HammerOfThor
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For the fellow lazies, like I: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=103269996401302&topic=257DrM said:
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TheLastCandle
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DrM said:
Listening right now, and Stu sounds GREAT. Hot damn, hype building for the new album.
Flynn said:
Kamelot would be what I would suggest, and maybe some of the newer Avantasia stuff. Very easy to get into, most songs have simple enough structures, but wonderful vocal work and great songwriting.
Orayn said:
Jealoussssssss. : /
The Spacepope
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Black Pyramid split up. Fuck.
I wonder if they'll still release Black Pyramid II.
I wonder if they'll still release Black Pyramid II.
Secks4Food
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The Spacepope said:
Bububut half of us in the thread just heard about them a couple pages back
Giant Robot
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Secks4Food said:Bububut half of us in the thread just heard about them a couple pages back
serious, just bad timing I guess :\
Phobophile
A scientist and gentleman in the manner of Batman.
Chorazin said:
Well I hated Ghost Reveries and this guy loved it. I enjoyed the teaser track from a few weeks ago so we'll see.
HammerOfThor
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Megadeth's Public Enemy No. 1 is streaming here:
http://www.megadeth.com/
No bad, typical Megadeth.
Megadeth's 13 Track list:
WTF??? two of the tracks, Black Swan and Millennium I instantly recognize from previous albums!! Kinda strange...
EDIT: NWO too wtf....
http://www.megadeth.com/
No bad, typical Megadeth.
Megadeth's 13 Track list:
WTF??? two of the tracks, Black Swan and Millennium I instantly recognize from previous albums!! Kinda strange...
EDIT: NWO too wtf....
Phobophile
A scientist and gentleman in the manner of Batman.
Gritesh said:
Well your first sentence makes absolutely no sense, but I'm assuming you're talking about the vox on the Megadeth track. Sounds like typical shitty Mustaine to me. I really like Rust in Peace but I sure as hell ain't listening to it for Dave's crooning.
TheLastCandle
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Gritesh said:
Yes. Yes she is. I liked it better when she wore stuff other than those babydoll dresses though. I hate those things.
Snarfington
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HammerOfThor said:
I really like it. But then again I'm a bitch for Megadeth.
I'm kinda glad I haven't heard the demos of any of those songs, it'll all feel fresh to me. I'm excited.
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
Been listening to Dekadent's "Venera: Trial & Tribulation" and holy fuck is it amazingly epic.
Imagine if Emperor made an album with Devin Townsend.
Yes, they're that fucking good.
Also, I just heard a track from the new Primordial album. Woah. Anywhere I can buy a FLAC or WAV version of the album legally?
Secks4Food
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Witchfinder General said:
Been listening to Dekadent's "Venera: Trial & Tribulation" and holy fuck is it amazingly epic.
Imagine if Emperor made an album with Devin Townsend.
Yes, they're that fucking good.
Also, I just heard a track from the new Primordial album. Woah. Anywhere I can buy a FLAC or WAV version of the album legally?
Then I'd imagine the track "Juular" from Deconstruction
But yeah this is pretty frickin' good, we need to start doing this more in the thread...just name drop a good album some people might not know about, add a song link and let the good music flow.
Here's what I've been jamming lately:
It's basically like Warning except less bleak and more beautiful than Watching From A Distance, one of my favorite albums of the year for sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgJcsDbj-qI
British Monsoon
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Fuck, Heritage. I really don't know what to think of this album, it's so divisive to my ears. Which makes a change to be honest, as I was totally indifferent towards Watershed & Ghost Reveries. I feel the album gets a hell of a lot stronger in it's second half and it's only really The Devil's Orchid and I Feel the Dark that really let the album down, and it's a shame that those two tracks are right after the intro. I love Nepenthe and Folklore and Marrow of the Earth is beautiful, but a lot of the lyrics and vocal melodies throughout don't instantly grab me in the way I expect an Opeth album to. I hope that changes with repeated listens. So far I'd say it's their best since Damnation/Deliverance, but fuck, I really do not like those early tracks.
Unrelated, but check out Ice Dragon - a friend just sent me to their bandcamp and they play a blend of awesome spacey, Sabbathy doom. Their 2010 release is free (if you chose);
http://icedragon.bandcamp.com/album/the-burl-the-earth-the-aether
Unrelated, but check out Ice Dragon - a friend just sent me to their bandcamp and they play a blend of awesome spacey, Sabbathy doom. Their 2010 release is free (if you chose);
http://icedragon.bandcamp.com/album/the-burl-the-earth-the-aether
Phobophile
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Secks4Food said:Then I'd imagine the track "Juular" from Deconstruction
But yeah this is pretty frickin' good, we need to start doing this more in the thread...just name drop a good album some people might not know about, add a song link and let the good music flow.
Here's what I've been jamming lately:
It's basically like Warning except less bleak and more beautiful than Watching From A Distance, one of my favorite albums of the year for sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgJcsDbj-qI
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26323379&postcount=4758
Old.
They're on tour now. Gonna hit up the Chicago show in a couple weeks.
It's more atmospheric but lacks the stark emotion of Watching from a Distance.
If you like doom or sludge, check out Hank III's new band Attention Deficit Domination. On the album he does all the instruments and writing. I saw them live Monday night and it was just him on vocals/guitar with a drummer. It was an awesome live show and it was before the album came out so most hadn't heard any of it except for shitty youtube videos. He played most of the album and a Sleep cover. Everyone there seemed to enjoy it. It's probably the first time I've ever seen a metal band live before hearing the record and was able to understand the lyrics live.
I Feel Sacrificed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw5-a5c_th4
I Feel Sacrificed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw5-a5c_th4
Secks4Food
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Phobophile said:
Well damn, apparently they're too cool for Denver...and I agree with your criticism, though Watching From A Distance is damn tough act to follow.
Here's a post of mine from on of the 'what are you listening to' threads... it kinda reminds me of Warning, except much more melancholy:
Secks4Food said:
Loss-Despond
Damn this is good. Unrelentingly sloooooow, crushing funeral death/doom occasionally spiced with other genres for flavor. It's deceptively melodic, beneath the ghost-like growling there are beautiful guitar harmonies, meandering basslines, and very tasteful, effective drumming. It's also very cathartic, there's a certain burden you take on while listening to this album. The whole piece is a concept album about the thought process behind suicide, and it unapologetically drags you through the lowest lows a person can feel. When the otherworldly choir rings out its final note in the album closer "The Irreparable Act", you feel a beautiful warmth wash across your body like everything's going to be okay. If you like doom metal at all you need Despond.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk78mkiMD78
Spectacular Dr Dawg
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Great album! You should check out Pallbearer. The vocalist did some vocals on one of the tracks on that Loss album. They only have a demo out currently but there's a full lenght coming out soon. They were also nice enough to release their demo for free on their bandcamp page.Secks4Food said:
Bummed to hear that Ghost dropped out of their tour with Enslaved and Alcest.
Spectacular Dr Dawg
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Secks4Food
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Spectacular Dr Dawg said:
Thanks for that, I'm kinda new to the funeral doom scene, other than Loss I've only checked out Worship and Skepticism...I've heard mention of Pallbearer before but never actually checked them out 'til now, they sound great. Too bad Worship took the whole funeral thing a little too seriously
Sybreed just posted a 20 second song teaser on their facebook page...
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150312514337248
Sounds really promising; like a mix between Antares and The Pulse of Awakening. This, along with the song they released a few months ago, Challenger, have me really excited for the new album.
Also, for those who haven't heard it yet, another song off of Insomnium's One For Sorrow hit youtube last week. Quality isn't the best but it's very listenable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Da_uvSpL0
Edit: Forgot to mention that Disarmonia Mundi's new project with Elliot Sloan seems to be nearing completion. On Elliot's website it says that 'The Stranded's' new EP is almost finished.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150312514337248
Sounds really promising; like a mix between Antares and The Pulse of Awakening. This, along with the song they released a few months ago, Challenger, have me really excited for the new album.
Also, for those who haven't heard it yet, another song off of Insomnium's One For Sorrow hit youtube last week. Quality isn't the best but it's very listenable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Da_uvSpL0
Edit: Forgot to mention that Disarmonia Mundi's new project with Elliot Sloan seems to be nearing completion. On Elliot's website it says that 'The Stranded's' new EP is almost finished.
MetalGuardian
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This album. THIS FUCKING ALBUM! It is glorious.
Dream Theater needed a fresh start, but with Portnoy leaving nobody really knew if the band would be better off. I am happy to say that yes, they most definitely are. This album is exactly the "revival" that Dream Theater needed. It still retains that classic DT sound, but it also feels very new for the band.
Mangini's drumming is phenomenal, which is to be expected. Portnoy is a drumming god, but Mangini displays just as much talent here as Portnoy ever has. The percussion is tight, interesting, and fits perfectly with the songs.
Which brings me to my next point... all of the tracks actually work as good pieces of music. Some DT songs in the past have suffered from an over-reliance on technical wankery, to the point where the music itself was compromised. Not so here. Restraint is shown when need be, and the sections that are mind-blowingly complex and fast always fit within the context of the song.
The album has such range to it... one minute Petrucci will be melting your face off with a blazingly fast and crushing riff, and the next minute Rudess will seamlessly come in with a soaring piano melody. There is a big spectrum of emotion on this album, to the point where no one musical style overstays its welcome. There is no doubt, this is one of the most progressive albums Dream Theater has ever created
Sure, some people will still say Labrie is the weak link in the band, or that some of the lyrics aren't poetic enough, but since I already expected that I wasn't surprised by it.
And that's not to say those aspects are bad... Labrie has some really interesting melody lines during some of the choruses, and none of the lyrics are as goofy as those in The Count of Tuscany (which is my favorite song from BCaSL).
This is one of those few "all killer, no filler" albums. Some songs are better than others (like Breaking All Illusions... holy FUCK is that song incredible), but every track is worth listening to.
Bottom line is this: when my biggest problem with an album is the cover art, I know it's something I'll be continually going back and listening to for years to come
HammerOfThor
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Oh shit new DT comes out tomorrow. Completely forgot!
Fleet_of_Foot
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Bootaaay said:
Yeah I'm a huge Opeth fan and I've listened to it about 5 times all the way through now.
I was prepared for the no-growling thing and I'm fine with that. But I don't know, this album just doesn't seem to be doing a lot for me. Of course I'll listen to it 100 more times at least and maybe it will fit right in eventually.
The first half of Folklore is so good, though, that it's almost enough to satisfy me even without anything else.
Lionheart1827
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Mr. Paer said:
This album. THIS FUCKING ALBUM! It is glorious.
Yup, this album is awesome. Cant stop listening to it. I was worried at first with Portnoy out last year, but it seems it refreshed their sound and it sounds amazing.
Fleet_of_Foot
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Kind of odd that Dream Theater made a pretty heavy album while Opeth is going the opposite direction. And I only mention those two particular bands because they've both got albums coming out.
After listening to the new Dream Theater, I like it. But it seems really different from Black Clouds and Silver Linings. It's hard to describe why. I think Petrucci's guitar tone sounds really different for whatever reason, especially during some solos. And like I say, with a few exceptions the whole album is pretty heavy, which is fine.
But going back to listen to The Count of Tuscany after listening to the new album, it's strikingly different in both feeling and sonically.
After listening to the new Dream Theater, I like it. But it seems really different from Black Clouds and Silver Linings. It's hard to describe why. I think Petrucci's guitar tone sounds really different for whatever reason, especially during some solos. And like I say, with a few exceptions the whole album is pretty heavy, which is fine.
But going back to listen to The Count of Tuscany after listening to the new album, it's strikingly different in both feeling and sonically.
The second record by Bosse-de-Nage (SF USBM) is easily one of my favorite records this year. My CD finally arrived and I've been listening to it non-stop.
Full album stream here if you're curious.
Full album stream here if you're curious.
MetalGuardian
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I want to hear what other people think of the new Dream Theater album! Come on people!
Seraphis Cain
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Flynn said:The second record by Bosse-de-Nage (SF USBM) is easily one of my favorite records this year. My CD finally arrived and I've been listening to it non-stop.
Full album stream here if you're curious.
Okay, the drums on this album are absolutely blowing me away. Holy shit. Fantastic album.
Oh, also, the Drudkh/Neige collaboration Old Silver Key will be releasing their debut album "Burnt Letters" today. Pretty excited for it, myself.
TheLastCandle
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Chorazin said:
INDEED. They may be my favorite discovery of the past 5 years or so. Love 'em. Epic as FUCK.
Mr. Paer said:
I shall hopefully be able to get back to you on this very shortly, my good man.
I've been absent in this thread for a bit now, and I must throw in my few cents about the new Iced Earth rerecording of Dante's Inferno. I think it's quite good, and I think Stu does a great job. The only thing I'm not super keen on are the solos, which don't seem to have the super twisted/warped thing going on anymore. Come on, Troy... you aren't a bad guitar player but after seeing videos of you botch a bunch of stuff live and now injecting fucking BLUES into Dante's Inferno, you need to unleash the beast on the new record.
Speaking of the new record, I hope and pray to the metal gods that it doesn't suck. Just give me another Something Wicked, I don't need another Burnt Offerings or Stormrider in terms of quality. Just give me something with a bazillion gallops and awesome soaring vocals.
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