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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #50 on: 19 Jun 2013, 17:38 »

First impression: I don't like it, at least in most parts. I've really liked ( ) and Valtari, and I absolutely loved Takk, but this? No. I've seen that coming from the moment they published their Brennisteinn video.

  • Brennisteinn: Far too noisy, unrelaxed and dark.
  • Hrafntinna: A little bit better, but still too much noise.
  • Ísjaki: A very happy song, not very soothing though. I don't know why, but this song sounds almost generic, at least by Sigur Rós standards.
  • Yfirborð: Starts very promising, but contains too much distortion. It contains parts in which the voice of Jónsi has been slowed down to distort it. It also contains a lot of different noises, which disturb the otherwise alright tune.
  • Stormur: Another song with a promising beginning, but this time it also ends up fine. Though it sounds differently than the sound of the earlier albums, this is a style I can live with. It sounds much more driven than the earlier albums, while maintaining a slightly dreamy, almost gleeful atmosphere, without too much disturbing noise. A song I like.
  • Kveikur: Much distortion, very dark, makes me feel uneasy. A very heavy sounding track.
  • Rafstraumur: Another good one. Sounds very much like the other albums, happy, but also a little bit driven and powerful.
  • Bláþráður: Apart from a few distorted noises quite alright.
  • Var: This one is finally a relaxed song. Has a few dissonant moments, but is in general rather soothing. Sounds like a typical ending of one of the older songs.


I guess I will really miss the old style of Sigur Rós, before the departure of Kjarri Sveinsson, and really hope they will return to calmer sounds one day.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #51 on: 20 Jun 2013, 09:20 »

As with most things, it's all about expectations. And of course, "musical taste subjective" blah blah blah.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #52 on: 20 Jun 2013, 09:25 »

Yep, if I wouldn't try to view it from an outside perspective (i.e. ignore the previous albums, and deal with this, as if it was a new band) I wouldn't like the whole album.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #53 on: 20 Jun 2013, 10:47 »

I will definitely say that Sigur Ros stood out as the single greatest set of Coachella this year. I've never so much as felt emotions as powerful as the shit they conveyed onstage.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #54 on: 20 Jun 2013, 12:45 »

To me Sigur Rós always felt like the godfathers of musical emotions. Taking a walk through a forest while listening to Valtari… frickin awesome. I guess I'll have to keep listening to the previous albums…
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #55 on: 20 Jun 2013, 13:12 »

Hey, there's always next time. Hope springs eternal and what not.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #56 on: 07 Aug 2013, 22:25 »

Fun's "Some Nights" used to always get me.

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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #57 on: 15 Aug 2013, 05:33 »

Yes, a lot :)

Rammstein, Megaherz and Mina Harker, Eisbrecher,  - German metal
Dark Princess - Russian metal
Chthonic - Tawainese metal
Skindred - Welsh, but most are in English. It's basically reggae metal :)
HIZAKI, HIZAKI grace project, Versailles - Japanese Metal
Dimmu Borgir, Borknagar, Enslaved, Keep of Kalessin, Old Man's Child - Norweigan, most songs in English
Amorphis - Finnish metal, most songs in English
In Flames, Embraced, Vinterland - Swedish metal, a few of their earlier songs were in Swedish
Ensiferum - Finnish metal

And I just have to make mention of Agonoize, which is a German industrial band, because they are by far my favorite industrial act :)
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #58 on: 15 Aug 2013, 09:35 »


It just occured to me that my native tongue is an excellent method of getting people to say the thread title.

Case in point: dutch viking metal.

Yes. I find it funny too.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #59 on: 04 Nov 2013, 13:38 »

I freakin' LOVE the album "Guerra e Pace" by the Italian rapper Fabri Fibra. Although this may not count since I speak concussed-tween-level Italian and so understood 90% of the lyrics by the second listen.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #60 on: 07 Nov 2013, 05:11 »

Shortly after.. I discovered Stam1na, awesome Finnish metal

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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #61 on: 10 Jan 2014, 13:31 »

Nacional Records 2013 Sampler - get it while it's free! I'm really enjoying a few songs from there.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #62 on: 11 Jan 2014, 01:29 »

The new Falkenbach album's lyrics are written entirely in some obscure, nearly dead language that's supposed to be some kind of cross between German and Dutch. Interesting stuff, really - just find the song "Eweroun" if you want to hear what I'm talking about.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #63 on: 23 Jan 2014, 21:30 »

Rachid Taha (Algerian, sings in Arabic, French and English), Manu Chao (French, sings in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English), Gustavo Cerati/Soda Stereo (Argentine), O Rappa, Caetano Veloso, Carlinhos Brown (Brazilian/Portuguese), Youssou N'Dour (Senegalese/Woloff).
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #64 on: 17 Mar 2014, 02:41 »

I know barely a word of Spanish, but...
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #65 on: 17 Mar 2014, 11:41 »

Ah yes, Joan.  One of the first female singers whose music I fell in love with (well, and in love with her personally, of course). 

She came through Phoenix a few years ago, and is still as wonderful as she was back then. 
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #66 on: 24 Oct 2014, 17:21 »

Barka Val, Fejd, Garmana, Hedningarna. (I know absolutely no Swedish)
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Finntroll, Hiski Salomaa, Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Oulu Hotshots, Viikate, Wimme (I know a few words of Finnish, but it's still hard to understand without the lyrics in print)
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #67 on: 16 Jan 2015, 21:21 »


I was introduced to this piece, and this singer today. Hair-raising!
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #68 on: 18 Jan 2015, 06:27 »

I listen to a lot of viking metal, which means that about 50% of the time, I have absolutely no idea what they're saying, but it kicks seven shades of shit out of most metal bands.  I particularly like Tyr, mostly because they prove you don't need to scream or growl to be badass.  They can actually sing.

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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #69 on: 19 Jan 2015, 11:13 »

I love Tyr. The only thing that annoys me about it is that it sounds almost like it should be Dutch, but it isn't so I spend too much time listening to the words but not quite understanding them
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #70 on: 19 Jan 2015, 14:08 »

I have this problem when I watch cycling videos with a soundtrack in Flemish. It tricks my brain into thinking that the English-language part of it ought to be able to understand it, but of course it cannot. It is a very odd feeling, and one that I don't get listening to German or any other language I don't know.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #71 on: 20 Jan 2015, 07:51 »


All of which leads me to post this little gem of dutch vikingmetal (best not to think about it too long). Completely uncomprehensible to most of you. Intensely funny to people who do understand. The fucker sings with a huge accent and it's fun to copy this whilst singing the ridiculous lyrics.

I know, it's rude. But it's FUNNY.


I do see your point about this language though. There are so many known words in this that it's annoying that the whole thing doesn't just 'click' in my head.

I love the sound of this language.
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« Reply #72 on: 20 Jan 2015, 10:20 »

I have this problem when I watch cycling videos with a soundtrack in Flemish. It tricks my brain into thinking that the English-language part of it ought to be able to understand it, but of course it cannot. It is a very odd feeling, and one that I don't get listening to German or any other language I don't know.
Oh man, this and the Heidevolk song have inspired me.

I love heidevolk by the way.

Now, to fuck with the swedes and apparently Australians too, I have prepared a treat:

Here's some Lais. Flemish folk.
And some of their older stuff
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #73 on: 20 Jan 2015, 10:52 »

Oh man, Heidevolk is awesome.  High five for mentioning them. 

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« Reply #74 on: 20 Jan 2015, 12:22 »

They are funny fuck as well. Great accent. There's one track on Arkhona's Goi rode goi that they make a sudden appearance on. Do check that album.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #76 on: 08 Feb 2015, 00:53 »


Welp, I know what's going to be stuck in my head for the next day.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #77 on: 02 Mar 2015, 19:37 »


I made a friend from Montreal who was absolutely crazy about this band/album and now I am as well. A lot of variety to be found, this is just one of my favorite songs.

I guess the album is about progression through the seven levels of consciousness or something?
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #78 on: 02 Mar 2015, 20:07 »

Reminds me of a poppier version of Gong, almost.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #79 on: 03 Mar 2015, 17:38 »

I don't know enough about Gong to know if that's a good or bad thing, but I'll give them a listen and see how it sounds...
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #80 on: 03 Mar 2015, 17:55 »

Depends who you ask, I guess. :) I like Gong, so I don't see it as a bad thing. Check out the Teapot Trilogy (Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg and, especially, You). Semi-spacey Prog/Psychedelic stuff. Unless you wanted something more fusion-oriented, in which case check out the stuff after that when Pierre Moerlen took the band over (especially Gazeuse!/Expresso)



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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #81 on: 08 Mar 2015, 21:15 »

Based on those songs I'm going to go with it's a good thing! I look forward to exploring this a lot more.

Along the wtf language barrier vein I really like this song. Looking up the lyric translation did not disappoint whatsoever.
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Re: What the fuck did he just say?
« Reply #82 on: 14 Jun 2018, 12:43 »

My favorite singer in any language is Masami Okui.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5723CB360B10016B
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« Reply #83 on: 16 Apr 2019, 16:03 »

Well, I like a lot of Celtic/Irish music and they will sing in Gaelic quite a bit.

I have pretty much all the songs ever from Sailormoon and some other Anime.  Also representing for Japan in my collection are the awesome Babymetal.

A few tracks in German:  Du Hast (but then, who hasn't listened to Du Hast?).   Die Gesistche by EAV and An Deiner Seite by Unheilig
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« Reply #84 on: 23 Apr 2019, 02:19 »

Well, I like a lot of Celtic/Irish music and they will sing in Gaelic quite a bit.

I have pretty much all the songs ever from Sailormoon and some other Anime.  Also representing for Japan in my collection are the awesome Babymetal.

A few tracks in German:  Du Hast (but then, who hasn't listened to Du Hast?).   Die Gesistche by EAV and An Deiner Seite by Unheilig
Turns out my collection of music is at least 90% English (and I'm from Sweden). The remaining stuff is a few Swedish albums by Gyllene Tider (that's the guy from Roxette with his original band pre-Roxette), some german groups like Rammstein and Die Toten Hosen, Heroes Del Silencio in Spanish and finally Babymetal and Momoiro Clover Z in Japanese. MCZ mostly because of their collaboration with KISS ,"Yume no Ukiyo ni Saite Mi na", though I have heard a few more things like the Sailor Moon Crystal theme.
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« Reply #85 on: 23 Apr 2019, 09:51 »

Well, I like a lot of Celtic/Irish music and they will sing in Gaelic quite a bit.

I have pretty much all the songs ever from Sailormoon and some other Anime.  Also representing for Japan in my collection are the awesome Babymetal.

A few tracks in German:  Du Hast (but then, who hasn't listened to Du Hast?).   Die Gesistche by EAV and An Deiner Seite by Unheilig

Rammstein is well known internationally, but EAV? I mean, they're Austrian, and Die Geschichte may not be representative for their general work. They're usually more on the comedic side, and if you're having trouble understanding them: it's OK. Austrian german has a slightly different speech melody, and sometimes that throws off even germans.
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« Reply #86 on: 23 Apr 2019, 11:30 »

Dialects of a language can be like that.  One of the people who struggled the most in a German course I was in was Swiss and spoke it at home.
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« Reply #87 on: 23 Apr 2019, 13:21 »

Swiss German is heavy. I mean really heavy. Even if they speak their "moderate" variant, they are hard to understand. And if they fall into the real swiss german, I am truly lost. "Curse of the Mountain People".
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« Reply #88 on: 23 Apr 2019, 15:38 »

Well, I like a lot of Celtic/Irish music and they will sing in Gaelic quite a bit.

I have pretty much all the songs ever from Sailormoon and some other Anime.  Also representing for Japan in my collection are the awesome Babymetal.

A few tracks in German:  Du Hast (but then, who hasn't listened to Du Hast?).   Die Gesistche by EAV and An Deiner Seite by Unheilig

Rammstein is well known internationally, but EAV? I mean, they're Austrian, and Die Geschichte may not be representative for their general work. They're usually more on the comedic side, and if you're having trouble understanding them: it's OK. Austrian german has a slightly different speech melody, and sometimes that throws off even germans.

I actually picked up that song from a Trigun AMV that I downloaded years ago.   I speak kindergarten level german, if that (I can recite some basic colors and count to 12, along with stuff like man, woman, boy, girl).  So I have no idea what they are saying, really, regional accent or no.  I know Gesistche means "story" or "history", I think, but that's about it.
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« Reply #89 on: 24 Apr 2019, 08:22 »

Well, I like a lot of Celtic/Irish music and they will sing in Gaelic quite a bit.

I have pretty much all the songs ever from Sailormoon and some other Anime.  Also representing for Japan in my collection are the awesome Babymetal.

A few tracks in German:  Du Hast (but then, who hasn't listened to Du Hast?).   Die Gesistche by EAV and An Deiner Seite by Unheilig

Rammstein is well known internationally, but EAV? I mean, they're Austrian, and Die Geschichte may not be representative for their general work. They're usually more on the comedic side, and if you're having trouble understanding them: it's OK. Austrian german has a slightly different speech melody, and sometimes that throws off even germans.

Huh? I didn't know EAV were Austrian and never had any trouble understanding them.

P.S.: Now that you mention it: Yeah, the dialect is obvious. Still didn't register with me as Austrian for some reason.

Swiss German is heavy. I mean really heavy. Even if they speak their "moderate" variant, they are hard to understand. And if they fall into the real swiss german, I am truly lost. "Curse of the Mountain People".

Ohf**k yes: TV-anchor Swiss-German is 'barely comprehensible', but when they go full-on 'Chuchichäschtli' (Bread-box/cupboard), I'm lost.

There are sounds in Swiss-German that are closer to Dutch than anything spoken anywhere else in Germany or Austria.
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« Reply #90 on: 24 Apr 2019, 12:45 »

Rammstein is well known internationally, but EAV? I mean, they're Austrian, and Die Geschichte may not be representative for their general work. They're usually more on the comedic side, and if you're having trouble understanding them: it's OK. Austrian german has a slightly different speech melody, and sometimes that throws off even germans.

Huh? I didn't know EAV were Austrian and never had any trouble understanding them.

P.S.: Now that you mention it: Yeah, the dialect is obvious. Still didn't register with me as Austrian for some reason.

Swiss German is heavy. I mean really heavy. Even if they speak their "moderate" variant, they are hard to understand. And if they fall into the real swiss german, I am truly lost. "Curse of the Mountain People".

Ohf**k yes: TV-anchor Swiss-German is 'barely comprehensible', but when they go full-on 'Chuchichäschtli' (Bread-box/cupboard), I'm lost.

There are sounds in Swiss-German that are closer to Dutch than anything spoken anywhere else in Germany or Austria.

Admittedly, EAV is on the soft side, concerning dialect.
"Chuchichäschtli" literally translates as kitchen cupboard, but it's such a typically swiss word. The further West you go in Austria, the more mountainy and unintelligeable the dialects become. Vorarlberg is basically more Swiss than anything else.

Did some Austrian ever try to make you say "Oachkatzlschwoaf"? It's the (self-elected) cliché Austrian word noone's actually using.
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« Reply #91 on: 29 Apr 2019, 06:49 »

... I love Mylene Farmer. I have no idea why, she's far out of my usual sphere of musical delights.

And it being french, I understand quite a bit of her lyrics. And they're often quite interesting.

OMG I'm not alone!

Was hooked with the "Je t'aime melancholy" video on MTV (back when it played music) and then the Live at Bercy DVD cemented it.
I'd no idea she was a gay icon until I saw that video... My wife still looks at me funny when I watch it on occasion! :)

(That said... I can't stand most of the "dance remixes" of some of her stuff.)
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