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Testament were actually boring the whole time, that's how they've remained consistent. Overkill are still making good albums, just not on par with Years of Decay or Horrorscope. Sometimes I wish more bands would go the Bolt Thrower route and say "we're not making anything new until we're confident we can make something better than the last album," but it's pretty hard to keep up interest for touring if you never have anything new come out. Unless you break up for a long time first.
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I kinda think peak Overkill is Feel the Fire and Taking Over.
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AgentJotun posted:I kinda think peak Overkill is Feel the Fire and Taking Over.
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:I wonder what bands like Sepultura, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc., etc. think when they listen to their old albums. Do they -- deep down -- honestly and truly believe that their new stuff is just as good or do they forever wonder why they can't "nail it" like they did back in the early days? Or is it all simply a case of not having to give a gently caress anymore.
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May 14, 2015 02:00
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Kumbamontu posted:New BTBAM song/video: The first track they released was a bit wonky, so it's good to hear that this song is more solid. 3:00 onwards is amazing.
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May 14, 2015 03:40
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:I wonder what bands like Sepultura, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc., etc. think when they listen to their old albums. Do they -- deep down -- honestly and truly believe that their new stuff is just as good or do they forever wonder why they can't "nail it" like they did back in the early days? Or is it all simply a case of not having to give a gently caress anymore. Dave Mustaine said at some point he doesn't have another Rust In Peace in him since he gave up blow. i think a lot of it is the brief bit of mainstream success they had 20-25 years ago messed them up and they're still trying to write for radio.
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May 14, 2015 05:32
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:There are a few who can embrace this fact--though they're far and few between--and recognize that they're either no longer capable or don't have the desire to "go back to the well one more time" and kind of embrace a new direction. AND make it work. I'd argue Iron Maiden, Prong, Opeth, and Rush are among these.
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I wish Anathema had at least 1 more death-doom album in em tho. 
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May 14, 2015 18:47
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Turk February posted:Machine Head is poo poo after "Burn My Eyes". You should also listen to Vio-Lence instead: Amazing instrumentals, dat guys voice do'  muike posted:cilice textures sikth Cilice and Sikth are both amazing thank you for those recommendations. Ive been jamming to them both.
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May 15, 2015 02:45
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which textures did you check out
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muike posted:which textures did you check out I listened to Reaching Home and didn't like it very much.
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May 15, 2015 02:58
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I've got to tell you the whole album that's off of is pretty weak. Check out their early albums. Specifically the songs Young Man, Swandive, Laments of an Icarus, and basically anything off of Silhouettes and Drawing Circles.
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muike posted:I've got to tell you the whole album that's off of is pretty weak. Check out their early albums. Specifically the songs Young Man, Swandive, Laments of an Icarus, and basically anything off of Silhouettes and Drawing Circles. Listening to Silhouettes now, good poo poo. I must have picked a bad song for my initial listen.
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May 15, 2015 03:08
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You totally did, but it's a shame that album sucks because their new singer has some good pipes. He's the dude from Cilice.
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May 15, 2015 03:09
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Yeah I just posted a new Powerwolf song a couple pages back remarking on how much it sounds like Sabaton. Other suggestions, going with the "fun, cheesy, catchy melodic metal (with a gimmick)" angle: Gloryhammer Alestorm
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Reporting in from seeing Cryptopsy/Disgorge/Erimha/Soreption last night. Cryptopsy was awesome, very intense. Good mixture of new and old material. I really wanted to see Soreption to see if they could live up to the tightness of their recorded material and they absolutely delivered. I've been fans of theirs for a while but talking to a few people they definitely gained a few new ones in the crowd.
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Kumbamontu posted:New BTBAM song/video:  Wow, that's good. Can't wait for the whole thing.
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NarkyBark posted:Reporting in from seeing Cryptopsy/Disgorge/Erimha/Soreption last night. Cryptopsy was awesome, very intense. Good mixture of new and old material. I really wanted to see Soreption to see if they could live up to the tightness of their recorded material and they absolutely delivered. I've been fans of theirs for a while but talking to a few people they definitely gained a few new ones in the crowd. How does Cryptopsy's new guy handle Lord Worm songs?
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Hey all y'all flowery power metal dweebs. Yes, you, I know you're hiding there somewhere. Do you miss early Sonata Arctica? Would you like more of basically the same stuff but sung by Timo Kotipelto from Stratovarius? If yes, then check out the new album from Cain's Offering. If not, then I advise to avoid that link, as it is liable to give you insulin shock. It's ridiculously saccharine euro power metal in its purest form, the musical equivalent of stuffing your mouth full of gummi bears; perversely appealing, but will make you queasy. It's not really surprising since one of the founding members is the ex guitarist from Sonata Arctica, but god drat some of the stuff on this album could be lifted straight out of Ecliptica. Nordick fucked around with this message at 22:42 on May 15, 2015 |
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Every time someone brings up Cryptopsy in 2015 I feel weird because I completely stopped paying attention after they changed things up and released that first awful deathcoresque song. Have they turned things around finally? Old Cryptopsy has always been legendary poo poo for me and Lord Worm was a huge part of that. If they've released good material though I'm down. Good vocals and riffs are the clinchers.
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Kilometers Davis posted:If they've released good material though I'm down. Good vocals and riffs are the clinchers. Nope.
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Kilometers Davis posted:Every time someone brings up Cryptopsy in 2015 I feel weird because I completely stopped paying attention after they changed things up and released that first awful deathcoresque song. Have they turned things around finally? Old Cryptopsy has always been legendary poo poo for me and Lord Worm was a huge part of that. If they've released good material though I'm down. Good vocals and riffs are the clinchers. The self-titled album from 2012 is really good. The vocals, riffs, solos, drumming, and production in general are a hell of a lot better than they were on the album that came before, which is the one you're referencing (22% average review on Metal-Archives)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpflb_tKPiQ Give that a listen, at least.
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Optimum Gulps posted:The self-titled album from 2012 is really good. The vocals, riffs, solos, drumming, and production in general are a hell of a lot better than they were on the album that came before, which is the one you're referencing (22% average review on Metal-Archives)! While the self-titled record was better than "The Unspoken King", that's not a very high bar to be aiming for. I thought it was really generic and Matt McGachy is still a terribly boring vocalist by employing a bad knock off of Sven de Caluwe's (Aborted) growl and was real monotonous. After that it just felt like lifeless death metal to try and get back in the mists of good graces with the huge amount of their fanbase that they had lost as an act of desperation. When "The Unspoken King" released and they toured in support of it, didn't they open up their shows with an intro basically decrying all the critics and called them babies if they didn't like it? The self-titled was real indicative of them realizing that they had hosed up.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Testament were actually boring the whole time, that's how they've remained consistent. Overkill's latest album is pretty close to par
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RIP Terry Jones. There's just nothing else that captures this feeling and vibe like Pagan Altar had. I was fortunate to see their only American show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkJJfCH-ul0
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Nordick posted:Hey all y'all flowery power metal dweebs. Yes, you, I know you're hiding there somewhere.
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You're welcome. Yeah the whole album isn't all Sonata Arctica worship, but a few of the songs just whisk me away to 16 years ago. Like the one I linked to and the Japanese bonus track. The rest is still mostly pretty decent melodic power metal, especially the title track. And the most remarkable thing is that Timo Kotipelto manages to not annoy me at all.
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Is there a way I buy get the remastered Maiden albums without iTunes? I'd prefer FLAC with no DRM. I'm thrilled that it's apparently one of few remasters that has a full dynamic range.
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Dominoes posted:Is there a way I buy get the remastered Maiden albums without iTunes? I'd prefer FLAC with no DRM.
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Considering the whole thing is called "mastered for itunes" your choice is that or piracy.
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Buy the CDs from Amazon and FLAC them yourself. It's confusingly easy and CDs are tytpically cheaper than digital media these days. I haven't checked specifically for the Remastered editions, but any given CD is $5-9 on Amazon or other retailers.
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Furism posted:Buy the CDs from Amazon and FLAC them yourself. It's confusingly easy and CDs are tytpically cheaper than digital media these days. I haven't checked specifically for the Remastered editions, but any given CD is $5-9 on Amazon or other retailers. These are new remasters being done solely for itunes. quote:Parlophone Records (BMG/INgrooves Music Group for the USA) has announced the release of nineteen IRON MAIDEN catalog albums which have been Mastered For iTunes, encoded from 24-bit / 96 khz high resolution masters and now remastered with iTunes in mind, delivering the music to listeners exactly the way the artist and recording engineer intended. These are brand new remasters from their original analog sources, exclusively produced for iTunes. You could always try to find the 1998 remasters or the 2002 re-issue of them, but they actually sound worse than the original releases.
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MrBling posted:These are new remasters being done solely for itunes. Ah, gently caress that then. Personally I tend to prefer original recordings (unless they are notoriously bad). Remasters tend to do the whole "loudness war" bullshit and the dB is just unnecessarily high.
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Thanks dudes. I'll look more at iTunes.Furism posted:Ah, gently caress that then.
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Pope Guilty posted:Any recommendations for somebody who likes Powerwolf? Battle Beast is pretty rad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKwRyzMQ13Q Their only weakness is maybe writing too many songs about the Manga/anime Berserk.
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Furism posted:Ah, gently caress that then. Every Mastered for iTunes album I've bought sounds phenomenal. I mean very, very good and I can be quite anal about these things.
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