The Metal Thread

[Twisted Intestine]

Not the horns. I know what those are. It's hard to explain. Hold your hands out with your palms open to you. Close your hands just a little and wiggle your fingers back and forth.

[quote author=popstar]
Sounds like you're just describing air guitaring. [/quote]

I didn't see a follow up and need to know if this is true.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

What song is it where the song builds up with no lyrics until a guy screams WAKE UP.

Easy one. Napalm Death-"You Suffer"

 

[Sesquipedaliantique]

That's the only metal song in my (admittedly rather small) singles collection. I found it in a charity shop when I was looking for an 'extremely unfashionable old person coat and also a turtleneck sweater' to wear in a short film.

 

[The Metal Maniac]

So Sonisphere was pretty fantastic. Metallica's setlist was unreal -only 4 songs past And Justice, and two of those were from the black album. Excellent stuff.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

What song is it where the song builds up with no lyrics until a guy screams WAKE UP.

Easy one. Napalm Death-"You Suffer"

Are you sure it isn't "The Ballad of Michael Hutchence"?

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

For those of you who are fans of Marco Hietala's original band, Tarot (Bear Hugger213 I'm looking at you). You may be interested in knowing that as if the re-recording of Wings of Darkness for their 25th anniversary wasn't enough, they went ahead and re-recorded the entire Spell of Iron album for 2011.

Also, this is just amazing. "The Scarecrow" from Avantasia's live DVD that recently came out in the States:

Avantasia - The Scarecrow (The Flying Opera) live

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

That is a great cover. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Just heard these guys last night:
The Absence "Dead And Gone" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Not too shabby. Reminds me of early Arch Enemy/Heartwork-era Carcass, as far as melodeath goes.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Though I plan to buy it if its released Stateside, I went ahead and downloaded Tarot's "Spell of Iron 2011" earlier. This is pretty damn amazing and a frontrunner for one of the best metal releases of the year.

 

[A Happy Medium]

Back in 2003, I was going to go see in In Flames. But then, some cunt ruined the day. Is it still worth it to see them now?

 

[The Metal Maniac]

I thought they did good at Sonisphere; mind you, I'm not a huge In Flames fan, but they did play something off of Whoracle, which made me quite happy.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Listened to the new (old?) Tarot album on the way to work today. Holy fuck is it amazing! It's too bad America is afraid of playing good music on the radio, because this should be played everywhere. Then again, New York doesn't have a rock station to play anything.

 

[Gary]

Holy shit, are the new Origin and Obscura albums great or what?

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Entity is just fucking retarded awesome. Haven't heard the new Obscura, but I liked Cosmogenesis a bunch

 

[Gary]

With these, the new Ulcerate, and the return of Autopsy, this is a great year for Death Metal so far.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Gorod - Smoked Skulls

Whoa

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Gorod - Transcendence

Welp. Got my metal album of the year sorted out

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

More goodness from Marco Hietala (chorus only, and judging by his face, doing this for a paycheck). This is a couple years old, but a good song.

Frontman of this group looks like Alter Bridge's Miles Kennedy.

Defuse-D.I.B

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Fuck, I could listen to Marco sing all day. He's got one of the best voices in metal.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

BH, have you heard any of his stuff with Northern Kings? Some very good songs there.

I managed to find Kamelot: Live in Waken. It was the final show they did with Roy Khan. Sadly, I now have a good idea as to why he left. His voice is shot to shit. It cracks in several spots on the show. Its an awesome set otherwise.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Northern Kings is really solid. There are a couple of tracks from their 2 albums I don't really dig, but overall, it's some good stuff. Nightwish, Northern Kings, Delain, Sinergy, and Tarot, all really solid bands that Marco has had his hand in.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

The new Iced Earth album, Dystopia, will be released on Oct. 18 in the US. The tracklisting is:

Dystopia
Anthem
Days of Rage
Soylent Green
V
Boiling Point
Anguish of Youth
Iron Will
Dark City
End of Innocence
Equilibrium
Tragedy and Triumph

Here is the artwork:

 

[Red Baron]

I gave up on Iced Earth after heavy playing of The Glorious Burden.

 

[Gary]

You know what this thread needs? Some James Plotkin related material, especially his more metal related projects

O.L.D. (Old Lady Drivers)

O.L.D. - Lo Flux Tube

O.L.D. - Outlive

Old - A Beginning / Two Of Me (Part One And Two)

O.L.D. - HAPPY TANTRUM

 

[Gary]

Khanate

Khanate- No Joy

Khanate - Pieces Of Quiet

Khanate- Dead

Khanate- Fields (Part 1)

Khanate- Fields (Part 2)

 

[Gary]

Khlyst

Khlyst - I [Runhild Gammelsæter in vocals!!!]

Khlyst - VIII

Phantomsmasher

Phantomsmasher - Slobtronic [Ipecac, 2002]

Phantomsmasher - Scrolling Sideways

 

[The Coat Is My Father]

I like James Plotkin's work with Phantomsmasher, though I figure that's only vaguely metal-ish.

Phantomsmasher - Bishop Hopping

Phantomsmasher - Slobtronic [Ipecac, 2002]

phantom smasher - dig dirt

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

He needs to do some more mixes with Agoraphobic Nosebleed. His cut on ANbRX is awesome

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

New track from Edguy. I like the song, and the video is pretty funny.
EDGUY - Robin Hood

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Light This City - Facing The Thousand

I really wish they didn't break up. They were a bit of fresh air in the overly-stagnant "let's rip off the Gothenburg sound but add breakdowns" current US scene.