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KharBevNor:
grrr.

6.35/10

Keith Decent:
Skyclad-The Disenchanted Forest

this one i did find, I'll do it

Keith Decent:
Skyclad - The disenchanted forest

The first few bars or so of this track, bird sounds, ye olde guitar, and Gaelic chanting had me wondering what I had gotten myself into.  It's kind of nuts, a mix of heavy metal and irish folk music.  It made me laugh on more than one occasion, whether or not that was the intent.  It's definitely an original song, with a pulsating rhythm.  The lyrics match the music exactly, which may or may not be a good thing.  It's a tight song, and defintely far outside my normal comfort zone.  The solo is definitely cool.

The breakdown reminded me bigtime of old school Nintendo music, in it's adventurousness and hyperactive melodies.  It must have been taken right out of a video game circa 1993.  I felt like I was in a boss fight halfway through the song.  

Throughout most of it, especially the last couple of minutes, I felt someone was screaming excerpts from Lord of the Rings at me, with all of the lyrics about the thirsty earth and battlefields and whatnot.

All in all, it was a trip of a song. It definitely brought me to another place, with the story telling lyrics and inventive mixture of genres.  I'm just not sure it was someplace I wanted to go.  It didn't sit right with my tastes, but it wasn't totally without merit. However, I don't think I'll ever listen to it again.

I'll have to give it a 6/10.  However, that's just because we're supposed to be personal about it. It could've been under 7 minutes, though.

My suggestion is...

World/Inferno Friendship Society - "All The World is a Stage (Dive)"

whoever gets this one is in for it. Best, band, ever.

ev0lve:
I registered just to do this.
Haha.
Ok, so "All The World Is A Stage (Dive)"

this reminds me a bit of the fiery furnaces. it's almost carnival music. with a hint of jello biafra-esque punk. it starts off nicely, like something you could listen to with your grandmother in the room. then he starts singing. i have this thing for bad singing voices, so i kinda like it. i think i might love this band. i need more.
around a minute, 28 sec he makes the most awesome little noise.
just for that, it gets a 9/10.

my suggestion:
ohGr: Pore

KharBevNor:
Heh. That comfort zone thing has always been Skyclad's main problem. They're massive in Eastern Europe and the Balkans (and when I say massive I don't mean underground massive, I mean outselling Iron Maiden), but in english-speaking countries there always seems something against them.

In my opinion, it's musical genius. Pure and simple. Fusing two such disparate genres as thrash metal and traditional British folk music together into such an astoundingly slick mix (Finntroll is the only other folk metal band that manages to make the genre sound so natural) is good enough, but compounded on that you have Martin Walkyier, a man who writes probably the best lyrics this side of anything. Skyclad are pure style. And they make you want to dance, headbang and air-guitar at the same time. What could be better?

Anyway, World/Inferno Friendship Society-All the World is a Stage (Dive)

Hrmmm.This song sounded like a cross between Johnny Cash and a blues orchestra. In a bad way, if that's possible. I dunno, I didn't really like this song at all. Their technical skills must be commended, but the overall tone irked me, and the constant changes of tempo didn't give me any chance to sink down into it. The singer didn't drop a single word either, which is pretty good of him.

I've still got to give it a 5.5/10. Sorry.

Edit: Damn, too slow.

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