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[AstroZombie]

I fucking love everything about this picture. It's so damn Manowar, and Manowar gives absolutely zero fucks.

In the last decade Manowar sadly became a bad parody of themselves, but I still love them to death. They were one of the first bands that introduced me to metal and their albums up to Kings of Metal are classics and have influenced countless other musicans.

And Eric Adams is (was) one of the best metal vocalists of all times.

I hope you guys have heard of Virgin Steele. They're as cheesy as Manowar, but I think their music is tons better.

DIE! FALL ON YOUR SWORD! FALL ON YOUR KNEES!

 

[Flynn]

Late 20's early 30's I'd say

haha well she's pretty young

 

[Electric_ Cthulhu]

I hope you guys have heard of Virgin Steele. They're as cheesy as Manowar, but I think their music is tons better.

DIE! FALL ON YOUR SWORD! FALL ON YOUR KNEES!

Of course I've heard of them. Invictus is a godlike album. I wouldn't say they are tons better but at least they still make acceptable music.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Just stumbled onto this rather wonderful old school death metal band from Sri Lanka on FB, which seems to have some Blasphemy influences.

Genocide Shrines - Nectars of Tantric Murder

This is phenomenal, a must listen.

 

[Lambda Pie]

Virgin Steele is the truth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIntEDKeSuM

 

[FelixOrion]

New Living Sacrifice album, Ghost Thief, set for release Nov. 11th.

Track Listing:
1) Screwtape (featuring Ryan Clark of Demon Hunter, ex-Training for Utopia, ex-Focal Point)
2) Ghost Thief
3) The Reaping
4) Straw Man
5) Sudden
6) Mask
7) American Made
8) Before
9) Your War
10) Despair (featuring Dave Peters of Throwdown, ex-Eighteen Visions)

 

[Kaladin]

Not a fan, but that's a bad ass album cover.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Were you at the Best Buy Theater on Feb 18th, 2012? ARE WE CONCERT BROS?!

LOL why yes I was.

 

[Ixion]

LOL why yes I was.

lol What I remember most vividly from that night is when Veil of Maya played. They were very out of place. Everyone was just standing there like "WTF".

 

[strafer]

Damn, the new Warbringer will be so good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BfxYMI8L9Q

 

[zedge]

Damn, the new Warbringer will be so good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BfxYMI8L9Q

Indeed. Some good ole thrash there.

 

[Kaladin]

Megadeth covering George Jones? Alright....I'll bite.

The star power continues to increase for next month’s George Jones tribute concert.

Brad Paisley, Loretta Lynn, Martina McBride, Ronnie Milsap, Big & Rich, Lee Ann Womack, Craig Morgan, Thompson Square and Bill Anderson have all been added to the Nov. 22 line-up, along with one unlikely addition, heavy metal rock band Megadeth. The group will perform Jones’ song, ‘Wild Irish Rose.’

“George Jones had a way of putting his finger right into your wounds and letting you know, ‘I understand. I know your pain,’ Megadeth’s lead singer Dave Mustaine explains.

“While ‘Wild Irish Rose’ may be an unexpected choice with so many great songs to choose from, it is a perfect example of Mr. Jones’ way of reaching inside every one of us, and making us aware that we all have pain. By far the most pain a man can endure, sadly as so many of our Vietnam vets know, is to come home and find no one wants him. In the end, as so many do, they end their days inside of a bottle, as ‘Rose’ knows too well.”

Previously announced performers for the show, called Playin’ Possum! The Final No Show, include George Strait, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Eric Church, Reba McEntire, Alabama, Alan Jackson, Dierks Bentley, Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker, Josh Turner, the Oak Ridge Boys, Charlie Daniels, Jamey Johnson and Montgomery Gentry.

Jones passed away on April 26, after battling respiratory problems and other health issues. The concert was originally scheduled to be his farewell concert, and he planned to share the evening with many of the artists who are still scheduled to perform.

The concert, which will be held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, is sold out.

This is the song they're covering btw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfAPhJW5fOY

 

[blahness]

Huge MDF 2014 update. They added:

My Dying Bride

Pungent Stench

Ulcerate

Bolzer

Hooded Menace

Windhand

 

[Kaladin]

Huge MDF 2014 update. They added:

My Dying Bride

Pungent Stench

Ulcerate

Bolzer

Hooded Menace

Windhand

I said "Who?" 5 times. My Dying Bride is pretty awesome for the doom side of MDF though.

 

[beato_angelico]

You might associate a stigma with their sound, I'm not sure you can like them if that's the case. I don't even hear the Tool influence on TGCD, so there's no stigma for me at all.

I really do think the grooves/riffs in TGCD are second to none in the genre. Just about ever song has a great riff.

Viva Emptiness is a better album, but doesn't have the amount of god tier riffs like TGCD.

It's actually kind of odd to ask someone to explain to you what the appeal of a band is due to you feeling like you should like them. If you can listen to 'Leaders' or 'Ghost of the Sun' and not feel it, move on.

oh god where do I begin? first, I love Tool. It's just that katatonia, let's say, borrowed adam's jones guitar tone and style and run away with it, hence my "poor man's Tool" comment. second, if you can't see this obvious influence, why the fuck I'm wasting my time. third, I don't think saying "they have great riffs" again and again is going to convince anyone. fourth, I agree, it's a lost cause. Just to compare, I don't like Opeth, but I can absolutely see why people go crazy for them. But I just don't see anything interesting about Katatonia.

 

[HammerOfThor]

Megadeth covering George Jones? Alright....I'll bite.



This is the song they're covering btw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfAPhJW5fOY

I dont know how I should feel about this.

BTW what ever happened to that Dio tribute album his wife was putting together?

Damn, the new Warbringer will be so good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BfxYMI8L9Q

I seriously can't wait for this album!

 

[Kaladin]

I dont know how I should feel about this.

It's certainly a song with a subject matter that Megadeth might do. Will be interesting to hear if they go full metal with it or if they go country or if they do what Hetfield did with Don't You Think This Outlaw Shit Has Done Got Out Of Hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbaXAV56e7c

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

oh god where do I begin? first, I love Tool. It's just that katatonia, let's say, borrowed adam's jones guitar tone and style and run away with it, hence my "poor man's Tool" comment. second, if you can't see this obvious influence, why the fuck I'm wasting my time. third, I don't think saying "they have great riffs" again and again is going to convince anyone. fourth, I agree, it's a lost cause. Just to compare, I don't like Opeth, but I can absolutely see why people go crazy for them. But I just don't see anything interesting about Katatonia.

It happens.

 

[trab pu kcip]

Not a fan, but that's a bad ass album cover.

indeed. just the top with the dude and the background reminds me of something jacob bannon would do. and the rest is just awesome.
totally dig swooning over stuff like that. I found out about so many bands just because I liked the album art hah. shit shouldn't be underestimated. gotta keep that record collection sexy yo

 

[Watevaman]

Does anyone else miss Windir as much as I do? We're coming up on 10 years since Valfar's death and everytime I listen to any Windir I get this sad feeling that we're really not going to get any more.

 

[HammerOfThor]

It's certainly a song with a subject matter that Megadeth might do. Will be interesting to hear if they go full metal with it or if they go country or if they do what Hetfield did with Don't You Think This Outlaw Shit Has Done Got Out Of Hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbaXAV56e7c

I really, really love that cover.

I'll remain cautiously optimistic about the Megadeth cover. The original is really good.

 

[Secks4Food]

Does anyone else miss Windir as much as I do? We're coming up on 10 years since Valfar's death and everytime I listen to any Windir I get this sad feeling that we're really not going to get any more.

Yeah dude, I know that feel with Windir, Death, Bathory...buh. We just gotta enjoy the music and celebrate/be thankful for the lives of the musicians however short they might have been.

 

[Kaladin]

I really, really love that cover.

I'll remain cautiously optimistic about the Megadeth cover. The original is really good.

Keep in mind, we could possibly only hear the Megadeth cover in shitty youtube video form. There is no word if this show will be recorded or not. I hope it is though. It was sold out when it was meant to be George Jones's final performance and those tickets just rolled into the new tribute show format concert so no new tickets are being sold for that show based on any of the artists being announced for it.

 

[MetalGuardian]

Does anyone else miss Windir as much as I do? We're coming up on 10 years since Valfar's death and everytime I listen to any Windir I get this sad feeling that we're really not going to get any more.

God, yes

This song was my pre-game jam throughout my whole college career. Every time my friends and I would be pounding down shots before heading out to the party scene for the night, I would subject them to some quality music because I knew we would be hearing nothing but lackluster mainstream "JUMP DA HELL UP!" party music the rest of the night.

I still listen to this song every time I'm heading to a job interview or a first date or anything else.

Rest In Peace brother

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Does anyone else miss Windir as much as I do? We're coming up on 10 years since Valfar's death and everytime I listen to any Windir I get this sad feeling that we're really not going to get any more.

Mistur and Cor Scorpii are pretty much new Windir. Both of those bands are amazing.

Feigd and Vreid are also really good.

 

[Giant Robot]

I said "Who?" 5 times. My Dying Bride is pretty awesome for the doom side of MDF though.

cmon man.
Pungent Stench, classic Austrian death metal band in the vein of Death/Autopsy.
Hooded Menace, modern classic doom death metallers from Finland. They sound as if they channel the old school scandinavian bands.
Windhand, one of the newer Stoner/Doom/Sabbath worship bands getting attention. Chick handling vocals. I just barely missed a small show they did here, but they are promising.

 

[Secks4Food]

cmon man.
Pungent Stench, classic Austrian death metal band in the vein of Death/Autopsy.
Hooded Menace, modern classic doom death metallers from Finland. They sound as if they channel the old school scandinavian bands.
Windhand, one of the newer Stoner/Doom/Sabbath worship bands getting attention. Chick handling vocals. I just barely missed a small show they did here, but they are promising.

Also Ulcerate's new album is sooo awesome, Kiwi death metal done right http://ulcerate.bandcamp.com/releases

Spoiler

I don't know Bolzer, time to remedy that.

 

[NameGenerated]

Hooded Menace, Ulcerate, and Bolzer are all awesome. I'd love to go to a MDF eventually, I live relatively close just down the east coast. Nobody to go with sucks though, especially for a big festival like that. And just thinking about driving through Baltimore gives me anxiety. Driving around DC with ridiculous traffic at night time was one of the most stressful things I've done. Though now with GPS it's better.

 

[forknknife]

I said "Who?" 5 times. My Dying Bride is pretty awesome for the doom side of MDF though.

Definitely check windhand, their split with cough is fucking awesome, one of my favorite releases of the year.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Any good Metal albums where the atmosphere is absolutely impeccable? I think that if more Metal albums could benefit from atmosphere.

 

[SpartanForce]

Any good Metal albums where the atmosphere is absolutely impeccable? I think that if more Metal albums could benefit from atmosphere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSCgqOGFiH8

 

[Kaladin]

Ghost announced a new covers E.P. and released the first single:

If You Have Ghost (Roy Erickson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kNetd_lISI

1. If You Have Ghosts (Originally Recorded By Roky Erickson)
2. I Am A Marionette (Originally Recorded By ABBA)
3. Crucified (Originally Recorded By Army Of Lovers)
4. Waiting For The Night (Originally Recorded By Depeche Mode)
5. Secular Haze (Recorded Live At Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

 

[Watevaman]

Ghost announced a new covers E.P. and released the first single:

If You Have Ghost (Roy Erickson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kNetd_lISI

1. If You Have Ghosts (Originally Recorded By Roky Erickson)
2. I Am A Marionette (Originally Recorded By ABBA)
3. Crucified (Originally Recorded By Army Of Lovers)
4. Waiting For The Night (Originally Recorded By Depeche Mode)
5. Secular Haze (Recorded Live At Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

Digging the Nosferatu style artwork.

 

[Kaladin]

 

[HammerOfThor]

^lol.

Perfect first post for the new page.

 

[British Monsoon]

Not sure if anyone here gives a damn, but you can stream the new Monster Magnet album at;

Monster Magnet - Last Patrol

 

[Spectacular Dr Dawg]

Listening to Angelcorpse's The Inexorable. I forgot how good it was.

Any good Metal albums where the atmosphere is absolutely impeccable? I think that if more Metal albums could benefit from atmosphere.

Thergothon-Stream From The Heavens. The peak of funeral doom if you ask me. Great otherwordly and melancholic atmosphere.

 

[FelixOrion]

Full album stream of Pelican's Forever Becoming up on Pitchfork until the 15th.

http://pitchfork.com/advance/246-forever-becoming/

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Ah, I love both bands. Sing along fun! Especially The Misfits.

 

[FYC]

I only have the first Ramones album. I like it, need to listen to the next few that came after.

 

[Zampano]

That feeling, after about 50 listens, when a new Ulcerate album goes from being an impenetrable wall of brutal noise, to an amazing impenetrable wall of brutal noise that you can follow parts of.

Soooooo goooooood

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

I only have the first Ramones album. I like it, need to listen to the next few that came after.

If you really want to get the Ramones at their best, pick up a live record which make the studio versions feel like easy listening music. Johnny Ramone had some skill. Seriously, down stroking power chords rapidly at that speed for nearly an hour must take quite a bit of stamina.

Also, Punk has a huge influence on Metal, folks. So show some respect!

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

^Ugh

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

^Ugh

And?

 

[Manzepi]

Ghost announced a new covers E.P. and released the first single:

If You Have Ghost (Roy Erickson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kNetd_lISI

1. If You Have Ghosts (Originally Recorded By Roky Erickson)
2. I Am A Marionette (Originally Recorded By ABBA)
3. Crucified (Originally Recorded By Army Of Lovers)
4. Waiting For The Night (Originally Recorded By Depeche Mode)
5. Secular Haze (Recorded Live At Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

What a great artwork ! Awesome band <3

 

[Zero Hero]

Windhand, one of the newer Stoner/Doom/Sabbath worship bands getting attention. Chick handling vocals. I just barely missed a small show they did here, but they are promising.

This is fucking awesome!

 

[choodi]

Was listening to the latest Orphaned Land album on the bus to work this morning.

Pretty good album.

Anyone else like these guys?

 

[vatstep]

IKEA product or metal band?

 

[DTLIONS1013]

IKEA product or metal band?

Got a 10/20, guessed on all of them but Von and Watain

 

[FelixOrion]

IKEA product or metal band?

wow that's hard