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Agree with you here. lots of different tastes in music out there but some I don't get at all.skycriesmary said:
I wonder how self aware these people are, do they see the caricature nature of what they're doing?
Listened to keeper of seven keys by helloween during my workout yesterday. That album never gets old to me.
The guitar lines/melodies in "Nemesis" are some of the best I have ever heard. I get not liking the vocals - that #### isn't for everyone, but that is a truly incredible song and features some of the best lead guitar playing I have ever heard.skycriesmary said:
I wonder how self aware these people are, do they see the caricature nature of what they're doing?
The Mob Rules is a great album. Saw that tour a million years ago in the 80s. Since you like that one, I'll assume you like a really talented singer. So for newer bands, you might enjoy The Darkness, Dragonforce, Ghost, and Rival Sons.Gr00vus said:
I don't much care about the lyrics when I'm listening to cookie monster vocals. But when I was listening to Napalm Death the other day, I would occasionally growl along with Barney. So growl.
Real singer = much deeper emotional connection to the listener.skycriesmary said:
I wonder how self aware these people are, do they see the caricature nature of what they're doing?
I'm already a big Rival Sons fan, I didn't really consider them metal. I'll listen to those others too - any songs in particular that best represent them? Thanks!
Rival Sons are rock, not metal. Still good, though. I don't know a lot about them, but they opened for Black Sabbath and they rocked. The other bands I mentioned are all good, but I don't know them well enough to list particular songs. While Phil Anselmo isn't a great singer, his band Down rocks. Check it out
I'm a huge Pantera fan, I just didn't assume that Anselmo was ranked way up there as a pure singer
I burned out on Zakk and BLS but this is pretty good. Would be awesome if he put together some great songs. Love his guitar sound but his solos all sound the same to me these days.
Love this thread. Another band I've heard of but never listened to. I truly do not understand the growling (although kinda sexy from a woman in a Linda Blair-Exorcist way), but EG nails it - I love the playing on this.
Sounds like some good shows. Nile is one of those bands that are too much for my old ### though.Well, 2018 is already shaping up to be a great concert year for me.
In addition to the Machine Head show in March, I'm going to see Nile open for Soulfy in Berkeley in May.
Yeah, growling grindcore isn't my thing. But I love Max Cavalera's music, so I'm stoked about Soulfly.KarmaPolice said:Sounds like some good shows. Nile is one of those bands that are too much for my old ### though.Well, 2018 is already shaping up to be a great concert year for me.
In addition to the Machine Head show in March, I'm going to see Nile open for Soulfy in Berkeley in May.
Have to totally agree here.The vocals are one thing and for some they completely dismiss bands solely for that reason but people really are missing out on some great music and especially with Arch Enemy.The way they can write music it comes off as a very heavy/melodic sound that just kicks ### in so many ways.Nemesis is a prime example of that with how well the musicianship is on display in all areas of the band.I'm a huge guitar nerd and pay very close attention to the solo's bands throw in and these without question are top notch.Opeth is another band that quickly comes to mind as another band people tend to shy away from because of the vocals but again they really are missing out on fantastic music.
They have that rep, but now with the last few albums and the other non-growl songs they have, I am guessing only about 1/2 their songs are growly now, and even them only have it for a part of the song as they go back and forth.
Your education is working.Gr00vus said:
Care to unpack this a bit?Gr00vus said:
There are some blasts from the past on that list, and a few I haven't heard of, so that's gives me something to do.
Agree on Megadeth. I always preferred them to Metallica but it's obvious who the top spot belongs to. I would put Megadeth ahead of Testament but I've never really been a Testament fan.
the Misfits Earth A.D./Wolf's Blood deserves mention here, preceding Metallica (who invented the thrash genre, according to that list) and influencing them to the Nth.
Solid list even if I would debate a few of the rankings.The first thing that stood out to me was the line that Metallica invented thrash,I don't agree with that at all and in fact I would say Exodus(whom Metallica got Hammett from)would be in the running as one of the first bands but if the point is the fist popular band I can see that part.
That song was so controversial at the time....truth be told its a freaking masterpiece. the last half of the song is such money. I will never forget when it came out and the stoners/metal heads were cool with it at first...but then the video came out and its #1 on Mtv and all the dorky ### jocks and preps are signing it in the cafeteria kinda drove us nuts and there was a backlash towards the band that extended into the black album. It really was the beginning of the end for metallica from being a huge cult band and into the greatest metal band of all time. and its still not close, even with the dreck of load/reload/st,anger
agreed.bicycle_seat_sniffer said:
