[B][I]Fantomas - The Godfather[/I][/B]

[B]Intro[/B] - Starts off with the signature Godfather theme with a violin, gets you in the mood.

[B]0:32[/B] - Guitar and drums kick in, once you hear this you know this song is gonna fu[size=2]c[/size]king slay.
[B]
0:38 [/B] - Nice tempo here, Patton starts with some gibberish, sweet sh[size=2]i[/size]t so far.

[B]1:15 [/B] - Slow tempo starts, more gibberish with latin guitar in the background.

[B]2:03[/B] - Fu[size=2]c[/size]king chaos here. Sounds kinda opera-ish with the violin and Patton's voice mixed; kinda like Emperor I guess without the screaming. Da[size=2]m[/size]n Patton's versitle.

[B]2:17[/B] - It gets calmer, with violin and Patton sounding like some 40-something
mother from Sicily.

[B]2:45[/B] - Song ends.

In general, this is a great intro to The Director's Cut, and Fantomas nail this.

9.5/10

[B]Recommendations[/B]:

Anthrax - Gung Ho
Slayer - The Final Command
Bad Religion - Leaders and Followers
Pantera - Drag the Waters
Strapping Young Lad - Relentless

Since I'm blind and didn't see your dibs I'll just do two reviews, dibs.

[B]Fantomas - The Godfather[/B] 2:48

Basically I have no idea what to expect seeing as some of your other choices weren't metal and I have never heard anything by this group, cheers.

"The Godfather" starts on a laid back string arrangement thats rather pretty, so far this is really cool. BOOM! even though I kinda expected a freakout it still surprised me and boy does it rock. A big plus right now is that I can stand vocals. The fast drums and raspsy screams go well together.

At abot 1.30 the song goes back into it's beginng theme that I enjoy so very much. Again another plus, the band has the ability to pull back and use a sense of dynamics instead of just playing as fast as they can for three full minutes. Ha, the way the singer does the interlude makes me laugh but in a good way. The symphonic metal part just before the end is impressive too, I liked this song, Bravo!

[B]8/10[/B] Better then I expected



[B]Anthrax - Gung Ho[/B] 3.32

My past experinces with Anthrax has been postive, I saw some video on VH1 classic where they were drenched in fake blood which I'm assuming is pretty metal. I'm thinking this song will be good.

Starts on a chunk a chunk chunk thrash riff. Soon the drums join in with a headbanging double bass rythmn. So far this tune is pretty catchy, the guitar tone is purty kickass. Why do I feel like punching someone in the face? I'm the least violent person ever.

At 1.32 the metal solo starts filled with with wah and divebombs. I'm liking this way more than I'm supposed to. It might have something to do with the "catchy hooks". The song ends with cool feedback noises, swell.

[B]8.5/10[/B] Good song (Repeat value)

[B]My Choices[/B]
Magazine - Motorcade (Post Punk)
Fugazi - Walken's Syndrome (Post Punk)
Cryptopsy - Crown of Horns (Death Metal)
Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis (Hip Hop)

I have all of these on soulseek except for Cryptopsy, I'm WRM.

Dibs

Undibs, can't find em.

The point of this is to listen to new music right? I'd do Cryptopsy but I've heard it several million times.

if no one is going to call dibs on a song, i guess ill make some choices
eric clapton- i shot the sherrif (cover of Bob Marley)
Dio- Holy Diver

you listen to a recomended song that you haven't heard before, then make recomendations for other people

dibs

[/B][U]Cryptosy - Crown Of Horns[/U][/B]

I have heard a lot of good things about Cryptosy, but never checked them out. I must say in hearing this I was impressed. They played stuff that was moderately complex, but [B]amazingly[/B] fast, the song started out with a simple intro that was extremely fast, then the singer screamed something incomprehndable extremely high pitched, then they changed to a different tune and the singer started growling... that's when he started to suck... growling like that at a fast speed just doesn't do it for me, I respect that he can do that, but I cannot understand what he is saying, so after a while I tuned out the singing, the drummer was going nuts, then the guitarist(s?) and the bassist were playing some pretty nice stuff, but as I said before amazingly fast, then came the solo, that I was thoroughly impressed with, then they did another part like the rest of the song, the singing came in, went away... and it was over fast.

Overall I'd say it was a pretty good song.... kinda ridiculous, maybe a 6 or 7/10

My Choices:

In Flames - My Sweet Shadow (Nu-Metal/Gothenburg)
Opeth - Bleak (Melodic Death Metal/Progressive)
Korn - Let's Do This Now (Nu-Metal with Death Metal influences)
INXS - Mystify (80's Rock)

Dam*it :angry:

Noone ever posts bands that I can get access too, whether I've heard them or not :angry:

Nu-Metal with Death Metal influences?

Please.

*bump*

Someone do these, then recommend something bearable so I can do them :p

ehh.....no

Dibs.

Korn - Let's Do This Now

I was a massive Korn fan, and this track comes off of the only album I have yet to hear. Starts off with a bagpipe intro, the drums come in about about 10-15 seconds and keepi going for a bit. The song gradually gets louder, until the guitars and bass enter. It's the usual down-turned riffage from Korn(Not saying it as a bad thing, just stating it). And the bass...one thing I really hate about Korn. Fieldy just keeps slap-slap-slap-slapping, and it's aggrivating. Regardless of that, I'm enjoying the song so far. Jon's vocals come in, doing some clean vocals for a while, nothing new. After a little bit of this we hit the chorus, and Jon switches to his low-pitched screaming(Note:screaming, not growling, and definitely not death metal in any way). As always, the bass keeps on slapping throughout. One guitar plays the riff from the beginning whilst another handles the melody. This is followed by another verse and chorus, and then a breakdown. Wait, what's this? Fieldy stopped slapping his bass! Anyways, Jon sings some calm, clean vocals for a while, before letting out a huge yell of "NOWWWWWWWWWWWW". For a few seconds after it's just the drums and guitar for a bit, before the band plays the chorus once more to end the song.

Like I said, I've always been a Korn fan, and I'd have to say this is an improvement over Untouchables by a longshot. Not on par with their older work, but good nonetheless. 7/10

Appalling Spawn - Manthra of Hope(Technical death/grind)
Leviathan - Sardoniscorn(Raw black metal)
Wormed - Tunnel of Ions(Brutal death metal)
Dresden Dolls - Coin-Operated Boy(Cabaret)
Steel - Heavy Metal Machine(Old school power metal, Opeth members and Dan Swano)
Limbonic Art - Through the Gleams of Death)Symphonic black metal)


BlkMetalDeviant on AIM if you need these.

That Wormed is available on their site, [url]www.wormed.net[/url], if anyone is interested.

EDIT: Never mind, I did one.

[B]Appalling Spawn - Manthra of Hope[/B]

This pre-Lykathea band has all the members of Lykathea except the absolutely insane drummer, Thomas Corn, needless to say I had high hopes for it as Lykathea are my favorite band.

It starts off with an extremely brutal, angry roar courtesy of Ptoe, then it's straight into trademark brutal-but-kind-of-melodic Lykathea riffs. Also sounding reminiscent of Anata at this point. The drumming definitely does not dissapoint, although it can't compare to Corn's. Ptoe's vocals excel. Riffing is supreme. There is even what seems to be ambience going on amongst the brutality of some of the riffs at around 2:00 and 2:30.

This really reminds me of Lykathea, minus some of the ambient interludes. Thanks alot for making me check them out, I am getting the rest of the album as I type, from you :p

10/10

My suggestions:
Sauron - Demonic Invasion (Unholy Thrash Metal)
Can be found here:
[url]http://www.kitchel.net/mp3/03%20Demonic%20Invasion.mp3[/url]

Dibs.

[B][I]Sauron - Demonic Invasion[/I][/B]

Hot dam[size=2]n[/size], this is what I call thrash. Starts out with great double bass and a sweet riff. New riff, but it's just as good as the previous. Vocals kick in. I like how it's a cross of growling and clean, kinda gruff. So far, it's really reminding me of Dark Angel, and that is of course awesome. Nice new heavy riff for the chorus, vocals are still great. Another verse and chorus, and in comes a solo. Great s[size=2]h[/size]it here, no wankery or Kerry King bull[size=2]s[/size] here. The intro riff comes back, and then the chrous riff after. At the end is just f[size=2]u[/size]cking around, with double bass and guitars.

I can't believe I haven't heard of these guys. This is great textbook West Coast thrash, very similar to Dark Angel, almost proto-death sounding. Heavy as hell.

10/10

[b][u]Recommendations:[/u][/b]

Overkill - E.vil N.ever D.ies
Death - Open Casket
Wormed - Voxel Mitosis
Repulsion - Maggots in Your Coffin
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years

Dibs

[U][B]Overkill - Evil Never Dies[/B][/U]

Wow!!!

Amazing Thrash metal right here :evil:



0:00 - 1:10... The song starts off with a slow neat guitar effect (I think) which slowly builds up and gets more intense as it goes on

1:11 - 1:25... The guitar effect turns to distortion, as the drums and bass join in, in basically a new intro to the song

1:26 - 1:57... This is where the amazing thrash comes into play. A wicked headbanging beat with heavy bass and precise triplets on the bassdrum.

1:58 - 2:51... A neat little 3 second acuostic segement that leads into a guitar solo with the thash beat in tha bass and drums still going. That lasts about 20 seconds and then it goes right back into the basic thrash verse, and through the guitar solo again.

2:52 - 3:50... The tempo slows down and the music gets less intense

3:51 - 4:23... The tempo slowly builds and builds, and before getting back to the verse you hear a loud "EVIL NEVER DIES" from the vocals and backing vocals (a great lead into the verse)

4:24 - 5:49 (end)... the song goes back into the verse with the guitar solo and all a couple more times, and the solos get more amazing in this part. The song ends off with another "EVIL NEVER DIES", which carries on for a few more seconds


Overall, this is an amazing killer thrash song by a great band :thumb:

My favorite parts were the loud bashing bass, intense guitar solos, and the "EVIL NEVER DIES" screams. GREAT SONG!!!

9.5/10


[B]Recommendations[/B]

Carcass - Incarnated Solvent Abuse
Corossion of Conformity - Break the Circle
Dew Scented - Acts of Rage
Kataklysm - Chronicles of the Da*ned
Primal Fear - Armageddon

^^
nvm

[QUOTE=munky_magik]^^
You need to make some recomendations as well[/QUOTE]


K i see you changed yours too, so n/m as well

I'm going to be very brave and have a go at Wormed

edit: ****, way too late... I'll still have a go anyway, this is a dib

cancel that, cant be bothered right now

*bump*

Dibs

[b]Carcass - Incarnated Solvent Abuse[/b]

Begins with a cool sample of someone talking. Sounds like a Halo II bit.

Then a great guitar and drum come in. The guitar is very cool but then get's better when the sectiosn change. And then... a 3rd riff. Also very cool. The vocals come in and are prety standard death vocals. They are the high pitched kind, not the gutteral growl. The riffs seem more repeated now and are less cool. There is a cool slower section which goes into a fast section but it's not technical enough to feel really blazing. Oh... there it is. The drums are great. I've heard Carcass but hadn't noticed the druming this much before. The guitar solo starts off kind of weak but picks up steam. It's a bit short.

This is a pretty basic song structure but fortunately the repeated parts are good. The lows on the guitars are a little thin I notice. A second guitar solo. This one is much cooler. A bit more experimental than the first, not staying within the key entirely which I like. I like the riff after the solo too. This is definitely more about the guitars than vocals which is good for death metal, usually. The time changes sometimes feel a bit awkward but are handles well. The ending leaves something to be desired.

A good song but it has it's flaws. I think I'll look into this Carcass album. I've only heart Heartwork and Swansong.

8/10

Carnival in Coal - Yes! We Have No Bananas (weird experimental prog metal - Very cool)
Agalloch - ...And The Great Cold Death Of The Earth (Folky prog metal - again very cool)
Alchemist - Chinese Whispers (more prog metal)

I've got it all on soulseek or IM me and ask.
slsk - Fast Fingers, IM - Viking Vs Pirate

Dibs.

Never heard, or heard of, these guys before.
[b]Carnival in Coal - Yes! We Have No Bananas[/b] - 5:32

Starts off with some stabs of sound, with raspy vocals on each one, saying something I can't make out (presumably "we have no bananas today" or something). This is followed by a keyboardy melody for a little bit, before blasting fully into metal, with those rasping vocals (which aren't awful, but aren't great either) saying things I can't decipher, and female operatic vocals, quietly, in the background. I don't like the drums all that much either, they sound like they've been programmed without much finesse (and if they're not actually programmed, then they just sound weird).

A quieter section comes in, but the guitars are still crunchy and heavy. There's a clean voice now, singing (kind of), sounding scared, about having no bananas. I actually quite like this bit, and it's followed by another quiet, guitarless bit, which seems a bit pointless but isn't unpleasant. Raspy comes back in later. I think there may well be sound effects in the background, but I can't make them out well enough to talk about. He definitely said something about not having bananas there. His vocals are actually quite a bit better than I first thought.

This is okay so far. Very strange, but nothing amazing, yet. Nothing terrible either though. Some funky stuff going on without any kind of backing, around 2:30. Clean voice guy comes back in, talking about bananas again, but throwing apples in too. The drums come back in too, but they're not the unimpressive pounding of before. Occasional stabs of harsh guitar, and background vocals saying "no no no no" mean I quite like this bit. The lyrics, when I can make them out, are cool.

The song fades out on repetitions of this, which is a bit of a weak way to end. It sounds like it should have some more definite ending. Still, that was pretty good, especially from 2:30-when the repetition started. Lose some of the background sound effects (some were okay) and I'd be looking for an album, I think. They're French though, so they won't listen.

7.5/10

[b]Songs;[/b]
Canvas Solaris - [i]When Solar Winds Collide[/i] (technical instrumental metal)
Bob Dylan - [i]Oxford Town[/i] (folk - underrated Dylan, I think)
earthtone 9 - Tat Twam Asi (metal, of a kind)
Devin Townsend - [i]Earth Day[/i] (experimental metal, 9 minutes long)
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & Dinosaur Jr - [i]The Missing Link[/i] (guitary hip hop)
The Meads of Asphodel - [i]A Healer Made God[/i] (metal - black in ethos, an amalgamation in style) - could well be mislabelled, as the CD case mislabels this track as Sons of Anak Rise, and vice versa. This one should start off with a sample saying "It is written that man shall not live by bread alone.."

Bump. Available from me on AIM (preferably) and MSN, by the way. I would say available on Soulseek too, but the chances of it working for me are remote.