English speaking metal? Nah, me likee this!

[ubit]

 

[Rich]

Tunisian prog metal, anyone? Love this.

 

[Eldon Tyrell]

1 hour ago, ubit said:

 

Thanks, this was pretty good. I especially like how several bands incorporated traditional Chinese folk music.  I also liked that the first and last band featured Spector basses 🙂

All in all, much more creativity here than in the following "Top 10 Metal Songs" video: 

 

 

[ubit]

I love Rick Beato. He just knows so much about all kinds of music and is hugely qualified and knowledgeable about mixing and getting the best out of songs and the instruments that build them.

[Eldon Tyrell]

27 minutes ago, ubit said:

I love Rick Beato. He just knows so much about all kinds of music and is hugely qualified and knowledgeable about mixing and getting the best out of songs and the instruments that build them.

Agree and it is obviously not his fault that these current Top 10 lists are what they are. 

[Barking Spiders]

2 hours ago, ubit said:

I love Rick Beato. He just knows so much about all kinds of music and is hugely qualified and knowledgeable about mixing and getting the best out of songs and the instruments that build them.

Yeah I'm a follower. Rick's got great knowledge and musical ability. Without being crushing in his criticism he explains kindly and technically why something is a crock of shyte without actually saying so. My review of this top 10 would be a tad more harsh.

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[Eldon Tyrell]

6 hours ago, ubit said:

 

 

The Voodooo Kungfu bloke also looks pretty metal. I am sure that is real blood. Not sure whose blood, but hey, METAL!!! 😎

 

[Killed_by_Death]

 

 

[Eldon Tyrell]

7 minutes ago, Killed_by_Death said:

 

 

Nice, but is it really metal? Sounds more like hard rock to me 😉 

Which language is it?

[Killed_by_Death]

 

Their Thai name is Hin-Lake-Fai, which means stone-metal-fire. The song is Cat Woman, & the repeating line is 'bPai Longe Naroke', go down to Hell 😀

There are Heavier in Thailand, but when I was there THIS was The Heavy Metal band, but unfortunately they softened up over time, & even did an acoustic version of their most popular song:

 

[Killed_by_Death]

2 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Nice, but is it really metal? Sounds more like hard rock to me 😉 

Does everything need growling vocals to be Heavy Metal?

They ranged from Heavy Metal to Hard Rock, & sometimes Poppy ballads, kinda like Deep Purple:

 

[BillyBass]

1 hour ago, Killed_by_Death said:

 

Their Thai name is Hin-Lake-Fai, which means stone-metal-fire. The song is Cat Woman, & the repeating line is 'bPai Longe Naroke', go down to Hell 😀

There are Heavier in Thailand, but when I was there THIS was The Heavy Metal band, but unfortunately they softened up over time, & even did an acoustic version of their most popular song:

 

Things have improved a bit in Thailand then. I lived there for 4 years, from 1986-90, the music I heard was pure shi*te. There were some places in the south that would have music blearing out of loudpeakers after 10pm, I asked my girlfriend why? She said it was to help everyone get to sleep!  The last 3 years I was a monk so didn't listen to music anyway and then I went off to live in Burma.  I don't remember any music that wasn't pop or traditional.

[Killed_by_Death]

1 minute ago, BillyBass said:

 I don't remember any music that wasn't pop or traditional

When I was working at General Motors on a Y2K project, a new artist emerged that was really making a name for himself:

My Thai coworkers were livid when they asked what I thought of him & I said he was cliché. He had some 'heavy' songs, but mostly pandering about women.

 

later-on he did a Pop song with one of the biggest names in Thai Pop, Bird McIntosh:

The lyrics were EDGY, he sings: If you put a Buddha in your mouth, I still wouldn't believe your words

a bit of 180 degree flip from his 'crying for her to come back' stuff he did in the past

 

Even later he went quite mad & was streaming videos of himself at home alone in a dark room, proclaiming himself Thailand's Rock Star.

He's Thailand's Kanyé!

 

[BillyBass]

17 minutes ago, Killed_by_Death said:

When I was working at General Motors on a Y2K project, a new artist emerged that was really making a name for himself:

My Thai coworkers were livid when they asked what I thought of him & I said he was cliché. He had some 'heavy' songs, but mostly pandering about women.

 

later-on he did a Pop song with one of the biggest names in Thai Pop, Bird McIntosh:

The lyrics were EDGY, he sings: If you put a Buddha in your mouth, I still wouldn't believe your words

a bit of 180 degree flip from his 'crying for her to come back' stuff he did in the past

 

 

 

 

Slightly edgy, for Thailand at least. "Om Pra" might have upset a few old people but the song is still full of phrases like: 'chan rak ter" which was what all the syrupy pop I heard in the 1980s had every second line.

I never went to the Philippines but I heard they had a decent music scene when I was travelling, back in the 1980s.

[Killed_by_Death]

 

Hmm, I worked in the PI as well, last time in Batangas on Shell's new gas plant, Malampaya.

I did not notice anything heavier than sappy Pop. Kara-okay TV was all the rage there, most bars had a large TV that people would sing into. (and KTV signs out front)

You also had to check your weapons at the door:

 

We had this on the sign at the gate at work, no blades over 10 cm.

 

You probably had to seek out the Heavy Metal in PI, much like in Thailand.

There was ONE bar in all of Bangkok that regularly had Heavy Metal, & it was a flash-in-the-pan.

 

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[BillyBass]

5 minutes ago, Killed_by_Death said:

 

Hmm, I worked in the PI as well, last time in Batangas on Shell's new gas plant, Malampaya.

I did not notice anything heavier than sappy Pop. Kara-okay TV was all the rage there, most bars had a large TV that people would sing into. (and KTV signs out front)

You also had to check your weapons at the door:

 

We had this on the sign at the gate at work, no blades over 10 cm.

 

I heard some gun stories about the Philippines when I was travelling.  Though Thailand never had a gun problem, do you remember seeing the signs by the roads when entering the larger towns 'Kaed bPlawd awud'  It was mainly to stop farmers bringing in shotguns and the like I thought.  You see the nice side of Thais when you are a monk, so maybe my experience is different to others.

 

'Decent music scene' should be taken in the context of Asia in the 1980s, no punk or metal but lots of cover bands in pubs doing Creedence Clearwater Revival songs etc.  Don't compare it to the west but decent by Asian standards.

[Killed_by_Death]

 

Music is huge in the PI & their cover-bands sometimes sound exactly like the original artist.

The PI exports Musicians to work all over Asia & the middle-East. They have a large permits office, just for that.

 

[BillyBass]

We had a Filipino lead singer for a bit, unfortunately her UK visa ran out and she had to go back.

 

Im trying to get hold of one of a bass from a shop in Metro Manila

 

https://ddmusic.ph/product/dd-awingan-4s-bass-black/

 

I'd never heard of Jason Astete but 11250 Filipino pesos is so cheap that even with import duty and VAT it would be worth taking a punt on it.  I'm hoping that as its a signature bass it might be well made. I like the idea of a Humbucker at the bridge and a P pup at the neck.  The shop are still sorting out how to export their stuff so I've got to wait.

Edited July 27, 2021 by BillyBass

[Killed_by_Death]

20 minutes ago, BillyBass said:

remember seeing the signs by the roads when entering the larger towns 'Kaed bPlawd awud'  

I became accustomed to them, but mostly at government buildings, like the department of motor vehicles or the police station.

No Drugs was added

 

There are quite a few Pinoy cover bands working in hotels in Bangkok. i knew a beautiful Pinay gal named Jemima. She got dressed up quite nicely to sing Jazz at the cocktail lounge in one of the 5-star hotels.

 

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[Killed_by_Death]

4 minutes ago, BillyBass said:

I like the idea of a Humbucker at the bridge and a P pup at the neck.

a split-coil P-style pickup is also a humbucker

😀

[BillyBass]

11 minutes ago, Killed_by_Death said:

I became accustomed to them, but mostly at government buildings, like the department of motor vehicles or the police station.

No Drugs was added

 

There are quite a few Pinoy cover bands working in hotels in Bangkok. i knew a beautiful Pinay gal named Jemima. She got dressed up quite nicely to sing Jazz at the cocktail lounge in one of the 5-star hotels.

 

So basically, having drugs outside is fine, you just have to dump them there if you are going past! Glad that's clear then.

13 minutes ago, Killed_by_Death said:

a split-coil P-style pickup is also a humbucker

😀

You don't say!

[Killed_by_Death]

3 minutes ago, BillyBass said:

having drugs outside is fine, you just have to dump them there if you are going past!

You might already be aware, but balisongs are everywhere in the PI, & they know how to use them.

I bought mine there, it's a beauty:

I see the prices people are paying for them now & I'm a little gobsmacked. 

 

[Lord Sausage]

But what picks are best for Chinese metal?

[ubit]

We used to see No Fire Arms signs all the time when I worked in Nigeria. There is definitely NOT a heavy metal scene in Nigeria. We used to joke that if you wanted to get any of them out of your office you just had to stick on any guitar music on the stereo.

[Eldon Tyrell]

12 hours ago, Killed_by_Death said:

Does everything need growling vocals to be Heavy Metal?

They ranged from Heavy Metal to Hard Rock, & sometimes Poppy ballads, kinda like Deep Purple:

 

Sorry, I was just teasing you with your own thread 😉 Clearly did not work.

 

Judas Priest's Rocka Rolla: Heavy Metal or Hard Rock?