Music: Metal/Punk Rock

GraemeE

Tago Mago

@maxximum still unsure if Electric Callboy are an abomination or next level Spinal Tap

Oaktavia

@Luijim78 I love NOFX...started buying their vinyl records recently. It's nice to listen to them on a record player but it drives my wife nuts.

Tago Mago

two of the bands that I discovered pretty soon once I moved beyond Metallica, Maiden & Co. Iced Earth was my gateway band but ever since their main man was involved in the January 06 riots/insurrection/treason/whatever you want to call it they have lost much of what remained of their appeal

At least In Flames only started making shit music at some point and didn't try to overthrow their democracy

Luijim78

@Oaktavia I love them too my friend, I actually had a bit of a punk as a teenager . as for my company, she loves 70s hard rock and metal. She turns up the volume more than me but at our tender age, we do it more because we are deaf, I fear, than for the taste of very loud music

Luijim78

popvulture

@WhiskeySandwich our convo over in rants made me pop this one on, been a minute. Fuckin rips.
https://open.spotify.com/album/41cwi0xvLmVuVUtJDU8GcS?si=6WVVmouvT96Ind0mGwPzIQ

Edit: dammit didn't realize spotify links wouldn't preview. First track:

popvulture

@Tago-Mago man I love In Flames. Lunar Strain was a big one for me way back when.

popvulture

One more and I have to stop fucking around and get back to work... one of my favorite heavy bands in recent memory:

WhiskeySandwich

@popvulture Hell yeah man. Good shit! These are both in my zone.

Here's one of my favorite bands to zone into. Their newer stuff not so much. Their riffs and soundscapes are epic though. I like that they've got a minimalist take on the vocals and let the music do the talking.

popvulture

Dude I looooove Elder! Lore was the one that really pulled me in first, listened to that one on repeat for like a year. Since then I've been picking up everything they've released, and I agree that the later stuff is good but not as awesome as the older stuff. I did really like the Gold & Silver Sessions — really nice and kinda krautrock-ish shit to get lost in. I dig that they went instrumental on that one for a change.

WhiskeySandwich

@popvulture YES! amazing I've never met anyone who's ever heard of them! Oh, and Lore was my first entry too. Reflections blew my mind and i got into their older stuff too. Love the "Conan"-era Elder too.

But yeah, they lost me with Omens. I think the last good release was the one the singer/guitar player made solo during the covid lockdowns after he moved to Germany. Under the name Delving. This one is much more experimental like gold and silver sessions.