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Agathocles says hold my beer. https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Agathocles/2649
I'm late to the party, so maybe one of the 427 other comments have pointed this out, but I gotta say that I'm surprises that I have to be the one to point out that REO Speedwagon had to sue REO Speedealer to stop clowning their name. You had the whole drug dealer angle and everything. I mean it was right... there!! Otherwise, great job. I don't mean to be a dick.
"Burned Over District" indeed... Thanks! John Dehlin is great.
Whoa! I'm an ex-mo who has an interest in the (now) hidden exploits of the early prophets. I've never heard of Joseph Smith's use of cannabis and peyote. That is awesome. Where are you getting this stuff? I know he talked about the use of "herb" but I don't know that it was proven exactly what he was refering to. I would appreciate whatever you could give me.
We don't talk about Feels enough. It's their best psych folk record and my personal favorite overall (maybe because it was my first).
Most of the recommendations you're getting is stuff from the last ten years. My gateway (from death metal and grindcore to black metal, so I was coming from the extreme end) were the leaders of the second wave of black metal, so Darkthrone and Mayhem. I think I went in this order: Transilvanian Hunger Under a Funeral Moon A Blaze in the Northern Sky De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas You won't get many arguments that those are all essential black metal recordings. You could also check out early Burzum, if you can deal with the guild of supporting an unmitigated asshole in Varg Vikerness. His early recordings are still an essential part of the black metal record. They're brilliant in their own overly simplistic way (see also Von).
Fuck you. I'm 6'7" and I deserve to see things up close sometimes.
Overkill covered this on their best album, Horrorscope. Weirdly, it's the worst riff centric song on an album that I believe contains one of the all time great riffs. That song is New Machine and I use the riff to drive out super catchy pop songs and sitcom themes that torture me while I sleep. You'll find it at about 0:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIRYci3YYpE
Intergalactic is my favorite children's song EVER!
Never saw Khanate live. Just heard their records. I don't know much about sound, but I'm pretty sure those guys have researched the most damaging tones available and utilized all of them. I remember one experience where it felt like a fish hook had caught my ear drum and then proceeded to tug over and over. Totally disconcerting and just completely awesome.
Since I have a family, a full time job and an eight minute commute, I don't get much chance to listen to music on anything but my laptop. However, I make good use of my sixteen minutes of driving solitude by debuting any new album ONLY in my car where the speakers are big. I very much respect Mr. Lundr's advise and promise to adhere to it whenever I can.
Petrov has been on my list for decades. In addition to the great voice, he clearly take JOY in his Death 'n' Roll lifestyle. Probably my favorite vocalist is Attila Csihar (dude was BORN with the most metal name ever.) but Charlie Fell is the most expert blood curdler currently working.
I did not read that interview because I wasn't interested enough. I have since found the part of the interview referencing the rumor. I guess this means I was an unwitting pawn in a scheme to subvert the name of the mighty 311. If only I had realized how many people consider them their band. But really, I find it super funny that they come up with a cool sounding but meaningless band name and then some ass hat comes along and creates a narrative involving a clandestine message behind one of the least offensive bands (OK, that's unfair of me given the existence of Three Doors Down, Train, and the like) of the nineties. It's hilarious that they now have to field questions about that and float stories involving conscientious objectors, free speech, and dumb teenagers.
I once trolled a rabid 311 fan (who was also the best example of a douchey, popped collar, frat boy I'd ever spoken with) by telling him they were a bunch of racists. As proof I pointed out that the eleventh letter of the alphabet was K. He was PISSED. He stormed out saying, "You should never say things like that because 311 are my band! They're MY band!!!" Why are 311 fans so nuts for 311? I just don't get it.
In addition to be an absolutely stunning album it is also the absolute BEST title for an album EVER. Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method Just let that sink in.
Dude's assholeness stretches back pretty far: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=sonic%20youth%20nardwuar%201991
I like what the Cruciamentum guy said, but I love what Teitanblood said: “The second Teitanblood album corrects the misconception about Death Metal being music, mortui vivos docent.”
What has that chair got against British rock stars? http://youtu.be/Z7qHmQKrW5o