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Do Not Resuscitate posted:There used to be a time when DT was able to put out some pretty unique and fresh material, but the last several (six?) albums just all seem to be the same sort of riffing wankery from one song to the next. I couldn't even make it through this last one before just getting bored with it all. I'm going to sound like a snobby douche, but DT just doesn't have anything to say anymore and every song just runs through the numbers. So why bother? It's all impressive sounding because yes, everyone is master of their instrument, but in the end, the songs are ultimately forgettable for it all.
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IRQ posted:Just so it doesn't hit you out of left field, Gloria is completely different from their prior work. It is also bad. Yeah thanks for the warning but I had already...experienced it. The rest, particularly Three Neuron Kings I really enjoyed though.
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Misogynist posted:In terms of over-the-top wankery, even Danny Carey's fusion side project Volto! is doing a better job of whatever Dream theater's trying to do than Dream Theater is right now. Wow thanks for mentioning this band, not bad stuff  I too can't really stand the new DT because of the wanky singing. I like Enigma Machine but it grows old pretty quick.
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Sep 21, 2013 12:08
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:There used to be a time when DT was able to put out some pretty unique and fresh material, but the last several (six?) albums just all seem to be the same sort of riffing wankery from one song to the next. I couldn't even make it through this last one before just getting bored with it all. I'm going to sound like a snobby douche, but DT just doesn't have anything to say anymore and every song just runs through the numbers. So why bother? It's all impressive sounding because yes, everyone is master of their instrument, but in the end, the songs are ultimately forgettable for it all. I've been following Dream Theater for about a decade now, I've seen them in concert several times, and along with Iron Maiden they got me started on metal. That said, I completely agree, Dream Theater has gotten too comfortable with their musical shtick. It's like when they go into the studio they're not there to create exciting and progressive music, they're there to create another product under the DT brand. It wasn't the arrival of Jordan Rudess or the departure of Mike Portnoy, their music has just turned into boring, self-derivative poo poo.
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Sep 21, 2013 16:37
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Gamma Nerd posted:I have to say, as long-winded and painfully proggy as the new Kayo Dot album was, I really loved it. There were some really chaotic metallic tracks that kicked tons of rear end. Anyone else here listen to it? I didn't know they were still putting stuff out, didn't they change back into Maudlin of the Well for a bit? I remember not liking their transition into Kayo Dot in the first place but I'm almost afraid to go back and listen to Bath and realize I was wrong 
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One of the issues I'm having with DT's latest is that they almost took the "ADToE is Images and Words 2.0" thing and made Awake 2.0... except it's just not that great. The ballads are wanky, half the tracks are rehashes of something else -- or in the case of The Looking Glass, someone else, like Rush -- and Illumination Theory is just not interesting enough to be a single 22 minute long track. I'd be lying if I said that the last three minutes of that monstrosity weren't my favourite. No good metal bands coming to town in the next couple months. Bleh.
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Sep 22, 2013 11:58
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Time for some random band pimping. As I don't think they're been talked about before/recently and considering their album is an self released job, I think it's pretty drat good. Lorenguard - symphonic power metal that still managed to be nice and punchy plus just out and out fun. Only have one album so far, the very wordily titled "Eve of Corruption: The Days of Astasia - Part One", can check out all of the tracks on their Youtube page. If for some reason you're lacking in albums about dragons and magic swords with some guts, these guys might be for you. Eve Of Corruption https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO9KgKOxJOY
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:I didn't know they were still putting stuff out, didn't they change back into Maudlin of the Well for a bit? I remember not liking their transition into Kayo Dot in the first place but I'm almost afraid to go back and listen to Bath and realize I was wrong They released a pretty lovely album last year with awful production but Choirs and Copper Anemone own and you would probably love em if you like the more post-rock parts of Bath. This one is definitely a return to form IMO.
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Kazinsal posted:One of the issues I'm having with DT's latest is that they almost took the "ADToE is Images and Words 2.0" thing and made Awake 2.0... except it's just not that great. I have to admit that the part of Illumination Theory right after the orchestral interlude (which itself was pretty well done) is easily the most original thing they've done in many years. There's a solid minute of great riffing and vocals before Petrucci and Rudess suffocate it with another bland shred-off. IMO it's about on par with Octavarium. ANIME AKBAR fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Sep 23, 2013 |
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Sep 23, 2013 01:31
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Maiden are streaming live from Rock in Rio, they've literally just started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEEcvj6X_h4 
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Sep 23, 2013 04:14
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oh my god fix the LEVELS. This is horrible in all the worst ways. 
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Sep 23, 2013 04:21
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Levels are much better now fake: never mind fake2: they're trying so hard and they've still got heart 
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This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!
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Hahahahahhahahhaha e: And yet, it's probably fair to say that, as far as live performances go, they're heaps better than Tallica are these days.
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Those On My Left posted:Hahahahahhahahhaha
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Gamma Nerd posted:They released a pretty lovely album last year with awful production but Choirs and Copper Anemone own and you would probably love em if you like the more post-rock parts of Bath. I'll give them another chance, I did like the post-rocky MOTW parts. I remember initially being put off that Kayo Dot was too "not metal" but I don't really care these days!
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Sep 23, 2013 06:38
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T-Bozz Factor posted:Hey guys. I haven't posted here in like forever and as you might guess, I'm back because I need something from you. Honesty is good. My band put out an album and I think you'll like it if you're into Slough Feg, Manilla Road, or obvious stuff like Iron Maiden. Lots of guitar harmonies with a balance of heavy and melodic stuff. Think late 70s/early 80s metal before everything was super defined. (but we are still influenced by modern stuff as well) The link below takes you to bandcamp. You can listen to the whole thing there and buy it for 7 bucks if you like it that much. Either way, effluvious praise welcomed and harsh criticism tolerated.
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:Given that I've never gotten the chance to witness Enslaved live, I'm pretty stoked for this... Oh holy poo poo...I want to go see this so bad. Seriously, this lineup is incredible. I'm in a unique position in that I live NOWHERE near any of these venues but am completely willing to fly to one just for this show. Now I just need to figure out which one to attend.
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DroneRiff posted:Time for some random band pimping. As I don't think they're been talked about before/recently and considering their album is an self released job, I think it's pretty drat good. I like this! These guys obviously listened to a lot of the late 90's symphonic power metal stuff like Rhapsody and have really captured that sound, except without all the awful English as a second language lyrics and unnecessary wankery.
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Sep 23, 2013 20:36
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I feel like the new DT album has bits and pieces of songs that could be strung together to make a good album. But the majority of these songs sound like riffs that don't really fit together in any real meaningful way. The last track, Illumination Theory, is a great example. That fully orchestral bit, while impressive and pretty nice sounding, just makes no sense in the middle of that song. It doesn't hit the same way that something like the end of Octavarium or SDOIT hits. It's just there for the sake of it. Also I don't think Mangini brings anything interesting to the table either. His playing on this album was about as boring as the drum sections that Pertrucci wrote for the last album.
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I re-listened to Fleshgod Apocalyse - Agony and liked it a little better than I remembered, although I think the mix still kind of makes the album worse than Oracles and Mafia. I'm now listening to Labyrinth for the first time and it's pretty good except every once in a while the vocals get just... terrible. It's very strange.
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John Magnum posted:I re-listened to Fleshgod Apocalyse - Agony and liked it a little better than I remembered, although I think the mix still kind of makes the album worse than Oracles and Mafia. I'm now listening to Labyrinth for the first time and it's pretty good except every once in a while the vocals get just... terrible. It's very strange. I love Labyrinth. I thought I'd get tired of it because it's not usually the sort of thing I like, but I can't stop coming back to it. I picked it up with the Watain album because one of my friends gave it such a strong recommendation, and it's had much more lasting appeal than the Watain album for me, despite the fact that I would consider myself a bigger fan of Watain.
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How come no one has posted the new MDF bands?quote:ROUND 4 Sacrifice, Nocturnus, and Cancer. MDF is doing it right.
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Shamed posted:How come no one has posted the new MDF bands? I might try and get there this year. Thats a great line up so far, now to figure out a plan to escape Texas...
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Nocturnus? Playing all of "The Key"  One of my favorite DM albums ever. drat, too bad I can't possibly make it.
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Isn't Nocturnus AD basically After Death since Mike Browning lost the rights to Nocturnus?
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comes along bort posted:Isn't Nocturnus AD basically After Death since Mike Browning lost the rights to Nocturnus? Yes, but they're only playing the Key so it's fine. Nocturnus was Mike Browning's band anyway, the other dudes just kicked him out. I've been to the last 2 MDFs, they both ruled. Hopefully they can fix their venue issues this year around, last year at Sonar sucked. Awful security.
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So the newest Ulcerate album (Vermis) is getting pretty rave reviews. In my opinion, they're underselling just how astonishing of an album it is. The last two were great, with Destroyers of All being a bit weaker than Everything is Fire, at least to me. But this new one is truly in a class by itself. I just assumed the new Gorguts would be my metal album of the year, but nope. Vermis sounds like no death metal album I've ever heard. It's a swirling, cacophonous barrage of bleakness and despair. But the quality of the musicianship and composition is absolutely peerless, and the actual recording itself suits the music perfectly. In particular, their drummer understands restraint and patience more than any metal drummer I can think of. It's an album that really needs to be heard all the way through, but if you want to check out just one track, listen to Cessation. I have no doubt it might be a bit too noisy for some people, but I encourage everyone to give it a listen. It's not for everyone, but I can say almost certainly that Vermis is the best metal album I've ever heard.
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In a year where Satan's Life Sentence, Dream Death's Somnium Excessum, Körgull the Exterminator's Metal Fist Destroyer, Cultes Des Ghoules' Henbane came out and we have a new Deceased and Inquisition album coming, I doubt Vermis will even make the top 5. It's good. It's not close to Don't Break the Oath.
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Ireallylikeeggs posted:So the newest Ulcerate album (Vermis) is getting pretty rave reviews. Let me shamelessly plug my review for this album. http://axisofmetal.com/2013/08/ulcerate-vermis-review/ I only say this because...yes. It's definitely an album of the year contender, right up there with Gorguts. This album is awesome in all the ways I want from modern-y death metal.
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Shamed posted:In a year where Satan's Life Sentence, Dream Death's Somnium Excessum, Körgull the Exterminator's Metal Fist Destroyer, Cultes Des Ghoules' Henbane came out and we have a new Deceased and Inquisition album coming, I doubt Vermis will even make the top 5. It's good. It's not close to Don't Break the Oath. Is the new Dream Death really that good? I'd guess I'd better listen to it. Their other album is killer, and has maybe the strangest sense of harmony for like an 80's metal band that I've ever heard, but they did have like a 25 year hiatus. Hope the magic is still there. I'm really digging the new Ulcerate also. Probably number 2 for me, after, that's right, you guessed it, the new Vampire Weekend.
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Shamed posted:In a year where Satan's Life Sentence, Dream Death's Somnium Excessum, Körgull the Exterminator's Metal Fist Destroyer, Cultes Des Ghoules' Henbane came out and we have a new Deceased and Inquisition album coming, I doubt Vermis will even make the top 5. It's good. It's not close to Don't Break the Oath. There's a new Deceased album soon? OH YES OH YES OH YES!! This year has been great.
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I'm trying to expand my horizons, is this the place I should be for metal recommendations based on what I already like? If not I can move this post wherever is appropriate. I really like the following: Nachtmystium - Instinct:Decay/Eulogy IV (but don't really like their newer "rock" albums) Fall of the Bastards Tragedy Weakling Ludicra Even though they might sound sorta disparate, I think they share a common thread compositionally but I have a hard time putting it into words. Kinda black-metal-y (with Tragedy being the exception), more melodic, sorta epic with songs that progress in movements but not insanely proggy 25 minute opuses, some combination of d-beat/crusty and blast beats with more punk/metal drumming. I like lots of other metal as well but I feel like this sort of thing is a common thread in what I like but I don't have a name for it which makes seeking it out difficult. I find myself checking out anything I come across labeled black metal or crust punk which is fine, but the signal to noise ratio has always been fairly low with that approach.
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himajinga posted:I'm trying to expand my horizons, is this the place I should be for metal recommendations based on what I already like? If not I can move this post wherever is appropriate. I think you might be better off asking in the black metal thread, but for what it's worth, I think you'd dig Ash Borer. Long black metal songs a la Weakling, with a punky influence particularly in the self-titled. If you dig Tragedy you'll probably like Martyrdöd as well, they're really melodic in their approach to crust. Give Oathbreaker's new album Eros|Anteros a look too, it's a good mix of hardcore and black metal (a lot better than bands like The Secret in my opinion). At least one of the people involved in Weakling has a new project called Dispirit which you might want to check out, although I haven't listened yet myself, so I can't vouch for how good it is. Definitely check out Altar of Plagues as well, Mammal is a great "post-black metal" album that avoids a lot of the genre cliches, and the newest album Teethed Glory and Injury is mostly made up of shorter songs that have a heavy industrial influence as well as influences from chaotic hardcore bands like Converge. It's a really inventive album and well worth hearing. I dunno if any of this is exactly what you're looking for, but it's the stuff that struck me as most appropriate anyway.
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nomapple posted:I think you might be better off asking in the black metal thread, but for what it's worth, I think you'd dig Ash Borer. Long black metal songs a la Weakling, with a punky influence particularly in the self-titled. If you dig Tragedy you'll probably like Martyrdöd as well, they're really melodic in their approach to crust. Give Oathbreaker's new album Eros|Anteros a look too, it's a good mix of hardcore and black metal (a lot better than bands like The Secret in my opinion). At least one of the people involved in Weakling has a new project called Dispirit which you might want to check out, although I haven't listened yet myself, so I can't vouch for how good it is. Wow, that was quick, I'll definitely check that stuff out! I remember hearing Mammal a while back and digging it but forgot to go back and pick it up. Thanks!
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fappenmeister posted:There's a new Deceased album soon? OH YES OH YES OH YES!! This year has been great. Yep. I only wish I wasn't missing the release show for it, but I moved away for school. I've been to 3 Deceased shows in the past year, they all killed. King Fowley recognized us both times after the first- at the last one my bro was blessed with a nickname by King Fowley, he shall forever be known as Dr. Thrash now. I was pulled up on stage during the last song of Deceased's set, too.  Basically, if you have the chance to catch Deceased live, do not miss it for any reason. They are the loving best.
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himajinga posted:I'm trying to expand my horizons, is this the place I should be for metal recommendations based on what I already like? If not I can move this post wherever is appropriate. Something tells me you would absolutely love Castevet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-50jZQYSOuM Maybe Krallice too since you are a Weakling fan, though that might be pushing it a bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU9GAxrQHmg
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Darkspace and Paysage d'Hiver are musts if you like Weakling. Or any atmospheric black metal really. Gamma Nerd fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Sep 27, 2013 |
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Shamed posted:Yep. I only wish I wasn't missing the release show for it, but I moved away for school. I've been to 3 Deceased shows in the past year, they all killed. King Fowley recognized us both times after the first- at the last one my bro was blessed with a nickname by King Fowley, he shall forever be known as Dr. Thrash now. I was pulled up on stage during the last song of Deceased's set, too. Hahaha, that sounds funny as gently caress, but unfortunately I'm an Aussie so no-go unless they tour locally, or catch them overseas.
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fappenmeister posted:Hahaha, that sounds funny as gently caress, but unfortunately I'm an Aussie so no-go unless they tour locally, or catch them overseas. If it makes you feel better, Australia have had the best demo release this year so far with Bastardizer's Demo(n)s Unleashed. Plus, you always have Evil Invaders. Was jealous as hell of that lineup this year. I'm sure next year will have even more filthy disgusting Venom worship. The best kind of worship.
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So has anyone had a chance to listen to the leak from Twilight of the Gods? http://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/twilight-of-the-gods I heard the live set was so-so considering it was all Bathory covers, but I am definitely curious to hear an original album. Lyric video from the title track "Fire on the Mountain": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmtBeUA8cTA Ninja edit: Those falsettos: 
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