Metal is branching out as of late into more pop friendly, freakbeat directions:
Uncle Acid, a v likely candidate for top 20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjO5PuXJO48
Ghost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P_3SClHy_A
Windhand: one of my favorite albums of 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmK9GVnCVms&feature=related
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
And the #1 ilm metal album of 2011 was Hammers Of Misfortunehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87ljH3wmbxc
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
still ain't heard Hammer of Misfortune, but pretty much anyone I've played Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats to has enjoyed it.
― Sounds Of The Baskervilles (dog latin), Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
i think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWyj03OSvek
was the most popular track in outloud along with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7UpD4AquU&feature=related
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
but would love to know what non-metal ilxors of all persuasions thought of this stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfcAVlWcT9k
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
"!3 Songs" is my favorite Uncle Acid song, because it sounds like this only more over the top:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFKbhhgrvrE
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
13 Candles is great yeah. Ummm... this thread needs some poptimists...?
― Sounds Of The Baskervilles (dog latin), Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
WHERE ARE THEY?
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
sorry on the title mix up. Over tired
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
"Ritual Knife" is my favorite Uncle Acid and it reminds me of this song for some reason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nURrBtB5O58
― La Lechera, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
oopsi am not a poptimist either
All of this stuff is pretty great, except for Hammers (which is one of the worst things in the world...soz, Armand).
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
boo!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
does that mean you liked Windhand JF? *score!*
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe the thread title needs to be changed so that it surreptitiously alludes to the last Britney album and then BAM! TRIXED YOU IT'S METALLLL!!!!
― Sounds Of The Baskervilles (dog latin), Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
Femme Metale
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Sure, it's deece.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
cool
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
tbf metal folks need to post some vids for the likes of the lex, tim f etc to view
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
Are there many good metal vids out there? I stopped following just as web2.0 was kicking off so I have no idea. Is it literally just goths in churches or do they have better stuff than that?
― Sounds Of The Baskervilles (dog latin), Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
idk I think that the metalheads got turned off by the Pistol Annies videos, I'm wondering if it would happen the same way Kerr?
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
just post stuff with clean vox. cant expect anyone to like extreme stuff unless someone asks for it. I guess atmospheric stuff like Alcest/Jesu/burzum the shoegazy bm/post-metal stuff might appeal to indie folks not sure about poptimists though
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
remember the poll countdown is on so people be reading that for a few hours
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
Windhand is Psychedelic Stoner Doom so it may not be geared towards Poptimists but more towards ppl who liked the Peaking Lights record this year (ie me)
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
emil.y really really liked this track in outloud so poptimists might not care so much about it but if you like the music emil.y does it might be your thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXRunMfRPgY
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
Also i bet pop fans could dig the j-pop inspired New Album by Borishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os-gJy9ykkI
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
More female fronted metal with an occult fascinationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzOLCBB2v2A an ilxor and his wife are in this band
Italian prog-doom inspired by a 1920s film of the same namehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sssh089PEFw
occult rockhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZIqwVbjLnY
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
okay that Jex Thoth song is kicking my ass
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 2 February 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
wait which ilxor?
he has a wand
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
a mod needs to edit george's first post btw
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
tilting at windmills, but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYUKgKnoaGo
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
too throwbacky for this thread, but the vocals are clean and it's a good deal more accessible than most stuff that gets covered in rolling metal
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
if we're doing stuff from a wee bit further back then this is glorious doom with pop chorus by the best trad doom band of the last 15 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N0dIdeXcEY
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
and my fave Slough Feg song. Trad heavy metal here in the vein of maiden/lizzy. maybe djp will dig it though poptimists might not.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpVClr_DL4o
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
drugs b righty!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
I just recently acquired that Jex Thoth album, love it. Other than the EP a couple years ago, they've been quiet. Anyone know if they've got something in the pipeline for this year?
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
did you hear the Sabbath Assembly thing she sang on?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
ok George how did we forget this big unhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz36ymPEWMc
lol
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Another good poppy doom songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ra0GIe8SRY
wait a min, is that Ned on the cover of the Cauldron album?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
cannot wait to hear that full christian mistress album. the two songs i've heard so far are stellar.
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
i pre-ordered it like 3 months ago
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
george it looks like the poptimists aren't interested :(
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
You shouldve linked to this thread when Uncle Acid placed on the countdown
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 2 February 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
i did (i think) but maybe pop fans just aren't interested in the bogeyman called metal?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
Cher Lloyd - Sticks + StonesGhost - Opus Eponymous
Next to each other on my albums ballot. There's lots of great stuff in this thread. Pop / metal seems like a really natural crossover.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Thursday, 2 February 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
probably a reaction against harsh vocals that long term metallers have got a bit fed up with without it going backwards to lame 80s glam pop metal stuff.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 2 February 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe "poptimists" don't consider themselves poptimists (or realize there's no such thing?) Anyway, I'm not sure whether people consider me a poptimist or not, but I just wanted to mention that, just a couple years ago, people would give me hell on ILM's rolling metal thread whenever I complained that such and such band (or metal in general, then) "wasn't catchy enough," since (this is more or less a direct quote I think) "hooks haven't been important in metal since the '80s." Anyway, I'm glad lots of metal (and Rolling Metal) wound up coming around to my way of thinking. And I'm on record already as liking a lot of metal posted on this thread (and also on record as liking the Pistol Annies album, fwiw).
― xhuxk, Thursday, 2 February 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
I also think I was fed up with vomit-style vocals before lots of other metallers around here were. (And I used to catch hell about that too!) Did like (and write about) that Jex Thoth album back when it came out, though. And that sort of thing (Blood Ceremony, Devils Blood, etc.) has only gotten better since, to my ears.
― xhuxk, Thursday, 2 February 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
naff?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
Ryu-5150, Iron Attack, and Kissing the Mirror are all Touhou metal, which basically means instrumental shred covers of songs from this one videogame series.
This broke my brain.
― Clarke B., Friday, 3 February 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
you haven't even been subjected to it!
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
Here's an explanation: http://www.cracked.com/funny-1750-touhou/
Here's a rundown of some of the more notable bands from the genre:http://afsafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/big-four-of-touhou-metalrock.html
Also keep an eye out for an upcoming issue of Decibel where I give my thoughts on the latest releases from some of those bands.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
scary
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 4 February 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
:-o
― original bgm, Saturday, 4 February 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.lucylearns.com/images/castle-ghost-clipart-scary-ghost-picture-1-small.gif
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://gifs.gifbin.com/6b65e28dbc10e86.gif
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
Holy SHIT, that Uncle Acid track that kicks off the thread... So good. The last minute or so of unfurling solos... I owe you guys for the tip!
― Clarke B., Monday, 6 February 2012 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
i hear whiney's working on something abt this tbh
― dave cool, Friday, February 3, 2012 9:18 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
bit.ly/I1uw28
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
like that whiney
torche gets better the more pop/90s jawboxy they get
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
i wish the whole world would get more jawboxy tbh
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
i agree!
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
i met the jawbox dude that was living here several times at parties and got all shoestarey every time to avoid being THAT DUDE and getting all slobbery abt how awesome they were
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah wasn't he in a band here the Millions or something? i sadly never got out to see them
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
he played w/tom in some project as well which would have been fucking rad but i dont think they ever played out
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit that would've been some serious chops in the rhythm section
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
that was awesome, whiney!
― the endless white snow has never felt more textile (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 4 May 2012 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
Are Poptimists still into it?
What should a Poptimist check out?
― Odysseus, Thursday, 9 February 2017 22:37 (seven years ago) link
I'm waiting for the day for Lex to embrace a metal band.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 9 February 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
Babymetal didn't even tempt him.
― Odysseus, Thursday, 9 February 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
I could see him liking Myrkur or Darkher maybe
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 01:39 (seven years ago) link
Astronoid?
― o. nate, Friday, 10 February 2017 01:42 (seven years ago) link
hell no
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 01:53 (seven years ago) link
v pompous drumming, for starters
I think there would be more chance of Lex liking a metal band than Tuomas
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 February 2017 08:04 (seven years ago) link
Myrkur's not a bad choice actually. It's like Tori Amos's idea of black metal
― steely dad (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 February 2017 09:05 (seven years ago) link
Did Lex like the last Chelsea Wolfe album?
― steely dad (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 February 2017 09:09 (seven years ago) link
yup iirc
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 11:08 (seven years ago) link
I think so. He liked Swans too (i know they're not metal but...) Lex isn't as closeminded as some think. If you give a good description of what it's like and why he might like it he will give it a listen. He listened to some pfunk I sent his way one time.
If someone whose tastes he respects likes something he will also give it a try.
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 February 2017 11:29 (seven years ago) link
i listened to Sepultura Roots recently and fell in love with it, based on Whiney's recommendation in a similar thread (something about Groovy metal bands) can anyone recommend me more stuff like that
― flopson, Friday, 10 February 2017 11:38 (seven years ago) link
I cant as I hated groove metal especially Pantera and the like (Though i never saw Sepultura in that mould) but I guess plenty here could recommend you what they liked.
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 February 2017 11:46 (seven years ago) link
Corrosion Of Conformity were great and I think their pepper era stuff does count but is really good.
Some bands listed here like Mastodon and Meshuggah are def not groove metal.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_groove_metal_bandsProng I think mightve gone in that direction but it was not their good stuff.
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 February 2017 11:53 (seven years ago) link
early lamb of god was really great until they went groove metal imo
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 February 2017 11:54 (seven years ago) link
Roots is excellent in parts. Far Beyond Driven is probably the Pantera album to go for in the groove-metal vein. From that wiki list, Clutch are good, i suppose. White Zombie aren't listed but aren't a million miles away.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Friday, 10 February 2017 13:11 (seven years ago) link
― steely dad (Drugs A. Money)
based on "mausoleum" i'd say it's more lorena mckennit's idea of black metal!
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 10 February 2017 13:44 (seven years ago) link
or dead can dance, i can't decide
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 10 February 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
You might enjoy Sep's Chaos AD as well, more of a straight metal album but starting to incorporate the influences foun in Roots.
― chap, Friday, 10 February 2017 14:18 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I would also look up Soulfly which is the band Max C started to follow up on Roots.
Not the same thing but Clutch's Transnational Speedway League is an absolute classic. I did not even realize Clutch had 12 albums! I'm prob way overdue to tackle their whole discography.
― steely dad (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 February 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
That was their best album imo but also an anomaly in their discography as it was more post-hardcore than the stoner rock they became famous for
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 February 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
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― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, February 10, 2017 6:45 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wish i liked myrkur more bc all of these descriptions make her music sound like it's Perfect
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
I did not even realize Clutch had 12 albums! I'm prob way overdue to tackle their whole discography.
Pick one at random. They're all exactly the same.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 10 February 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
I like the *sounds* of Myrkur but a lot of her album sounds half-finished
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 10 February 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I mean I thought the album was a solid B-minus but theoretically Lex wd be looking for different things out of BM than I would
― steely dad (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 February 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
the record i heard was "mausoleum" which is her and a choir in a crypt, no metal at all. i guess it's not typical of her? but it sounds better than when she tries to do the black metal thing.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 10 February 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
She should collaborate with Mesarthim on her next album
― steely dad (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 11 February 2017 08:23 (seven years ago) link
oh btw the answer to this thread is blood command
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 February 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
maybe
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 February 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4i1y34IazI
xps- i kinda figured a good groove metal album is some lightning in a bottle shit, and Roots was a 'one good album in an otherwise meritless genre' situation but i'll check some of these out, thx. enjoying Clutch rn, this music makes me lol but in a good way
― flopson, Saturday, 11 February 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link