Thanks for the recommendation, they're really good!
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Thanks for the recommendation, they're really good!
May I ask where are you from? Back home hIp-hop and metal fans couldn't be more segregated, to the point there can violence between them. You are basically the first person I've seen that enjoys both, but maybe is actually more common than I thought? I personally can't stand it, metal bands that include rap or hip-hop parts in their songs immediately turn me off.
I really don't think that kind of loyalty to one genre is all that common anymore. I like metal but I listen to pretty much everything. Hell, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is probably my favorite album of all time and that's about as far removed from metal as it gets. My friends all call me a hipster though so take that for what you will.
SpartanForce
Member
Is ok bro. You are just a eclectic person like me and tons of others.
Ixion
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I like both. Granted, I listen to Metal a whole lot more than Hip-Hip, but I still listen to it quite a bit. I'm from New York by the way.
And are you saying you don't like Rage Against The Machine?
Can't stand them.
I'm not really talking about loyalty personally, is only that musically they are very different, the styles clash too much. Metal is what I listen mostly but is not exclusively what I like, I've liked medieval and classical music since I was a child, but the farthest my tastes go from metal is some electronic music.
Now that I think about it hip-hop and rap are much more mainstream in the US, which is probably why it mixes with so many other genres there, back home in Colombia hip-hop and rap are still somewhat underground.
Sanctuary
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The reason I said that I wasn't sure if it was the right place was because I'm not sure I would consider King Animal as a "metal" album per se. Badmotorfinger was most certainly metal (at least compared to practially everything else from Seattle besides AIC), but the latest album is half comprised of radio rock and the other half feels like the B-Sides of Superunknown or Down on the Upside (which are about eight songs and the best of the thirteen).
I've been much more interested in Soen than anything else right now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqvBX3EQQwQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIN3_l7RSzg
Sanctuary
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In general I can't stand most kinds of Hip-Hop, and I especially cannot stand typical rap at all. That being said, RATM is essentially a combination of rap and metal and I absolutely love them. I also enjoyed quite a bit of Run-DMC, but that's about the extent of any kind of Hip-Hop I'll listen to. I don't get into Korn, Limp Bizkit or any of those kinds of metallcore/rapcore bands.
Giant Robot
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I'm a metal first fan, but I also have guilty pleasures for Air, Goldfrapp, Grimes and other poppy electronic shit. Also I'm HUGE Kool Keith fan, especially Dr. Octagon. He even mentions Autopy, Spazz, and Gorefest in one of his songs haha. Besides most of my favorite albums being metal, Praxis - Transmutation Mutatis Mutandis is way way up there on my all time favorites.
and holy shit at Bell Witch. I will be picking this up soon.
Secks4Food
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I don't really actively listen to hip hop anymore, but I do enjoy it for the most part. Deltron 3030 is a masterpiece imo, I love that album.
HammerOfThor
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Congrats to Testament winning Best Music Video at American Indian Film Festival.
On that note;
My post in the Assassin's Creed III thread, I thought some here would appreciate it.
On that note;
My post in the Assassin's Creed III thread, I thought some here would appreciate it.
OmegaDragon
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It's probably not that common. Your average metal/hip hop fan will probably have misconceptions about the other genre, but the same can be said for a lot of other genres. I have the impression that most metal fans stick to rock music outside of metal. Folk, ambient and classical also seems popular. But I don't have a lot of real life experience, my 'metal' friends are either not as into metal as I am or like a different kind (heavy/power/thrash vs black/death/sludge).
As for hip hop and metal clashing, Public Enemy showed us that you can mix it.
Somewhat related and funny
You can't really blame your friends, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is often mentioned by this ill-defined group of people that are called hipsters! (I should listen to it sometime)
Melchiah
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Haha!
Sanctuary
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I seeing a lot of people come two metal who were previously into the more esoteric form of electronic music like drum and bass and IDM -- I find that really interesting.
Just to add to the poll I am into hip hop as well, I grew up during the break dancing fad so I have great affection for the classic stuff and electro. I discovered rock and metal soon after, but then re-connected with hip hop when Public Enemy started to make some noise. I went a long time after that getting away from metal only to return to it semi-recently, but I still get into new, exciting hip hop like that Killer Mike record or that new Kendrick Lamar record.
Just to add to the poll I am into hip hop as well, I grew up during the break dancing fad so I have great affection for the classic stuff and electro. I discovered rock and metal soon after, but then re-connected with hip hop when Public Enemy started to make some noise. I went a long time after that getting away from metal only to return to it semi-recently, but I still get into new, exciting hip hop like that Killer Mike record or that new Kendrick Lamar record.
Charmicarmicat
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I'm in England, and back in the day I didn't know any metallers who weren't into at least Cypress Hill as well.
Sanctuary
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I have a friend who I met in 97 that was into Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and STP, but didn't really like much in the way of "metal" aside from older Megadeth and Metallica. He also listened to electronic/dance/rap. I tried playing some Iron Maiden for him around that time and he just mentioned how "80s" it sounded, especially the vocals. A few years later I covertly got him heavily into Iced Earth and then he finally started opening up to more styles of music (albeit very slowly). Now, after fifteen years, he wants copies of my Iron Maiden cds.
Not sure I'll ever convince him about Opeth though. He doesn't like the "cookie monster" vocals. I kind of agreed up until Opeth; one of the few bands where I actually prefer them to have some growls because they are so tastefully done. Or at least they were until Deliverance/Heritage.
My favorite genres in the world are German Power Metal and 90's Alternative. Can't say I have met anyone in real life or online who can go from Blind Guardian or Gamma Ray to Nirvana or Pixies while enjoying it like I do.
I don't consider myself a huge Rap/hip-hop fan, but I love some artists like Run DMC, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, early Eminem and Wu-Tang Clan.
Glad to see that GAF has some eclectic metalheads.
I don't consider myself a huge Rap/hip-hop fan, but I love some artists like Run DMC, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, early Eminem and Wu-Tang Clan.
Glad to see that GAF has some eclectic metalheads.
Ixion
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Now you have!
back in grade/middle school the cliques were seperated by musical interests. frequently it does kind of have a hand in how you behave, so i get it. high school was similar, but everyone kind of liked each other so it wasn't bad. but college had people liking all kinds of stuff. i did study music and hung around the "music appreciator" types, though, so everyone was branching out.
as for me i tend to hate most things and warm up to them later. there are some genres i still have a hard time with (electronic music with the "untss untss" drum beats, pop punk, some others), but i usually get over it and find something i like. had a hard time getting into metal with harsh vocals, especially BM, and now it's one of my favorites. hated rap for nearly 2 decades, but my AOTY is lil ugly mane - mista thug isolation and a punk album being my second favorite.
i think i just tend to get bored of listening to the same thing, try new stuff until i find a new sound i dig. thats pretty much it. oh and i live in cali. i dunno if it's cali or not, but lately the people i talk to tend to like lots of stuff. they'll say they like everything, which is never true, but they'll still branch out.
I'm that way too. I'll move from genre to genre until I find what fits me at the moment. A few years ago, I wouldn't be caught dead listening to anything electronic but the past year or so has had me really delving into the genres and finding out groups I like. Now I'm back listening to Windir, which was really my first dive into more extreme music.
fuck yes..... soooo heavy.
MetalGuardian
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Same here. The discussion a couple days ago about it made me want to try once more, and I'm glad I did. My expectations were completely out of sync with the final product originally, but since those preconceived notions weren't there anymore I was able to enjoy the album so much more
Also the music video for "Native Blood" cracked me the hell up
A young native american boy, picked on in youth. As he grows up, racism and prejudice plague his life. After enduring years and years of this torment, he finally snaps when a sacred native american site is about to be desecrated by a construction project. After all of this buildup, with so much of the holy metal burning brightly inside of him, our protagonist decides to...
ENGAGE IN DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW BY CONVINCING A JUDGE TO USE THE RED TAPE OF BUREAUCRACY TO HINDER THE ATTEMPTS OF THE GREEDY WHITE MAN!
:lol
HammerOfThor
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This is the best description of a thing I've read all week.
Hesemonni
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Is that a 13 year old girl drummer blasting Mayhem? Awesome!
fredrancour
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I'm procrastinating on an essay by playing iron maiden songs on guitar. Even though I have a real distortion pedal, I love the raspy, awful distortion built into my cheap-ass amp.
Aces High \m/
Aces High \m/
choodi
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13 year olds wearing corpse paint just makes adults wearing corpse paint look even more ridiculous.
Great cover though! Awesome to see kids appreciating metal
MetalGuardian
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I live to serve!
Oh man, that was awesome. I can't imagine how much of a badass I'd be now if I had been that metal at age 13.
Melchiah
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The drummer girl is awesome, the singer not so.
Here's something similar.
Two kids playing Darkthrone's Under a Funeral Moon
http://youtu.be/2fQeUrNGayQ
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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What, the singer is necro as hell. Screeches of pure darkness.
Testament is so underrated, they should replace Anthrax as one of 'The Big Four'.
Chuck Billy is so damn awesome, just look at the his air guitaring
Chuck Billy is so damn awesome, just look at the his air guitaring
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
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MetalGuardian
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So here's a promo for Kamelot's 2012 tour... somebody watch and tell me what the hell it means. It's odd, to say the least
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rj6py49NM0&list=PLjqlUlCV3H7pepTxxk6WtBNTpPKYy8_ps&index=1&feature=plpp_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rj6py49NM0&list=PLjqlUlCV3H7pepTxxk6WtBNTpPKYy8_ps&index=1&feature=plpp_video
FelixOrion
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Thought this might possibly be of some interest to MetalGAF:
It various rock/metal vocalists reciting Edgar Allen Poe's works over ambient music.
Ambient music by Ted Kirkpatrick (Tourniquet)
Art by David Van Gough
Vocalists:
It various rock/metal vocalists reciting Edgar Allen Poe's works over ambient music.
Ambient music by Ted Kirkpatrick (Tourniquet)
Art by David Van Gough
Vocalists:
- Les Carsen (Bloodgood) - "The Tell-Tale Heart"
- Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush) - "The Haunted Palace"
- Luke Easter (Tourniquet) - "The Cask of Amontillado"
- Eric Wagner (Trouble) - "The Raven"
- Jamie Rowe (Guardian) - "The Masque of the Red Death"
- Rob Beckley (Pillar) - "The Oval Portrait"
- Warrel Dane (Nevermore) - "The Raven"
He's so metal he has two first names.
Spectacular Dr Dawg
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Any Circle of Ouroborus fans here? I've only heard Eleven Fingers and Tree of Knowledge.
Which releases should I check out if I'm more interested in the post-punk/death rock influenced sound they had on Tree of Knowledge than the "ethereal" sound on Eleven Fingers?
Which releases should I check out if I'm more interested in the post-punk/death rock influenced sound they had on Tree of Knowledge than the "ethereal" sound on Eleven Fingers?
SpartanForce
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I can't find any place to download it. Guess I will have to buy this them
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
It's on Amazon and iTunes.
I love Circle of Ouroborus but I'm afraid I can't be much help here as I only own those 2 albums and haven't checked out any of their others yet. I know they have an extensive discography. Eleven Fingers in particular is a masterpiece imo.
Haven't seen Nile in awhile but I don't think I will pass this one up. Nile will be playing two full sets on their spring tour.
http://www.metalinjection.net/tour-dates/nile-announce-spring-2013-tour-to-play-two-sets
http://www.metalinjection.net/tour-dates/nile-announce-spring-2013-tour-to-play-two-sets
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
Also, here are some selections from it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTjEm2uApxE
Carsen, Marino, Easter, and Dane are amazing speakers.
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