The Metal Thread

[AC]

The Black Waltz is their best in my opinion.

[Wombat19]

Agreed, The Black Waltz is an amazing album

[3 Justin 3]

Anyone play guitar and can help me tab some Kalmah songs? I can't get some of the riffs.

[Hemi-Cuda]

i'm loving me some middle eastern metal with the new Orphaned Land album

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

i'm loving me some middle eastern metal with the new Orphaned Land album

First saw them on "Global Metal". Pretty cool documentary. Same guy who did "A Headbangers Journey" and the documentary 666, with Iron Maiden.

[AC]

Here's some awesome heavy/doom metal from last year:

[Sittler]

I stumbled across Division By Zero's 2010 release: Independent Harmony. Really good stuff which is this excellent hybrid of Opeth, Riverside, Dream Theater and maybe a little Porcupine Tree.


www.myspace.com/divisionbyzeropl

[3 Justin 3]

For those interested in Wintersun (which should be everyone!): Jari has stated he is done like 1 song, so 7 to go.

[dcmort93]

Hey anyone here heard of either Periphery, Born of Osiris, Veil of Maya, or The Faceless. All of these guys are off of Sumerian Records and they are all really f***in awesome

[AC]

Originally Posted by dcmort93

Hey anyone here heard of either Periphery, Born of Osiris, Veil of Maya, or The Faceless. All of these guys are off of Sumerian Records and they are all really f***in awesome

I agree about The Faceless.

The rest are too metalcore for my liking.

The new Black Tusk album is awesome:

[dcmort93]

Oh and you can't forget Fear Factory and their epic new album Mechanize

[Hemi-Cuda]

the new album by The Ocean is pretty good, bit of an Opeth\Pelican vibe to them

[3 Justin 3]

So after listening to some Dimmu Borgir recently (I really dig the newest album, In Sorti Diabloii), and my continue listening of Bathory (which is an amazing band by the way, Quorthon is a god), anyone got any suggestions on some black metal.

Not looking to go too extreme like some of the Norwegian bands but any suggestions?

[dcmort93]

Old Man's Child
Their guitarist (he's more like the whole band) Glader also plays w/ Dimmu Borgir

[Boblobla]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

i'm loving me some middle eastern metal with the new Orphaned Land album

Wow, they are great.

Where do you guys buy your music? Are there any good stores in Calgary or is it all online. I don't download music, I like to buy CDs.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by Boblobla

Wow, they are great.

Where do you guys buy your music? Are there any good stores in Calgary or is it all online. I don't download music, I like to buy CDs.

Megatunes has the best metal selection in Calgary for more obscure stuff. Prices are a bit higher, but it's a fair tradeoff.

[dcmort93]

Honestly if I told you where I got my music, I'd have to kill you.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Boblobla

Wow, they are great.

Where do you guys buy your music? Are there any good stores in Calgary or is it all online. I don't download music, I like to buy CDs.

HMV's metal selection is actually quite respectable. for the more hard to find stuff i usually buy it off Amazon

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

HMV's metal selection is actually quite respectable. for the more hard to find stuff i usually buy it off Amazon

Yeah I was pleasantly surprised at their selection. When I bought Kalmah's latest CD (on release date), the clerk said "selling a lot of these today". I was really surprised as I didn't think many people knew Kalmah in Calgary.

Hopefully that means they'll come sometime.

[Sittler]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

the new album by The Ocean is pretty good, bit of an Opeth\Pelican vibe to them

Yup, I dig that Heliocentric, although not sure it's as good as Precambrian - especially the 2nd disc.

I also dig that new Black Tusk at least after the first listen. Some decent music coming out thus far this year. I've yet to get into the new Anathema, although they really aren't Metal any more.

EDIT: I forgot to mention the new The Unravelling album - 13 Arcane Hymns. If you dug Inner Surge and supporting Calgary Metal then definitely get this disc. Really good stuff.