Death/Black Metal

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[GUITARGOD]

Just wondering if any of you death metal fans have ever been into or noticed the subtle textures of work like Pink Floyd? Thier power that is pure simplicity, the ability to play very little and yet extract maximum feeling. The same thing is found in DIO just at a different degree that's the stuff that makes music last in the heart and makes you put it in again and again.
For me... this is the eliment that is lacking in death metal, there may be catchy riffs here and there but the dork bouncing around with the microphone and somthing stuck in his throat ruins that for me. If they had A SINGER i may find more in it. Did I just find a generation gap here? Oh no.... I'm getting old!
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[GUITARGOD]

[piracy_of_life]

Agreed, Floyd is great stuff, first band that got me into rock.

Black/Doom/Death metal, I have no idea what's the difference either, I don't really care, if the vocals are growling I call it death metal.

I like the whole history thing ye posted, very informative.
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Burgettstown, Pennsylvania-based black metal/ambient project SATANIC DIRGE has posted several tracks from its upcoming full-length album, entitled "Tribulation", at its MySpace page. The band has been in the studio since June recording the CD, which is expected to be finished sometime this month. It will be mixed and mastered by the band. A one-off show is scheduled to take place on October 31, 2006 at an as-yet-undisclosed location.

http://www.myspace.com/satanicdirge

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Australian death/thrash act DESTROYER 666 will embark on a U.S. tour in September/October. Tentative dates are as follows:

Sep. 29 - NewYork, NY @ TBA
Sep. 30 - Houston, TX @ TBA
Oct. 01 - St. Paul, MN @ TBA
Oct. 02 - Chicago, IL @ TBA
Oct. 03 - Seattle, WA @ TBA
Oct. 04 - San Francisco, CA @ TBA
Oct. 05 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA

More information will be made available soon.

DESTROYER 666's last full-length album, "Cold Steel... For an Iron Age", came out in 2002 via Season of Mist.

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piracy_of_life

I really like the samples from SATANIC DIRGE
You know anything about this American Band!

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piracy_of_life

My mate in Russia...got me into this band....don't know if you know of them.....heres an update on them.

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official web site:

"The songwriting for the new album is progressing nicely. 10-11 songs have now been demoed, and we're busy doing the final adjustments and modifications before it's time to depart for the long awaited Japan/Korea/Australia tour.

"A bootleg clip of 'The Wonders at your Feet' and 'Monochromatic Stains' from the show in Costa Rica last June is now uploaded to our MySpace page for your limitless enjoyment. Find it in the video section."

DARK TRANQUILLITY recently announced that their next studio album will be produced by Danish producer Tue Madsen. "The effort will be mixed in his Antfarm studio, while the actual recording will take place in different premises here in Sweden," the band said. "Drums will be set to tape at the old Studio Fredman, while guitars, bass, vocals and electronics will be immortalized at Rogue Music." Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Blind at Heart", "The Lesser Faith", "InsignifiCunt" and "The Plunge"."

DARK TRANQUILLITY completed a North American tour earlier in the year with OPETH, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND and DEVILDRIVER in support of "Character", their highly acclaimed latest album that brought these originators of the famed Gothenburg scene back to the forefront of the genre. "Character", recorded once again at Studio Fredman (IN FLAMES, ARCH ENEMY), has also been praised as their most groundbreaking yet as it retains all of the band's classic elements and thought-provoking lyrical content while blending the perfect amount of unrelenting aggression and melody.

[piracy_of_life]

Satanic Dirge was awesome, very different, I like how instrumental it is. Sounds like a horror movie track.

Draconian was excellent to, I really like the combination of the voicals.

Dark Tranquillity is definity one of my favorites so far, I can't explain it, Necrophobic's, Naglfar's, and their vocals all seem to fit into the music, where a couple other bands I've listen to, the vocals and music are like separate peices.

Very nice, thanks a ton.

Immortal is another one I like so far, they sound a bit like Dimmu Borgir.
http://www.myspace.com/sonsofnortherndarkness
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you put your hope into the sky
for your souls salvation
I put my hope into the fire
for my soul damnation

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No thanx,.needed...I am enjoying myself...listening to old favourites ....can't wait for the new Draconian cd.....another 42 days to its release...check out the art work for the cover....for
''The Burning Halo'' at there website....release date is later in USA 10th of October...there is samples of the new cd on their website.
http://www.draconian.se/downloads_audio.html

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piracy_of_life.....I really think ''The Burning Halo'' could be Draconian
biggest seller to date....I love tracks.

"The Burning Halo" - Track by track:

~ She Dies ~

"She Dies" is one of the latest efforts of Draconian and also chosen to be the opening track for the new album. You can expect profound, evocative and deeply mournful soundscapes combined with a heart-rending love story, which tells the tale of two souls who are forced to part from one another. It's a romantically despondent gothic/doom creation and without any doubt; one of the most tear-filled moments of Draconian history.

~ Through Infectious Waters (A Sickness Elegy) ~

This is an elegy about a world sick, distorted and corrupt; our world in a possible future. With this new song we have tried to create a scenery of collapse and revulsion as mankind finally is forced to recognize their downfall. In the midst of this, a lost soul wander the earth, in hope for the absolute deliverance from human depravity.

"Through Infectious Waters (A Sickness Elegy)" is a song which speaks for itself and is unlike any other Draconian effort. The character is apocalyptic, cold and desolate and it’s built upon a field of belligerence and disaster.

~ The Dying ~

"The Dying" is quite close to "Through Infectious Waters" in topic, but refers more to the world as a terrifying spiritual struggle – alienation, as if you were stranded on a distant shore, far from home without a possibility to leave. Only death would set you free... and all around you the world is falling apart.

This grim effort of “The Burning Halo” is the most doom-oriented of the three new songs – releasing dejection and gloom alongside strong feelings of wrath and dismay. The soaring and beautiful vocals of Lisa creates a bittersweet contrast in the stern blackness and broadens the song to a higher level.

~ Serenade of Sorrow ~

The song originally hailing from the never officially released luciferian theme demo The Closed Eyes of Paradise.

"Serenade of Sorrow" is perhaps the one and only true Draconian classic and used to be the opening act of live shows. The sound is much closer to gothic metal than doom and was the first track out on the - above mentioned - 1999 demo. The song assembles a symphonic atmosphere within a distinctive metal setting and with an intense growl versus angelic vocal manifestation.

In sound it replicates pure anguish and innovative darkness in a tumultuous scenery, right before the rebel angels suffered bitter defeat. Within this heart-rending chaos we can still find astonishing beauty, originated from the tender vocal cord of Miss Lisa Johansson.

"Serenade of Sorrow" has been born again in a well-designed restoration, and at the same time very loyal and faithful to the old version.

~ The Morningstar ~

The song originally hailing from the never officially released luciferian theme demo The Closed Eyes of Paradise.

"The Morningstar" is a versatile song with a strong epic feel. It deals mainly with a doomy and gothic sound but proceeds into a more aggressive and hostile approach. This track is about how to resist divine oppression and how to break free from its bondage. The title refers to Lucifer, who pleads to the angels left in Heaven to oppose their chains and unite with him to find independence. This is what the Christian faith would call "the devils temptation", but in fact it’s just a matter of freedom.

"The Morningstar" is Draconian’s second epic (the first is "The Midwinter Sleep" back in 1995) before they progressed further into a doomier sound in year 2000. It was originally fashioned back in 1998 and to be recorded for The Closed Eyes of Paradise demo one year later. The song rapidly became a favourite among the fans.

~ The Gothic Embrace ~

The song originally hailing from the never officially released luciferian theme demo The Closed Eyes of Paradise.

Highly expressive and amorously dark, "The Gothic Embrace" deals with graceful and poignant structures both in music and lyric. In this restoration we have dared to make some things somewhat different, still as the song remains fairly true to its original.
This is a song mostly built upon pure sentiment, which surrounds its irreligious purpose, in order to find everlasting peace in the night… secluded from the blinding light of God. The fantastic vocals of Lisa blends together in symbiosis with the numinous keyboardstructure, preparing a vast spectrum of bitterness.

"The Gothic Embrace" is one of Draconian’s most treasured songs from the past... and it speaks primarily to those who favours the more gothic/ romantic elevation of their sound.

~ On Sunday They Will Kill the World ~

In 1970 Dutch songwriter Rock van der Linden wrote a great apocalyptic rock song for his band Ekseption, assembled upon a prelude by the classical Russian composer Rachmaninov; In structure rather easy but very large in heaviness.

The band decided to both interpret this great bombastic tune and honour it by just being Draconian; with a momentous spotlight on a doomy, vast and diverse sound. And it worked out very well alongside the old school rock sound and the fundament of classical music.

The 2006 version of "On Sunday They Will Kill the World" wears a dark shroud... and reflects a monumental piece of doom.

~ Forever My Queen ~

It’s not every day Draconian decides to take on the mission to construe the heavy riffing art of Bobby Liebling and Pentagram; one of the origins of doom metal in the ‘70s. Pentagram has been a long-time influence and favourite band of songwriter Johan Ericson - which now is revealed by the dedication of Draconian.

"Forever My Queen" is a quite deviating track if compared to the ordinary material of Draconian even though the song is still vital when it comes to the Draconian sound in broad-spectrum. Most of the members are big fans of the early ‘70s rock sound, so this is a salutation both to that and to the unyielding foundation of doom metal.

[Meloik YK]

Chuck Schuldiner is a worshippable man.

Nothing more to say about Death Metal, I have.

(well, maybe some little things about a few bands, but nothing worth mentioning compared to Chuck!)
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