The Metal Thread

Bergraven_sl said:

Didn't realize Nevermore was on hiatus. They are way better than Arch Enemy. The new chick in Arch Enemy is alright but she's no Angela. She's pretty, but she seems like a hot topic metal chick. She's too pretty? lol I dunno, but Angela seemed like a real metal chick. Plus the new album is pretty forgettable. Nevermore needs to make more material and less new Arch Enemy.

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I stumbled across a band the other day that I hadn't seen before and started to listen to it and I was like "Holy shit, this sounds just like Nevermore!"......... and then I went and googled Sanctuary.

xzi_sl said:

I never knew Chinese Folk Metal existed, but it's fucking awesome.

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The traditional instruments are actually Mongolian, which kind of makes it more badass. If you like them, you may dig 9 Treasures too (another Mongolian folk metal band).

Nine Treasures- Arvan Ald Guulin Honshoor (live at Beijing 2012.5.5) - YouTube

Speaking of Beijing metal, I may as well toss my band's first release up here too. It's more on the alt metal side, if any of you cats are into that sort of thing.

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Slaythe_sl said:

Nevermore isn't just on hiatus are they? Didn't they break up over conflicts with Warrel?

Anyway, Jeff in Arch Enemy is a giant waste of talent and I wouldn't expect to last very long.

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Any band Jeff plays in is going to be elevated, my fear is they'll either limit his playing or he'll overshadow the entire band.

Nevermore is permanently over. Sanctuary was Warrell and Jim's (and Jeff came in at the end) band before breaking up and forming Nevermore. Their two late 80s/early 90s albums were great. I always preferred those to anything Nevermore did. The new reunion one is definitely more akin to Nevermore than classic Sanctuary. It's okay but nothing great.

New track from Mors Principium Est's new album.

Alexzander_sl said:

The traditional instruments are actually Mongolian, which kind of makes it more badass. If you like them, you may dig 9 Treasures too (another Mongolian folk metal band).

Nine Treasures- Arvan Ald Guulin Honshoor (live at Beijing 2012.5.5) - YouTube

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I've been listening to these guys nonstop all day, they're basically Chinese Korpiklaani. Can't find their self-titled album to download anywhere - if anyone has knows of a site, links would be appreciated.

an accordion_sl said:

I've been listening to these guys nonstop all day, they're basically Chinese Korpiklaani. Can't find their self-titled album to download anywhere - if anyone has knows of a site, links would be appreciated.

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Here are their douban/xiami pages. Xiami ought to let you DL if you register. Not sure if you can access without a Chinese IP.



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I can only find streaming on US ones.

Nine Treasures | Nine Treasures

kegkilla_sl said:

can we rename this thread the "weirdos who worship Satan and torture animals for fun thread" and start a new metal thread where we actually discuss metal bands that are relevant such as Metallica, A7X, Alter Bridge, etc.

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Yeah, maybe we could discuss the latest Creed Album. Oh, wait.....

Creed's Scott Stapp Reveals He's Homeless in Jarring New Video
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...video-20141126

Old but good. Nintendo.

kegkilla_sl said:

can we rename this thread the "weirdos who worship Satan and torture animals for fun thread" and start a new metal thread where we actually discuss metal bands that are relevant such as Metallica, A7X, Alter Bridge, etc.

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I'll freely admit that I love old-school metal like Metallica, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Dokken, Slayer, Pantera, etc, and while I like a decent amount of modern metal, I just absolutely cannot get into the growling vocal crap that is prevalent today in a lot of the sub-genres of metal (Death metal, deathcore, deathgrind, whatever), and came to prevalence with bands like Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, or Napalm Death. I really enjoy a lot of the musicianship, but the vocals completely destroy my ability to listen to any of it, its like nails on a chalkboard.

You should check out bands like (older) Children of Bodom, Wintersun, Kalmah, etc.

It's ok keg, numetal is supposed to be having a comeback so there will be plenty of new shitty bands you can listen too.

Alexzander_sl said:

Speaking of Beijing metal, I may as well toss my band's first release up here too. It's more on the alt metal side, if any of you cats are into that sort of thing.

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Awesome stuff.

Malazan name + bathory/medieval vibe = good stuff.

Lately I have been listening to a lot of "Stoner/Doom Metal", bands like The Sword, Dozer and Red Fang. Anyone have any recommendations on bands that sounds like them?