Any metal or industrial fans here?

[Ambiguous]

I really love folk metal xP but not so much other types of metal.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

  There are more girls in the metal scene now then there have ever been.

One thing that I know for sure is this: If I had been born a genetic female I still would have been a metalhead. I was naturally drawn towards looking for heavier music. In the late 80s, that was much more difficult than it is now where all you need is the internet. Back in those days it truly was something you searched out unless you were lucky enough to live in a big city. (Which I wasn't and I still don't)



One of my faves at the moment.

[Mickie]

I've been listening to a lot of "Bloodstained Child"'s new album

[Oriah]

I'm not a fan of all metal....but I like some.......

Pantera and Acid Bath are my favorites

[Jill F]

So yes, I like both kinds of music- hard rock and heavy metal.   OK, I listen to most genres of music but I've only really been in hard rock and metal bands. 

[ath]

I like a lot of different types of metal, especially the heavier stuff. I even used to be in a death metal band, but it's not something I generally listen to all day long. I'll usually go into bouts of listening to it just like I do with everything else.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

I like a lot of different types of metal, especially the heavier stuff. I even used to be in a death metal band, but it's not something I generally listen to all day long. I'll usually go into bouts of listening to it just like I do with everything else.

I tried to get a few death metal bands going in the late 90s, but this town was (and still is) full of dorks that have no idea. Even the ones that claim to be "death metal" are just a bunch of lousy deathcore bands.

[ath]

I tried to get a few death metal bands going in the late 90s, but this town was (and still is) full of dorks that have no idea. Even the ones that claim to be "death metal" are just a bunch of lousy deathcore bands.

Haha, that's pretty funny. Over in the city (only true city in my region) the same thing is going on. Whole bunch of bands claiming to be death metal when they're really another genre that isn't even death. When we were playing still, we were pretty much the only real death metal band around. Heavy cannibal corpse style pretty much. We had song titles like "drugz is gud" "tortured in a basement" "loaded for bear" etc hahaha.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

Haha, that's pretty funny. Over in the city (only true city in my region) the same thing is going on. Whole bunch of bands claiming to be death metal when they're really another genre that isn't even death. When we were playing still, we were pretty much the only real death metal band around. Heavy cannibal corpse style pretty much. We had song titles like "drugz is gud" "tortured in a basement" "loaded for bear" etc hahaha.

I was into the social/political subjects when it came to lyrics (mostly influenced by Napalm Death & Terrorizer. Disrupt was also a large influence later on.) After a couple of years of attempting to get bands going, I gave up and bought a cassette 4 track and drum machine, and did it myself. I mixed it up between Death Metal, Japanese influenced Hardcore, Doom Metal and AC style Grind/Noise. It was usually a mixed bag since I wasn't the best when it came to recording so a lot of it had overloaded inputs, poor mixing, etc. It was fun, though.

I also did a lot of Harsh Noise, Experimental and Ambient stuff. I gave up on the metal stuff a few years ago because it was getting boring and now I just stick to Noise/Ambient/Experimental stuff when it comes to actually playing. But now I just record stuff with one of those tiny digital voice recorders.

[ath]

I was into the social/political subjects when it came to lyrics (mostly influenced by Napalm Death & Terrorizer. Disrupt was also a large influence later on.) After a couple of years of attempting to get bands going, I gave up and bought a cassette 4 track and drum machine, and did it myself. I mixed it up between Death Metal, Japanese influenced Hardcore, Doom Metal and AC style Grind/Noise. It was usually a mixed bag since I wasn't the best when it came to recording so a lot of it had overloaded inputs, poor mixing, etc. It was fun, though.

I also did a lot of Harsh Noise, Experimental and Ambient stuff. I gave up on the metal stuff a few years ago because it was getting boring and now I just stick to Noise/Ambient/Experimental stuff when it comes to actually playing. But now I just record stuff with one of those tiny digital voice recorders.

I didn't do much of the lyrics writing, but our lyrics mainly centered around gory brutal stuff, and also a lot of drug references - but in a dark way. We also wrote songs centering on violence towards animals (loaded for bear - it's about a guy loading himself up for bear defense, but once in the woods he uses all his ammo blowing up squirrels and stuff, then runs into a 14 foot grizzly after running out, and gets mauled to death haha)

Often the bad people in our songs would get their just rewards for their evil acts. Or sometimes they were about evil acts of others creating monsters.

Music is how I make most of my money (guitar bass and piano lessons. Adding drum soon) so I have a pretty decent home recording setup. I've got a 6 channel stereo mixer from the 70's that has bitchin reverb and sound coloration, plugged into an 8 channel FireWire mixer, into my desktop. Outside the home I've got a room set up with a double kit, my main bass, keys, and guitar amps, my PA mains, sub, and 16channel mixer. We even have a headphone amp setup so we don't kill our ears at practices. My bands and a couple others chip in together to rent the room, and it's worth it since we get to practice literally any time we want. Didn't have nearly this good of a setup back when I was with the death metal band, though.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

I didn't do much of the lyrics writing, but our lyrics mainly centered around gory brutal stuff, and also a lot of drug references - but in a dark way. We also wrote songs centering on violence towards animals (loaded for bear - it's about a guy loading himself up for bear defense, but once in the woods he uses all his ammo blowing up squirrels and stuff, then runs into a 14 foot grizzly after running out, and gets mauled to death haha)

Often the bad people in our songs would get their just rewards for their evil acts. Or sometimes they were about evil acts of others creating monsters.

Music is how I make most of my money (guitar bass and piano lessons. Adding drum soon) so I have a pretty decent home recording setup. I've got a 6 channel stereo mixer from the 70's that has bitchin reverb and sound coloration, plugged into an 8 channel FireWire mixer, into my desktop. Outside the home I've got a room set up with a double kit, my main bass, keys, and guitar amps, my PA mains, sub, and 16channel mixer. We even have a headphone amp setup so we don't kill our ears at practices. My bands and a couple others chip in together to rent the room, and it's worth it since we get to practice literally any time we want. Didn't have nearly this good of a setup back when I was with the death metal band, though.

I usually stayed away from gore 99% of the time, the only exception to that was a song I wrote called "Death Odors" and it was just something that was inspired by the title of a Slaughter Productions compilation of Industrial/Dark Ambient bands.

If I won the lottery, I would buy a small house and soundproof one of the rooms with a sweet recording set-up. But I live in a one bedroom apartment so I don't have the space for a set up like that. I tend to play as loud as I want, though. Sure, I've had the cops called on me a few times but I don't care. I do what I want.

[ath]

I usually stayed away from gore 99% of the time, the only exception to that was a song I wrote called "Death Odors" and it was just something that was inspired by the title of a Slaughter Productions compilation of Industrial/Dark Ambient bands.

If I won the lottery, I would buy a small house and soundproof one of the rooms with a sweet recording set-up. But I live in a one bedroom apartment so I don't have the space for a set up like that. I tend to play as loud as I want, though. Sure, I've had the cops called on me a few times but I don't care. I do what I want.

Ive got a 1 bedroom apartment in the city, but I keep the same home recording setup there since I always use headphones while playing or recording. Only thing that is loud is my singing, but the neighbors have never complained.

I'm going back to the city again soon. Well rested from staying out in the middle of nowhere. I don't have to pay to stay down here so I've just kept my apartment in the city. Now that I've got gigs on the table again I'm just moving back so I don't have to drive like 6 hours or longer each way to do gigs and practices.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

I never liked tracking with headphones, especially when it came to tracking the vocals. I need outboard monitors for that. It felt weird having headphones on. Plus, I liked throwing in a few squeaks of microphonic feedback here and there. But those days are long gone and I just stick with Experimental stuff.

[CalmRage]

I never liked tracking with headphones, especially when it came to tracking the vocals. I need outboard monitors for that. It felt weird having headphones on. Plus, I liked throwing in a few squeaks of microphonic feedback here and there. But those days are long gone and I just stick with Experimental stuff.

some people find it easier to stay in tune with headphones. i find it much harder, mostly because they make me too conscious of what i'm singing and then make me nervous.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

some people find it easier to stay in tune with headphones. i find it much harder, mostly because they make me too conscious of what i'm singing and then make me nervous.

I never get nervous when I do vocals of any kind. The only thing that gets in my way is if I am having sinus issues or (like the week before the noise show that I played at), I was coming out of a week long cold. It really got on my nerves since it was like "why this week of all weeks??"

But, I was still able to pull it off. But, I also didn't do any actual singing at that show. It was just harsh vocals exclusively. I didn't do too bad looking back on it. The fact that we didn't have any noise gates for the vocal mic was a greater issue than anything else. Next time I will be prepared since I bought some used compressors with my Christmas money.

[CalmRage]

I never get nervous when I do vocals of any kind. The only thing that gets in my way is if I am having sinus issues or (like the week before the noise show that I played at), I was coming out of a week long cold. It really got on my nerves since it was like "why this week of all weeks??"

But, I was still able to pull it off. But, I also didn't do any actual singing at that show. It was just harsh vocals exclusively. I didn't do too bad looking back on it. The fact that we didn't have any noise gates for the vocal mic was a greater issue than anything else. Next time I will be prepared since I bought some used compressors with my Christmas money.

i did a really nice recording yesterday. there's this one song (it's called "Here Lies Love") that i couldn't do the same way that i did a few years ago, i don't know why i couldn't it's not hard, so i decided to alter my vocal delivery and put a new spin on it. So i alternated between loud and quiet, higher passages and lower passages and relaxed delivery and then at certain points raising my voice to emphasize the lyrics (it's not an industrial/metal number, it's an old obscure Rhythm N Blues track that my favorite artist, Frank Zappa, covered with his band "The Mothers", he released a live version on a CD in 1992 (recorded in 1969)

It goes like this (i hope this isn't spam):

Here lies love
In a grave caused by jealousy
Here lies love
In a grave caused by jealousy
Hate was the pall bearer
And on the tombstone was written "Misery"

It was a bad situation (this whole verse sung rather loudly)
From the beginning to the end
It was a bad situation
From the beginning to the end
I say, baby you killed my love
Now the undertaker is your friend (deliberately raspy and angry delivery on this line)

Now I'm sad and I'm blue
There's not much I can do
If these blues don't leave me
The undertaker will get me too (for this line i get really loud)

Oh oh, here lies love
In a grave caused by jealousy
You know that hate was the pall bearer
And on the tombstone was written "Misery"

[Miss_Bungle1991]

  You could always speed it up and do it Ramones style or AC style depending on how heavy you want to go.

[ath]

I like using headphones ever since I started using them (the cup-over-ear kind with a speaker built in) at band practices, because I was starting to notice hearing loss from playing so many shows (usually 3 to 4 a month, sometimes more) and doing so many band practices with no hearing proteaction of any kind.

My next purchase will be a set of custom molded wireless in-ear monitors. They're pretty spendy and you have to go in to an audiologist to get them fitted, but so worth it I think.

[Alexmakenoise]

I'm into sludge, thrash, doom, and stoner metal.  Too many bands to list.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

I'm into sludge, thrash, doom, and stoner metal.  Too many bands to list.

Awwww, come on!! You can't throw out a top 5 or 10?

How about any of these as far as slower bands?

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Eyehategod
Autopsy
Grief
My Dying Bride
Winter
Morgion
Trouble
Saint Vitus
Black Sabbath (But that's like....totally obvious)