i'll post here a few italian bands that i think should be more known on an international level:
Lento - their last album is something amazing, you can download it for free on their label website http://denovali.com/lento/
Ufomammut - even if i don't know them very much, this is one of the better known italian metal bands. saw them live with lento, i preferred the second ones but still amazing performance.
The end of six thousand years - awesome band, they split a think a couple of years ago but a few months ago got back together and produced another album (which i didn't have yet the time to listen to). anyway, their previous album 'isolation' it's one of my favourite ones, you should give it a try. sad that there are not so many of their songs uploaded on youtube, but iirc their last album has been entirely uploaded on it so you could give it a try.
Godless crusade - do not confuse them with the german band, they just share the same name. these guys are from my town, they split up right after the release of the album, but it sounds so perfect to me i thought it had to be mentioned. the drums sound like a drum machine, guitars jump from straight riffs to freaking melodic soloes, must fall in love with!
The secret - their label is Southern Lord, do i need to say more?
i would also like to add these guys
Celeste - a bunch of french guys i had the pleasure to meet (actually, like all the other bands i posted above). they put up the sickest show, which consists in a totally dark room, a strobe light and red lights on their foreheads. even if the singer that time was passed out because of the too alcohol (lolol) show was so great. also they are under denovali, here's the link for the free download of (i guess) all their albums http://denovali.com/celeste/
hope you will enjoy at least one of these bands, cheers
Newer Pestilence is indeed sad when compared to their older works.
Hate Eternal gets a lot of shit for being "repetitive" but sometimes all you need is a constant stream of blast beats and stupid awesome riffs to get the job done.
I'm not huge into death metal, but I find myself enjoying what's considered technical death metal to you guys, though really the difference for me is just a more easier melody for me to follow, my favorite song so far being:
How would the average death metal enthusiast rate those technical death bands such as the Faceless, Black Dahlia Murder, etc?
On February 28 2012 10:53 Zdrastochye wrote: I'm not huge into death metal, but I find myself enjoying what's considered technical death metal to you guys, though really the difference for me is just a more easier melody for me to follow, my favorite song so far being:
Black Dahlia Murder is very good, but its not technical death metal, its melodic death metal. I'm a fan but im also more open than your average metal elitist.
On February 29 2012 01:02 TheBamf wrote: You like djent and BDM tho, so that kinda repulses any right to be elitist
Well I also like Brain Drill, Anomalous, Arsis, Athiest, Decrepit Birth, Necrophagist, Obscura, Origin, Viraemia.. and I still don't think being a fan of TBDM is anything to be ashamed of.
On February 29 2012 01:02 TheBamf wrote: You like djent and BDM tho, so that kinda repulses any right to be elitist
Well I also like Brain Drill, Anomalous, Arsis, Athiest, Decrepit Birth, Necrophagist, Obscura, Origin, Viraemia.. and I still don't think being a fan of TBDM is anything to be ashamed of.
Most of those (with a serious exception being Athiest) are wank-tech death. I can digg Obscura and Atheist, no one tells you to be ashamed of anything, like what you like!
On February 29 2012 01:02 TheBamf wrote: You like djent and BDM tho, so that kinda repulses any right to be elitist
Well I also like Brain Drill, Anomalous, Arsis, Athiest, Decrepit Birth, Necrophagist, Obscura, Origin, Viraemia.. and I still don't think being a fan of TBDM is anything to be ashamed of.
Brain Drill is LOL bad. I love me some tech death but thats just fucking stupid. Agreed with you on TBDM though, they continue At the Gate's legacy of making more aggressive melodeath quite nicely imo. You won't find any fluffy powermetal garbage in their music (like In Flames etc etc), just straight up blast beat driven death metal with a solid sense of melody and solos galore. The only other modern day melodeath bands I like a lot are Insomnium and Arsis minus their last album.
Demilich has such awesome riffs (not to mention completely unique lyrics and song titles) but man those vocals are just a little too weird for me.
If anyone hasn't heard of Timeghoul. They should check out their demo. They jut got released a a comp for Dark Decent. It' a little rough but it's awesome.
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