That Gothenburg Sound

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Who is your favorite Gothenburg sounding artist?

I love Dark Tranquillity.

Subject: Re: That Gothenburg Sound Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:05 pm

Arch Enemy??

Metal novice Number of posts : 90 Age : 49

late 90's era In Flames followed closely by At the Gates

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Dark Tranquillity is my favorite melodeath band. Awesome stuff. But I love many others.

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Arch Enemy has some but mix up other sounds.

In the christian realm, Immortal Souls is pretty good.

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Eyesore wrote:: melodeath.

Stop making up words.

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spectrefate wrote:

Eyesore wrote:: melodeath.

Stop making up words.

What? That's a common term, dicknipple!

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Eyesore wrote:: dicknipple!

How did you know? Shocked

Have you seen "the pictures"? Embarassed

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There's a mind picture that will give me full body shivers.

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

spectrefate wrote:

Eyesore wrote:: melodeath.

Stop making up words.

Melodeath totally embiggens the genre. It's a cromulent word.

Anyway, I'm not real keen on what bands fall into the "Gothenberg sound", but if Shadows Fall fit into that category, I'll pick them.

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MetalGuy71 wrote:: Melodeath totally embiggens the genre. It's a cromulent word.

You and Freddy are singlehandedly keeping the Simpsons on the air, aren't you?

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

spectrefate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:: Melodeath totally embiggens the genre. It's a cromulent word.

You and Freddy are singlehandedly keeping the Simpsons on the air, aren't you?

Trying to. And now with the twins, I'll have 2 more young minds to warp and add to our cause.

EDIT: I went to BNR Metal to investigate other bands that fall into the melodic death metal/Gothenberg category and I knew very few of the bands, so I'll stick with my vote of Shadows Fall.

Subject: Re: That Gothenburg Sound Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:39 pm

Spider Pig, baby, Spider Pig. My spawn are flying the Simpson's flag.

Subject: Re: That Gothenburg Sound Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:53 pm

MetalGuy71 wrote:

spectrefate wrote:

Eyesore wrote:: melodeath.

Stop making up words.

Melodeath totally embiggens the genre. It's a cromulent word.

Anyway, I'm not real keen on what bands fall into the "Gothenberg sound", but if Shadows Fall fit into that category, I'll pick them.

I'd pick Shadows Fall as well if they were considered that.I dont think of them as Gothenburg though.Maybe Im wrong

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Quote :: My spawn are flying the Simpson's flag.

Makes it sound like you had some guppies or something.

Subject: Re: That Gothenburg Sound Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:32 pm

Something....

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Carcass's Heartwork album gets labeled melodeath.
Sentenced.
Amorphis
Children of Bodom
Amon Amarth
Imsomnium
Mercenary
Soilwork
and the bands listed seem to be the most popular.

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emptytomb1 wrote:: Carcass's Heartwork album gets labeled melodeath.
Sentenced.
Amorphis
Children of Bodom
Amon Amarth
Imsomnium
Mercenary
Soilwork
and the bands listed seem to be the most popular.

Sentenced, Amorphis, and Mercenary are not melodeath. Haven't heard Amon Amarth or Insomnium, but are those more death metal?

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We could argue styles all day but I don't want to. All of these get labeled melodeath by some. Meh.
AA and Insomnium would be fairly deathy.

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Only melodic death metal album I really care for anymore is Heartwork by Carcass.

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Baron Von 40oz. Number of posts : 4386 Age : 34

Amon Amarth is not 'melodeath'.

nOOb master Number of posts : 4429 Age : 35

arch enemy. never really managed to get into the gothenburg sound and today i think it has become a parody of itseflf

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3908 Age : 52

At the Gates

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It could be considered a parody, but like most styles there are the innovaters, the band wagon jumpers and those who come late to the party but sincerely love the sound.

nOOb master Number of posts : 4429 Age : 35

emptytomb1 wrote:: It could be considered a parody, but like most styles there are the innovaters, the band wagon jumpers and those who come late to the party but sincerely love the sound.

it happens with many metal styles

black metal
thrash
goth
nu - metal
death
gothenburg

when something new comes along the innvators sound new and refreshing yet when people come along and play similar music it becomes a case of same old same old