Metal Month III is coming!
 

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Yeah, it's six months away I know, but once I finish with Star Trek Month next week I'm beginning research for the third instalment of my annual focus on all things Metal. And as usual, I invite you to contribute.

As ever, anyone with ideas is welcome to talk to me, though over two years of this so far I've had I think two contributions.

Members' Top Tens: I already have some left over from last year, but am happy to take more so, if you want to submit a list, the short rules are: only one from each band or artiste, no discographies and nothing that says "Oh anything by X". Any such will be ignored. If you can, please check the ones I already featured in last year's Metal Month II, because if you're in the ones picked but have duplicated albums I may ditch your top ten to go with someone else who has new albums. The whole idea is not only to get a feel for your own top Metal albums, but also to listen to music I have not yet heard. Submit all top tens here. Also, make sure it IS a full top ten, as otherwise you won't be considered.

Recommended albums: Last year this was a great success, so again give me suggestions for albums you think I should listen to, and again, check the ones already submitted and listened to.

Also, I intend to tackle as much as I can of the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". Just so you know.

Finally, my focus last year was on Viking Metal; this year I intend to look into Funeral Doom, so anyone with suggestions along those lines let me know.

See you all in October!
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In red: obviously not doing this, now that I have a journal dedicated to same...

Yes!!! I'll be sending in a rec either today or tomorrow. Excited for this.

Been thinking about what albums to torture you with all year.


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Oh I'm sure you have...
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I would highly recommend you do with Sigh's main discography as you did with Slayer's last Metal Month, in reviewing all their albums. Since you liked Imaginary Sonicscape quite a bit during Metal Month II, I thought Sigh would be an even better band to review the main discography of, since they have a lot more variety than Slayer. I'm guessing your opinions of their albums will vary as well, and it'll be surprising for you to hear, and the viewers of your reviews to see what you thought of each curve-ball Sigh throw at you throughout their discography.

On top of their main albums, while Ghastly Funeral Theatre technically is an EP, not an LP, I believe it should be included with their LPs in your review of their discography if you so choose to take on the task of reviewing their discography.

So it'd be

Scorn Defeat
Infidel Art
Ghastly Funeral Theatre
Hail Horror Hail

Scenario IV: Dread Dreams
Imaginary Sonicscape (If you so choose to re-review it)
Gallows Gallery
Hangman's Hymn

Scenes From Hell
In Somniphobia
Graveward (It's scheduled to release in April, so it should be review-able by October)

Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise

You'll love this one TH. *snickers*

Fantomas' first album, dude. Maybe Meshuggah's Nothing. There's absolutely nothing for Trollheart to latch onto with that thing. It'll bore him to tears for 53 minutes.

No grindcore this year. Too boring. We already know he hates it. I'm just baffled that he wasn't freaked out by Gnaw Their Tongues. Apparently atmospheric weirdness can't be counted upon.

I already suggested that album quite a few times in MMII.

There were only four spots. Couldn't use everything.

I think I'll try to get a bit more involved in my own journal this year. Maybe I'll review Black Sabbath…

I may indeed feature more Sigh, however I had already, by the end of Metal Month II, decided that Judas Priest were going to be the featured artiste next year, and so they shall be. I have heard very little by them and am interested to see what I've been missing.

I'll pop it in the folder, but remember, don't just choose albums you know I'll hate (Batty has that covered); it should have some chance of either converting me (like Sigh and whoever did Geist ist tuefel) or giving me something at least to say about it other than OOH MY EARS!!!

I don't know, the instrumentation is fantastic.

Hmm. We shall see.

Should you try metalcore perhaps? Since you know a lot more about the genre than a year ago.

Well, Dillinger Escape Plan's debut is pretty ****ing unlistenable... perhaps.

Boy, I really need to finish writing my Metal Month II reviews.

Welcome to 2015 Janszoon! :laughing:

Batty, if your avatar and Frown's get together the fur is gonna fly! :D

Shooter and Zappa are best friends.

Just like us? http://www.atheistnetwork2.com/image...s/ilikeyou.gif

They also give each other little kisses. You wanna take credit for that too? It gets way less adorable when we bring you into the picture.

WHY did you leave the door open and allow him to steal your dog Frown??

He's just trying to live vicariously through me.

I'm still working out what countries will feature on "The International Language of Metal" this year. I'm thinking Israel and Turkey almost definite, then maybe China, Greece? Anyone any suggestions? I'd prefer to stay away from mainstream Europe this time if I can; already did Spain, Germany, Ireland...

Are you asking me if I wanna make out? Dinner first, you cad.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina scene is savage

The chinese government hates rebellious music like metal. Metallica played there recently, and they were forbidden from playing "Master of Puppets" because it was a threat to the government or something absurd like that.

I'm not kidding.

It was the first time they've ever been in China either. So yeah, China is out.

BWAAA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Over FIFTY bands! Surely I can't pass up Agonise, Cunt Maggots and the so-original Black Sabah!!! :rofl:
They have GOT to be in with a shout!

All the more reason to do them! I see a large list of bands, though in fairness any band that calls itself 伏羲 is going to be hard to review...

And where are my recs for Funeral Doom, people? Huh? Huh?

You could always do Iraq.

Wait, I seriously thought China didn't have any metal bands. I thought rock music=rebellion=bad in that country. Shows you what I know.

Oh and I missed the part about Funeral doom. I'll get back to you with some bands. Wait, where is Carpe?

A lot of the Bosnia and Herzegovina stuff is I enjoy is in the vein of this



More good stuff from Iraq



But this Syrian song kills, even if their full length isn't as good

Chinese metal would have been a lot cooler if Ghost Bath didn't come clean about their American roots

For Funeral Doom Metal try Ahab's The Call of the Wretched Sea, and Thergothon's Stream From the Heavens.

Edit: and if you choose to do Greece for your international look at metal. Then you must include Transcending Bizarre?'s album The Serpent's Manifolds. Also, maybe a Hail Spirit Noir album, and one of Rotting Christ's albums. Edit #2: Oh, and Horrified's album In the Garden of the Unearthly Delights. :D

You know, Batty, every time I see that icon I think it's you with flowers in one hand and a stick of dynamite in the other!:laughing:

I'd take out Thergothon and replace it with Skepticism's Stormcrowfleet. Nothing against Thergothon, but Trollheart is probably going to hate funeral doom, so you might as well give him something that there's a ghost of a chance he'll like. Though I doubt he's going to go past one album anyway.

Thanks for the ideas guys. Iraq eh? I can just see it now: "Allah is a faggot". "Mohammed sucks Allah's cock." Interesting.

Didn't you see I loved Funeris?

In all likelihood, whatever countries he picks he's just going to look at completely arbitrary bands with no relevance to anything. I seem to remember him doing Brazil last year, and skipping over Sepultura and Sarcofago to cover some no name bands he probably dredged up from the bottom of Metal Archives.

That's pretty much how I do it. I asked for help, got none, so had to go picking any band that sounded interesting. If you want to help this year now's your chance.