I got really into Tool's10000 Days while revising for my exams, which fortunately didn't end up with any negative associations. I still spin it occasionally and definitely enjoy it. I dig the new single, though it does take a little while to get going. Tool gonna Tool though.
On a simpler, but no less fun front. Spotify has once again hit on a shiny new band for me, this time in the form of SIBIIR (best said in a bad Russian drawl). Dirty blackened hardcore that makes me want to drink beer and throw myself around a room for funsies. They've got a new single out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z7a-2000T4
For me the thing about this new TOOL song is it just...doesn't DO anything. There's no payoff. A big part of what I like about them is that they are usually really good about building a song up to a crescendo but this just sort of...meanders without being memorable or catchy.
surrealitychecklonely, but not unloveddreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered Userregular
one of the main reasons i have remained a devin townsend fan since encountering ocean machine in the late 90s is simply that when i have seen him live he has absolutely nailed the vocal performance
so many metal bands simply cannot replicate vocals that are anywhere near as impressive or accurate as the studio recordings live, especially if they to do a long set, and its rare that the production will allow some of the more subtle elements of their sound to escape
perhaps this is more a symptom of me fundamentally enjoying prog metal and therefore being unkvlt and to be banished to outer darkness and i accept my fate
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AuralynxDarkness is a perspectiveWatching the ego workRegistered Userregular
one of the main reasons i have remained a devin townsend fan since encountering ocean machine in the late 90s is simply that when i have seen him live he has absolutely nailed the vocal performance
so many metal bands simply cannot replicate vocals that are anywhere near as impressive or accurate as the studio recordings live, especially if they to do a long set, and its rare that the production will allow some of the more subtle elements of their sound to escape
perhaps this is more a symptom of me fundamentally enjoying prog metal and therefore being unkvlt and to be banished to outer darkness and i accept my fate
I agree with the observation, but wouldn't being banished to the outer darkness be pretty kvlt? Obviously I wouldn't know either, but it seems consistent.
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surrealitychecklonely, but not unloveddreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered Userregular
one of the main reasons i have remained a devin townsend fan since encountering ocean machine in the late 90s is simply that when i have seen him live he has absolutely nailed the vocal performance
so many metal bands simply cannot replicate vocals that are anywhere near as impressive or accurate as the studio recordings live, especially if they to do a long set, and its rare that the production will allow some of the more subtle elements of their sound to escape
perhaps this is more a symptom of me fundamentally enjoying prog metal and therefore being unkvlt and to be banished to outer darkness and i accept my fate
I agree with the observation, but wouldn't being banished to the outer darkness be pretty kvlt? Obviously I wouldn't know either, but it seems consistent.
Seeing... I'm not sure how to put it, really... SYLandOcean Machine in a goddamn pub - I shit you not - remains one of my weirdest yet awesomest gig experiences. (City being the most recent SYL record at the time, with Biomech out still more recently, of course.)
Basically it was SYL, playing an SYL set and then moving straight into an OM set.
this discussion also reminds me of being invited to a soilwork gig in 2005 and suddenly realising that you can't hear the synth parts live
and i was like... but... i like the synths... :<
surrealitycheck on
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Descendant XSkyrim is my god now.Outpost 31Registered Userregular
Picked up Waste of Space Orchestra on vinyl yesterday. I think this album may be my favourite album of the year.
The new Sunn O))) is pretty great as well, with a really nice vinyl version. Southern Lord puts together a nice package when they do a vinyl release.
Garry: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time I'd rather not spend the rest of the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
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VanguardBut now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERSregular
i'm excited for the 2nd Sunn O))) album coming out in October too
The new Opeth stuff feels like a natural progression from their last album, so I guess they've settled on their new sound. Heritage and Pale Communion felt like transitional albums to me.
Overall I still think their new sound is mega boring to be honest. I've said it before but you can go to like the progarchives and find several bands that sound kind of like this. But I've yet to find any other band in the last 15 years that scratches that progressive-death metal itch that Opeth nailed so well in the early 'oughts.
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The new Killswitch Engage, Atonement is good. I may be showing my metalcore roots but it's as tight as their earlier albums and it doesn't feel like a retread.
And the new Shadow of Intent, Melancholy is an absolute killer slab of deathcore. Maybe symphonic deathcore, but it's definitely worth a listen if you want something like Septicflesh but heavier.
Apparently Cynic is re-releasing Traced in Air with the harsh vocals removed.
I've actually never really given much time to any post-Focus Cynic. I have Kindly Bent to Free Us in my library, but I have no memory of ever listening to it.
The new Killswitch Engage, Atonement is good. I may be showing my metalcore roots but it's as tight as their earlier albums and it doesn't feel like a retread.
And the new Shadow of Intent, Melancholy is an absolute killer slab of deathcore. Maybe symphonic deathcore, but it's definitely worth a listen if you want something like Septicflesh but heavier.
I was jamming Atonement this morning.
"The Signal Fire" is a corker. Only got to the 4th track, but I'll give it a thorough listen tonight.
Dunno if you guys have seen it yet, but apparently Metallica's been covering a Celtic Frost song during their recent tour, and Tom G. Warrior from Celtic Frost shit all over it saying they butchered it and it was humiliating and that maybe he'd play hit the lights with 200 mistakes on their next tour.
Dunno if you guys have seen it yet, but apparently Metallica's been covering a Celtic Frost song during their recent tour, and Tom G. Warrior from Celtic Frost shit all over it saying they butchered it and it was humiliating and that maybe he'd play hit the lights with 200 mistakes on their next tour.
I actually really liked that new Shadows of Intent, I've been looking for some good symphonic deathcore since the last couple groups I liked that did it, Lorelei and Ovid's Withering or whatever they are called. This scratches that itch.
If i don’t listen to dragged into sunlight for a while I’m like “oh I remember how fucked up they are”
Then I actually put on hatred for mankind and I’m like WHAT THE FUCK I FORGOT
I just looked them up for the first time and according to Wikipedia:
Dragged Into Sunlight is a British extreme metal band formed in 2006. The band consists of four balaclava-wearing individuals who haven't disclosed their identity, and live they play with their backs to the audience, often accompanied by candles and a single stroboscope for lighting and large amounts of smoke.
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Everything he wrote after La finta semplice and Theme and 12 Variations/Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star was shit.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
On a simpler, but no less fun front. Spotify has once again hit on a shiny new band for me, this time in the form of SIBIIR (best said in a bad Russian drawl). Dirty blackened hardcore that makes me want to drink beer and throw myself around a room for funsies. They've got a new single out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z7a-2000T4
and here's an older cut from their self titled album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTACz4uol-U
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No argument there
FFS.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/pablocampy
You liked his early stuff before he went commercial?
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Just before he became the Archbishop of Salzburg's performing monkey.
His output started to suffer, compared to when he was just his dad's bitch.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Dude I know right
>:{
so many metal bands simply cannot replicate vocals that are anywhere near as impressive or accurate as the studio recordings live, especially if they to do a long set, and its rare that the production will allow some of the more subtle elements of their sound to escape
perhaps this is more a symptom of me fundamentally enjoying prog metal and therefore being unkvlt and to be banished to outer darkness and i accept my fate
I agree with the observation, but wouldn't being banished to the outer darkness be pretty kvlt? Obviously I wouldn't know either, but it seems consistent.
Basically it was SYL, playing an SYL set and then moving straight into an OM set.
Bloody magical.
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so really 7 thumbs up all round
also the deluxe edition of that cd has some great bonus tracks especially this one that has a wonderfully sinuous bass that will stay with you...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irmbfsQ-C6Y
this discussion also reminds me of being invited to a soilwork gig in 2005 and suddenly realising that you can't hear the synth parts live
and i was like... but... i like the synths... :<
The new Sunn O))) is pretty great as well, with a really nice vinyl version. Southern Lord puts together a nice package when they do a vinyl release.
I’m yes please
that better come my way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcMdA7Xs8jE
Once it gets going, I like it better than that first song they released.
Overall I still think their new sound is mega boring to be honest. I've said it before but you can go to like the progarchives and find several bands that sound kind of like this. But I've yet to find any other band in the last 15 years that scratches that progressive-death metal itch that Opeth nailed so well in the early 'oughts.
The closest I've come is Vinsta. A German ( I think) Solo project:
https://youtu.be/_dPeFpfYUxA
And the new Shadow of Intent, Melancholy is an absolute killer slab of deathcore. Maybe symphonic deathcore, but it's definitely worth a listen if you want something like Septicflesh but heavier.
I've actually never really given much time to any post-Focus Cynic. I have Kindly Bent to Free Us in my library, but I have no memory of ever listening to it.
I was jamming Atonement this morning.
"The Signal Fire" is a corker. Only got to the 4th track, but I'll give it a thorough listen tonight.
It’s so fucking good
Gilead Media has bee slaying it this summer with the new Yellow Eyes, Falls of Rauros, and then that
Going to catch Mizmor with Hell, I think
New 🤘phobocosm🤘 7”
Lmao that’s rough
Then I actually put on hatred for mankind and I’m like WHAT THE FUCK I FORGOT
I just looked them up for the first time and according to Wikipedia:
This is perfect
Destroy all false metal