The Official Hard Rock / Classic Metal Music Discussion and Memorabilia Thread!

[bl5150]

Here you go guys...........

https://yadi.sk/d/RKEPh6_av3fFD

Four hours of headbanging for you - as per usual I have tried to included a nice mix of well known classics and rarities.   I will post a list of all the tracks later in the week for your reference.

You may notice that I have changed the host site - it allows some extra Youtube style functionality ( in-browser play , rating, comment etc...) in addition to the download and also seems to be faster than Mega.    I'm not really fussed about promoting to anyone outside this thread but I can also see the number of views/downloads , so it'll be interesting to see if any of the DTF Guests that look in on this thread are listening.

Anyway.........hope you enjoy it.  And I will gradually begin work on the Best of 1988 podcast/s.

[wolfking]

Looking forward to downloading this later tonight and start listening. 

Hope you get a few extra clicks for your trouble too Brent.

[Lowdz]

will have a look tonight. Been stupidly busy with a kitchen refit so not been around much. Will give me something to listen to whilst I finish off. Nice one Brent.

[Lowdz]

There was some pretty funny stuff around back then when the shred side of things got a bit ridiculous.

Does anyone remember a gent called Guy Mann Dude? 

Me too. Shit album but the cover of Paint It Black was ok.
Not heard that Fredianelli album and don't remember seeing it around. Doesn't sound Like I missed much. Is Grunge shred a contradiction in terms?

[wolfking]

There was some pretty funny stuff around back then when the shred side of things got a bit ridiculous.

Does anyone remember a gent called Guy Mann Dude? 

Me too. Shit album but the cover of Paint It Black was ok.
Not heard that Fredianelli album and don't remember seeing it around. Doesn't sound Like I missed much. Is Grunge shred a contradiction in terms?

I've never heard of it haha.

Downloading the podcast now!!

[bl5150]

I've never heard of it haha.

but what a name 

Speaking of "haven't heard of".........all that stuff you posted in the 90's thread 


Sadly the reason I came on to post is re the death of Leonard Haze (Y&T) aged 61.  RIP 

[jjrock88]

There's a 90s thread?

[bl5150]

There's a 90s thread?

SOmething about a 90's playlist - I only checked in because I saw "wolfking" on the last post.

I am mostly allergic to the 90's mainstream.

[Big Hath]

you would blow your brains out if you tried to listen to the list of songs I just posted 

[jjrock88]

Brent-  All radio shows should start off with Dio "We Rock"   

 

[TAC]

Downloading now!!

[TAC]

Into The Lungs Of Hell/Set The World Afire!!!


In Malice's Wake needs a new vocalist...but DAMN, the music is AMAZING!!!

[wolfking]

I've never heard of it haha.

but what a name 

Speaking of "haven't heard of".........all that stuff you posted in the 90's thread 


Sadly the reason I came on to post is re the death of Leonard Haze (Y&T) aged 61.  RIP 

Haha, guilty as charged with the 90's stuff. 

Yeah saw that about Haze, sad stuff, too young.

The podcast took a while to download for me so I'll start listening tonight.

[TAC]

Oh shoot, I didn't see the above post about Leonard Haze. WOW. WTF??



My condolences to Bosk.

[Imaginos]

Wow, that really sucks about Leonard Haze. RIP. He was a really powerful drummer and it's insane how fast he was with just one bass drum pedal.

[wolfking]

Into The Lungs Of Hell/Set The World Afire!!!


In Malice's Wake needs a new vocalist...but DAMN, the music is AMAZING!!!

Fuck no.  Listening to a bit of the podcast now and thanks for thinking of me with this track Brent, fucking blistering.  So many damn Aussie bands that I just don't know, incredible.  Definitely gives me a Testament vibe in the vox which is good.  Production on this is solid as too.  Finishes too early though.

This podcast is off to a brilliant start.

[bl5150]

The track I played is definitely one of their more melodic , lighter songs    They're a damn heavy band.

Thanks for the early feedback - 10 downloads already so it looks like a few outside of our regular crowd are getting into it.  I can start shopping around for advertising now

[wolfking]

The track I played is definitely one of their more melodic , lighter songs    They're a damn heavy band.

Thanks for the early feedback - 10 downloads already so it looks like a few outside of our regular crowd are getting into it.  I can start shopping around for advertising now

mr.com?  Oh wait, too much testosterone.

[bl5150]

I meant getting people to advertise on my show , given the huge audience 

Maybe if I start doing some Frontiers reviews on the show..................99%,98%,99%,100%...........Mario and the Frontiers "Mob " might sling me a brown paper bag every now and then.

[wolfking]

   Yeah, mr.com! haha

Seriously though, it's good to see a few potential lurkers checking this good shit out too.

Hmmm......the Crystal Eyes was quite fucking excellent.  I have heard you throw the name around before and that's the first I've heard from them I think.  Really strong power metal right here.  Even though you recommended a couple of others, I might have to check the one with Heiman, love that guys voice.  The Tyran Pace which funnily enough I've never checked out was really solid too.

Off to bed and will pick up again tomorrow night. 

[Bolsters]

I am one of the downloaders but I don't know when I'll get around to listening to it - I still have half of podcast #1 and all of podcasts #2 #3 and #4 to listen to first.

[Big Hath]

thanks for thinking of me with this track Brent, fucking blistering.  So many damn Aussie bands that I just don't know, incredible.  Definitely gives me a Testament vibe in the vox which is good.  Production on this is solid as too.  Finishes too early though.

ditto.  My first thought as well!

[Evermind]

  Yeah, mr.com! haha

Seriously though, it's good to see a few potential lurkers checking this good shit out too.

Hmmm......the Crystal Eyes was quite fucking excellent.  I have heard you throw the name around before and that's the first I've heard from them I think.  Really strong power metal right here.  Even though you recommended a couple of others, I might have to check the one with Heiman, love that guys voice.  The Tyran Pace which funnily enough I've never checked out was really solid too.

Off to bed and will pick up again tomorrow night. 

Crystal Eyes are quite good, yep. I've got them from Brent in my first roulette and I really enjoyed the album. I need to revisit it.

I also need to download the podcast, but I have no idea when I'll have time to listen to it. With this Arjen thread, Chad sending me EPs, new cool albums being released right and left, I don't know when I will be able to check it.

[TAC]

Brent, I'm about a quarter of the way through.

That Tyson's Dog track was awesome. And while I was a bit iffy in the Titan Force at the beginning, it won me over.

But I cannot agree with you on the Vicious Rumors. That was pretty bad.

Damn, I have not heard this Rough Cutt track in 30 years. Great track. Always loved Paul Shortino's voice. Saw them open for Dio in '85.


Oh, and I think there's a reason those bands with the high pitched vocals were obscure!


So far so awesome!!

[jjrock88]

Can't say I've ever heard of Tyson Dog

[bl5150]

Oh, and I think there's a reason those bands with the high pitched vocals were obscure!

The first one is a demo so I was more looking at potential there (some of his high notes were a bit cringe inducing I admit) , but I thought Sanvoisen would go down alright.

It seems some of the volume equalisation has gone a bit off and a number of tracks are quite distorted at volume.  I "proof listen" to the podcast on my office speakers (quite low volume) ans it has sounded fine , so haven't picked up on this.  I manually adjust track volumes (which vary hugely due to the time frames, recording tech, source ) so that everything sounds good here but it seems that may not be carrying over properly.

I will experiment around , get the levels down and play around with some different volume normalising methods and see if I can make it a bit better.  The more modern tracks (as imported) are clipped to hell which is always a bad start. 

[bl5150]

OK - I think I have found a quick fix ............one simple step I can add in the "post production" to knock off any distortion you guys are hearing.  It turns out that despite my individual track adjustments the overall gain on the final "rendered" track is way too high.  You should expect very good sound quality with such a large sound file @ 320 , so hopefully this is a solution.

For those of you who want to bump up the sound quality , check the new link in the OP from a couple of hours after this post.   Please let me know if you notice the same dramatic improvement that I have created at my end.   If so , then I will go ahead and apply the same fix to all the prior podcasts and re-upload/adjust links.

Thanks for your patience - beginner's corner here with this stuff 

Shouldn't be an issue from here on in.


One more thing ..............the metadata is the same as the old file.  I have noticed in iTunes that even though I have drag/dropped the new one into a playlist that it continues to just put the old one there (thinking it is the same and already downloaded).  So if you are going to do it , either delete the old one first  or (as I have now done) change the metadata for the new file in Properties so your player recognises the difference.

[bl5150]

I've had feedback that it's much better now, so will apply the same fix to the old podasts and re-upload/link gradually over the next week or two.

[Big Hath]

Brent, you're doing great work here.  These podcasts are awesome!

[bl5150]

Brent, you're doing great work here.  These podcasts are awesome!

Thanks mate - and apologies again for the (now sorted) sound quality issues.  Already started on Best of 1988.

[wolfking]

About an hour through now. Those demos from those Ryche style bands (can't remember the names at the moment) were really cool.  The Vicious Rumors ballad was solid too and still a band I need to check out more from my roulette.

The Titan Force was awesome.

[TAC]

Brent, you're doing great work here.  These podcasts are awesome!

Seconded!



And I have I guess what may be a controversial take. Not criticizing Brent's choice in any way, but just under the vein of music discussion....is that Cemetery Gates does absolutely NOTHING for me.

[Big Hath]

take it to the controversial music opinions thread!

[TAC]

https://bravewords.com/news/scorpions-permanently-enlist-former-motorhead-drummer-mikkey-dee

[jjrock88]

To follow up Tim's opinion of Pantera; for me, I actually prefer their 4 hair metal albums in the 80's to anything post Cowboys.  Cemetery Gates is a good tune though.