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Has anyone at all ever heard a metal band play with a drum machine? What sort of drum machines did they use?

I'm seeing Opeth tonight in Sydney. Supported by Dungeon. I'd like to hear some opinions on some of the bands that have supported Opeth in the past, were they good, crappy, what style, etc. In particular, who saw Opeth play with Virgin Black? What were they like? :) I'll be...

Yes, it sure is... it was selling for $3600AUS and I got the screamer 50 for $1750AUS. The Special Edition (just as good as the powerball in my opinion, but different tone, probably better for metal) was going for $2500AUS. 2nd hand Engl's are really hard to find (I tried for months)...

Ok.... so to avoid all the hard core abuse about drum machines being no replacement for a drummer, I agree.We don't want to replace our drummer, more just augment him :) We play melodic extreme metal in a band called Fearscape (influences range from Opeth to Seputura to Metalica) and we have...

I bought an Engl Screamer 50w head with a Behringer H412 Quad 2 months ago... Wow... I has everything, awesome screaming distortion and some really smooth clean sounds. The Special Edition / Powerball / Savage are all better (they have 120w, more chanels and EQ options, gernerally more...