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The Grin Reaper · Joined: 06 Jul 2010 Posts: 31 Location: Norwich

Whats your favourite Metal band?

The Grin Reaper · Joined: 06 Jul 2010 Posts: 31 Location: Norwich

Mine has to be Arch Enemy or Children Of Bodom hehe or the band im in AXON GENERATOR

Toutaku · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:34 pm Post subject:

*Is in Axon Generator too*

I like what he said, plus Galneryus, Epica, Megadeth and many others. Razz

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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:56 pm Post subject:

I'm really not much of a metal person....

Does Led Zeppelin count?
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Toutaku · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:51 am Post subject:

the Grandaddies of metal will always count. XD
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:57 am Post subject:

Then I guess I like some metal.

Just probably not much of anything from the genre in the last 20+ years.
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Toutaku · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:59 am Post subject:

Well, you seemed to enjoy Turisas.

Try a few soft-singing metal bands from today.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:06 am Post subject:

Yeah, I seem to remember kind of liking them in pieces.

Don't really know many.
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Toutaku · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:08 am Post subject:

The majority of Turisas is good.
Trivium perhaps?
Epica and Kamelot, always. Razz

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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:10 am Post subject:

I guess I can look into those a bit.
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Toutaku · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:13 am Post subject:

What I like about metal, and screaming, is that it is one of the only genres both pushing the skill behind the instruments to new heights, and isn't copying guaranteed 'selling points'

Other bands for you to check out:

Angtoria
System of a Down
Galneryus
Sonata Arctica

Just a few that have amazing musicians, and at least some soft vocals.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:24 am Post subject:

Lyrical content is one of the most important components to music for me. Screamed vocals take that away from me almost entirely. I don't particularly care if they sing pretty, but I like to understand what they're singing. The poetry of it and such (not that I don't appreciate instrumentality, because I do).

That said, I listed to a song each from Trivium and Kamelot and found myself pleasantly surprised. I actually may download some of them.

I'll be listening to these others, I suppose.
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Toutaku · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:26 am Post subject:

Awesomeness.

The main singer from Trivium is actually Japanese, but raised in the US, which explains why he has the accent, yet writes about Japanese history in a few of his songs.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:42 am Post subject:

The Trivium guy didn't bug me so much. The guy from Galneryus was a little too "Engrish"-y on the other hand.

I liked the other three quite a bit though. Kinda funny since I've listened to some of System of a Down better known stuff before and kind of written it off.

I'm convinced now. There's good metal out there. It's not all incoherent screaming.
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Toutaku · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:35 am Post subject:

Heh, glad to see I'm Defending the Faith. XD
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