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Nordick posted:In more accessible news, Arch Enemy have a new single out and it's pretty great if you like poppy stuff like this:  "Oh, hey this Power Metal band is pretty coo-- WAIT A SECOND, IT'S ARCH ENEMY?"
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Nordick posted:In more accessible news, Arch Enemy have a new single out and it's pretty great if you like poppy stuff like this: I don't really dig this, War Eternal was more of an interesting track, this seems very Arch Enemy by numbers to me. That said the whispering bit was pretty cool and out of nowhere.
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I dig the new new Arch Enemy a lot, it is quite poppy and standard AE fare but I like it. Looking forward to new Wintersun too, I like what I've heard so far. Ensiferum just dropped the first new track from their next album too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiuf4uSYFlQ
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:I dig the new new Arch Enemy a lot, it is quite poppy and standard AE fare but I like it. Looking forward to new Wintersun too, I like what I've heard so far. Ooh I'll give that a listen. I have a soft spot for ensiferum.
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Listened to the new Wintersun at the gym today. Not really impressed. That mix is really bad, as someone else here said. In other news I saw Slough Feg is currently in the studio making a new album. That rules. GuardianOfAsgaard posted:
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Wark Say posted:Man, how weird would it be to have Alissa use her not-at-all-bad clean-singing voice for Arch Enemy? Is Michael Amott scared that, with clean vocals, people would pretty much go Arch Enemy is a black hole of talent. Remember that this band first devoured members of Carcass, Carnage, Eucharist, Mercyful Fate, Nevermore, and others, only to make the blandest music possible. Nobody in that band is allowed to do anything interesting, and if they were, the singer already violated the dress code of long-sleeved black jackets all the time, even if it's 95 degrees on stage. P.S. Eucharist rules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXto0vh7wq4
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I had no idea Jeff Loomis had been in Arch Enemy for two years. loving rip.
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I like Arch Enemy now and then but it really is baffling how the band is full of musicians underplaying their ability. They're seeing success though so something is going right.
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Wark Say posted:Man, how weird would it be to have Alissa use her not-at-all-bad clean-singing voice for Arch Enemy? Is Michael Amott scared that, with clean vocals, people would pretty much go Fake edit: Now I remember, it was this pretty cool collaborative Dio cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjxpMCiUI7Q tote up a bags posted:I don't really dig this, War Eternal was more of an interesting track, this seems very Arch Enemy by numbers to me. GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Ensiferum just dropped the first new track from their next album too:
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Ensiferum has standards other than iron and victory?
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I was just referring that songtitle and the even-more-bombastic orchestral background. I didn't mean it's a big or significant difference. 
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Jul 19, 2017 21:47
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I haven't listened to an Arch Enemy song since the early 2000's, don't feel like changing that
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Varg posted:I haven't listened to an Arch Enemy song since the early 2000's, don't feel like changing that they all wear matching armbands now. i think they're supposed to be a band of rebels from the planet hoth? i dunno; it's cute stuff that goes over big with the hot topic crowd AARP LARPer fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Jul 19, 2017 |
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Jul 19, 2017 22:45
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When did they get rid of Angela? I also have not paid attention to them since Wages of Sin
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Demon Of The Fall posted:When did they get rid of Angela? I also have not paid attention to them since Wages of Sin
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What saddens me the most is that Jeff Loomis is one of the few "shredders" that do not completely annoy / bore me to tears. But hey, whatever pays the bills.
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Demon Of The Fall posted:I miss Nevermore same
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A human heart posted:. if you're not able to listen to lo fi production then a lot of very good or influential black metal is going to be out, and you'll probably end up with an odd view of the genre as a whole since many of the most important recordings, especially older ones, are quite lo fi, or at least not 'modern' in sound. I also think that black metal that is too cleanly produced tends to just sound kind of bad, although that's down to personal preference(I like noise and stuff like that so clean instrument tones do nothing for me). Well that's what I mean by a can of worms, I don't want to poo poo up the thread with "what is black metal REALLY " , but I've been listening to "black metal" for a very long time, of various sub-genres. So that "raw" black metal exists is not new, but that people/bands are actually making it sound worse ( in terms of production) than the original influences is amazing to me. poo poo, even early Darkthrone or Mayhem have what I would consider better production / mixing then a Paysage d'Hiver album being released this year, and arguably their early and seminal albums would have far less to work with in terms of studios. I guess there is what I consider a lo-fi sound that still sounds ok to me, and then there is stuff that is REALLY lo-fi that I think sounds like poo poo. Either way, to each their own, it just seemed like a weird juxtaposition on the Drudkh split, since I really like Drudkh I guess I was expecting something of similar "quality". In other news
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The faculty/staff sponsor for my college's heavy metal club played in the Seattle scene with Nevermore. He'll forever think Nevermore got lucky getting signed "over other bands because they sucked in comparison."  btw, Enemies of Reality rips
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Demon Of The Fall posted:I miss Nevermore It's a shame no one to my knowledge tried to make a good Nevermore spiritual successor Wark Say posted:What saddens me the most is that Jeff Loomis is one of the few "shredders" that do not completely annoy / bore me to tears. But hey, whatever pays the bills. At least his stuff with Keith Merrow slays.
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Nordick posted:Angela quit of her own accord in 2014 to pursue other interests. She chose Alissa as her successor herself and is still the band's business manager. It's like the antithesis of how Nightwish operate.
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Kilometers Davis posted:At least his stuff with Keith Merrow slays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATMNVWq21A4
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EL BROMANCE posted:It's like the antithesis of how Nightwish operate. That public letter though.
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Jul 20, 2017 00:10
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Nightwish have been one of my favourite bands for years and years but I never gave that much of a poo poo about all the vocalist drama. However, if they somehow manage to lose Floor Jansen I swear to god I'll find Tuomas and give him a wedgie myself.
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Nordick posted:Nightwish have been one of my favourite bands for years and years but I never gave that much of a poo poo about all the vocalist drama. Yeah but then you have to give yourself one for being a huge Nightwish fan
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I already wear my underwear in permanent wedgie position as penance for posting on these forums
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Kilometers Davis posted:They're pure riff salad but the salad is 10/10
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Just fyi Ghost kick all sorts of rear end live.
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Demon Of The Fall posted:I miss Nevermore Same  I'm glad I saw them live like 10 times but come on man they still have a story to tell. Unlike Savatage, which is one of my life's biggest regrets (never saw them live)
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Nordick posted:Nightwish have been one of my favourite bands for years and years but I never gave that much of a poo poo about all the vocalist drama. But if she did go she might be in a project worth her insane talents (After forever) and not garbage dumpster songs (the last nightwish album, revamp)
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tote up a bags posted:But if she did go she might be in a project worth her insane talents (After forever) and not garbage dumpster songs (the last nightwish album, revamp) * EDIT: Well, disc 2 of the 3 disc set as it turns out. Disc 1 has a different gig on it, gonna check that out next. Seriously though, if there's anyone left here besides me who still has any love for Nightwish, check out Vehicle of Spirit, at least disc 2 with the Tampere show. One of the better live recordings I remember ever seeing. Nordick fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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I'm a fan of the new Wintersun but I agree it's a bit disjointed. Winter is freaking awesome. Autumn is pretty dense and hard to absorb right off the bat but holy hell is it energetic. I'd die if I were their drummer performing that live.
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Varg posted:clean production for more atmospheric/melodic black metal is a good thing when done right - https://tardigrada.bandcamp.com/ Thanks for posting this by the way, good poo poo.
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Kilonum posted:Just fyi Ghost kick all sorts of rear end live. Ehhhh I saw them open for Maiden recently and all I could think was how much they sound like a worse Pagan Altar.
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Shakenbaker posted:Ehhhh I saw them open for Maiden recently and all I could think was how much they sound like a worse Pagan Altar. If Ghost sounded like Pagan Altar they'd be a much better band
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I saw Ghost open for Opeth and Mastodon years ago. They were good. I bought their cd at the merch table. That's my story.
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Henchman of Santa posted:If Ghost sounded like Pagan Altar they'd be a much better band If [Enter Band Here] sounded like Pagan Altar they'd be a much better band This is excepting Scald's Will of the Gods is Great Power, obviously. Can't improve what is already perfect. Dimebags Brain fucked around with this message at 06:17 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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