Shadowdoom9 (Andi)'s Forum Replies

My metalcore band discovery journey continues with these two bands:

Greymachine isn't the only band to feature Isis frontman Aaron Turner. After both bands dissolved, he formed a new one of experimental post-sludge, Sumac:

I also enjoy this band that is another prime example of modern djent/metalcore:

A couple awesome melodic death metal bands whose music I've encountered in the past, but was never fully interested in them until recently:

Thanks, Daniel.

Thanks, Daniel. Could you please fix the issue for Neurotech's Symphonies II release page as well? https://metal.academy/forum/15/thread/419#topic_18197

I just think it's a little confusing to look like someone's currently listening to an album when really they disappeared months ago and never removed the album from the "currently listening to" setting, Vinny.

A Spotify playlist I've made based on my The Amenta favorite tracks list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ydu3jZFF1WMYduvlywQmR

A Spotify playlist I've made based on my Trail of Tears favorite tracks list, though Disclosure in Red is not on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PumWxcuPRl0sgAGqglkTt

I've noticed a lot of the more recent Metal Academy members abandoning the site and leaving on the albums that they've set to "currently listening to". I personally find that confusing because no one would ever just keep listening to a single album for a longer time than a week, like a month or even a year. I think there should be a hidden timer for the "currently listening to" feature, so after one week (7 days) for each album set to "currently listening to", it is automatically removed from that setting. Can we have that implemented please?

After my Trail of Tears album reviewing marathon, I thought I would share my top 20 favorite tracks from that band:

1. Bloodstained Endurance - Bloodstained Endurance (2009)

2. Waves of Existence - Oscillation (2013)

3. A Storm at Will - Bloodstained Endurance (2009)

4. Path of Destruction - Oscillation (2013)

5. Winds of Disdain - Winds of Disdain (2024)

6. Joyless Trance of Winter - Free Fall Into Fear (2004)

7. Deceptive Mirrors - Existentia (2007)

8. No Colours Left - Winds of Disdain (2024)

9. Disappointment's True Face - Profoundemonium (2000)

10. Ecstatic - A New Dimension of Might (2002)

11. Driven Through the Ruins - Profoundemonium (2000)

12. Illusion? - Disclosure in Red (1998)

13. In Frustration's Web - Profoundemonium (2000)

14. A Fate Sealed in Red - A New Dimension of Might (2002)

15. Dry Well of Life - Free Fall Into Fear (2004)

16. Shades of Yesterday - Existentia (2007)

17. When Silence Cries - Disclosure in Red (1998)

18. The Architect of My Downfall - Free Fall Into Fear (2004)

19. She Weaves Shadows - Existentia (2007)

20. Farewell to Sanity - Bloodstained Endurance (2009)

Another powerful highlight from Trail of Tears' comeback EP:

With this high amount of heaviness and epicness, Trail of Tears are back with a vengeance:

My genre tagging for Riot's Narita is similar to yours, Daniel, except the riffing in "Waiting for the Taking" sounds metal enough for me to boost the album's metal ratio up to the minimum 40%.

A pounding start to Trail of Tears' epic then-swansong album:

The last bit of the epic gothic melodeath for this Trail of Tears album, and the last bit of Kjetil Nordhus' vocals for his time in the band:

A dark highlight continuing what the band has in Free Fall Into Fear, before switching into their earlier gothic roots:

Cool music, Storm_Lord!

Did Jari Mäenpää take some inspiration from Trail of Tears when making his Wintersun Time albums? Listen to the background keyboard melody in the intro of this Trail of Tears track:

Made more epic in this post-chorus orchestral melody lasting the same amount of time in this Wintersun epic (first time at 3:35):

A highlight of melodeath rage from Trail of Tears' most aggressive album:

A fantastic prime example of symphonic gothic melodeath with groove-ish riffing and a beautiful clean chorus:

An epic banger of blackened symphonic gothic metal to begin the haunting adventure that is Trail of Tears' 3rd album:

The ultimate highlight of Trail of Tears' second album has riffing and vocals sounding industrial without altering much of the usual sound:

A gothic melodeath march with riffing taken nicely from Sabbath and, more directly, Amorphis:

And here's another coincidence. Listen to the intro riff melody that kicks off this Amorphis classic:

And then the piano melody in this Trail of Tears interlude at 0:40:

Although it can be considered a coincidence, I can totally understand if Amorphis left a profound influential mark in Trail of Tears' sound.

The melody is reprised at 3:37 of the song that Trail of Tears interlude segues to:

Without a doubt, one of the most beautiful tracks I've heard in gothic metal, a dark serenade of lost love and depression:

Gothic melodeath with touches of the Norwegian black metal scene and Dark Tranquillity's The Gallery:

1. Gateway playlist - 4.5/5 (number of songs commented: 14)

2. Infinite playlist - 4.5/5 (number of songs commented: 11)

3. Revolution playlist - 4/5 (number of songs commented: ALL 33)

4. Sphere playlist - 4.5/5 (number of songs commented: ALL 22)

For the clans I've made the monthly playlists for, I've listened to the entire playlists! I'm grateful to Saxy and Daniel for their playlist works. I really dig the tracks I've reviewed in the Gateway and Infinite playlists made by Saxy, and I'm glad the playlists I've made have paid off. I recommend them to any fan of the clans' respective genres and anyone who isn't into those genres but wants to get into a great start in enjoying them. Thanks, Daniel, for accepting these playlists, and good work all!

Pure drone-ish industrial metal darkness from this Uniformed Body:

Ben, please add the Lord of the Lost album Weapons of Mass Seduction.

Yesterday and today has been a breeze through a few different solid industrial metal albums for me. Here they are, along with a short description for each:

Two years after the release of Corrections House's debut Last City Zero, the group consisting of Scott Kelly (ex-Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Sanford Parker (ex-Minsk) and Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod) continue pushing their dystopian industrial noise-metal to different levels in Know How to Carry a Whip.

A dark mature release in which industrial and sludge collide alongside pieces of other genres to make something so diverse throughout two 15-minute tracks.

Although Hosannas hasn't reached as much success as the 2003 self-titled album, it shows Killing Joke having more creative freedom recorded in the darkest depth of Hell (the studio).

Gothic industrial metal has never sounded as pleasantly poppy as these tunes from these German representatives of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Also, Blood & Glitter has the industrial metal genre, but it's missing The Sphere clan on the release page. Could you please correct that in the database, Daniel? Thanks.

A perfect Roxette cover to close this offering:

This highlight is like a more electronic Moonspell:

Industrial rock/metal from the darkest depth of Hell (the band's studio):

Ben, please add the Illidiance album The Iconoclast.

With pop-ish cyber metal standouts like this, Illidiance can squeeze these perfect rhythms and epic melodies in a mere 4 minutes (the average song length for this album):

The more industrial second half of the powerful Pantocrator:

The sludgier first half of the powerful Pantocrator:

A true electro-industrial metal standout with some perfect apocalyptic twists from the distorted sax:

Here's my list:

1. Ryujin - Ryujin [melodic death/power metal]

2. Job for a Cowboy - Moon Healer [technical death/progressive metal]

3. Trail of Tears - Winds of Disdain [symphonic/gothic metal]

4. Unleash the Archers - Phantoma [power metal]

5. Madder Mortem - Old Eyes, New Heart [progressive metal]

6. DragonForce - Warp Speed Warriors [power metal]

7. Amaranthe - The Catalyst [trance/symphonic/melodic metalcore]

8. The Ghost Inside - Searching for Solace [metalcore/hardcore]

9. Imminence - The Black [metalcore/alternative metal]

10. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm [stoner/sludge metal]

Some albums released in June that I don't have yet but plan to get:

Black Veil Brides - Bleeders (EP)

Wage War - Stigma

Crossfaith - ARK

Neaera - All is Dust (I'm up to exploring this band of melodeath/metalcore)

Sounds interesting, Zach, but if we really are doing it on Discord, I'll have to skip that one out. I'm still not up to rejoining Discord due to toxicity going on in different servers.

Same here for me. More specifically:

1. Loving You Sunday Morning - Hard rock

2. Another Piece of Meat - Hard rock/heavy metal

3. Always Somewhere - Soft rock

4. Coast to Coast - Hard rock/progressive rock

5. Can't Get Enough - Heavy metal/speed metal/proto-thrash

6. Is There Anybody There? - Reggae rock/hard rock/heavy metal

7. Lovedrive - Heavy metal/hard rock

8. Holiday - Hard rock

Primary genres: Hard rock, heavy metal

Secondary genres: N/A

An amazing cover of a My Dying Bride song to close off this cover album. Though it would be great if they could cover one of the heavier My Dying Bride songs.

One of the best songs ever of industrial death metal, with more ambient doom throughout to add to the bleakness:

A punishing blaster with a relentless breakdown halfway through:

Daniel, I'm glad you enjoy The Amenta's first 3 albums, but have you listened to their comeback album Revelator? With some more of the band's industrial death metal in a darker direction, I'm sure you can find a great kick of enjoyment out of this one:

I've done my review, here's its summary:

For 8 years, The Amenta was in the silent void after a perfect trilogy of albums that started with their debut Occasus. Those albums showed how futuristic extremeness can be with such a heavy timeless sound. Revelator marks the band's comeback with more of the earlier brutal violence while exploring something dark and more dreadful. Aside from the usual blasts of technicality of the band's industrial blackened death metal sound, there's a bit of atmospheric doom in the mix. The destruction isn't just straight-on brutal anymore, but also having interesting variety in darker depths. The vocals of Cain Cressall range from clean to harsh, and both sides alternate between each other like an all-out war. We also have the grinding guitars and relentless drumming turbulence that keep the band at the right direction. The Amenta's killer evolution is displayed quite well, though it doesn't reach the perfect heights of their initial trilogy. I recommend Revelator for anyone wanting a darker follow-up to Flesh is Heir.

4.5/5

Recommended tracks: "An Epoch Ellipsis", "Psoriastasis", "Parasight Lost", "Overpast", "Parse Over"

For fans of: Fear Factory's 1992 debut, Godflesh, the more deathly side of Septicflesh

Expect the most experimental twists in this brutal album's oddly titled final epic:

A perfect brutal highlight with some killer guest vocals by Nergal of Behemoth:

A final blend of epic and extreme for The Amenta's debut:

A highlight with melody and not too much dissonance, quite rare in this industrial death metal album: