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« Reply #45 on: October 08, 2012, 12:24:37 PM »

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Disclosure:  I own Led Zeppelin III, it is not only the only Zep record I can dig, but it is indeed one of the greatest albums of all time!  However the key is Plant does more singing, a lot less wailing and moaning suggestively Smiley

I listen to Sabbath so it is not effeminate vocals that I dislike, it is just that it is a thin line between good effeminate male vocals and whining effeminate male vocals.  In my opinion, Robert Plant crosses the line too much, Ozzy straddles it just right.

I also dig singers with off-tempo cadence like Lou Reed and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, but it is equally a matter of subtle nuances that makes that kind of singing good or terrible.

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« Reply #46 on: October 11, 2012, 07:54:26 PM »

Really digging the new album by Daylight Dies, A Frail Becoming...
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« Reply #47 on: October 25, 2012, 02:37:01 PM »

Their age is really starting to show...

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« Reply #48 on: October 26, 2012, 02:39:47 AM »

Last time I checked Wintersun was a Melodic Death Metal band but apparently they decided that their previous album was not epic enough.

Wintersun - Sons Of Winter And Stars
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« Reply #49 on: November 22, 2012, 01:53:28 PM »

I just caught myself thinking "Ain't my -----" as a response to something. As in, the phrase used by a band impersonating Metallica on the album Load in the song of the same name. Over 15 years later and I still have that phrase in my head? From that album? And aren't I missing the point the song was making? What's wrong with me? I'm scared...
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« Reply #50 on: November 22, 2012, 01:55:20 PM »

I just caught myself thinking "Ain't my -----" as a response to something. As in, the phrase used by a band impersonating Metallica on the album Load in the song of the same name. Over 15 years later and I still have that phrase in my head? From that album? And aren't I missing the point the song was making? What's wrong with me? I'm scared...

It's okay.  Smiley
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« Reply #51 on: November 24, 2012, 10:47:37 AM »

My favorite thrash album:

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« Reply #52 on: December 01, 2012, 09:37:08 AM »

I know you've been waiting all year for this. I won't make you wait any longer. Here are my ratings of albums released in 2012 (the ones I own anyway)...

95/100 - Carach Angren - Where the Corpses Sink Forever
94/100 - ea - ea
90/100 - Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
87/100 - Daylight Dies - A Frail Becoming
86/100 - Cannibal Corpse - Torture
84/100 - Merrimack - The Acausal Mass
83/100 - Wodensthrone - Curse
82/100 - As I Lay Dying - Awakened
81/100 - Nekromantheon - Rise, Vulcan Spectre
79/100 - Lamb of God - Resolution
79/100 - Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead
79/100 - The Forsaken - Beyond Redemption
78/100 - Ahab - The Giant
78/100 - Anhedonist - Netherwards
77/100 - Grave Digger - Clash of the Gods
76/100 - Testament - Dark Roots of Earth
74/100 - Nile - At the Gate of Sethu
74/100 - Evoken - Atra Mors
73/100 - Pelican - Ataraxia/Taraxis
71/100 - Angel Witch - As Above, So Below
70/100 - Over Kill - The Electric Age
63/100 - Havok - Point of No Return EP
60/100 - Metallica - Beyond Magnetic EP
58/100 - Napalm Death - Utilitarian
57/100 - Shadows Fall - Fire From the Sky
51/100 - Demon Hunter - True Defiance
44/100 - Conan - Monnos
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« Reply #53 on: December 01, 2012, 12:47:38 PM »

Last weekend my friends and I were at a karaoke bar that had, among other odd selections, Napalm Death's 2-second song "You Suffer" in the database.
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« Reply #54 on: December 01, 2012, 01:19:17 PM »

Last weekend my friends and I were at a karaoke bar that had, among other odd selections, Napalm Death's 2-second song "You Suffer" in the database.

Well? How did it go?
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« Reply #55 on: December 01, 2012, 02:26:11 PM »

Last weekend my friends and I were at a karaoke bar that had, among other odd selections, Napalm Death's 2-second song "You Suffer" in the database.

Well? How did it go?

I didn't do that song... I don't think any of my friends would have understood. I went with Iron Maiden's "Aces High" and also songs by Tom Jones and Roy Orbison.
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« Reply #56 on: December 01, 2012, 02:46:24 PM »

Asteriktos: pretty good list!  Smiley
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« Reply #57 on: December 31, 2012, 04:42:00 PM »

Albums I'm looking forward to next year...
Nightfall - Cassiopeia (1.18.13)
Cult of Luna - Vertikal (1.29.13)
Mourning Beloveth - Formless (2.15.13)
Twilight Of The Gods - Fire On The Mountain (3.?.13)
October Falls - The Plague Of A Coming Age (3.15.13)
Luna Ad Noctum - Hypnotic Inferno (3.21.13)
Cathedral - The Last Spire (4.?.13)
Opeth - ? ("something's coming" in the spring, don't know what)
Edge of Serenity - The Royal Hunt (Spring?)
Mouth of the Architect - ? (Spring?)
Acrassicauda
Extol
Mournful Gust
Lazarus A.D.
Mastodon
Dark Fortress
To Cast a Shadow
Megadeth
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« Reply #58 on: December 31, 2012, 04:45:54 PM »

I thought I'd heard all I needed to hear this year, but I was wrong  angel I have to add:

The Howling Void - The Womb Beyond the World

...to my top 10 albums from 2012. Some great funeral doom music.
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« Reply #59 on: December 31, 2012, 06:16:11 PM »

I know you've been waiting all year for this. I won't make you wait any longer. Here are my ratings of albums released in 2012 (the ones I own anyway)...

Sheesh - I don't have any of those albums, and nothing at all by most of those bands. I'm much more comfortable in the symphonic end of the metal spectrum, particularly the female-fronted kind. The only thing I have to look forward to is whether Floor Janssen will become the next vocalist for Nightwish. And how long it will take Blind Guardian this time to bring out new material.
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« Reply #60 on: December 31, 2012, 06:20:54 PM »

I know you've been waiting all year for this. I won't make you wait any longer. Here are my ratings of albums released in 2012 (the ones I own anyway)...

Sheesh - I don't have any of those albums, and nothing at all by most of those bands. I'm much more comfortable in the symphonic end of the metal spectrum, particularly the female-fronted kind. The only thing I have to look forward to is whether Floor Janssen will become the next vocalist for Nightwish. And how long it will take Blind Guardian this time to bring out new material.

Pffffttt... Leave the hall.
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« Reply #61 on: December 31, 2012, 06:24:42 PM »

Pffffttt... Leave the hall.

I still have some goodies from the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, prefect. Tongue
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« Reply #62 on: December 31, 2012, 09:06:19 PM »

Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes

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« Reply #63 on: January 02, 2013, 03:04:06 PM »

Favorite heavy albums of 2012:

Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

Gaza - No Absolutes In Human Suffereing (not the most spiritually uplifting album ever, but jeez its heavy...)

And Im about to check up on the newest Kowloon Walled City album called Container Ships.

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The Chariot - One Wing

Old Man Gloom - No
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« Reply #64 on: January 09, 2013, 01:45:58 PM »

Any newer bands that you're liking? I mean bands that have just begun putting out albums in the last, say, 7 years or less?  I have a few...

Acrassicauda - Iraqi thrash. They're supposed to have a new album coming this year, their first full length. Technically they've been together a decade, but their first real release was an EP in 2010.

Anhedonist - American death/doom. First full length came out in 2012.

Carach Angren - Dutch symphonic black metal. My new favorite band, I'm really digging the new release from last year, and also enjoy the past couple that I've heard on spotify. First EP was in 2005 but their first full length wasn't until 2008.

Havok - American thrash. I liked their debut (2009) the most, but I still have high hopes for future releases.

The Howling Void - American funeral doom. A bit repetitive at times, but very relaxing and enjoyable nonetheless. They released 3 albums in 4 years starting in 2009.

Lazarus A.D. - American thrash. Another thrash band that I liked the debut (2007) of the most but am still optimistic about.

Nekromantheon - Norwegian thrash metal. Pretty good stuff IMO. First EP was in 2007 and first album in 2010.

The Resurrection Sorrow - American stoner/heavy. Pretty good debut album in 2009, especially considering that I don't like much from this genre.

Wodensthrone - British black/folk. I haven't heard their first one from 2009 yet, but the album from last year was good.
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« Reply #65 on: January 09, 2013, 01:50:48 PM »

The latest In This Moment album, Blood, is quite enjoyable. Much less metalcore than before, although the vocals still slide that way occasionally.
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« Reply #66 on: January 09, 2013, 01:51:42 PM »

I mentioned them before, but my two favorite new bands at the moment are Alcest and Les Discrets from France. They are often described as a cross between shoegaze and black metal... sounds awkward but it works wonderfully.
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« Reply #67 on: February 13, 2013, 01:19:54 AM »

A new Megadeth album comes out this June. Hopefully it's better than Thirteen.
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« Reply #68 on: March 08, 2013, 02:59:05 AM »

I can't believe it took this long for me to start using Spotify. Over the past couple months I've heard more bands that I liked, who are new to me, than I had over the previous 10 years.
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« Reply #69 on: March 08, 2013, 05:56:07 AM »

I left Spotify when they started charging. It was a resource hog anyway. I'm much happier with Last.fm.
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« Reply #70 on: March 08, 2013, 07:27:12 AM »

I pay $0 a month for spotify  Smiley
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« Reply #71 on: March 08, 2013, 07:28:48 AM »

Oh, there's (still) a free version. I just got tired with the 'This (whatever) is only available to premium users' message. As I said... diff'rent strokes. Smiley
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