The Metal Discussion (Come in here for the chugga chuzz of the br00tal metal)

[Roboturner]

I feel like Brendon Small should make a serious band and just keep Dethklok for ****s and giggles

 

[KhaosOverdrive]

I liked new Wintersun a lot, felt like a trip to the North Pole and back. It's way different from the debut, slower paced and almost fully orchestrated. Took me a few listens to appreciate it correctly because of the heavy instrument layering it has. They are streaming the whole album on their Facebook/website for a few days.

 

[the melon!!!!!]

Every time I hear a Dethklok song, I have a hard time paying attention to it without thinking of this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czjwYqFDLVQ

And yeah, new Wintersun's pretty beast.

 

[Turnerfield77]

Opeth is my favorite band. Period. but I do enjoy myself some In Flames (older more than newer), Protest the Hero, BTBAM, and Lamb of God(again older than newer) to name a few

 

[DerpDaBerp]

Poor Lamb of God fans

I was gonna check them out cuz Gojira was featured at the show they'd be at here in AZ but I think his bail got overturned or something and they had to cancel

 

[Thebest1pj]

http://runct.bandcamp.com/album/sunlight


Hey guys check out our fellow smasher/roommate run ct's album!

It's extremely good and it would be awesome if you guys supported him and bought tis only 7 dollars check it out!.

 

[Luigitoilet]

7 dollars. that's actually pretty steep bro.

also that is hip hop, not metal.

 

[#HBC | Dark Horse]

Opeth is my favorite band. Period. but I do enjoy myself some In Flames (older more than newer), Protest the Hero, BTBAM, and Lamb of God(again older than newer) to name a few

I like this guy

 

[Xyzz]

Spamming some Hip Hop album of unknown quality (didn't bother to check it out) everywhere on Smashboards seems like a good way to get rid of your account :D

 

[Vixen]

guys should seriously give rise of a digital age a listen. so good.

 

[Roboturner]

the new Cattle Decapitation video is the girliest thing ever.

new Protest the Hero should be out early 2013. Parallax II for album of the year

 

[Luigitoilet]

I was pretty disappointed with that video after hearing so much hype. It's pretty gross I guess...but Cephalic Carnage's Ohrwurm video still has it beat in quality and is just as disturbing. Now THAT's a well made video. The Cattle Decap is more in your face but it's just not as good in other respects. I'll give it props for the final shot which actually kind of moved me, strange as it is to say it. Still though, everyone go watch Ohrwurm.

 

[#HBC | Dark Horse]

. Parallax II for album of the year

Pretty much this

 

[Vixen]

wrong. rise of a digital nation for album of the year.

 

[the melon!!!!!]

wrong. rise of a digital nation for album of the year.

Idk, Machinae Supremacy still isn't doing much for me, the instrumentation is nice on some tracks, but the vocals throw me off a bit, too generic for this guitarwork. I feel I've heard that song and dance before, you know? From Sonata Arctica, Kamelot, and the like. The only thing they did imo was add a competent lead guitar to that same droll style.

That Cattle Decap video.... That was something, alright. Really... something.


I need to really think about this AOTY thing, Parallax II is up top as of right now, but 2-10 on my list are so close together, I've got no clue XD.

 

[Vixen]

^Someone doesn't know anything about songwriting. Everything MaSu does is super solid.

also the vocals are crazy improved since Deus Ex.

 

[Xyzz]

My favourite album of the year isn't even metal (Approaching Nirvana - Blocking the Sky). Might be the new Wintersun album turns out better, didn't get to acquire that one yet (might be I'll just go to the concert on Wednesday next week without having listened to the album before and have the first listen to it there).
Other melodeath (last fm told me I actually listen to that genre quite a bit more than I expected :D) I've just recently discovered would be the album Spectral by Skyfire. I enjoy it, a lot (:

 

[the melon!!!!!]

^Someone doesn't know anything about songwriting. Everything MaSu does is super solid.

also the vocals are crazy improved since Deus Ex.

I think your misinterpreting what I said. The instrumental aspect of this album is really solid, I acknowledge that; it's the vocals that bring it down. Bad. Just because they're improved doesn't mean they got GOOD. (see Chelsea Grin's Evolve EP). I feel they could be HUGE if they had a different singer or went instrumental.

After a bit of thinking, I'm actually really surprised to say my top 3 albums for 2012 so far have been BTBAM, Periphery, and Yellowcard. Southern Air is one of my favorite pop-punk releases to date.

 

[Vixen]

The vocals ARE good. Did you not listen to the album?

 

[Veetaak]

Remember: It's okay to disagree

 

[Luigitoilet]

my albums of the year so far. i listen to too much other stuff so there's only 6 "metal" albums here

1. BTBAM - Parallax 2
2. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
3. Lil B - The Basedprint Volume 2
4. Architects- Daybreaker
5. Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity
6. John Frusciante - Letur Lefr and PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone
7. Nas - Life is Good
8. Godspeed You Black Emperor- Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend
9. Swans - Seer
10. Death Grips - No Love Deep Web
11. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid M.a.a.d City
12. Mt. Eerie- Clear Moon
13. Metric - Synthetica
14. Spawn of Possession - Incurso
15. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
16. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Pinata

there's a bunch of other albums that were great too. it's been a swell year for music.

 

[[FBC] Papa Mink]

Agreed with FlyLo. You like frusciantes solo stuff?

 

[Luigitoilet]

Yes, about 100000X more than RHCP.

 

[[FBC] Papa Mink]

He's one of my favorite guitarists. A lot of people dislike his solo stuff. I learn a lot from it.

 

[Veetaak]

Make Them Suffer - "Neverbloom" is a really good album imo. Just the kind of music I want to listen to right now

 

[DerpDaBerp]

I couldn't swallow Swans' Seer. So much repetition. and it's so goddamn long x__x

 

[Luigitoilet]

I consider The Seer as one of the greatest albums I'm probably never going to listen to again. It's a hell of an experience alone with headphones in a dark room. More terrifying than any metal song. though I guess you could consider Swans to be some kind of post metal or industrial even.

I still give the shorter tracks on the album a listen fairly often, but I'm gonna have to be in a REALLY dark mood if I will ever listen to the whole album again. It's very stressful. The Seer Returns is my favorite song off the album and I also like Lunacy a lot.

Seer Returns is like an aural David Lynch movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKMibrA71LQ

also the album cover is possibly my favorite album art this year. so awesome hahaha

 

[Roboturner]

1 - BTBAM - Parallax 2
2 - Periphery - Periphery II
3 - Every Time I Die - Ex Lives
4 - The Contortionist - Instrinsic
5 - The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
6 - The Faceless Autotheism

thats all the comes to mind for me

 

[Xyzz]

I listened to The Seer once... but I didn't really pay attention because I was preoccupied with some video game :D
Will probably give it a real listen some time (:

 

[DerpDaBerp]

In no real order my favorite albums this year include:
Tame Impala - Lonerism
The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough
Gojira - L'enfant sauvage

Spoiler

metal for relevance :D

Jack White - Blunderbuss
...actually no, the only order I'll impose is that Tame Impala is definitely my #1

I also suspect that Kendrick Lamar will find his way on there once I listen to his new album.

 

[The Ben]

The Seer is easily the greatest thing to happen in all of media this year.

 

[DerpDaBerp]

^I admit, with you guys talking about it I'll have to give it another try

I also suspect that Kendrick Lamar will find his way on there once I listen to his new album.

and confirmed

 

[Luigitoilet]

I think the new Kendrick might top out Nas' Life is Good for me. album is blowing my mind.

anyways, so there is this FB page called Introduce Yourself: Band Promotion https://www.facebook.com/IYpromo

they are making a physical magazine I guess, and their first issue is the top 10 rising unsigned bands of 2012 and they put us up in the initial poll. and we actually are in the running so far. last I checked we were in 8th place. that is pretty awesome to me. I have no idea what the scope of this is going to be, as idk if physical magazines will catch on nowadays but either way it will be awesome.

sooo, i think you know what i'm getting at and i'm being hypocritical i'm sure, but if you have a FB you should totally throw a vote for my band Contacting Nebulas

https://www.facebook.com/questions/392982614105470/?notif_t=question_answer

you can make multiple choices so if you see better bands or know some better unsigned bands on there definitely give them a vote as well. I personally recommend in order FERO LUX, Gillian Carter, Holly Maddux, Dark Sermon, Akeldama, Cryptodira

 

[Get Low]

Someone ban Luigitoilet. He obviously has never contributed to this thread, and is just using Smashboards to spread the word about his music.

 

[the melon!!!!!]

The vocals ARE good. Did you not listen to the album?

I did listen to it. I'm sorry for being in disagreement, its just my opinion, I guess.


Anybody else digging the new Sylosis record? I'm getting Trivium vibes in all the right ways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plz-bhcHryc

 

[Luigitoilet]

Someone ban Luigitoilet. He obviously has never contributed to this thread, and is just using Smashboards to spread the word about his music.

xD

also, we're doing one of those "every band covers a single band" shows sometime next year. i.e. one band is doing Foo Fighters set, one is doing Korn, one's doing Pearl Jam...one is doing Attack Attack for some ungodly reason. anyways, everyone in my band couldn't really agree on a classic or nonmetal band that would fit for us so we just decided to cover JFAC's Doom EP xD . i'm down though. after we decided I went and listened to it for the first time since like 10th grade or something and got me all nostalgic.

 

[Roboturner]

lol, your band name goes hand in hand with mine, Pillars of Creation.

 

[#HBC | Dark Horse]

one is doing Attack Attack for some ungodly reason.

God whyyyyyyyyyy

 

[Xyzz]

Apparently just listening to stuff that people recommend to me is really saving me the aural pains of listening to super bad stuff... I've never heard of that band :D

 

[Veetaak]

Am I the only one who actually likes Attack Attack's older stuff? (Stick stickly, The People's Elbow, Bro, Ashley's Here etc)

They just did w/e and I'm cool with that.