did you even read what I said?

It would have been hard to make that statement without doing so, eh? That's the same conclusion I reached after reading your ridiculous posts, along with many others, I'm sure.

...Metallica, Megadeth and Exodus are overrated, maybe. But Sadus, Possessed, Heathen, Ulysses Siren, Hexx and Blind Illusion are UNDERrated, if anything.

well if its ten seconds maybe, but if every chorus section is clean and there are acoustic guitars and such, then its drifting away from pure death metal, you see?

stuff

I'm very into the Portuguese black metal scene lately; it takes the Spanish sound and makes it gloomier and more dungeon-like, a lot like some of the further reaches of the Italian scene.

I absolutely LOATHE my regional scene. There's nothing but metalcore wannabes everywhere all inspired by shitty bands like Unearth, Shadows Fall, Red Chord, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, et fucking cetera. God, I hate the New England underground.

On the positive side, decent Black Metal acts come from here, too, including: Horn of Valere, Sorcery, Haxen, and a few others. And, of course, Rhode Island has its Death Metal champion Vital Remains. Did I mention Anal Cunt comes from here, too?

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Dude Central IL is twice as bad now they're all claiming to be grind.......no.....they sound like a pig being raped to the music of Killswitch....god aweful.

Yes, but to be fair, you've still got Central Illinois Metalfest, which is still badass.

But yeah, you have to come to Chicago for the good bands.

Ireland is extremely underrated. honestly. can you say PRIMORDIAL!!

Can you say anything else?

Can you say anything else?

Finnish Power Metal doesn't get enough credit, too often dismissed, I say.

Dude Central IL is twice as bad now they're all claiming to be grind.......no.....they sound like a pig being raped to the music of Killswitch....god aweful.

Completely irrelevant when you talk about the scene in general. Many people still think that Bay Area is/was the Holy Grail of thrash metal, even though I personally find "the Bay Area sound" really boring. Sure, some Bay Area bands released some of the best thrash albums ever, but most of those bands were really lame. I don't know if the scene is "overrated", though, because I don't really like using that word.

The Bay Area overrated? Crazy talk. In addition to the bands already mentioned, SF/Bay Area gave the world Vio-Lence, Tyrranicide, and Death Angel - all three vastly different sounding bands. If I had to pick only one scene to fulfill my thrash collection, it would have to be SF/Bay Area.

German thrash > Bay Area thrash, any day

Wasn't Megadeth in LA, and not the Bay Area?

Mustaine was originally in Metallica and wrote a lot of early Megadeth stuff at the time, so you could say the band was seeded in the bay area.

What is the "bay area" sound? There is the more melodic style of Heathen, the random riffs of Dark Angel, and there's the awesomeness of Sadus. I don't see how you can generalize bay area thrash with one sound.

the russian melodic death metal scene is pretty interesting, some neat bands like horizon 8, scartown, everlost etc. inexist just rips off in flames completely, but the 2nd album is ok. i think what interests me about russian metal is that all bands seem to stay in russia (+surrounding eastern countires eg ukraine) - even the most popular bands are unheard of in the western world.

I thought that Everyone knows who Arkona are?

the russian melodic death metal scene is pretty interesting, some neat bands like horizon 8, scartown, everlost etc. inexist just rips off in flames completely, but the 2nd album is ok. i think what interests me about russian metal is that all bands seem to stay in russia (+surrounding eastern countires eg ukraine) - even the most popular bands are unheard of in the western world.

What is the "bay area" sound? There is the more melodic style of Heathen, the random riffs of Dark Angel, and there's the awesomeness of Sadus. I don't see how you can generalize bay area thrash with one sound.

However, I do think Bay Area thrash in general is overrated because of Testament and Metallica alone. Because this is a metal forum, maybe also Dark Angel.

Dark Angel were from L.A.

I think lots of people confuse Dark Angel with Death Angel.

Italian metal as a whole is pretty underrated. Sure, a band like Rhapsody has gained worldwide exposure, but there are far superior bands from that country in every genre.
Necrodeath, Bulldozer, Natron, Hour of Penance, Algophobia, Mortuary Drape, Aborym, Death SS, Forgotten Tomb, Void of Silence

...just to name a few

I don't see how that's possible. Dark Angel were superb brutal thrash, Death Angel were mediocre, pussified melo-thrash.