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I didn't like em when I was younger either, but they're hilarious. It's funny, because I've always thought the ultimate band would be like the Misfits with like Queen's or Kiss' showmanship. But really, come to think of it, GWAR pulled a lot of this off.

Sadly, it isn't that easy to get this "disability" diagnosed, but one can have a bigger chance after moving to Scandynavia, I presume

Here's an interesting article I read a while ago         ultimateclassicrock.com/heavy-metal-addiction/

I really like Ne Obliviscaris. Progressive metal with a violinist may not sound good on paper but these guys make it work and are all talented musicians. They only have two albums as of right now but I'm looking forward to see what they do in the future. They have a unique sound and with their one vocalist doing death growls and the violinist doing the clean vocals they can blend harshness with beauty. Their album artwork is also awesome. Will definitely be posting more from these guys.

I am enjoying this one, it is a tad weird and over the top, but overall it fits into the type of music I like to listen to. To be honest I was expecting for some Black Metal by judging the beginning of the song, but then it dives into some really varied and unexpected movements full of melody and musical prowess. At times the virtuosity is a bit over the top and the song finished in an atmosphere completely different from the one it started, but well, that is what you get from prog metal.

Memes, memes, MEMES!!! METAL MEMES!!!1!





I'm bored.....

Sepultura's Against album is so underrated. Their first album without Max Cavalera, the band recruited Derrick Green on vocals and I think he does an amazing job. This was sort of an end and a beginning. Against carried over a few elements from their previous album Roots all the while starting to go into a more hardcore direction. The album still had a bit of the tribal influence too but this time it was more of Japanese origin and the whole tribal thing in general was slowly faded out on future albums. This record was weird too because they recorded it in different locations around the world (including Tokyo) and most of the music and lyrics were already done before Derrick stepped in. Even the artwork is Japanese influence. Against grew on me over the years and now it has become one of my favorites.

This song sounds like a Motorhead song on steroids and features Jason Newsted doing backing vocals and baritone guitar.


and this track was the one recorded in Tokyo with a Japanese drum group called KODO. It's instrumental only so no vocals.

That does sound good.

I think the tribal stuff set them apart though.

Technical death metal from Canada. Cryptopsy is awesome and I should get more of their stuff.

The only album I own by Immortal is All Shall Fall. I think it was technically their last album as Immortal unless they had some stuff after 2009 but I don't know a whole lot about them or their discography. Anyways, I like it and it's an enjoyable record.

I don't really listen to Red Fang but they have some pretty entertaining videos   Been spending the last 20 minutes watching their videos on youtube. Their stuff sounds similar to Mastodon's older stuff.

Immortal is one of the few black metal acts I've gotten into. Not just due to the music since they don't adhere to the idea that black metal somehow HAS to sound as shitty as possible to be trve kvlt and thus acceptable, but the whole black metal scene is generally speaking really fucking dumb, everything is SUPER SRS BSNS, everyone seems incredibly elitist and there's a high concentration of shitty people often promoting some really ugly ideals. At least that has been my experience with the nordic black metal scene in particular, having a couple of friends over the years who have been really into the genre. Immortal by comparison seem like fairly normal guys who write their music, don't take themselves too seriously and are self-aware when putting on the corpse paint and making videos like