Is there any good heavy music I haven't heard?

faetal on 21/3/2014 at 15:00

Quote Posted by Beleg Cúthalion

Oceansize.

My band supported Oceansize way back. I'd have called them prog more than heavy.

You should check out Karnivool. I'm not a reliable source per se, since metal does little to nothing for me, but the fact that I really enjoyed Karnivool (who are Tool-esque) despite not liking Tool either means they are exceptional or that they are just not very metal-like. Either way, they are heavy and very good.

icemann on 21/3/2014 at 15:45

Sepultura is another. Though their 90s based. No idea if their still going or not. Great sound though.

SubJeff on 21/3/2014 at 16:13

I'm being a total opportunist here.

A while ago someone posted a video on TTLG with these two kids rebelling against their parents, wearing KISS style makeup, leather and studs and being dicks in general. And going to the beach. I can't find it and I want to hear that track again. It's partly slow, electronic, partly heavy metal.

Google gives me nothing.

Help?

scumble on 21/3/2014 at 16:27

When I feel like something more ridiculous there's Devin Townsend's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfozhqAkDhM) Ziltoid the Omniscient. One man, a guitar and the (http://www.toontrack.com/products.asp?item=11) drumkit from hell.

Regarding Oceansize, I found out about them looking for rare time signatures. The (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI-us49j5-o) Commemorative 9-11 T Shirt is mostly 11/8 with a bit of 9/8 later on. The 9-11 bit got dropped from the title, but it genuinely refers to actual T-Shirt sizes and the time signatures...

june gloom on 21/3/2014 at 19:09

Speaking of Opeth, Damnation was their last really good album. Ghost Reveries was kinda meh and after that they turned into just another boring prog band.

Yeah, that's right, I called prog boring -- and Porcupine Tree is a major offender in that regard.

To be fair, a blanket condemnation of an entire sub/genre is kind of meaningless, I admit that, but most of the bands that progzombies jerk themselves into a stomachache over -- Porcupine Tree, Pain of Salvation, the last 6 years of Opeth, and Dream Theater, especially before Portnoy left, and so many others -- just aren't that good. Prog was at its best in the 70s and 80s.

fett on 22/3/2014 at 00:02

Soilwork's latest, The Living Infinite is pretty great.

june gloom on 22/3/2014 at 00:09

Man, Soilwork, I haven't listened to them in ages. Are they still showing everybody how to do nu-metal right?

Aja on 22/3/2014 at 01:24

I know I've gotten on your case about this before, but I just so happened to listen to Watershed out of the blue a few weeks ago, and I found it surprisingly good, like, better than when I originally heard it. Damnation is truly excellent though.

fett on 22/3/2014 at 01:55

The last album is a double. It's like they took everything they've done well for the last 6 albums and honed it to perfection. Every track is a gem.

june gloom on 22/3/2014 at 02:03

Quote Posted by Aja

You can get on my case all you want, sugar cookie, Watershed is awful and will remain awful. And Heritage is even worse. Opeth believes their own hype.