I like the latest from Disturbed and Korn, what else should I be listening to?-Page 2| Off-Topic Discussion forum |

GameboyRMH MegaDork
12/9/15 12:22 p.m.

Good taste ITT. I'll have to check out more of The Sword and Fu Manchu later.

Furious_E Reader
12/9/15 12:53 p.m.

Nick (LUCAS) Comstock wrote: In reply to Jerry: You just named two of my most hated bands of all time. Disturbed and 5 finger dick touch both make me want to kick little puppies. I'll let Korn slide. Maybe you should listen to some Bjork to cleanse your palate

This x1000. These two bands are pretty much the epitome of white trash when it comes to hard rock, at least in my mind. Never been much of a Korn fan either. This is probably due in equal parts to the people I knew in high school who listened to them and my general dislike of their music.

To illustrate my point, I used to pass this super trashy SN95 Mustang pretty much every morning going to work up until a few months ago when the fertilizer factory up the street were the guy must have worked burned down (that's a bit of a story unto itself.) It was white with a stupid ricey body kit, big ugly chrome wheels, big stupid ricey wing, white underglow, and a Five Finger Death Punch windshield banner and vanity plate. The lack of good taste was pretty astonishing. Probably pulled mad tail around the trailer park, though.

Lancer007 Dork
12/9/15 2:48 p.m.

SilverFleet wrote: The band 36 Crazyfists kinda fits this bill too. Although they perpetually sound like 2003, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Their latest album is pretty good. If you want to get really hard, I can suggest more stuff.

36 Crazyfists is awesome. When I bought the Lancer I used 'A Snow Capped Romance' to set the stereo EQ. I must have seen them live about 4-5 times over the course of their first couple albums.

Jerry SuperDork
12/9/15 3:57 p.m.

Furious_E wrote:
Nick (LUCAS) Comstock wrote: In reply to Jerry: You just named two of my most hated bands of all time. Disturbed and 5 finger dick touch both make me want to kick little puppies. I'll let Korn slide. Maybe you should listen to some Bjork to cleanse your palate
This x1000. These two bands are pretty much the epitome of white trash when it comes to hard rock, at least in my mind. Never been much of a Korn fan either. This is probably due in equal parts to the people I knew in high school who listened to them and my general dislike of their music. To illustrate my point, I used to pass this super trashy SN95 Mustang pretty much every morning going to work up until a few months ago when the fertilizer factory up the street were the guy must have worked burned down (that's a bit of a story unto itself.) It was white with a stupid ricey body kit, big ugly chrome wheels, big stupid ricey wing, white underglow, and a Five Finger Death Punch windshield banner and vanity plate. The lack of good taste was pretty astonishing. Probably pulled mad tail around the trailer park, though.

Guess I've never been one of the cool kids. Got anything constructive to recommend?

tr8todd Dork
12/9/15 4:13 p.m.

Keeping with the genre, the conversation should start and end with Mudvayne. P.O.D., Red, Evan's Blue, Chevelle, Pantera, Tool, all should get some play as well. Thats the kind of stuff I usually start my night with, but by the end of the night its the real heavy stuff like Meshugga. Some nights it goes the other way and I end up listening to Parabelle, or the Cranberries.

chandlerGTi UltraDork
12/9/15 4:51 p.m.

I like Emery, Taking Back Sunday and Thrice; all pretty good. Seeing that fu Manchu cover has me digging for my copy of California Crossing.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/9/15 4:54 p.m.

Tickets for Tool in Orlando went on sale the other day. Primus in opening.

Tickets were sold-out before they went on sale for the public. I'm bummed. It's always a great show.

Dave Reader
12/9/15 5:06 p.m.

David S. Wallens wrote: Tickets for Tool in Orlando went on sale the other day. Primus in opening. Tickets were sold-out before they went on sale for the public. I'm bummed. It's always a great show.

Tool is fantastic live - might not be able to drive home due to the "smoke" in the air during the concert though

failboat UberDork
12/9/15 5:13 p.m.

Fu Manchus music videos are cool too

King of the road
http://youtu.be/_Zko7pBeHkk.

Evil eye.
http://youtu.be/AqYeedwEA4E

My favorite album of theirs by far is "eatin dust" so raw and gritty. you just want to turn it up louder and louder. hard to pick a favorite track but this one is legit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Yv94G0Vwc

That red el Camino on the California Crossing cover is owned by Scott the lead singer

Bobzilla UltimaDork
12/9/15 5:27 p.m.

Currently listening to Killswitch Engage station on Pandora. 5FDR, Disturbed, Shinedown, Paramore, Staind, Seether as well as Coheed and Cambria, avenged sevenfold etc....

But lately I've gotten into a Fallout Boy kick. Can't explain it.

paranoid_android74 Dork
12/9/15 6:09 p.m.

All good advice so far- I now have some unknown to me bands to listen to!

Two big bands in the same- genre?- as Pantera would be Metallica and Megadeth. They are worth checking out. Opinion alert! I very much like Chevelle and Tool. I've listened to Tool since their first album came out. I've listened to Monster Magnet for a long time too, also very good. I've been into the Deftones a good deal lately too.

Bobzilla mentioned what I was going to recommend. Grab an app like Pandora or Amazon Prime Music, type Pantera in and let it play. I've discovered a LOT of great, great music this way.

If it strikes your fancy, this is a good movie to watch too: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478209/

Have fun and share what you discover!

paranoid_android74 Dork
12/9/15 6:14 p.m.

David S. Wallens wrote: I love metal but never got into nü metal or whatever you'd call Korn and Disturbed. I know, I'm old school. We saw The Sword like two weeks ago--front row, too! I do like that heavy, sludgy metal. Plus the guy can sing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UyJR5sGEdaM

This I like very much- thanks for the share!

RyanW New Reader
12/9/15 8:16 p.m.

To the killswitch people, make sure you add some Parkway Drive to your mix.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/9/15 9:39 p.m.

Dave wrote:
David S. Wallens wrote: Tickets for Tool in Orlando went on sale the other day. Primus in opening. Tickets were sold-out before they went on sale for the public. I'm bummed. It's always a great show.
Tool is fantastic live - might not be able to drive home due to the "smoke" in the air during the concert though

Last time I saw them I wound up parking on the to floor of the parking deck. It took me at least an hour just to get past the gates.

Bummed I'm missing them, but we have had a good run lately: Van Halen, Rush, The Sword, Motorhead, Anthrax, Toxic Holocaust and a ton of local bands. Tomorrow night, D.R.I.

EastCoastMojo Mod Squad
12/9/15 9:41 p.m.

Aw man, Tool and Primus? That would be a killer berkeleying show. \m/

JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
12/9/15 9:43 p.m.

SilverFleet wrote: I'd say up your game just a little and listen to some Killswitch Engage. Their last album, Disarm the Descent, could be a gateway into another world for you. If you like that, then I can suggest more.

Listen to this man. This man is smart.

Actually, any of the Southern Mass. metalcore bands should scratch the itch. Killswitch, All That Remains, Shadows Fall, As I Lay Dying, Miss May I, The Devil Wears Prada and to a lesser extent bands like Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold.

Paul_VR6 Dork
12/9/15 10:00 p.m.

Tool. Other than that this thread isn't doing it for me.

procker Reader
12/10/15 8:21 a.m.

Saw The Sword play with Metallica some years ago...awesome live band!

If you want something along the vein of The Sword, check out Ghost. This song gets stuck in my head from time to time...they have heavier stuff too that's solid.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/-0Ao4t_fe0I

Check out Adema "The Way You Like It", anything by Chevelle, most stuff by Taproot, Saliva/Puddle of Mudd/Seether (they have some lame stuff though)...

If you have the XM Mobile app, check out their XM Turbo channel....its late 90s and early 2000 hard rock!

SilverFleet UltraDork
12/10/15 8:23 a.m.

JG Pasterjak wrote:
SilverFleet wrote: I'd say up your game just a little and listen to some Killswitch Engage. Their last album, Disarm the Descent, could be a gateway into another world for you. If you like that, then I can suggest more.
Listen to this man. This man is smart. Actually, any of the Southern Mass. metalcore bands should scratch the itch. Killswitch, All That Remains, Shadows Fall, As I Lay Dying, Miss May I, The Devil Wears Prada and to a lesser extent bands like Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold.

Add to that list:

-Unearth (One of the OG MA Metalcore bands)

-The Absence (From Florida, local to the GRM HQ)

-The Empire Shall Fall (KSE singer Jesse Leach's other side project)

-Thy Will Be Done (solid MA Metalcore)

-Overcast (The band that gave birth to all the other MA Metalcore bands)

-God Forbid (Another decent MA Metalcore band, no longer a band though)

-Devil You Know (Former KSE singer Howard Jones's new band)

-Wovenwar (basically As I Lay Dying without their singer, who is in jail for hiring a hitman to kill his wife... yeah...)

And if you want to get all Scandinavian Melodeath...

-Insomnium (absolute metal perfection! Their last album Shadows of the Dying Sun is a 10/10 in my book)

-Soilwork (they have been around forever and are great, their last few have been really good)

-Omnium Gatherum (Insomnium shares a guitar player with them, very similar sound)

-In Flames (only stick to their early stuff, they got really bad later on)

-The Haunted (more on the thrashy side but good nonetheless, especially the album The Haunted Made Me Do It)

Shall I go on?

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/10/15 9:26 a.m.

Tony knows his metal.

Furious_E Reader
12/10/15 9:54 a.m.

Jerry wrote:
Furious_E wrote:
Nick (LUCAS) Comstock wrote: In reply to Jerry: You just named two of my most hated bands of all time. Disturbed and 5 finger dick touch both make me want to kick little puppies. I'll let Korn slide. Maybe you should listen to some Bjork to cleanse your palate
This x1000. These two bands are pretty much the epitome of white trash when it comes to hard rock, at least in my mind. Never been much of a Korn fan either. This is probably due in equal parts to the people I knew in high school who listened to them and my general dislike of their music. To illustrate my point, I used to pass this super trashy SN95 Mustang pretty much every morning going to work up until a few months ago when the fertilizer factory up the street were the guy must have worked burned down (that's a bit of a story unto itself.) It was white with a stupid ricey body kit, big ugly chrome wheels, big stupid ricey wing, white underglow, and a Five Finger Death Punch windshield banner and vanity plate. The lack of good taste was pretty astonishing. Probably pulled mad tail around the trailer park, though.
Guess I've never been one of the cool kids. Got anything constructive to recommend?

Sorry, that did kinda come across pretty harsh. Didn't mean to E36 M3 on your interests.

I'll echo the Parkway Drive suggestion above, they're probably my all time favorite hardcore band. Their first two albums, Killing With a Smile and Horizons are my favorites.

August Burns Red is another one I like. They're semi-local to me and were just starting to blow up around the time I was first getting into hardcore/metalcore. I like the album Messengers, or if you feel like getting your Christmas spirit on, they do a good rendition of "Carol of the Bells."

Checked out Fu Manchu this morning and I'm liking them a lot.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/10/15 10:01 a.m.

I never got into Ghost, but this interview always impressed me:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/rPy5jMJk7a8

I really need to see them.