What album are you listening to? v.5

[jjrock88]

Iron Maiden- A Real Live One

[Big Hath]

[Sacul]

Some new stuff from last week that forgot to post, and some from this week.

Void Mother: First time giving it a full listen, and I kinda like it a lot? Wasn't really sure I'd dig it but I do! Excellent heavy, monolithic guitars, and haunting, almost demonic female vocals. Really liking those soft interludes with distant pianos or oriental/tribal instrumentation. Kinda gives the whole record a bit of a occult vibe without being cheesy at all.

Ziggy: I'm not really a fan of Low and Heroes so gave this a spin more because it's an iconic album and all that jazz. And I'm liking actually, nice.

Gran Turismo: Wasn't expecting to like this either, since the song I got in the roulette (Marvel Hill) I found kinda underwhelming, but damn, this is quite good. After 3 iistens I'm convinced the song I got is one of the weakest here Very good indie pop album with nice electronic bits. Kinda reminds me of Transistor's OST, maybe Darren Korb took some inspiration from here?

The Inner Mounting Flame: Now I realise this is quite a big influence for LTE, and this got some really good jams and vibes. It's kind of a tiring listen, but there's quite bit of great musicianship here.

Family Dinner: Have always been a bit of a passive listener of them, enjoying some of their songs when they appeared on plug sessions but only now giving them a proper listen. Holy shit, this is excellent stuff! They're such a nice, comfy, happy jazz fusion band, and these live performances are brilliant and full of passion. Will definitely revisit this one and delve deeper into them.

Disintegration: Along with catching up with roulette stuff, I'm also listening to some iconic albums regardless of genre and age as of late, so was curious to try this one. Mmnnnn... on the one hand it's not too heavy on cheesy 80s tropes and production all the time and the songwriting is good. On the other hand, sometimes it goes way too 80s for my taste. I'll revisit it just out of curiosity, maybe it will grow on me.

Spirit of Eden: And here's another 80s album, yet one that hardly sounds from that era. In fact, it's so departed from any mainstream style that one would have no clue of when it was released in a blind listen. I find the writing and recording approach very interesting, yet I wasn't really into Laughing Stock, it felt too disjointed and sparse for me. This one has a bit more of structure and some really good climaxes and melodies. Definitely less ambient and more interesting - I can see why this band was so influential for post-rock.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

The Inner Mounting Flame

Also the inspiration for the Talas song, of the same name:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXKXpmJrSE#t=55m48s

[Crow]

i should do this kind of thing again woops



ayreon: i don't feel like this is his strong ayreon release at all but it's not the weakest either. would probably place it somewhere around the middle? above actual fantasy, ttoe, and the final experiment but not any higher. last disc kind of regressed towards closer to a TTOE style and some of the tracks get lost in the shuffle, and there's a few others that could be wholly discarded (all that was and into the ocean stand out as notably weak) but there's songs i like a fair bit here too. the day that the world breaks down, everybody dies, star of sirrah, run apocalypse run, and planet y is alive are prob my favorites? so yeah disc 1 is a lot stronger than disc 2. ok. it's a decent ayreon album
dodecahedron: honestly i feel it hard to form an opinion on this even after all of the listens i gave it. i think they do the slower, chuggy grooves and atmospheric moments better than the really intense ones but the way this album ebbs and flows is interesting for sure & it's a very compact experience in a good way. i think some of the noisier parts still need to sink in for me though. it's a tough nut to crack but i find myself wanting to listen to it more
the receiving end of sirens: there's a few tracks here that aren't as strong but i don't think there are any bad tracks here. the standouts haven't really changed since my first few listens. the opener, the salesman, and the last two tracks are all the best but stay small and a realization of the ear are pretty great too. smoke and mirrors has a kind of grating nu-metally chorus which is a shame since the rest is really great, saturnus kind of lacks an identity. those are about the only criticisms i have really. i like this a fair bit though not as much as i'd hoped

[jjrock88]

Vinnie Moore- Minds Eye

[jjrock88]

Tony Macalpine- Edge of Insanity

[Big Hath]

[Tomislav95]

Been listening to it a lot lately, it's much better than I remember it (I'm not very familiar with that era so I'm relistening to those albums).

[Lowdz]

The Inner Mounting Flame

Also the inspiration for the Talas song, of the same name:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXKXpmJrSE#t=55m48s

I've never heard a single song by Talas but that is a great song. Liked the singer too. Will look into them, cheers Cos.

[jjrock88]

Tony Macalpine- Maximum Security

[jjrock88]

Vinnie Moore- Time Odyssey

[jjrock88]

Greg Howe- s/t

[home]

This Slowdive album is pretty alright but it doesn't really do that much for me


Why did I wait so long with listening to this  I'm really loving this after two listens. The tool game is strong in this one tho.

[Lowdz]

Talas - Sink Your Teeth Into That

A best of Hair metal playlist on YouTube

Keel - Final Frontier, s/t

Y&T - In Rock We Trust

[jjrock88]

Coney Hatch- s/t

[Zydar]

Pugwash - Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)

[Lowdz]

Coney Hatch- s/t

 

Y&T - Ten

Asia - s/t, Alpha, Astra

Alice Cooper - Trash

[Big Hath]

[jjrock88]

Coney Hatch- Outa Hand

[Crow]

some new releases i listened to this weekend
solstafir - better than i expected, though the first few tracks are a bit meh the rest seemed pretty alright & more in line with what i like to see from them. will probably at least relisten
ny in 64 - feels heavier than their first album & probably a bit better but there's something about this project's sound that doesn't work for me like east of the wall and el drugstore do
avatarium - honestly only listened to about half of this, not really for me but it's okay. i feel like sacul would probably like this for some reason
barrows - a bit long winded maybe but it's decent stuff. at least going to be worth a relisten. i kind of. don't remember a ton about it though

[jjrock88]

David Chastain- Instrumental Variations

Michael Angelo Batio- 2x Again

Coney Hatch- Friction

[Lowdz]

Non stop quality Jason

Maiden - TNotB

[ZKX-2099]

[Sacul]

Listened to a couple songs, Panama, and it sounds OK. I think it's more something Evermind or Scorpion would dig.

[Crow]

well i know evermind already listens to avatarium because he's played them in plug.dj before 

[twosuitsluke]

Easily my favourite Dragonforce 

[ozzy554]

I had only intended on listening to a few tracks but I ended up listening to most of the album. In my opinion this the most underrated album in WASPs discography. Also Trail of Tears is getting close to overtaking Stone Cold Killers as my favorite from the album.

[ZKX-2099]

Easily my favourite Dragonforce 

Best ZP album for sure.

[Big Hath]

[wolfking]

I had only intended on listening to a few tracks but I ended up listening to most of the album. In my opinion this the most underrated album in WASPs discography. Also Trail of Tears is getting close to overtaking Stone Cold Killers as my favorite from the album.

This has always been one of my fav WASP albums since it was released.  It's so heavy and in your face with not a bad song on there.  My Wicked Heart is one of my favs also.

[ZKX-2099]

Great album for a midnight cruise down the coast.

[jjrock88]

Ratt- Out of the Cellar

[jjrock88]

Dokken- Under Lock & Key

[jingle.boy]

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