Topic: What are you listening to? (Read 655316 times)

Kai · « **Reply #2250 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 16:41 »

31G? No fucking clue. It has something to do with A: Nazis or, maybe they just thought it sounded neat (Like the 3 5 0 1 2 5 GO thing)

EDIT: Looked it up. "31G 350125 was the PoW serial number assigned to Rudolf Hess after his capture", or so says this site:http://www.lwtua.free-online.co.uk/shadowplay/joyd/warsaw.html

Storm Rider · « **Reply #2251 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 16:53 »

Quote from: Kai

Tell your brother that his taste in metal is absolutely FUCKING HORRIBLE. Seriously, Poison the Well are awful. Converge are horrendous. Norma Jean needs to die of AIDS. I'm serious here.

I'm going to agree with every word of this except the implication that Converge is metal. They're hardcore, not metal, and bad hardcore at that.

Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

Maybe we should make a list of GOOD metal albums. I think we did already, but there is no harm in educating people further.

Injektilo · « **Reply #2252 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 17:52 »

"Over And Over Again (Lost And Found)" - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

because time has gotten by on alibis and wine.

oh...and because you look like David Bowie.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2253 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 17:54 »

Quietus - Jam Session 4 (Radio Crowley)

I love myself.

Switchblade · « **Reply #2254 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 18:15 »

Faun again, this time the track's called Konigin

Except the "o" has those two little dots over it, and I spent so long trying to find the right button combination for that that the next song's playing now, which means I'm actually listening to Ilaria Graziano - "Christmas in the Silent Forest" now

Kai · « **Reply #2255 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 18:31 »

An Umlat?

I'm listening to more Supertramp. Shut up. I have to have one band that I like for no absolute reason. Storm has his Boston, I have my tramp.

Dimi · « **Reply #2256 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 18:31 »

"The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life" - Frank Zappa

(FZ is a fookin legend mun...a fookin legend!)

Kai · « **Reply #2257 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 18:32 »

Zappa is my hero.

El Opium · « **Reply #2258 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 20:27 »

Charalambides-Market Square
-Really depressing music for a life gone wrong; perfect for filling out loan forms.

SailorPunk · « **Reply #2259 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 20:36 »

I Constantly Thank God for Esteban - Panic! At the Disco

Storm Rider · « **Reply #2260 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 21:06 »

Quote from: Kai

Storm has his Boston, I have my tramp.

Hey, I don't like Boston for no reason. They just have the distinction of being the poppiest band in my collection (unless you count the Beatles, of course), but their guitarist was still pretty fucking good.

Also, Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain

I've said it before, but this song needs an old-school metal cover like no fucking other.

soap · « **Reply #2261 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 21:14 »

sigur ros - takk

this is such a great album to play during the early morning and sunrise

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Kai · « **Reply #2262 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 22:04 »

Quote from: SailorPunk

I Constantly Thank God for Esteban - Panic! At the Disco

I honestly can't stand these guys at all. "Hey, look at us, we have long, fairly eclectic song titles! We are creative!"

Type O Negative - I Know You're Fucking Someone Else

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2263 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 22:05 »

Cryptic Wintermoon - Thrashomatic Overdrive

There are precious few things in the world cooler than this song.

El Opium · « **Reply #2264 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 22:29 »

Dalek-Culture for Dollars

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2265 on:** 06 Apr 2006, 22:48 »

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Brian May is a very under-rated guitarist.

nescience · « **Reply #2266 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 02:02 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Brian May is a very under-rated guitarist.

True, and that's an incredible song that pretty much makes Jazz for me. But will you still love Brian May after... Back In The Light?????

Oh yeah, me.

Ashra - Sunrain

Did I list this before? Because if I did, good-- their (oh let's be honest, Manuel Göttsching's) New Age Of Earth rocks Krautrock/New Age/Electronic treated guitar ass.

soap · « **Reply #2267 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 02:17 »

bjork pagan poetry and more importantly the sound of my printer spitting out the final pages of my dissertation ... yessssssss!!!!! its over !!!!!

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2268 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 02:18 »

Brian may has a doctorate, is friends with Patrick Moore, plays a home-made guitar and always wears sandals. There's not much he could do to get in my bad books short of killing Nelson Mandela.

nescience · « **Reply #2269 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 02:59 »

Yeah, it's true-- plus he built his signature guitar with his dad out of a fireplace!

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #2270 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 03:34 »

Leatherface- "How Lonely"

good song.

beat mouse · « **Reply #2271 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 03:47 »

CocoRosie - Jesus Loves Me

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #2272 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 04:06 »

Great song, I really need to hear Noah's Ark

Brudevalsen - Nothing Left

Question to Kai and others:
Why is it that they suck so much, if we look past the whole whether they are metal issue?

Omnicide · « **Reply #2273 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 05:30 »

I just take issue with Panic! At The Disco becuase they're so bloody derivative. And it pisses me off when groups have song titles which are longer than the bloody sngs and are quotes from films. 'We can reference obscure films! YES WE ARE UNIQUE AND COOL BECAUSE OF THIS." Plus I saw them live at a festival (and I was dragged kicking and screaming by my mates to the stage) and they sucked like the girls in Bangkok.

Tom Waits- Singapore.

I'll personally arm wrestle anyone who denies his greatness.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #2274 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 08:19 »

Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman's Woman

I saw it at the library and since Taggart's been talking about her, I figured I'd check her out.

Der Golem · « **Reply #2275 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 08:49 »

They're just being snobs, Converge is actually ace and Poison the Well has its moments.

And I'm listening to the album Elegy by John Zorn.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2276 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 09:10 »

nah nah

Converge is crtap

You don't need an explanationm. I mean, do I have to tell you why dog turds smell? Eh? No. Thjere we go.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #2277 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 09:20 »

Well I don't know, I would sure like to hear a scientifical explanation why dog shit smells.

The Sugarcubes - Fucking in Rhythm and Sorrow

Adorable and slightly creepy.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2278 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 09:43 »

I think its mainly because dogs eat meat. I mean, carnivore popp always stinks. Cow pats arnwe't anywhere close to, say, cat shit,.

Ildjarn+NMidhogg - Blissful Mountain

Shiiit I need to sober up before my dad comes home.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #2279 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 10:51 »

King Diamond - Abigail

I don't really know what to say... silly pipes eh?

El Opium · « **Reply #2280 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 10:54 »

Sugarcubes W/The JMC-Christmas Eve

amok · « **Reply #2281 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 14:19 »

a 60-ton angel falls to the earth
a pile of old metal, a radiant blur

Porcupine Tree - Trains [click for YSI]

Misereatur · « **Reply #2282 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 15:28 »

props for that PT song. My favorite out of In Absentia.

Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp

I fucking love this song.

Joseph · « **Reply #2283 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 17:00 »

Spacemen 3 - How Does It Feel?

Kai · « **Reply #2284 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 18:50 »

23 Skidoo - The Gospel COmes to New Guinea

23 Skidoo are ace.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #2285 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 22:14 »

Quote from: Praeserpium Machinarum

Question to Kai and others:
Why is it that they suck so much, if we look past the whole whether they are metal issue?

First off, I'm not being a snob, I actually think those bands are terrible.

Poison the Well and Norma Jean fall under the nu metal/metalcore genre hybrid, and while it can be done right (very, VERY rarely), most of it is absolutely terrible, and those two bands are included. The general gist of it is, these guys' idea of playing metal is not coming up with any remotely interesting riffs (or god forbid, solo once in a while), but instead mash mega-distorted power chords while the singer performs the least appealing part of metal (toneless screaming). Not to mention that the songwriting in nu metal/metalcore is always horribly unoriginal, derivitive, and quite frankly, really fucking annoying. Not to mention this type of band takes themselves utterly and completely seriously, which is really not what metal is about.

I wouldn't call Converge metal or even metalcore. They're more just hardcore punk. And they still suck, in my opinion, although I don't hate them nearly as much as Poison the Well or Norma Jean.

Basically, if you want to know what sort of metal to NOT listen to, go to this year's Ozzfest. Essentially, the entire lineup (with the exception of Lacuna Coil and Strapping Young Lad, the latter of which won't even be playing the entire tour) is a gigantic fucking joke.

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #2286 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 22:20 »

Quote from: beat mouse

CocoRosie - Jesus Loves Me

Good Lord, I love them and I love that album!

Broken Social Scene - Windsurfing Nation

Skàshus · « **Reply #2287 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 22:31 »

Right now... Currently.... Listening to Mnemic-Deathbox. Pretty heavy band, that I gradualy got used to. What ever works.

Kai · « **Reply #2288 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 23:01 »

Quote from: Storm Rider

Basically, if you want to know what sort of metal to NOT listen to, go to this year's Ozzfest. Essentially, the entire lineup (with the exception of Lacuna Coil and Strapping Young Lad, the latter of which won't even be playing the entire tour) is a gigantic fucking joke.

Hey, Black Label Society and Between the Buried and Me aren't bad.

Placebo - My Sweet Prince

Downloaded a bunch of their albums after hearing some of them, it's not bad. Unfortunately, the guy I downloaded them totally fucking SUCKS at IID3 tagging, so I have to do it myself. It's like, what the fuck? Just tag it for the ease of everybody else, you prick.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #2289 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 23:19 »

OK, let's break this down:

UTTER SHIT (ranked in order of decreasing crappiness):
Norma Jean
Atreyu
Hatebreed
Disturbed
System of a Down
All That Remains
Bleeding Through
Unearth

DECENT:
Black Label Society
Between the Buried and Me (I'm gonna take your word on this)

GOOD:
Strapping Young Lad (And they're not playing the entire tour anyway)
Lacuna Coil

Bands I didn't count but have absolutely no interest in discovering due to a quick browsing of their samples:
The Red Chord
Walls of Jericho
A Life Once Lost
Full Blown Chaos (although, they were touring with Exodus, so they may not suck as bad as I suspect they do)

The point is, Sharon and the other organizers of the tour select the bands on basis of how many tickets they'll move, not any imagined standards of quality. I mean, when you have Disturbed and System of a Down on your tour, and they're not even the worst bands there, then you know there is a serious problem.

And Ozzy is a pitiful shadow of better days that would probably physically pain me to watch.

Kai · « **Reply #2290 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 23:39 »

Yeah, I like BTBAM. I mean, it's cheesy prog-esque metalcore with some bitchin' guitar riffs. Like, that guitarist is really good.

Type O Negative - Black Sabbath (From the Satanic Perspective, WOOOAH!)

Skàshus · « **Reply #2291 on:** 07 Apr 2006, 23:52 »

Speaking of Type O negative, I havnt heard of them making a new ablum anytime soon... or are they? Blah I dont kno.. Any one got info? (Jesus its almost 3:00 in the morning... I need to get to sleep! lol)

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #2292 on:** 08 Apr 2006, 00:53 »

Well I am just discovering metal, so I have no idea what is "real" metal and what isn't. All I can say is that I don't like old-school much, stuff like Iron Maiden, King Diamond and Testament doesn't appeal to me. As of now I have found four metal bands that I like, Entombed and the new Opeth album, The Psyke Project(which might be metalcore, I don't know) and that danish demo band Brudevalsen. I need to get some Edge of Sanity since I think I am partial to skandinavian metal and Khar said that they were similar to Brudevalsen whom I love. Oh and I also really want some Nile

After listening to Wolverine Blues it is quite nice to switch to:

The Notwist - Neon Golden

I haven't quite forsaken that elusive genre called indie.

_ · « **Reply #2293 on:** 08 Apr 2006, 01:24 »

Is there some sort of secret to really digging Opeth that I am missing? I've been listening to them for a couple days now, and it just isn't clicking. Damn near everyone I know that has similar taste as me absolutely loves them, but I feel like I'm missing something.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2294 on:** 08 Apr 2006, 01:24 »

Quote from: Storm Rider

The Red Chord

I actually quite like The Red Chord. They're pretty brutal, and not every one of their songs sounds entirely identical. They're not really metal, but they're pretty good, very grindy at points, and I likes the grind.

Basically for standard sort of metalcore/screamo/whatever stuff the only way for me to like the band is if they're absolutely ridiculously insane. Old Blood Brothers, SikTh etc. Also, I like Blessed By a Broken Heart, but they are a joke band (Their cover of the ABC song MUST be heard).

@Kai: I <3 Placebo. Get their latest one, Meds. 'tis good, and has one of my favourite Placebo songs on it (Infra-Red).

Coil - Things Happen

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #2295 on:** 08 Apr 2006, 02:47 »

Quote

Is there some sort of secret to really digging Opeth that I am missing? I've been listening to them for a couple days now, and it just isn't clicking. Damn near everyone I know that has similar taste as me absolutely loves them, but I feel like I'm missing something.

I dunno, I still kind of don't like Åkerfeldt's clean vocals, which is why you must avoid Damnation like the plague. Blackwater Park is supposed to be good, as well most of their old stuff.

It might be that you just don't like Opeth

Kai · « **Reply #2296 on:** 08 Apr 2006, 05:09 »

Wait, how can you not like King Diamond? Honestly, he's like, 100% pure, unsaturated awesome mixed with just the right amount of balls to the walls falsettos.

VNV Nation - Electronaut

Someone told me these guys are horrible now. That person is nuts.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2297 on:** 08 Apr 2006, 05:15 »

Opeth aren't really that amazing, depends on what you've heard before. I LIKE Opeth, but I don't worship them.

Get 'Pale Folklore' by Agalloch if you want some really excellent progressive dark metal. They have the masterful, doom-metal derived understanding of the concept of good pacing that Opeth in many ways lack: Opeth has always been a band that has good ideas, but isn't quite sure what to do with them: many of their songs sound artificially put together. Agalloch not so.

And because as I wrote this I HAD to listen to that gloriously built-up intro:

Agalloch - She Painted Fire Across the Skyline Part 1

Oh, and now, because I'm just going out in a second,

Agalloch - She Painted Fire Across the Skyline Part 3

"I saw the nightfall,
It called to me like a river of shadows,
It sang to me with the cries of a thousand ravens
that blackened the sky as they took flight and sank SOOOOOOOOL"

Kai · « **Reply #2298 on:** 08 Apr 2006, 06:32 »

Amon Duul II - Soap Shop Rock

OH MAN. THese guys are amazing.

Misereatur · « **Reply #2299 on:** 08 Apr 2006, 07:55 »

Screaming Headless Torsos - Kermes Macabre

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Author Topic: What are you listening to? (Read 655316 times)

Injektilo

Dimi

El Opium

soap

El Opium

nescience

soap

nescience

Praeserpium Machinarum

Omnicide

Praeserpium Machinarum

Praeserpium Machinarum

Praeserpium Machinarum

El Opium

Skàshus

Skàshus

Praeserpium Machinarum

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Praeserpium Machinarum