The I'm listening to today Metal edition Thread

**almostgone** · 03-03-2020, 08:22 PM

**Proximal** · 03-03-2020, 08:35 PM

I am an angry person, always have been. My anger fueled & motivated me through the past 61 years & it served me well. I like music that matches & feeds that anger. I want a fire that is raging, a mountain gorilla ready to rip something in 2, a 1000 hp muscle car that melts its tires and roars at the stop light. My music needs to be that.

But Mozart is ok too.

**The road** · 03-03-2020, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by Proximal

Ain’t after art. I want aggression & anger. I want rage.

You can reach it on a deeper level if coaxed into it.
If I wanna be pissed I turn on new country. If i want agressiin... That comes from a dark place manifested from real art and pure emotion.

We far from the shallows now.

**The road** · 03-03-2020, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by Proximal

Here road, see if this has some range. It was my personal love song for my ex-gf. May she experience a SLOW & painful death.

https://youtu.be/mhJh5_6MuCk

Aha! Slipknot! I like snuff.
The rest is shit.
Snuff is artistic. It pulls anyone in and sets off fire.
BUT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND EVERY WORD!

**The road** · 03-03-2020, 11:09 PM

Actually thank you brother. I forgot allabout snuff.

Seems to fit me about now and the past two years. Gonna crank it tomorrow on the way to do shit I shouldnt

**The road** · 03-03-2020, 11:12 PM

Think about it though. Snuff was prob their biggest hit. Clear lyrics and slow acoustic start.... Its art..

The rest few could resonate with.

**Proximal** · 03-03-2020, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by The road

You can reach it on a deeper level if coaxed into it.
If I wanna be pissed I turn on new country. If i want agressiin... That comes from a dark place manifested from real art and pure emotion.

We far from the shallows now.

Don’t need the music to get me there. I am already angry & pissed. If coaxed, I’m not appropriate for being in public. The music provides the proper environment. My car has about 450 pounds of torque (& weighs less than 4000 pounds) as soon as you touch the pedal. Sometimes I have to change channel for safety.

https://youtu.be/BPfkK7bcyfE

**The road** · 03-03-2020, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Proximal

Don’t need the music to get me there. I am already angry & pissed. If coaxed, I’m not appropriate for being in public. The music provides the proper environment. My car has about 450 pounds of torque (& weighs less than 4000 pounds) as soon as you touch the pedal. Sometimes I have to change channel for safety.

https://youtu.be/BPfkK7bcyfE

I am not exactly mr rogers.

**Proximal** · 03-03-2020, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by The road

I am not exactly mr rogers.

Well it ain’t his f’n neighborhood neither.

Scariest show i’ve been to. You had 2 gangs going at it in the pit. The FFF boys (Fight for Freedom), pretty much skin headed, neo-nazis. Then you had your Dogtown surfer/skater boys from Venice beach. This was 85 I recall. BRUTAL pit. Damn, Suicidal is one of the bands I always go back to for my workouts.

“And maybe you needed to be offended, and one more thing, fuck you”.

Yeah, that’s “art” to me.

Always like talking to you man. M-f’r, we are SO different in so many ways. But, we can talk, share and exchange ideas. Damn, I’m shedding a tear.

**Proximal** · 03-03-2020, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by The road

Think about it though. Snuff was prob their biggest hit. Clear lyrics and slow acoustic start.... Its art..

The rest few could resonate with.

He’s got an incredible voice. I like him because when he growls, you still can make out the words. That’s my primary gripe with a lot of death & black metal bands, can’t do that.

**The road** · 03-04-2020, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by Proximal

He’s got an incredible voice. I like him because when he growls, you still can make out the words. That’s my primary gripe with a lot of death & black metal bands, can’t do that.

True

**Gallowmere** · 03-04-2020, 01:26 AM

Originally Posted by Proximal

He’s got an incredible voice. I like him because when he growls, you still can make out the words. That’s my primary gripe with a lot of death & black metal bands, can’t do that.

This was part of what drew me into Opeth when I was a teenager. Not only were they musically stellar, but Mikael’s growls were just as comprehensible as his clear (and fucking fantastic) singing.

Aaaaand then they went and turned into hippie Jethro Tull ripoff garbage right around 2011, and I’m still in mourning and keep hoping for a return to form. But nope, just a solid decade of disappointment now.
It’s not that I’m “anti-prog” either. I have an absurd boner for Coheee and Cambria, Thank You Scientist, The Mars Volta, etc. but Opeth’s attempts at prog are just low rate, boring garbage.

**Proximal** · 03-04-2020, 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by Gallowmere

This was part of what drew me into Opeth when I was a teenager. Not only were they musically stellar, but Mikael’s growls were just as comprehensible as his clear (and fucking fantastic) singing.

Aaaaand then they went and turned into hippie Jethro Tull ripoff garbage right around 2011, and I’m still in mourning and keep hoping for a return to form. But nope, just a solid decade of disappointment now.
It’s not that I’m “anti-prog” either. I have an absurd boner for Coheee and Cambria, Thank You Scientist, The Mars Volta, etc. but Opeth’s attempts at prog are just low rate, boring garbage.

I’ll give a listen. Currently having nasty 70’s flashbacks because of your mention of Jethro Tull. F you and good night, lol.

**Gallowmere** · 03-04-2020, 04:57 AM

Originally Posted by Proximal

I’ll give a listen. Currently having nasty 70’s flashbacks because of your mention of Jethro Tull. F you and good night, lol.

I’d recommend starting at either Ghost Reveries or Watershed albums and working backward. Still Life is still one of the best concept albums ever, and in my opinion, the band’s high water mark, but I always feels it best practice to avoid starting with the best a band has to offer.
By the time you hit My Arms, Your Hearse, you’re already well equipped to handle what Morningrise throws at you. It was only their second album, five tracks long, with a lyric sheet that could fit on two pages, and still clocks in at well over an hour.

**Proximal** · 03-04-2020, 09:08 AM

TY G!

Morning metal heads! This song is from Body Count and is called “Bitch in the pit”. I personally only use that word if it’s very warranted. In this song, the female is spoken highly of, because she’s a monster in the slam pit so Ill give it a pass. Have a great day everyone!

https://youtu.be/A_GevN7Km74

**almostgone** · 03-05-2020, 09:46 PM

Semi-old stuff...

https://youtu.be/TBZoWeU4abI

**Proximal** · 03-12-2020, 09:41 PM

https://youtu.be/xkeRxnqdSL8

Today’s offering. The title is blind and lost. Seemed appropriate for what’s going on.

**almostgone** · 03-13-2020, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by Proximal

https://youtu.be/xkeRxnqdSL8

Today’s offering. The title is blind and lost. Seemed appropriate for what’s going on.

Yeah, man! Nailbomb is good stuff!!

**Gallowmere** · 03-14-2020, 06:54 AM

A squat day staple for a long ass time.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s4r33jeKq70

**Proximal** · 03-14-2020, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by Gallowmere

A squat day staple for a long ass time.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s4r33jeKq70

Nice! And btw, dug the opeth.

**Proximal** · 03-16-2020, 12:18 PM

Mistake, sorry

https://youtu.be/YnBeM9o0pr4

OK, fixed!

**almostgone** · 03-22-2020, 04:08 AM

A little raw, but tolerable!

https://youtu.be/xs1OIIiy1V8

**almostgone** · 03-22-2020, 04:10 AM

Also, they have a punkish vibe.

https://youtu.be/nzT4rn2QW1Y

**almostgone** · 03-22-2020, 04:14 AM

..and an oldie because I'm in that kind of mood this morning.

https://youtu.be/qYM0Go4WWFk

**Proximal** · 03-22-2020, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by almostgone

A little raw, but tolerable!

https://youtu.be/xs1OIIiy1V8

It’s f’n great!!!

**Proximal** · 03-22-2020, 01:06 PM

Saw this when listening to vid, got a laugh.

https://youtu.be/nd-_UwzSSvQ

**Proximal** · 03-22-2020, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by almostgone

..and an oldie because I'm in that kind of mood this morning.

https://youtu.be/qYM0Go4WWFk

Killer, TY!

**almostgone** · 03-27-2020, 08:16 PM

Has a punk/ thrash feel to it:

https://youtu.be/DZpt8YXFwso

**almostgone** · 03-27-2020, 08:19 PM

...and a little something to ramp down. Damn B12 shots ruin me.

https://youtu.be/hBj0-dIU8HI

**almostgone** · 03-27-2020, 08:26 PM

Probably a little too much throaty vocals for some people but this was one of the tunes I listened to during my massage therapy today.

https://youtu.be/ALmGVSqr91E

**almostgone** · 03-27-2020, 08:37 PM

https://youtu.be/xAG_5bmBIl4

**almostgone** · 03-27-2020, 08:42 PM

Some old stuff:

https://youtu.be/_LIkKmgbFpA

**almostgone** · 03-27-2020, 08:44 PM

https://youtu.be/ybneJIAJ7HY

**almostgone** · 03-27-2020, 08:51 PM

An oldie. They put on one hell of a show.

https://youtu.be/KAXRMyUshvM

**almostgone** · 03-27-2020, 08:58 PM

https://youtu.be/oNxI-Gsdrxc

**almostgone** · 03-27-2020, 09:02 PM

Another time from massage therapy today. What they lack in vocals they more than make up for in pure, f-in, punch you in the face riffs

https://youtu.be/YGnMhzDvPVU