Neowin Metal Club

[Orange]

Through The Eyes Of The Dead, now thats a metal band! bringing back the old days of morbid angel and at the gates... mix it with a bit of hardocre, there you have it. listen dammit!

To be honest sound much hardcore like bands like Throwdown. But other then that sounds alright. May have to try an album.

[Nocstar]

Bit late I guess

But I saw Children of Bodom on the 26th in the Astoria in London

Was SO AMAZINGLY GOOD.

ALEXI LAIHO IS GOD.

They were playing with EKTOMORF, who also are a really good band.

Dude Alexi is so freaking insane it blows my mind... Listen to some of the older Children albums because they have kicked ass even more so in the past. But yeah their live show is pretty damn good.. Alexi loves what he is doing and the crowd loves the energy.

Children of Bodom PWN!

[Blackhearted]

but I will be seeing CoB next month.

Man id love to see CoB next month when they come around here next month. as theyre on of my favorites. but chances are i probly wont get to...

[rounds]

I've been hearing a lot about Trivium and I finally gave them a chance. Rather unimpressed really. The vocals are absolute, utter **** in my opinion, so I won't even cover them beyond this.

They do have a few decent riffs here and there, but overall the guitarwork is incredibly uninspired. Nothing fresh, exciting, original etc...none of these words come to mind when I put on Ascendancy.

The rhythm section is incredibly boring as well. The only redeeming quality I can think of when it comes to percussion is some cool double bass here and there...but honestly, what modern metal band can't pull off some sparse double bass? No interesting fills, intricate beats, killer groove...none of it to be found here. The bass is far too low in the mix, though it might as well be, because it wasn't doing much either.

The only reason I can see someone being impressed by this band is having never heard a thrashy styled riff played over double bass. If you like that part, there are plenty of better bands that can do that (Dark Angel! Behemoth! Nile!).

/Me deletes ascendancy from hard drive.

Yeah, I have to agree. I used to like them, but I deleted their album from my PC quite a while ago :laugh:

[chimera963]

CHILDREN OF BODOM! :yes:

I saw them with hotdog963al at the London Astoria, THEY WERE AMAZING.

Alexi Laiho is god.

[stncttr908 Veteran]

Through The Eyes Of The Dead, now thats a metal band! bringing back the old days of morbid angel and at the gates... mix it with a bit of hardocre, there you have it. listen dammit!

What a senseless and abhorrable bastardization. :x

[Raum]

CoB...wouldn't call them bad, but I don't really get into them. They were on the bill with Iced Earth (Saw them play their first show with ripper in fact) and they were kinda fun to watch, but nothing I'd go out and buy.

Now, all I've really been doing is bashing **** in this thread, so for those interested in some metal I do like, here's what I've been listening to recently....

Behemoth - Demigod

Velvet Cacoon - Northsuite

And Oceans - The Symettry Of...

Defiled - Erupted Wrath

Bloodbath - Everything

Sadus - Visions Of Misery

Decapitated - Nihility

Carnivore - Selftitled

Pelican - Everything

Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics, Dopethrone, We Live

Stormlord - Gorgon Cult

Limbonic Art - Epitome Of Illusions

Kampfar - Fra Underverdenen and his Norse EP

Earth - Earth 2

Sun O))) - Black One

Necrophagist - Everything

Demilich - Everything

Artillery - By Inheritance

Opeth - Orchid, Deliverance, Ghost Reveries, Damnation, Morningrise

Ayreon - Electric Castle, Human Equation

Liquid Tension Experiment - 1

Kreator - Endless Pain

Candlemass - Ancient Dreams

Damn, that's a good list of music. :)

[Jon]

I'm still really really enjoying Come Clarity, I absolutely love it :)

Shame about the crazy mexican on the DVD tho, I wanted to see the girl sing her part!

[Nocstar]

CoB...wouldn't call them bad, but I don't really get into them. They were on the bill with Iced Earth (Saw them play their first show with ripper in fact) and they were kinda fun to watch, but nothing I'd go out and buy.

Now, all I've really been doing is bashing **** in this thread, so for those interested in some metal I do like, here's what I've been listening to recently....

Behemoth - Demigod

Velvet Cacoon - Northsuite

And Oceans - The Symettry Of...

Defiled - Erupted Wrath

Bloodbath - Everything

Sadus - Visions Of Misery

Decapitated - Nihility

Carnivore - Selftitled

Pelican - Everything

Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics, Dopethrone, We Live

Stormlord - Gorgon Cult

Limbonic Art - Epitome Of Illusions

Kampfar - Fra Underverdenen and his Norse EP

Earth - Earth 2

Sun O))) - Black One

Necrophagist - Everything

Demilich - Everything

Artillery - By Inheritance

Opeth - Orchid, Deliverance, Ghost Reveries, Damnation, Morningrise

Ayreon - Electric Castle, Human Equation

Liquid Tension Experiment - 1

Kreator - Endless Pain

Candlemass - Ancient Dreams

Damn, that's a good list of music. :)

Haha you know what dude, that is a good list... Only things i dont have yet are Limbonic Art, Electric Wizard, Candlemass and Aryeon. What do you guys recommend I check out next?

[stncttr908 Veteran]

Come Clarity as opposed to the two prior In Flames albums: Great

Come Clarity as opposed to good metal albums like the new Psycroptic, Benighted, and Decapitated: Mediocre

[Raum]

One thing I definately don't like about the new Decapitated are the vocals. They could be worse though....playing is still damn good regardless.

[Orange]

One thing I definately don't like about the new Decapitated are the vocals. They could be worse though....playing is still damn good regardless.

Damm so many people are saying vocals suck but i say there good, no problem with them at all, Dunno why people say otherwise :rolleyes:

[stncttr908 Veteran]

Damm so many people are saying vocals suck but i say there good, no problem with them at all, Dunno why people say otherwise :rolleyes:

It's just different than Sauron, that's all. I'm sure we'll get used to it, but I'm not very receptive to change with my music. I don't think most metal fans are.

[Raum]

I've just never been a fan of the hardcore vocal style, with the only notable exception being certain parts to Isis songs.

From what I heard, he does them good compared to other hardcore style singers, but it's just not a style I like as much compared to a more traditional death metal vocal style. It's still good music though.

It'd be like Behemoth incorporating country music or polka influences. Might give them a unique sound compared to whatt hey used to do, but doesn't mean I'll like it. I'm just not a fan of those styles....can still appreciate them though.

[Love_Hate]

Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness

Dark Funeral - Vobiscum Satanas

Ravage - Infernal Devastation

Arsis - Celebration Of Guilt

All good albums IMO

[Raum]

I'm a big fan of both Arsis and Immortal...excellent bands.

[Love_Hate]

Job For A Cowboy is certainly interesting, haha

[wing.]

Job For A Cowboy is certainly interesting, haha

... not really ... ;)

[Love_Hate]

yeah... like its going to be interesting for everyone who listens to them...

[stncttr908 Veteran]

New Yyrkoon album soon! (Y)

[metallithrax]

Don't know if anyone is interested, but Rick Rubin is producing the next Metallica album.

[stncttr908 Veteran]

Don't know if anyone is interested, but Rick Rubin is producing the next Metallica album.

Maybe if they played like they did 15+ years ago I would. (N)

[D!ABOL!C]

I went to the Opeth and DTB show last nite and let me tell you it was an incredible show.

Since Dark Tranquility missed their flight, Akerfeldt said that were probably drunk. He also said they were form the Anus of Sweden lol He's so ****ing silly. Anywho, since the missed the opening nite, Devin played a full set 11 songs about an hour and 15 minutes. And Opeth did the extended set that they are only doing on 3 other dates.

First with Devin. I only started listening to DTB (I have been into SYL first) just recently when I saw they were on the tour, and I dug it a lot. He played 3 songs of Synchestra as well as some of from the others like Ocean Machine (Life, love that song) and a few others. I've always said that you never get a good appreciation for a band until you see them live. That rule applies here, but also to Opeth, I'll get to them in a sec. Devin was just jamming a long and playing some of his cool riffs. Awesome show by him.

Then Opeth came on. They started out with Ghost of Perdition and went from their. Some of the others they played were, White Cluster, The Drapery Falls, Baying of the Hounds, Deliverance, and they played Under the Weeping Moon off of Orchid. Akerfeldt said that they didn't have their effect pedals so they couldn't do the set list from the Chronological Setlist they were gonna do, but it was still an awesome show. They were tearing it up really good too. And of course they ended with Demon of the Fall. This is my third time seeing them, and they have been better and better each time.

[stncttr908 Veteran]

I'm going to the Opeth Chronology MCMXCIV - MMV show at the Town Hall Theatre in NYC this month. It should be pretty awesome.

[GFM]

This may sound bad, but can someone suggest some "good" Doom Metal bands. I'm trying to figure out how it sounds and whether it's any good.