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I've been listening to metal since I was a child and recently picked up the bass again. I plan on being the first TS black metal bass player/vocalist.  ;D

Any other black/death/speed metal fans out there?

Not really a fan these days, but there was a time when my music collection was pretty much Deicide, Slayer, Death, Nuclear Death, Napalm Death, Boltthrower, etc.

Rammstein

*raises hand*

I'm definitely a metalhead! I'm especially fond of Power and Folk Metal but even some Melodeath/Meloblack is pretty dang sweet.
Some of my favorite bands include Sonata Arctica, Ensiferum, Turisas, Catamenia, Northland, Whispered, Nightwish, Equilibrium etc. There's a lot of really good bands if you ask me and if I would mention all that I enjoy this post wouldn't end anytime soon!

I listen to metal with my SO. He basically introduced me to some really good ones. My favorite being one of the big four, Slayer. We're going to an iced earth concert on the 26th

I still love my Slayer, Megadeth , Metallica (early albums), One of my fondest memories as a youth was going to Melbourne and seeing Megadeth on their Rust in Peace tour.

My fave modern metal band is Ghost. Those guys are so great.

I'm also a metalhead. Most of the bands I listen to are industrial and folk metal, but I am in the process of expanding my horizons and liking it.

Oh Yeah. Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead (the forefathers of course), Slayer, Metallica, Lamb of God, Pantera. Pretty much any Metal. I do prefer more of a dark heavy classic sound over the newer, faster stuff, but it all pretty much works for me.

i'm a metal musician. i play guitar. :)  i stick more to progressive, power, hair, glam, or old school metal sounds.  Some fave bands are Thor, Primal Fear, Accept (i met Wolf Hoffman!), Yngwie, Dio, Elegy, Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob, Crash Diet, Enforcer, Powerwolf, Reckless Love, Kissin' Dynamite, Megromania, Sex Machineguns,   Edguy, Helloween, Pretty Maids...i probably should stop now.

Oh crap, don't even get me started!  \m/ LOL  >:-)

Quote from: Edge on May 08, 2014, 09:45:12 AM
I'm also a metalhead. Most of the bands I listen to are industrial and folk metal, but I am in the process of expanding my horizons and liking it.

Have you ever heard of Blood Ceremony?

I'm more into the old school Death Metal and Grindcore bands. Mostly the older Earache and Relapse/Nuclear Blast bands like Napalm Death, Carcass, Terrorizer, Exit-13, Disrupt, A.C., General Surgery and a bunch more. Gotta give it up for Death/Doom stuff like Autopsy and My Dying Bride too. (Even though MDB has more of a Goth vibe with a lot of their stuff but they totally rule.)

Iron Maiden, Sabbath, Ozzy, Def Leppard, Dio, Rainbow, Helloween, In Flames, Megadeth, Metallica, Motley Cru, Guns N' Roses, Motorhead and a few others - so I'd say yes, I guess.  I like some numetal as well, like Korn, but I pretty much categorize new metal as alt-rock...

I'll just say it; I hate Slayer and Pantera...

Quote from: TheQuestion on May 21, 2014, 10:22:54 PM
I'll just say it; I hate Slayer and Pantera...

talented, just not for me...

Quote from: TheQuestion on May 21, 2014, 10:21:09 PM
Iron Maiden, Sabbath, Ozzy, Def Leppard, Dio, Rainbow, Helloween, In Flames, Megadeth, Metallica, Motley Cru, Guns N' Roses, Motorhead and a few others - so I'd say yes, I guess.  I like some numetal as well, like Korn, but I pretty much categorize new metal as alt-rock...

All of the above except for Korn...

*grabs nearest Stratocaster*

Quote from: Jill F on May 21, 2014, 10:42:38 PM
All of the above except for Korn...

*grabs nearest Stratocaster*

I'm not big into "numetal" as there is a lot of awful music in that category, but Korn was legitimate IMO.

Quote from: TheQuestion on May 21, 2014, 10:21:09 PM
Iron Maiden, Sabbath, Ozzy, Def Leppard, Dio, Rainbow, Helloween, In Flames, Megadeth, Metallica, Motley Cru, Guns N' Roses, Motorhead and a few others - so I'd say yes, I guess.  I like some numetal as well, like Korn, but I pretty much categorize new metal as alt-rock...

All over the place on that one. Hair metal, classic metal, dark metal, and then Def Leppard? Really? ;) Seriously though, I actually their older stuff but the later stuff was a little too bubble gum for me. But then again Motley Crue and Guns n Roses is about the same for me, their older stuff I love but not so much the newer. But Iron Miden, Ozzy with or not with Sabbath, Black Sabbath with Ozzy, Dio Megadeth and Metallica are all good. Dave Mustaine is a little off with not using the Devil's chord and what he says a bout it, You can find it on youtube but still pretty good though.

Quote from: Jess42 on May 22, 2014, 02:07:14 PM
All over the place on that one. Hair metal, classic metal, dark metal, and then Def Leppard? Really? ;) Seriously though, I actually their older stuff but the later stuff was a little too bubble gum for me. But then again Motley Crue and Guns n Roses is about the same for me, their older stuff I love but not so much the newer. But Iron Miden, Ozzy with or not with Sabbath, Black Sabbath with Ozzy, Dio Megadeth and Metallica are all good. Dave Mustaine is a little off with not using the Devil's chord and what he says a bout it, You can find it on youtube but still pretty good though.

Mustaine is what mental health professionals refer to as "batsh*t crazy".  Megadeth IMHO has sucked pretty consistently since Risk.   What a waste of Marty Friedman.

Quote from: Jess42 on May 22, 2014, 02:07:14 PM
All over the place on that one. Hair metal, classic metal, dark metal, and then Def Leppard? Really? ;) Seriously though, I actually their older stuff but the later stuff was a little too bubble gum for me. But then again Motley Crue and Guns n Roses is about the same for me, their older stuff I love but not so much the newer. But Iron Miden, Ozzy with or not with Sabbath, Black Sabbath with Ozzy, Dio Megadeth and Metallica are all good. Dave Mustaine is a little off with not using the Devil's chord and what he says a bout it, You can find it on youtube but still pretty good though.

I can take that idea even further beyond metal. My CD collection has everything from Napalm Death to Faith No More to My Dying Bride to Mr Bungle to Masonna to John Coltrane to Conor & Jay, etc.

Quote from: Jill F on May 22, 2014, 02:16:10 PM
Mustaine is what mental health professionals refer to as "batsh*t crazy".  Megadeth IMHO has sucked pretty consistently since Risk.   What a waste of Marty Friedman.

Actually, I believe that they sucked since "Countdown To Extinction". After "Rust In Peace", that was it for Megadeth as far as I was concerned.

Quote from: Laura Squirrel on May 22, 2014, 02:27:54 PM
I can take that idea even further beyond metal. My CD collection has everything from Napalm Death to Faith No More to My Dying Bride to Mr Bungle to Masonna to John Coltrane to Conor & Jay, etc.

Actually, I believe that they sucked since "Countdown To Extinction". After "Rust In Peace", that was it for Megadeth as far as I was concerned.

Countdown had some pretty memorable guitar work by Marty Friedman.  Youthanasia was crap, Cryptic Writings had its moments.  And yes, I am a huge fan of Marty Friedman. who once took the time to show me how to really bend a string.

I tried but I just couldn't get into that record. I just, like, "ughhh".

Quote from: Laura Squirrel on May 22, 2014, 02:27:54 PM
I can take that idea even further beyond metal. My CD collection has everything from Napalm Death to Faith No More to My Dying Bride to Mr Bungle to Masonna to John Coltrane to Conor & Jay, etc.

Actually, I believe that they sucked since "Countdown To Extinction". After "Rust In Peace", that was it for Megadeth as far as I was concerned.

I can take it beyond Metal myself.  I'm mostly a classic rock person; but I've got Faith No More, Blondie, The Beatles, the Cars, Michael Jackson (80's MJ), Madonna, Kraftwerk (and a good deal of other techno artists), Dick Dale, The Ventures, Meteors, Run DMC, Misfits, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and a bunch of other random artists from most genera. 

Those are in no way my favorites, maybe The Beatles, but it shows I also like a wide array.  I'm not big into Hip-Hop, but there are a few acts who I do enjoy.  I'm pretty good with music, you name it and I've probably at least given them a listen.

Quote from: TheQuestion on May 22, 2014, 02:48:40 PM
I can take it beyond Metal myself.  I'm mostly a classic rock person; but I've got Faith No More, Blondie, The Beatles, the Cars, Michael Jackson (80's MJ), Madonna, Kraftwerk (and a good deal of other techno artists), Dick Dale, The Ventures, Meteors, Run DMC, Misfits, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and a bunch of other random artists from most genera. 

Those are in no way my favorites, maybe The Beatles, but it shows I also like a wide array.  I'm not big into Hip-Hop, but there are a few acts who I do enjoy.  I'm pretty good with music, you name it and I've probably at least given them a listen.

I love surf music and punk rock as well.  I have hundreds of classical CDs too.  Sometimes I rock out with my Bach out...

Quote from: Jill F on May 22, 2014, 02:51:59 PM
I love surf music and punk rock as well.  I have hundreds of classical CDs too.  Sometimes I rock out with my Bach out...

Yup, I do classical as well.  I play piano and keyboard and had a little classical training as a kid; but never really stuck with it.  I do have a natural ear for piano though, so I can still play pretty well.  I play guitar too, but have never put much effort into it.  I should though, I'm not awful for someone who plays so infrequently and has had no lessons.  I find piano/keyboard to be far easier.

Quote from: TheQuestion on May 22, 2014, 02:57:59 PM
Yup, I do classical as well.  I play piano and keyboard and had a little classical training as a kid; but never really stuck with it.  I do have a natural ear for piano though, so I can still play pretty well.  I play guitar too, but have never put much effort into it.  I should though, I'm not awful for someone who plays so infrequently and has had no lessons.  I find piano/keyboard to be far easier.

I started playing piano in 1976, guitar in 1977.  The guitar sort of won.  I honestly lost count of how many guitars I have now, but I know I have exactly two keyboards.  One digital, one analog. 

It's sort of amazing how many musicians we have here.

Quote from: Jill F on May 22, 2014, 02:16:10 PM
Mustaine is what mental health professionals refer to as "batsh*t crazy".  Megadeth IMHO has sucked pretty consistently since Risk.   What a waste of Marty Friedman.

Yeah if you watch that interview on youtube you kind of get that impression. Hell the Devil's chord or playing variations of it is what makes a good dark song. He talks about some strange crap.

Yeah I thought The Question was all over the place but seems like a lot of everyone else too. I just never could get into pop or rap though. My collection consists of a lot of AC/DC, pretty much every one of them. Some Black Sabbath with Ozzy, a couple of Dio, a lot of hair metal and a lot of Blues, especially Stevie Ray Vaughn, Muddy Waters, Albert King, Got a couple of Chuck Berry and my most prized posession, a box set of remastered songs by the great grandaddy of blues and dark mysterious selling your soul to the devil at the crossroads, Robert Johnson. So I am failry consistent from the blues which gave way to the rock and roll to classic metal to goodtiming hard rock to the hairmetal. Kind of sounds like more of a history than a collection.

Just curious, any King Diamond/Mercyful fate fans here?   I feel like I'm probably the only trans fan of those bands, lol. 

Quote from: Jill F on May 22, 2014, 02:36:48 PM
Countdown had some pretty memorable guitar work by Marty Friedman.  Youthanasia was crap, Cryptic Writings had its moments.  And yes, I am a huge fan of Marty Friedman. who once took the time to show me how to really bend a string.

Marty Friedman is an amazing guitar player, but Megadeth is an acquired taste.  Honestly, Cryptic Writings and Countdown could have been decent albums if they had a different vocalist and the production didn't bring the vocals to the forefront. Dave Mustaine is a great rhythm player, but his voice is just not for me.  Still love the first 4 albums despite it.  Personally, I wish Friedman would have used his talents elsewhere as he is one of the most amazing players in terms of feel and technique. 

Quote from: Jess42 on May 22, 2014, 03:03:36 PM
Yeah if you watch that interview on youtube you kind of get that impression. Hell the Devil's chord or playing variations of it is what makes a good dark song. He talks about some strange crap.

Yeah I thought The Question was all over the place but seems like a lot of everyone else too. I just never could get into pop or rap though. My collection consists of a lot of AC/DC, pretty much every one of them. Some Black Sabbath with Ozzy, a couple of Dio, a lot of hair metal and a lot of Blues, especially Stevie Ray Vaughn, Muddy Waters, Albert King, Got a couple of Chuck Berry and my most prized posession, a box set of remastered songs by the great grandaddy of blues and dark mysterious selling your soul to the devil at the crossroads, Robert Johnson. So I am failry consistent from the blues which gave way to the rock and roll to classic metal to goodtiming hard rock to the hairmetal. Kind of sounds like more of a history than a collection.

Love AC/DC, esp. everything with Bon Scott.  I'm with you on the Robert Johnson box as well.  It gets played a lot around here.  Oh, and any guitar player named King.  BB, Albert, Freddy, Kerry...

Quote from: learningtolive on May 22, 2014, 03:08:06 PM
Just curious, any King Diamond/Mercyful fate fans here?   I feel like I'm probably the only trans fan of those bands, lol. 

Marty Friedman is an amazing guitar player, but Megadeth is an acquired taste.  Honestly, Cryptic Writings and Countdown could have been decent albums if they had a different vocalist and the production didn't bring the vocals to the forefront. Dave Mustaine is a great rhythm player, but his voice is just not for me.  Still love the first 4 albums despite it.  Personally, I wish Friedman would have used his talents elsewhere as he is one of the most amazing players in terms of feel and technique.

Friedman's solo albums are pretty awesome, esp. the first two. 

Quote from: Jill F on May 22, 2014, 03:11:06 PM
Friedman's solo albums are pretty awesome, esp. the first two.

Agreed.  The first solo albums that Marty and Jason Becker put out are required listening for guitar players that take their craft seriously. 

Quote from: learningtolive on May 22, 2014, 03:19:39 PM
Agreed.  The first solo albums that Marty and Jason Becker put out are required listening for guitar players that take their craft seriously.

Cacophony had some truly sick guitar playing.  I didn't like the vocalist though, but he wasn't their reason to be.  But seriously, I love Marty's Dragon's Kiss and Scenes CDs to death.

Quote from: Jill F on May 22, 2014, 03:09:20 PM
Love AC/DC, esp. everything with Bon Scott.  I'm with you on the Robert Johnson box as well.  It gets played a lot around here.  Oh, and any guitar player named King.  BB, Albert, Freddy, Kerry...

Oh yeah, Bon Scott. AC/DC was a long way from the Valentines. He really shined with AC/DC though. I love the whole Robert Johnson Mystery though, more than likely he went to Arkansas and actually learned how to play instead of selling his soul to the Devil in Clarksville MS. But it does make a good story and makes the songs a little more haunting. I just watched it on Youtube not long ago about how he really sucked at playing and he dissapeared for 8 months and went to Arkansas and came back and blew 'em away with his playing. Still though who knows, they say that he played like he was posessed after.

Quote from: Jess42 on May 22, 2014, 03:03:36 PM
Yeah if you watch that interview on youtube you kind of get that impression. Hell the Devil's chord or playing variations of it is what makes a good dark song. He talks about some strange crap.

Yeah I thought The Question was all over the place but seems like a lot of everyone else too. I just never could get into pop or rap though. My collection consists of a lot of AC/DC, pretty much every one of them. Some Black Sabbath with Ozzy, a couple of Dio, a lot of hair metal and a lot of Blues, especially Stevie Ray Vaughn, Muddy Waters, Albert King, Got a couple of Chuck Berry and my most prized posession, a box set of remastered songs by the great grandaddy of blues and dark mysterious selling your soul to the devil at the crossroads, Robert Johnson. So I am failry consistent from the blues which gave way to the rock and roll to classic metal to goodtiming hard rock to the hairmetal. Kind of sounds like more of a history than a collection.

I actually don't really like pop myself, just a little bit of Madonna and MJ I guess, and both of them have a lot of terrible music.  For Hip-Hop I like the Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Eminem (I know his music can be bigoted), Wu-Tang Clan, Run DMC, Outkast, Gorillaz (not totally hip-hop) and The Fugees... and that's pretty much it.

I was going to include AC/DC also, and others like Zeppelin and Kiss, but I always sort of lump them in with classic rock; there's a lot of overlap. 

And as far as Def Leppard goes; I hate there pop rock stuff.  Their not really one of my favorites anyway.  Not really even into Hysteria and Pour Some Sugar On Me is awful IMO, but they did have some pretty great songs.  My favorite metal band would be Iron Maiden.

I really don't like much newer music.  I sort of go retro with everything.  Most of the movies, tv shows, music, cars, etc. that I like are from the 90's or prior.  Some good stuff these days, but things seem to be lagging...

I live for Otep Shamaya, she is godd omg. I also like Arch Enemy. And System of a Down. And also Soundgarden.

I actually do a badass death growl lmao. I scare some people cause I'm small and have a high pitched, girly voice but watch out lool!

Quote from: TheQuestion on May 22, 2014, 03:28:21 PM
I actually don't really like pop myself, just a little bit of Madonna and MJ I guess, and both of them have a lot of terrible music.  For Hip-Hop I like the Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Eminem (I know his music can be bigoted), Wu-Tang Clan, Run DMC, Outkast, Gorillaz (not totally hip-hop) and The Fugees... and that's pretty much it.

I was going to include AC/DC also, and others like Zeppelin and Kiss, but I always sort of lump them in with classic rock; there's a lot of overlap. 

And as far as Def Leppard goes; I hate there pop rock stuff.  Their not really one of my favorites anyway.  Not really even into Hysteria and Pour Some Sugar On Me is awful IMO, but they did have some pretty great songs.  My favorite metal band would be Iron Maiden.

I really don't like much newer music.  I sort of go retro with everything.  Most of the movies, tv shows, music, cars, etc. that I like are from the 90's or prior.  Some good stuff these days, but things seem to be lagging...

Aww, it's cheesy but fun.  I'm actually in that video from 1988.

Quote from: TheQuestion on May 22, 2014, 03:28:21 PM
I actually don't really like pop myself, just a little bit of Madonna and MJ I guess, and both of them have a lot of terrible music.  For Hip-Hop I like the Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Eminem (I know his music can be bigoted), Wu-Tang Clan, Run DMC, Outkast, Gorillaz (not totally hip-hop) and The Fugees... and that's pretty much it.

I was going to include AC/DC also, and others like Zeppelin and Kiss, but I always sort of lump them in with classic rock; there's a lot of overlap. 

And as far as Def Leppard goes; I hate there pop rock stuff.  Their not really one of my favorites anyway.  Not really even into Hysteria and Pour Some Sugar On Me is awful IMO, but they did have some pretty great songs.  My favorite metal band would be Iron Maiden.

I really don't like much newer music.  I sort of go retro with everything.  Most of the movies, tv shows, music, cars, etc. that I like are from the 90's or prior.  Some good stuff these days, but things seem to be lagging...

I know a lot of those in the beginning of your statement just never really listened to them other than inadvertantly.

As for AC/DC, I can't even lump them in with any other bands because everything is so upbeat, lets go have a good time and get wasted and find someone to love if only for one night. Even Night Prowler which is sort of darker but still...

Quote from: Jill F on May 22, 2014, 03:33:15 PM
Aww, it's cheesy but fun.  I'm actually in that video from 1988.

I bow down to you Jill, there is a true star in our midst. ;) I really can't remember the video That was 1988 and I pretty much draw a blank from 1982 to 1989, morel ike just a blur, ;) but were you in the crowd or on the stage?

While I listen to pop and electronic music the most, I like most genres of music including metal.

Bands like In Flames, Death, Cradle of Filth, in addition to more commercial sorts of music like Korn, Megaeth, and so on are the sorts of things I also listen to.

Mostly thrash metal for me.  Was off of it for awhile and then rediscovered Megadeth and got sucked right back in a few years ago.

Megadeth, early Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, and alot of random single songs I like from some of the newer bands.  I'm also working on some of my own material, but I don't play very often.

I listen to mostly death metal, death core, post-hardcore and metal core but am not limited by genre names. I'm into all types of music. ;p I play guitar too and have a drum kit but I hardly touch it even though I probably should since it cost quite a lot. I'd love to learn to do metal type vocals and being trans definitely gives you a wider range I suppose which is pretty damn awesome if you ask me. Imagine seeing a female vocalist hitting some insane lows, that would be a sight to see lol. :)

No 5FDP fans here?Am I the only one?And Halestorm.

Quote from: Serenation on May 08, 2014, 09:42:39 AM
I still love my Slayer, Megadeth , Metallica (early albums), One of my fondest memories as a youth was going to Melbourne and seeing Megadeth on their Rust in Peace tour.

My fave modern metal band is Ghost. Those guys are so great.

I love Ghost!! I can listen to them over and over and the visual aspect is amasing!

Quote from: Wynternight on July 18, 2014, 01:17:12 AM
I love Ghost!! I can listen to them over and over and the visual aspect is amasing!

Agreed!  I love when they sing about dark evil stuff over major chords.  It doesn't get old. Lol

Ghost holds the distinction of first concert I ever attended in girl mode

Quote from: Jill F on July 18, 2014, 02:43:38 AM
Agreed!  I love when they sing about dark evil stuff over major chords.  It doesn't get old. Lol

Ghost holds the distinction of first concert I ever attended in girl mode

I'm jelly!! I want to go and kiss Papa's ring.  ;D

I may be a country girl, but my heart has a black spot on it. I love Stone Sour, Slipknot, Scar the Martyr, Pop Evil just to name a few. As far as playing any metal, I didn't own an Ibanez 8 string tuned to drop d and drop G because it was cool lol

Quote from: kariann330 on September 04, 2014, 12:44:01 AM
I may be a country girl, but my heart has a black spot on it. I love Stone Sour, Slipknot, Scar the Martyr, Pop Evil just to name a few. As far as playing any metal, I didn't own an Ibanez 8 string tuned to drop d and drop G because it was cool lol

Especially The Boss's Daughter with Mick Mars. Texas Hippie Coalition and In this Moment are really good too.

Quote from: big kim on July 17, 2014, 03:41:47 AM
No 5FDP fans here?Am I the only one?And Halestorm.

I love Halestorm, but not a big fan of 5FDP.

Quote from: kariann330 on September 04, 2014, 12:44:01 AM
I may be a country girl, but my heart has a black spot on it. I love Stone Sour, Slipknot, Scar the Martyr, Pop Evil just to name a few. As far as playing any metal, I didn't own an Ibanez 8 string tuned to drop d and drop G because it was cool lol

;D Nice! I'm liking what I've heard from Pop Evil and I've always been a fan of Slipknot and Stone Sour. My tastes generally run to the harder stuff like black or death metal. Right now I'm very heavy into the blackened thrash/d beat black metal scene. Bands like Toxic Holocaust, Vampire, or old grindcore bands.

Quote from: Wynternight on September 04, 2014, 12:32:39 PM
old grindcore bands.

Which ones?

Quote from: Laura Squirrel on September 04, 2014, 12:41:05 PM
Which ones?

Extreme Noise Terror, Repulsion, Nausea, Siege, Unseen Terror, Larm, Carcass, Terrorizer to name but a few.

Quote from: Wynternight on September 04, 2014, 02:00:58 PM
Extreme Noise Terror, Repulsion, Nausea, Siege, Unseen Terror, Larm, Carcass, Terrorizer to name but a few.

WOO HOO!

Right on!

:icon_woowoo:

Are you more into early Terrorizer or more recent stuff?

I love the old demos, rehearsals, live stuff, "World Downfall", etc. The stuff after they reformed hasn't done anything for me at all. Plus, with Jesse being long gone, it's never going to work. Not even if they get Oscar back in the fold.

Quote from: Laura Squirrel on September 04, 2014, 02:17:27 PM
WOO HOO!

Right on!

:icon_woowoo:

Are you more into early Terrorizer or more recent stuff?

I love the old demos, rehearsals, live stuff, "World Downfall", etc. The stuff after they reformed hasn't done anything for me at all. Plus, with Jesse being long gone, it's never going to work. Not even if they get Oscar back in the fold.

Definitely old stuff. I haven't even bothered with the new stuff. It's great Pete is back in the band but I agree, they need Jesse. Hordes of Zombies was half Morbid Angel!

Quote from: Wynternight on September 04, 2014, 02:27:04 PM
Definitely old stuff. I haven't even bothered with the new stuff. It's great Pete is back in the band but I agree, they need Jesse. Hordes of Zombies was half Morbid Angel!

I heard a couple of the songs from that record and just shook my head in disgust. It's like: "So, this will end up being Jesse's epitaph?" It sucked.

I really wish that he hadn't allowed alcohol to screw up his life and that he had stayed with Napalm Death. I remember seeing them with Obituary on their 2005 tour. It was weird not seeing Jesse on the other side of the stage where he should have been. (I was standing next to the stage on Mitch's side.)

I remember seeing Napalm Death in about 1990.  Barney was incredibly drunk and performed shirtless, which was awesome because he was so fat and sweaty as well.  He forgot lyrics and replaced some with random obscenities.  Also on the bill was Sacred Reich.  Somebody thought I was the drummer (also named Greg) and bought me several rounds of drinks.

Quote from: Jill F on September 04, 2014, 05:37:55 PM
I remember seeing Napalm Death in about 1990.  Barney was incredibly drunk and performed shirtless, which was awesome because he was so fat and sweaty as well.  He forgot lyrics and replaced some with random obscenities.  Also on the bill was Sacred Reich.  Somebody thought I was the drummer (also named Greg) and bought me several rounds of drinks.

Hah! That's great. Let's swap old show stories some more!

Quote from: Jill F on September 04, 2014, 05:37:55 PM
I remember seeing Napalm Death in about 1990.  Barney was incredibly drunk and performed shirtless, which was awesome because he was so fat and sweaty as well.  He forgot lyrics and replaced some with random obscenities.  Also on the bill was Sacred Reich.  Somebody thought I was the drummer (also named Greg) and bought me several rounds of drinks.

That sounded like the "New Titans On The Block," tour with Sick Of It All, Sacred Reich, Napalm Death and Sepultura. That was in the summer of 1991. One of many shows that I wanted to see but I missed out on.

Quote from: Laura Squirrel on September 04, 2014, 05:54:41 PM
That sounded like the "New Titans On The Block," tour with Sick Of It All, Sacred Reich, Napalm Death and Sepultura. That was in the summer of 1991. One of many shows that I wanted to see but I missed out on.

That sounds right.  It was at the Omni Theater in Oakland and it was hot as hell in there.  I was on the guest list and Max Cavalera was wearing a Kronix T-Shirt.  Kronix were all buddies of mine. The guitar player from Kronix ended up in Snot and Soulfly.  The bass player was in Ultraspank and Retrodemon, both of which featured a drummer that I was in a band with until 2 years ago.  The singer/rhythm guitar player was someone I used to cut classes with in high school. 

The few times I've been to shows like that it's been hotter than hell. It was like that at Bogart's when we saw Type O. Plus, we had to deal with idiots landing on us since they were diving off the upper deck on to the crowd below since stage diving wasn't allowed. It's a miracle that I didn't punch someone in the face that night. I was getting pretty agitated with those morons after a while.

Then when I went to the Napalm/Obituary show at the Emerson. It was super hot once the mosh pit started. Plus, during Obituary's set, I was wearing two shirts: An ND "From Enslavement To Obliteration" shirt and later an ND "Life?" shirt that I bought at the merch table. I just put the other shirt over the one I was already wearing since I didn't want to walk several blocks round trip back to the truck. I bet I sweated off 10 pounds that night. It was fine when the two openers played. The crowd was just standing around and waiting for Napalm to play.  :D The vocalist from Dead To Fall (the band that was second on the bill. Some local band played before them), says: "I wanna see a circle pit, RIGHT NOW!" and literally 5 people started to lightly push each other in a playful/mocking fashion. They were all laughing while they were doing it.

I knew why too: Everyone was waiting for the REAL show to begin. Once Napalm came out the place exploded. I remember being in the front row because I HAD to be down front. I had waited 14, 15 years to see these guys. There was no way in hell I was standing in the back. I made it through "Unchallenged Hate", "Instinct Of Survival" and halfway through "Continuing War On Stupidity" before I gave up on standing down front. The place was packed (and holds around 400 people) so, it was like riding a wave attempting to stay upright. The mosh pit was super intense and then came the stage divers.

Screw that.  :D Although, I have to admit, if the Emerson had a flat floor, I probably would have stage dived too. But this place was literally an old movie theater that had been made into a music venue. So, the floor was slanted. I wasn't going to take my chances with diving on a slanted floor.

I stood by the front of house soundboard all night. I actually got on stage at one point and sat down by Mitch's cabinet, but a stagehand made me get off when I told him I wasn't part of their entourage.  :D But he was really nice to me about it. So, that was no big deal.

I spent the rest of the night by the side of the stage. Watching the crazies knock the monitors around (accidentally...but still) and saw one HUGE dude dive off the stage and no one caught the guy. The show didn't get stopped for that. But there was an interruption during "Suffer The Children" when a guy came up on stage from where I was, and his foot caught the cable for the mic that was on Mitch's amp. You could hear the guitar drop out instantly. Their engineer, Simon Efemey, fixed the problem in less than a minute and they started the song off again.

Obituary's set didn't have those problems BUT I do remember John Tardy yelling at the front of house soundguy that he couldn't hear anything out of the monitors. It was fixed eventually and all was well.

One thing I always remembered that happened during Obituary's set was some moron in the back yelling out: "White Power!". I heard it plain as day but the guy was ignored. I remember thinking to myself: "Yeah, you didn't have the guts to say that during Napalm's set, did ya?!" What a douche.

There was also the incident after Napalm's set. I went across the street to the McDonald's to talk them into giving me a free cup of water. :D We were penny pinching to get back on gas money (Even though I DID spend 25$ on a shirt..so...yeah. :D) So, I got a small cup of water and as I look down the street, I see a van that's about the equivalent  of 4 or 5 house lengths away from the venue. As I began to cross the street, this freak hits the gas and flies right towards me. I freaked out, ran across the street, spilled half of my damn water and bumped into some guy. The guy wasn't angry with me but I was really pissed at the driver of the van. I flipped him off and said about a thousand swears in 10 seconds.  :D But I was able to drink half of the water and get back inside before Obituary started their set.

It was certainly an eventful night.

I'm afraid I am very much a nu metal brat; weened off the likes of Disturbed, Korn, Linkin Park, etc. Although I've been accepting some other stuff like Eluvetie, Mushroomhead, In This Moment wasn't bad when I heard clips from their newest album, it takes me a while to get into something new, tbh.

I'm more into black, doom, stoner, and folk, personally. I was actually curious to see how well trans individuals are accepted in the metal community. You know if there is quite a lot of phobia, or not?

My current obsession belongs to Ghost, and their new album is bloody fantastic! I was so happy to see Disturbed end their hiatus as well. Tengger Cavalry is REALLY good folk, that I was pleasantly surprised to hear. Same with German band, Finnsterforst.

Quote from: KyleEdric on August 22, 2015, 05:12:24 AM
I'm more into black, doom, stoner, and folk, personally. I was actually curious to see how well trans individuals are accepted in the metal community. You know if there is quite a lot of phobia, or not?

My current obsession belongs to Ghost, and their new album is bloody fantastic! I was so happy to see Disturbed end their hiatus as well. Tengger Cavalry is REALLY good folk, that I was pleasantly surprised to hear. Same with German band, Finnsterforst.

If you have Ghosts you have everything. I love Ghost!!

Quote from: Wynternight on August 22, 2015, 09:58:27 AM
If you have Ghosts you have everything. I love Ghost!!

\m/ Love me some Ghost!  I have tickets to see them again in October.  I also hear there's another covers EP already in the works. 

There's just something about singing about human sacrifice over a major chord progression...

First song i fell in love with: Cirice! I really love He Is just as much, even if it's a tongue and cheek mock-hymn (a great sounding one at that).