Tech Death Week

From Today onwards I'll be posting Tech Death and nothing but it, and to kick it off I'll give you one of my personal favourites - 'The Evangelist' by Spawn Of Possession.

When I first listened to this song I was overwhelmed and disliked it but after time the song grew on me. After starting to love the track I would find a new spectacular element to the song.

Der Bernds???

So I am a big fan of some very looked down on bands, for example I'm a fan of Korn. To me Korn is one of those go too teen angst bands that just get out all the frustration out, the lyrics and simplicity are what make it so easy for me to listen to.

This song is the song that has ever invoked enough raw emotion in me to bring me close to tears.

Another band that I listen to that are frowned upon is Five Finger Death Punch, both Korn and FFDP both were bands that helped get me into Metal so my opinion on the two might be far more lop sided. FFDP have only a few bad sides, for example some of their lyrics can be a bit idiotic and 'tough guy' but lyrics aren't what you look for most in music though is it? I think their vocalist Ivan Moody is one of the best Metal vocalists (check out his other work with Motorgrater and Ghost Machine too) I personally see FFDP as the next Metallica.

Their song 'Remember Everything' is very Nickleback-ish too which may make people look down on them.

Job For A Cowboy still sadly get looked down on for their earlier Deathcore work (which I thought wasn't that bad). They have a brilliant straight forward Death Metal sound now that is incredible.

Remember every thing I say is personal opinion and musical taste is subjective.

~Tyler

Aussie Metal

So here in Australia we have some extremely great bands and here are a few.

Destroyer 666

They have a unique sound that is heavily Thrash, Black and Death Metal inspired. They originated in Melbourne around 1994 and relocated to Europe in 2001.

Ne Obliviscaris (a.k.a. NeO)

This is one of Australia's best and most unique bands hailing from Melbourne, they have an extremely melodic sound heavily influenced by Progressive Metal and Black Metal. They formed in 2003, and incorporate a violin into their music and utilize clean and harsh vocals.

Twelve Foot Ninja

This is another Progressive Metal band from Melbourne but they incorporate a far more 'simplistic'  sound then NeO. They don't have the technicality of most other Progressive bands but they gain their unique sound through their simple yet effective Metal and their usage of other genres such as dub, jazz fusion, prog-rock and experimental music. They are definitely worth the listen.

Psycroptic

Psycroptic are a Technical Death Metal band from Hobart and formed in 1999. They have toured with Decapitated, Nile, Origin, Misery Index, Incantation and Deicide. They have an extremely technical yet pleasing sound that isn't just pure nonsense.



Miazma

This is a Death Metal band hailing from my home town Alice Springs and they are definitely an act to watch out for, when they released their album 'Bacteria Of This Earth' it hit #16 on the top metal albums on iTunes. They put on an insane live show and are all round great blokes.

King Parrot

These guys largely play Grindcore but they also incorporate Thrash and Punk into their sound. These guys are another band that put on an insane live show and they invoke fear into you because when they are on stage they turn into animals, especially their vocalist.

Be'lakor

Be'lakor are undoubtedly Australia's top Melodic Death Metal band. They are extremely talented and have  a unique sound that can compete with the top Melo Death bands like Amon Amarth, Dark Tranquility and the other kings.

Thy Art Is Murder 

These are one of Australia's top Deathcore bands and they have an awesome sound that Core fans and Metal fans can all appreciate.

I hope you find a band that you like out of this list, enjoy!
Remember to comment, recommend some more Aussie Metal maybe?

~Tyler

So what's my view on Core?

Well I personally can't stand Metalcore, to me it's whiny, wimpy, pathetic and boring (there are a few bands out there that stand out though). But I do like Deathcore, Grindcore and other genres with Extreme Metal and Hardcore influences. Also I do consider it Metal (Deathcore, Metalcore etc.) as much as I hate having other kids coming up to me going "OMG Amity Affliction are sah BR00T4L!."
But I guess if I consider Nu Metal as Metal than I guess I really have to consider Metalcore Metal. There aren't any Metalcore bands I like but there some quite sick Deathcore bands out there like Veil Of Maya, Thy Art Is Murder, Rings Of Saturn and Impending Doom.

Some Deathcore I enjoy:

Reign Of Darkness by Thy Art Is Murder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Plg93oJ1M

Awesome Deathcore from Australia with great production and some really unique tunes that aren't the typical generic ones you hear all the time. I do have one problem with these guys, well more so the fans because many consider them Tech Death which I completely disagree with. They are Technical Deathcore (I personally don't think they are that Technical)

Murderer by Impending Doom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQVST5ubeTk

I personally think these guys should be the standard in Deathcore like Cannibal Corpse is to Death Metal, sure they're a Christian Metal band but does that diminish it's quality? But I still prefer Thy Art Is Murder and Rings Of Saturn over these guys.

Galactic Cleansing - Rings Of Saturn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewyvCsHCU9E

Now this is what you call Technical Deathcore! The reason why I love this band so much is because I love technical wankery, it's why I love Necrophagist, Yngwie Malmsteen, Spawn Of Possession and other bands with insane technicality.

Now remember this is all personal opinion so don't get your panties in a twist if I somehow managed to annoy/offend you.

~Tyler

Welcome!

Hi let me introduce myself I'm Tyler and I fucking love Metal. I'm still in my teens and I have much to learn in the world that is Metal, but I am a Metal Head through and through. I listen to everything from Heavy Metal to Death Metal to Progressive Metal, I mainly listen to Death Metal and it's subgenres (Tech Death, Melodic Death, Brutal/Slam, Deathcore, Deathgrind etc.) and Progressive Metal. My favourite bands are Opeth, Metallica (the band that started it all for me), Decapitated, System Of A Down, Necrophagist, Meshuggah and Korn.

I'll be making 2 blogs a week MINIMUM, my blogs will consist of music, opinions, anecdotes, rants and other random shit.

To kick it off I'd like to show you guys the most important songs in my Metal journey!

Nothing Else Matters by Metallica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj75Arhq5ho

I found this song when my Mum played it and I was intrigued so I asked her for more songs and she lead me to the website Grooveshark.com where I found Metallica's gold. I loved every single album of there's from Kill 'Em All to Death Magnetic.
Funny story I was exposed to Metallica when I was younger when me and my two brothers stumbled across St. Anger in my Dads CD collection (A mate of his gave it to him) when I was about 6-7 years old. We put it in the stereo and just ran around our living room making a mess and wrestling like maniacs. We never read the cover of the album so we forgot who made it leading to the time years later when I fell in love with 'Tallica. One day we had to 'dispose' of the CD when my Dad had a skits at us but this is  a story for another time...

Bad Company by Five Finger Death Punch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_VsvZmIWxY

While on Grooveshark.com I stumbled across this band when it was recommended to me after listening to tonnes of Metallica. Needless to say I fell in love instantly and this solidified my growing love for Metal and Hard Rock.

There were plenty of other bands that were heavily influential to me like Disturbed, System Of A Down, KoRn, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Nirvana etc. There was one song that brought me closer to Death Metal....

Pounded Into Dust by Cannibal Corpse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3D194Zs6NM

I found this song after searching around for the most heavy and brutal music, I didn't like Death Growls and other harsh vocals except for some screams. I loved the crushing riffs and drumming and I LIVED for the 'Pounded Into DUUUUST!!!' line.

Stabwound by Necrophagist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9RJXWxth5g

I have listened to this song more than any other song, more than 'Holy Diver', 'One', 'The Bleeding', 'BYOB', 'Got The Life' and any other song. I discovered shortly after finding Cannibal Corpse, I loved the instrumentals so much and at that time when I couldn't stand the vocals it was awesome because it had only a small amount of growling and a shit tonne of awesome technicality.

Got The Life by Korn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAWjsVoDpm0

I found this song when I was grabbing songs for my iPod out of my Mums music library and this song was on there. Ughhhhhhhhh God I love this song and Korn so much!!!!! Nu Metal is one of my favourite genres.

Ghost Of Perdition by Opeth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk6Q4FpW-sY

This is the most important song to me purely for the fact that it introduced me to Opeth. Opeth is the band that truly got me into Death Metal and Progressive music. Ghost Reveries was also the first album I had ever bought and I still love it to this day. The song has a perfect mixture of Death Metal and Prog, the soothing passages and heavy passages with clean vocals are what got me into the song and shortly after I started loving the Growls that Mikael Akerfeldt produced with his godly voice.

Thanks for reading!

Sincerely Tyler