Metal Church

MacLeod
MacLeod Posts: 14,358
edited September 2006 in Music & Movies
Anybody a headbanger from the 80's?

This band was pretty big with us back then. I really dug em.

They came out with a new album late last year and I just recently found it. It only has 2 original members and the singer isnt as good as David Wayne or even Mike Howe but he gets the job done.

Other than that, the songs kick ****! Plenty of heavy riffs and guitar solos.

If youre wanting some good throwback heavy metal, look this up.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited July 2005
    Oh yeah!

    I was into the 80's metal. I listened to Maiden, Metallica, Overkill, Forbidden, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, Pantera, etc

    thanks for the info, I'm gonna check it out
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    "The Dark"... Sheesh.

    They did a silly cover of "Highway Star" on their first album, I think.

    But I remember seeing them at Hammerjacks and they were pretty... Screamy. :D

    METAL CHURCH! (Fist raised in horned metal salute!)

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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited July 2005
    Yeah, but 'Watch the Children Pray' is one of my alltime favorite songs!

    Wayne was one of the great "screamers" wasnt he? ;)
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    Didn't one of them die recently? I seem to remember reading it somewhere.

    I saw them back in '91 when they were the very first opening act on the Operation Rock n Roll tour which was co-headlined by Alice Cooper and Judas Priest.

    What was that song, Badlands? Then another one that went "Lie a bit, do without"?
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    That guy was a screamer, that's for sure. But it wore thin for me.

    I went thru a phase, about ten minutes, of trying to get into the screamy stuff. Metal Church, I thought, was the only one worth listening to for more than one or two songs.

    King Diamond was one I tried. Mercyful Fate, right? Man, that stuff sucked hard. It was just bad. I wonder nowadays if King is embarrassed by that stuff. I sure would be.

    I like that they did "Highway Star," because it showed me that they knew where they were coming from. The guy was no Ian Gillan, I mean, Gillan was the best screamer ever, but he was also a real singer with a huge range. And by doing "Highway Star," I got the feeling that the Metal Church guy knew his own limitations and I respected that.

    Plus, the hot metal chick I was with at the time thought they were cool, so... :D

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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by Micah Cohen
    I mean, Gillan was the best screamer ever, ...

    Uhh, ever hear of Bon Scott? Now that was a screamer!
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    I LOVE Bon Scott. Bon Scott is THE ****.

    But he's a **** singer. I mean, he's evil as all get out, but he's not a professional singer. Gillan was a serious singer with a huge range.

    Bon Scott is awesome. But Gillan is "The Voice."

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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    They're both awesome to me, although I do like and respect Purple a lot, I like AC/DC a lot more. Bon Scott era was the best, I think.
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    Don't just think. Know.

    After Bon Scott, AC/DC turned into a bunch of wimps.

    For those about to rock, my butt.

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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    Complete and total agreement here.

    Hey Micah, you ever hear anything about Bon really writing most if not all of the lyrics to Back In Black just before he died, but them not giving his estate any creditr for it?
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    I've heard that, but I think that I doubt it. I mean, I used to think "BIB" was a great rock album. It's got the riffs and the stuff, right?

    But the more I listen to Bon Scott, and that's all the AC/DC I listen to now, the more I think that "BIB" is not so great, and suffers from the lack of Bon. Brian Johnson just does not have that certain something that Bon Scott had in spades. He was in touch with something dark and bad, the underbelly of the world, and Johnson just isn't. And the music suffers, it's just not over the top, effortless evil like the Bon Scott stuff.

    Listen to a couple Bon Scott albums and then put on "BIB" and the missing link becomes obvious.

    Who cares if Bon wrote the stuff on "BIB"? If he doesn't sing it, it sounds like crap. It sounds like a cover band trying to do Bon Scott.

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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    Again, I agree 100% Brian was never nothing more than the best suitable sound alike replacement they could find.

    What are your thoughts on David Lee vs Sammy?
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited July 2005
    Do you even have to ask such a moronic question?

    Diamond Dave. See the 'I hate everything thread'.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited July 2005
    Sammy, now there is a joke, a complete joke. Solo or with VH he is a worthless no talent joke.
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    I like DLR era VH best, but I wouldn't go so far as to call Sammy a worthless, no talent joke.

    As I'm getting older, I'm actually starting to like Sammy era VH a lot more than I used to.

    He has a better voice than DLR ever did, he can also bring a lot more to the band, specifically a 2nd guitar player (like when Sammy played lead on Loves Walks In), but despite all that, the DLR era was just better to me, both live and on the albums.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited July 2005
    Roth Rules!!

    But Sammy was cool too! He had the attitude and that made him cool. Plus he had a couple good songs from his solo career. Hes not one of my facvorites but I do like him.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by marker
    Uhh, ever hear of Bon Scott? Now that was a screamer!

    What about King Diamond?
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited July 2005
    King Diamond was all falceto. Kinda like Barry Gibb from the Bee Gee's.

    I really liked a lot of King Diamonds albums for the music. He always had a bad **** band. I just couldnt handle him.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2006
    Metal Church has a new CD out. Light in the Dark. I just downloaded off Itunes and it kicks ****!!

    Plenty of very heavy riffs, pounding drums and screaming singers and guitar solos! Easily some of their best work.

    Something else very cool, they do a remake of When the Children Pray from their The Dark album of the 80's as a tribute to David Wayne who apparantly died in May of last year!! I had no idea. And while this is an excellent version, the new singer doesnt do near as good a job as Wayne!

    Bottom line is this is an outstanding CD and any fan of 80's metal will really enjoy it. Definitely worth a look.

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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2006
    MacLeod wrote:
    Roth Rules!!

    But Sammy was cool too! He had the attitude and that made him cool. Plus he had a couple good songs from his solo career. Hes not one of my facvorites but I do like him.

    You're both wrong..... Gary Cherone RAWKS!!! Really brought the band to the next level.....

    Long live Van Cherone:D :p
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2006
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    You're both wrong..... Gary Cherone RAWKS!!! Really brought the band to the next level.....

    Long live Van Cherone:D :p

    I liked him with Extreme. Pornographiti is one of my favorite CD's (mainly because of Nuno's un-effin-believable guitar work).

    Howerver, while he did a good job singing with Van Halen, he just didnt have the chemistry. Prancing around on stage like that just looked soooo wrong!
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2006
    I'm with ya' --- I just had to toss it in.

    As for Metal Church, I seem to remember a song called Ton of Bricks. The album cover was really glossy silver?
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2006
    That was The Dark that had Ton of Bricks on it

    thedark.jpg

    But the glossy silver cover was Blessing in Disguise which is the first album after Wayne left. Its a completley different sound but just about their best work.

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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2006
    I remember them both....

    Thanks for the trip down memory lane:)
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Beekyman
    Beekyman Posts: 150
    edited September 2006
    Metal Church is a Holy Church!
    Anyone here dig Crimson Glory?
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