Topic: Metal and Rock Thread

[Arachne]

A year late to the party, but I'm relieved to confirm that I do like Kamelot even without Roy Khan.

[Asteriktos]

Snippets from the upcoming Deliverance album.

[Asteriktos]

Metallica's Robert Trujillo Shares A Great Story About Meeting Ozzy (and more).

lol, nice

[Asteriktos]

[orthonorm]

I know you've been waiting all year for this. I won't make you wait any longer. Here are my ratings of albums released in 2012 (the ones I own anyway)...

95/100 - Carach Angren - Where the Corpses Sink Forever
94/100 - ea - ea
90/100 - Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
87/100 - Daylight Dies - A Frail Becoming
86/100 - Cannibal Corpse - Torture
84/100 - Merrimack - The Acausal Mass
83/100 - Wodensthrone - Curse
82/100 - As I Lay Dying - Awakened
81/100 - Nekromantheon - Rise, Vulcan Spectre
79/100 - Lamb of God - Resolution
79/100 - Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead
79/100 - The Forsaken - Beyond Redemption
78/100 - Ahab - The Giant
78/100 - Anhedonist - Netherwards
77/100 - Grave Digger - Clash of the Gods
76/100 - Testament - Dark Roots of Earth
74/100 - Nile - At the Gate of Sethu
74/100 - Evoken - Atra Mors
73/100 - Pelican - Ataraxia/Taraxis
71/100 - Angel Witch - As Above, So Below
70/100 - Over Kill - The Electric Age
63/100 - Havok - Point of No Return EP
60/100 - Metallica - Beyond Magnetic EP
58/100 - Napalm Death - Utilitarian
57/100 - Shadows Fall - Fire From the Sky
51/100 - Demon Hunter - True Defiance
44/100 - Conan - Monnos

LOL @ you!!!!!!

Post of Last Year!

[Asteriktos]

Black metal. It's not all guitars and screams and satan and church burnings. Sometimes you need to take a break from all that and just do an arts and crafts project.

[Arachne]

Black metal. It's not all guitars and screams and satan and church burnings. Sometimes you need to take a break from all that and just do an arts and crafts project.

STAAAAKE EEEET! AND THEN KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

[Jetavan]

They're not "Living Colour" but....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f56ZtXrx_nw

[lovesupreme]

So, anyone have their 2013 metal album picks? Here are my current top five:

Intronaut - Habitual Levitations
The Ocean - Pelagial
Caligula's Horse - The Tide, The Thief & River's End
In Vain - Aenigma
Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

[IoanC]

2013 picks:

Motorhead -- Aftershock
Queens of The Stone Age -- ...Like Clockwork

[Asteriktos]

I have been completely swamped with requests to give a mid-year list of what albums I like that have been released this year. It's insane. I kept putting it off, but now some are getting quite violent, so I will acquiesce and post a simple list. I hope this will placate ... well you know who you are! A more detailed list will arrive in December. Be calm and listen to metal.

Koldbrann - Vertigo (black)
October Falls - The Plague of a Coming Age (folk/doom/black)
Essence - Last Night of Solace (thrash)
Procession - To Reap Heavens Apart (doom)
Ade - Spartacus (death)
Abomnium - Coffinships (black)
October Tide - Tunnel of No Light (melodic doom/death)
Immolation - Kingdom of Conspiracy (death)
Inferior - Unsoiled (thrash)
Exeloume - Return of the Nephilim (thrash/death)
Agathodaimon - In Darkness (gothic/black)
Throne of Heresy - Realms of Desecration (death)
Intronaut - Habitual Levitations (progressive)
Sonic Reign - Monument in Black (black)
Lychgate - Lychgate (black)
Hela - Broken Cross (stoner/doom)

(All available on Spotify if you want to check any out)

Since I made the above post about 4 months ago I have added the following albums to my 2013 playlist:

Havok - Unnatural Selection (thrash)
Sons of Aeon - Sons of Aeon (melodic death)
Seth - The Howling Spirit (black)
Orpheus Omega - ResIllusion (melodic death)
Acacia - Tills Doden Skiljer Oss At (atmospheric doom/black)
Thrawsunblat - Wanderer on the Continent of Saplings (melodic folk/black)
Kryptos - The Coils of Apollyon (heavy/thrash)
Stellar Master Elite - II: Destructive Interference Generator (black/doom)
The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour (gothic)
Necrophobic - Womb of Lilithu (death/black)


I may or may not try to do a top 10 (or whatever number) around Christmas.

[orthonorm]

I may or may not try to do a top 10 (or whatever number) around Christmas.

Oh how you toy with us all!

[Asteriktos]

Don't worry, I would never crush your expectations! You will see my list regardless of whether I publish it in public... 

[Iconodule]

The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour (gothic)

Really fun band. BTW Empyrium has just released (on vinyl) an EP of songs from their upcoming new album.

[Asteriktos]

Here are the songs that ended up on my playlist from 2013, with my favorites (I guess) in bold...

Koldbrann - Vertigo (black)
October Falls - The Plague of a Coming Age (folk/doom/black)
Essence - Last Night of Solace (thrash)
Procession - To Reap Heavens Apart (doom)
Ade - Spartacus (death)
Abomnium - Coffinships (black)
October Tide - Tunnel of No Light (melodic doom/death)
Immolation - Kingdom of Conspiracy (death)
Inferior - Unsoiled (thrash)
Exeloume - Return of the Nephilim (thrash/death)
Agathodaimon - In Darkness (gothic/black)
Throne of Heresy - Realms of Desecration (death)
Intronaut - Habitual Levitations (progressive)
Sonic Reign - Monument in Black (black)
Lychgate - Lychgate (black)
Hela - Broken Cross (stoner/doom)
Havok - Unnatural Selection (thrash)
Sons of Aeon - Sons of Aeon (melodic death)
Seth - The Howling Spirit (black)
Orpheus Omega - ResIllusion (melodic death)
Acacia - Tills Doden Skiljer Oss At (atmospheric doom/black)
Thrawsunblat - Wanderer on the Continent of Saplings (melodic folk/black)
Kryptos - The Coils of Apollyon (heavy/thrash)
Stellar Master Elite - II: Destructive Interference Generator (black/doom)
The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour (gothic)
Necrophobic - Womb of Lilithu (death/black)
Izegrim - Congress of the Insane (thrash/death)

[Asteriktos]

Christian Metal Singer Tim Lambesis Pleads Guilty in Murder for Hire

The singer of the Grammy-nominated Christian metal band As I Lay Dying pleaded guilty to his role in a murder-for-hire plot.

Carlsbad resident Tim Lambesis entered the change of plea in court Tuesday, admitting that he hired a hit man to kill his estranged wife.

As a result of his change of plea, Lambesis will serve nine years according to a court clerk...

[DeniseDenise]

Maybe he can form a new group on the inside...


'As I lay Servingtime'

[vamrat]

So, I have plenty of Viking Metal to listen to (by plenty, I mean Amon Amarth), but is there a good Roman themed 'dark' metal band?  And good is the operative word.  I have listened to Occulus Ex - I, Caligula.  They're kinda stupid, IMHO.  

Perhaps not as good as Amon Amarth - who can be - but close enough for government...err res publica...work?

[Asteriktos]

So, I have plenty of Viking Metal to listen to (by plenty, I mean Amon Amarth), but is there a good Roman themed 'dark' metal band?  And good is the operative word.  I have listened to Occulus Ex - I, Caligula.  They're kinda stupid, IMHO. 

Perhaps not as good as Amon Amarth - who can be - but close enough for government...err res publica...work?

The band Ade that I mentioned above has Greek and Roman influenced themes I think. Check out here for specific lyrics. Various songs are on Youtube, Spotify, etc. Does it have to be Roman, or can it also be Greek?

[vamrat]

So, I have plenty of Viking Metal to listen to (by plenty, I mean Amon Amarth), but is there a good Roman themed 'dark' metal band?  And good is the operative word.  I have listened to Occulus Ex - I, Caligula.  They're kinda stupid, IMHO. 

Perhaps not as good as Amon Amarth - who can be - but close enough for government...err res publica...work?

The band Ade that I mentioned above has Greek and Roman influenced themes I think. Check out here for specific lyrics. Various songs are on Youtube, Spotify, etc. Does it have to be Roman, or can it also be Greek?

I will take a look at them.  Greek would be cool too.

[Asteriktos]

I will try to dig some up tonight. But for now I will offer this...

The 20 most insane real life Spinal Tap moments

[Alpo]

So, I have plenty of Viking Metal to listen to (by plenty, I mean Amon Amarth)

You might want to check The Return of the Black Death by Antestor too. It's not exactly Folk Metal but for some reason I've always thought of it as a sort of Viking Metal. Here's one of their songs.

antestor - kongsblod
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuioLVgE75g

[Alveus Lacuna]

So, I have plenty of Viking Metal to listen to (by plenty, I mean Amon Amarth), but is there a good Roman themed 'dark' metal band?  And good is the operative word.  I have listened to Occulus Ex - I, Caligula.  They're kinda stupid, IMHO.  

Perhaps not as good as Amon Amarth - who can be - but close enough for government...err res publica...work?

For folk metal, Svartsot's first album is really good, and then of course there is the mighty Arkona of Russia which crushes all else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7WnZGkPuVE&list=PLE481DBF9EB5AA035

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_7o_f70lZE&list=PL94hhi9zEG-mEZ2co6Y1syIsWT6UnpmS1

[Asteriktos]

I'm still gonna look up some more Greek and Roman themed bands, I just got a bit sidetracked. I would have done it yesterday, but I was/am still in the process of catching up on the new albums for this year.

Speaking of... Manowar rerecorded Kings of Metal. Meh. Older Manowar albums usually seemed like half filler and half cheesy goodness, but KoM was probably my favorite by them, and was their most consistent effort IMO. But this new version... this makes me want to leave the hall.

[Asteriktos]

Now that more important matters are taken care of (and he is staying in jail a while)...

As I Lay Dying

"A good starting point is to clarify some things that have often been falsely reported. Tim was not a Christian at the time of his arrest, nor was As I Lay Dying a Christian band in 2013. It hadn't been for some time and, to the best of my knowledge, only one of the people playing in the band even claimed to be a Christian at that time..."

[Asteriktos]

I'm still gonna look up some more Greek and Roman themed bands, I just got a bit sidetracked. I would have done it yesterday, but I was/am still in the process of catching up on the new albums for this year.

Well stop screwin around ang get crackin!

[Asteriktos]

So, I have plenty of Viking Metal to listen to (by plenty, I mean Amon Amarth), but is there a good Roman themed 'dark' metal band?  And good is the operative word.  I have listened to Occulus Ex - I, Caligula.  They're kinda stupid, IMHO. 

Perhaps not as good as Amon Amarth - who can be - but close enough for government...err res publica...work?

I have no idea what you would also consider "good" (or for that matter what subgenre or vocal style you'd prefer). Luckily Youtube links are easy enough to provide and don't take too long to check out, so I didn't do too much trimming from the list.

Roman
Ex Deo - Romulus (symphonic death)
Centvrion - Snow Covers Imperial Alps (heavy/power)
Son of Aurelius - The Farthest Reaches (technical death)
Impervum - War of Titans (power)
Gotland - Gloria Et Morte (black/folk)
Anguish Force - Follow the Rainbow (heavy/power/thrash)
Imperious - Three Legions March (black)
Hirpus - Nirguna (black)
Dominion Caligula - In Love With The Gods (death/doom/black)
Exordium Mors - Unleash Prometheus (black/thrash)
Neron Kaisar - Mother Of The Beast (black)

Greek
Tales Of Medusa - The Fatal Wounding Gaze (heavy)
Nekromentheon - Rise, Vulcan Spectre (thrash)
Däng - Tartarus: The Darkest Realms (heavy/doom/rock)
Validor - Hear Me Thor (folk/power)
Axe Battler - The Wrath of My Steel (heavy)
Wrathblade - Dolorous Shock (heavy)
Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone (melodic death)
The Elysian Fields - All Those Tristful Winters (melodic black)
Kronos - Phaeton (death)
Athlos - The Dance Of Kouretes (heavy/black/folk)

Exactly how much the lyrics focus on Greek/Roman themes I didn't check, just that they did make significant use of it for lyrical content.

[Mor Ephrem]

Exordium Mors

Now that sounds cool. 

[Asteriktos]

Exordium Mors

Now that sounds cool. 

Find your middle name, perhaps? 

[Mor Ephrem]

My initials would be MEE. 

[Asteriktos]

Exactly how much the lyrics focus on Greek/Roman themes I didn't check, just that they did make significant use of it for lyrical content.

Sorry for the confusing way I phrased this. What I meant was that I know these bands use a good amount of Greek and Roman themes in their music, but I don't know if it's just in a few songs each album or if that's the theme for all the songs.

[Asteriktos]

My initials would be MEE. 

Have the courage to be confident and proud! You go ahead and say 'MEE' with boldness!

[Asteriktos]

2014...

Ea - A Etilla - (funeral doom from Russia; full album)
Skogen - I Doden (black metal from Sweden; full album)
Waldgeflüster - Meine Fesseln (black metal from Germany; sample)
Dauden i Mørke - Cold Miasmic Domain (black metal from the US; sample)
Graveborne - Through The Window Of The Night (black metal from Finland; sample)
Descend - Wither (melodic death metal from Sweden; sample)
Stilla - Ensamhetens Andar (atmospheric black metal from Sweden; sample)
Svarttjern - Ultimatum Necrophilia (black metal from Norway; sample)
Nebelung - Palingenesis (dark acoustic from Germany; sample)
The Wounded Kings - Consolamentum - (doom metal from the UK; sample)
Haeres - Trom (black metal from Canada; sample)
Kuolemanlaakso - Tulijoutsen (death/doom/black metal from Finland; sample)
Ancient Ascendant - Echoes and Cinder (melodic/death/black metal from the UK; sample)

[Asteriktos]

[Asteriktos]

[Gebre Menfes Kidus]

And timeless...


 



Selam

[vamrat]

Where's the '80's with the extended middle finger or the punk scene?

[Gebre Menfes Kidus]

Where's the '80's with the extended middle finger or the punk scene?

It's actually a two finger backwards peace sign. The true "middle finger" salute of all legit punks of that era.




Selam

[Mor Ephrem]

Selam

I feel like I've seen him before...

[Asteriktos]

[lovesupreme]

Now that more important matters are taken care of (and he is staying in jail a while)...

As I Lay Dying

"A good starting point is to clarify some things that have often been falsely reported. Tim was not a Christian at the time of his arrest, nor was As I Lay Dying a Christian band in 2013. It hadn't been for some time and, to the best of my knowledge, only one of the people playing in the band even claimed to be a Christian at that time..."

You skipped the hopeful part:

Tim has spent much of the last year reevaluating what originally convinced him to abandon belief in God. I have gathered that after much brokenness and repentance he sees things differently, considers himself a follower of Jesus, someone submitted to the will of God, or whatever you want to call it. That’s for him to talk about when he’s comfortable and only time will tell if he is sincere.

Source

[Asteriktos]

True, I did not quote that particular part written by Tim in the third person so that it sounded like someone else talking about Tim rather than Tim talking about himself while pretending to not be Tim and sabotaging the efforts of his former bandmates. But the statement is only what Tim has 'gathered' about Tim, presumably from talking with Tim, and Tim will wait to see if Tim is sincere. 

[Asteriktos]

As I Lay Dying’s Tim Lambesis Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis has been sentenced to six years in prison for attempting to hire a hitman to murder his estranged wife. The sentence was handed down earlier today (May 16) by Judge Carlos Armour of the San Diego Superior Court.

In February, Lambesis pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire charges. He was originally slated to be sentenced on May 2, but the hearing was delayed until today. Lambesis faced up to nine years in prison, but was given six during today’s sentencing...

[Asteriktos]

https://www.facebook.com/ErwinJonkmanFotografie

[Asteriktos]

I knew Marty Friedman was a thin guy, but this is...