Author Topic: What album are you listening to? v.6 (Read 478659 times)

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies · « **Reply #7000 on:** October 03, 2020, 02:35:26 PM »

Quote from: Cyril on October 03, 2020, 02:30:41 PM

rn might be AOTY for me, i'll have to see

I think Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine is still topping my list. Lots of stuff that will be competing though.

Big Hath · « **Reply #7001 on:** October 04, 2020, 12:43:21 AM »

Zydar · « **Reply #7002 on:** October 04, 2020, 04:25:46 AM »

Led Zeppelin III

mike099 · « **Reply #7003 on:** October 04, 2020, 05:51:40 AM »

Big Hath, do you own all of the albums posted? If so, that is some collection.

Big Hath · « **Reply #7004 on:** October 04, 2020, 08:27:57 AM »

most. some are youtube rabbit hole chases or bandcamp listens.

ZKX-2099 · « **Reply #7005 on:** October 04, 2020, 08:41:57 AM »

Lowdz · « **Reply #7006 on:** October 04, 2020, 10:51:06 AM »

Road trip yesterday.

Iron Maiden- Powerslave

Survivor - Caught In The Game

Yngwie - Rising Force

Judas Priest- Defenders of the Faith

Fish - Weltsmerz

Ayreon - Transitus

John Petrucci- Terminal Velocity

Big Hath · « **Reply #7007 on:** October 04, 2020, 11:09:07 PM »

Max Kuehnau · « **Reply #7008 on:** October 05, 2020, 10:52:07 AM »

right now it's: Queensryche: Mindcrime At The Moore
before that was: Queen: A Night At The Opera

The Walrus · « **Reply #7009 on:** October 05, 2020, 10:52:31 AM »

Nightmare - Aeternam

Awfully fucking generic for having such a potentially awesome new singer. Oh well

cramx3 · « **Reply #7010 on:** October 05, 2020, 11:21:12 AM »

This ended up being my playlist (in order) for my road trip last week. I made a rule, full albums and no repeating artists:

Lowdz · « **Reply #7011 on:** October 05, 2020, 12:45:14 PM »

KISS - Music from The Elder, Animalize

Dokken - Tooth & Nail

The Walrus · « **Reply #7012 on:** October 05, 2020, 01:21:13 PM »

Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic Calling

Holy shit.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #7013 on:** October 05, 2020, 01:47:46 PM »

They've got MUCH better albums, FYI ^

Right now I'm listening to the new Judas Priest album Firepower. This is their best release since Screaming for Vengeance

The Walrus · « **Reply #7014 on:** October 05, 2020, 01:48:51 PM »

Quote from: kirksnosehair on October 05, 2020, 01:47:46 PM

They've got MUCH better albums, FYI ^

Right now I'm listening to the new Judas Priest album Firepower. This is their best release since Screaming for Vengeance

I've heard the first three so far. I remember trying God's Equation back in the day when I saw them live but I only remember the title track. The first album is good but uneven, the second album was boring, Enigmatic Calling is easily the best of them so far imo

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #7015 on:** October 05, 2020, 01:53:05 PM »

Keep going, they get better with each release

cramx3 · « **Reply #7016 on:** October 05, 2020, 02:19:38 PM »

I haven't listened to much of their older stuff, but I really love Heavenly Ecstasy.

NoseofNicko · « **Reply #7017 on:** October 05, 2020, 02:20:18 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on October 05, 2020, 01:48:51 PM

the second album was boring

dafuq.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #7018 on:** October 05, 2020, 02:20:38 PM »

A lot of people think their debut is uneven. To me, it's their best album

Buddyhunter1 · « **Reply #7019 on:** October 05, 2020, 02:52:19 PM »

So whereas Lun was like a 50/50 combination of pop and metal, this is like, 80% pop and barely even a metal album. While that's a bit disappointing, I'm still really liking this so far. Some songs are real earworms, but the good kind.

The Walrus · « **Reply #7020 on:** October 05, 2020, 03:32:46 PM »

Quote from: NoseofNicko on October 05, 2020, 02:20:18 PM

Quote from: The Walrus on October 05, 2020, 01:48:51 PM
the second album was boring

dafuq.

Yup. Typical prog metal shenanigans, boring. Had its moments but the first album had far more exciting songs (not in the first half, but the back half was loaded with tasty, interesting stuff). The second one sounded like there was too much midtempo fooling around which is usually boring. I may not have listened to it in the best context because I kept having to pause it throughout the record, but I just didn't enjoy it much. The third album has significantly more interesting (and, importantly, speedy) moments, and LOADS of tasty keyboard playing which appeals to me far more than any of the guitar work.

All that to say that when I saw them live in 2009, without knowing a note of their music, they put on an excellent and super entertaining live show, especially because the singer was so good.

NP: Ramsey Lewis Trio - Time Flies OMG this is so good. Soulful, tasty blues-jazz, piano driven stuff. LOVE this

wolfking · « **Reply #7021 on:** October 05, 2020, 04:03:02 PM »

To be honest, I never understood the love for Celestial Entrance either. Probably my least fav album from PM.

NoseofNicko · « **Reply #7022 on:** October 05, 2020, 04:06:27 PM »

ProfessorPeart · « **Reply #7023 on:** October 05, 2020, 10:22:19 PM »

I'm supposed to be listening to UFO, so don't tell TAC. I'm listening to this:

Madie is no Maggy Luyten, but she is holding her own and I love the music. A great follow-up to Dead Sun. Just wish Maggy would have stuck with'em.

EDIT: And I see above that Walrus didn't like it. I don't have much Power Metal type stuff in my collection, but I find these last 2 Nightmare albums to be excellent. I only bought the last one because I am a Maggy fanboy. It ended up being my #2 album that year.

Big Hath · « **Reply #7024 on:** October 05, 2020, 10:58:24 PM »

The Walrus · « **Reply #7025 on:** October 06, 2020, 05:21:48 AM »

Quote from: ProfessorPeart on October 05, 2020, 10:22:19 PM

I'm supposed to be listening to UFO, so don't tell TAC. I'm listening to this:

Madie is no Maggy Luyten, but she is holding her own and I love the music. A great follow-up to Dead Sun. Just wish Maggy would have stuck with'em.

EDIT: And I see above that Walrus didn't like it. I don't have much Power Metal type stuff in my collection, but I find these last 2 Nightmare albums to be excellent. I only bought the last one because I am a Maggy fanboy. It ended up being my #2 album that year.

I love the new singer, she's great, but all the mid tempo breakdowns and riffs make it sound generic as heck to me. The really fast moments are where they're brilliant, but I don't think there are enough of them here, and the vocal melodies aren't compelling to me. I think with better songwriting they'd be on fire, but that's just my two cents. If they could bust out more songs like Serpentine I'd be over the moon.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #7026 on:** October 06, 2020, 05:37:43 AM »

Bentower · « **Reply #7027 on:** October 06, 2020, 06:11:07 AM »

Extreme - Waiting for the Punchline
Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third
Enslaved - Utgard

The Walrus · « **Reply #7028 on:** October 06, 2020, 09:29:39 AM »

Jónsi - Shiver

The last Jónsi solo album I heard - the only other one - was Go. That album was all over the place and had a very eccentric energy to it. I liked some of it but it was mostly just weird to me. This seems more along the lines of Sigur Ros, but a little less ambient, but still atmospheric and enjoyable. It's pleasant, basically. In my 2020 experiment of listening to as much new music as I can, this is album #204 that I will have listened to in full. Kind of wild to think about that, I've never been this diligent about listening to anything and everything over a long period of time. It's fun. Most of them have been forgettable or stinkers, but there's a whole lot of amazing music in the bunch and I can't wait to sort everything out between the good, the bad, and the meh at year's end/start of 2021

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #7029 on:** October 06, 2020, 12:12:07 PM »

Memory lane

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #7030 on:** October 06, 2020, 12:29:56 PM »

Nachtmerrie · « **Reply #7031 on:** October 06, 2020, 12:59:00 PM »

Enslaved - Utgard
Enslaved - E
Tool - Fear Inoculum
Dream Theater - When Dreams and Day Unite
Plini - Handmade Cities

jjrock88 · « **Reply #7032 on:** October 06, 2020, 02:12:33 PM »

Van Halen- VH1

jjrock88 · « **Reply #7033 on:** October 06, 2020, 02:48:31 PM »

Van Halen- VH2

Lowdz · « **Reply #7034 on:** October 06, 2020, 03:13:40 PM »

Strangely enough jj, me too. Might even fire up Women & Children First next

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