If somebody wanted to discover metal, which 5 albums would you recommend?

[Krilons Resa]

but surely you agree that the first three or four albums are unfuckwithable though

For what it is, and within the context of when it came out, yeah...it's top notch. It's really basic, lazy shit but has heart. I do own Into Glory Ride. I can't listen to it nowadays though. It just bores me.

 

[einride]

For what it is, and within the context of when it came out, yeah...it's top notch. It's really basic, lazy shit but has heart. I do own Into Glory Ride. I can't listen to it nowadays though. It just bores me.

fine, i mean, i guess it's basic-ish, but then again so is black fuckin sabbath seen through modern eyes. i don't think anyone at the time or since can do the EPIC FEEL of "secret of steel" or "revelation (death's angel)" or "gates of valhalla" or "each dawn i die" or "battle hymn" or "blood of my enemies" as well. very unique shit. the bass-heavy and organic sound, too. can't beat it.

so ya i think they were on to some very real shit and pretty much lived up to the hype for a couple of years but then i guess they started drinking a little too deep of their own kool-aid and sold out completely.

luckily bathory picked up all the good parts of manowar and did even greater things with them after they fucked up in 1987



is this basic and lazy? idk man i kinda feel like it's extremely ambitious and innovative for nineteen eighty freakin three

 

[einride]

forget manowar though

this thread is now about this dark quarterer rehearsal from 1984



i know you've all seen a lot of youtube videos but press play on this one, it's so fucking worth it

it's got

1) basement
2) italians with moustaches and glasses and a drummer who looks like he probably works behind a deli counter in brooklyn, i don't fucking know, i'm not american
3) some of the best heavy fucking metal you're likely to hear
4) very small vocal microphone

 

[NAD]

Power chords are basic and lazy and fuckin' awesome.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Dark Quarterer are great.

And yeah, early Manowar definitely NAIL that epic thing; I agree.

Edit: And Black Sabbath were fucking PHENOMENAL song writers, come the 'eff on.

 

[einride]

Dark Quarterer are great.

not just great, they've got sex appeal

 

[einride]

Edit: And Black Sabbath were fucking PHENOMENAL song writers, come the 'eff on.

clearly they are

i'm just saying that if you look rationally at war pigs or iron man it's some pretty basic-ass shit by modern standards. but in the same way, just because some manowar songs are nothing but three power chords that doesn't mean they're lazy, that just means they're effective and economical at communicating their point

 

[Krilons Resa]

I get what you're saying and I agree with your general point but I think comparing MoW songwriting to Black Sabbath's songwriting is silly.

 

[einride]

well i mean not everyone can be the loudest band in the world but at least black sabbath are certified True Metal™ by joey demaio

 

[Krilons Resa]

 

[Ellestin]

forget manowar though

this thread is now about this dark quarterer rehearsal from 1984

1. can't help staring at the bulge in the singer's sweatpants
2. man this is some tight heavy metal
3. those pants... why would I keep looking at... oh well never mind

I see the band has been fairly active since Y2K, got me a nice playlist for the coming days

 

[rms]

1. can't help staring at the bulge in the singer's sweatpants
2. man this is some tight heavy metal
3. those pants... why would I keep looking at... oh well never mind

I see the band has been fairly active since Y2K, got me a nice playlist for the coming days

 

[Krilons Resa]

This is the one. This album rules face. I should break out my CD and celebrate the demise of 2020 like it's 1987.

 

[rms]

Opening track is the youtube vid, too. Can't remember if I ever listened to another album by them or not

 

[NAD]

I had never heard the name Dark Quarterer before but jaysus that rehearsal is amazing. Makes me miss being in a band because stinky rehearsal spaces are the only way to fly. I retired from that shit 2 years ago but Rona 2020 has me rethinking such decisions.

I even assume that huge successful heavy metal bands still prefer dank rehearsal rooms because it adds to the vibe. The only difference between a basement band and an arena band is the quantity of amplification (quality probably remains about the same).

 

[NAD]

Actually I know it to be true, I used to have a stinky rehearsal room down the hall from Fear Factory, haha. Shitty half condemned building in LA with a gear elevator that you trusted to not kill you each trip up/down. The whole place felt like a horror movie.