What Are You listening To V.III Metal!

**Frownland** · 01-18-2019, 06:55 AM

Have you heard Oranssi Pazuzu?

windsock · 01-18-2019, 07:05 AM

Gosh, a long time ago but really by cover only.

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-18-2019, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blarobbarg

I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that most of the metal posted on this board is basically not good

When I find the time I’ll drop some links to some wild, experimental, unique metal to prove y’all wrong

I'd definitely give some things a listen. Gimme your best shot(s)!

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-18-2019, 08:07 AM

The very few metal bands I cared about big time in recent years
(as in caring on a level where it isn't dwarfed by my favorites in other genres):

Stam1na

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO5_a05wHVE

The Agonist (current iteration of the band)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WEycITU9p4

Dir En Grey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyvIVC4vU3c

Arkona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0-UxyXpUo

Jinjer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3djB7-nc0

...and that's kind of just about it. Some more good albums exist that I liked but didn't love.

As far as old school bands go, I don't think I can realistically consider myself a big fan of any of them any longer. Not even Megadeth.

The Batlord · 01-18-2019, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blarobbarg

I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that most of the metal posted on this board is basically not good

When I find the time I’ll drop some links to some wild, experimental, unique metal to prove y’all wrong

You're like Rod and Tod Flanders grew up and started smoking clove cigarettes.

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-18-2019, 11:03 AM

I hope experimental metal doesn't just mean a bunch of spastic extreme metal with black metal vocals and sudden obligatory melodic interludes.

**Frownland** · 01-18-2019, 11:12 AM

He probably means experimental metal, not black metal.

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-18-2019, 11:14 AM

I'm not being serious. Although I feel like "experimental" metal I've checked out in the past tends to sound oddly predictable. I'll be surprised to hear anything that actually feels fresh. But part of that is how people tend to throw around the "experimental" label a bit too liberally.

**Frownland** · 01-18-2019, 11:16 AM

Like Thy Cattle****?

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-18-2019, 11:19 AM

Thy Catafalque doesn't qualify as experimental in my mind. It's a bunch of well known musical elements and it's mostly unique in some minor ways that has to do with the specifics of how it combines things. It's not terribly forward thinking. Thy Catafalque sometimes sound a bit like if Deep Forest decided to make black metal. If that's experimental, then so is Limp Bizkit or any other band with a mildly novel sound.

Also, related to that, I grew tired of that new album disappointingly fast. The Catafalque album. Not the Biscuit. Not that there is a new soggy cracker album.

01-18-2019, 06:55 AM	#6871 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Have you heard Oranssi Pazuzu? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-18-2019, 11:12 AM	#6877 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	He probably means experimental metal, not black metal. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-18-2019, 11:16 AM	#6879 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Like Thy Cattle***? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

01-18-2019, 08:07 AM	#6874 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	The very few metal bands I cared about big time in recent years (as in caring on a level where it isn't dwarfed by my favorites in other genres): Stam1na https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO5_a05wHVE The Agonist (current iteration of the band) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WEycITU9p4 Dir En Grey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyvIVC4vU3c Arkona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0-UxyXpUo Jinjer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3djB7-nc0 ...and that's kind of just about it. Some more good albums exist that I liked but didn't love. As far as old school bands go, I don't think I can realistically consider myself a big fan of any of them any longer. Not even Megadeth.

01-18-2019, 11:03 AM	#6876 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I hope experimental metal doesn't just mean a bunch of spastic extreme metal with black metal vocals and sudden obligatory melodic interludes.

01-18-2019, 11:14 AM	#6878 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I'm not being serious. Although I feel like "experimental" metal I've checked out in the past tends to sound oddly predictable. I'll be surprised to hear anything that actually feels fresh. But part of that is how people tend to throw around the "experimental" label a bit too liberally.

01-18-2019, 11:19 AM	#6880 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	Thy Catafalque doesn't qualify as experimental in my mind. It's a bunch of well known musical elements and it's mostly unique in some minor ways that has to do with the specifics of how it combines things. It's not terribly forward thinking. Thy Catafalque sometimes sound a bit like if Deep Forest decided to make black metal. If that's experimental, then so is Limp Bizkit or any other band with a mildly novel sound. Also, related to that, I grew tired of that new album disappointingly fast. The Catafalque album. Not the Biscuit. Not that there is a new soggy cracker album.