Five Finger Death Punch Posts New Music Video For "Hard To See"
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Five Finger Death Punch has posted a music video online for the song "Hard To See," which is off the upcoming album "War is the Answer." The video clip can be viewed below. "War is the Answer" is currently set for a September 22nd release date.
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TheLegend - Every FFDP song is the repetitive, emo song brother.
dimentian - right on dude, feel the same way.
You would think that most metal fans would have caught on to the "add one part metal, one part emo, shake, bake, release album and make a ton of money" formula but WTF, the younger kids just eat this crap up.
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Awwww, Shut up. These guys killing (insert name of the your favorite band that have like 37 fans world wide) any day. I saw them live 4 times now, NOBODY can touch them live, NOBODY!
Oh, and you don't think they glued on the hawk, the viking beird and the mega dreads ? That sh** take a long time to grow man, maybe they didn't start yesterday. (like most of you weekend metal fans with the "safe" office geek or pizza delivery boy image)
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huhhh: I love it when the lame a$$ fanboys come out flailing like little schoolgirls. I've seen them live and I personally believe that Machine f***ing Head easily handed them their a$$es at the last Mayhem. They were good live, but not nearly as good as you proclaim. They were merely better than your average metalcore band. There are many, many more bands that could "touch them" live. More accurately, there are many, many other bands that can easily DESTROY them live.
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WAS NOT IMPRESSED WITH THIS SONG AT FIRST BUT I KIND OF LIKE IT NOW. WAY OF THE FIST IS ONE OF THE MOST BADA$$ ALBUMS OUT THERE. IT IS BALLS OUT METAL WITH OLD SCHOOL LEADS. BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE A NEW BAND CAME AROUND AND NEW HOW TO PLAY MORE THAN POWER CHORDS. I AM HARDCORE AMON AMARTH FAN AND THESE GUYS F'ING ROCK. ALTHOUGH I DONT THINK THEY WILL MAKE ANOTHER ALBUM AS AWESOME AS WAY OF THE FIST. AS A WHOLE THAT ALBUM WAS BETTER THAN ANY SLIPKNOT ALBUM AND I DEDICATED MY RIGHT CALF TO THAT BAND. BUT IN THE END ALL HAIL AMON AMARTH!!
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WHAT I MEANT BY THAT WAS I GOT THE SLIPKNOT EMBLEM TATTOOED ON MY CALVE AND IT TAKES UP ALMOST THE ENTIRE CALVE IT RUNS FROM MY ANKLE TO THE TOP OF THE CALVE MUSCLE. I AM DEDICATING MY RIGHT SHOULDER TO 5FDP IF THERI NEW ALBUM STANDS UP TO WAY OF THE FIST. THAT ALBUM GETS ME SO PUMPED ALL THE TIME I OWE MANY GREAT WORKOUTS TO THAT ALBUM. THE AGRESSION IN IT IS PHENOMINAL AND I LOVE HAVING REAL LEADS AGAIN. WE WILL JUAT HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE SEPTEMBER 22!
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Wow. I clicked play and scrolled down to read the comments. got halfway down the thread, and could only furrow my eyebrows at how gay the sound coming form my computer speakers was.
that was REALLY gay sounding. I'm sorry to anyone who is a fan of this band. no wait, turn the word "to" in my last sentence into the word "for".
yeah, that's it.
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I AM JUST WRITING IT OFF AS THEM NEEDING A RADIO FRIENDLY SONG TO PROMOTE THEIR NEW ALBUM UNTIL IT COMES OUT (EVEN SLIPKNOT WHEN SLIPSOUR ON THEIR LAST ALBUM) ALTHOUGH THIS SONG HAS BEEN GROWING ON ME I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF IVAN THROUGH MOTOGRATER AND GHOSTMACHINE SO THE NOT SO HEAVY SOUND IS NOTHING NEW TO ME NONE THE LESS I WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IF THEY DONT REALLY KICK IT UP FOR THE REST OF THE ALBUM
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it's just soo true tho POV... lol personally i think they're alright, BUT VRY mediocre commercial metal like disturbed. and they look like as if the modern day village ppl kuz they ALL look random a$$ hell to b in a band together, nonetheless to b playing "metal". tbh what is the thing that somewhat kills them is the crazytown-singer-looking singer just kuz he doesn't sing much in the 1st place and when he does it isn't vry good anyways. but i do have to say, just like disturbed also, they r pretty raw live.
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16. Blindgreed1- I OWE YOU A HUGE THANKS! I AM ASHAMED OT SAY THIS BUT WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT KEEPS US FROM GREATNESS AT TIMES (I RECENTLY GOT INTERNET, GREW UP IN A HIP HOP DOMINATED NEIGHBORHOOD, I WAS THE ONLY METAL HEAD) ANYWAY I AM REFERRING TO MACHINE HEAD. I SAW YOU BRINGING THEM UP ALOT SO I CHECLEF THE MOUT ONLINE AND THEY ARE F'ING AMAZING! THANKS MAN FOR HELPING ME FIND A NEW GREAT BAND I HAVE BEEN NEEDING SOMETHNG NEW BERY BADLY. THESE GUYS ARE EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEE NEEDING. SAD TO SAY MY HOPES ARE NOT UP FOR THE NEW 5FDP WHICH PAINS ME BUT THIS A GREAT (WRONG TERM) CONCELLATION. WITH MACHINE HEAD NOW ON MY LIST I AM ALREADY OVER 5FDP POSSIBLY NOT LIVING UP TO WAY OF THE FIST. THANKS AGAIN MAN.
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I just picked up three Machine Head cds and the Cavalera Conspiracy, today is my wife's birthday otherwise I would have bought all the Machine Head albums. Either way it is a good day and I am having a blast at work. I had to go to three places to get the special edition Blackening album.
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Pursuit_Of_Vikings and n0thinghead - i couldn't agree more about hating this band. If you asked me a year ago who i though was ruining metal, Bullet for my Vasectomy would be the first band out of my mouth. Now its Dead by April by FAR, but id say FFDP are way up there on the list. Oh btw, you know the crazytown-looking lead singer of this band is one of Fred Durst's best buddys, right? Fred is the one who got FFDP they're deal with The Firm, (the artist and talent management company), who's clients include Kelly Clarkson, Korn, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Dixie Chicks, Linkin Park, Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez, Audioslave and Limp Bizkit.....Yeah, real metal guys.
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TheMidnightCowboy you are a moron, a few bands do not ruin metal. People like Bob Rock and others not pushing or allowing bands be themselves so they can have commercial success is ruining metal. Bottom line its all about the all mighty dollar. and how the f*** is Way of the Fist not metal. This song I agree is not metal but WOTF is all metal. If you say because they have some clean vocals that excuse is out the window because Killswitch Engage and even Machine Head have some clean vocals oh yeah and. . .Slipknot! WOTF is full of aggression and fast flowing music it is hard hitting there is nothing about it that is not metal. Live up to your name and go back toyour country music.liverrott
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That was sad. I liked the first album but is just horible. Machine Head owned them at meyhem fest. they are ok live. If the rest of the album sounds like this Ill pass.
liver rott Killswitch Engage are not that metal dude plus they ruined holy diver.
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To liver rott - hahaha um a few things...First of all, Bob Rock? Dude, that guy has been irrelevant for like 20 years man. And i did not say that they were not a metal band, they're just a boring, genericly mainstream metalcore band. You know that song, The Bleeding, that all you FFDP fans always brag about being a radio hit? They ripped that off Bullet for my Valentine. They took the main hook of Tears Don't Fall, changed the picking, and added different power chords and lyrics over it. Go listen to them back to back and tell me i'm wrong. And the clean vocals thing...your wrong. I like bands with all types of vocals, this Ivan dude is just unoriginal and can't hit the notes that most of his peers can. Oh...The Midnight Cowboy is country? Its the title of the closing track of an AMAZING death metal album. But you obviously wouldn't know anything about that would you. So live up to your name, and go rot...t :)
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lmao!! i loved how u emphasized the double "t" midnight cowboy lol. and to liver rot...t (lol, classic) no one saying that a band is NOT metal DUE TO clean vox, in fact, i LOVE kse and bullet, imo they're awesome, BUT there r better bands, such as in flames, insomnium, into eternity and scar symmetry (ALL melodeath, i know) but still, clean vox and yet, METAL... ffdp (even tho i actually kinda like the way of the fist) is NOT not metal just for the clean vox (if u wanna call it that) like cowboy said man they're just a generic mainstream metal band like disturbed and slipknot, yet again, 2 bands that i actually like too and that r killer live.
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TheMidnightCowboy I do not brag about the Bleeding, i usually skip that song I can I can see where you can say they are mainstream. . .now. they were not even known when i got into them. but one cannot say they are not metal because of success. And Bob Rock had great significance over the last 20 years, he kept the greatest thrash metal band of old from us and now that they burned his a$$ they have come back. no band has ever had such an influence in my life as Metallica back in high school. i dont think i would have made it through my teens with out them, and it is a great feeling to have them back! I may not know very many underground bands and the ones i get into shortly get popular afterward but guess what i dont abandon them for it. Like Skeleton Witch, they are breaking out an i am seeing stuff about them out in public. . . they will still be the same band to me. it is hard to find really good bands that are not popular for me. i do not listen to the radio, cannot stand it, and metal is not popular out here. metal or whatever music one listens to is about the feeling and the music you mat not see 5fdp as metal but it feels like metal to me and it hits hard (do not bring up the bleeding or never enough) every band has a few not so great or ballad songs. Slipknot is metal wtf, you morons need to get over bands being "popular" and look at the quality of music and the feeling, albeit that is personal, one gets from it. Slipknot is 100% metal and if one says otherwise they are an idiot. and TheMidnightCowboy my bad for giving you sh** over your name.
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I don't particularly consider Slipknot metal, and a lot of others agree. For example, try searching for them in the metal archives. I can see where you're coming from liver rott, but perhaps your knowledge of metal is lacking somewhat in depth.
Secondly, Bob Rock can hardly be blamed for Metallica. St. Anger was not at all his fault and Death Magnetic proved the bad production choices were obviously coming from within the band.
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liver rott I can say that slipknot first album got me in to metal. So I do consider their first 2 albums metal. But you have to look at the big picture many bands within metal are disliked because the started of as good bands then they got popular and the music sucked. look at korn, slipknot, inflames ect. they all of their first few albums were great then the popularity got to their heads. And as it stands Five finger death punch is going the same route.
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I don't know Cynic, I think we may be confusing value as a metal band with validity as a metal band. I think it's valid to consider Slipknot, FFDP, Disturbed as metal bands, but their value to the metal community may be questionable and debatable (though I've never witnessed a fan win).
As far as these guys go: I enjoy Motograter and the heavier songs by FFDP. I think it's ridiculous to say Ivan doesn't have a vocal range. You're ignoring timbre and register Mr. Cowboy.
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His quote was "Slipknot is 100% metal", I was definitely referencing validity. Not to say not being valid is negative (i.e. Tool) but calling Slipknot metal is like calling Metallica an ambient band because of the intro to Damage Inc.
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I disagree. You're comparing at least two metal albums by Slipknot (self-titled, Iowa) to an intro. That demonstrates no point. And as far as Tool goes, nearly any genre may fit if we're allowing tiny elements to dictate genre. I'm more than willing to say Slipknot, or FFDP have little to no value as metal bands, but as far as classification goes, the only elements I can see lacking are authenticity and spirit. And yes, those are giant aspects to consider when determining value.
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Analogies are never perfect but I like them as, similar to satire they explain in shorthand the core of the issue.
The main bulk of Slipknot's music is not metal, and it is the main bulk of a bands music (within whatever format, song, album etc) that should logically determine their genre. We all know genres are inherently subjective, and yet they are obviously fundamental to music culture. Similar to color if you will take another analogy. You can argue close shades, but blue isn't yellow unless you want a worthless existential argument.
The larger argument here is whether you consider nu-metal metal. Some do (normally casual metal fans), others don't (normally so called "elitists"). This is why most people like the use of the term true metal. I consider true metal and metal one and the same, nu-metal is not on my radar.
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But, I do not believe, in calling Slipknot metal, that I am calling blue, yellow. I am calling sky blue, blue. Sky blue's popularity/value among artists may vary, but saying it isn't blue because the 'elite' dislike it is absurd. I didn't feel comfortable calling Slipknot gold in reference to yellow. :p And I don't consider myself a 'casual fan' of metal.
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No, the blue/yellow analogy was in reference to distinctly different genres, such as thrash metal and ambient.
You can call Slipknot whatever genre you want, but you can't deny that a large consensus of metal fans, on the extreme end of the fandom spectrum totally reject Slipknot as a metal band. In all art movements there is never a concrete law, there is just the passion of those involved to make a change in the world. And with the Metal Archives, that's a pretty strong upper hand.
"And I don't consider myself a 'casual fan' of metal." - Yeah that's why I had the normally clause in that sentence :P
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Well, I've defended bands I'm not even that fond of enough today. I really only took up this debate because I'm doing an indep. study on graphic novels, in which I'm arguing that they are becoming a strong literary genre. Not music, but I think you can see the correlation.
to stay on topic...ffdp pwn the sh1t outta crazytown! :p
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Yeah I normally defend nu-metal bands too, I just have a particular penchant for the genre arguments. I'm lurking around the web this weekend as I've been ambushed by a cold that has me couch-ridden.
Oh yep - is it going well? I'd side with you on that one, and metal and graphic novels definitely have a lot of parallels. Both are seen as less cultured art forms due to superficial elements, most people never see the depth behind them.
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liver rott - yeah i hear ya man, a lot of people don't know where to find new bands. Try wikipedia, as weird as it sounds. I can't tell you how many awesome bands iv found just scanning around the "2009 in metal" page, checking out all the bands releasing albums that year. You can go back in year to almost what ever year you want as well, and pretty much every bands wikipedia has a link to somewhere you can hear they're music. I know it sounds weird, but that's actually how i found out about Skeletonwitch, a band we have a common love for. So here's the link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_in_heavy_metal_music
I hope that helps you find new bands, brother. Good to see someone else can get they're balls busted on here, suck it up, and still civilly talk about metal. Kudos.
to DeathInEye - I guess to each his own, man. It's also good to see that someone else is a Vocal and Music theory nerd on here and can drop terms like timbre and register.But anyway, I didn't say he has no range, i just said he can't hit the notes that a lot of his peers can hit, which cannot be denied when you think about all the amazing vocalists in the realm of metal.
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"Heavy Metal, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness." IF Band fills these parts, its consired being metal.
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You know everywhere i go, i see the same sh**, First everyone hated nu-metal now Metalcore. Even if you dont like it, its still metal, no how many times you spamm to youtube, last.fm, or here. It will doesnt change the fact. You can cry, whine or even kill yourself.
Still its not going change anything. Just S-U-C-K I-T U-P
Besides not many metal bands can make more hardcore song than "People = Sh*t". Just makes metallica sound rock to compared that. Don't judge slipknot by its few songs. Iowa is rly rough and Heavy.
ON topic :P now, I liked the new song, i thought it was better than any song in the first album.
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It's going good Cynic. I'm currently analyzing a novel called Blankets, which is technically a memoir about growing up in the state of Wisconsin, surrounded by Christians. I don't want to give too much away, in case you'd like to read it. I'm not doing too much in the way of superhero or supernatural comic books because of the literary aspect of the course, but I did read Watchmen, the Killing Joke by Alan Moore and will read the Sandman by Neil Gaiman.
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Rysis is 100% right on his definition on metal. Too many people dont judge it for what it is and instead more so on its status in society. I too get bniased against mainstream music. but i am a metal head through my heart and soul. i may not know many (especialy from the last 15 years) bands from the underground but that does not mean i am not a hardcore metal fan. i drive my wife crazy because thats all i listen too. i have almost lost my job more than a few tiems because i refuse to turn down my music. i use my music to drive other peole crazy (slipknot is a weapon) and it affects non metal people in very entertaining ways. Way of the Fist also drives non metal listeners either away from me or to show their undisirable feelings over that "noise". Friends that is metal. it provokes some and it brings a sense of peace (through chaos and harnessing my rage) to me. it is a driving force when i need agression or needing to control my agression. Friends this is metal. I do not see this current song as metal but alas it is only one song and we humans desire success and i will not condemn for a few radio songs nor Slipknot. When you go see them they only played like 3 songs off of their new album the rest of the show was all older stuff . Meaning a band does not have to be what their current album is. it is just one album in a collection. Slipknot is heavier than most bands i have heard and that is metal.
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Rysis is 1000% wrong.
Is Thergothon not metal because they don't have solos? Is Muse or My Bloody Valentine metal? Would Minor Threat be metal if they had guitar solos? You will never condense the definition of metal into a small sentence.
"Besides not many metal bands can make more hardcore song than "People = Sh*t"" - Well you obviously don't know too many metal bands then.
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well -"Heavy Metal, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness."- you can take out the solos but that sucks though. I was more or less thinking about the highly amplified distortion and emphatic beats and of coarse the loudness.
Blindgreed1- you mentioned Machine Head killed 5FDP at Mayhem, unfortunately for me Machine Head was not at Mayhem out here.
I am mostly old school when it come to music ( Motorhead, Iron Miaden, Mercylful Falte) but would like to hear more, who else do you know of that is as good as Machine Head. Currently my faves are Amon Amarth, Slipknot, 5FDP and now Machine Head.
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Wait, is it not funny to you that you were arguing for Slipknot as metal, yet they were one of the main bands to start the whole "no solos" deal with their early albums?
Well if you have only just checked out Machine Head then you may as well check out anything and everything. I take it you listen to Lamb of God, Children of Bodom, etc.
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Yes i did dislike that Slipknot did not have guitar solos but their music still had a lot to offer, and has so much chaos that comes together musicaly so well. I have given Lamb of God and Children of Bodom a try (maybe not a fair try) and they sounded kind of repetitve, the singing was so similar in all that i heard (granted not more than an album) I like the was Machine Head and Slipknot mixes it up. I recently found Trivium due to the All Hope is Gone tour.
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They're not on my list either and I can't stand Machine Head, Slipknot or Trivium, I'm just trying to help. You'll probably like Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall etc. In fact, you probably have the easiest job in the world trying bands that you like since you like the most popular of the lot.
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No i definitely do not like Avenge Sevenfold, lol. I liked Killswitch's first two albums alot. i have not checked out Shadows Fall though but i can sense the sarcasm in that. I do not mean to gravitate to the more popular but i have a very small circle and dont get out much. i learn about bands mostly by researching singers and band members through Wikipedia. i cannot stand the radio and the majority of the crap they play makes my music look hardcore. I just want more music. i sit at a computer all day at home now (di not get along wiht people at the office, they did not like my music) and music helpd keep me sane. so i a malways in need of new stuff every couple months. I have been living on Amon Amarth for the last year though. thanks for your help though i apreciate it.
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No sarcasm, just calling it as I see it. You heard of Fear Factory? If you like AA you might like Dark Tranquility. Pantera of course. Alot of people progress into heavier music through Dimmu Borgir it seems these days so you might want to check out an album like "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant".
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Yeah i def know Slayer i have listened to them since my sophmore year in high school. This Dark Tranquility is not bad. Definitely worth throwing into the mix. Everyone knows Pantera but for some reason i never was moved by them aside from Vulgar Display of Power though they were a great band.
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You like Machine Head and not Pantera, Trivium and not Lamb of God, FFDP and not A7X? You are a strange one! Haha but I won't hold it against you.
Again I think you'd like a Fear Factory album like "Digimortal", but if your digging melodic death metal (Dark Tranquility, AA) then you might want to check out all the trendy ones like Black Dahlia Murder, The Absence, Soilwork and most definitely In Flames.
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I was into Fear Factory for a while there. I dont not like Pantera ( i have alll their stuff) i just was not moved by them like it seems most people were. they were a great band but old Metallica and Slayer moved me a lot more back then. I just saw Skeletonwitch open for Amon Amarth they seem to be pretty good but i was sh**faced and there is not very much on the web for them. i did get to have a few beers with the singer.
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AGENT: I'm going to have to go along with Cynic. You ARE a strange one. How does one appriciate Trivium but not LOG? *scratches head* Ah well... Different strokes I guess huh? D.R.I.? Down? Opeth? Nevermore? I'm just figuring that any shot in the dark might strike a chord with you. Mastodon? Testament? Warbringer?
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Really? Man I can't open a metal site now without seeing an ad for Skeletonwitch's new album. Sweet, I bet they're great live too.
Can't say I can recommend to much more because I don't have much to go on now. For the record I dislike almost every band I've mentioned here to you but never let them say I wasn't one to help.
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thats cool of you guys, i did not say i did not like LOG- just have not given them a fair shot. I am going through the ones Cynic mentioned, starting with In Flames- vocals are too alternative i think. def pass. moving on too Soil Work. Opeth is pretty good. Been getting to hear some here and there. Saw Mastadon at Mayhem and they sucked that day i have not looked into them anymore. I guessi need to look into LOG, especialy now that i have internet. I bought Down and gave it away. Isnt D.R.I. an old skate band? seems familiar back in early 90's. Well Soil Work might be somethign to give to the wife, she is not into metal but i thnk she may like this.
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Note on Soilwork and In Flames, they got lamer as they went on (...well Soilwork was always lame to me but whatever). I'd check out their earlier releases.
Oh and duh, the At The Gates album "Slaughter of the Soul" is where Amon Amarth and every other melodic death metal band got 80% of their riffs from. Check it out.
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Oh yeah, they might be hard to find but try Crayon Death.
Crack the Skye by Mastodon is one of the better albums of the year as far as prog goes IMO.
LOG- Ashes of the Wake.
DRI skater music? Maybe so, but they still fvcking rock. Try Full Steam Ahead.
I haven't run into a bad Opeth album, but if I do i'll let you know.
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Matt Heafy has stronger vocals than Randy Blythe??
Don't get me wrong I love the two bands, LOG being my favorite of the two but over the years Triviums singing style has changed dramatically. Matt use to scream his a$$ off until he started to sing like James Hetfield as can be heard in " The Crusade " and onward.
Randy on the other hand is one of the best live singers I've ever heard/seen. ( Seeing them again with Metallica next week ).
I was a little disapointed when I saw Trivium live, there guitar solos were sloppy and Matt's vocals were shaky.
Agent- I just would like to know what you mean by stronger ( no sarcasm intended man)
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well i like the more deeper growl tone over the higher shrieking tone. i have not heard much of LOG really and i will be checking them out more through today while working. i bought Shogun after seeing Trivium open for Slipknot and greatly enjoyed that album. I was surprised how well put together they were on that album and i recently bougtht the Crusade and was slightly disappointed. Y ou are right very Hetfield on tha one but i have heard their first one is mostly the other style of singing so i wil pick that one up soon.
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Out of all there brilliant albums I would recommend "Ashes of the Wake" as Blindgreed suggested in a previous response and also there latest album " Wrath".
There live performance at the No Fear Energy Music Tour( Montreal) blew me away. Plus seing Alexi Laiho shred drunk is a spectacle within itself. Children of Bodom were great live. The most surprising Act was As I Lay Dying. I really got into them after seeing them live.
I would check them out Agent
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IN FLAMES \m/ . . . . . y did i c bands like muse and my bloody valentine come up in this convo?? muse is awesome!! and i love that alternative/experimental rock music (ex. NIN being 1 of my fav.'s) BUT, THIS - IS - M.U.!!! ("300" referrence, lol) any who i love the majority of the bands that have been mentioned, in flames, trivium, as i lay dying, log, slipknot, scar symmetry, soilwork & shadows fall and i LIKE a7x, machine head, and etc. but idc much for pantera, testament, ffdp and BMD, soo i guess i go under with agent as a "strange one" and i definitely gotta give AA and COB another try then. thnx!! \m/
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Anytime I have to reccomend a band to anyone still sifting their way out of the mainstream, the first word out of my mouth is "Behemoth"
Agent 47, if you like amon amarth, then there's a chance you can get into Behemoth. check out the songs "Demigod" and "Slaves Shall Serve", definitely the definition of badass in musical form imo.
you could also check out Devildriver, their last album "Pray for villains" was one of the better casual metal albums I've heard in a long time, but most of their stuff before that album is pretty good as well.
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Any of you jags heard of cannibal corpse?....good god man...how can you name all these bands and not mention corpse, they ve only been around for 20 years......
89 your application to the blindgreed haters club has been excepted...welcome, we will also have to put pillow bitter into the MU glossary, even though i have no fahqn idea what that means, but ill google it and see what i can come up with....LOL
Greed you fahqn know it all, pillow bitterer haha....ive said it once and ill say it again...bg pissing off the masses always makes for great entertainment
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Oh jesus, bg i take it back, will never refer you as the bitter pillow or bgpb, just saw the definition and it aint good, had no idea what it meant in all seriousness...89 your app has been revoaked, referring you to blabermouth.net...they are more homo friendly over their...
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96. writes:
I have been listening to a lot of diff stuff and i like quite a bit, lately some LOG, As I Lay Dying , Dark Tranquility, Behemoth and you know what i still like 5FDP. just got their new album, better than i expected but does not touch Way of the Fist. Still enjoyable, i really like Ivans voice. He is agressive. I 100% agree with #88. all the bickering is stupid and i hate all these labels. metal is what we listen to. it does not matter beyond that if oyu are a true metal head. And i do not think one should be looked down on because they like "mainstream metal". i do not listen to the radio and when it comes to music among everyone i know i am aminority . i have like two friends who like metal. in the sense of what is mainstream i am not . guess what i dont even think metal is mainstream anyway. how many metal stations are on the radio-0- around here. We need to stop arguing with each other and stand in solidarity and demolish the hip hop bullsh** a$$holes out there. another thing of all the concert i have been too Slipknot and 5FDP mosh pits are among the hardest out there. the death metal concerts i have been too were fillied with nothing but p***ies. i am almost always the last man standing in those pits. i am not talking sh**, just relaying my experience with the so called "cool" metal vs the "mainstream" metal.
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97. writes:
I call major bullsh** on that post. I agree, people should not be looked down upon because of their tastes, but...
"all the bickering is stupid and i hate all these labels. metal is what we listen to." - Did the contradiction in that sentence not slap you upside the head? Go on, try and defend using metal to your definition while bagging labels.
"We need to stop arguing with each other and stand in solidarity and demolish the hip hop bullsh**"
a) Think of how you feel about hip hop and then put yourself in my shoes. That's how I feel about your music.
b) Why would someone want to stand in solidarity with something they think is corroding and destroying the name of the genre they love? I would listen to good hip hop over degenerate metalcore any day.
Do you know why labelling bands is important to music communities of any genre? It's not because we are trying to box or degrade bands (as much as haters of elitists would like to think), it's because we are trying to accurately describe the music to fellow fans.
Collecting all remotely heavy bands into one amorphis blob creates 2 clear things, me wasting my time and money checking out bands that are mislabelled, not being able to find the genre bands I like because of PC ideals like yours. Also thirdly, when some kid comes up to me and asks if I like true metal, then follows that with "Oh yeah I like troo metal like Slipknot and BFMV too!!1", I will strike them in the face with a copy of Sepultura's Bestial Devastation.
98. writes:
i fuvcking love Cavalera Sepultura and i respect your opinion. i still do not quite agree with the labeleing beccuse honestly it is new to me. i just heard of the term metalcore and such because i was looking stuff up on Wikepedia. i ave always just listened to whatever caught my ear and i never knew (and am glad) about these labels. in respects to your view i can see where you are coming from, to me, they do not mean anything. i do not understand the term metalcore. core means the heart of something so it sounds like an oxymoron term. i have been listiening to metal since 1988 and have not been in touch with the world and its terminalogy. i live in my own world and it is a good one. and is it not funny how many people here are trying to get others into more "underground" music and away from the mainstream, if that happened what do you think will be mainstream? i was into 5FDP before they were known and now the are on the radio and well known but how could i stay true to my music if i decided to not like it because it became popular. that would make me flake. we are not going to like the same things and i am fine with that but know i am a hardcore metal lover (i mean hardcore because it is in my blood and have almost lost my job more than once over my music, i will not bend when it comes to my music). please explain to me what "metalcore" is.
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99. writes:
The story people who are into metal bands not liking any bands that are popular is a myth, Judas Priest, Slayer etc. are all well respected and popular. No one in this thread mentioned anything about popularity either (to my knowledge?).
Metalcore is a term used to describe a current trend in the sound of heavy music. It combines elements of metal music (bands like Pantera, Slayer) and hardcore and emo music (bands like Dillenger Escape Plan, My Chemical Romance and Hatebreed). Popular acts which epitomize the metalcore genre are Killswitch Engage, Bullet for my Valentine, As I Lay Dying etc.
100. writes:
you know that statement:
b) Why would someone want to stand in solidarity with something they think is corroding and destroying the name of the genre they love? I would listen to good hip hop over degenerate metalcore any day.
how is 5FDP or Slipknot changing or altering the bands you listen to? your bands are still the same if they make music or not. and where i come from you claim to be a metal head and go listen to hip hop you are a poser (i know ignorant thinking) but still just does not sit right.
thinkg is i buy 5FDP but i also have all the Sepultura Slayer Machine Head and even Merciful Fate among others. I always thought if it was heavier than hard rock (like Stone Sour and Godsmack) it was metal. that is the only label i went by. Iono seem too immature to be having to live by labels:
"I would listen to good hip hop over degenerate metalcore any day"
if the band sucks or you just dont like them then say so, dont just say i hate this genre and be closed minded because of their label. you come off as a genre hater more so than a music lover. no offense i dont know you but thats what i get from your statements. dont you get tired of looking for things to not like instead of finding reasons to enjoy?
101. writes:
old Killswitch rocked and i am kind of liking As I Lay Dying, although Austrian Death Machine is better. I do not care what they are branded as to me they are metal. and all i know if it is good thats all that matters.i know we will never agree and i am prolly being foolish on my point of view in terms of the big picture but it works for me and that is all that matters to me.
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103. writes:
Well one point - I purposely put the word "NAME" in the phrase "destroying the name of the genre". Not the actual bands. However, I will extend it to say that they are - they are corrupting the future scene by influencing bands that I would otherwise like.
Just because I am a devoted metalhead doesn't mean I don't like ambient, alternative, classical, and many other genres. The main bulk of what I listen to however is metal. I don't see that listening to only and exclusively metal is a requirement to be a metalhead.
"if the band sucks or you just dont like them then say so" - What if you think something crucial to the genre sucks - would that not logically follow that you wouldn't like all of the genre. Simple example, say you didn't like guitars or drums, etc, the only instrument you liked was flutes. Would it not be safe to say you don't like metal? Should I stay open to metalcore even though out of the hundreds of metalcore bands I've heard I've never liked one?
"dont you get tired of looking for things to not like instead of finding reasons to enjoy?" - That's just the thing! Did you read my last post? The things that I dislike are ruining and flooding the scene I do like. Like a large amount of metalheads, I feel I must defend what I love. Read threads outside of these ones and the main bulk of my posts is praising the bands I love.
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105. writes:
"trust me there is only one thing that really gets me riled up and it's genre debates regarding metalcore".... LOL. Really? I hadn't noticed.
Agent: If there's one person on this site that can teach someone a thing or two about genres it's Cynic. Seldom does he post something without putting plenty of thought into it. Read his posts carefully and try not to be defensive. He's a smart fvcker.
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107. writes:
I don't mean to be such a prick AGENT, when it comes down to it I just really love metal! I get pretty over protective but it's just a reflection of how much I care about the subject.
One important point is I'm not someone who looks down on people for their tastes in music, and I try my best not to personally insult any bands even when I despise their music. That's probably the differences between me and your average elitist stereotype, which can normally be sadly true. Thanks for listening.
108. writes:
i will def give you that, i never felt you were judging me for what i liked. you even helped suggest bands to me that i know you despise. and i like your passion for your music. i am the same way. i have always considered myself a metal lover and i really love slipknot and 5fdp among many others and i never heard them not regarded as metal until i got on this site. so felt i had to defend them too. i still completely see them as metal but that is on me. i do not let the world dictate my beliefs. i have respect for you.
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111. writes:
Agent: I was thinking of some other bands you may want to give a listen to. Check out Skinlab, Soul Fly and Mushroomhead. Also, if I were you I'd skip Supercharger from Machine Head. I can't even remember the last time I listened to that one, wait... Yes I do; it was the day I bought it. It's a stinker.
RTB: Let yourself off the hook man. It's like water off a ducks back to me. Cheers!
112. writes:
too late i bought supercharger. i am kind of obsessive in the fact if i like the band i buy all their stuff lol. i have all mushroomheads stuff and actualy only one soulfly because i had a hard time with the brazillian words, but still like the rest. i have been planning on hitting up zia for some of their other albums. skinlab sounds familiar, i will check them out, thanks.
113. writes:
blindgreed, are all the LOG albums good? i only got ashes of the wake the other day becuase i bought three other machine heads, as i lay dying, dark tranquility and some iron maiden and had to save money for 5FDP. zia had a few used LOG albums i was thinking of running up and grabbing at lunch time. as the palaces burn and new american gospel. i will just get wrath new on my next payday.
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114. writes:
Agent: I haven't run across a bad LOG album yet, but I don't have New American Gospel or Killadelphi though so I can't speak to their quality. Still I can't imagine it's horrible or i'd have heard about it by now. Also, LOG is formerly Burn The Priest and I know they had at least one album under that name. Where are you from?
115. writes:
i am from arizona, currently living in glendale. yeah i read up on LOG on wiki. have you heard the new Megadeth? i actualy only have three of their albums. i heard they were streaming it on thier my space but i just set one up but only to read blogs from my best friend that just passed away. i doubt they are still streaming it. where are you from?
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116. writes:
Agent: Tucson. I'll have to let you know next time i'm up there. My band plays up there from time to time. Haven't heard the new MegaDave yet, but some of the other users on the site said it's pretty good. I'm not really into MegaDave after the derparture of Marty and Elefson. We're getting off topic though. Become a member and start a thread in the forum (under general discussion) if you just want to shoot the sh!t.
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1. TheLegend writes:
This song is really repetitive. And what is with them and making the emo-sounding song the first single on both of their albums now. I really enjoy their first album, but I hope the new one is better than this.