RiffOClock: Why I No Longer Listen To modern Metal

RiffOClock 03.28.14	just keeping it short and to the point, y'know how i roll
JokineAugustus 03.28.14	Liars gonna lie
ArsMoriendi 03.28.14	1.Nothing is wrong with Industrial metal 2.But 70s heavy metal and alt. metal (late 80s-early 2000s) were so good in their prime 3.Actually I have nothing else to disagree with. Alternative rock is more my thing, probably why my favorite metal is alt. metal.
climactic 03.28.14	U dont deserve that username
Greyvy 03.28.14	5 is one of my favs
RiffOClock 03.28.14	okay, was talking specifically about modern metal records, probably gonna edit the title also love the tag 'alternative metal', it is generally a nice umbrella term for every single horrible album there is
JokineAugustus 03.28.14	Ya metal is all about cold dark snow and death and SATAN
AliW1993 03.28.14	All very true, especially 1 and 2. With the exception of Behemoth's The Satanist (which itself is hardly revolutionary), I can't remember the last metal record I truly enjoyed. You need only look at the lineups for Download, Sonisphere etc to see the state that modern metal is in.
ArsMoriendi 03.28.14	@RiffOClock: You find Faith No More, Primus, Tool, and Rage Against the Machine awful? Dude, just no...
RiffOClock 03.28.14	'Ya metal is all about cold dark snow and death and SATAN" actually this is mostly correct, although i dont expect an avid zao listener to consciously grasp that fact
NordicMindset 03.28.14	don't forget SoaD
RiffOClock 03.28.14	@RiffOClock: You find Faith No More, Primus, Tool, and Rage Against the Machine awful? " yes
Insurrection 03.28.14	"You find Faith No More, Primus, Tool, and Rage Against the Machine awful?" i wouldnt consider any of those metal bands
ArsMoriendi 03.28.14	I guess he really does hate alt. metal since Faith No More is like the best summer band...
NordicMindset 03.28.14	listen to Opiate then
RiffOClock 03.28.14	"don't forget SoaD" used to love them in the old days when my hormones were raging and my cock stayed hard during the entire climax of starless. everything's changed now though
ArsMoriendi 03.28.14	@Insurrection: They're considered alt. metal, which is a metal sub-genre. He just insulted alt. metal by saying "also love the tag 'alternative metal', it is generally a nice umbrella term for every single horrible album there is" :(
JokineAugustus 03.28.14	Immolation is a summer band, but they pale in comparison to other bands
RiffOClock 03.28.14	"listen to Opiate then" i'd rather not listen to any recs unknown users give me. last time i asked for fun, mediocre bands in the vein of the bled and poison the well and got a whole bunch of unrelated shit that is actually good
DikkoZinner 03.28.14	Incantation
BMDrummer 03.28.14	Have you heard new Neurosis? Not as good as their old stuff, but still really good. Especially Given to the Rising.
Insurrection 03.28.14	i dont even think alt metal is a legit genre. just a huge umbrella term for anything heavy thats not completely conventional. if anything its interchangeable with nu metal which those bands definitely arent
DikkoZinner 03.28.14	Church of Misery - Thy Kingdom Scum
RiffOClock 03.28.14	yeah neurosis are one of the few bands who mostly keep my attention to this day. although i heard bit and pieces from their last record and it just sounded like an uninspired and boring retread of the stuff they did before
DominionMM1 03.28.14	listen again man
BMDrummer 03.28.14	Fair enough, but try the whole thing if you get a chance. Very similar to their old stuff, but it manages to be good.
ArsMoriendi 03.28.14	@Insurrection: Well I know they're not nu-metal, but I'm pretty sure people called those 4 bands "alt. metal" before nu-metal even existed.
BMDrummer 03.28.14	Also, Sleep and Eyehategod have new records on the way which will probably be awesome.
evilford 03.28.14	hey riff!
Insurrection 03.28.14	the fact that rage against the machine and tool are paired in the same genre should tell you something i hate genre labels anyway tho so call it as you please
JokineAugustus 03.28.14	Now I'm only an avid Zao listener :(
ArsMoriendi 03.28.14	Well if RiffOClock finds those 4 bands awful I'm going to have to say this list is shit. Well I'm out.
RiffOClock 03.28.14	"he fact that rage against the machine and tool are paired in the same genre should tell you something" if the genre is 'fucking shit' then i see no problem with that
climactic 03.28.14	check new thou dude, should renew your faith at least a little bit.
RiffOClock 03.28.14	listened twice, was left unimpressed. not really digging the 'new' sound
Shuyin 03.28.14	glad to have you and all your wrong opinions back!
evilford 03.28.14	where's base
Thibs 03.28.14	fuck off, fucker and fuck you
JamieTwort 03.28.14	Agree with most of this. I very rarely get excited about new metal releases these days.
Graveyard 03.28.14	I see where you're coming from. I find myself nowadays searching for more experimental forms of music as opposed to metal and its subgenres. Every once in a while I'll come across something that I find highly enjoyable, though. A perfect example would be the Gorguts album released last year.
SharkTooth 03.29.14	Kyuss and Pantera
someguest 03.29.14	Riff 0-0-000-00-0 Clock
PitchforkArms 03.29.14	I dunno, you're right for the most part, but don't pidgeonhole man.
tempest-- 03.29.14	riff listen to obliteration black death horizon
Funeralopolis 03.29.14	I basically never listen to any post 2010 metal, there isn't much good stuff tbh :x Indie and hip-hop are definitely having a much better decade.
tempest-- 03.29.14	y not
Gwyn. 03.29.14	"actually this is mostly correct, although i dont expect an avid zao listener to consciously grasp that fact" lol and agreed mostly
Keyblade 03.29.14	There are definitely some gems that have come out in recent times, but overall I find myself gravitating towards the older releases too.
Shuyin 03.29.14	yall need more Dolorian and Mouth Of The Architect
Hyperion1001 03.29.14	haha
VermTheImpaler 03.29.14	This list made my day, lol.
Greyvy 03.29.14	dolorian is boorrrrrrrrrringggggggggggggggg
VermTheImpaler 03.29.14	Idiots like the putrid chav of riff will be the death of Metal.
titanslayer 03.29.14	verm metal will never die
VermTheImpaler 03.29.14	Metal can't be killed, actually butthurt scum who complains about the state of metal has been for many years and all those putrid insects can't even touch my precious metal, lololololol
Relinquished 03.29.14	description for 5 and the album almost got me to agree winter fucking rules
Keyblade 03.29.14	Yeah 5 is amazing
ffs 03.29.14	have you heard of AC DC?
MO 03.29.14	whoa riff. But yea sorta agree
Shuyin 03.29.14	dolorian is boorrrrrrrrrringggggggggggggggg ill find you
RiffOClock 03.29.14	@VermTheImpaler not sure what your schtick is but im not digging it
Relinquished 03.29.14	he has asperger's don't mind him
KILL 03.29.14	new morbus chron is rly nice and good check it friff
ZombicidalMan 03.29.14	agreed. still a few bands like neurosis and boris I love, but largely unimpressed with metal nowadays
JamieTwort 03.29.14	Yeah that Morbus Chron album is great. The only really decent metal album I've heard so far this year.
JamieTwort 03.29.14	Oh and the new Hail Spirit Noir album isn't bad.
RiffOClock 03.29.14	thats the point though jamie. ive heard way too much metal in my life to bother with something "decent" or "not bad" havent heard morbus chron, are they better than sabaothonic cherubin
SeaAnemone 03.29.14	riff have you heard the new thou? probably best metal I've heard in the past few years; didn't think Thou had it in them honestly but it rules
Relinquished 03.29.14	riff don't dig new thou
BlacKapes 03.29.14	(gonna outshine your trolling on these comments with) all metal is fcking terrible anyway, old and new
KILL 03.29.14	thou suk thou boom
KILL 03.29.14	penis ur a bitch check heathen
Necrotica 03.29.14	I think last year got things in the right direction with the new releases by Children of Bodom, Darkthrone, and Carcass, among others. But this year, I've heard almost nothing so far that I enjoy in terms of metal
RiffOClock 03.29.14	should probably look into new thou again but i was let down on the first two listens. and thats coming from someone who thoroughly enjoyed all three previous full lengths
BlacKapes 03.29.14	yea man im jk but riffs comments are borderline trolling
RiffOClock 03.29.14	"I think last year got things in the right direction with the new releases by Children of Bodom, Darkthrone, and Carcass, among others. But this year, I've heard almost nothing so far that I enjoy in terms of metal" yeah two of those were never good in the first place
KILL 03.29.14	rip psychopathologist
Relinquished 03.29.14	it's more def drone-y than the other ones overall. I appreciate the breathing room in it, and lyrically it's more relatable overall too. production is at their current best.
RiffOClock 03.29.14	guess i prefer the more playful, melodic side of thou
JamieTwort 03.29.14	"thats the point though jamie. ive heard way too much metal in my life to bother with something "decent" or "not bad"" Yeah I get you. I might be being a bit harsh with my choice of words, that Morbus Chron album is really good and I do like the new Hail Spirit Noir quite a bit, it's just not as good as their debut.
mandan 03.29.14	No love for Mastodon?
RiffOClock 03.29.14	how could i forget the mighty mastodon
Relinquished 03.29.14	lol how could anyone not
ZombicidalMan 03.29.14	lol
mryrtmrnfoxxxy 03.29.14	yay riff is back
TheAristocrat96 04.01.14	I'm not sure if this is some sort of joke, but there's plenty of good, new Metal albums out. You enjoy Drudkh's stuff, have you not listened to Wodensthrone or Winterfylleth, or Eternium?
TheSonomaDude 12.07.17	ayyo what time is idk what RIFF O CLOCK m/m/m/m/
Demon of the Fall 12.07.17	I don't know, just be me I guess, it's better... i.e. discover metal later on in life & have a whole world out there to explore. Metal released in the 80s/90s is like having new music. I very rarely listen to new stuff because I simply haven't gotten round to it, apart from Vektor & they rule.
Demon of the Fall 12.07.17	There are days where I wish I had some guidance at a young age, to be sat down with a pair of headphones & be told 'hey kid, listen to this album, it's called Symbolic & it'll change your life' but this later in life thing is fun too, maybe I'd have hated it, who knows...
osmark86 12.07.17	dismissing modern metal is just lazy. either way, for what it's worth, I disagree that modern metal isn't pushing the genre. like it or not, but bands like KoRn, SOAD, Primus, Faith No More, Meshuggah, Neurosis, Gojira, Mastodon, Cult of Luna etc are definitely making/made metal that pushes the traditional sound. so saying that the genre hasn't progressed is just wrong imo. whether you think it's generally good or not is an entirely different question.