Author Topic: What Genre would you call this? (Read 8533 times)

BloodMountain · « **on:** February 13, 2007, 08:58:12 PM »

hi

i really like this song, and i know it's by a metal band, but it's not a metal song. you might not like it, but i do, so don't give me "sounds like a tasteless piece of cr@p"!
Is it acoustic folk? is it folk? is it finnish something?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTfak_Nv5LE&mode=user&search=

thanks, BM

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2007, 09:13:55 PM »

Sounds like an acoustic ballad by a Heavy Metal band
Heavy Metal unplugged?

Rather nice in my opinion

Not a million miles from what Metallica did on the black album

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2007, 09:24:12 PM »

Don't know about that song but Amorphis are like Folk death metal if there was ever such a thing.

BloodMountain · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2007, 09:32:39 PM »

yeah there probably is, but this song is an exception.

Philly Q · « **Reply #4 on:** February 14, 2007, 12:52:27 AM »

Never mind genre labels, if it's good it's good. And that song is good.

There is a hint of Metallica about it, and I like the "House Of The Rising Sun" organ in the background!

Elliot · « **Reply #5 on:** February 14, 2007, 10:33:25 AM »

Yeah that's cool - as Jon said like the Black Album, but I would add (being a folky) that the sort of acoustic guitar style can be heard in more melancholic songs by people like Martin Carthy (not that I would recommend you buy any albums as its right proper folk)

BloodMountain · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2007, 06:41:45 PM »

sounds good..... what dya mean proper folk? i'm not narrow minded!!!!

any melancholic tracks by this folk dude?

BM

BloodMountain · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2007, 06:42:20 PM »

sounds good..... what dya mean proper folk? i'm not narrow minded!!!!

any melancholic tracks you can name for me by this folk dude?

BM

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #8 on:** February 15, 2007, 07:13:18 PM »

Amorphis is a great band. They started out as a death metal band, and now their music ranges from progressive death to ambient style metal in the vein of VAST and all points in between. They have something like 9-10 albums out at this point.

Davey · « **Reply #9 on:** February 15, 2007, 07:54:06 PM »

last time i checked em out, they were a power death metal band... LOL that was tales from a 1000 lakes (or what was the title :P ) didnt like it at that point and never looked further into them.

but that's a cool song \m/

Fubar · « **Reply #10 on:** February 15, 2007, 08:01:45 PM »

Quote from: Crazy_Joe

Don't know about that song but Amorphis are like Folk death metal if there was ever such a thing.

I couldn't say much about Amorphis but Skyclad were a pretty good band back in the day. Thrash with Fiddles and Mandolins!

chrisola · « **Reply #11 on:** February 15, 2007, 11:42:01 PM »

Skyclad \m/

Opeth did a whole album like this...

If you want genre defying music... check out stuff like Sculptured... 'avant garde folk death progressive jazz lounge' if ever there was such a sound ;)

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #12 on:** February 16, 2007, 04:12:20 PM »

Quote from: chrisola

If you want genre defying music... check out stuff like Sculptured... 'avant garde folk death progressive jazz lounge' if ever there was such a sound ;)

Check out Anethema, too.

Kepu · « **Reply #13 on:** February 16, 2007, 04:19:21 PM »

^and uneXpect, now that's a weird band :lol:

Muso · « **Reply #14 on:** February 17, 2007, 01:24:38 AM »

sounds like a metallica ballad kinda

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