Controversial opinions on metal

[Manic Ferocity]

I'll look into them. Aside from Blasphemy, Conqueror and Revenge are my favorites of the style (though both sound identical probably due to having shared members).

 

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

Oh shit man, you're in for a treat. I highly suggest Strike and Obey, with Obey probably being the best conceptual black/death album in recent memory.

 

[Dak]

I would back V5 up on this but OI thinks my taste is shit. Would hate to deprive him of good war metal because of arrogance

 

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

Note: I just re-listened to Strike and it was FAR more melodic (one song even has female vocals which is bizarre ) than I remember. Still quite good, I prefer Obey though.

 

[JontRevolting]

Strike is fucking AMAZING,pretty much all Axis Of Advance is fucking awesome.

 

[VelociBrad]

War metal in general is pretty fucking awesome usually.

 

[damnromulans]

I'm not terribly familiar with war metal. Should I assume good bands to start out with would be Blasphemy, Conqueror and Axis of Advance?

 

[VelociBrad]

Yeah, start with Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom and Conqueror - War Cult Supremacy. Those are the roots of it along with stuff like Order of Chaos and Angelcorpse kinda.

 

[Cythraul]

I'm not terribly familiar with war metal. Should I assume good bands to start out with would be Blasphemy, Conqueror and Axis of Advance?

I don't think you would like war metal.

 

[damnromulans]

Sweet, thanks.

edit: @Cythraul maybe not, but better to find out for myself.

 

[Bitencourt29]

Strike is fucking AMAZING,pretty much all Axis Of Advance is fucking awesome.

I need to get Strike, only own Obey and it's a damn great album.

 

[Doomguy]

Headless Cross is fucking awesome btw.

+1

Tony Martin generally gives me the shits but overall this album is solid. Probably the only post-Ozzy and post-Dio album I thoroughly enjoy.

 

[The Butt]

When Death Calls is the only good song on that album.

 

[Doomguy]

nah

 

[ArneZ]

Starting to listen a lot to Taake lately, everything is great. Never bothered checking them out seriously before, almost wants me to get back to some more black metal.

 

[damnromulans]

ok after some brief Youtube surfing I like Angelcorpse and Axis of Advance better than Conqueror and Blasphemy. The latter two sort of remind me of Archgoat, who I'm not big on.

 

[VelociBrad]

You probably won't like war metal much if you're not into Conqueror or Blasphemy. Other stuff you can try would be Black Witchery, Revenge, Perversor (this one is more thrashy than the others).

 

[Einherjar86]

When you guys say "war metal," do you just mean bands whose lyrical concepts/themes mostly deal with war? Or are their definitive elements to a "war metal" sound?

 

[ASD]

Basically its stuff like Order From Chaos...black/death metal with a really frantic sound and drum rolly drums

 

[JontRevolting]

When you guys say "war metal," do you just mean bands whose lyrical concepts/themes mostly deal with war? Or are their definitive elements to a "war metal" sound?

The main aspect of War Metal is usually the insane drumming and general feralness,it has more to do with the sound than lyrical themes.