Discuss your Hidden Gems

ride-the-spiral

Though I'd make a thread for those rock and metal albums that aren't really that famous, but should be.

A few weeks ago I heard of an Andorran Progressive Death metal band called Persefone. I got their last two albums, a 75 minute, 3 track Epic called Core, and the more conventionally laid out Shin Ken. Both are amazing albums and I couldn't beleive I had never heard of them before.

So what are your hidden gems?

Risteard

Maybe not as fancy or original as your Prog. Death band:p, but Warpath are a very good Thrash band IMO. Unsigned, and I can't understand why. Their whole album is one of my favourites, not sure if they count as 'Hidden Gems,' some posters might know of them, considering I've mentioned them before in the recommendation thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s9zoBB1j8M

By the way, that band kicks ass. I'll have to look into them some more.

ride-the-spiral

Yeah I've heard of Warpath, only really because they're Irish and supported Despised Icon though :P

EDIT: Wrong warpath...

Risteard

I see what you did there.....
:pac:

Whoops I thought it was intentional.

GLaDOS

Got into Circus Maximus ages ago, a Norwegian prog band, don't thing many people have heard of them, though I may be wrong.

Don't have my favourite song on youtube unfortunatly

This ones is still quite good though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCVmGOLoIX4

DazMarz

Probably more famous than I give them credit for, but Vandenberg were a great band from Holland. Very much kinda light metal/glam metal band, but excellent stuff all the same! Adrian Vandenberg was the driving force behind the band, and eventually became lead guitarist for Whitesnake.

I absolutely love Vandenberg, and I'm often longing for a reunion!

Also, EZO... a Japanese hard-rock outfit from the late 1980's. Their debut album, 'EZO', was pretty glam-influenced, yet much much heavier than the standard glam bands of the day, some of the music bordering on speed metal. Their second album, 'Fire Fire' was a lot heavier and much cooler!

''Flashback Heart Attack'' off the album 'EZO':

''Night Crawler'' off the album 'Fire Fire':

Lynch Mob, formed by ex-Dokken guitar shredder George Lynch, were a sleaze metal outfit from the early-90's... Unfortunately arriving onto the scene too late and just as Seattle was killing Los Angeles. A lot of potential, none sadly realised.

This is a band I discovered purely due to them having a song in the videogame, "Max Payne 2". I investigated them... and discovered they are freaking awesome!!! Poets Of The Fall, one of Finland's better non-death metal exports.

This is an awesome American band from the late 70's/early 80's, who never really found the deserved fame. Probably had the worst band mascot in history!!! Riot, ladies and gentlemen: Swords And Tequila!!!!

Yes, I am obsessed with 1980's heavy metal before you ask! There's no accounting for taste, I guess!!!:D

GLaDOS

DazMarz wrote: »

Probably more famous than I give them credit for, but Vandenberg were a great band from Holland. Very much kinda light metal/glam metal band, but excellent stuff all the same! Adrian Vandenberg was the driving force behind the band, and eventually became lead guitarist for Whitesnake.

I absolutely love Vandenberg, and I'm often longing for a reunion!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR9prnwHkVY

Also, EZO... a Japanese hard-rock outfit from the late 1980's. Their debut album, 'EZO', was pretty glam-influenced, yet much much heavier than the standard glam bands of the day, some of the music bordering on speed metal. Their second album, 'Fire Fire' was a lot heavier and much cooler!

''Flashback Heart Attack'' off the album 'EZO':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXbAGW1zOSg

''Night Crawler'' off the album 'Fire Fire':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt6W35zIYc

Lynch Mob, formed by ex-Dokken guitar shredder George Lynch, were a sleaze metal outfit from the early-90's... Unfortunately arriving onto the scene too late and just as Seattle was killing Los Angeles. A lot of potential, none sadly realised.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEMeB2N8dic

This is a band I discovered purely due to them having a song in the videogame, "Max Payne 2". I investigated them... and discovered they are freaking awesome!!! Poets Of The Fall, one of Finland's better non-death metal exports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB1QkirsCpA

This is an awesome American band from the late 70's/early 80's, who never really found the deserved fame. Probably had the worst band mascot in history!!! Riot, ladies and gentlemen: Swords And Tequila!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JruuMkV0gM

Yes, I am obsessed with 1980's heavy metal before you ask! There's no accounting for taste, I guess!!!:D

FYP

Undergod

I bought a CD called "Zombiecronomicon" at hellfest some years ago, split between Italian gore band Corpse****ing Art, and a Columbian (I think) gore band called Goretrade.

The Corspe****ing Art half of the CD was excellent, each of the songs had a dialogue intro taken from some classic horror movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byy0gz8LjEk

This isn't as good as the CD version, but you get an idea.

Karl Hungus

ride-the-spiral wrote: »

I like it! I'll have to grab hold of an album or two.

One band I've been listening to a lot lately are Mutyumu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg5QarbaO4E

Catari Jaguar

Human Waste Project

I love these guys. One of the better female lead vocalist metal bands. Released one album (E-Lux) in 1998 and dissapeared It's hard to find their best tracks on youtube but here is a video

I stumbled across them on last.fm after they were tagged as having recorded "This Town" with Jonothan Davis but I think that was Kittie?

Pugsley

Found a Belgian Gem at Full Metal Racket last year:
Thurisaz (Not to be confused with Turisas)

They played the best gig of the day by a mile, and their album 'Circadian Rythm' is just awesome. Hard to describe their music, so will just link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eK0pSiZH1c

fortuneg

Probably well known to many of you here but I still think It's an absolute disgrace this album wasn't more popular:

Alone I Stand In Fire

A Day By The Lake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4kCYxUujFI

It's a real pitty their followup couldn't hold a candle to 'Back To Times Of Splendour'

Malice

I threw some Guano Apes onto a cd for my car at the weekend. It still amazes me the amount of people who've never heard of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SAZrROyBWI

Angron

Kretan, a pretty good Brutal Death Metal band that, so far, only has one EP out..

Razor Rape, they caught my attention by doing a cover of a Dying Fetus song, also good brutal death metal IMO