i'd vote for "clandestine" any day of the week, despite the kind of scattered, half-assed vocal work.Actual (paraphrased) discussion:- "Clandestine" is just as good, you know.- Yes, but those vocals...- OK, "Left Hand Path" it is.When Entombed ditched the Sunlight Studios' ultra-dense guitar sound their appeal was massively reduced. Bloody typical that a band can depend so much on such a trivial thing, really...
― Siegbran Hetteson (eofor), Friday, 20 September 2002 19:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Lord Custos Alpha (Lord Custos Alpha), Friday, 20 September 2002 19:52 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Siegbran Hetteson (eofor), Friday, 20 September 2002 20:39 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 20 September 2002 20:42 (twenty-two years ago) link
Side issue/Subthread: I coulda sworn that Revolver mag was set up to be some kind of American equivalent of Mojo...but somehere along the line it became some kind of Teenybooper Nu-metal knockoff of Kerrang!...but without Kerrang's long history of (*cough*) Journalistic Integrity. :)
*Sniff* I KNOW! I used to freakin' love "Revolver" (it's the Classic Rock magazine that features Wookie and Wu Tang Clan!), and now it's gone down the drain...
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 20 September 2002 21:12 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Lord Custos Alpha (Lord Custos Alpha), Friday, 20 September 2002 21:16 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Lord Custos Alpha (Lord Custos Alpha), Friday, 20 September 2002 21:19 (twenty-two years ago) link
― brg30 (brg30), Friday, 20 September 2002 21:47 (twenty-two years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 21 September 2002 00:37 (twenty-two years ago) link
― keith (keithmcl), Saturday, 21 September 2002 01:09 (twenty-two years ago) link
I do have the feeling sometimes that I should get away from the scene and re-enter a few years later - perhaps in the last fifteen years I've been numbing myself with hundreds of albums to the point that only the stuff that stands out as different (sound, structure, whatever) gets my blood flowing. On the other hand, I thoroughly enjoyed the last few Decayed albums which are basically excellent "The Return" ripoffs, and the Cutthroat "Rape! Rape! Rape!" covers-of-old-thrash-bands CD was pretty great too, in terms of headbanging/air guitar playing appeal (something you don't get with your average 90s influenced band). But somehow to me the bar lies higher for artists that "work on existant models". I could rave about Megiddo, Maniac Butcher, Black Witchery, Nile or Abigail but somehow I can't really convince myself they're really something worthy of being in an "all time greats" list. Perhaps in retrospect I will appreciate them more than I do now.
I actually haven't heard the latest Hate Eternal album, although I keep hearing wonderful things about it from everyone. I guess I should take a hint...
― Siegbran Hetteson (eofor), Saturday, 21 September 2002 15:07 (twenty-two years ago) link
http://www.entertainment.inuk.com/music/numetalguide.html
Awful Link of the Day
Crypt of the Lost Souls (thanks Roland) - In sticking with the theme of today's update, here is a website filled with angst called the "Crypt of the lost souls." Filled with horrifying satanism and gothic-ness, it's a testament to hell that the dark lord himself could be proud of. It's run by a 16 year old boy named Chris who could most definitely pass for a 14 year old girl.
http://medlem.spray.se/metalalbums/blackmetal.htm
― Lord Custos Alpha (Lord Custos Alpha), Saturday, 21 September 2002 22:01 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Siegbran Hetteson (eofor), Saturday, 21 September 2002 22:47 (twenty-two years ago) link
― thom west (thom w), Sunday, 22 September 2002 00:04 (twenty-two years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Sunday, 22 September 2002 02:18 (twenty-two years ago) link
― threemetalinsects (threemetalinsects), Sunday, 22 September 2002 07:29 (twenty-two years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 22 September 2002 08:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Argh! You can take the girl out of white trash, but the white trash RUBS OFF ON the girl!
― kate, Sunday, 22 September 2002 11:19 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 22 September 2002 16:12 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Siegbran Hetteson (eofor), Monday, 23 September 2002 12:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Monday, 23 September 2002 16:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 11:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick H, Wednesday, 14 May 2003 14:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 15 May 2003 00:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
Rightly so, I can't think of a single good female metal band.
Why? Girls are great at other genres.
― mei (mei), Thursday, 15 May 2003 10:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave q, Thursday, 15 May 2003 10:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 15 May 2003 10:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 15 May 2003 18:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 15 May 2003 19:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RENDEZVOUS, Wednesday, 18 June 2003 19:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
>I can't think of a single good female metal band
Precious Metal, "That Kind of Girl"
― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 20:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
SUCK!
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 20:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
Two Pantera albums and only one Sabbath album has to be criminal.
Why the hell are Bad Brains, Misfits and, to a lesser extent, Jane's Addiction on this list? They don't seem very metal to me.
― Ian Johnson, Wednesday, 18 June 2003 20:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ian Johnson, Wednesday, 18 June 2003 22:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aditya (dan138zig), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link
66. GODFLESH - Streetcleaner64. SLEEP - Jerusalem60. DARKTHRONE - Transylvanian Hunger
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21. KORN - Follow The Leader17. SLIPKNOT - Slipknot7. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Rage Against The Machine
― thank you ilxor for starting this much needed thread (ilxor), Friday, 11 March 2011 05:13 (thirteen years ago) link
CHRISTBAIT RISINGBULLS ON PARADE
― There's nothing left alive but a pair of ashy thighs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 11 March 2011 09:36 (thirteen years ago) link
22. AEROSMITH - Rocks21. KORN - Follow The Leader...9. GUNS N ROSES - Appetite For Destruction8. SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Toxicity
― Play with human heads instead of playing with balls (kkvgz), Friday, 11 March 2011 09:50 (thirteen years ago) link
4. SLAYER - Reign In Blood3. BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid2. PANTERA - Vulgar Display Of Power1. METALLICA - Master Of Puppets
it certainly is a number two.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 11 March 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
2nd best metal album of all time my arse
even bill magill thinks its a joke its #2 and he is one of the few Pantera fans round here
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 11 March 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link