pretty sweet lesson by synyster gates (sweet solo)

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Damn, is that the actual tone of the Invader? I couldn't stand the sound of whatever rig he was running through.
 
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Luca Turillia (sp) is Yngwie on crack.
The guy from Nightwish is Ok.
The guy from Children of Bodom is quite good, too bad the band sucks.

I don't listen to much Power Metal: Stratovarius, Angra, etc.
Avenged 7fold kind of sounds like these cheeseballs to me.
 
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vinterland said:
I mean no disrespect but you guys really have to get away from the major record labels and what you are fed through the mainstream media and do a little musical searching here. Some of the best bands and artists are the ones you'll never hear on the radio or on tv.


Don't you love how American "culture" perpetuates the "starving artist" phenomenon... If you want to play anything innovative or outside the box, prepare to live a fairly poverty-stricken existence. The general public's idea of good music is CRAP!

Sad...so sad...

Maybe I should move to the Netherlands to pursue my career as a recording engineer! :13:


--Nightrunner
 
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Nightrunner said:
Maybe I should move to the Netherlands to pursue my career as a recording engineer! :13:


--Nightrunner


Lots of awesome studios putting out great sound art in Europe where it still seems like studios thrive and the art of audio engineering is sacred. I can't really say that here anymore as everyone satisfices with a DAW home hobby kit.
 
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Fretology said:
Ok you win dude, I probably have not heard the right bands, and am just plain ignorant.

So tell me some good bands out there that have good songs with memorable guitar solo's in style of Jake E. Lee, Randy Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen, George Lynch etc. I would like to not to be so ingnorant.
sinergy, stone (both from finland. sinergy features alexi laiho and roope latvalla, stone is roopes band before sinergy/CoB. and sinergy has a kickass 80's feel to their music) , paul gilbert never stoped shredding, then there's the whole german power metal scene...


running wild, blind guardian!!! nevermore, Twilight Odyssey, XfactorX, Overlorde, Celtic Knights, Iron ****in Maiden!..... i could go on forever.

they never stoped. like said, they drifted away from the mainstream because of MT ****in V ... but that's more than likely a good thing.



i see mention of luca turilli .. stay away from prophet of the last eclipse, unless you are a die hard luca/rhapsody fan.
 
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vinterland said:
Lots of awesome studios putting out great sound art in Europe where it still seems like studios thrive and the art of audio engineering is sacred. I can't really say that here anymore as everyone satisfices with a DAW home hobby kit.

OFF: And the backwards-thinking loudness war that has taken over with most recent releases has certainly helped too. Hypercompressed CDs need to go away--especially now that consumers could embrace a 24-bit format that would enable high-fidelity wide dynamic listening if they choose to (DVDaudio/SACD)...lol!

I must just be wondering why I spent $30,000 and too many years getting a bachelor's degree in Recording Arts so that I could keep the same crappy day job. Guess I'll have to really start pounding on some doors! :yell:


--Nightrunner
 
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Nightrunner said:
Hypercompressed CDs need to go away

Word! They're really pissing me off in how obnoxiously pushed and in your face they want to release records.
 
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Davey said:
sinergy, stone (both from finland. sinergy features alexi laiho and roope latvalla, stone is roopes band before sinergy/CoB. and sinergy has a kickass 80's feel to their music) , paul gilbert never stoped shredding, then there's the whole german power metal scene...


running wild, blind guardian!!! nevermore, Twilight Odyssey, XfactorX, Overlorde, Celtic Knights, Iron ****in Maiden!..... i could go on forever.

Not forgetting the even more obvious examples such as Pantera, Dream Theater, Megadeth .etc. They were all running around the fretboard all the way into the new millenium even if they did mellow out on some songs but people seem to choose to ignore that!
 
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and how could i forget bruce d1ckinson!!!


Chemical wedding is one of the top5 metal releases of te 90's!!
 
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Pantera's last decent album was "Vulgar Display of Power". '91-92
Dream Theater is good. They need to get rid of James LaBrie. Too much "art" (Wank) to appeal to the masses.
Megadeth's last 3 albums have sucked. Mustaine lost his attitude.(found God).
Metallica.....Died long ago.

The great american bands are all gone. Europe doesn't quite do it as well.
Except maybe Nevermore, but I don't like their singer.

Opeth--Best I've heard.
 
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bigheadood said:
The great american bands are all gone. Europe doesn't quite do it as well.
them's fightin words right there, nooblet!



:eek13: :laugh2:
 
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bigheadood said:
Opeth--Best I've heard.


One of my current favorites. :smokin:

I sometimes wish Mikael would do more ballsy singing and less death-metal growling though... I like the death metal vocals, but I like his actual voice more.


--Nightrunner
 
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bigheadood said:
Pantera's last decent album was "Vulgar Display of Power". '91-92
Dream Theater is good. They need to get rid of James LaBrie. Too much "art" (Wank) to appeal to the masses.
Megadeth's last 3 albums have sucked. Mustaine lost his attitude.(found God).

The point is that they still were running around the fretboard and yet people still think the solo went away.
 
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The point is that they still were running around the fretboard and yet people still think the solo went away.

I agree.
But, with Marty Friedman and Alex Skolnick out of the picture, no one has yet stepped up to the plate to replace them. The solo is still around, especially in european bands, but is still somewhat less than it used to be.

What were we talking about?
Synyster's chops may not be up to par, and his band may sound goofy, but the kids are digging it. It's a totally different sound than the Godsmack and Nickelback slop that they are used to. Someone who plays better will start a similar band, now that there's a market for it.
 
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I thought the riff was sorta cool, if maybe a bit "standard metal" sounding. But the solo was... hmmm. Gotta agree with with everyone else on that one. Guess I don't really see what makes this band at all unique. It's like... metal, but with an emo haircut.
 
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YJM_Rocks said:
He looks like the Emo kids at my school. :o

Oops! I see you beat me to it haha. Should have finished reading the thread. Not that looks should matter, at least outside marketing.
 
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bigheadood said:
Pantera's last decent album was "Vulgar Display of Power". '91-92

No way. Far Beyond Driven is its equal, if not better.

bigheadood said:
Dream Theater is good. They need to get rid of James LaBrie. Too much "art" (Wank) to appeal to the masses.

Agreed. I call him "Tiny Fabio".

bigheadood said:
Megadeth's last 3 albums have sucked. Mustaine lost his attitude.(found God).
Metallica.....Died long ago.

Agree on both.

bigheadood said:
The great american bands are all gone.

Killswitch Engage?

Shadows Fall?

Lamb of God?

Anthrax?

Slayer?

....Avenged Sevenfold is not the band that will "bring back the solo". Trivium is.
 
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Killswitch engage and Lamb of God---I haven't really heard much from them. I cannot yet tell them apart. I did hear mindless yelling. I may have to borrow the CDs.

Shadows Fall---Reminds me of Testament--Potential? We'll see.

I like Slayer despite Kerry King solos. He's annoying.

At the end of the month, I'm going to see Anthrax (with Rob Zombie). I hear that Joey Belladonna is back singing for them. That can only be good.

Trivium? I've never heard them. Jeff Dunne says they are bad. I'll try to find some samples on the Net.

Perhaps I need to update my CD collection. Maybe.
 
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