For you Metallica fans...

[WOLFCRAFT]

Yeah Lars is a douche, and really a pretty shitty drummer too.

And yeah rockinred, I sometimes lift in this basement meathead gym where you can hook up your ipod or put in a cd and jam whatever you want as loud as you want... and that first Danzig album is solid all the way through for lifting.
One of my favorites for sure.

[SMCengineer]

Not a big fan of Metallica since Lars had a hissy fit about napster...

Haha, true.

[spywizard]

Their new cd "Death Magnetic" is SIIICK! Finally back to that old Metallica sound that they went away from the past couple albums.

I'm a fan, i've downloaded all their songs..

[Amorphic]

Amorphic, no disrespect, but I couldn't disagree more with everything you've said.

Metallica CLEARLY influenced about 2 decades worth of metal bands. The only band I can think of influenced by At the Gates would be Darkest Hour who sound exactly like them.
That said, Metallica just sound exactly Diamond Head with some heavier Black Sabbath influence.
And Black Sabbath has influenced absolutely EVERYONE, so who cares anyway.

Also, Slayer rules.
Also, Pantera rules.
Also, METALLICA RULES.
(with the exception of my nomination for worst record of all time, the Black Album)

I do like Tool as well, which I think is what your avatar is from?

yeah i understand your position. btw darkest hour is one of my all time fav bands

my avatar is a picture by alex grey, yes he does tools artwork. mine isnt from their albums though.

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

haha Metallica is garbage

Can't stand them

James is a joke.


The music in general is weak as ****


Back in the day...yeah, they rocked it. But guys, its ****ing 08.. I dont wanna hear Master all over again...lol please...


and yes, Frantic was god awful

[warchild]

the new album is awful

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

the new album is awful

lol all their songs r awful

[Nicotine]

um hello....

most of you guys forgot.

slipknot.

NEW ALBUM IS OUT!

[Amorphic]

um hello....

most of you guys forgot.

slipknot.

NEW ALBUM IS OUT!

dude, that album is so fvcking unbelievably good it makes my brain hurt. been listening to it religiously since it came out. LOVE IT.

[Nicotine]

dude, that album is so fvcking unbelievably good it makes my brain hurt. been listening to it religiously since it came out. LOVE IT.

for some reason, some people i know didn't like their 2nd album Iowa...

i think slipknot is one of THE best metal bands to come out in a LONG LONG time....

[Amorphic]

for some reason, some people i know didn't like their 2nd album Iowa...

i think slipknot is one of THE best metal bands to come out in a LONG LONG time....

agreed. the first time i heard their self titled album i was stunned.

how can anyone not love them. they're not redefining their genre but godddamn this last album is a push in the right direction.

dead memories, gehenna, snuff, child of burning time, this cold black...the whole album is frighteningly good

[Nicotine]

their last album was incredible too....

i hope they keep it up.....

i wonder when we'll have another "break thru" band again.

much like nirvana in the 90s......

before nirvana: vanilla ice, milly vanilly, mc hammer, etc etc etc.

then nirvana hit - STP, pearl jam, tool all soon followed. nirvana brought rock back.

i wonder who will be the next big rock/metal band that will flish out the current crop of CRAP that's on the radio (which, i don't listen to anymore. it's all SHIT.)

[Amorphic]

their last album was incredible too....

i hope they keep it up.....

i wonder when we'll have another "break thru" band again.

much like nirvana in the 90s......

before nirvana: vanilla ice, milly vanilly, mc hammer, etc etc etc.

then nirvana hit - STP, pearl jam, tool all soon followed. nirvana brought rock back.

i wonder who will be the next big rock/metal band that will flish out the current crop of CRAP that's on the radio (which, i don't listen to anymore. it's all SHIT.)

you should listen to darkest hour.

deliver us was a phenominal album. darkest hour has it going on.

[WOLFCRAFT]

Back in the day...yeah, they rocked it. But guys, its ****ing 08.. I dont wanna hear Master all over again...lol please...

Yeah it's 2008, so go pick up the new Fall Out Boy and Nickelback albums.

Kidding, I like Metallica but I see what you mean... if I wanna listen to something that sounds like old Metallica, I'll just listen to old Metallica.

But the new album could be ALOT worse.

[IronReload04]

sorry to say it but metallica is an absolute joke. there are hundreds of metal bands that make them look shameful

like who?

[Diary of a Mad-man]

Metallica was bad ass until In Justice for ALL. Then it went downhill. The black album was trendy power ballad butt rock. After that album, well, it was all overproduced mtv sound-of-the-week poopoo.

Hope their new album DOES sound like their old stuff.

BTW, Kirk Hammet has/had the only skill in that band. The drums are intermediate at best. Everyone copied them 20 years ago, now they laugh at them.



OHOHOHOHO! and (one more thing). They were busting everyones balls about napster and COPYING MUSIC right? And at the same time, let out 3 to 4 cover songs, because they were only cranking out garbage. If you release 4 covers on your album, its time to throw in the towel.

So we got to hear Bob Seager and Lynard Skinnerd Metallica covers???? BLASPHEMY. Not only is that totaly hipocracy, but it makes my ears bleed feces to hear james Shitfield sing Bob seager songs.

That is all.

[WOLFCRAFT]

I know there are plenty of master shredders out there, but Kirk is still my favorite guitar player.
It's not about crazy shredding to me, it's about writing a good melodic, memorable solo.

2nd place goes to Andy LaRocque from King Diamond.

[T3/T4 GSR]

you should listen to darkest hour.

deliver us was a phenominal album. darkest hour has it going on.

Fire in the skies is a sick ass song. Also whoever said darkest hour is the only band influenced by at the gates you're smoking crack. All the metalcore bands ripped off at the gates.

[Chode Logan]

How could there be so much disrespect for a band that's been playing together for this long... I don't know one person that listens to heavy metal, not one! that did not like metallica... the only people that would talk trash and disrespect a legacy band like that were probably born in 1990 and have no clue about heavy metal and its origins.

chode logan, you call yourself a musician and talk trash about Metallica like that? you must be a poser or not a rock musician that's for sure. what instrument do you play? you probably wouldn't be able to play a lot of metallica's songs note for note much less create something like that.

i don't listen to any of their new stuf either, but I for sure wouldn't be calling them scrubs..wtf?? they made heavy metal popular, from Black Sabbath....

Duuuuuuuuuuude, easy there. I told you I started playing guitar because of Metallica, and if it wasn't for them we wouldn't have heavy music sound the way it is. But I'm also not one to bow down to a band just because what they are. In my opinion that sets the standard even HIGHER than other bands, and my opinion they should have thrown in the towel a decade ago and left the world with a good taste in it's mouth.

And please don't question what I do musically, I have nothing to prove. I am a lead guitar player, to answer your question. And not that I really care but (again, cause you called me out) I can play the majority of Metallica songs, I havn't for years but that's all I did when I was 14 years old....

I view music objectively not sentimentally, when a band I love makes music that I hate, I have no problem mentioning it.

[Chode Logan]

"The only band I can think of influenced by At the Gates would be Darkest Hour who sound exactly like them"

That I'll have to disagree with. They influenced the Haunted (well, they're half of the members ha. SICK band to lift to by the way), and mostly In Flames, who in turn influenced 9,000 millions bands (Arch enemy,soilwork, killswitch engage, a shitload of swedish bands and american bands that sound like swedish bands). That being said the last couple In Flames CD's were terrible aswell.

[rockinred]

Duuuuuuuuuuude, easy there. I told you I started playing guitar because of Metallica, and if it wasn't for them we wouldn't have heavy music sound the way it is. But I'm also not one to bow down to a band just because what they are. In my opinion that sets the standard even HIGHER than other bands, and my opinion they should have thrown in the towel a decade ago and left the world with a good taste in it's mouth.

And please don't question what I do musically, I have nothing to prove. I am a lead guitar player, to answer your question. And not that I really care but (again, cause you called me out) I can play the majority of Metallica songs, I havn't for years but that's all I did when I was 14 years old....

I view music objectively not sentimentally, when a band I love makes music that I hate, I have no problem mentioning it.

yea, come to think of it, I did kind of attack you on this... didn't mean to.. I am the same way, I don't bow down to any group just because of names... I like plenty of songs, not albums by many groups... plenty of Metallica songs I don't care too much for...like I said I don't listen to any of the new stuff... biggest part that bugged me on this thread is how everyone is calling a band like that scrubs in their own way... but, to eaches own...

I don't think Metallica has ever been considered a musicians band like Rush, etc...

[WOLFCRAFT]

Fire in the skies is a sick ass song. Also whoever said darkest hour is the only band influenced by at the gates you're smoking crack. All the metalcore bands ripped off at the gates.

I said it...

I was in toured in a fairly big metalcore band for three years,I won't say who here, but the point is NONE of us had ever even heard of At the Gates.

I'm sure they influenced many, but compared to Metallica??? No way.

[Panzerfaust]

The album has potential I will admit....

The Judas Kiss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9eZA7lTDrw

This Was Just Your Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55hbWn9huuU

Suicide & Redemption (Instrumental)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF9ifg-UEcw

[Amorphic]

I said it...

I was in toured in a fairly big metalcore band for three years,I won't say who here, but the point is NONE of us had ever even heard of At the Gates.

I'm sure they influenced many, but compared to Metallica??? No way.

just because you've never heard of at the gates doesnt mean that they didnt inspire hundreds of bands. they were pioneers

[T3/T4 GSR]

At the gates really pioneered the drop tune to B and and play pedal note riffs with harmonies. I still would agree that metallica influenced a lot more bands (Trivium anyone?). Either way at the gates and inflames really set the whole gothenburg scene up that was later copied over here with bands like killswitch. Darkest hour I see as more of a modern thrash band.

[warchild]

The album has potential I will admit....

The Judas Kiss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9eZA7lTDrw

This Was Just Your Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55hbWn9huuU

Suicide & Redemption (Instrumental)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF9ifg-UEcw

the instrumental song is pretty good, prob cus we dont have to hear jaime's voice. I cant stand his voice anymore

[Chode Logan]

yea, come to think of it, I did kind of attack you on this... didn't mean to.. I am the same way, I don't bow down to any group just because of names... I like plenty of songs, not albums by many groups... plenty of Metallica songs I don't care too much for...like I said I don't listen to any of the new stuff... biggest part that bugged me on this thread is how everyone is calling a band like that scrubs in their own way... but, to eaches own...

I don't think Metallica has ever been considered a musicians band like Rush, etc...

No worries man. I agree with you for the most part, they deserve their place in history. I don't hate the newer stuff because it's less complicated or technical, I listen to plenty of simple music. I don't like their newer stuff because I feel it is bad, ha. And some songs, like the previously mentioned "frantic" are so bad that they almost blemish their entire career for me. I guess you could give them props for still trying...but I dunno. After watching "Some kind of monster" I personally think retirement (from Metallica atleast, the members could have gone off and done other stuff) would have been the best choice. Hell, look at Pantera, they made 5 or 6 heavy ass CD's, were at the height of their popularity, and then called it quits. And they will be forever remembered on a good note (unless you dislike them in the first place, of course.

And yes At The Gates influenced many many bands. Maybe not directly, but like I said influenced bands that influenced bands. They brought the melodic swedish sound out and Thomas Haake inspired a dickload of gutteral vocals over melodic metal.

[DCI]

I think their new album is good. I do find myself nodding listening to some of the songs they are good but certainly not the best. Not a masterpiece by any means but good. I liked St. Anger it was all right to just have as back round noise.

Thank **** they got rid of that useless waste of space that was Bob Rock. Crap producer. He produced Bon Jovi and some other crap need I say anymore.

And the got Rick Rubin instead, he is unreal at producing music. Not just rock but anything really he can turn his hand too.

I must get the Slipknot album I always liked them. Pantera are the kings and so are Slayer.

Am I the only one here that finds new bands that are doing "metal" aren't very good or even wort listening too??

[NewMuscle83]

Lamb of God was the last band to truly impress me this last couple of years..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWB6rmSd4I

[NewMuscle83]

And btw, whoever said Nirvana brought rock back, go shoot yourself...in the nuts.

[DCI]

And btw, whoever said Nirvana brought rock back, go shoot yourself...in the nuts.

And if they survive shoot them again