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Metal anybody?
LadyFirelyght:
I haven't heard of most of these bands that have been posted, probably because most of them are in a type of metal that I don't listen to. I prefer more melodic stuff. Not big (read: generally hate) on death/black and prefer bands like Kamelot, Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation (though they've become a lot more commercialized over the years, unfortunately), After Forever, Sonata Arctica, Dragonforce, and we can't forget Rhapsody of Fire. Kamelot is, hands down, my favorite band ever. If I could make love to Roy Khan's voice, I would.
Lummer:
--- Quote from: LadyFirelyght on 26 Feb 2008, 04:05 ---I haven't heard of most of these bands that have been posted, probably because most of them are in a type of metal that I don't listen to. I prefer more melodic stuff. Not big (read: generally hate) on death/black and prefer bands like Kamelot, Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation (though they've become a lot more commercialized over the years, unfortunately), After Forever, Sonata Arctica, Dragonforce, and we can't forget Rhapsody of Fire. Kamelot is, hands down, my favorite band ever. If I could make love to Roy Khan's voice, I would.
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Must.... Not.... Insult.... Must.... Resist.... urge to be elitist asshole :cry:
Anyways, on the topic of "heavy", I usually distinguish between "heavy" and "Brutal".
Two examples for y'all:
Electric Wizard is heavy. Reeeaaally fucking heavy. Really slow, fuzzed out and with some seriously downtuned guitars as well.
De-tuned guitars is by no means a necessity for heaviness, as Black Sabbath proved pretty darned early on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77uVmkb6oes&feature=related
I love this shit, seriously...
Nile is brutal.
They pummel the shit out of you with 220+ bpm blast beats, insanely technical guitar-work and deep, guttural growl vocals.
There is some heaviness to be found, but the naked agression and speed tend to be dominant factors. They tune their guitars down to Drop A (which is very low), but detuning is still not necessary to make brutal Death Metal, as Pestilence, Atheist and Obituary proved early on as well.
Nasum only tune to drop D as well, and they are indeed quite brutal.
An Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNQpLFns-CA
Spluff:
Yep, Electric Wizard are fucking heavy. Doom is pretty much the epitome of heavy - look at Candlemass, My Dying Bridge, Cathedral. Slow, low, and dissonant.
bbqrocks:
And that's still not touching upon the most extreme doom regions- Funeral, drone, etc.
I think I may make some kind of 'mind map' of metal, based on some kind of axis...
One side of the axis (X) will be extremeness, but I have no idea what to put for the other one.
On the subject of doom, can someone see whether they can find me a band that fits this? A blackened funeral doom band with tempos between 40bpm and 5bpm (imagine a combination of latest earth and incredibly slowed down ahab/nortt/funeral mourning), and a heavy stoner touch (imagine an incredibly slowed down, even more downtuned and heavy electric wizard).
Nebetsu:
I like the folk metal bands like Ensiferum, Finntroll, and such. I also like a lot of the prog/power metal bands like Symphony X and Sonata Arctica. :P
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