CellE2057 said

Violentdope said

V_Ron said
Slipknot at the Palladium would've been pure chaos.

You'll have to let me know when you're picking up tickets for the Slipknot/Manson. Would've seen Manson last year had ICP not performed the following day. Need to stay tuned for those Knotfest deals.

pure chaos was right...this was when slipknot still set themselves on fire, clown pissing in a can and drinking his piss....pure chaos...I remember I had to get out of the crowd for a minute to sit down keeping myself from passing out it was so fuckin hot and packed in there..Mudvayne opened for them and this was before anyone knew who they were...before LD50 even dropped. Good fucking times..

They said in a few weeks they will release the other dates so hopefully they will start selling tix....we need to get floor for the pit..no fun in the seats. KNotfest too....hell yes.

Shit, I caught Mudvayne on whatever tour they were pimping LD50 on (they weren't headlining and I might be drunk but I think it's the first time I saw Slipknot too) and they destroyed. I don't even like them that much (redundant as all hell) but their live show was vicious. 

On Corey Taylor leaving Slipknot; all he said was that at SOME POINT he'll step away because he'll be too old to deliver the energy the band deserves. That's it. With that said, I certainly wouldn't be upset if Anders jumped back in. Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. is a truly unique metal album and the vocals only heighten what is already a chaotic clusterfuck of genre distortion. Man, I really like that fuckin album and would LOVE to hear what that O.G. Slipknot is capable of now that they've all grown as musicians. 

ya at some point...they are getting old...I dont see him leaving at least another 10 years down the road...I doubt Andres will be back...I think  he found Jesus or something

Slipknot and Manson are coming to Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. I have yet to experience Red Rocks, all I know is that it's beautiful, the acoustics are perfection, ICP played there on my Hell's Pit DVD, and I really might go see the metal there. Saw Korn for first time a few years back, phenomenal. 

CellE2057 said

Old Mr Dangerous said
Slipknot and Manson are coming to Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. I have yet to experience Red Rocks, all I know is that it's beautiful, the acoustics are perfection, ICP played there on my Hell's Pit DVD, and I really might go see the metal there. Saw Korn for first time a few years back, phenomenal. 

Was Davis doing the J Devil thing? I was blown away at how uncomfortable of a performance that is. 

His whole JDevil schtick went away pretty quick it seems.  I thought he was going to release an album for that project and if he did, well, color me confused!  The only thing I have ever seen him do, regarding the JDevil project, was a song and video with Datsik, Infected Mushroom & JDevil - Evilution

I havent seen anything else he may have put out under JDevil, but this was the only thing I did see back in the day.  But from the Korn camp, one side project I absolutely love is Brian's group - Love and Death.  Unfortunately the bass player for them parted ways, but they have put out a great album, some great videos and even Brian's solo album - Save Me From Myself and book were great

therevwells, I was going to quote you but that would make this post way too long.

I'm glad the JDevil thing stopped. It wreaked of meth lol.

Tried out Love and Death because I had never heard of them. They're certainly not bad but that's the best I can give em. The bassist going away definitely takes away a large part of what makes them sound slightly different than a million other numetal bands. But that's not my preferred genre so my ears are kind of def to it.

New Otep will get a listen for sure but I can never listen to more than one or two songs at a time from them. Her voice is unique in a good way but for every one good song there's two "songs" that are a weird ass spoke word poetry things that just makes me want to punch a goth kid. Again, numetal isn't my thing so maybe I'm just hearin em wrong. 

lol I'd prefer to not punch a goth kid cause, well, I'm old enough to get in trouble for that shit now. 

I use to really like Coal Chamber but once I heard DevilDriver I couldn't listen to em anymore. Other than the occasional nostalgia kick anyway.That new album didn't get much rotation for me but it was definitely on me and not them. They made a solid Coal Chamber album and I had grown out of them.

So I hear a lot of bands that I like in Full Devil Jacket. Not even just metal bands but there's some Foo Fighters in there (fuck you, I like Foo Fighters). Can't say I'm sold on em yet but they're absolutely worth looking into further.

The faith thing is an interesting topic to me. I know quite a few people that won't listen to bands because of their personal beliefs. Never did understand that. Shit, I don't even mind if a band pounds you over the head with their message *cough* *cough* Missing Link *cough* *cough* so long as it's done creatively.

For example:

They're a very, very, Christian band that make their message quite clear (in this tune, the world is ran by man and thus, wicked and we need to love god) but goddamn (heh) they're good. 

And Living Sacrifice are more brutal than most "Satanic" bands that lure you in with the evil gimmick and never deliver.

CellE2057 said
lol I'd prefer to not punch a goth kid cause, well, I'm old enough to get in trouble for that shit now. 

I use to really like Coal Chamber but once I heard DevilDriver I couldn't listen to em anymore. Other than the occasional nostalgia kick anyway.That new album didn't get much rotation for me but it was definitely on me and not them. They made a solid Coal Chamber album and I had grown out of them.

So I hear a lot of bands that I like in Full Devil Jacket. Not even just metal bands but there's some Foo Fighters in there (fuck you, I like Foo Fighters). Can't say I'm sold on em yet but they're absolutely worth looking into further.

The faith thing is an interesting topic to me. I know quite a few people that won't listen to bands because of their personal beliefs. Never did understand that. Shit, I don't even mind if a band pounds you over the head with their message *cough* *cough* Missing Link *cough* *cough* so long as it's done creatively.

For example:

 

They're a very, very, Christian band that make their message quite clear (in this tune, the world is ran by man and thus, wicked and we need to love god) but goddamn (heh) they're good. 

And Living Sacrifice are more brutal than most "Satanic" bands that lure you in with the evil gimmick and never deliver.

Way back in the day here in Lansing, MI, Living Sacrifice actually did a tour here at The Underground (church basement) and it was during their Reborn tour and opening for them was Klank.  Saw Klank and he was awesome....but, I had to leave before LS hit the stage, but, I am sure they tore it up.  

Not sure if you have ever heard of Circle of Dust before, but that was what Klayton aka Celldweller was doing before he did his Celldweller stuff and he is re-releasing his CoD albums, remastering them, bonus stuff etc and he even got the ok from Living Sacrifice to keep their stuff on the Metamorphosis album Klayton did, a remix album featuring Circle of Dust, Living Sacrifice - before Bruce took over for vocals, and Brainchild - which is still Circle of Dust.  In a few posts up, I had posted a new track that Klayton did as Circle of Dust and the link and info for the remasters from his record label FiXT over in Detroit, etc.  Oh, and he is also remastering the Argyle Park - Misguided album too

Its always awesome to hear another person say that the faith thing is interesting to them and have no problem with it.  There are so many great bands out there and while Christian, never bash it over your head, but instead, make you think with their lyrics.  One of them that I dig still to this day is Sometime Sunday.  Below is a couple videos/tracks from them - back when Tooth and Nail Records were good :p

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Another one that comes to my mind is Poor Old Lu.  While not metal, but more alternative, still had somewhat a chaotic sound and edge to them and in fact, some Christian stores did not want to stock their Sin album due to the topics.  Here are a couple of tracks

But, this has got to be the best track out there that made a ton of noise due to its content, well, made a ton of noise in the Christian industry due to content.  Plus, the video for it is too funny.  Here they are doing a live version of it and I just love how the crowd sings along with the chorus....plus, if you have ever heard of HM Magazine, Lust Control is Doug Van Pelt's band he has been in for quite some time

Most of the stuff I listen to today still, artists that I grew up listening to and most of them, not many people have heard of them and its always nice to show them stuff from time to time.  Spoken, Living Sacrifice, Becoming The Archetype, I could go on forever and ever, but here was the Metamorphosis remix album featuring Living Sacrifice tracks that got remixed, Circle of Dust remixes and Brainchild remixes

Here is Klank if you are interested - this is the one that opened for Living Sacrifice

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Sorry for the long reply once again, but yeah....Ive got nothing but time on my hands....and oh, here is the new Circle of Dust track if you are interested below - Contagion

Yeah, I saw their band announcement. Pretty good shit. There's also a video of Grohl breaking his leg falling offstage and then coming back to finish the show. The way the band handled it and specifically the way Grohl handled it is hilarious. 

Damn, dude, you've given me enough music to keep me looking into possible new bands for quite some time. Also, assuming you grew up christian, I'm quite impressed that you mentioned some good bands. That sounds shitty but you have to understand, whenever christian music comes up with me there's almost always some asshole that mentions Stryper unironically. You did not do this. Thank you. 

Split1open said

Dude, this description sounds like bullshit but a nonenglish speaking pansexual skater kid with a lazy eye got me high on codine and let me hear Green Jelly for the first time. Specifically this song. Listening to this brought back memories of a whole period of my life that is both joyous and miserable at the same time.   

Damn....I am beginning to sound like a walking record store.  Oh well.  Always nice to recommend good stuff to other people who may have NEVER heard of any of these groups, ya know.  The funny thing with Klank aka Darren, is he now works as a welder for Ringling Bros Circus.  Kind of a cool job - rock out and weld!  That album I posted the video for - Still Suffering - well, the first 5 tracks were actually written for Circle of Dust - which was always just Klayton aka Celldweller, but he did take some guys with him when he did videos and live stuff and Klank was one of them.

Remember Criss Angel - Illusionist?  Well, did you know he sings too?  There was a project called....its a long title, so here we go - Angeldust - Musical Conjurings From The World Of Illusion.  Klayton aka Celldweller did the music, some vocals, etc and Criss Angel did the main vocals mostly.  They did one album as Angeldust, broke up and then Klayton began Celldweller and Criss, well, still does his magic, but if you like electronic rock, I think its pretty good still to this day and here is the full album.  Its out of print now and has been for years and costs quite a bit.  I had lost my signed copy of it when I got divorced....ugh

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No...doesnt sound shitty at all what you said, I AGREE!  So many crap groups, fly by nights out there within the CCM world, that are no longer around and were never that great to begin with.  I always sought out the odd ones, ones that not many people listened to and stuff based upon cover art, etc.

Heck, if you have heard of Demon Hunter, then you may like Ryan's first group he was in - Training For Utopia.  They actually released a few albums, broke up and then he started Demon Hunter, but here is a track by TFU that I can actually handle and its quick

I think I gave you a bit to listen to and some you may dig and some you may not, but for those you do dig, check out their discography and hit them up over on Twitter.  Unlike most bands these days, even though some are long gone, they still love to interact with the fans etc

So, now I leave you with my favorite hard rock track by Bride.....just love Dale's range on the album...actually, not favorite track, but their best fucking album they ever put out and keep in mind, this was in 1992 and the odd thing with Bride, is that for their lyrics, though it may not sound like it, there are Bible references after each line in the lyric sheet - crazy

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Enjoy and MMFCL