RexKeltoi

Exciter - Iron Dogs
Local guys, seen them in the early 80's

I'll let you know if I think of any, at my age remembering things even how to play songs I have known for decades is a daunting task 😅

Cauldron - Young and Hungry

Accept - "Blind Rage"

I don't know the scene internationally but local it's all a matter of how it's done. No one is getting mega rich off one good album, but in Australia no one ever did. In the 80's we'd get $15-20K a night for a decent 5 piece band with a good crowd. But there was no free drinks, no free food and if the band didn't pull the crowd they didn't get invited back. Payments these days are still based on the same system (in most pubs), but there is less pubs that want to take the risk on a live and original band. We might not have too many 'metal bands' touring the country and living solely off their music but we've still got quite a few pub rock bands that are making it solely from live music. They obviously aren't making Metallica type money, or even Anthrax type money, but different people require different amounts to be satisfied.
My cousin plays in up to 5 different bands at least 3 nights a week. Despite being a metal head he plays whatever music the venues want and most of what he does is local, within an hour of home. He probably wont ever be a millionaire but he's managed to own a house, raise a family, have several cars, own as many instruments as Prince and it's all solely from playing music. Rich by other peoples standards he might not be, but he's making more than enough money for him and it's all out of gigging.
 

There is certainly not a lot of money in gigging anymore, many bands are lucky to break even not to mention no float, no free food, and last time a friend invited me to the gig and put me on the guest list the proprietor told me there is no guests allowed and my friend Nick insisted he pay my cover charge, he never played that venue again. Was pretty embarrassing and infuriating fuck those kind of people. It is hard to imagine even renting a jamming space for practice, in the 80's they were usually rat infested factory units or lofts so usually around $150-200 a month in my area, worrying about cables getting gnawed on was always an issue and these days even they aren't cheap. Jam nights were abundant and you could bring your guitar or use one on the stage to play with the house band, not even sure if they even exist anymore.      

Listening to Moon Wizard now, and I agree, the vocals are better than expected, even though the video at times seems to be unintentionally humorous.
Anyway, it occurred to me that I'd like to hear militant doom metal, although I'm not sure if such a thing exists or exactly what it would entail. I'm thinking maybe doom metal with drums similar to the intro to Mayhem's View from Nihil, but I'm open to any suggestions. 

its on heavy rotation on my pc, its real great music, you must give it a try
MODERATOR NOTE - please do not set up individual threads to recommend one band when we have a dedicated Rec thread pinned at the top of the genres section.

Accept - "Humanoid"
Accept - "Too Mean to Die"

I spent most of my early working life running bands through pubs and clubs but it just doesn't happen these days, not for anything harder that top 40. We used to rock up to a new town every night and put shows on for crowds big and small. There was a thriving scene of any sort of music and always bands to entertain crowds.
Now days there is about 3 maybe 4 venues in each capital city that attract international metal, they are small, dingy little shit holes, just like they should be, unless it's for bands who can sell out the arenas. Out in the regional towns where we cut our teeth there is almost no metal, all they want is cover bands that play songs pissed heads will get excited enough about to keep drinking.
 
NP: Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown & Rare Tracks

Manowar - Louder Than Hell

Simple - music is not engaging. Don't hate them, just don't care about them. I don't think anyone specifically foments hate towards them, it's just not something that interests the majority of the folks on the board. They can call themselves whatever they like, metal, pop, country and/or western. Makes no difference to me.

Well I'm going to have to make a concerted effort with my answer to keep from dragging discussion down to just a Slipknot hate rant so here goes: It's not that their on stage antics are "odd", it's that their antics are a marketing ploy that's been employed by countless others throughout the years. Many many popular bands from Kiss to Manowar have employed similar tactics, especially if they get signed and need to win radio air time. Hell, Lady fucking Gaga fans refer to themselves as "little monsters" for fucks sake. It's always the same old tricks of the trade that allows them to foment the emotional connection with the fans, and not the music. I lived in Des Moines when all of this 'maggot' nonsense was going on and every smelly goth kid with a hoodie and a safety pin was wearing some type of Slipknot gear purchased from hot topic. It's just that their marketing strategy was the only significant thing about them, and a quick glance at the music beneath that veneer showed them to be cookie cutter Midwest aggro.
I will admit my own bias against them though. I was also going to a ton of local shows around that time as well, and it felt like I was always running into those dudes, and with the exception of Joey Jordison, they were without fail the type of people that would walk into the venue and you just knew they were going to cause problems. When they weren't injuring themselves onstage they were being belligerent and injuring others. I just can't abide that kind of behavior.

HAIL SPIRIT NOIR - Fossil Garden
 

Der Ghoul - Hunger Anger Decay (2024)
on first lesson fairly solid BM
 
Dodsford - Wrath (2024)
hmm somehow I missed this a month ago
 
 

Wraith - Fueled By Fear
 

Kyuss - Gardenia 

@RexKeltoi- polite request please?  If you are going to post YouTube links can you please label them so that in the event that the link breaks or needs replacing the moderator knows what they are searching for?  Thanks.
I have edited your last post here as an example.

Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain

Bolt Thrower - Honour-Valour-Pride

1. Metallica
2. Pantera
3. Machine Head
4. Iron Maiden
5. Megadeth

I love Pantera 🥰😍

Devin Townsend - Physicist (album)

Robert Johnson - Hellhounds on my Trail
was thinking of learning this as a cover song, then I remembered the guitar tuning is kind of funky