Absolutely not. There are no current bands that I've seen/heard that are grabbing my attention and have the british heavy metal sound with good song writting and good vocals,there is just not. There are many bands with good music but when the vocals start,it ruins it for me,just like Craig W. doesn't mind Saxon's music but for him its ruined when Biff starts to sing.
To me Biff is heavy metal's second best vocalist but to others Biff is irritating,it is what it is. But I just haven't heard anything that "kicks ass"....sure there are "ok" stuff but nothing that is exciting. I think bands should first focus on a good vocalist,then the song writting and I think they should up-tune thier guitars like British Steel,Blizzard Of Oz,ect....instead of down tuning them to go with the trend.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by jimmyjames from Wednesday, April 28, 2010 3:29:48 PM)| |  | jimmyjames wrote: | | I meant like Priest, Maiden, Saxon etc. Have you heard of any newer bands that are good playing that kind of metal?
| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | No. I do not like any "new" bands in the black metal underground or the death metal underground. The scenes are ruined and have been for years now,something I never thought would happen 15 years ago but it has arrived.
Especially the last 5 or 6 years,it has become a circus of embarressment. The last new bands to come out that I like was Cult Of Daath(2000), Graven(2000) Sargeist(2000) all black metal bands.But thats about it.
No black/death metal bands that I like play in a traditional metal sense,they play in the black/death traditional sense,not heavy metal. A few bands that I like called it quits because of how lame the so called "scene" is like A.J.Harris Judas Iscariot quit in 2002 and the legendary Mutiilation from France that started in 1992 just recently quit in 2008. Its a sad joke
This scene used to be hidden and elite I remember back in 1994 around that time,there was not as many people that got into this music back then,it made up for a great scene where things were fresh and exciting,but nowadays the kiddies in thier bedrooms through the help of the internet and endless trend record labels swampped the scene and made this into a mear "joke".
I really am sick by this and is one of many reasons why I joined this forum on January 1st 2005,it was more satisfying to me to talk to fans of heavy metal vs.black metal the way it was heading.
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Hey I know you're into black metal and a lot of that underground stuff but are there any bands around these days who are newish and play the sort of music you like in a more traditional metal sense?
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Sounds like Godsmack & Disturbed mixed together,it definately doesn't sound "good" to me at all but if you enjoy it,good for you.....if this is whats out there then take a shovel and crack my head with it untill I'm back in the underground where there are still a "few" good bands there...jeeze lofl jimmy!!!!
(Quoting Message by jimmyjames from Tuesday, April 27, 2010 3:36:36 PM)
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It doesn't sound like Godsmack or Disturbed at all. And I didn't say they sounded British. It's just an example of how there's still good stuff out there and new bands coming through.
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Sounds like 'Godsmack" and Disturbed,and shit like that,not sure if you think they sound british heavy metal or not,but none the less...news flash for others...its not.
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Here's another cool new band from the States. Baroness. They have two albums, this is off their first.
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