2009 METAL - OFFICIAL THREAD

[no country for old wainds]

The thing about Dio's lyrics are he sings in metaphors.

lol

 

[zabu of nΩd]

How to create Dio lyrics:

1) come up with catchy-sounding song title

Example: "Bible Black"


2) create a quickie "story" surrounding said song title

Example: OMG I found this booked called the BIBLE BLACK, which is like the Bible only EVIL, and now that I've started reading it I can't put it away because it's TAKING OVER MY MIIIIIINDDD


3) bask in renown as the sophisticated minds of the metal community devour your amazingly deep lyrical content and praise you for your "metaphors"

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Dread - Buried In Narcissism (Doom Metal; Menace to Sobriety Records) May 19th, 2009

1. Contemplating Suicide or Murder
2. Unrecognizable Weakness
3. Introduction To Incompetence
4. Depths Of Your Flaws
5. Ringworm Migration
6. Repugnant
7. Buried In Narcissism
8. Crush My Soul
9. Seperate
10. Premeditated Cruelty

 

[no country for old wainds]

let's all just agree that rainbow rising is one of the best albums of the '70s shall we

 

[Omni]

What? His vocals in Rainbow and '80s Sabbath are clearly not sung that painfully slowly, nor do they frequently stray off-key. You're just making stuff up.

He definitely tends to extend notes, sing off-key, shout and enunciate in unusual ways on every Black Sabbath album that he appears on. It isn't something that he just started doing, like I said earlier.

 

[JGMetalhead]

How to create Dio lyrics:

1) come up with catchy-sounding song title

Example: "Bible Black"


2) create a quickie "story" surrounding said song title

Example: OMG I found this booked called the BIBLE BLACK, which is like the Bible only EVIL, and now that I've started reading it I can't put it away because it's TAKING OVER MY MIIIIIINDDD


3) bask in renown as the sophisticated minds of the metal community devour your amazingly deep lyrical content and praise you for your "metaphors"

Good song btw. Heaven & Hell for the fucking win totally. Nothing wrong with Dio's voice man. He sings the way he sings. Get use to it. If you don't like it don't listen to his shit. Hes a great singer. Listen to the albums; Holy Diver, Mob Rules, The Devil You Know (Recent), Heaven and Hell. Thats just only a selected few.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Listen to the albums; Holy Diver, Mob Rules, The Devil You Know (Recent), Heaven and Hell. Thats just only a selected few.

OMG Dio did all that?? I better go listen to those quick!

Especially this Devil You Know one. I can't wait to hear what Dio sounds like now!!

 

[zabu of nΩd]

He definitely tends to extend notes, sing off-key, shout and enunciate in unusual ways on every Black Sabbath album that he appears on. It isn't something that he just started doing, like I said earlier.

Sure, to a limited extent, but not to the point that he sounds like he's half asleep like on TDYK.

 

[mutantllama]

I remember when I saw him live with Heaven and Hell, he did a growl.


I was like, whoa.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

How to create Dio lyrics:

1) come up with catchy-sounding song title

Example: "Bible Black"


2) create a quickie "story" surrounding said song title

Example: OMG I found this booked called the BIBLE BLACK, which is like the Bible only EVIL, and now that I've started reading it I can't put it away because it's TAKING OVER MY MIIIIIINDDD


3) bask in renown as the sophisticated minds of the metal community devour your amazingly deep lyrical content and praise you for your "metaphors"

Um...this tends to be metal in a nutshell, lyrically...sometimes, it's even much worse. Who cares?

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I have a feeling that was far more prominent in the late '70s and '80s what with all the hard/arena rock and glam stuff going on, but yeah I realise Dio isn't 'unique' in that regard.

 

[Lateralus14]

^ I concur, to care about metal lyrics is simply absurd.

 

[Onder]

^ I concur, to care about metal lyrics is simply absurd.

It's not absurd just because a lot of metal lyrics are shitty. It's not absurd.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

^ Truth. It's especially worth caring about when the production style puts so much damn emphasis on the vocals as TDYK does. Seriously, I don't want to become that intimately acquainted with Dio's latest generic ramblings about gloom, doom and demons.

 

[no country for old wainds]

thematic trends in lyrics help out with understanding the drives and mindsets behind metal's various phenomenons, and obviously this works on a band by band level as well, although less so because a lot of specific instances are really badly articulated.

 

[Ric]

Still waiting for new Ahab

RELEASE DATES "The Divinity Of Oceans"
Suomi Finland Perkele: 22.07.09
Espana: 22.07.09
Deutschland: 24.07.09
Österreich: 24.07.09
Schweiz: 24.07.09
France: 24.07.09
Italia: 24.07.09
Sverige: 24.07.09
Rest Of Europe: 27.07.09
Canada: 28.07.09
USA: 28.07.09

 

[RattFan]

Delain - April Rain (Gothic/Symphonic metal - Roadrunner records) - already out (March 30 I believe)

 

[Doomguy]

Delain - April Rain (Gothic/Symphonic metal - Roadrunner records) - already out (March 30 I believe)

A friend told me 'bout Delain but I never checked em out.

If they're signed to Roadrunner, they must be decent.

 

[Zephyrus]

Nachtmystium - Doomsday Derelicts (Black Metal/Psychedelic; Battle Kommand) - May 15th

 

[Einherjar86]

^Awesome.