the new Chimaira album is quite a fresh breath (xcept for Mark Hunter's vocals-always the same ), since all the songs feature a guitar solo- , sumthing they never did previously i believe

hmm, seems interesting, i've heard few of the songs before (HIM,Paradise Lost,Type O Negative), nevertheless will try to get it

u're most certainly welcome \m/ \m/

yup, agree with you, Ghost Reveries is quite an enchanting album, but sometimes the riffs sound repetitive but i like their acoustic breakdowns and one song has a middle-eastern type of opening riffs/intro to it,nice feel

i believe they were selling this at the Kreator gig, maybe u can find it in Campbell or Pertama

i read a few metal mags and they are labelling Trivium as the next Metallica if they release a few more albums like the one they have now. The hype on this band is quite high currently but i think Metallica is quite different compared to Trivium (well for one i dun think Hetfiedl ever sang growling type of vocals in their songs) but music wise, the dual-solos in Trivium i dun think was there in Metallica tunes

hahah, very true, i did that last time too, now with broadband and a huge amount of albums, i dun think i can remember how half the songs in my winamp playlist go but nevertheless i am still discovering new music everyday ... have take it slowly........

dragonforce... i think i heard a few songs from them, i like Hammerfall too (they r powermetal too rite? ), like the songs HammerFall, Blood Bound, Always Will Be, Hearts On Fire.. , they have the same concept like Dragonforce too i suppose catchy chorus and all the fantasy (dragon, knights in shining armour,etc.. ) kinda lyrics

btw listening to God Forbid's new album , damn they have some good melodic parts engulfed in all the heaviness , and any of u metalheads heard of Lacrimosa ? swedish gothic metal band tat sings in german (i think...), awesome band i shud say, and the way the song is composed (the songs all have a classical symphony/music kinda arrangement) is really different from other Gothic bands (the ones i've heard so far)

This post has been edited by mastervj: Oct 20 2005, 08:04 PM

well from the profile i've read about them they're supposed to be swedish...aaah well who cares i like the songs , yeah i've got tat video, Tilo and Mille singing side by side

liked the 'The End', 'Dagger','Rich Man' and tat King Diamond track well hahaha, his vocals memang like that one, sum ppl can really hate tat type of vocals (tat reminds me i think 3 inches of blood the vocalist sings like tat) but i find it ok

argghh, f***, Nightwish singer got fired by her band members, WTF, she was one unique classically trained vocalist (damn she can really hit those high notes) in a metal band and the songs were awesome, aihhh, wat the hell happened to them....

THe band posted this 'open letter' on their website (what a way to get fired )
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo...ewsitemID=43248

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo...ewsitemID=43362

anyone heard the Masters of Horror soundtrack ? seems promising with all the new names in metal putting out unreleased/live tracks on the cd..u can also find emo bands her:P...the soundtrack is for a short (10 ep i think) series where each episode is directed by a horror movie director (Don Coscarelli,John Carpenter,Dario Argento,etc)...getting the series now on torrent...


Soundtrack tracklisting:
Disc: 1
1. Small Silhouette, Mudvayne
2. ShaunLuu, Norma Jean
3. Enjoy The Silence, It Dies Today
4. Lazarus (In The Wilderness), Funeral For A Friend
5. You Will Remember Tonight, Andrew WK
6. Very Invisible, Armor For Sleep
7. What's Up Now, Scary Kids Scaring Kids
8. This Is My Own, Shadowsfall
9. Nervous Breakdown, The Bled
10. End Of The Road, Murder By Death
11. Division St (acoustic), Thursday
12. Overload, Bloodsimple
13. Megalodon (live), Mastodon
14. Bottled Up, Death By Stereo
15. At Least You Bought Her Flowers, Fall River
Disc: 2
1. We Are One, Buckethead feat. Serj Tankian
2. Obstructed, Rise Against
3. Bats!, The Bronx
4. Betwixt Her Getaway Sticks, From Autumn To Ashes
5. Keith The Music, Every Time I Die
6. In Transit (For You), Matchbook Romance
7. Hindsight, Bedlight For Blue Eyes
8. We Can Never Break Up, Alkaline Trio
9. Beast and the Harlot (live), Avenged Sevenfold
10. Discover Me Like Emptiness, In Flames
11. The Thin Red Line, A Change Of Pace
12. Victoria Iceberg, Bear Vs Shark
13. If Ever (acoustic), Gratitude
14. 237, Fear Before The March Of Flames
15. Contrast of Light and Dark, Yesterday's Rising

i saw the video for the buckethead track..qute funny (with Serj Tankian in it)

official site: MastersOfHorror

i commented on this album in the Rock thread , yeah I prefer Mezmerize over Hypnotize too, i feel the songs in this album are more forgettable than the previous one.

by the way, In Flames new album 'Come Clarity' will be accoompanied with a DVD feturing them playing all the songs in the album in a rehearsal room (just like wat James Hetfield and Co. did with St.Anger), well i hope this album sees them back to their roots, but then again I became a fan when i heard 'Trigger' (and that album did not go down well with the old fans )

Album Cover :


This post has been edited by mastervj: Nov 29 2005, 08:27 PM

i was surprised to find it on the torrent site...after posting the message above, it was not due to come out until Feb 7 next year, and it has already been leaked onto the Net , anyway the songs are all quite awesome, i think i can say they have the sound and melodic feel of the old albums, the instrumental was a let down though..well anyway need repeated listening to comment properly..ciao

yeah...as usual...sumbody has got to keep the 'church-burning,anti-christianity,devil-worshipping' bands from our country, total dumbassess...there are 101 better things to worry about and they will always have to worry abt this. I saw the article in NST and i laughed at wat tat Idris guy had to say abt Mayhem, "Mayhem encourages its followers to worship the devil and burn churches", now I've nvr listened to mayhem's songs but I think this phrase has been overused a DAMN too many times in labelling metal bands....

I seriouls hope that this doesn't stop Metal bands from coming into this country!!!

ur right about Trivium, i just can't stop headbanging & play air guitar everytime i listen to 'Like Light To Flies' (luv the solo in it too! ), hope they will maintain this heaviness and melodyness (maybe improving in vocals) for upcoming albums

the article in NST mentioned the ad was published in Harian Metro

hey, since we r closing in on the end of 2005, y not we list our favourite rock/metal albums for this year? (no limit )... mine would be (in no particular order) :

SOAD-Mezmerize
Opeth- Ghost Reveries
Dredg- Catch Without Arms
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
Dark Tranquility - Character
Soilwork -Stabbing The Drama
SYL - Alien
Paradise Lost- Paradise Lost
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
Devildriver - The Fury of our maker's hand
Trivium - Ascendancy
BLS- Mafia
Mudvayne - Lost & Found
Disturbed- Ten Thousand Fists
Meshuggah-Catch 33
Chimaira -Chimaira
Roadrunner United-All Star Sessions
God Forbid- IV:Constitution of Treason
Pain - Dancing With The Dead

hmm, tats far as i remember....

edit: how could i forget Kreator Enemy of God!!!!!!!!

This post has been edited by mastervj: Dec 4 2005, 11:49 AM

i think even local music stores sell at that price (imported copies)...tat shop is trying to squezze every penny out of a naive metalhead's

anybody heard about this ( regard it as a source of entertainment) :
Police bust black metal concert



Source

the funny part, they registered as Persatuan Cekak Silat , i guess black metal concerts now have to be hosted undercover...anyway there was drug abuse and if the source is to be trusted..."they were going to have a Satanic worshipping session and sex"..WTF??

a continuation of the previously entertaining news



hmm, so they DID find drugz...police get report at 2pm and respond at 8.20 pm ???WTF??and they dun wan 2 divulge the exact nature of the activities?? (drinking goat's blood, massive sex orgy going on ar?)

p/s: those Singapore dudes tat tested positive for drugs, can we send them back home to be hanged ? (since Singapore hanged tat Aussie dude 4 drug possesion)

edit: Source:Blabbermouth.Net
we're famous in Blabbermouth for all the wrong reasons

This post has been edited by mastervj: Dec 8 2005, 11:55 PM