[extropy-chat] MUSIC: Heavy Metal

[Joao Magalhaes]

This post is a bit late but I was away for the holidays, and since heavy 
metal is my favorite music style I thought I could share my opinions.

Like Dirk mentioned, the best bands typically are from Germany and 
Scandinavia. Probably my favorite band is Blind Guardian from Germany, a 
power metal band -- fast songs with a strong guitar mix, particularly in 
the latest albums. Old Helloween is good too, particularly the Keeper of 
the Seven Keys albums -- there are two of them. Therion is nice, like Dirk 
said, but I didn't like their latest albums -- "Theli" is my favorite from 
them. Opeth is an incredible and unique death metal band; check out the 
album "Morningrise" -- others are good too. Other good bands are Amorphis 
("Elegy" is their best album), Rhapsody (Italian symphonic metal), and 
Nightwish (like someone has already mentioned).

For speed metal, the best band is Sonata Arctica -- very fast, very 
melodious songs that are great to play in the guitar. All their albums are 
excellent and their latest album, "Reckoning Night," is just amazing. 
Stratovarius may be worth checking out too -- their last 3/4 albums are all 
similar in quality and style.

After Metallica -- the old Metallica of "Ride the Lightning" and "Master of 
Puppets" -- the best American band is Virgin Steele. Check out their album 
"Invictus." Dream Theater *were* nice too. Their "Images and Words" album 
was excellent, but forget about their recent works.

Also, if you're into guitars, Testament would be worth checking out too -- 
not a big fan myself, though I recognize their guitar skills.

Lastly, you might look at my songs. I haven't made a new one in 6 years but 
many of the songs I used to make are heavy metal:

http://music.senescence.info/songs.html

For more pure metal songs, check out:

http://music.senescence.info/nordens.mp3
http://music.senescence.info/storm.mp3

Cheers,

Joao

At 03:04 PM 20/12/2005, you wrote:
>This is off my radar, but does anyone know the now sound of cutting edge
>heavy metal bands?  I'm looking for a strong guitar mix.  Who would you
>recommend?
>
>Thanks,
>Natasha
>
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