New Band Name?

[Raziel]

So, we're getting to the point where it's absolutely ridiculous that we haven't decided on a name for this new band. The two biggest contenders are those listed above. Which do you guys prefer, or do you think we can come up with better?

[Sovereign]

Does Deus mean something? I know its part of the title of a game...

I think you can think of something better.

[Raziel]

Deus means "God" in Latin. Pronounced "day-uss".

So, "God Engine", basically.

[Sum Yung Guy]

What band?

[Lenny]

Out of the two, Dues Engine is the best.

[RoboticSilence]

Out of the two, Dues Engine is the best.

Agreed.

[Raziel]

My band.

[!King_Amazon!]

Deus Engine isn't bad but you can come up with something better mate.

[-Spector-]

What type of band is it? What genre of music do you guys play? And how loud/melow is it?

[Raziel]

Metal. Fear Factory meets American Head Charge.

[Penguin]

How about American Head Factory then.

[Grav]

Sword Chucks

[RoboticSilence]

Sword Chucks

Wait, can I change my vote?

[Adrenachrome]

Deus gets the vote, but I wouldn't set it in stone, there's better for sure.

[Vollstrecker]

I saw American Head Charge in concert, they were supporting Static-X...

I wasn't impressed by AHC. Are they supposed to be popular? :confused:


On Topic: Deus Engine is so... I don't know, Latin seems overdone in the Metal field.

I'm not familiar with Fear Factory's style either, I think I listened to part of one song and didn't care for them at all. Got a few similar artists or something I can relate it to? I'll help think of other ideas. :)

[sue_13]

My band's name is "no mercy percy"

I tried starting a metal band a couple years ago but nobody wanted to hear it around here so it fell apart. We had a list of names we were looking at and if i can find it I'll send you the list to see if you like any.

[JRwakebord]

Of the ones there, Deus Engine

[Medieval Bob]

Mmmmm... Deus Engine is pretty good.

I like the Sword Chucks reference, but I don't think many people would appreciate it.

[Adrenachrome]

I didn't really get it... it rang a bell though, anyone care to elaborate?

[undeadzombieguy]

http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=010815

?

[Adrenachrome]

k thanks.

[Medieval Bob]

There's a few more comics about it as well.

[sheerx]

abyssion is the best one there but it isin't that catchy.
but hey i dunno anything about naming bands.
try something else

[Demosthenes]

Out of the two, I like Abyssion better, but in my humble opinion I don't think either of the two are too catchy.

[Raziel]

I wasn't impressed by AHC. Are they supposed to be popular? :confused:

Well, obviously, this is because you were watching their performance with your head crammed up your ass! I saw them on the same tour, and the show I saw was badass.

But seriously, AHC is awesome. Listen to their debut, The War of Art. One of my favorite albums of all time. Their new album, The Feeding is pretty good too.


I'm not familiar with Fear Factory's style either, I think I listened to part of one song and didn't care for them at all. Got a few similar artists or something I can relate it to? I'll help think of other ideas. :)

How can you not be familiar with Fear Factory? They created that sound. Every band you hear these days with heavy verses and melodic choruses can thank Fear Factory for inventing that entire style. FF is legendary!

Listen to the tracks "Shock", "Edgecrusher", "Zero Signal", "Replica" or "Archetype" and you'll get an idea of what my new band sounds like.


I like the Sword Chucks reference, but I don't think many people would appreciate it.

I didn't include that. Grav is attempting to be funny.

[Dark Jedi]

I voted wrong... *Hits self* I once heard the name Abyssian before, and I've liked it ever since. What's an "o" instead of an "a"?

And, for a side note, it was the name of a species on Star Wars.

[Mantralord]

Stock of random stereotypical-to-you names I came up with:

Unsakred Vision
Rammed Vice
Descentor
Nolen Soul
Lurid Space

I like Rammed Vice. Not because I like ramming penises into asses, but because it sounds bold.

[Vollstrecker]

Well, obviously, this is because you were watching their performance with your head crammed up your ass! I saw them on the same tour, and the show I saw was badass.

Perhaps Bryan and I were still having too good a time from laughing/moshing to the Mexican Speed/Death Metal band that was on before AHC.

That, and all I remember is one song that infuriated me because the one guitarist was playing some high-part that clashed so badly, I wanted to strangle him.

[Nothing]

Sword Chucks!

Damn, that would be funny if you became famous and were named that . .

[Raziel]

Yeah, it'd be a barrell of monkeys. But convincing the other band members to name the band "Sword Chucks", considering that I'm most likely the only guy in the band that would even get the reference, would be like trying to convince D3V (or Ash Williams if you prefer, Nothing) to lose the mullet.

[!King_Amazon!]

I think it would be worth a shot though, you'd have the extra internet publicity to help you get going.

[JRwakebord]

Because we all know that the same people on the internet who would get the reference would be the same people who would actually purchase a cd.

[!King_Amazon!]

That isn't exactly what I meant, asshat.

[Raziel]

No, but it was a pretty snappy comeback.

[Nothing]

Seriously speaking, I think Deus Machine sounds a lot better, but I'm afraid those who know what the first word means, will mistake you for a Christian rock band.

Another promblem, is how do you even pronounce that word? Everyone I know who's played 'Deus Ex' (which really only makes up my father and brother), pronounces it "dooce", but I think it's spoken more like, "day-us".

I don't know.

[Grav]

I've always said Day-us.

[JRwakebord]

Well if he were to ever get on the radio, just let the DJ's know how its pronounced. When they say it correctly on air, it'll catch on.

[!King_Amazon!]

Seriously speaking, I think Deus Machine sounds a lot better, but I'm afraid those who know what the first word means, will mistake you for a Christian rock band.

Another promblem, is how do you even pronounce that word? Everyone I know who's played 'Deus Ex' (which really only makes up my father and brother), pronounces it "dooce", but I think it's spoken more like, "day-us".

I don't know.
It's definately day-us. I know this because I remember thinking people were saying "Day of sex" when they said Deus Ex.

[Nothing]

Yeah, same here.

[Lenny]

I'd end up pronouncing it 'dooce'...I'm kinda surprised that everyone but those who learn Latin doesn'ty pronounce it as 'dooce'.

[!King_Amazon!]

I used to think that was how it was pronounced, but I got corrected, and I like being correct so I say it properly.

[badboy]

I like the name "Loose Gravel" really.

[Raziel]

Grav and King have it. "Day-us." I used to pronounce it "dooce" as well, before I was enlightened to the correct pronunciation.

I sat down and started writing up another list of potential names yesterday, but so far, I'm not a huge fan of anything on there. Here's what I've got so far:

Bastard Machine
Lunacy Chain
Cancermass
Tyrant
Slaveworm
Nightmare Seed
Furybox
Scumbath
Darkmatter (already been shot down by the rest of the band)
Pyroclasm

[Grav]

Kleptic (random thing that shot into my head, felt like trying to help)

[!King_Amazon!]

I like Nightmare Seed.

[Lenny]

Apparently Tyrant is already taken. I seem to remember someone asking Tyrannicide about his name, and he said he was in a band called Tyrant and wanted to produce a CD, but they found the name Tyrant had already been taken so they couldn't use it.

[Nothing]

Grav and King have it. "Day-us." I used to pronounce it "dooce" as well, before I was enlightened to the correct pronunciation.

I sat down and started writing up another list of potential names yesterday, but so far, I'm not a huge fan of anything on there. Here's what I've got so far:

Bastard Machine
Lunacy Chain
Cancermass
Tyrant
Slaveworm
Nightmare Seed
Furybox
Scumbath
Darkmatter (already been shot down by the rest of the band)
Pyroclasm

I don't like any of the names. For one thing, Bastard Machine just sounds like a worse version of Deus Machine. Also, I think more than three syllables is too much.

[undeadzombieguy]

-Nightmare patrol
-insanea mentis
-dooce machine (or douche)
-horror hoax (or haxxor, hax)
-pixie piss (or puss, pox)
-La cabre

Dude!!!

I'll think of more names next time I got nothing to do.

[Grav]

"Injured"

[Nothing]

I was messing around at Dictionary.com. This is all I got.

Nebulous
Apocalypse
Delusion
phantasm
Delirium
Pandimonium
Animosity
Enmity

[Grav]

Each of which will be taken somehow. You need to make up cool sounding words.

Like Vomorrea.

[badboy]

What about " Road Work Next 15 Miles / Speed Limit 15 MPH " ?

[Raziel]

That's what black-metal bands do, and the names almost always sound like shit. "Borknagar", "Naglfar", "Abigar", "Vadaath", etc. They all sound so ridiculous.

Nebulous
Apocalypse
Delusion
phantasm
Delirium
Pandimonium
Animosity
Enmity

I guarantee that every one of those is already used. Unless you start looking for more mundane words like "Foot" and "Car", using a single word usually doesn't pan out as a band name. Two or three words isn't over the top. Excessively long band names are real ones like "Day Of Deadwater Drowning", "From A Second-Story Window" or "Through The Eyes Of The Dead". "Bastard Machine" (which, by the way, does not share a word with the title "Deus Engine") is by no means too long a title. It's not a great name, but it's in no way too long.

[Vollstrecker]

I'd think that a band name would actually convey some meaning, while being a simple label.

'Bastard Machine' strikes me as ludicrous.

[Nothing]

I feel like an idiot. For some reason, engine and machine registered in my head as the same word.

[Kaneda]

Just try and remember it this way. Fiction = for real. Non-fiction = non-real.
It helps me :tup:

[Lenny]

Go for some kind of English word that when translated into another language sounds good...

Even better, see if Voll will let you use "Vollstrecker"...:p

[Penny_Bags]

Haha, vollstrecker would be sweet.

I don't really think these names work. Sad thing is about music is the hardest part is always naming the band! haha... the music is the fun part.

[Nothing]

You can always call yourselves, "The band without a name."

"nothing" is my name, simply because I couldn't think of anything to write down.

Pyroclasm, Deus Engine, and Bastard Machine sound the best out of what you've got so far, but I think you can do better.

[Kaneda]

You see the problem w/ all the names in this thread is non of them are catchy. In order to be catchy they should require either some intellect or humor.

[Raziel]

'Bastard Machine' strikes me as ludicrous.

How so? Like I said, it's not a great name, but I fail to see how it's ludicrous. What relevance does "Static-X" have to their sound or lyrics, beyond the fact that the singer changed his last name to match it?


You see the problem w/ all the names in this thread is non of them are catchy. In order to be catchy they should require either some intellect or humor.

Come up with something better, then.

[Vollstrecker]

Not meaning to insult it Raz, I meant that it doesn't really convey any meaning to me. It just feels like 2 words put together.

I'll think a bit about it.

[Lenny]

http://www.thebandwithnoname.com/

That's kinda close to "The Band Without a Name"...same idea.

They played at my school a couple of years ago...they weren't actually that bad...

[Raziel]

No offense taken. I'm simply saying that it's rare to find a band name these days that actually means anything. "Mushroomhead" doesn't really mean anything, but it's a decent name for a pretty good band. Unless "Mudvayne" has some sort of inside-joke-value, that one is just gobbledygook, but it fits nonetheless.

It's tough coming up with a solid name for a band. I've been wracking my brain for months on this.

[slaynish]

i know a band named Shitcave....

So yeah i got nothin.

[Sovereign]

What's wrong with using your old bands name O_o.

[Raziel]

It's technically copyrighted. Everything on that CD, music lyrics, song titles, photos and band name, is copyrighted material. On top of that, Wintermask was a different band with different members, just like BloodHaze (the other three members' previous band) was a different band with different members. It wouldn't feel right to go uing the titles of bands that we are no longer a part of.

And before anybody starts up with the obvious suggestions of "WinterHaze" or "BloodMask", I've already considered that and it's fucking stupid.

[Mantralord]

What about "Undying Wrong"...I mean, I just came up with it, and I mean...I'm mantra for god's sake.

or "moonblood" or something

[Kaneda]

bssuicidde

[Nothing]

http://www.thebandwithnoname.com/

That's kinda close to "The Band Without a Name"...same idea.

They played at my school a couple of years ago...they weren't actually that bad...

Well I'll be damned.

[!King_Amazon!]

Hopefully.

[Vollstrecker]

No offense taken. I'm simply saying that it's rare to find a band name these days that actually means anything. "Mushroomhead" doesn't really mean anything, but it's a decent name for a pretty good band. Unless "Mudvayne" has some sort of inside-joke-value, that one is just gobbledygook, but it fits nonetheless.

Meh. To me, they both convey a meaning.

I don't suppose you have an mp3 or two that could be used to get a feel for your style, and thus, a suitable name?

[Raziel]

Nope, no mp3s. Just try to imagine Fear Factory/American Head Charge and then read my lyrics for an overall estimate. I have a tendency to write about really visceral stuff, with some nerdy videogame-homage thrown in occasionally.

[Penny_Bags]

how about.... Nigger Jargon

[Dr. Geekstar]

I like #1 on the poll... mostly because I have no fucking idea what it is.

I also agree with the fact that a reference to wintermask could be stupid to lots of people...
I still want the wintermask CD tho :(

I, myself, have no name to come up with :-/

[Raziel]

I still want the wintermask CD tho

Send me 15 bucks and you've got a deal.

[Dr. Geekstar]

Once I have my own paypal account... I will!!