nomisofsiman
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I can't believe I forgot about At the Gates. Fuck. Yeah, definitely go for "Slaughter of the Soul."
Black / Death Metal Suggestions?
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I should be hanged... for forgetting one of my favorite bands.
A small band.. few people have ever heard of them... so I probably can be excused....
In Flames. Colony is still my favorite album, so I'll say start there, but Whoracle is another great place to start. I'm a fan of essentially everything they've done. Although, the most recent 2 have not been listened to all that much.
And well if you like that kind of thing then there's the entire span of Gothenburg metal you can listen to... though I'll say Dark Tranquility and Kalmah are the main two.
But you also have to listen to Children of Bodom, particularly the early stuff.
A small band.. few people have ever heard of them... so I probably can be excused....
In Flames. Colony is still my favorite album, so I'll say start there, but Whoracle is another great place to start. I'm a fan of essentially everything they've done. Although, the most recent 2 have not been listened to all that much.
And well if you like that kind of thing then there's the entire span of Gothenburg metal you can listen to... though I'll say Dark Tranquility and Kalmah are the main two.
But you also have to listen to Children of Bodom, particularly the early stuff.
Jasonic
Doom On!
This is such a love it or hate it album.
For me personally, I liked it a lot when I first got it, but grew tired of the whole Gothenburg scene over the past few years.
Some claim that this album was the beginning of the end for Swedish DM.
What do you fanboys of the album think about such statements?
That's like saying the beginning of the end of doom was when Epicus Doomicus Metallicus was released.
I'm not a diehard fan of Slaughter of the Soul. I prefer Dark Tranquility and In Flames to At the Gates. But, I think that while one can be tired of the Gothenburg sound, that it was a great time for Swedish death metal, and led some great albums.
I'm not a diehard fan of Slaughter of the Soul. I prefer Dark Tranquility and In Flames to At the Gates. But, I think that while one can be tired of the Gothenburg sound, that it was a great time for Swedish death metal, and led some great albums.
dcowboys311
Member
Eh not at all. Especially when you had some of the good bands like Entombed releasing pure garbage.
It's kinda similar to Nirvana....spawned a bunch of bad knockoffs, but they were pretty good at what they did.
Jasonic
Doom On!
Well, I suppose militant subscribers to the COTD might think so, since this branched away from TRUE 100% doom metal.
Candlemass brought in epicness and traditional metal elements.
Look, I am not hating on ATG. I am indifferent to them overall.
I was just curious to how others react to such a statement.
johan68
Member
At the moment my favorite in those genres are...
Nachtmystium
Shining (Sweden)
Massemord (Poland)
Darkane
Satyricon
At the Gates
Dissection (Always will be # 1 in my book)
Nachtmystium
Shining (Sweden)
Massemord (Poland)
Darkane
Satyricon
At the Gates
Dissection (Always will be # 1 in my book)
Orion Crystal Ice
Rider of the Astral Fire
Gothenburg stuff...... there's something I never thought was very fruitful..however, there are 3 albums which fit that I enjoy on a regular basis..
Soilwork - The Chainheart Machine (what happened to this band?)
In Flames - Colony (must be a fluke, because 99% of everything else I have heard out of them bores me to death)
Immortal Souls - Wintereich (a Finnish take on the thing, without the camp of Bodom, and a lot of RIFFS, the entire thing isn't a big dual guitar)
and speaking of the unrelated 'goth' portion of the word
, let me also recommend some very good gothic death metal (it exists, and isn't melodeath) in the form of the first Dark album, 'Endless Dreams of Sadness'. Sounds like old Paradise Lost and Crematory took a trip through space.
Soilwork - The Chainheart Machine (what happened to this band?)
In Flames - Colony (must be a fluke, because 99% of everything else I have heard out of them bores me to death)
Immortal Souls - Wintereich (a Finnish take on the thing, without the camp of Bodom, and a lot of RIFFS, the entire thing isn't a big dual guitar)
and speaking of the unrelated 'goth' portion of the word
, let me also recommend some very good gothic death metal (it exists, and isn't melodeath) in the form of the first Dark album, 'Endless Dreams of Sadness'. Sounds like old Paradise Lost and Crematory took a trip through space.
jem777az
Bozzman
One of my favorites from the Gothenburg style is Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin. Their first album with Angela and still thier best IMO.
I also like a band called The Eternal Suffering who is from Greece. I guess you would consider them Black Metal. The singer sounds remarkably like Shagrath.
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I also like a band called The Eternal Suffering who is from Greece. I guess you would consider them Black Metal. The singer sounds remarkably like Shagrath.
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FINALLY DONE!
I seem to remember now that i did like black metal more than death metal.
To each their own. I dig the riff, but I enjoy the drumming more actually. I will agree though that the music video doesn't help.Maybe I should've posted just the song. Regardless, they are my favorite black metal act, though they vary quite significantly as they have a couple of different movements in terms of their sound. Here's probably their most well known song. Couldn't really find a straight studio version that wasn't the video and, well, if you were laughing at the other one, this one surely would've (for a very different reason) or who knows scared the hell out of you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8bSIefLSKs&feature=related
One band I do dig quite a bit which is a little out there is Dodheimsgard. They're pretty much avant garde black metal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QH6yWD9WuE&NR=1
I too don't know much about death metal, so I can't help you out there as the only ones I have are Amon Amarth (which you already have) or Carcass or Death (who have already been mentioned).
Great choices Jason on the dark metal. While you know my love for MDB, Draconian is one I seem to love more and more each time I listen to them.
This Sat. song was a lot better.. though I was still laughing at the video. I want that mic stand!
Other video, not really my thing. Not one for these "techno" genre mixes (you probably get what I am trying to say)
nomisofsiman
Member
He does have a badass mic stand.
That's the problem with black metal though. Some people have hard times listening to the music without laughing at the performance or video. Just be happy I didn't link the music video of the same song. As for Dodheimsgard, I'll admit I wasn't super confident you would like it. They're definitely a band that's all over the place and understand not liking industrial/techno elements to it.
nomisofsiman
Member
Maybe it's just me, but I always figured Darkane more of a Meshuggah wannabe. Don't get me wrong, I do like some of their stuff I don't know about pure death metal with them.
jem777az
Bozzman
Yeah Darkane isn't really death metal. I consider them more along the progressive thrash lines.
Diabolik
Member
No problem! The good thing is you're giving everything a chance.
But definitely give Morbid Angel another listen somewhere along the line.
:e--man-hugs Jasonic:
TOP MARKS.
Only band I didn't like as much was the Nachtmystium and that was the track Ghost of Grace (i just listened to the top one on youtube) and that was only because after listening to everything else you suggested.. it just wasn't as exciting... not that it was bad or anything.. it just wasn't that impressive etc.
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