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The Metal Thread
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Korranator
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I must be the only one here that liked Di'Anno.
The first 5 Maiden albums were Godly, the rest were mehhhhh..............
Correct answer would be either Killers or Number of the Beast
The first 5 Maiden albums were Godly, the rest were mehhhhh..............
Correct answer would be either Killers or Number of the Beast
Korranator
Member
Not at all.
The new Exhumed kicked ass.
The new Carcass was overrated. It was rated so high simply because it was Carcass.
Not at all, I LOVE Di'Anno. I play the first 2 albums regularly. Phantom of the Opera is one of my favourite Maiden tracks.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Running Free is an awesome song.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
FTFY, because I'm sure you didn't really mean to say that Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son are "mehhhhh"...
JakkuFurosu
Member
Well thats a toughie.
Gun to my head id say somewhere in time.
7th son by far my fav but overall somewhere better
Gun to my head id say somewhere in time.
7th son by far my fav but overall somewhere better
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
A friend of mine counts Seventh Son of a Seventh Son as his favorite album of all time. All Time.
JakkuFurosu
Member
as do I.
I never posted in this thread just lurked but the lure of maiden talk was too much.
Would be cool to compile some our our best of genre lists and I like x band what should I check out? answers into a handy faq.
viewtifulsub
Member
My Exvious package came in today. Signed album, shirt, poster, and a special box casing.
Album definitely lives up to the quality of their debut.
Album definitely lives up to the quality of their debut.
HammerOfThor
Member
Powerslave and Seventh Son for me.
I was thinking the same thing. I hope someone is keeping track of all out lists haha.
I plan on starting my kids young:
I was thinking the same thing. I hope someone is keeping track of all out lists haha.
I plan on starting my kids young:
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
The Number of the Beast is my favorite Maiden album, closely followed by Killers. Somewhere in Time is also quite frequently in my play list.
fredrancour
Member
How many metal-gaf posters/ lurkers are musicians?
If you are one, What instruments do you play? What kind of stuff?
Are you good enough to compose your own music, or are you a scrub like me who plays Aces' High over and over and over and dreams about someday actually making a halfway-decent song. Do you not play metal at all, but some other style?
If you are one, What instruments do you play? What kind of stuff?
Are you good enough to compose your own music, or are you a scrub like me who plays Aces' High over and over and over and dreams about someday actually making a halfway-decent song. Do you not play metal at all, but some other style?
SpartanForce
Member
3-4 years playing guitar
Love metal
My band: http://abdulalhazred.bandcamp.com/
My covers: http://www.youtube.com/user/gabrielgao/videos?flow=grid&view=0
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
I am. I study Music Theory and composition as well.
I play Bass and Drums. Bass since High School, Drums since I was ten. I'm open to learning about and playing any genre, as long as I have an affinity for what I'm playing.
I, on the other hand, haven't tried composing my own music. All of the other material was co-written, or just myself helping to write the drum/bass portions.
Secks4Food
Member
I play guitar primarily but I'm also pretty competent with keyboards and bass. I've written pages and pages of riffs and chord progressions but I have yet to actually write a song...maybe I'll start doing that.
I have an electronic project which is odd because I'm not really a fan of electronic music. It started out just for fun learning to play the keyboard because I always wanted to teach myself, but with my computer background I became fascinated with how much work can be done on the computer with synthesis/mixing/mastering. It felt like the perfect mixture for me.
I have a lot of free downloads left, so feel free to check it out in good quality:
www.digitalregards.com
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Motherfucker, I take that as an insult! Sir, I challenge you to a corpse-paint battle with...
Wait, yeah, the OP sucks. Probably because when I made this thread, we didn't have much metal talk at all, and I felt it needed a permanent spot. I surely didn't think it would still be around now, after all this time.
One day, when we have an OT2, perhaps I, or someone else, will make a giant fucking OP.
I'm playing clarinet in a band, we don't really play any metal at all but I am however trying to teach myself to play the Harrowing Years on it which is fun. Not very good at it yet though I'm hoping to be able to make some songs of my own one day that will at least be more metal influenced than what we currently do.
British Monsoon
Member
I'd argue that Somewhere in Time is almost perfect (Heaven Can Wait goes on three minutes too long and isn't that great of a song to begin with). It also has some of my favourite underrated Maiden tracks like Alexander the Great and Sea of Madness, while Stranger in a Strange Land, Wasted Years and Caught Somewhere in Time are all awesome songs. I think I prefer Piece of Mind over Powerslave, as well, and definitely Seventh Son.
Melchiah
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I've been playing in bands since 1990. Started with a Carcass-inspired goregrind band, called Genital Masticator, and moved to black metal in 1992. I'm currently involved in one band only (EDIT: and the slowly moving old school grind/death project), as I quitted another last year, but sometimes I participate in other bands' albums. The recent one being an old Finnish heavy metal band Sarcofagus from 1977. We're about to shoot a video next week of the song I was involved in. The project started in an interesting way, as they asked me to perform vocals on a totally improvised song on their gig. It was a different kind of experience, as I had never performed in that way before, but it's good to broaden your horizons.
EDIT.2: Forgot to answer the other question... I've never composed a song myself, as I don't play any instruments, but with my current band we often arrange the songs together. Everyone participates by throwing ideas, whether it's about the structure, or how the drums and melodies are played. The lyrics, samples and the overall visual imagery are more my area of responsibility though.
And another edit:
Metal albums as children's books.
By Helena Zmatlíková
The sound could be better, but this is Megadeth & Jamey Johnson covering George Jones's song Wild Irish Rose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQzgb46sgmA
From last night's sold out, mega star packed George Jones tribute show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQzgb46sgmA
From last night's sold out, mega star packed George Jones tribute show
TOM f'N CRUISE
Member
drunk
HammerOfThor
Member
So I'm on vacation in San Francisco and I'm 99% sure I saw Lars Ulrich last in Oasis Cafe in the financial district. It was him and his girl and we were the only ones in there. I regret not asking him for a pic but I didn't wanna be disrespectful.
Haha sorry, I meant no disrespect. I wont even attempt an OPbecause it would be crappy as hell.
MetalGuardian
Banned
I think the last couple pages of this thread should be spent collaborating, with some of the regular members each typing up a topic (history of metal, specific subgenres, standout events in metal history, etc.). After all, we all have different specialties when it comes to this style of music. Let's make this thing massive, informative, and one of the best OTs in GAF history. And post it in Off-Topic regular instead of community to draw in some unsuspecting strangers. It would get moved after a few days, but that's fine.
I dib the Blind Guardian section!
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
LOL, I don't even know how all of those fancy images are done. Look at some of the other OT's in the gaming section. So incredibly well done.
at gun point I'd pick either Somewhere in Time or Piece of Mind, but you can't go wrong with the first 7 maiden albums. I think fillerslave is a little overrated. 4 filler tracks surrounded by 2 great openers and 2 epic closers. Self titled thru Seventh Son are all excellent.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Any Maiden albums Post-Seventh Son that should be considered? I know how damn spotty their albums are after that.
Fear of the Dark is pretty good, Brave New World and Dance of Death reunion albums with Bruce and Adrian are worth a spin, I personally like the Blayze albums, there are some good tracks on X-Factor and Virtual XI.
No Prayer for the Dying, A Matter of Life and Death, and the Final Frontier are shit though in my opinion. Maiden fan would be better off finding some of Bruce's solo work like Accident of Birth of Chemical Wedding.
MetalGuardian
Banned
This right here son
There are at least a couple tracks on basically every post-seventh son maiden album that should be checked out, but as far as overall consistency goes, A Brave New World is in my top five Maiden albums.
Dat Wicker Man chorus
EDIT: I would disagree with Vio-Lence about The Final Frontier. It's different, but very layered with lots of musical goodies. It's one of those that you'll hear a new element or piece from for the first thirty times you listen.
In the realm of kind of metal....I'm going to see the Koffin Kats tonight:
The Devil Asked
The Way of The Road
Reminds me a bit of Volbeat, if Volbeat were more punk.
The Devil Asked
The Way of The Road
Reminds me a bit of Volbeat, if Volbeat were more punk.
SpartanForce
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Andrew Korenchkin
Member
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/plato-pop/201210/black-sabbath-and-the-secret-scary-music
Good essay, as far as I'm concerned.
Good essay, as far as I'm concerned.
Giant Robot
Member
The only real filler on Powerslave is The Duellist. Back In The Village is a filler song, but the twin harmonies in that middle section redeems itself. Losfer Words is a nice welcome back to Maiden instrumental songs.
Piece of Mind/Number Of The Beast are probably my most listened to Maiden albums, but I consider their first 7 albums equal in weight.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?? The Duellists is awesome.
I agree that back in the village is an awesome b-side, but i can't stand flash of the blade or the duelist. those songs always get skipped. the best or worst example of filler song on the maiden golden era albums is Quest for Fire tho. song is garbage.
I think a better survey would be like a top 5/10 maiden b-sides or deep cuts. Asking for top albums is uninspired for the most part since there is a usual consensus on these type of things, especially for a band like Maiden.
here's a shot:
1. judas be my guide
2. back in the village
3. still life
4. total eclipse
5. Deja-vu
6. man on the edge
7. 22 acacia avenue
etc
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Agreed. Probably one of my favorites on the album.
fredrancour
Member
I like Brave New World better than half the classic-era albums.
I learned tonight that I'm that guy who requests obscure songs that the band rarely plays live and has forgotten by the time I get around to requesting them.
What's really fun though is when the bands do know them, and love playing a deep cut track they don't always play live.
What's really fun though is when the bands do know them, and love playing a deep cut track they don't always play live.
Giant Robot
Member
oh god, Quest By Fire is the worst Maiden song during those golden years. I always skip that stupid song.
Best B-side Maiden song is Total Eclipse by far. I think Maiden didn't want to overshadow Hallowed Be Thy Name as the best song on Number of the Beast
The Blue Record is the only correct answer.
Red is best. Start there and then get blue.
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