Metal

[Delirious Biznasty]

Does anyone like the genre? Is anyone interested in what different parts of the genre sounds? Do you want to subject yourself to something new and see if it catches your ear?

Please consider so, as I will like to branch out to our community and deeply encourage trying the videos I post. Thank you

Progressive Death Metal from Sweden, uses a lot of Keyboard and uses a wide range of vocals ranging from harsh yells to clean harmonies.

I think the song Lost Reality by Mercenary is a good example of a Swedish PDM band.




another example and one of my favorite albums, with the song Uncreation by Dan Swano



a famous example is the band Death. They cemented the Death Metal tone to the metal scene, but the bands genre changed through the years.

I believe the song Nothing Is Everything to be an excellent example of Death in it's PDM period.



Now we travel into Death Metal proper

you could have bands like Deicide, which are satanistic



Atmospheric





incredibly technical



or just straight fucking disgusting




We then move to the Thrash Metal portion, my favorite.

It's like if Dio took Glam Metal and gave it some balls.

Good examples of straight, no nonsense thrash metal is of course is Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer.

FUCK THEM. ANNIHILATOR.



FUCK YOU, ITS TIME TO KILL



E X O D U S



PanterA




but then sometimes, there are different sounding thrash metal bands that like to push the boundaries

like Sabbat, which tells a tale through quick storytelling



or like Blind Guardian with their album Nightfall in Middle-Earth telling tales from the book The Silmarillion by Tolkien



Or some who blend elements from other genres

Like Vektor, which is Thrash Metal influenced with post-black metal



Or Morbid Saint, which is Thrash influenced by Death Metal



BUT THEN THERE'S MORE. Thrash branches off into ANOTHER sub-genre

Crossover

mostly focuses on partying, 80s references and fun, it is a mix between punk and thrash, with examples such as 

Municipal Waste



Gama Bomb




Cross-Examination just listen to the whole thing it's fucking 13 minutes of guys eating junk food and partying





From there we can move to the Progressive Metal portion

Devin Townsend. My favorite artist. Every album he's made has such a distinct sound that they could not be ever compared.

Ranging from emotional 



to upbeat and soothing



to aggressive and heavy



silly



to absolutely batshit crazy



there's other metal but I am bored already, I'll do other genres anyone cares about getting into

see for yourselves, see if your perception on the genre has changed or possible found a new band to listen to

[risbolla]

i like babymetal

[Zomber_Jesus]

I used to think Disturbed is a good band and metal has been a no no for me since I realised how wrong I was

[Delirious Biznasty]

I used to think Disturbed is a good band and metal has been a no no for me since I realised how wrong I was

Disturbed is to Metal what Vanilla Ice is to Rap

a very, very, very bad example

[Delirious Biznasty]

You can always tell how a band is by their covers as well.

Disturbed's try at covering a radio classic song



and then here is a good metal band trying themselves at a classic




The differences, you can obviously see right from the start. One is made specifically for marketing profits, while the other is made by artists with integrity. 

Other examples of Disturbed type bands are Korn, Marilyn Manson, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, all bands made for radio, all bands made with money in mind

[grue]

The Ruins of Beverast have recently risen to my top 5 metal bands. Saw them live in April and they were the tits.

[Zomber_Jesus]

Yea I'm quite ashamed of myself 

As for my serious opinion, I don't listen to metal because their way of covering extremely dark topics doesn't resonate with me. I love the macabre themes but it feels inappropriate to develop them using what metal bands do, be it growling, electric guitars or the like. I'll always go for something less standardized and out there when it comes to those. The result just feels so much heavier and honest.
 
Example: 

[Gorilla Tits]

I really like Tool. I just saw them play in Vancouver last week and it was the best thing I've ever seen. They put on a fantastic show. Lights, visuals, lasers. There's huge screens behind them playing weird shit and crap and fuck such a good show. I can't wait to see them again.

Rumour has it that they're finishing up a new album which I'm super stoked for. They haven't released an album since 2006 and only have 4 since 1993 with an EP, Opiate, in 1992. They played a teaser of a new song during the concert (called Descending). It's kinda trippy, no vocals and about 3 minutes or so long. 

This is it here, recorded from the same show. Recording started after the beginning and it transitions into Jambi from their 10,000 Days album.



Here's Parabol into Parabola, they played this after The Grudge opened the set. I love the transition between songs. 



Even if you aren't a tool fan, I highly recommend going to a show. It's incredible.