Metal Heads Assemble!!

[BoneSnapDeez]

Ugh, metalcore (and deathcore) is awful. There were some great pioneers in the genre (Starkweather, Acme, Rorschach, Unruh, Catharsis), but the new stuff is just straight up balls.

[BurningDoom]

Also, how's the new Nightwish singer? I only have Once on CD, and haven't really got into them besides that.

She definitely sounds different, but she sounds great! I really, really liked the Dark Passion Play album, and have listened to it so much.

[Gamerforlife]

Also, how's the new Nightwish singer? I only have Once on CD, and haven't really got into them besides that.

She definitely sounds different, but she sounds great! I really, really liked the Dark Passion Play album, and have listened to it so much.

I think she's a perfectly fine vocalist. Problem is, her voice is not distinctive. She's easy to confuse with many other female vocalists in metal, but she is talented and she clearly puts in the effort. Still, Tarja's voice is more instantly recognizable, as are vocalists like Liv Kristine, Simone Simmons, Marco Hietala and Matt Barlow.

I think Nightwish have been very consistent, even after firing Tarja. DPP, Once and Imaginaerium are all excellent. Though Imaginaerium (which I'm probably spelling wrong) is much more ambitious than Dark Passion Play

[Ack]

So anybody else get Lamb of God's latest album? There is some good stuff there.

[sabrage]

Ugh, metalcore (and deathcore) is awful. There were some great pioneers in the genre (Starkweather, Acme, Rorschach, Unruh, Catharsis), but the new stuff is just straight up balls.

Not a Converge fan?

[Valkyrie-Favor]

What do you think of the new Nightwish album? It seemed like more of the same to me. Better than the last ones, but not different enough - I felt like I had heard it all before. I keep going back to Century Child when I listen to them.

Enjoying some rocking Euphoreon though. Sooo catchy.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Ugh, metalcore (and deathcore) is awful. There were some great pioneers in the genre (Starkweather, Acme, Rorschach, Unruh, Catharsis), but the new stuff is just straight up balls.

Not a Converge fan?

Oh yeah! Forgot about them haha. Great band.

[Gamerforlife]

What do you think of the new Nightwish album? It seemed like more of the same to me. Better than the last ones, but not different enough - I felt like I had heard it all before. I keep going back to Century Child when I listen to them.

Well they have a style now that works for them. I like it. They did experiment though with this album. The spaghetti western music, jazz music, the kid choruses, and a different type of instrumental in Arabesque. There's a theatricality to this album that I like. Hopefully, the movie will be just as impressive

[sabrage]

Ugh, metalcore (and deathcore) is awful. There were some great pioneers in the genre (Starkweather, Acme, Rorschach, Unruh, Catharsis), but the new stuff is just straight up balls.

Not a Converge fan?

Oh yeah! Forgot about them haha. Great band.

Otherwise I agree. There's some good stuff I'd call "metalcore" that everyone else calls "mathcore" like Into the Moat and Ion Dissonance, but it's largely a noob trap for wannabe metal fans.

[weaponepsilon]

One of the bands we played with all the time are opening for Warbringer! I am super jealous!