So lately I've had time to catch up on summa the metal cds I've got but never heard..

[chupe666]

Synopsis:

Not aimed at the band from this board- just insert name of band I listened to in for "your band" and that sums it up nicely.

 

[FrostGiant]

So what did you listened too that suxz?

 

[chupe666]

hm.

not sure that it's a good idea to list them all.
kind of like yelling that all the big kids at school lick each other's butts.

 

[chupe666]

The A's:
actually, it's easier to mention the ones i liked:
abigor.

edited. deal with it.

 

[FrostGiant]

I only know one of those, Ancient. I don't even know which cd I've got and I don't even know where it is anymore. Yeah.

 

[chupe666]

svartalvheim was pretty good by ancient, but most everything after is not so good.

 

[FrostGiant]

Is that Miehvlatravs spelled backwards?

 

[VangelicSurgeon]

I find most metal to be pretty shitty

 

[azal]

I think Alas is pretty cool.

 

[chupe666]

see, i knew i shouldn't pick specific stuff.

the alas is ok- i actually like some of erik's writing on it, but the vocalist has no soul/inflection whatsoever, and it drives me up the wall. can't listen to it aside from a track or two.

i'm currently listening to a madonna cd, if that tells you what i thought of the metal stuff i had to pick from. tonight is 'going through boxes of old cds while unpacking' night.

 

[xfer]

you guys are going to get motW kicked out of metal the way Evanescence got the boot from Christian rock.

 

[azal]

that Evanescence CD is my current guilty pleasure.

 

[xfer]

aysha made me listen to their single, and it wasn't terrible until suddenly some guy broke in and started repeating or heralding every line, in this nu-metal/rappy/"attitude" voice.

WAKE ME UP!

(sings) wake me up insiiide

CAN'T WAKE UP!

(sings) wake me up insiiide

DELETE MP3

 

[Bambi]

all modern metal sucks. '96 was the quality cut off point, any band after that are billix . I thought everyone got a memo on this.

 

[azal]

yeah xfer that song is by far the worst one on the CD.

Making it destined to be a smash radio hit.

the dude keeps his mouth shut for the rest of the album.

 

[xfer]

look, the very fact that aysha likes them makes me think you have a real uphill battle to prove they're not TEH SUX.

 

[FrostGiant]

WAKE ME UP!

(sings) wake me up insiiide

CAN'T WAKE UP!

(sings) wake me up insiiide

Dude, that is fricken horrible. I really liked the song otherwise.

 

[Baliset]

i was totally walking around with that song in my head this morning

 

[azal]

well I, unlike some here, can find enjoyment in CDs that aren't earth-shattering and off-the-wall amazing and thought-provoking.

It's an OK electro/pop/chick metal CD.

nothing more, nothing less....I'll play it in my car every now and then.


It's kinda sad thought that mainstream radio dudes consider this like groundbreaking rock and bands like Tapping the Vein, The Gathering, and Lacuna Coil are left to grumble obscenities to themselves in the shallow basements of undergroundia.

 

[chupe666]

i'm glad i don't know that song. sounds like i might have seisures if i heard it.

and yeah, azal- those bands are doing some cool things that get under the collective radar of the masses. but a part of me is glad, because the corporatization of music is one of the worst things in my opinion. i'm proud of the gathering (without sounding condescending- wish i had the power to do it myself) of nixing century media and releasing the new album on their own. the end was quick to pick that shit up, and while they may not be as BIG as CM, i think it's a great match.
btw- indieworkshop plug for The Gathering review i did:
http://www.indieworkshop.com/reviews/265/

and my current guilty pleasure, due to my new public library card: