Metal from the Land of Ire

FenderMedium · Post by **FenderMedium** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:19 pm

Noisenik wrote:
mordred wrote:SWEET SAVAGE would deserve a mention methinks...
Ouch! I completely forgot them. My memory, where have you gone?

Yeah me too I have killing time laying around it has to be one of the best irish bands, I remember listening to it over and over,does anyone have anymore info about killing time? it was released in 1996, but it doesn't seem like it could be recorded then is it some type of collection of unreleased tracks or something I'm sort of confused.

AxeCrazy · Post by **AxeCrazy** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:23 pm

FenderMedium wrote:Yeah me too I have killing time laying around it has to be one of the best irish bands, I remember listening to it over and over,does anyone have anymore info about killing time? it was released in 1996, but it doesn't seem like it could be recorded then is it some type of collection of unreleased tracks or something I'm sort of confused.

I'm fairly certain that Killing Time was recorded in 95-96, but it contains a lot of their older tunes re-recorded. The tracks Killing Time, Eye Of The Storm, Prospector of Greed, The Raid and Ground Zero are all from the early 80s.

If you like Sweet Savage, I suggest you search for them on eBay. Trev Fleming has been selling CDRs of the original Sweet Savage recordings. They're very well done, and worth the money, IMO. It's too bad they never recorded an album back then. If so, it would be up there with Maiden and Angel Witch.

Post by **DaN** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:23 am

What about this rumour that a lot of SWEET SAVAGE demo tracks turned into DIO songs? I've never investigated this but perhaps someone else here has?

wicked keeper · Post by **wicked keeper** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 7:03 am

Darkest Era (formerly known as Nemesis) from Northern Ireland:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =182406207

Noisenik · Post by **Noisenik** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:16 am

wicked keeper wrote:Darkest Era (formerly known as Nemesis) from Northern Ireland:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =182406207

Have checked them out. not bad at all. some potential.

Post by **DaN** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:38 am

Critical wrote:Primordial are one of the best Metal bands in the world. If you're looking for bands in a similar direction, the biggest ones which come to mind are:

Mael Mordha - http://www.myspace.com/maelmorda

Waylander - http://www.myspace.com/clanwaylander
(Their second album 'The Light, The Dark, and the Endless Knot' in particular, for that Black/Celtic feel)

You might also want to look into Karnayna and Geasa.

Thanx for those. I've been listening to both of them on&off at work this last week. I'm really getting into Mael Mordha - the way they combinde Doom, Folk and a bit of BM, it worked a whole lot better for me than I would have thought had I just heard the description. Waylander on the other hand wasn't really my back. Their mix of folk & BM felt a bit too blatant. I miss the fingerspitzgefül of Mael Mordha and Primordial here, and I've always had a hard time w/ standard BM vocals.

FenderMedium · Post by **FenderMedium** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:58 am

Have you ever tried Cruachan's - Tuatha Na Gael?

Post by **DaN** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:18 am

FenderMedium wrote:Have you ever tried Cruachan's - Tuatha Na Gael?

Nope. Any clips out there?

FenderMedium · Post by **FenderMedium** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:33 am

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/mus ... a+Gael.htm

These clips really don't do it justice.

I think the other albums may have too many female vocals for your taste.

FenderMedium · Post by **FenderMedium** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:34 am

second time this happened I don't know if I clicked the button too many times but I got this error.

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Noisenik · Post by **Noisenik** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:39 am

FenderMedium wrote:Have you ever tried Cruachan's - Tuatha Na Gael?

not bad stuffs actually. Irish folk BM prototype. Original version is the recorded in the vein of Metal From Hell. Well, almost. The remastered one I haven't heard. Well, if you like Primordial, you may find this ok too. I guess they are better than Waylander though they share members.

Post by **DaN** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:40 am

FenderMedium wrote:second time this happened I don't know if I clicked the button too many times but I got this error.

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in D:\inetpub\wwwroot\thecorroseum\phpbb2\includes\smtp.php on line 34

Never seen this message before. Did it happen when you were trying to post?

FenderMedium · Post by **FenderMedium** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:58 am

Yes it was a page load problem I guess.

OmenOfSteel · Post by **OmenOfSteel** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:00 am

Noisenik wrote:
FenderMedium wrote:Have you ever tried Cruachan's - Tuatha Na Gael?
not bad stuffs actually. Irish folk BM prototype. Original version is the recorded in the vein of Metal From Hell. Well, almost. The remastered one I haven't heard. Well, if you like Primordial, you may find this ok too. I guess they are better than Waylander though they share members.

Fantastic killer near perfect album and a must to hear!!! I love their debut it crushes. Its true the sound is awful, but the music is so intense and its really something different, a forgotten masterpiece! I wouldn't even call it BM, it has a strong thrash edge, and above that the most out-of-tune flute I ever heard I think, and some of the best songwriting in decades!

The later albums are not bad either, but much more tranquil and a bit boring, just not that METAL with all the folky stuff and those boring female vox, no match for TUATHA.

I need to check the re-recorded version, but generally new recordings, even with mucho improved sound, are almost always a let-down for me. It's the SPIRIT that cant be reproduced in most cases.

tearitup1234 · Post by **tearitup1234** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:20 pm

DaN wrote:What about this rumour that a lot of SWEET SAVAGE demo tracks turned into DIO songs? I've never investigated this but perhaps someone else here has?

The opening riff of Sweet Savage's Straight Through the Heart is the same riff that's found in Dio's Caught in the Middle.