RECOMMENDATIONS THREAD

[Matt]

if you are looking into prog rock, pink floyd, king crimson, and yes are the best bands in the genre

..and Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant

 

[Scarifier]

I reco Benighted (FRA)

I got their 2006 album "Identisick" burnt off a mate, and it fucking slays in the car.

Brutal death with some headbanging groove, they mix things up, add other little styles in here and there but never stray from the path to much to upset the feeling throughout.

 

[Zhou Tai 04]

Usually I try to find some of the more obscure sub-genres of metal, but now I'm going for stuff a bit more standard. Not very good at descriptions but if I like Meshuggah, Bloodbath, and Behemoth who else would you you recommend?

The Amenta
Scarve
Unleashed
Dismember
Bolt Thrower
Fleshcrawl
Non Human Level
Textures
Gizmachi
Coprofago
Dies Irae (Pol)
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
Into the Moat
Kronos (Fra)

 

[Satanstoenail]

Usually I try to find some of the more obscure sub-genres of metal, but now I'm going for stuff a bit more standard. Not very good at descriptions but if I like Meshuggah, Bloodbath, and Behemoth who else would you you recommend?

Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis

 

[nissan]

Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis

Good recommendation

 

[CF87]

I am looking for some recent death metal (no shitty brutal death metal, and I am not really looking for anything super duper technical)

- very heavy
- polished, heavy, powerful production
- good songwriting
- good vocals

Bloodbath: nightmares made flesh
Incantation: primordial domination
Demiurg: breath of the demiurg
Unleashed: midvinterblot

I find Vader and Decapitated very boring but both might be something you might like.

 

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

Demiurg: breath of the demiurg

 

[CF87]

On Metallica, Kirk Hammet was a great lead guitarist in the 80's that is still overrated. Lars Johansson from Candlemass and the guys from Mercyful Fate and King Diamond destroy him and mustaine combined.

 

[I-Oblivion-I]

I am looking for some recent death metal (no shitty brutal death metal, and I am not really looking for anything super duper technical)

- very heavy
- polished, heavy, powerful production
- good songwriting
- good vocals

try pitbulls in the nursery, they are kinda technical but not necrophagist technical and have a very powerful production as well as strong death growls.

 

[Soilwork]

If you´re a fan of melodic metal and hardrock then check out a swedish metal act called Platitude!
Their official homepage is:

www.platitude.net

and Myspace:

www.myspace.com/platitudesweden



I really got surprised by the very nice melodies and harmonies!
Be sure to check them out!

 

[Astrum]

ill b sure

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

what is some great catchy heavy/power/speed metal like judas priest???

 

[skeptik]

Nightmare - Waiting For The Twilight

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

something more modern???

 

[skeptik]

No, too many shitty bands trying to ape the past and failing miserably.

 

[audiophileguy]

what is some great catchy heavy/power/speed metal like judas priest???

accept
griffin
jag panzer - ample destruction
twisted tower dire
armored saint - symbol of salvation (fucking catchy)
saxon
satan and pariah (uk)
paragon
omen

 

[Son of Evil]

what is some great catchy heavy/power/speed metal like judas priest???

The most popular traditional Speed/Power bands are Gamma Ray, Grave Digger, Hammerfall, Edguy, Iron Savior, Freedom Call, Primal Fear, Helloween. I have listed them in order of my personal preference.

If you are looking for something extremely catchy, with riffs and choruses that keep running in your mind, Gamma Ray is the ideal band. Kai Hansen is a genius, check out every Gamma Ray album except their first 3 (too boring/sucked)

 

[Carcassian]

what is some great catchy heavy/power/speed metal like judas priest???

Primal Fear, mostly. I actually like Primal Fear quite a bit, maybe even more than JP (albeit I'm not a huge JP fan).

 

[~ED~]

something on the lines of VADER culd anyone suggest? thnx

 

[Carcassian]

Dies Irae (POL) for obvious reasons...