What album are you listening to v.8

[WilliamMunny]

The new album from The Smile is soooooo good it's literally breaking my brain.

[hefdaddy42]

Drivin N Cryin - Live the Love Beautiful

[hefdaddy42]

Yuhan Su - Liberated Gesture

[cramx3]

Caligulas Horse - Charcoal Grace

[TAC]

Today...

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Neil Young - Life

going through the NY disco again for the first time in a while and boy is the 80s a rough period for him

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Neil Young - This Note's For You

[Max Kuehnau]

Neil Young - Life

going through the NY disco again for the first time in a while and boy is the 80s a rough period for him

I love the guy. Might I suggest Bluenote Café to you then? Great 1980s era live album by him. Might make you enjoy that material.

Ok.

Peter Gabriel: i/o (brilliant as ever)

[wolfking]

Today...

That's a solid deep MF cut! And my first Helloween album! 

[wolfking]

I didn't even know that Rick Altzi did a solo album.  It's fucking fantastic, perfect melodic rock, how it used to be done.  His voice is perfect for this style, dare I say better than everything else he's done.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

New In Flames is desperately reaching for that old Clayman sound, but can't get there. 

[wolfking]

New In Flames is desperately reaching for that old Clayman sound, but can't get there.

I like it lot more than I did when it came out.  I thought it was bullshit and really, it's aged really well but the whole 'old In Flames is back' is a fucking crock.  it's new In Flames but better.  I can look past my expectations and quite enjoy it now. 

That listen to Clayman also made me stand up a lot more.  Again, I never really understood the love but holy shit it took on a whole new life on this listen.  Quality, start to finish.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Yeah, though for me their peak is Colony.  Similar sound, but I like the songs even more. 

[TAC]

Never got into In Flames for some reason.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I worry their best stuff has the sort of guitar tuning and tone you don't like. 

[TAC]

That's a solid deep MF cut!

I'm really not all that familiar with the later albums. They've just never stuck. Kind Diamond is an obstacle. 
I'm going to try and run through them if I can.

For 9, the music and riffs are 
The vocals are bearable, but holy shit, this has the stupidest fucking lyrics I've ever heard.

[wolfking]

Yeah, though for me their peak is Colony.  Similar sound, but I like the songs even more.

Jester Race for me, by far.

[wolfking]

Never got into In Flames for some reason.

I've sent you Moonshield before in a roulette which did pretty well.  I feel The Jester Race is probably the one you'd like the most truthfully.  It has more of that black metal style you'd dig over all their later stuff I think.

[wolfking]

That's a solid deep MF cut!

I'm really not all that familiar with the later albums. They've just never stuck. Kind Diamond is an obstacle. 
I'm going to try and run through them if I can.

For 9, the music and riffs are 
The vocals are bearable, but holy shit, this has the stupidest fucking lyrics I've ever heard.

The Church of Saint Anne?!    Very clever King!

9 is probably the weakest of the later ones I think.  I haven't listened to it for so long though, I might dig it out.

In the Shadows is the best of the bunch IMO.  Into the Unknown is solid too.  Dead Again was a bit hit and miss but the title track is a real trip.  Time was one I never really got into either.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Never got into In Flames for some reason.

I've sent you Moonshield before in a roulette which did pretty well.  I feel The Jester Race is probably the one you'd like the most truthfully.  It has more of that black metal style you'd dig over all their later stuff I think.

Lunar Strain I think is the closest they were to black metal to my ears.  A lot of commonality in the more melodic and folkier bands in both the death and black scenes of the time. 

Yeah, though for me their peak is Colony.  Similar sound, but I like the songs even more.

Jester Race for me, by far.

It's superb as well, but Gelotte just doesn't give the rhythmic heft that Svensson did, and I prefer the chunkier guitar tones on Colony and Clayman. 

[wolfking]

It was my first exposure to IN Flames and one of my first albums with harsh vocals, so I'm probably a bit biased there.

Actually, Nick made me listen to Subterranean also a little while back, that's fucking fantastic.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Yeah, totally understandable. 

And it certainly is.  "Stand Ablaze" is one of their best. 

[nick_z]

Yeah, though for me their peak is Colony.  Similar sound, but I like the songs even more.

Jester Race for me, by far.

Yep, no doubt. I know we discussed this before but for me, throw in the Subterranean EP too, and you have close to perfection.

Love Whoracle too...then Colony a bit of a step down for me but still great. Clayman another little step down, but also very good. Reroute to Remain hasn't aged fantastically well, but I enjoy it well enough and it's a fun album overall. Then things start getting shaky. It's not just the change in style...I've tried many times and failed to connect with the material. Even Come Clarity, which gets a good amount of praise, I rarely revisit.

As for the latest one - I agree that there isn't much of a return of old In Flames, except for a few riffs and a couple of acoustic breaks. I do however find it to be ok. Overall more enjoyable songwriting.

Tim:I'm surprised you don't like Jester Race at least. I'd think it'd be right up your alley. The guitar riffs and melodies are as good as it gets.

[TAC]

I do like Jester race. I don't know it well enough to discuss it, and In Flames is in general a hole in my experience.

[nick_z]

I do like Jester race. I don't know it well enough to discuss it, and In Flames is in general a hole in my experience.

Got it

Well, if I'm honest, by now there's a much larger chunk of their discography I don't care for vs. the albums I like, so...

But the Subterranean EP Kade is mentioning above is definitely one to check out if you haven't already. And Whoracle too - not too different from Jester, although not as good.

Then, like Litho said, the stuff immediately following has guitar tones/tunings you probably don't enjoy as much...

[Bluefish]

[HOF]

XTC - Nonsuch

[NoseofNicko]

Just listened to the new Saxon album for the first time. I was impressed. Such a fun listen.

[Zydar]

XTC - Nonsuch

[TAC]

Just listened to the new Saxon album for the first time. I was impressed. Such a fun listen.

[hefdaddy42]

Salvatore Bonafede, Eddie Gomez, and Billy Hart - Don't Stop Believing

[twosuitsluke]

This is about as close to Native Construct's critically acclaimed album, Quiet World, as I've ever heard...



Rototypical - Volume I: The Tactician

Basically check it out if you liked that album. 

Also, the weigh in on the In Flames discussion. Come Clarity was my introduction to the band, but Clayman will always be the pinnacle of their career as far as I'm concerned.

[Grappler]

Rush - Test for Echo
Rush - Vapor Trails
Rush - Clockwork Angels

Sabaton - The Art of War

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys 1
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys 2
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy

Gamma Ray - 30 Years Live Anniversary

[hefdaddy42]

Gabriel Guerrero & Quantum - Equilibrio

[twosuitsluke]

Had the urge to play this at volume, as I realised it's turning 20 this year (fuck I'm old)...



Edit: Fuck! That bit at 1:25 of Megalodon