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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: BanksD on August 20, 2011, 05:23:08 PM
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I know there is already a Death Metal thread but I felt that this could use a thread of it's own (considering that it's my favorite type of metal)
So yeah post some of your favorite Melodeath.
my top 10 Melodeath bands
10.Mnemic
9. Soilwork
8. MyGrain
7. Heaven Shall Burn
6. Neaera
5. Before The Dawn
4. Raunchy
3. Mercenary
2. Disarmonia Mundi
1. Scar Symmetry/Solution. 45 (I consider them one in the same)
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Gojira?
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Never actually listened to them, so I wouldn't have much of a clue
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They're not really melodeath at all, but they're also one of the best metal bands ever so you should definitely listen to them.
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Great band. I don't really know how to qualify them though..
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They're more along the lines of technical/groove metal.
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No love for In Flames? I am disappoint.
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I was never really able to get into In Flames
but Reroute To Remain is one of my favorite melodeath songs.
EDIT:
if you like In Flames you might like Disarmonia Mundi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7cxPeBo8CI
When I first heard them I immediately thought of In Flames
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Gojira is da shit
Big Dark Tranquillity fan here, almost every one of their albums are excellent imo, right up there with Dream Theater as far as my favorite bands go. Also into other bigger acts like In Flames and Arch Enemy. And while more of a folk metal band, Eluveitie's Slania is pretty great melodeath album, I played that like crazy for a few months. Blackguard is another band along similar stylings.
Also into Kalmah, Wintersun, Skyfire (at least their last couple of albums) and I just got into Insomnium recently, very good stuff. :tup I'll have to check out a couple of those bands OP.
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Gonna add some links for those interested.
myGrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YewgBMfyQ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5q0vOzBKR4
Disarmonia Mundi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLoxhDTmt7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VmD8J9LfNc
for Scar Symmetry/ Solution.45 fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDdQVkNS8Mg
Neaera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbZS6NobMc
Raunchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwyU67XbmkM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJc5RFMqA3s
Mercenary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ov5SSVobm0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoZ2jQi4748
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Decided to check out more Soilwork (since The Panic Broadcast was the only album by them i knew)
Loving what I'm hearing :metal :metal :metal
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world under blood
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Can't get into this genre at all. It's not heavy enough, and it's not melodic enough either. If I want something heavy, I'll go with full-on death metal. If I want something melodic, I'll listen to prog.
Then again, it's not like any of the bands I've heard (Bodom, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Scar Symmetry, to name a few) are bad, it's just bland to me.
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Swallow the Sun is very good at times.
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Can't get into this genre at all. It's not heavy enough, and it's not melodic enough either. If I want something heavy, I'll go with full-on death metal. If I want something melodic, I'll listen to prog.
Then again, it's not like any of the bands I've heard (Bodom, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Scar Symmetry, to name a few) are bad, it's just bland to me.
Which Scar Symmetry album did you check out?
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Can't get into this genre at all. It's not heavy enough, and it's not melodic enough either. If I want something heavy, I'll go with full-on death metal. If I want something melodic, I'll listen to prog.
Then again, it's not like any of the bands I've heard (Bodom, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Scar Symmetry, to name a few) are bad, it's just bland to me.
Which Scar Symmetry album did you check out?
Holographic Universe
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Can't get into this genre at all. It's not heavy enough, and it's not melodic enough either. If I want something heavy, I'll go with full-on death metal. If I want something melodic, I'll listen to prog.
Then again, it's not like any of the bands I've heard (Bodom, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Scar Symmetry, to name a few) are bad, it's just bland to me.
Which Scar Symmetry album did you check out?
Holographic Universe
Holographic Universe is quite possibly my favorite album ever, but I can (to some) extent understand why one would dislike it
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How can you not like Holographic Universe D:
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Great genre. I love;
Soilwork
In Flames
Scar Symmetry
Solution .45
Disarmonia Mundi
Mercenary
Dark Tranquility
Oh and yes, Holographic Universe is simply one of the greatest albums ever.
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Imo:
Holographic Universe > The Unseen Empire > Pitch Black Progress > Symmetric In Design >>>>>>>>>>>> loldarkmatterdimensions
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Dark Matter Dimensions has actually grown on me a lot since its release. When it came out I was so disappointed but listening to it before Unseen Empire came out, I could get into it, there's really a lot of great tracks. Doesn't hold a candle to the rest of their work, but it's decent. Glad they redeemed themselves with Empire.
Holographic is easily their best. For Aeons Past is just as good, those two are probably in teh top 5 melodeath albums of all time.
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Christian Alvestam is quite possibly my favorite vocalist ever
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My favorite melodeath/technical death metal band is Anata:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbC50C_J7ws
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Christian Alvestam is quite possibly my favorite vocalist ever
Yeah, he's amazing and so damn underrated.
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So i listened to the new Threat Signal album.
I did not like it AT ALL.
It sounded like a bunch of generic deathcore/metalcore to me, and i really was not impressed
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Is this TS's first album since Kyle McKnight left? If so, then I fully understand. I'm only familiar with Under Reprisal but that album is the only thing that could be classified as metalcore that I've ever liked in its entirety and I fucking love it. His leads, solos, and melodic outros are head and shoulders better than anything else I've ever heard in that genre.
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This is actually the second since he left.
Vigilance was actually very good (imo) and I have no idea how they went from this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioVZpUwe4HA
to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vat7-HyPtH4
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SOILWORK!!!!!
I have a theory that eventually Dirk Verbreun's bass drums will kill us every one.
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Nah. I've been in the same building as Gene Hoglan and lived to tell about it :P I also saw a bill that included Unearth, Chimaira, Soilwork, and In Flames one night but they may have had a different drummer at that time so I can't guarantee having withstood his Dirkin' off.
Also BanksD, I just listened to the two TS links you posted and liked 'em both. I'd just say that the first one may sound better with a solo added since the 6/8 feel really makes me wanna here some cool shredding over the "marching" feel of it. Cool song regardless. The second one was exhibiting the blandness of metal bands that seemed to transition from "being able to be mistaken for nu-metal in their early days" to "well, we kinda learned to shred but still can't write an interesting song" like Machinehead and Chimaira and sometimes Devildriver (whom I like overall any way.)
The second track still had a very fresh, evil sounding lead tone with some thrillingly evil melodies and shreds however. Force it on yourself if you have to but you may end up liking it.
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Machine Head is awesome, you just suck.
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I've known about them since you were literally shitting your diapers (yes even before 2007) and they've got their moments but just have too much of their material comprised of stuff that's fast and heavy without actually being compelling to my ears. Kinda like a better Slayer imo.
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The second track still had a very fresh, evil sounding lead tone with some thrillingly evil melodies and shreds however. Force it on yourself if you have to but you may end up liking it.
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I didnt mind it on my frst listen, but what i didn't like was the fact that ths rest of the album sounded n no different than it, which bored me very fast
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Oh, another victim of samey-ness?
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I've known about them since you were literally shitting your diapers (yes even before 2007) and they've got their moments but just have too much of their material comprised of stuff that's fast and heavy without actually being compelling to my ears. Kinda like a better Slayer imo.
If you are implying that Machine Head is better than Slayer, I think I might have to leave you.
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No love for In Flames? I am disappoint.
the new In Flames is excellent.
Im not sure what qualifies as melodeath....but I like alot of these bands and I know of many more that sound like them.
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Arch Enemy
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I've been hearing a lot about Soilwork. What's their best album? I'll give it a shot sometime.
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The Panic Broadcast is my favorite
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I've been hearing a lot about Soilwork. What's their best album? I'll give it a shot sometime.
Get Chainheart Machine, Figure Number Five, Natural Born Chaos and Predators Portrait.
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For my money, Natural Born Chaos is a great starting point. They are thrashier going backwards from there, and a bit more melodic going forward. Also, Devin Townsend produced it, and you can tell. Most of their stuff is great (and their current drummer is better) but to me it's the best snapshot of what the band is all about. Most memorable songwriting as well. After that, if you want to go more proggy, definitely The Panic Broadcast. Stabbing the Drama and Sworn to a Great Divide are a little more mainstream, but still really, really good.
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I've known about them since you were literally shitting your diapers (yes even before 2007) and they've got their moments but just have too much of their material comprised of stuff that's fast and heavy without actually being compelling to my ears. Kinda like a better Slayer imo.
If you are implying that Machine Head is better than Slayer, I think I might have to leave you.
Although I'm not particularly knocked out by either, I'd lean toward Slayer in all honesty since I really have trouble seeing Machinehead as any more than a band that's heroes to so many metalheads I've known in real life that place an unrealistically high priority on heaviness over things like melody, song development, avoiding crippling sameyness, dynamics, etc.
I'm not against Slayer and I respect your taste. As someone whose metal journey went Metallica>Pantera>Megadeth>Death>DT>Cynic>Symphony X>Spiral Architect>Opeth>fuckingeverythingelse, what do you think would be a good starting point for me?
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Dark Tranquillity?
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I've been hearing a lot about Soilwork. What's their best album? I'll give it a shot sometime.
My favorite is Natural Born Chaos. It's awesome.
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Man, Soilwork are such a fucking amazing band. A great bunch of cd's they have.
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2. Disarmonia Mundi
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Fragments of D-Generation is definitely one of the best Melodic Death albums EVER. This band is awesome, not only because their amazing riffs, their incredible solos, their consistent albums, but also because Björn Strid.
BJÖRN MOTHERFUCKING STRID
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Yus. Really glad finally started listening to more of this band over the summer.
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2. Disarmonia Mundi
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Fragments of D-Generation is definitely one of the best Melodic Death albums EVER. This band is awesome, not only because their amazing riffs, their incredible solos, their consistent albums, but also because Björn Strid.
BJÖRN MOTHERFUCKING STRID
Yeah, that is a fucking cracking album. Anyone heard the latest one?
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2. Disarmonia Mundi
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Fragments of D-Generation is definitely one of the best Melodic Death albums EVER. This band is awesome, not only because their amazing riffs, their incredible solos, their consistent albums, but also because Björn Strid.
BJÖRN MOTHERFUCKING STRID
Yeah, that is a fucking cracking album. Anyone heard the latest one?
The Isolation Game? The few tracks I've heard are pretty good. I recall Structural Wound, title track and Building an Empire of Dust as kick-ass
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The isolation game is awesome, but after the title track there aren't many songs i find myself playing often.
My personal favorite DM album is Mind Tricks specifically the 2011 reissue.
I love Ringside Seat To Human Tragedy (mostly because it has Chistian Alvestam on it, who happens to be one of my favorite vocalists)
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Might look into the new one.
I've seen that reissue of Mind Tricks but haven't picked it up. I definitely will knowing that it has Christian on it!
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IN FLAMES :heart
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Though they're often mislabeled as deathcore, The Black Dahlia Murder definitely deserves a mention in this thread.
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I've been meaning to check them out, but I haven't had the chance to sadly
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I've been meaning to check them out, but I haven't had the chance to sadly
Their latest, Ritual, is pretty damn awesome.
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So I've been listening to Mercenary quite a bit lately. If anyone that's heard them has yet to hear their album 11 Dreams, I highly suggest you give it a listen, i personally consider it to be their best album (follwed closely by their newest album Metamorphosis and The Hours That Remain).
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So I've been listening to Mercenary quite a bit lately. If anyone that's heard them has yet to hear their album 11 Dreams, I highly suggest you give it a listen, i personally consider it to be their best album (follwed closely by their newest album Metamorphosis and The Hours That Remain).
Agreed entirely. Firesoul is probably my favorite Mercenary song.
Cool thread, by the way. Some bands I love that I haven't seen mentioned yet are In Mourning, In vain, and Insomnium, but I guess the former two are more like progressive death metal.
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Major bump here to post about a melodeath band I've been listening to a ton lately
Anyone familiar with Kalmah? They were mentioned on the previous page but that was loooooong before I started listening to them.
Fans of Children of Bodom would definitely like this band, as they have a very similar sound (if not somewhat better imo)
Their album 12 Gauge (See songs: Swampwar, Rust Never Sleeps, and Hook the Monster) is definitely worth a listen to, but to be quite honest you can't go wrong with any of their albums (even their debut Swamplord is superb)
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Yeah, I heard of Kalmah while I was listening to CoB. I only ever listened to their first album, Swamplord, and it's pretty baller.
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I own one Kalmah album but never really gave it a chance, I should give it a spin.
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I am dying to post here when I have some time... but felt like posting this:
Be'lakor - From Scythe to Sceptre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y87bVC8tG2Q)
I haven't seen their name mentioned .. if I'm not mistaken....
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Listening to Natural Born Chaos (and Soilwork in general) for the first time. It's pretty good.
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Listening to Natural Born Chaos (and Soilwork in general) for the first time. It's pretty good.
Yeah, that album is absolutely amazing. Check Chainheart Machine and A Predators Portrait next.
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So, Peter quit Soilwork again. :facepalm:
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So, Peter quit Soilwork again. :facepalm:
Yeah what the hell? What's up with that?
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Creative difference I think the article said. :facepalm: No original guitar players now, this is really gonna hurt the band, I don't see how they can successfully recover.
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Heard the new Soilwork tune Spectrum Of Eternity yet? It's bitchin! :metal
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Heard the new Soilwork tune Spectrum Of Eternity yet? It's bitchin! :metal
No, gonna go find it right now. I'm listening to Stabbing the Drama as we speak.
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Just listened to it. It's decent, but sounds exactly like anything off Panic Braodcast. The instrumental section was great though. Will see how it goes after multiple listens.
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Will see how it goes after multiple listens.
I liked it from the start but it grew even more after a few spins.
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Do Dethklok qualify as Melodeath?
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Speaking of Melodic Death Metal, I was listening to Arch Enemy's Burning Bridges album over the weekend...man, "Seed Of Hate" is an amazing song! :metal
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Luna Mortis is probably my favourite melodeath band, though Scar Symmetry isn't bad either. Any interested in the genre should definitely check them out!
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New Soilwork song:
This Momentary Bliss (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LR2C2kEONIU#!)
Sounds very much like a typical Soilwork song, nice chorus and very melodic but as i'm a speed freak Spectrum of Eternity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M_DydLwYnUk) was more my style. :)
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I recommend North from Here by Sentenced to everyone - it was the first melodeath album ever, yet it seems to be overshadowed by Carcass and the Gothenburg bands, which is a shame, as there are some awesome classics on the album, such as Northern Lights, My Sky is Darker Than Thine and Awaiting the Winter Frost.
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So in case you haven't heard, Amon Amarth's next album will be called "Deceiver of the Gods."
Here's the title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JulzsgGyXAY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JulzsgGyXAY)
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I'm not that big fan of Melodic Death Metal but bands like Ensiferum, Amon Amarth, Hypocrisy and Kalmah are fun to listen to. I was on Ensiferum's show last year, they made great atmosphere :metal
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Anyone heard Noumena's new album? They had a brilliant album in 2006 (Absence), then they issued another one shortly (which was imo forgettable, I can't even remember the name) and now they're back after a few years. I think it's on free streaming somewhere.
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So in case you haven't heard, Amon Amarth's next album will be called "Deceiver of the Gods."
Here's the title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JulzsgGyXAY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JulzsgGyXAY)
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New Amon Amarth song: https://stereogum.com/1365792/amon-amarth-shape-shifter-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/ (https://stereogum.com/1365792/amon-amarth-shape-shifter-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/)
New Kalmah song: https://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/streaming-kalmahs-deadfall/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DecibelMagazine+%28Decibel+Magazine%29 (https://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/streaming-kalmahs-deadfall/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DecibelMagazine+%28Decibel+Magazine%29)
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That Kalmah was pretty awesome.
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Any fans of Ghost Brigade in here?
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Any fans of Ghost Brigade in here?
I think I listened to one of their albums a few years ago. Distinctly Finnish style.
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They're probably my favorite melodeath band at the moment. Although, I don't listen to much melodeath, so perhaps that's not saying much.
On a somewhat related note, Until Fear No Longer Defines Us is probably my favorite album title ever.
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I've listened to UFNLDU and it's a decent album. The vocalist could be a bit better though, and he could work on his pronunciation :D
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I've listened to UFNLDU and it's a decent album. The vocalist could be a bit better though, and he could work on his pronunciation :D
Heh, I really like his vocals. His growls could be better, though.
You're probably right about the pronunciation, but to be honest, I hardly ever pay attention to the lyrics. He could be saying anything for all I know. :lol
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I think both the clean vocals and the growls could be better. I bet the reason why his pronunciation bothers me is that I'm Finnish, so the accent stands out :lol
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So the new Amon Amarth album is pretty sweet. A few songs are a bit boring, but otherwise I like it better than Surtur Rising. Under Siege is probably my favorite track at the moment.
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Let us feast in some "old school" melodic death metal shall we:
At The Gates - Live at Wacken 2008 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFBMyJUc_fU)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eci2xWihZI&list=UUe8Nn1uET1-rW2S_-D-2rtw
"Technocalyptic Cybergeddon"! :lol
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eci2xWihZI&list=UUe8Nn1uET1-rW2S_-D-2rtw
"Technocalyptic Cybergeddon"! :lol
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Honestly i just cannot wait to listen to this album trilogy, and Solution 45 is coming back with a double album!. My body is ready!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eci2xWihZI&list=UUe8Nn1uET1-rW2S_-D-2rtw
"Technocalyptic Cybergeddon"! :lol
;D ;D
Honestly i just cannot wait to listen to this album trilogy, and Solution 45 is coming back with a double album!. My body is ready!
Yeah man, I seriously can't wait for both of what these bands are putting out. It's been way too long since the Solution .45.
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Yea me too, I miss Christian on vocals though never really liked the new vocalists but maybe they get their shit together on the new albums. I surely hope so.
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Yea me too, I miss Christian on vocals though never really liked the new vocalists but maybe they get their shit together on the new albums. I surely hope so.
When Dark Matter Dimensions came out, I thought it was pretty ordinary and I really thought Christian could not be replaced. After accepting the fact over time, I went back to it and it was pretty damn good. The Unseen Empire I really liked and was a big step in the right direction. I firmly believe that they will never top HU, but still really interested in what they are doing.
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new Scar Symmetry song "Limits to Infinity" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NsFx6iVOaA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NsFx6iVOaA)
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Yea! The riff during the chourus sounds I don't know...so 80s for some reason. I just have a Mr Big vibe from that riff. :lol
Pretty awesome, really love the guitar sound.
Edit: Ha just read that Per wanted to fuse AOR with Death Metal, well that explains alot then haha. Interesting approach, I like it!
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Yeah, there's a definite mix of prog, death metal adn AOR. It's different, but pretty good.
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Very different sounding, but I really like it. Definitely gonna check out the album when it comes out.
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Diggin' the new song quite a bit!! :tup
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New song by Chris Amott's Armageddon. This is really really good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-tKoIUhzzD8
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Another new Scar Symmetry song. Sounding pretty solid;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbEn-WhB_k0
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New Scar Symmetry album is really really good.
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After one listen is not bad, but nothing to really shout about.
It's a short album, take away the short intro and the guitar instrumental, your only left with 6 proper songs.
The music is great, with an atmospheric space feel to it, the production is spot on.
The let down is the vocals, the growls are okay, but very generic sounding, but the cleans really are not up the usual SS standard.
Oh one final thing, there is NO Japanese bonus track, as I have found out first hand.
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Neohuman and Technocalyptic Cybergeddon are some of the best songs they have ever done!
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After one listen is not bad, but nothing to really shout about.
It's a short album, take away the short intro and the guitar instrumental, your only left with 6 proper songs.
The music is great, with an atmospheric space feel to it, the production is spot on.
The let down is the vocals, the growls are okay, but very generic sounding, but the cleans really are not up the usual SS standard.
Oh one final thing, there is NO Japanese bonus track, as I have found out first hand.
Ouch!
I noticed it was pretty short too, but since it's the first of a trilogy I can forgive them. Saying that, Unseen Empire was pretty much the same length.
I'ved learn to live with the new singers. I really disliked them at first but I think they are finding their feet okay. Per on this is incredible. I'm pretty sure he is doing some clean backing vocals here and there too.
Neohuman and Technocalyptic Cybergeddon are some of the best songs they have ever done!
They are probably my least two favourites, but they are still killer. The middle 4 songs for me are just amazing.
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Really enjoying At The Gates - At War With Reality. Besides the music I think it's one of the coolest album titles i've heard.
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Really enjoying At The Gates - At War With Reality. Besides the music I think it's one of the coolest album titles i've heard.
I'm looking forward to picking this one up. I was never a big At the Gates fan, mainly just from lack of checking them out fully, but what I've heard from this new one sounds solid.
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Cool! :metal Be sure to check out Slaughter Of The Soul if you haven't. The good thing is that their disco ain't that expansive given they haven't released anything in 19 years. :lol
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Cool! :metal Be sure to check out Slaughter Of The Soul if you haven't. The good thing is that their disco ain't that expansive given they haven't released anything in 19 years. :lol
I actually have that on cd somewhere, but that's the only album of their that I have. I will definitely have to find it a give it a spin.
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The new Mors Principium Est song is fantastic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlAQ0k1ZXfA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlAQ0k1ZXfA)
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The new Mors Principium Est song is fantastic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlAQ0k1ZXfA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlAQ0k1ZXfA)
Never checked these guys out before, but this was pretty damn good.
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Jeff Loomis is the new guitarist for Arch Enemy.
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Yea heard that, interesting. Loomis is awesome so that will be interesting to hear.
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I hope that Loomis gets some creative input - him writing for Alyssa would surely be something awesome.
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Listening to the new Soilwork EP, loving what i am hearing! :metal
I just don't understand why My Nerves, Your Everyday Tool and Forever Lost In Vain didn't make it to the album.
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How did I mis Insomnium's, 'Shadows Of The Dying Sun'?
https://youtu.be/vBZ5SLJmfdw
I own a couple of their previous CD's, so I'm glad I saw this included in a best of 2014 list and checked it out.
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Soilwork DVD coming in March
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/soilwork-to-release-live-in-the-heart-of-helsinki-dvdblu-ray-in-march/
Really really good setlist.
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Soilwork DVD trailer;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&v=FcG4L0_Sqq4&x-yt-cl=85114404&feature=player_embedded
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Looks like a killer show.
Amazon UK pre-ordered $40 AU in shipping for the BR/2CD set :)
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I'd pay that. Hoping JB might stock it though. They had TLI out on the release date.
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Soilwork, Momentary Bliss live from DVD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RsAF6r3gQw
Seems like quite a few overdubs, especially with Speed's cleans, but that was to be expected. They aren't the sharpest live.
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Yea that sounded almost like playback but I do hear some fails here and there though.
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Yeah, I think it's just quite a few touchups. I don't really care though.
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Necrobumping just to say that Disarmonia Mundi's Cold Inferno is one of my favorite albums of the year so far. It might even be my second favorite album from them right after Fragments of D-Generation. These people are riff-making machines. Magma Diver = :2metal:
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Edit: Nevermind wrong band
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Necrobumping just to say that Disarmonia Mundi's Cold Inferno is one of my favorite albums of the year so far. It might even be my second favorite album from them right after Fragments of D-Generation. These people are riff-making machines. Magma Diver = :2metal:
I gotta check this out. Bjorn on this one again?
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Necrobumping just to say that Disarmonia Mundi's Cold Inferno is one of my favorite albums of the year so far. It might even be my second favorite album from them right after Fragments of D-Generation. These people are riff-making machines. Magma Diver = :2metal:
I gotta check this out. Bjorn on this one again?
Nah, unfortunately. But the vocal delivery is still quite good. Had Björn been in this album it would be my favorite DM album already :lol
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That's a shame, I'll still listen anyway.
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New Solution .45 on November 20th. Apparantely a first part of a double concept album.
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New Solution .45!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2KVqagPFeM
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New Solution .45!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2KVqagPFeM
Great stuff! Glad to see his vocals are still in top form.
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New Solution .45!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2KVqagPFeM
Great stuff! Glad to see his vocals are still in top form.
Both cleans and growls sound really bloody strong. Great stuff.
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Fuck yeah, Solution .45. really liked the last album so this is a no brainer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GuSlYzrLmA
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Not bad, on first listen though I'm not really all that amazed either, if it was on part 1 it would probably be one of my least favorites of the album. I usually prefer the ones with mixed vocals anyway so the all-harsh vox might be what causes me to not like it too much.
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I like that they are mixing it up and doing a couple of tunes with full growls. Breaks up the formula a bit.
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Nightmares Part II, is pretty solid.
The pre release songs didn't do a lot for me, but the album is going to get better with each play.
The heavy songs are their, but there are more melodic and progressive songs on the album that are more my thing.
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Was wondering if anyone knew MyGrain here and... well, they appear in the very first post of this thread :) Too bad they split up last year, but I still recommend the last two records.
Into the Parallel Universe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBiLx3SNyJQ)
The Ghost In Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd0LUfY0V7A)
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Was wondering if anyone knew MyGrain here and... well, they appear in the very first post of this thread :) Too bad they split up last year, but I still recommend the last two records.
Into the Parallel Universe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBiLx3SNyJQ)
The Ghost In Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd0LUfY0V7A)
I have Into the Parallel Universe. Couldn't tell you where I got it from and I've only listened a few times. Will give it another go and report back.
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To clarify, those are songs and not album titles. Into the Parallel Universe is off the self-titled album.
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Wow, Nightmares in the Waking State pt. 2 is so good! I'm feeling the single a lot better right now aswell, but the switch-offs between clean and harsh are still the thing I love most about this band. The ending of "Built on Sand" is fantastic.
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To clarify, those are songs and not album titles. Into the Parallel Universe is off the self-titled album.
Ok :lol well I have that one.
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Was wondering if anyone knew MyGrain here and... well, they appear in the very first post of this thread :) Too bad they split up last year, but I still recommend the last two records.
Into the Parallel Universe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBiLx3SNyJQ)
The Ghost In Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd0LUfY0V7A)
Yes I have 2 Cd's, the first two albums.
I saw them a couple of times live too, at festivals.
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Nightmares Part II, is pretty solid.
The pre release songs didn't do a lot for me, but the album is going to get better with each play.
The heavy songs are their, but there are more melodic and progressive songs on the album that are more my thing.
Managed to pick up a copy on the weekend, but haven't listened to it yet. Spun the first Nightmares a bit last week and it's aging really well.
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Was wondering if anyone knew MyGrain here and... well, they appear in the very first post of this thread :) Too bad they split up last year, but I still recommend the last two records.
Into the Parallel Universe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBiLx3SNyJQ)
The Ghost In Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd0LUfY0V7A)
I relistened to MyGrain's self titled. It's pretty solid but nothing was particularly outstanding, it's as I remember it really. I'll probably give it another go at some point over the next 6 months :biggrin:
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Nightmares Part II, is pretty solid.
The pre release songs didn't do a lot for me, but the album is going to get better with each play.
The heavy songs are their, but there are more melodic and progressive songs on the album that are more my thing.
Managed to pick up a copy on the weekend, but haven't listened to it yet. Spun the first Nightmares a bit last week and it's aging really well.
Just finishing up my first listen, and like the first one it's gonna need a lot of spins to get into the songs. I almost found it a bit underwhelming, but I thought the same about the first one. Lots of proggish moments as you say.
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Just wanted to post that I'd be meaning to get copies of Omnium Gatherum's Grey Heaven and Beyond so I finally ordered them a couple of weeks back and got them both.
Beyond is one of the best melodeath albums I've ever heard.
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Was wondering if anyone knew MyGrain here and... well, they appear in the very first post of this thread :) Too bad they split up last year, but I still recommend the last two records.
Into the Parallel Universe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBiLx3SNyJQ)
The Ghost In Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd0LUfY0V7A)
This is a great band and it's such a shame that it broke up. My favorite albums are the S/T and Signs of Existence.
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Just wanted to post that I'd be meaning to get copies of Omnium Gatherum's Grey Heaven and Beyond so I finally ordered them a couple of weeks back and got them both.
Beyond is one of the best melodeath albums I've ever heard.
indeed. It's really good stuff.
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Just wanted to post that I'd be meaning to get copies of Omnium Gatherum's Grey Heaven and Beyond so I finally ordered them a couple of weeks back and got them both.
Beyond is one of the best melodeath albums I've ever heard.
indeed. It's really good stuff.
Cheers for showing them to me in my roulette mate.
I know Brent has mentioned them too even though he doesn't dig the vox.
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New song from Kalmah, one of my fave MDM bands, new album in April.
Maybe just a little too mid paced, I prefer the thrashier faster stuff, but still love it...
https://youtu.be/122UaxwXuw4
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New song from Kalmah, one of my fave MDM bands, new album in April.
Maybe just a little too mid paced, I prefer the thrashier faster stuff, but still love it...
https://youtu.be/122UaxwXuw4
I'll check this out when I'm at home. Have a couple of their albums but don't know much of them or gave them much time. The last one was pretty decent though.
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Give them a spin, they are not really an immediate band, but they have a tonne of hooks and melodies buried underneath the growls and guitars.
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New song from Kalmah, one of my fave MDM bands, new album in April.
Maybe just a little too mid paced, I prefer the thrashier faster stuff, but still love it...
https://youtu.be/122UaxwXuw4
I thought that was pretty groovy.
I own Seventh Swamphony and For the Revolution. I'll have to find those cd's and check them out again.
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Those two albums are solid Kalmah albums, but probably not their best works.
They aren't bad by any stretch but Revolution is on the slow side and Swamphony is just below the top tier.
Highly recommended are The Black Waltz (one of my all time fave MDM albums) and 12 Gauge which is a crushing record.
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The only mention of Noumena in this thread is unsurprisingly by my friend Mora, so it's about time to give them another high recommendation :) Absence is a true hidden gem, kind of similar to early Insomnium with some clean vocals thrown in. Full album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIpk6ATuMTQ
EDIT: Also spotted Ghost Brigade in here, great band. I refuse to tag them melodeath, even though they tend to appeal to same audiences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcSy2bUJsEA
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I have 2 CD's from Noumena, haven't played them in years, I'll give them a spin this weekend, very solid band though.
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The new At The Gates song is pretty cool. I loved the previous album so excited for this I am.
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Here's the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhru7gT0cIE
Nothing new here, but solid melodeath as always.
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That sounds like old-school At the Gates. :metal
Loved the last album, so this is a no-brainer. Tomas is just awesome.
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New At The Gates is awesome! :metal :metal :metal
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The Finnish band Fireproven are releasing their debut album Future Diary in a couple of weeks. They released a new lyric video yesterday and the song is beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Nhyc6uFvw
Their Omnipresence EP (2013) is more progressive than what the full-length seems to be shaping up to, and it was a huge critical success here in Finland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zum2XqvmLU
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Fuck yeah, new Omnium Gatherum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FJlxMPE5b0
Really good. A lot like Living in Me but love it.
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Apparently Children of Bodom have finished up recording their new album. It's being mixed and mastered now, and a likely release should be around October time. I loved I Worship Chaos so hopefully they can keep that momentum going.
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Apparently Children of Bodom have finished up recording their new album. It's being mixed and mastered now, and a likely release should be around October time. I loved I Worship Chaos so hopefully they can keep that momentum going.
I was definitely better than the few before, not classic Bodom by any means but decent.
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Chaos was a welcome return to form.
But the first 4 Bodom albums are pretty much untouchable to me.
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Chaos was a welcome return to form.
But the first 4 Bodom albums are pretty much untouchable to me.
Agreed. Something Wild through to HCD was an amazing run of albums; even more so when you consider how young they were when they made them. I saw them on their 20th anniversary tour last year when they played nothing but tracks from the first 4 albums and it was brilliant. Great to hear songs like The Nail and Red Light In My Eyes played live.
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Chaos was a welcome return to form.
But the first 5 Bodom albums are pretty much untouchable to me.
Fixed that for you. I used to rate CoB in my top 3 bands of all time and I freaking love AYDY?
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Chaos was a welcome return to form.
But the first 5 Bodom albums are pretty much untouchable to me.
Fixed that for you. I used to rate CoB in my top 3 bands of all time and I freaking love AYDY?
AYDY has some Bodom classics on it (Living Dead Beat, In Your Face and the last 3 tracks), but overall it's a small step down from what went before, in my opinion. If You Want Peace, Punch Me I Bleed and Next In Line are a bit uninspired, whereas every track on the first 4 albums was great to me.
My vote for the 5th Bodom classic would actually be the one that a lot of fans seem to rank near the bottom of the pile: Blooddrunk. I love every track on there.
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No need to fix anything, AYDY was a step down from the first four IMO.
I'd prob go for Halo Of Blood as the 5th.
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Here is the new song;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpfzCxiQ-A
Well fuck me, this is pretty damn good. Sounds like HCDR!! I'm excited now.
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Awesome tune. But man, those vocals...
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So I see they decided to transform into Omnium Gatherum.
I wish there were stronger riffs behind the verses, like the ones they used to make. This is an okay start though. Alexi always said how he hated how people boxed them into doing neoclassical shreddy stuff and hated their straightforward stuff, but this is also straightforward and yet full of melody.
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I didn't really pick up on an Omnium Gatherum sound. I would have to listen again.
Awesome tune. But man, those vocals...
And here I am thinking you were just about fully over with me on the dark side.
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Well, it's not that I actually "like" growls, so much as what can I tolerate to enjoy the music. Every now and then a band has harsh vocals, and I don't mind at all. Maybe it's all in the style.
Musically the CoB tune was awesome as hell. The vocals..well, they weren't, but musically I'm intrigued so I plan on following up.
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Those vocals are very similar to Chuck Shuldiner which I find much more enjoyable than the more "growl" type vocals ala Michael Akerfeld. How do you feel about the band Death, Tim?
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Those vocals are very similar to Chuck Shuldiner which I find much more enjoyable than the more "growl" type vocals ala Michael Akerfeld. How do you feel about the band Death, Tim?
Yeah, it's funny. As I was watching the video I totally thought of Death. I think Death is amazing. But Chuck's vocals are pretty terrible. I actually prefer watching some of their live stuff on YouTube rather than the studio vocals.
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Those vocals are very similar to Chuck Shuldiner which I find much more enjoyable than the more "growl" type vocals ala Michael Akerfeld. How do you feel about the band Death, Tim?
Yeah, it's funny. As I was watching the video I totally thought of Death. I think Death is amazing. But Chuck's vocals are pretty terrible. I actually prefer watching some of their live stuff on YouTube rather than the studio vocals.
The live in LA DVD is fucking awesome. Raw, totally live, 2 guitars, bass and drums, brilliant.
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Yes. Yes it is! :metal
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Yes. Yes it is! :metal
I think my faith have been restored in you Tim. ;D
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I love this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSkqxLxJG6A
:metal
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I love this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSkqxLxJG6A
:metal
Yep. Thats a great set, awesome show.
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So I see they decided to transform into Omnium Gatherum.
Ha, I had the same thought initially. It's the major feel driven by the main riff. Certainly sounds better than what they've done recently in my books.
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I'm not getting a particularly strong Omnium Gatherum vibe (though as Luoto knows, I'm still new to them). But it definitely sounds stylistically more like their Hatebreeder-HCDR era than anything else they've done for years.
Anyway a solid song. I'll check out the new album like I always do but might have slightly higher expectations this time!
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Recommendation courtesy of Glenn/Progpower USA: Finally...some new melodic death metal that crushes. The riffs explode, the death vocals have balls, and the chorus is clean & catchy. I tip my hat to Horizon Ignited .- Glenn
Horizon Ignited - Equal in Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhO1mlkjwQg&fbclid=IwAR0YOnPwRDAJmKuQsJfenOXdfDB2SHjokMoSc8XFrUd9BciqRRz2297-y1s
Debut album came out in January...this is awesome stuff! :metal
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Did someone mention the Australian band "Be'lakor" yet? They are all kinds of awesome.
Listen to this and tell me you don't love it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsgEOXlaaI8
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Did someone mention the Australian band "Be'lakor" yet? They are all kinds of awesome.
Listen to this and tell me you don't love it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsgEOXlaaI8
Yeah, quite a few of us know about them and are fans. Amazing band. I stumbled across Vessels when it came out youtube and I was hooked right away. Such brilliant music.
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Recommendation courtesy of Glenn/Progpower USA: Finally...some new melodic death metal that crushes. The riffs explode, the death vocals have balls, and the chorus is clean & catchy. I tip my hat to Horizon Ignited .- Glenn
Horizon Ignited - Equal in Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhO1mlkjwQg&fbclid=IwAR0YOnPwRDAJmKuQsJfenOXdfDB2SHjokMoSc8XFrUd9BciqRRz2297-y1s
Debut album came out in January...this is awesome stuff! :metal
Sounds a bit on the commercial side for the genre and definitely nothing new, but pretty good. Definitely worth checking the album.
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Did someone mention the Australian band "Be'lakor" yet? They are all kinds of awesome.
Listen to this and tell me you don't love it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsgEOXlaaI8
Yeah, quite a few of us know about them and are fans. Amazing band. I stumbled across Vessels when it came out youtube and I was hooked right away. Such brilliant music.
:tup Vessels is excellent
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Did someone mention the Australian band "Be'lakor" yet? They are all kinds of awesome.
Listen to this and tell me you don't love it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsgEOXlaaI8
Yeah, quite a few of us know about them and are fans. Amazing band. I stumbled across Vessels when it came out youtube and I was hooked right away. Such brilliant music.
:tup Vessels is excellent
I actually prefer "Of Breath and Bone" myself, but all their stuff is excellent really. Glad to see more people know about them!
How about another favorite of mine, Septic Flesh, do they fit the genre "melodeath" (I'm not so familar with the myriad of metal sub-genres! :lol)? I mean, it's melodic and it's death, but it sounds completely different than other bands such as In Flames.
You be the judge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJAJqNwlPUw
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Just picked up the new Bodom CD and it's killer.
A return to the sound of Follow The Reaper and HCDR.
Songs are tight, mix and production very clean and clear.
Best thing they've done for a very long time and the the title track is a future CoB classic.
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Yeah I gotta admit the new COB is very good.
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Just picked up the new Bodom CD and it's killer.
A return to the sound of Follow The Reaper and HCDR.
Songs are tight, mix and production very clean and clear.
Best thing they've done for a very long time and the the title track is a future CoB classic.
Looking forward to picking this up tomorrow.
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The new Bodom does sound good.
On a first listen, it will probably be the only album after Hate Crew that i like.
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Had one listen to the new album and it sounds like it could be a ripper. Production sounds great too, Love the inclusion of Knuckleduster, always thought that song was album quiality but the remix is lol. The two live tracks are pretty nice too.
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Yeah those dodgy bonus tracks are because this time they decided not to record any cover songs.
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The new Bodom album really is a good return to form, their best since Follow the Reaper and the only I've been at all interested in since HCD.
Standout track for me right now is Soon Departed, really classic Bodom tune.
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Gotta echo the positive comments on the new COB :tup Hexed, Kick in the Spleen and Soon Departed are cool songs.
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The new Bodom album really is a good return to form, their best since Follow the Reaper and the only I've been at all interested in since HCD.
Standout track for me right now is Soon Departed, really classic Bodom tune.
The triple punch of Spleen, Platitudes and the tile track is amazing.
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Count me in on the praise for the new Bodom album. I've given it a week to see whether my opinion on the first listen (I loved it) would hold up, and it has. It's a fantastic album and their best since Hate Crew Deathroll in my opinion.
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It's a fantastic album and their best since Hate Crew Deathroll in my opinion.
I'm a big AYDY? fan, so time will only tell if the new one beats it.
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Hexed got me first time listening and subsequent plays have revealed lots of new things.
A riff or keyboard sound I hadn't previously noticed.
Even Alexi's 'singing' seems to have improved, I can actually make out his words in quite a few songs ;D
AYDY, I actually never rated it too high until recently, I gave it a good listen and was surprised it sounded way better than I remember.
But I still rate it below HCDR, those first four Bodom albums are pretty strong and hard to top.
But Hexed might end up giving those some strong competition.
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AYDY has some great tracks on it (Living Dead Beat, In Your Face, Bastards of Bodom, Trashed Lost and Strungout and We're Not Gonna Fall) but on the whole I find it a slight step down from the greatness of what went before. The other tracks are a bit by-the-numbers. I still love the album though, as I do all their stuff. Prior to the release of Hexed my ranking was this:
1. Hatebreeder
2. Follow The Reaper
3. Hate Crew Deathroll
4. Blooddrunk (Done With Everything, Die For Nothing is their most underrated track in my opinion, and I was happy to hear a kind of musical 'echo' of it on the track 'Relapse', from Hexed)
5. Something Wild (Alexi was 16/17 when he wrote this!)
6. Are You Dead Yet?
7. I Worship Chaos
8. Halo of Blood
9. Relentless Reckless Forever (though I LOVE the title track)
But honestly, albums 1 and 2 are pretty much tied. Both are masterpieces in my opinion.
We'll see how it ages but early indications are that Hexed will slot into the #4 slot.
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I agree that FTR and Hatebreeder are masterpieces or pretty close and I cannot split them, accept, I prefer the production on Reaper.
BTW did you know there are two different mixes of FTR?
The Spinefarm release and Nuclear Blast versions are different, most are subtle, but noticeable all the same.
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I agree that FTR and Hatebreeder are masterpieces or pretty close and I cannot split them, accept, I prefer the production on Reaper.
BTW did you know there are two different mixes of FTR?
The Spinefarm release and Nuclear Blast versions are different, most are subtle, but noticeable all the same.
I remember you saying that before. I'll have to check both versions out I think.
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You guys, the new CoB is on heavy rotation in my house. The strongest songs are on the second half of the album, and Hexed is easily in my top 20 CoB songs ever. That outro.
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Listening to The Jester Race now and remembering simpler, better times...
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Listening to The Jester Race now and remembering simpler, better times...
One of the very first albums that turned me onto harsh vocals. Classic album.
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http://www.decadawn.com
Thes3 guys from Monftreal. Pretty cool sound.
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Insomnium will release a new album called Heart Like a Grave on October 4th. They also announced Jani Liimatainen (Cain's Offering, ex-Sonata Arctica) as a new member!
The band comments: ”In 2018 it became apparent that Ville could not combine the heavy touring anymore with his another career as a lecturer in York university. Hence, we decided that a third guitarist was needed to get the machinery running properly. We did not have to look far, since Jani Liimatainen had already been a live guitarist on several tours. And since this dude is amazing musician, vocalist, songwriter and all-round nice guy the decision was really a no-brainer. Now we are stronger than ever!”
Ville comments: “Since 2010 I’ve been combining touring and band life with my science career. However, couple of years ago it became clear that it has become impossible for me to put my 100% in both. This is partly because of more demanding role at the University of York but also because Insomnium has been growing steadily year by year leading to increasing amount of touring with every album. With Jani on board, we have secured a steady live line-up to keep delivering fierce live shows all around the world with me joining the band when time allows.”
Jani adds: “It is a great honour to join such an amazing band. I had already been touring with the guys on and off since 2015, filling in for Ville whenever needed, so when they asked me to officially join the band the answer was pretty much a no-brainer. I am looking forward to sharing many more metal moments with these guys who I am proud to call my friends.”
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Insomnium will release a new album called Heart Like a Grave on October 4th. They also announced Jani Liimatainen (Cain's Offering, ex-Sonata Arctica) as a new member!
The band comments: ”In 2018 it became apparent that Ville could not combine the heavy touring anymore with his another career as a lecturer in York university. Hence, we decided that a third guitarist was needed to get the machinery running properly. We did not have to look far, since Jani Liimatainen had already been a live guitarist on several tours. And since this dude is amazing musician, vocalist, songwriter and all-round nice guy the decision was really a no-brainer. Now we are stronger than ever!”
Ville comments: “Since 2010 I’ve been combining touring and band life with my science career. However, couple of years ago it became clear that it has become impossible for me to put my 100% in both. This is partly because of more demanding role at the University of York but also because Insomnium has been growing steadily year by year leading to increasing amount of touring with every album. With Jani on board, we have secured a steady live line-up to keep delivering fierce live shows all around the world with me joining the band when time allows.”
Jani adds: “It is a great honour to join such an amazing band. I had already been touring with the guys on and off since 2015, filling in for Ville whenever needed, so when they asked me to officially join the band the answer was pretty much a no-brainer. I am looking forward to sharing many more metal moments with these guys who I am proud to call my friends.”
:metal Still spinning SotDS, such an awesome album!
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Insomnium will release a new album called Heart Like a Grave on October 4th. They also announced Jani Liimatainen (Cain's Offering, ex-Sonata Arctica) as a new member!
The band comments: ”In 2018 it became apparent that Ville could not combine the heavy touring anymore with his another career as a lecturer in York university. Hence, we decided that a third guitarist was needed to get the machinery running properly. We did not have to look far, since Jani Liimatainen had already been a live guitarist on several tours. And since this dude is amazing musician, vocalist, songwriter and all-round nice guy the decision was really a no-brainer. Now we are stronger than ever!”
Ville comments: “Since 2010 I’ve been combining touring and band life with my science career. However, couple of years ago it became clear that it has become impossible for me to put my 100% in both. This is partly because of more demanding role at the University of York but also because Insomnium has been growing steadily year by year leading to increasing amount of touring with every album. With Jani on board, we have secured a steady live line-up to keep delivering fierce live shows all around the world with me joining the band when time allows.”
Jani adds: “It is a great honour to join such an amazing band. I had already been touring with the guys on and off since 2015, filling in for Ville whenever needed, so when they asked me to officially join the band the answer was pretty much a no-brainer. I am looking forward to sharing many more metal moments with these guys who I am proud to call my friends.”
:metal Still spinning SotDS, such an awesome album!
Both that and Winter's Gate are amazing. Can't wait for the new one!
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The full announcement:
In the news: New album HEART LIKE A GRAVE / Welcome JANI LIIMATAINEN as official fifth band member
On October 4th, 2019, Finnish melodic death metal masters INSOMNIUM are going to release their new album “HEART LIKE A GRAVE” via Century Media Records worldwide.
”The concept of the album is to delve deep into the heart of the Finnish melancholy. We’ve been inspired by some of the bleakest and saddest songs, poems and tales that truly capture the essence of northern gloom. Land where the frost ravages the harvest and creeps inside the souls, summer ends before it even starts, wife leaves, little brother dies in snow on a Christmas morning, and the golden days of youth are forever gone. So there are echoes of Harmaja, Rautavaara, Vainio, Peltoniemen Hintriikka and of course our own petty, miserable lives.” – INSOMNIUM.
Consisting of ten songs and over an hour of music HEART LIKE A GRAVE evolved to be an epic tour de force of Finnish melancholy. With four composers in the band the sound of Insomnium is now richer and more versatile than ever before. In the name of Nordic collaboration the Swedish wizard Jens Bogren has been doing the mixing and mastering and made HEART LIKE A GRAVE to the best sounding Insomnium album ever.
HEART LIKE A GRAVE tracklisting
1. Wail of the North
2. Valediction
3. Neverlast
4. Pale Morning Star
5. And Bells They Toll
6. The Offering
7. Mute Is My Sorrow
8. Twilight Trails
9. Heart Like a Grave
10. Karelia
Furthermore INSOMNIUM welcome new guitarist Jani Liimatainen to join the band.
The band comments: ”In 2018 it became apparent that Ville could not combine the heavy touring anymore with his another career as a lecturer in York university. Hence, we decided that a third guitarist was needed to get the machinery running properly. We did not have to look far, since Jani Liimatainen had already been a live guitarist on several tours. And since this dude is amazing musician, vocalist, songwriter and all-round nice guy the decision was really a no-brainer. Now we are stronger than ever!”
Ville comments: “Since 2010 I’ve been combining touring and band life with my science career. However, couple of years ago it became clear that it has become impossible for me to put my 100% in both. This is partly because of more demanding role at the University of York but also because Insomnium has been growing steadily year by year leading to increasing amount of touring with every album. With Jani on board, we have secured a steady live line-up to keep delivering fierce live shows all around the world with me joining the band when time allows.”
Jani adds: “It is a great honour to join such an amazing band. I had already been touring with the guys on and off since 2015, filling in for Ville whenever needed, so when they asked me to officially join the band the answer was pretty much a no-brainer. I am looking forward to sharing many more metal moments with these guys who I am proud to call my friends.”
So, great things are looming ahead! Rock on, friends!!!
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My boy Jani L making waves :2metal:
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Great band, Winter's Gate was excellent so looking forward to this. Jani joining is a very nice surprise too.
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Yeah great news for Jani L, but how is he going to juggle three bands?
Insomnium, Cain's Offering, The Dark Element, plus his acoustic thing with Timo Kotipelto and songwriting for Stratovarius?
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Yeah great news for Jani L, but how is he going to juggle three bands?
Insomnium, Cain's Offering, The Dark Element, plus his acoustic thing with Timo Kotipelto and songwriting for Stratovarius?
His acoustic thing with Kotipelto seems to be an irregular sort of thing, almost like a weekend warrior type deal. Strato probably doesn't take up too much of his time, and CO seems to make a reappearance twice a decade, so in another 2 years we should be due for them. TDE I imagine doesn't take much touring time. I guess Insomnium will eat up most of his time now.
It does kind of suck because I was genuinely hoping if he would join another established band it would be Stratovarius... but oh well. At least this way I get to see him in a few weeks. :biggrin:
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Yeah great news for Jani L, but how is he going to juggle three bands?
Insomnium, Cain's Offering, The Dark Element, plus his acoustic thing with Timo Kotipelto and songwriting for Stratovarius?
It does kind of suck because I was genuinely hoping if he would join another established band it would be Stratovarius... but oh well. At least this way I get to see him in a few weeks. :biggrin:
I don't see this ever happening, or how it would ever happen.
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Insomnium premiered Valediction at the John Smith Rock Festival last weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKQEgGdZLAA
Sounds pretty good. The album's runtime is over an hour with 10 tracks, so that must be one of the shortest at 5 minutes.
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Yeah great news for Jani L, but how is he going to juggle three bands?
Insomnium, Cain's Offering, The Dark Element, plus his acoustic thing with Timo Kotipelto and songwriting for Stratovarius?
His acoustic thing with Kotipelto seems to be an irregular sort of thing, almost like a weekend warrior type deal. Strato probably doesn't take up too much of his time, and CO seems to make a reappearance twice a decade, so in another 2 years we should be due for them. TDE I imagine doesn't take much touring time. I guess Insomnium will eat up most of his time now.
It does kind of suck because I was genuinely hoping if he would join another established band it would be Stratovarius... but oh well. At least this way I get to see him in a few weeks. :biggrin:
You're right, he only mostly does songwriting for Strato. Recently Timo Tolkki wrote that Strato guys have asked him to write with them, and back then I theorized that maybe Jani is pulling out and leaving space for another writing partner to come in. I imagine the amount of his touring with Insomnium will remain about the same (they're already headliners on tours and can tour the US), and both CO and TDE are more festival bands than a regular touring band. I wish CO could become more of a touring band, but the rest of the guys will probably rather do the tour grind with Strato. So I'll settle for him writing and recording more albums with CO :biggrin:
Side note, I hope he assists in writing and/or clean vocs for Insomnium.
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Omnium Gatherum dropped a new single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj6Te-RoE0A
More of the same compared to The Burning Cold. Someone more inspired would make a better use of that outro riff.
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Shame it's just a standalone single.
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Shame it's just a standalone single.
Do we know that it is?
Sounded solid enough.
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Shame it's just a standalone single.
Do we know that it is?
Sounded solid enough.
Yeah. It's a song from The Burning Cold sessions released as a two song EP with a Sepultura cover.
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Anyone familiar with Netherbird? I literally just stumbled upon them today. Their latest ablum, Into The Vast Uncharted (https://open.spotify.com/album/5YJbMi37ELq46R49dR5MdN?si=jSP6aRkwS3-ZvnRRhyx24g), is amazing! Apparently they have a handful of albums. I'm listening to the previous one, Hymns From Realms Yonder (https://open.spotify.com/album/0PG42VdmdsGfLexRz9lNRK?si=cGYl0aSkSCS4W9S-jdr--g), it is also damned good.
They remind me of Tribulation but a bit more metal. Really liking this.
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Had a quick listen to the lead single Tim, pretty nice. Good mix of black and death metal. I can hear tge Tribulation you speak of too. Will xheck the full album.
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Full stream of the new In Mourning album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRmHQFGiwco
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Full stream of the new In Mourning album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRmHQFGiwco
You've only just turned me into a new fan, so I'll be exploring both the new and older albums once my roulette is finished.
In the meantime, I'm giving my first new Insomnium album as a fan a listen right now, and absolutely loving it.
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So, Janne, Henkka and Jaska have left Children of Bodom. Wowsers. Hard to see the band continuing without them honestly.
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Woah, wtf. So that just leaves Alexi and the new guitarist. It'll be interesting to see if they try and carry on as Bodom or do a new project instead.
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Woah, wtf. So that just leaves Alexi and the new guitarist. It'll be interesting to see if they try and carry on as Bodom or do a new project instead.
There's not even a real reason given. It just wouldn't feel like Bodom without them IMO.
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Hexed (the whole album) is hitting even harder than it used to in wake of this news :-\
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That's really weird. Janne Wirman's statement was just "it's time for me to end my career with COB," with zero elaboration on leaving the band.
COB has always felt like the Alexi show to me, so I'm sure future albums will be similar.
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Yeah strange decision for sure, but we don't know what's been going in within the band privately.
Seems like a big split between Alexi and the other 3, even more bizarre is that they've been together so long and now Alexi is sober and back writing strong material (Hexed) again.
Even more puzzling is why there is no dedicated Bodom thread on this forum?
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Excerpts from a fresh interview with Alexi on Soundi, a Finnish music media (translated):
- There were talks already a year ago that the guys are tired of doing this. They've had kids and stuff, and after 23 years of touring it's no wonder if someone can't take it anymore. There's nothing dramatic about this or anything like that.
- I'm not quitting anything though. Dane (Daniel Freyberg) was also really bummed about this. I told him let's continue together with a new line-up and an old school attitude.
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- There's gonna be the good old songs, good old live show and two more familiar faces. I'd love to tell you who the drummer and bass player will be, but I can't do that just yet. They're really talented and young dudes who look great on stage. We have two options for the keys, I need to check them out more closely.
It's unclear what name they will continue under because Alexi doesn't currently own the rights to the name Children of Bodom. He says it will strongly relate to CoB regardless.
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His attitude seems great so good luck to him. I will still follow his output for sure.
And yeah, weird there's no Bodom thread.
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New Mors Principium Est coming October 23. They're one of the best things going right now, Gilliam is right up there with Petrucci for me. He solo CD is great too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmsdPNGSQgg&list=RDSmsdPNGSQgg&start_radio=1
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New Mors Principium Est coming October 23. They're one of the best things going right now, Gilliam is right up there with Petrucci for me. He solo CD is great too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmsdPNGSQgg&list=RDSmsdPNGSQgg&start_radio=1
Such an awesome band.
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The next Mors single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCHjpyIX94I
October 23 . . . :)
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https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2041070372693172
"The final emotional solo from the upcoming Mors Principium Est album, "Seven". I really channeled John Petrucci on this one and decided to listen to every Dream Theater album back to back in one sitting. 9 weeks later, I emerged from my room and recorded this."
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Repentance - God For a Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=499v91v2vB8
I've really been digging this album - it just came out. The band is from Chicago and features Soil's Shaun Glass, the guitarist from Them, and the singer from Stuck Mojo. Musically, it's very much in the vein of The Haunted.
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This new Mors album is excellent.
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This new Mors album is excellent.
Sure is. I think it's my favorite of theirs, which is saying something given how good the other three with Gillion are. My Home, My Grave is still the track I like the most with this second:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtaEuZBhEpQ
but they're all really good. The best thing about the album is that while it's great all the way through, my top run of three tracks are the last three so it ends very strong.
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It's bloody great. Better than the last one and on a par with the previous two.
Thanks again Kade for introducing me to them!
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Nothing bad here. My fav too might be My Home, My Grave also on first listen. Not sure where it would rank yet, needs more listens.
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It's bloody great. Better than the last one and on a par with the previous two.
Thanks again Kade for introducing me to them!
No problem Rich. :metal
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Okay, if it has both the ariich and Wolfking seal of approval, I'd better give this a whirl.
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Okay, if it has both the ariich and Wolfking seal of approval, I'd better give this a whirl.
:metal
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:2metal:
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New single from Finnish MDM Frosttide
https://youtu.be/PJwC5qsJLcM
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New At the Gates;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNKxMkHavAw
Pretty damn good.
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New At the Gates;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNKxMkHavAw
Pretty damn good.
Nice. Saw that on Spotify but haven't gotten round to it yet.
Currently listening to Chaos of Forms by Revocation (first time listening to the band). This is melodeath, but I always thought they were just straight up death metal (or maybe tech death) . Really digging it so far.
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New single from Finnish MDM Frosttide
https://youtu.be/PJwC5qsJLcM
Oh, I'll have to check that out. I sampled them a few years ago, but the vocals were a bit tough. But I did use the instrumental version of Final Hour on a concept EP in a roulette...Puppies maybe??
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Disappointing Facebook post from Mors Principium Est:
!!! STATUS UPDATE !!!
To all our incredible fans:
Andy Gillion is not a part of MORS PRINCIPIUM EST anymore.
I want to thank Andy for the great albums we did together and I wish him
the best of luck in the future.
But fear not. This is NOT the end.
Look for a BIG/GREAT announcement about MORS PRINCIPIUM EST, in the next
couple of days.
Until then.
Long live MORS PRINCIPIUM EST!
Interested in what each does but I really liked them together :angry:
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Ah man, that sucks. They've been amazing under Gillion.
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I thought that in the past several years, MPE was Gillion. Interesting.
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I thought that in the past several years, MPE was Gillion. Interesting.
Yeah, for albums 4-7 he pretty much was the band IMO.
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Exactly. Interesting to see what direction they take.
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I guess it wasn't amicable. From Andy's facebook:
It is with deep regret that I find myself writing this, but I will no longer be playing or writing music in Mors Principium Est. Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every person who has supported us and listened to the music during my time in the band, those who came to a show, bought an album, picked up some merch, or just showed their support or appreciation in whatever way they felt they could. You were the reason I kept going through all the difficult times and it was a pleasure to serve you with music for almost ten years. I have never put as much effort or passion into anything in my life as I have with this band, right up until the end. However, unfortunately there are some things I cannot stay silent about anymore.
On 3rd August 2020, three months before the new album, “Seven”, was set to be released, I received a message from Ville saying, “you are not in MPE anymore.” I discovered that the record label had already been notified that I would be departing the band, without my knowledge, or consent. This was not a decision I was a part of and I certainly did not expect such an attempt to remove me from the band - just two weeks before the first single had even been released. After three years of hard work putting this album together, to have the joy of celebrating its release taken away from me as soon as I’d handed over my work, is a feeling I can’t begin to describe.
After a difficult number of years of writing the music, recording guitars, programming synths, bass and orchestration for the new album, I was alarmed to discover that only a small percentage of lyrics had been written - just one month before the album was to be sent off for mixing. Under the pressure of the looming album deadline, I felt I had no choice but to begin writing lyrics myself.
Days into the rush of writing lyrics, I was admitted to hospital, later diagnosed with a stress-related onset of hives. During my recovery, I was asked to write more lyrics. In order to salvage this project, the majority of the lyrics on this album (approx. 70%) were put together by myself in just a few weeks, sometimes submitted the same day the vocals were to be recorded.
Shortly after completing the new album, I began to notice signs of what I believed was a plot to remove me from the band. I was informed by one of my endorsement companies that they had been told to separate Mors Principium Est products from my own and keep them on separate web pages. When the endorser asked why, slanderous comments were made claiming that I don't care about the band, only about myself. Due to the nature of these accusations, the band was consequently dropped by the endorser. My personal endorsement, which I had been excited to share with the band, thankfully remained intact.
I soon noticed that I had lost access to the band’s Spotify account. This was particularly concerning, given that I had written the music for the band for many years and was now being stripped of the right to view significant streaming data - just months before the new album launch. Ville admitted to removing my access and after asking why, I received messages stating that Mors Principium Est was his band and that I had merely joined his band.
Decisions for the new album, such as choosing which songs were to be released as singles, were made without my knowledge. I wasn't even asked to contribute to the “thank you” notes of the album I had worked so hard to put together.
After being told I was no longer a part of the band, I discovered that my name had never been included in the record deal. Therefore, any money made from album sales was not legally owed to me. I felt unable to speak out about the truth of what had happened until I could ensure a deed had been signed to secure the royalties I am rightfully owed. Sadly, I believe that any profits I could have hoped to make from this album have now been lost to 9 months of legal fees.
I felt that there had been some growing tension following the release of my solo record, “Neverafter” - a personal project which had no negative impact on the band. After devoting almost ten years of my life to the band, I didn’t think that releasing a personal project would be an issue. Ville stated that the release of my solo album just proved to him that I don’t care about the band that much anymore. It goes without saying that nothing could be further from the truth.
I joined Mors Principium Est in 2011 and have since written four albums for the band. It is no secret that there has been a long history of lineup changes and by 2017 the band had wilted down to just two official members, Ville and myself. I now become the 13th official member to leave Mors Principium Est.
I would like to make it clear that AFM Records or any other affiliations with the band were unaware of the situation unfolding at the time and played no part.
Although incredibly difficult, I would like to end this statement on a positive note. Thank you to all the fans for your loyal support over the years. I am extremely lucky to have had the opportunity to share my music and to connect with so many awesome people around the world. I would also like to thank everyone who I have shared the stage with or became friends with on the road. I have some incredible memories to look back on and though I am completely heartbroken that this chapter has come to an abrupt and disappointing end, I look forward to moving on to the next and putting the negativity behind me.
Much love,
Andy
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Wow!
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So he didn't get caught masturbating online?
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Sounds like Ville is not liking how much control Andy has on the band, yet it seems Andy is effectively the only motivated one to get shit done.
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Jeez, assuming those descriptions are broadly accurate, then Ville sounds like a right arse.
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A pretty shocking statement all things considered. Idk how Ville expects to have the fans on his side after that.
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Andy posted an update as well: "For the avoidance of doubt, any financial matters were resolved during the 9 months prior to the release of this statement and have been settled. A deed has been signed to ensure I continue to receive my split of the royalties since my departure from the band and I want to make it absolutely clear that my royalties are not being withheld.
I wish no ill upon anyone and am quite content moving on peacefully from here and putting it behind me."
Personally, while I think Ville is a strong vocalist, what I find exciting about MPE's last four albums is the songwriting (and I guess the general energy and sound). Thanks Kade for introducing me to them in my last roulette! I also really dig Gillion's solo album, which is pretty different but also really cool.
Between the two, Gillion is the one I'm most interested in, by a long way.
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So he didn't get caught masturbating online?
He has his own YouTube channel. There's a few wanking videos on there.
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Andy posted an update as well: "For the avoidance of doubt, any financial matters were resolved during the 9 months prior to the release of this statement and have been settled. A deed has been signed to ensure I continue to receive my split of the royalties since my departure from the band and I want to make it absolutely clear that my royalties are not being withheld.
I wish no ill upon anyone and am quite content moving on peacefully from here and putting it behind me."
Personally, while I think Ville is a strong vocalist, what I find exciting about MPE's last four albums is the songwriting (and I guess the general energy and sound). Thanks Kade for introducing me to them in my last roulette! I also really dig Gillion's solo album, which is pretty different but also really cool.
Between the two, Gillion is the one I'm most interested in, by a long way.
No worries at all Rich! Yeah, Gillion for me is definitely the one I'll follow. Funny, I haven't checked his solo album out. Will add to the list.
Hard to see MPE returning as strong or relevant IMO.
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Funny, I haven't checked his solo album out. Will add to the list.
It's different - it's largely instrumental, a bit more proggy and whimsical, almost like a dark fairytale. But it's very lush and musically rich, just like his approach to MPE, just not as intense.
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One pretty cool album from last year:
Countless Skies - "Glow"
Melodeath band from the UK.
Official full album stream is on here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TasJ761KzO4
Lots of strong (and uplifting!) melodies. Cover art gives you a good feel about the music, actually. The opening of the first song "Tempest" almost has a Count of Tuscany feel to it...or at least that's what I hear ;) Clean vocals sound a little more "epic" than your typical melodic death metal album. Three-part closer (and title track) is excellent too.
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One pretty cool album from last year:
Countless Skies - "Glow"
Melodeath band from the UK.
Official full album stream is on here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TasJ761KzO4
Lots of strong (and uplifting!) melodies. Cover art gives you a good feel about the music, actually. The opening of the first song "Tempest" almost has a Count of Tuscany feel to it...or at least that's what I hear ;) Clean vocals sound a little more "epic" than your typical melodic death metal album. Three-part closer (and title track) is excellent too.
Sounds good, added to one of my Spotify playlists :tup
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Not listened yet, but damn the vibe from their album art looks right up my alley. :lol
Will definitely give Glow a listen, probably tomorrow.
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One pretty cool album from last year:
Countless Skies - "Glow"
Melodeath band from the UK.
Official full album stream is on here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TasJ761KzO4
Lots of strong (and uplifting!) melodies. Cover art gives you a good feel about the music, actually. The opening of the first song "Tempest" almost has a Count of Tuscany feel to it...or at least that's what I hear ;) Clean vocals sound a little more "epic" than your typical melodic death metal album. Three-part closer (and title track) is excellent too.
So yeah this is totally up my alley, and your descriptions are spot on. Musically they're not very original at all really, but they execute their style really damn well, and the more operatic Devin Townsend style for the clean vocals gives it enough of a distinct flavour. Giving the first LP New Dawn a listen now as well and this is great stuff too.
Thanks for the recommendation!
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So yeah this is totally up my alley, and your descriptions are spot on. Musically they're not very original at all really, but they execute their style really damn well, and the more operatic Devin Townsend style for the clean vocals gives it enough of a distinct flavour. Giving the first LP New Dawn a listen now as well and this is great stuff too.
Thanks for the recommendation!
:tup Glad you enjoyed it!
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One pretty cool album from last year:
Countless Skies - "Glow"
Melodeath band from the UK.
Official full album stream is on here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TasJ761KzO4
Lots of strong (and uplifting!) melodies. Cover art gives you a good feel about the music, actually. The opening of the first song "Tempest" almost has a Count of Tuscany feel to it...or at least that's what I hear ;) Clean vocals sound a little more "epic" than your typical melodic death metal album. Three-part closer (and title track) is excellent too.
I thought the logo looked familiar. I punched it up in my Spotify and realized I have their 2014 EP Saved. I guess I forgot or lost track. Just listened to Tempest and yes, I'll be following up. They're really good.
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One pretty cool album from last year:
Countless Skies - "Glow"
Melodeath band from the UK.
Official full album stream is on here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TasJ761KzO4
Lots of strong (and uplifting!) melodies. Cover art gives you a good feel about the music, actually. The opening of the first song "Tempest" almost has a Count of Tuscany feel to it...or at least that's what I hear ;) Clean vocals sound a little more "epic" than your typical melodic death metal album. Three-part closer (and title track) is excellent too.
I thought the logo looked familiar. I punched it up in my Spotify and realized I have their 2014 EP Saved. I guess I forgot or lost track. Just listened to Tempest and yes, I'll be following up. They're really good.
You know, on my first listen I did think "Tim will probably like this", and was going to suggest it to you, so I'm glad you saw this yourself anyway!
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One pretty cool album from last year:
Countless Skies - "Glow"
Melodeath band from the UK.
Official full album stream is on here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TasJ761KzO4
Lots of strong (and uplifting!) melodies. Cover art gives you a good feel about the music, actually. The opening of the first song "Tempest" almost has a Count of Tuscany feel to it...or at least that's what I hear ;) Clean vocals sound a little more "epic" than your typical melodic death metal album. Three-part closer (and title track) is excellent too.
Just finished up. This was pretty good and the Devy style vocals, as Rich mentioned, really added to it. Cheers for the recommendation.
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One pretty cool album from last year:
Countless Skies - "Glow"
Melodeath band from the UK.
Official full album stream is on here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TasJ761KzO4
Lots of strong (and uplifting!) melodies. Cover art gives you a good feel about the music, actually. The opening of the first song "Tempest" almost has a Count of Tuscany feel to it...or at least that's what I hear ;) Clean vocals sound a little more "epic" than your typical melodic death metal album. Three-part closer (and title track) is excellent too.
I thought the logo looked familiar. I punched it up in my Spotify and realized I have their 2014 EP Saved. I guess I forgot or lost track. Just listened to Tempest and yes, I'll be following up. They're really good.
You know, on my first listen I did think "Tim will probably like this", and was going to suggest it to you, so I'm glad you saw this yourself anyway!
When I noticed I had it Saved, I thought, jeez, I must've sent it to you in your last roulette. I checked, and since it wasn't banned in your roulette I apparently didn't. But that would've been funny. I had Saved them in November of 2019 and I can't believe I didn't send them.
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One pretty cool album from last year:
Countless Skies - "Glow"
Melodeath band from the UK.
Official full album stream is on here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TasJ761KzO4
Lots of strong (and uplifting!) melodies. Cover art gives you a good feel about the music, actually. The opening of the first song "Tempest" almost has a Count of Tuscany feel to it...or at least that's what I hear ;) Clean vocals sound a little more "epic" than your typical melodic death metal album. Three-part closer (and title track) is excellent too.
Will have to check this out. They took their name from Be'lakor I'm guessing.
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Will have to check this out. They took their name from Be'lakor I'm guessing.
They sure did!
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AT THE GATES - The Fall Into Time (OFFICIAL VIDEO) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8QHPfRFo2Y&ab_channel=CenturyMediaRecords)
Interesting song with some orchestral and prog elements. :tup
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Be'lakor on Facebook:
Our new album is finished! Mixed, mastered and ready to go. We're really excited to share it with you all. Stay tuned!
Yay!
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Be'lakor on Facebook:
Our new album is finished! Mixed, mastered and ready to go. We're really excited to share it with you all. Stay tuned!
Yay!
Giddy up! Wonderful news!
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Yeah great news played 'Vessels' today, such an amazing album.
Great songs, death and some prog and killer mix, master and production.
One of the best sound albums in the last few years.
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Yeah great news played 'Vessels' today, such an amazing album.
Great songs, death and some prog and killer mix, master and production.
One of the best sound albums in the last few years.
Some of the melodies throughout this album are absolutely sublime.
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I'll need to give Vessels another listen as I remember liking it a lot less than the two before it.
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This is one of my favorite genres, though my particular favored variants of it have dissipated quite a bit in popularity in the past couple decades. I'm more into the old Swedish variants (earlier In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, At The Gates, as well as more modern-ish stuff like Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, Solution .45). I'm more selective about the Finnish doomier or neoclassical variants (Insomnium or Children of Bodom, for example, who are good, but not quite favorites), though I especially enjoy Amorphis, and Noumena, who are something of a hybrid. A lot of my absolute top ones are rather under the radar now though, like Mercenary, Nightrage, Daylight Dies, Eventide, Satariel (especially their album Phobos & Deimos with Messiah Marcolin of Candlemass guesting), and Deadlock.
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Dark Tranquillity part ways with their drummer and bass player...
Losing Anders Jivarp is pretty significant. He was one of the founders, wrote a bunch of songs and certainly was an important part of their sound. Reading the band's statement, it all seems amicable.
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He was a really underrated drummer. I'm hoping that his songwriting void may force/allow Chris and Johan to contribute more, it could reinvigorate their sound.
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The fifth Be'lakor album Coherence releases on October 29th.
Hidden Window: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZQVgL84rA
Stylistically this is probably closer to Stone's Reach than anything that's come after it. Pretty cracking song.
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Will check this song later. Looking forward to this album. :metal
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Nice tune.
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Brilliant.
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https://youtu.be/-ZkpM4BTPQs
New Omnium Gatherum. Meh, didn't think much of that.
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https://youtu.be/-ZkpM4BTPQs
New Omnium Gatherum. Meh, didn't think much of that.
I'm liking it plenty, but it's pretty standard OG fare really, nothing special.
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Probably why I didn't think much of it, literally the same as anything off the last couple of albums.
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New Insomnium vid;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVqjpcvKfHY
Great song, great ass.
New Carcass;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkE-o-5RqwM
Holy hell, this rips. I'll have to get this album for sure.
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I really like the new Carcass. They've put out two fantastic albums since the reunion.
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https://youtu.be/gowDWEr5SDY
Another OG song. This is more like it. This is brilliant.
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Another killer new tune from Australia's finest, Be'Lakor
https://youtu.be/08jzDDxTO_4
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That one was a little different, I like it.
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New Insomnium vid;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVqjpcvKfHY
Great song, great ass.
The tune is really cool, but that chick looks like she smells. :lol
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WTF! :rollin
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Listened to this album today..
(https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2448513705_5.jpg)
I thought it was amazing.
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I'll take note of that one.
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Had a listen they sound more doom than death, but not too bad at all.
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Listened to this album today..
(https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2448513705_5.jpg)
I thought it was amazing.
As I said in the other thread, I've been spinning this too, and I agree it's a very good slab of melodic death/doom. I'm especially enjoying the opener (The Awakening), the mid-point (The very sorrowful The Loss) and the title-track closer(15 minutes and it works!)
Not to go off-topic in this thread, but since you seem to enjoy metal that has a good amount of "gothic/dark" in it, what do you think of Paradise Lost, which are among the forefathers of the whole genre? I don't recall seeing you comment on them in my short time here.
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I've never really listened to them. They were sent to me in a roulette a few years ago, and I don't think I was crazy about it. I can go back to it after my roulette.
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What's the cliff's notes on those roulettes? I see them being posted in all the time, but I don't read them, and when I glance in it looks too confusing to spend more time trying to decipher.
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What's the cliff's notes on those roulettes? I see them being posted in all the time, but I don't read them, and when I glance in it looks too confusing to spend more time trying to decipher.
The host announces the roulette, and lays out the rounds.
People join and send a song or songs for the round.
The host scores them.
After a certain number of rounds, there is a winner with the most points.
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I've never really listened to them. They were sent to me in a roulette a few years ago, and I don't think I was crazy about it. I can go back to it after my roulette.
I'd love to hear your thoughts if you do. There's plenty of different phases in Paradise Lost's discography, so it's definitely worth exploring - and I'd be happy to "help". I guess there is a thread about them on DTF (not very long, I'm afraid) - might be worth reconvening there when it's time ;)
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=8569.105
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The Halo Effect - debut single
https://youtu.be/WByGv-qdZ4w
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Haiduk - Diabolica [2021]
melodic death / black
Wraithavoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFGVlm-yk2s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFGVlm-yk2s)
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Just spinning the new Omnium Gatherum after it got delivered this week and I must say, its bloody fantastic!
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Just spinning the new Omnium Gatherum after it got delivered this week and I must say, its bloody fantastic!
It is indeed rather excellent. I'd say their best since Beyond.
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Just spinning the new Omnium Gatherum after it got delivered this week and I must say, its bloody fantastic!
It is indeed rather excellent. I'd say their best since Beyond.
Agree. Beyond actually came to mind a few times while listening to this.
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Just spinning the new Omnium Gatherum after it got delivered this week and I must say, its bloody fantastic!
It is indeed rather excellent. I'd say their best since Beyond.
Agree. Beyond actually came to mind a few times while listening to this.
I haven't gotten around to hearing it yet. Your comments are promising. I can't say I have a deep knowledge of OG's discography, but my favorite of what I know is probably New World Shadows, lots of cool songs and melodies in there. Very good band. I did enjoy The Burning Cold quite a bit, I'll try and give the latest a listen soon...
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Just spinning the new Omnium Gatherum after it got delivered this week and I must say, its bloody fantastic!
It is indeed rather excellent. I'd say their best since Beyond.
Agree. Beyond actually came to mind a few times while listening to this.
I haven't gotten around to hearing it yet. Your comments are promising. I can't say I have a deep knowledge of OG's discography, but my favorite of what I know is probably New World Shadows, lots of cool songs and melodies in there. Very good band. I did enjoy The Burning Cold quite a bit, I'll try and give the latest a listen soon...
I tussle with Beyond or New World Shadows as their best album. If you liked The Burning Cold, you'll like this one. I found the Burning Cold a tad disappointing, yet still very solid.
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THE HALO EFFECT - Feel What I Believe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7shmyN2gII&ab_channel=NuclearBlastRecords)
This is a banger! :metal
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Very damn nice Mr Boom. When does the album come out?
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Very damn nice Mr Boom. When does the album come out?
Not sure it's been revealed yet.
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https://darkdivinity.co.nz/the-beast-awakens/ (https://darkdivinity.co.nz/the-beast-awakens/)
This is so cool. Dark Divinity had released a free to play RPG that allows you to unlock songs from their upcoming album as you play!
I don't even know the band but I'm going to give it a go as it sounds awesome!
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That's a cool concept.
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Er...what's an RPG?
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Role Playing Game, I assume. Although if it's related to Call of Duty or something it might be an RPG about RPGs (rocket propelled grenades).
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Role Playing Game, I assume.
:lol
Yeah, OK, I'll wait for the release. :lol
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Er...what's an RPG?
Well done Tim, I knew you wouldn't let me down.
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Er...what's an RPG?
Outstanding!
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I'm quietly taking 'fogey' notes
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I'm quietly taking 'fogey' notes
We have some of the best mentors around too. ;D
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Fun video from The Halo Effect - their live rooftop concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYB7A8s5OtI
Here it is finally! Previously only available to Fanvault members and the people who came to see us in Stockholm and Gothenburg as we screened this in theatres. The Rooftop Show: https://youtu.be/LYB7A8s5OtI
The idea was to tie this band to our hometown and going down to the harbour and rocking out on a rooftop overlooking the city seemed like the perfect fit for us. The downside was of course that we had to do this in the freezing cold winter due to touring schedules getting in the way.
Strangely enough this was actually the first ever time we played these songs together and it was an absolute blast. We did a few takes just to get it right and in between we had to run inside, wrap ourselves in blankets and drink copious amounts of steaming hot coffee only to run out again and do it all over again.
We hope you guys enjoy this taste of what The Halo Effect live looks and feels like and we cannot wait to see you guys out on the road. View this on the biggest screen in the house and turn it all the way up! Cheers!
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I'm confused. That's not the live sound correct? Is it just a glorified music video??
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I was kinda wondering the same thing...
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I'd want my fanvault (whatever the F that is) money back.
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Fun video from The Halo Effect - their live rooftop concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYB7A8s5OtI
Here it is finally! Previously only available to Fanvault members and the people who came to see us in Stockholm and Gothenburg as we screened this in theatres. The Rooftop Show: https://youtu.be/LYB7A8s5OtI
The idea was to tie this band to our hometown and going down to the harbour and rocking out on a rooftop overlooking the city seemed like the perfect fit for us. The downside was of course that we had to do this in the freezing cold winter due to touring schedules getting in the way.
Strangely enough this was actually the first ever time we played these songs together and it was an absolute blast. We did a few takes just to get it right and in between we had to run inside, wrap ourselves in blankets and drink copious amounts of steaming hot coffee only to run out again and do it all over again.
We hope you guys enjoy this taste of what The Halo Effect live looks and feels like and we cannot wait to see you guys out on the road. View this on the biggest screen in the house and turn it all the way up! Cheers!
There are parts that definitely sound different to the album. It's like they re-recorded them in the studio or something but are miming here. There's parts though that sound exactly like the album. The guitars are mixed in more of a live setting though with them panned left and right and parts of Mikael's vocals sound different. This is strange.
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You guys heard the new Scar Symmetry song? Sounds huge!
https://open.spotify.com/track/2tWlyKenaHIuKtjIEHEgI6?si=s_WNd7afQ5yEd8oRzk43MA&dd=1 (https://open.spotify.com/track/2tWlyKenaHIuKtjIEHEgI6?si=s_WNd7afQ5yEd8oRzk43MA&dd=1)
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Pretty solid tune. Per's solos are incredible as always, and I'm looking forward to what Ben can bring to the table, really underrated player. Some surprisingly prominent bass work as well, did they start doing that more on the last few albums? I haven't spent nearly as much time with those.
Because a decade and a half later and I'm still definitely not over Alvestam leaving. I just have to wonder if I'd have liked them more as a brand new band without the legacy of the unimpeachable Holographic Universe to live up to.
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The new Scar Symmetry album is out today, some eight years since the last one and it's pretty solid.
But of course it's no match for Alvestam and THU.
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Per's solos are amazing as always. My opinion hasn't wavered at all on the vocals though. Roberth's growls are really good, but Lars' cleans are just ok, nowhere near Christian's. The closer title track is pretty badass, easily the standout on the first play.
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I'm enjoying the clean vocals a lot more on this album than their others. The melodies are more in that same vein as older Scar Symmetry for me.
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The new Rise To Fall is really good. The vocals and guitar tone could be better, but there are tons of ripping riffs, harmonies, leads and such. Kind of Soilwork-ish, and shocker, Speed even guests on a track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbfpTE2-LpE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbfpTE2-LpE)
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What's the cliff's notes on those roulettes? I see them being posted in all the time, but I don't read them, and when I glance in it looks too confusing to spend more time trying to decipher.
Haha, scrolled up a bit and caught this. How cute.
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The new Scar Symmetry album is out today, some eight years since the last one and it's pretty solid.
But of course it's no match for Alvestam and THU.
I cannot stop listening to the entire album, but especially the title track! It's sublime!