Poptimists get into ...METAL?!

Ha, thanks Jeff -- I might have more use for "insane power metal" than "female-fronted Gothic-ish metal with a heavy dose of pop" these days (couldn't really get into the new Lacuna Coil or Nightwish at all -- though my wife says I should ask you guys where I can get the new Gathering with that Octavia Sperati lady) but I'll keep those in mind.

I mean, it's the Japanese version of Gothic, which translates to this:

http://img.karaoke-lyrics.net/img/artists/37316/aldious-225092.jpg

Which I would say sums up what Aldious sound like pretty well.

naff?

Ryu-5150, Iron Attack, and Kissing the Mirror are all Touhou metal, which basically means instrumental shred covers of songs from this one videogame series.

This broke my brain.

you haven't even been subjected to it!

Here's an explanation: http://www.cracked.com/funny-1750-touhou/

Here's a rundown of some of the more notable bands from the genre:
http://afsafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/big-four-of-touhou-metalrock.html

Also keep an eye out for an upcoming issue of Decibel where I give my thoughts on the latest releases from some of those bands.

scary

:-o

http://www.lucylearns.com/images/castle-ghost-clipart-scary-ghost-picture-1-small.gif

http://gifs.gifbin.com/6b65e28dbc10e86.gif

Holy SHIT, that Uncle Acid track that kicks off the thread... So good. The last minute or so of unfurling solos... I owe you guys for the tip!

i hear whiney's working on something abt this tbh

― dave cool, Friday, February 3, 2012 9:18 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bit.ly/I1uw28

like that whiney

torche gets better the more pop/90s jawboxy they get

i wish the whole world would get more jawboxy tbh

i agree!

i met the jawbox dude that was living here several times at parties and got all shoestarey every time to avoid being THAT DUDE and getting all slobbery abt how awesome they were

oh yeah wasn't he in a band here the Millions or something? i sadly never got out to see them

he played w/tom in some project as well which would have been fucking rad but i dont think they ever played out

oh shit that would've been some serious chops in the rhythm section

that was awesome, whiney!

Are Poptimists still into it?

What should a Poptimist check out?

I'm waiting for the day for Lex to embrace a metal band.

Babymetal didn't even tempt him.

I could see him liking Myrkur or Darkher maybe

Astronoid?

hell no

v pompous drumming, for starters

I think there would be more chance of Lex liking a metal band than Tuomas

Myrkur's not a bad choice actually. It's like Tori Amos's idea of black metal

Did Lex like the last Chelsea Wolfe album?

yup iirc

I think so. He liked Swans too (i know they're not metal but...) Lex isn't as closeminded as some think. If you give a good description of what it's like and why he might like it he will give it a listen. He listened to some pfunk I sent his way one time.

If someone whose tastes he respects likes something he will also give it a try.

i listened to Sepultura Roots recently and fell in love with it, based on Whiney's recommendation in a similar thread (something about Groovy metal bands) can anyone recommend me more stuff like that

I cant as I hated groove metal especially Pantera and the like (Though i never saw Sepultura in that mould) but I guess plenty here could recommend you what they liked.

Corrosion Of Conformity were great and I think their pepper era stuff does count but is really good.

Some bands listed here like Mastodon and Meshuggah are def not groove metal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_groove_metal_bands
Prong I think mightve gone in that direction but it was not their good stuff.

early lamb of god was really great until they went groove metal imo

Roots is excellent in parts. Far Beyond Driven is probably the Pantera album to go for in the groove-metal vein. From that wiki list, Clutch are good, i suppose. White Zombie aren't listed but aren't a million miles away.

Myrkur's not a bad choice actually. It's like Tori Amos's idea of black metal

― steely dad (Drugs A. Money)

based on "mausoleum" i'd say it's more lorena mckennit's idea of black metal!

or dead can dance, i can't decide

You might enjoy Sep's Chaos AD as well, more of a straight metal album but starting to incorporate the influences foun in Roots.

Yeah, I would also look up Soulfly which is the band Max C started to follow up on Roots.

Not the same thing but Clutch's Transnational Speedway League is an absolute classic. I did not even realize Clutch had 12 albums! I'm prob way overdue to tackle their whole discography.

That was their best album imo but also an anomaly in their discography as it was more post-hardcore than the stoner rock they became famous for

Myrkur's not a bad choice actually. It's like Tori Amos's idea of black metal

― steely dad (Drugs A. Money)

based on "mausoleum" i'd say it's more lorena mckennit's idea of black metal!

― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, February 10, 2017 6:44 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or dead can dance, i can't decide

― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, February 10, 2017 6:45 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wish i liked myrkur more bc all of these descriptions make her music sound like it's Perfect

I did not even realize Clutch had 12 albums! I'm prob way overdue to tackle their whole discography.

Pick one at random. They're all exactly the same.

I like the *sounds* of Myrkur but a lot of her album sounds half-finished

Yeah I mean I thought the album was a solid B-minus but theoretically Lex wd be looking for different things out of BM than I would

the record i heard was "mausoleum" which is her and a choir in a crypt, no metal at all. i guess it's not typical of her? but it sounds better than when she tries to do the black metal thing.

She should collaborate with Mesarthim on her next album

oh btw the answer to this thread is blood command

maybe