The Official Hard Rock / Classic Metal Music Discussion and Memorabilia Thread!

[Big Hath]

[bl5150]

Fans of Lords of Black may be interested to know that Ronnie Romero has quit the band

[jingle.boy]

Fans of Lords of Black may be interested to know that Ronnie Romero has quit the band

[wolfking]

Fans of Lords of Black may be interested to know that Ronnie Romero has quit the band

He realised it's a shit band.

[TAC]

If a tree falls...

[wolfking]

Thought I'd list some newer albums that I've finally gotten around to checking out since XMas.

Euphoeron - I've probably mentioned this one and checked it out a couple of months ago really but thanks to Tim, this is a really excellent album and thought I'd mention it.  Have managed to listen a few times and a brilliant album.  And they are from New Zealand! huh!

Dee Snider - I know nothing of Twisted Sister except their couple of hits.  Dee's voice never did anything that I needed to check out more so checked this from the positive reviews, and yeah this is pretty nice.  Pretty samey until the last few songs but some cracking straight up metal.  Wouldn't be a long term classic but great metal album.

Nordic Union - Nope.  I think the second song was pretty good but Martensson is pretty much cooked as far as I'm concerned.  Didn't make it through the whole thing and Ronnie should lay this project to rest.

Lizzy Borden - I produced a better turd about an hour ago.

Dynazty - I don't think I listened to their last one at all.  Renatus I love so I don't know why I didn't, or I did and it was all the same.  Well this is all the same again, but even though you wouldn't repeat it over and over, I found it pretty enjoyable.  Some nice songwriting here and there even though we've literally heard it all before.

Ten - Speaking of hearing it all before, this came quick, and I really liked Gothica.  The samples I heard were average but I actually really liked this and a worthy follow up.  Gary produces the same songs and structure yet again, but with this lineup he's on a bit of a late career roll IMO.  Will listen again.

Devil's Hand - As mentioned in the other thread, it's Mike Slamer and he produces the goods again with some heavier moments, really enjoyable.

Riot V - I only know Fire Down Under and Thundersteel so don't know what made me check this.  It was okay, but pretty generic.  I turned it off halfway through.

Stratovarius - Great compilation and the new songs are awesome, this band is on some roll too.  Burn Me Down is one of the coolest tracks they've done for a while.  I've heard most here but a couple of songs I hadn't.  Don't care for the orchestral versions at all, it would have been fine just with the 12 tracks.  Nice little segway between albums this one.

[jingle.boy]

Between Dynazty, Ten, and The Night Flight Orchestra, I think every release is pretty predictable:  enjoyable, but nothing we haven't heard before.  I'd put Nordic Union on that bus too.

[TAC]

Euphoeron - I've probably mentioned this one and checked it out a couple of months ago really but thanks to Tim, this is a really excellent album and thought I'd mention it.  Have managed to listen a few times and a brilliant album.  And they are from New Zealand! huh!

 

Yeah, this is a great album. Kind of surprised I can digest the vocals, but it creates a cool dichotomy with the absolutely stunning and gorgeous music behind it. Some real thoughtful and interesting lyrics too. This is a great band.

I would love to hear an instrumental version of this album.

[jjrock88]

I’d like to hear what Brent’s rating is for Kade’s turd

[bl5150]

I’d like to hear what Brent’s rating is for Kade’s turd

It stinks .

[TAC]

[wolfking]

I can assure you all the turd was indeed a real stinker.  My turd smelt pretty bad too.

[wolfking]

Had a listen to the Trond Holter Vlad album.  Pretty solid, although it's just Dracula all over again but not as good.  Trond is some guitarist though, he can really shred when he wants to.

[jingle.boy]

Had a listen to the Trond Holter Vlad album.  Pretty solid, although it's just Dracula all over again but not as good.  Trond is some guitarist though, he can really shred when he wants to.

Won't disagree at all.  Nils is no Jorn, and the writing isn't anything fresh.  Where Dracula was a solid A, I give Vlad a strong B+

[wolfking]

Had a listen to the Trond Holter Vlad album.  Pretty solid, although it's just Dracula all over again but not as good.  Trond is some guitarist though, he can really shred when he wants to.

Won't disagree at all.  Nils is no Jorn, and the writing isn't anything fresh.  Where Dracula was a solid A, I give Vlad a strong B+

Too much female vocals to for me, I expected more Nils.  Not sure if it's the same split as Dracula but felt like a lot more female vocals here.

[Samsara]

Looks like Janet Gardner just quit as singer of Vixen. Sucks, I had never seen them, and had a ticket to a gig this April. No sense now. Hoping to get a refund.

[wolfking]

Looks like Janet Gardner just quit as singer of Vixen. Sucks, I had never seen them, and had a ticket to a gig this April. No sense now. Hoping to get a refund.

I'd still bang her.

[jjrock88]

Looks like Janet Gardner just quit as singer of Vixen. Sucks, I had never seen them, and had a ticket to a gig this April. No sense now. Hoping to get a refund.

I'd still bang her.

definitely

[wolfking]

Looks like Janet Gardner just quit as singer of Vixen. Sucks, I had never seen them, and had a ticket to a gig this April. No sense now. Hoping to get a refund.

I'd still bang her.

definitely

[bl5150]

New Tesla song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKyjC71PdZQ&feature=youtu.be


Another one of my all time fave bands that I really can't be bothered with these days (in terms of new material)   At least they're trying to do something a bit different but I'm not really digging it.

[Kwyjibo]

The last one (Simplicity) was boring, up until then I found each record to be at least good. Can't hear the new song at work but I'm not very hopeful.

[bl5150]

This is probably only relevant to a couple of you but after not touching my guitars for 20 years or so I picked one up the other day.  After being thoroughly amazed at how SHIT I now am on the instrument I had a look at an old archive I put together a number of years back and I seriously have shitloads of guitar tab books in hard copy and PDF format - a number of them are those Japanese full band scores.

So anyway..........I am not going to put the time into creating a list of them all , but if you're after anything specific then let me know.  You can generally find individual songs easily enough on the internet these days , so perhaps this is of limited use .  But if you want a whole album in book (PDF) form - the authorised/official tab then I might be able to sort it out for you.

[Lowdz]

This is probably only relevant to a couple of you but after not touching my guitars for 20 years or so I picked one up the other day.  After being thoroughly amazed at how SHIT I now am on the instrument I had a look at an old archive I put together a number of years back and I seriously have shitloads of guitar tab books in hard copy and PDF format - a number of them are those Japanese full band scores.

So anyway..........I am not going to put the time into creating a list of them all , but if you're after anything specific then let me know.  You can generally find individual songs easily enough on the internet these days , so perhaps this is of limited use .  But if you want a whole album in book (PDF) form - the authorised/official tab then I might be able to sort it out for you.

Keep at it mate. I’m shit but still play - it’s agreat way to relax if you don’t pressure yourself to be awesome. It will come back pretty quick I’m sure.

I’d probably be interested in the tab books. I used to collect them just to follow the score as I listened to the albums.
I remember trying to decipher Steve Vai’s transcription of Alien Water Akiss 😳🤪🤯

As to theTesla, willlisten later. I quite liked the last one but found JKks voice hard to listen to. Hounded like duck quacking 😀

[Samsara]

The last one (Simplicity) was boring, up until then I found each record to be at least good. Can't hear the new song at work but I'm not very hopeful.

Simplicity was old man rock. No fire, no metal edge. Even the one before that, Forever More. Good, but nowhere near as good as Into the Now. No Tommy, no edge. Tommy has his issues, but he brought an edge to the band's music that is sorely missing. Frank Hannon and Dave Rude are both kind of hippie-ish, laid back dudes. And it comes out in the music. Tommy was nowhere near like that. And that attitude found its way into stuff. Without him, Tesla just falls flat. And it kills me to say that, because I love the band. But they haven't been the same since INto the Now.

[TAC]

The last one (Simplicity) was boring, up until then I found each record to be at least good. Can't hear the new song at work but I'm not very hopeful.

Simplicity was old man rock. No fire, no metal edge. Even the one before that, Forever More. Good, but nowhere near as good as Into the Now. No Tommy, no edge. Tommy has his issues, but he brought an edge to the band's music that is sorely missing. Frank Hannon and Dave Rude are both kind of hippie-ish, laid back dudes. And it comes out in the music. Tommy was nowhere near like that. And that attitude found its way into stuff. Without him, Tesla just falls flat. And it kills me to say that, because I love the band. But they haven't been the same since INto the Now.

hah, I'm not even familiar with Simplicity. For the record, I actually prefer Forever More.

[TAC]

While I have saved a few albums on Spotify already, my first official 2019 purchase has arrived and I'm ready to sink my teeth into it!

[TAC]

Holy crap, literally. Just checked that new Tesla tune. It blows. That intro and the verses. WTF?
I see it's Phil Collen producing. they should've gotten Pete Willis. Damn.

[wolfking]

This is probably only relevant to a couple of you but after not touching my guitars for 20 years or so I picked one up the other day.  After being thoroughly amazed at how SHIT I now am on the instrument I had a look at an old archive I put together a number of years back and I seriously have shitloads of guitar tab books in hard copy and PDF format - a number of them are those Japanese full band scores.

So anyway..........I am not going to put the time into creating a list of them all , but if you're after anything specific then let me know.  You can generally find individual songs easily enough on the internet these days , so perhaps this is of limited use .  But if you want a whole album in book (PDF) form - the authorised/official tab then I might be able to sort it out for you.

Man, I'd be very interested in what you have mate.  But transferring a whole book to pdf would be a massive task mate.

And also, hurry up and get the cobwebs out so we can start a band.

[wolfking]

Holy crap, literally. Just checked that new Tesla tune. It blows. That intro and the verses. WTF?
I see it's Phil Collen producing. they should've gotten Pete Willis. Damn.

After 1:15, switched off, what trash.

[TAC]

Reporting back that the Flotsam & Jetsam kicks total ass. It does not disappoint. Best guitar solos on any F&J album, not that they're know for them.

Ken Mary is fantastic on this. I did NOT think he had that in him.

[bl5150]

Reporting back that the Flotsam & Jetsam kicks total ass. It does not disappoint. Best guitar solos on any F&J album, not that they're know for them.

Ken Mary is fantastic on this. I did NOT think he had that in him.

Will check it out Tim.


I have actually had a lot more interest in the guitar tabs than expected  - everybody wants to see the lot it seems.  The reason why I just said "let me know what you're after" was that they're mixed up in a whole lot of other docs (not all related to guitar playing) and I thought I might get away without having to organise them     It'll need to be done eventually so I'll do it and then create a zip file with the lot in it and PM a link to those who have expressed an interest.  Might not be pronto but I will get to it.

re the PDFs Kade - most of them are already done.    It's a mix of stuff I had already converted years ago plus stuff I have got from contacts I used to have in the guitar world plus a few I found online myself in PDF form.   I do have a few hard copy ones that are not converted - wouldn't know where to start looking for them to be honest.  They include Gutter Ballet and XYZ s/t and a book with every Van Halen song A-Z  ( edit ...found Gutter Ballet in PDF and added).  But most of my others are in the digital lot.   There's some super rare stuff in amongst it  - eg  Angra Angels Cry , Armored Saint SoS, Greg Howe Introspection and Crimson Glory Transcendence for starters.

I have a similar lot I put together years ago with what many would consider the best guitar instructional material (based on my own research) but I cannot seem to find it at the moment.

 

[jingle.boy]

I'm much more interested in a B&B podcast for the best of 2017.   

[bl5150]

I'm much more interested in a B&B podcast for the best of 2017.   

Will get that to you this week.

I am now realising why I didn't want to reorganise/rename all this stuff properly - almost 150 books you guys are going to be getting     Will work on it gradually in coming days.

[TAC]

Holy shit. RIP Ted McKenna. 

[Lowdz]

Holy shit. RIP Ted McKenna. 

Saw that this morning. RIP.