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[Robbo]

InMe - Faster The Chase

Possibly promising distortion intro that instantly slows down into mid-paced "rock" and that horrible voice from the InMe singer. Repeated punchy guitars that dont really do anything and generic drums backing it up. Slows into a spoken part about 1:45 before the same music comes back again. With more badly done screams. Some simple riff towards the end of the song, but it's burried under the vocals too much to really tell.

I see they haven't improved at all since that first single on MTV. 2/10

And moving away from traditional western music, well sort of away from it. Next is: Karl Sanders - Of The Sleep Of Ishtar.

Dial-up warning: It's over 13 meg.

http://www.robbo.oeck.net/Stuff/Karl_Sanders_-_Of_The_Sleep_Of_Ishtar.mp3'>Clicky

[IronOxide]

On Karl Sander's - Of the Sleep of Ishtar.

Really good instrumental work, it feels very interestingly Tribal. It seems like the kind of music that one listens to while doing work or other stuff. The mix of intruments makes a really unique and interesitng sound, and it's sort of soloistic feel. I will say that my iPod Shuffle now has 9:35 more time on it. I thank you.

Next up I place:

Asian Kung Fu Generation - Loop and Loop

If you can, find it yourself because I don't want to have to search their website to try to find it (It's in Japanese)

[Robbo]

My god, someone actually liking a track from outside their normal sphere, the system works, it works!

And by the way, the whole album, "Saurian Meditation" is along the same lines and all, so you should like the whole thing.

[KharBevNor]

Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Loop and Loop (sample)

Nowhere could I find a complete version of this song. From what I heard, pretty generic j-rock, tbh. if it was in an anime, it would be the scene where the boy and the girl are walking through the city. Possibly with crazy antics. Actually reminded me a bit of The Pillows.

4.5/10


Korpiklaani - Wooden Pints[url]

[banev]

Korpiklaani, ok. Some kind of a stupid version of Finntroll. I cannot hear any guitars, just synthetic sounding crap in the background. Maybe they don´t like playing metal? They should stop it and form a pure folk band, for the song itself sounds nice although it gets boring after 2 minutes. 6/10

Now something very delightful for tue rockers:

Chefdenker - Über alles wächst Gras

[KharBevNor]

Sorry, sorry, did you just diss fucking Korpiklaani for not being metal enough? Did you call them a Finntroll rip-off when they've been around for four years longer and Finntroll had to get the guy from Korpiklaani in to do all their jolking on Jaktens Tid? Also, did you go on about synthetic sounding crap and no guitars for a band that has three guitarists and no keyboards? And finally, did you try and imply that I am not a 'true rocker'?

Ignorance, stupidity or bad taste I can tolerate. Not all three at once.

[Titan]

Lmao! Little tip, Banev, if you're gonna throw around words like stupid and crap do a little background research first - helped me avoid this sort of situation in the past.

[a pack of wolves]

Calm down guys, they were just giving their opinion of what it sounded like to them. No need to get all upset, if you can't take the reviews then don't post the tracks. Anyway...

Chefdenker - Über alles wächst Gras

This sort of reminds me of something you'd have found on an Epitaph sampler back in the 90s. Unfortunately, it sounds like one of the bands you always skipped over to get to the Poison Idea track. It's not bad, but it's just rocky punk that pulls the same guitar tricks we've all heard before. Good drinking music I suppose, but nothing that hasn't been done before and a lot better.
5/10

And now, some good indie for late nights:
The Flaming Stars - You Don't Always Want What You Get

[KharBevNor]

Heh, I have a total urge to call your track stupid and crap now rather than doing a proper review.

It wasn't too appaling though. A refreshing lack of extreme genericity, though I still maintain pretty much all indie would be better if the singers actually sung up. Some real nice guitar in the middle, actually, though a pretty pedestrian song structure. tres rock and roll. I liked it.

7/10

Now lets have some ROCK:

Cattle Decapitation - Pedeadstrians

[Revenge_Therapist]

Well it's metal. Very fucking metal to be exact. Pretty standard fare for the genre. I prefer bands more along the lines of KEehaul, and Mastadon who play around at te fringe though. Nothing really stands out to me here. So I would say
5/10.
My Choice is Sweep The Leg Johnny- The Fine Wrinkles We Have All of Them.
http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3H11CG3GPJQ602VQ0TREVAU9H4

[a pack of wolves]

Powering drums, stabbing guitars, bass that anchors the whole endeavour and keeps it rolling on like the unstoppable juggernaut and of course that attacking saxophone. Yep, it's Sweep The Leg Johnny. Swagger, sex, darkness, this is punk rock the way it's meant to sound: fucking hard and inventive as hell.
10/10

Okay, enough of all this rock business. Time for the greatest guitarist France ever produced:

Django Reinhardt - Mystery Pacific

[banev]

@KharBev: your questions 1, 2 & 4 have to be answered by using a "no", question 3 deserves a "yes".

[KharBevNor]

Django Reinhardt - Mystery Pacific

I have to say that normally I am a fan of guitar music. But however skillfull this piece was, it's veering between dischordant semi-shredding and 1920's dance music was almost unlistenable to me. Pretty much truly revolting musically, but I have to credit the pretty immense amounts of skill being shown off. So, although I HATED this track, 4/10

For some reason, when you said skillfull guitar, I was expecting some John Williams type beautiful classical stuff. So, I feel I must deliver beauty:

Cruachan - Ride On

Enjoy.

[blindsuperhero]

I don't suppose anyone would know if that's Stéphane Grappelli playing the violin on that track? It probably is. Anyway, he's fantastic.

[a pack of wolves]

I think it's him, but unfortunately I downloaded that track so I have no liner notes to help me. It's apparently from the album 'Art of Django' if that's any help. I've got 'Golden Hour of Stephane Grappelli' on now, that man really was one hell of a player. But he was always at his best with Django.

[La Creme]

Not to Khar: While Django may be a tad discordant in his playing, you gotsta consider the fact that he did all that semi-virtuoso gypsy guitaring with two usable fingers on his left hand. That's why you hear so little chord work.

Ride On - Cruachan
Cute little flute intro. Makes me think of hobbits. I like hobbits. Singer sounds like a country singer. I don't like country singers. Evokes images of ugly Texan bitches in cowboy hats stabbing Bilbo. Guy singer starts singing. Sounds like even sexier version of the singer from the Pogues. Hobbits are saved from country singer by sexy Brittish knight. Ups and downs continue through the distorted guitar coming ine, which rocked like fuck, to downs like the sexy Pogues man bellowing very poorly (can one who is not Waits or Beefheart bellow correctly?).
Ups and downs, and every which ways. Decent stuff, but lacking in a consistant pattern of ass kickery.
7/10.

My song:
Saddam A Go Go - GWAR
http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FHCNIC0PWTTR2I42E9W4KVJXM

[banev]

Ha ha, great. That, in fact, IS the singer of the Pogues itself, mighty Shane MacGowan. He produced the great Cruachan-album "Folk-Lore" and sings on two of the tracks; the other one is a fantastic version of the old classic "Spancil Hill". The bellowing is done by their usual singer, though.

Gwar - Saddam A Go Go

OMG, the horn-section sounds brilliant! The rest of the song is okay, but I think I know why they are more known for their live-shows than for their recordings. On stage they rock heavily, but listening to them on my stereo doesn´t make much sense, I think. Maybe it´s too groovy for me, don´t know. 6/10

Turbostaat - Peterantjesiensoehn

If you like it, their albums are downloadable at www.turbostaat.de (128k)

[a pack of wolves]

Turbostaat - Peterantjesiensoehn

It's hard to think of anything to say about this song. It's staggeringly unremarkable. The music is pedestrian, but not woeful. The singing is competent, but not engaging at all. It just plods along, finishes and that's it. It's just yet another dull rock song in a world full of them.
2/10

Bilge Pump - Fags of Spain

[banev]

No, no, it´s not a dull rock song. It´s as emotional as hell. Unfortunately the sound quality of the file on their website is very bad, so that may cause the "just pods along"-effect. And Turbostaat-songs are definitely growers.

Well, enough whining.

Bilge Pump - Fags Of Spain

I listened to it three times, but nothing happened to me. I like the weirdness of this, but it definitely lacks something, a melody, a catchy riff, something like that. Sorry. 3/10

Amanda Woodward - La decadence de la decadence

[a pack of wolves]

No, I have no problem with bad production. I'm sorry but the song was just incredibly uninteresting, and it won't be growing on me.

Amanda Woodward - La decadence de la decadence

Seriously, what's up with the French and screamo/emo? Anomie, Daitro and these guys... they've been regularly hitting us with some of the best bands in this style for a while now. Perhaps the French language just lends itself particularly well to that kind of desperation, or maybe you just get fucked over a lot living in France. Who knows. Anyway, Amanda Woodward do everything you'd want a band with that mid-90s influence to do, and unlike a lot of others they sound like they fucking mean it dammit.
8/10

Crain - Proposed Production

[KharBevNor]

Crain - Proposed Production

Pretty cool cool keyboard and drum intro. Vocals are weak and waive off into whininess, though a nice headbanging rhythm is maintained. Not a big fan of the rhythms they go into in the break-downy kind of section. Kind of expected a kick-ass bridge or something but none forthcoming. Not a bad song, but really let down by those vocals imo. Ima give it a 6/10

Now, time to turn down the temperature...OF YOUR SOOOULLL.

*ahem*

Carpathian Forest - Cold Comfort

[La Creme]

Carpathian Forest - Cold Comfort

Ok. Opens up with wind blowing and some wicked horns through a DigiDelay pedal. Very nice. Corny semi-acoustic guitar comes in with utterly boring one note piano melody. Singing style aims for creepy ancient Norse demon-god. Bites ass. More like not-so creepy suck-ass demi-god. Continues on exactly the same for the whole time.

Despite the fact that it was overly trancey, it was pretty good, so: 6/10

My Song:
Tom Waits - God's Away on Business
http://s36.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3NI2M6IXVJXK92XD2RDVEBPL9S

[KharBevNor]

Tom Waits - Gods Away on Business

Wierd start with a kind of jazzy thing. Not too big a fan of it at first, then it kinda stared reminding me of Danny Elfman. Bit so  bad. The guys voice was wierd and somehow awesome. He sounded like a sort of a cross between the cookie monster and Abbath Doom Occulta. The sort of violin thing later on was pretty cooler, and the saxy thing. Liked this quite a bit actually. 8/10

No lets get techno-metal-cyber-thrashy :O

Contrastic - Liars Are Winners

[kikanjuuneko]

Contrastic - 'Liars Are Winners'

What the heck is that noise in the beginning? Either way, the song isn't bad, it's fast, and I like fast. The yelled vocals are a bit on the weird side, though. The growls are pretty good. And I certainly like that video game lead (or whatever one could call it) before the bass break. And then back to the fast.

Not bad at all.

6/10

Darkest Hour - Sound the Surrender

[a pack of wolves]

If you liked that track Khar then you should check out 'Blood Money' the album it's from, or at least the song 'Misery's The River of The World'. You'd probably enjoy it.

[La Creme]

I think that "God's Away On Business" is the epitome of Tom Waits' 90's stuff. That or "Lowside of the Road".

Darkest Hour - Sound The Surrender

Like all hardcore, it sucked. I am still yet to be introduced to a decent hardcore band. They have power, they have talent, and they can't put them together for shit. The drums were overdone, the lyrics were all in unintelligable screaming, and the bass sucked ass. Like all the hardcore I've heard, the only good part was the guitar playing, and that was overdone, except that little bit of harmonized soloey stuff startinf around 2:15.
2/10.

Time for some zombie/surf/psycobilly/punk
The Ghastly Ones - Ghastly Stomp
http://s36.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2VTT5K6NQHH6K0RTP4V4JHZICZ

[a pack of wolves]

Just out of interest, what hardcore have you heard? My curiosity is always piqued when it comes to the 'core.

[La Creme]

The Warriors, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, all the stuff that is hard as hell to avoid because all the lame ass "scene" LA kids listen to it, like Hawthorne Heights and other such crap.

Most of it is all from this one guy Nash. He is big, and strong as fuck so when he says "here listen to this" I obey. It always tends to suck. I only remember a bands name every once in a while when it gets really ridiculously bad and I need to know the name for bashing times like these.

[a pack of wolves]

Ah, right. Yeah, I'd probably slag off hardcore too if that's what I'd heard. Give the Minutemen a shot. Now that's some classy hardcore.

[KharBevNor]

Time to monopolise this thread a bit more!

The Ghastly Ones - The Ghastly Stomp

...Oh fuck YES! I love Psychobilly, and this was some totally rad psychobilly, the echoey drums worked with the sound effects to give it an excellent sort of haunted house feel, and the guitars were just great. Like rocking out in a 1940's horror movie or something. *dumps on main playlist* solid 9/10.

Now, for something totally random:

Halo of Flies - The Thrill of the Hunted

[La Creme]

Halo of Flies - The Thrill of the Hunted

Whatever the hell this is supposed to be, it is fucked. The thing at the begi;ning and a few more times throughout the "song" sounds like the love child of a minage-et-trois between a whale, a wolf, and Bobby Jr. (Eels reference = very yes). Trancey crap. This must have ventured forth from the very taint of Satan. Horrid.
1/10 (unless 0/10 is allowed).

Ghost Of Stephen Foster
by Squirrel Nut Zippers
http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0IAK9IFZKMJVW2Q1UFGBGB0SGV

P.s. Khar, did you make that crap? I thought you'd be some sort of kickass thrash master. Harumph.

[kikanjuuneko]

The Warriors, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, all the stuff that is hard as hell to avoid because all the lame ass "scene" LA kids listen to it, like Hawthorne Heights and other such crap.

Most of it is all from this one guy Nash. He is big, and strong as fuck so when he says "here listen to this" I obey. It always tends to suck. I only remember a bands name every once in a while when it gets really ridiculously bad and I need to know the name for bashing times like these.

The Warriors = hardcore
Lamb of God != hardcore
Killswitch Engage != hardcore
Hawthorne Heights != hardcore. Hell, Hawthorne Heights isn't even qualifiable for a -core suffix.

Champion = hardcore
Give Up the Ghost = hardcore
Where Eagles Dare = hardcore

Let's get our definitions straight, people.

[a pack of wolves]

It's not his fault. He's got some beefy guy telling him lies.

[KharBevNor]

P.s. Khar, did you make that crap? I thought you'd be some sort of kickass thrash master. Harumph.

Heh, I like making wierd and somewhat unlistenable techno music. I have actually recieved positive reviews of some of it before by some wild chance. Thank goodness I didn't send you 'Pain' or 'His Hair Was of a Lustrous Black'. You'd have been racking out negative scores based on the above opinion.

Yeah, I also make noise music, play in a crossover thrash band and have an on and off black metal project with some other guy. But I've only been learning guitar for six months so I'm not too blistering. I can rack out a mean version of 'Deathcrush' though.

[KharBevNor]

*Monopolises thread some more*

Squirrel Nut Zippers - Ghost of Stephen Foster

Liked the violin intro a tonne. Really nice. The jazzy kind of swing bit at first threw me, but then I kinda got into the swing of it. Really cool polka-sort of styley bits. Nice vocals and lyrics as well. Actually, a real cool song. 8.5/10

Now I'll stop mucking around. This song is Viking metal. Pure and simple. Everyone's still trying to top it, and never quite succeeding.

Bathory - one Rode to Asa Bay

[kikanjuuneko]

It's not his fault. He's got some beefy guy telling him lies.

Not that they're bad bands. All of the except fucking Hawthorne Heights are awesome.

[KharBevNor]

Sounds like even sexier version of the singer from the Pogues.

Lol, I just noticed this bit.

It IS the singer from the pogues. He's just older. Men of the British isles mature like fine wines. Probably something to do with the rain.

[Revenge_Therapist]

Bathory - one Rode to Asa Bay
I dunno it started out all right, but his voice was just so...Wingeresque. That and at 9 minutes that needed way more meat. Sorry man, I try and have an open mind. Don;t you have any Keelhaul hiding on your comp.


http://www.fourthrotor.com/music/mp3s/Seize/The_Anti_Building.mp3
The Fourth Rotor-The Anti Building
Pitcture Figazi and Shellac in a belnder. Put it all in the hadns of very very rad kids, and here you go.

[KharBevNor]

Score out of 10? Actually don't bother. You'd just depress me more. Weren't you immediately taken in by the atmosphere of that intro? Then laid low by that incredibly heavy drumming? Is there absolutely no chance that Quorthon's raw, heartfelt vocals carried you into another time and place? Not the tiniest possibility that you set entranced as the soaring atmospheric keyboard and slow, majestic guitar evoked the old pagan majesty? Not even the bit with the church bells? Like fuck. I bet you didn't even read the lyrics. Two lines, well, fine.

This is the part where I would rant on literally forever about the rank, seething injustice of one of the greatest musical innovators of our generation (if pretty much defining and perfecting two whole genres of music counts over NME coverage anymore) being allowed to go un-noticed and die alone whilst self-indulgent, scrofulent little shit-bags like Kurt Cobain and Elliot Smith are idolised after their selfish little deaths. But scarce few ever have or ever will care.

Oh, and fuck Keelhaul. :)

[mechorg]

The Fourth Rotor-The Anti Building
The base line was catching me the beginning, but it wasn't worth spanning as a solo for the majority of it.  The guitars came in far too late because the added vocals didn't improve the solo base at all.  The lyrics to me were kinda childish and lame.  Also, the studders were getting pretty annoying especially when everyone was off time at the end.
If the song were about half the length with the guitar in for more to cover up the vocals, I might have enjoyed it a bit more.
Not bad, not wonderful... nothing catchy.
5.5/10

Next:
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
But hold on all you haters.  This isn't Radiohead and for the life of me I can't remember the name of the band.  This is a live cover (so pardon the crappy sound quality) in a bit of a different style.  I'm interested in what some other opinions are on this (lovers and haters of Radiohead a like).

[La Creme]

Fake Plastic Trees - {unnamed band}

As an avid fan of The Bends and OK, Computer (not really much else of their stuff), I must confess that this song was pretty decent. I love the original, and I don't usually consider Radiohead to be a very coverable band (although I once joined in on a great jam of My Iron Lung). I think I may only have liked this because I was in a really relaxed mood and this was perfect for me. On second listening now, it sounds like the Ginger Baker Trio. Exactly like them... maybe it is them? I lurv the horns.

For pure relaxation value and decent groove-jazz-jam guitar playing: 7/10.

Time for some Skazz:
Skavoovie And The Epitones - Blood Red Sky
http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0DVATGKGUL3K02MW724LVFO0OT

Enjoy!

[IronOxide]

Skavoovie And The Epitones - Blood Red Sky

This song is prehaps the most fun song about murder. I'm not sure if I'm just a whore for a band with a horn section, but I liked this. His voice is pefect for delivering the lyrics. On the down side, their organ sounds a bit too much like they jacked it out of a baseball park.

I next present to you a man who does all of his relentlessly silly stuff himself. (By this i mean he does all of the instruments and the voice himself.

Dog Traders - Belgium
http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/dogtraders-belgium.mp3

[La Creme]

His voice is pefect for delivering the lyrics.

You really think so? Most people HATE the singer and it's the only reason they dislike the band. I'm fine with him, but most skazz lovers (like moi) who listen to them think that "Ripe" (the album with that song) is their best because of it's lack of singing.

Dog Traders - Belgium

The synth at the begining made me tres happy. I've been longing for some good synthage since my brother gave away his entire Belle And Sebastian collection in an attempt to "court" a girl. Anyhow. his voice was OK. It seems like guys who do the Jon Brion multi-instrumentalist thing always have almost the same voice. Even E is close to them. The distorted guitars were unnecessary times a lot. It would've sounded a hell of a lot better if it was all done in acoustic with the synth and a bowed upright bass.

All in all: 7/10

World Rock time:
Mad Man's Dead by Mano Negra
http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2VUGXOZE57ESH2JHAN7SB4DNUI

[KharBevNor]

Not too bad a track. Okish sort of intro, and then the repetitivey kinda bit...I don't know, it was pretty cool but didn't exactly grab me. Not bad at all though, tbh.

6.9/10

Right, prepare for menace from Hells own eternal rave:

Aborym - Chernobyl Generation

(this only really works properly if you listen to Automatik Rave'olution Satan first. Ah well. Listen to the whole thing, it's got a pretty cool build and some nice sampling)

[mechorg]

Aborym - Chernobyl Generation

So far I dig the electro sound.  I listen to a lot of EBM/electro and this fits the bill.  Almost like Velvet Acid Christ, but the vocals seemed more horrid and no cheesy movie samples.  Yeah, repetitive electro and drum beats, but the vocals just ruin it.  With the clean and crisp electronics and drum machine, the blood gurgling voice is just ... eh.  Not much else I can say.  Simple catchy electro music... terrible vocals..  Oh!  There's the cheesy movie sample!
My Score:  4/10

Next:
I'll give you a choice here.  I'm stretching to the odd spectrum of music here.  Think "small Japanese guy with a mic and multi-track recorder"...
Dokaka - Iron Maiden's "The Trooper"
Dokaka - Metallica "Creeping Death"

If you'd be interested in hearing more, let me know.  I also have Nirvana, Steely Dan, and King Crimson covers.
This is kinda for Khar so he can see what I think of when I hear most metal.

[Bazz]

Hah! I know Dokaka and I like the Metallica cover, but I like the Smells Like Teen Spirit one better. Not much to say about it. Except for mentioning I've been to Japan and I can recommend everyone a visit. 8/10

Next:

Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Watskeburt

*edit* HOLY SHIT! Let's resize that one for a second O_O

*edit edit* http://s20.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3QAJDRR7KTBNQ09U9Y4UIH25R

[KharBevNor]

Read the rules and RESIZE YOUR FUCKING AVATAR.


Edit: ta.

[Bazz]

Read the rules and RESIZE YOUR FUCKING AVATAR.

Dude, working on it. Chill.

[Bazz]

Read the rules and RESIZE YOUR FUCKING AVATAR.


Edit: ta.

Ta indeed. Angry at me for stealing away Dokaka?

[KharBevNor]

I was just going to post my review and track anyway, as you've a) not reviewed it properly and b) haven't given a link to your own track. But then some gimp set me a link that crashed my firefox whilst I was uploading, so fuck that. Also, use http://www.yousendit.com to upload your file. Email it to yourself then post the download link here.

Lol, that stuff was fucking hilarious btw.