The Music Thread

Anyway.

It’s a GOAT Indian music singer doing a hard rock / heavy metal song.

The film remains unreleased.

But there’s the range too.

Intent is to state that some trained singers can often replicate what the metal singers do. It’s in Hindi and the singer has passed away too at a relatively very young age. kk

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Patton is probably the most complete vocalist I’ve heard but he never touched the right nerve with me as Dane or some others did. This is not a slight on him, it’s probably the consequence of his style and the music genres he dabbled with.

As for Nevermore being the wrong band for Dane, I’ll have to disagree politely. I think it was the perfect band for him - actually, in terms of consistency and “musical and emotional completeness”, I don’t think I listen to a band that comes close to them. Four core guys who were virtuosos on their respective instruments but never lost track of what makes music great. @koptician will probably not so much as start sharpening his axe after reading your comment as much as he will start polishing nuclear warheads he hides in his garage. :joy:

As for Myles Kennedy, I fully agree. Incidentally, I listened to Blackbird just this morning - for me, it’s one of the best rock/metal songs ever recorded but the rest of their stuff isn’t up my alley. It’s a shame that Alter Bridge aren’t a consistently heavy sounding band because they have a rare combination of personnel - an amazing singer who can play guitar so well and an amazing guitar player who’s also a pretty good singer.

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You just can’t rate singers like Patton and Devin Townsend. They are/were in the stage of their musicianship that they can do everything at a very fucking high level.

But I agree. Patton could literally have done “take hold of the flame” song and left peak Tate gasping for breath. But he just didn’t want to. Same goes for Devin.

Their versatility is off the peaks.

I’d still identify with Tate for instance more but you get my point.

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Do think that Dane did a better call of balancing the musicianship and his ability than what patton did. I like nevermore, didnt sink in with me for some reason. Maybe because they were restricted.

On Devin and he’s done strapping young lad etc as well

Unbelievable talent

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I’m also really really biased towards Priest.

Those guys were simply put much better musicians and did produce much better songs than Maiden.

I mean Warrell is gone. I always thought he was perfect for what old Nevermore did. Looking forward to new Nevermore.
I don’t get the point of comparing previous vocalists to new ones (like Stayley to Duvall or the new Queensryche guy to Tate) that was one moment in time and now it’s different. It’s doesn’t have to be the same.Theyre not clones.

It’s Black Metal :slight_smile: It’s very “artsy” and they do not at all try to make “everyone” like it so its very uncompromised (as opposed to more commercial bands like Satyricon and ect.) It’s also a 2-man project.

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Saw Myles Kennedy with Slash in Sydney last year and a really top class singer.

The songs were heavy with epic guitar work but wifey was not that happy. I think he should have played a couple of Gunners songs.

The support band stole the show and that was the reason I took the wife….The Struts. Great band and wifey loved them!!

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It’s a great band, they know their metal well - though ideologically they are the polar opposite of my beliefs. :joy: If I remember correctly, you know at least one of the members?

I’ve been to a few (black) metal gigs where fans came with shirts insulting, to put it mildly, Jesus or God or Holy Trinity. Thinking of that gives me a proper chuckle, I’m sure that bands like Paradise Lost or Mgla don’t have many people of Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination among their fans! :joy:

I wonder if people in bands ever think about their audience in that manner, i.e. what are their religious or political beliefs, which football clubs they support, where they come from etc. Not that I want it to make any difference or give myself any importance in that context, I’m just curious.

For the past twenty years, I’ve actually wanted to tell Rob Halford how I’d spend literally whole summer’s days working in the field in my village as a teenager, re-running Judas Priest songs in my head, so I’d keep them in memory until I get home, have a shower and listen to them until I fall asleep.

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Absolute highlights of Bloodstock so far have been firstly Kataklysm secondly closely followed by Ministry and I suppose the third is Static-X. Trivium were okay but Machine Head were frankly disappointing. Rob was in a funny mood. He was really down about losing their UK manager who also managed a lot of American acts in the UK. She sadly passed away last year and it hit Rob really hard as he has known her for 30 years. So he decided to emote that in the middle of the MH set and sang a sad ballad for her which was quite touching. But it was a very odd choice for a headline metal act on the main stage at a heavy metal festival. Just didn’t feel like the energy recovered after that.
Discovered three new bands I will be following.

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Al Jorgensen has possibly the coolest guitar in all of metaldom!

It’s a flying trident!!!

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the whammy bar looks like a dick. Hard pass.

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Knowing Al, he did it deliberately. He did use it a fair bit live .

Saw them in India ages ago and they absolutely rocked there. Best performance by far.

Megadeth followed them but their performance was mid in comparison.

It’s funny how some guitars just scream metal purely on looks. It was probably Dave Davis of the Kinks that popularised the Flying V. I’m not even sure who first used the Explorer. It seemed to be an oddity that showed up in late 70s metal bands.

The thing is that the Gibson Les Paul has the meatiest crunchy metal sound of them all, but it still looks like a jazz instrument.

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Some YouTube documentaries I watched gave a pretty detailed historical look on these “alternative” Gibson models. Apparently, Explorers were considered something of an abomination when they were first announced and pretty quickly went out of commission. Now the models from that first batch - if there are any still remaining - are likely to fetch seven-figure sums.

I think it was bands like Judas Priest, Metallica and Trouble that made Flying V and Explorer shapes popular, regardless of whether they were made by Gibson, ESP, Hamer or Ibanez (even during the lawsuit era). Also, Adrian Smith used to play Ibanez Destroyer during 80s, which was their take on Explorer shape. Documentaries also mention Edge of U2 as one of Gibson Explorer’s proponents but I largely can’t stand their music, so… :slight_smile:

That said, I’m completely biased about Explorers. I’m a bedroom player, and a bad one at that, so a guitar has to be comfortable for me to play while sitting down. Honestly, it doesn’t get more comfortable than that shape, at least in my opinion, and it looks so damn cool. I wish I had a black one in matte finish, like LTD Snakebyte (Gibsons are too damn expensive, especially for someone who’s not a pro).

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All Gretsch whammy bars look like that :rofl:

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That’s surprising as they look really cumbersome. I’ve never played one, though.

I used to play a Les Paul (Epiphone, as I couldn’t afford the Gibson) They were notoriously heavy and uncomfortable when standing, but the tone was incredible.

Yes, apparently Dave Davis used the Flying-V because he picked one up cheap and it suited the crunchy sound he wanted to achieve.