Music: **The Official Metal Thread III**

[Majik1987]

Continue the conversation here.

[Machinehead]

I think I love Pantera more and more every day.

Perfect mix of melodic and aggressive, sick breakdowns, sicker solos, vocals that fall nicely in between clean and sludgey. It's everything you want in a metal band.

[Sureshotte]

Obligatory:

[cynicism]

Pantera schmantera

Love this album

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Pantera is legendary.

[Human]

there's never enough Death, never enough...

[Moonlapse Vertigo]

Kreator's new album is freaking great.

[Machinehead]

Originally Posted by Mort Divine

I fail to see how a band that has always written melodically interesting albums with genuinely great riffs could be considered to be knuckle-dragging especially when you compare them to a band who did nothing but chug their way to popularity with nothing but lame grooves and tough guy imagery.

I fail to see how a band that is widely considered one of the most influential metal bands of all time, with one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time can be considered knuckle-dragging.

You can come up with any excuse you want as to why you think Pantera sucks. Fact of the matter is alot of metal fans resent popularity. Always have and always will.

[Sundance]

Every year my favourite Metallica song changes. This year it's "Sanitarium".

[Machinehead]

So...thoughts on the Randy Blythe situation?

[vippe]

Not exactly metal but close enough. I managed to see Refused this past weekend. Long time favorite band who has returned and oh did they deliver. Played pretty much every song I wanted. Also saw Trash Talk that was an amazing live-act and not to forget Crowbar. They played at 3am in the morning I was very drunk and half asleep when I got there and they started playing and it was probably one of the heaviest things I have heard in a very long time in the live. Amazing.

[Finnpin]

COB's Alexi Laiho got out of the Oslo hospital after 1 week stay...*drinks beer for that* ...dude did somebody put something in your drink?

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Originally Posted by Machinehead

So...thoughts on the Randy Blythe situation?

It's a ****ing ridiculous situation is what it is. It's absolutely pathetic how they can hold him and reject his bail etc. yet he hasn't even been formally charged with anything yet.

Apparantly however, he'll have another bail hearing on Thursday, July 19th:

http://www.metalunderground.com/news...m?newsid=82512

[ProstheticConscience]

Been on a KMFDM kick lately. Not strictly metal, but I still like it.

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I've been in a Southern Sludge metal mood today. So I've been jammin' a bunch of Crowbar and Eyehategod.

Even though I usually listen to Eyehategod everyday anyways.

[darksociety]

Anticipating the new Katatonia album something fierce.

[Bionda]

Time to inject this thread with some real metal.. the vintage stuff is still the best

Pentagram- Relentless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZi4bm_LS6g

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Originally Posted by Bionda

Time to inject this thread with some real metal.. the vintage stuff is still the best

Pentagram- Relentless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZi4bm_LS6g

Last time I checked, Death, Deceased, Pantera, Lamb Of God, Crowbar, and Eyehategod were real metal Sir.

In any case, I see your Pentagram and raise you some Crowbar:



Pure ****ing sludge!!!!

[cynicism]

And I raise your eyehategod and Crowbar with some Grief



Maiden on Friday was ****ing awesome. I missed Alice Cooper but Maiden made up for it.

Set list was something like this (not the exact order):
Moonchild
Can I Play With Madness
The Prisoner
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
The Trooper
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Evil that Men do
Phantom of the Opera
The Clairvoyant
Fear of the Dark
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Running Free
Aces High
Iron Maiden
Number of the Beast
Run to the Hills.

I almost came when they played Seventh Son. One of my fav Maiden tunes



Wish they had an extra 45 minutes so they could've fit in Powerslave, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Hallowed be thy Name and stuff from Killers

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Originally Posted by cynicism

And I raise your eyehategod and Crowbar with some Grief

Are any Grief albums still in print? I've been wanting to grab alot of their stuff but can't seem to find alot of it.

[Timeless Winter]

Originally Posted by darksociety

Anticipating the new Katatonia album something fierce.

Love Katatonia, their new one will be epic I'm sure.


In other news, one of my favorite bands Septic Flesh is finally coming to the US.

‎"You have summoned the great mass and the people have listened.. finally after all these years we will bring the first SEPTICFLESH headliner tour to North America!!.. the line up is punishing , we are ready , hungry and determined to conquer!!"

Septicflesh / Krisiun / Melechesh / Ex Deo / Inquisition

Here's the first round of dates:

10/12 Toronto, ON @ Wreck Room
10/13 Trois-Rivières, QC @ Trois-Rivières Metalfest
10/14 Montreal, QC @ Cafe Campus
10/15 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
10/16 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
10/17 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
10/18 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
10/19 Saint Paul, MN @ Station 4
10/20 Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre
10/21 Regina, SK @ The Exchange
10/22 Edmonton, AB @ Pawn Shop
10/23 Kelowna, BC @ Sapphire Night Club
10/24 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater

[Mort Divine]

Inquisition is the only band on that tour that is worth seeing, but they're so good live it is worth going just to see them.

[Forest Whitaker]

Originally Posted by cynicism

Maiden on Friday was ****ing awesome. I missed Alice Cooper but Maiden made up for it.

My condolences, Alice Cooper puts on an amazing show, sucks that you had to miss it.

[Mystlyfe]

So (((unartig))) is pretty much the most awesome thing ever. Great video of a bunch of great bands playing NYC. Both on youtube and vimeo.
http://unartignyc.com/recordings/

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Originally Posted by Jarnkrok

My condolences, Alice Cooper puts on an amazing show, sucks that you had to miss it.

Yeah I remember back in high school I was beyond stoked because Alice was coming here (and for Timmins this was huge as we never get any concerts here ever).

Sadly a week before the show I got puenomia and couldn't go.

Although about a week later my math teacher told me that he met Alice when he was here at a golf course. I thought that was neat as I know Alice does golf alot.