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Their first 4 records are very good. Saw them a number of times. Especially leviathan is s great album.Quote
NashvilleBlues
Current band: Mastodon (3 very different singers [Brann, Troy, Brent] and one heck of a backup singer [Bill]).
Smart metal with a touch of psychedelia.
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shattered1978
Paradise Lost and At the Gates. At over 30 years of experirence, their albums keep getting better. We know we can't say that for all rock bands.
Metal bands have narrow reveneus financially. They still depend strongly on making good albums for touring. Many live on a 1 year studio, 2 years touring cycle. The COVID19 shit hit them very very hard.
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shattered1978
Paradise Lost and At the Gates. At over 30 years of experirence, their albums keep getting better. We know we can't say that for all rock bands.
Metal bands have narrow reveneus financially. They still depend strongly on making good albums for touring. Many live on a 1 year studio, 2 years touring cycle. The COVID19 shit hit them very very hard.
Paradise Lost were/are a great band. Gothic, Shades of god & Icon was a great run of albums.
Burzum, Emperor, Sepultura, White Zombie, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Slayer, Metallica, Venom, Black Sabbath & lots more besides were my primary listening around 92-95
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TKinOH
My old nickname was Metal Headley... and I have the tinnitus to prove it!
Seriously, what a great time to be a teenager in the late 70s and early 80s, just when things were getting louder and louder.
I think it's called Classic Metal now, but one of my favorites has always been Judas Priest. Have VIP passes comin' up for 9-26 at Louder Than Life, they're Special Guests to Metallica.
My second-ever gig was The Priest in Dayton at Hara Arena in July'81, with Whitesnake and Iron Maiden opening. It was just after my 16th BDay, and my Pop took me and 3 buddies to the gig... he didn't Rock, but I wanted to go for my birthday.
After the show, a day or two later, I asked Dad what he really thought of the show, and he told me "It was awful god-damned loud, but the lights were pretty good"!
I've been chasin' bands for over 40 years now...
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KeithNacho
Ritchie Blackmore deep purple and Rainbow. I don, t go beyond that. Further than that i stop. Don,t like shredding, trash, death metal.......
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makemeburnthecandle
My top favs were and still are AC/DC and Judas Priest.
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Paddy
@risingstone
That’s about my take on it also, Sabbath, Purple, Zeppelin etc were loud bluesy rock bands. Priest were the first to eschew that and went a different road with rock music.
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Markdog
I think Van Halen, Judas Priest and Motley Crue are hard rock not metal.
My fav metal song is a parody.... The Metal by Tenacious D