Does anyone listen to today's metal?

[bueno bob]

Seriously, you wanna listen to something new(er) and good?

Go check out Yob - they just signed to Metal Blade a while back and they live about an hour and a half away from me...

Keepin' the Sabbath alive...

[sadaist]

My niece had me download thiese bands but I didn't really listen to them:
Disturbed
Cradle of Filth
Slipknot
Godsmack

There was so much good metal in the 80's, I am still finding bands that I never heard of. Just because it isn't new doesn't mean it's not new to me. I would suggest digging around old metal magazines and see if there were any bands that you never listened to. Probably better than most the stuff today anyways. Death Angel - Act III is excellent. Just gave that another listen last week.

[DeadOrAlive]

Godsmack isn't really new, but they had a little bit going. Not much, but a little.

[binnie]

Not a "new" band but everyone should check out TOOL

In particualr

Aenima

Lateralus

10,000 Days

If Pink Floyd had gone metal....

[sadaist]

Originally posted by binnie
Not a "new" band but everyone should check out TOOL

In particualr

Aenima

Lateralus

10,000 Days

If Pink Floyd had gone metal....

Cool. I'll download those & check them out. I was a little dissappointed with the new Judas Priest album, although there were some solid songs on there. Always looking for some new grooves. But not very many of them stick. Creature of habit I suppose.

[DrMaddVibe]

Originally posted by binnie
Not a "new" band but everyone should check out TOOL

In particualr

Aenima

Lateralus

10,000 Days

If Pink Floyd had gone metal....

I think Tool should hang it up.

A Perfect Circle on the other hand...NEVER let me down.

[Golden AWe]

OPETH is currently the best band in the world...check out me and Bob's thread about them.

Children Of Bodom and Tool work perfectly as well.

[sadaist]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
OPETH is currently the best band in the world...

Don't say that too loud or Sammy Hagar might try to be their next lead singer. Think I'm crazy? Sammy overheard it in 1984 about another best band in the world and look what happened.

[Redballjets88]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Seriously, you wanna listen to something new(er) and good?

Go check out Yob - they just signed to Metal Blade a while back and they live about an hour and a half away from me...

Keepin' the Sabbath alive...

metal blade kicks ass, and i have to disagree about it all sounding alike... i mean at first it may but then again look at every musical movement out there....i could say that all hair metal sounded alike, all punk sounded alike, all rap sounds alike, all grunge sounded alike. its once you get past the "it all sounds alike" thing the music really gets it going for you

and a lot of people cant stand the screaming vocals, i was like that, but after awhile you learn to like it and even have prefrences and know when someone sucks at screaming

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by sadaist
Don't say that too loud or Sammy Hagar might try to be their next lead singer. Think I'm crazy? Sammy overheard it in 1984 about another best band in the world and look what happened.

Jesus Christ Bananas...Sammy Hagar fronting Opeth...

Oh my God, my mind boggles...

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
OPETH is currently the best band in the world...check out me and Bob's thread about them.

Children Of Bodom and Tool work perfectly as well.

Did you hear Lopez is permanently out?

They replaced him with Martin Axenrot...

Decent choice, considering he's filled in the last, what, four tours or so?

[Anonymous]

I thought this thread was supposed to be about METAL, not some cheesy lame-ass nu"metal" bands...

RHAPSODY
EDGUY
DREAM THEATER

Stuff like that... and alot of other bands who are formed around a virtuoso teen guitar player but sound an awful lot like Stratovarius...

And of course there's the "old" bands that were WAAAY ahead of their time and can compete with today's Power Metal, no sweat:

BLIND GUARDIAN
VIRGIN STEELE
HELLOWEEN

THAT is Metal.

Cheers! :bottlE:

[Redballjets88]

helloween? lol i dont think so nowadays if you arent screaming or growling you really arent too metal

[binnie]

With you on Blind Guardian.


also check out Dream Evil

Iced Earth

Primal Fear

What we would have called "power metal" back in the day!

[BruinJer]

I like Slipknot... good band, lame costumes

S.O.A.D.... REALLY like them, good sound

Check out a band called "Black Daliah Murders"... GREAT fucking band, Saw them when they opened for King Diamond, kicked ass!