I wanted to respond to a lot of things here.
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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
I thought you wouldn't like the Mastodon album, they must be one of the most boring metal bands around, but most people would have you believe they're not.
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Yeah Mastodon is indeed rather boring.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Apparently inspired by the story of a Brazilian native tribe who committed mass suicide as a protest against the government taking their lands (that'll show 'em, huh?  ) it's an acoustic instrumental, which for the first minute is almost silence, then native-style percussion cuts in and guitar comes in too. This is where Sepultura show they're more than just a Thrash Metal band, that they can make other types of music too. Very impressive, and must have confused the hell out of their fans. |
Wow a sepultura album that has some acoustic parts in it? Sounds like something I would hate, but I may check that out just 'cause. Also those lyrics for "Terrorize" sound grand.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Suggested by self-undelcared-but-being-a-fact guitar god Plankton
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Plankton is a guitar god? Well, I hope to steal that title from him by the time I'm through here.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Oh Jansz! How could you? Grindcore? My most hated of all subgenres of Metal. Sigh. Well, a little about this band. They’re from the Czech Republic, have been around since 1997 when they were known as Appalling Spawn...
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they were known as APPALLING SPAWN? Oh...I can see the expression on Trollheart's face when he read that tidbit. Like the last nail in his coffin before he even began.
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Originally Posted by Briks
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Epic cover!
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Hell awaits --- Slayer --- 1985 (Metal Blade) |
Yeah I've never been a fan of hell awaits. I've always treated it as sort of the odd man out in early Slayer's discography. Also I guess that's one thing you and I have in common Trollheart: we can't tell the difference between Slayer guitar solos.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
The final lines, too, are heavily critical of surely the Allies for failing to capture and bring this evil monster to trial, where he would have almost certainly been hanged. As Araya snarls ”Rancid Angel of death/ Flying free” he must surely be referring to the fact that, despite all the efforts to bring him to justice, Mengele eluded capture and only died aged sixty-nine in a swimming accident in Brazil.
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I've never thought about that line "rancid, angel of death/flying free!" Till you mentioned it. Yeah, that could be what it is about. I, like Batty and Janzs though, feel that Slayer's lyrics aren't ever trying to make a statement, but that interpretation does sound fairly reasonable.
Also yeah Jesus saves is one of my favorite tracks from that album, for obvious reasons (the riffs!)
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Not so long ago, the “old” me would have thought this was great up to the point the vocals began, and then switched off. Thankfully, I've managed to broaden my outlook a little now and can take death vocals in small doses, and also so many people recommended this album there had to be something in it. As I got used to the vocal I was aware of something amazing unfolding before my ears. It's been a long long time since I've been so totally blown away by a band, and the moreso that it's a Japanese avant-garde Black Metal one!
If you took the best elements and ideas within DSO and Theatre des Vampires, you still wouldn't scratch the surface of how great this album is, and I certainly intend to delve deeper into their later music. Thanks guys for the rec and for turning me on to Sigh; they just gained another fan, and another voice has been added to the chorus shouting “You have got to hear this album!”
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Well Trollheart likes death metal guys, but jansz's grindcore albums can apparently still go **** themselves though. LOL
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
The second album from the band and the last to feature lead vocalist Lord Worm
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Ahahahaha Lord Worm? Dang Batty, I thought that was going kill Trollheart, I'm surprised he survived.