Posts by D3adlode

  • The Metal Thread

    Quote from Crackerjack

    I dont like the music I listen to just because of the vocals... I listen to it because of the band and the melodies they produce...

    As do I.

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    Have you heard David Guilmore's guitar solo's... there nothing like his solo's...

    Pink Floyd guitarist? I've never really heard them that much to be honest. Recommend me some stuff..

  • The Metal Thread

    Quote from DaanO

    Hah! You actually believe that stuff? I bet it's just some stupid marketing trick

    No it happened, back around 1992, Varg is serving (or was.. I'm not sure if he's out yet or not..?) a long sentence for Euronymous's murder. The 'eating brains' thing is only a rumour, but I wouldn't put it past being true, the early 90's BM scene in Norway was fucking insane.

  • The Metal Thread

    Quote from Exortus

    Forgot Burzum, Varg, that one who killed Euronymous cuz he closed his metal store cuz his mom wanted heh

    Heh.

    He killed him because he was fucked up and wanted to be more 'notorious than he was'. Mayhem's history is so messed, 'Dead' killing himself and then the others eating his brains I mean.. Christ.

  • The Metal Thread

    Quote from Crackerjack

    I want to know why... oh why, wise d3.... why are all the famous metal bands shit?... Is it because once they got good and people liked them and the word spread about them that they magically become shit? To all who believe Heavy Metal is underground hard core shit....

    I didn't say anything about 'famous' metal bands being shit, so I don't know where you got that from, I like plenty of famous metal bands, I listen to very few underground bands and the stuff I've posted is NOT underground.

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    And I took the time to listen to a little bit of a sample from my dying bride.. and I have no clue why you would want to listen to something "singing" (if you can call it that) to you that sounded like the devil.... and the music sounds like phantom of the opera with a guitar

    Because it's great, you just don't understand. Vocals don't define how good the music is, the music itself does that, if you get past the 'growly' vocals then you'll begin to appreciate the music more and in time learn to live with the vocals and let's face it,

    As for the 'singing', it's just like that it's not meant to be happy, Mdb are renounded for making misterable music. Download 'For My Fallen Angel', you might appreciate that more.

  • Forsaken seeks talented level designers.

    Quote from n30g3n

    Originaly forsaken was planned out by Shrill and Rovient both of whom live near london so that was naturaly the first place they would like to see. I'm just guessing here but i think new york was the next place because shrill has been there and bad stuff always happens to new york in the apocalypse ;D. Just kidding, its a city everyone knows and also if every bit of the game takes place in london it just seems like its only happening in london which is not the case. We're starting with london and expanding on that as time goes on.

    Fair enough mate, sounds and looks great so far, good luck!

  • The Metal Thread

    Quote from skdr

    D3: do you know a band called Noumena? It's melodic heavy. Very nice music. PM me in IRC if you want to hear few songs

    Nah I don't mate, to be honest with you there's so much stuff I've not got round to checking out it's crazy. Quite scary too, imagine owning every single metal album ever made

    Quote from Steppenwolf

    What are your favourite bands by the way? mine are: 1. Ensiferum

    2. Cruachan

    3. Manegarm, Vintersorg, Haggard, Waylander

    1. My Dying Bride

    2. Nile

    3. Rotting Christ

    4. Behemoth

    Everytime I tell people what my favourite bands are, number 1 and 3 always get me the oddest looks unless the other person knows their metal

  • The Metal Thread

    Onto phase II..

    Let's give you some recommendations for your journey into metal from the less heavy bands to the super-duper hard shit, I'll devide it into six different groups, you can work your way up in any way you like, or you can go take a shit and ignore this thread, either way upto you. I've not included Power Metal or any of the more well known stuff, this is more of other side of the spectrum. The following recommendations come with website links and I've provided direct links to songs for you too:

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    Level 1

    Not so heavy riffs, clean vocals and lots of melody:

    Lacuna Coil

    Season's End

    Katatonia (new only - the old stuff is more akin to Doom and features growled vocals)

    Websites:

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    http://www.lacunacoil.it

    http://www.seasons-end.com/

    http://www.katatonia.com

    Songs:

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    (Go onto the Lacuna Coil site and click on 'efforts' then click on a song to hear it)

    A Ghost In My Emotion

    Teargas / I Am Nothing

    Albums to check out:

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    Lacuna Coil - In A Reverie

    Season's End - The Failing Light

    Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down

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    Level 2

    Heavy riffs, growling vocals, but plenty of melody in the music itself:

    Dark Tranquillity

    Arch Enemy

    Opeth

    Websites:

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    http://www.darktranquillity.com

    http://www.archenemy.net/

    http://www.opeth.com

    Songs:

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    Monochromatic Stains / Lost To Apathy

    We Will Rise / Burning Angel

    ( http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/a ... tist=Opeth <- samples at the top)

    Albums to check out:

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    Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

    Arch Enemy - Black Earth

    Opeth - Still Life

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    Level 3

    Mostly melodic but sometimes very heavy music with a mixture of clean/growled vocals:

    My Dying Bride

    Ensiferum

    Theatres Des Vampires

    Websites:

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    http://www.mydyingbride.org

    http://www.ensiferum.com

    http://www.theatres-des-vampires.com/

    Songs:

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    ( http://www.mydyingbride.org/samples.php - click on a sample)

    ( http://www.ensiferum.com/e_html/e_releases.htm - click on a sample)

    Oath Of Supremacy / Lilith Mater Inferorum

    Albums to check out:

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    Level 4

    Black metal;

    Emperor

    Naglfar

    Mayhem

    Websites:

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    http://www.emperorhorde.com/

    http://www.naglfar.net/

    http://www.moonfrost.net/mayhem/

    Songs:

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    Cosmic Keys To My Creations & Times / Thus Spake The Nightspirit

    I Am Vengeance

    Buried By Time And Dust

    Albums to check out:

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    Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

    Naglfar - Sheol

    Mayhem - Des Mysteriies Dom Sathana

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    Level 5

    Death Metal;

    Behemoth

    Nile

    Vader

    Websites:

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    http://http://www.behemoth.pl/

    http://www.nile-catacombs.net/

    http://www.vader.pl/

    Songs:

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    As Above So Below

    Sarcophagus

    Nomad

    Albums to check out:

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    Behemoth - Thelema 6

    Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines

    Vader - Revelations

    Level 6

    Extremely harsh music, most likely going to fuck with your head, extreme caution is advised before wading into this:

    Anaal Nathrakh

    The Axis Of Perdition

    Esoteric

    Websites:

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    http://www.anaal-nathrakh.tk/

    http://www.theaxisofperdition.moonfruit.com/

    http://www.bereft.co.uk/

    Songs:

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    Pandemonic Hyperblast

    (sample from unknown song)

    Morphia

    Albums to check out:

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    Anaal Nathrakh - Codex Necro

    The Axis Of Perdition - The Ichneumon Method

    Esoteric - Subconscious Dissolution Into The Continuum

  • The Metal Thread

    Quote from DaanO

    crap that those emo "my soul is black, my childhood unhappy" kids listen to.

    You're thinking of Nu-metal (which is one part I forgot to explain incidentally, bugger..). bands like Coal Chamber, Slipknot, Disturbed, POD, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Korn and the like are NOT metal and they all suck with the exception of some Korn tracks, Slipknot's latest album and Mudvayne.

    Anyway emo is a totally different side of the spectrum, I can't stand any of that whiney shit, if anything's false in music, emo certainly is..

    'Oh look at me, I'm so depressed, my girlfriend left me and I'm crying myself to sleep at night' *counts cash*

    I should be a music critic for the 'other-side' I'd be more hated than Simon 'Talentless fuck' Cowel...

  • The Metal Thread

    Quote from Zacker

    Seems like you know your stuff!I am however wondering how you could forget the kings of black metal: Dimmu Borgir?

    Kings of Black metal? Ha! Celtic Frost and Bathory are the kings!

    But I do like Dimmu, everything has been touch and go since Stormblast, but I really like PEM, though I don't 'dig' the new album at all.

  • The Metal Thread

    This is the metal thread.. 'heavy metal or no metal at all.. wimps and posers leave the fucking hall!'

    I'm going to attempt to explain in some detail the different 'types' of metal that there are for those willing to understand. If you're not interested then don't bother with this thread, otherwise sit back, relax and let D3 talk you through it all..

    There are many different forms of metal, although many people will have you believe that metal is just one genre they'd be wrong. Here are some of the common forms with example bands, I've included google links to provide you with instant information should you wish to read into them further:

    Heavy Metal

    The most common form of metal, full of lots of heavy but often melodic riffs and clean vocals or slightly 'rusty' vocals with plenty of solos.

    Iron Maiden, Metallica, Judas Preist.

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= ... etal&meta=

    Power Metal

    Like heavy metal except with higher pitched vocals and songs about slaying dragons and metal in general. The solos in power metal can sometimes be very long and do (as far as I'm concerned) take the piss a bit because they're so damn long!

    Man'O'War, Blind Guardian, Hammerfall

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= ... etal&meta=

    Goth Metal

    Melodic metal often played along with other instruments such as a keyboard or violin, covering songs about witchcraft, death and the like.

    Theatres Des Vampires, Type 'O Negative, Paradise Lost (Early material)

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=goth+metal&meta=

    Folk Metal

    Metal that mixes in folk themes of the old centuries such as a flute or harp, often possessing a mixture of clean and growling vocals.

    Cruachan, Ensiferum, Finntroll

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=folk+metal&meta=

    Viking Metal

    Just like folk metal, only leaning towards parts of history when the vikings invaded the lands.

    Bathory (later), Enslaved (Old), Amon Amarth

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= ... etal&meta=

    Black Metal

    Dark, harsh metal that deals with anti-christian beliefs and lifestyle. To understand the genre better, you'd really need to look into the Internet or pick up the book 'Lords Of Chaos', although many BM artists slate this publication as being full of lies. BM began with the release of english band; Venom's 'Black Metal' album and the progression of Sweden's Bathory, from there the music evolved through Norway to what it is today. Fast, sometimes melodic featuring harsh screaming vocals, it can only be described as evil, nasty music, even though a good 70% of it isn't serious.

    Darkthrone, Emperor, Mayhem, Bathory (early), Celtic Frost, Immortal, Marduk, Nagaroth, Carpathian Forest, Venom

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= ... etal&meta=

    Thrash Metal

    Fast, heavy metal, possessing rusty vocals and hard constant drumming. The most well know thrash band would be Slayer, also one of the most overrated but still equally as important as any other. Solos are common in Thrash to break up the heavy riffs, but not as much as Power Metal.

    Kreator, Slayer, Testament

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= ... etal&meta=

    Death Metal

    Back in the 1980s, whilst Slayer were leading the thrash front, a band known as Possessed took it one step further but failed to turn much attention to the factor. It wasn't until 'Death's Scream Bloody Gore' album came out that DM took off properly giving birth to a whole new genre. Fast, harsh and brutal with growling or screaming vocals and short solo bursts, this really tests those who are actually metal fans or just people listening to whatever is pretending to be metal in the mediocrity. In short DM isn't for everyone and plenty will always avoid it like the plague, along with BM.

    Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Death, Morid Angel, Suffocation, Nile.

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= ... etal&meta=

    Melodic Death metal

    Some bands play Death metal whilst mixing aspects of keyboard and piano work and other more 'melodic instruments'. The metal itself is as heavy as standard DM, but is hidden by the use of other instrumentals which makes it easier to listen to.

    Dark Tranquillity, Arch Enemy, In Flames, Opeth

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= ... etal&meta=

    Glam Metal

    Heavy metal that posseses a very 'glam camp' image made famous by bands such as Motley Crue and Kiss, who first introduced the idea of wearing makeup on stage. Songs are mostly about sex, drugs and rock n' roll with few exceptions.

    Motley Crue, Kiss, Warrant.

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=glam+metal&meta=

    Doom Metal

    Although most metal is fast music, at the opposite end of the spectrum there is the slow metal. After Black Sabbath's Doom formula took hold of people's imagination, some bands expanded on that to other heights and so Doom metal was born. Often very slow with as little as 4 or 5 drum beats a minute and slow, crushing guitar riffs. Some songs as a result are often very long and can stretch as far as 10-60 minutes long.

    My Dying Bride, Khanate, Esoteric.

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=doom+metal&meta=

    Sludge Metal

    This is Black Sabbath progression going the other way from Doom. Fast, brutal and not excepting any time for even I'm not a fan of this stuff..

    EyeHateGod, Iron Monkey, Acid Bath

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= ... etal&meta=

    Grindcore

    Not strictly metal, grindcore sometimes draws references from punk. This is extremely fast music, the opposite of Doom where songs can sometimes be just a few seconds long and very rarely go above the 3 minute mark.

    Napalm Death, Discordance Axis, Anal Cunt

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=grindcore&meta=

    Female Fronted Metal

    This isn't actually a genre, but it's the best way to describe the music, often reffered to as 'Goth metal' there's nothing remotely Goth about it,

    it's just that a lot of publications and tv shows like to pigeon hole music into something that it isn't. Very melodic, with clean female vocals that can sometimes to compared to operatic pieces.

    Nightwish, Within-Temptation, Lacuna Coil

    For more in-depth information about ALL genres, you can look here;

    http://www.metalcrypt.com/genresframe.php

    Very informative, but text heavy and it doesn't cover everything.

    I'm bound to have missed some, but that's most of the genres for you.

  • Jail level designs?

    Quote from csharp

    RD you're a genius.

    Thanks MJ, I forgot about that game..

    Ked; I dunno really, I thought jail was the american word for prison but I guess that's total bollocks. Create a layout if you want and I'll take a look. The jail in question is actually abandoned and used a gang hideout..

    How come you've been in so many jails then eh? You some bigshot convict?