boc4ever

Yes, that is the source of my nickname. Fire of Unknown Origin is a great album, but I appreciate other albums just as much from various stages of their career. Secret Treaties, Imaginos, Cultosaurus Erectus are the three I would say are on the same par as FOUO.

I have seen them many times over the years. Mostly from 1991 - 2001. Unfortunately, I never saw them in their prime. However, the Dharma, Bloom, and Lanier lineup was terrific live. They used to play a ton of old stuff when they first put out Heaven Forbit and the Curse of the Hidden Mirrors albums. They would only play a few new songs here and there.

It is a shame Buck ignored you as a fan because they always came across to me as very humble at this stage of their career. Especially since, Lanier seems to be gone and Buck and Eric are the only two original members remaining.

dick_grayson

In all fairness, he may not have heard or saw me with the high five. Bobby Rondinelli was on drums, at the time and was great to watch. I'll have to check out those albums you listed (or re-listen to them).

mndtrp

Ever since you got hit by that laser at that Blue Oyster Cult Show you've been acting like a pussy!

boc4ever

Is that from Stoned Age?

wishbone

macnorton

Speaking of awesome thrash, my radio biz buddy gave me a copy of the new Kreator and it is fucking awesome! That band kicks some serious ass.

Also, I have been listening to newer Exodus (Tempo of the Damned to the present) and that stuff it pretty awesome too.

Totally digging the newest Testament too. Forgot how awesome they were!

Lastly, Forbidden = Awesome! I met two of the guys (Craig and Steve) when they were in the now defunct Man Made God, playing at the Jersey shit hole known as the Birch Hill. Very cool dudes and they were talking about a reunion then in 2003.

LickTheABCs

I've got the new Kreator in my queue but have a few albums to listen to before hand. Not really expecting much due to differing views on it. Some people said it was great others not so much. We'll see when I finally get a chance to spin it.

As for Exodus, I love Tempo but their "newer" stuff is horrible IMO. Both "The Atrocity Exhibition" and "Shovel Headed.." bored me to tears. Blah, Fabulous Disaster is still my favorite of their albums (even more so than Bonded by Blood)..

and as for the newest Testament. It was OK at best. I've listened to the new CD twice since I got it. It doesn't really warrant constant re-listens plus with albums like Nocturnal Breed and Toxic Holocaust, Testament just doesn't do it anymore.

bunkaroo

Have to agree here. It's a good metal record but it doesn't feel like Testament to me. I think the drumming has something to do with it. Louie Clemente was never a consistent double-kick player, and that style on here makes Testament sound too much like other bands. Plus, none of Skolnick's solos leapt out at me like they have on past records he did with them.

LickTheABCs

some more Thrash..

Slaughter - Incinerator


Morbid Saint - Assassin


Razor - Evil Invaders


Exodus - Verbal Razors


Exhorder - Homicide


Anacrusis - Sound The Alarm (while not Thrash, still fucking awesome!)

boc4ever

Yes, the Birch Hill was a pit, but I loved that place! It was like a time warp back to 1986 for me. Reminded me a lot of the Empire Rock Club in NE Philly.

macnorton

I thought it looked like it could be a stand-in for Camp Crystal Lake. But I had plenty of good times there (sans seeing Life of Agony...ugh 130 degrees in there and watching my fat friend Moose kiel over from it...not cool).

Snowmaker

They've really come a long way since Fly to the Angels.

dick_grayson

for some reason, I always thought of Slaughter as being some mediocre hair-metal Warrant/Ratt-esque band, but then I found out that Chuck Schuldiner (rip) played with them briefly. Maybe it's a different Slaughter. I also remember Bob Saget's character on Full House dating a much younger girl and she took him to see Slaughter (maybe that's why I thought they weren't that hard).

LickTheABCs

While their was a terrible hair band named Slaughter, there was also a Canadian Thrash Band of the same name.

dick_grayson

ah, that's what I thought. I was thinking.....how did a terrible hair band get Chuck? Then I thought of how Randy Rhodes started off in Quiet Riot and just figured it was possible. I'll have to check out the Canadian Slaughter, then.

LickTheABCs

You definitely should. Strappado is an awesome album.

boc4ever

This may clear up the confusion:

http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/bandpage.php?ID=Slau

LickTheABCs

More Metal! (Just a bump really, this should always be on the first page)

Woods of Ypres - The Northern Cold


Eluveitie - Inis Mona


I - Warriors


Nightingale - Scarred for Life (Dan Swano Hard-Rock side project)


Insomnium - The Elder


Transcending Bizarre? - Infinite


Fuck... I'm Dead - Army of Hemaphrodites


Dio - Jesus, Mary and the Holy Ghost

joeblow69

Isis - Holy Tears
This is actually a really cool video, that I'd never seen before

Rypro 525

^seeing Eluveitie at Pagan fest 2 in may in VA

oh and here are 2 very bad covers imo anyways
Cradle of Filth covering "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
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Bring Me the Horizon covering Slipknot's "Eyeless"
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Traxan

Testament's best was "The Gathering," no contest.

LickTheABCs

and yes, MORE!! ('cause you can never have enough!)

Agalloch - As Embers Dress The Sky


Hellhammer - Messiah


Mercyful Fate - A Dangerous Meeting


Senmuth - Kratu Praja (odd, but awesome)


Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

Rypro 525

seeing this tour tonight

Rypro 525

my cel phone footagefrom the show
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Trout

Funeral Mist- Anti-Flesh Nimbus