It's also the 71st birthday of David Gates, lead singer of Bread. Just thought I'd point that out since, apparently, SHMHC likes to celebrate the birthdays of musicians who did not play metal.

Listen to:

Zoroaster (new window)

In the Woods... (new window)

HighZoolander: I had blissfully forgotten this song before today. Damn.

Motley Crue really were the poster child for everything that was wrong with metal in the 80s.

This. Though for the time and the scene (early 80's LA glam/scum metal), their first album was ok. All things considered, he's very lucky to have made it to his 50's.

Newish album I'm digging right now

Omitir - Cotard (new window)

Not sure if they've been mentioned here or not - pretty interesting black metal from Portugal.

Adebisi: It's also the 71st birthday of David Gates, lead singer of Bread. Just thought I'd point that out since, apparently, SHMHC likes to celebrate the birthdays of musicians who did not play metal.

Rhythm guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold

Bassist for Widespread Panic

Jermaine Jackson

J Frank Wilson of J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers

That's all that's on Wikipedia

HighZoolander: I had blissfully forgotten this song before today. Damn.

Motley Crue really were the poster child for everything that was wrong with metal in the 80s.

I always figured this was the epitome of everything bad about the 80s.

My SHMHC contribution: Zozobra "Emanate."

You know what, I still occasionally listen to "Shout at the Devil" and "Dr. Feelgood." Yeah, they're cheesy as hell, but there are some catchy songs on there and they still hold up. I don't even feel guilty about it; these guys lived the life they sang about and lived to tell the tale.

I do have an actual metal recommendation, though - Dragged Into Sunlight. I have to give them my "most favorite band name of the last little while" award, and the music is suitably filthy and brutal. Love the scream at the beginning of this one - Buried With Leeches (new window)

verbaltoxin: HighZoolander: I had blissfully forgotten this song before today. Damn.

Motley Crue really were the poster child for everything that was wrong with metal in the 80s.

I always figured this was the epitome of everything bad about the 80s.

I always thought it was Nitro

Anyways, listen to Cloven Hoof, they're pretty awesome.

One thing I like about this time of the year is the "best of" lists that come along.

I recently found this list (new window) of the best metal albums of 2000-2009 and am working my way through some of the ones I didn't already know about. This is a pretty mainstream list, but it's got some classics on it. The rest of his "top 75" can be found a little ways down into the comments section, too, and it's got some very solid picks on it.

Pitchfork's "Show No Mercy" column has published their own list (new window) of the best metal albums of the year, and these are quite a bit more underground than the ones in the first link. Lots of shiat here I've never heard of, but I've found a few gems on this list already.

Another recommendation, for fans of crusty, Entombed-inspired punk/thrash/black metal: Trap Them - The Facts (new window)

Solve_Et_Coagula: Pitchfork's "Show No Mercy" column has published their own list (new window) of the best metal albums of the year, and these are quite a bit more underground than the ones in the first link. Lots of shiat here I've never heard of, but I've found a few gems on this list already.

I see it is Blut Aus Nord's turn to be "that black metal band that hipsters like". Good for them, hope they make some money off the ironic crowd.

Solve_Et_Coagula: Another recommendation, for fans of crusty, Entombed-inspired punk/thrash/black metal: Trap Them - The Facts (new window)

Nice. I needed some anger management after seeing the green.

verbaltoxin: HighZoolander: I had blissfully forgotten this song before today. Damn.

Motley Crue really were the poster child for everything that was wrong with metal in the 80s.

I always figured this was the epitome of everything bad about the 80s.

0/10

Not really metal, obviously, but AFD is a rock masterpiece. If anything, it was one of the few things the 80s got right.

SPna15: I see it is Blut Aus Nord's turn to be "that black metal band that hipsters like". Good for them, hope they make some money off the ironic crowd.

Hey, hipster money is green, too.

Too Fast For Love and Shout t the Devil weer Crue's best. After that, they became formulaic and instead of good rock and roll metal, they became another arena rock band. They had a couple of good songs, and I think Smokin' In the Boys Room was a great video, but all in all they lost the magic of their first two albums.

Definitely not metal, and kind of cheesy, but it's like Mozart compared to the other stuff going on at the time. Theirs are some of the few albums from that era that are still even remotely listenable.

please just quit with this thread if greening non metal buttrock is what it's reduced to

/ thanks for requiring video, modmins
// smh
/// it's not about the ad revenue, right ?

Solve_Et_Coagula: One thing I like about this time of the year is the "best of" lists that come along.

I recently found this list (new window) of the best metal albums of 2000-2009 and am working my way through some of the ones I didn't already know about. This is a pretty mainstream list, but it's got some classics on it. The rest of his "top 75" can be found a little ways down into the comments section, too, and it's got some very solid picks on it.

Pitchfork's "Show No Mercy" column has published their own list (new window) of the best metal albums of the year, and these are quite a bit more underground than the ones in the first link. Lots of shiat here I've never heard of, but I've found a few gems on this list already.

Thanks for the links...even if they're gonna kill my wallet tonight. Although I wonder about any "Best of" list from this year that doesn't include either Unexpect's Fables of the Sleepless Empire or Cormorant's Dwellings.

HighZoolander: Metalsucks has a bunch of them here (new window)

And only one of them (Grim Kim's) is worth caring about.

HighZoolander: Metalsucks has a bunch of them here

Those are some disappointing lists. One guy has Lulu as #1 and there's a ton of djent (can this fad please die already?) everywhere. One guy did have The Project Hate MCMXCIX (new window) which I hadn't heard of before and was pleasantly surprised with, though.

Adebisi: One guy did have The Project Hate MCMXCIX (new window) which I hadn't heard of before and was pleasantly surprised with, though.

You're listening to the wrong Project Hate album. It's Armageddon March Eternal or nothin'!

SPna15: Adebisi: One guy did have The Project Hate MCMXCIX (new window) which I hadn't heard of before and was pleasantly surprised with, though.

You're listening to the wrong Project Hate album. It's Armageddon March Eternal or nothin'!

Damn, that was great too. Cheers.

Next week - Stryper

I've always found it interesting to see various 'metal fans' deny the 'metal' of bands they don't like. They fall under the genre of Metal, deal with it.

Frailty - The Fall of Eve

Frailty - Silent Winter

Texas Hippie Coalition - Back from Hell

HighZoolander: I had blissfully forgotten this song before today. Damn.

Motley Crue really were the poster child for everything that was wrong with metal in the 80s.

I'm just going to go ahead and say it. Kickstart My Heart is a cool song.

Madbassist1: HighZoolander: I had blissfully forgotten this song before today. Damn.

Motley Crue really were the poster child for everything that was wrong with metal in the 80s.

you haven't choked out while stuffing a MPCFP down your fat gullet yet pilsbury ?

Mike Chewbacca: I'm just going to go ahead and say it. Kickstart My Heart is a cool song.



Nah, I'm with HighZoolander. Whatever turns yer crank, as long as you permit me the same.

Everyone likes shiatty music. Just don't get butthurt when people call you for it.

If Nikki Sixx is now 53, then Mick Mars must be what, 91?

SPna15: Everyone likes shiatty music. Just don't get butthurt when people call you for it.

SHIATTY MUSIC THREAD!

saintwrathchild: SPna15: Everyone likes shiatty music. Just don't get butthurt when people call you for it.

SHIATTY MUSIC THREAD!

Nightwish sucks, but so does Hammerfall (I can recite like every chorus from their first three albums. It's a fun party trick)

If you do not like this song then you are crazy

SPna15: Nightwish sucks, but so does Hammerfall (I can recite like every chorus from their first three albums. It's a fun party trick)

True story, bro: One of my English teachers loved the hell out of Hammerfall. Good times.

/or should I have linked to this maniacal bloodsport version instead?

10 years ago today: Some insignificant metal dude died (new window).

SHMHC this week: ZOMG ITS NIKKI SIXX BIRTHDAY CRUE 4EVAR BRO

HighZoolander: You asked for it .... You are a pirate (new window)

Avast, I'll be needin yer swag, yer booty, an ye motorsteed (aka my autobiography).