Comments on: JUMPING DARKNESS PARADE: EYAL ON BANDS THAT CAN’T DUPLICATE THEIR ALBUM LIVE

By: Okasha Hameed

Okasha Hameed — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:36:43 +0000

GOJIRA. Amazing sound quality!

By: Slaughterhouse

Slaughterhouse — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:20:48 +0000

Chimaira pulls it off live! Sometimes it sounds exactly like the album!

By: dimentian

dimentian — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:25:50 +0000

yeah, riff + 1000 harmonic squeals = Zakk Mylde. Repeat. I’m glad ozzy moved on.

By: d00shc00gr

d00shc00gr — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:26:56 +0000

This is why I love the local scenes. Most of those guys don’t even have a cd or 7″ out and yet they make their money all the same because they bring the fucking house down every time they play. Bands like Maggot Twat (from Chicago), King (from Flint), Mouth Sewn Shut (from Boston), and Texas Prison Rodeo (from Ann Arbor) don’t set you up with high expectations because of the four I listed, only two have recorded material available (that I’ve ever seen). But all the same, they BRING it live, each in ways you only hear about in metal myth and legend. A TPR show has all the intensity I would imagine one would find seeing Burn the Priest in a basement. Maggot Twat and King even more so.It’s ALL about the live show. I don’t even like King’s music but seeing it live was SO amazing that I’ll pay admission again and again.

By: Slaughterhouse

Slaughterhouse — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:18:07 +0000

Chimaira do an amazing job of matching their records. Love them or hate them…they pull it off live, perfectly!!!!!!!

By: /b/lackup

/b/lackup — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:11:05 +0000

Id have to say when I went to Mayhem, Killswitch and All That Remains fucking delivered. They were Amazing live, BFMV and God Forbid were also pretty damn good, but not studio good. Still was not a disappointing show.

By: PD

PD — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:34:06 +0000

I was waiting for Cynic. I’ve seen them twice now and have been blown away both times. I don’t know if it’s just cause Paul does vocals and (lead?) guitar that makes me so amazed or what…but they were spot on both times.

And yeah, I was gonna say At the Gates as well…everything sounded amazing when I saw them in Chicago.

By: aniie

aniie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:17:41 +0000

dude u lucker fucker! i wana see gojira so fucking bad! sickest band aye! they cant seem to get there french asses here to australia!

By: aniie

aniie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:15:55 +0000

yeah saw em play with machine head in 09.. its still 09 isnt it? anyway they were fucking awsome, but yeah corey was a bit fucked. good night though. machine head were fucking amazing!

By: Shinaain

Shinaain — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:43:34 +0000

Yes, indeed. http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=602410

By: Nil

Nil — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:35:07 +0000

You are right. I never met Phil but I’ve read his lyrics and read and watched his interviews….everything I comment on came straight from the horse’s mouth.

If you want to call Pantera a bunch of racists, then be accurate. Please show me a statement by Vinny Paul or Dime that was racist. Pantera is labeled as racist (by some people) because of what Phil said, not Dime or the band itself. That is my point. Young people seem to have confused Phil’s own statements with the band’s.

By: Colin O'Connor

Colin O'Connor — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:08:09 +0000

Aw my bad. So your saying Volbeat is replacing Gojira at the end of that tour not Vovoid?

By: Shinaain

Shinaain — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:22:55 +0000

DidgeryDoo, Voivod is a band that probably has inspired and influenced many of your favorite musicians, and yet they’ve never really been on the radar of your typical metal fan. If there is such as a thing as “mainstream metal,” they’re not it. Nevertheless, their work is hugely influential for good reason: simply put, they rule. Unfortunately, other than a final album released following the death of Denis “Piggy” D’Amour, it appears the band is no longer active. You can find plenty on the band by searching this site alone, as Axl and Vince have been pretty good about reporting on them in the past. For example: http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/29/voivod-go-out-in-reliable-fashion-on-infini/ .

In this instance, though, I believe you’ve mistaken VOLBEAT for Voivod. Easy to mix up names, even if they’re completely different acts. For some sample MetalSucks reader feedback on Volbeat, check this: http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/04/27/do-ye-like-volbeat/ .

Hope you find that helpful.

By: festernaecus

festernaecus — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:29:03 +0000

then google that shit, son. I can see how you might have overlooked them, they’ve only had a 25-year career.

By: TVTiZtiK

TVTiZtiK — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:49:24 +0000

I absolutely hate bands that can’t actually play the music they put out on their albums. I don’t know how anybody can knowingly put out music they can’t play. Studio editing and pro-tools have been a major downfall of a lot of bands.

I suppose if you want a extremely technically precise sound for your album (ie; Meshuggah) the use of pro-tools is fine, but you better be able to reproduce that sound as best as possible live.

I can’t believe how many bands actually get away that studio bullshit. Maybe I don’t know enough about how the music industry works, but it seems to me that record sales don’t pay the bills in metal, and that playing shows and being on tour are what keep metal bands alive. So you’d think most bands would do their best to make sure their live performances are as good, if not better, than their studio albums.

Just my opinion

On a side note, I saw Goatwhore last night and they were incredible. They absolutely nailed their set. They were opening for Obituary, but they stole the fuckin’ show. That’s one band I will definitely puts out killer studio albums and is even better live.

By: DidgeryDoo

DidgeryDoo — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:27:59 +0000

Sir no I do not.

By: festernaecus

festernaecus — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:44:32 +0000

I used to think the same thing about sound guys. then I became one. You know what I realized? sound guys become dicks because they have to constantly deal with know-nothing snot-nosed pricks who think they’re rock stars. 5 nights a week, 5-6 bands per bill… kids not yet old enough to shave, playing mall-metal for their 10 high school friends on their fucking line 6 combo amps… old farts who never made their mark and think that simply having “time in” makes you a professional… drunk, sloppy punk rockers wrecking your gear and soaking everything in beer and puke… all of them acting like they’re the goddamn rolling stones. Real, live touring bands have learned that it pays to show sound guys a respectable level of civility. These people you seldom have problems with. They know their gear, they know their etiquette, they understand how to adjust to a new room. And let me tell you, anyone who extends these courtesies to a soundguy will be rewarded in kind. Give it a try next time, why don’t you.

By: festernaecus

festernaecus — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:29:22 +0000

surely you jest

By: SourDeez

SourDeez — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:19:37 +0000

I know a lot of people don’t like them, but Agoraphobic Nosebleed is another group that uses programmed drums and studio techniques to accomplish their unique vision, rather than cover up mistakes. They’re a lot more silly and less serious than Meshuggah, but still I thought I’d bring that up.

By: SourDeez

SourDeez — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:12:34 +0000

“Pantera was going up against a Metallica-dominated industry”

Yes, and when Remission came out……all the way up until now…..Mastodon has been going up against a metalcore, deathcore, and whatever else-core-dominated industry. As much as I dislike 90s Metallica, that metalcore shit is even worse. Mastodon ARE accomplishing something very similar to what Pantera did: They’re bringing something new and completely original and fresh into a stale mainstream. And they’re doing it with each album they release, because each one is radically different from the one that came before it. I wouldn’t be surprised if they release a Mastodon-style brutal death metal album next. CtS was not an attempt to break into the mainstream, they’ve been pretty much in the mainstream since Leviathan. That’s honest guys making honest music, just like Pantera.