ROFL thank you, I will look into these. Trying to avoid the hokey death metal, exactly. DO any of these bands have a recent release?
On 12/14/05, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > American: > > Death: (very complex musically, lyrically political and somewhat > introspective) guitarist Chuck Schuldner (r.i.p.) was considered to be one > of the godfathers of modern death metal > > Nile: detuned guitars w/keyboards very heavy, deals mostly with ancient > Egyptian themes > > Deceased: old school blast beat death, DC locals made good. > > > World Wide: > > Opeth: this is one of my favorites, heavy spooky atmospheric music, mix of > clean and death vocals. Lyrically they touch on "otherwordly" subjects > without diving off the deep end into satanic lyrics (this is the big turn > off for me when it comes to death bands, the Satanism schtick is so tired > and old). > > Mercenary: Mix of clean and "deathy (the guy can scream in key?)" vocals > over detuned heavy music, this is also a favorite. > > Obituary: Can't comment on the lyrics, 'cause I can't understand a word he > says, death vocals with a heavy Swedish accent are unintelligible. > Fantastic > musicianship makes up for it. > > Arch Enemy, death metal with a female singer/growler > > Into Eternity, from Jillian's neck of the Great White North. Complex fast > heavy music, with clean and death vocals and vocal harmonies. Again, > incredible musicians. > > There are a slew of hokey death metal bands that write simplistic > 100,000MPH > > Songs with either gore based or satanic based lyrics, pretty lame for the > most part > > Scott A. Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > GNSI > 11820 Parklawn Dr > Rockville, MD 20852 > (301) 770-9610 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 4:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: need music suggestion > > I see I started something. These three bands are ok but not for this > purpose. A) must annoy sister B) Must be American, it's my responsibility > as > the evil expatriate aunt to infect these kids with American cooties doncha > know, and Coldplay is definitely British. C) Above all, must be something > not on the radio in Ottawa, and some of these might have made the > soft-rock > station. I dunno about Sakatoon, Jill, but it Ottawa there are the French > stations, the top-40 stations, a college station and possibly a soft-rock > station. I *know* nobody was playing Eminem, for example. > > I'm looking for something more like the latest hip-hip, or yes, possibly > death metal. But GOOD, and I am not sure what that would be in those > genres > as I mostly listen to alt-rock. > > I am working my way through the rest of the responses. Thank you to > everyone > who has given this some thought. > > Dana > > > On 12/11/05, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 3 doors down? > > ColdPlay? > > Our Lady Peace > > > > > > Cheers, > > Erika > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:188069 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
