I do not like Mastodon at all; I think they are muddy, and not at all thrashy. See my post if you want thrashy.
And I'll just mention Trivium one more time, because they really are the modern standard-bearers for Thrash, imho.
EDIT: Do I sound dickish in this thread? Not trying to!
Shogun. Money-back guarantee for thrash fans.
boogle wrote:You probably picked the weakest Mastodon Album.
Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye are revelations in awesome, especially Skye.I know people who would argue otherwise. I myself prefer Blood Mountain. Bladecatcher is probably my favorite song of theirs (god, I can't find another studio version of the song on youtube).
Irrational love of southern rock. It puts Crack the Skye way over the top for me.
I gather with Meshuggah they reinvent themselves with every album, which should I look at first? I really like albums, rather than tracks. It's cool to see how a band's concept for their work unfolds in the course of an extended listen.
Their older material is more thrash-influenced, if that's important to you. Destroy Erase Improve might be a good starting point--it's a definite break from tradition, but you can still hear some of the thrash lineage.
FWIW, my favorite Meshuggah albums are Chaosphere, ObZen and Nothing, in that order.
Also, I'm sure I've already said it, but it bears repeating: do yourself a favor and check out Strapping Young Lad - City. Devin Townsend is one of the most brilliant talents in modern metal, and City is Devy at his most raw, honest and intense.
ObZen for me.
Let's see if I can make this work.
Trivium
BRIAN POSEHN - "Metal By Numbers"
Cookie, Cookie, Cookie!
Yeah, I recommended Prototype back in the old metal thread from four years ago.
They are definitely worth a listen. If you weren't aware, the Prototype guys have revived their old band Psychosis with Bruce Hall, formerly of Agent Steel. It's straight up old school Bay Area style thrash. It's pretty awesome.
Teach me to embed?
I just quoted someone's post who had to see how he'd done it.
Reign in Blood, by Slayer?
When I was in high school, my friends and I would wake up early every Friday to go to Denny's before school. I would always wake up to Would? by Alice in Chains.
Heads of Metal, I give you Prototype. I heard they are in Rock Band or Guitar Hero, so this may not be the reveal I think it should be.
Trinity was my alarm clock in about 2002 or so. I had to get my ass up before the intro finished and woke up the whole complex. Boy this takes me back.
Too easy! Thanks for the 'just quote someone else' tip. I was looking at source, and it made my head sore.
Yeah, I recommended Prototype back in the old metal thread from four years ago.
They are definitely worth a listen. If you weren't aware, the Prototype guys have revived their old band Psychosis with Bruce Hall, formerly of Agent Steel. It's straight up old school Bay Area style thrash. It's pretty awesome.
I shall listen. But I like Vince's voice a lot. Can't listen now, got Gregg Rolie on the Hammond B3 and Mr. Neal Schon on the Stratocaster. Relaxing.
Reign in Blood, by Slayer?
When I was in high school, my friends and I would wake up early every Friday to go to Denny's before school. I would always wake up to Would? by Alice in Chains.
Sorry its Raining. I was referring to the track not the album.
I put Rain in Blood as my alarm
Reign in Blood, by Slayer?
Raining Blood
I put Raining Blood as my alarm through my computer speakers this morning.
I was headbanging on my bed as my roommate walked in and declared me crazy as the intro ended.
Just watched this:
And thought of this thread. Acrassicauda has a documentary about them (can stream on Netflix) because they're the first metal band from Iraq.
Those are some fearsome riffs! I hear the documentary is great too.
The audio is out of sync, but this is cool too:
Edit: Their 4 song EP is only $1.28 to download at Amie St.
The documentary is great.
The concert in Syria was especially moving.
Just watched the documentary. Very powerful stuff. Buying the EP now.
This thread delivers.
I am going to see ENTOMBED in Toronto tomorrow night.
First time in twelve years I've been able to see them.
Psyched \m/
Wonder if they'll bring the ballet dancers?
Thanks to Garion for gifting the EP to me. Very good work, Garden of Stone is the best track, IMO, but they show a lot of potential and are definitely an act to watch.
I've had the EP songs cranked up all day today. There's a $3 minimum Paypal purchase at Amie Street, so I have $1.68 credit after buying the EP. If anyone else wants it but is region-denied, PM me and I'll re-buy it and send you the ZIP file.
Tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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