FeralMemories: Why American Metal Is Better

IRAI 03.03.10	some good ones here
intothepit83 03.03.10	a lot of american metal/hardcore is amazing, but if you're looking at the bigger picture, my opinion is that european metal has more of a selection of great metal than the US
TRMshadow 03.03.10	123 to list Every single one of these are amazing. I Just got Souls at Zero in the mail and I'm loving it.
Brokenjewel 03.03.10	I got Revocation after reading a positive magazine review but i've struggled to get into it for some reason. Love 8 and 9, and 17 is an absolute classic. All in all a pretty good argument for American metal. You can't argue with a bit of Maiden though. And there's a bit of a rennaiscence happeneing in English metal at the moment.
Consigliere 03.03.10	Gotta agree, most of the albums on this list are amazing, but i've got one word for you, Opeth.
couch 03.03.10	inb4shitstorm
WhiteWallStargazers 03.03.10	both have their plus and minuses
BigTuna 03.03.10	The problem is there's barely any good black metal. Plus Dream Theater sucks.
intothepit83 03.03.10	i got a few more for him, consigliere... early in flames gojira kreator sodom at the gates the haunted meshuggah celtic frost evile venom napalm death carcass amon amarth behemoth dark tranquility my dying bride vader paradise lost old man's child that should help
BigTuna 03.03.10	I got a lot too: EVERY GOOD BLACK METAL BAND EVER
intothepit83 03.03.10	^agreed
Yazz_Flute 03.03.10	I thought SYL were canadian?
Consigliere 03.03.10	Yeah, what intothepit83 said too, forgot about those... Anathema too.
intothepit83 03.03.10	maybe he means North American?
SCREAM! 03.03.10	If you meant American as in USA then SYL doesn't belong here. If you meant it as the continent then nvm that. Anyway, america has a lot of great metal but i agree that if you look at the bigger picture, Europe has it beat
Yazz_Flute 03.03.10	oh that's a good point...apologies for the ignorance
MUNGOLOID 03.03.10	nice choices but seriously needs some system of a down.
eternium 03.03.10	America, England, and Sweden are the best metal countries. England had the first bands, but has been lacking a lot since.
SCREAM! 03.03.10	Check out All The Empires Of The World and Devil Sold His Soul, two amazing psot metal bands out of england
eternium 03.03.10	Where can I listen to 9 without downloading?
intothepit83 03.03.10	eternium: you gotta add germany in there, too. you cannot forget about kreator or sodom, probably two of the top 5 thrash metal acts of all time
eternium 03.03.10	Yeah, but Germany doesn't have quantity. The Ocean is the best German band, imo.
SCREAM! 03.03.10	Germany has Disillusion and Disillusion had Back To Times Of Splendor Nuff said
intothepit83 03.03.10	eternium: i agree that germany doesn't have the quantity. i think the fact that when you name a german metal act, 99.9% of the time it's as good as it gets. that's just my opinion though
BigTuna 03.03.10	How could you not mention Norway?
eternium 03.03.10	Because most black metal is meh, with a few exceptions.
barneygumble 03.03.10	strapping young lad is Canadian...
SCREAM! 03.03.10	Yeah but Norway pioneered the genre and should be respected for it
intothepit83 03.03.10	BigTuna: Instead of Sweden, I'd just say all of Scandinavia. Eternium: I'm gonna simplify my last comment cuz it's confusing even me. With Germany, it's not about quantity, it's about quality. God, that was so much easier.
BigTuna 03.03.10	"Because most black metal is meh" lol Besides, if you're going to claim a country is the "best" metal country and completely avoid an integral genre, that's just ridiculous. Norway might not be the "best" metal country but it is one of the most influential.
Brokenjewel 03.03.10	I think the best recent entries into English metal have come from Rinoa, Burning Skies and Johnny Truant. I often see the dudes from Napalm Death mooching about.
eternium 03.03.10	Diversity has a lot to do with it for me. America has the most diversity without saying, Sweden has everything from melodic death metal to post-metal to grindcore, even Germany has industrial, thrash, and metalcore. Norway is mostly just black metal with a little death.
Brokenjewel 03.03.10	I have no idea what relevance my last statement has - I'm just tired.
BigTuna 03.03.10	I would agree, but America has NO black metal (maybe Wolves) and I'm saying that's a problem because it's an essential genre.
bloc 03.03.10	In terms of today's younger acts, UK metal kills American metal.
eternium 03.03.10	America has black metal. Wolves, Agolloch, Abigal Williams, and Xasthur. Not much, because the only place with a black metal mood (Alaska) is full of rednecks and Eskimos.
SCREAM! 03.03.10	Way to forget Panopticon and Leviathan
HugCrewLoveRoll 03.03.10	yeah, UK have Bring'zz Meh Teh OHrizon
eternium 03.03.10	I don't listen to black metal much at all, so forgive me. Again, where can I listen to 9?
TricksterGRex 03.03.10	people who dont kno shit about bm itt
Brokenjewel 03.03.10	God I hate Bring Me the Horizon. Saw them at Download and they sucked some major balls right there. Chugga, chugga, chugga-weakscream-chugga, chugga.
intothepit83 03.03.10	bring'zz meh teh ohrizon is the perfect example of what is wrong with metal today
SCREAM! 03.03.10	eternium: Try youtube, not sure where else unless you dl it
eternium 03.03.10	I've tried YouTube. There's only like, three songs on there. The burden of underground music.
cirq 03.03.10	America is the best at everything.
Brokenjewel 03.03.10	Really have to agree with you intothepit. And the singer is an arrogant twat. I saw him pick a fight with a kid in Nottingham and the kid's brother beat him to the ground. Satisfying.
eternium 03.03.10	Didn't he piss on a girl? He's so arrogant, he thinks he's R. Kelly.
intothepit83 03.03.10	Brokenjewel: Nothing like a bunch of wanna-be tough guy scene faggots who can't control their liquor picking a fight with a guy that doesn't really give a fuck.
FeralMemories 03.03.10	You guys got me with SYL. I totally forgot about that. So I replaced it with some good old fashioned Nile.
intothepit83 03.03.10	nile always works
Brokenjewel 03.03.10	Blimey. I never knew Nile were American. I bought one of their albums a few years back that had some Egyptian chanting on it, which was nice.
intothepit83 03.03.10	nile's a good ol' southern american death metal band with egyptian influences. genius
FeralMemories 03.03.10	Im actually neutral in the argument right now. I'll make 2 more lists, one for europe and one for the rest of the world, and then I'll probably just decide that I just love metal. xD
intothepit83 03.03.10	good point. why can't we all just get along(in metal)?
Brokenjewel 03.03.10	Yeah, let's start our own nation. We could call it Valhalla, or...er...Metal-land.
intothepit83 03.03.10	One nation.... under metal.... praise be to Odin
Illitoris 03.03.10	yeah man, discordance axis is sum sick metal
Brokenjewel 03.03.10	Thor is good too. Big on DIY.