Nice one, does sound like a primo line up. Bummer about your concussion though.. but hey.. its Metal!

....i saw Trivium at the "Black Crusade" tour in London....i honestly thought they sounded like a two-bit Metallica tribute act to warm up the early arrivals....at least Arch Enemy and Machine Head were there to stop me topping myself with boredom

Lloyd, you totally took what I said out of context. It was a wicked show, even though I got a concussion. Not because I got one, put down the drugs and read it again.

fine then put down the alcohol.

edit: language

> Cannabytes wrote:
> [...] and my 5yr son likes Slipknot, Megadeth, Anaan Nathrakh! <

Does he mosh? I love it when kids mosh, especially small ones; they look so damn evil.

>@&#9773; Fokker
....did you go to Hellfest? <

I wish, it's been years since I last went to a festival... Last one was Reading @ 00 or 01. I watched those satisfy my craving, kind of like a nictotine patch.

> ....i went to Bloodstock 08....Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir, Soilwork, Soulfly, Hospital Of Death....very good....very drunk (Jagermeister rules!)....very stoned....very happy <

Napalm Death rules all.
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When I was about eight or nine I was watching the John Peel show with my step father and mother when he introduced this new band called Napalm Death. Mum gasped "Good GOD!" Dad said "That's NOT music." and I said "I like it".
For my birthday I was force-fed Bon Jovi. X(
I think that broke me in some way because from that moment onwards I have been on an odd musical mission to find the most extreme music I can find, which has lead me through Death and Black metal to the likes of the 'Thrakh, and through electronic stuff to the likes of Venetian Snares, Speedranch, Whitehouse... even some hardcore (sorry).

Do you guys get into much "stoner/experimental/epic" metal? e.g. Isis, Pelican, Neurosis, Mouth Of The Architect etc.?
I really enjoy it actually, especially Isis and Neurosis. The technicality of some of the drumming is amazing, if it was bout 100 times faster they'd be Joey Jordison lol (maybe not..). And these bands use of dual/triple guitar harmonics, dual key signatures and relatively undefined song structure make listening easy. Vocals are not a major player (Pelican is exclusively instrumental) and act more like another backing instrument instead of controlling the direction of the song.
Anyway, if you haven't given these guys a listen here's some vids:

ISIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWTAkBRe6aI

Neurosis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfdlQlTZDu4

Mouth of the Architect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3_pCaZ7UiU

Pelican
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmi22KrNws

Oh yea, Kyuss? you heard them? pre-QOTSA also any other side projects of their's, Ten East being one purely instrumental but still very cool. Pink Floyd are the best band in the world.
Portishead are also very cool, and have an interesting story if you know it?

Neurosis always provides a good soundtrack when I go for a swim in my subconscious.

....i like "Diary of a Madman" by ozzy....seen him perform though....lots of energy and no more drugs....curious combination

Hmyea diary of a madmans good, I also like the stoner metal list, thought stoner metal was more like 'sun-O^^' though, and that (or the song I know) was rather just bit lame and slow repititive.

ohyea 't was spelled with the ))), haven't listened much to them though and was like 2-3 years ago, found that it sounded a bit like 'elictric wizard' I think if I'm not mistaken which I had got labeled stoner metal dunno if that one is.

although, I got one of that bands songs open now and it sounds better then the one I had, cause one i had was just 3 'doomy' dark chords repeated real slowly only, this one has got a second guitar and it's got more rhythm, although dunno yet if it's something I'd listen to masively.

edit: and lol, tried looking for sun O))) and found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gACq2TC-q60
lol