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I haven't bought an Amon Amarth albums since Versus the World since that disc hasn't broken yet. General consensus was that Twilight of the Thunder God was good -- up until now, Amon Amarth seemed to have a good album every three -- are any of the others worth listening to?
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Listening to the new AA right now and the one thing I've noticed is at some point the guitars actually sound pretty... chuggy? It's kind of odd.
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Mar 25, 2016 20:02
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Vulture Culture posted:I haven't bought an Amon Amarth albums since Versus the World since that disc hasn't broken yet. General consensus was that Twilight of the Thunder God was good -- up until now, Amon Amarth seemed to have a good album every three -- are any of the others worth listening to? With Oden On Our Side was pretty rad.
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Mar 25, 2016 20:09
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Vulture Culture posted:I haven't bought an Amon Amarth albums since Versus the World since that disc hasn't broken yet. General consensus was that Twilight of the Thunder God was good -- up until now, Amon Amarth seemed to have a good album every three -- are any of the others worth listening to? Versus is great, twilight and surtur as well, deceiver have some good songs but is merely ok. I prefer surtur to twilight since it have more "experimental" songs. If Jomsviking is similar to deceiver, the I will be somewhat disappointed.
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Mar 25, 2016 20:49
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I like the new AA. It comes in a bit under Twilight and their previous, but it's still a good album.
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Nordick posted:But that's just it, it doesn't sound like "the same" to me. This album sounds a lot lighter than, say, Twilight of the Thunder God. A lot of this stuff is almost like straight-up power metal except for Hegg's vocals, and even the heavier songs sound really stripped down, like the songs have less meat on their bones. Maybe that's Andy Sneap's production at work, I'm not really familiar with his work but I've read some less than admiring comments about him. The vocals do rule, I give you that. They also put on an awesome live show, and asator is a great song. AA isn't bad but they could just be so much better.
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Mar 25, 2016 21:39
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One thing that they deserve credit for is how awesome their guitars sound. Seriously some of the best sounding guitars in "death" metal. They're not really brutal or anything, but they sound awesome.
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Mar 26, 2016 00:36
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Once Sent From The Golden Hall is the best album, if you want one to check out. Obviously VTW, TOTTG, and WOOOS are top-tier also. IMO the only weak-ish albums are Fate of Norns and Deceiver of the Gods, but even they have plenty of good songs. After listening to Jomsviking for a couple days it's actually pretty drat good, their best since Twilight I reckon. Way Of Vikings is a killer tune.
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Mar 26, 2016 01:20
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As an off and on fan of Amon Amarth since I first heard Pursuit back in the day I quite like the new album. The vocals are absolutely punishing and the Maiden leads are very catchy. The various melodic leads all over the album change up the pace in a way they haven't nailed before. Production is meaty in the way that sounds spot on for the genre. It's not like some new level unmatched by other bands or AA themselves but it's a solid metal album. It'll be in my rotation for a while. Kilometers Davis fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Mar 26, 2016 |
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Mar 26, 2016 02:52
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Henchman of Santa posted:New Cobalt is so loving filthy for real, i had my reservations about a double LP but every track is killer also the new Cult of Luna album is out, i was worried it was going to have a softer, post-rock touch to it but they're still as heavy as ever
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Mar 26, 2016 03:22
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ProgPower's FB account is pretty decent.
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Mar 26, 2016 16:33
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We all know Batman = Death Metal  
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Mar 26, 2016 18:58
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Always had him pegged as Morrissey fan myself.
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Mar 26, 2016 19:14
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cool cartoon pictures for children.
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Mar 26, 2016 19:47
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He only works in metal, and sometimes very very dark metal.
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:We all know Batman = Death Metal The intro to Bloodbath's "Death Delirium" is basically the main motif from the theme to Batman: The Animated Series
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CRIP EATIN BREAD posted:cool cartoon pictures for children. Yeah man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qatmJtIJAPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I53HDr0-Qew But anyways the new Amon Amarth is really good from start to finish. I like it more than their last one (what was that called again?). Plus the song with Doro on guest vocs kicks rear end.
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Spanish Manlove posted:The vocals do rule, I give you that. They also put on an awesome live show, and asator is a great song. AA isn't bad but they could just be so much better. it was a slow burn but it's grown on me over a few listens. Sucks that they're skipping us again this tour with exmortus 
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Well, I'm kinda sorta warming up to the new AA. I'd almost written it off already, but then I found myself humming to one of the songs, and gave it a couple more spins, and at this point I'd call it okay. A few songs are even good. It still does sound dull somehow, compared to WOOOS and TOTTG. The latter two just sound richer and more... alive? Evocative? I dunno, I'm having trouble putting the feeling into words.
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Vulture Culture posted:I haven't bought an Amon Amarth albums since Versus the World since that disc hasn't broken yet. General consensus was that Twilight of the Thunder God was good -- up until now, Amon Amarth seemed to have a good album every three -- are any of the others worth listening to? they're a terrible band all around really but the Thor Arise demo is sort of charming because of the production, and it actually sounds a bit like death metal which is nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AnjkeWTa0w
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A human heart posted:they're a terrible band all around really
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A human heart posted:they're a terrible band all around really
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Mar 27, 2016 15:07
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No matter the band, there will always be someone to go "the first demo was the best/the only good one".
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Mar 27, 2016 15:56
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Just lol if you don't exclusively listen to 20+ year old demos that sound like complete poo poo
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Mar 27, 2016 16:10
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I think the new AA is my favorite release of theirs. Every time I listen to it I find more to like. I'm pretty addicted right now to tell the truth.
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Mar 27, 2016 17:47
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We used to know a guy who claimed to "only listen to the first 20 seconds of the first Bathory album".
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Mar 27, 2016 18:17
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Trees and Squids posted:Just lol if you don't exclusively listen to 20+ year old demos that sound like complete poo poo I'd tell you you're unoriginal but so am I because I've made this joke repeatedly and it never gets old anyway.
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Wizgot posted:Just found this band called KAT from Poland. Their poo poo is so brutal. I have no idea what they're talking about but it sounds so sick. Speaking of Vader and Kat, here's a video of Vader playing a Kat cover with the Kat vocalist. I think it's off their Live in Warsaw DVD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QshiGE19G70
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I'm sure it's been discussed at some point in this thread and I've gone back about 15 pages and can't see anything - I keep forgetting there's a metal thread here damnit, but omg the latest Amorphis album 'Under The Red Cloud' is incredible, easily my favourite from the last few years. I travelled a lot of miles around the country and saw them twice on tour last week, exhausting but worth every second. I wish I had a current passport and serious cash to keep following them around Europe. Still on a serious post-gig high and can't. stop. listening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4sEwiQ7gdc&list=PL0uf1MtUvQN4bB785JnN_8tQqcGuOBIaS&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG5Ez5q7j2M&index=6&list=PL0uf1MtUvQN4bB785JnN_8tQqcGuOBIaS
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That demo sounds pretty good. 
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Trees and Squids posted:Just lol if you don't exclusively listen to 20+ year old demos that sound like complete poo poo if you think that's complete poo poo then you haven't listened to many demos
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Thanks for the help. As it turns out the closest place to me bands care to go is Cleveland. I hate this state.
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pants cat posted:I'm sure it's been discussed at some point in this thread and I've gone back about 15 pages and can't see anything - I keep forgetting there's a metal thread here damnit, but omg the latest Amorphis album 'Under The Red Cloud' is incredible, easily my favourite from the last few years. Yeah man I like this album a whole lot. Better than their previous ones actually. Not sure what makes this one different though.
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I liked the new Amorphis too, but somehow I didn't end up listening to it more than a few times. Been too busy playing the poo poo out of even better stuff I guess. That reminds me we didn't have any "best albums of 2015" roundups here. I think we listed some half-year favourites in the summer but then nothing once the year was done.
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Mar 28, 2016 09:56
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Some people did post their favourites of the year in like December or so iirc
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Nordick posted:I liked the new Amorphis too, but somehow I didn't end up listening to it more than a few times. Been too busy playing the poo poo out of even better stuff I guess.
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Mar 28, 2016 14:09
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Gravewürm released an album on Dec 25 and it was real good.
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Nordick posted:That reminds me we didn't have any "best albums of 2015" roundups here. I think we listed some half-year favourites in the summer but then nothing once the year was done. It was pretty pointless to post a year end list once Horrendous released Anareta in October.
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Oh man, Moonsorrow released a song from the new album! It's loving amazing  , just a few more days! They even made it an official video that's kind of rad, the more I watch it the more I like it, even though it seems to clearly be the work of a VFX student. The song keeps growing on me too, it's got the classic folky-vibe but less "happy" folk.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btI0AiJAC70 Also just got this from Inquisition's FB page - new album teaser! Groovy string-bending frog action  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00y4gW50Lhc
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gently caress, gonna miss seeing Metal Church tonight in NYC.. guess I'm gonna drive 2 hrs to Poughkeepsie next Friday. Their new album is pretty good and Mike Howe still sounds awesome.
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