@Danzig: well yes they are known, but let me ask you 2 things. Are they known as Nightwish, Cradle or dimmu for example, by the new metalheads? (Bruce is, but they are certainly not that liked) Second how many of the rest do you know?

Hey guys you shoud try band from Germany who pplays dark power metal "Black Abyss"
http://www.black-abyss.de/
Here are MP3
Try it

There is a Greek Heavy Metal Band that after 10 years of stand by are back. Their site is http://www.sarissa.info/grsite/menu/home.htm

People you shoud try Vanadium or similar band whit Pino Scotto from Italy and his new band dunno name are great
Vanadium are in www.vibrationsofdoom.com and thay are simmilat how Mountain.

P.S. I think bands name was Vanadium

Written by [user id=2267] on 21.05.2006 at 22:45

@Danzig: well yes they are known, but let me ask you 2 things. Are they known as Nightwish, Cradle or dimmu for example, by the new metalheads? (Bruce is, but they are certainly not that liked) Second how many of the rest do you know?

Well no....they are not THAT popular

what do you mean "how many of the rest do you know?"?

Written by [user id=160] on 22.05.2006 at 21:50

Written by [user id=2267] on 21.05.2006 at 22:45

@Danzig: well yes they are known, but let me ask you 2 things. Are they known as Nightwish, Cradle or dimmu for example, by the new metalheads? (Bruce is, but they are certainly not that liked) Second how many of the rest do you know?

Well no....they are not THAT popular

How can you ay thay are not so popular, thay are legends in them time and nowdays, some people King Diamond are guide of metal world.
Thay are popular bands and Iron Maiden/Bruce Dickinson are one of most played band in media
I mean metal band in media

I'm about to get from a friend an album (actually there are 2 on the same cd) from a heavy metal band called Picture (I think he said from Holland). What do you think of this band? He said they are nothing that geat just a regular 80's heavy metal band, a little to NWOBHM.

On the other hand I got to listen to Metal Inquisitor's "Doomsday for the Heretic" and I loved it, old school, not to melodic, not power, just a great heavy metal album. Anyone else digs them? (except probably Hellish Star, Lord Elden, Ozman?)

who knows about Morbid Death a Trash Gothic metal band from portugal, one of the best goth bands I ever heard, I discovery about then in metalicidio.com a portugues underground metal website, pretty cool website, some of the bands have future!

Did anyone mention WITCHHAMMER?

@4look4rd: does it seem this is a gothic thread?

@Lord Elden: I they the heavy metal band from Germany? I know I listened to a friend to an album called "1487" a few months ago, but it was quite thrashy except the voice. Is it the same band? (more info needed)

@venom: Picture is a great band, I especially love the "Eternal dark" album. This way, BTW, my very first concert (with Ostrogoth and Black Widow).

Another awesome band from Holland: DONOR. Technical thrash metal somewhere between Forbidden, Agent Steel and Watchtower).

@ Hellish Star: hehe I know of Donor, it's Jelle Bekker band before Frozen Sun, right? Never Listened to them although I've listened to Frozen Sun and should have an interview with them somewhere around here...although not my cup of tea really.

Anybody heard of Manitu from Finland, they have released 2 albums "The Mad Moon Rising" (2004) & "Deadlock" (this year). I don't know if I should get their first album or not.

Written by [user id=2267] on 26.05.2006 at 12:08
@Lord Elden: I they the heavy metal band from Germany? I know I listened to a friend to an album called "1487" a few months ago, but it was quite thrashy except the voice. Is it the same band? (more info needed)

It's pretty much Thrash, yes. It's the same album I had in mind, 1487. However, the band is from Norway, not Germany (there does exist a German band with the same name though, but I know nothing of that band, there also exists same named bands in other countries according to www.metal-archives.com).

I did some research metal-archives, metal-observer, rockdetektor and only on rockdetektor I found something about this band. I should get to that guy and get the mp3's. So they ain't from germany as I thought after my first serch on metal-archives! I'll give an answer in a few days about this band.

Any expectations from the new Cloven Hoof album to be released in june or july? "Eye Of The Sun" it's called and can't wait for it to get out!

you guys should really try Mysterium ...they are great gothic from Germany...Come to think about it..Germany gave the EU metal scene a lot of greath gothic metal bands..and i do recommend you this band..

Written by [user id=4571] on 31.05.2006 at 16:59

you guys should really try Mysterium ...they are great gothic from Germany...Come to think about it..Germany gave the EU metal scene a lot of greath gothic metal bands..and i do recommend you this band..

Does this seem a "gothic" thread? Hmmm "true" metal surely doesn't have the thing called goth or the cheesy eu flower power bands. Read the first post. Because this thread surely is a "Mysterium" for you.

Now on another note I've re listened to Nightmare and I must say I was quite wrong and come to think of it they are actually a pretty good band. I'll have to get me their latest album soon.

Written by [user id=2267] on 31.05.2006 at 20:06

Written by [user id=4571] on 31.05.2006 at 16:59

you guys should really try Mysterium ...they are great gothic from Germany...Come to think about it..Germany gave the EU metal scene a lot of greath gothic metal bands..and i do recommend you this band..

Does this seem a "gothic" thread? Hmmm "true" metal surely doesn't have the thing called goth or the cheesy eu flower power bands. Read the first post. Because this thread surely is a "Mysterium" for you.

Now on another note I've re listened to Nightmare and I must say I was quite wrong and come to think of it they are actually a pretty good band. I'll have to get me their latest album soon.

Power metal and gothic metal are both true metal. Metal doesn't have to involve some idiot grunting down a microphone aobut satan raping goats int he eyesocket.

Nu, industrial and metalcore are untrue. nothing under mellodic metal is untrue.

Written by [user id=5431] on 01.06.2006 at 20:40

Written by [user id=2267] on 31.05.2006 at 20:06

Written by [user id=4571] on 31.05.2006 at 16:59

you guys should really try Mysterium ...they are great gothic from Germany...Come to think about it..Germany gave the EU metal scene a lot of greath gothic metal bands..and i do recommend you this band..

Does this seem a "gothic" thread? Hmmm "true" metal surely doesn't have the thing called goth or the cheesy eu flower power bands. Read the first post. Because this thread surely is a "Mysterium" for you.

Now on another note I've re listened to Nightmare and I must say I was quite wrong and come to think of it they are actually a pretty good band. I'll have to get me their latest album soon.

Power metal and gothic metal are both true metal. Metal doesn't have to involve some idiot grunting down a microphone aobut satan raping goats int he eyesocket.

Nu, industrial and metalcore are untrue. nothing under mellodic metal is untrue.

Man power metal is not true, same about gotic, buyt its truer how power metal, sorry suits and metal, its not metal, specely Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius and ... true power metal are not uncnow bands Domini Magica, Salamandra, Black Abyss

But I agree about satanism, satanism shoud not be in music, but nothing how melodic metal is not true

Man even black metal is treu, same about death metal, doom metal, specely amazing lyrcs, so deep poetic, about darkness of life, life, and soo....

metalcore is not metal man

Sorry About Out Of Topic

If someome has intresting in band who plays simmilar to Morgana Lafey/Lafey then czceh this band http://www.seventhone.net
Ban is from Sweden and calls Seventh One, but thay are lil' bit melodic

Written by [user id=5431] on 01.06.2006 at 20:40

Written by [user id=2267] on 31.05.2006 at 20:06

Written by [user id=4571] on 31.05.2006 at 16:59

you guys should really try Mysterium ...they are great gothic from Germany...Come to think about it..Germany gave the EU metal scene a lot of greath gothic metal bands..and i do recommend you this band..

Does this seem a "gothic" thread? Hmmm "true" metal surely doesn't have the thing called goth or the cheesy eu flower power bands. Read the first post. Because this thread surely is a "Mysterium" for you.

Now on another note I've re listened to Nightmare and I must say I was quite wrong and come to think of it they are actually a pretty good band. I'll have to get me their latest album soon.

Power metal and gothic metal are both true metal. Metal doesn't have to involve some idiot grunting down a microphone aobut satan raping goats int he eyesocket.

Nu, industrial and metalcore are untrue. nothing under mellodic metal is untrue.

I'm really sorry about you, did you at least read THE FIRST POST? I really don't care what you think is true or untrue, this is a matter bands that were and are considered to describe best metal. I'm not talking here about "gothic" or eu chessy flower power almost metal. It's about bands that play metal. Maybe that word "true" has been over used related to heavy metal, but that's the only way you can say anything about what is really metal, not the lame bands that flood the market right now (of course I'm quite exagerating right now).

Please read the first post! When you'll see me adding a band like the ones you are talking about I'll say it's okay to talk about those kind of bands. Until then please stop making usless posts, that just comunicate that you know nothing about what I and a few other poeple are talking about.

Now to be on topic I just got the DVD released by Sodom, when I'll have the time to watch it carefully I'll comunicate my thoughts (I think it's got to be dementia).

Another recent addition to my video collection (except a Motorhead DVD, which I'll get monday) I also got a bootleg from the Czech republic with King Diamond's live show, just reminded me how great that concert was and that I'm sorry about not having more true metal shows here in Romania. Although the quality is not stelar it sounds quite very good for a bootleg (you can hear the diffrent instruments and most of what King is singing). The one thing I'm a little dissapointed is that the track list is exactly the same and the show. If the place where it was shot would have been identical with the one in Romania you wouldn't tell the diffrence. Although this is one of the best bootlegs I've ever seen.

@VenomBM I dunno now if this band are belong on this tread but I think yes
Try this http://vibrationsofdoom.com/test/test2/calbums58/OrphanDevil.ram
Thay are from Sweden and for me thay belong here

If you say Sodom belongs here thay I think Venom, to and I saw video "Nightmares" and interwiew, it was great

@Kariasakis7: Let's not carreid away and put all the bad ass bands here, because I don't want this thread to go and have bands like Immortal, Arch Enemy listed here, they are somewhere else.

I just remembered 2 bands from germany that were a little more extreme Protector & Depresive Age, who remembers them. Depresive Age are one of my favorite band & on their site says that they were to release an album last year and until now absolutely no news, no nothing, except the site is gone for some time. What the hell is going on with these guys?

Taken from [url]www.bnrmetal.com[/url]: "An intriguing group, Depressive Age could be loosely categorized as a progressive thrash group, though they certainly don't sound like traditional progressive metal bands nor are they really a thrash band, except on occasion. A pretty unique and original sound here, especially on Electric Scum. At one point they shortened their name to D-Age (hence the title of their 1999 compilation album), and were reported as disbanded in April of 2001, but apparently they are back in action, as evidenced by there (all-German) website, with a new album New Bomb Energy on the way as of this writing." (but this is all old news for me)

Written by [user id=2267] on 02.06.2006 at 01:27

@Kariasakis7: Let's not carreid away and put all the bad ass bands here, because I don't want this thread to go and have bands like Immortal, Arch Enemy listed here, they are somewhere else.

Man I wont put here Immortal, Arch Anamy or Marduk, but well that band of Vibrationofdoom I think belong in his tread, its calsic, thaya re from Sweden and play old school heavy metal

So if no sorry Im out of this tread then.

A videoclip from RAM (Sweden). Awesome !!!

http://www.ram-metal.com/media/RAM%20-%20Machine%20Invaders.wmv

@Hellish Star: thank you for the clip, it was quite nice to give this band some visuals and to that great song also! What do these guys Forte actually play, I've heard some credit them as doom, some as prog? As I've asked a fried to get me a copy of one of their albums.

Some news:

ELIXIR "MINDCREEPER" COMING OUT NEXT WEEK.
Brand new studio album of Elixir will be titled "Mindcreeper", and will
hit the streets on June 12th. It will be the first album of this English
classic metal band under the banner of Majestic Rock Records. CD will include 10 songs: 1.Don't Trust The Preacher, 2.Mindcreeper, 3.Hot Metal, 4.Rescue My Soul, 5.Over And Over Again, 6.Knocking On the Gates of Hell, 7.Iron Hawk, 8.Athenian Glory, 9.Guiding Star and 10.Where Angels Fear To Tread. You can also order copy of the new album directly from the band's official website: [url]www.coldtown.com/elixir[/url]

HIGH TREASON - LIMITED VINYL ALBUM OF THE NWOBHM HEROES.
High Roller Records from Germany has just released fantastic 12" vinyl album of another NWoBHM heroes: High Treason. The album is titled "Radio Will Find You", is limited to 500 copies, and include free bonus 7" single. Coming soon on High Roller Records: Ovedrive "Three Corners To Nowhere" (new album, limited edition incl. patch), Buffalo "Bones Of The Beast" (rare recordings from the 80s), Metal Mirror "Live In London 1981" (previously unreleased live album). All the vinylunatics and New Wave of British Heavy Metal maniacs should check High Roller's website at [url]www.high-roller-records.de[/url]

JAGUAR TO HEADLINE "THRASH TILL DEATH" FESTIVAL
Jaguar will be headlining the Thrash Till Death Festival (01.07.2006,
Wolfenbuttal, Germany). The long awaited follow up album to the much acclaimed "Run Ragged" is now underway, with a few more songs to pen it is anticipated for a October/November release. Also Jaguar plan to release a collectors CD in September entitled "Back To The 80's" - this CD charts the early days of the band, with unreleased material and rare photos. Any fans wishing to contribute to the sleeve notes should check out the band's site for further details: [url]www.jaguar-online.com[/url]

HAMMERHEART - DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW.
Slovakian heavy metal heroes Hammerheart have just published their first official CD album titled "Dreamworks". Album include 8 songs in the classic Maiden / Saxon style, and was published by Ride Productions. For more information please visit band's official website at [url]www.hammerheart.sk[/url], or get in touch with the Dragonight Agency - which from now officially support Hammerheart.

A few more news (just one actually):

Long-running British metallers RAVEN have justfinished tracking four new songs at Assembly Line Studios in Vienna, Virginia. The project was self-produced, with Kevin 131 engineering and mixing. Kevin 131 (PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, DECEASED, DYSRYTHMIA, OVER IT, WHILE HEAVEN WEPT) has issued the following statement about the project.

"A few months ago John [Gallagher, RAVEN bassist/vocalist] and I came into contact with each other. I had not heard anything from them in years, so I was very glad to hear new material. We chatted a few times, then met up here at the studio. The vibe and energy was great, but I had no idea that it would translate as well as it did when we got into the studio. RAVEN came in to track a few tunes so they could have some ideas down before going to Germany before Bang Your Head!!! festival. The sessions sound great. It's back to old-school RAVEN? great energy, raw, energetic. These were quick sessions ? set up and go. But something great happened ? the energy and intensity is there, without being overthought and overproduced. It will be great to hear a whole record keeping this vibe when it rolls around!

"They have one song, 'Against The Grain', which, I may go out on a limb here, may be one of my favorite RAVEN songs in the last 10 years. Up there with 'All for One' material, in my opinion! 12-string bass, crazy
guitars, trademark insane vocals. John, Mark [Gallagher, guitar] and Joe [Hasselvander, drums] are great guys ? very pro, damn hilarious, and a pleasure to work with.

"I am off for the night, then I will do some mixes and they will have them in hand after a quick mastering
job with the king Bill Wolf (PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, DYSRYTHMIA, EMMYLOU HARRIS, WILLIE NELSON). That guy can make anything sound good and has worked with the craziest people. RAVEN should fit right in. John said these songs were not for release, but I am sure that one day these versions will see the light of day. All
RAVEN fans should look forward to the record, for sure."

My favourite band that is Shaaman is also not very popular.
They are Prog/Power Metal and they are really good.
The singer Andre Matos (ex of Angra) is the best voice in melodic metal that I've heard.
Their music is full of emotion and power.
It's very sad that no one know this band.
For everyone who likes the good melodic metal try with this band.

Up Shaaman!

The second album of shaaman is heavy metal for those who likes the most extreme stuff.
The guitar player of Shaaman has a thrashy style and he sounds very good.

Written by [user id=6192] on 15.07.2006 at 00:02

The second album of shaaman is heavy metal for those who likes the most extreme stuff.
The guitar player of Shaaman has a thrashy style and he sounds very good.

These guys aren't European....