Recent content by jonnykungfu

Thanks for some more recommendations. I've had Ved Buens Ende on my computer for a while, but I'm having trouble getting into them. I'll give them another chance. Windham Hell is pretty good, very unique, but sometimes boring. I didn't bash Arcturus, I said SOME of their stuff is...

Gildamere, I'll definitely check out the stuff you listed. I've heard Ephel Duath and Extol. Ephel Duath reminds me of a nu-metal version of Mahavishnu Orchestra (the latter being good, the former being horrid). I can't really get into it. Extol is pretty awful in my opinion. But I will...

How is my Devin Townshend comment contradictory at all? I don't like Townshend much, and also don't find him very "progressive". Just because he doesn't shred doesn't necessarily mean I like him. I like complex instrumentation and a certain degree of "wankery", as long as it's not just...

Holy christ. I completely forgot about this post. I never looked at it after I posted it. Anyways, when I said that I don't like early '90s fusion metal, I'm referring to CYNIC. Cynic blows ass. Atheist is fucking excellent though. And like I said, Malmstreen shred-fests are dull as...

Does anyone know of any prog-metal that doesn't suck? I think the idea of prog-metal is the perfect idea, but I've never heard it actually pulled off. Dream Theater blows (with the exception of some of "Awake"), Evergrey and all those other power-prog bands are boring as shit, and Theory in...

Virulence is great jazzy grindcore. Cock and Ball Torture SUCKS!

Why was Chasm's post so "necessary"? As far as I can tell, no one said "I HATE DIMMU BECAUSE THEY'RE MAINSTREAM!!!!" Everyone gave a real reason. I'm not a black meta elitist, I just think Dimmu is boring. And Nick is a bad drummer. Yes, he's technical, but 1. technical and black metal...

Sorry, I've never liked Samael.

When I refer to the drummer, I'm referring to that bald fuck from Cradle of Filth, Nick Barker/Baker? whatever his name is. He basically just jerks off all over his drumset, which is not something a "black metal" drummer should be doing. And I'll say it again, no song writing talent. Sorry.

Dammit, my post didn't come up. I said, I think they just play bad music. I have nothing against their mainstream acceptance as I like plenty of mainstream bands. They just play bad music. They symphonic elements are way over blown, they have no song-writing talent, the drums are...

What, my CDs or your taste?

I should probably have put an Immortal song instead of the Goatwhore song, BUT the Goatwhore song is irresitably catchy. It was about priority, I like most of these bands more than I like Immortal, or I had a reason to put them above Immortal (for example, Carpathian Forest is really easy...

Thanks for the suggestions. I ended up making 3 CDs... One for raw/thrashy black metal, one for symphonic or folk influenced black metal, and one for bands that aren't black metal, but are related somehow (for example, they used to be black metal, or they have elements of black metal)...

All you've gotta do is find a chick who plays an instrument. At least, in my experience. I mean, neither of us only listen to metal, but jazz, prog, RIO, pop, etc. So it's like, cool I guess? But thanks for all the recommendations. I'm trying to come up with a songlist... I know...

She's into death metal because of the intensity AND because of the songwriting (she's not into those "random" death bands, like most brutal death is nowadays). She's not only into metal, but a lot of artsy stuff, and a lot of mellow stuff. The reason I don't want to try the more brutal black...