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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby Tono_Fyr » Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:32 pm

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Genre: Progressive Folk Metal
Years Active: 2000-Present
Origin:Faroe Islands

Members:

Heri Joenson (Guitars, Vocals)
Terji Skibanaes (Guitars)
Gunnar H. Thomsen (Bass)
Kári Streymoy (Drums)

Discography:

How Far To Asgard (2001)
Eric The Red (2003)
Ragnarok (2006) Favorite
Land (2008)

My friend randomly Ordered Ragnarok about a year ago now, we both pretty much spooged when we heard it. I immediately ordered my own copy and got caught up slowly over the course of the year. They're a very unique folk band. No cheesy keyboard synths, just straight up guitars drums vocals and bass. They're probably the most "honest" about it, as well, since they use melodies and traditional pieces from their homeland as a basis for many of their songs.

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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby LeapofFate » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:50 am

A lot of bands I like have been posted already. :S

I'll add more bands later.

Nine Inch Nails

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Genre: Industrial, Industrial Rock
Years Active: 1988-Present
Origin: Cleveland, Ohio [United States]

Current Members:

Trent Reznor- Vocals (1998-Present)
Robin Finck- Guitar, Synthesizer (1994-1995, 1999-2000, 2008-Present)
Justin Meldal-Johnsen- Bass (2008-Present)
Ilan Rubin- Drums (2009-Present)

Discography:

1989: Pretty Hate Machine
1992: Broken
1994: The Downward Spiral
1999: The Fragile (Favorite)
2005: With Teeth
2007: Year Zero
2008: Ghosts I–IV
2008: The Slip

I was first introduced to NIN by a friend of mine. He told me about how amazing they were and told me to go pick the album. I bought The Fragile and from the first listen I became hooked to them. Now I understand why NIN is known as an influential part in the Industrial genre.


16Volt

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Genre: Industrial, Coldwave
Years Active: 1988-Present
Origin: United States

Current Members:

Eric Powell- Vocals (1988-Present)
Kraig Tyler- Guitar (Live Band Member)
Mike Peoples- Bass (Live Band Member)
John "Servo" DeSalvo - Drums (Live Band Member)

Discography:
Wisdom (1993)
Skin (1994)
LetDownCrush (1996)
Demography (2000)
SuperCoolNothing V2.0 (2002)
The Best of Sixteen Volt (2005)
FullBlackHabit (2007) (Favorite)

16Volt is known as one of the few bands to spawn the genre as Coldwave. 16Volt has been able to keep their style and still evolve as musicians. This band should get more love I say!


Dog Fashion Disco

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Genre: Experimental
Years Active: 1996-2007
Origin: Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

Band Members:

Todd Smith - vocals
Jasan Stepp - guitars
Brian "Wendy" White - bass guitar
John Ensminger - drums
Jeff Siegel - keyboards
Matt Rippetoe - horns

Discography:

Erotic Massage (1997)
Experiments in Alchemy (1998)
The Embryo's in Bloom (2000)
Anarchists of Good Taste (2001)
Mutilated Genitals (EP) (2001)
Committed to a Bright Future (2003)
Day of the Dead (2004)
The City is Alive Tonight...Live in Baltimore (2005)
Adultery (2006) (Favorite)
Beating a Dead Horse to Death... Again (2008)

Dog Fashion Disco....what to say? They were an insane bunch of musicians that have been able to mix many genres together and make them a stand out from the rest of the bands. A fun fact, they were originally named Hug The Retard, but they deemed the names as "politically incorrect".
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby Lig8htYagami9 » Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:06 pm

Here my favourite band
Linkin Park:Rock/Rap
Favourite album : Meteora and Hybrid Theory

Dream theatre : Progressive rock
Favourite album: Metropolis Part two..favorite

Eminem : R'NB' , Rap
Favourite album : The Eminem show,
Marshall Motherfavourite
Encore favourite
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby xexyzl » Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:43 pm

Eternal Tears of Sorrow

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Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Years active: 1994–2001, 2005–present
Origin: Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Current Members:
Altti Veteläinen
Jarmo Kylmänen
Jarmo Puolakanaho
Risto Ruuth
Janne Tolsa
Juho Raappana

Albums
Sinner's Serenade (1997)
Vilda Mánnu (1998)
Chaotic Beauty (2000)
A Virgin and a Whore (2001) favorite
Before the Bleeding Sun (2006)
TBA (March 2009)

Tired of Gothenburger? Try Eternal Tears of Sorrow, an emo-sounding band from Finland. They play a non-Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal. Yes, it does exist. If you prefer your mellowdeath romantic, ethereal, and sinister, EToS could be the band for you.
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby Lig8htYagami9 » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:33 am

xexyzl wrote :
Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Genre: Melodic Death Metal

Please ... You shuold give me a link to listen to this group ... I like this genre ...
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby Kevmaster » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:02 am

Lig8htYagami9 wrote:xexyzl wrote :
Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Genre: Melodic Death Metal

Please ... You shuold give me a link to listen to this group ... I like this genre ...
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby jeffturner » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:11 am

My favorite band is Linkin Park(hard) MLTR(soft rock). And my fav solo artist is ronan keating
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby AaronAMV » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:44 am

jeffturner wrote:My favorite band is Linkin Park(hard) MLTR(soft rock). And my fav solo artist is ronan keating

\o/

do you by chance like nickelback also? :D
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby LeapofFate » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:59 am

AaronAMV wrote:
jeffturner wrote:My favorite band is Linkin Park(hard) MLTR(soft rock). And my fav solo artist is ronan keating

\o/

do you by chance like nickelback also? :D


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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby AaronAMV » Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:31 pm

LeapofFate wrote:
AaronAMV wrote:
jeffturner wrote:My favorite band is Linkin Park(hard) MLTR(soft rock). And my fav solo artist is ronan keating

\o/

do you by chance like nickelback also? :D


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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby Emong » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:22 am

Björk

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Genre: Alternative, Experimental, Electronica, Trip-Hop, Jazz, Dance, Avant-Pop etc.
Years active: 1977–present
Origin: Reykjavík, Iceland

Albums:

Björk (1977)
Debut (1993)
Post (1995)
Homogenic (1997) (favourite!)
Vespertine (2001)
Medúlla (2004)
Volta (2007)

+ Compilations, singles, EPs, etc.

I've recently been in love with her music, especially her extremely expressive voice and vocals. I don't know how to describe her music. I'm quite sure there are some counterparts out there but nothing that I would listen to, making Björk very unique for me. She's a mix of various styles, depending a lot on the era. She started from dance-floor friendly electronica, further evolving to trip-hop and different sorts of experimental electronic music. The textures leave a lot of room for her singing though, which is totally mind-blowing. It's also nice to have artists out there who actually have a positive view on life and people :D
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby Kevmaster » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:07 am

Björk had already been posted on page 2 :D
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby Emong » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:42 am

Oh crap how did I miss that?

Well, one extra entry for her :awesome:
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby Emong » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:13 am

Pzychobitch

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Genre: Electro-Industrial, EBM, Futurepop

Years Active: 1999 - present
Origin: Germany

Current Members:
Sina Hübner
Stefan Böhm

Main Albums:
Eden (2001)
The Day After (2004)
Electrolicious (2006) (favourite!)

I avoided this band due to its name, wihch suggested something that it really wasn't. Another proof you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Pzychobitch are shamelessly pop-ish electro-industrial with a tongue-on-the-cheek attitude on creating music.The earlier releases are more tuned down, darker, noisier.. But their newest "Electrolicious", for which they're the most known, is another kind. Pzychobitch exists for those who don't really give a damn if their industrial goes pop every once in a while 8-)



S.I.N.A

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Genre: Electro-Industrial, Powernoise, Rhythmic Noise, EBM, Futurepop

Years Active: 2000 - present
Origin: Germany

Current Members:
Sina Hübner
Stefan Böhm

Main Albums:
Snapshot (2001)
Nie und Immer (2006) (favourite!)

This is another project of Pzychobitch members Sina and Stefan. S.I.N.A is the first powernoise act I ever listened to (well, aside from a few powernoise influenced songs here and there) and is still my favourite one of them. They're music is a rather rare collision of female vocals and rhythmic electronic noise. Their newest album also mixes pop and EBM with their earlier straight-forward powernoise style. Highly recommended if you like industrial, noise and pop!



Nullvektor

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Genre: Electro-Industrial, Powernoise, Rhythmic Noise

Years Active: 2001 - present
Origin: Germany

Current Members:
Stefan Böhm

Main Albums:
Strom Aufwärts (2006)
Electrophrenique (2007) (favourite!)

This is the solo project of Stefan Böhm from S.I.N.A and Pzychobitch. His sound is similar to those but with this project he's free to explore and experiment, creating mostly instrumental dancefloor-friendly electro and powernoise. What differs him from the rest of the powernoise noise is, imo, his light and playful take on it, rather than the heavy and hostile mainstream of the genre (with projects like Converter and Xotox) If you're new to the genre this might be a good place to start due to the rather easy accessibility ;)
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Re: Favourite Artists/Bands?

Postby Fire_Starter » Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:26 am

Stabbing Westward

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Genre: Industrial/Alternative

Years Active: 1985 - 2002
Origin: Chicago, IL

Members:
Christopher Hall
Walter Flakus
Jim Sellers
Andy Kubiszewski
Stuart Zechman (Left after Ungod)
David Suycott (Left after Ungod)
Marcus Eliopulous (Live for Wither, Blister Burn & Peel, live & studio for Darkest Days)
Derrek Hawkins (Stabbing Westward)

Albums:
Ungod - 1993
Wither, Blister, Burn & Peel - 1996
Darkest Days - 1998 (Favorite album, since this introduced me to their work)
Stabbing Westward - 2001

Pretty much my favorite band of all time (along with NIN, but that was already mentioned). Maybe it was the angsty HS kid I was back when I first heard any of their music that got me started, but I still enjoy listening to them today. Chances are you've heard their stuff and not even realized it (and I'm not talking about Save Yourself, either).


Poets of the Fall

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Genre: Alternative/Soft Rock

Years Active: 2003 - Present
Origin: Helsinki, Finland

Members:
Marko Saaresto
Olli Tukiainen
Markus Kaarlonen

Albums:
Signs of Life - 2005
Carnival of Rust - 2006
Revolution Roulette - 2008

Anyone who's played Max Payne 2 will recognize this group immediately. Late Goodbye was a great song and fit the game perfectly, but these guys still know how to put out upbeat stuff as well. Also, Lift was used during the credits for the 3DMark2005 demo credits.


Musica Silentis Doloris

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Genre: Hard Rock

Years Active: 1997 - Present
Origin: Louisville, KY

Members:
John Wells
Marcus Wells
Gote
Robie Dixon
Samual

Albums:
October Bleeding
The Rebirth
Stormcrow


A local band (for me, anyways) that started out doing the Halloween/Spookycore routine, but well executed and with much more emphasis on the music than the horror-show aspects (which were pretty spectacular on their own). MSD, as they are known, has since ditched the blood & scars and their sound has become a lot more focused on quality while their style has taken some nice detours, tho never straying into anything remotely "light". Their newer stuff is a lot deeper and shows off not only John's vocal abilities, but also the the band's maturation and musicianship. Tracks like Legacy and Where The Sea Meets The Sky are dark and brooding, but amazing to listen to. Opposite of those on the spectrum are picks such as Face The Grey and Forever Deep, which maintain the same atmosphere with a much harder edge to them.


The Protomen

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Genre: Electronic/Rock

Years Active: 2003 - Present
Origin: Nashville, TN

Members:
Commander
Murphy
Heath Who Hath No Name
Panther
Scartoe
The Replicant
K.I.L.R.O.Y.
The Gambler
The Keymaster

Albums:
The Protomen (a.k.a. Act I) - 2005
Act II - TBA 2009

Another band local to me (gotta love living between two cities known for awesome local bands), The Protomen have been touring all over the country gaining quite a following wherever they go. If you want to know what they're all about in a nutshell, Act I is basically the story of Protoman and Megaman turned into an electronic rock opera. If you wander deeper into the music (and the liner notes have complete lyrics and extras that make it read like a stage/film script), it's vaguely political as well. The sparse story surrounding the games has been twisted into a dark tale of a decaying society too apathetic to save themselves from their own fate. With this comes the lone hero who sets out to save them all, only to fail due to the apathy of the populace and be thought dead. His brother discovers differently, however, when he sets out to finish what the original had started. Personal favorites are The Will of One, Unrest In The House of Light, and The Stand (Man or Machine), along with Breaking Out from the upcoming Act II.
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