What album are you listening to? v.6

[nick_z]

[jjrock88]

Stryper- To Hell With the Devil

Bryan Adams- Reckless

Van Halen- Fair Warning

[EPICVIEW]

Belmont  live youtube

[Melphina]

Busy day today. The rest of the day below. Excellent blend of familiar favorites and brand new stuff I've never heard before based on some posts here. That Jari Lindholm record is amazing and introduced me to Enshine and Exgenesis. Heck yes. I am a big fan of his now.

[Crow]

[nick_z]

Busy day today. The rest of the day below. Excellent blend of familiar favorites and brand new stuff I've never heard before based on some posts here. That Jari Lindholm record is amazing and introduced me to Enshine and Exgenesis. Heck yes. I am a big fan of his now.

Couldn't agree more! Exgenesis and Enshine are great. And I'd also recommend Slumber - "Fallout" is their only record (2004), and Lindholm plays on it too. A bit rougher around the edges, but if you like that early Katatonia sound, you might enjoy this one too.

[Melphina]

I will check them out. Thank you!

[King Postwhore]

I don't know who this is but it's a fantastic album cover.

[TAC]

I used to be vehemently opposed to harsh vocals. But this Enshine album was instrumental to me accepting them. I checked it out when it was released and was blown away. The music is gorgeous and the vocals really provide an interesting landscape that blends great with the music.
This is literally the first 100% harsh vocal album that I actually purchased.

[cramx3]

Arion - A Vulture Dies Alone

[nick_z]

I used to be vehemently opposed to harsh vocals. But this Enshine album was instrumental to me accepting them. I checked it out when it was released and was blown away. The music is gorgeous and the vocals really provide an interesting landscape that blends great with the music.
This is literally the first 100% harsh vocal album that I actually purchased.

You should check out Jari Lindholm's album (Trajectories). It's instrumental and less space-y than Enshine - the sound is not quite as "lush" - but you can definitely recognize the style. Great melodies.

[EPICVIEW]

AFI - The Leaving Pt II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fwGZohSJ9g

[NoseofNicko]

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon III: The Chosen

Really surprised by how much I liked this.

[TAC]

Today at work...







You know...just to change things up..

[TAC]

I used to be vehemently opposed to harsh vocals. But this Enshine album was instrumental to me accepting them. I checked it out when it was released and was blown away. The music is gorgeous and the vocals really provide an interesting landscape that blends great with the music.
This is literally the first 100% harsh vocal album that I actually purchased.

You should check out Jari Lindholm's album (Trajectories). It's instrumental and less space-y than Enshine - the sound is not quite as "lush" - but you can definitely recognize the style. Great melodies.

Just ran through most of it..Saved on Spotify. Very nice.

I also have this 2021 instrumental album Saved as well..April Rain-Mirror Of Ether. It's slightly similar but taken down a few notches.

[wolfking]

I used to be vehemently opposed to harsh vocals. But this Enshine album was instrumental to me accepting them. I checked it out when it was released and was blown away. The music is gorgeous and the vocals really provide an interesting landscape that blends great with the music.
This is literally the first 100% harsh vocal album that I actually purchased.

I'm running through this now on youtube while I'm in the office by myself for lockdown.  It's very nice indeed.  Wonderful melodies and atmosphere.  Some of the guitar lines are superb and work so well with the vocals.

I get an Insomnium mixed with Be'lakor kind of vibe from it.

[TAC]

It's a really cool album, Kade. It really helped open me up to harshies.

[wolfking]

It's a really cool album, Kade. It really helped open me up to harshies.

 

[HOF]

Field Music - Flat White Moon

[jingle.boy]

April and May was primarily concept album listening.  July, I'm gonna run through live albums.  So, naturally to bridge the gap, I had to watch these over the past while during my workouts.

[nick_z]

[ReaperKK]

Damageplan - New Found Power

[twosuitsluke]

Damageplan - New Found Power

Wow, haven't listened to that in such a long time. It wasn't great but Fuck You was a great song!

[darkshade]

[ReaperKK]

Damageplan - New Found Power

Wow, haven't listened to that in such a long time. It wasn't great but Fuck You was a great song!

I'm about half-way through. I really like "Pride" but holy crap the rest of the album is pretty terrible IMO.

[darkshade]

[ReaperKK]

Damageplan - New Found Power

Wow, haven't listened to that in such a long time. It wasn't great but Fuck You was a great song!

I'm about half-way through. I really like "Pride" but holy crap the rest of the album is pretty terrible IMO.

So the second half is better than the first but I still think the album largely disappointing. I guess it was just my expectations going into it.

[hefdaddy42]

Brooklyn Rider - Healing Modes

[Melphina]

[nick_z]

What did you think of the new ATG? I have posted a couple of quick comments in the new releases thread...

[Melphina]

What did you think of the new ATG? I have posted a couple of quick comments in the new releases thread...

I've never listened to At The Gates before, but it was on a list of new releases that I check out every week. It was okay. Nothing really stood out to me on the first listen, but it wasn't bad either. Serviceable melodeath, but again, nothing grabbed me by the shoulders and hooked me in. I might give it a couple more spins over the weekend, or check out some of their other albums. I enjoyed the Felled album more; blackened folk metally stuff, the production is more raw than the ATG record, but it has more elements that I personally enjoy, along the lines of, say, Agalloch.

[Big Hath]

[twosuitsluke]

Damageplan - New Found Power

Wow, haven't listened to that in such a long time. It wasn't great but Fuck You was a great song!

I'm about half-way through. I really like "Pride" but holy crap the rest of the album is pretty terrible IMO.

So the second half is better than the first but I still think the album largely disappointing. I guess it was just my expectations going into it.

Yea if Dime didn't have anything to do without there's no way I would've given it as many spins as I did back in the day.

What did you think of the new ATG? I have posted a couple of quick comments in the new releases thread...

I've never listened to At The Gates before, but it was on a list of new releases that I check out every week. It was okay. Nothing really stood out to me on the first listen, but it wasn't bad either. Serviceable melodeath, but again, nothing grabbed me by the shoulders and hooked me in. I might give it a couple more spins over the weekend, or check out some of their other albums. I enjoyed the Felled album more; blackened folk metally stuff, the production is more raw than the ATG record, but it has more elements that I personally enjoy, along the lines of, say, Agalloch.

I thought the new At the Gates was fine. I wasn't giving it my full attention but nothing particularly stood out. I've been spinning At War with Reality a bit more recently and I think it's probably my second favourite album of theirs. No need to say what my #1 is.

[Lowdz]

Sleaze Beez - Screwed, Blued and Tattooed

Babylon AD - s/t

Electric Boys - Funk-o-metal Carpet Ride

Victory + Culture Killed The Native

Saraya - s/t

Joanna Dean - Ain’t Misbehavin’

[nick_z]

What did you think of the new ATG? I have posted a couple of quick comments in the new releases thread...

I've never listened to At The Gates before, but it was on a list of new releases that I check out every week. It was okay. Nothing really stood out to me on the first listen, but it wasn't bad either. Serviceable melodeath, but again, nothing grabbed me by the shoulders and hooked me in. I might give it a couple more spins over the weekend, or check out some of their other albums. I enjoyed the Felled album more; blackened folk metally stuff, the production is more raw than the ATG record, but it has more elements that I personally enjoy, along the lines of, say, Agalloch.

I thought the new At the Gates was fine. I wasn't giving it my full attention but nothing particularly stood out. I've been spinning At War with Reality a bit more recently and I think it's probably my second favourite album of theirs. No need to say what my #1 is.

Would that be Slaughter of the Soul? That's mine too, but if you are really old-school you might actually go back to the Red in the Sky/With Fear I Kiss... period  That was almost a different band anyway, as one main songwriter from back then left after the 2nd album...

For me, as much as SotS famously spawned a whole subgenre that got waaay overcrowded, it's hard to deny how much of a blast it still is. It shouldn't be "punished" for what it did  So many good riffs. The first 5-song run is insane. Although I always felt the seeds for that were already in Terminal Spirit Disease. Plus, TSD still had a little more of that melancholy that I really enjoy in my music. For my money, if it was more than an EP + live songs, it could even be better than SotS...