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QPZIL posted:So, a couple years ago I see that Nachtmystium's Blake Judd is trying to raise funds for their next album (this was right before they recorded "Silencing Machine"). I emailed back and forth with Blake and he was going to sell me a couple limited pressing LPs for $50. I paypalled him, and gave it a few weeks. Emailed him to check up. Nothing. Emailed him a month later, no response. Emailed him a couple months later, no response. Because he missed his flight, he also missed their first set (each band plays twice). Nachtmystium (and all the bands) were contractually obligated to play two sets, so they created an extra time for them to play. He basically played two fifteen minute sets, and he played them pretty badly. People were pretty upset.
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QPZIL posted:The new Shining (from Sweden) album, 8½ – Feberdrömmar i vaket tillstånd is pretty awesome. It's a lot more bleak black metal and less Kvarforth crying over acoustic guitars. That's because Kvarforth only sings like one track on this album.  Gaahl, Famine, Maniac, and Atilla each take a song on this one
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I only ever really got into V - Halmstad, never Klagopsalmer or Fodd Forlorare. And I never even heard Redefining Darkness. Is the new one worth checking out, then?
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John Magnum posted:I only ever really got into V - Halmstad, never Klagopsalmer or Fodd Forlorare. And I never even heard Redefining Darkness. Is the new one worth checking out, then? V Halmstad is probably their best in my opinion. Redefining Darkness was okay I only listened to it a couple of times didn't really go back to it though. I would say the new one is worth checking out though, more traditional black metal with some pretty good atmospheres. Plus having every song sung by a different person is pretty nostalgic for me since I listened to a ton of Mayhem back in the day. Keep in mind this is my first run through the record.
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Well, this is certainly a different way to appreciate Blind Guardian.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4E2Tc370ZU In other news, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, Floor Jansen has indeed been confirmed to have joined Nightwish as a permanent member. And while they were at it, they also took on Troy Donockley, the guy who's been playing those uilleann pipes on certain songs. According to an interview of Marco Hietala the guy is quite a multi-instrumentalist, so this might be interesting, especially as Hietala also said that they've been thinking of making the next album a bit more band-centric.
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This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!
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DeusExMachinima posted:Floor Jansen here to stay? So she'll quit in 3-5 years, right? We can only hope After Forever gets off hiatus and she goes back to a band that can write decent songs.
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IRQ posted:We can only hope After Forever gets off hiatus and she goes back to a band that can write decent songs.
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Nordick posted:Funny, the time I gave After Forever a try, my though was basically, "Well the singer is pretty good but the songs are loving boring as poo poo." Taste is a weird thing.
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If you have Facebook, here's the new Hell single. https://www.facebook.com/HELLofficial/app_208195102528120 Digging the Aquarius/Let the Sunshine thing haha.
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Nordick posted:Funny, the time I gave After Forever a try, my though was basically, "Well the singer is pretty good but the songs are loving boring as poo poo." Taste is a weird thing. We're talking relative to current Nightwish songwriting. It's not that high of a bar, I admit.
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John Magnum posted:I only ever really got into V - Halmstad, never Klagopsalmer or Fodd Forlorare. And I never even heard Redefining Darkness. Is the new one worth checking out, then? It's all about The Eerie Cold! And the SUbmit to Self-Destruction EP. Pure hatred!
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Saw Turisas last night, and they put on a great show. Lots of banter, energy and Warlord Whatsisface is a great frontman. Also, the violin guy was rocking his poo poo in every song. New stuff sounded really good live and the whole thing was a lot of fun  .I was really close to the front, so couldn't resist taking a picture of violin man doing his thing: 
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So White Wizzard is pretty much done forfrom facebook posted:Guitarist Will Wallner has released the I following statement: quote:Hey all WW friends and enemies, Sucks, they had so much potential
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White Wizzard sucks (sucked?) and Will Wallner is an idiot and hypocrite. I'd like to quote an article that he unironically published a few months ago: "it's impossible to get a deal with a big label unless you have a marketing gimmick and are fashionable." At least someone called him out on it. http://contaminatedtones.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-jokes-on-you-will-wallner.html
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He's not totally wrong if you limit your focus to what counts as metal among the remaining big labels, but that's always been the case. e: Also did that guy who wrote that rebuttal run it through google translate a few times? Good lord man, it's an internet piece, not a term paper you're struggling to hit the word count on. Alec Bald Snatch fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Oct 10, 2013 |
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henpod posted:Saw Turisas last night, and they put on a great show. Lots of banter, energy and Warlord Whatsisface is a great frontman. Also, the violin guy was rocking his poo poo in every song. New stuff sounded really good live and the whole thing was a lot of fun O2 Academy? Yeah it was pretty great. I wasn't too impressed with the new album but the tracks seem to work a lot better live, maybe because they're mostly more straight-up metal without the twiddly bits from the previous two albums. Shame they didn't play more off Varangian though, I'd have loved to see Five Hundred And One or Miklagard Overture live.
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Smoky Bandana posted:O2 Academy? Yeah it was pretty great. I wasn't too impressed with the new album but the tracks seem to work a lot better live, maybe because they're mostly more straight-up metal without the twiddly bits from the previous two albums. Precisely the reason I didn't book tickets. I didn't much care for the previous album and this new one just sounds like cack to me so I think my days of seeing Turisas live may be numbered... Has anyone heard the new Skeletonwitch album yet btw?
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Kaiho posted:Precisely the reason I didn't book tickets. I didn't much care for the previous album and this new one just sounds like cack to me so I think my days of seeing Turisas live may be numbered... Is it out somewhere?
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nerve posted:Is it out somewhere? If so, Hail Satan, I have some searching to do
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No, it comes out at the end of the month but I reckoned some review types posted here
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Here's the title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCetDuaWvyU Owns.
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Sorry for the blabbermouth link, but you can stream the new Death Angel album here: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/death-angel-entire-dream-calls-for-blood-album-available-for-streaming/ I don't know how to get the link of that playlist from the widget, which is pretty annoying mostly because it doesn't have a loving volume control. Anyway, album sounds awesome. I'm really enjoying the guitar riffs.
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Nordick posted:Funny, the time I gave After Forever a try, my though was basically, "Well the singer is pretty good but the songs are loving boring as poo poo." Taste is a weird thing. The only album I really like is Decipher. Prison of Desire is also ok, but after their guitarist left the band's music went straight into trash bin.
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I saw Metallica's Through The Never tonight. First of all, the "story" takes up a total of about 10 minutes screen time. Generally they just use it for different visuals while Metallica play a kickass song in the background. The story is almost one big long video clip. So Metallica fans? Don't worry. The songs aren't really compromised for the sake of the story. There's a few cuts and stuff, but nothing really cringeworthy. The stage is awesome. They sounded REALLY good which surprised me because I hate their live sound these days. The performances were great and the setlist is almost the best of the first 4 albums. It's a punishing thrashy setlist and is awesome. Anybody who has ever liked Metallica? Go check it out. If you get the chance, see it in 3D with IMAX. There were times when I felt like I was at the show again.
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I read an interview with Lars from a few weeks ago, and he said that they didn't want to become a nostalgia act. And then here comes Through The Never, featuring one song from after 1996. Oops.
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I pre-ordered the new Trivium album, Vengeance Falls. I wonder how the rest of the album will be after listening to the songs they've released to the public so far. "Strife" sounds like it's a blend of Shogun and In Waves, but I'm not sure how I feel about it just yet.
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ace8989 posted:I pre-ordered the new Trivium album, Vengeance Falls. I wonder how the rest of the album will be after listening to the songs they've released to the public so far. "Strife" sounds like it's a blend of Shogun and In Waves, but I'm not sure how I feel about it just yet. They released the entire album to the public a few days ago, here: http://trivium.org/vengeancefalls/
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new Iced Earth track I've always liked this band.. this isn't bad, but you can really tell from this that Stu Block is like a Barlow-lite and I still don't really feel him
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Varg posted:new Iced Earth track Meh... Not impressed. I enjoyed the last album quite a bit, but this just seems boring. Hopefully the rest of the album is better.
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:They released the entire album to the public a few days ago, here: http://trivium.org/vengeancefalls/ Bah, seems that Strife is by far the best track. Not that Strife is bad, I just hoped that the other tracks would be as good, which they aren't by far. E: Incineration The Broken World is pretty awesome as well, others lack a bit. Seditiar fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Oct 12, 2013 |
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brucio posted:I read an interview with Lars from a few weeks ago, and he said that they didn't want to become a nostalgia act. And then here comes Through The Never, featuring one song from after 1996. Oops. They do Fuel AND Memory Remains and Cyanide.
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You all are talking about Trivium. The gently caress? Anyway, saw Horrendous, Natur, and Antichrist last night. Horrendous was awesome and the dudes recognized me from a previous show of theirs that I was at. Natur was really boring. Pretty mediocre. Antichrist ruled and were SO tight. Plus I got to talk to Dave DiSanto from Vektor. He saw my Vektor patch and was like yeeeeah. Spent all of that set headbanging with him and the dudes from Horrendous.
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Hammer Floyd posted:They do Fuel AND Memory Remains and Cyanide. 1997 then. The point still stands, 1 new song from the last 16 years. Even they're not confident in their recent output, which is typical of a nostalgia band.
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Morbid Florist posted:It's also typical of anyone with ears I still reckon that plenty of the material on Death Magnetic is really well written and totally stands up next to their best work from the 80s. The problem for me was always the production and the performances. That album just sounds like arse - even the non-brickwalled Guitar Hero version.
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Aside from the production issues and the subpar lead playing, I really dig Death Magnetic. The first time I heard it I had a big smile on my face within 30 seconds because they nailed the old Metallica sound so perfectly, but without being a total rehash. IMO, All Nightmare Long is the best song they've written since Justice, and although I wish they would have gone with a different title, I really dig Unforgiven III. Broken, Beaten and Scarred has completely asinine lyrics but is full of killer riffs. The biggest problem with the songwriting on that album is that a lot of the songs needed to be pared down and shortened. Hulk Krogan fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Oct 13, 2013 |
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Just got into another Manilla Road mood... that band is frickin' awesome. They're just plain fun. By all means I shouldn't really like them, and their use of harmony is quite boring but for some reason they're awesome. Are there any bands that are kinda like the Road? I don't like Cirith Ungol since they always get recommend to fans of the Road.
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abske_fides posted:Just got into another Manilla Road mood... that band is frickin' awesome. They're just plain fun. By all means I shouldn't really like them, and their use of harmony is quite boring but for some reason they're awesome. Are there any bands that are kinda like the Road? I don't like Cirith Ungol since they always get recommend to fans of the Road. I was going to suggest listening to Ironsword, but listening to it after 9 years, it's not holding up so well... I'll edit this post with more soon. Omen is good too, not exactly the same. They're a pretty unique band. Stygian Shore were from the same area as Mark Shelton I think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iADwryvat8 This band is cool because they sort of conjured their own unique vibe as well: Sacred Blade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOwIQX9Ja0k Heir Apparent has this cool atmosphere with them too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPyW7rlQ3JA Newer band The Gates of Slumber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QyNLrtXXLs fappenmeister fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Oct 13, 2013 |
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