100 Best Real Metal CDs

[IndieMatty]

Good to see Botch in there.

[KJS]

More debate is great. I never said this was a list of "all metal that all people will like". I think the first song on Leviathan is totally killer but the rest of it does not do it for me. I am not a fan of Scandanavia melodic stuff, so In Flames and Iced Earth are not for me. As much as I want to like Mushroomhead because we are both from Cleveland, I count them as the all-time worst band I have ever seen live, only because they opened for somebody good, I think Lamb of God on their first tour.

I don't know any songs by the other ones but I recognize the names as being in the MTV/stadium tour/mainstream radio camp, which means they probably aren't my style, which you correctly pointed out is more towards Death Metal. As for Metal ! = Death Metal, I don't know what that means.

And Pig Destroyer totally rules.

KJS

[jlpadge21]

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I don't know any songs by the other ones but I recognize the names as being in the MTV/stadium tour/mainstream radio camp

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Black Label Society had maybe 1 or 2 songs, but thats because Zakk Wylde was Ozzy's guitarist. None of the others are on MTV in any way shape or form. I use this "mainstream" putdown alot myself, and so I know where you're coming from. But you're wrong on this one. If you don't know who Down is, you simply have no respect for good music. That CD may be one of the best of all time across any genre.

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As for Metal ! = Death Metal, I don't know what that means.

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!= is Not Equals. I was just pointing out that the title of your thread was far from the truth.

[KJS]

OK I looked up Down. Let me put it this way, I will never go for music by rich, professional musicians more than hungry young kids who are in it for their love of the art form. Therefore, albums by supergroups like Down will never be on my radar and I will always be looking out for the pissed off 22 year old metalheads from Milwaukee or some sh**. Same reason I'll wander Chinatown all night looking for good noodles instead of going to McDonalds. Most mass produced sh** just blows.

As for Metal does not equal Death Metal, fine. But to me, metal equals distorted guitar and growly, practically inaudible singing only (unless you are Slayer). No harmonic singing, no keyboards, no falsetto, no pretty guitar harmonies. Loud, aggressive, caustic, evil music. If I want to hear nice harmonies and pretty sounds I'll listen to my Miles Davis, Dirty Three or New Pornographers CDs.

KJS

[KJS]

A truly awesome CD, if you ask me. Great live band too.

KJS

[IndieMatty]

two of them are in that band minus the bear that I pimp on here. not metal.

I saw them live with coalesce and deadguy.

(coalesce should be on there)

[KJS]

Looks like MTV loves Down to me:
http://<a href="http://www.mtv.com/n...tory.jhtml</a>

KJS

[bugstud]

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Looks like MTV loves Down to me:
http://<a href="http://www.mtv.com/n...tory.jhtml</a>

KJS

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listen to the songs yet?

[jlpadge21]

Hey, I got no problem with angst-driven, crazy, loud, beat the sh** out of people bands with talent. But I don't call noise talent. I also don't call speed talent. If I can't tell the difference in a band after I blow a speaker, then that band probably doesn't have much talent. Metal is a huge [censored] genre, to pinpoint it exactly as you did is close minded. Inaudible singing gets [censored] old to me, real [censored] quick.

[Paluka]

Dear lord in heaven where is the Neurosis????