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

Originally Posted by Morrigan

Xanadu, are you the same guy who posts on metal-rules.com?

Wouldn't seem so considering the Xanadu there seems to be a US citizen, and our good friend here is an Eng.

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

Only Arsis song I've heard was "A Diamond for Disease", which was pretty rocking but not as memorable as people were making them out to be.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Will definitely check out, then.

Also, tracklisting for the new Therion...

1. Der Mitternachtlöwe
2. The Gothic Kabbalah
3. The Perrennial Sophia
4. Wisdom And The Cage
5. Son of the Staves of Time
6. Tuna 1613
7. Trul
8. Close Up The Streams
9. Three Treasures
10. The Path To Arcady
11. Chain of Minerva
12. The Trinity
13. Wand of Abaris
14. The Falling Stone
15. Adulruna Rediviva

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by DarkLink2135

http://www.tvangeste.com/english.html

Tvangeste has their entire Firestorm album released 100% free. Technically, its decent quality, which is more than enough for black metal files. The music is absolutely incredible. Best symphonic black metal I've ever heard. They did this album along with the Baltic Symphony Orchestra.

k; downloaded. I've not listened to much yet, but what I've heard is pretty impressive so far - Only thing that annoys me is the vocals. Seriously, some of the time they sound like they're being done by an incredibly whiny woman.

Otherwise kickass. Thanks, sir.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

So I'm listening to the new Therion album. If I didn't know better I'd swear it was a completely different band - It's very modern, lots of bass, less emphasis on the choirs. "Tuna 1613" is probably my favourite song so far.

FELIPE NO

Yes! Earliest one I've seen since In Flames' last album.

"Adulruna Rediviva" is pretty fantastic; it incorporates riffs, melodies etc from some earlier songs. The only one I can actually identify is Ginnungagap, but... Seriously wow.

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I've also heard that "Adulruna Rediviva" is reportedly meant to reflect the direction they're taking with their NEXT album. It's the only song on the album that has a generally different sound, and I'm liking it a lot...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Azriel

For those of you that have downloaded or are planning to, that's the promo version of Gothic Kabbalah that was leeked. Promo = 79 minutes. Gothic Kabbalah (2 CDs) = 82:37. If you do the math, the promo is missing 8 min and 37 seconds.. which is a lot.

I want to listen to the full version of Adulruna Rediviva. ;-;

I will fight and let the voice ring true
I am the ghost
Standing next to you

THE NECTAAAAAAR AND THE BLOOOOD-RED WIIIIINE.

God this album is possibly the best thing they have ever done in their entire fucking career.

Also. New Devin Townsend album is on the internet. It's kinda similar to Devlab.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Gothic metal bands with female vocalists I'd recommend aside from the ones already listed: Flowing Tears, Xandria, Leaves' Eyes, Theatre of Tragedy, Midnattsol.

It's a shame the new Lunatica album is kind of... Bad.

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

On my last day in Chile I went to this tiny market in Valdivia, and, well, there was a stall selling nothing but metal-related shit. Wallets with DT emblems, Katatonia patches, everything. I picked out this awesome bootleg Therion shirt - Really good quality, silkscreened, embossed lettering. Lemuria on the front, Sirius B on the back.

Originally Posted by BigHairyFeet

Edit: Oops, forgot to mention, this is Irrelevent. Hi Vamp.

What the fuck. No, seriously, I had no idea you were here. (lol klarth btw)

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Uh... Viking metal DOES have a sound. Admittedly that sound is little more than exagerrated folk metal/thrash, but it really doesn't just lie in the lyrical themes.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Metal more.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Iwata

No genre is ever based soley on lyrical content, if this notion applied to music in general. Then one could easily call Iron Maiden a Black metal band because of numerous references to satanic themes in their songs. Viking metal has a very unique sound, but it is one of those sounds which is really a bitch to describe and all one can do is really point you to artists that represent that genre and you will see that Amon Amarth are a far cry from viking metal.

For the purposes of this argument I'd also like to invoke the legions of HIM fans who are convinced that they are listening to something called "love metal".

FELIPE NO

Scarsick is Perfect Element II. Printed on the inside of the case, in very small font, is "the perfect element part 2: he".

TPE was about broken people. Scarsick is about a broken society.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Soooo the new Dream Theater has been titled and dated. Systematic Chaos hits shops in June.

Also it contains a 25-minute-plus track, and a song called Prophets of War. Just from the track/album titles it all sounds very Megadethly.

How ya doing, buddy?

Well, I think I have a candidate for biggest surprise of 2007 already: Charlie Dominici's new album.

He's doing this "O3" project which will consist of three separate concept albums. The first was a somewhat iffy, sort of pretentious acoustic album which had its moments but was overall pretty boring.

Well, the second part of the trilogy is released in a week, and of course it's already available online. And... It's heavy as hell. It's actually up to the standards of Dream Theater's Train of Thought as far as the sound goes, but with loads more synth and melody. Recommended to any prog metal fans.

A+++ would listen again~

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by wvlfpvp

Oh, and if Dream Theater's new album/song titles remind people of Megadeth, does that mean that DT's well on the way to being a new punchline in the annals of metal?

Hope so. They toured with Megadeth (and Anthrax, incidentally) in 2005, and Portnoy is apparently a huge Megadeth fan, so it wouldn't be much of a surprise. Here's hoping.

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

Yeah "abominations" is a fairly accurate label to be fair. "Gears of War" was a good song though!

Stuff I've been hooked on since I last posted includes:

Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient. This album is like fifties comic book sci-fi metal. It's heavy and hilarious and it's the first non-ambient album Devy's produced solo for years. Totally worth it.

Also the new Dream Theater songs "Constant Motion" and "The Dark Eternal Night". There's a lot of bitching about both because, hey, it's a Dream Theater album produced after 2000 so it has to have a significant quota of hate directed towards it. Both songs are pretty good.

Lastly, the new Symphony X is heavy. I don't like it. I don't like them anyway, so this is a moot point.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos.

Yeah I am going to be wanking all over the forums about this album for quite a long time.

It's that good.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I started out listening to Mercenary about two years ago. First band with growled vocals I listened to and loved. I'd say they were kind of a gateway in that I now like Vader, Arsis, The Project Hate MCMXCIX alongside catchier stuff like In Flames and Soilwork.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Morrigan: What do you think of Current 93?

Hey look I'm derailing a metal thread

How ya doing, buddy?

Woo, just bought Dream Theater tickets for October and apparently Symphony X are guests at all their shows.

I don't like Symphony X. How do I fix this?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by niki

But then again Cruachan isnt very good. =p

The Morrigan's Call is a kickass album, particularly when you consider how hard the few CDs before it sucked.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Morrigan

Funny, since I thought it was the worst one yet by far. I still bought it, though, but I kind of regret it since I probably won't listen to it very ofte. It's not really that bad, just vastly inferior to the others.

Bleah. I don't really see how anyone can like it less than Pagan.

So, anyone here obsessed with Alcest yet?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I want to go to Wacken so fucking bad. :| I'm meant to be in France at the time, so I guess hopping over to Germany wouldn't be totally inconceivable...

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