Metal Music Discussion

[Soeru]

Apart from Man Made God, Embody The Invisible is the best song on the album. Oh, at least in my worthless little opinion, that is.

Oh, and about Tony Hawk, I heard the newest game (American Wasteland) has Venom - Black Metal in the soundtrack. Great song, but I can't picture myself skating to it (it worked nicely with In Flames, however ).

The In Flames - Come Clarity artwork was recently uploaded to MA, for those who didn't know.

Well, early black metal(or speed metal if you wish to call it) like Venom and Bathory were highly influenced by punk, riff-wise. Specifically early Bathory, Quorthon has stated that he listened to more Oi Punk than Mot�rhead back then. I mean listen to the opening riff to "In Conspiracy with Satan", can't get more punkish than that. A lot of younger thrash fans don't know that the origin of thrash drumming and eventually blastbeats is actually extreme punk like hardcore and grindcore. So say all you want about modern hardcore/metalcore, but if it weren't for oldschool punk bands, metal wouldn't sound half as brutal as it does nowadays. Yes, I really give a fuck about the origins of this music.

The reason why most people associate early Bathory riffs with thrash is because thrash is heavily influenced by 80's hardcore punk, thrash basically a mix between hardcore and NWOBHM like Iron Maiden. Saying that old Bathory is thrashy is flawed however, as Bathory were around before the thrash scene came into existence.

Anyway, yeah, I don't see myself skating to some Darkthrone or Emperor, but maybe something like Bathory's first album or Venom's "Black Metal". I think having this in the new game is a very good idea, they're injecting all those pop-punk loving teenage gamers with some really underground shit, let's wait a few months and see what they think of Venom. I doubt they'll gain a lot of popularity, but at least they'll get recognized at a bigger level.

Yeah. I know that Black Metal was one of the first songs I ever heard.

I assume it was Cradle of Filth's cover. Blasphemy. In a bad, totally unmetal way.

They should have Devourment playing while skating

Nah, I think smashing my skull against the concrete from a fall is more than enough brutality for skating. Btw, their new album is out right? I fuckin love their breakdowns, anyone who likes Wormed or Suffocation is extremely encouraged to check them out, and Bruce you're highly encouraged to check out Wormed if you haven't yet. Insanely brutal and original death metal with wacky passages, odd time signatures, jazzy drumming, and lyrics inspired by astronomy, LSD, shrooms, and philosophy. Best of all, they're from Madrid, Spain. *represent*