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I would definatly count Black Sabbath as metal, I listen to allot of metalcore bands, but my favourite real metal bands would be New Trivium, Metallica, Iron Maiden & many others.
 
So I went to my first metal concert last night at Long Beach Arena. Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Soilwork, and DevilDriver. All I have to say is I was not prepared for how loud it was going to be, but I loved it. Soilwork opened, than it was devildriver, kse, than LOG. Soilwork opened with Sworn To A Great Divine. I didn't know a few of them but they played Exile and closed with Nerve. They were damn good, officially my very first band I've ever heard live. Their set was short unfortunately. :( DevilDriver I don't have much to say about i've never heard any of their stuff, it sounded ok but I didn't think they were as good as Soilwork. KSE came out strong, and I honestly can't remember what song they opened with but I believe they played: This Fire Burns, Unbroken, Arms of Sorrow, My Curse, Rose Of Sharyn, The End of Heartache, and Holy Diver.(They played more I just don't know their names) They closed with Holy Diver and end of heartache was second to last. I liked that one the most since Howard pretty much let the crowd sing the whole first part and you could hear the crowd pretty clearly too, it was really cool. Adam is hilarious, he pretty much had Howard on the floor laughing before they played My Curse. Holy Diver was pretty crazy to hear live too, they had a little extended solo at the end too. Than Lamb of God came on strong too, the audience pretty much went nuts. They opened with Hourglass. Than the rest were: Laid To Rest, Walk With Me In Hell(was awesome), Pathetic, Blacken The Cursed Sun, Omerta, Descending, Vigil, Ruin, Now You've Got Something To Die For, Redneck, Black Label. Redneck was second to last than obviously they closed with Black Label. It was really awesome but overall I'd have to say I enjoyed KSE the most. My favorite band is LoG but how cleanly KSE played, plus the way they interacted with the crowd and their personality on stage was great. Not to mention I really like KSE anyways. It was an awesome first concert, I wanna do it again! :dopey

Most of Holy Diver: http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...l=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2
(This was kinda my point of view, I wasn't on the floor I was in the balcony like this guy but far left I wasnt looking at the side of the stage like that more straight on)

You guys ever recall your first metal concert?

EDIT: Sorry about the grammar and stuff I just kind of typed it as I thought about it.
 
Hmm, first metal concert would be Dream Theater. First real metal concert would be Sanctity.

I saw KSE a year or so ago, honestly I'm not a huge fan but they put on a great show. :)
 
My first metal concert was LOG, Trivim, Machine Head and Gojira. Funny, LOG played the exact same set as the one you heard. Of course, being in Florida, the crowd went nucking futs when they played Redneck. IIRC, before they started the song Randy said "this next song is for all of you who came here in your trucks with rebel flags sticking out the back." :lol:

Trivium was amazing and was the main reason I went in the first place, but all the bands were very good. After that night I was a Machine Head fan, and to a lesser extent Gojira.

I am supremely jealous of you getting to see Soilwork, especially since they played Nerve. :grumpy: That's my favorite song by them.

Hopefully some good bands will come to Jacksonville in 2008. So far the only concerts I plan on going to are Van Halen and Blue Man Group.
 
CDailey
I am supremely jealous of you getting to see Soilwork, especially since they played Nerve. :grumpy: That's my favorite song by them.
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I wish Soilwork didn't open and DevilDriver did. I think Soilwork is a lot better of a band, hell while they're add it they might as well have put In Flames in there instead of DD.
 
Wow, is anyone into Moonspell?

I am now addicted to their music, and I think that they are simply awesome.
It is maybe the first Doom/Gothic Metal band I’ve heard, and it is great 👍
 
I have never heard the weak willed by all that remains untill yesterday and I've never heard him sing like that in a song before, it's awesome though.
 
I love Last.FM!

I have now added Chimaira to my collection

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ceiling_fan
Meshuggah - obZen - Ownage

Seriously, this album owns. Seriously.
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Never listened to them before. I acquired this cd tonight and I'm listening to it right now. Sweet juicy Jesus the track Bleed is awesome.

Care to recommend anything else by them?
 
CDailey
Never listened to them before. I acquired this cd tonight and I'm listening to it right now. Sweet juicy Jesus the track Bleed is awesome.

Care to recommend anything else by them?
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Only song I have by Meshuggah is Rational Gaze...
 
Spasm has guitars tuned down to E. :lol: Since Meshuggah is by far my most played metal band as of late, I'd be happy to suggest good albums.

Chaosphere (1999) - This album is considered to be the best by many longtime fans of the band. It's great, but IMO the first and last songs are duds. Listen to New Millennium Cyanide Christ, Neurotica, and The Exquisite Machinery or Torture.

Destroy Erase Improve (1997) - Probably their most accessible album, and the album that got me into them. My personal favorite song is Soul Burn, though Future Breed Machine and Beneath are great as well.

I (EP) (2004) - This was a prologue to their 2005 album, Catch 33. It consists of a single 21-minute song, and is pure brutal goodness. :D IMO the best Meshuggah moment ever is 10:33 into that song, but you can't skip to it, you have to listen to the whole thing. ;)

Catch 33 (2005) - Many longtime fans never really liked this album due to it's experimental nature. When I first heard it, I thought it was mediocre at best. But eventually I found what makes this album so good- the second half. :lol: From the song In Death - Is Life to the end, it really is quite amazing and gives me the chills, especially the extremely clean guitar interludes.

obZen (2008) - This album absolutely owns. It comes out tomorrow (I downloaded the leak but I've preordered the CD as well.) This album is so good I changed my religion on Facebook to obZen. :dopey: My favorite tracks are Combustion, Electric Red, Bleed, Lethargica, obZen, The Spiteful Snake, Pineal Gland Optics, Pravus, and Dancers to a Discordant System. DTADS is absolutely brilliant the whole way through.

Honorable Mentions: Nothing (2003, re-released in 2005 with re-recorded guitar.) This was where they went from 7 string to 8 string guitars. This album never tickled my fancy though, other than Perpetual Black Second and Spasm. Check it out though, you might like it.
 
Hmm, I think I'll give a listen to them as soon as I can. Though I'm not a huge fan of harsh vocals.
 
My point was that going to a Ministry concert to see Meshuggah makes as much sense as going to a Yankees game to eat hot dogs... or going to a strip bar to drink beer. Or buying Playboy to read the articles.
 
The articles are good!! :p

Well Meshuggah makes it to the states about once every two years, and this time they're supporting Ministry. Don't really have a choice. To me, it's not a Ministry concert.
 
From Meshuggah, for me it is all about Chaosphere, if you want to rock out and laugh at the same time check you the hilarious video on Youtube for New Millenium Cyanide Christ. Great Band.
 


From wikipedia:

For example, the main riff of the song "New Millennium Cyanide Christ," from their 1998 album Chaosphere, follows the first aforementioned blueprint. Haake beats a rather slow 4/4 rhythm with his hands, while the bass drums and guitars play a repetitive 23/16 rhythm pattern on top of it. As the subdivided pattern is repeated, the pattern's accents shift to different beats on each repetition. After repeating the 23/16 pattern five times, a shorter 13/16 pattern is played once. These patterns sum up to 128 16th notes which equals exactly 8 measures in 4/4 meter. This, however, makes it a syncope, not a polyrhythm.
An example of when Haake's cymbals keep the steady 4/4 while his snare and bass drum follow the guitars would be the beginning of Stengah from their album Nothing up until the 1:44 mark. An example of when Haake's snare follow the steady 4/4 (in this case, on every 3) while his cymbals and bass drum follow the guitars come right after the last example, from 1:44-2:00 also on Stengah from their album Nothing. An example of when Haake follows the guitars entirely can be found from the beginning until the 2:00 mark of the song Concatenation from their album Chaosphere. You can tell how confusing it can get when there is nothing counting out the 4/4, but it can be followed if you know what they're playing.
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*head asplodes*
 
ceiling_fan


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*head asplodes*
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Damn that's cool....

Complexity and experimentation are two of my favorite aspects of music (although not exclusively), and Meshuggah delivers on that with aplomb. It's not for everyone, but to those that can differentiate between what's going on, it's brilliant.

Spasm has guitars tuned down to E.
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Indeed. Not as technically impressive as some of their other work, but it has a certain minimalistic charm, and those tuned down guitars with the simplistic low chug, are what give the song it's emotional impact.

Oh, you are absolutely right about "Bleed". That song is incredible.

*** Gets up and goes to the shops to buy the album***



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