I found a british thrash/death metal band named Sylosis, who've recently released their third full length studio album, Monolith. Damn, these guys are awesome! They keep metal alive after all of the scene stuff has happened. \m/
oh HELL yes. i LOVE sylosis. i even taught myself "A Dying Vine" up until the first mini solo. lol
to be honest, when i first saw picks, they looked metal core, but then i heard them, and was HAPPILY surprised. they are heavy and technical. and each album surpasses the previous one. they get better and better.
Josh Middleton is talented. doesn't hurt that he is influenced by my fave band ;)
Sylosis is definitely one of my favorite, if not my MOST favorite, 'newer' band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2dFG7-09P0
another good band that is newer is Revocation. i discovered this song around the time i found Sylosis. you should take a listen :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfuSSmDS7IQ
While listening to the songs on Conclusion to an Age, I thought to myself: "I can play this". I'm surprised how good metal can be when played in standard tuning. The old singer's clean vocals really keep me listening. Josh Middleton's vocals are more "thrashy", in my opinion, and add more of a death growl to them. Love it. I like his singing, too.
If you live in a major city like London, you get to see everyone live! Although, I actually saw Sylosis at a European festival. Epic!
cool, I'll give them a listen. Do they sound somewhat the same as Sylosis?
hmmmm... i don't think they sound the same.... it's just, when i thought of newer metal bands, i thought of them as well. Revocation is a bit more chaotic than Sylosis.
standard tuning is great. hell... the entire "Painkiller" album was standard... so yeah lol. i eventually want to get 2 guitars, though. One for E-standard. and one for D-standard (not drop D.. i hate playing drop-anything lol)
I play in both standard and dropped tunings, depends on what I want to play. If you visit my "Who plays guitar" thread in the "metal" topic, you'll see my guitar equipment and you can also talk more about your guitar, as well.
I live in Seattle, and there have been live shows with native bands (from Seattle). Seattle's a pretty big place, and about every year there will be an opportunity to see a live show from bands not native to Seattle, but from other places around the United States, and maybe even the world. The Black Dahlia Murder played in Seattle not too long back, but I missed it, unfortunately :(
http://www.wacken.com/en/woa2014/main-bands/billing-2014/
Line up for one festival in Germany. You could probably check out a number of bands from that.
My friend got some broken ribs during a Black Dahlia set, but he stayed for the duration of the festival. It was Sonisphere 2011, I recall.
America needs better festivals.
i would love to go to wacken. i almost did my powepoint presentation (a 2 week trip with $10,000) on Wacken, but i couldn't find prices on tickets and hotel or Tent fees. so i ended up going with tokyo :P
sadly, as far as i know, the US really only has Ozfest and other non metal crap like the Vans Warped tour and stuff. i could be wrong, as i haven't kept up with stuff in the past couple years.
They have coach transport from all over Europe. If you have a ticket, you just turn up with a tent in hand, I believe. I was fortunate enough to have a friend who drove us there.
Best part of the festival, you can pay kids to carry crates of beer to your campsite. They scoot around on little trikes, with trailers that you can stack beer onto.
that sounds badass. i would have them tote around my rootbeer and orange soda, as i do not drink alcohol lol
the lineup for 2014 is interesting.
Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy(not too fond of the new girl =/), Carcass, Bodom, Chthonic, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Slayer.
not the best year, but definitely some good bands.
You missed Steel Panther. Judging you...
Alissa is not a bad front woman. She was better in The Agonist, arguably. I know my friends prefer The Agonist, in comparison to Arch Enemy. I still listen to Doomsday Machine, from time to time. But the newer, younger band have got a lot going for them.
I don't drink alcohol either, I'd prefer mountain dew, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I've been a mountain dew drinker for quite some time now, almost for a few years.
I wish I could go to Wacken, but I don't know how much it costs to go to Germany. I, being in Seattle, believe that it would cost lots of money for a plane trip there, also the tickets to watch the show as well as the concessions. I saw the list of bands on the website, and I envy those who could see Amon Amarth, Children of Bodom, etc. damn...
i HATE steel Panther *feels judged*
I like The Agonist, especially when Alissa White-Gluz was the front-woman. I haven't listened to Arch Enemy yet, though.
Arch Enemy is pretty awesome. this is the first song i heard from them back when the album came out. very nostalgic for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRU-3ewYaRU