I am also previewing an existing Pandora station called "Doom Metal" -- Workhorse, Candlemass, etc.
I am also previewing an existing Pandora station called "Doom Metal" -- Workhorse, Candlemass, etc.
Arjen Lucassen always knows how to give the stereo a good workout.
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In that case:Originally Posted by rcarlberg
Airbourne
Rival Sons
Graveyard
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Accept-Restless and Wild and Budgie-Power Supply
"and what music unites, man should not take apart"-Helmut Koellen
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"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Well in all fairness, Helter Skelter is a pretty terrible recording. It's one of the first victims of the Compression Wars.
Animals as Leaders or Blotted Science should give it a workout.
"Alienated-so alien I go!"
The Blotted Science album "The Animation of Entomology" should do the trick
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Seconding some Animals As Leaders.
Also Meshuggah.
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That's debatable. The mono version, especially, sounds pretty damned good to me and it's one of the heaviest songs ever recorded, IMO. Now, the pressing technology back then could have been better.
But, you did ask for something that would blow the doors off your stereo.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Devin Townsend is always good for a stereo workout...
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
"Somebody recommend a metal album that'll blow the doors off my stereo."
These two terms can be mutually exclusive...To answer the thread title:
Dimmu Borgir's "Death Cult Armageddon", "In Sorte Diaboli", and "Abrahadabra" are phenomenal --- and Im not even a fan of metal
Which is precisely why I wrote:
If you're looking for just one song:
after listing some albums.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
The Beatles? You consider that to be metal that will blow the doors off a stereo?
Okay, fair enough, each to his own.
I suggested one song. Must you shit on every thread?
Troll.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Hey, back at ya, with knobs one!
Some people just seem to like being deliberately contrary. It's getting boring reading it, though.
To be blunt, I never considered much metal/hard rock to be an audiophile delight- Judas Priest's classic stuff sounds good but you know that already. I seem to remember liking the production on Montrose's early stuff...'Rock Candy' for instance I recall has a great drum sound. But as ever, the 'is this metal' debate will apply!
I think Winger's 'Pull' isn't a bad sounding record (aside from what sounds like a 'drum trigger', quite common then)- some heavier tracks on that like 'Blind Revolution Mad', which has a quiet start and then gets much heavier. It has a song on it called 'Junkyard Dog', BTW!
Last edited by JJ88; 05-05-2014 at 09:07 AM.
You know, Dream Theater has a lot of the earmarks you mention; dynamic changes, abrupt start/stop, etc. However, I don't know if any of their albums are uncompressed enough to qualify. After all, my favourite DT recording is XX, a DVD...
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I think this is what you're looking for....
Imminent Sonic Destruction
That's negated by the douchery of a band member.
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