"This is a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity for Heavy Metal "Fans" to see the four greatest Heavy Metal "Bands" in American History back together on one stage" concludes MEGADETH mainman DAVE MUSTAINE.
...And yet they are not playing in America. Ironic?
I was thinking more "outrageous," but to each their own. They goddamn better bring this tour over here.
Why this tour will absolutely will be brought to the US: $$$
Also, booking takes time. For a tour like this, they're almost certainly playing stadiums, and coordinating tour schedules with every individual venue's sporting schedule ain't easy.
Definitely Metallica. They easily have the largest fanbase and mass appeal of any of these bands. I don't know about playing order beyond that, though.
The thing is, Dave Mustaine and Kerry King would have none of that. Most likely, anyhow. I see egos clashing left and right. However, by all rights, Metallica should be the headliners.
I could see the order being Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer, and Metallica. Megadeth is more successful overall, but I think their fandom has fallen off in recent years. Lots of people still love Slayer.
How dare you be this far back! Bad metal thread! Bad!
My friend Mike just turned me on to Isole, a very epic doom band. Their new album is really really good. Also, Swallow the Sun has picked up the tempo and the aggression just a little on their latest, "New Moon." It sounds a bit more melodic death/black and a little less doom.
From the few pages of what I've read of this, it appears that Upon searching the discussion, no one (I might be wrong) has mentioned Disarmonia Mundi or Enter Shikari. These are my favorite bands of the moment. On a side note, both are from the UK. Enter Shikari is rather new-age-y with techno like things sent into the mix and there's is a lot of regular singing. Mind you, they have an amazing singer. I consider them for anyone trying to get into not-so-heavy-at-all metal. They still have the basics though. Disarmonia Mundi is a lot different from Enter Shikari. There is no regular singing and there is not techno-y stuff in the background. They have amazing instrumentals (just my opinion) and they sometimes mix it up to great effect. I recommend both bands highly. Cheers!
From the few pages of what I've read of this, it appears thatUpon searching the discussion, no one (I might be wrong) has mentionedDisarmonia MundiorEnter Shikari. These are my favorite bands of the moment. On a side note, both are from the UK. Enter Shikariis rather new-age-y with techno like things sent into the mix and there's isa lotof regular singing. Mind you, they have an amazing singer. I consider them for anyone trying to get into not-so-heavy-at-all metal. They still have the basics though. Disarmonia Mundiis a lot different fromEnter Shikari. There is no regular singing and there is not techno-y stuff in the background. They have amazing instrumentals (just my opinion) and they sometimes mix it up to great effect. I recommend both bands highly. Cheers!
Sorry, but no, just no. I hate your musical taste, not you, I don't know you. Your taste in music, however, can die in a fire.
From the few pages of what I've read of this, it appears thatUpon searching the discussion, no one (I might be wrong) has mentionedDisarmonia MundiorEnter Shikari. These are my favorite bands of the moment. On a side note, both are from the UK. Enter Shikariis rather new-age-y with techno like things sent into the mix and there's isa lotof regular singing. Mind you, they have an amazing singer. I consider them for anyone trying to get into not-so-heavy-at-all metal. They still have the basics though. Disarmonia Mundiis a lot different fromEnter Shikari. There is no regular singing and there is not techno-y stuff in the background. They have amazing instrumentals (just my opinion) and they sometimes mix it up to great effect. I recommend both bands highly. Cheers!
Sorry, but no, just no. I hate your musical taste, not you, I don't know you. Your taste in music, however, can die in a fire.
Would you like to tell us why you do not agree with my taste in music? And just because I have mentioned this does not mean that this is all that I listen to. I'm just putting in something for people who might like something different.
Would you like to tell us why you do not agree with my taste in music? And just because I have mentioned this does not mean that this is all that I listen to. I'm just putting in something for people who might like something different.
Enter Shikari isn't really metal. Not even by a nu-metal stretch.
Would you like to tell us why you do not agree with my taste in music? And just because I have mentioned this does not mean that this is all that I listen to. I'm just putting in something for people who might like something different.
Enter Shikari isn't really metal. Not even by a nu-metal stretch.
That is a better. Yes it isn't metal, I'm sorry but it's sort of like metal and I thought maybe people might enjoy it. I'm pretty sure Disarmonia Mundi is, though. Once again, I could be wrong... as I usually am, it seems...
Yes, they are. They're a modern, streamlined version of prog/melodeath. They're more interesting than, say, current Soilwork, but not by much. The melodic metalcore influence is also evident, and that's sort of annoying. They could benefit from a little focus.
Enter Shikari is more like an electronic screamo band than a metal band. They're trying to do way too much, I think. The music is eclectic and varied for no real reason. A lot of various "post-" genres are like that; it's like the guys decided to throw together the four different things they like and see what comes up. It's more masturbatory than anything else.
Granted, I do enjoy some masturbatory music. That's fine. However, most of it has a pretty solid focus. If you're just wanking off in like 8 different directions, you really need to calm down and collect yourself a bit.
EDIT: I you like Disarmonia, try Dark Tranquility. They're a much more focused prog-melodeath band, and they're also a lot better.
I think you're confusing "post-" with "-core." When something is "post-" it means it's boring and slow, when it's "-core" it's obnoxious and masturbatory.
We may disagree as the meanings of "post-" and "-core," but I think everyone can agree on that.
EDIT: I think, for added confusion and to have additional useless bullshit about which to argue, we should start using "pre-" as well. That would be used for a band who intentionally embraces a retro style in the face of progress. So Whitesnake is a hair metal band, but The Darkness would be pre-post-hairmetal. Gorgoroth is black metal, but God Seed is pre-post-black metal. See the difference? I like it already.
EDIT: I think, for added confusion and to have additional useless bullshit about which to argue, we should start using "pre-" as well. That would be used for a band who intentionally embraces a retro style in the face of progress. So Whitesnake is a hair metal band, but The Darkness would be pre-post-hairmetal. Gorgoroth is black metal, but God Seed is pre-post-black metal. See the difference? I like it already.
So for chronological music prefixes, I think we should have pre-, post-, proto-, ante-, aft-, fore-, pres-, and altertime- (for music genres that exist in timelines separate to our own). My favorite pre-postpres-altertime cephalopoid purple metal group is the Throbbing Hydrostatics. Their lead singer is an Uplifted cuttlefish.
So it would be like, something like Killswitch Engage or As I Lay Dying would be metal, but The Devil Wears Prada or I Set My Friends on Fire would just be considered screamo/masturbatory? (Heheheh...) And sorry, I really should check definitions and make sure I know for sure before posting things.
Pfft. Baleen Trisomy is a proto-forepost-arctic cetacean metal project. The lead singer is a mildly retarded blue whale. It's the most brutal grunting I've ever heard.
something like Killswitch Engage or As I Lay Dying would be metal
No, those would be "shit."
OK, OK, I'm just being a dick there. Yes, those are metal bands. I've never heard of I Set My Friends on Fire, but that sounds pretty punk influenced. That stuff certainly has a place in a metal discussion.
Of course, that doesn't stop Enter Shikari from sucking. :P
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Also, booking takes time. For a tour like this, they're almost certainly playing stadiums, and coordinating tour schedules with every individual venue's sporting schedule ain't easy.
I could see the order being Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer, and Metallica. Megadeth is more successful overall, but I think their fandom has fallen off in recent years. Lots of people still love Slayer.
My friend Mike just turned me on to Isole, a very epic doom band. Their new album is really really good.
Also, Swallow the Sun has picked up the tempo and the aggression just a little on their latest, "New Moon." It sounds a bit more melodic death/black and a little less doom.
Enter Shikari is rather new-age-y with techno like things sent into the mix and there's is a lot of regular singing. Mind you, they have an amazing singer. I consider them for anyone trying to get into not-so-heavy-at-all metal. They still have the basics though.
Disarmonia Mundi is a lot different from Enter Shikari. There is no regular singing and there is not techno-y stuff in the background. They have amazing instrumentals (just my opinion) and they sometimes mix it up to great effect.
I recommend both bands highly.
Cheers!
If you want some heavy synths in your metal, I'd also recommend early Children of Bodom and any Machinae Supremacy.
Enter Shikari is more like an electronic screamo band than a metal band. They're trying to do way too much, I think. The music is eclectic and varied for no real reason. A lot of various "post-" genres are like that; it's like the guys decided to throw together the four different things they like and see what comes up. It's more masturbatory than anything else.
Granted, I do enjoy some masturbatory music. That's fine. However, most of it has a pretty solid focus. If you're just wanking off in like 8 different directions, you really need to calm down and collect yourself a bit.
EDIT: I you like Disarmonia, try Dark Tranquility. They're a much more focused prog-melodeath band, and they're also a lot better.
EDIT: I think, for added confusion and to have additional useless bullshit about which to argue, we should start using "pre-" as well. That would be used for a band who intentionally embraces a retro style in the face of progress. So Whitesnake is a hair metal band, but The Darkness would be pre-post-hairmetal. Gorgoroth is black metal, but God Seed is pre-post-black metal. See the difference? I like it already.
And sorry, I really should check definitions and make sure I know for sure before posting things.
OK, OK, I'm just being a dick there. Yes, those are metal bands. I've never heard of I Set My Friends on Fire, but that sounds pretty punk influenced. That stuff certainly has a place in a metal discussion.
Of course, that doesn't stop Enter Shikari from sucking. :P