Official Metal Thread (Part II)

[Stryfe14]

New Machine Head stream. Eyes of the Dead is one of, if not the, best songs on the album.

[xITHYPHALLIC]

I finally got around to giving it a few spins today, and I'm very underwhelmed with Citadel. It's 3 good songs with a bunch of filler and lacks the major rif***e and epicness of Portal of I. Feels more like an EP IMO.

Citadel has grown on me a bit, but I still agree. I don't know why there's so much violin on the new album. I get that they were trying to make an album that flowed together as one, but it kind of falls flat when nearly half of the album is just violin and a little bit of guitars. With that said, Painters of the Tempest Part II, Pyrrhic and Blackholes are really awesome tracks.

I also thought the harsh vocals were better on Portal of I in general.

Listening to the Ghost Brigade right now...pretty good.

[Kermeli]

New Mors Principium Est



pretty fukkin awesome

MORS PRINCIPIUM EST "Dawn Of The 5th Era", out on December 2nd (US), December 5th (EU). Oo had no idea it comes so soon, cant wait !

[xITHYPHALLIC]

New Mors Principium Est

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pretty fukkin awesome

MORS PRINCIPIUM EST "Dawn Of The 5th Era", out on December 2nd (US), December 5th (EU). Oo had no idea it comes so soon, cant wait !

Damn, this new Kalmah stuff, er, new Ghost Brigade...no wait. The new Omnium Gatherum...no, that's not it either...the new Dark Tranquility...

All of these bands sound the same to me at this point. I can usually sit through a song or two before it all blends together. Totally forgettable for me. None of them are pushing any boundaries when it comes to their new music. Yeah, some of these bands have a decent back catalog, but it honestly blows my mind that they keep putting this vapid crap out "die hard" fans continue to buy it.

And yes, I have changed my tune. A couple of years ago I would have been all for buying new metal music outright - but now the level of rehashed garbage is off the charts.

[Daath]

New Mors Principium Est



pretty fukkin awesome

MORS PRINCIPIUM EST "Dawn Of The 5th Era", out on December 2nd (US), December 5th (EU). Oo had no idea it comes so soon, cant wait !

Fuuuaaaarrrrkkk!!! I didn't have any idea this was coming out this soon either. Fuarking awesome. hhhnnngggg!

[yg7s7]

New Mors Principium Est

[youtube]mlAQ0k1ZXfA[/yutube]

pretty fukkin awesome

MORS PRINCIPIUM EST "Dawn Of The 5th Era", out on December 2nd (US), December 5th (EU). Oo had no idea it comes so soon, cant wait !

imo these guys peaked with their first three albums

after the guitarists left, their music while still solid isn't just the same anymore like it's missing "something" that made me listen to them

[Kermeli]

Damn, this new Kalmah stuff, er, new Ghost Brigade...no wait. The new Omnium Gatherum...no, that's not it either...the new Dark Tranquility...

All of these bands sound the same to me at this point. I can usually sit through a song or two before it all blends together. Totally forgettable for me. None of them are pushing any boundaries when it comes to their new music. Yeah, some of these bands have a decent back catalog, but it honestly blows my mind that they keep putting this vapid crap out "die hard" fans continue to buy it.

And yes, I have changed my tune. A couple of years ago I would have been all for buying new metal music outright - but now the level of rehashed garbage is off the charts.

Respect ur opinion but

not seriff if sure

[JPeeper]

Damn, this new Kalmah stuff, er, new Ghost Brigade...no wait. The new Omnium Gatherum...no, that's not it either...the new Dark Tranquility...

All of these bands sound the same to me at this point. I can usually sit through a song or two before it all blends together. Totally forgettable for me. None of them are pushing any boundaries when it comes to their new music. Yeah, some of these bands have a decent back catalog, but it honestly blows my mind that they keep putting this vapid crap out "die hard" fans continue to buy it.

And yes, I have changed my tune. A couple of years ago I would have been all for buying new metal music outright - but now the level of rehashed garbage is off the charts.

Wow wow wow there, Kalmah's new albums are great and sound nothing like their old stuff. Compare Seventh Swamphony to Swamplord or They Will Return, both sound like Kalmah, but totally different. Black Waltz doesn't really sound anything like the rest of their albums. For The Revolution I only really like 3 songs.

I haven't heard the other bands you mentioned, but since Kalmah is one of my favorite bands I thought I'd respond as I think at least with them their music has totally changed and evolved. Cilhdren of Bodom evolved, mostly in to crap then back into mediocrity, but they still changed and their in the sameish grouping of bands.

[JPeeper]

Never really posted in this thread before. But I just wanna say this album is hard to beat IMHO anyone know any other bands that sound this good. I keep listening to the same stuff over and over again.

This album is about as 10/10 as they come. I don't listen to Mastadon that often (not sure why not since they kick ass), but this album is one of the favorites. Very very solid album.

[xITHYPHALLIC]

Respect ur opinion but

not seriff if sure

Wow wow wow there, Kalmah's new albums are great and sound nothing like their old stuff. Compare Seventh Swamphony to Swamplord or They Will Return, both sound like Kalmah, but totally different. Black Waltz doesn't really sound anything like the rest of their albums. For The Revolution I only really like 3 songs.

I haven't heard the other bands you mentioned, but since Kalmah is one of my favorite bands I thought I'd respond as I think at least with them their music has totally changed and evolved. Cilhdren of Bodom evolved, mostly in to crap then back into mediocrity, but they still changed and their in the sameish grouping of bands.

Yeah, I probably lumped a few too many bands in there. I was just trying to think of bands that fit under the "Finnish melodic metal" flag. The point still stands that there is a good deal of bands that literally do nothing novel when they release new music. They just shove the same old crap down people's throats and they're all the happy to eat it up.

[Queequeg]

Album is so underrated, its a masterpiece.

[johnnyboro]

SOTY. Haven't listened to the whole album yet.


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[JPeeper]

dat intro doe.

The vocalist sounds a bit like Out of Yesteryear's; I don't like the highs too much from Alter... They're off-tempo and -range imo...

Not sure if it was this post, or if someone even earlier than this posted Alterbeast, but I got to give you thanks because I have been listening to their album a ton lately.

[yg7s7]

lol just found out the guitar riff of "Metal Heart" by Accept sampled a classical song "Slavonic March" by Tchaikovsky

[GoobyPls]

love my man anselmo

[Bones98]

U mirin' 2 year old Cryptopsy fan?

[yg7s7]

[trapsbro]

sludge-



scary dark atmosphere black metal-



grindcore deathmetal-



atmospheric black metal-



black metal with slightly happy riffs-

[trapsbro]

my fav atmospheric black metal band-

[Stryfe14]

After a lengthy number of spins, this has gotta be my favorite off the new Ghost Brigade

[wintersun]

New Machine Head stream. Eyes of the Dead is one of, if not the, best songs on the album.

What do you think of the album as a whole? I thought it was kinda disappointing :/

[BenBlue]

What do you think of the album as a whole? I thought it was kinda disappointing :/

imom Machine Head are one of the most overrated bands in the history of metal. They've been mad mediocre for years, and so inconsistent. Not even remotely interested in this new one.

[Stryfe14]

What do you think of the album as a whole? I thought it was kinda disappointing :/

I went into this album with only fair expectations, I wasn't expecting another Blackening and at first I had a stale taste in my mouth. Now We Die, Killers & Kings and Ghosts Will Haunt my Bones really start the album off on a familiar Blackening/Locust note, but from Sail into the Black through Imaginal Cells are all great. The only song I really don't like is Take Me Through the Fire, it doesn't really add anything to the album and just kinda feels tacked on. I actually deleted it from my album and rearranged the songs so the progression is Damage Inside -> Imaginal Cells -> Game Over as the album closer.

The album is starting to really grow on me though, and it stands out more in MHs overall discography than Locust did. I'd give it an overall 4/5.

[NFlamez]

scary dark atmosphere black metal-

Magnificent!

[johnnyboro]

imom Machine Head are one of the most overrated bands in the history of metal. They've been mad mediocre for years, and so inconsistent. Not even remotely interested in this new one.

Two minutes was enough for me.
Years ago would have popped a boner for this , now it seems i'm getting too old for their sh*t.

[xITHYPHALLIC]

Machine Head blows.

[Kiefer 2004]

I was listening to Mercyful Fate's Don't Break the Oath album the other day.
Hank Sherman and Michael Denner are one of the best metal guitar duo's of all time imo.

[Queequeg]

[Voluspa]

New Bloodbath time!

[bodybuildeeerrr]

love my man anselmo

That's it.