You definitely want to check out The System Has Failed and United Abominations. They are more in the classic Megadeth vein, particularly the latter.
Cryptic Writings was a solid album, with a good mixture of heavier and radio friendly material. Risk is the one the entire fanbase hates. It was just too much of a departure. Its Megadeth's version of Cornell's "Scream", though not as much of a radical change. The World Needs a Hero was a half-assed attempt to get heavy again, and save a few songs, its just boring.
Damn right about Risk. "Breadline" is basically a pop song (not that I don't enjoy pop songs, I just don't want to hear them from friggin Megadeth).
As for great metal bands, I can't say Opeth enough times, but I'll try:
Albums I bought today. Dillinger Escape Plan, Ire Works. Sikth, The Trees are Dead and Dried Out. Converge, Jane Doe and Down, Over the Under.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Albums I bought today. Dillinger Escape Plan, Ire Works. Sikth, The Trees are Dead and Dried Out. Converge, Jane Doe and Down, Over the Under.
That Down album is great! Check out NOLA if you haven't already. Also if you like Down musically, check out Corrosion Of Conformity. Its guitarist Pepper Keenan's main band.
It's taken 26 years of my life to get into real metal, but better late than never.
Pantera
Sepultura
Cavallera Conspiracy
Down
Meshuggah
Gojira
Between the Buried and Me
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Mastodon
... all totally amazing. Here's to the next 20 bands I hear for the first time.
Edit: Oops, wrong forum. Ah well.
great list. I concur with others on Lamb of God as well. Ashes Of The Wake is probably the best place to start with them. Also try some In Flames, Amon Amarth, Kataklysm, Children of Bodom, or At The Gates. Slayer always works for me too.
Albums I bought today. Dillinger Escape Plan, Ire Works. Sikth, The Trees are Dead and Dried Out. Converge, Jane Doe and Down, Over the Under.
i was going to suggest Converge for everyone. Jane Doe, You Fail Me and No Heroes are all equal levels of awesomeness. the production on Jane Doe is a little too metalic for me... You Fail Me and No Heroes is where it's at!
Dillinger's Ire Works is probably one of my favorite records from last year.
Isis is good but stick with Oceanic and Panopticon. their newest, In The Absence of Truth, isn't all that great.
Lamb of God use to be awesome. New American Gospel, As The Palaces Burn and about half of Ashes of the Wake are amazing. Sacrament felt like a rushed, unfocused album.
oh yeah, listen to KYUSS!! Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age on guitar. essential listening... Blues For The Red Sun, Sky Valley, ...And The Circus Leaves Town.
Hatebreed - latest one
Soulfly - latest one
Machine Head - The Blackening (latest one and the only title I could remember)
All excellent.
Still looking for Between the Buried and Me, 'Colours' and Mastodon, 'Leviathan'. I also need to get me some stoner/Southern metal as I fuckin' loved the Down album I bought. Kyuss is my first port-of-call and cheers to whoever it was who suggested some more.
I'll check out Isis and Children of Bodom as I can definitely get hold of some in the local shop.
edit: I forgot to say, I bought Opeth, Watershed, and I really have a love/hate relationship with it. I really love it musically.. they are obviously skilled musicians and I love how it goes from heavy metal to very quiet/ambient, almost folk-sounding. Musically I love it.
HOWEVER, one song on it sounds slightly like a Disney ballad ('Burden' I think) and I don't really like the guy's singing voice (the growling is fine), or his teenage poetry-esque lyrics.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Allow the music to absorb before you buy more of such differing genres!
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Allow the music to absorb before you buy more of such differing genres!
You don't think this is a good way of learning about genres?
Hmm... if you're suggesting there's only one way to go about this, I might have to find a different mentor
And btw, I have been absorbing quite heavily.. How is hours and hours of listening every day for the last 2 weeks?
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Hatebreed - latest one
Soulfly - latest one
Machine Head - The Blackening (latest one and the only title I could remember)
All excellent.
Still looking for Between the Buried and Me, 'Colours' and Mastodon, 'Leviathan'. I also need to get me some stoner/Southern metal as I fuckin' loved the Down album I bought. Kyuss is my first port-of-call and cheers to whoever it was who suggested some more.
I'll check out Isis and Children of Bodom as I can definitely get hold of some in the local shop.
you clearly have more money than you have hearing skills. but seriously... have you got a new job or something!! buying cd's like its the new gold.
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
And btw, I have been absorbing quite heavily.. How is hours and hours of listening every day for the last 2 weeks?
dude.. it'll pass... you're a flutterer... 6 weeks ago you were into seasick steve or bluegrass... 4 months ago it was living off-grid... 8 months ago it was Arcade Fire... if you listen to only metal and at this intensity you'll just get fed up of it and move onto something new and shiny like chromerock...
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
I believe I referred to you as 'whoever it was' above.. j/k : p
Sorry.. thanks, you've been very helpful : )
You don't think this is a good way of learning about genres?
Hmm... if you're suggesting there's only one way to go about this, I might have to find a different mentor
And btw, I have been absorbing quite heavily.. How is hours and hours of listening every day for the last 2 weeks?
Not at all but remember Mark-san, Sian only learn her knowledge through years of metal discovery. It take loooooong time for Sian to get this good.
The lotus, she say "don't run before you can walk, Mark-san".
Oh, someone suggested Obituary? Get 'Slowly We Rot' - Great album
and one more thing... Soulfly's latest is 'Conquer' and Hatebreed's is 'Supremacy' - Both blinding albums.
(I've just realised I made a faux pas... The lotus, she forget how you roll Mark-san. She is most humble in apologies. ;))
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
you clearly have more money than you have hearing skills. but seriously... have you got a new job or something!! buying cd's like its the new gold.
1. I have been buying a lot of cds in the last 2 weeks but not as many as it looks.
2. Mind your own beeswax.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
dude.. it'll pass... you're a flutterer... 6 weeks ago you were into seasick steve or bluegrass... 4 months ago it was living off-grid... 8 months ago it was Arcade Fire... if you listen to only metal and at this intensity you'll just get fed up of it and move onto something new and shiny like chromerock...
dude.. it'll pass... you're a flutterer... 6 weeks ago you were into seasick steve or bluegrass... 4 months ago it was living off-grid... 8 months ago it was Arcade Fire... if you listen to only metal and at this intensity you'll just get fed up of it and move onto something new and shiny like chromerock...
Yeah, probably.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
yes i had heard about his prowess at musical statues.
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
not that it was me who suggested it, but good call. though i wouldnt call kyuss metal.
Neither would I have until finding out that some describe them as 'stoner metal'...
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
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As for great metal bands, I can't say Opeth enough times, but I'll try:
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Alright, that should do it.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
So what's so great about west end girls anyway?
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
8/25/92, 10/4/96, 10/5/96, 9/1/98, 9/4/98, 8/4/00, 8/6/00, 4/15/03, 4/16/03, 10/6/04, 6/16/08
High on Fire
Opeth
Trivium
Death
Unearth
The Sword
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NOLA and II: A Bustle in your Hedgerow are far better Down albums.
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my guy is bonkers about them.
My Morning Jacket
Pearl Jam
Neil Young
Wilco
Tool
Rush
Drive By Truckers
pj shows
8/17/98
8/15/00
8/18/00
8/20/00
6/22/03
10/2/04
8/5/07
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
LAMB OF GOD!
ISIS!
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great list. I concur with others on Lamb of God as well. Ashes Of The Wake is probably the best place to start with them. Also try some In Flames, Amon Amarth, Kataklysm, Children of Bodom, or At The Gates. Slayer always works for me too.
Dillinger's Ire Works is probably one of my favorite records from last year.
Isis is good but stick with Oceanic and Panopticon. their newest, In The Absence of Truth, isn't all that great.
Lamb of God use to be awesome. New American Gospel, As The Palaces Burn and about half of Ashes of the Wake are amazing. Sacrament felt like a rushed, unfocused album.
Hatebreed - latest one
Soulfly - latest one
Machine Head - The Blackening (latest one and the only title I could remember)
All excellent.
Still looking for Between the Buried and Me, 'Colours' and Mastodon, 'Leviathan'. I also need to get me some stoner/Southern metal as I fuckin' loved the Down album I bought. Kyuss is my first port-of-call and cheers to whoever it was who suggested some more.
I'll check out Isis and Children of Bodom as I can definitely get hold of some in the local shop.
edit: I forgot to say, I bought Opeth, Watershed, and I really have a love/hate relationship with it. I really love it musically.. they are obviously skilled musicians and I love how it goes from heavy metal to very quiet/ambient, almost folk-sounding. Musically I love it.
HOWEVER, one song on it sounds slightly like a Disney ballad ('Burden' I think) and I don't really like the guy's singing voice (the growling is fine), or his teenage poetry-esque lyrics.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
Slow down Mark-san!
Allow the music to absorb before you buy more of such differing genres!
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I believe I referred to you as 'whoever it was' above.. j/k
Sorry.. thanks, you've been very helpful
You don't think this is a good way of learning about genres?
Hmm... if you're suggesting there's only one way to go about this, I might have to find a different mentor
And btw, I have been absorbing quite heavily.. How is hours and hours of listening every day for the last 2 weeks?
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
you clearly have more money than you have hearing skills.
dude.. it'll pass... you're a flutterer... 6 weeks ago you were into seasick steve or bluegrass... 4 months ago it was living off-grid... 8 months ago it was Arcade Fire... if you listen to only metal and at this intensity you'll just get fed up of it and move onto something new and shiny like chromerock...
Not at all but remember Mark-san, Sian only learn her knowledge through years of metal discovery. It take loooooong time for Sian to get this good.
The lotus, she say "don't run before you can walk, Mark-san".
Oh, someone suggested Obituary? Get 'Slowly We Rot' - Great album
and one more thing... Soulfly's latest is 'Conquer' and Hatebreed's is 'Supremacy' - Both blinding albums.
(I've just realised I made a faux pas... The lotus, she forget how you roll Mark-san. She is most humble in apologies.
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
1. I have been buying a lot of cds in the last 2 weeks but not as many as it looks.
2. Mind your own beeswax.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
Wembley 18/06/07
If there was a reason, it was you.
O2 Arena 18/09/09
Yeah, probably.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
yes i had heard about his prowess at musical statues.
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
not that it was me who suggested it, but good call. though i wouldnt call kyuss metal.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Neither would I have until finding out that some describe them as 'stoner metal'...
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
its cause youre a chick. :rolleyes:
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Nor would I... but it certainly is stoner
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.