New Release from Dream Theater

[Mr Peabody]

Which post is classic, what did I miss?

[kexodusc]

That was a classic post and you know it...and, much like Jimmy Carter, I've sinned in my mind...but try provin' it...

It was POTY material...but at least give me the assist for the blatant setup...

[kexodusc]

Kex, I checked out Therion, excellent, they seem to embody aspects of all the other bands into one and even go further with instruments the others don't use. I'm going to try Deggial and it was hard to decide between it and Secret of the Ruins. There are several others I didn't check out. I did listen to the 2007 album Gothic something but the earlier stuff sounded a bit better. i also listened to Crack The Sky samples and it sounds a bit different than what I remembered of Mastodon. Didn't there earlier stuff have more growling?

Know anything of Gojira?

Therion was doing Symphonic/goth metal stuff before a lot of current acts were even formed...there wouldn't be a lot of symphonic/goth metal today if not for Therion I don't think...check out their version of O Fortuna sometime.

I love the last 3 Mastodon albums equally....hard to pick one first to recommend, you can't go wrong with either, my personal fav might be Leviathan because of the cool Moby Dick concept, but Crack The Sky is probably available cheap since it's newer? Blood Mountain is exellent too...these guys are deep and the metal is awesome. Just buy one. The first album is good, a bit too raw compared to their other 3, but it was what I first became exposed to them with so I still like it. Not as strong as the other 3 though. They've never really growled in the cookie monster vein, but they do have some screaming like Pantera. The singer can sing though and they've used that to their advantage a bit more lately.

Never heard Gojira.

[bobsticks]

It was POTY material...but at least give me the assist for the blatant setup...

Fair 'nuff...there's plenty to go 'round...Kex: Like a Boss...