#Gothenburg Metal

[astralbondpro]

In Flames // Cloud Connected

[str1xaluco]

Far away from the sun - Sacramentum

1996

[metalsongoftheday]

Monday, March 13: HammerFall, “The Dragon Lies Bleeding”

Four years after Gamma Ray and Rage toured under the “Melodic Metal Strikes Back” banner, Jesper Strömblad and Glenn Ljungström (both of whom were already heroes in the death metal scene) really took that expression to heart as they respectively wrote and played on HammerFall’s Glory to the Brave. Although the group was Oscar Dronjak’s vision from the very beginning, it was the presence of the two In Flames guitarists as much as the press about this group being the one to bring traditional metal back to prominence that garnered most of the attention.  And when put in this context, “The Dragon Lies Bleeding” made perfect sense: Glory to the Brave’s opening track bore many of the same melodic flourishes that defined the Gothenburg sound, but amplified to reflect both Strömblad’s leaning in to those particular elements as well as the overarching HammerFall concept.  Really, it was Joacim Cans’ power metal vocalizing that truly separated the track from what other Nuclear Blast acts were doing at the time.  This sort of sound was profoundly unfashionable at the time, so much so that the mere existence of Glory to the Brave was presented as an act of defiance, but “The Dragon Lies Bleeding”, despite really being a Gothenburg take on power metal, was executed with expert care and actually did more to restore the genre than most expected.

[protemporescitor]

It's no exaggeration to say that Opeth's "Demon of the Fall" got me into death metal and, by extension, black metal and heavy metal's "lunatic fringe". That is to say, it marked the beginning of my appreciation of the genuine musicality and complexity of these genres as a whole. (I'd always held them at arm's length as insipid, monotonous, knuckle-dragger fare for the sonically addled. I'm eternally grateful for this song and this album for proving me wrong.)

[idisaestheticblog]

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

AC/DC opened for Black Sabbath in Gothenburg, 1977

[gaertan]

gaerMusic

New dark tranquillity album just dropped so this is pretty much me atm

[saxiquine]

When you meet another bassplayer and old rehearsal neighbour after about 15 years you Will be very happy.

Lets say his career was better than mine🤘🏻🤘🏻🤣

[toxicmetalzine]

The Halo Effect

THE HALO EFFECT - drop video for 'Cruel Perception'! Watch the video now @ https://toxicmetalzine.com/post/the-halo-effect-drop-video-for-cruel-perception

[ye4rt]

August 31, 2024: Gothenburg based thrash metal band Hostilia performing at Monument in Ringön.

Follow them on Instagram @hostilia_thrash

[thisismyobsessionnow]

Oh, I'm so happy I decided to spontaneously go to this concert

[astralbondpro]

In Flames // Alias

[str1xaluco]

Mercurion - Armory

2022

[spacedewey]

My natural physical reaction to music comes from a lifetime of punk and metal shows. Any music. When Lucy Dacus says "hummingbirds" in this song, I'm ready to go fuckin apeshit.

Just headbanging and jumping around my kitchen to very soft music while I'm trying to do the dishes. I don't understand it, either. Fun tho

[idisaestheticblog]

[sonic-emporium]

I tell you here Of all that crimes and hours broken What never came, will never be the same I tell you this, I tell you what

The mind that has been flooded All the exits sealed A poison set to enter The unforgiving me Probes and infiltrators Infiltrate me It's in these hours we forget ourselves (Ourselves) Within a fire that consumes itself (Itself)...Go No need for your defenses My angerwall will hold Take your steady pride In monotony and beat Invaders and corruptors Invade me It's in these hours we forget ourselves (Ourselves) And never again Within a fire that consumes itself (Itself) A super nova of flame on fire This broken spirit, blind at heart Bite down hard on frustration The siege that can't be broken This hollow flame of fear I tell you this, I tell you what So close without connection Locked inside the sphere I take the blame upon me And scream at what I see I'm blind at heart So blind at heart It's in these hour we forget ourselves (Ourselves) And never again Within a fire that consumes itself (Itself)