Where are all the headbangers at?!?!

[Arty Chris]

I seem to go for the more industrial side of things... Nine Inch Nails and Rammstein for example

[Extol]

Norma Jean, Parkway Drive, Resist The Thought, The Browning... I'm into heavy thrashing roaring.

[Beardman]

Not going to lie, after reading Parkway drive for the second time in this thread I thought I might actually listen to them. They may be Australian, but they get very little good publicity here so I never bothered to listen to them. They are considered a bit of a joke around the metal community, and I can kind of understand why... It is not metal, but not hardcore lol.

Having said that, it is awesome to be getting some more metal fans filtering in

[Natedawg]

King Parrot (awesome Aussie band) - Sh*t on the Liver
Quite possibly the greatest metal video (or music video in general) ever made . Song starts at about 2:30, but the whole video is entertaining.
(Warning: VERY heavy. Not classic rock or hair-metal heavy)

[Beardman]

Saw these guys live, I kinda thought they were douches. I guess, it's not entirely their fault, no one was really getting into their music, everyone was just standing right back and just staring at them like stunned mullets. But there was no reason for the lead singer to be acting the way he was. I think it was their first time playing in Geelong, so no one really knew of them, turn out they are pretty big in the Melbourne scene though, and apparently they are more widely renowned then I thought.

I don't mind their music, just didn't like their attitude. Maybe I'll keep an eye out for another show in Melbourne (only an hour or so away from me) and go for a 2nd opinion.

The green and gold with black corpse paint might be lost on a lot of you guys, but green and gold are Australia's nation colours. So I was more then a little impressed to see them flickering towards the end of the video clip.

I'm more a fan of symphonic, gothic, power, trash, prog, melodic metal genres. But I still enjoy all the other genre's I jsut kind of need to be "in the mood" to listen to them. But there are some other really talented metal bands coming out of Melbourne, and all around my neck of the woods at the moment.

Take Frankenbok for example, Sly and epic beard metal band, that have been getting a LOT AND A LOT of attention over the past few months



I really want one of their shirts too... 




I can't wait until I have the opportunity to see Frankenbok live, I'm sure it'll be an awesome night!

[Natedawg]

I guess you kind of have to be obnoxious douches to make obnoxiously loud music.    It's not really the kind of metal I listen to on a regular basis, but some of their songs are catchy and I love this particular video. Cool factoid about the paint. I wouldn't have guessed!

I like the Frankenbok video. Seems like a mix of a few styles/genres of metal & hard rock. I can dig it. That shirt is awesome! Seeing them live will be a head-bangingly good time, I'm sure! 

[Hingatao]

"Obnoxious douches". That's a great way to describe a lot of them!

[Beardman]

I guess you kind of have to be obnoxious douches to make obnoxiously loud music.    It's not really the kind of metal I listen to on a regular basis, but some of their songs are catchy and I love this particular video. Cool factoid about the paint. I wouldn't have guessed!

I like the Frankenbok video. Seems like a mix of a few styles/genres of metal & hard rock. I can dig it. That shirt is awesome! Seeing them live will be a head-bangingly good time, I'm sure! 

I don't overly agree with that statement, I've met many really great guys, and girls that play "obnoxiously loud" music haha. I really did enjoy that video clip too, and because of that, you gave me the spark to potentially listen to them again.

I'm glad you enjoyed the Frankenbok vid, As I said they have become a pretty popular band over the past 12 months in Australia, and so they should  . I'm most certainly getting myself one of those shirts when I get the chance, and I can't wait to mosh out to them live!

"Obnoxious douches". That's a great way to describe a lot of them!

It's really not. The incident with King Parrot, was the first time in the metal scene that I've experienced this. Metal is normally as strong of a brother/sisterhood thing as what we get around here. Having said that, you always get the douches in any crowd haha.

[MarkusToe]

the only "metal" band I ever listend to is Tool - what do you metal heads think about Tool?

[Beardman]

I love Tool. They are doing an Aussie tour, but before I heard about it all the tickets had sold out! 

[Todo Duro]

for Tool.

I'm mostly into death metal, the more technical and twisted the better, my faves at the moment being Nile, Behemoth, Bloodbath, Gojira and Meshuggah... Also this is an Italian band that's releasing some pretty good stuff in this vein.



And some good doom / gothic metal to unwind when the going gets tough. And some 80's classic metal (Judas Priest above all) when it's party time. And Motorhead any day, anytime.

[Beardman]

I quite liked that clip, thanks for sharing! I'm a big Gothic metal fan myself, I've only recently really started getting into doom metal, although some of my gothic metal is probably closer to doom as well.

What are some of your favourite doom/goth bands?

[Todo Duro]

Hey Beardman! Well for gothic metal proper I'd say Paradise Lost any day, they're one of my first metal loves and still releasing killer stuff after 20+ years. For doom, apart from the classics (My Dying Bride and early Anathema above all) I love superslow funeral doom like Evoken, Unholy, Shape of Despair, Tyranny... Esoteric are an awesome British band in this genre and very talented musicians as well, the layering and atmosphere they create (even live) is unbelievable... In a different vein, another act I think is worth checking out is The Howling Void - pretty simplistic songs/riffs but heavy as a mountain and very haunting.
I must say there are some great bands in the Aussie scene these days... Mournful Congregation have some killer doom albums under their belt, but one band that's really bowled me over is Woods of Desolation 

[Natedawg]

what do you metal heads think about Tool?

I love their stuff. Especially Aenima and Lateralus.

Nile, Gojira and Meshuggah...

Fantastic Bands. Nothing like robotic head banging to Meshuggah  




So anyway, I'm not a big fan of melodic death metal, but I'm really enjoying Soilwork's double album. I also love Sevendust's latest. Great mix of old and new sound.

[CowtownBaldie]

I pretty much missed this post because I was too busy banging my head! I am 48 and grew up listening to Classic Rock, and then it got heavier with Nazareth, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest,  Metallica, Pantera, and today I like so many bands I can't mention them all but really like Black Label Society, Five Finger Death Punch, Hellyeah, Demon Hunter, Texas Hippie Coalition,  and so many other's I can't possibly remember them all.