Topic: metal suggestions? (Read 41313 times)

spgphil · « **on:** 05 Sep 2006, 22:51 »

I'm trying to get back into metal a bit...
Metal and "heavier" bands i listen to include: Danzig, Sabbath, The Sword, Gorgoroth, My Dying Bride, Converge...
any suggestions are appreciated

I apologize in advance if there's already a post similar to this.. forgive me.

Thanks

Storm Rider · « **Reply #1 on:** 05 Sep 2006, 22:55 »

Cathedral. Get Caravan Beyond Redemption right now.

jcknbl · « **Reply #2 on:** 05 Sep 2006, 22:55 »

Anal Cunt

wait

what?

Storm Rider · « **Reply #3 on:** 05 Sep 2006, 23:05 »

Dude, you're not fooling anyone. You've never even listened to Anal Cunt.

jcknbl · « **Reply #4 on:** 05 Sep 2006, 23:17 »

I've listened to couple of their covers. I've never really had any desire to listen to the rest. Their song titles are funny. I didn't know I was trying to make people think that I had, since anyone who has heard of the band knows the recomendation was a joke.

I was also parodying the fact that the name gets dropped ironically on every indie recomendation thread and doesn't really make sense in a metal request thread.

Hat · « **Reply #5 on:** 05 Sep 2006, 23:39 »

I think it would have been funnier if you didn't try to explain why you recommended Anal Cunt.

Maybe we need a new recommendations joke, guys. Or maybe we just need to, you know, kick it up a notch

I'm just going to start recommending Journey to everyone.

jcknbl · « **Reply #6 on:** 05 Sep 2006, 23:54 »

Right, well I didn't expect to have to explain it until Storm Rider started being a dick.

In any case I'm not really a metal guy but I've just been getting into Agalloch. You might like them.

Lukeypoo · « **Reply #7 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 00:09 »

*Everyone gathers round into a circle*
FIGHT! FIGHT!

*I bust in*
Now now, spgphil was asking for metal bands jcknbl gave him one and even added a little "wait.. wat?" to show the humor behind it. And he has listened to a few of their "songs" so there's no reason to question eachothers credentials being of phallic shape. Let's all just listen to a little Don't Stop Believing by Journey and have a few good laughs at the 80's expense. I mean, GLAM ROCK? What the hell was that!? Hahahaha!...... Right?

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #8 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 01:09 »

Skyclad!
Cradle Of Filth!
Tristania!
Sirenia!

Zoek het uit!

KharBevNor · « **Reply #9 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 02:49 »

Judging by your tastes, I would second Cathedral, and also suggest (at this stage):

Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics/When the Kite String Pops
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus/Nightfall
Orange Goblin - Frequencies From Planet Ten/The Big Black
Paradise Lost - Gothic

Start there, and report back. I've gotta be off pretty soon, but I'll slap down a more comprehensive and broadening list later, maybe.

Filk · « **Reply #10 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 05:36 »

Based on the bands you like here's my list of recommendations:

Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Iced Earth
Behemoth - Satanica (don't get any of their later stuff)
Bathory (highly recommended to anyone)
Ulver

Lummer · « **Reply #11 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 07:41 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy

Cradle Of Filth!

No, no and NO!

Anyway: Opeth is an obvious choice.

Also check out: Emperor (!!), Death ("Symbolic" is a good start) and maybe Neurosis, if you want some doomy stuff.

Filk · « **Reply #12 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 10:16 »

Quote from: Lummer

Quote from: BeoPuppy

Cradle Of Filth!

No, no and NO!

Anyway: Opeth is an obvious choice.

Also check out: Emperor (!!), Death ("Symbolic" is a good start) and maybe Neurosis, if you want some doomy stuff.

What's wrong with CoF? Their earlier stuff is amazing.

And i second Emperor.

thepugs · « **Reply #13 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 13:48 »

The guitarist from the Sword wore a shirt for Hammers of Misfortune, which just put out the new album The Locust Years, which is absolutely amazing (though more in the style of freaky rock opera-esque sort of thing, they experiment a lot).
Try out:
Opeth, Katatonia, In Flames (older stuff), Immortal. To branch out a little, that is.
You might like some of the 'metalcore' people; As I Lay Dying, All That Remains, Haste the Day, Bleeding Through, Shadows Fall, Zao, etc. (people like to go "uurghh hurr you're retarded" when I bring them up, but it can't hurt to say maybe).
Power metal is tasty; 3 Inches of Blood, Kamelot (they're incredible), Dragonforce, Blind Guardian, Sonata Arctica, etc.

Allmusic.com is your friend.

Misereatur · « **Reply #14 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 14:20 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

Judging by your tastes, I would second Cathedral, and also suggest (at this stage):

Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics/When the Kite String Pops
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus/Nightfall
Orange Goblin - Frequencies From Planet Ten/The Big Black
Paradise Lost - Gothic

YES.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #15 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 14:24 »

Quote from: thepugs

Allmusic.com is your friend.

As are Wikipedia and Last.fm. Pandora not so much.

I've really been digging Pelican since I checked out their album Australasia. Sludge with post-rock influences. I also second the Agalloch.

I vote that Crotchduster replaces Anal Cunt as the standing recommendation joke.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #16 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 15:48 »

I wish I was the first to chime "Opeth!"

But anyway, I cannot think of a better choice. It might be hard to find, but a great album to start out on is "Still Life". If you can't find that, try "Blackwater Park", it will most likely be in stock anywhere you go. thoguh if you get that one, try HARD to get the Deluxe Edition.

Other Opeth Albums

My Arms, Your Hearse
Orchid
Deliverance
Damnation
Ghost Reveries

Slumber, Bloodbath, Fintroll, Therion, and Theatre Of Tragedy are some of my other favorite metal bands.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #17 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 16:38 »

Quote from: jcknbl

Right, well I didn't expect to have to explain it until Storm Rider started being a dick.

In any case I'm not really a metal guy but I've just been getting into Agalloch. You might like them.

Dude, I wasn't being a dick, I was playing along. Relax.

Will · « **Reply #18 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 16:53 »

I, for one, welcome our Anal Cunt overlords...

okay, I'm gonna second ZAO, because they've always been a favorite of mine - they're the first 'heavy' band i ever got into. Here's some other recommendations...

C.ur1 Up And Die (had to write the first word funky, because for some reason , these phpBB style boards freak out over that word)

Isis
Neurosis
Cursed
City Of Catarpillar
Coalesce
Pg. 99
Beecher (their first album 'Breaking The Fourth Wall')
Narcissus
Orchid (the band, not the Opeth album)
Mastodon

I could go on, and on, and on...but I think I'll stop here for now. Let someone else talk a while. I know WAY more about this side of music than I do about indie-rock, so these threads usually make me all kinds of happy

edit: MAKE SURE you check out Doomriders!

Kai · « **Reply #19 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 17:55 »

Quote from: greenMonkey

I vote that Crotchduster replaces Anal Cunt as the standing recommendation joke.

I second this. Especially since Crotchduster are fucking awesome.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #20 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 20:32 »

Quote from: thepugs

Haste the Day
Quote

someone told me they were a christian metal band.

my friend mike and my gf are getting me into some metal....*shudders*, but i liked Anathema, they weren't too hard, infact they were softer than a lot of the Post Hardcore stuff i listen to. i have a song by Opeth that was good.

actually the growling makes me laugh. idk why. but i find it hilarious.

Kai · « **Reply #21 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 20:36 »

Quote from: imapiratearg

actually the growling makes me laugh. idk why. but i find it hilarious.

then you are definitely on the right track. growls are not to be taken seriously because they are silly. the entire genre of metal is silly.

Scytale · « **Reply #22 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 21:30 »

Sounds like you're after some doom. Based on what you listed, you'll probably like these albums.

Anathema - Serenades
Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
Sentenced - North From Here
Paradise Lost - Shades of God

I dunno which Gorgoroth albums you have (Pentegram is my fave) but since you listed you like them, I'll reccomend a few BM albums as well.

Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon
Abyssic Hate - Suicidal Emotions
Nargaroth - Herbstelyd
Samael - Worship Him
Behemoth - ...And the Forests Dream Eternally
Ulver - Bergtatt

Oh and as others have mentioned be sure to check out Opeth, Morningrise is damn amazing, I still listen to it all the time.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #23 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 21:47 »

i was reallys surprised...
at first i assumed that it was going to be all like The Sound of Animals Fighting collided head on with Slayer and fused into one being.

but instead it sounded a lot like punk... O.o

honestly. i'll listen to anything but country and rap and/or combinations of the two. and like, pop stuff. actually scratch that, i'll listen to anything that has to do with Rock. or an acoustic guitar or piano. or both. but that doesn't necissarily mean i'll like it.

oh Slayer is some good metal i think. uhmm...i'm gonna go by what my friend tells me: (death metal) Cannibal Corps(sp?), Lamb of God, Dekapitated(sp?), Slayer, Mastadon...umm...yeah i don't really pay attention when he rambles about metal.

eyepatch · « **Reply #24 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 21:48 »

!T.O.O.H.! are simply awesome.

sample: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=B2A641813620C4E9

:)

El Opium · « **Reply #25 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 22:10 »

Despite my complete lack of conventional metal knowledge I'm going to second Orange Goblin's "Frequencies from Planet Ten" because even people whose metal collections otherwise contain three Sabbath albums and a burnt Darkthrone CD think it is a good*.

*This isn't my collection. I also have a burnt Discordance Axis CD, a Sleep CD I never listen to, and a bunch of droning-bullshit like Sunn 0)), Skullflower and Black Boned Angel, so nah!

Storm Rider · « **Reply #26 on:** 06 Sep 2006, 23:28 »

Slayer and Lamb of God are not good metal.

Lamb of God isn't even really metal.

That being said, I'm still seeing them in two days. Only because they're with 5 bands I like, though.

!!!CPAOI!!! · « **Reply #27 on:** 07 Sep 2006, 05:47 »

Quote

oh Slayer is some good metal i think. uhmm...i'm gonna go by what my friend tells me: (death metal) Cannibal Corps(sp?), Lamb of God, Dekapitated(sp?), Slayer, Mastadon...umm...yeah i don't really pay attention when he rambles about metal.

Cannibal Corpse is the dead baby joke of music.

amok · « **Reply #28 on:** 07 Sep 2006, 05:55 »

Mors Principium Est
Nile
Anorexia Nervosa - "Drudenhaus" and "New Obscurantis Order" for some deliciously fucked up death metal.
Anathema's "The Silent Enigma" and "Eternity" CDs

Seconding Amorphis - they're fantastic! Get Chapters, a kind of best-of with a few tracks from their albums in order, so you can find out what 'era' of Amorphis you like best.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #29 on:** 07 Sep 2006, 12:23 »

Why bother finding out which period you like best when you can just buy Elegy and FUCKING TALES FROM THE FUCKING THOUSAND FUCKING LAKES*.

Not sure why I didn't mention them first actually. Awesome albums, especially for your taste. Tales is one of my all time faves.

Seconding all the Agalloch recommendations.

*Those fuckings are not in the actual album title.

amok · « **Reply #30 on:** 07 Sep 2006, 12:36 »

"Tuonela" is right up with those btw.

spgphil · « **Reply #31 on:** 08 Sep 2006, 01:32 »

Wow guys i wasn't expecting such a strong response, I'll look for all of these (except that metalcore crap) next time I'm at amoeba's.
Thank you.

Rebourne · « **Reply #32 on:** 08 Sep 2006, 08:47 »

Nevermore is a pretty accesable metal band with some very good musicianship. Pickup "This Godless Endeavor" It's not my favorite but it's their best album and a very good place to start.

Trollstormur · « **Reply #33 on:** 08 Sep 2006, 09:51 »

well it seems like you guys got this. I'll just recommend something really really obscure and be on my way.

Haatstrijd

rr112233 · « **Reply #34 on:** 08 Sep 2006, 17:00 »

Metal?

Death Cab For Cutie
AFI
Wheatus
Cake
Fear of Flying
Go Betty Go
Oh No Oh My
Crotchduster

Is he joking? o_O

Kai · « **Reply #35 on:** 08 Sep 2006, 17:51 »

are you inferrring that Crotchduster are not fucking awesome, sir?

Will · « **Reply #36 on:** 08 Sep 2006, 22:05 »

They're not as awesome as Anal Cunt, that's for sure...

KharBevNor · « **Reply #37 on:** 09 Sep 2006, 05:16 »

Give 'em a few more albums.

ielerol · « **Reply #38 on:** 11 Sep 2006, 00:40 »

bearing in mind that I like metal for the same reason I like Wagner, for the sheer ludicrous EPICNESS of it all...

what, no Hammerfall? they have a pretty good time being utterly ridiculous.

I've only actually heard one Finntroll song, so maybe you shouldn't trust me a lot, but it's a pretty sweet song. Any band that wants to combine ancient folk traditions with rockin it doom metal style is my friend.

Scytale · « **Reply #39 on:** 11 Sep 2006, 00:55 »

When I hear the word Epic and Wagner's name used in the same sentance with the word metal one record comes to mind immediately.

words cannot express how unbelievably good Bathory are.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #40 on:** 11 Sep 2006, 08:13 »

Someone needs to Globetrotter this list up a little, Aborym is always a fun choice and a little bit of Killengod makes for some good listening but lately I've been leaning towards Astriaal, some of the finest Australian metal I've heard in quite some time. yes yes.

Filk · « **Reply #41 on:** 11 Sep 2006, 10:36 »

Quote from: Rebourne

Nevermore is a pretty accesable metal band with some very good musicianship. Pickup "This Godless Endeavor" It's not my favorite but it's their best album and a very good place to start.

Honestly, i would not recommend Nevermore to someone who's just getting into the genre. I didnt like them much the first time i listened to their album, later on they grew on me though.

Scytale · « **Reply #42 on:** 12 Sep 2006, 01:51 »

Quote from: JimmytheSquid

Someone needs to Globetrotter this list up a little, Aborym is always a fun choice and a little bit of Killengod makes for some good listening but lately I've been leaning towards Astriaal, some of the finest Australian metal I've heard in quite some time. yes yes.

Yeah Astriaal aren't half bad

"Renascent Misanthropy" is a great album, I'm pretty sure they're broken up now, which is a pity...

If you're digging Astriaal be sure to check out Portal, they're probably the best Austrlaian BM band at the moment and they put on one hell of a live show.

I really like Myrddraal as well, they were from my old home town (Canberra) and were fucking awesome. If you can pick up their "Blood on the Mountains" album try and do so its really good.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #43 on:** 12 Sep 2006, 02:17 »

I shudder to think what Australian Blacketal is like. I have this 'vision' of leatherclad, corpsepainted people with big hats with corks on them. And a lot of grunting about 'G'd day, mate'.

If any country is un-black metal it must be Australia, to my mind.

AlexAttack · « **Reply #44 on:** 12 Sep 2006, 02:36 »

Australia has some really good BM bands. When Nile came out this band from Perth called The Furor played. they were all corpsepainted up and the guitar player had some kind of Egyptian head dress on which made him look like he had horns......it made it pretty hard to take them seriously without constantly going 'Oh fuck, that guys got horns'
ok bad example....but the music was still cool

Scytale · « **Reply #45 on:** 12 Sep 2006, 03:23 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy

I shudder to think what Australian Blacketal is like. I have this 'vision' of leatherclad, corpsepainted people with big hats with corks on them. And a lot of grunting about 'G'd day, mate'.

If any country is un-black metal it must be Australia, to my mind.

Theres been some pretty good BM bands from here over the years. Theres more to playing BM then being "cold" and "necro".

Astennu, from Lord Kaos, went over to Norway and play on Dimmu Borgir's "Spiritual Black Dimmensions" as well as on Covenant's "Nexus Polaris" both of which were pretty important releases, he's probably the most well known Australian BM musician.

Bands like Bestial Warlust, Destroyer 666, Spear of Longinus, Abyssic Hate etc are all pretty big overseas.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #46 on:** 12 Sep 2006, 05:41 »

No doubt this is all very true.

But, come on ... Australia?

Scytale · « **Reply #47 on:** 12 Sep 2006, 06:00 »

Meh see for yourself

Destroyer 666 - Australian and Anti-Christ

Not their best track but a pretty fun one.

"We don’t forgive and we don’t forget
We’re just out for what we can get
We got denim vests and a sordid past
Too many drinks, tattoos and scars"

Ernest · « **Reply #48 on:** 13 Sep 2006, 11:19 »

I'm surprised nobody has said anything about Helmet. Listen to Helmet.

Der Golem · « **Reply #49 on:** 13 Sep 2006, 14:34 »

Helmet are good, but not really metal, and certainly nothing like the bands listed.

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spgphil

jcknbl

jcknbl

jcknbl

Lukeypoo

Filk

Filk

thepugs

Scytale

eyepatch

El Opium

!!!CPAOI!!!

spgphil

Rebourne

rr112233

ielerol

Scytale

Filk

Scytale

AlexAttack

Scytale

Scytale