Re: Metal for dummies
All Great bands mentioned of course..
well maybe this dude was an old metalhead that is just outta the loop...that happends.
Usually people that are really into metal already know all the heavy hitters..for the most part..all the mainstays..Preist , Maiden , Sabbath , Slayer , Dio , Ozz..
I would put some Halford's "Crucible" or Dickison's "Chemical" Wedding...stuff like that...really dynamic and top notch in every sense of the word...production , catchy hooks and melodies , polished vocals NOT screech , grunts or howls..
If he hasn't heard of Savatage by now..then we are NOT talking about a metalhead here...more like a person that enjoys "music" as ear candy or background music..the usual kind of humans..zombies. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
I'd start slow..go with the mainstays ..
you can't go wrong with bands that nod to the old school , such as..
Primal Fear , Iced Earth , Brainstorm , Sinergy , Helloween , Gamma Ray , Jag Panzer , Symphorce , Blind Guardian , Nightwish , Symphony X , Kamelot , Dragonforce , Nevermore , Halford ...and a lot of the bands already mentioned.
This kind of stuff is pretty accessible ...to most people ...even to non metalheads..
well alot more than if you threw on some Dying Fetus..then they'll just laugh...or cry.
and stay away from showing them any GWAR videos... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
All Great bands mentioned of course..
well maybe this dude was an old metalhead that is just outta the loop...that happends.
Usually people that are really into metal already know all the heavy hitters..for the most part..all the mainstays..Preist , Maiden , Sabbath , Slayer , Dio , Ozz..
I would put some Halford's "Crucible" or Dickison's "Chemical" Wedding...stuff like that...really dynamic and top notch in every sense of the word...production , catchy hooks and melodies , polished vocals NOT screech , grunts or howls..
If he hasn't heard of Savatage by now..then we are NOT talking about a metalhead here...more like a person that enjoys "music" as ear candy or background music..the usual kind of humans..zombies. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
I'd start slow..go with the mainstays ..
you can't go wrong with bands that nod to the old school , such as..
Primal Fear , Iced Earth , Brainstorm , Sinergy , Helloween , Gamma Ray , Jag Panzer , Symphorce , Blind Guardian , Nightwish , Symphony X , Kamelot , Dragonforce , Nevermore , Halford ...and a lot of the bands already mentioned.
This kind of stuff is pretty accessible ...to most people ...even to non metalheads..
well alot more than if you threw on some Dying Fetus..then they'll just laugh...or cry.
and stay away from showing them any GWAR videos... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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