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I love Dream Theater, but ye gods those song titles suck.
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Semprini posted:I love Dream Theater, but ye gods those song titles suck. I mean, their previous album "A Dramatic Turn of Events" had these song titles: On the Backs of Angels Build Me Up, Break Me Down Lost Not Forgotten This Is the Life Bridges in the Sky Outcry Far from Heaven Breaking All Illusions Beneath the Surface Which also sound like they came out of a song title generator.
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Jul 9, 2013 19:34
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Anything's better than "The Count of Tuscany"
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Jul 9, 2013 19:48
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Hey, can anyone recommend me anything similar to Amorphis's Elegy? Lately I've really been digging the way this album blends late Iron Maiden-sounding songwriting with symphonic prog, space prog, and the melodeath sound of their earlier albums. The closest I've been able to come in the rest of my collection is In the Woods...'s Omnio, but that's too downtempo and really not scratching my current itch.
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Jul 9, 2013 20:37
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Knew about this tour as of this morning due to a local promoter but Alestorm is touring with Trollfest & Gypsyhawk. Going to be great to see Trollfest again - hoping for a longer setlist as they own everything.quote:ALESTORM
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Jul 9, 2013 21:42
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The venue in Vancouver is called Funky Winkerbeans, not Weatherbeans. 
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Jul 9, 2013 22:02
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Vintersorg posted:Knew about this tour as of this morning due to a local promoter but Alestorm is touring with Trollfest & Gypsyhawk. Going to be great to see Trollfest again - hoping for a longer setlist as they own everything. Posting about Alestorm should be a bannable offense.  "The Seven Seas were obviously not expansive enough for Captain Chris Bowes and his crew, as their third raid in the quest for booty takes them "Back Through Time". The Scottish buccaneers battle not only narrow-minded landlubbers and enemy privateers, but also foul-tempered Vikings! "
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Jul 9, 2013 22:11
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This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!
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Gypsyhawk? The gently caress? Cool.
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Jul 9, 2013 22:54
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I take the same approach to Alestorm as I do to Korpiklaani: listening to them on their own is a bad idea, but sometimes you just have to get drunk, put on a pirate hat/pair of antlers and go bouncing around in a pit with other people in stupid headgear until you break something. Bowes puts on a drat fun show. Super stoked to see Trollfest again.
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Jul 10, 2013 02:05
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A few years ago I went to a show with a ridiculously long bill because a friend was filling in for the first band. I stood up front, headbanged, tried to get a mosh pit going for them, but with no luck. I gave it another shot later in the set, ran around a bit and tapped people to see if they were interested. Nope, nobody cares. Oh well, I trie*wham!* - a guy in a parrot costume runs into me and starts running around. Hell of a way to show some support for the band playing before you. I gave Swashbuckle a chance and they were entertaining, nice guys too. Nothing special nor unusual musically, but an entertaining show, especially when later on I was mistaken for the frontman of a band who looks absolutely nothing like me because I was chatting with the band and was handed beers for free. I have another story about involving that band too. More recently, at MDF in 2013, I met a former member of Swashbuckle. On Saturday night one of the guys I was staying with was hanging out downtown really late and we headed to our hotel in bumblefuck outside of Baltimore pretty late. Our buddy who stayed there was with some notorious party animal known to everyone but me, because I'm from a different state than them. So, we're back at the hotel room, I was wondering if he was going to end up crashing on the floor of someone's downtown hotel room - which would have been really nice as I was sleeping on a padded windowsill that was a foot shorter than me with my feet on top of an upright suitcase - and we got an update from the guy still downtown about not wanting to go to a strip club because he doesn't care, and saying he might be back. A while later, he stumbles into a room, having gotten a friend from a guy who was dressed like a normal metalhead with the top of his hair pulled back and the rest flowing free - pretty comfortable when I tried it, but it looks goofy. Anyway, I'm introduced to this guy, learn that he was in a band with the other friend hosting me on their windowsill/couch thing, and someone mentions that he was in Swashbuckle. It's sort of blurry because of the beer, but there is one incredibly funny part that I remember. This swashbuckling fellow who I just met helped bring a big drunk guy to the outskirts of Baltimore late at night, he hung out and chatted for an hour or so, sitting on the cooler and standing up to pass out beers as we needed them. A while later, when we're all slowing down, he simply says "alright I'm gonna sleep" and pulls a move that transitiosn smoothly from falling off of the cooler and rolling on the floor until his head rests neatly on his arm. Within a few seconds, I tossed him a spare pillow, which landed on top of his head, and it stayed there for quite a while because he apparently passes out like a cartoon character on command. When we woke up, he wasn't there and I haven't seen him since. I left out a bunch of names because it seems like poor storytelling to constantly namedrop bands/people, but it's worth noting that my big drunk buddy who was helped back to the hotel by a swashbuckler is the mainman of Maximum Oversatan and they're pretty sweet because it's just an ungodly rough Venom worship band. True to Venom style, the bassist, who admittedly can't play guitar, played guitar on this demo while they jammed as a two-piece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8CVSgV9KBQ
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Jul 10, 2013 02:58
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So this seems to be making some waves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hAiCRCPFaM Digging the reverby production.
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Jul 10, 2013 06:35
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The bass is pretty high but sounds kinda lovely. Still pretty cool. Guitar's a little too dry too, but that's just me. I like how 90s it sounds.
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Jul 10, 2013 07:01
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There's a preview track from the new Fleshgod Apocalypse out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKzmT-VhrnA
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Jul 10, 2013 07:23
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A human heart posted:There's a preview track from the new Fleshgod Apocalypse out: I really like this but if they went through such manic and meticulous research why did they use a maze for the cover of an album named "Labyrinth". Maze and Labyrinth are not interchangeable. 
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Jul 10, 2013 08:19
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thepitgoddess posted:Just bought my GwarBQ (http://gwarbq.com/) ticket. I'm super stoked. Is anyone else going? I bet you quit your job just to go to GwarBQ  I was hoping to go too but I have to save up for a car and have to limit my road trips for the next couple months.
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Jul 10, 2013 10:56
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muike posted:The bass is pretty high but sounds kinda lovely. Still pretty cool. Guitar's a little too dry too, but that's just me. I like how 90s it sounds.
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Jul 10, 2013 13:49
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Alestorm is poo poo and I'll most likely be leaving right after Trollfest. The guys in that band are great - last time they came thru I chatted with em all for a bit. They loved coming thru Canada and said some parts reminded them of back home. Surprisingly the lead singer had some of the cleanest english compared to the rest of the band. They were in Winnipeg at the time and were heading to Minneapolis. I told them about hitting up Mall of America and they had no idea what that was. Once I told them all about it, with the amusement park and poo poo, they were so excited to go! If you detest Alestorm, at least go out to see Trollfest.
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Jul 10, 2013 14:59
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Misogynist posted:'90s? It's basically the production from Ride the Lightning verbatim, down to the sound of each individual drum. i.e. recorded in a wind tunnel
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Jul 10, 2013 16:24
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Misogynist posted:'90s? It's basically the production from Ride the Lightning verbatim, down to the sound of each individual drum. 1890s
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Jul 10, 2013 18:13
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CRIP EATIN BREAD posted:So this seems to be making some waves: I am intrigued. They really got that 80s thrash production down.
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Jul 10, 2013 23:51
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The Ferret King posted:Expect your clothes and shoes to be dyed wacky colors by the end of the night. I've seen Gwar, I know what to expect on that front, haha. I'm hoping it to be like a mini-MDF. Quite a few of my MDF friends are going.
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Jul 11, 2013 00:57
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Has anyone listed to the new Coffins record The Fleshland? I enjoyed Buried Death quite a bit but I think the best thing this band has going is their live performance because they are crushhhing.
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Jul 11, 2013 02:14
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y'all doing gwarbbq? strongly considering buying some tickets for that poo poo.
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Jul 11, 2013 03:51
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Wrust from Botswana just released a music video for "Hate 'Em All" off their latest album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsDy9-Mqq4U It's a pretty straight forward song, but the production and songwriting is a massive step up from their last release back in 2006. Gotta love that main groove riff!
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Jul 11, 2013 07:37
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CRIP EATIN BREAD posted:y'all doing gwarbbq? strongly considering buying some tickets for that poo poo. Juuuust posted that I bought my ticket. A handful of my MDF friends will be there too. It looks like it will be a parrrrty.
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Jul 13, 2013 01:11
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A human heart posted:There's a preview track from the new Fleshgod Apocalypse out: This sounds loving amazing. Not a huge fan of the vocals (pretty boring) but wow, that drumming is just insane.
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Jul 13, 2013 13:33
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To Battle posted:Has anyone listed to the new Coffins record The Fleshland? I enjoyed Buried Death quite a bit but I think the best thing this band has going is their live performance because they are crushhhing. I love it so much.
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Jul 13, 2013 19:07
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Just got back from Eistnaflug. Everyone needs to stop what they're doing right now and find a way to get to a Skálmöld show.
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Jul 15, 2013 03:12
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CRIP EATIN BREAD posted:So this seems to be making some waves: This is great, thanks for posting.
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Jul 15, 2013 23:34
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I just came across this band Eternal Champion. Really solid late 70s/early 80s style trad metal. Looking forward to them getting more material out.
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Jul 16, 2013 12:06
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Jul 16, 2013 13:55
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Looks like Varg's been arrested again.
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Jul 16, 2013 17:10
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He's scum. He's also a maniac who makes poo poo music and finally his fans will understand where their money is going.
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Jul 16, 2013 17:26
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Hadn't heard of "Battlecross" until last weekend at Mayhem Festival. Thought they were really great. Bought their new album and it's as good as their performance. If you're into thrash, then you might want to check them out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw-apTRsDaE
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Jul 16, 2013 17:29
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euroboy posted:He's scum. He's also a maniac who makes poo poo music and finally his fans will understand where their money is going. Who cares where the money is going? He can spend it how he pleases.
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Jul 16, 2013 18:40
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CRIP EATIN BREAD posted:Who cares where the money is going? He can spend it how he pleases. The cops also don't seem like they've got anything on him and just want to get him and his terrible opinions out of France. In other, more left-leaning news, has anyone heard the new split that Panopticon did with Vestiges? I think it's better than the stuff that was on Kentucky, and I'm really excited to hear what's coming next. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iax_VhmKqcU The drumming on this is fantastic.
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Jul 16, 2013 19:31
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^^^ I didn't realize any songs were available yet! Can't wait on my copy to arrive.
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Jul 16, 2013 19:54
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the yeti posted:^^^ I didn't realize any songs were available yet! Can't wait on my copy to arrive. It ships this week but the whole thing has been streaming on Bandcamp for about a month.
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Jul 16, 2013 20:10
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euroboy posted:He's scum. He's also a maniac who makes poo poo music and finally his fans will understand where their money is going. One killing (of an rear end in a top hat) makes him a scum maniac? He can run wild with the $10-15 of royalties he's made off me over his career. Would that even buy him dinner on the euro?
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Yeah, but he has EVIL OPINIONS!
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