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[e-z0r]

I can see why it might seem like that.

I need to learn how to express myself properly, I think.

Repeating things bugs me also, though not as much as not reading posts completely does. So I'd probably have been irritated at me too, if I were you. I seem to be on a complicated way of typing things today. It's almost 7 AM, too.

I'll stop with needless quoting, then.

[Kai]

Moving on...



Bleach - Revenge of the Canary Empire.

What. The. Fuck. Crazy Japanese girls playing the Pixies on speed and several household cleaners (bleach, possibly?) Totally kickass. Gets a nice "Holy Shit! Don Knotts is in my living room!" out of ten.


Keeping with the theme of awesome, I'm going to upload The Residents' Olive and Grey.

http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2K34GPWRIOY1P0PYRQLZCWLO1B

[KharBevNor]

The Residents - Olive and Grey

Starts out with bass and a creepy arabian-sounding violin and brass, speeding up into some psychedelic electronics that back the vocals. I like The Resident's grrwry vocalist quite a bit, not entirely surely about the discordant keys that come in more towards the songs end, but it gets more fitting to the song as it goes along. Cool eerie (guitar?) line under the intro. Good track, great creepiness. 8.5/10.


Now, we can't back down from these standards, so prepare to face the definitive pinnacle of space rock. This is your brain on drugs, and on fire, fighting laser-breathing dragons in hyperspace.

Star One - Hawkwind Medley

(Master of the Universe/Silver Machine/Psychedelic Warlords/Brainstorm/Assault and Battery/The War I Survived/Space is Deep/Spirit of the Age/Lost Chronicles)

[salada]

ok, seriously. everyone forget why you came into this thread for a second, go back one page, and download that bleach song. seriously. it's the rockin-est thing i've heard in a while. easily.

unfortunately for khar, this means that his outer-space prog metal comes off second-best. not a poor second by any means, though. just that unless these star one fellows are actually screaming japanese girl punk rockers in disguise, they start with an inherent handicap (that of not being screaming japanese girl punk rockers). sorry. i am sleep deprived.

this is my brain on drugs and fire, yes. pretty cool. like the sound effects and general blips and bleeps here and there. i'll give this a solid 7.5 out of 10, and i'm not really the proggiest guy out there. they manage to keep the pace over the course of 10 minutes (granted though, this is a medley). standout would be psychedelic warlords (i think -- "all we do is get screwed up by other peoples' rules", or similar). and the transitions between songs are very good. i think i might appreciate them more if i knew the first thing about playing guitar.

ok.

so this is sort of a departure from my normal fare. i nabbed a "sleepytime gorilla museum" album off my housemate's ipod, based on the name alone. turns out to be some sort of wacky experimental metal stuff. i couldn't classify it any more than that, cos i don't know how to. but i'm enjoying this. a lot.

sleepytime gorilla museum -- the creature

(this is unfortunately in apple's AAC / M4A format. if you have itunes, you should be fine. if you need me to though, i guess i can convert it to MP3 for you...)

[e-z0r]

I'll take this. D/Ling now.

[La Creme]

SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM ARE ACE!!!!!!


Kai, if you haven't heard 'em yet, DL the track. You'll like it. Other Bungleites too.

[e-z0r]

Sleepytime gorilla museum - The Creature

   Very intimidating. Very... Darn, my poor language skills defeat me! I'm a Finn. I'm trying to find the word. Hmm. Overwhelming was not the word, but it is a word that I stumbled upon just now and felt it fit as well. So we have intimidating and overwhelming. I'll continue with intriguing and mystic. Also atmospheric. (EDIT: Thesaurus told me: Catching, gripping, captivating. Fits, yeah)

   I like the composition, though I don't agree with some specific sounds. The bass and drums are doing an incredible job, as does the overlying guitar, which reminds me somehow of atonal classical music (that I hate, though).

   The singing, or voice acting works very well, fitting the theme nigh-perfectly. Good. The lyrics are quite important to the success of this song, and they do well. They made me think, and really listen.

   Not a catchy tune to listen to when you feel like tapping the table and wagging your leg, that's for sure, though. Once more music for a mood, I feel. Music to create a mood also. Very good at what it does anyway. I'll give it a 8/10.

Next up something that many will have heard. It would be fun if this were picked up by someone who hadn't heard it yet.

Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia - Mediterranean Sundance

I'll update with the link when it's ready uploading. EDIT: http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=05G0RUO67RXAQ2DWFT9MTEOQNS

[thrashbluegrass]

ok, seriously. everyone forget why you came into this thread for a second, go back one page, and download that bleach song. seriously. it's the rockin-est thing i've heard in a while. easily.

Glad it's been so well-recieved. Also, got the name wrong, the title of the song is "Canary Empire Strikes Back." Also the name of the album.

And if you think they rock in song, you should see their live performances. Guys with inferiority complexes may as well sell their instruments and cut off their balls, because there's no way they could rock harder than these three tiny Japanese ladies. You can get one of their albums from Australian Cattle God under the name Bleach03 (Christian rock band of the same name attempted to sue them while they were on the Samurai Girls '03 tour, thus the different name). I think CD Universe also has the "Three Girls From Okinawa" album.

I also believe that they're doing the Samurai Gir's '06 tour, so I'd keep an eye out for that.

[La Creme]

Ok, that song is amazing. I am going to review it because I want the thread to keep going as strong as it has recently. But I would also like to take this time to point out how amazing the GSM song is. The lyrics are entirely composed of Edward Gory couplets. It is one of the best songs I've heard in a while. Epic, with subtle bits, great musicians, great singer, I give it a 10/10.

[La Creme]

Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia - Mediterranean Sundance

Some of the best guitar trio work out there. Al DiMeola brings the gypsy, Johnny boy the rockage, and Paco De Lucia his unique crazy brand of latin guitar that blows my mind every goddam time. The song starts out with blazing fast lines then goes into a more layed back latin section. Many other great riffs and ideas are pulled off throughout the course of the masterpeice. Highlights include the clearly John McLaughlin hurricane of notes around 4:30, another by another guitarist just before th 7:00 mark, the theme around 8:00, and of course, the tight, well played endage.
10/10. Best guitar trio evar.

Now, a song to out length others previously posted in this thread. An epic show of musicianship and songwriting from two cultures: 70's jazz fusion, and Indian Folk. The 18 blazing minutes of Shakti and John McLaughlin's "Joy".

http://s55.yousendit.com/d.php?id=327AOWJEA0ISK1Y2A9ZYMTDOGS

PS: Hmmm, it seems as though there is a guest appearance on this song. Is that Ravi Shankar's son I hear a' fiddlin' away?

[salada]

Unfortunately, the link you have clicked is not available.

Your transfer cannot be completed. Most likely the file has exceeded its allotted bandwidth or has been removed by the original sender or a recipient.

[La Creme]

New song!

Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains - Buckethead

Self-explanitory.

http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=18ZCSAW6YUBE925PNGZYC8A6FQ

[thrashbluegrass]

Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains - Buckethead

Full disclosure: I'm a fan of most of Claypool's work, so I'm kind of biased.

That said...

Very nice. The song is generally pretty mellow, but with a number of changeups, which seem to flow organically; like moving along some sort of great annelid, wherin each segment was subtly different, yet contributed to a seamless whole. 8.5/10.

Now:

Zen Guerilla - Saucerships to Ragtime

[KharBevNor]

Zen Guerilla - Saucerships to Ragtrime

A pretty cool little instrumental: nice riffage, and cool effects. In my opinion however, it felt a little like a part of a song that had been underdeveloped. Just a couple of riffs and parts slapped together into an instrumental with a short solo. It wasn't that bad, but I'm not sure it would have that much repeat listening value for me. Pretty rocking though, and I'm probably being a bit hypocritical as I've made songs kinda like this myself. Say 7/10.

Now, for one of my favourite covers ever.

Agalloch - Kneel to the Cross [Sol Invictus cover]

[thrashbluegrass]

Okay, since no one else wants to, and I just don't want to see this thread die:

Agalloch - Kneel to the Cross [Sol Invictus cover]

I am struck by two things in this song:

1) How much these boys love church
2) When did Gollum begin doing backup vocals?

Seriously, though...

The intro does a good job of setting the mood; chanting over an orchestral drone leading to a decent semi-acoustic ballad. And without the guitar heroics that generally turn me off of metal and all of its children. Vocals are pretty damn good. All in all, a very tighly-composed bit of song. Not entirely my cup of tea, mind you, but a worthy candidate for presenting as representative of a well-done metal ballad. 8/10

And now for mine...

Warlock Pinchers - Introducing Ourselves

And before someone says that it's stale, realize that this was off the last of their three albums - released in 1991. They'd billed themselves as "the world's only satanic metal kung fu rap band" since '87.

[Kai]

This has nothing to do with the thread (Although I'll do the song in a minute) ThrashBluegrass is officially my favorite new members. I hope that doesn't scare anyone away though, because all the ones I've declared that in the past have run away.

[e-z0r]

Warlock Pinchers - Introducing Ourselves

Kai, I'd like to disagree with you. Clearly this man is a devious monster!

It's five AM where I live, and I downloaded this song. And I'm easily scareable. The intro made my skin crawl. Nasty.

Alright, maybe it's not his fault. Maybe he's not a devious monster. But my skin did crawl.

Anyway, rapping to a metal background is surprisingly effective. I was very pleasantly surprised, even though the style of the rapping or the metal is hardly original, together they pose a novel combo to me at least. And it sounds good!

I like the sounds, the metal's coming in nice and raw, almost doom-metal-esque to a point. No blazing solos here, but the style doesn't fit it anyway. Composition is good. The song has a good arch from beginning to middle to end, with different, yet interlocking parts. No time to get bored here, but you also won't fall off the wagon.

Somehow it doesn't hit any nerve with me, though, making it a good song, but one that I won't listen to again after the few times I did writing this "review". So:

Very good, though I doubt I'll listen to it after this. 7/10

Next up: Gary Moore & B.B. King - Thrill Is Gone

EDIT: Updated with the link.

p.s. If anyone feels like I'm taking too much part in this thread, just say so. It just moves that bit slow, and it's really interesting.

[thrashbluegrass]

ThrashBluegrass is officially my favorite new members

Clearly this man is a devious monster!

Gentlemen, you're both right!

And I'll refrain from reviewing e-z0r's song, as I too don't want to monopolize the thread.

[beckrokk]

Gary Moore & B.B. King - Thrill Is Gone

Wonderfully crisp live recording, and this particular rendition is very well done. Both Moore and King at the top of their game. 9/10


Exotic Talk by RJD2

[Merkava]

RJD2 - Exotic Talk

This is an interesting one. It starts off with a decent riff with the drums actually doing something other than hitting the cymbal, which happens a lot more frequently than it should. After bringing in some distant, synthetic vocals, it breaks down into a bare, more...jazzy thing. It brings back that first riff and continues the exchange until an...interesting synth solo at the end. It does a good job of having a robot voice without making it /too/ cheesey, though it does look like a pile of nachos after it's finished. It was alright, but nothing I'd really want to listen to again. The disgusting sound quality attributes to this. 7/10


Get ready for some punage.

I Would Hurt a Fly by Built to Spill

[Highlander]

Pretty good song. Never heard a Built to spill song before. It starts with some slow but cool sounding drums and a guitar and bass joins, each of the instruments complimenting each other quite nicely. Except maybe the blueasy guitar which doesnt seem at home there. The vocals are also pretty awesome, and the lyrics sound cool. The song is a bit drawn out and could well have been a full minute shorter. But the song is still very good. Definately staying on my regular playing list. 7.5/10.

Anubis - Suiciety. Go to http://www.thenevolution.com/downloads.html and the song is there at the bottom. Icelandic heavy metal owns all.

[beckrokk]

RJD2 - Exotic Talk

It was alright, but nothing I'd really want to listen to again. The disgusting sound quality attributes to this. 7/10

Sound quality is my fault. I'm not 100% sure how to get great quality from a rip without it being a huge file. :/

[KharBevNor]

You want to go for mp3s at 128 or 192, if you're a real audio quality lose...buff.

Anubis - Suiciety

There are many things I expect to get from the Forced Listening thread. Grade A Edge of Sanity worshipping MDM is not one of them. A really quite fine track. I can find only a couple of faults with it. One is orginality, the other is they went for the old acoustic breakdown instead of the ball-breaking solo. Still, not bad at all. I must inform my MDM fiend friend of this immediately. Muahahahahaha.

And now, I'm going to have to be a little oik, and set one of my own tracks from my newly crystallised project Death Throes. Don't worry, you won't like it.

Death Throes - Intro/The Descent of Man

And I'll need to post the lyrics, as most of the verses are pretty indecipherable. Good luck following them with these actually.

The Descent of Man

Vapid in your chairs you sit
Transfixed by cathode rays
Airwaves clogged with filth and shit
Anything that pays
You'll lounge there till you're dust and ash
Minds all clogged with petty trash
A 'Culture' smeared in your face
By (an) electronic master race.

[chorus]
The descent of man
From free will to sedation
The descent of man
To mass-media predation
The descent of man
To despair from elation
The descent of man
The masters of creation!?

The pinnacle of evolution?
What a fucking joke!
We can't create a single thing
but fire, death and smoke,
Holocausts of ashes
Marking the graven tombs
How many great men and women
Never made it past the womb?

[chorus]

Spirits crushed by structures of order and control
Philosophical dictatorships
Have colonised your soul
Telling who to love and hate
Telling when life to create
You'll never sigh and breathe free air
And guess what my friend?

No one fucking cares.

[chorus]

[La Creme]

Death Throes - Intro/The Descent Of Man

Ok, first, I'd like to say that this is totally fucked up and to probably 99.9% of the population of the world it would be almost entirely unlistenable. Congradulations. You have created a monster to surpass Halo Of Flies.

Now, I'd like to point out what an amazing brand of electric music this is. It's harsh, it's jarring, it's full of crackly noise, shitty quality recording, and more fuzz than an amateur highschool grunge band could muster if they got their hands off their cocks for 5 minutes. The lyrics are totally great too. Sung in a (hate to say it to you Khar, but this really is true) very Mike Patton (a la Disco Volante) manner. For what, just over half a year of guitar playing (?) you're doing pretty damn good.

8/10. And that's saying something for a highschooler (I'm in highschool too... um wait shit I just realized that the British system is totally different; highschooler now says teenager. psshooowww). I don't know many this creative and I'm pissed you don't live in LA because I would totally make a noise-thrash-jazz-core record with you. Wicked stuff. Keep it up.

I'm gonna try this again.

Shakti w/John McLaughlin - Joy


*EDIT* Also, how many drugs? Jesus...

[La Creme]

Anyone gonna tackle the 18-minute McLaughlin jam-fest of awesome, or should I post another reasonably lengthed song in its stead?

[e-z0r]

I listened to it. I can review it later when I get back from school, if no-one else does it by that time.

EDIT: By the way, Khar, do you list Merzbow as your influences? 'Cause they have very similar music to yours.

[KharBevNor]

@La Creme: Aww Shucks. I dunno, I consider the guitar somewhat cheating because at points up to three guitar lines are digitally mixed, but yeah, I did put some real time and effort into riffology and whatnot on this track.

@e-zor: Death Throes influences: Aborym, Anaal Nathrakh, Early Burzum, Contrastic, The Count Nosferatu Kommando, Discordance Axis, Merzbow, old Overlord, Whitehouse.

[e-z0r]

Shakti & John McLaughlin - Joy

I notice that I do NOT have the stamina to concentrate on these long songs while I have other entertainment at hand, like the internet.

I find myself surfing the web while listening, and then doing a half-assed job. I don't even notice the music but for like once every couple minutes.

So what shall I say? Incredible guitar playing, complemented by beautiful work by the other instruments, percussion, violin(?). Listening to it a third time around now, and paying more attention to the percussion. They definately don't steal the show, but the work they're doing in the background is pretty awesome.

In some places the music reaches speed and intensity I've never heard before. Unfortunately the sounds aren't all to my liking. At some points it's a hectic mess off sound with not enough for the listener to grip, imo. I rather would like to hear more of the guitar & violin-combo's ability to create deeper, more emotional tunes. (For example, my favourite parts of Mediterranean Sundance were the ones where one of the side channel guitars plays rhythm for the song with the more resonant, deeper tones.)

Still, this is awesome work. For pure talent alone, I would give it a 10/10. However, it still doesn't go that high in my book. It won't become a staple of my listening library. I'll drop it to a 9/10, as something I'll go to when I need to listen to some blazingly fast guitar or percussionwork.

Next up, Testament - True Believer

[La Creme]

@e-z0r: Yes, it's violin. In fact, it's Ravi Shankar's son. Also, there's a less-muddy but not-quite-so-intense studio recording of it somewhere. But apparently this one has way better solos and the other one is like, 6 minutes long, so it's not even really worth it.

@Khar: As long as you don't plan to play it live/play it live like that, you can have as many guitar tracks as you want and it's not cheating. And bass tracks. I wrote a song with 6 bass tracks once. Essentially it was a 6-part harmony, but still...

[e-z0r]

Or you play it live with that many guitar players.

Imagine the coolness factor of putting SIX bass-players on the floor

[Praeserpium Machinarum]

Testament - True Believer

God, this is either horribly generic or really old, I am guessing on the latter. Well what can I say, today it sounds ridiculous, but I imagine back then it was kind of controversial, it is the lyrics I am talking about and they are quite frankly horrid. However the music is good, as well as the production, they are definitely skilled musicians, even those lyrics can not ruin that.

I will give it a 7 for the music but a -1 for the lyrics ergo 6/10


Moving on to the pride of Norway, Kaizer's Orchestra with Kontroll på Kontinentet from their debut Ompa Til Du Dör(Ompa till you die)

Kaizer's Orchestra - Kontroll på Kontinentet

[e-z0r]

Testament itself is old, one of the first bay area thrash bands. Along with Metallica, it's one of the only bay area thrash bands that I've listened to, and out of the pair, by far the best, although it's a long time since I've last listened to old Metallica. The new really can't be called thrash.

This song, however, is from their 1999 record "The Gathering". I'm not sure about the age of the lyrics, though.

I can heartily recommend the "The Gathering" record to anyone with a heart for powerful thrash metal, or in general for fast, powerful and pounding music.

Anyway, I think if I write anymore it'll go overboard, so, on with the thread!

[KharBevNor]

FUCKINGN THRASH

Sabbt are thgeunbg mes fuckiung thrash beand EFVER

[Merkava]

Pretty good song. Never heard a Built to spill song before. It starts with some slow but cool sounding drums and a guitar and bass joins, each of the instruments complimenting each other quite nicely. Except maybe the blueasy guitar which doesnt seem at home there. The vocals are also pretty awesome, and the lyrics sound cool. The song is a bit drawn out and could well have been a full minute shorter. But the song is still very good. Definately staying on my regular playing list. 7.5/10.

All of the songs on that album, Perfect From Now On are pretty long and in that darker type of style. If you ever wanted to check out more BtS, their other albums have shorter tracks that are more densley-arranged. Keep it Like a Secret is a must.

Sorry for the off-topicness.

[Kai]

FUCKINGN THRASH

Sabbt are thgeunbg mes fuckiung thrash beand EFVER

I NEED DRINK

[Praeserpium Machinarum]

quit your babble and review mine, they "rip off" Tom Waits and Nick Cave so they can't be that bad ing?

[La Creme]

Kaizer's Orchestra - Kontroll på Kontinentet

I was totally blown away by this. When you said "rip off Tom Waits" I totally thought you were gonna mean some guy trying to do the voice. The music wasn't that big of a rip of Waits, his stuff is never really this driving and heavy. The singer was great, and I'd really have had a lot more fun with this if I could understand the lyrics, but whatever. Really good stuff.

9/10. A little to heavy for this style of music. Do they do any polka? Or even better, polka-metal. Cause they could totally be the pimp-masters of that genre that doesn't even really exist.

Ummm, I'm reloading a lot of music onto this computer, so there isn't a big selection. Guess I'll go with Small Tribe - All The Things. Fun song, very simple. Don't come to this one expecting the usual snobbish instrumental perfection characteristic of most of what I post. This ones all about lyrics, harmonies and songwriting ability. Great stuff though. Give it a checkout.

[KharBevNor]

Starts off with a sparse, old-fashioned sort of guitar intro, with bass joining in just before the bass joins in. The singing is at first subdued and melodious, but not warbly. When the song picks up with the full intro of all the band I think it possibly becomes a bit under-dubbed for my tastes. A section where the instruments drop out almosty entirely really showcases the singers talent. He has a very pleasant voice. It's not entirely my thing, but more to do with lack of interesting lyrical content than music. I'd give it a 6.5

Polka metal?

Dude, you've been missing out.

Finntroll - Fiskarenes Fiende (Fishermans Fiend)

One of their slower tracks. At first I was going to pick Elitryes because it's just so bazouki-to-the-walls humppametall, but I eventually went for this, one of my personal favourites. Fucking hard to choose though, they're brilliant. They're also the only metal band I can think of to use a saw, a kazoo or sticks as instruments. And did I mention they yodel? And that all their songs are about Trolls and Goblins beating the shit out of people, eating them, then getting high on magic mushrooms and dancing round camp-fires? They're still definitely my number three or four favourite band in the world.

[La Creme]

with bass joining in just before the bass joins in

??

Yeah, I've been meaning to check out Finntroll for a while. I ran into their stuff first in... April? Something like that. I enjoyed what previews I heard. I'll DL the track, but if someone else was planning to reveiw it, go straight ahead. It'll be a while til I get a listen. CHORE TIME!fUN@

[Highlander]

I'm speechless Khar. It is a lot jollyer than I imagined it would be, but it's also absolutely brilliant! I actually burst out laughing at the first listen. I have already reccomended this to several of my friends. Anyway, the song starts off pretty much like any ordinary metal song, power chords, a bassline and a drum beat. However, as soon as the vocalist starts his growling a polka-ish beat joins in and the song becomes fucking hilarius! After this however not much happens in the song, it keeps going like that, traditional metal and an out of place polka beat underneath it all. Quite amusing, and I will continue to listen to it, perhaps even find some more Finntroll tracks. I won't rate the song however, I have no idea how high to rate it. Perhaps the novelty wears off after a while.

Anyway, more Icelandic music. Hera - Itchy Palms http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=20MPLJPD21ZQG199CSAGSA5PVH

[KharBevNor]

Not after you hear their acoustic EP.

And then of course there's Korpiklaani. They're more absurd than even Finntroll. Bloody brilliance.

I've been reflecting, and I think metal is definitely the broadest and most utterly fucking bizarre genre ever. Just so fusable, and fused, and the number of novelty bands easily outstrips even punk. It's the fucking range though. Jazz is a challenger, but I don't think even Jazz shelters stuff as far apart as, say, Avantasia and Crotchduster, or Saxon and Alchemist, or Theartre of Tragedy and Tankard. It's great.

[La Creme]

The problem is that things are thrown into the metal genre way to easily. Almost all distorted, heavy music is classified as metal, shile a good portion of that music really isn't metal at all.

But yes, metal is an amazing genre. I think all genres have a potential for great things but the ones that have truly met their potential are Jazz, Metal, and Avant-Garde.

[Kai]

Combine all three, and you get musical ROCKET SAUCE



Also, Korpiklaani = for the win.

[La Creme]

Rocket rocket all of my rocket sauce!
All of my fucking rocket sauce, all of my rocket sauce!
*harmonies* ROCKET ROCKET ALL OF MY ROCKET SAUCE!
*ice cream truck* Dude, Jack, that's the ice-cream song...
I KNOW KYLE! I KNOW!

Yeah, thank god they DO get combined now and again.

PS. I forgot classical. Classical met it's potential a looooong time ago.

[Praeserpium Machinarum]

The singer was great, and I'd really have had a lot more fun with this if I could understand the lyrics, but whatever

Well that's one of the many nifty things about them, they make up a story to each album and then every song is a part of that story, however even I have difficulty desciping it since norwegian is only kind of like danish. All sorts of odd words I don't understand, I imagine for you it would be like talking to a brit or an irishman.

9/10. A little to heavy for this style of music. Do they do any polka? Or even better, polka-metal. Cause they could totally be the pimp-masters of that genre that doesn't even really exist.

That depends on what you mean by polka, they have a thing for Ennio Morricone guitar and oil barrels, but I don't think they've ever been full-blown polka or even metal. They do however have a song called Min Kvite Russer, which I think translates into My White Russian, but I am not sure, it's in norwegian afterall. On their latest, Maestro, they have become a bit more refined though, which is fine after two albums filled with ompa!
All their records, Ompa Til Du Dör, Evig Pint and Maestro are great, I think you can get them on their website.

[KharBevNor]

PS. I forgot classical. Classical met it's potential a looooong time ago.

Dude, metal IS classical music. That's what distinguishes it from rock and roll. It's more your late German and Russian than your pussy Italian shit, but Apocalyptica weren't fucking around when they called Grieg's 'Hall of the Mountain King' the original black metal masterpiece. Indeed, stuff like Apocalyptica, and all those 'bring an orchestra' tours only really work because metal is stripped down, ballsed up Wagner. That's also why folk works so well with metal, because classical started off by combining folk music with some fucking musical theory.

Which reminds me. Some fuckers need to get their guitars and electric cellos out and do a whole album of proper full metal classical stuff. Therions cover of O Fortuna from the Carmina Burana barely hints at how fucking awesome that could be*. 'A Night on the Bare Mountain' has been waiting since the day of it's composition for the invention of the whammy bar. People do it, but it's almost always either a) O Fortune or b) Sabre Dance.

*My version would have Ronny James Dio doing the vocals rather than a choir though.

[e-z0r]

I think I am in love with you, Khar.

EDIT: Also with Kaizer's Orchestra.

[KharBevNor]

Hera - Itchy Palms

A vocal-centred song, with a powerful female voice backed by piano and guitar. She has a very good singing voice, by which I mean she definitively stands up as an instrument in her own right, and that really elevates this song from potential failure. It starts off as sort of cliche lyrics, but the fully developed concept as actually quite unusual, and tastefully treated, if it's about what I think it is. I'll have to give that an 8/10 actually, rather nice.

Seems about time to try and make someone see the light again, anyway.

Skyclad - Penny Dreadful [Full Shilling Mix]

As a piece of trivia that may interest British listeners, this song is mainly about Kerrang!

[KharBevNor]

*bump*

Do I need to re-upload?

[Highlander]

Ill take this tomorrow if no-one else beats me to it. It kinda surprises me that so few people post here, it is one of the most interesting threads on the forum.