Any Metal fans out there playing Xonotic? If you are, what subgenres do you lean more towards and what bands do you like? I personally lean more towards Old School Death Metal and am a huge fan of Morbid Angel, Death, Entombed, Asphyx, Monstrosity, Suffocation, Deicide, etc.
I think the best part about metal is definitely shredding/solos and am in general not a fan of djent like stuff or heavy metal that is "heavy" only because the bass is all the way up lol.
Not a huge music fan but I do love me some metal. I lean more towards metalcore with my favorite bands being Parkway Drive, A Day to Remember, Bring me the Horizon, and Wage War. Parkway Drive in particular gets most of my attention for their newer album Ire which gets political in a lot of it's songs. Destroyer, Crushed, and Writings on the Wall are good examples of such songs.
I think the best part about metal is definitely shredding/solos and am in general not a fan of djent like stuff or heavy metal that is "heavy" only because the bass is all the way up lol.
Pretty good stuff man! I love Spawn of Possession btw, and have seen Slayer and Exodus a few times too
Been listening to metal since before Metallica jumped the shark and went more mainstream with the Black album. Even managed to see them live before that happened (Ride the Lighting tour), and I live in Australia! Had a break from metal for a while, but got back into it about 5 years ago.
Don't seem to have a specific genre that I like. I like all sorts. Still like the old stuff, but also the new. Thrash, Death, a bit of Doom, it's all good.
Currently really getting into Gojira, though Bodycount's latest, Dimmu Borgir, Mastodon, Arch Enemy and Iron Maiden are also somewhat high on my rotation atm.
FWIW: Part of getting back into metal was all due to Sam Dunn's "Metal Evolution" doco.. so much I chipped in some cash to help them make their Extreme Metal ep, and got this poster in return.
Also been finding that watching the BangerTV reviews have introduced me to a lot more music that I'd not have considered listening to, but that I find I really like. Definitely a breath of fresh air that's great to have and avoids the usual echo chamber effect you get from listening to the same stuff all the time.
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(06-12-2017, 08:39 PM)cefiar Wrote: Been listening to metal since before Metallica jumped the shark and went more mainstream with the Black album. Even managed to see them live before that happened (Ride the Lighting tour), and I live in Australia! Had a break from metal for a while, but got back into it about 5 years ago.
Don't seem to have a specific genre that I like. I like all sorts. Still like the old stuff, but also the new. Thrash, Death, a bit of Doom, it's all good.
Currently really getting into Gojira, though Bodycount's latest, Dimmu Borgir, Mastodon, Arch Enemy and Iron Maiden are also somewhat high on my rotation atm.
FWIW: Part of getting back into metal was all due to Sam Dunn's "Metal Evolution" doco.. so much I chipped in some cash to help them make their Extreme Metal ep, and got this poster in return.
Also been finding that watching the BangerTV reviews have introduced me to a lot more music that I'd not have considered listening to, but that I find I really like. Definitely a breath of fresh air that's great to have and avoids the usual echo chamber effect you get from listening to the same stuff all the time.
I watch BangerTV a lot too, along with Infidel Amsterdam. I disagree with Sam Dunn sometimes but he's definitely a diehard Metalhead.
06-13-2017, 02:11 AM (This post was last modified: 06-13-2017, 02:12 AM by Islinn.)
(06-12-2017, 04:29 PM)Smilecythe Wrote: in general not a fan of djent like stuff or heavy metal that is "heavy" only because the bass is all the way up lol.
Well.... that's where I come in.
Been listening to metal since I was a little kid and still do to this day. That includes all genres actually.
Some of my favorite bands are Architects, Erra, Ill Niño, Periphery, Slayer, Thy Art Is Murder and Whitechapel.
I do appreciate older metal like Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Pantera etc. but I don't listen as much to it.
(06-12-2017, 08:39 PM)cefiar Wrote: Been listening to metal since before Metallica jumped the shark and went more mainstream with the Black album. Even managed to see them live before that happened (Ride the Lighting tour), and I live in Australia! Had a break from metal for a while, but got back into it about 5 years ago.
Don't seem to have a specific genre that I like. I like all sorts. Still like the old stuff, but also the new. Thrash, Death, a bit of Doom, it's all good.
Currently really getting into Gojira, though Bodycount's latest, Dimmu Borgir, Mastodon, Arch Enemy and Iron Maiden are also somewhat high on my rotation atm.
FWIW: Part of getting back into metal was all due to Sam Dunn's "Metal Evolution" doco.. so much I chipped in some cash to help them make their Extreme Metal ep, and got this poster in return.
Also been finding that watching the BangerTV reviews have introduced me to a lot more music that I'd not have considered listening to, but that I find I really like. Definitely a breath of fresh air that's great to have and avoids the usual echo chamber effect you get from listening to the same stuff all the time.
That poster is awesome, would love to have something similar. I'm a big metal fan myself, have been since I was 12 when I first heard AC/DC's Back In Black in the Iron Man movie. Will have to check out this BangerTV show. Btw, amazing that you got to see Metallica during the Ride The Lightning days!
I'm mostly into the classic stuff: Maiden, Sabbath (saw both of these bands earlier this year), Judas Priest, Saxon, Megadeth, Metallica. Not really into anything heavier than Slayer but occasionally I like a bit of the heavy stuff! Also really dig the big 4 grunge bands and hard rock bands like GN'R (who I'm seeing this week in London!), Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy, Led Zep, etc.
I don't listen to metal much, but there's something I like about it: the fuckin' bands' names.
There are sooooo metal-esque everytime, this is so cool. In fact, we could make a game: "Metal band name or way to die?".
(06-13-2017, 06:09 AM)hox3d Wrote: I don't listen to metal much, but there's something I like about it: the fuckin' bands' names.
There are sooooo metal-esque everytime, this is so cool. In fact, we could make a game: "Metal band name or way to die?".
Should be a band with Instagib name, though.
I think every way to die was turned into a band name at this point lol.
Suffocation, Asphyx, Disembowelment, Prostitute Disfigurement, Devourment, Dismember, Slaughter, Gutted, etc. THE LIST CAN GO ON FOREVER!
06-15-2017, 12:40 PM (This post was last modified: 06-15-2017, 12:42 PM by PinkRobot.)
I used to be a closet metal head. It started when I was 14 and heard Iron Maiden for the first time. Run to the hills, it blew my mind. I'm more into old school punk and hardcore now and since forever, but I still enjoy me some Brujeria or older Sepultura every now and then.
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I used to listen to Metal too, mostly Heavy Metal (→Judas Priest), True Metal (→Manowar), Melodic Death Metal (→Amon Amarth) but also the usual stuff like Metallica and AC/DC (less Metal more Hard-Rock I know) and some Old-School Bands from the 80's. My preference was always more towards the melodic songs though, Hammerfall and Machinae Supremacy come to mind.
07-04-2017, 01:03 AM (This post was last modified: 07-04-2017, 01:18 AM by Lee_Stricklin.)
Me and my girlfriend were lucky enough to be in the front for Parkway Drive's Cincinnati show recently. Same show that was captured in this video on someone's youtube channel. Walked out of there with the last Wage War Blueprints LP and get it signed as well. If there's one thing cool about metalcore not being mainstream here, it's that these bands will rent out smaller venues and generally become more relaxed and very much into what they are doing. Not only that, through some serious chanting, the crowd was able to get them to play Bottom Feeder (they intended for Crushed to be their encore, but we just wouldn't shut the hell up lol Winston was about to fall over before deciding with the rest of the band to go ahead and play it). Damn good show, not quite as good as what they were when I first saw them open for A Day to Remember a year prior (They used Ire as their set list, during which they played so good that their recordings sound vastly inferior in comparison), but still nothing short of awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giucHsmW...ZrjBnIxORm
I'm a metalhead, but my favorites range from "moderately popular" to "obscure". I mostly listen to melodic death metal (favorites being Blood Stain Child, Children of Bodom, and early Ensiferum), various types of power metal (usually Sonata Arctica, Dragonland, and Galneryus), and a WHOLE LOT of black metal, usually the "epic" or "symphonic" style (like Apotheosis, Carach Angren, or Limbonic Art) but the raw "2nd wave" and the middle ground "melodic" styles are good too.
There are also some outliers of what I like that don't fit in to my usual preference. Wintersun, X Japan, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Wilderun, Ghost (probably the most normal of them all)...I could go on some more as well. I make it a point to try and look for different kinds of metal and more obscure bands, just to expand my horizons and see if something nobody knows about can already 1-up my current picks.
I swear there's probably something witty I could put in here, but it's going over my head right now.
06-25-2018, 12:09 PM (This post was last modified: 06-25-2018, 01:10 PM by _para.)
Uh hello fellow metalheads |..|,
Even though reviving an old thread I'd like to throw some goodies into the mix as I'm myself constantly looking for new bands to add to my playlist.
Here's the video that introduced me to metal and the whole world beyond the 70', 80' and the best of today way back in the 6. or 7. grade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWf1ihNkEtw
(Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames)
Yeah those swedes are amazing. I mean eastern europe power metal in general :3
[Hammerfall] -power metal
[Sonata Arctica] -power metal
[Sabaton - Saboteurs] - (heroic) power metal (fav song)
[Apocalyptica] - i dont even know but they are gods
[The Rasmus] -is it metal?
[Nightwish] -symphonic power metal
And even though not understanding a single word I think russian fits perfect in this genre:
[Arktida (Арктида)] -power metal
And heres the rest I like and know and love:
[Rammstein] (-fav band) - indutrial metal
[Disturbed] - heavy metal
[Evanescence]
[Five Finger Death Punch]
[Papa Roach]
[Emigrate] (singer = member of rammstein)
[Marilyn Manson]
[Dope]
[Bullet For My Valentine]
[Slipknot]
[Linkin Park]
[Rise Against]
[Nirvana]
[Tool] - progressive metal
[RHAPSODY]
[Serj Tankian]
[Dropkick Murphys]
You were just so lucky that only 1 video per post is allowed if you hate scrolling.
From metal and heavy on my phone/player now: Botch, Converge, Deafheaven, Lurker of Chalice, Mushroomhead, Napalm Death, Oathbreaker, Paradox, Thy Catafalgue
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