MassUnderground.com's "Top 5 Local Bands"[views:31986][posts:161]________________________________________ [Apr 11,2003 2:07pm - A_Cold_Reality ""] Check it out, http://www.massunderground.com/article.php?story=20030410144419803 |
________________________________ [Apr 11,2003 2:26pm - XmikeX ""] AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAABWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA THEY SAID RAVAGE! holy living fuck thats the gayest thing i've ever heard. not just regular gay, full blown Liberace gay. TERRIBLE |
______________________________________ [Apr 11,2003 2:35pm - the_reverend ""] I like the banner made up of all pictures I took. Though, I probably said they could and I just don't remember right now. mike, is there a reason, I don't know ravage? I thought the only think in malden was a t-stop |
_________________________________________ [Apr 11,2003 3:21pm - baneofexistence ""] rev ravage are pretty decent and i dig em good power metal great guitar playing disclaimer!!! this is only my opinion (jim ash) and has nuthing to do with my band AT ALL please hold any shit against me and only me thansk you and have a good day |
_______________________________________ [Apr 11,2003 6:10pm - Joe/NotCommon ""] in my opinion RAVAGE are fucking awesome they are one of the only bands i will ever see live, no matter who they play with plus they are some of the most decent people on earth my friend phil (formerly of Cruelty Divine) might play drums for them, but nobody liked his band either because they weren't fagcore enough like all the other bands from massachusetts |
_________________________________________ [Apr 11,2003 6:33pm - baneofexistence ""] so i guess you won't be there sunday huh joe HMMMMMMMMM |
________________________________________ [Apr 12,2003 10:16am - Joe/NotCommon ""] should I be the asshole and post the top 5 worst local metal bands? |
______________________________ [Apr 12,2003 6:07pm - Dan ""] yes joe, yes you should:shocker: |
_____________________________________ [Apr 12,2003 7:29pm - hamburgler ""] funny to see those bands have been around for so long and not signed.....gee i wonder why......maybe cause they all SUCK! har har har seriously life in vain is good and a cold reality is ok..but the rest come on give me a break, they should all give up cause before they know it they'll be fifty years old doing the same thing and never getting anywhere, point is ravage and the accursed is gay and blisterd earth are lazy old men |
_________________________________ [Apr 12,2003 11:53pm - xmikex ""] seriously, has blistered earth even played a show since metalfest 2 years ago? has ravage done ANYTHING significant in the 800000 years they've been playing? Besides of course playing jarrods and other useless venues in front of the same 8 people (their huge fanbase they keep claiming they have). If they're so amazing why can't their band get anywhere past open mic night at Sydneys or whatever. All I can picture when I hear that band is a bunch of d&d kids prancing around on stage in costumes at the newton community center. TERRIBLE. Life in Vain i've never even heard, and i've never heard anyone even mention them except for occasional scattered show listings. A Cold Reality is a fun time, and they're awsome kids, but i don't know if i'd place them as one of the top 5 metal bands in mass. My analysis: this list was compiled by someone who doesn't get out much. |
__________________________________________ [Apr 13,2003 11:21am - baneofexistence ""] i agree mikex but yes blistered earth has played a few shows recently but not to many they will be opening on the halford metal gods show with us actually |
_______________________________________ [Apr 13,2003 3:43pm - Joe/NotCommon ""] and actually, ravage does have a big fan base. funny you should say its only 8 people since you never go to their shows. and they will be doing a split with the almighty disengaged to be released on NC either later this year or early next year |
_________________________________ [Apr 14,2003 11:32am - XmikeX ""] you're right joe, i don't goto ravage shows. and i never will. |
_________________________________________ [Apr 14,2003 12:38pm - A_Cold_Reality ""] haha, ravage, maybe if al ravage could actually sing, they've been playing since the earlyt 90s or something, atleast they show perserverance. Wait until you hear new ACR material, you will be surprised! |
_______________________________________ [Apr 14,2003 7:19pm - Joe/NotCommon ""] if you dont think al ravage can sing then go download their new song so you can be proven wrong www.mp3.com/swwr |
________________________________________ [Apr 14,2003 9:27pm - A_Cold_Reality ""] singing on cd, singign live is 2 way different things, i think ravage's music is actually good, the guitar work is really good, the voice though, ehh, if you going for an iron maiden/helloween/hammerfall sound, you're gonna need a ridicuously good singer |
__________________________________________ [Apr 16,2003 3:20pm - thegreatspaldino ""] blistered earth is a pretty good band. i saw them at that blind guardian show... they ripped that place up. the accursed is pretty good too... they have a "the crown" type of feel. a cold reality kicks ass... justin is right, their new material will make you leave skidmarks in your skibbies. i havent heard that one band and ravage has gotten enjoyable. before i didnt really dig them, but now they are pretty good. i didnt really think their drummer was solid enough but now i guess he left so yeah... also, their bassist looks hella gay. but yeah, all is well enough... |
_______________________________________ [Apr 17,2003 6:23pm - Joe/NotCommon ""] i don't think al ravage is going for that kind of singing picture it as danzig meets iron maiden and i have seen ravage live more then a dozen times he definately can sing, studios cant alter a voice enough to make it good most those cheesecore bands just whisper when they try to sing over the clean parts and it sounds retarded |
__________________________________ [Apr 17,2003 8:11pm - AlRavage ""] To xmikex and any of his 1 and 1 half bit toadies... Greetings from Al Ravage, First of all....anyone who makes fun of Blistered Earth or The Accursed...especially behind their back...especailly on a message board...is a 3 year old dickwad who deserves to be shit on. Those are great bands. You can say what you will about my band, I really don't give a shit, because I know we have the talent and the dedicated awesome fans of true metal you could only dream of xmikex.Lots of good bands were left off...Bane of Existence and My Pet Demon among them. But it was someone's OPINION. I see you still have a problem accepting that. I'm sorry to see you still hold grudges from years ago...from someone who was not associated with my band...writing a review of your band. You didn't handel it maturely then and you sure aren't now...making fun of local bands....what a lame ass. Stop being a playa hating 3 year old whinnign ninny and maybe you'll be able to keep a band of your own together. Grow up. |
________________________________ [Apr 17,2003 8:35pm - XmikeX ""] "dedicated awesome fans of true metal you could only dream of xmikex" you got me. i dream of "true metal fans". if you're gonna go and talk about OPINIONS recognize first off that im expressing MY OPINION, unfortunately for you my opinion doesn't include your band on any toplist besides the top 5 Color Me Bad impersenator bands. my opinion. eat it gay guy. |
___________________________________ [Apr 17,2003 10:21pm - AlRavage ""] I'm glad you've got your quotation skills down mikey, maybe next we'll work on citation, or if that is too tough, some other basic facets of literacy such as reading closely. For if you read my message closely you would have noted:yoda: that I clearly do not give a shit what you think of my band. I just find it hilarious that you continue to bring us up, and that you are now sadly attempting to mock some of the area's other good bands. :bartmoon: High school forever it seems :yoda: It's fun though, take me back to the summer of 1999 or whenever the hell it was. Have a nice life, maybe I'll check back in in 5 years when you're still harping on about ravage and the mff and how real metal bands suck. Till then, Ravage In Peace.:point: |
_________________________________ [Apr 17,2003 11:28pm - XmikeX ""] i love how i come on this site, lambgoat, and other messageboards, and just spout the most ridiculous bullshit for no other reason than to take a five minute break from writing papers, and doing homework, and people take it so very seriously. Do you people honestly think that I am capable of having such intense emotions about people and bands that I don't even know? I say some of the absolute most assinine things in my capacity for the sole reason of being a dick and saying them. Yet somehow, amidst all my diatribic nonsense, people feel the need to dignify it with a response time and time again. You have no idea just how hilarious that is; picturing you at your keyboard with some big frowny face on smashing a string of 3rd grade insults (which are all included in somehow proving that your maturity exceeds mine) into your keyboard while you yell out loud "This 3 paragraph long response to some guy i barely even know is the perfect way to prove just how much I DON'T care what he has to say." all gives me a chuckle that only aids patients can top. The icing on the cake is that you said MFF and were serious about it. Congratulations, you've just been sucked back into an argument that was moronic 3 years ago, and holds an inhumanly retarded status now. Way to be mature. Way to be the bigger man. Way to not sink to my level. Way to not be the worst band of all time. you go girl. and don't talk to me about citation. im an english minor and yes i truly believe that that makes me a better person than you. screw. |
_________________________________ [Apr 18,2003 2:27am - Terence ""] I know this dude, that has an away message, that says, "I teabag mad dudes." hah nice.:tightiewhities: |
_______________________________________ [Apr 19,2003 9:28am - Joe/NotCommon ""] MORE FORCE FEST!!! YEAH!!! |
__________________________________________ [Apr 19,2003 9:39am - thegreatspaldino ""] hire a bunch of hookers and start up a "more whores fest"... that would be bad ass :spineyes: |
_________________________________ [Apr 19,2003 11:12am - Hybrid ""] i downloaded those mp3's, i have to say ravage has improved since i last heard them. it was probably about two years ago.... and it was fucking horrible. it made me want to vomit in a bag and throw it at them. but like i said, they have improved alot. |
__________________________________________ [Apr 19,2003 12:11pm - baneofexistence ""] there was a show called the gore whore fest a few yers ago in lowell it had on it btss b.o.e acephalus goratory twytch and a few oters i think |
____________________________________ [Apr 19,2003 6:53pm - tyagxgrind ""] Hey to get back to the subject of Best New Underground Band.... how come they are not even considering other sick bands from the area... ie. Ascendency, Dysentery, Shading The End, Ocean Of Innards, In Dire Need or any of that shit??? I'd be interested in finding out? Its Funny. Devon (TYAG) |
_________________________________________ [Apr 19,2003 7:20pm - baneofexistence ""] i actually thought the same thing |
__________________________________________ [Apr 19,2003 9:18pm - thegreatspaldino ""] ascendancy's technical prowess makes my phallus limp with jealousy :( |
_________________________________ [Apr 20,2003 1:14am - Terence ""] hahaha, yes we tend to be the fretboard acrobats, thanks for the kind words guys, there are way too many bands out there that dont get the recognition they deserve, we all work so hard and get little in return. Its a friggin jungle out there. |
__________________________________________ [Apr 20,2003 6:02am - thegreatspaldino ""] no problem man... i saw you way back in the day when you played at sydney's when you were a two piece. i was blown away by your ability to shred like you do and bust out vocals. something people dont really do anymore. also... werent you guys supposed to be releasing a new demo or something? i want a copy :spineyes: |
_________________________________ [Apr 20,2003 3:03pm - Terence ""] yeah man, weve had a new demo for a while, we're selling them for 5 bucks a piece, we havent been getting any responses from labels, so we might as well just release our own full length, but thats sometime in the future...I have to get off my ass and set up some shows again, i cant stand not playing shows |
_______________________________ [Apr 20,2003 3:14pm - jesus ""] dont forget dysentery when setting something up \m/ |
____________________________________ [Apr 20,2003 8:00pm - tyagxgrind ""] Hehe yeah TYAG is look for shows as well. this time we'll actually play them. Sorry about last time. Devon (TYAG) |
__________________________________ [Apr 20,2003 8:50pm - AlRavage ""] Ascendancy deserves to be up there:skull: |
_________________________________ [Apr 21,2003 12:19am - xmikex ""] MY top 5 Mass ""METAL"""" band list: 5. Ascendancy (for being the fastest thing Mass has ever seen) 4. Bane of Existence (just because) 3. Terminally Your Aborted Ghost (for coming up with some really great death grind without ripping off skinless) 2. In Dire Need (for being one of the most visually and auibly exciting bands i've ever seen in mass, if not ever and doing everything in their power to come up with new things and push their music further) 1. The Red Chord (for being one of the most innovative bands i've ever heard and for undoubtedly being one of the hardest working "metal" bands i've ever seen. They started off as absolute nobodies, and they worked their way from the ground up on nothing but pure effort. Now they're selling out shows at the palladium, but they're never too good to stop and say whats up to me.) criteria for this list: bands that can be classified as metal (not metalcore) and are currently active. thats the top 5 list. if your band isn't on it it's probably because you suck. |
_________________________________ [Apr 21,2003 3:32am - Terence ""] ok, not like it matters or anything, but here is my top 5 in Mass Metal 5. Random Acts of Violence...not many people know about them, some really talented thrash. 4. Dysentery...some of the most brutal shit, from like, kids that are in high school, for Christs sake. 3. Upon Crimson Wings...they've def. come a long way, from opening shows, now to headlining them. 2. Bane of Existence...they've def. got what it takes to be signed to a major metal record label. 1. Eternal Suffering...yeah, they arent around anymore, but to me they will always be the nastiest thing that ever came out of Mass. The sickest pits, the nastiest breakdown/tech/blasting ever. Along with Sevenday Curse, these guys created metal as we know it in Mass. there it is...just my list though. Here are a few runners up... Despoilment...a bunch of good shits creating some sick death metal. Phantom Limb...2 piece ultra tech death/black metal. check them out. Life at Zero...yeah, they're from NH, but still, they're my boys. |
_______________________________________ [Apr 25,2003 8:54am - Joe/NotCommon ""] ok i have decided to be the asshole and list what I think are the worst 5 local bands: 5-the midnight creeps 4-the knox 3-the lot 6 2-in dire need 1-discordia if i had my way all those bands and everyone associated with them would die a slow and painful death |
____________________________________ [Apr 25,2003 9:34am - tyagxgrind ""] In Dire Need??? Come on? WTF. Good Kids, Good Band. I could think of FAR WORSE bands from our area.... hm.... Devon (TYAG) |
___________________________________________ [Apr 25,2003 10:11am - thegreatspaldino ""] damn... In Dire Need is intense. i can think of 20 bands that are way crappier than IDN was before IDN had their first practice. In Dire Need is good shit... i almost murdered about 78 newborn babies when i first saw them live they were that brutal. |
_______________________________________ [Apr 25,2003 5:36pm - No Life recs ""] December Wolves Watchmaker Backstabbers Inc (NH) Trap Them And Kill Them Adolf Satan You're Fired Hirudinea Witch Tomb Ninnixu Psychosadistic Haterapist Microphallus Kevorkians Angels Gonkulator Pestiferous Martyrvore Erotonomicon Aiwass Scum Bitch These are the bands I listen to and like from MA. Not much else in MA that is really my taste, but I will list some bands that deserve credit and are good at what they do. Upon Crimson Wings Accursed Ascendancy A Cold Reality Bane Of Existence La Minita Cartel (NH, ex Id) there are probably a few others I can't remember Almost every other "metal" band is "death metal for hc kids", "Gothenburg MA melodic metal", or moshy brutal death metal which has been rehashed for the past ten years. Infestation (RIP) Desolate (RIP) Grief (RIP) AC (RIP) Cyhyreath (RIP) Cursed For Eternity (RIP) Psycho (RIP) Withering Spring (RIP) |
______________________________________ [Apr 25,2003 9:12pm - the_reverend ""] Microphallus should win just for the name... |
________________________________________ [Apr 25,2003 10:25pm - Joe/NotCommon ""] woah cool, you named kevorkian's angels. thats awesome, i thought nobody liked them because they didnt buy their music at hot topic like the other 'grindcore' bands from the area |
_________________________________ [Apr 25,2003 11:01pm - XmikeX ""] hot topic sells music. i thought they concentrated mostly on tshirts with unwitty vampire slogans. "i brake for vampires" "vampires are people too" "got blood?" "look out im a vampire" "abercrombie and vampire" "who cares if my pants are the size of rhode island im a vampire" "blah blah blah.........VAMPIRE" okay i made those up. |
_______________________________________ [Apr 26,2003 12:29am - the_reverend ""] so for shit n' gigles, I just went to hottopic.com a static lullaby is on the front page and I believe that that's chan from iRANACH on the right. WOW!!! they have a "plus/extended sizes" probably cause being a goth and a female means a) you are fat b) you have acne c) you are fat d) you are bi [img]hm..[img]hm..[img] hm..[img] hmm... [img] |
________________________________________ [Apr 26,2003 10:17am - Joe/NotCommon ""] haha, female goth fans really are fat, its so true. everyonce and a while there is a wicked hot goth girl, but of course she always ends up either being wicked fucking crazy and not capable of being involved in society, or is a lesbian, or both. i thought hot topic does sell music, but I was more mocking the image of some bands, who care more about looking like homeless women then they do about writing good music. |
_____________________________________ [Apr 26,2003 11:54am - tyagxgrind ""] Psychosadistic Haterapist Microphallus Scum Bitch Funniest cyber grind or porn/anti gay bands in Mass. I wish they actually could play shows if it was possible. My band TYAG, is a 125% Devourment rip-off Death/Grind for hardcore kids only, we know it, its still fun, better than only playing metalcore for hardcore kids I guess. Definatly all our lyrics about pathological and forensic stuff and other shit, were trying to stay trendy really. I forgot goregrind is trendy now anyways but whatever. *Please come to our site and say shit about our crappy band, and go to our shows and make fun of the hardcore dancing, besides I'd rather just have 300 motionless kids stairing at me. Devon (TYAG) http://www.tyag.cjb.net/ - tyagxgrind@hotmail.com HOT TOPIC RULEZ!!!!! |
______________________________________ [Apr 26,2003 3:40pm - Ninkaszi187 ""] Wow, No Life recs is awesome and knows some shit. Scum Bitch did play some shows with Drew/Microphallus on vocals. I think Scum Bitch are still around, but without Drew. Psychosadistic Haterapist is my brother Jay, and Drews band. Jay is the other main member of our black/grind/thrash band Hirudinea. One day soon me, Jay, Drew, and Ben (Hirudinea/Witch Tomb/Erotonomicon/Aiwass) are going to start a real goregrind band in the vein of old Impetigo, Gut, Butcher ABC, Vomito, demo/first album era Carcass, Kutabre, old Pungent Stench, and Repulsion. Kind of a continuation, but better Mortified (our old grind band 96-99). Lack of time is the only thing stopping it. Then we will play all these gay, I mean awesome "death/grind" shows, show all the high school bands how it's done, and hopefully fight the crowd while we sloppyplay our awesome original songs. Hook us up with a hardcore death metal show man! YEAH!!!! |
____________________________________ [Apr 26,2003 4:06pm - tyagxgrind ""] For all you true HARDCORE gore/noise/grind here is what we all should buy.... Microphallus/Grossmember split 7" is out now on Fudgeworthy Records. 4 new tracks from each band. pale gray/blue marble vinyl. $5 US $7 World. Fudgeworthy Records 8 Stevin Dr. Woburn, MA 01801 USA Copies available from Microphallus as well: phalluscore@hotmail.com www.microphallus.net/ - Should be a cool time. I more like LYMPHATIC PHLEGM, ULCERRHOEA, FECULENT GORETOMB, NVE, FECULENCE, AUTOPHAGIA, AMOEBIC DYSENTERY, NECROBESTIALITY, PIGSTY, MINCING FURY..., TU CARNE, DECOMPOSING SERENITY, shit like that, I guess that makes me a poser. Hmmm. Whatever. Crappy, I mean awesome Death/Grind is the way to go!!! Play hardcore shows to find new people who may like the same things as your band, wicked gay. Maybe I should buy a pitchshifter, get a drum machine, weird harmonics, and I'll be all set. -Devon (TYAG) - tyagxgrind@hotmail.com |