The Official Metal Appreciation Thread®

Never heard this before. And yeah there's certainly more out there but compared to other genres it's not much. Don't know if this is true for German or other languages but trying to be "epic" or edgy or singing about Satan or fantasy stuff in Swedish makes everything sound very silly, so it often doesn't match well with metal lyrics. At worst you get absolute embarrassments like Sabaton (who'd be embarrassing in any language to be fair).

I can do Black Metal in Swedish if it's Finntroll or something though. Or Sportlov.

I know what you mean, but I wouldn't dare generalize about it. It often sounds odd to me at first, but it really depends. When Valborg switched to German at some point it was quite offputting, but nowadays I don't mind anymore.

If you'll excuse a bit of metal-related vanity, I've developed a hobby of making "battle jackets" and I just finished work on this thrash/crossover themed jacket, and feel compelled to show people.

Now just need to actually go to some gigs so I have an excuse to wear it.

Frankly I'm not sure I can pull that look off either!

Got a couple of thier albums (III & Blackbird) and I quite like them but I find the guitar work pretty forgettable.
I don't know if it's just the mush of downtuned guitars in with the bass, or like this single (which seems on par), the way the vocals and drums are pushed to the fore but I find some of their stuff quite unmemorable despite some great vocal performances etc. I wish the instruments had more room to breathe in their productions. Maybe that's just me though 😕.

Kinda feel the same about djenty stuff too. It just sort of washes over me.

Based on this single, I'd imagine you'll like the 2 albums I've mentioned, as it's more of the same. Words Darker Than Their Wings is the last track on III, and is pretty great. I like the way it's a conversation between 2 people.

I'm probably being harsh but Bower is a bit of an apologist for Phil ("It was just a joke" sort of shit) and Pepper seems a pretty fundamentalist Christian (could be wrong, I only did a quick read, but his shtick seemed to be that he wasn't interested in politics because he believes in the Bible). 

Didn't find any dirt on Kirk.

I mean, I know it shouldn’t really be a surprise with them all being good Southern boys but it’s a pity they might be endorsing dodginess.

I bloody love the COC albums Pepper sang on, Deliverance through to In the Arms of God, as well. And some Crowbar. Less so Eyehategod admittedly.

Death - Spirit Crusher

youtu.be/b9AMFf5Ih7Y

I've been trying to form a coherent sentence for 5 minutes and are getting nowhere.

The salient points are: Dave Hunt (vocals of Mistress) and Mick Kenney (drummer of Mistress) formed Anaal Nathrakh. Anaal Nathrakh are a band I'm slightly obsessed with.

Anyway, Mistress were concurent with early Anaal Nathrakh. This is one of those songs. I like this song because I believe it's about the film Dead Man's Shoes. Which I also love.

I went to see Rammstein play live tonight. I'm not a big fan but it was mostly a night out with friends. Was an okay gig but the sound in the arena was pretty bad and some scrotumface tried to start a fight with me which was less fun.

What really puzzled me was that half the audience seemed to watch large stretches of the show through their phones. I don't think they were all recording, the people next to me weren't at least, just holding their phones up in photo mode and looking up at the screen instead of the stage. Like periscopes. I haven't been to a big concert in ages, is this normal? Is it how short people make up for being vertically challenged? Can people not cope with reality anymore unless it's viewed through a rectangle?

I don't know if these guys count as metal, but exploring the bands playing Arctangent, I've come across Slow Crush, who are excellent.

Feels a bit like if you crossed Deftones with Nirvana or something.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGL-sa4m7-Y&t=342s

I fucking love it. Somehow it's the sound I've been looking for without even realising.