LOCAL "SCENE" ?

necroodin · Post by **necroodin** » Mon October 19th, 2009, 10:39 pm

hes not and doesnt and they dont, but I DO, i just meant i figured more people on here would be interested than seem to be is all.

TheKshatriya · Post by **TheKshatriya** » Tue October 20th, 2009, 2:46 am

badcarburetor wrote: I started going to shows in the early-mid 80s and have never stopped. In my experience Atlanta was never a great metal town. Sure, the big shows did fine, but just like with straight edge and hardcore, Atlanta's local scenes were never all that big. I sure don't remember those local shows with a thousand people there, but maybe I somehow missed it.

Im only 22 so I wasnt around the 80s, but in the past 8+ years Atlanta's hardcore scene has been great. Definitely the best in the south east and Id say one of the best in the country.

I dont consider Withered a local band anymore. Theyre local but theyve gotten past that status I think. But aside from Living Decay and Spewtilator I cant think of any current Atlanta bands that are even mediocre.

Whoever said there were local shows with thousands....was that a joke?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue October 20th, 2009, 5:49 am

i dig the hell out of let the night roar, awesome dudes...they need to play more... i thought i heard they got signed to some label

TheKshatriya wrote:
badcarburetor wrote: I started going to shows in the early-mid 80s and have never stopped. In my experience Atlanta was never a great metal town. Sure, the big shows did fine, but just like with straight edge and hardcore, Atlanta's local scenes were never all that big. I sure don't remember those local shows with a thousand people there, but maybe I somehow missed it.
Im only 22 so I wasnt around the 80s, but in the past 8+ years Atlanta's hardcore scene has been great. Definitely the best in the south east and Id say one of the best in the country.

I dont consider Withered a local band anymore. Theyre local but theyve gotten past that status I think. But aside from Living Decay and Spewtilator I cant think of any current Atlanta bands that are even mediocre.

Whoever said there were local shows with thousands....was that a joke?

thanks for the good words man. i guess its all a matter of taste, i think theres definitely more good metal bands than just us and living decay... though i will concede i'm not into what most bands in general are doing in atlanta....we do have our gems though.

ive never really thought of withered as a local band. they always seemed like kind of a strange but awesome anomaly in atlanta. always seemed like there should be more people into them...though thats starting to change with them being on prosthetic

Strange · Post by **Strange** » Tue October 20th, 2009, 9:55 am

necroodin wrote:Let The Night Roar motherfuckers.

Malevolent Creation's old guitarist, awesome drums, thick bass, great dudes, but I see no love for these guys here ever.

They practice right acoss the hall from us now. They are pretty bad ass.

Whoever said there were local shows with thousands....was that a joke?

I wouldn't say thousands, but in the early 90's bands like Nihilist, Damnage and Mojo (even before they were signed) could draw as many people to the Masquerade as a lot of Nationals did. And they would pack the Wreck Room out. The shitty band I was in at the time would play the outside stage and just the overflow crowd from inside (plus whatever we happened to draw) was pretty killer. Blackness (my bass singer/bassist's old band) was drawing 300-500 people consistently.

Now, you honestly don't think there are any even mediocre bands in Atlanta besides Withered and Spewtilator? haha...wow.

Barry Clark · Post by **Barry Clark** » Tue October 20th, 2009, 3:48 pm

Strange wrote:
necroodin wrote:Whoever said there were local shows with thousands....was that a joke?
I wouldn't say thousands,

Yeah. Not thousands. Thousand. Yes. Thousands. No. Thousands were more for the BIG national acts. You might get 1400 or so in at the Masqerade for your average national act and down. Don't know that to always be true. Just the shows I played or had direct knowledge of.

There is a clear and distinct difference in the metal crowd today from yesteryear.

necroodin · Post by **necroodin** » Wed October 21st, 2009, 11:39 pm

^^ i didnt say that

Barry Clark · Post by **Barry Clark** » Thu October 22nd, 2009, 2:50 pm

necroodin wrote:^^ i didnt say that

Well somebody did. haha. I probably jacked up the quotes trying to get rid of a page worth of text not germane to the point.

VOEGTLIN · Post by **VOEGTLIN** » Thu October 22nd, 2009, 3:03 pm

Saying "germane" is metal.

ScreamBloodyGore · Post by **ScreamBloodyGore** » Thu October 22nd, 2009, 7:26 pm

Who cares about supporting a local scene when you can order pizza online and download melodic black metal at the same time?

Leaving your house for anything other than seeing a Shia Lebouff movie or going to Wal-Mart is fucking gay, yo.

TheKshatriya · Post by **TheKshatriya** » Thu October 22nd, 2009, 11:07 pm

Who does everyone think are the good local metal bands? Im not trying to be a dick but I cant think of any active bands besides Spewtilator and Living Decay.

Strange · Post by **Strange** » Fri October 23rd, 2009, 10:12 am

Brian wrote:Living Decay
Sybaritic
From Exile
Apocalyptic Visions
Legions of Astaroth
Irreversible
Withered

all great bands

MS_39455 wrote:Brian's list is right on. I'd also include :

Hellgoat
Malefic
Avulsion (regularly active or not)
Winds of Malice
Prime Mover
Amoebic Dysentery
Xeroderma
Severed Faith
Let the Night Roar

Strange wrote: Anger Within
Apocalyptic Visions
Axial Discorrelation
the Bone Church
Daath
Dead Rites
Doomsayer
From Exile
Gnostic
Legion X
Light Pupil Dilate
Malefic
Organ
S.M.I.
Sybaritic
Withered
Xeroderma

VOEGTLIN · Post by **VOEGTLIN** » Fri October 23rd, 2009, 11:10 am

Strange wrote:
Brian wrote:Living Decay
Sybaritic
From Exile
Apocalyptic Visions
Legions of Astaroth
Irreversible
Withered

all great bands

MS_39455 wrote:Brian's list is right on. I'd also include :

Hellgoat
Malefic
Avulsion (regularly active or not)
Winds of Malice
Prime Mover
Amoebic Dysentery
Xeroderma
Severed Faith
Let the Night Roar

Strange wrote: Anger Within
Apocalyptic Visions
Axial Discorrelation
the Bone Church
Daath
Dead Rites
Doomsayer
From Exile
Gnostic
Legion X
Light Pupil Dilate
Malefic
Organ
S.M.I.
Sybaritic
Withered
Xeroderma

Pizza 'n' Melodic BM, bros.

Strange · Post by **Strange** » Fri October 23rd, 2009, 3:33 pm

VOEGTLIN wrote:
Pizza 'n' Melodic BM, bros.

Nah...just some disharmonic indigestion.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sun October 25th, 2009, 10:15 am

not going to name names... as i definitely think its more about personal taste than actual "goodness" or "talent" but my list of active atlanta metal bands i like is only 7 or 8 bands long... but thats mainly because im not a fan of any band with a noticable pantera influence, not big on most black metal, and not really into the tech death genre.

Barry Clark · Post by **Barry Clark** » Tue October 27th, 2009, 4:17 am

VOEGTLIN wrote:Saying "germane" is metal.

When I think 'germane', I think Industrial music.

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