The Metal Thread

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

ProgPower was great last night. we were able to meet all the members of Hammerfall and Tarot at their meet-and-greet and get some albums signed. Stormwarrior and Oceans of Sadness did OK, and DGM was really good. DGM's frontman just served to further the stereotype that white people shouldn't dance. Delain had an hour delay, but they fucking rocked. Their frontwoman is gorgeous. Tarot did a really good set and played nearly everything from "Suffer Our Pleasures". They didn't play "I Rule" or "Ashes to the Stars", so that was a bit of a downer. Hammerfall did a great set too, and played pretty much all of their well-known stuff.

Tarot is a band that's been around for a long time that doesn't get the recognition they deserve. Truthfully, I didn't know about them until I saw Nightwish for a second time back when Crows Fly Black came out. I'm a big fan of Marco Hietala and his side projects, so I downloaded all their albums and loved them.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Marco came out during Delain's set and did 2 duets with their frontwoman. The place went batshit crazy when he hit the stage. The man has a very powerful voice. I saw Nightwish back in 07, but this was my first chance to see Tarot. Tarot looked like they were having a lot of fun, with Marco and his co-frontman ripping on eachother between songs, and Marco's brother being absolutely sloshed by the time they finished their set.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Marco came out during Delain's set and did 2 duets with their frontwoman. The place went batshit crazy when he hit the stage. The man has a very powerful voice. I saw Nightwish back in 07, but this was my first chance to see Tarot. Tarot looked like they were having a lot of fun, with Marco and his co-frontman ripping on eachother between songs, and Marco's brother being absolutely sloshed by the time they finished their set.

Delain was there as well? Fuck, that show must have owned. They are another side project of his, at least he used to play with them. He's a hard worker. Tarot, Nightwish, Delain, Sinergy and Northern Kings (I love these guys, a Nordic cover band).

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Delain went on 4th followed by Tarot then Hammerfall. Yes, it kicked ass. It was the Progpower USA show in Atlanta. Friday's headliners were Nocturnal Rites, another band I can't remember, and Kamelot minus Roy Khan (who got sick and had to be flown home).

Synergy may be the only of Marco's side projects I haven't heard. I'm surprised Tobi Sammet hasn't had him on an Avantasia album yet, unless I missed it somewhere. Northen Kings fucking rule.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Delain went on 4th followed by Tarot then Hammerfall. Yes, it kicked ass. It was the Progpower USA show in Atlanta. Friday's headliners were Nocturnal Rites, another band I can't remember, and Kamelot minus Roy Khan (who got sick and had to be flown home).

Synergy may be the only of Marco's side projects I haven't heard. I'm surprised Tobi Sammet hasn't had him on an Avantasia album yet, unless I missed it somewhere. Northen Kings fucking rule.

I went to a used CD store about 5 years ago and bought a Synergy album based on an awesome cover and the fact they had a hot Asian chick as a singer. I recently found out that Marco was with them for a short time and the lead singer is German and Japanese.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I'm gonna have to look into them.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Here is their Wiki page

Here is their lead singer, Kim Gross, and she's Korean, not Japanese my mistake, and German-American.

 

[Slayer]

For a fair while, Kim Goss was also Mrs Alexi Laiho

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Either way, I bet that marriage ended because of Alexi's love of Jack.

((JACK could possibly mean COCK))

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Last night was the Iced Earth concert. Sons of Liberty was the opening act. Holy shit was that one of the best shows I've ever seen, and I've seen at least 1 show every year since 1996. Sons performed for about an hour, and their music was great. I wasn't totally into Schaffer talking politics after each song. It wouldn't have been so bad, but he went off for like 5 minutes at a time. Iced Earth then took the stage for 2 hours. They performed songs that they don't normally play live, dating all the way back to their first album. They did a bunch from Dark Saga and Something Wicked. Nothing was done from the last 2 albums, though. I still can't get over how AMAZING the show was. Barlow was amazing. Last time I saw them, Ripper was still with them. It was weird though, as Barlow had his head completely shaved, so he actually looked a little like Ripper at first.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Did they do "Jack" and/or "Damian"? Because, if not, then they can go fuck themselves.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Did they do "Jack" and/or "Damian"? Because, if not, then they can go fuck themselves.

Those are my 2 favorite off of Horror Show.

Yes, they did Jack, which was great.

Here is the setlist:

1776
Burning Times
Declaration Day
Vengeance Is Mine
Violate
Last December
Pure Evil
I Died for You
Travel In Stygian
Jack
The Hunter
Prophecy
Birth Of The Wicked
The Coming Curse
A Question of Heaven

Encore:
Colors
My Own Savior
Iced Earth

Encore 2:
They skipped Watching Over Me due to time constraints

I was so hoping that they would do Watching Over Me since it's my favorite song. I was hoping that wasn't the song they skipped, but I went to setlist.fm this morning to check it out, and in fact that was the song. Since the show ended at midnight, I'm guessing that that's the reason. They mentioned that they were skipping a song since they had a curfew to hit. I'm guessing that if Schaffer didn't talk so much during the SOL part they would have been about to get it in.

 

[Slayer]

So is the Owens era now damnatio memoriae?

 

[Gary]

New Enslaved out on Tuesday. Also, the new Drudkh album "Handful of Stars" is a big disappointment.

 

[Gary]

In the mood for a free compilation? Try Metal Swim, with songs from Ludicra, Torche, Kylesea, Isis, Jesu and more.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I plugged in an old computer last week, and found a lot of old music. I completely forgot about "Mutter" from Rammstein. That album fucking RULES. "Mein Herz Brent", "Freur Fei", and "Sonne"still rock. I'm more than certain that I didn't spell those right.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

This has me laughing like a bastard.

Cowboys From Hell Ukulele
The Trooper on ukulele

OH fuck this one's the best:
Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills (Ukulele Cover)

 

[Cerebus The Aardvark]

I sort of liked the one for "Run to the Hills", actually.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

If I can get my friend to get his shit together, we'll be seeing Epica in Atlanta in December.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

YYYYYYYEEEEESSSSSSS!

Fully Consumed is back together with their original lineup. Actually they were about a year ago, but I'd totally given up on them after they split the first time. (Fuck, actually maybe they're split again, but there's more material than the 4 song demo I got from the singer five years ago.) These guys are so fucking good. Checking them out is essential for fans of Dying Fetus, Origin, or any other techy brutal death band. I'm so incredibly happy about this.

http://www.myspace.com/fullyconsumed

 

[Precious Roy]

So, I've been listening to a lot of older metal lately, and I'm interested in finding some newer bands

stuff I've been listening to:

Dio era Black Sabbath and solo albums
80's Metallica
Anthrax
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Henry Rollins
Helmet - Meantime
Bad Brains

I guess my tastes lean towards thrash or groove metal, and I like stuff that kind of straddles the line between punk and metal. I'm not into the super technical prog metal so much, or most death metal

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Onward - "Onward"
Solid power metal/traditional heavy metal.

Jag Panzer - "Take to the Sky"
If you dig Judas Priest/Iron Maiden stuff, give Jag Panzer a try.

Municipal Waste - "Unleash the Bastards"
The leaders of the modern thrash revival, a second-coming of bands like DRI and the Cro-Mags with a lot more technical ability.

Exhorder - "Desecrator"
The band that Pantera outright ripped right the fuck off to leave their glam rock roots behind them.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

So, I've been listening to a lot of older metal lately, and I'm interested in finding some newer bands

stuff I've been listening to:

Dio era Black Sabbath and solo albums
80's Metallica
Anthrax
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Henry Rollins
Helmet - Meantime
Bad Brains

I guess my tastes lean towards thrash or groove metal, and I like stuff that kind of straddles the line between punk and metal. I'm not into the super technical prog metal so much, or most death metal

Have you listened to Overkill at all? They have a ton of albums, some better than others, but they are awesome.

 

[Precious Roy]

Nice! Municipal Waste is exactly the kind of shit I'm looking for. Exhorder is good too. That Jag Panzer song is ok. Not into the vocals from Onward, that style is really hit or miss with me and that's a miss.

Overkill is cool

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Here's some more thrash madness for you, then.

Short Sharp Shock - "Thrash With a Small Mustache"
The Brit equivalent to Municipal Waste and perhaps even more of a true call-back to the early days of crossover.

SOD - "March of the SOD" & "Sgt. D and the SOD"
If you've never heard these guys before, even just from my blind worship of their first album here at TRTSM, then you're doing yourself a major disservice.

Warbringer - "Severed Reality"
One of the few "serious" acts of the thrash revival, the band seems to have left their previous "we dress like it's still 1985" poseur-ish ways in favor of just playing straight-up, no-nonsense thrash metal in the vein of Demolition Hammer. Speaking of which...

Demolition Hammer - "Infectious Hospital Waste"
Possibly the downright best thrash act to never break somewhat big, a great look at what thrash was becoming and what death metal began as.

 

[Precious Roy]

warbringer ftw

that song reminds me of faith no more, one of my favorite bands ever

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

If you like the no bullshit thrashy-deathy stuff, visit my B is for Bolt Thrower thread.

http://www.therealtsm.com/index.php?topic=1322.0

 

[Slayer]

This year I feel like I've stagnated horribly when it comes to new metal.

Looking through iTunes I've only purchased ten new releases from this year vs. forty or so albums from 2009. I have a fair backlog of new albums I'd planned to purchase, where I'd read reviews, listened to samples, bookmarked the Amazon MP3 page for the album, and then it just sits there hidden in my bookmarks, unpurchased, because I just haven't felt the need. I still listen to plenty of metal, and have purchased older albums during the year, but at this time it just seems that new material, even from bands I enjoy (I have yet to pick up the new Maiden, Blind Guardian, Dark Tranquillity or Overkill albums from this year) isn't grabbing me and compelling me to pick it up ASAP as it used to

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

How does everyone here feel about Brain Drill? Sick as fuck? or Ridiculous for the sake of being totally ridiculous? Both?

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

The latter. Grabbed the first album on a whim (well, I'll clarify: the girlfriend bought it as her choice) since we like to randomly just browse the metal section at Newbury Comics and look for new bands (I really love how Relapse has that note on the casing that tells you what bands that release is similar to), and it's alright. It's over-tech for the sake of over-tech, though, which gets highly annoying when trying to listen to more than just one song by them at a time. Those motherfuckers sure can sweep, though, and "Swine Slaughter" is a nice little diddy.

I've been becoming infatuated with Korpiklaani lately, mostly due to the song "Keep on Galloping." New car, the CD player actually works, and I've been going through my Fear Candy CDs (sampler discs that come with each issue of Terrorizer) and playing them. Ah, folk metal...