I need your help GRM: metal content.

Sup, dudes.

I grew up on hard rock and hair metal, thanks to my older sister. I still have a special place in my heart for bands like Dokken, Whitesnake, and Def Leppard.

As I got older, I picked up instruments and found myself in a MA Metalcore band, so I will always like that stuff. I also got into Thrash at a young age, and still love it.

There are countless subgenres of Metal, and I can usually find bands I like in each one. Lately, I've been listening to the following bands a lot:

-Wolf: old school Euro traditional Metal

-The Empire Shall Fall: a hybrid of MA Metalcore and a ton of other stuff, fronted by Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage. They are AWESOME.

-Pallbearer: punishingly slow and heavy sludgy Doom Metal, they sound like they could have been contemporaries of Black Sabbath

-Crowbar: take Corrosion of Conformity and slow it down and turn up the heaviness. Music so thick, its like eating a side of beef with your ears.

I'm also slowly building a record collection, filling it with all the heavy metal classics of the 70's and 80's, like Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Dio. I'm also picking up new vinyl along the way. I like that bands are still coming out with new vinyl!

Also, if you want to get into the most brutal of brutal metal, King Conquer is your band. They are ridiculous. lol

David S. Wallens wrote: Death Angel: The Art of Dying

That's a fun album.

MA$$hole wrote: Seems a lot of good mention of thrash here. While I'll admit it's not my favorite style but if I'm listening to thrash it's often the old school bands already mentioned. I will mention 2 great new thrash bands though. Warbringer - young band out of Cali who wear their influences on their sleeves very well. They are a great live band too. Saw them a few times, once opening for Exodus & Kreator & they put on a better set than Exodus. Another is a band from the UK called Evile. Very reminiscent of early Metallica (Cliff-tallica). Sadly it took the unexpected death of their bassist to get them in the radar. Before his untimely death they recorded a cover of Pantera's Cemetery Gates. Check out their 2nd album Infected Nations. And the idea of name a band recommend a similar band sounds cool.

so you're saying they are pretty dedicated to following the career trajectory of Metallica..

In reply to novaderrik:

I don't think they kicked anyone out who made a band just as successful as the original, so not quite.

depends how you define "success".. if they have a former guitar player that started a band that is almost as well known as- but about 1% as commercially successful as- their band, then they are being pretty faithful...

I wonder if their drummer is also a giant douche.

E: As giant as a dwarf can get at least.

Evile is pretty solid. MA$$hole and I saw them last year (I think?) and they tore it up.

If you want really fast, brutal Thrash (as mentioned in other threads) check out Municipal Waste. They shred, and they are very funny guys. My favorite album of theirs is The Art of Partying. Beer Pressure off of that album makes me LOL every time.

Another band that I'm a huge fan of is Death. Classic technical Death Metal that warps your mind on the first listen. It's a tragedy that Chuck Schuldiner lost his battle with cancer. The guy was unbelievably talented.

Metal means different things to different people but I do love Monster Magnet.

ArthurDent wrote: Metal means different things to different people but I do love Monster Magnet.

Only means different things to those who aren't metalheads.

Essential viewing: Metal - A Headbanger's Journey & it's follow up Global Metal. Sam Dunn is also responsible for Iron Maiden's Flight 666 & Rush's Beyond the Lighted Stage.

MA$$hole wrote:

ArthurDent wrote: Metal means different things to different people but I do love Monster Magnet.

Only means different things to those who aren't metalheads. Essential viewing: Metal - A Headbanger's Journey & it's follow up Global Metal. Sam Dunn is also responsible for Iron Maiden's Flight 666 & Rush's Beyond the Lighted Stage.

What was that book you let me borrow last year about the history of metal? That was a really good read.

Ian Christe's "Sound of the Beast".

Just finished Mean Deviation 40 Years of Progressive Heavy Metal. Good read as well.

BoostedBrandon wrote: I just love it when I hear a song for the first time and I catch a really heavy riff and say "damn, that was heavy!" and rewind it to hear it again. I know GRM won't let me down.

Now thats awesome

Gearheadotaku wrote:

BoostedBrandon wrote: I just love it when I hear a song for the first time and I catch a really heavy riff and say "damn, that was heavy!" and rewind it to hear it again. I know GRM won't let me down.

Now thats awesome

i had to do that in the brutal riff in the middle of Dead Embryonic Cells by Sepultura the first time i saw it on Headbanger's Ball... luckily, i was taping every episode (still have a big box of those VHS tapes...) so i was able to rewind it and watch it again right after the show. if anyone has ever put a more heavy riff to tape, i'd love to hear it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuJy6Ya4io

hell, even this version is brutal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G9zGX0Dy2k&feature=watch_response

akamcfly wrote:

David S. Wallens wrote: Death Angel: The Art of Dying

That's a fun album.

It is a gem, isn't it? For me it's the total thrash package: aggression, melody, hooks, riffs, etc. Death Angel was great back in the day, but the stuff released since their hiatus is just as brutal. Plus Mark Osegueda's voice has only gotten better.

By the way, I got to meet them when they passed through Florida. They're basically metal fans who have the coolest gig. They have since been added to the list of bands that I will travel far to see.

In reply to novaderrik:

Although it's hard to top Supultura, this riff at 2:45 is pretty damn heavy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzP-5fyra4

Acid Bath was ahead of their time, it's a shame their bassist died. Am I sensing a pattern?

The wife and kids will tolerate Five Finger Death Punch, Tool, Deftones, Type O negative, Chevelle, and Mudvayne. When they aren't around, I head straight for the Meshuggah, Pantera, or Soulfly.

JG Pasterjak wrote: I was raised on a steady diet of industrial and electronic stuff, so my metal tastes tended to gravitate towards bands who either grew from that scene, or who developed some of their sounds

Here's one I just found that you'll probably like. The Browning, some form of electronic deathcore. Not generally a fan of most -core genres cept grind, but this is fairly good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSlAFhNwSA0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB2YSzVKbtE

tr8todd wrote: The wife and kids will tolerate Five Finger Death Punch, Tool, Deftones, Type O negative, Chevelle, and Mudvayne. When they aren't around, I head straight for the Meshuggah, Pantera, or Soulfly.

Skip the Five Finger Death Punch, Type-O and Soulfly.

It seems I don't really like "a lot" of varied metal, typically the top few bands per sub-genre and that's it.......the rest sound like cheap versions of the good ones.

David S. Wallens wrote: It is a gem, isn't it?

It's fun. When I listen to it, I have an ear to ear grin. Instant classic in my books.

A former office mate introduced me to them - as well as other metal bands like Hatebreed, Arch Enemy, Lamb of God and several others. Him and his friends would go to Wisconsin Dells every summer for the big metal festival.

Whipteachr 1

High on Fire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mlsUVAbVcM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The Proselyte:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dMzO2hbo0Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

In reply to poopshovel:

Love The Proselyte, amazing live band plus they're local for me. Check out their sister band Phantom Glue (guitarist's other project).

http://phantomglue.bandcamp.com/

Yeah man. My buddy's band Hot Graves opened for them here in ATL last year. Good stuff.

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