Author Topic: What album are you listening to? v.5 (Read 454528 times)

Sacul · « **Reply #2625 on:** October 14, 2016, 07:31:36 AM »

Cool, hope you find something interesting

Ye NIN ain't for everybody, but I guess you can also go with With Teeth for something very straightforward, or Ghosts for some very experimental, mostly improvised stuff.

I was also about to recommend you some Porcupine Tree, but I think you ain't into Wilson's stuff

Big Hath · « **Reply #2626 on:** October 14, 2016, 10:20:34 AM »

Lowdz · « **Reply #2627 on:** October 14, 2016, 12:05:24 PM »

Dream Theater - Images and Words, Scenes From A Memory. Worth a listen if you haven't heard them

Sonata Arctica - the Ninth Hour

Crow · « **Reply #2628 on:** October 14, 2016, 12:08:27 PM »

I hear astonishing clouds and falling chaos is a popular dream theatre album, is it really that good?

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #2629 on:** October 14, 2016, 01:02:09 PM »

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I know what you mean about The Blackening by Machine Head by the way. I can't think of a straight up metal album in the last 10 years that tops that for me. It was monumental for me!!
Yeah, that album was an event. (And I don't even think it's their best album).

Really?? What do you think is their best? Burn My Eyes would be #2 for me followed probably by Unto the Locust.

Burn My Eyes is more or less my favourite metal album. It perfectly captures what I'm describing when I talk about the mid-ground.

Quote from: Sacul on October 14, 2016, 07:31:36 AM

I was also about to recommend you some Porcupine Tree, but I think you ain't into Wilson's stuff

Yeah, I liked In Absentia and Deadwing when they came out, and for whatever reason fell out of love with them hard.

Tomislav95 · « **Reply #2630 on:** October 14, 2016, 01:59:28 PM »

jjrock88 · « **Reply #2631 on:** October 14, 2016, 04:43:35 PM »

Led Zeppelin- Mothership

Boston- Greatest Hits

Lowdz · « **Reply #2632 on:** October 14, 2016, 04:45:19 PM »

Brent's best of '88 podcast

Sacul · « **Reply #2633 on:** October 14, 2016, 05:15:42 PM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on October 14, 2016, 01:02:09 PM

Yeah, I liked In Absentia and Deadwing when they came out, and for whatever reason fell out of love with them hard.

Did you try Fear of a Blank Planet or The Incident? Both are quite heavy and excellent records imo

Sacul · « **Reply #2634 on:** October 14, 2016, 05:27:53 PM »

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #2635 on:** October 15, 2016, 03:39:50 AM »

Why not

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #2636 on:** October 15, 2016, 05:55:25 AM »

Quote from: Sacul on October 14, 2016, 05:15:42 PM

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on October 14, 2016, 01:02:09 PM
Yeah, I liked In Absentia and Deadwing when they came out, and for whatever reason fell out of love with them hard.
Did you try Fear of a Blank Planet or The Incident? Both are quite heavy and excellent records imo

I checked out a few songs from Fear. Don't remember listening to anything from The Incident.

Working on my list, some albums from the past 24 hours or so:

Never properly checked this out til now. It was good, but a bit light and fluffy and sugary. Gonna give it another chance though.

Musically very cool, never heard punk sounding so varied and structurally interesting, but way too screamy.

Really wanted to like this, as one of my favourite bands is good friends and inspired by these guys, but it gets very samey after a few songs.

I had no idea this dude was a folk guy, or I might have checked him out sooner. This was very good, and very intriguing, I definitely need to listen to this one more.

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #2637 on:** October 15, 2016, 06:03:16 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on October 15, 2016, 05:55:25 AM

Musically very cool, never heard punk sounding so varied and structurally interesting, but way too screamy.

Great album, I love it

Sacul · « **Reply #2638 on:** October 15, 2016, 12:12:12 PM »

Agreed with Fluffy, that album is great but vocals aren't really varied so it gets monotonous. But Worm of The Senses, New Noise, and Tannhauser are fucking awesome tracks

Sacul · « **Reply #2639 on:** October 15, 2016, 12:14:19 PM »

Yeah this is really great.

RoeDent · « **Reply #2640 on:** October 15, 2016, 01:37:50 PM »

Earlier, Marillion's Clutching at Straws. Now, a choral work by Sir Edward Elgar.

Crow · « **Reply #2641 on:** October 15, 2016, 01:49:34 PM »

making a decision between these two, and, i think their more recent one just seems better in general. there's more synergy between the instruments, a bit more breathing room, more atmosphere. the only thing it has less of is... runtime

but for something like this 35 minutes might be a better runtime than 45 tbh, so

Crow · « **Reply #2642 on:** October 15, 2016, 01:57:15 PM »

vaguely related but much less compelling. instead of instrumental synergy it seems like everything goes off in its own direction, with guitars especially just being noodly and shreddy to a rather pointless degree

i mean, it's not awful, it's listenable, but it's not that compelling

jjrock88 · « **Reply #2643 on:** October 15, 2016, 03:38:09 PM »

Symphony X- Underworld

Black Sabbath- The Dio Years

Crow · « **Reply #2644 on:** October 15, 2016, 04:59:20 PM »

i checked this out like a year ago and thought it was "okay" then and i think it's "okay" now. kinda have some cool stuff going on but the album feels a little one-note and i'm not a fan of the vocals really.

ozzy554 · « **Reply #2645 on:** October 15, 2016, 05:48:41 PM »

bl5150 · « **Reply #2646 on:** October 15, 2016, 09:58:22 PM »

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #2647 on:** October 16, 2016, 02:35:57 AM »

This is really good, better than I expected. Really enjoy this band a lot, they have such a different feel to them

wolfking · « **Reply #2648 on:** October 16, 2016, 05:06:06 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on October 15, 2016, 09:58:22 PM

That's a pretty damn good Whitesnake album.

bl5150 · « **Reply #2649 on:** October 16, 2016, 06:12:04 AM »

Quote from: wolfking on October 16, 2016, 05:06:06 AM

Quote from: bl5150 on October 15, 2016, 09:58:22 PM

That's a pretty damn good Whitesnake album.

Yep. Wouldn't seem quite so blatant if the lead guitarist wasn't aping John Sykes so bad.

Polarbear · « **Reply #2650 on:** October 16, 2016, 11:33:14 AM »

Pink Cream 69 - Endangered
Helloween - Gambling with the Devil
Opeth - Sorceress
Solar Fields - Mirrors Edge: Catalyst Score/Soundtrack
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
Rush - Clockwork Angels
B.B King - L.A Midnight

Sacul · « **Reply #2651 on:** October 16, 2016, 01:21:54 PM »

Such a fantastic soundtrack.

jakepriest · « **Reply #2652 on:** October 16, 2016, 01:26:52 PM »

Such a good day.

Tomislav95 · « **Reply #2653 on:** October 16, 2016, 01:52:56 PM »

Crow · « **Reply #2654 on:** October 16, 2016, 02:49:56 PM »

maybe because i have a slight headache atm but this one isn't doing much for me. seems a bit too guitar-focused and again just missing the instrumental synergy of their recent release. the atmospheric stuff in the last track is kinda cool though. it's far from bad.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #2655 on:** October 16, 2016, 03:05:16 PM »

Circle II Circle- Seasons Will Fall

jjrock88 · « **Reply #2656 on:** October 16, 2016, 04:16:39 PM »

Blaze- Silicon Messiah

ozzy554 · « **Reply #2657 on:** October 16, 2016, 08:53:45 PM »

ChuckSteak · « **Reply #2658 on:** October 16, 2016, 09:55:11 PM »

425 · « **Reply #2659 on:** October 16, 2016, 11:54:12 PM »

Both for the first time! So much Jørn Lande and Bob Catley... Not that that's a bad thing!

And thank God there's a mention of computers on this Ayreon album.

News: Welcome back, Mike Portnoy!

Author Topic: What album are you listening to? v.5 (Read 454528 times)