The metal thread!

[kmj]

and of course no metal thread is complete without some mention of alexi liaho and or children of bodom. As a guitar player i LOVE that stuff,

Herehere.

wow thats cool that FINALLY someone else has heard of edguy, theyre pretty big, but for some reason no one knows them. did they do babylon or arrows fly? i love both those songs.

They are quite big here in europe, infact, the whole gangre (spelling?) has grown.
Don't remember all the songs, a while since I listened to them
Kai Hansen and Gammaray seemed to have fun too

i will be listening to blind guardian on a rocking pair of speakers.

The only downside is that Hansi&Co keep on insisting to use their own studio and I can't say that I like their soundquality

Penguins

If you like music like edguy, gammaray, Scanner and such, then try to find the band "bloodbound". The records name is Nosferatu.

 

[teemuk]

More penguins:
http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/revi..._ridiculous_black_metal_pics_of_all_time.html

Seriously... I really like this music no matter how stupid the guys fail to look.

 

[xstephanx]

this is true, i dont know why theyre ragging so much on dimmu borgir, its good music, death cult armageddos is REALLY good with the whoel classical black metal fusion going on!

and mayhem USED to be awesome.....but the new guy is pretty lame looking... too bad euronymous and dead(oh the irony) are both dead.

on the bright side though...less than one year till varg vikernes gets out of jail!

 

[Craig405]

Suprised to hear noone has mentioned Pantera, great headbanging music... PLUS their recordings have excellent bass Dime was a shredding legend its really sad what happened to him....
Although early Pantera is totally laughable, check it out pre 1987 i think.

edit
My mistake digital junkie did mention them

Craig

 

[xstephanx]

im not a big pantera fan, im not really into thrash, although SOME testament in moderation is ok.

GUYS BIG HEADS UP!

arsis, its like melodic death/black, pandora them if youre lucky youll get the song a diamond for disease, its liek this fantastically melodic song with great lyrics, 12 minutes long, and the lead gutiar is like PURE SHRED through the entire thing but never overbears the rest of the music. My jaw dropped when i heard it.

but right now im lsitening to immortal.

 

[kmj]

Panteras Walk must be one of the most neckwhippingable ( ) songs out there!

And Testaments The gathering is high on my list of records. But over to some of Swedens finest:

Arch Enemy (also played last week)
At the gates (stopped playing)
Entombed (also last week)

I'll look up Arsis as soon as the mixed record of my mate here at work is played through

 

[xstephanx]

as much as i might get knocked for them being a mroe comemrical band, i really like in flames, this in cludes come clarity(which is surprising cause soundtrack to your escape was so bad)

what abtou dark tranquility as long as were talking swedish melodeath, my dad listens to em, and im a very avid fan(they got me into melodeath in the first place)

im also really enjoying bathorys album hammerheart right now.

 

[davidlzimmer]

My favorite metal is "Zildjian". ''

 

[francis varkey]

My favorite metal is "Zildjian". ''

It's "Paiste" for me.

Iron Maiden> Judas Priest> Metallica> Van Halen in descending order of preference.
Anthem must be "Hallowed be thy name" - Iron Maiden; in the college days, we used to perform Iron Maiden the most but of course I was the weakest link(vocals)

Other favs are "Pain Killer, One Shot at Glory" - J. Priest

Hope Bruce Dickinson goes back to to his earlier style of singing(hate his raspier style)

I'd love to add some Scorpions, Europe and Guns n Roses but these may not be metal

 

[Craig405]

Van Halen aren't really a metal band either, just a great hard rock band until Hagar came along then they went downhill.

 

[francis varkey]

Craig,
I have to agree, but for my sake you have to agree that a fine line(metal thread?) separates the two genres.

BTW, your avtar seems to be plotting something; I thought that Austin Powers had finished him off

Regards,
Francis

 

[FullThrottleRic]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Audioslave

Disturbed are great and of course not forgetting Soundgarden

 

[kmj]

a bit late but Arsis that was mentioned earlier seems great! (listened to the promise of never)

 

[teemuk]

Every fan of melodeath owns him/herself of checking out Carnal Creation: http://www.carnalcreation.net/?page=Discography

 

[xstephanx]

i knwo arsis is one of my new addictions! really good stuff. a diamond for disease is GREAT. 12 minute song with awesome gutiar work.

 

[Big Kev !]

I love metal, all the usual stuff. At the moment I can't get enough of Blind Guardian, Children Of Bodom, Dragonforce, Iced Earth, Sonata Arctica, Sinergy, BLS.

 

[Mad_K]

How about Apocalyptica and Nightwish. Some great metal comes from The Land of a Thousand Lakes

I listen to a lot of different music (including metal) and appreciate each genre based on the musical envolvement and feeling they bring me.

 

[MaxS]

Hello all,

How can you forget some nice band like Pantera or Slayer ?

Well, Pantera had finished but their music is not dead. And around one month Slayer sell a new album. All of them started in the 80s, they are not younger than some others " metal " band but I think they can a lot to new groups.

 

[Big Kev !]

How about Apocalyptica and Nightwish. Some great metal comes from The Land of a Thousand Lakes

I listen to a lot of different music (including metal) and appreciate each genre based on the musical envolvement and feeling they bring me.

Nightwish are awesome... dunno how they're going to do now though.

 

[phn]

Semi related.

In the news here a couple of days ago they mentioned an academic study about the first generation punk rockers in Sweden, late 1970s-early '80s. It turned out they did very well later in life, having above average education and many working in artistic fields.

I cannot say I was the least bit surprised.