Metal Month II is coming...

Wpnfire · 09-21-2014, 08:50 PM

You should do pantera's FIRST albums, like before they were groove. I doubt people have done those before.

Trollheart · 09-22-2014, 03:05 AM

Okay, which would you suggest? I know nothing really of Pantera beyond "Cowboys from Hell"?

The Batlord · 09-22-2014, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Okay, which would you suggest? I know nothing really of Pantera beyond "Cowboys from Hell"?

I've never listened to early Pantera, but I hear they were closer to Van Halen than... Pantera. So, I don't imagine you have to worry about your ears bleeding. On that note, you should probably stay away from Far Beyond Driven and The Great Southern Trendkill. They're about as close to death metal-brutal as non-extreme metal gets. This is me being honest and not trolly BTW.

I was also serious about you listening to the Chasm. Whether or not you review it for your journal, I would be curious to see how you felt about death metal with no vocals. I've taken the liberty of collecting the non-vocal songs from that album I mentioned. They're a death metal band, so they're not exactly easy listening, but they're also not nearly as abrasive as Cryptopsy, and actually let some honest-to-dog melody into their music. I might say they're even proggy if I were qualified to call something proggy.

Spoiler for death to the metal:

Unknown Soldier · 09-22-2014, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Okay, which would you suggest? I know nothing really of Pantera beyond "Cowboys from Hell"?

Of the first four albums the only one really worth it is Power Metal (nothing to with power metal btw) and shows in places the sound that they would become famous for. But its all the studio albums after that were the band clicked.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I've never listened to early Pantera, but I hear they're closer to Van Halen than... Pantera. So, I don't imagine you have to worry about your ears bleeding. On that note, you should probably stay away from Far Beyond Driven and The Great Southern Trendkill. They're about as close to death metal-brutal as non-extreme metal gets. This is me being honest and not trolly BTW.

I always thought that groove metal was an extreme metal sub-genre, or don't you think it is?

Thelonious Monkey · 09-19-2014, 07:20 AM

May I recommend Wintersun by Wintersun.

Every song seems to be longer than the last until the final track ends with a sort of progressive close. It is a complex and insanely well crafted album. All in all an epic symphonic black metal album and easily accessible for lovers of extreme metal.

This album is on Spotify if you have it and on Grooveshark but I can't post links yet because I don't have 15 posts.

Trollheart · 09-19-2014, 08:42 AM

I'll add that to the list!

The Batlord · 09-19-2014, 09:22 AM

Oh, I remember last time you were looking for death metal without vocals. The Chasm's Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (and no, "Abysm" is correct), has vocals, but half the songs are instrumental, and the vocals are somewhat low in the mix when they're there anyway. That's the closest you're probably gonna get.

Trollheart · 09-20-2014, 07:20 PM

Just a quick update:

Mastodon --- Blood mountain
Cavalera Conspiracy -- Inflikted
Sigh --- Imaginary sonicscape
Znowhite --- Act of God
Draconian --- Arcane rain fell
Cryptopsy --- None so vile
Dissection --- Storm of the light's bane
Arcturus --- La masquerade infernale
Mondstille --- Seelenwund
Urfaust -- Geist ist teufel
Gallowbraid --- Ashen elaidon
Conan --- Monnos
Metallica --- Load and Reload (I'm cutting this out: there's no way this was a rec and I have enough to listen to without putting well-known Metallica albums into the mix)
Reinxeed --- 1912
Forefather --- Steadfast
Finntroll --- Nattfodd

Due to Batty forever scarring me by tricking me into listening to Cryptopsy, all of his other choices are going right to the back of the queue! And you're getting my analyst's bill too!

The Batlord · 09-20-2014, 07:39 PM

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Due to Batty forever scarring me by tricking me into listening to Cryptopsy, all of his other choices are going right to the back of the queue! And you're getting my analyst's bill too!

"Tricking"? When did I ever give the impression that I wanted to do anything other than torture you by recommending Cryptopsy? I was very open about trolling you. You have no one to blame but yourself.

So, I haven't heard you say whether or not you liked it.

Unknown Soldier · 09-21-2014, 04:16 AM

Try Night Sun Mournin' pretty mind-blowing for 1972.

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09-20-2014, 07:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Just a quick update: Mastodon --- Blood mountain Cavalera Conspiracy -- Inflikted Sigh --- Imaginary sonicscape Znowhite --- Act of God Draconian --- Arcane rain fell Cryptopsy --- None so vile Dissection --- Storm of the light's bane Arcturus --- La masquerade infernale Mondstille --- Seelenwund Urfaust -- Geist ist teufel Gallowbraid --- Ashen elaidon Conan --- Monnos Metallica --- Load and Reload (I'm cutting this out: there's no way this was a rec and I have enough to listen to without putting well-known Metallica albums into the mix) Reinxeed --- 1912 Forefather --- Steadfast Finntroll --- Nattfodd Due to Batty forever scarring me by tricking me into listening to Cryptopsy, all of his other choices are going right to the back of the queue! And you're getting my analyst's bill too! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-19-2014, 07:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
Thelonious Monkey Caesar is home. Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 876	May I recommend Wintersun by Wintersun. Every song seems to be longer than the last until the final track ends with a sort of progressive close. It is a complex and insanely well crafted album. All in all an epic symphonic black metal album and easily accessible for lovers of extreme metal. This album is on Spotify if you have it and on Grooveshark but I can't post links yet because I don't have 15 posts.