(01-24-2018 08:55 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  While not always my cup of tea, I got on youtube and saw Slayer is ending it this year

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/j...tour-metal





Like I said, I never really got into them but I did find some songs I could get into here and there...they just were never my thing.... but they are arguably one of the biggest influencers of the metal genre.

The retirement is something the front man Tom Araya had been talking about for a long time because of his medical issues.

In 2010 he had neck surgery after 3 decades of head banging had taken its toll. Since the surgery he couldn't really move around. After that surgery he mentioned that slayer was the type of music because of its fast and aggressive nature that you couldn't play into your 60's.

Then Jeff Hanneman died in 2013. What Tom said in an interview last year is that they realized they didn't have all the legal issues straightened out at the time of his death because he carried the bulk of the song writing. That made it impossible to dissolve the band so they decided to forge ahead with a record in the meantime.

I'm not sure how to evaluate my purchase of this. On the one hand their original hook that got me was here powerful vocals (almost operatic) against some pretty good rock music but this cd seems to have taken out the rock guitar element and replaced it with orchestra and just her vocals. Its not bad, and lends itself to its own sound but it doesn't sound at all like old Evanescence.




Both in their remastered line of re-releases. I gotta say, they both sound very cleaned up and tightened up and crisper than my originals. The $6 barrier to entry was low enough to double dip. The bass is a lot more pronounced than the earlier versions and highs are a bit sharper. I liked them in but I can't say they are mind blowingly better to give up on your original copies.


*Defenders of the Faith, Sin After Sin, Painkiller, and Ram It Down so far....

As to getting a lot of Judas Priest back catalog to fill in some gaps I have had for a long time... man... theses guys rocked. I am glad to have songs I like not on my 2cd hits disc I already had. Killer guitars and good bass grooves. Halford's vocals are undeniable as a unique sounding front man. They also have some of the best album covers in the business LOL.



Listened to the whole thing, and I don't get the hate it got. Not his best work overall but a solid entry into the catalog. Lots of interesting rock samples throughout the cd. Very few trash songs and a lot of politics. I personally think he's best when in dis mode or genuinely pissed off.

Man, I really love the funky metal sound of this cd.

(01-25-2018 09:23 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Sammy Hagar video

Didn't notice this right away '92 for some reason. Made me think think of the movie that came out in the early '80s. While cheesy as hell, it was a young teenagers hanging out sneaking booze to drink movie to watch back then.

Some '70s UFO

"Woodstock" from the Point Of Grace CD by the Pete Barenbregge-Frank Russo Group. Nice!!!

(01-29-2018 09:25 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  

Man, I really love the funky metal sound of this cd.

This is probably my favorite Priest album overall. Just some good early metal tunes across the whole album.

(02-03-2018 08:30 PM)BEARCATDALE Wrote:  Didn't notice this right away '92 for some reason. Made me think think of the movie that came out in the early '80s. While cheesy as hell, it was a young teenagers hanging out sneaking booze to drink movie to watch back then.

Watched it in junior high for the animated chick scenes as much as for anything else...hand raised.

(02-03-2018 09:01 PM)BEARCATDALE Wrote:  Some '70s UFO

Huge UFO fan in college. All good stuff. I got into solo Michael Schenker too:

Classic 80's today!!

Went through the Painkiller and prior catalog from Judas Priest over the last few weeks since I filled out my collection from that era.








So, I gotta say... Halford's vocals are a standout for me in these earlier albums... the high highs and growls just really fit each song they get applied to. The more 70s era albums had a really cool 70's funk metal feel to them. The slow songs aren't bad but I think they are at their best when they are in full on aggression mode. I honestly can't think of any band I have ever heard that sounds even remotely similar to them.

The singer builds all the guitars he plays as well.

kinda like wolf parade bred with a lazy tv on the radio

and speaking of tv on the radio

Heard this gem the other day on SiriusXM Octane. Good cover.

Dug up some old Korn cds....

Posting that lesser posted JP