What album are you listening to? v.7

[ReaperKK]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Red Hot Chili Peppers

[TAC]

Missed one!

 

 

Too funny.

I actually bought that when it came out.

[Tomislav95]

[hefdaddy42]

Missed one!

Outside of Metallica, that's the best one of the lot.

[hefdaddy42]

String Machine - Death of the Neon

[TAC]

Missed one!

Outside of Metallica, that's the best one of the lot.

It is literally the most disappointing album listening experience I have ever had in my 45 years of music consumption.

[hefdaddy42]

Then you have had a blessed music listening experience.

[twosuitsluke]

[Bluefish]

[Buddyhunter1]

A year later and I'm pretty sure this is my favorite LTE album now.

[Crow]

this is absolutely the album to beat for me this year, i am addicted to it
FFO: just kidding the only person on DTF who'd like this is puppies

[twosuitsluke]

this is absolutely the album to beat for me this year, i am addicted to it
FFO: just kidding the only person on DTF who'd like this is puppies

I'll give it a shot. Spotify says Burial in the Sky is a similar artist, and their latest was great.



I still find this to be so incredibly overrated. I've listened to all of Deafheaven's albums, many times, and to be honest Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is the only one I come back to. That album is incredible and superior to Sunbather in every way, as far as I'm concerned. I get this album brought black metal to a new crowd but still. It just doesn't do it for me.

[nick_z]

this is absolutely the album to beat for me this year, i am addicted to it
FFO: just kidding the only person on DTF who'd like this is puppies

It's in my list of "albums to check out". I've listened to it once when it came out, but I didn't pay too much attention, so I don't actually remember much 

Thanks for reminding me!

I'll give it a shot. Spotify says Burial in the Sky is a similar artist, and their latest was great.

Burial in the Sky was super-tasty, last year. Indeed, there was a good number of "tech-y" death metal albums I enjoyed in 2021.

...and while I'm at it, I'm adding this to the mix:



Godless Truth, came out a few months ago, from the Czech Republic. Technical, yes, but very fluid and chock full of fantastic riffs and solos. I mean, take a listen to the riff in Breathe Fire!

[Crow]

burial in the sky last year did nothing for me and aethereus is a good bit heavier (and does not own a saxophone) but is way more up my alley rn

[nick_z]

Not a fan of saxophone in death metal? 

[twosuitsluke]

Burial in the Sky was super-tasty, last year. Indeed, there was a good number of "tech-y" death metal albums I enjoyed in 2021.

...and while I'm at it, I'm adding this to the mix:



Godless Truth, came out a few months ago, from the Czech Republic. Technical, yes, but very fluid and chock full of fantastic riffs and solos. I mean, take a listen to the riff in Breathe Fire!

I totally agree. I'll add that Godless Truth album to my 2022 playlist. Cheers dude.

Not a fan of saxophone in death metal? 

It's a thing of beauty! If we're on the subject of great progressive/tech metal from last year, did you check out this beauty?..

[Crow]

Not a fan of saxophone in death metal? 

i am absolutely a fan of saxophone all over everything i just did not think the burial in the sky album was that interesting 

[nick_z]

I totally agree. I'll add that Godless Truth album to my 2022 playlist. Cheers dude.

 

It's a thing of beauty! If we're on the subject of great progressive/tech metal from last year, did you check out this beauty?..

I sure did! It's completely bonkers (not so much in terms of heaviness, but for the sheer amount of notes!), but it's pretty great. And that fretless bass...

Not a fan of saxophone in death metal? 

i am absolutely a fan of saxophone all over everything i just did not think the burial in the sky album was that interesting 

Got it  I thought you saying (and does not own a saxophone) while praising Aethereus vs. Burial in the Sky was an indication of your disdain for the instrument, but I guess it was more like despite that 

[Crow]

to put it on record, i am a slut for sexo- i mean saxophones
i actually have the previous burial in the sky album that i got during my tech death exploration phase in 2018 but i never got too into that one

[hefdaddy42]

Brandi Carlile - Brandi Carlile

[TAC]

Then you have had a blessed music listening experience.

Yes. Yes I have.

[Grappler]

Firewind - Allegiance
Firewind - The Premonition
Firewind - Days of Defiance
Firewind - Few Against Many
Firewind - Immortals
Firewind - s/t

Myrath - Legacy
Myrath - Tales of the Sands

Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side
Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twilight World

Destruction - Diabolical

[nick_z]

...and since we are on some sort of a death metal roll:



Atvm - Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless

Yes, I know, weird cover art, name and title...but this is the most fun I had listening to a death metal record in a while. Fun not as in "this is funny" - fun as in this is full of truly entertaining twists and turns, always keeping you guessing, but in a coherent way. The band is from the UK, and this came out last year. It's technical death metal, but more in an old-school type of way - not the thousand-mile-an-hour-notes kind of way. Lots of cool things going on, and it sounds great. A tad over-long, maybe, but great stuff.

[TAC]

Listening to the first song Nick, and this is really cool. I love the sound. There's so much space between the instruments.

[twosuitsluke]

...and since we are on some sort of a death metal roll:



Atvm - Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless

Yes, I know, weird cover art, name and title...but this is the most fun I had listening to a death metal record in a while. Fun not as in "this is funny" - fun as in this is full of truly entertaining twists and turns, always keeping you guessing, but in a coherent way. The band is from the UK, and this came out last year. It's technical death metal, but more in an old-school type of way - not the thousand-mile-an-hour-notes kind of way. Lots of cool things going on, and it sounds great. A tad over-long, maybe, but great stuff.

This was quite high up in my rankings last year at one point, but it dropped right off. Just checked my last.fm and apparently I haven't spun it since August. It's definitely a cool album and I might spin it tonight, along with that First Fragment.

[hefdaddy42]

Circa Survive - Juturna

[nick_z]

Listening to the first song Nick, and this is really cool. I love the sound. There's so much space between the instruments.

Exactly. The album definitely "breathes" - which is not quite as common as it used to be.

...and since we are on some sort of a death metal roll:

Atvm - Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless

Yes, I know, weird cover art, name and title...but this is the most fun I had listening to a death metal record in a while. Fun not as in "this is funny" - fun as in this is full of truly entertaining twists and turns, always keeping you guessing, but in a coherent way. The band is from the UK, and this came out last year. It's technical death metal, but more in an old-school type of way - not the thousand-mile-an-hour-notes kind of way. Lots of cool things going on, and it sounds great. A tad over-long, maybe, but great stuff.

This was quite high up in my rankings last year at one point, but it dropped right off. Just checked my last.fm and apparently I haven't spun it since August. It's definitely a cool album and I might spin it tonight, along with that First Fragment.

For me, I discovered it pretty late last year, and have been enjoying it since...

[nick_z]

Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side
Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twilight World

These might well be my two favorite BG albums.

[hefdaddy42]

Jazz Sabbath - Jazz Sabbath

[Bluefish]

[Bluefish]

A year later and I'm pretty sure this is my favorite LTE album now.

Same.

[majo]

marillion - an hour before it's dark
magenta - masters of illusion

Brilliant records 

[hefdaddy42]

Rolo Tomassi - Cosmology

[jingle.boy]

It is literally the most disappointing album listening experience I have ever had in my 45 years of music consumption.

When did we start talking about The Astonishing?

[hefdaddy42]

Brandi Carlile - The Story