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Metal thread \m/

Pete Cash

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The 00s were pretty good for metal really and there are a lot of albums that I would put like stuff by Agalloch, Mastodon, Neurosis, Opeth (obviously blackwater park. I broke up with a girlfriend right around when that album was released and I was 18 so a bit emo and played that album constantly. The leper affinity still makes me feel a little sad just through a pavlovian conditioning or whatever).

I would also include Dopethrone by Electric Wizard which was released in the year 2000 which would actually make it part of the 90s technically but I am not going to correct Adams incorrect definition of a calendar decade.

A weird album that if I were to sit down and do it properly that would probably make the cut is Megadeths the system has failed us. I still like that album even to this day despite it being so Dave. Which means I would include one megadeth album in each list if we were to do 00s,90s,80s because presumably 1990 would also somehow be the 90s :p

Cult of Luna- Somewhere Along the Highway would also probably make the list. I have this on vinyl somewhere. Many years ago I got this broken amp off Ebay for real cheap I cant even remember the brand but I think it might have been a JVC (long since sold it) and all that was wrong with it was the solder needed to be reheated and I think I had to change a transistor or something but it was very easy to fix. Anyways to cut a long story short the first record I used to test the amplifier was this album. so I set up the floor speakers put on the album and got high as balls and just laid on the floor next to the speakers. The last track of the album Dark City Dead Man almost made me jizz my pants.

I will probably think of more stuff later. I quite like A twist in the myth by Blind Guardian but not sure if it would make my top ten of the 00s.
 

Eelementary

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Two cracking listens released this year:

Crematory - "Antiserum"

Melo-death from Germany. Chunky riffs and death vocals. Pretty sweet.

Romathica - "Eterno"

Just saw these guys on YouTube. They're Spanish, and sing in Spanish, but the singer (clean vocals) is really good, and they write some catchy melodies. Worth a listen.
 

sydraider

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Testament just played a small venue at the oxford arts factory, capacity 500.

It was f**kn awesome, included stage diving. Never ever see that is Aus again!

Brilliant.

Kudos to Metreya local wollongong thrash band who supported, recieved the call up at 3pm in the afternoon. They were brilliant!
 

Mong

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Has everyone seen Metallica's version of one performed with Lang Lang at the Grammy awards?

It was something else, He is awesome on that piano and asides from the start being slightly out with Kirk briefly, the piano fitted right in.

Well worth you tubing it if you are like me and missed it because you avoid watching the Grammys.
 

RedVDave

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Reports have surfaced that David Brockie, known to fans as Oderus Urungus, the boastful, sardonic frontman of Richmond, Virginia satirical thrash metal outfit GWAR, has died. The news broke via Richmond outlet Style Weekly, with no word yet from the band or Brockie’s management.
Brockie’s roommates reportedly found the 50-year-old frontman’s body at his home on Sunday evening. “I wish it was a joke. Everyone is in shock,” said Chris Bopst, former band member and music writer for Style. Brockie had just finished a tour of Japan following Soundwave 2014.
Music Feeds has contacted Soundwave PR, who were unable to confirm the news of Brockie’s death, but indicated that an official statement is expected around 4:00am AEDT. Maric Media, the band’s Australian promoter, has attempted to get in touch with the band’s management in the US.
“Dave was one of the funniest, smartest, most creative and energetic persons I’ve known. He was brash sometimes, always crass, irreverent, he was hilarious in every way. But he was also deeply intelligent and interested in life, history, politics, and art,” former bandmate Mike Bishop told Style.
“His penchant for scatological humour belied a lucid wit. He was a criminally underrated lyricist and hard rock vocalist, one of the best, ever! A great front man, a great painter, writer, he was also a hell of a bass guitarist. I loved him. He was capable of great empathy and had a real sense of justice.”
The band toured Australia in a year in which they marked their 30th anniversary, stirring controversy by including an effigy of Tony Abbott in their infamous stage show, whose trademarks include horror-style stage spectacles including beheadings, as was bestowed upon Mr Abbott.
Speaking to Music Feeds at Soundwave in Sydney, Brockie, in pure GWAR fashion, described the PM as a “necrotic, vampyritic, thing-like beast,” later releasing a statement explaining that Mr Abbott wandered onto the stage mid-performance, “so naturally I removed his head.”
GWAR formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1984. Describing themselves as the “Scumdogs of the Universe,” the band are renowned for their messy live shows, outlandish space-monster costumes and personas, and satirical theatrics. Brockie as Oderus served as frontman and spokesperson.
In 2011, the splatter-thrash icons suffered the loss of guitarist Cory Smoot, who went by the moniker Flattus Maximus for over ten years. The 34-year-old Smoot was discovered dead on the band’s tour bus.
This story is unconfirmed and currently developing. We will update you as details come to hand.

http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/report-gwar-frontman-dave-brockie-found-dead/

Very sad news.
 

gronkathon

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Reports have surfaced that David Brockie, known to fans as Oderus Urungus, the boastful, sardonic frontman of Richmond, Virginia satirical thrash metal outfit GWAR, has died. The news broke via Richmond outlet Style Weekly, with no word yet from the band or Brockie?s management.
Brockie?s roommates reportedly found the 50-year-old frontman?s body at his home on Sunday evening. ?I wish it was a joke. Everyone is in shock,? said Chris Bopst, former band member and music writer for Style. Brockie had just finished a tour of Japan following Soundwave 2014.
Music Feeds has contacted Soundwave PR, who were unable to confirm the news of Brockie?s death, but indicated that an official statement is expected around 4:00am AEDT. Maric Media, the band?s Australian promoter, has attempted to get in touch with the band?s management in the US.
?Dave was one of the funniest, smartest, most creative and energetic persons I?ve known. He was brash sometimes, always crass, irreverent, he was hilarious in every way. But he was also deeply intelligent and interested in life, history, politics, and art,? former bandmate Mike Bishop told Style.
?His penchant for scatological humour belied a lucid wit. He was a criminally underrated lyricist and hard rock vocalist, one of the best, ever! A great front man, a great painter, writer, he was also a hell of a bass guitarist. I loved him. He was capable of great empathy and had a real sense of justice.?
The band toured Australia in a year in which they marked their 30th anniversary, stirring controversy by including an effigy of Tony Abbott in their infamous stage show, whose trademarks include horror-style stage spectacles including beheadings, as was bestowed upon Mr Abbott.
Speaking to Music Feeds at Soundwave in Sydney, Brockie, in pure GWAR fashion, described the PM as a ?necrotic, vampyritic, thing-like beast,? later releasing a statement explaining that Mr Abbott wandered onto the stage mid-performance, ?so naturally I removed his head.?
GWAR formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1984. Describing themselves as the ?Scumdogs of the Universe,? the band are renowned for their messy live shows, outlandish space-monster costumes and personas, and satirical theatrics. Brockie as Oderus served as frontman and spokesperson.
In 2011, the splatter-thrash icons suffered the loss of guitarist Cory Smoot, who went by the moniker Flattus Maximus for over ten years. The 34-year-old Smoot was discovered dead on the band?s tour bus.
This story is unconfirmed and currently developing. We will update you as details come to hand.

http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/report-gwar-frontman-dave-brockie-found-dead/

Very sad news.

:(

Always unique and interesting and fun
 

Dazzelx01

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For those of you who like powermetal, I highly recommend going to see Gloryhammer (UK), who are touring in a couple weeks.
 

Eelementary

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Guys, do yourselves a favour and give Animals As Leaders' new album "The Joy Of Motion" a listen. It's fantastic.
 

adamkungl

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Upcoming gigs off the top of my head... Killswitch engage, Children of Bodom, Skeletonwitch+Toxic Holocaust
 

adamkungl

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Sydney gigs

KREATOR + DEATH ANGEL : Fri Apr 18 : Manning
MORBID ANGEL : Thu Apr 24 : Metro
SKELETONWITCH + TOXIC HOLOCAUST : Sat Apr 26 : HiFi
CHILDREN OF BODOM : Fri May 9 : HiFi
FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE + SEPTICFLESH : Sat May 17 : Manning
CARCASS : Sat Jun 14 : Metro
FINNTROLL : Sat Jun 21 : Manning
ANATHEMA : Fri Aug 22 : Metro
 

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