What album are you listening to v.8

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Black Midi - Cavalcade

my AOTY 2022. bmbmbm is my shit!!

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Warren Zevon - The Wind

RIP. i miss him so much

[HOF]

Podunk - Throwin' Bones.

[twosuitsluke]

Luke, At The Plates should be your kind of album!

Absolutely!

Well, you know I love a food based parody band. I'll report back later.

This pretty good so far! Fuck me, I'm on Terminal Filet Disease

[hefdaddy42]

Laura Karpman - American Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Charli XCX - Charli

[nick_z]

This pretty good so far! Fuck me, I'm on Terminal Filet Disease

Yeah, that might be my other favorite title 

[Grappler]

Slayer - Divine Intervention

Amon Amarth - Berserker
Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army

Bruce Dickinson - Scream for Me Brazil (I really wish this included the full show....and had better cover art.)

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Kikagaku Moyo - Stone Garden

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Elliott Smith - Roman Candle

[nick_z]

I checked that out this weekend as well, but...man those vocals are tough to get through.

I gave harsh vocals a shot back in in the late 2000's and Darkest Hour was one of the bands that I tried. Musically I liked it, but I couldn't get through more than 2-3 songs at a time.

I don't disagree...some of the bands I listen to have vocals that are technically more "extreme" than these, and yet often I have an easier time with them...nothing about this specific vocalist (in fact, he seems pretty effective at what he does), it's just this kind of -core, hyper-aggressive, full-throated style that I found a bit exhausting after a while.

[hefdaddy42]

Jamiroquai - Rock Dust Light Star

[hefdaddy42]

Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I checked that out this weekend as well, but...man those vocals are tough to get through.

I gave harsh vocals a shot back in in the late 2000's and Darkest Hour was one of the bands that I tried. Musically I liked it, but I couldn't get through more than 2-3 songs at a time.

I don't disagree...some of the bands I listen to have vocals that are technically more "extreme" than these, and yet often I have an easier time with them...nothing about this specific vocalist (in fact, he seems pretty effective at what he does), it's just this kind of -core, hyper-aggressive, full-throated style that I found a bit exhausting after a while.

Yeah, I'm much pickier about those types of vocalists.  Even the most abrasive of death/black vocalists, while not always to my liking, can often be more easily tuned out.  Some of the -core ones just get on my nerves more easily, though there are some I like.  Darkest Hour's don't bother me, and musically they're one of the closest to the Gothenberg bands (even having Nordstrom produce one of their albums), so I'm more fond of them. 

[twosuitsluke]

OK, I've got these lined up for tomorrow. I've heard you mention this Counting Hours album a few times, so I'll bite. Talking of biting, how could I pass up on a band called At the Plates?! I think the band name tells me everything I need to know about them, without hearing a note

OK, so At the Plates wasn't quite as ridiculous as I'd hoped (they're no Pizza Death), but solidly decent with some cracking song titles.

Half way though Counting Hours now and this is pretty good nick/lizzo-core. If only Katatonia sounded half as good as this

[LithoJazzoSphere]

It's taken 2.5 years, but one of my aliases finally gets the -core affixment.  Looks like I've made it.   

[twosuitsluke]

It's taken 2.5 years, but one of my aliases finally gets the -core affixment.  Looks like I've made it.   

It's truly a special time. Enjoy this, and remember who posted this when you're picking overtake targets in Indy's roulette.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

My fireballs, hedgehogs, and bombs know not the difference. 

[jjrock88]

INXS- Greatest Hits

[jjrock88]

Genesis- The Hits

[HOF]

U.K. - U.K.

Finally found a copy of this on CD after looking for a while.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

U.K. - U.K.

Finally found a copy of this on CD after looking for a while.

The follow-up album was pretty good as well, but this one was magic. 

[Crow]

It's taken 2.5 years, but one of my aliases finally gets the -core affixment.  Looks like I've made it.   

sphere-core is real and it could happen to you

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I think it's already a genre.  Spheric Universe Experience, Linear Sphere, Secret Sphere...

[TAC]

Also..

[nick_z]

Half way though Counting Hours now and this is pretty good nick/lizzo-core.

Love it! 

If only Katatonia sounded half as good as this

You stop it!

[TAC]

So, I'm actually listening to the Counting Hours album now, just about done. The Katatonia influence really comes out in the second half where the album seems to slow down a bit. I enjoyed the first half much more.

[TAC]

Spinning this tonight:
Defenent-Blind Guides Of The Blind

Clean vocal high energy classic metal. Has a NWOTHM feel to it. Young band from Finland. They look like kids, but I'm really enjoying this. Not sure if the hooks are strong enough but this album rocks.

[Grappler]

Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

[mikemangioy]

On a Kyros binge right now, including

Mannequin (stunning!)
Recover
Four of Fear
Celexa Dreams

Planning on delving into the new Sleepytime Gorilla Museum later.

[hefdaddy42]

Remembrance Quintet and Daniel Carter - Do You Remember

INXS- Greatest Hits

Man, I love that shit.

[nick_z]

So, I'm actually listening to the Counting Hours album now, just about done. The Katatonia influence really comes out in the second half where the album seems to slow down a bit. I enjoyed the first half much more.

Yeah, even when the Katatonia influence is more obvious, it's earlier-day rather than latter-day...not so much because of the harsh vocals - those weren't part of Katatonia's approach for very long anyway - rather from the interplay of guitars and those "cascading" riffs (e.g. A Mercy Fall).

Actually, I think the pacing of the album is pretty good. Yes, there are a couple of longer, more "languid" pieces in the second half but, again, a song like A Mercy Fall breaks it up nicely.

[hefdaddy42]

Micah Thomas - Reveal

[TAC]

So, I'm actually listening to the Counting Hours album now, just about done. The Katatonia influence really comes out in the second half where the album seems to slow down a bit. I enjoyed the first half much more.

Yeah, even when the Katatonia influence is more obvious, it's earlier-day rather than latter-day...not so much because of the harsh vocals - those weren't part of Katatonia's approach for very long anyway - rather from the interplay of guitars and those "cascading" riffs (e.g. A Mercy Fall).

Actually, I think the pacing of the album is pretty good. Yes, there are a couple of longer, more "languid" pieces in the second half but, again, a song like A Mercy Fall breaks it up nicely.

No wonder Mercy is in the title. 

[nick_z]

No wonder Mercy is in the title. 

Well played, Sir, well played