[hardcore_rko]

for streetlight manifesto fans, streetlight lullabies will be released in 2 weeks.

[Rawlin]

FUCK Empros is good. i can't handle this orgasm of sound happening in my ears right now. right after my first listen i had to just sit down and give it another listen straight away. can't even fathom the goodness.

[Sliver C]

Originally Posted by TehJerichoFan

I just about pissed myself laughing after listening to Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed. Just atrocious.

Ha Ha...yeah.

I just listened to a couple of Death Magnetic songs as well, because people were saying that the 'gods of thrash' had returned with this album. Unfortunately, it ain't thrash. Its thrash influenced heavy metal with hard rock type vox.

For instance, that song 'All Nightmare Long' seemed to begin with some thrashy riffs, but Hetfield's vox ruined everything. He is still singing in that hard rock melodic style, which is completely at odds with the riffs in the song. It would have been half-decent if he had employed more harsh, rasps or barks, which suits thrash so well.

And need I say anything about Ulrich's drumming? He still sounds like a cat tap-dancing on tin cans. Prior to Death Magnetic, I had listened to Behemoth's 'Apostasy' and Kreator's 'Pleasure to Kill'. That unfortunately made me compare Ulrich's drumming with the great Ventor (Kreator) and Inferno (Behemoth).

To be honest, Ventor is one of the best drummers ever, and as for Inferno, the guy is just inhuman - drums sound like machine guns going off. Ulrich's deficiencies are brought out even more when you listen to these two.

Vocalists like Mille Petrozza and Max Cavalera (in his early days) also are far superior to Hetfield.

Metallica is done creatively, although they still make big bucks.

I prefer euro thrash like Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, and bands like early Sepultura which employ the proto-death vox as opposed to american thrash (except for Slayer and Morbid Angel, the latter actually being Death Metal), so my opinion might be a bit biased. The first three bands have all been pretty consistent, with Kreator reigning the mordern thrash scene.

No offense to Metallica fans. Its just personal opinion.

Didin't attend 'Tallica concert in India because I was in Australia at the time for 2 months due to work...came back just now. Barring the initial fiasco, apparently they put up a good show in Bangalore.

[Renegade™]

Death Magentic was far from their best work but it still had some good tracks on it and showed they weren't quite done. Sure they're not thrash metal at all anymore, they're a mix of metal and hard rock.

Lulu however is just awful. Mainly thanks to Reed, but Metallica certainately contribute to it's shitness.

[TheIllusiveMan]

Agreed about Death Magnetic. Certainly not their best work, but I still liked it alot. Quite a few great tracks on that album that I like, especially Broken, Beat & Scarred which I listen to quite regularly. But that Lulu album is just... weird. I liked the Metallica parts, just not Lou Reed pretty much talking over it.

+1 to Kreator. Only have a few of their albums but I fucking love listening to Violent Revolution in the car on the way home from work. Just a brilliant album.

And since you mentioned Morbid Angel, Silver, what did you think of their latest album? I actually enjoyed it. But I will say this, it's the only album I own of theirs and people say their early 90s work is far better. But it still had some killer tracks on there.

[Sliver C]

I haven't listened to it yet. Currently, I am listening to Behemoth's Evangelion. I will get to it after I am done with Behemoth.

All I can say is that older Morbid Angel is definitely better. Try everything till the Covenant album. Amazing stuff. Post Covenant, Albums like Domination and Formulas....were also quite good, but it would be better to proceed from the beginning to get a taste of the real Morbid Angel!

As for Kreator, I would recommend Enemy of God as their best mordern thrash album, blending melody (reminiscent of gothenburg) with thrash. Violent Revolution was their return to form after a string of experimentations, and although it was good, there were some rough edges to be pruned out, which they accomplished with Enemy of God.

From their older stuff, Pleasure to Kill is certainly the best. Ventor's vocals on the song 'Riot of Violence' is just pure venom. They certainly top even their closest rival Sodom.

[TheIllusiveMan]

Actually the three albums that I own by Kreator are Pleasure to Kill, Violent Revolution and Enemy of God. Enemy of God was actually the first album that I bought by them, it's just at the moment I love listening to Violent Revolution.

Thanks for the recommendations on Morbid Angel, will definitely be listening to them, and probably purchasing them soon.

[i$e]

Originally Posted by Rawlin

FUCK Empros is good. i can't handle this orgasm of sound happening in my ears right now. right after my first listen i had to just sit down and give it another listen straight away. can't even fathom the goodness.

This section has come a long way. I swear if 6 months ago I mention a post-metal album most people ignore and carry on talking about Blink 182 or some shit. Now there's like 4 people in here all rocking Empros and loving life.

[Svart]

That viola is truly gruesome. Great fucking stuff.

[DoYouRealize???]

letlive. ain't bad. Not bad at all. I've underselled them and I'm sorry. Just downloaded Fake History and it has to be one of the most addicting albums I've heard.