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Islamic Creampie said:
I'd recommend The Universal Migrator over Into the Electric Castle myself. Part 2 in particular. Into the Electric Castle just has too much emphasis on pushing the story for me.
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Migrator was such a let down in my opinion and I really liked the multiple singers per track in Electric Castle, going back to one singer per song was a bummer. Leading up to release I was really hyped, Bruce Dickinson seemed like a great fit and having Edlund(Tiamat) on board had me intrigued.
 
Ningen Isu are a great band. They finally seem to be making some noise here in the West.

I have the special edition of one of their more recent albums that comes with a live DVD. Absolutely killer show.
 
Stoneheart said:
Today i found a new cool band. It was a good day all in all.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dPwTiwLNJXQhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=dPwTiwLNJXQ
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Never thought I'd see these guys here. Ningen Isu is a great veteran band. If anyone likes Black Sabbath, this would be right up their alley.

I also like their collaboration with another Japanese metal band, Kinniku Shoujo Tai:

Speaking of which, Kinniku Shoujo Tai themselves are a talented band in their own right, so I recommend giving them a listen too:
 
As much as I've railed against Metalcore in the past, I'm starting to discover gems from the early '90s when bands were more influenced by Groove and Thrash Metal as opposed to Post-Hardcore and Melodeath. Metalcore acts seemed to collectively lose the plot by the time the 2000s rolled around and all of them wanted to be At the Gates. Thankfully, a new wave of Metalcore acts are rediscovering their roots in Hardcore, so hopefully, they'll produce music more in line with New York and less in line with Gothenburg.

Good new bands to check out: Terror, Selective Aggression

Personal favorite Metalcore acts: Rorschach, Merauder, All Out War, Conviction, Integrity, Stigmata, (early) Overcast.
 
If I can go back to dad rock.
Somewhere caught in time >>>>>> Number of the Beast
all in all Alexander the Great is a really good song from Iron Maiden and trumps literally all of NotB.

D.R.I. is rocking as shit and I'll get in the pits to Abduction anytime.

ManateeHunter said:
Two songs with the same name
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0Ww2IiJk14Yhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=f8qWbowzwZUWhich one do you guys prefer?
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Sekaima II??? HOLY FUCK DEFINITELY THEM. Their song El dorado rocks too. They're the Japanese KISS and they make other good head bangers.
 
Baldur's Gait said:
I sorta discovered Slayer's music recently. I've known who they are for a long time, but I listened to Angel of Death and was scared off. I've come back to it, and holy shit, these guys are good.

I especially love Dead Skin Mask, War Ensemble, and South of Heaven.
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The debut up to Seasons in the Abyss are all great. After that it got pretty decent to outright bad.

Show No Mercy is fantasic and kind of gets overshadowed by the genre defining stuff they did after. All sorts of Judas Priest esque trad metal bits that they never really touched on again.
 
Islamic Creampie said:
Show No Mercy is fantasic and kind of gets overshadowed by the genre defining stuff they did after. All sorts of Judas Priest esque trad metal bits that they never really touched on again.
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I kinda feel that way about Metallica's Kill 'Em All. It sounds nothing like their later stuff, and it takes more inspiration from punk with a dash of British New Wave. And as the band's debut, it's fascinating to see where they started.

As for Slayer, I think I'll listen to Show No Mercy when I'm more acquainted with their music, as in listening to an entire album and not individual songs. I always found it more rewarding going back to the first album later because it really puts the band's evolution into focus (at least that's what happened to me with Metallica).
 
Polish Atmospheric Lolcow Black Metal, if you don't know the context it can be treated as a legitimately good project. If you do - it is a joke, but really well made.

All the vocals are samples from videos of one Krzysztof Kononowicz. He has developmental issues and legit mental problems. He gained notoriety as a joke candidate for a mayor of a town in the shittier part of Poland and a few years ago resurfaced as the "star" of videos documenting his pathological everyday life - excessive drinking, fistfights and gradual loss of sanity. The title (To Choroszcza) comes from a local psychiatric hospital where he was treated, without success.

Basically, it is like Mayhem with Dead - black metal that is not a pose or artistic expression but rather real filth and mental problems. For fans of Mgła, Uada, Misþyrming, Kriegsmachine.
 
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Baldur's Gait said:
I sorta discovered Slayer's music recently. I've known who they are for a long time, but I listened to Angel of Death and was scared off. I've come back to it, and holy shit, these guys are good.

I especially love Dead Skin Mask, War Ensemble, and South of Heaven.
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Good selection. Dead Skin Mask is easily my favourite Slayer song, and frankly the whole Seasons In the Abyss album was their peak as a band IMO.
 
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