bostaph

unfortunately due to other pressing commitments Element 106 will no longer be playing fudges 5th celebration bash at Dr Drakes on the 8th July.

Good luck to all the other bands that do play and have a damn fine time!

. I fucking love corpse paint' date=' its a tradition at the very root of the genre. I know it looks ridiculous, but I love it.

VomituS will NEVER perform live without corpse-paint!!!! We even practice in it occasionally.[/quote']

Thoth, thats a very interesting quote, due to the fact that your fellow bandmate Thurisaz informed me only a couple of weeks ago that corpse paint has nothing to do with the genre of music, it's for cheesy stage show pish a'la cradle of filth and dimmu borgir?

MMM two bandmates with conflicting interests, it's good that you all have your own ideas though

Which of you two are correct? I guess we'll never know!!

But it is true that all Black metal etc, is associated with corpse face paint, even if they wear it or not, just makes it more evil i suppose? depends if your a messed up teenager or not??

It will be a truely MEEEETTTTTAAAALLLL night, nevermind the other gig in Drakes, the morrings is warmer anyway!

COME TO THE MOORINGS FOR A FEAST OF MULTI METAL ATTITUDE, and a pint and a laugh with tthe boys! Any takers, go on, we'll be gentle!!

to be poerfectly honest Chris' date=' I didn't think you would have EVER heard that album. Good on you!!!

As for the statement about all "true" black metal being unlistenable, there are bands out there that are very well recorded and tuneful.

examples:

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Satahanas(very true, yet very well recorded with TONS of melody and spectacular drumming)

Emperor - Emperial Live Ceremony(one of the last Emperor gigs ever recorded in London Astoria 2, fuckin AMAZING quality, and Emperor's guitar parts, drum lines and vocal delivery are OUTSTANDING by any standards)

Immortal - At The Heart of Winter(well recorded with some beautiful melodies

.vox are a bit toad like, but once you get used to that, fuckin quality album)

Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising(you heard one of the songs off this Chris, "I Am The Wargod". Best basslines Ive ever heard on a true black metal album, with melodic and crazy riffing guitars, full on speedy as fuck drumming and a vocal delivery that is beautiful, even if it is in an Australian accent).

thats just to name but a few.

Of course, I can understand why the likes of Nargaroth, Skaldic Curse, Azaroth, Gorgoroth won't be your thing.[/quote']

Well i may give some of them a second listen!!

D immu Borgir and Cradle Filth are complete pish.

Originally posted by Dechristianise:

Yeh i find the slowish thrash style blastbeats are easier to but when doing the full double kick and full speed snare hits a killer. but then again i tend not to warm up..

any suggestions as to good warm ups

i personalyl go for simple 4/4 grooves incorporating alot of slowish fills and use of double bass a good start

I actually think that playing double bass to start with is a very bad idea! When i warm up, i usually start playing with my right foot only, then use my left foot for the same amount of time to warm up, once i've done this as you say into the slower 4/4 stylee drum beats and so on. Dream theatre stuff is actually great for every aspect of drum warm up to highly advanced stuff, but the time signatures get on my tits!

Then after half an hour, into double bass slowly to get both feet working at the same power and same exactly opposite time! then go apeshite!!!!!

Originally posted by Dechristianise:

Ah Ha cheers man it was bugging me for a while.

i can always rely on a fellow skin basher to help me out.

Spd still killing ya ?

Nah, spike never kills me, blastbeats are a piece of piss slowed down, but playing them at full chat is a bit of a nightmare if your not fully warmed up, it's so easy to go out of time when playing 32's with your hands!

Originally posted by Dechristianise:

Sounds good like,all my sticks are chiped to fuck as i've used them for years and back in the day i walways hit the metal sides of the toms. They are slowly falling apart. Also you may be able to help me with this drum problem,my snare vibrates like fuck all the time when i use my double kick pedal reckon you could help from stopping this ?

Hey man, if you mean movement, it's your knees, doh|!!! But i presume you mean that annoying "BUZZ" that we all get time to time.

This is very simply caused by the snare strainer (Curly wires) that produce the snap on the bottom of the snare being too loose! It's simple to sort, just unscrew the bolts from one end of the strainer to loosen it, wind the tensioner screw anticlockwise as far as it'll go and hold the snare strainer as tight as you can whilst re-bolting up (make sure that the snare is also in the off position!!).

Once all reassembled so to speak, with the bolts nice n' tight click the snare strainer back into the on position if you like! And rotate the screw clockwise hitting the snare periodically ubtill you like the sound of it, !

P.S> MAke sure that the snare skin as quite tight also!

Hope this helps my drumming buddy amigo!

Originally posted by Dechristianise:

Good Shit bostaph !!!

Hows the drummnig doing ?

Hey man, it's all good, just breaking sticks left right and centre at the moment, better get me self some new ones soonish - element have a bout of gigs coming int the next couple of week onwards! Need to get me some new pedals too, the iron cobra's giving up the ghost, mind you i have had it about 5 years, value for money i think!!!!!

Originally posted by RomanChoke:

jesus christ it looks like your going to have a very shit band out of that. You want to have vocals that are unoriginal and totally lame as well as furious, senseless drumming. No doubt you'll get the usual musically handicapped people at your gigs though

Dont be such an idiot, everyone has to start somewhere. I remember many a moon ago, being in a band desparately searching for a singer and almost giving up hope!

Be more respectful to others everyone has to start some where:swearing:

Originally posted by Dechristianise:

Cheating bastards !!!

Midi triggers HA

is it for one or two bass drums ?

MMMM sounds like a Nick Barker favorite, it is kinda cheating, but you still have to be able to play that speed to start with!

Just means you aint a consistent drummer at that speed! Which is hard anyway!

Mapex orion maple custom every time. I used to have a tama kit which was nice, but made of birch so not so warm sounding as the mapex!!

Although the Tama starclassic maple would probably sound just as good, probably equal to the mapex!

Originally posted by hog dev fucker:

I have a zoom 3030 and its ace apart from the really crap pitch shifter. The distortion sound can be heard on my "Spike Pile Driver" post on Music Discussion, damn heavy!

Hawg, lovely stuff as Alan Partridge might say, it would be great to scare people at the spike gig tomorrow night with crazy effects!

Originally posted by SlayerEmma:

I think Amazon has a good price for it - if I remember correctly!

I think Baz got a boxset, not sure about anyone else.

Maybe Chris from Element106 got a few copies too

Damn right Emma, how did you know, was it my signature that gave away my un-denying love for the chaps?

The "Best Heavy Metal Band" category in my opinion might be a bit bias, as The Atom are the only guys who really fit that category. There should be categories for best New metal (EMO?), Death Metal, Thrash Metal etc, ya get ma drift mins!

Originally posted by Philip:

These awards appear to be more about who knows who, who's popular, as opposed to a bands musical merit!

Yup, seems that way!

Originally posted by fat_bottom_girls:

Confide, a new aberdeenm based metal band now have a forum up and running at confide so please go check it out!

and finally Seth, seth is THE metal drummer!! of aberdeen, no one quite hits the drums as hard as this man, his hands are like the size of my head and he is probably the biggest dude i have ever seen! He is metal in it's pureist form!! He is giving Confide the backbone it needs!!!

Sorry to ruin all the good antics, but Scott, Risactonia, need i say more!

This man melts drums, he bleeds over them, he destroys any piece of equipment with brutality. Whatever's left, get's bombed!!

Needless to say i don't piss about with the sticks either!

Originally posted by Ben Quik:

Benante....WOW!!

Here here!!

Originally posted by Gumpy:

try joey jordison of slipknot for drum solos

Nah, if you want to listen to a real drummers drum solo, you really need to check the masterclass drummers, ie. Gerry Brown, Dom Famularo, and most of all Dennis Chambers.

The likes of Travis and Joey only really do fast tom rolls with a bit of double bass thrown in (at speed), but ther's no real structure, but then again any drum solo is always good!!

Originally posted by thurisaz:

I forgot, I have a boyfriend, cos i love pork luncheon meat!!

but for the record, I had a massive nob-nose for about 5 seconds after reading your reply, oh i can't spell, mmmgggneegghh

Are you ok??(

Re: Re: Re: Friday 23rd @ Kef

Originally posted by thurisaz:

those two parts are shite.

Its nto a question of how well you're doing without me, I am just trying to look at you as a new band.

And I REALLY didn't want to be on the other side of the stage, trust me. Thats why I quit.

Shite?, typical Dave lowering the tone, need i say more, HA HA HA to you!

You've taken what i said all wrong, never mind, i know it was a fantastic gig, the crowd reaction was kinda a sure fire gurantee of that!

METAL!!

Originally posted by RomanChoke:

ho ho ho.

You are a friggin Ho, why not pick up az 90" floor tom to go with your 6 foot bass drum?

Originally posted by Dan Atom:

If you like us then you will more than likely enjoy these albums:

BLAZE - The Tenth Dimension

AREA 54 - No Visible Scars

DREAM THEATER - Images and Words

ICED EARTH - Something Wicked This Way Comes

SYMPHONY X - The Oddyssey

Whose heard or got them all?

Hey dan, thanks i like those bands, but sorry i'm not too much a fan of Iron maiden, cough, cough, err i mean Black Atom, sorry to offend:swearing:

Originally posted by thurisaz:

Friday January 23rd, Kef

New Faith, Apraxia, Hexagonal Pensioners, Element 106

Well, I turned up right at the start of this gig, for reasons unknown to myself. In fact, if I remember correctly (which I do) I was the first person through the door. But well, it was fucking wet and cold, and I just wanted to hear some music really. I looked out of place in my Pig Destroyer shirt punk patch covered jacket, but fuck it. I also felt out of place, considering I'd be locked up if I touched any of the girls (or boys if I was that way inclined, which I am not) there.

This was the first gig Id been to in kef apart from the debut gig that was held hear during the GoNorth thing, with WBL and Alyssa's Wish etc. And anyway, just to throw something in to this review randomly, I preferred Lava.

So, after waiting for a wee while and having a few bottles of fish-guts (it was only 1.50) I headed downstairs to watch the first band. New Faith opened up the night. Now I'd seen this lot at what I think was their first ever gig, and they were bad. Two things they had going for them was that A. they had a song called Rape, Murder, Suicide, which was funny, and B. there were many many many jokes made about the singer sounding like a toad. Same line-up, and they opened with a verse and a chorus form Seek 'n' Destroy. Musically, it was tight, but the vocals were just, still toad-ish. As the night wore on, it became apparent that the only real thing this band had going for them was some guitarists that can play not too bad. After seeing them do a not too bad cover of For Whom the Bell Tolls (which is nothing too hard) they went onto Slayer's "Seasons in the Abyss" (or did they play Slayer before Metallica, hmm, canna mind). Anyway, the Slayer cover was BAD. Better than their last gig, but still BAD. Went off-time, missed out parts, played riffs wrong, eeeek, it was scary. Word of advice, stop playing that song. Other than that, with a few gigs and more originals as opposed to covers that they are incapable of playing, and when the guitarist stops thinking hes Kirk Hammet on stage at Wembley, New Faith could be a half decent Metal act (well, they might at least be better than Reap).

Back upstairs, more beer, downstairs again for the next band.

Apraxia, started off and it was clear that they were funk to the max. At this point I'm thinking somewhere between Red Hot Chili Peppers and Primus. The vocals were quite strange, but cool. Can't really say who they remind me of, cos the little fun I listen to, I forget about soon after. But its good. In the first song, its made apparent that they have a good bassist, and a good guitarist also, who pulls off a real nice solo. Now, before going into the second song, the bassist and drummer decided to have a little jam session. I think I saw the guitarist change the guitar, but I dunno, maybe the jam was just to show off. And they did, cos the bassist is fucking phenomenal! Anyway, the set wore on, and yes, the bassist and guitarist are both VERY good with their instruments, but the guitarist took over on vocals for one of the songs, and I didn't like that. The sound in the room really didn't compliment Apraxia's style of music, with the bass being too low and the vocals too high. But yeah, it wore on. and on. and on. Eventually it got boring with nothing to really add to the flavour, after watching these guys play around and prove they could play, it just got monotonous, with the songs sounding samey. And also, the drumming was very monotone as well. Even though I can understand that their is not much room for the drummer to explore with funk, still, he could have done something, he was capable of it, and he just looked like he needed to lighten up.

Anyway, if you're into funk, you'll like them, coos they are good, just a bit samey sounding for an entire set.

Next, Hexagonal Pensioners. Now I didn't know what to expect form this lot. All I know is they make some girl wet. And now that I have seen them, I can say they don't make me wet, or give me a hardon, nothing like that. Good guitarist, good bassist, decent drummer. Thats it. The music itself did nothing for me. You can solo, you can tap, and you can even go into off time beats and rhythms in places, yippee.

I can see why some people may like them, but I just dont. Funky stuff with a hint of lounge music (I dunno, I just thought of lounge music while listening) and vocals that remind me of Les Claypool.

Thats all.

Now, the headliners, my old band, Element 106. Now I've never done this, have to watch a band playing live that I used to be in. And I'll say it straight off, it was weird. I think the first thing that grabbed peoples attention when they walked on stage was either A.Hoggs weird wee green guitar or B. the glaring shine off Hoggs head. But I must get on with it. They opened with 'No-One, a heavy song. Tony started vocals, and it was a nice low toned growl. Different form what I used to do (no Jaimi, not a fucking Dani Filth rip-off!), but whatever; I wasnt coming along to see how well he impersonated me. But the song sounded the same as I remember it apart from the vox. Which is good. They then went straight into a slowed down one 'Over You Now' which I thought would be very interesting to hear what the new axe-man Hogg did for the solo (which, if you havent heard it, is a good solo composed by old guitarist, Ian). And the song ran through, sounding good, and the same as it used to, and then the time for the solo came. And emm, it was very quiet. From what I could hear, it was also very different, and seemed very random, but whatever, it wasn't dismal (which to be honest, I thought it was going to be). And so the set ran on, all the songs that were played sounding as they used to, apart form two. 'I Try', a much softer song in which Jaimi takes over on vocals with a very melodic voice, was different, cos while I used to go off stage and have a drink and a fag during this song, Tony did some vocals. With a low background talking voice behind Jaimi's and then towards the end, building this up to a full on growl in the background of Jaimi's voice. It turned out quite good. And then, the last song. Started off VERY new, never heard it before, and I believe it was called 'Strive'. First original of the new line-up. But not completely, The song went through, very well, different style of metal form the old E106, but then changed into an old song 'Marz'. Not the whole song, just parts of it had been cut and pasted out into this new 'Strive'. SO overall, a good performance by the new E106. I enjoyed it. Turned out a lot better than I thought it was gonna be, and as you probably saw, it keeps the kids happy (the boys form New Faith fucking loved it it seemed).

Reflections on the night:

Aparaxia will be one to watch out for, especially that fuckign bassist.

HexPen should dry up the girl they made wet.

New Faith have quite alot of work to do.

Element106 sound different but not bad. We'll see what the older metal crew thinks of the new line-up on the 31st.

Cheers

Dave 'thurisaz'

Not too bad a review, but still quite alot of misunderstandings, and un-necessarily harsh thoughts, especially towards New-Faith, whom actually did a really good job of the covers that they chose, but on the other hand were covers that seemed far beyond their technical capability's, fair enough, at least they tried -VERY HARD. I was still quite impressed.

The E106 review, now wasnt too bad as i thought you'd be really bitchy and ful of sour grapes, as you see we're doing so well without you, but a few points, Hog's over you now solo, represents nohing of what Ian played, it's a different part all together, and Marz was never a complete song, which we were never happy with. But this played a vital part in "strive", but as you rather unprofessionally put it "pasted together", it might have been noted that the part of marz was very different to the way it was played previously, AND THE TWO WERE SEEMLESLEY BLENDED TOGETHER without and noticable bridge!

A bit of Un-friendly bias toward E106, but it has to be expected really, you looked like you really wish you were still on the other side of the stage!! LOL!!

When is the next VOA gig anyway?

Originally posted by hog dev fucker:

Ok, Element 106 can confirm the 17th

Here here, DR Drake, Element 106 ready to go for the 17th, complete with new line up, more brutal than ever before.

METAL