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

[wolfking]

The Twisted Tower Dire was a great track too.  Never heard of them.

[Prog Snob]

In case anyone missed the Bravewords 2015 Top 30, here it is:

BravePicks 2015 Top 30

1) SLAYER - Repentless (Nuclear Blast)
2) QUEENSRŸCHE - Condition Hüman (Century Media)
3) PARADISE LOST - The Plague Within (Century Media)
4) IRON MAIDEN - The Book Of Souls (Sanctuary/BMG)
5) ENSLAVED - In Times (Nuclear Blast)
6) GRAVE - Out Of Respect For The Dead (Century Media)
7) ARMORED SAINT - Win Hands Down (Metal Blade)
8) NILE - What Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast)
9) CRYPTOPSY - The Book Of Suffering - Tome 1 (Defen Society 3000)
10) TRIBULATION - The Children Of The Night (Century Media)
11) ENFORCER - From Beyond (Nuclear Blast)
12) FEAR FACTORY - Genexus (Nuclear Blast)
13) CRADLE OF FILTH - Hammer Of The Witches (Nuclear Blast)
14) AMORPHIS – Under The Red Cloud (Nuclear Blast)
15) MELECHESH - Enki (Nuclear Blast)
16) NAPALM DEATH - Apex Predator - Easy Meat (Century Media)
17) GHOST - Meliora (Loma Vista Recordings)
18) MOTÖRHEAD – Bad Magic (UDR)
19) MARDUK - Frontschwein (Century Media)
20) LAMB OF GOD - VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic)
21) SYMPHONY X - Underworld (Nuclear Blast)
22) HELLOWEEN - My God-Given Right (Nuclear Blast)
23) MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK – Spirit On A Mission (Inakustik)
24) SAXON - Battering Ram (UDR)
25) KAMELOT - Haven (Napalm Records)
26) VENOM - From The Very Depths (Spinefarm)
27) CHILDREN OF BODOM - I Worship Chaos (Nuclear Blast)
28) KATAKLYSM - Of Ghosts And Gods (Nuclear Blast)
29) EUROPE - War Of Kings (UDR)
30) MY DYING BRIDE - Feel The Misery (Peaceville)

I bolded the albums that made The TAC Top 10. Slayer and Motorhead are both on the bubble.

There are a couple on there that I want to check out. I wasn't that impressed with the QR though. I want to check out the Cradle of Filth, Amorphis, and Kamelot. I'm even curious about the Fear Factory. I would put the Maiden above QR, and place the SyX higher, but not that much higher.

[wolfking]

I thought the Kamelot was really bland and boring.  The Amorphis is amazing.

[Prog Snob]

I thought the Kamelot was really bland and boring.  The Amorphis is amazing.

Kamelot is one of those bands that either you love what they do, or you don't get the point. So, I'm not surprised to hear you say that. The Amorphis release I'll check out on Spotify tonight.

[wolfking]

I thought the Kamelot was really bland and boring.  The Amorphis is amazing.

Kamelot is one of those bands that either you love what they do, or you don't get the point. So, I'm not surprised to hear you say that. The Amorphis release I'll check out on Spotify tonight.

I'm a huge Kamelot fan but the last two albums have done nothing for me.  Has nothing to do with Tommy, just the songwriting has been below par IMO.  I am a huge fan of everything up to Poetry.

[Big Hath]

That Amorphis was really good!

[jingle.boy]

I thought the Kamelot was really bland and boring.  The Amorphis is amazing.

Kamelot is one of those bands that either you love what they do, or you don't get the point. So, I'm not surprised to hear you say that. The Amorphis release I'll check out on Spotify tonight.

I'm a huge Kamelot fan but the last two albums have done nothing for me.  Has nothing to do with Tommy, just the songwriting has been below par IMO.  I am a huge fan of everything up to Poetry.

I thought Silverthorn was mediocre, but absolutely loved Haven.

[wolfking]

I'll try it again then.  First Kamelot album I didn't even purchase.

[TAC]

https://bravewords.com/news/metal-church-return-with-legendary-vocalist-mike-howe-xi-album-due-in-march-no-tomorrow-music-video-posted

March 25th release date!

I like the tune. I hope Howe hits some high notes in the primary vocal lines on this album. It's pretty controlled here with the higher stuff in the background.

Love this guy's voice though. I cannot wait for this album.

[jjrock88]

Cool tune!!

[TAC]

Cool tune!!

It is. But if this is the best tune, I'm going to be disappointed. But I'm sure it's not. I do like it though.

[wolfking]

I'm a pretty casual fan of Metal Church, but some of their later stuff is good.  I'll check this out later.

[jjrock88]

"Badlands" is just one of the best pure metal songs ever!

[wolfking]

Blessing in Disguise is a cracker of an album.

[wolfking]

That song was okay.  Pretty generic but cool enough.  If this is the best song though, I probably wouldn't bother.

[Lowdz]

Didn't do much for me. Never got into MC back in the day. They sort of seemed a bit amateurish?
Didn't like the guys voice on this.

Edit

Just having a listen to The Dark and I'm enjoying the songs and the vocals are great. The production isn't helping it one bit though.

[wolfking]

Finally listening to the new Stryper for the first time.  Up to Heaven and it's a immense track.  So far, so really good.  The first two were killer too.

[Big Hath]

finally made it through podcast #3.  Great show!  highest average song rating of the three shows so far.  Disposable Heroes was my first 10 rating.

Here are the songs I didn't know that scored 8.5 or higher

9.5
Queensryche - Queen of the Reich

9.0
Envenomed - Mechanical Enemy
Pretty Maids - Jump The Gun (just got this album)
Twisted Tower Dire - The Reflecting Pool
Demons & Wizards - Love's Tragedy Asunder
Brazen Abbot - Eye of the Storm
The Brave - Big World

8.5
Black Sabbath - Danger Zone (this is the first and only thing I've ever heard from this album)
Alice Cooper - Freedom
Aftershok - Armed and Dangerous
Talisman - All Wound Up
Moon'Doc - Foolin'
Unisonic - Night of the Long Knives
Lawless - Is This the End of the World
Gotthard - Standing in the Light
Takayoshi Ohmura - Never Surrender
Siam - Sleepwaves
Vinnie Moore - Cinema

[TAC]

New Mob Rules!
https://bravewords.com/news/mob-rules-announce-new-album-tales-from-beyond-confirm-tour-with-axel-rudi-pell

[bl5150]

finally made it through podcast #3.  Great show!  highest average song rating of the three shows so far.  Disposable Heroes was my first 10 rating.

Here are the songs I didn't know that scored 8.5 or higher

9.5
Queensryche - Queen of the Reich

9.0
Envenomed - Mechanical Enemy
Pretty Maids - Jump The Gun (just got this album)
Twisted Tower Dire - The Reflecting Pool
Demons & Wizards - Love's Tragedy Asunder
Brazen Abbot - Eye of the Storm
The Brave - Big World

8.5
Black Sabbath - Danger Zone (this is the first and only thing I've ever heard from this album)
Alice Cooper - Freedom
Aftershok - Armed and Dangerous
Talisman - All Wound Up
Moon'Doc - Foolin'
Unisonic - Night of the Long Knives
Lawless - Is This the End of the World
Gotthard - Standing in the Light
Takayoshi Ohmura - Never Surrender
Siam - Sleepwaves
Vinnie Moore - Cinema

 

[wolfking]

finally made it through podcast #3.  Great show!  highest average song rating of the three shows so far.  Disposable Heroes was my first 10 rating.

Here are the songs I didn't know that scored 8.5 or higher

9.5
Queensryche - Queen of the Reich

9.0
Demons & Wizards - Love's Tragedy Asunder

8.5
Talisman - All Wound Up
Unisonic - Night of the Long Knives

Definitely get onto these man, especially the Ryche.

New Mob Rules!
https://bravewords.com/news/mob-rules-announce-new-album-tales-from-beyond-confirm-tour-with-axel-rudi-pell

Cool, last album was stellar.

[jingle.boy]

New Mob Rules!
https://bravewords.com/news/mob-rules-announce-new-album-tales-from-beyond-confirm-tour-with-axel-rudi-pell

Fooken eh!!

Except for the fact the tour is only for those damn Euro's.

[bl5150]

A local reviewer's comment on the new Megadeth

Kiko is all over this album with his soloing. IMO he's probably the best fit for Dave's writing since Marty was in the band. His Brazilian background shines through and there are some very latin / melodic phrases all over the place here.

There are some classic Megadeth tracks on offer too."Poisonous Shadows", "The Emperor", "Lying In State", and "Death From Within" are absolute smoking tracks with "Poisonous Shadows" easily being in my top 5 Megadeth tracks ever now.

The three songs released so far are good but nowhere near as good as what is on the rest of the album.

Chris Adler is an absolute beast on this album. I'm going to say it right now, this is (musically) the most talented line-up they've ever had. Hopefully Dave keeps it together!

[jjrock88]

Is this reviewer credible with other album reviews?

His review makes this sound like one of the greatest metal albums ever lol

[bl5150]

Is this reviewer credible with other album reviews?

His review makes this sound like one of the greatest metal albums ever lol

Aside from being a bit of a Megadeth fanboi (which is probably a good thing in some ways) ........yes , what I have seen is credible.

[wolfking]

Good news about Kiko, good to see Dave utilize him properly by the sounds of it.

[TAC]

Sounds good. I've already preordered it. It has to be better than their last couple albums.

[wolfking]

Sounds good. I've already preordered it. It has to be better than their last couple albums.

Was gonna question you for a minute but I forgot about 13. 

[TAC]

That's understandable. It was quite forgettable. 

[wolfking]

That's understandable. It was quite forgettable. 

Absolutely.

[jjrock88]

The last new one I heard from Megadeth was End Game; which turned out to be much better then I expected it to be

[wolfking]

The last new one I heard from Megadeth was End Game; which turned out to be much better then I expected it to be

Tim made me revisit that not that long ago.  i didn't quite like it at first, but now I think it's amazing.

[wolfking]

Another PF song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE_14ueyQME

I'm getting quite an old school PF vibe from these last three songs, yet The End is Near seems like a newer direction.

[jjrock88]

Of the songs released so far for this album, this tune is my favorite.

[wolfking]

The End is Near is still by far my fav out of the four, but this one is good.