Andrew Korenchkin
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Just stay away. Don't even bother. That's the best advice I can give.
Sweet.....
Ditto.
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The Metal Thread |OT2| All Riffs, No Gifs
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Just stay away. Don't even bother. That's the best advice I can give.
Sweet.....
Ditto.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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Damn, did he use Drumkit From Hell again?
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Deleted member 57681
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It's very good indeed.
For anyone who cares: Avantgarde Music offer a 4CD bundle of -I to III for 36. III I is supposed to come out soon to I guess.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Voivod! Anybody else like them?
Yes, one of my favorite bands of all time. Although, I have not had a chance to listen to their last album, Target Earth.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Giant Robot
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I'm still mixed on Grotesque. Historically cool that it's a pre-cursor to At The Gates, but it's just not that great.
Necrolord did do the album art which fucking rules though.
Big fan of everything up to Nothingface. No one else dares to come close to their sound.
None of their albums ever released on vinyl right? Not even the new one?
MezzoForte
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That's the demo right? Never heard it.
Secks4Food
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Lol apparently Deicide fundraising for PBS was a thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0e14ZHURZ8
Wow, that crushes...hard.
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Deleted member 57681
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It's free on their official homepage. And I think the vinyl was the re-recorded version from 2012. I don't know if there's a substantial difference ¯\_(ツ
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Andrew Korenchkin
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This is fucking great.
He also plays on it, which is even cooler IMO.
EDIT: Wait a second....never mind, apparently. Well, his art is still the shit, anyway. Dat Emperor artwork. Also, this is great as well
New Anaal Nathrakh hymn: Monstrum In Animo
They just hit that perfect mix of aggresion and ridiculousness, which makes it so much fun to listen to.
They just hit that perfect mix of aggresion and ridiculousness, which makes it so much fun to listen to.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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ComputerMKII
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Royal_Flush
Member
Is this long, deep growl in the beginning also her or one of the dudes? If it's her, she should do them more often
ComputerMKII
Banned
Is this long, deep growl in the beginning also her or one of the dudes? If it's her, she should do them more often
It's her
Royal_Flush
Member
Question is, are they good and hust happened to have Alissa or were they good because they had Alissa? Because, I mean: The new Arch Enemy album is easily my favorite and the two released tracks from the new The Agonist album didn't entirely convince me...
But I will give wait with my final judgement until the album is released...
Impressive.
Not me
Giant Robot
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That Sacramentum album is the best Dissection clone. Unfortunately their only good album :\
Dawn's "Slaughtersun" is a close 3rd
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Damn right. Aside from Storm, it's the top in what that brand of Metal does well. It's a classic.
Enosh
Member
well I had no idea how much influence she had on song writing, but her voice certainly added that little extra, new singer isn't as good, i can't see her pulling off something like swan lake
edit, song mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsrkEmFUR4c
That Sacramentum album is the best Dissection clone. Unfortunately their only good album :\
Dawn's "Slaughtersun" is a close 3rd
Don't get me wrong, Dissection is great, but I like Far Away from the Sun more than any of the Dissection albums.
Still seems like a holding pattern with Vanitas.
Royal_Flush
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Great, now that you remindes me of that song, I'm sad that Alissa isn't at The Agonist anymore
I also don't know how much influence Alissa had on the actual song writing. From what i have heard the current Arch Enemy album mostly was writtem (minus the lyrics) before Alissa joined. But a great voice can make such a difference. Short anecdote:
There is this symphonic Metal band called Xandria. I saw them life once and thought they were quite mediocre. Then they changed singer to Manuela Kraller and the next time I saw them, I was blown away from the same songs I also heard the first time...
Andrew Korenchkin
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Giant Robot
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I can understand that. I'll go back and forth on Far Away From The Sun vs. The Somberlain/Storm of the Lights Bane.
I feel that Far Away From The Sun is more consistent overall.
What do you mean? That it is on par with Vanitas and isn't better? I really don't mind two albums worth of a good thing. But then again, Vanitas was my first AN album and then I worked my way backwards through their discography.
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Sounds like more of the same. I'm definitely a Vanitas fan so this doesn't bother me.
choodi
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Gothic-era Nick Holmes is still one of the best death vocals ever
Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day everyone!
Everyone, post your favorite pirate metal song to celebrate the holiday.
Everyone, post your favorite pirate metal song to celebrate the holiday.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Running Wild - Pile of Skulls
Btw, anything other than Running Wild is automatically disqualified. Just sayin'
Btw, anything other than Running Wild is automatically disqualified. Just sayin'
fuck off Alestorm xD
I approve.
I prefer Running Wild - Run Riot.
But Turisas - Hunting Pirates is so damn epic, and you can never go wrong with back-up choir.
But Turisas - Hunting Pirates is so damn epic, and you can never go wrong with back-up choir.
Andrew Korenchkin
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I have to say I do enjoy the Running Wild tracks over anything else. Not a fan of Alestorm.
Juke Joint Jezebel
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Ziltoid 2 pre-orders are up. Couldn't snag the silver vinyl bundle but I got the black one! Double vinyl and it also comes with both albums on CD as well. And...a frisbee for some reason. Sold out after buying it. Har!
Kenn Nardi (Anacrusis) has an album coming out in January for those interested.
Song: Dancing With The Past
Song: Dancing With The Past
Bitanator
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I saw Divebomb's post about it, very cool will be picking it up for sure.
I'm still a bit skeptical. Ziltoid is probably my favourite Devin Townsend album, but I haven't been a big fan of his recent output (save for maybe Ghost, but that's quite a bit different). If it's like Epicloud or Deconstruction, I think I'll be disappointed.Ziltoid 2 pre-orders are up. Couldn't snag the silver vinyl bundle but I got the black one! Double vinyl and it also comes with both albums on CD as well. And...a frisbee for some reason. Sold out after buying it. Har!
Everything i've heard so far hasn't been very thrashy which is kind of disappointing since they did it so damn well, definitely excited though.
Juke Joint Jezebel
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For Z2 he did. The second album "Sky Blue" has his usual drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen playing.
Ghost was incredible. Easily one of my favourite albums of all time. Sitting out in the back garden as the sun sets with that on in the background is magical. Perfect chill out album.
You don't need to worry about Z2 being compromised. It's actually two seperate albums. The Devin Townsend Project album "Blue Sky" being a mix of all sorts of previous styles he's dabbled in over the past few years, and "Z2" according to Devin is a straight follow-up to the first Ziltoid in both recording style, and structure.
Secks4Food
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Devin Townsend is the fucking man and I'm super stoked for Z2.
What are your favorite Devy albums? These are mine:
1.) Terria
2.) Ziltoid the Omniscient
3.) Epicloud
4.) Addicted!
5) Synchestra
What are your favorite Devy albums? These are mine:
1.) Terria
2.) Ziltoid the Omniscient
3.) Epicloud
4.) Addicted!
5) Synchestra
Andrew Korenchkin
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City for sure. Ocean Machine: Biomech is awesome too.