Sometimes realism can come across as being bitter. Myself I sound old...I have almost no patience or desire to seek out new forms of music. Probably to my detriment, but getting stubborn that way.
Our stubbornness might be opposites on the new and the old, but I understand your position completely. "Whatever gets you through the night" as it was said.
I've always struggled to enjoy musical tutelage when dished out by juniors which is a bias firmly shared by the disdain I reserve for 'leaders' (political, commercial; whatever) whose 'messages' are conveyed by tw@tter or fecesbook.
Are there any new forms of music? Have we had any new sub-genres emerge since the 90s? I'll settle for a new band. A sense of danger? There's no vibe in the air. Or if there is, I don't know about it. I'm a rock fan first, a metal-head second. If I wanted to listen to free jazz and avant-garde; I'd listen to free jazz and avant-garde. Most extreme bands are just as constrained by the black, death, and doom standards as any thrash or power metal band. As I've said before, they're just as hung up on image as any hair band ever was. And as the shriek, the growl and the roar have become standardized vocal style, they've gotten stale. But I was raised on over-the-top Ronnie James Halford histrionics.
Been listen to Biohazards Urban Discipline this morning. Above is one of my favourite songs from the album. I know Biohazard are a kind of love em or hate em band. A lot of people see them as the start of what become known as nu metal. Personally I love them. I am just starting to rediscover them after many years. Urban Discipline is my favourite album of theirs and was released in 1992 the same year as Panteras Vulgar Display Of Power. I find many similarities between the 2.
Metal needs to come full circle. The next three major sub genres: Blues metal, Country metal, Psychedelic metal
So I'm ashamed to admit it, but after being a metalhead for years, I'm finally getting into Motorhead. I'm actually listening to Stone Dead Forever for the very first time right now. Holy hell why did I not listen to the guys years ago?!?!?!?
From off the coast of Newfoundland last week, I saw this eye-catching photo and thought the massive iceberg was a "cool" promo stunt by Deep Purple.
Psychedelic metal? If you haven't heard Nachtmystium, then give them a spin. Instinctecay, and Assassins: Black Meddle One might be up your alley. Some of their material does have keys.
Been listening to DragonForce's new album, Reaching Into Infinity, non-stop since it came out last Friday. If you are a fan of DragonForce, this one will not disappoint. They even do some experimentation on this album. Besides their Extreme Power Metal, which they are known for, they even dabble a little with some Thrash and Death Metal by incorporating them into their Power Metal.
Oof! That's ace, that is; really good stuff. The pandemonium at the vid's end is sort of how I feel when I encounter grown men listening to music that hasn't trickled down the tributaries from Lake Asgard.
The most recent Fates Warnings discs are really good. They remind me of the last ten Dream Theater discs but with a good vocalist and good tunes.
Not bad and perty dang super obscure; the first chords reminded me of some distant cousin sharing DNA with antipodean rollers, Rose Tattoo. Certainly, if I were Vernon Wells in some reprised, post-Armegeddon wasteland in which the law of V8 melded with Metal, demanding the permanent strappage of Sheeranesque sacrifice to one's motoring radiator, this could be some kind of mood music to the procedings.
You really have it in for Ed. Well, be still my dog of war. I understand your pain. We've all lost someone we love. The Lord Trillmungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla! Here have a tune by some fellows from Manchester who I presume have not yet begun plucking hair from the ear. It's a single, as in two songs only, out April 6, 2017. Protector / Darkest Hour, by Heavy Sentence
