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hornet
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Nice bit of old school doom for a Sunday afternoon - PilgrimLiking that a lot. ETA - for those with less time to spare, they do shorter songs as well 
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hornet
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119 months
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militantmandy
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55 months
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Negative Creep said: Having owned it for a month or so now, just how f  king good is Unto the Locust by Machine Head? It could be even as good as Empires Couldn't disagree more! Machine Head haven't produced anything good for a long time. Totally baffled by the hype around empires also. Cliched, formulaic, lazy crap. I actually find it embarrassing to listen to.
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drumsterphil
330 posts
92 months
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militantmandy said: Couldn't disagree more! Machine Head haven't produced anything good for a long time. Totally baffled by the hype around empires also. Cliched, formulaic, lazy crap. I actually find it embarrassing to listen to. Ashes was a great album imo but The Blackening was completely overhyped (never quite understood why everyone had that on a pedestal....). Unfortunately, like Fear Factory, MH are saddled with the weight of having their first two albums as easily their best. They continue to show snippets of brilliance but necessarily deserve the reverence afforded them (imo). In comparison, Lamb of God (seen as we're discussing 'commercial' metal)have yet a to produce a less than brilliant album (Resolution ranks of one of my all-time favourites).
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hornet
5,448 posts
119 months
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drumsterphil said: In comparison, Lamb of God (seen as we're discussing 'commercial' metal)have yet a to produce a less than brilliant album (Resolution ranks of one of my all-time favourites). I've still not sat down and deliberately listened to any Lamb of God. Likewise Mastodon, until very recently, and that was only because someone said Orange Goblin's "Eulogy for the Damned" sounded a bit like "The Hunter". As for Machine Head, never really "got" them in the first place. I blame them (and Pantera) for creating that whole "grrr, look at me, I'm very angry!" cliche, so they've never really appealed.
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drumsterphil
330 posts
92 months
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hornet said: As for Machine Head, never really "got" them in the first place. I blame them (and Pantera) for creating that whole "grrr, look at me, I'm very angry!" cliche, so they've never really appealed. Blame Exhoder, they're the true kings of "grrr, look at me, I'm very angry!" metal imo
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CommanderJameson
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95 months
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militantmandy
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55 months
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drumsterphil said: Ashes was a great album imo but The Blackening was completely overhyped (never quite understood why everyone had that on a pedestal....).
Unfortunately, like Fear Factory, MH are saddled with the weight of having their first two albums as easily their best. They continue to show snippets of brilliance but necessarily deserve the reverence afforded them (imo).
In comparison, Lamb of God (seen as we're discussing 'commercial' metal)have yet a to produce a less than brilliant album (Resolution ranks of one of my all-time favourites). We're definitely not seeing eye to eye here! I really tried to like the last 3, I really did but they (especially sacrament) are just terrible. Ashes and Palaces are the top picks for me. Some great moments on NAG (although what the hell happened to the production?) and the Burn the Priest stuff too.
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hornet
5,448 posts
119 months
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Now this is downright glorious! RAMOk, so it's basically just Judas Priest, but like I said, glorious!
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drumsterphil
330 posts
92 months
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militantmandy said: We're definitely not seeing eye to eye here! I really tried to like the last 3, I really did but they (especially sacrament) are just terrible.
Ashes and Palaces are the top picks for me. Some great moments on NAG (although what the hell happened to the production?) and the Burn the Priest stuff too. That's ok, it can't all be peace and love (can you imagine if we all liked Asking Alexandra!!). I'll stand by my opinion though.....Resolution was a monumental slab of metal (especially the last two tracks). Sure, the albums sound similar, but no-one else sounds like Lamb of God - they have certainly created their own sound (unlike a lot of death, black, djent bands who all seem to be clones of each other imo).
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hornet
5,448 posts
119 months
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drumsterphil said: Sure, the albums sound similar, but no-one else sounds like Lamb of God - they have certainly created their own sound (unlike a lot of death, black, djent bands who all seem to be clones of each other imo).
Probably true, although I can't think of many other Black Metal bands with banjo interludes Necro Banjo!Still just don't "get" LoG. Hey ho.
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mackie1
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102 months
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MonkeyBusiness
2,388 posts
56 months
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Any Prong fans? Saw them years ago on the Beg to Differ tour. Thought they went a bit off the boil after that but the new album (Carved Into Stone) sounds excellent. Tommy Victor is a riffing God. Opening track. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNzUmfL1MqcTommy always seems to find excellent drummers.
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motorizer
485 posts
40 months
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prong are doing a "beg to differ" tour next month....presumably playing the album..not really coming anywhere near me though, sheffield is the nearest and thats a fair trek
I think beg to differ was the tour I saw them on...early 90s?
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MonkeyBusiness
2,388 posts
56 months
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motorizer said: prong are doing a "beg to differ" tour next month....presumably playing the album..not really coming anywhere near me though, sheffield is the nearest and thats a fair trek
I think beg to differ was the tour I saw them on...early 90s? I think it was. I've still got the t-shirt somewhere from the Bradford gig. I might go see them as I'm only down the road in Leeds.
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satan 59
333 posts
31 months
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militantmandy
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55 months
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drumsterphil said: That's ok, it can't all be peace and love (can you imagine if we all liked Asking Alexandra!!). I'll stand by my opinion though.....Resolution was a monumental slab of metal (especially the last two tracks). Sure, the albums sound similar, but no-one else sounds like Lamb of God - they have certainly created their own sound (unlike a lot of death, black, djent bands who all seem to be clones of each other imo).
To be fair, the last two tracks are no bad.
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throttlebodies
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tuscaneer
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94 months
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chimp spanner is fantastic.got both of ortiz's albums now and love it!...i think he got got a namecheck on about page 2 or 3 of this thread but i'll forgive you for not trawling through 80 f king pages!!
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tuscaneer
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