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Old 11-30-2016, 02:25 PM   #1181
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I think it's an darn good album from Metallica. They get back to their roots a bit but put it over some of the, I don't know, bluesy swagger maybe, they developed since Justice.

I like it. A couple of filler songs for sure but a couple of tremendous ones as well. I think it's a solid 4 to 4.3 out of 5. It's not a 5 but it's darn good.

I have the deluxe edition and the Rasputin concert is fun.


Went to see Dream Theater in Tulsa a few weeks ago. Not everyone's cup of tea I know and given they were performing their rock opera "The Astonishing" from start to end I was skeptical. It isn't my favourite album to say the least. It was simply one of the best concerts I've ever attended. They did a darn fine job with the graphic novel-esque videos running behind the band advancing the plot etc. LaBrie sounded better than I've ever heard him including his recorded work to be honest. Very, very good show. I personally prefer them live without Portnoy as Magini isn't always looking to hog the attention like Portnoy. It has especially allowed Myung to step up front a bit more (it's subtle as he's not the most outgoing player but it's a change).

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Old 11-30-2016, 03:56 PM   #1182
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I like it. A couple of filler songs for sure but a couple of tremendous ones as well. I think it's a solid 4 to 4.3 out of 5. It's not a 5 but it's darn good.
I'd give it a 4 too. I don't even find the length of the songs a problem until it gets to Am I Savage? and Murder One but Spit Out The Bone makes up for it.

The reception it's getting from the general public seems to be pretty positive too. I've heard alot of "I stopped listening after Load but I love this" comments.
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Old 12-11-2016, 08:45 AM   #1183
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Protest the Hero playing the Marquee tonight. Great progressive metal band from Whitby.
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Old 12-11-2016, 07:17 PM   #1184
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I want more Mongolian metal in my life

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Old 12-11-2016, 07:21 PM   #1185
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And down the rabbit hole I go

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Old 12-11-2016, 07:23 PM   #1186
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Old 12-11-2016, 10:29 PM   #1187
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That's not grabbing me like Hanggai does, a little too erratic
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Old 12-14-2016, 12:36 PM   #1188
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For something that started as a novelty act with 3 teenage girls, I find this quite amusing





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Old 12-14-2016, 06:09 PM   #1189
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And down the rabbit hole I go

thanks a lot, now I'm hooked. That's what I love about the internet though. An Austrian discovers a Mongolian folk rock/metal band because of a recommendation on a Canadian hockey board. What a time to be alive


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Old 12-14-2016, 06:32 PM   #1190
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so after releasing and album an touring with Puscifer in 2015 and 2016, Maynard James Keenan is now going on tour with A Perfect Circle in 2017 and there might even be a new album too. I'm starting to think there's no new Tool album coming at all and fans are just being trolled.

The good news is that A Perfect Circle is brilliant too.



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Old 12-15-2016, 11:50 AM   #1191
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The anniversary just passed a couple days ago, but it's been 15 years since we lost Chuck which is kinda hard to believe how fast time flies. But Chuck did leave us some mighty fine material to enjoy even with him gone. #### cancer







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Old 12-15-2016, 08:26 PM   #1192
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Long post but here's my favourite metal albums of the year:

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Arc EP (doom)


Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole of the Law (black metal / grind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzghSOZW7Zk

Blood Incantation - Starspawn (death)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXrVZl4_seI

Car Bomb - Meta (mathcore... whatever the heck that is)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVcnsiRQ4M

Chthe'ilist - Le Dernier Crépuscule (atmospheric death)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxqzffNjGdI

Church of Misery - And Then There Were None... (death / doom)


Cobalt - Slow Forever (black)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CbeJydbYu0

Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder (black / thrash)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUs0nCyrWWM

Defeated Sanity - Disposal of the Dead / Dharmata (technical death)


Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence (progressive)
https://youtu.be/44TzcehU0V8?t=1420

Fleshgod Apocalypse - King (symphonic death)


Gadget - The Great Destroyer (grind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7gT7I0aHSc

Gatecreeper - Sonoran Depravation (death)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fptY_BZe9HE

Ghoul - Dungeon Bastards (death / thrash)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKc2G4N6q7E

Ghoulgotha - To Starve the Cross (death / doom)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9to57DD9eyw

Gruesome - Dimensions of Horror (progressive death)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCjyHthOIHY

Hammers of Misfortune - Dead Revolution (heavy metal)


Ihsahn - Arktis. (progressive black)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VxbJb_Gs8w

Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us (grind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPVt9yR8t2o

Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä (psychedelic black)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2V-ftsPqV0

Phazm - Scornful of Icons (black / death / doom)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDvQmm2N1Es

Rotten Sound - Abuse to Suffer (grind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Z4fkrADUY

Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis (death)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVgVXGjDkVM

Vektor - Terminal Redux (black / thrash)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4e5Jw9T5Zk

Volbeat - Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie (heavy metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T60KuDDyJ8

Wormed - Krighsu (death metal / grind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bqb_b1UOnQ

Wormrot - Voices (grind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrRhYE3GRs4

Honourable Mentions to Fallujah, Gojira, Kvelertak, Meshuggah, and Metallica.
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Long post but here's my favourite metal albums of the year:

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Arc EP (doom)


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Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us (grind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPVt9yR8t2o

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Honourable Mentions to Fallujah, Gojira, Kvelertak, Meshuggah, and Metallica.
You've given me plenty to peruse over Christmas. Thanks!

Nails. So good.
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Old 12-17-2016, 05:20 PM   #1194
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great list, AC. There's quite a few things on there that I'll have to check out, so thanks a lot!!! I'll add a few that I liked:

Amon Amarth - Jomsviking (melodic death)



Be'Lakor - Vessels (melodic death / progressive)



Chevelle - The North Corridor (alternative rock/metal)



Cult of Luna - Mariner (post metal / progressive)



Dark Tranquility - Atoma (melodic death)



Deftones - Gore (alternative)



Ghost - Popestar EP (alternative)



Gojira - Magma (death)



Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts (progressive / death)



Killswitch Engage - Incarnate (Metalcore)



Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason (progressive)



Opeth - Sorceress (progressive / death)



Otep - Generation Doom (alternative)



Rotting Christ - Rituals (black)



Russian Circles - Guidance (post metal)



The New Black - A Monster's Life (alternative rock/metal)



Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere (alternative)


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I've been enamored with Be'lakor lately. Great melodic death metal.







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Awesome, thank you. Now that Opeth is apparently a prog band that just noodles for 7 minutes, this is really scratching an itch.
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Old 01-27-2017, 12:36 PM   #1197
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New Mastodon album coming in March.

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From arguably the best Canadian metal album ever. Didn't take me like 10 listens like everyone else (maybe 5), but yeah this album is as difficult and challenging as metal gets. But it's got a pig head on the cover so can't go wrong with that.

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another new Mastodon song. You rarely hear them so catchy, or dare I say poppy ... but darn, it suits them well. Great track!

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So, I just discovered that Gojira will be on the Metallica tour.



They are one of my favourites, but they are playing BC Place, and tickets start at $105 for the upper section located about 7 kms from the stage. I don't like Metallica enough to shell out for the privilege to see Gojira live from another neighbourhood. Ugh.
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