THE OFFICIAL MEGADETH TOUR THREAD!

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Redballjets88
in no way is it exciting in comparison to other things i like, but sense no one here seems to like screaming vocals, then no one likes them


and i guess to more old school fans they would be great

Well, that's kind of a sweeping generalization, don't you think?

In my opinion, what Opeth has accomplished over the years is truly amazing...they took a combination of 70's prog, folk music and death metal, blended it together in a very Iron Maiden/Celtic Frost-like package and made it readily digestable - they totally broke all of the preconceived notions and stereotypes that came with death metal in the process...no easy feat. And now, they're exceptionally popular based only on touring and word of mouth from person to person, as God knows radio won't give them any coverage...

Myself, I discovered them around "My Arms, Your Hearse" and have been totally blown away by their compositional skills, musicianship and raw talent as performers.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Ben Stein?!?

WTF? I'm totally confused where you get that from...is it the acoustic passages that bother you, or...what?

I mean, I can understand somebody not liking Opeth because they're not into the acoustics and/or clean vocals, or they don't like Opeth because of the growling...or something like that...

But to call them shit because they "play slow" (which I don't really get, either, they're not particularly slow, per se) is akin to saying "I don't like guitars because they have strings"...

I mean, I guess Opeth could write the way they do and execute it old school Slayer/Kreator style...but it sure as hell wouldn't work for shit...

I can't understand how it's boring at all...Opeth, to me, is the most exciting thing to happen to metal since Iron Maiden...

I'm always looking for new bands to dive into it. What do you think is opeth's best album? Is there a lot of growls on their records? I can't stand that shit.

[bueno bob]

I mean, yeah, it's very "heady" music, sure, I can understand that's not something that interests a lot of people...but in no way should that be used as a reason to call Opeth "boring" or "lame" or "sucky"...

...because they absolutely aren't...

If they're not your cup of tea, that's cool, I can dig that, but that shouldn't be used as an excuse to label them as poor musicians...

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
I'm always looking for new bands to dive into it. What do you think is opeth's best album? Is there a lot of growls on their records? I can't stand that shit.

Well...my personal favorite is "Blackwater Park"...and it's generally true with all of Opeth's stuff, you're going to get an equal amount of growling and clean vocals...that's just what they do.

HOWEVER - if you want to TOTALLY avoid the growling and still hear Opeth, pick up the album "Damnation". It's entirely acoustic (nothing electric at all), not even a metal album by definition...

...But the singing is completely clean, not one growl to be found anywhere...

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Well...my personal favorite is "Blackwater Park"...and it's generally true with all of Opeth's stuff, you're going to get an equal amount of growling and clean vocals...that's just what they do.

HOWEVER - if you want to TOTALLY avoid the growling and still hear Opeth, pick up the album "Damnation". It's entirely acoustic (nothing electric at all), not even a metal album by definition...

...But the singing is completely clean, not one growl to be found anywhere...

I'll get it! What an appropriate title for an acoustic album

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

i like dave mustaine's growl though. I don't like cannibal corpse fucking annoying growls.

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
I'll get it! What an appropriate title for an acoustic album

The album they recorded at the same time and released a year before it was almost completely aggressive and growling, almost all the way through...

That one they called "Deliverance".

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
i like dave mustaine's growl though. I don't like cannibal corpse fucking annoying growls.

Well...Cannibal Corpse growling is a lot more extreme than Opeth's growling...at least in my case, I can't understand a fucking thing from Cannibal Corpse...with Opeth, you can actually understand the words, even though Mike Akerfeldt's growling...they're still comprehensible...

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Well...Cannibal Corpse growling is a lot more extreme than Opeth's growling...at least in my case, I can't understand a fucking thing from Cannibal Corpse...with Opeth, you can actually understand the words, even though Mike Akerfeldt's growling...they're still comprehensible...

I can't understand their shit either. They are really a joke of a band. Who the fuck figured out that CC's lyrics were violent?

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
I can't understand their shit either. They are really a joke of a band. Who the fuck figured out that CC's lyrics were violent?

I guess it was the cover art and song titles?

You think THEY'RE bad though...go look at the song titles for a band called Anal Cunt...

[bueno bob]

This is the track list from their album "40 More Reasons to Hate Us"...

And this is (generally speaking) mild subject matter for them....

1. Face It, You're A Metal Band
2. Punching Joe Bonni's Face In
3. Kill Women
4. Steroids Guy
5. Everyone In Allston Should Be Killed
6. I Noticed That You're Gay
7. Dead, Gay, And Dropped
8. You Look Divorced
9. I Hope You Get Deported
10. Mike Mahan Has Gingivitis
11. Trapped
12. You're A Fucking Cunt
13. Phyllis Is An Old Annoying Cunt
14. Al Stankus Is Always On The Phone With His Bookie
15. Bill Scott's Dumb
16. Harvey Korman Is Gay
17. You Fucking Freak
18. Theme From Three's Company
19. Jeanine Jism Is A Freak
20. Everyone In Anal Cunt Is Dumb
21. I Just Saw The Gayest Guy On Earth
22. Johnny Violent Getting His Ass Kicked By Morrisey
23. Metamorphosis
24. I'm Sick Of You
25. Howard Wulkan's Bald
26. You're A Trendy Fucking Pussy
27. Tom Arnold
28. I Got Athletes Foot Showering At Mike's
29. Big Pants, Bigger Loser
30. Marc Payson Is A Drunk
31. Your Family Is Dumb
32. Furnace
33. You're Dumb
34. Van Full Of Retards
35. Deche Charge Are A Bunch Of Fucking Losers
36. Everyone In The Underground Music Scene Is Stupid
37. Dumb, Fat, & Gross
38. I'm Not Stubborn
39. Mike Mahan's Sty
40. 02657
41. Gloves Of Metal (Duet With Philip Anselmo)
42. Bonus Track

[bueno bob]

From the album "It Just Gets Worse"...

"I Became a Counselor So I Could Tell Rape Victims They Asked For It"
"Easy E Got AIDS From F. Mercury"
"I Like Drugs and Child Abuse"
"Laughing While Leonard Peltier Gets Raped in Prison"
"I Convinced You to Beat Your Wife On a Daily Basis"
"I Sent Concentration Camp Footage to America's Funniest Home Videos"
"Rancid Sucks (And The Clash Sucked Too)"
"I Paid J. Howell to Rape You"
"I Pushed Your Wife In Front of the Subway"
"Extreme Noise Terror Are Afraid of Us"
"You Rollerblading Faggot"
"I Sent a Thank You Card to the Guy Who Raped You"
"I Lit Your Baby On Fire"
"Body by Auschwitz"
"I Intentionally Ran Over Your Dog"
"Sweatshops Are Cool"
"Women: Nature's Punching Bag"
"I Snuck a Retard Into a Sperm Bank"
"Your Kid Committed Suicide Because You Suck"
"I Ate Your Horse"
"Hitler Was a Sensitive Man"
"You Robbed a Sperm Bank Because You're a Cum Guzzling Fag"
"I Made Your Kid Get AIDS So You Could Watch It Die"
"I Fucked Your Wife"
"Into the Oven"
"I Gave NAMBLA Pictures of Your Kid"
"The Only Reason Men Talk to You is Because They Want to Get Laid, You Stupid Fucking Cunt"
"I Made Fun of You Because Your Kid Just Died"
"Domestic Violence Is Really, Really, Really Funny"
"Dictators Are Cool"
"Deadbeat Dads Are Cool"
"I'm Really Excited About the Upcoming David Buskin Concert"
"Being Ignorant Is Awesome"
"You're Pregnant, So I Kicked You In the Stomach"
"Chris Barnes Is a Pussy"
"Tim is Gay"
"BT/A.C."
"I Sold Your Dog To a Chinese Restaurant"
"I Got an Office Job For the Sole Purpose of Sexually Harassing Women"

[binnie]

Ok, having read this thread, here's what I think.

Firstly, it's nice to see a full on metal tour, since the sad decline of Sharonfest...

Secondly, Opeth are one of the three most exciting and innovative heavy bands in the world right now (alongside Tool and Mastodon). People may not like them, but there is not way that they are shit.

I have no idea what they are like live, as I have yet to have the pleasure of seeing them.

Thirdly, good to see Megadeth in a headline position, new record on the way and fully fuckin metal!

Sounds like a gig to me....

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by binnie
I have no idea what they are like live, as I have yet to have the pleasure of seeing them.

DO IT!

Seen them twice now...Mike's a very low-key, softer speaking guy in between the songs...very real, down to earth and genuine. When they play, they play their songs all the way through and don't miss a beat.

VERY competant live performers.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by bueno bob
From the album "It Just Gets Worse"...

"I Became a Counselor So I Could Tell Rape Victims They Asked For It"
"Easy E Got AIDS From F. Mercury"
"I Like Drugs and Child Abuse"
"Laughing While Leonard Peltier Gets Raped in Prison"
"I Convinced You to Beat Your Wife On a Daily Basis"
"I Sent Concentration Camp Footage to America's Funniest Home Videos"
"Rancid Sucks (And The Clash Sucked Too)"
"I Paid J. Howell to Rape You"
"I Pushed Your Wife In Front of the Subway"
"Extreme Noise Terror Are Afraid of Us"
"You Rollerblading Faggot"
"I Sent a Thank You Card to the Guy Who Raped You"
"I Lit Your Baby On Fire"
"Body by Auschwitz"
"I Intentionally Ran Over Your Dog"
"Sweatshops Are Cool"
"Women: Nature's Punching Bag"
"I Snuck a Retard Into a Sperm Bank"
"Your Kid Committed Suicide Because You Suck"
"I Ate Your Horse"
"Hitler Was a Sensitive Man"
"You Robbed a Sperm Bank Because You're a Cum Guzzling Fag"
"I Made Your Kid Get AIDS So You Could Watch It Die"
"I Fucked Your Wife"
"Into the Oven"
"I Gave NAMBLA Pictures of Your Kid"
"The Only Reason Men Talk to You is Because They Want to Get Laid, You Stupid Fucking Cunt"
"I Made Fun of You Because Your Kid Just Died"
"Domestic Violence Is Really, Really, Really Funny"
"Dictators Are Cool"
"Deadbeat Dads Are Cool"
"I'm Really Excited About the Upcoming David Buskin Concert"
"Being Ignorant Is Awesome"
"You're Pregnant, So I Kicked You In the Stomach"
"Chris Barnes Is a Pussy"
"Tim is Gay"
"BT/A.C."
"I Sold Your Dog To a Chinese Restaurant"
"I Got an Office Job For the Sole Purpose of Sexually Harassing Women"

39 tracks on one disc.... the songs must be 30 seconds long!