A Soldier’s Story is a shitload better than Sixth Session or whatever I heard part of that one and didn’t really like it. Its like, harder I guess you could say and the music is totally different than the one you got.
(First, thanks for not “raking me over the coals” about the “Madonna” thing! :)—!!).
This is related to your comment about utilizing synthesizers and drum machines. Metal “purist” would say “never”. Again, take “Slayer” as an example (maybe extreme, but a good one). These guys have been successful with little, almost non-existant, radio time. The reasons why could take up another post, but a BIG one is the uncompromising stand they take on their music and the way they record. So, I would think that there would have to almost be “New Blood”. Some young, hungry musicians, perhaps grounded in metal but, without a distaste for the innovative and new OR for “electronic and/or computerized” sounds and mixing. I don’t think that it will come from the “Metal Elite”.
Secondly. In "simple" lay terms; what is "Industrial" music, in your opininon? That is even a new one for ME!
Thanks, Zev! You woke up some of that “latent musician” in me!
In our weight room at school our football team trains to stuff from the sound tracks of like saving private ryan, braveheart, gladiator, thin red line and stuff like that. Personally I like hardcore rap better when training(gets me in a more aggressive mood) but the other stuff isn’t too bad either.
Once agin, thanks for all the input! Yak: “Combat Disco” sounds like a pretty good description of what I might be looking for - I’ll definitely check out “Funker Vogt”. As silly as it is, I think the Germans might the ones who’ve accomplished the most in the field I’m looking for (i.e., metal-ish electronica) -I’ve heard that another German group, Atari Teenage Riot, might be worth looking in to. (Anyone heard them and care to comment?)
JO3: I listen to Slipknot and Mudvayne on occasion while lifting, but they’re more metal than metal-techno, which is what I’m looking for right now. As a side note, I have some connections to the music industry and know guys from both of those bands fairly well.
Choad: I like Static X and System of a Down. Static has a couple of songs that I like for lifting (Push it, Sweat of the Bud), but System isn’t IMHO lifting music.
Dystopiate: I don’t think of prog metal as lifting music. To me, lifting music has to have a steadier rhythm, and prog is often times rhythmically complex. It’s great for listening, but not the best for trying to zone out (or in, depending on how you want to look at it ) while lifting.
Steve Filak: On your recommendation, I’ll definitely check out “A Soldier’s Story.” Thanks.
Mufasa: Industrial, in it’s purest form, is just metal with drum machines (or at least electronic drums) and synthesizers. Watered-down Industrial is like early Nine Inch Nails; good Industrial can be heavy as fuck. If you’re interested in checking it out, I’d recommend a few albums:
Pitch Shifter: “Industrial”, “Submit”; Strapping Young Lad: “City”; anything by Neurosis, Skrew, or Godflesh. Early Ministry was Industrial too, but not as cool as Pitch Shifter or SYL.
Platinum P: Can’t say as those soundtracks do much for me. Some hardcore rap gets me pretty hyped, but not quite as hyped as I’m looking for.
Keep it comin’!
HAVE U ALL FORGOTTEN THAT BEST STUFF TO LISTEN TO WHEN GOING HEAVY??? RAMMSTEIN IS KING(sorry if im yelling, wicked hyper, 70 sprays androsol)
Your talking about industrial music. Industrial music swings more toward the rock side with more guitar and less loops, and to the more techno side as well. Atari Teenage Riot will absolutely burn your ear drums. I have a CD of theirs and it is unlike anything else out there, extremely hard. They have a guy and girl singer/screamer. They also have a song with a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” loop in it which is very cool.
just listen to the violent femes, nothing close
Who’s got a problem with RAGE? If I listen to anything, it’s usually NIN, Prodigy or the Spawn soundtrack.
Maybe it was mentioned, but I missed it if it was. Ministry is one that could be worth at least trying…
I posted a long-ass reply yesterday and it didn’t get posted. Aarrgh! So, now I’m making it short and sweet.
Bottom Line: I was a huge Metalhead in High school. I’ve since expanded my horizons. So I can relate to you musically.This is what I listen to working out:
NWA Greatest Hits- Awesome gangsta rap. Brutal and funny as well.
WWF Aggression- wrestler’s themes remixed by rappers such as Method Man and Ice-T. 3 or 4 great aggressive, macho songs (esp. Rock and Method Man, track 3,. This is NOT the stupid song on the new WWF album called “Poontang Pie”. But, since it is a WWF album and they have no taste, there is some cheesy shit too.
Party Time 2001- 2 disc dance CD set. great hi-energy songs.
Darude- prob. the best DJ alive. I would chek out his last 2 albums.
Blade Soundtrack- great techno.
Daft Punk- quirky, hypnotic techno with some great addictive beats. Definitely listen to 'em first before buying anything, they may be “hard to get into”.
I have one thing to say…
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine.
I live for the really heavy death/dark metal. If you want something that isn’t so slow and “growl-y” try Nile, Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, and Grave. For something not so death-like, try Machinehead and Testament. Why is it metal bands have the best names? I’m definitely not into the techno/rap thing, especially for getting jacked up at the gym, but each person has his/her own tastes too.
hey sorry to hear that you bought some dieselboy hes not really techno nor house hes actually quite drum and bass maybe you could say he’s jungle in some songs, but anyhow you might want to try atari teenage riot for some of the more rock sound with electronic beats theres a lot of groups out there like that actually some call it gabber and ive also heard it called hardcore i think theres a dj named omar santana that spins that sound and i hear its quite agressive loud and banging but try and dl some ATR songs off napster and see what you think before you go out and buy the cd it may not be what yoru looking for shrug but id like to say taht i could get a great work out to uk hard house that stuffs kinda quick and while cheezy gets me kinda pumped to work out if its just right
Lots of good stuff mentioned here, especially Rammstein. If your into the death metal type sound try Drommu Borghir (sick shit). Anyway if you want some pumpin techno/house tunes try Bad Boy Bill/Richard Humpty Vissions House Connection 2 CD. If you want some relly cool industrial/tecno stuff look for any CD by Juno Reactor. Here are some personal techno/house favorites of mine to get the blood pumpin. The Rippers “fuck like a donkey”
Dj Dero “Millenium” & “Rave Stomp”
Gigi D’Agostino “Coco e Avana”
Aquagen “why are you so quiet”
Aquagen vs Warp Bros. “Phat Bass”
Green Velvet “Flash”
Cajmere “the percolator”
Bad Habit Boys “Weekend”
DJ Alligator “Whistle Song (blow my whitle bitch)”
Look on Napster of one of thos other mp3 sites and you can find any of these songs
peace
Hey Zev, just thought about the type of music you were looking for. Lucky for you I used to be into the techno scene. There is a genre of techno your looking for is called “hardcore”. Its the heavy metal of techno music and actually they use alot of samples of heavy metal groups (ie. pantera and many others). I’m not into that genre of music anymore, but a good starting compilation you might want to check out is called Thunderdome. I don’t know what the new hardcore techno sound is like now, but i doubt it might have changed much over the years. Try it out or try to find some samples on the net of that compilation.
Go instrumental - Joe Satriani - discs “surfin w/ the alien” “flying in a blue dream” - kick ass. hard driving but not really metal.
I like to listen to stuff like Crazy Town, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit (counterfeit and sig. other) Nothing quite gets me pumped up like these metal-rap-techno hybrids. I also dig Pantera and Mudvayne but they are fairly heavy.
I would have no idea how to get Command and Conquer into MP3 form. How would I go about find it. I’ve agreed with a lot of it but anyone mix it up with cardio music. These are great things for lifting but for cardio I’m a huge fan of 311, Sublime and Fatboy Slim.
Try ‘Playing For Square’
It’s a mix of several different modern punk groups. The beat in every song is perfect for my workout.
How about a bit of classic AC/DC? Highway to Hell, Razor’s Edge, Back in Black, BallBreaker…