Metal Appreciation Thread!

Saw Slayer last night on their final tour. Goddamn, that's got to be one of the best shows I've ever seen.

I saw them a couple years before Jeff Hanneman died, with White Zombie opening.  I think their guitars were hard panned left and right, and I was way off to the left of the stage so I heard a lot of one guitar and none of the other.  Kind of a bad sounding set from where I was... though White Zombie actually sounded pretty slick.  Goiter Sanchez was with me!

That sounds awesome. Wish I could have seen White Zombie when they were around.

The sound last night gradually improved throughout the evening. Napalm Death's guitar wasn't as loud as it should have been, Testament was really muddy, Anthrax's vocals were a bit too loud, but Slayer sounded perfect. It almost sounded like it was intentional.

You got 100% Hanneman then, good on ya!

  On 8/28/2018 at 5:09 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

I think their guitars were hard panned left and right, and I was way off to the left of the stage so I heard a lot of one guitar and none of the other.

I hate it when this happens.. I saw Testament at a festival a few years ago and the mixing was very similar. Why is stereo mixing even a thing at a live band gig? I can understand it for electronic music where panning is often used for effect, but hard panning guitars is going to result in a bad time for about 25% of the audience.

New Revocation is fuckin' gnarly... love these dudes!

  On 8/29/2018 at 6:12 AM, Stickfigger said:

Just seen slayer are doing their final tour here in Aus next year ! Wicked

oof, tempted but Phil Collins also announced a tour.. and I've seen Slayer before, soooo.. gotta go Phil

why do 99% of metal videos feature them playing and trying to look badass. It detracts from the music every single time

  On 8/29/2018 at 3:37 PM, span said:

why do 99% of metal videos feature them playing and trying to look badass. It detracts from the music every single time

So true. Metal videos have a rich history in suck.

just as we say that Pig Destroyer release the best metal video in recorded history

Holy shit.

flol

Now that's a metal video I can get behind.

this peste noire video is the tits

  On 8/30/2018 at 6:14 AM, Ivan Ooze said:

this peste noire video is the tits

 

looks like a mediocre hiphop vid but by white people

  On 8/30/2018 at 6:00 PM, span said:

 

  On 8/30/2018 at 6:14 AM, Ivan Ooze said:

this peste noire video is the tits

 

 

looks like a mediocre hiphop vid but by white people

extremely white even.

Supremely, I would say.

Or I would if "noire" weren't right in the band name.  Those gentlemen are black.  They even play black metal.

Dunno if it's too old-school/classic for this thread but the new Priest album is excellent, just perfectly executed NWOBHM gear:

Hope no-one's already recommended this, apologies if so

lol @ the pig destroyer

the best live Godflesh video out there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yrl0dknYTg

Weird day, by chance i got 5 grams of dried salvia 10x leaves but also the second full lenght of dank kvlt legend havohej

i am so tempted to do both at the same time just to feel how it's like to burn in hell for an eternity

  On 9/1/2018 at 9:03 PM, Leon Sumbitches said:

Dunno if it's too old-school/classic for this thread [...]

No such thing!!

Yeah the new Priest is a late masterpiece fo sho, maybe the best since "Defenders". Absolutely amazing they still got it in them after almost half a fucking decade of existence!

new Cult Leader incoming.