The New Wave of American Metal

[BigVrunga]

Holy ****, Im telling you the metal scene in this country has to be the best ever and is heading for even greater heights than it was in the golden era of bands like Pantera, Queensryche, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and old-school Metallica.

Come on now:

Lamb Of God
Killswitch Engage
God Forbid
Mastodon
Unearth
Bleeding Through

Just to name a few!! Did you see the line up at this years Ozzfest? I kick myself for missing it, but damn Im excited that kick ass, bonecrushing metal is making a comeback.

BV

[bigpetefox]

Looked like alot of old-timer bands on the bill, so I didn't go this year.. I saw Killswitch Engage and all those other bands last year, kicked ass!

Killswitch Engage is my favorite band so far, along with Tool, APC, Saliva, and Flaw..

[BigVrunga]

Im right there with you bro - Then End of Heartache was in my car CD player for 8 weeks straight. Just picked up Unearth and Bleeding Through for $10 each at FYE. If you like KSE, check out Unearth. They sound like KSE crossed with Colony-era InFlames! I think they were produced by Killswitche's guitar player, actually.

I havent even seen them live yet, and they were like 20 minutes away. Too much damn work. Unearth is comming this way in November, though.
BV

[Bean]

Wow metal being created that i actually like I agree... though I havent listened to the other bands; i actually really enjoy Killswitch Engage... i'll have to try the others; time to whoop out winmx

[willieman]

Ozzfest was kickin', but motorhead just played here last week..Lemmy rocks..

[DieTrying]

UNEARTH is sick!! Been listening to them for many years!!

[BingeAndPurge]

Saw Soulfly a few weeks ago. Seen them before in better venues doing better sets, but Max is still the man. New lineup, yet again, but I guess he's made it known that's how it's gonna go with this band/project. The new cd ain't bad, but I liked last one better.

The new Clutch, don't know if you can call them metal anymore, is the best in years.

Roadrunner is by far the best label if you're looking to find good metal bands on. Just about every band I've liked for the past five years either is or was on that label.

Kinda been out of the scene a little since I stopped bouncing at music venues last fall, but I try my best to keep up. I'm telling you, if youre a huge music fane, go to your local national act venue and get a job there. Funnest job I ever had. We worked everything from local acts, to getting conracted out to OSU games, to Summer Sanitarium, to Paul McCartney.

[BigVrunga]

I might give that a try when I go back to school. Busy managing a Red Lobster at the moment, getting pounded with top 40 hits from 1993 10 hours a day Ugh. When I get in the car to go home and crank my system its a sweet release.

BV

[ryansm]

I might give that a try when I go back to school. Busy managing a Red Lobster at the moment, getting pounded with top 40 hits from 1993 10 hours a day Ugh. When I get in the car to go home and crank my system its a sweet release.

BV

The worst is when yor gym plays that sh*t, and you forgot to buy batteries for your cd player!

[g4ud1n]

Ive been listening to Iced Earth's Horrow Show CD for weeks now in my truck.

[BigVrunga]

The worst is when yor gym plays that sh*t, and you forgot to buy batteries for your cd player!

I KNOW!!! Or when they die right in the middle of a set...

BV

[BingeAndPurge]

I might give that a try when I go back to school. Busy managing a Red Lobster at the moment, getting pounded with top 40 hits from 1993 10 hours a day Ugh. When I get in the car to go home and crank my system its a sweet release.

BV

Honestly, there is no better college job. We worked out of a few mid-level clubs and got contracted out to arenas and stadiums, and other colleges from Ohio would hire us to work events. It was awesome. The downside is getting spit on by the hippies and having to sit through a lot of ****ty sets for every one good set.

[BigVrunga]

How did you get into that line of work? Can a decently jacked dude just walk in and fill out an application?

BV

[bioman]

Saw Soulfly a few weeks ago. Seen them before in better venues doing better sets, but Max is still the man. New lineup, yet again, but I guess he's made it known that's how it's gonna go with this band/project. The new cd ain't bad, but I liked last one better.

The new Clutch, don't know if you can call them metal anymore, is the best in years.

Roadrunner is by far the best label if you're looking to find good metal bands on. Just about every band I've liked for the past five years either is or was on that label.

Kinda been out of the scene a little since I stopped bouncing at music venues last fall, but I try my best to keep up. I'm telling you, if youre a huge music fane, go to your local national act venue and get a job there. Funnest job I ever had. We worked everything from local acts, to getting conracted out to OSU games, to Summer Sanitarium, to Paul McCartney.

SoulFly is a fav of mine. I think there 1st album is still their best in terms of ferocity.

I love Clutch..kinda satirical metal but always good. There new album is a riot,

"I was tempted to listen to the likes of Dr Laura
But I ignore her.."

I'm so far out of the loop on music though its not even funny, there's hardly any radio stations here and they don't play new heavy metal. The good news is i got my new iPod/itunes running and ready to go. I'll have to download a few of the suggestions listed here.

[LittleChina]

KillSwitch Engaged is very good, yes I agree their new albumn is great and new lead singer Howard Jones sounds excellent. If you guys want you can download "Rose of Sharyn" for free on their website, here is the direct link.

KillSwitch Engage - Rose of Sharyn

The second half of the song is very beautiful and it has a great bridge/melody mixed in. "When darkness falls" is also a great song on the album.

Are any of you into Lacuna Coil (fantastic stuff), they may be too "soft" for your liking, but I listen to everything, hell I even like some Spice girl songs! They are a italian band, very good lead singer. I also like Sevendust which is my favorite band. "Sevendust - Black" That song is a great "pump up" one. My favorite.

[BigVrunga]

Oh hell I LOVE Lacuna Coil!! I dont think they're soft at all - just have more of a gothic influence and an incredible female singer. (who is freaking gorgeous, BTW). Also a big Sevendust fan. My band used to cover 'Waffle'...awesome tune!!

BV

[prld2gr8ns]

One of my pesonal fav. bands to listen to while lifting has to be GodSmack..... Sulley knows how to get the listener pissed off and ready to kill something. Check out "Realign" on the Faceless album and you'll know what I mean. It'll bring the evil out of you.

[bigpetefox]

I've seen Sevendust 3 times so far, and I'm waiting for them to come back for show #4..

Lacuna Coil is pretty tight, and the lead singer is a cutie..

[BigVrunga]

I was at this one Sevendust show, and it was the first time back out after the lead singer's little brother had been killed. He dedicated 'angel song' to his bro, and in the middle of thetune broke down crying on stage. The band kept going, and after a few moments he came back to the mic, tears streaming down his face, and continued singing...it was the most emotional moment Ive ever seen at a show. It was so genuine and moving, almost brought me to tears.

BV

[BingeAndPurge]

Sevendust is excellent live. Very fan frienly and awesome show. They did a meet and greet for whoever wanted to stick around and since it was the last stop on their tour thew threw out tons of sticks and pics the whole damned set.

I got into working concerts from a guy in my old reserve unit, but most places are starving for security worth half a damn and always need people who can handle doing 6 hours in a barackade. Seriously, we either had people scared to be assertive or people too assertive and then there were the 10 or so of us who were the "core" group of guys who got all the good spots and all the good shows. Pays for ****, but it's a fun college job. Hell, some of the older guys had been doing concerts since the 70's.