Loving Melodic Death Metal right now!

Post by **hierachy** » Tue May 26, 2009 1:34 am

Kalmah, In Flames, Scar Symmetry... awesome stuff!

Post by **The Dreaming** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:44 pm

What are your feelings on Opeth? (Progressive Death Metal)

Post by **hierachy** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:46 pm

I like some of Opeth's stuff, other parts not so much.

Orchid is a pretty sweet album

EDIT: OK, upon listening to some more Opeth, they are way better than I remember. Awesome!

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 4:21 am

If we're talking Opeth, I favour Blackwater Park and Still Life.

I quite enjoy Arch Enemy, but mostly pre-Angela. Wages of Sin is a good album, but after that they seemed to lose the plot a bit. I mostly listen to Burning Bridges and Stigmata.

I've only heard one Scar Symmetry song, but it's pretty good.

Arch Enemy pretty much stole their sound from Heartwork-era Carcass, so that's a good bet. I'm also fond of a little-known British melodic DM band called Matron.

Post by **The Dreaming** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:58 am

Ive been listening to Ghost reveries a lot, that album is superb.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:27 pm

It is a good album, but I still prefer slightly earlier stuff - though not the earliest so much. I never actually got their last album (Watershed, I think) though I saw them on the tour.

Post by **hierachy** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:14 pm

There's some Arch Enemy stuff I like, some I don't. And yeah, Wages of Sin is probably my favourite Arch Enemy album.

I'm gonna check out Matron.

Heaven Shall Burn = awesome.

Wintersun have a few good songs.

Post by **Reisheiruhime** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:22 pm

Stratovarius, Blind Guardian, Battlelore, Helloween...

Post by **CovenantJr** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:23 pm

Post by **Reisheiruhime** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:33 pm

What, not deathy enough?

Fine: Absolute Vengance, All Shall Perish, Amon Amarth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Burzum... Those are more deathy.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:19 pm

Hey, don't get me wrong. I like Helloween and some Stratovarius, but the deathliness is pretty damn low there.

Well, midway between those bands and the melodic death bands, who do we have? Children of Bodom. Or we did, before they became generic metalcore a couple of years ago.

Add to CoB's power-death some longswords and armour made from fur, and you get my introduction to metal: Ensiferum

Post by **Vraith** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:16 pm

CovenantJr wrote:Hey, don't get me wrong. I like Helloween and some Stratovarius, but the deathliness is pretty damn low there.

Well, midway between those bands and the melodic death bands, who do we have? Children of Bodom. Or we did, before they became generic metalcore a couple of years ago.

Add to CoB's power-death some longswords and armour made from fur, and you get my introduction to metal: Ensiferum

OH my god! emoticons will not suffice! I love any world in which the phrase "became generic metalcore" has meaning.
[and btw, thanks to all for giving me some stuff to look for]

Post by **Alex** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:30 pm

Morbid Angel - Lord of All Fevers and Plagues.

Almost got thrown out of my studio apt for playing it. Ha!

Post by **Vader** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:17 pm

Saw Opeth opening for my all time favorite band TYPE O NEGATIVE in 2003.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:54 pm

That seems like a strange combination.

Post by **Vader** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:19 pm

As far as I can say they personally got along with each other quite well.

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Loving Melodic Death Metal right now!

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