The Heavy Metal & Rock Thread

Abhay · 1st September 2010, 13:56

naveen, X factor may not be a fan favourite but Sign of the Cross is one the best Maiden/Harris tracks ever.

Roorback? will check it and some later stuff too although being a thrash fan I enjoyed most of their earlier works a lot more with more of a death/thrash feel.

rohanjf · 1st September 2010, 14:59

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Yeah - kinda the same here and somehow, for the first time, I have not listened to the Final Frontier after the first few listens. But methinks me need to revisit it!

The Final Frontier is like the film Inception. You gotta go back to it again and again to fully understand it ;-)

Wolfheart · 1st September 2010, 15:06

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And I actually got really hooked to Maiden after the X Factor - the album hated by many Maiden fans!

In fact I quite like the X-Factor as well! Though Blaze Bailey doesn't have Dickinson's range he was a good replacement.

Wolfheart · 1st September 2010, 16:41

Dave Mustaine is back! Not with an album though but with a book! Its' Mustaine's biography! With all the feuds that Mustaine has had over the years, this is going to be a fun read! Can't wait to get my hands on it. Check it out here:

Amazon.com: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir (9780061714375): Dave Mustaine, Joe Layden: Books

Edit...

Damn even Ozzy's written one.! It's called "I Am Ozzy". Here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Ozzy-Osbo...ref=pd_sim_b_8

naveenroy · 1st September 2010, 17:13

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Originally Posted by Wolfheart

Dave Mustaine is back! Not with an album though but with a book! Its' Mustaine's biography! With all the feuds that Mustaine has had over the years, this is going to be a fun read! Can't wait to get my hands on it. Check it out here:

Amazon.com: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir (9780061714375): Dave Mustaine, Joe Layden: Books

Yeah, would love to lay my hands on this biography. Somehow like Megadeth/Mustaine more because of the feud with Metallica. After seeing Some Kind of Monster, this feeling has increased!

Also, Jimmy Page has had his biography released - only pictures though - all through these years, concert and other pics.

suhaas307 · 1st September 2010, 20:00

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Also, Jimmy Page has had his biography released - only pictures though - all through these years, concert and other pics.

Yeah but it's limited to just 2500 copies and at $700(?), it's not cheap!

e1t1bet · 2nd September 2010, 06:03

The new Kamelot. Very good album. Released yesterday in Japan. Highly recommended.

ampere · 4th September 2010, 16:48

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Originally Posted by e1t1bet

The new Kamelot. Very good album. Released yesterday in Japan. Highly recommended.

Thanks for that info. Will check out.

FF Reviews on Metal Rules:

METAL RULES

On the Story of X-Factor, I did not know about the Blaze era initially. The Sign of the cross version I heard was with Bruce in Rock in Rio.
That was awesome. Then I went and bought the studio album.

@Suhaas, Have you read the autobiography of Pink Floyd? Written by Masson. I have a copy got at Forum. It makes a nice collector's item.

ampere · 7th September 2010, 13:45

Kamelot sound seems to have changed since Epica days.
But its good! Guitar sounds seem very prolific.

Abhay · 15th September 2010, 14:45

Listening to the last Septic Flesh album - Communion. I remember Wolfheart recommended this one and it is indeed quite good. very atmospheric with orchestras, while blending brutality and melody.

Wolfheart · 15th September 2010, 15:46

@Abhay

Most of that album is still on my playlist! I'm glad you like it too!

ampere · 16th September 2010, 10:29

I have gone back to The Yardbirds and Beck. Great sound and Guitars.

What a history it has spawned. Two Legendary solo careers : Beck and Clapton and a Legendary Band : Led Zep!

Abhay · 16th September 2010, 12:12

^ampere, indeed..they have been an inspiration to so many guitar players over the years!

@wolf, also listening to some Master (check out if you haven't - another old school DM band) and Cabal (this is thrash almost deathrash) on YT.

naveenroy · 8th October 2010, 14:05

Err, any updates on Slayer and Testament? I don't see dates on their tour pages!

Abhay · 8th October 2010, 15:44

^It's cancelled I think :( I had even made plans of a road trip to bangalore!

1st September 2010, 13:56	#466
Abhay BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 727 Thanked: 11 Times	naveen, X factor may not be a fan favourite but Sign of the Cross is one the best Maiden/Harris tracks ever. Roorback? will check it and some later stuff too although being a thrash fan I enjoyed most of their earlier works a lot more with more of a death/thrash feel.
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Wolfheart BHPian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bombay Posts: 160 Thanked: 28 Times	Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir Dave Mustaine is back! Not with an album though but with a book! Its' Mustaine's biography! With all the feuds that Mustaine has had over the years, this is going to be a fun read! Can't wait to get my hands on it. Check it out here: Amazon.com: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir (9780061714375): Dave Mustaine, Joe Layden: Books Edit... Damn even Ozzy's written one.! It's called "I Am Ozzy". Here it is: http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Ozzy-Osbo...ref=pd_sim_b_8 Last edited by Wolfheart : 1st September 2010 at 16:51.
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2nd September 2010, 06:03	#472
e1t1bet BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 106 Thanked: 27 Times	The new Kamelot. Very good album. Released yesterday in Japan. Highly recommended.
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ampere Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,951 Thanked: 12,939 Times View My Garage	Kamelot sound seems to have changed since Epica days. But its good! Guitar sounds seem very prolific.
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15th September 2010, 14:45	#475
Abhay BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 727 Thanked: 11 Times	Listening to the last Septic Flesh album - Communion. I remember Wolfheart recommended this one and it is indeed quite good. very atmospheric with orchestras, while blending brutality and melody.
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Wolfheart BHPian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bombay Posts: 160 Thanked: 28 Times	@Abhay Most of that album is still on my playlist! I'm glad you like it too!
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ampere Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,951 Thanked: 12,939 Times View My Garage	I have gone back to The Yardbirds and Beck. Great sound and Guitars. What a history it has spawned. Two Legendary solo careers : Beck and Clapton and a Legendary Band : Led Zep! Last edited by ampere : 16th September 2010 at 10:31.
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Abhay BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 727 Thanked: 11 Times	^ampere, indeed..they have been an inspiration to so many guitar players over the years! @wolf, also listening to some Master (check out if you haven't - another old school DM band) and Cabal (this is thrash almost deathrash) on YT.
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naveenroy Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,511 Thanked: 1,253 Times	Err, any updates on Slayer and Testament? I don't see dates on their tour pages!
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Abhay BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 727 Thanked: 11 Times	^It's cancelled I think :( I had even made plans of a road trip to bangalore!
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