Mosh Zone (Metalheads where you at?)

[charliesackett]

We're called It Cometh. It's not on spotify yet, we're getting socan sorted at the moment. The EP drops later this month. Right now we've just got soundcloud teaser stuff

[nathanKmcwilliams]

@vothnthorvaldson
You ever listen to Whispered? They have a Japanese classical music influence complete with Shamisen and everything. Their lyrics are based off of Japanese mythology. They are freaking insane.

@charliesackett
Dude. I love it. I hope everything works out for your EP, I'll definitely be listening more. I'm getting the Thrash influences, and some Alt Metal Groove in there too.

[vothnthorvaldson]

Thank you for the recommendation! I did find interesting aspects (and very happy to hear some flute! It's not the most evidently metal instrument but it often works very well in a metal context). I'm a bit perplex on this specific song though, the Japanese influence feels a bit too much like a gimmick versus a deeper, more meaningful influence, but I'll have to listen to more songs and look at the lyrics too. Overall, interesting new perspectives.

[nathanKmcwilliams]

@vothnthorvaldson
Give their entire albums a listen, the aspect will become clearer, each album is a concept album.
Shogunate Macabre and Metsutan: Songs of the Void are masterpieces. Each song is unique but they all fit together perfectly.

[Kelheor]

Oh, I definitely love the whole range of emotions and their intensity.
I am mostly a fan of Neue Deutsche Harte, it settled down in my heart when I was 11 with the sound of Rammstein. Except of my German guys, I usually listen to original hard rock, new British wave, power, alternative, goth and pop metal. There are some songs from other subgenres, of course, but all these are like 90% of my rock/metal to listen to.
In any moment of my life, whether I am tired or happy, if someone is making me furious or is already dead, Disturbed is always there for me to ohohohahahaha my way through these times!
Also I've no idea about the metal situation nowadays, I'm quite a boring person with my music, stuck with most of the things I love for more then 15 years now and I rarely try to find something new =)

[nathanKmcwilliams]

@Kelheor
NWOBHM is still alive and kicking! I suggest White Wizzard's latest album Infernal Overdrive. It picked up where Iron Maiden failed and created some amazingly progressive yet classic New Wave of British Metal tones.
Not to mention....Judas Priest, Saxon, and Tygers of Pan Tang, and even Raven have all released some bangers in the last few years.

[vothnthorvaldson]

I will as soon as I have enough time and concentration for a whole album! First listens are serious business for me

I forgot that in my message: I overwhelmingly prefer concept albums or at least albums with a thematic consistency, where each song/part shows its full value only in the context of the whole album. I totally can see how it could improve my experience to listen to this specific song in context.

[Kelheor]

Oh my, thanks! I'll check all of these right now!
The problem with new albums is that they are just not the same sometimes. Like, Disturbed came to Russia 2 years ago and I thought I'd die, but go to the concert, but they came with a new album and I didn't like that one at all! And now they come again, you guess, with a new album (again), which I didn't really like too (again!).
I am a devastated and desperate bun
Aaaand I'm off to listen to some new Judas Priest and everything nice, thank you very much~

[nathanKmcwilliams]

@Kelheor the new Judas Priest will not disappoint. I saw them live last year and they melted my freaking face off.

[Coati]

Flower Field, my comic, is written with the sound of power and folk metal :v

Love the epicness, the distortions with classical/medieval instruments and the fantasy lyrics

[nathanKmcwilliams]

My comic is also heavily influenced by bands like Dragonforce, Dark Moor, Hammerfall, Freedom Call and many other power metal groups.
You'll find I listen to all the metal. All of it!

[TheSpaghettimobile]

Hell yeah. I can't get enough of overdriven guitars, although looking at the people I know irl I seem to be in the minority haha

I love Written By Wolves, Rev Theory, Adelitas Way, and Blue Stahli in particular , their riffs and lyrics are just what I live for.

Although... forgive me, but I usually can't handle songs with tons of belting in them... I'm not strong enough lmao

[nathanKmcwilliams]

XD same most people I know look at me funny when the music is bleeding from my headphones. They can't handle it. I live for it loud, I'm one of those people.

[ar-ninetysix]

Same, but like back then though lol you'd also hear me screaming the lyrics out in the hallways of my middle school and early in high school. I'd get all sorts of looks from people for doing it.. and rightfully so! What in the hell was I thinking??? It's like I was trying to prove something to everyone, like oooh look how metal and brutal I am!

[nathanKmcwilliams]

Haha been there, done that. I save it for concerts now. Or with my few other metal buddies IRL

[vfinnigan]

I've always been of the opinion that there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. I've played punk, funk, grunge, prog rock, medieval, Renaissance, classical, folk, and some straight-up metal from my teens up until life steamrolled me. Now I'm thinking I may get back into it, but I'm not sure how likely that will be, nor just how metal this forty five year old mom with chronic health problems can get that involves music rather than pins and screws in her bad hip.

Still, if I have my music on shuffle while in the car with the family, my husband sometimes complains about the New Age or Classical music putting him to sleep. I say nothing and let the music speak for itself when Disturbed or Drowning Pool comes on.

[nathanKmcwilliams]

Music is a wonderful thing, and there are so many styles out there. I used to be a "METAL ONLY" guy, but I've since learned to like other styles and enjoy them just as much. That being said... I like metal because there is a deceptive amount of musical skill required to play it. Now...that only goes so far, cause some bands only use basic power chords...but still, there's an energy in the sound, other styles just don't do for me.

At a show...I'm not much of a mosher, but I try to be right up against the stage, banging my head as hard as I can. The pain the next day....worth it? I think so XD

[vothnthorvaldson]

By seeing what you were posting on the 'listening now' thread and here, I was actually wondering what was particularily attractive to you in metal, because I find it so odd that you like virtually every subgenre. Not that there is anything wrong with it, simply it's so different from my own metal experience. I was wondering what was making every of these subgenres/bands attractive to you. I do see that everything within the genre share some similarities (that's why it's a genre!), but I have difficulties to understand how this common material/approach is enough to make you enjoy all or most facets of such a diverse genre.

I do understand a bit better with this last message but still not fully. Especially because you said you used to be 'metal only', so it means you have a very strong connection to /something/ that makes metal what it is, and that is not found anywhere else.

I'm now trying to think of specific pieces that are only partially metal to ask you if you like them. I'd like to deduct how much and what metal elements you need to like a piece. The scientific method haha

[nathanKmcwilliams]

Haha, yeah I'm a very rare type of Metalhead, who likes almost everything, I mostly try to be positive in my approach in how I listen to music. There is one subgenre I don't like too much, and that is Black Metal. Yet...there are some bands in Black Metal that I like and tolerate.
The few things I don't appreciate, is extremely hateful lyrics, overly violent lyrics, or sexually explicit lyrics (Which in metal...is a chore sometimes). So that's my only major filter. But other than that, I focus on the musical (Instrumentation,) element first, and if the music resonates, then I usually can get into it.
That being said...A song doesn't have to be technical for me to enjoy it, but it does have to sound "good" and that...is completely subjective, and may even depend on my mood, or if I'm trying to do art, or write story down. It varies.

Feel free to ask me anything on this subject, music is extremely important to me and I like discussing it, even if I disagree, I'll be respectful. Because I know, music is just as important to others as it is to me.

[vothnthorvaldson]

I don't like BM much either, but...

What I (often) don't like is the lyrical themes, the attitude and the 'on purpose' lo-fi aspect (I don't mind it so much if that's all the band can do because of context eg. lack of money or of adapted equipment in the region).

But I love BM vocals.

So I do like a lot when there are BM influences in prog metal, or also some blackened death metal (not too outrageous DM, I'm also easily tired (with exceptions) by exaggerate stuff even if it's good-humored.

Anyway, let's go back to my little scientific experiment: I'll give you three songs, you tell me if it's metal enough, and how/why etc (you obviously can also tell me if you find it horrible for other reasons, no prob, but my main focus is the metal aspect). I tried to find a little bit different things in term of how the metal aspects are incorporated. If you don't know the last one, no need to listen to the 20 minutes, 5 min should give a good idea.

(this Kayo Dot song is one of my 10 favorite metal songs ever but feel free to destroy it )