers.

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

Not a genre.

Pop isn't a genre? I'm just saying we segregate it into the superior sex of pop music.

Chick singers is not a genre.

Alright well **** you then let's do pop music idgaf

**** that, chicks do it better.

Look, I just want Carly to win so can we get this done or not?

**** you batty we are doing female pop singers.

She's had one album and an EP that anybody cares about, and that happened like yesterday. Get off her nuts.