Is Hard Rock/Heavy Metal guitar dying? - Page 4

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Posted: 6/18/2013 7:29:02 PM EDT

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Go to Pandora, last.FM, and i would assume other free music streaming services (i use Last.fm on my xbox) and creat a "Folk Metal" channel................ and enjoy all of the above listed bands and more.......... it has totally opened my eyes up to a whole new world of Metal.

Folk metal is perhaps my favorite type.

Well I'll be damned. Maybe our resident Steve Vai clone really did play for the original Highwaymen.

Posted: 6/18/2013 7:32:38 PM EDT

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Just listened to Dio, Cinderella, and now Ratt on slacker radio. Damn, they rock.

Posted: 6/18/2013 7:36:42 PM EDT

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Just listened to Dio, Cinderella, and now Ratt on slacker radio. Damn, they rock.

LOL, was just listening to some RATT as well!

Posted: 6/18/2013 7:41:27 PM EDT

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One of my all-time favorites from around here, still keeping it real:
http://www.andytimmons.com/

Posted: 6/18/2013 8:07:47 PM EDT

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Quoted: These "new" metal guys are too heavy and crunchy, not innovative, and don't have any range to their playing.

You need to expand your horizons. You mean to tel me these guys have no range?

Posted: 6/18/2013 8:08:44 PM EDT

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I'll probably get crucified for this, but none of those you listed were ever all that interesting to me. It seems like the only people who listen to them are other guitar players (and I am a guitar player, FWIW). It's just fretboard masturbation, to me.

Talented and technical but without a soul.

Posted: 6/18/2013 8:21:06 PM EDT

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SWEEET! Love the Powerwolf!!

Wow, didn't know Seven Kingdoms was from USA... I know there were a few out of Florida, but most people don't want to listen to this kind of stuff unfortunately.

I don't get bored with it.

My main playlist consists of: After Forever, Ambeon, Assemblage 23, Avantasia (!!!!), Axenstar, Dragonforce, Edguy (!!!!), Elvenking, Epica (!!!!), Evergrey, Freedom Call, Galloglass, Gamma Ray, Hammerfall (!!!), Hanzel Und Gretyl, Human Fortress, Iced Earth, Iron Fire, Satch, Petrucci, Kamelot, Luca Turilli, Lunatica, Nightwish, Rhapsody of Fire, Savatage, Secret Sphere, Shadows Fall, Sonata Arctica, Vai, Stratovarius, Therion, Within Temptation, and some more I can't remember.

I can't stand black metal. If the vocals sound like Satan's spawn coming out of the pits of hell, I probably won't like it

I want to hear of arrows flying, swords crashing, wizards plotting, and falling into the looking glass.

Turisas - Stand Up And Fight

Tyr - Hold The Heathen Hammer High

Alestorm - Keelhauled

Wilderun - How Stands The Glass Around?

etc.

He may dig Ensiferum as well

Posted: 6/18/2013 8:23:38 PM EDT

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Go to Pandora, last.FM, and i would assume other free music streaming services (i use Last.fm on my xbox) and creat a "Folk Metal" channel................ and enjoy all of the above listed bands and more.......... it has totally opened my eyes up to a whole new world of Metal.

Folk metal is perhaps my favorite type.

Well I'll be damned. Maybe our resident Steve Vai clone really did play for the original Highwaymen.

? I dont get what that had to do wiht my comment

Posted: 6/18/2013 8:28:22 PM EDT

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He may dig Ensiferum as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKZd4U397M4

Doesn't everyone?
Then some Sabbaton.

Posted: 6/18/2013 9:02:37 PM EDT

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There's always some form of music that fills the place and role of rock and roll. Which is, "Young people expressing their desire to not be like their parents, even in musical tastes."

In essence, whatever's popular NOW actually IS the rock and roll of today. It might not fit at all into the genre of rock that YOU most identify with, but it's still rock
in that very basic spiritual sense.

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CJ

I'm just going to DROP this right here.

Posted: 6/18/2013 9:36:53 PM EDT

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I had a huge thing typed out but my browser crashed.

That pussy hack Cobain killed that style of music. He was talentless and did the world a favor removing himself. The best thing that went through his brain was shotgun pellets.

Then all the little white kids decided they needed to act like gangster thugs and started listening to gangster rap.

There was no evolution, just a full stop crash and the start into what was called grunge. Then every emotionally unstable kid who could play 3 chords decided to make music.

When I was playing in the 1980's, I played a lot like Vai and was mistaken for him a few times. Lynch still rocks and is out blowing people away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQSobhEO_FU

If Lynch is marginal I better get my hearing checked. Rather listen to him than Vai any day. Include the rest like Lee, Zakk. Sweep picking sounds like shit btw.

Posted: 6/19/2013 2:34:26 PM EDT

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You could always do what this guy did and cover electronic music.

Fucking awesome:

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Posted: 6/19/2013 2:55:38 PM EDT

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Quality musicians in general are a dying breed. All the current 'music' stars are nothing more than vapid lip-synchers.

Posted: 6/19/2013 2:58:51 PM EDT

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Threat Signal - A New Beginning

Threat Signal - Uncensored

Threat Signal - Rational Eyes

Threat Signal - New World Order

Travis Montgomery guitarist of threat signal covering Holy wars solo - Megadeth

Andy James - Guitar solo

If you are really bored here is me covering Randy Rhoads Revelation Mother Earth Solo

Posted: 6/19/2013 3:09:18 PM EDT

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If not already mentioned, John Schaffer.

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Posted: 6/19/2013 3:27:20 PM EDT

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If not already mentioned, John Schaffer.

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I love Iced Earth, and John has crazy picking skills, but he has also been writing the same song over and over for the past 10 years and passing it off as new albums.

Posted: 6/19/2013 3:27:47 PM EDT

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If not already mentioned, John Schaffer.

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I love Iced Earth, and John has crazy picking skills, but he has also been writing the same song over and over for the past 10 years and passing it off as new albums.

Aye.

And the band just isn't the same without Barlow at the helm.

Posted: 6/19/2013 4:48:26 PM EDT

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If not already mentioned, John Schaffer.

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I love Iced Earth, and John has crazy picking skills, but he has also been writing the same song over and over for the past 10 years and passing it off as new albums.

Aye.

And the band just isn't the same without Barlow at the helm.

Never have truer words been spoken.

Posted: 6/19/2013 4:55:15 PM EDT

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http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs39/i/2008/353/7/e/Zacky_V_with_Synyster_G_by_StormSikkness.jpg

Thank you. Saved me the trouble.
Lots of clean harmonies with not a whole lot of effects. Clean metal sound, reminds me of the Adrian Smith /Dave Murrary combo of some little Metal band with a well known name.

Posted: 6/19/2013 5:07:32 PM EDT

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Before this goes any farther, how old are you OP?

Old enough to have grown up before Nirvana wrecked everything.

Off the top of my head, I can think of at least 3 dead genres of music that people claimed would once and for all kill Rock n Roll.

Posted: 6/19/2013 5:08:43 PM EDT

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Listen to BTBAM or anything from Animals as Leaders and you will quickly find that Metal guitar is not just alive and welll, it has evolved into something for more technical and far more cerebral than any of the silly solos produced in the 80s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt-RoSzsEKA

Holy shit...That was awesome.

See them live. They tend to attract a very intellectual crowd. Excellent stage presence and simple light show and it is all sorts of awesome.