True metal vs trends

[Ben...]

Alright dudes. My first venture into semi-black metal. What do you think of these guys. I quite enjoy them (Other songs that aren't on Youtube that I could find). The lyrics are all in what I assume is Swedish and I don't know a word of it so I can focus on the music so that's a big bonus for me since .

Manegarm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeGaETpTJbo

I don't know how to do circles over a's so I can't type the name correctly. I like the implementation of a wolf in their logo since manegarm is a Norse Wolf god.

[Ben...]

That video puzzles me. That band tours with Norther. That video has near rap-video-like qualities to it yet it's a folk metal band... I'm lost for words...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmlNFlfrpWw

It's like a completely different band... I like!

[Jayster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y150Lm4kZ_M

Yep... I'm confused too.

I gotta admit @ approx. 2:50 into it I was brainwashed into liking it !!!
How ever I would not call that metal .I don't have any idea what to call it ,but not metal.I'm gonna look at some of thier other stuff tho !!!

[phill_up]

ben, I dont know if that is trendy, but some reason I am not feeling the "true metal" from that video

[Ben...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y150Lm4kZ_M

Yep... I'm confused too.

[Ben...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTNy1SVLHeg

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time...

:ROTF::ROTF::ROTF::ROTF:

[Ben...]

Bad ass Helloween part you say? SOLD! I will look for it as soon as I have some time.

Awakening the World is amazing hence why I have it as my avatar.

[Inearthed]

That Wolf stuff's pretty good. Nice choice Inearthed!

Check out "I Am The Devil" if you can.. I tried to find a video but couldn't. The song is ridiculously catchy and even has a bad ass early Helloween part!

And by the way, I was just listening to the album in your avatar!

[Ben...]

That Wolf stuff's pretty good. Nice choice Inearthed!

[Inearthed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGKBFIu6qNM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD9HMQ-oH2A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDgAAQBlANs

[bibz]

Haha exactly, I guess it really is just ignorance that lumps maiden in there with them, they are a massive influence on alot of bands. Its the d&d nerds in the maiden shirts that creates the loop. Whenever I went to any IT related class, theres garunteed to be one of them

[VitaminG]

no probs, man. You like what you like.

But you're not the first person I've heard refer to Maiden in those terms & I never got it. Their lyrical content has always had more of an historical bent. Or they've dealt with madness or the occult.

Although, plenty of Maiden's offspring have favoured the dragon-humping lyrics & imagery. A lot of the Euro Power Metal that followed has taken Maiden's galloping rhythm, harmony leads & soaring vocals and used to recount their adventures in D&D World (of course, removing any reference to Hit Points or 8 sided dice).

[bibz]

I'm not big on the maiden style vox, that usually go hand in hand with powermetal/progstuff, but it totally works in zh. I obviously wrongly lump it all together. Some maiden obviously rocks, I just never seem to have got into all that stuff.

[Hellbat]

More Pacific Northwest metal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JElepyWMsM8

[Endrik]

uh yeah... that post didn't make any sense