Music: METAL!!! \m/

[KitKat]

Originally posted by: Terracosmo
DRAGONFORCE! Extreme power metal, about as fast and heavy as In Flames (well not quite as heavy) but clean vocals instead of growling. Try 'em, they kick infinite amounts of ass.

Good recommendation, Terra. I downloaded some Dragonforce this week and I'm enjoying them a lot! They're pretty cool, one might even say they're hasudifhasifhpahffbawf [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

Anyone listen to After Forever? I discovered them last year, and they don't seem to be very well known. The singer chick is an opera singer, and it adds an interesting dynamic to the music.

[PossiblE]

Turisas turned out to be pretty damn good, recommend any songs Terra?

[Terracosmo]

@PossiblE: Turisas is indeed very awesome, my favorite song with them is Battle Metal but I like their albums as wholes and not invidual songs actually.

@KitKat: Of course they are hasudifhasifhpahffbawf! My taste is supreme. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] DragonForce is insanely cool.
After Forever is not unknown at all, in fact, they are among the most popular bands in Holland from which they hail. The singer Floor Jansen also has a sister in another metal band, unfortunately I forgot which. They are often compared to Nightwish, but vastly inferior if you ask me.

I'm currently listening to Rammstein's new album "Reise, Reise". The german industrial band delivers quality music as always. Love 'em!

[r3n]

terra, i got a CD of dragonforce, thx for recommending them, once again i have the adrenaline rush i need! loving the melodies

[Terracosmo]

I figured you'd like it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[r3n]

anything else to recommend of similar heaviness? ive jst fixed my sennheisers and need something to blast through them. also im starting to hear properly again, so i gotta fix that.

[Terracosmo]

Anything along the lines of DragonForce is hard to say because they are very unique.

But if you want more heavy stuff with the catchyness of In Flames, try Norther and the 2 recent Children of Bodom albums.

[PossiblE]

It you want speed, and don't mind growling vocals try some Black Dahlia Murder and Kataklysm.

[r3n]

will see what i can find thx

[Terracosmo]

Is anyone other than me a big sucker for folk metal? I love it SOOO much. I just love folk music, mixing it with metal is brilliance.

Some of the best folk metal bands:

Mago de Oz
Elvenking
Skyclad
Finntroll
Ensiferum
Wuthering Heights

Feel free to add more...

[PossiblE]

Add Moonsorrow to that list. I never knew about Mage de Oz, Skyclad and Wuthering Heights, guess I will have to check them out.

[Terracosmo]

That you should. And I'll have to check out Moonsorrow [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

Edit: Moonsorrow was cool [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

For some reason I'm really stuck on Bodom's She is Beautiful right now :S

[PossiblE]

Heh, She is Beautiful is definately an interesting cover. So far I've only been able to find Wuthering Heights, but lately I've gotten into some black metal, Immortal is fucking awesome.

[r3n]

ok ive jst finished downloading the opeth discography and its v good, recommend it to every1. its on suprnova.org, only 900mb!

a nice mix of acoustic and swedish metal, sort of like a chilled out, more mature version of inflames. good stuff anyway!

[PossiblE]

Heh, Opeth is very popular, they're known amongst most people... In fact, I'm wearing my Deliverance shirt right now.

[r3n]

yeah i know, i already had a couple of albums, was jst informing every1 that the discography is out for dl

[?igma]

phew .. missed this thread =)

and , excuse me if I'm mistaking, and although the mix-up is understandable, I thought Metal and Goth were still two seperate things. Not that you do not encounter both at rockfests, but You always see the differences. For example, goths always crowd to the front of the stage as soon as nightwish or after forever (etc) enter, but they tend to just hang in the back when bands such as Slayer or Bodom enter.

Personally..hm.. Well I've got quite a widespread taste.

Ive got all complete albums of (except for the latest of Rammstein)
:

A Perfect Circle
Annihilator
Apocalyptica
Audioslave
Blind Guardian
Children of Bodom
Deicide
DIO
(one Album of Finntroll (Finnish band =) )
Gamma Ray
Helloween
Iced Earth
Judas Priest
Kreator
Manowar
Megadeath
Metal Church
Metallica
Nightfall
Nightwish
Nine Inch Nails
Opeth
Queen =)
Rammstein
Saxon
Slayer
Testament
Therion
Tool

My favs are Circle,Tool, Rammstein, Finntroll, Bodom, Slayer, Metal Church

[Terracosmo]

I hope you aren't insinuating that Queen is metal [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

Of course metal and goth are different things. Metal is music, goth was originally a style (from "gothic") often affilated with the middle ages. Since it was often dark, it has lived on and has become a style of clothing and music style. Hence why goth music is often depressing & dark. "the goths" as you call them are people wearing these dark clothes and whatnot. I don't know what goths would do in front of Nightwish though since it's as far from gothic metal as you can get...

[r3n]

goth chicks can sometimes be hot, but the whole cutting their wrists thing is a major turn off. whats the deal with that anyway?

but generally goths are funny and there are loads in edinburgh city centre all the time so its like going to the circus everytime i go shopping

[PossiblE]

What is considered gothic music? I thought goths listened to metal genres... like doom and black metal?