[Album] The Metal Thread! (The Zombie Edition)

Thanks for the link, man. Giving a listen now.

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Originally Posted by niki

Anything fantastic I'm missing? =p

I have to agree with Krelian on Deep Purple here, specifically their record In Rock. I also recommend Pentagram's First Daze Here record, which is a compilation of their seventies singles that were out of print for the longest time.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I don't know how many people in this thread are into stoner/doom metal, but Krelian's dragon comment has reminded me of a great band from Argentina called Dragonauta who just put out a new record I still have to pick up.

Anyone else into this genre?

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Originally Posted by Zio

So something like Pink Floyd but I think Pink Floyd is Stoner rock isn't it?

Not like Pink Floyd. Think Black Sabbath.

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Originally Posted by Majin yami

'Doom' metal? What the fuck is this shit? Black Sabbath is Heavy Metal.

As Krelian pointed out earlier, doom metal is a metal subgenre as typified by an often drug related sludgy, crushing sound. In other words, trying to sound like Master of Reality, hence Black Sabbath. Though I agree with you they shouldn't be categorized with the genre they inspired. Not that it matters at all.

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Originally Posted by Helloween

Geronimo Black can be called Prog rock, but i don't hear any similarties to Rush or Yes for that matter.

I think that saying "Prog Rock" is like saying "Metal". Their both very broad terms, but it tells you what ballpark you're in.

And I agree, you can't compare Geronimo Black (hurrah for overly obscure references) to Yes, because they're much more influenced by the blues than the Silver Apples. Too many people think progressive music starts and ends with adding keyboards.


EDIT: post 666 in the Metal Thread. Kickass.

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Originally Posted by Morrigan

Nice. Simple, unpretentious and effective.

Yeah, no title says "unpretentious" like Gothic Kabbalah.

Seriously though, can't wait to hear it.

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While I'm not as into Arsis as Iwata, I have to agree that it's a great record.

Also, thanks for that Otyg demo you posted a while back. I've been listening to it non-stop.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by wvlfpvp

OK, so I actually bought Sunn O)))'s Black One a while back and I have a question:

Are the two dudes totally serious, or are they having as much fun as I think they are?

I mean, come on, Drone Slut? HILARITY.

I think it's a combination of the two. They also have several songs that mention "space bacon".

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Originally Posted by Vampiro

Anywho, I actually hope they play the full thirty minute song. I'm quite used to exceptionally long songs, even the ones ranging between an hour to three hours. Plus, there's just something about, in the case of let's say Sunn, a twenty to thirty minute live song that really adds to the show. People aren't as uppity and energetic, usually just experiencing the show and really listening. It's a completely different experience somehow, and it's an excellent one.

Yeah, but the people come to Sunn O))) shows would be disappointed if they didn't have a song that long.

I just mean that a Moonsorrow/Sunn O))) concert comparison isn't really fair. It's a totally different environment.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I've never seen the show. What do they sound like?

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Alright, so I just got the new reissue of The Obsessed's Lunar Womb record. Sounds great, but they fiddled with the cover art which is a bit of a downer.

I know I've seen the painting they used for the cover somewhere else, but I can't place it. Anyone know what the name of the painting is or who did it?

Spoiler:

Original cover:


Reissue cover:

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Originally Posted by Morrigan

DOES NOT COMPUTE

Well, to be fair, some of their 90's Ancestor demos were death-metalish.

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Here's that Moonsorrow track. Can't help with the other one.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/f15pvv

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Originally Posted by Django

fuck

Meh. I loved Fantomas, but pretty much anything Mike Patton touches is gold for me, so a new side project is good news anyway.

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Yeah, Krelian's right Darklink. Wikipedia fails massively on many of their metal related pages.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Although I rather like Gogol Bordello, and their live show is absolutely insane, they do not by any means belong in The Metal Thread. Not even close.

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Originally Posted by Vemp

Hilarious cover art

Since when did Manowar become a foursome?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Thanks, vemp. I grabbed it too.

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My favorite Mastodon record is still their first one. They're excellent live.

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Originally Posted by Servilonus

I just listened through the Goatsnake discography. I really dig their sound.

I'll pretty much buy anything that comes out on Southern Lord. Just one of those quality labels.

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Lately I've been listening to a lot of French '70s RIO stuff in the vein of Univers Zero, and I have to say I don't think I've ever heard anything heavier than this. Those French prog-heads really had their shit together.

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The best metal album I've listened to recently (and really, it HAS to qualify as metal) is John Zorn's Six Litanies For Heliogabalus. It is the heaviest thing I have heard in years.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I've always thought Accept was really over rated actually. People are always talking about how good Restless and Wild and Balls to the Walls are, but they're pretty much just some band who jumped from the Scorpions bandwagon onto the thrash bandwagon.

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Originally Posted by Will

Anyway, Blind Guardian made me think of this band called Black Jester I heard at Prog Archives (no similarity, just popped into my head). I've only ever heard the one track they have there, and the vocals are absolutely horrible, but it's not bad otherwise. Anyone heard of them?

They're pretty much a shitty Italian band trying to be Marillion.

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