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musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited November 2006 in Other Music
anyone know of any good political metal bands?

I just got into Lamb of God and they seem to be or are said to be cream of the crop in terms of metal today.

So what are some political metal bands?
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    Lamb Of God isn't really the cream of the crop, but they seem to be really popular with the metalcore crowd. My picks for the best metal bands releasing stuff?

    Strapping Young Lad
    Behemoth
    Mastodon

    and as for political themed metal, I am pretty sure that Rotting Christ and Dying Fetus are pretty politcally charged
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  • gtbrown77gtbrown77 Posts: 141
    Well, with "metal" being a pretty loose term, I think that RATM and SOAD are probably obvious choices. Beyond that, I would say that there are several Sepultura and Soulfly songs that are politically themed.
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    that's a REALLY fucking loose term
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  • dirtdirt Posts: 398
    You should check out the new Isis cd that was released earlier this week.
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  • tonadaxtonadax Posts: 594
    lamb of god is a kickass band, but theres another non political metal band who came from the best metal place in the lasts years boston, theyre Unearth... a gret great metal fuckin band....
  • ItsEvolutionBaby74ItsEvolutionBaby74 Posts: 490
    gtbrown77 wrote:
    Well, with "metal" being a pretty loose term, I think that RATM and SOAD are probably obvious choices. Beyond that, I would say that there are several Sepultura and Soulfly songs that are politically themed.

    Seputura is the only band that I would consider metal of those choices....but I don't really classify metal by it's political charge, they are by no means political metal bands, but...Satyricon, Amon Amarth, Burzum, Cryptopsy, The Human Abstract, Celtic Frost, Ved Buens Ende, Opeth, In Flames, Megadeth, Shadow Gallery, and others...
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  • pjfan020pjfan020 Posts: 426
    ItsEvolutionBaby74 wrote:
    Seputura is the only band that I would consider metal of those choices....but I don't really classify metal by it's political charge, they are by no means political metal bands, but...Satyricon, Amon Amarth, Burzum, Cryptopsy, The Human Abstract, Celtic Frost, Ved Buens Ende, Opeth, In Flames, Megadeth, Shadow Gallery, and others...

    those are pretty much the who's who of metal bands. Metal isn't really politically charged in it's lyrics. Although Dave Mustaine from Megadeth writes some great lyrics and music.
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  • BinauralBinaural Posts: 1,046
    TOOL, how has noone mentioned them?




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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    i'm pretty bored w/ metal nowadays. the new Lamb of God sucked, but the new Mastodon is good. actually the only metal band i really listen to is Converge, every record just blows my mind. Dillinger Escape Plan is good too. Clutch is amazing but i don't think of them as metal. i've seen Unearth three times and every time they get worse... well maybe not. maybe i'm just getting sick of metal.

    Boston metal is good though. Converge, Isis, Milligram, Unearth, Seemless, Killswitch, Shadows Fall, Cave In, Scissorfight, Tree etc.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,838
    Binaural wrote:
    TOOL, how has noone mentioned them?




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    Tool can't be metal.
  • BinauralBinaural Posts: 1,046
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Tool can't be metal.

    Why exactly?
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    because they sound nothing like it? I always figured that much was rather self-evident
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  • pjfan020pjfan020 Posts: 426
    Echoes wrote:
    because they sound nothing like it? I always figured that much was rather self-evident

    Tool is in a category of their own. Just like rush. Whether you like them or not, I've heard no other band that sounds like tool.
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  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    Megadeth has always been political. Danzig (the man) is pretty political, but the band not so much, though I almost don't even consider a lot of his stuff 'metal'.
  • YukikoYukiko Posts: 109
    metal political bands???... hard one
    never heard of one with political lyrics although the´re some great metal bands...
    Edguy... their lyrics are funny, simple
    Dream Theater... progressive metal... no political issues

    anyways, metal bands hardly speak about politics... as far as i can tell....
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  • ItsEvolutionBaby74ItsEvolutionBaby74 Posts: 490
    Echoes wrote:
    because they sound nothing like it? I always figured that much was rather self-evident

    Well...its definitely debatable(in the minds of the fans) but i would have to side with Echoes on this because of the lack of simillarity to Prog-Metal bands like Opeth and Dream Theater.
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    pjfan020 wrote:
    Tool is in a category of their own. Just like rush. Whether you like them or not, I've heard no other band that sounds like tool.

    you mean prog-rock
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  • BinauralBinaural Posts: 1,046
    Echoes wrote:
    because they sound nothing like it? I always figured that much was rather self-evident

    Meatl is a very very wide label. For exmaple, most would consider Judas Priest 'metal' however, what makes them this? TOOL are at times far heavier, and far faster than Priest so why can one be metal while the other can't. I agree that TOOL are more ambiguous but I don't see how they 'sound nothing like' metal. They aren't hard rock, they aren't punk, they aren't indie.




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    Cinderella
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    hahhahah@cinderella

    also how are tools songs faster than Priest? I don't get that at ALL

    also you forgot 3 words at the end of your statement

    (they aren't metal)
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  • ChrisChris Posts: 116
    Boston metal is good though. Converge, Isis, Milligram, Unearth, Seemless, Killswitch, Shadows Fall, Cave In, Scissorfight, Tree etc.[/quote]

    Scissrfight crack me up - only heard a few of their songs, but you cant knock a band who write "New Hampshires alright for fighting" - I know nothing about New Hampshire, but that's always struck me as a crackin' song title! (And song)

    Wouldn't like to meet them down a dark alley though.... That lad with the beard is huge!
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    i've seen Scissorfight 4 times live and have spoken to them a few times and those guys are the real deal!. they have a record called Mantrapping For Sport And Profit and a song called "Outmotherfucker The Man". you cannot tell me that is not awesome. unfortunately they don't tour much anymore, i was lucky to see them in Philly this past summer at the North Star. right in front.. i could feel the kick drum. so heavy. so good.
  • travis2000travis2000 Posts: 39
    Anyone around here ever read the lyrics to the first song on the new Trivium record (Crusade)? That track, unless I am completely out there, is rather political
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