Does anyone listen to today's metal?

[Redballjets88]

and im not talking Papa Roach or Drowning Pool, in talkin brootal ass metal

[Coyote]

Just enough to know who's who.

[Redballjets88]

then tell me who is who? lol

[Coyote]

Hard to say, they all sound alike... :D

[DeadOrAlive]

Can't stand the modern metal. I agree with Coyote, it does sound the same.

[binnie]

I keep my hand in

Check out

Avenged Sevenfold (v old school, bits of Maiden, Dio etc)

Slipknot (reckon everyone's heard them)

Mastodon (non more brutal, Leviathon is a modern classic, best album I heard in years)

Meshuggah

Unearth

System of a Down (unique, although remind me of Bad Brains)

Trivium (old school thrash, overrated but still fucking good)

Bullet for My Valentine (Ditto Trivium)

Not a new band but Corrosion of Conformity releashed an awesome album last year.

Black Label Society (non more metal, Zakk Wylde's finest!)

Coheed and Cambria (Sort of prog rock, not sure if you'd call it metal, but very good nonethless)

Lamb of God, Chimara, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, all pretty similar. They get categorised as "the new wave of american heavy metal". A little hit and miss, IMO, but worth checking out

God Forbid (Ditto above, but with better guitar playing)


If anymore spring to mind, I'll post 'em.

BANG YOUR FUCKIN HEADS!!!!!!!!

[bueno bob]

Nothing new interests me...it all sounds the same....

OPETH!!!

[Hardrock69]

Actually, Trivium kicks major ass!

I got their set at Rock Am Ring from this past weekend off of youtube.com


I am so glad that young bands these days are keeping the old school thrash sound alive....

[binnie]

Originally posted by Hardrock69
Actually, Trivium kicks major ass!

I got their set at Rock Am Ring from this past weekend off of youtube.com


I am so glad that young bands these days are keeping the old school thrash sound alive....

i'm with you one that, there was a real lull in the late 90's.

I love Trivium, but they need to concetrate on 3 things before they become really great

1) vocals, melody is important, even in thrash!

2) Vary the pace of songs, speed doesn't always equal power. All great heavy bands know how slip between fast and slow

3) Rawer production!

Hell yeah!

[binnie]

Bueno Bob is right about OPETH,

Awesome band!

[Redballjets88]

Originally posted by binnie
I keep my hand in

Check out

Avenged Sevenfold (v old school, bits of Maiden, Dio etc)

Slipknot (reckon everyone's heard them)

Mastodon (non more brutal, Leviathon is a modern classic, best album I heard in years)

Meshuggah

Unearth

System of a Down (unique, although remind me of Bad Brains)

Trivium (old school thrash, overrated but still fucking good)

Bullet for My Valentine (Ditto Trivium)

Not a new band but Corrosion of Conformity releashed an awesome album last year.

Black Label Society (non more metal, Zakk Wylde's finest!)

Coheed and Cambria (Sort of prog rock, not sure if you'd call it metal, but very good nonethless)

Lamb of God, Chimara, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, all pretty similar. They get categorised as "the new wave of american heavy metal". A little hit and miss, IMO, but worth checking out

God Forbid (Ditto above, but with better guitar playing)


If anymore spring to mind, I'll post 'em.

BANG YOUR FUCKIN HEADS!!!!!!!!

none of those bands are very metal at all...coheed and cambria ar emo, bls sucks. slipknot sucks

[WACF]

Alot of those bands fit the metal genre...what do you think metal is?

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by binnie
Check out

Mastodon (non more brutal, Leviathon is a modern classic, best album I heard in years)

Local boys done good. Brent's a helluva guitarist.

[Terry]

Can't be bothered.

Have heard of and music by most of the bands mentioned on this thread so far, but nothing made a connection with me to want to hear more.

I kinda feel bad for kids growing up today with the music that's out there, least as far as what the major labels are putting out.

Am sure I could find a few contemporary bands I liked if I scoured the indie scene enough, but...meh.

[bueno bob]

DEATH TO MALLCORE!!