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[ImRonBurgundy?]

A Forest of Stars- "Female"
Oh, man, I get another marathon track?  Well, so far this is pretty cool.  Sounds like the overture to some deeply unsettling film, such as maybe M or No Country for Old Men.  And then the guitars came in and cheesed it all up.  Their vocalist is certainly... interesting.  I'm going to be honest, here at 3:38 I'm not feeling this, so I'm going to skip ahead a bit.  Ah, here we are.  4:18.  Something slightly different.  And back down to just a cello(?) for a second, which is nice, and then boom, back to the roaring hobo, as I've come to refer to him.  Skipping ahead again.  Ah, back to the ambience of the first movement, without all the power chords and yelping.  7:42. Great, they're back.  And that ambient part wasn't even as good as the first one.  The vocals sound like the part in Don Hertzfeldt's Intermission in the Third Dimension short when they start tripping out on the 3D glasses, which at least provides some momentary amusement. 10:05. The guitars are beginning to sound like they're saying "Repeat. Repeat." over and over again.  Nothing else of note.  It's over.  Besides the very first part, I wasn't into it.  2/10

Because I got another >10 minute song, I'm subjecting you guys to Jimmy Eat World.

Jimmy Eat World- "Robot Factory"

[KvP]

Back when American Idiot came out, my dad won free tickets to see Green Day in Denver from a radio station, and he gave them to me. A free show is a free show, and I attended. Jimmy Eat World opened for them. We were pretty far back, but they didn't seem to have much stage presence. Still, I vaguely remember having a record of theirs in high school, and remember them having some kind of cred stretching back to before they struck it sorta-big as a pop rock act.

This sounds a lot like that, which isn't bad. It's fairly straight-ahead rock music, and I like it. I'd give it 6.5 out of 10, that .5 getting removed to the words "ticked off" in the lyrics. I don't know why, exactly, but that annoys me.

Speaking of things I liked when I was younger, how about Ours? It's the baby of Jimmy Gnecco, an overwrought, gothier version of Jeff Buckley from New Jersey. I think he sung for Queen for a little while. He's got good pipes, but all in all, I liked the music a bit more when I was depressed all the fucking time. Still, a guilty pleasure of mine. Their third album is coming out sometime this year, under the probably half-hearted production of Rick Rubin.

Ours - Fallen Souls

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http://www.mediafire.com/?cxfjklyuts1

[Calaveth]

The opening drums sounded so promising, and the guitars throughout the song are quite nice, I just can't get past that I think I would have liked the song better if the singer hadn't been there, especially when the howling start around the three minute mark. Goodness. Still, I give it a passing grade, if only just.  5/10.

Here's kebert xela - Great Divide Everpassing, as far as I know still unsigned.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?7xcn4hdwm9l

[Dimmukane]

A band named after a family guy reference isn't destined to go very far.

[Calaveth]

A band named after a family guy reference isn't destined to go very far.

I agree (though I didn't catch the reference), but listen to the music. It's not bad.

[Dimmukane]

I recommend a name change.  It was rather repetitive, if not catchy.  And all the cymbal-crashing towards the end kinda contrasted with the post-electronica type stuff going on earlier in the song.  6/10.  I would upload something, but I have to go to work, I'll do it when I get back.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?41y9jxxvt1k
Alright, this is Genghis Tron - Arms.  They're a cybergrind band, so it's kinda like if you took Daft Punk and Saetia and made them use a drum machine.

[Rilian]

The first time I listened to this, my thoughts were, why are they doing alternate sections of awesome and crap. After that I broke out the better headphones and gave it a couple proper listens, and I have to say it's grown on me. The only quibble I really have is the vocals, I get the felling I would have liked this a lot more if the vocals were a little more death metal, a little less screaming. Overall I liked this, I might even give a listen to the rest of the album, someday, after I've actually listened to the rest of the music in my library. 8/10

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http://www.mediafire.com/?09mrmw3q3ly
This is Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - The Donkey-Headed Adversary of Humanity Opens The Discussion
They are a unique Avant-garde metal/Experimental group, and they play one of my favourite instruments ever - The Slide Piano Log

[Dimmukane]

I don't even have to download that, 9/10.  But it should be someone else's turn.

[FireAarro]

This might be the best metal piece I've heard ever. Not that I listen to much metal. Perhaps on repeated listens, what I perceive as novelty/humour (ridiculous lyrics) might grow thin, but the excellent music could save it. The production sounds great, the tones and instrumentation used are refreshing, and the composition is engaging from start to finish (and often hilarious).

9/10



The Mae Shi - The Potential

This song will appeal to fans of.. wide stereo images! I hope you have good stereo separation! Listen on headphones/earphones if you have to.

[Caspian]

Well, that was certainly weird. Loved the guitars, didn't really like the drumbeat and stuff that came afterwards though, thought it kinda killed the enjoyable spaced out mood of the intro. Stereo imaging was good, the annoying lack of coherency.. not so good. Not terrible, though. 5/10.

And here is my contribution. This is 'Wind of the Night Forests' by Drudkh, and it's a very pretty slab of epic, foresty black metal. Enjoy.

http://rapidshare.com/files/85011556/04_Wind_Of_The_Night_Forests.mp3.html

[ImRonBurgundy?]

Drudkh- "Wind of the Night Forests"

I dunno, I guess I just don't get it.  This doesn't sound like anything to me than a sludgey guitar drone that overpowers nearly every other instrument in its presence, as well as the vocalist.  Plus it's ten minutes long.  3/10

The World/Inferno Friendship Society- "Peter Lorre's Overture"

EDIT: This link is actually a few days old already.  PM me if it gets taken off and I'll re-upload it.

[Bishop138]

A nice bit of music there, has it's slow notes that wind up and down and every now and then an erratic tune thrown in, with a few atmosphere changes. Then it gets to the drums coming in, I like how the strings and piano are kept in the mix, everything being up beat, and then a sinister little bit to then get thrown straight back to up beat. I liked it.

8/10

The song that I've uploaded is "The Start of Something Beautiful" by Porcupine Tree. I simply can not get enough of these guys.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rvdl3u

[Rilian]

Wow, I can't remember the last time I enjoyed rock of any sort as much as this. I will be getting more stuff from this band in the very near future, for sure. There is nothing that seems really groundbreaking or innovative on this track, but the way everything comes together sounds just awesome. I love the way everything is mixed, the rhythm, melody, vocals, everything feels like it was tweaked to be the best that it could be. 10/10

I've got the track 'Goretex Weather Report' by 'Shining' an awesome rock/jazz/prog group, one of my all time favourites.
http://www.mediafire.com/?6jyc1vtzomm

[jimbunny]

I really enjoyed that. I loved the atmosphere, and how it breaks through in the loud sections. The 'rock-out' parts didn't sound terribly original, but I liked the contrast. 8/10

Here's Gillian Welch - Elvis Presley Blues. I really need to look further into her catalog. This was one of my favorites from Time (The Revelator), though.

[KvP]

Gillian Welch - Elvis Presley Blues.

I have a love/hate relationship with folk music. Sometimes I really hate it. Sometimes I can sit and listen to it on repeat for hours. I think this would fit comfortably in the latter category. It seems to have a direction to it that I can't find with a lot of folk music. In a word: gentle. 8.5 / 10.

The Field - Charming the Flames