New Protomen Album is out! Arguments kinda suck when they're not in Rock Opera format

YaYa

GUYS THE NEW PROTOMEN ALBUM COMES OUT ON THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER FUCK YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH



these motherfuckers created a rock opera loosely based on Megaman way back when, and have since become an internet sensation

just listen to this shit

Will of One

their new album is a prequel with Dr Light and Dr Wily getting in awesome rock-opera style fights and robot apocalypses and it's gonna freaking rock

talk about it in here

Quoth

can i pre-order this for my husband because i love him and he loves the protomen

Antimatter

http://www.protomen.com/lightupthenight

YaYa

Quoth I think it's gonna be iTunes/Amazon digital only

Dichotomy

what's this thread about

Grey Ghost

YaYa wrote: »

Quoth I think it's gonna be iTunes/Amazon digital only

Why do you think this?

The first one got an actual physical CD release

Also, my earlier post about the show I saw last night

Grey Ghost wrote: »

But holy fuck the Protomen:
They started out pretty restrained, just sorta, you know, playing their instruments in place. It sounded really great, though the vocals got lost here and there because there was just so much else going on. But as the crowd warmed up to them (it was a really tiny place, and besides me and about 2 other people there, I think it was mostly Asheville locals who dropped in to see what was up) they got a little more interactive and a little loose and by the time they got to The Sons of Fate, Kilroy was dancing on a table and the guitarists were kick-jumping off walls and shit

They played 2 new songs from Act II, one of which was really hard and driven and sung by the lead guitarist, the other of which was very piano-centric and had something to do with "Emily"; they covered Pat Benatar's "Shadows of the Night" with the guitar solo from "Don't Stop Believing" thrown in; but the best song of the night was definitely Father of Death, they blew the fucking roof off that place

Afterwards I talked to Panther (the lead vocalist) for a few minutes, I told him I was with the radio station and would they like to play in Columbia some time, and he told me to shoot them an e-mail about it; and I talked to the female vocalists (Nightwalker and The Gambler) while I was buying some merch

Loot acquired includes:
2 posters
Act II shirt
Bumper sticker, logo patch
And the Reanimator's drumstick that he broke halfway through the set, duct-taped back together, and tossed into the crowd at the end of the night

Basically this was worth the 2-hour drive both ways

Zoel

Dichotomy wrote: »

what's this thread about

The decline and fall of the robot empire

YaYa

GG: well Amazon doesn't have any info about a physical release, but who knows

Quoth

jesus it sounds like i fell through a rabbit hole and ended up in the 80s

Antimatter

Quoth wrote: »

jesus it sounds like i fell through a rabbit hole and ended up in the 80s

ain't it great?

Scudo

when I saw these guys they covered Danger Zone and it was amazing

Quoth

Antimatter wrote: »

Quoth wrote: »

jesus it sounds like i fell through a rabbit hole and ended up in the 80s

ain't it great?

I NEED A HEROOOO

Butters

Quoth wrote: »

jesus it sounds like i fell through a rabbit hole and ended up in the 80s

Should have taken the right turn at Albuquerque.

Dichotomy

probably gonna listen to this again tonight



also this thread just reminded me of how I shared the Protomen with my friends a few years ago and they all said it wasn't that remarkable

I swear sometimes they nearly drive me to alchoholism

YaYa

if the Protomen ever come to Australia I will fly to whatever state they're playing in

unless it's WA because fuck Perth

Antimatter

Bad quality, but hey, why not post it

Usagi

I'm not sure how I feel about this music

YaYa

Dichotomy wrote: »

probably gonna listen to this again tonight



also this thread just reminded me of how I shared the Protomen with my friends a few years ago and they all said it wasn't that remarkable

I swear sometimes they nearly drive me to alchoholism

what

fuck those guys

my girlfriend, who doesn't like metal or 80's rock at all, even appreciates Will of One as an awesome song

Charles Kinbote

I'm so glad that someone made some music for us gamers

Kusuguttai

yaya man
maybe cool it down on the threads

YaYa

Shank, no

don't do that

e: Kusu: I really don't remember making another thread in the last week or so

I replaced the book thread, but

Quoth

i fell asleep at a protomen concert once

not their fault, i was just really tired

Antimatter

I'm so glad that Shankill is still an annoying shitbag

Grey Ghost

My friend who was at the show last night was just there because his girlfriend was in the band that opened for them

But he was completely blown away and asked me to send him all of their stuff I have, so I think we have a new convert

Kusuguttai

YaYa wrote: »

Shank, no

don't do that

e: Kusu: I really don't remember making another thread in the last week or so

I replaced the book thread, but

avatar thread

YaYa

Kusuguttai wrote: »

YaYa wrote: »

Shank, no

don't do that

e: Kusu: I really don't remember making another thread in the last week or so

I replaced the book thread, but

avatar thread

oh yeah

uh

but Protomen rock?

Grey Ghost

They had, like, 2 keyboards set up at right angles to each other

My friend said that was the equivalent of 80's guitarists standing back-to-back

Which, actually, the guitarists did last night

edit: one of their guitarists left a couple of months ago but the new one is great and his code name in the band is "Sir Robert Bakker"

Kusuguttai

but the avatar movie looks shitty so you filled your thread quota for the year

Zoel

Dichotomy wrote: »

probably gonna listen to this again tonight



also this thread just reminded me of how I shared the Protomen with my friends a few years ago and they all said it wasn't that remarkable

I swear sometimes they nearly drive me to alchoholism

Perhaps it is only your friends who are the aforementioned dead?

Charles Kinbote

for a little while I didn't know if it was ok for gamers to listen to this music, but then they made it specifically about games so now I can rest easy

Antimatter

Shankill Butcher wrote: »

for a little while I didn't know if it was ok for gamers to listen to this music, but then they made it specifically about games so now I can rest easy

Is this the best you got?

Quoth

Shankill Butcher wrote: »

for a little while I didn't know if it was ok for gamers to listen to this music, but then they made it specifically about games so now I can rest easy

shank

seriously

why are you being a dbag about this

go feel smugly superior in another thread why don't you

Dichotomy

Antimatter wrote: »

Shankill Butcher wrote: »

for a little while I didn't know if it was ok for gamers to listen to this music, but then they made it specifically about games so now I can rest easy

Is this the best you got?

is this your strongest trolling

Scudo

Grey Ghost wrote: »

They had, like, 2 keyboards set up at right angles to each other

My friend said that was the equivalent of 80's guitarists standing back-to-back

Which, actually, the guitarists did last night

edit: one of their guitarists left a couple of months ago but the new one is great and his code name in the band is "Sir Robert Bakker"

it is such a high energy show

how close were you

this is the only decent picture I got but we managed to get pretty close at bonnaroo

AMP'd

Good job, Dichotomy

Charles Kinbote

hey guys I wrote a song

megaman, megaman
does whatever being mega lets you can
do

Grey Ghost

Shankill Butcher wrote: »

for a little while I didn't know if it was ok for gamers to listen to this music, but then they made it specifically about games so now I can rest easy

Shank, even though it started with Mega Man, they've really created their own mythos and story with this whole thing, so it's barely even about that any more

YaYa

Kusuguttai wrote: »

but the avatar movie looks shitty so you filled your thread quota for the year

whoa hey

you can say that the premise is shitty, the writing is shitty, whatever

but Avatar looks like it'll give you eyeabities

Grey Ghost

Scudo wrote: »

Grey Ghost wrote: »

They had, like, 2 keyboards set up at right angles to each other

My friend said that was the equivalent of 80's guitarists standing back-to-back

Which, actually, the guitarists did last night

edit: one of their guitarists left a couple of months ago but the new one is great and his code name in the band is "Sir Robert Bakker"

it is such a high energy show

how close were you

this is the only decent picture I got but we managed to get pretty close at bonnaroo

I forgot by camera like a dumbass, but the venue was tiny, so I was only about 10 feet back

Grey Ghost

Wait a sec

The Amazon page for Act II has previews for like, every track

When did this happen?

Also, I don't think the band wanted it that way

Quoth

shank are you alone

is this your way of reaching out

are you... are you touching yourself right now