The Rock/Metal Thread

#201
#201
Another new Disturbed song released. I really like this one.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvwo8f3SXKA[/youtube]
 
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#202
Yep, much better than last week's release.

So far their album is shaping up to be pretty awesome. I love 3 of the 4 songs they've released.
 
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#203
#203
kev20 said:
Could it possibly more hokey than their live act? I've seen them 3 times, I think, at various festivals and multi-band shows, and DD always did the same stupid bit to open the show. Really campy shtick.
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Never seen them live.
 
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#204
VolsSportsFan said:
He does seem to take himself a bit too seriously.

I've seen them 3 times as well.

First time was in 2006 and that was their best opening; they had a giant white curtain up and this rotating spotlight behind it and after a while when it came around their shadows were seen, the light went out then it dropped and they went into Guarded.

In 2008 they wheeled him out like Hannibal Lecter and started with Perfect Insanity. It was...hokey.

And then in 2010 they started with Asylum and played the video on a huge jumbotron, and the part where he breaks out of the ambulance he timed it to where he ran on stage like he just busted out. That was funny because I could see him off stage the entire time stretching.
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Best opening I saw was Pantera in 1999 opening for Black Sabbath. Phil came out all coked up with a bucket of beer, chugged it and immediately went into Slaughtered.
 
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#206
Some good ones in here. The Godfather is great!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82C32TXwi4[/youtube]
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Yep, much better than last week's release.

So far their album is shaping up to be pretty awesome. I love 3 of the 4 songs they've released.
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The Vengeful One is my favorite so far. Immortalized is pretty good, but it feels like it's missing something that would make it awesome. Fire it up is alright, but I'm just not into the weed theme. What are you waiting for has a great chorus and solo.

Rating so far from top to bottom in my opinion:

1. The Vengeful One
2. What Are You Waiting For
3. Immortalized
4. Fire it up.
 
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#208
Vol knight said:
The Vengeful One is my favorite so far. Immortalized is pretty good, but it feels like it's missing something that would make it awesome. Fire it up is alright, but I'm just not into the weed theme. What are you waiting for has a great chorus and solo.

Rating so far from top to bottom in my opinion:

1. The Vengeful One
2. What Are You Waiting For
3. Immortalized
4. Fire it up.
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That's how I'd rank them. Immortalized feels like a sequel to Warrior from Asylum, which that song felt like a sequel to Indestructible. That's not a bad thing as I like all 3 songs (and probably like Immortalized better than Warrior), but it's kind of turning into their version of Metallica making Unforgiven songs over and over.

And to me Immortalized was missing a solo. I know they don't like putting a solo in every song and that's cool but that particular song IMHO should have one.
 
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#209
#209
VolsSportsFan said:
That's how I'd rank them. Immortalized feels like a sequel to Warrior from Asylum, which that song felt like a sequel to Indestructible. That's not a bad thing as I like all 3 songs (and probably like Immortalized better than Warrior), but it's kind of turning into their version of Metallica making Unforgiven songs over and over.

And to me Immortalized was missing a solo. I know they don't like putting a solo in every song and that's cool but that particular song IMHO should have one.
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Yea, I agree that it needed a solo. It felt a little flat without it.
 
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#213
So I listened to the whole Disturbed album (minus the 3 bonus tracks that they didn't stream), and while the album is pretty good, there's a strange lack of guitar solos.

The first song "The Eye of the Storm" is actually more of an intro to Immortalized and it's like Remnant to Asylum on their last album. So if you count that as a solo, there's only 5 solos for 13 songs and really none of them are particularly long or impressive considering Donegan's previous work. It's particularly jarring on 2-3 of the songs (2 of which are 5:00 long) where it hits the middle and it's a perfect spot for a solo to kick in and.....nothing, DD starts singing again. I'm not the type that thinks every metal song needs a solo, but they are really missing here so it has to knock the score down some. Maybe he has a few killer ones in the bonus tracks, but we'll see.

Most of the songs are good, but lyrically some are...strange. The lyrics appear to be very personal for Draiman but some of them just don't flow very well for a song. I will say their cover of Sound of Silence is pretty awesome; it's not really even metalized, it's mostly just Draiman singing but it's pretty good.

Overall, a good comeback album, but I won't call it great because to me the missing parts are just glaring.
 
#214
#214
Been on a rock/metal/etc kick lately, always liked it though. Thinking about hitting up a few more shows in the near future most specifically LouderThanLife in Louisville. I'm only 21 (22 in a few weeks) but it's got a great mix of older and younger bands such as ZZ Top, Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Hellyeah as far as older bands and Of Mice and Men, Bring Me The Horizon, We Came as Romans, and Issues as some younger bands.

Already seen a few of the bands there live like Hellyeah and We Came as Romans but it should be fun.

Maybe we can get this thread popping with some discussion.

As far as the Disturbed album I haven't heard it all but it sounds more like what the Disturbed fans like and wanted compared to the last 2 or so albums. In a scene where a lot of Disturbed's contemporaries are falling off or gone (FFDP, System still being on hiatus, Godsmack, etc) this is a refreshing change.
 
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OddFuture said:
Been on a rock/metal/etc kick lately, always liked it though. Thinking about hitting up a few more shows in the near future most specifically LouderThanLife in Louisville. I'm only 21 (22 in a few weeks) but it's got a great mix of older and younger bands such as ZZ Top, Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Hellyeah as far as older bands and Of Mice and Men, Bring Me The Horizon, We Came as Romans, and Issues as some younger bands.

Already seen a few of the bands there live like Hellyeah and We Came as Romans but it should be fun.

Maybe we can get this thread popping with some discussion.

As far as the Disturbed album I haven't heard it all but it sounds more like what the Disturbed fans like and wanted compared to the last 2 or so albums. In a scene where a lot of Disturbed's contemporaries are falling off or gone (FFDP, System still being on hiatus, Godsmack, etc) this is a refreshing change.
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Not much of what you listed was "metal" in my opinion. Start off with OLD Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Mercyful Fate, & Pentagram to get your basics down.
 
#219
#219
FLVOL_79 said:
Not much of what you listed was "metal" in my opinion. Start off with OLD Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Mercyful Fate, & Pentagram to get your basics down.
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He did say "rock/metal"; I'd definitely call them all rock.

Plus metal has as many variations now as anything else.
 
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#220
#220
FLVOL_79 said:
New Ghost album is really good surprisingly..August 21.
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I've enjoyed the singles that have been released so far. However I still think a better singer would really elevate that band. The lead singer has no emotion in his voice whatsoever. He's so monotone throughout every song and you've got all this kick ass hard rock/metal playing behind him, yet his voice is always so lifeless and even keel.
 
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#221
#221
Brave Volunteer said:
I've enjoyed the singles that have been released so far. However I still think a better singer would really elevate that band. The lead singer has no emotion in his voice whatsoever. He's so monotone throughout every song and you've got all this kick ass hard rock/metal playing behind him, yet his voice is always so lifeless and even keel.
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the album has better songs than what they have released.

I agree with the singer aspect but I suspect they are aiming for an old school King Diamond/mercyful fate/angel witch type vibe. Their singer can do a myriad of vocal styles. Aka it's the style. Watch em live..

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_0b-G-PRQ[/youtube]
 
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#222
FLVOL_79 said:
the album has better songs than what they have released.

I agree with the singer aspect but I suspect they are aiming for an old school King Diamond/mercyful fate/angel witch type vibe. Their singer can do a myriad of vocal styles. Aka it's the style. Watch em live..

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_0b-G-PRQ[/youtube]
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Yeah I want to catch them live. They were here in Chattanooga a few months back and I missed them. I hope they come back again in support of their new album.
 
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#223
Brave Volunteer said:
Yeah I want to catch them live. They were here in Chattanooga a few months back and I missed them. I hope they come back again in support of their new album.
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yeah I haven't seen em but want too.

Their new album is like I found some of my Uncles old 70's rock/horror movie soundtrack with a modern (and evil) twist.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzzkemzfdfU[/youtube]
 
#224
#224
I'll have a blues/rock demo out by sept 10. I'll probably put it online and some videos on youtbe. When I'm done I'll come back to here and post somestuff. It would be great if Y'all could give me some feedback.
 
#225
#225
FLVOL_79 said:
yeah I haven't seen em but want too.

Their new album is like I found some of my Uncles old 70's rock/horror movie soundtrack with a modern (and evil) twist.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzzkemzfdfU[/youtube]
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Argghh! What frustrates me about this band is they flirt so much with sounding truly heavy. I mean they really wet your appetite in thinking they're about to fully unleash some face-melting stuff only to pull back at the very last minute! Again, the wimpy-ness of the singers voice doesn't help. The satanic/anti christian sentiment is a little heavy-handed as well. Still, the talent is definitely there. This band has all the pieces to truly be great. I love their imagery and their stage presence. They just haven't put the whole puzzle together yet musically. I'd love to hear what a kick ass producer could do with these guys. Somebody like Bob Ezrin (Alice Cooper, KISS, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple) would do wonders with this band!
 
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