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RE: Gasps from the audience... Did they just do that? This is Shock Rock. [Metal Tree: 7]
They're pretty good in the studio, but live they were like a really bad garage band. I haven't heard of Doom Metal so they probably fit (and probably why I didn't know where to put them). Also, you might give the Texas Hippie Coalition a look, if you haven't already. They're kinda new- sort of Pantera meets ZZ Top!
I hadn't heard of Doom Metal until I wrote a post on it either, but once they described what makes the sound I added some things.
Overkill for example is a Thrash Metal band, but they have a lot of songs that are not fast... but are super low and chugging a long and it turns out that is a Doom Metal trait, so I now consider Overkill both Thrash and Doom, it all depends upon which song you are listening to.
One reason I try to stay away from categorizing Metal...some of the distinctions are really nebulous to me! I'll leave that to you experts ;)
I am not expert... it is trying to determine what all those branches on Sam's chart were that inspired me to write these posts. With a few exceptions such as Grindcore, Nu Metal, and Black Metal that I have not covered yet, most of the remaining branches are nebulous to me too.
I notice that there are some really new branches I haven't made it to yet. Such as New Wave of American Metal. Some of the bands like Killswitch Engage Sam Dunn has listed in this section, though Wikipedia mentioned them in Metalcore (which I didn't know what was either) so another case of sub-genre overlap. It is possible Texas Hippie Coalition might fit into one of these up and coming branches (and possibly some older ones as well), but the majority of the styles coming up (there are some exceptions) I do not really know what distinguishes them... so I don't know where they might fit until I've researched and written about those branches... there are a few branches left I am familiar with, but quite a few I know nothing or very little about. This is kind of cool though, because I learn things while making my posts.
Well, they don't really look like a Metal band
Hell... I don't associate looks with music anymore... :)
I like it when they don't look like expected... and I have never heard these guys but they are pretty bad ass...
Low aspect would also work well with Doom metal, and definitely has some Pantera feel... though I suspect some of the branches I haven't covered yet might fit better for a lot of newer bands. Hard to say since I don't know what defines most of them...
The lowness of this though would fit with Doom Metal feel.... but another trait of the Doom Metal seems to be that they almost continued with the Black Sabbath feel and carried it forward.
These guys are unique enough I suspect they'll fit better in new stuff I haven't covered.
Really cool though... thanks for sharing them.