Interesting metal bands

nacho wrote: Anyone here like Into Eternity? They are my last discovery in the metal scene, and I find them amazing. They should be listed in the Archives, no doubt about that for me.

I heard the two mp3s available and while they're good, I think that Mastodon are similar and better:

http://www.mastodonrocks.com/downloads.html

http://shop.relapse.com/content/downloads.aspx

Eemu Ranta wrote: Thanks a lot for the recommendations & links, Manunkind! Behold... the Arctopus and Beneath the Massacre were my favourites, hysterically insane! Lykathea Aflame had its superb moments, as had Immolation (which was the most Cryptopsy-like). Goratory was a bit too grindcoreish for my narrow tastes

Hey, don't mention it! Actually I was mistaken, there are some Gorguts soundclips available, but they're only 30 seconds or so. They're available either at Amazon or here  http://www.anus.com/metal/gorguts.html

"Obscura" =  and though the other albums are more generic, they're good, too

(R.I.P. Patrick Robert, Gorguts' drummer) 

Okay, since the first batch was such a success, time for the next one:

Martyr - http://www.welcome.to/martyr 

Necrophagist - http://www.necrophagist.de/Seiten/necrophagist_main.html (maybe you know these guys)

Capharnaum - http://www.capharnaum.org/music.html

Nefas - http://come.to/nefas (if you don't like Morbid Angel, don't be put off by the MA-style website)

Someone here already mentioned Psycroptic - http://www.psycroptic.com/sitetest/

 have fun!

Benighted wrote: Anyways, on the topic of Death, what are you fellows' opinions on Chuck's conversion to Christianity before his death?

I wasn't aware he had converted to it from something else (or nothing).

Was this before or after he found out about his illness? If after, perhaps he needed something to believe in, or something to reach out to and comfort him. Perhaps it was for other reasons. Whatever it was, i respect his beliefs and it doesn't change my opinion of his music in the slightest.

Hooray! Fellow metal fans

While we're on the topic of 'brutal' and/or technical death metal, i'd like to suggest the following: Origin and Psycroptic. Psycroptic more technical, original more brutal (at least as brutal as Nile).

I'd also like to recommend Alarum. They're an Aussie band who have a jazz-like texture to their music. Quite the musicians really. People often compare them to Cynic, but they really don't sound like Cynic to me at all. Sure they draw inspiration from Cynic and Atheist, epsecially lyrically (which death metal needs more of), but musically they still have their own sound.

While not as heavy as these previous bands, Spastic Ink are still a great band. Quite (very) technical and fusion influenced. This is the brainchild of Watchtower guitarist Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower are another great tech metal band to check out).

Here's some other cool metal bands to check out: Spiral Architect, Ulver (the early stuff is black metal, the later stuff is electronica), Absu (phenomenal drumming on the Tara album), Ephel Duath, Strapping Young Lad, Zyklon, and Meshuggah as mentioned on another thread.

I forgot to mention Maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot - the latter being a continuation of the first. Maudlin of the well are probably the most eclectic band i've ever heard. Sometimes extremely heavy, sometimes soft, usually dark and i can only really listen to them when i'm in a certain mood. They use all kinds of instruments, from the stndard metal setup to woodwind and the like. Not easy to get a hold of though. I haven't really heard that much Kayo Dot, but from what i have heard, they sound slightly (!) less hectic than Maudlin, and probably darker still.

To me, Maudlin of the Well is the definition of progressive metal, or perhaps progressive music in general.

Eemu Ranta wrote: Good to find a brutal friend Among those, I've only heard Nile (which I definitely enjoy). I'll keep an eye on the rest when browsing cd stores!

Brother in death metal;

I will be back with more suggestions for you; for now add Gorguts (especially the album "Obscura") to the list above.

Eemu Ranta wrote: Cryptopsy // I've recently discovered this totally insane tech-death band. Probably the most brutal band out there, and oh-so tight live.

CRYPTOPSY!!!!!!!!

 If you liked Cryptopsy you might also like the following bands:

Nile

Beneath the Massacre

Goratory

Lykathea Aflame

Immolation

Behold... the Arctopus

Damn, so many to mention...

I will take this one piece by piece

Todays choice

Death all their albums apart from the first two that is apart from Scream Bloody Gore and Leprosy

sorry for the screwed up punctuation and ortography, the keyboard is freaking out on me today

Good call on Coroner, Lucas!