[quote name='HeadRusch']I can't get into this new metal you guys are listening to

I love my old favorites...Anthrax, pre-black-album Metallica, Slayer, Testament, etc...and old bands like SOD and the like. Of course classics like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and so on. Some hardcore punk rounding out the equation.
But today...this whole Growling Thing which back in the day was relegated to DeathMetal bands......and the downbeat Goth metal sound (Again, I'm out of the loop, I'm sure there are TERMS for these classifications of metal, I just don't know em) I just can't get into.
That band with the chick lead singer who growls.....and Lamb Of God. Tried hard to listen to em...just couldn't do it. The growling and screaming just kept making me laugh
You know when someone is trying TOO hard to be badass? Thats like the reaction I kept getting......
Last metal album I picked up that I really liked was Puppet Master by King Diamond. last metal album I picked up that I sort-of liked was Death Cult Armageddon by Dimmu Borgir, which I KNOW GOES AGAINST what I just said above...but I dug the whole orchestra sound and the video on MTV2 sucked me in. I enjoyed the album but no longer listen to it, and I wouldn't go out and buy any of their other works...
Fear Factory was great with DeManufacture...after that they went straight to hell

(with a few exceptions from later discs).
Judas Priest and Anthrax with the original lineup are two shows I'd like to try and catch in the coming year...[/QUOTE]
Obsolete and Digimortal are awesome cds by FF.
And, Death CUlt Amrageddon is a masterpiece.