Author Topic: What album are you listening to? v.5 (Read 454278 times)

ChuckSteak · « **Reply #2380 on:** September 25, 2016, 07:55:00 PM »

Quote from: twosuitsluke on September 25, 2016, 03:36:58 PM

Quote from: ChuckSteak on September 24, 2016, 10:06:50 PM

How is this?

Although very badly recorded and drastically in need of a remaster, I'd say it is better than what they do nowadays. This album is viewed as a "demo" and gets ignored by a lot of people.

ChuckSteak · « **Reply #2381 on:** September 25, 2016, 08:23:26 PM »

Sacul · « **Reply #2382 on:** September 25, 2016, 09:16:41 PM »

Probably the most aggressive, experimental ambient album ever? 31 Ghosts is one of their finest instrumentals - dat riff

NoseofNicko · « **Reply #2383 on:** September 25, 2016, 09:50:58 PM »

Luoto · « **Reply #2384 on:** September 26, 2016, 02:50:49 AM »

jjrock88 · « **Reply #2385 on:** September 26, 2016, 07:35:41 AM »

Iced Earth- Something Wicked This Way Comes

Big Hath · « **Reply #2386 on:** September 26, 2016, 08:22:11 AM »

oh8wrx · « **Reply #2387 on:** September 26, 2016, 08:26:30 AM »

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #2388 on:** September 26, 2016, 08:38:12 AM »

Thank You, Scientist mini live album

It's on Spotify. Not sure where else it is available.

Art · « **Reply #2389 on:** September 26, 2016, 09:15:24 AM »

Sacul · « **Reply #2390 on:** September 26, 2016, 09:00:59 PM »

bl5150 · « **Reply #2391 on:** September 27, 2016, 12:51:53 AM »

ChuckSteak · « **Reply #2392 on:** September 27, 2016, 01:15:43 AM »

Art · « **Reply #2393 on:** September 27, 2016, 05:15:33 AM »

jjrock88 · « **Reply #2394 on:** September 27, 2016, 05:21:38 AM »

Rush- Roll the Bones

Big Hath · « **Reply #2395 on:** September 27, 2016, 08:00:19 AM »

oh8wrx · « **Reply #2396 on:** September 27, 2016, 08:29:00 AM »

Apple Music only has like 3 songs available right now... so far they are AWESOME!

Prog Snob · « **Reply #2397 on:** September 27, 2016, 12:12:42 PM »

Spotify has one song which I'm checking out now - Sorceress. That sound in the beginning sounds extremely 70s prog.

oh8wrx · « **Reply #2398 on:** September 27, 2016, 12:14:10 PM »

TOTALLY got that prog sound to it.. the vocals are pretty awesome too

Prog Snob · « **Reply #2399 on:** September 27, 2016, 12:17:04 PM »

Like I just mentioned in the Opeth thread, it's not bad. It's definitely a good song. I just hope it gets better than this.

TAC · « **Reply #2400 on:** September 27, 2016, 02:15:53 PM »

Got to listen to some tunes at work today..

Crow · « **Reply #2401 on:** September 28, 2016, 01:21:30 AM »

cynic: i dig the general sound of this album and it's actually really warm and pleasant in a way. some of the songs in the middle really blur together though. but yeah, enjoy this a fair bit
the ocean: first disc is just meh on the whole, not particularly into it but it's not awful either, just meh. second disc is pretty solid though, not as into the more straightforward post-metal style here as i am their proggier, song-oriented approach on later albums but it's all pretty good post-metal. rhyacian and stenian especially
so hideous: i can't tell any of the tracks here apart, but the album has a nice general sound to it and flows well enough to just take as a single piece of music anyways. i think it's missing "something" to make it really work for me but i enjoy it regardless.

Lowdz · « **Reply #2402 on:** September 28, 2016, 01:29:06 AM »

Fates Warning - Theories of Flight

Punky Meadows - Fallen Angel

Phoenix Down -Under a Wild Sky

Foreigner - Agent Provocateur, Inside Information

ChuckSteak · « **Reply #2403 on:** September 28, 2016, 06:10:08 AM »

Art · « **Reply #2404 on:** September 28, 2016, 07:18:30 AM »

TAC · « **Reply #2405 on:** September 28, 2016, 07:54:16 AM »

A couple of all stars from 2016..

Brent, how did you rate these albums against each other?

bl5150 · « **Reply #2406 on:** September 28, 2016, 08:05:44 AM »

Quote from: TAC on September 28, 2016, 07:54:16 AM

Brent, how did you rate these albums against each other?

I don't believe I have got to the Lords of Black yet Tim........with the amount of time I have spent on other things (podcasts, 1988 list etc....) I'm a bit behind on the shit tonne of 2016 releases.

Innerwish is very good - I rated it around 85% but it really deserves better and (as is common these days) suffers from too many tracks. Drop the last 4 or 5 tracks (all of which are good but not in the same league as the best in the first half) and I would have it comfortably in the 90's.

Big Hath · « **Reply #2407 on:** September 28, 2016, 08:06:54 AM »

TAC · « **Reply #2408 on:** September 28, 2016, 08:14:15 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on September 28, 2016, 08:05:44 AM

and (as is common these days) suffers from too many tracks. Drop ... 4 or 5 tracks

I agree with this. LOB also has too many tracks. Both are awesome albums.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #2409 on:** September 28, 2016, 10:22:54 AM »

Primal Fear- Seven Seals

Barren Cross- Birth Pangs

425 · « **Reply #2410 on:** September 28, 2016, 02:20:27 PM »

First listen. I like this but it's going to take more time to digest.

Am I the only one who hears some similarities to Metropolis on Destiny Calls? I hear a little piece near the beginning that is reminiscent of the Metropolis Pt. 1 instrumental, and then there's a riff early on that sounds a lot like that big riff in Home. There's also the line "Raise my head and stare into ~~the~~ broken eyes of ~~a stranger~~ another." Seem to be a lot of coincidental near-references to classic prog metal concepts on that song. Not a criticism, as I find that kind of thing cool, especially when it's subtle, just wondering if I'm crazy or if others hear it.

On another note, I don't find the dreaded voiceovers to be that bad. They aren't great, but from all the things people say about them, I was expecting a lot worse than what I heard.

Evermind · « **Reply #2411 on:** September 28, 2016, 02:30:29 PM »

I don't think that "Raise my head..." line qualifies as a conscious similarity (this is one of the biggest moments on the album, the first and the only time the main melody is put into words, I don't think they were consciously using anything as an inspiration), but I definitely remember that Home-like riff you're talking about.

Art · « **Reply #2412 on:** September 28, 2016, 02:36:56 PM »

DT - SDOIT, TOT, 8V and BC&SL

425 · « **Reply #2413 on:** September 28, 2016, 02:40:54 PM »

Quote from: Evermind on September 28, 2016, 02:30:29 PM

I don't think that "Raise my head..." line qualifies as a conscious similarity (this is one of the biggest moments on the album, the first and the only time the main melody is put into words, I don't think they were consciously using anything as an inspiration), but I definitely remember that Home-like riff you're talking about.

Ha, perhaps not. Of course there's no similarity in melody to Eyes of a Stranger, but I was already on the alert for similarities and saw that line.

Glad to hear I'm not crazy about the Home riff.

Lowdz · « **Reply #2414 on:** September 28, 2016, 03:22:03 PM »

Quote from: 425 on September 28, 2016, 02:40:54 PM

Quote from: Evermind on September 28, 2016, 02:30:29 PM
I don't think that "Raise my head..." line qualifies as a conscious similarity (this is one of the biggest moments on the album, the first and the only time the main melody is put into words, I don't think they were consciously using anything as an inspiration), but I definitely remember that Home-like riff you're talking about.

Ha, perhaps not. Of course there's no similarity in melody to Eyes of a Stranger, but I was already on the alert for similarities and saw that line.

Glad to hear I'm not crazy about the Home riff.

I hear it. You are not alone

Great album though. Just a shame the 'acting isn't up to the same standards.

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Author Topic: What album are you listening to? v.5 (Read 454278 times)