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IRQ posted:Wasn't Myrath just straight up Symphony X worship? Yeah, pretty much. They're the only signed metal band from Tunisia, though, which is cool. I like the occasional Arabic choruses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9V-AxS2kao
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Not a clue on Fates Warning openers. So I just moved to DC...well DC area. I live really close to the Fillmore (I'll be at Metal Alliance and Death to All!). I'll be at a handful of other shows between here, Baltimore and Philly. I'm unemployed and I only know two people in the city. Any cool people want to meet for a drink or a coffee? Or high five at a show?
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IRQ posted:But the horrible DC traffic makes it so you just miss the crummy opening bands, it's perfect! Desert Call has very strong Symphony X like vibes, but they pull it off really well. They really move into their own sound with Tales of the Sands (which is a great album as well) though.
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So Therion released a music video to a 15-minute cut of Adulruna Rediviva and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dCLnGCcya4 I know this is a Therion music video we're talking about but STILL 
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ChickenArise posted:I figure a lot of commuters can't make it to weeknight shows, so a lot of bands/organizers think DC sucks and just pass it over. thepitgoddess posted:So I just moved to DC...well DC area. I live really close to the Fillmore (I'll be at Metal Alliance and Death to All!). I'll be at a handful of other shows between here, Baltimore and Philly. I'm unemployed and I only know two people in the city.
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Coulrophobia posted:So Therion released a music video to a 15-minute cut of Adulruna Rediviva and It's pretty cool Therion was commissioned to score a recruitment infomercial for Steampunk-Mallgoth State University. Home of the fighting Absinthe Decanters.
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Holy gently caress that video makes me so angry. All I can picture is a bunch of fat shits in dragon shirts thinking "omg this is so epic dude!". gently caress that genre of metal. In other news new Six Feet Under has a new album and it sounds a little different than their usual ouput, at least to my ears. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxeFmLXcXpw
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Whenever Six Feet Under's mentioned it always reminds me of one of the greatest Anal oval office lines: You got kicked out of Cannibal Corpse because you suck/You started Six Feet Under and they suck too
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQDaWoWwqdM Another new Ghost song. I am from Maryland as well, Conowingo to be exact so I'm about an hour away from Baltimore.
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Does Ghost even qualify as metal? This poo poo sounds like Alt Rock vocals pasted over The Munsters theme song.
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Vintersorg posted:Holy gently caress that video makes me so angry. All I can picture is a bunch of fat shits in dragon shirts thinking "omg this is so epic dude!". gently caress that genre of metal. Ah yes, I much prefer the original fashion stylings of Varg et al. Seems like there's more hate on SA for modern symphonic than any other kind of new(ish) metal. Is it because they're more likely to look like White Wolf cosplayers or am I just missing the true cvltness of the black metal thread?
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This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!
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Coulrophobia posted:So Therion released a music video to a 15-minute cut of Adulruna Rediviva and That Steampunk Arcanum must have done wonders in reversing Ghaal's age.
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Haggins posted:Does Ghost even qualify as metal? This poo poo sounds like Alt Rock vocals pasted over The Munsters theme song. That's basically what I've always thought but I guess metal = satan = ghost therefore metal = ghost or something
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DeusExMachinima posted:Ah yes, I much prefer the original fashion stylings of Varg et al. Seems like there's more hate on SA for modern symphonic than any other kind of new(ish) metal. Is it because they're more likely to look like White Wolf cosplayers or am I just missing the true cvltness of the black metal thread? Therion's been active since '88 so I really hope people aren't categorizing them as some kind of "trendy" band. Even then, I don't really get the symphonic hate either. The fans can be a little goofball but then again I'm not sure what makes a kid wearing a three-wolf-moon shirt worse than a kid wearing a bunch of upside down crosses. I love Therion, they just make really goofy music videos.
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Haggins posted:Does Ghost even qualify as metal? This poo poo sounds like Alt Rock vocals pasted over The Munsters theme song. Yeah I don't really get all the praise Ghost gets either. I really am not a fan at all.
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Anytime someone talks about Ghost I just tell them to listen to Jess and the Ancient Ones instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hgWxb1bXkE Interesting note is the guy guitarist is the guy from Demilich Wyzt fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Mar 25, 2013 |
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Haggins posted:Does Ghost even qualify as metal? This poo poo sounds like Alt Rock vocals pasted over The Munsters theme song. I don't know, I try to imagine them as a metal band int the 70s attempting to sound "satanic". I enjoyed their first album and saw them in concert, but from what I hear of their new one, I am no longer impressed.
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Haggins posted:Does Ghost even qualify as metal? This poo poo sounds like Alt Rock vocals pasted over The Munsters theme song. I like to refer to Ghost as proto-metal. It's pretty much just classic rock from a time before Sabbath, but if you listen closely to similar artists (Coven, Witchcraft etc) from the actual era, it has that same sound of being almost heavy and dark enough to be metal, but still being trapped in 60s-70s psychedelia. On the subject of Therion, that video is ridiculous and unnecessary, but the song in itself (and that whole album, actually) is pretty solid. I can get why people don't like the over the top bombast, but I guess I have a soft spot in my heart for them since they were one of the first metal bands I ever heard.
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Who needs Ghost when this album exists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIE0wTFg364
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Saw Ghost and Gojira last night. Gojira, like when I saw them before were absolutely crushing. So much energy and their drummer, Mario is extremely talented and stole the show. Him and the vocalist swapped places for a short song which was pretty cool. I had mixed feelings about Ghost. I really like the first album, but seeing it live didnt blow me away. All of the instruments, and the vocals were just a little bit too loud and took away that chilled and deliberate sound they have in the studio version. The stage was pretty much constantly covered in smoke though, which made the silhouettes of the 'ghouls' milling around and playing their instruments look pretty damned spooky. I did overhear a few people commenting that they were poo poo, and one of my fellow concert-goers who had never heard them said he was bored to tears.
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Wyzt posted:Anytime someone talks about Ghost I just tell them to listen to Jess and the Ancient Ones instead. I just got their first album and I"m really digging it. Reminds me a little bit of Slingblade which I also like a lot.
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So Colin Richardson apparently got burnt out during the mixing process of the new Carcass album, Surgical Steel. They called in Andy Sneap to finish the mix. I have some extremely conflicted feelings about this entire thing. First, do we need a new Carcass album? Second, I really dislike Andy Sneap's production style and think it won't mesh with the Carcass sound at all. Of course, Swansong was terrible, so maybe it won't really matter. I think I'm just tired of bands reforming and putting out terrible stuff because nostalgia sells.
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Swansong was only bad if you liked pre-Heartwork Carcass, which I couldn't get into. I like swansong  But I agree that old bands should just leave well enough alone and tour on what they've got, if they insist on reforming. I'll take most old bands replaying their catalog to death over most new bands anyway. My faux Bolt Thrower shirt came this weekend and it's decent looking. Doesn't look or feel cheap. I'd feel bad if Bolt Thrower didn't go out of their way to avoid selling anything, but they do, so I don't. Morbid Florist fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Mar 25, 2013 |
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I searched and didn't see anything mentioned about King Parrot, but they're a new-ish grind band from Australia. I just picked up Bite Your Head Off, and it's pretty sweet. I can't really think of an apt comparison as I'm not terribly familiar with grind. The record is really fun, great riffs, and the vocalist is a loving nut. Skip to about 2:15 in this video to go right to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cinvIr-O1k8
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Wyzt posted:Anytime someone talks about Ghost I just tell them to listen to Jess and the Ancient Ones instead. Spinal Pap fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Mar 25, 2013 |
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Radio Paranoia posted:I like to refer to Ghost as proto-metal. It's pretty much just classic rock from a time before Sabbath, but if you listen closely to similar artists (Coven, Witchcraft etc) from the actual era, it has that same sound of being almost heavy and dark enough to be metal, but still being trapped in 60s-70s psychedelia. The problem with all of these newfangled occult/vest/whatever lame term we're calling it this week metal is common to the other nostalgia trends in that they're studied approximations far removed from the original context of the source material, and as a function of that they always miss the mark in one way or another. I'm still confused as to why it's preferable to mimic as closely as possible something from ages ago rather than incorporate it into something new. Over reliance on nostalgia is a big sign of a dying culture. Spinal Pap posted:Just listened through their album. It's pretty good, even though it just felt like another Blood Ceremony/The Devil's Blood/Jex Thoth album or something. Yeah, it's reducing something of its time into a formula for easy replication.
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Oldstench posted:The new Sinistrous Diabolus is available now. Quoting myself because this album is really good.
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Wyzt posted:Anytime someone talks about Ghost I just tell them to listen to Jess and the Ancient Ones instead. Seriously, I already loved JaTAO to bits since their debut album, but this loving song just knocks it all WAY out of the park. The way it just takes off around the 10 minute mark, and then again after the solos... loving hell it gives me such a raging ear-boner the likes of which I haven't had in years.
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Whenever I hear Ghost I enjoy them well enough as a fun gimmick (like a too straight-faced Blue Öyster Cult or something) but I never find myself wanting to listen to them. I've seen them live twice at festivals and they are talented performers no doubt but their music doesn't click at all in a live setting for me or anyone I go to festivals with really. I'll take Blue Öyster Cult over Ghost any day. Also regarding the Therion video: It's like watching a Rhapsody video except it just never ends.
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mfny posted:Pathfinder's vocalist is gone, insert epic sad face here. Whoever replaces him better be able to hit those falsettos because drat, Szymon hit some absurdly high notes. Anyone else looking forward to Timo Tolkki's Avalon? Russel Allen, Derek Sherinian, Tony Kakko -- it's basically his version of Tobias Sammet's metal opera, which I am A-ok with if it's anywhere near as good as Avantasia.
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Guzwar posted:Whoever replaces him better be able to hit those falsettos because drat, Szymon hit some absurdly high notes. I don't know how Russell Allen and Tony Kakko could possibly fit in the same band but, uh, ok. Then again, Russell Allen has made me very wary of his judgment in side projects (and hats) lately.
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It's a metal opera (hence the Avantasia comparison), they're both guest vocalists, so he might still have a stupid hat. I don't expect it will be as enjoyable as Avantasia, as I think Tolkki's too much of a curmudgeon to carry a silly concept as well as Tobi does. But maybe that's just down to me finding most of Tolkki's work insufferably boring and flighty. Stratovarius is just one of those bands whose status I never understood.
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Velocirocktor posted:It's a metal opera (hence the Avantasia comparison), they're both guest vocalists, so he might still have a stupid hat. I don't expect it will be as enjoyable as Avantasia, as I think Tolkki's too much of a curmudgeon to carry a silly concept as well as Tobi does. But maybe that's just down to me finding most of Tolkki's work insufferably boring and flighty. Stratovarius is just one of those bands whose status I never understood. I never did like Stratovarius either, it's just a little too wrote or by the numbers or something.
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Guzwar posted:Anyone else looking forward to Timo Tolkki's Avalon? Russel Allen, Derek Sherinian, Tony Kakko -- it's basically his version of Tobias Sammet's metal opera, which I am A-ok with if it's anywhere near as good as Avantasia. Much like that Elize Ryd woman singing it, in other words.  Seriously though, what the hell is it with that chick suddenly being everywhere? She's not really a bad singer, she just sounds exactly like just about every single run-of-the-mill pop starlet out there. Anyways, the video track off the latest Avantasia is really loving lame as well, eventhough the album itself is a lot better. So maybe there's a slim chance this Avalon thing won't be horribly insipid. I'm not holding my breath though, especially since I have very little respect for Tolkki whereas I do have a huge buddy-crush for Tobias Sammet. EDIT: I've listened to Jess and The Ancient Ones - More Than Living for an obscene amount of times today and for gently caress's sake I'm running out of hyperlatives here, there's just no loving sense in how bloody amazing this song is. It's quite literally, no hyperbole, the single best goddamn song I have heard in YEARS. Nordick fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Mar 26, 2013 |
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Nordick posted:EDIT: I've listened to Jess and The Ancient Ones - More Than Living for an obscene amount of times today and for gently caress's sake I'm running out of hyperlatives here, there's just no loving sense in how bloody amazing this song is. It's quite literally, no hyperbole, the single best goddamn song I have heard in YEARS. I went through a period where I couldn't stop listening to Sulphur Giants off of their first album, something about this woman's voice is so mesmerizing. I had no idea they had new material out, this is good poo poo.
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Blodsvept is out on Spotify. I like it. http://open.spotify.com/track/6Ulo28gX2AbbodwbM1VbWd
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Yeah, Blodsvept is not bad. Lots of Jaktens Tid, Nattfodd, and Visor Om Slutet in there, and Vreth has managed to encompass the vocal stylings of the former vocalists, as well. He finally sounds like a proper troll. Wonder where I could find something else like Visor Om Slutet. I mean, it's acoustic, so it's really just a folk album. It's got a cool atmosphere, though. e: First track reminded me of Helvete. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9detoHU-cMk Great Horny Toads! fucked around with this message at 09:23 on Mar 26, 2013 |
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