I was at a show with a similar lineup, though there was some third opening band as well. Devil Driver was horrible, but Opeth was incredible. Their drummer fell ill, so they had one of their sound techs fill in for the first half of the show while they played mainly their lighter, more acoustic-based stuff. However, for the second half, they had Gene Hoglan on-hand to fill in, and man. He was incredible. I've never heard drumming like that live before. It was a rad show, and definitely made up for the weak opening bands.

I would like to hear opinions about the newest single of Blind Guardian: Fly.

I'm looking forward to Green Carnation's concert that's coming up around spring break (two weeks from now). It's at 1am, but it should be a good show.

My favorite metal bands:

Opeth
Nevermore
Megadeth
Metallica
Meshuggah
Pantera (liked them way before Dimebag died)
Slayer
Kalmah
Children of Bodom
Necrophagist
Overkill
Kreator
Anthrax
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Mastodon
Shadows Fall
In Flames
Soilwork
Emperor
Abigor
Old Man's Child
Naglfar
Vital Remains
Trivium
Sentenced
God Forbid
3 Inches of Blood
Behold...the Arctopus!
Vehemence
Martyr
Dream Theater
Sex Machineguns
Lamb of God
Dimmu Borgir
Decapitated
Death
Morbid Angel
Suffocation
Black Sabbath
Amon Amarth
Angra


and a ton more...

I was impressed with that DVD. I liked all the songs, especially the three covers they did in the end.

John Petrucci wasn't quite as in your face as the other two sets, but he deffinetly seemed more technical, and i felt that his songs had more thought put into them. I've always liked his song writing, be it with Dream Theater, Liquid Tension, or his solo stuff, and G3 didn't disapoint.

G3 is also the reason i like Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani today.

I went to G3 last time it came to Vancouver, and man, what a show. Satriani was his usual self, rockin' for a few songs but then beginning to sound repetitive. Vai absolutely blew me away. Not just the music but man, what a showman. It was unlike any show I've ever been to before. Yngwie, on the other hand, was pretty bad. Sure he can play a million notes in a second, but he still adamantly uses his thirty year old Martial stacks which sound like total garbage at that volume. It was almost painful to listen to.

The most disappointing thing about Yngwie is that a lot of my favorite stuff of his is where he slows it down and throws in some rad acoustic melodies here and there, 'cause all the arpeggiating starts to sound the same after a while, but, of course, that's what he focused on.

The end of the show was rad when the three of them were jamming together, but again Yngwie proved how one-dimensional a musician he is, and just played scales overtop of Vai and Satriani, who were actually sound really awesome rocking out together.

Aside from Yngwie, the show was fantastic.

Besides, Yngwie's always been a bit of a dick.

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It will be a good day.

Oohhh, me wanna go too!! Have fun at that gig man, it's gonna rock!

Anyway, I find myself listening to Ram-zet the last couple of weeks, anyone heard anything from them?!? I'd highly recommend them, very explosive deathmetal with a pinch of prog rock. :edgarrock:

Yeah, Yngwie has a pretty jerkoff attitude. I read an interview once where the interviewer asked him what other guitarists he listened to, and he replied with something like "I don't listen to other guitarists. I hear them, but I don't listen to them."

yeah that kind of attitude really sucks, I hope for the guy itself it's only just an act towards reporters (you know to seem like a rock dude!! :S ) otherwise he's just a dick..

Heres a list of metal bands I get off to:

For the top Black Metal bands,
-1349
-Anaal Nathrakh
-Immortal
-Emperor (preferably their early stuff)
-Bathory
-Darkthrone
-Enslaved
-Gorgoroth
-Dark funeral

And for those that didnt make it one the list but are alright an nothing great - Marduk, Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir, Samael (I prefer their later dark industrial-ish stuff though) Naglfar

For the top Death metal bands (I merged some melo-death in there)
-Morbid Angel
-Vader
-Bloodbath
-At the gates
-Dark Tranquility
-Behemoth
-Anata
-Malevolant Creation
-Grimfist
-Death
-Hypocrisy
-Carcass
-Entombed

And the noteable mentions- Disembowelment, Deicide, Napalm death, Aborted, Kataklysm, Dismember, Cryptopsy

Top Thrash bands,
-Exodus
-Destruction
-Kreator
-Sodom
-Slayer
-The Haunted (this ones a debateable genre, but I think theyre thrash)
-Slayer
-Lyzanxia
-Megadeth

Top Random Heavy metal bands
-Danzig
-Nevermore
-Iron Maiden
-Type o Negative
-Devildriver
-Strapping young lad
-Symphony X
-Venom
-Black Sabbath
-High on fire

Top industrial metal bands
-Ministry
-Bile and Black from the dead
-Hanzel und gretyl
-Rammstien
-Sybreed
-VOID

Thats pretty much my preferance list of metal bands, I l know I probably missed alot of crucial bands.

Best metal concert Ive been to
Kreator and Vader 2005

And as for upcoming shows, Ill probably attend Morbid Angel w/ Behemoth.

Probably the best show I've ever been to was 3 Inches Of Blood and Corrosion of Conformity opening for Motörhead. I couldn't hear for days after that.

My favorite metal bands are

Rammstein, Metallica, Pantera, ok I can't think of anymore cause I just got up but those are my favs off the top of my head. As for shows, I don't think I'm gonna be going to any anytime soon.:(

Hmmm...
Metal Bands I like are...

System of a Down
Iron Maiden
Rhapsody
Megadeth
Pantera
3 inches of blood
Black Sabbath

Maybe I'll think of more later...

Regarding Rammstein, is it Industrial or Metal? Just asking because I'm confused.

I saw 3 Inches of Blood back in november opening for Exodus. My friend thought they were an amazing band and he got me into them, and the live show just blew me away. The bassist had so much energy on stage it was crazy. After the concert got done I couldn't lift my neck because it was so sore from the concert :(

They were much better than Exodus.

Hmm, it's been ages since I posted my faves. FIrst incarnation of this thread, in fact. Here goes:

Cradle of Filth
Nightwish
Children of Bodom
Dimmu Borgir
Rhapsody
DragonForce
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
Deep Purple
Slayer
Megadeth
Burzum
Rotting Christ
Dream Theater
Andromeda
After Forever
Norther
Kalmah
Lost Horizon
Type O Negative
My Dying Bride
Sentenced
Emperor
Finntroll
Graveworm
Amon Amarth
Lullacry
X Japan
King Diamond
Bathory
Venom


And other stuff I can't recall at thy moment.

Anybody got an opinion on Shining? I heard this song with them today, first time ever, called Eradication Of The Condition, and it's awesome. I also like how the singer tries to sound like Attila from Mayhem ;)

Haha, I remember watching 3 Inches of Blood in the basements of houses here around Vancouver before they were signed. Cool guys.

hey Brent, what country is that flag from that you have as your county flag, just curious

I've heard very little of Shining's stuff, but from what I've heard I can say that I much prefer guitarist Casado's previous band, Silencer.

Its pretty much a mix of both, they use alot of electronic elements and industrial/dance style drumming, but also, they use thick fast heavy gutars. As for a specific genre, I just call it industrial metal.

My flag's St. Pierre and Miquelon which is a French colony by Newfoundland.

IRT Brent
Ok, Thanks, just curious...

Anyone here a System of a Down fan, if so, where would you classify them, Genre-wise? (It seems to be hard for people to classify them)